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The Arms of the House of Mordaunt were Argent, a Cheveron Sable, between Three Stars Waved of the same.
IN the Preface to these Genealogies, there has been exposed to the Reader the Nature and Antiquity of Sur-names, and the grounds, causes, and occasions upon which they were assum'd in general. To ascribe why the Lords of this House took to themselves the Name of Mordaunt, is not in my power; but that they did so, near Six hundred Years ago, and have continued it to their descendants unto this very day, will be as easie, as to read the unquestioned Proofs shall be exposed upon that matter.
The obvious and natural conjecture, will be the quality of the occasion, where they first appeared, an occasion of War, Chivalry, and Conquest; a Souldier, a younger Brother, and a brave fellow, set out to make a Fortune by adventures of Arms; it was proper to such a one, dare mortem, to Wound, Kill, and Destroy his Enemy; whence le Mordaunt, which was the first Epithet assum'd by Osbert, the beginner of that House, might appear no unproper sobriquit for him that did de∣serve it.
The descent of this Osbert is not affirm'd to be certain, neither, by one of who de∣testes to advantage his undertaking by any thing he cannot prove; but it is evi∣dent his Father, Robert, was a great deserver in the Conquest; and that, by the as∣sistance he brought Duke William, and the share he acquired as the reward of his labour. He bore the illustrious appellation of de Sancto Aegidio, or of Saint Giles; which at that time was the Name of the Soveraign Earls, and Princes of Tholouse, of which House he was in all probability a Son, a Brother, or a near Relation; and from his Brother Eustace, the eldest Son of this Robert, our Osbert did receive se∣veral noble provisions; as the Lordship of Radwell, that of Brayfield, with Lands in Wahull, in Lavendon, and in other parts; and for the Blood of the Gentlemen, who were his descendants, it has been so fortunately pure, as never to have been mis-allyed, since the first knowledge of the Family; but the chiefs thereof have always Marri∣ed into Names of great Authority, and Nobleness; as that of Fortis, Alno, Olney, who were of the first Conquerors; those of Wake, L'Estrange, Latimer, Vere, Dar∣cy, and Howard; all of the prime Nobility.
And as they have taken Wives out of the greatest Families, so they have given them to the chiefest Gentlemen, and prime Houses of England; to Strangeways, to Fettyplace, to Browns, to Henningham, to Mansell, to Danvers, to Radney, to Ne∣vill, and to Howard. To these circumstances has been added their felicity, that by the Prudent Conduct of their Affairs, and successful undertakings, they have ever flourished in an eminent degree of Riches and opulency.
They had been, before the time of the first Sir John Mordaunt, Lords of great Mannors, Lands and Lordships; but from his time, to which was design'd the ex∣altation of this Family, and his Alliance with the House of Latimer, his Sons, with the Heir of Vere, and his Grandsons, with the Inheritrix of Fitz-Lewis: The Riches and Patrimony of this House was such, as there was scarce a Gentleman in England, whose Estate was comparable to it.
After this, as the occasion of their coming into this Kingdom, was the Military Service of a victorious Prince; so the Lords of this House have continued to serve divers of their Kings in their Wars: they have served them likewise in their Coun∣cils; they have deserved to be called into the supreme Dignity of the Peerage,
and thereby made hereditary Grandees, Judges, and Councellors, in which they have remain'd for divers Ages. There have been of them Privy Councellors to se∣veral of the greatest Kings, Ministers of State, Captains, Ambassadors, and Go∣vernours of Provinces: And in all these qualities they have served without re∣proach. So as if Antiquity of Original, Illustrious Derivance, Descent from no∣blest Blood, great Alliances, high Dignities and Employments, worthy Actions and large Possessions, be of Virtue to make a Family considerable, there will be little cause for Envy to bark at my endeavouring to establish the Honour, and Memory thereof, according to what is due to the merit of a Name so Illustrious.
For the Arms of this House, from the time they have been in use, and born here∣ditarily in Families, were Argent a Cheveron Sable, between Three Stars Waved of the same.
IN the Year 1066. against which Providence had prepared so great a change for the People and Government of England, as did ensue by their subjection to the total Conquest of a Victorious Prince. At that time, among the other Hero's, who joyn'd their hopes and assistance to the Fortunes of the famous William, Duke of Normandy, there was a Noble Knight, called Robert of Saint Giles, in the Latin Tongue, Robertus de Sancto Aegidio, who brought to his Service Fourscore Knights, (Milites) out of the South parts of France, and joyn'd himself to the Duke's other Troops, at the Imbarcation for this great undertaking. Of this Ro∣bert of Saint Giles, no more is extant of what he was, than the assurance that the Soveraign Earls and Princes of Tholouse, did all at that time, use the Name and Ap∣pellation of Saint Giles, or De Sancto Aegidio: That the Attendance of Fourscore Kinghts was an Equipage suitable to a Prince Adventurer; and that after his la∣bors in this War, he was rewarded by the generous Conqueror, with great Lands and noble Possessions. How long this Robert of Saint Giles lived, or remain'd in this Kingdom, we cannot tell; but we find his Son, Eustace of Saint Giles, did sur∣vive his Father, and possessed his Acquisitions, by a Charter, wherein he gave to his Brother Osbert (who from some occasion was call'd Le Mordaunt, and was the beginner of this House and Name) the Lordship of Radwell, in the County of Bedford, and other Lands that were of his Father's Partition. And from this Os∣bert all the Mordaunts do derive, as will appear by a continued Series of Extant Proofs. He lived after to a great Age; and being engaged in assistance with the first Conquerors of Ireland, we find him to have received from the Gift of Harvey de Montmorency, who is stiled Marescallus Domini Regis totius Hiberniae, the Lordship of Balinaeeros, Tobenere, and many great Possessions. When, or where he died doth not appear; but
OSMƲND le MORDAƲNT flourished in the time of Henry the Second, and became possessed of the Lordship of Radwell, of the Town of Felmar∣sham, of Lands in Wahull and other places, which were of those his Fa∣ther, Osbert did possess in this Kingdom; and it is possible, may have been a younger Brother, and that an elder Son of Osbert Mordaunt, did remain settled upon his Lands in Ireland, under some other Name. However, he was a Knight of much Renown, as may appear by the Alliance he contracted with one of the most famous Knights of his time, Sampson Fortis, of whom was held many Fees by Knight Ser∣vice. This Sampson was so called from his great Strength and Valour; being a great Champion, and Associate in War with Simon de Saint Lis, and David of Scot∣land, and the Earls of Huntington, and Northampton, and was Lord of several Towns and Villages, of Chellington among the rest, which he gave in Marriage to Osmund Mordaunt, with his Daughter Ellen: of whom the said Osmund had Issue,
EƲSTACE le MORDAƲNT was a Valiant and a Fortunate Knight; he did Accompany King Richard the First, among the Troops that followed him into the Holy Land, and served in all the Enterprises of that Expediti∣on. At his return he found his Father Deceased, and a Devolution to him of his Inheritance. He began with an Action of Piety, in acknowledging the mercy of his Return, and Establishment; and gave (under the Name of Eustachius le Mor∣daunt) certain Lands in Turvey, in free, pure, and perpetual Alms, to the Church of St. John Baptist, and St. John Evangelist of Caldwell, and the Canons of that place, for the good of his Soul, for that of Alice his Wife, and for that of all his An∣cestors and Successors. He had indeed, by his merit and worthiness, acquired a Wife out of the House of Alno, or de Alneto; who from the Conquest had been Lords of Turvey, and other fair Possessions, which by the death of Hugh of Alno, without Issue, were devolved to Two beautiful Sisters, Alice, and Sarah, whereof he Married the first, (the second being the Wife of Sir Richard of Ardres) and with this Lady he became possessed of the Moiety of that Noble Lordship, from thenceforth called Mordaunts Mannor, having a large Extent, and very particular privileges. He had a Sute with Gilbert Fitz-Williams, in the Ninth Year of Richard the First, about some Lands in Radwell, which was Adjudged on his behalf; and granted several Lands in Turvey for their Homages and Service, and other con∣siderations to William Cooke, to Simon of Turvey, to Raignold le Bray, and to others. Toward his latter end, about the Sixteenth Year of King Henry the
Third, he had a Contest with Sir John de Traylly, and the Cause was decided against him: and we find he died near that time,
Leaving Issue,
WILLIAM de MORDAƲNT, (for from this time in the old Deeds the le is changed into the de) after the death of Eustace, became Lord of the Lordships of Radwell, Turvey, and several other Lands. In the Twenty ninth of Henry the Third, he paid a Releif to the Lord William de la Church, and the Lady Matilda de Traylly his Wife, for certain Lands he held: I suppose they were those about which Eustace, his Father, was cast in the behalf of John de Traylly, in the Sixteenth of the said King's Reign. About the same time, Hen∣ry, the Son of Fulk Huriel, Roger le Soc of Wybaudston, and Albreda, the Daughter of Robert of Saint George, do by several Deeds, Release, and Quit Claim to this William, under the stile of William de Mordaunt, their Lord, divers Rights, and Lands. And Richard of Ardres, unto the said William (for such proprieties the Lords of this Mannor of Turvey had in these, and after-times) Gives, Grants, and Confirms, for Six Marks of Silver, which he gave to him in Gersumam, one of his Villanes, called Adam Pite, with all his sequel and procreation, gotten, and to be gotten for ever. There passes afterward, between William Mordaunt, and Hugh Poore, Prior of the Monastery of St. Neads, an exchange of divers Lands, with an advantage given by the said William, in free, pure, and perpetual Alms. And as the last testimony of him, there is Extant an Accompt given unto him under the Seal of one William de Wikely, who terms himself therein, Serviens Willielmi de Mordaunt in Manerio suo de Turvey: Dated the Ninth of Edward the First. Not long after which, he is supposed to have deceased. Amice of Olney, the Daughter of Sir William of Olney, was the Wife of William Mordaunt; and by her he had the Lordship of Esthull, and a Mannor with diverse Lands in Yerdley: which last had been given her Father by John Scot, Earl of Huntington, a Prince of the House of Scotland. Her Husband is stiled in a Deed (wherein Matilda, the Daughter of Lettice of Esthull, does remit unto him, and Amice, his Wife, her Right and Claim to certain Lands) Lord of that place. The Charter runs, Willielmo de Mor∣daunt Domino de Esthull, & Amiciae Ʋxori suae. Sir William of Olney, the Father of this Amice, was one of the Sons of that Sir Richard Sutton, that flourished in the time of Henry the Third, from whence the Lords of Dudley did descend. He as∣sumed the Name of Olney, from certain Lands he held therein, that his Father had received from the Grant of Ralph, Earl of Chester. After the death of William Mordaunt, this Amice took into her Second Bed, Aegidio de Albeny, Lord of Demster: and under the Name of Amicia de Albeny, she Granted afterwards, in the Ninth Year of Edward the Second, unto William Mordaunt her Son, and to Robert the Son of the said William, five Virgates, and five Acres of Land in Yerdly, with the five Villanes that then occupied the same.
Their Issue,
WILLIAM de MORDAƲNT, the Son of William, Lord of Tur∣vey, and of Esthull, in the Fourteenth year of Edward the First, pur∣chased the Mannor of Chicheley, and diverse Messuages therein, of William, the Son of Samson le Mansell, and of Gualfridus de Stachesden. In the Twen∣ty second of the said King's Reign, he had a dispute with the Lord Reignald de Gray, then a great person, and from whom the Earls of Kent are descended, who continue to this day large possessions in those parts. It was about a Fishing of a certain part in the River Ouse, joyning to the Lord Grey his Lands, which by reciprocal Indenture was accorded, that it should be thenceforth free unto them both. And in the Twenty fifth of the same Henry, he obtained a Patent to Em∣park certain Lands in his Lordship of Turvey. The last Act of his, we find to be in the Eleventh Year of Edward the Second; at which time he made a Grant, Re∣lease and Quit-claim for ever, unto God, the Church of St. Need's, and the Monks of that House, of all his Right and Claim, which he had, or could have, unto three Messuages, Eighty eight Acres of Land, and One Acre of Meadow in Turvey, with their Appurtenances, for the which he, together with his partner, Hugh of Ar∣dres, had Sued the Prior of that place, in the King's Court; as also fo other Lands and Tenements, which the said Monks held of his Fee, and in his Fee; all which Lands their Predecessors had received from the Gift of his Ancestors, in the said Village, saving always to him, and to his Heirs, and unto Hugh of Ardres, his partner, the Services due unto them.
Roesia, or Rose de Wake, was the Wife of this William Mordaunt. She was the Daughter of Sir Ralph de Wake, who was Lord of Clifton; which was a Family in those, and elder times, when there were no Dukes, and but few Earls in England, and the Degree of the Baronage (wherein several of that Name sate) was so illustri∣ous, did yield to few, in splendor of dignity, greatness of power, and opulency of fortune: It had brought forth a number of Hero's, famous for Valour and Wis∣dom: It had become worthy the Alliance of the Royal House. And had Fortune persevered in her own work, and not always delighted in the change and sub∣version of great Families, there had not any (in probaility) arrived at greater eminency. With this Roesia there was at that time given, in part of Portion, the Land and Mannor in Clifton, which to this day remain unto the Mordaunts, un∣der the Name of Wake's Mannor, unto which a very Noble Royalty and Privi∣lege do belong.
Their Issue,
IN the Sixteenth Year of Edward the Second, while William Mordaunt, his Father, was yet alive, Hugo Bossard, that was Lord of Knotting, did Enfeoffe RO∣BERT, the Son of William Mordaunt, of all his Homages, Services, Natives, and other Royalties of his Mannor of Knotting, to him and to his Heirs. Several Records, and Rolls of his Court are extant, that express, upon the decease of his Father, the Homages he received, and the Noble Royalties, which in Right of his Mannors, he was invested in. He was Lord of the Lordships of Turvey, of Chicheley, of Esthull, of Yerdley, of Clifton, and of Knotting. We find that he made over, in the Seventeenth of Edward the Third, in trust, unto one William Campion of Stachesden, all his Lands and Tenements, which he had and held, of the Fee of Gloucester in Turvey, in Lands, in Houses, in Woods, in Gardens, in Meadows, in Pastures, in Paths, in Ways, and in Reversions, in Homages, in Wards, and in Releiffs, in Escheats, in Rents of the Freemen, and of the Villanes, of their sequels, and of all other things (these are the words of the Deed.) And the same William Campion does, by another Deed, return to Robert Mordaunt, and to Johane, his Wife, all the said Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Services for the Term of his life, with the Reversion over to Edmond Mordaunt, Son and Heir to the said Robert and Johane. Dated of the same Year.
The first Wife of Robert Mordaunt, was one Mary of Rutland; unto whom he was Married in his Father's time, as we find by a Deed, Dated of the Thirteenth of Edward the First, wherein one Robert de Hulier of Turvey, does sell unto them, and the Heirs of their Bodies, a certain piece of Land; but she dyed early, without leaving him any Issue.
His Second Wife was Johane de Bray, the Daughter of Roger de Bray, that was Lord of Silesho; which Brayes were a Family of a long continuance in that Tract.
Their Issue,
EDMOND de MORDAƲNT flourished in the Twenty seventh of Ed∣ward the Third, at which time we find several transactions that past between him, Sir Henry of Brussels, and others, about the Lands that came unto him in Right of his Wife. But in the Twenty ninth of this King, there hap∣pened a memorable dispute between this Edmond, and one Roger Cooke of Newton Blosmavile, that is at this day upon Record in the Court of Exchequer, which I have seen there and taken a Copy thereof under the Hand of the Keeper of those Records; Edmond de Mordaunt was Attach'd to Answer, in the Term of St. Michael, unto this Roger Cooke, upon a Plea of Trespass, by Bill, and thereupon the said
Roger came in his own person, and complain'd, That our Edmond, upon a certain day, in the Twenty Ninth of the said King's Reign, had come into his House, and had taken away by force (the words are, vi & Armis, scilicet gladiis, &c.) a large proportion of Wooll, Carpets, and Linen Cloth, and Forty Shillings in Money. Whence he expresses himself to have been damnified in the Sum of One Hundred Shillings; and thereupon produces his Sute. In order whereunto, Edmond Mor∣daunt comes likewise in his own person, and defends the Force and the Injury. Al∣ledging, That the aforesaid Roger, unto his Bill, ought not to be Answered; Be∣cause (he said) he was a Native of him the said Edmond, of his Mannor of Tur∣vey in the County of Bedford: And that his Ancestors from time without mind, were, and had been seized of the Ancestors of the said Roger, as of their Na∣tives of the Mannor aforesaid: And likewise, the said Edmond had been seized of Roger himself, as of one of the Natives of his said Mannor. And he desired Judg∣ment, Whether the said Roger were for these causes to be answered unto his Bill; And Roger could not deny, but that he was a Native of the said Edmond's. There∣fore it was concluded, That Roger should receive no advantage by his Bill, but re∣main at the mercy of Edmond Mordaunt, Pro falso clamore suo.
Helena de Broc was the Wife of Edmond Mordaunt, unto whom she was Married the Twenty seventh of Edward the Third. She was the Daughter, and one of the Heirs of Sir Ralph de Broc, who was a Knight of a most Antient Descent, and Lord of very fair and large Possessions. All his Lands were, upon his Decease, divided between Helena Mordaunt, and Agnes, another of his Daughters, the wife of Sir Henry de Brussels. There did accrue to Edmond Mordaunt, for the part of Helena, his Wife, in Cambridgeshire, half the Mannor of Mallots, with several Lands in Cambridge, Treversham, and Fulborne; in Buckinghamshire, diverse Lands in Elsburgh, Bridsthorne, Hardwick, and Wedon, Chesham and Aumundsham, with sun∣dry other in Hertfordshire, and the entire Mannor of Shephaell. She was a Noble Inheritrix; and besides her Lands, brought into the House of Mordaunt both the Blood and Arms of the Pirots and the Argentines, two successions, which fell unto her Family by the Heirs of those Names; the first being Elizabeth, the Daughter of Sir Ralph Pirot, who was Wife to Laurence de Broc, her Grandfather; the other the Mother of the same Elizabeth, named Cassandra, the sole Heir of Sir Giles of Argentine.
Their Issue,
ROBERT MORDAƲNT, after the Death of his Father, had not only the Fortune of possessing a large and plentiful Inheritance, but of enjoying it betimes, he being hardly of full age when he came in succession thereun∣to. He inherited in Bedfordshire, the Lordship of Turvey, that of Clifton, and Chicheley with Lands in Elsburgh, Wedon, Hardwick, Chesham, Welpool, and Aumund∣sham in the County of Bucks: In Cambridgeshire, half the Mannor of Mallots, be∣sides Lands in Treversham and Julborne: And in Northamptonshire, the Lordship of Yerdley, besides the entire Mannor of Shephaell, and other Lands in Hertfordshire.
It was the Fortune of this Robert Mordaunt to unite the Antient Lordship of Turvey, which for the space of One Hundred and ninety five Years had (till then)
been divided into Two Mannors and Jurisdictions, by the Names of Mordaunt's Man∣nor, and Ardres's Mannor, ever since the Reign of King Richard the First, when it was parted, with the rest of the Alno's Lands, between Alice and Sarah de Alno, the Two Heirs of that House. For in the Forty ninth of Edward the Third, an exchange was made by Deed of Indenture, between Thomas de Ardres and Robert Mordaunt, in which the said Thomas gave and granted all his Lands, Tenements, and their appurtenances in Turvey, to the said Robert, in Fee and Exchange for all the Lands, which Robert had in Shephaell, which were of the inheritance of her Mo∣ther, Helena de Broc.
This Robert Mordaunt had Married Agnes L'Estrange, the Daughter, and one of the Heirs of John L' Estrange, that was Lord of Ampton, Timworth and Brokeley, and of Elizabeth, who was Sister and Heir of William Botteler of Walden. The other Daughter of John L' Estrange, was Elizabeth, that Married John Warren, and by whose death, without Issue, the Lordships of Ampton, Timworth, Brokeley, with that of Walden, which was of those Bottelers Lands, devolved entirely to Agnes Mor∣daunt, and to the Heirs of her body.
Agnes Mordaunt, after the Death of Robert, her Husband, Married again to Tho∣mas de Fodringay, as appears by a Deed, bearing Date the Monday next after the Feast of St. Andrew, the Apostle, in the twentieth Year of Richard the Second, wherein Thomas of Ardres granted to Thomas de Fodringay, and Agnes, his Wife, a certain Annuity for term of the Life of the said Agnes, in Exchange for her Dower in Shephaell.
The Issue of Robert Mordaunt, and Agnes his Wife.
ROBERT MORDAƲNT, the Third of his Name, giving way to that Spi∣rit, which led him to the generous, but uncertain applications of this life, and being enclined to the War, which flourished in that Martial Age, he be∣came a Favourite dependant upon that Famous Prince Edward, Duke of York, who was after slain at the Battel of Agincourt, as appears by an Extant Deed, where by Covenant, he was with one William Mirefield, retain'd to serve him in the Wars of France, with a certain number of Archers and Lances.
He out-liv'd those Services, and continued, during the Civil Broils of his own Country, an asserter of the Claim and Interest of the House of York.
Whether it were by the Expences incident to such undertakings, or otherwise, he proved a great Alienator of many noble Lordships and Possessions, that descen∣ded to him by his Ancestors. In the Sixth Year of King Henry the Sixth, Agnes de Fodringay, and Robert Mordaunt, her Son, released with Warranty, all their right to the Mannor of Timworth, in the County of Suffolk: Dated the Tenth of Febru∣ary. In the Eleventh of the said King, he made away all his Lands in Elsburgh, to Thomas Chaucer, Esq, Peter Fettyplace, and Thomas Ramsey. And in the seven∣teenth, by a Deed bearing Date the Fourth of June, he Alienated to one John Austin, the Moiety of the Mannor of Mallots in Hinton in the County of Cam∣bridge, with its appurtenances, and all the rest of those Lands, which the said
Robert held in the Towns, and in the Fields of Hinton, Cambridge, Treversham, and Julborne, in the said County: And lastly, he sold, in the same Year, to Thomas Cheyney, Esq all his Lands and Tenements in Chesham, and Aumundsham. Yet this King's Reign abounding in occasions of Expence and Troubles, since it was never free from exhausting Wars abroad, till it became the scene of more de∣structive Civil ones at home, excuses may be render'd for what was unavoidable. Notwithstanding, he left a competent Estate to his Successor. And Deceased in in the Twenty seventh Year of this King. He had Married Elizabeth of Holden∣by, the Daughter of Robert Holdenby of Holdenby; which Family was of an Anti∣ent standing in the County of Northampton, and flourished at this time in very Noble Possessions; for we find that Robert Holdenby, the Brother of Elizabeth Mor∣daunt, held the Mannors of Burton, Brimmington, and Ramston, with Lands in Would, and in Clipston, in Guilden, Morton, Kilmersh, and West-Haddon, in North∣ampton, Oxhampton, Wepsmade, in Dunstable, and in Holdenby. And this Elizabeth surviving Robert Mordaunt, took to her Second Husband, Robert Tanfield of Gayton in the County of Northampton, Esquire.
The Issue of Robert Mordaunt.
WILLIAM MORDAƲNT, after those wastes the Accidents of the precedent Age had made in the Estate of his Ancestors, was not in∣duc'd by the discontent thereof, to neglect what Providence had left him. There remain'd to his support his Antient Lordships of Turvey, that of Brayfield, the Lordships of Clifton and Chellington, with the Lands appertaining to the Mannor of Bottellers in Walden, in the County of Suffolk. He had Married Margaret the Daughter of John Peck, Lord of Copull, a Person of great Oeco∣nomy and Virtue; and they strove together, by a provident and frugal proceed∣ing to repair those breaches, the over liberal ways of his Father had made in the Fortune of his Family. Their endeavours did succeed; and as an approbation thereof, and a blessing thereupon, Providence sent them to enjoy the fruits of their worthy Cares, Three Children; whose merits from their Natures, and good Edu∣cation, made them all have (as well as deserve) excellent Fortunes: They were,
JOHN MORDAƲNT, Son and Heir of William Mordaunt, that was Lord of Turvey, being a Youth of a particular Ingenuity, such as did promise both Spirit and Capacity, the appearances thereof were taken hold of by his judici∣ous Father; who, after his Son had received what the Method and Discipline of a Free-School could give, sent him to learn the Knowledge of the Laws, and to be instructed in those ways that might enable him for the most useful and publick Callings.
These applications were so successful, as he became, betimes, very considerable in that way. But happening to live in those days of War and Tumult, and his flourishing Youth subsisting in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, he gave great proof of his Valor in matters of that nature also; His Temper and Inclina∣tions being in truth, Tam Marte quam Mercurio: And indeed he was an Officer in Arms (as well as a Councellor in Civil Matters) to Richard Nevill, the great Earl of Warwick, into whose Affairs he was introduc'd by the Lady Anne Beau∣champ, Countess of Warwick, his Wife, a Princess most Eminent in that Age, for great Birth and Qualities, and that in his Last Will he reckons a great Bene∣factress. He was with this Earl at the Battel of Barnet, where his Patron was Slain, himself much Wounded, and the Fortune of King Henry for ever over∣thrown. After this he retired to his Studies, and particularly to those of the Law, whereunto he had at first design'd his applications, and therein he became very Eminent.
His Father dying afterwards, about the Fourteenth Year of King Edward the Fourth, and he becoming Master of his House and his Inheritance; his Prudence, thenceforth, and his Worthiness, made him so considerable in the County of Bed∣ford (where was his usual Residence, and chief Establishment) as by his Interest and Reputation he govern'd that Country very much. This is evident, by Letters directed to him from divers Princes, who required his aid to several of their Wars, by his Attendance, with his following of Tenants and Friends, which he did suc∣cessfully afford to King Henry the Seventh, both at Bosworth, afore he was King, and at Stoake Field afterwards, against the Earl of Lincoln, where he resorted to him in person, accompanied with a numerous Assembly of his Relations and De∣pendants.
His Services to this King, with the knowledge of his Abilities, were the grounds of a singular esteem his Majesty had for him; which he testified in the Fifteenth Year of his Reign, by taking him to live in his own Palace, for the use of a pri∣vate and particular Councellor; and after that, having received the honour of Knighthood, he was made Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, with a consi∣derable Pension; a place, at that time, when the Lands belonging to that Dutchy were more than what does now appertain unto the Crown, of great Honour and Emolument. And he was made at the same time, one of that King's Privy Council.
Sir John Mordaunt was very notorious for his advice, in matching the King's Eldest Daughter to the King of Scotland; and had a great part in the direction of draw∣ing up the Articles of that Treaty, between the Two Kings; a Copy whereof is yet Extant, under his own Hand. In fine, there were few Men, upon whose Counsel
that Wise King depended more, nor that had done him more useful and agree∣able Services; from whence proceded the improvement of his Fortune, in this Reign: For though the King was a sparing Giver, unless upon great deserts, yet Sir John Mordaunt had very many advantagous benefits at his Hands, as may appear in the Proofs, by the several Royal Gifts, and Offices he bestow'd upon him. So as having disengaged several Lordships that had been Morgaged, or En∣cumbred by his Grandfather, made new Acquisitions of many others by his own industry, and become Master of a large Patrimony, in behalf of his Wife, who was the Daughter and Heir of Sir Nicholas Latimer, Lord of Duntish, in the County of Dorset, and divers other Noble Possessions in the West of England, as the head of a very Antient Family, He was in the way to all the Greatness could be coveted by the Ambition of a reasonable Man. But near the One and twentieth Year of King Henry the Seventh, he was grown old and much wasted, through the Cares and Labours incident to a Man busied in three Active Reigns. So as falling Sick at London, after having receiv'd particular testimonies of the care, and concern of his Royal Master, he departed this Life, and was carried to rest with his Fathers; and lyeth Buried in his own Church of Turvey, under a fair Tomb of white Marble. He had Issue by his Wife, the Lady Edith Latimer,
JOHN the Eldest Son of Sir John Mordaunt, that from his good Qualities was the joy of his Father's Heart, as well as the hopes of his House, was not like to want good Education under the Conduct of so knowing a Parent; he was bred to every thing of which an ingenious Nature could be capable; to Learning, to Arms, to Courtship, attending much upon Prince Arthur, till he died. The first fruit of his Father's great Care towards him, was, the procuring of his Establish∣ment in Marriage with Elizabeth, the Eldest of the Coheirs of Sir Henry Vere, that was Lord of Addington; which were the noblest and most considerable Inheri∣trixes of that Age; (the Wardship of which, Sir John Mordaunt, his Father, had ob∣tain'd of the King) and from which Elizabeth descended to the Mordaunts, the Noble Lordships of Drayton, Thrapston, Addington, Sudburgh, Islip, Luffwick, Slipton, and many other great Possessions: Many disputes, notwithstanding, arose about the pretences of these Heirs, even with the greatest Lords in England; as the Duke of Buckingham, and the Earl of Shrewsbury; but the Credit of Sir John Mordaunt, and his interest with the King, joyn'd to his Wisdom, and great Knowledge in the Laws, had ever influence upon them: But after his decease, they set up great pretences to Drayton, and the Green's Lands; and the Young Mordaunt soon found how much his Fathers Life had conduc'd to the settlement of that Estate. In the Agitations of the Establishment whereof, and the Agree∣ments made with those great Lords, he spent the remainder of King Henry the Seventh's Reign, and was by that time become a person greatly accomplish'd.
After this King's Death, he apply'd himself wholly to the farther designs of the Honor and Advantage of his House; and made his Court to the Young Successor, follow'd him in his First Wars, and got so successfully into his Favour and Opi∣nion, as upon his return he received the gratification of a Patent, containing the grant of several Noble Privileges, and Immunities. Among the rest, to be Pilo Co∣pertus in the presence of the King, or of any of his Judges, Ministers, or Magistrates. The Consideration he was at this time in, appears by several Letters directed to him, when he was yet but a private Gentleman: He was Knighted by him after this, and made a Privy Councellor, wherein his Wisdom, Fidelity, and Zeal to his Majesty's Service were very Exemplary: He was, at one time, Surveyor General of the King's Woods, and Wood-sails, and the Chief in another Commission, for providing Necessaries for the Fortifications of Calice, and the other Ports and Ca∣stles within the English Pale in the Country of Picardy; and in many other mat∣ters he was Employ'd of great Importance, wherein he so behaved and discharg'd himself, as his generous Master thought fit, for a reward of his many Services, to take him into the Illustrious Dignity of the Peerage; calling him, by Writ, a Ba∣ron into the Parliament, in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign. After this up∣on the Revolutions which happned by the change of the Church Government, whereunto he was not able to shew that compliance which others of more supple tempers did condescend to do; his Favour did decline, and his Master's Kindness to him: So as being retired to his own House and Country, he did not remain without several mortifications, which his Enemies of the prevailing Faction, that Govern'd in the Court, did endeavour to put upon him; several hard Letters he received from the King, about matters which they imputed to him, concerning his back∣wardness in suppressing the Interest of the Old Religion; and as the last endea∣vor of their Revenge, they strove to make the King oblige him to an Exchange of the Noble Lordship of Drayton, and the other Towns lying about it, of his Wives Antient Inheritance, and that he had in his Old Age, settled against all Competi∣tors, at great Labour and Charges, with certain of the Abby Lands, newly acquired unto the Crown, with which his Conscience, as well as his Interest, were altoge∣ther incompatible. From this oppression he had not been able to have defended himself, notwithstanding all his great Friends, and Antient Services, if the King's Death had not succeeded, which in this point set him at liberty. The Reign of King Edward he spent in peace; But at the beginning of Queen Mary, he labor'd a little under an imputation of his Enemies, who would alledge, he favoured the Dudleys, and the claim of the Lady Jane; but it was blown off, with the impro∣bability of an Inclination so contrary to his Principles and Profession; and he lived out her time too, and to the Second Year of her Successor, Queen Eliza∣beth; when he, being very Old, departed this Life, in great Honor and Happiness. Leaving Issue by his Wife, the Lady Elizabeth Vere,
JOHN MORDAƲNT was the early fruits of his Father's Marriage with the Lady Elizabeth Vere; and the Lord Mordaunt being but young himself, when his Son was born, this John grew up to early Manhood while his Father was yet in the vigor of his own years, and so they had the happiness to live long toge∣ther in the same Generation.
The Lord Mordaunt, in the time of his favor, had the opportunity to purchase of the King, at an easie rate, the Marriage of Elly Fitz-Lewis, who had become Heir of that Antient Family, by the untimely Death of her Brother (as has been expressed in the relation appertaining thereunto.) She was a very rich and con∣siderable Fortune, bringing with her the noble Lordship of Westhorndon, and many other fair possessions: And unto this Lady he Married John Mordaunt, his Eldest Son; who, with his Wife, lived long in his Father's life time upon her Estate in great Plenty and Reputation. He had for several Years participated with the Lord Mordaunt, much of King Henry's Favour; and in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign, and in the same wherein his Father was made a Baron, he was summoned to come and receive at his Majesty's hands, the Honourable Order of the Bath, at the Coronation of Queen Anne of Bollen, which he did at that time in fellowship of the Marquess of Dorset, the Earl of Darby, the Lord Clifford, the Lord Fitz-Waters, the Lord Hastings, and the Lord Mounteagle: But with his Father being entirely addicted to the old Religion, the change that succeeded in the one, produc'd the same in both their Fortunes, which was to retire to their Houses from all further applicati∣ons in that Reign; and at home Sir John Mordaunt continued likewise, during that of the young Successor. But at the Death of King Edward, and the early difficul∣ties of Queen Mary, he was of the first that put themselves into the Field, at the head of the Essex Men, where his interest and reputation was very great; offering unto her his, and their Services, in defence of her Person and Government, at the Castle of Framingham in Suffolk, where she was then retired, in expectation of be∣ing assaulted, by the Troops raised in behalf of the Faction of the Lady Jane and her Husband, upon whom the Dukes of Suffolk and Northumberland intended to set∣tle the Crown of England. The considerableness of which Service, and the exam∣ple of it, the Queen did so esteem, as upon her coming into the Government, she took him into the Dignity of a Privy Councellor, wherein he served during her short Reign. And so much favor she had for him, and the Lady Joane, his Se∣cond Wife, that had God afforded her a longer life, there was no advancement he might not have expected under her Countenance and Government.
But about this time it pleased God to punish this Family with a Division in it self. Sir John Mordaunt, after the death of his, first Wife the Lady Elly Fitz-Lewis, who left him only one Son for the stay of her House, called Lewis, after the Sir∣name of her Family, Married the Lady Johanne: his Second Wife, who was the Daughter of Sir John Farmer of Eston Neston in the County of Northampton, and at that time, the Widow of .......... and that likewise when she was a Maid attended upon Queen Mary, then but Princess. This Lady Johanne had Children of her own, and of them a beautiful Daughter, to whom the young Lewis Mordaunt, as is should seem, had made Love, and as it was pretended, to the passing of some engagement: His Mother, therefore, greedy of such an esta∣blishment for her Child, press'd hard for a proceeding unto Marriage; but the
young Man, who had his chief dependance upon the old Lord Mordaunt, his Grand-Father, who was entire Master of the great inheritance, comprehended in the Shires of Northampton and Bedford, whereupon he lived at a distance from his Son, durst not, for all his Father's Commands, engage in a matter of that Nature without his leave and Council, that Lord ever loving to be a Master of all the interests of his Family; so as when he became acquainted with his Sons inten∣tions, finding the subject far short of what he design'd for his Grandson, both in Relations and Advantage; it was rejected by him, with the circumstances of severe commands and menaces, both to his Son and Grandson, which latter he recall'd unto his own House and Custody.
Hereupon the Lady whom the disparagement of her Daughter did much con∣cern, engag'd into those passions might be expected from an offended Woman, she exasperated her Husband both against his Father and his Son Lewis, and the testimonies of very great differences are extant in several instruments: so that the Father would, out of displeasure, have alienated from his Son the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, which were of his own Mother's Inheritance: And the Grandfather intend∣ed to have disinherited Sir John Mordaunt of all the Mordaunt's Lands, infinitely of greater consequence: At last, mutual fears of General ruine by disagreement made the peace, and they both concurr'd in Marrying the young Lewis Mordaunt to Elizabeth, the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy. After which, his Grandfather, the old Lord Mordaunt dying, in the Second of Elizabeth, this second Lord John, his successor, surviv'd to the 13th. of the same Queen: Leaving Issue by his First Wife;
LEWIS Lord MORDAƲNT, after his Father's Decease, succeeded unto a Noble and Free Fortune, to the Mordaunts, to the Latimers, to the Veres, to the Greenes, and to the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, comprehending an interest in the Counties of Bedford, Buckingham, Hartford, Northampton, Essex, Dorset, and Sommerset; in every of which he had fair Seats, and Lordships. He had a large Soul, and a Disposition incompatible with either Craft or Servitude, and would by no means subject the happiness of his mind to an uncertain Ambition, nor give up his freedom by applying himself to the arts and ways of the Court, but rather chose to enjoy the Fortune he had received from his Ancestors in the peace and opu∣lency of his House and Country. He was a person of great Nobleness, Justice, and Affability; very well parted, and ingenuous. He was the Idol of the Province where he lived, and by his proceeding drew unto him more respect than all the Great Men of those parts. He lived indeed in much magnificence, and in a port that was a pattern for the Great Men of that time, so as his Hospitality is to this day famous; although he was not immediately of the Court; yet as a Peer and a great Councellor, he had his part in most of the great actions of that Reign; and as
an instance of the great Prerogative of the Baronage of England, he was call'd by the Queen's Summons to sit one of the Judges of the Life and Fortunes of that great and unfortunate Princess, Mary Queen of Scotland: unto whose Sentence he did most unwillingly concur. And upon the like occasion he was again a Judge in the Arraignment of that great Subject, Thomas Duke of Norfolk. He sate in many Parliaments, and Commanded the Troops of those parts, assembled at the general Ren∣dezvouz, that were prepar'd against the Spanish Invasion. He was, besides this, a Lover of Art, and an Encourager of Learning; as also a Builder, and added much to the Noble old Castle of Drayton, the beloved Seat of his Grandmother: and although I cannot say, but he did Alienate from his Family several great Possessi∣ons, as the Fitz-Lewis's, which were His Mother's, and the Latimer's Lands, which were the Possessions of his Great Grandmother; yet it cannot be denyed, but what he spent was employ'd with honor. Though he was no Courtier, yet he was much honor'd by them all; and he had a near Friendship with the Earl of Lei∣cester, and the Lord Chancellor Hatton.
He Married Elizabeth, the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy, Knight, who was Bro∣ther to the Lord Darcy of the North, and that passed with much honour several great Employments in that Reign. He lived a long and prosperous life, and de∣parted out of this World soon after the entry of King James the First, and lies Buried in his Church of Turvey, under a Tomb of Black Marble.
His Issue.
HENRY Lord Mordaunt, the only Son of his Father, after whose decease he Inherited his Honor and his Lands, was of a Family wherein it was hard to extinguish their Inclination to the old Religion; and besides, he had married the Lady Margaret Compton, Daughter to Henry Lord Compton, and the Lady Frances Hastings, that had been bred to much Strictness and Zeal therein. The Incompati∣bility of his Religion, with the Favour of the Court, and the Employments thereof, made him satisfied with the enjoyment of his great Estate and large Possessions; whereupon he lived in the exercise of great Nobleness and Hospitality, and in conti∣nual Expressions and Testimonies of Duty and Service to the Crown; but their hap∣pening a conjuncture which rendered those of his profession under much suspicion and jealousy from the Proceedings of that Conspiracy, called The Gunpowder Treason, which if it had succeeded would have been of so cruel a consequence. This worthy Lord was envolv'd in the unhappy troubles it produc'd to most of his perswasion: For upon surmise of his holding correspondence with the Traytors, the innocent Lord, in the Seventh Year of King James the First, was seized in his House, and committed Prisoner to the Tower, for which there could be never produc'd other grounds than his professed Religion, his being absent from that Parliament, (which was upon leave) and some neighbourly correspondences he had held with Sir Everard Digby, and certain others of the conspirators; which were but slender Reasons for so large Sufferings. His Lordship thereupon was severely Fined, and so long kept a Pri∣soner,
that by the distruction of his Health it brought him finally to his Grave; after which his Innocency sufficiently appear'd, to convince his persecutors of the Injustice of their severe dealings.
His Issue.
JOHN Lord Mordaunt being young, and under years, at the Death of his Fa∣ther, and remaining in the care, and government of his Mother, the Lady Margaret Mordaunt, who was a Zealous, as well as a Publick Professor, of the obnoxious and suspected Religion, after he came of an age capable of taking im∣portant impressions, was by the command of King James the First, as an act of State, taken out of that Lady's custody, and committed to be brought up in the House, and under the direction of his Grace George Abbot, at that time Archbishop of Canterbury: Where he lived for a while, till he was thought fit to be sent to improve his Studies at Oxford. In this University this young Lord flourished in the liking and esteem of every body. He enjoy'd many perfections of Body and Mind. He was very Beautiful, Ingenious, Affable, and Applicable to all was good and useful; and there he remain'd the Star of the University, till King James the First, coming to Oxford in a Progress, took him from that place to follow the Court, designing him to such kind of farther improvement, as might render him, in time, more useful to his Service, and the Government. The first testimony he gave him of his Favour, was to quit him of the Fine had been imposed upon his Father, of Ten Thousand Pounds, for his being suspiciously absent from the dangerous Parlia∣ment, and to set him at liberty from any burthens of Obligations might come up∣on him by reason of his Wardship; of which by the King's Command, he was dis∣charg'd. He commanded his attendance in his first Journey he made back to Scot∣land; during which, that Gracious King gave him so many particular marks of his Favour and Kindness: As to standers by, Fortune and occasion never seem'd to present themselves to any with more fairness to be taken hold upon, than to this young Lord. But in fine, he was not born to the advancement of his House, and a humor he had, which was averse to Constraint, and indulgent to all his own Passi∣ons, gave way afterward to anothers entrance into Favour, who was design'd for all the Greatness England could give. Notwithstanding, the Great and Unfortunate Charles, Son and Successor to this King, conferr'd upon him the Dignity of an Earl, under the Title of Peterborow, gave him the Lieutenancy and Government
of the Province where he lived; besides many invitations to his nearest Affairs and Councils. But the destiny of this Lord carried him to other purposes; for having Married Elizabeth Howard, the Daughter of William Lord Howard of Effingham, and sole Heir to that Family, which had bred so many Admirals, and Great Officers of State; he was invited by her, that had receiv'd some disgust at Court, and was a Lady of a very haughty Spirit, to take part with those unhappy Reformers, who at last destroy'd all they pretended to amend; and this Lord, with much regret for having been engag'd among those unfortunate Politicians, at last ended his life of a Consumption, in the Second Year of the Civil War; leaving Issue:
HENRY Lord Mordaunt, although at his coming into the World he found the greatest part of Men enclined to Rebellion, and defire of change, both in the Government of Church and State: Yet having been bred under well principled Masters, in the Royal College of Eaton, in the Company of several young Lords of great Quality, whose Education was inspected by the Learned and Memorable Sir Henry Wotton, at that time retired from sundry Embassies and Em∣ployments, to the Provostship of that place. He received such a tincture of Duty to his Prince, and Love to the Monarchy, as neither Hazards, Disappointments, Hard Usage, nor any difficult Circumstances, could ever afterward extinguish.
I leave the particulars of his Childhood and early Youth, and come to meet him at his first appearance in the City of York, where he accompanied his Father, who came to attend the King at his Great Council which he had called, in order to take Resolutions about the Scotch War, and the ensuing Parliament.
The English Army, that had been Raised for the Defence of the Kingdom, lay Encamped about the Town: among the Souldiers this young Lord continually ap∣pear'd, at the Musters, at the Reviews, and at the Exercises, whereat he was al∣ways present; and being not then in his Seventeenth Year, he intended, if the War had proceeded, to have personally engaged in all the Actions and Successes of it.
In the Assemblies of the Council he did ever constantly attend, to hear the De∣bates of the most important matters, were agitated there, being admitted there∣unto in Quality of a Peer's Son, who had all place behind the King, as in Par∣liament.
But at last, the Cessation being made, and a Parliament resolv'd upon, the King return'd to London, and the Young Lord with his Father to his House, in order to ••••ake preparation for their attendance in that occasion.
The time come for the meeting of the Parliament, the Earl with his Son came to Town; here the Young Lord began to be acquainted with Great Men, and gave such early testimonies of his Prudence, Generosity, and Zeal for the concerns of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Crown, as acquired him the particular notice and esteem of the King, with
the Favor of the first Men of the Court, who, from the pregnant appearances of his merit, began severally to wish and design him into their Alliance.
The Parliament growing now, every day, into greater heats than other, and the Earl, apprehending the consequences of the Factious Proceedings of that time, thought it not amiss to have his Son free from the beginnings of the Troubles, that he might the better discern to what they were like to tend. He sent him, there∣fore, into France, to learn his Exercises, and acquire those Improvements were ne∣cessary for the qualification of a young Man whose Birth and Fortune was so con∣siderable. The young Lord out-did the expectation of his Parents, and became Master of every quality was necessary for him to possess.
But after too years spent in that Kingdom, England, his own Country, was now in a flame, the Rebellion broke out, and a Battel had been fought; yet it was far from a decision, and the War like to draw out in length. And the Earl, his Father, not knowing by what accidents his Fortune might be so intercepted, or en∣comber'd, as it would be out of his power to maintain his Son abroad, as he did desire, thought it best to recal him home. But at the time he had the unwelcome orders for his return, he receiv'd worse News, which was, That of his Father's be∣ing engag'd in the Parliament party. It had like to have made the Lord Mordaunt desperate: it was a stroke he look'd upon as sent from Heaven, to punish him and his Family for all their Sins. But he was then resolv'd to expiate that Crime by the hazard of all could be dear to any Man, and to wash out his Father's Faults with his own Blood, that with his Life he was resolv'd to expose in support of the good King and his Authority.
But to enable him thereunto, it was necessary he should at present obey and dis∣semble too; so he return'd, and was receiv'd into the Embraces of his Friends, as one they hoped to make useful to their designs, and the party, wherewith they were engag'd.
And to the end they might charm the Inclinations of the Young Lord, whom they found to be Active, Generous, and fond of Business, and Command, the Earl his Father, who was then Field Marshal of the Army, and had, besides, a Regi∣ment of Foot, and a Troop of Horse, did consign the command of the Troop to the charge of his Son, that he might busie himself therewith, and practise the Trade of a Souldier, under the Command of Robert Earl of Essex, at that time Captain General of all the Parliament Forces.
The Lord Mordaunt receiv'd a Commission to that purpose, and, in appearance, busied himself a whole Winter in the Care of the Troop; but in the mean time, by the intermise of a Noble Gentleman, called Sir John Manwood, (whom he had known abroad) he cultivated a correspondence at the Court, made the King un∣derstand, That the colour of his engagement in that Army, was but to enable him the better, and more usefully to make his escape from the Party, and so set∣tled the understanding of his proceeding and intentions there, as he was sure to be receiv'd with open Arms at Oxford, when ever it would be fit for him to quit the Rebels.
In order hereunto the Lord Mordaunt retired to Henly, which was at that time his Quarters; and intending to leave the Parliament Army, prepar'd his Servants, his Equipage, and all other necessaries which could be useful in the future Service, he intended to his King and Country: And so upon the Twenty first day of April, in the Year 1643, in company only of a French Gentleman, that had been his Lieu∣tenant, and Fifteen Servants, with about Twenty good Horses, he rode into the King's Quarters, and came into the Town of Reading, which was at that time well Fortified, and whereof Sir Arthur Aston, an experienced Souldier, was t•••• Governor. After he had made and receiv'd the Complements usual upon such an occasion, he intended to have left that place, and pursued his Journey to the Court; but there happ'ning to be at that time in the Garrison, and in a Post very consider∣able, an old Friend and Acquaintance of the Earl his Father's, called Colonel
Richard Fielding, the Treatment, the Respect, and the Attendance he paid to the Lord Mordaunt, would not permit him decently to leave that place without affording to a particular Friend of his Family his company for a day longer: He stay'd there∣fore the next day, which was employ'd in seeing the Works, in being enform'd of the condition of the place, and understanding the designs of the Enemy. But in the Evening, Intelligence was brought them, That the Earl of Essex was upon his March with his Army, and Train of Artillery, in order to Besiege the Town. Hereupon, the Lord Mordaunt's business not being in that place, he resolv'd to have departed in the Morning. But his Friend, the Colonel, who had business himself at Oxford, did much desire to accompany his Lordship to the Court; and no way believing the Intelligence of the Enemies approach, for many reasons which he did alledge, he assur'd him, That if he would but stay another day, he would take leave of the Governor, and not fail to attend his Lordship to Oxford, which, he thought, would be very much for his Lordships Service and convenience.
The young Lord let himself be perswaded, and pass'd the night in expectation of the morrow's Journey. But by the break of day he heard the Alarm, and now the whole Garrison was employ'd in preparation to receive the Enemy, whose Scouts appear'd, and that were upon their March ready to invest the Town.
This render'd it now too late to leave that place, where was like to be occasion of serving the King, by Fighting in defence of it, and encouraging the Souldiers, who love to see Great Men participate of their toils and hazards. This young Lord prepar'd then to do the part of a Volunteer, wherein he had soon occasion to sig∣nalize himself by the sudden advance of the Enemy, the Earl of Essex, with his whole Army sitting down before this Town, upon the 25th. day of April, just Three days after the arrival of the Lord Mordaunt. The next day there was a Sally resolv'd upon, wherein the Young Lord went out with a Musquet on his Shoulder, and so distinguish'd himself in this first adventure as made him admir'd and lov'd by all the Garrison.
The day after, by an accident, the Governour was hurt, and so, as it made him uncapable of farther Function, and in his default the whole command of the place devolv'd upon Colonel Richard Fielding; who, whether it were, that he did really want the Provisions necessary to the maintenance of the Town, or that his Head turn'd round under the divers difficulties of so great a charge, having never before commanded alone such a Garrison, nor so considerable a place, did shew so much confusion, and such unsteadiness in his Orders, as after brought his Life and Honour into question, and lost him in the Opinion of the King and the Chief Officers of the Army. Succors had been promised to the relief of this Town, and at last a considerable body of Horse and Foot was sent, in hopes to raise the Siege, an attempt whereof was made at Causam Bridge; but so unsuc∣cessfully, as after the loss of many Souldiers, and divers Gentlemen, and brave Of∣ficers, the King's Troops were forc'd to Retreat, leaving the Town in a much worse condition than it was before, the Garrison and Inhabitants being much dis∣heartned by such a disappointment. There were great disputes afterwards, whe∣ther it proceeded from the want of number and strength, in the Party that was sent, or the neglect, if not a worse reflection, upon the Commander, for not Sallying out upon the Enemy, with what might have been spared of the Garrison, at the same time they were so vigorously assailed by his Majesty's Troops on the other side. And this some did affirm to have been concerted at the time of the undertaking.
But the Colonel now beginning to despond of any farther endeavors, were in∣tended to releive the Town, and finding his Men dissatisfied, his Ammunition wasted, ••nd his provision grown very short, he demanded a Treaty, which the Enemy easily condescended to, well knowing an attempt to take a Town by force wherein were so many and so good Men, if it did succeed, was like to be at a rate would prove ••••••y dear: And Commissioners being appointed on either side, it was agreed, The ••••••arrison should march out with Arms, Bag, and Baggage, Flying Colours and
Balle en Bouche. The only thing was found weak and mean in the Commander among the conditions, was, That such as had, from a certain time, left the Parlia∣ment Service, were to be abandon'd to their reprisal and resentment; an Article calculated on purpose for delivery of this Young Lord. To which the Commander, so ancitient and so great a pretended Friend, had condescended with very small re∣sistance; the dishonor of which was afterward at his Tryal before the Court Martial at Oxford, with very much exaggeration laid to his charge.
The night before the surrender, it may be imagin'd, the Lord Mordaunt was in no small concern how to escape the danger of being seiz'd by the Enemy, according to the right they had so to do, by reason of the Articles. Divers ways were pro∣posed for his escape, whereof some seem'd too mean, others too precipitate: At last he resolv'd to take the Habit, Arms, Horse, and Apparel of an ordinary Trooper, and at adventure to march in the Rank of such a one, even under inspection of the Earl of Essex himself, before whom all the Troops were to march away. This the next morning he put in practice, and was so successful, as to pass clear, without any discovery or obstruction, although the General had employ'd divers to search for him among the Troops, and that his Father had sent of his own domesticks to assist in his seisure, as well to vindicate himself from any suspicion of connivance with his Son, as to divert the young Lord from his intended Engagement among the Cava∣liers, from which the Countess, his Mother, was at that time very averse.
He marched in company of the Troops till he came to Wallingford, where he saw Prince Rupert the first time, whom he found much enflamed against Colonel Fielding. He complemented the Young Lord, with a particular sence he ex∣press'd to have of the hazards, whereunto by these mean Articles he was expos'd. The Lord Mordaunt came the next day to Oxford, where he presented himself to the King, and was receiv'd with that goodness which was natural to one of the best Kings that ever Reign'd. After which he apply'd himself in his respects to the Ministers, became acquainted with the Great Officers of the Army; and though he had lost some of his Servants, his Baggage, his Money, and, which was worst, all his Horses, whereof there were some very excellent, these necessaries having been known at their march out of the Town, and were all seized by the General's Order, as the Goods of a Dissertor, whom himself they could not find; yet the Lord Mordaunt esteem'd himself a gainer upon the whole, having, by this generous testimony of his Loyalty, gained an opportunity of justifying himself, with the good Opinion and esteem of all the Worthy and Ingenuous persons of the Court.
His next care was, to repair the losses of those necessaries, which were useful to the method of Service he did intend, Horses, Arms, and Money; towards which the kind care of the Noble Lady Mordaunt, his Grandmother, that had al∣ways been a zealous Catholick, did much enable him, and he was soon after in a condition to follow the King in all his Marches and Expeditions; whereof the first was, when he advanc'd from Oxford to Bristol, to take possession of that important City that had been delivered up by Colonel Fines, and there to settle a strong Garrison and his Authority. After which, and his return to Oxford, he follow'd the King to the Siege of Gloucester, wherein he endeavour'd to advantage his Expe∣rience, with the observation of every Action and Proceeding was practised in that occasion, and so signaliz'd his application towards enabling him for the future Ser∣vice of his Prince, as gain'd him much honor from all that did observe him.
But after the disappointments and ill success of this enterprise, and that by the approach of the Parliament Army, the Siege was forc'd to be raised, to the shame of those had engag'd the King upon the undertaking, upon the assurance of a pre∣sent delivery, the Lord Mordaunt follow'd his Majesty to Newbery, where the King engaged in Battel with the Parliament Forces. The Two Armies lay the first Night in fight one of another, and by break of day they began to skirmish: The Fight soon became very fierce; the young Lord shew'd his Valor and Bravery in
several parts; but particularly, when, among other generous Volunteers, he put himself in the first Rank of the Prince's Troop, then Commanded by Sir Richard Crane, when it went to Charge the Great body of the Parliament's Foot, which had Cannon planted before it, all loaden with Case Shot, for the better reception of their Enemies: It was an occasion never to be forgotten, for at the first charge of the Horse, they were saluted with such a Fire, as killed and dismounted above Fourscore at one Volley: There it was the Earl of Sunderland was slain, and so ma∣ny considerable persons hurt and disabled. The Lord Mordaunt was shot in the Arm, wounded with a Pike in the Thigh, had several honourable marks made in the Coat that cover'd his Arms, and his Horse was shot in the shoulder. The end and consequences of this Fight is known in Story. The King return'd to Oxford, the Earl of Essex to London, and the Lord Mordaunt remain'd at Court the ensuing Winter.
The young Lord had not attained the full age that might capacitate him to sit in Parliament, but the Earl, his Father being deceased, and he succeeding to his dignity of Earl of Peterborow, it pleased his Majesty to dispense with a year of that time, and by Writ to call him to fit in the Oxford Parliament. It was in this Assembly the Earl of Peterborow shew'd the fruits of a Generous Education; his Manners were grave and decent, his Judgment sound, his Learning above his Years and his Quality, and he spoke so as satisfied much, and affected those that heard him. In fine, the Great and Unfortunate Charles took such an impression from his proceedings, as had the King out-liv'd the disorders of that Age, the Earl of Peterborow had been certainly both employ'd and cherish'd by him.
After this Session, he follow'd the King in the Expeditions of the succeeding Summer. He was engag'd in the Fight at Cropradey; he was with him in the West, at Exeter, and in Cornwall, where the Parliaments Army was Besieg'd, their Generals shifted for themselves by Sea, and their Troops passed by the King's Army on conditions.
The Winter following was employ'd by this Earl in an Action very considerable to him, which was his Marriage with a beautiful young Lady of great birth, called Penelope Obrien, only Daughter to Barnaby Earl of Thomond, part of whose Portion was at that time very useful to him, his Mother being then alive, and in possession of most of his Estate, and the rest sequester'd, and in the Parliament Quarters.
The next Spring he carried his Lady to Bristol, a place, in appearance, of most safety, and farther from the Scene of the War, which was likely, as it did fall out, to be more Northward.
Here he happn'd to be about the time of the Fight at Leicester, where the good King was worsted, and from whence his greater misfortune began to flow.
Upon the King's retreat Westward the Earl of Peterborow, to be more free to follow him in all his Fortunes, got a Pass for his Lady to go to London to agitate among his Relations some supplies, towards enabling him for his subsistance, and to furnish him towards certain designs he had for his Majesty's Service.
He went with the King after this for Wales, but losses and defections coming now more and more upon his Majesty every day, he retired again to Oxford; and Winter drawing nigh, the Earl took that Season to pass into Ireland, where was a considerable remainder of his Wife's Portion, with which he intended to pass into France unto the Queen, being then at Paris, to Negotiate the interests he had at Court, and after to return. Unto all this he had not only the King's leave, but such Passes, and Letters of Recommendation from his Majesty, and the Principal Secretary (the Earl of Bristol) as will for ever bear honourable testimony of this Earl's behavior.
He did then prosecute his journey, which was in all things very fortunate, though full of particular adventures, too long for this relation. He pass'd into Ireland, came into Thomond, in the Province of Munster, where his Father-in-law lived, and carried thence the Moneys he did demand. Embark'd at Galloway in
Cannaught for France, after extraordinary sufferance and hazards at Sea, landed at Saint Mallows, and came afterwards to Paris, where he was received by the Queen, with that kindness and concern, as was due to a Man, who had adher'd so faith∣fully, and so long, to the King her Husband, and all his Interests.
By this time every Post brought news of the King's misfortunes, who having been at last forced to quit Oxford, and the few Troops he had left, had cast himself up∣on the Protection of the Scotch Army.
Here, to well judging people, seem'd to be an end of all the hopes of the Royal Party, who had reason to fear what was the present Interest, and was like to be the resolution of that People.
After some time then, every one, as in a Shipwrack, seeking for a Plank, whereon they might save themselves, the Earl of Peterborow, upon discourse with the Queen, and the King's Secretary, that was then in France, had not only their leave, but their advice to make it his business to get admission to come home into England and compound for his Estate, as the rest of the Cavaliers in England did. The Earl's Mother, that always liv'd in the Parliament Quarters, and had many Friends among them, procur'd his desire: So that with the young Countess, his Wife, at that time with him in France, he repair'd home; and at last, by a very severe composition in Money, for which he was fain to sell and mortgage many of his Lands, he made such a kind of Peace, as that wherewith the Lords and Gentlemen of the King's Party were, at that time, forc'd to be contented.
In the care then of his Fortune, composing of domestick differences, and provi∣ding, as well as he could, against future accidents, the Earl of Peterborow spent his time, till the King came to be abandon'd by those false Scots, and deliver'd into the hands of the Parliament.
He happn'd to be residing upon his Noble Lordship of Turvey, at the time the King was taken from Holmby, and brought on his way towards London. His Ma∣jesty happn'd one Night, in his journey, to be lodg'd at Ampthill, where it was de∣sign'd he should rest a day or two; at hearing hereof (the Earl's House not being above seven Miles from thence) he thought it his duty to endeavour to see his Sacred Master, and try if he could have occasion to be useful to him in any kind. He rose then, and by Eleven of the Clock, came to the House where the King lay. Not without some difficulty he got to be admited where he was, and he found his Majesty going to the Prayers usual before his Dinner. After they were perform'd, he kneel'd down for the honor of his Majesty's Hand, but had only opportunity for the ordinary Complements, being overlook'd by the Officers appointed to ob∣serve the addresses and behavior of all that did approach him. Chearfulness there was not much in the King's looks, but no disorder; grave they were, but di∣stinguishing to any he took for Friends; and injur'd goodness appear'd in every motion. The Dinner was soon brought up, during which the Earl waited by him, and near the end of it the Officers withdrew, and all, except the Guards of the Door. The Earl quickly took the opportunity of asking his Majesty, If there were any thing wherein he might be serv'd with the hazard of his Life and For∣tune: The King Answer'd, He was not in a place to take any measures, but would have him advise with those that were his Friends. The Earl said no more, by rea∣son of the Villainous Jaylers returning, so he took his leave, and departed home, full of indignation against the Times, the Nation, and Fortune; resolving, though he were at ease, and had made his peace, to expose Wife, Estate, Quiet, and his Life, upon any undertaking, wherein there should be a reasonable appearance of relieving the best of Kings.
What ensued after this is the King's Story, and that of other Men. I shall only relate, that after his being at Hampton-Court, his escape thence, and unfortunate de∣tention in the Isle of Wight, the Transactions with the Army, and many other Contrivances, there came at last to be designed a Rising in his favour, to be begun in Surrey, of which Henry Earl of Holland was to be General. To this there was
much contributed in Money and Counsels, by the Presbyterian Party; and here∣in, under assurances of great partakers, the Earl of Peterborow was again engaged, who on his part fail'd not to be at the Rendezvous, according to appointment, in the head of a Hundred Horse, well Arm'd and provided, that came to follow him out of his own Country. But of such numbers as others had undertaken, there were so many fail'd, as at the Muster and Survey of that Rendezvous, it gave a great discouragement to those that did appear, which caus'd divers that came in to the first Meeting, even of the Surrey Gentlemen, after the recess of one Night, ne∣ver to return again.
The Earl of Holland, notwithstanding, still in hopes from the great promises wherewith he had been deluded, marched on into the Country, and the first Night Quarter'd at Darking, expecting for the next day great supplies and accession of of Men out of that Country and the City; but the succeeding Morning produced no more armed Men, nor any change to his desperate condition. And being now past any retreat from his Engagement, he march'd back towards Kingston, in order, by passing the River at that Bridge, to procede Northward into such Countries where∣in he hoped he should find more zealous and trusty Friends. But in the Afternoon as he made a small halt upon the way, he had Intelligence, That Sir Michael Lucy's Regiment of Horse, and some other Forces were on their march to overtake and Charge him, and by that time he reached Kingston Heath, their Scouts appear'd, as he was ready to march into the Town. The Enemies Troops arriving, there∣upon, he had not time to draw up his few Forces as he should have done, but they were Charged and routed in a short time; the Lord Francis Villiers, Brother to the Duke of Buckingham, was killed in the Lane, and most of the rest dispers'd to shift for themselves, the best they could be able.
The Earl of Peterborow, with Five or Six Gentlemen Volunteers of his Troop, had Charged quite through the Enemies Men, and were so far engaged, That the Enemy being got between them and the Town, it was unpossible for them to reach back unto the Bridge, or their own flying Party; and Night being come on, they shelter'd themselves in a Gentleman's House near by, and by means of good Guides got the next Night to London, where they lay conceal'd in expectation of hearing how and where they might meet with their Friends again.
The Fortune of the Earl of Holland, and the rest of the Party, which got from Kingston, every body knows, and how he was taken at St. Needs, and afterwards lost his Head.
The hopes of this Design being thus unfortunately disappointed, and Messengers and Spies employ'd every where to seek, and seize all the considerable Persons en∣gag'd, or suspected to have contributed to this attempt; the Earl of Peterborow, whom they did intend to make an example, was forc'd to abscond, as well as he was able. He did it in a Chirurgeon's House, called Mr. Lowe, by whom he was very faithfully served; till by the frequentation of the Earl's Mother, the House began to be suspected, and there was then procur'd for him a lodging at the Printers in Black-Friars, where he lay till a safe passage was provided for him to get below Gravesend, where he was received into a small Fisher's Boat, which conveigh∣ed him to Flushing in Zealand.
There escaped with the Earl, John Mordaunt, his Brother, afterwards Viscount Mordaunt, and Mr. William Stafford of Blatherwick, a young Gentleman of Fortune, who both follow'd him in this occasion; and having presented themselves to the Prince of Wales, who was then at the Hague, they were all receiv'd by his Highness, the Princes of Orange, his Sister, and his Aunt the Queen of Bohemia, and all the Princes, their Children, with that consideration that appertain'd to persons, who were Martyrs for their Service, having lost their Estates, ventur'd their lives, and expos'd all their Friends to vindicate the Honor and Authority of their House, and relieve the King out of Prison.
Winter now did approach, and it was in that dead time, when the King's Af∣fairs were in their last and worst condition. The Duke of Hamilton had been routed and taken, the Scotch Army dissipated, Colchester was surrendred, Lord Capell a Prisoner, and Lisle and Lucas Executed. In fine, to this succeeded the Tryal of the Lords, Hamilton, Holland, and Capell, their Murder, and after, that never to be execrated enough, of the King himself, and in consequence a seeming settle∣ment of that horrid power of the succeeding Common-wealth.
At this time the Earl of Peterborow was retired to the City of Antwerp, because his Estate, being all for the second time sequestred, he could withdraw no such sub∣sistance as might enable him to follow the young King, as he did desire; and the Prince was not Master of so much Treasure and Revenues as he might spare where∣with to maintain such Men, without Employment, in his Service, and the expecta∣tion of his remaining hopes lying then in Scotland, he was forc'd to employ the Moneys he had, to entertain and encourage the Men of interest in that Na∣tion.
The Earl of Peterborow then, being from the young King, whom he was not able to follow, and in a condition very necessitous, useless to his Prince, and unprofitable to himself, he was advised by all his Friends to try if at any expence he could make way with some of power in England, to be admitted to a second Composition. His Wife, the Countess, being an Ingenuous and Industrious Lady, found means to obtain it; upon notice whereof, the Earl acquainting the King and his Ministers therewith, had his Majesty's leave and approbation to provide for himself the best he could, and to submit to the general Fortune and Condition of his Party.
He return'd then, and after many extreme and perverse difficulties, paid ano∣ther great Composition, and was once again settled in the possession of his Fortune. In the retirement then to his own House, the payment of great Debts, acquir'd upon Publick accounts, and settlement of his Fortune, this Earl spent those years which remain'd between the King's Murther, and the Restoration of his Son.
But upon the return of King Charles the Second, the Lord Viscount Mordaunt, the Earl's Brother, and the Lady his Wife (called before her Mariage Mrs Eliza∣beth Cary) had by much officiousness, and many endeavors, during the King's Exile acquired a great share in his favour, but most of all with the King's Chief Mini∣ster, the Lord Chancellor Hide, afterwards Earl of Clarendon; and having great and incomposable differences with the Earl of Peterborow, about the settlement of his Estate, whereunto, against his will, they pretended to Inherit, they had, to encline them to their partiality, in case the decision of any of the differences should come to depend on them, done sundry ill offices to the Earl; so as at the King's first Arrival, he receiv'd marks enough of the King's coldness, and the ill impres∣sions they had taken. But the Earl of Peterborow, who could speak well, having means by some Friends of the contrary Faction, to have access to the King, soon dispersed those Clouds, and convinced his Majesty of the Art and Malice of his Enemies, and of the untruth of those suggestions, which were partly the cause that enclin'd the King and his Minister to suffer the remainders of Rygate to be taken out of the Crown, by which the Earl lost one of the Noblest Houses in the South of England, and such Lands and Revenues belonging to that Priory as were worth a Thousand Pound of yearly Revenues.
The King after this promised proportionable Recompence to the Earl, and by the interposition of the Lord Chancellor, had given him a Commission for Captain General of the King's Forces to be sent into Africa, and to be Governor of the City of Tangier.
To this undertaking then the Earl of Peterborow wholly applied himself; and although from the Division of the Councel, which did at that time consist of two very powerful Factions, neither of them much favouring what ever the other did propose, great obstructions and difficulties did arise unto the Earl, both in the pre∣parations
that were necessary, and in the after performance of several things that were undertaken: yet with his industry and diligence he overcame the envy and secret opposition of that affair; Embarking the ...... of ...... with Three Thousand Three Hundred Men under his conduct, and proportionable Provisions for them of every sort; and landing at Tangier the ...... of ...... took pos∣session of it for the King of England, and establish'd himself Governor thereof.
The History of his Government there, being too long for this place, I shall only say, That, for the time he stay'd, there was never place kept in better order, bet∣ter paid, better provided for, nor where all sorts of Men had better Justice, or Protection. It is true, Two reasons made him desire to be recall'd; the first, That his spirit, and his endeavours were so limited, as that little Honor was to be ob∣tain'd by his residence in that place, having not Troops enough to march, or at∣tempt any thing, into the Country; nor Money enough to design such Fortificati∣ons, or so proceed with the business of the Mole as might render the Town safe against an undertaking Army, or the Sea advantageous to a Trading Fleet. But the chief Thorn in his Foot was the Envy and Malice of some considerable Enemies at home, who endeavor'd to support an under Officer of his own, in his pretension of competition to some powers, that were incompatible with his Honor and Autho∣rity. And they engaged the best, and otherwise, the justest Prince in the World, so to favor what that Officer did aim at, as the Earl must have submitted to his Adversaries, or encurr'd the last enmity from that person, for whom he had the greatest service and veneration that could be.
Seeing it was like to come to that extremity, the Earl of Peterborow desired leave to lay down his Government, and return. It was so agitated by his Friends, as that he had it granted, with all the circumstances of honor and kindness that could be; as appears by a Letter of Thanks, under the King's Hand, for his faithful and good Services; and in consideration thereof, he had, under the Great Seal of England, a Pension granted him, for his life, of a Thousand Pound by the Year.
Upon his return, he found the King engag'd in a War that was like to prove very fierce between himself and the States of the United Provinces. And resolving to acknowledge the King's Bounties on every occasion that should present it self, by the constant offer of his Service, he desired the Command of a Ship, to serve in that conjuncture, and it was granted, with acknowledgments for the Example: But up∣on notice thereof among the Men of Quality, it was so much, and so suddenly followed, as it put a necessity upon the King to refuse it to others of as great merit and zeal as could be, or to have his Fleet commanded, for the most part, by Men of greater Quality than Experience.
This put a stop even to the Earl's pretension; But since he could not serve in that capacity, he was resolv'd to go a Volunteer; which he hid, in the Ship, and com∣pany of the Noble Earl of Sandwich, they first setting to Sea from Portsmouth: But the Fleet soon returning, by reason of the lateness of the Season, his Lordship did so too, remaining that Winter making his court to the Princes.
The next Expedition, which the succeeding Summer did produce, he went a∣gain to Sea in good earnest; and because it was a Second-rate Ship, of good force and accommodation, he was order'd aboard the Ʋnicorn, Commanded by one Cap∣tain...... Tidiman, wherein he remain'd during that great Fight of the Third of June, in the Year.... where, to his immortal glory, the present Great King James the Second, shew'd more personal Valor and Conduct, than any other Prince of the House of England since the Conquest, who had kill'd by his side, the Earl of Faymouth, his Brother's Favorite and his own, his first Gentleman of his Bed-Cham∣ber, the Lord Muskery, the generous Mr. Boyle, with many other Gentlemen and Souldiers.
The behavior of the Earl, in the Ship where he Sail'd, was not unsuitable to his Quality and the other actions of his life. He encouraged the Souldiers with his
Actions and his Words too; and the Captain in truth, of not too forward a Na∣ture, did perhaps more than otherwise he would, to hide from his Men the great difference there was between the intrepidity of the Earl, and his own circumspecti∣on. In fine, there was nothing scandalous, but his Lordship did not look upon it as good Fortune to have accompanied a Man no more sollicitous to get Glory in so great an occasion for that purpose.
The Earl of Peterborow, after his Engagement by Sea, had it intimated to him, by a private Friend about the Duke, That if he thought he could apply himself to a Court-life, wherein attendance would be necessary, and a particular devotion to all the interests of his Master, he believed his Highness would not be unwilling to engage his Lordship in his Service, even in the first, and most honorable place in his Court, at that time vacant by the so late death of the Lord of Muskery, who was Groom of the Stool, and first Gentleman of his Bed-Chamber: And this per∣son did offer himself, if the Earl did esteem the occasion, to be an instrument of proposing the matter, and bringing it about. His Lordship, that was sur∣prized, did not at first embrace it with that warmth the Gentleman did expect; who thought to have thereby put such an obligation upon the Earl, as might de∣serve some extaordinary acknowledgment; for he was not altogether uninterest'd, and had several considerations of his own, which excited the appearance of his friend∣ship in this matter. But the Earl told his Friend, he desired a few days to consi∣der of the business, and to inform himself of the nature and commodities of the place, that he might see how such an Employment, would quadrate with the condition of his Affairs and Fortune; having at that time a Mother a live, who kept away the most confiderable part of his Estate: so as if he had not with the place some such emolument, as might equal the encrease of Expence would grow upon him, by the change of his condition, and application, he should insensibly draw himself into such circumstances as would afterwards become uneasie.
The Earl of Peterborow, in the mean time, by the advice of his Friends, did not haste away from the Fleet as soon as the Fight was done, as weary of the Fatigue, or impatient of the strait living aboard; but staid to attend the Duke to the Court, and his reception, as he had come out, only to wait upon his Highness, and to shew a particular devotion to so great a Prince. He came then with him to White∣hall, and was a witness of the kind reception he had from so dear a Brother. And his Highness presented the Earl to the King, as a particular partaker of the Honor, as well as the hazards of that great occasion; who thereupon received from His Majesty very signal Thanks and Commendations.
Some days were now past, during the consideration the Earl had employ'd about the proposition was made him by his Friend at Sea, concerning the Duke's Service; and indeed, according to the information he receiv'd, he did not judge the allow∣ances, were like to be made him, would support the extraordinary charges would arise from that condition: So as unwilling to bring a burthensome Service to a Master, he did rather desire to make more easie, a declension of that affair became more sutiable to his inclination. When one Morning, about a week after, hap∣p'ning to visit another Friend, upon whose judgment, candor, and experience, he had a much greater dependance, and acquainting him with the answer he did in∣tend to make; he was by many important reasons over-ruled, as to a change of his resolution, and perswaded to embrace the occasion of entring into the Interests and Service of his Royal Highness. This Gentleman was a Servant to the Duke him∣self, and much nearer than the first, to every part of his Favor and Inclination: And having occasions that were like, for divers times, to keep him distant from the Court, he thought, by introducing the Earl of Peterborow, to establish a Friend, who would maintain his interests and pretences there in his absence, very usefully. And it is true, that he had those, that did prove then, and after, very confider∣able to himself and many others.
He did then undertake the management of this accord, and acquainted the Duke with the Earl's desire to be his Servant; with which he did suggest so many rea∣sons as made his Highness resolve, notwithstanding some little dislike of the Earl's demur, to receive him with that kindness and encouragement, as was suitable to his Birth and Quality.
There was some little dissatisfaction in the minds of the first proposer, and others of his Faction, to find the Earl introduc'd, and not by them, thinking his actions, and dependance would prove accordingly. But by whom it was, they could not guess, and it was for some time a secret.
From thenceforth the Earl applied himself close to the Duke's Service and Inter∣ests. He attended him in the Plague Year to York, and afterwards to Oxford. He participated of the Frowns and Smiles were applied to every variation of his For∣tune. In the Parliaments, which did succeed, he did not only adhere, but appear in all his interests; he avoided not the hard looks were given to those that durst endeavour the protection of his Father-in-Law, the Earl of Clarendon, and stood by his defence when he was abandon'd by such as were fed and cloath'd by the Fortunes and Favours he had procur'd them. He opposed the Bill for Divorce of the Lord Ross, sollicited by the Court, not in favor of that Lord, (now Earl of Rut∣land) but as an introduction to a greater that was intended, whereby the Duke's Right to the Succession would have been cut off, by an act unusual in this King∣dom, and esteem'd unlawful in every other.
These proceedings got the Earl of Peterborow the opinion of being more parti∣cularly tyed to the Duke's Service by affection, than every one would have had him. Such as envied the vertue of this Prince, desiring he should have the forms of Greatness in his Service, but not the zeal, the duty, nor the true sincerity that should sustain it. The Earl of Peterborow was not a Man to act for him in one oc∣casion, for his Service, and to betray him in another, for his own advantage. He was ever concern'd for the Duke in the first place, but for his own Reputation in the second. And though, it is true, he would have dyed for the Duke in a great occasion, yet it is certain his own honor would have had some share in the sacrifice. With these principles, and in actions suitable unto them, he continued in his Royal Highnesses Service several Years; and although he was esteem'd by all the Mini∣sters, he had not many marks of their favor, who think the dependants upon the Brother and Presumptive Heir of a King, rejoyce not over-much to see that power in them, which naturally, as his due, the others would have devolv'd upon their Master. However, he lived well with all, and they with him. Though the World saw well, by the little acquisitions he made of Honors or Advantage, that he did serve his Master with the least design of interest, of any person that ever did approach him.
About the Year ..... it fell out, that Anne Duchess of York, departed this life; and by those that were friends to the Duke, and the Government, it was thought fit, that another should be sought to supply, by her fruitfulness, the want of Issue Male, which Providence to that time, had denyed to the felicity of the Royal House. All concurr'd in the profession that this was necessary; but not every one in their endeavours to accomplish it. The accession of Sons like to live, would have made the Duke more considerable than his enemies wish'd that he should be; and ob∣jections were not wanting, from many of them that were in place to speak, and in right to be heard, in Occasions, and Councels of that nature, against any seem'd pro∣per to his Friends for his Alliance. Some of them, 'twas said, wanted Fortune; others, were not of Quality enough; and there were those that were not bred in the Religion of the Country, which in certain Men was not easie to digest. At last, the good King (who, it were to have been wish'd, had in more things follow'd his own good nature and judgment) accepted the proposition made from Spain, by Sir Mark Ogniaty, at that time Agent here out of Flanders, of a Marriage, and Treaty to that purpose, with the Young Archduchess of Inspruk, which was be∣lieved
would have answered all the objections of Honor, Fortune, and Fruitfulness, more than any Princess that had been propos'd. This could not apparently be re∣fused by the Ministers, who found the King did himself desire his Brother's Marri∣age, and that the Duke was resolv'd to have a Wife at any rate. Therefore, the expedient for its hindrance was, to propose a Creature of their own, one that follow'd the Court, and the favor of it, by birth a Stranger, not concern'd what became of the Succession of England; to be sent over in quality of Negotiator of this business. This Man was engaged in the affair, whom they did manage as they pleased; they made him advance it one day, and retard it another: and at last he did contribute, by his skill, to so long delays, as it became apparent by di∣vers signs of the Empress's ill health, that she was not like long to live.
From that time the Emperor, who thought it just he should provide for his own happiness in the first place, began to cast his thoughts upon this Princess; and his Council, for his satisfaction as well as the interest of his House, by reuniting the concerns of Inspruk, that had been the Appennage of those Archdukes, did wholly give their approbation of that conditional intention, in case of the Empress's death: So that when the Court of England was in expectation of a final conclusion of this Treaty, the cunning Negotiator did procure the appearance of it, to stop the Mouths of dissatisfied Men, and the clamors would have been upon a rupture, af∣ter a years suspence, and chargeable Treaty; so as the Duke being then upon the Sea, immediately after his Engagement of Sole Bay, in the last Dutch War; the Envoy at Vienna sent word, The Treaty was now ended, and there wanted only an Extraordinary Embassador from the King, to come to demand and Marry the Archduchess, according to the forms, towards bringing her into England, con∣tenting the King in that affair, and making the Duke happy.
Hereupon, his Royal Highness, who had long in his mind pitch'd upon the Earl of Peterborow to undertake and manage this great trust, not only as the first person about him, for his Birth and Quality, but as a Man whom he knew could never be corrupted, to act, or omit any thing might prove contrary to his intenti∣on or his service, did now declare he should (with the King's leave) be alone em∣ploy'd and trusted, as Extraordinary Embassador, in perfecting this matter, which so nearly did concern him.
The Earl did at that time attend the Duke in his own Ship. He had been with him the whole Expedition, and was particularly participant of all the Honors and Hazards of that bloody Battel, wherein the Noble Earl of Sandwich lost his life, and so many brave Gentlemen in either Party: And from off this Fleet it was, he commanded the Earl to repair to the King, and entreat his orders to the Ministers, for preparing Monies, Instructions, and Instruments that might enable him to pro∣ceed upon his journey, in order to bring home the Princess had been so much desired.
At his arrival, and first Audience of the King upon this affair, he found His Majesty not so warm as he did expect; he would not trust the Earl entirely with his indifference, but let fall some doubtful words, as it were to sound, Whether he would comply with more delays: But when he found by the steddiness of his Lordship's Answers, That he did expect an ingenuous proceeding, for his Master's satisfaction, His Majesty, a little abruptly, broke off the Discourse, and bid him repair to the Ministers, who should have orders to dispatch him with as much speed as the preparations would admit.
He address'd himself, in the first place, to the Lord Treasurer, who, for all his concurrence with the Duke to other ends and enterests, by which he had gain'd a most particular share in his Credit and Favour; yet he was certainly no friend to this, nor wish'd success to any other Foreign proceeding, and did comply with, if not foment the King's inclination, to a farther delay in the affair. Whether it was, that he would not appear to the approaching Parliament, author of a Match, of which, he thought, they were not like to approve; or that he hoped the over∣long
delays would weary the Duke, and make him at last content to take up with some Lady for whom this Lord had a favor in the Court at home.
Certain it is, That he receiv'd the Earl's pressing desires for a dispatch, with a colder kind of moroseness than he could have imagin'd, and in a way as did seem to expect from the Earl an understanding of some thing he was not willing plainly to express.
The Duke seem'd to believe the obstructions did proceed from the insinuations of another Minister, with whom he had long been out upon many other accounts; but he being in most things competitor with the Lord Treasurer, was glad to have occasion to justifie himself in a thing so tender to the Duke, at the reasonable cost of the other, and to set the Saddle on the right Horse.
The account the Earl of Peterborow gave to his Highness of these Affairs, brought him, with as much hast, as matters would admit, from the Fleet to the Town. And when he arrived, the business was so pressed on his side, as the Ministers were driven to break, or comply with his desires. But it is most true, That in all the matters expected from the Treasurer, he was more dry, more stiff, and more scarce, than was agreeable to the good opinion it was necessary for him to preserve in the Duke's Mind; and the Earl of Peterborow was fain to make use of his competitor, who had a desire, at that time, to justifie himself to the Duke, and had also much interest with the King, to procure from his Majesty, upon reasons of publick ho∣nor, more large allowances than the Treasurer would otherwise have made, who thought to have pinch'd the Earl, and made his business uneasie on that part, for not complying with him, in an indirect sufferance of those delays to take place, which might have obstructed the Duke's Marriage in any Foreign part what∣soever.
However, those difficulties were overcome, allowances were made for the Earl's Equipage, and provision of Money design'd for the maintenance of the Embassie. Orders were given for Commissions and Instructions: And after the Earl had served His Majesty in Raising for him a Regiment of Foot, whereof he was to be Colonel, design'd for carrying on the Dutch War, his affairs being all in a readiness for proceeding on his Embassie, he did on the _____ _____ of March, in the Year _____ _____ under the Character of Embassador Extraordinary to the Emperor, depart from London on that employment, having in his custody, Jewels of his Royal Highness's particular Cabinet, to the value of Twenty Thousand Pound, intended for a present to the young Archduchess of Inspruk.
The Earl arrived at Dover the next day, and under a very fair passage, came the day following to Calles, where having stay'd too Nights in providing for his farther proceeding to Paris; on the Third day, in the Morning, an Express came to him from the Court, bringing Letters of assurance from thence, and from Ger∣many too, That the Empress was dead, and the long Treaty of Inspruk broken off, by reason the Emperor was now resolv'd to have that Princess for himself.
The Earl had, notwithstanding, Letters from his Royal Highness, and from the Earl of Arlington, by the King's Command, That notwithstanding this, he should proceed to Paris, remaining quiet there, under his own particular character, at∣tending their farther Commands, whereby he was like to be employ'd to procure a Princess that might be a fit Wife for the Duke out of some other Family.
His Lordship obey'd, and after being settled at Paris, he had advice from his Royal Highness, That there had been proposed to him Four Wives; with whom, since it was impossible for him to be acquainted, he did command his Lordship to endeavor by all the diligence he could use, to get sight and knowledge of them, or at least, their Pictures, with the most impartial relations of their Manners and Dispositions.
The First of these was the Dutchess of Guise, whom France most particularly wish'd to favor into this Alliance; the next the young Princess of Modena, only Sister to the present Duke of that City and Country; the Third a Lady called
Madmoiselle de Rais; and the Fourth, Mary Anne, Princess of Wirtenbergue.
This was a great trust, to the performance whereof, was requisite both Honesty and Discretion; the first, To render unconsider'd all the advantages might be pro∣pos'd, to make partial the person trusted, against the interest and satisfaction of his Master; and the latter, To find out, and judge, what might be most expedient and agreeable to his true humor and circumstances.
The first, and the latter of these did recide at Paris, the Dutchess of Guise at her own House, and the Princess of Wirtenbergue, as a Pensioner in the Monastery of ....... but the Princess of Modena was with her Mother in Italy, and Mad∣moiselle de Rais at her Relations, some Hundred Miles distant from Paris. The Dutchess of Guise he saw at Court; she was the youngest Daughter of Gaston of Bourbon, Duke of Orleans, the King of France his Uncle, but a Princess for whom he knew the Duke had no inclination; she not being only low, and ill shap'd, but under the appearance of a feeble Complection, so, as though she had much reputation for Innocence and Vertue, her Constitution did not promise a likeli∣hood of either many or strong Children; and that end appearing to the Earl, the chief business of the Duke, and of England too, all the favor of France (a share whereof he might have tasted from the merit of a recommendator to this Alliance) could not induce him to promote a matter contrary to the ends of his Trust, and the Duke's Service.
The Princess of Modena, Mary of Esté, his Lordship could not see; but by the means of a Scotch Gentleman, that had been conversant in the House of Conty, one Mr. Conn, he was introduced into the Palace of that Prince, whose Wife had been one of the young Princess of Modena's nearest Relations, and there he saw her Picture, that had been lately sent thither from that Court. It bore the appearance of a young Creature about Fourteen years of Age; but such a light of Beauty, such Characters of Ingenuity and Goodness, as it surprized the Earl, and fixt upon his Phancy, That he had found his Mistress, and the Fortune of England.
An ill Picture he saw of Madmoiselle de Rais; but being at such distance as he could not know her self, or have any perfect relation of her circumstances, he sought no farther encouragement in that matter.
His whole thoughts were turned upon the young Princess of Modena, with whose Character that he might be the better acquainted, by the means of the fore∣mentioned Mr. Conn, he got a meeting, such as might seem accidental, with a Gen∣tleman called the Abbot Richini, a Man that was employ'd at Paris in Negotiating the interests of the House of Esté; and it was in a private, but commodious place for such an interview, in the Cloysters of the Great Charter-House in Paris. After usual Complements, they fell upon divers indifferent Discourses, and by degrees, that made it casual, coming to matters of England, and the Duke's being a Wi∣dower, with the necessity of another Marriage, we talk'd of Divers Princesses that the World named as proper for a Match so Illustrious. The Earl had occasion hereupon, to enquire of him, What Children there were in the House of Esté? he told him, only too; A Son, that was the present Duke, as yet a Minor, and a Daughter, of about Fourteen Years of Age; to whom, although he attributed many excel∣lences, yet he endeavour'd to make them useless to us, by saying, The Dutchess her Mother, but more strongly her own Enclinations, did design her to a Religi∣ous life, and that she did seem resolv'd not to Marry.
This affirmation was an extream blow to the hopes and desires of the Earl of Peterborow, and of which he was forced to give an account, together with the esteem and great value he had for the Character, that from all hands he had receiv∣ed of this young Princess.
But after this, he was induc'd by the Duke's particular direction, to make his access to the Princess Mary Anne of Wirtenbergue, that had likewise, as has been said, been recommended to his consideration. This Lady, whose Father had been slain in the War, and her Mother retired at that time into Flanders, of which Country
she was, did remain in a Monastery of Ladies, in company of several others of great Quality: And the Earl was introduc'd to a fight of her, by Father Gilbert Talbot, at that time newly entred into Orders of Priesthood, and an acquaintance of her Confessor. She was perswaded to receive his Lordship by way of a Visit, in the manner as is usual, at the Grate of a Parlor, design'd to give the Ladies opportunities of speech, at seasonable times, with their Friends and Relations. This Princess, who was Daughter of a Brother to the Duke of Wirtenbergue, was under the protection and care of the Crown of France, by reason of the great merits of her Father's Services; and it was believed would have stood fairer than any for its assistance to the preferment of this Match, if that of the Dutchess of Guise, and Princess of Modena did not take place. She was of middle Stature, Fair Complecti∣on, with brown Hair; the Figure of her Face turn'd very agreeably, her Eyes Gray, her Looks Grave, but Sweet; and in her person, she had the motions of a Wo∣man of Quality, and well bred: But above all, she had the appearance of a Maid in the ripeness of her Youth, of a Sanguine and Healthful Constitution, fit to bring strong Children, and such as might be like to live and prosper. Although there was much modesty in all her behavior, yet she was not scarce of her discourse, and spoke well, and pertinently to every thing.
His Lordship not being now unsatisfied with this interview, and believing that ex∣cept the Princess of Modena, he had neither seen, nor heard of any thing more pro∣per, for what might capacitate the person of a Wife; he began to enquire of the Fortune might be expected with her: But of that, although some concern'd for her, did give out, That by several ways, there might be expected from her Friends, Fifty or Threescore Thousand Pounds, yet he confessed, he could never find any reasonable bottom, upon which to build such an assurance. Yet a Marriage being his chief business, and a probability of Children, he gave, according to his Trust, and the Duke's Command, the truest Character he was able, of her, and her circum∣stances.
His Highness hereupon having a concurring account of this Princess, from others he had charg'd with the Enquiry, as well as his Lordship, seem'd so satisfied with it, as he gave order to the Earl of Peterborow, to proceed in his application to the Princess, and to give hopes, to her, and her Friends, That he would send sudden orders to demand her in the usual Forms. And from the earnestness of the Duke's Expressions, he himself did believe, he should in two or three Posts, have been capacitated thereunto. He obey'd, and found every day new contentments in the conversation of the Princess, so as he doubted not, there would have risen from this commerce, a satisfaction, both to his Master's Interests and Enclination.
But on a sudden, unexpected orders gave a change to this affair; an Express brought directions to the Earl, That leaving Paris privately, with as little company as was possible, he should repair incognito to Dusseldorpe, the Residence of the Duke of Newburgh; and that there, he should try to get a fight of the Princess his Daughter, who had been earnestly recommended to his Highness, as a Princess fittest of any for his Alliance. This was believ'd did proceed, from the Service France did at that time expect from the Duke her Father, whose Country and Troops were at that time adjacent to those parts of Flanders and Holland, where the King made a very sharp War. And it was earnestly supported by divers persons of much interest in our Court, who had been formerly obliged, or at present gain'd to promote the satisfaction of that Duke. But the Earl had orders from His Royal Highness, to give him a perfect Character of that Princess, her Person, as to what he could see, of her Parts, Manners, and Enclinations, as he could any ways learn, with the reposition of so great a Trust, as he did assure him, if he found her not answering the Character had been given her, he should have immediate Orders to return, and to bring home the Princess of Wirtenbergue, of whom we have spoke before.
The Earl, who was nothing but Duty and Faithfulness to the Duke, obey'd his new Orders with all the diligence imaginable; he took Post accompanied only with an Italian Gentleman, one Signior Varasani, his Gentleman of the Horse, and one that serv'd him in his Chamber. He arrived in two days at Metts, whence by Water he came to Cullen. At the time Sir Lionel Jenkins, and Sir Joseph William∣son were Embassadors Plenipotentiary at that City. He did not intend to have seen these Ministers, having no Orders to communicate, nor Advice to take of them. But walking alone in the Street, after his arrival, he met Sir Joseph in his Coach, who, without considering he was not in a condition to be publickly taken notice of, light, and complemented the Earl in the Street; of which unseasonable respect, his Lordship deliver'd himself, by his desire that he would forbear it any farther. But after this, he did privately visit those Embassadors, but without communicating his Business, or Intentions.
He prepar'd then for his Voyage to Dusseldorpe, pretending, at the House where he lay, a curiosity to see the Court, and Habitation of a Soveraign Prince, not above .......... from that City, who had the Reputation of being Wise, and Generous, and to live in all the State and Order suitable to his conditi∣on, and the greatness of his House. The Master of the House provided him a convenient Guide, acquainted with the Town he was to see, and the ways and passages to it. So one Morning the Earl, his Companion the Seiur Varasani, and too Servants Embarked upon the Rhine, and in an ordinary Boat, were carried down the River to the Walls of Dusseldorpe.
They were examined at the Gate, and giving account, that they were Strangers, brought by curiosity to see the place, were admitted, and by a Souldier, conduct∣ed to an Inn, where they stay'd to repose themselves, and take their measures for a farther proceeding.
They thereupon sent their Guide to enquire the method of approaching the Palace, and the Prince; who brought word, There would be, that day, a greater difficulty than usual, by reason the Prince and Court were to be employ'd in see∣ing an Anniversary Contest among the Citizens and other persons of that place, which should soonest Shoot down the Papegay, or Parrot, a thing made in simi∣litude of such a Bird, from a very high Pole, which was to be performed with much Method and Ceremony, and the Victor to have the usual reward of his address. But that before the beginning of the undertaking, the Prince was to be entertained, at Evening Service, in the Jesuits Church, with very rare Musick, to which the Dutchess and Princess did likewise resort, so as the Earl might have a fair view of them there, and what else was considerable in the Court, and that he would conduct them to a Station proper for that end.
This was readily accepted by his Lordship and his Companion, who were by their Guide placed in a fair passage, part of a Cloyster whereby they were to pass. After some expectation the Duke arrived, preceded with the State and Ceremony was suitable to a Soveraign Quality, he had his Wife by the Hand, the Princess follow'd, and a considerable Train of Ladies and Cavaliers, well dressed, and in good order. The Princess was not well to be discern'd, by reason of the Hoods were over her Face: But passing after into the body of the Church, the Earl had a farther view into a Gallery above, where the Duke sate to hear the Service.
The Office and Musick at an end, the Court retir'd in the order it had come, and all went out to be spectators of the Shooting, but his Lordship retired to his Inn, not being in a condition, or desiring to be seen publickly abroad.
Near six of the Clock, that divertisement had an end, and our Guide having ac∣quainted some under Officer of the Court, that Two Gentlemen of the English Embassadors Train, that were at Cullen, and had come to see that Town, were desirous to have a sight of the Court, and do Reverence to the Prince: he was told, That he might bring them. They came then to the Palace, under his con∣duct,
and being met by a Gentleman in the Inner-Court, he took them out of the Hands of the Townsman, and carried them up into a large Room, where after some attendance they were led into another, whereinto the Prince came unto them.
The Duke of Newburgh seem'd to be at that time near Forty Years of Age, of competent Stature, well shap'd, well dress'd, and of a most obliging behavior. He had a Suit, after the French fashion, of a Grey Stuff, with Diamond Buttons, a Diamond Hatband, and a Diamond Sword; and about his Neck, in a Black Rib∣bon, hung the Order of the Golden Fleece. He did receive their Complements with much Courtesie, which they paid with all Respect; and of himself began to entertain them with divers Questions about their Journey, the Embassadors, and proceeding of the Treaty at Cullen; and afterwards, insensibly fell upon England, the Court thereof, the Princes, and its other concerns. He enquir'd concerning the Duke of York and his Marriage; where was Monsieur de Peterborow, and if he con∣tinued at Paris after the disappointment of the Treaty of Inspruk; to all which questions having been answered, he said afterward, He heard the Duke was like to be Married to an English Lady; they assur'd him, they heard of no such thing. At last he took his leave of them with much civility, and when he was departed they ask'd the Gentleman if they might have the farther favor of seeing the Dutchess and the young Princess; who having told them, he would enquire, he left them; and after some stay, return'd to let them know, they should be admitted. To∣wards which they were carried, and introduc'd into an upper Room, where seem'd to expect them the Dutchess of Newburgh, accompanied with the young Princess her eldest Daughter.
The Earl made her his complements, with the greatest respect of which he was capable; whereunto her Highness, as he was told, in her own Tongue, made all suitable returns; but said, That being not vers'd in the French Tongue, she de∣fired her Daughter, the Princess, might interpret between them; at which the Princess did approach, and help'd to carry on the conversation, and with intention, as he thought, to shew her capacity in that Language. They all by that time, as he had reason afterward to believe, suspecting the Earl of being some other person, and having more design, in his little Voyage, than was pretended.
The Dutchess of Newburgh was a Princess, in his Opinion, of about five or six and thirty years, of a middle stature, light brown Hair, enclining to be Fat; great characters of goodness in her countenance, and was such a one, as might be pro∣per for a good Wife; without qualities over subtile, or Courtly, as might be found in the spirits of Ladies bred in France or Italy.
The Princess, her Daughter, was suppos'd to be about Eighteen years of Age, of middle stature, she had likewise very light Hair, and was of an exceeding Fair Complexion; her Eyes were of a light blueish gray, the turn of her Face more round than oval; that part of her Neck he saw was white as Snow, but upon the whole, at those Years, she was enclining to be Fat. In discourse she render'd to his Lordship readily her Mother's sence, and spoke her own aptly enough. She had the appearance of one that might be proper enough for a good Wife, and that possibly was fit for Generation. But the great genius did not appear, of Business or Con∣versation, for which she has been praised since she came to sit upon the greatest Throne of Europe.
After a due time the Earl of Peterborow did from hence too take his leave, with all the circumstances of respect were due to persons of that Quality: But at his depar∣ture he found himself much more attended by Gentlemen, and with greater respect, than at his arrival: And he was pressed to stay Supper, by the Chief Officers of the House, even to a degree of being like to have it imposed upon him. But his Resolution of not receiving any farther Engagement, made him in the civillest manner he could, break thorow all that, and got him liberty to retire to his Inn; where after he had made a very ill Supper, there came to enquire for him, under
pretence of a Visit from a Countryman, a young Gentleman, one Hamilton, that wore a Gold Key by his side, and was said to be much in the Duke's favor, and of his Bed-Chamber. This Mr. Hamilton seem'd every way to try what he could get out of the Earl, and by his discourse his Lordship perceiv'd his proceedings had puzled the Court: But withal, That they were suspicious of his satisfactions, by reason his Lordship declined to receive greater favors from them than was just necessary; however he departed civilly, and his Lordship to his rest.
The Earl was impatient to be gone in the Morning, and having a Waggon rea∣dy, (the ordinary way of Travelling in that Country) he came by Land to Cullen, whence his Lordship immediately dispatch'd an Express for England, with the suc∣cess, and account of his Journey. In answer whereunto, his Lordship had imme∣diate Orders to return with all speed to Paris, with an assurance, That at his arri∣val there, he should meet directions to demand, to marry, and to bring home the Princess Mary Anne of Wirtenbergue.
As has been said, there were a great party in the Court of England engaged to promote the Marriage of Newburgh; but there was another that moved strongly to promote Madmoiselle D' Alboeuf, Daughter to the Duke of that Name, who was a Cadet Prince of the House of Lorain; which was the Dutchess of Portsmouth, who was then, and continued to his end, the favorite Mistress of King Charles II. and she who wanted neither cunning nor Counsel, considering the transitoriness of humane conditi∣on, and particularly of humane affections, and not knowing how soon her retreat might be necessary into her own Country, did wisely endeavor to oblige therein, and make all the Friends she could: So, to engage the House of Lorain and Boullion, she had wrought with the King, not only to consent to the Marriage, but to order the Earl of Peterborow to see the Lady, and to send him his opinion thereof. And to this, if it had been any way adviseable, His Royal Highness himself would not have been averse, from the partiality he ever had to the House of Boullion, and principally to Monsieur de Turene, whose Niece the Lady was. But in truth she was so very young, not having fully attain'd Thirteen Years, and so little a Woman of that Age too, as when it was really represented, it was found wholly unproper for the Duke's circumstances, and the business of England. But to favor it, she and her creatures had, in the mean time, done what they could to detract from the Princess Mary Anne of Wirtenbergue, to whom, notwithstanding, from the first im∣pressions he had receiv'd, he stood so well enclined, as by the return of the next Express after the account of the Princess of Newburgh, he commanded the Earl to go back in diligence to Paris, where he assured him he should meet all the orders necessary to bring away that Lady.
The Earl obey'd with much satisfaction, esteeming this, next to the Italian Alli∣ance, the most suitable of any that had ever been proposed. So with all the haste he could he came to his first station, and not doubting of the performance of what had been so earnestly assured him, he lighted at the Monastery where the Princess Mary Anne lived, as soon as he came to Paris, and acquainted her with the orders, he had reason to believe, did attend him at his House, after the receipt of which, he should have but to call her (as he said) his Mistress, and pay her the respects due to the Quality that did attend it. He could not but confess the moderation, which in other things did appear in her temper, was not great enough to conceal her joy in this occasion; and she was not to be blamed, considering the provision it would have been for an Orphan Maid to Marry a Prince so great, both in the circumstances of Fortune and Merit; but after he had taken his leave, and was re∣turn'd home, with what a reverse of Fortune did he meet!
The Agent that did at that time Negotiate, in absence of the Embassador, had order to watch the Earls approach to Paris, that he might deliver his Letters, with new orders, to him before he arrived; thereby to obviate his communication to the Peincess of the last he received at Cullen, before he could be forewarned of it, or forbiden; but by neglect, or taking a wrong way to meet him, the Earl had seen
her, and made her complements upon the orders he had so great reason to expect, before he could receive his new directions. So as coming home, and being there saluted by this unwary Minister, he received from his Hands such Letters, as quite changed all his methods, by the total forbidding to proceed any farther in Treaty, or Demand of the Princess of Wirtenbergue; and directing him to expect instru∣ments and instructions by the following Post, to proceed with all haste to Italy, to demand, according to the forms, the young Princess of Modena.
This last order Reducing the Earl to his first Opinion and Enclination, did com∣fort him against the dissatisfaction of so uncertain and changeable a proceeding. He found a way to acquaint the Princess Mary Anne with the unexpected change in the Fortune was design'd her, and turn'd the event upon the resolutions of State Ministers, from the Duke's changeableness, or any dissatisfaction taken from her character. Much a do there was to appease a mind disappointed to that degree, and there were of those to whom she had seem'd a rival that forbore not to recoyce, if not to insult upon this reverse of Fortune. But at last she was forc'd to ap∣pease her discontents; and though the Earl durst see her no more, yet he wish'd her much happiness, as she did deserve, in any other proceeding.
His Lordship was, after this, employ'd in preparation for his Voyage to Modena, expecting in a Post or two the necessaries should enable him to proceed in that Negotiation. In ten days they arrived to his Hands, with particular recommenda∣tion from the Duke his Master, to use that Expedition and diligence which was done capable to establish his Marriage, beyond the contradiction, or dissolution of a Parliament; which, it being now the Month of July, was like to fit in No∣vember; and if it were not, before that, past obstruction, would leave no Stone unturn'd, that might contradict or hinder any Catholick Alliance.
He dispatch'd then away his Train and his Equipage, under the conduct of his Officers, and himself took Post, with intention of giving a sudden end to this af∣fair. It had been hinted to him, That he would find no difficulty in his underta∣king, all things having been prepar'd by the power and offices of the King of France, in whose interests the Princess of this House had of a long time been; and that Monarch finding the Match with his Cousin not like to take, nor the other of the Princess of Newburgh, did not think it adviseable to let His Royal Highness escape into the Alliance of any Family unfavourable to France, and therefore he used all the force of his Councels and perswasions, to make this Marriage suc∣ceed.
The Earl then receiv'd wings from the Interest and Commands of his Master, and came to Lyons in three days. but he was no sooner entred into his Inn, and began to repose himself, believing from the care he had taken to be concealed, and his little Equipage, that he was there wholly unknown; when a Servant of the Inn brought him word, There were Two Gentlemen below that desired admittance to speak with him, on the part of the Dutchess of Modena. He could not refuse to see them, not knowing upon what account they came, and upon their approach they delivered his Lordship a Letter, Signed by one Nardi, that stiled himself a Secretary; wherein he wrote to acquaint his Excellency, That they had heard of his intentions to come into those parts, in order to treat of a Marriage with the young Princess of Modena: But the Dutchess knowing her Daughters intentions to be entirely against any obligation of that kind, and that she was perfectly settled in the resolution of taking upon her a Religious life, she thought it reasonable to give him timely advertisement thereof; that the King, his Master, not being unac∣quainted therewith, might desist from exposing himself, or his Lordship, by pursu∣ing a design, which though it was very honourable, and advantageous to her, her Daughter, and the House of Esté, yet was unpracticable, and by no ways to be brought about.
The Earl's surprise was infinite in this occasion; but he thought it most prudent to seem amaz'd at the cause of such a Letter, and to disown to these persons any
concern of that nature, or orders to proceed in the business they did surmise; he told them, he was a private Traveller, that came upon his own account, only to satisfie his curiosity, and the desire of seeing Italy, so as there was no occasion for her Highness or any others concerning themselves in his motions.
The Gentlemen departed, and the Earl immediately gave an account to the King, and the Duke his Master, of what had happen'd, and the discouragement he had met; and though he directed his Servants and Equipage to remain at Lyons till farther orders, yet he resolv'd himself to proceed as far as Turnin, where resided an Embassador of France, who had the reputation of presiding over the French af∣fairs in Italy, to whom he might communicate what had happen'd, and to take some measures with him about his farther proceeding.
He repaired immediately to the Embassador's House, after his arrival at that City; and enquired of him, Whether he had any orders to assist him in the affair in question, wherein the World esteem'd the King, his Master, the chief mover? The Embassador assur'd his Lordship he had never been made acquainted with that business; and that if his Master were concern'd in it, it was likely he design'd to send some Man of Quality on purpose, who would be particularly instructed in the management thereof. But, he said, that, to his particular surprise, he had two days before receiv'd a Letter from the Dutchess of Modena, wherein she pray'd him, That if his Lordship came to Turin, and did confer, or advise with him upon that matter, he would signifie to his Lordship, an impossibility in the accomplish∣ing of it, for the reasons had been before expressed, in the Letter his Lordship had at Lyons received from Nardi.
This second appearance of an averse proceeding, began very much to discourage the Earl of Peterborow; and after he had given an account thereof to the Court, he was in doubt what to do, or how to make any farther advances. But the French Embassador, who, though unimploy'd in this affair, did now believe his Master much concern'd in bringing it about, advised the Earl to a little patience, and that con∣tinuing the pretence of a casual Traveller, he would advance his Journey down the Po to an agreeable City, called Plaisance, where he might find occasion to re∣main, and entertain himself till he had farther orders.
The Earl follow'd his Counsel, arriv'd at the place agreed on, and lodged him∣self as conveniently as he could, to the appearance of a private Traveller; but for all his caution, the Second or Third day after he came to Plaisance, one of the Ser∣vants brought him word, one Morning, how there was a Gentleman desired the favor of being admitted to him, who came from the Dutchess of Modena: The Earl sent immediately to have him introduced; and it proved the same Nardi himself who had written the first Letter to his Brother at Lyons. He had the appearance of an ingenious Man, who spoke well, and was practised in all Italian civilities. He presented now to his Lordship, a Letter, from the Dutchess her self, wherein she wrote, That having heard of his Journey into those parts, with the end and causes thereof, she thought it her part, before a great King and his Minister should expose themselves, in the demand of a thing which could not be accomplish'd, out of respect to them, to manifest the reasons of it, that she might be excused from seeming any ways the cause of their dissatisfaction: There was likewise in her Letter repeated what was contain'd in hers to the Embassador with something more; but to all she added, That indeed there were other Princesses besides her Daughter, to one of which, if the King his Master did think fit, it was possible he might be ad∣mitted to address himself. And however, in the mean time, if his Lordship would come and divert himself in that Court, she should esteem her self favour'd by his re∣ception, and he should be very welcome.
The Earl after having excused himself to the Dutchess, from the trouble his coming into those parts seem'd to cause unto her Highness, and thanked her for the Honor she did in the rest, with a fair excuse, he told her again, There was no cause for the first, because he was but a private Traveller, without design, or
orders to disquiet any body with pretences were not agreeable to them: nor in∣deed with any of that nature, which might answer the latter also. So Nardi re∣turn'd with a seeming satisfaction at that time. But the next day his Lordship re∣ceiv'd a Letter from the French Embassador at Turnin, whereby he acquainted him, That there was now, by the King of France's Order, upon the way, the Marquess of Angeao, design'd by his Majesty to come with most pressing desires to the Dutchess for a consent and conclusion to this Match, and to assist his Lordship with all the offices and endeavours imaginable.
This did much satisfie the Earl of Peterborow, if on the neck thereof there had not come an Express out of England to assure him of the same, as to the part of Monsieur d' Angeao, but with direction, That when he came, instead of the young Princess, from whom they took it, all the difficulties did arise, they should demand an Aunt of hers, which in all manner of circumstances was inferior to her, and from divers considerations improper for the Duke's occasions. This sudden change in the Affair did infinitely mortifie the Earl, whose Head turn'd round under this variety of uncertainties: But he had but to obey and be patient. And now some days after came Nardi again with new Complements from the Dutchess, and Ex∣pressions how glad that Court should be, if the Honor was supposed to be intended to the Daughter, might be transferr'd on any other Princess of that Family (for it seems, they had been enform'd, that something of that kind had been listned to in France.) The Earl, that was in expectation of his French assistant, who was not yet near, continued still upon his first guard, owning no Orders at all; but alledged the cause of his stay to be a little Indisposition, which he expected should soon pass, and return'd the Dutchess his Duty and humble Thanks for the honor of her Civilities.
About a week after this, another new Express came out of England, counter∣manding again the last directions, and assuring the sudden arrival of Monsieur d' Angeao, who was to use the uttermost power of the King of France's mediation, in demand of the Princess's Daughter and no other. Whereof, if at last they should come to fail, the Earl was then commanded to return to Paris, without any farther delay.
Accordingly, about a week after the Marquess of Angeao came, and the Morning of his arrival hastned to Visit and Complement the Earl at his Lodging; acquaint∣ing him, That his Commission was to assist him in his Negotiation, with all the offices of France, which he would improve with his best industry. This Marquess was a Man of good appearance, very cunning, and bred to all the Arts and Con∣fidence of Courts. It was soon concerted between them, That this Envoy should go first to Modena, having had formerly some acquaintance with that Dutchess, when, as one of the Cardinal's Neices, she remain'd in France, and there try the power of his Reasons and Perswasions; to which, if the Dutchess proved inflexible, the Earl, from the knowledge thereof, might return without exposing either him∣self or his Character: And if he did succeed, it would make way for his Lordship to declare his pretences to assume his Character, and be receiv'd into that Court with the Honor and Respect due to his Dignity and Business.
The Marquess departed the next Morning, and with such dexterity did demon∣strate to the Princes of that House their true interest, both in constantly deserving the Protection of the King his Master, and the Alliance of England, that all the Court and Council became desirous of it, except a cunning Jesuit, that was Con∣fessor to the Dutchess, and indeed her chief Minister, one Father Garimbert, that was a Subject born of the Duke of Parma's, and always much influenced by that Family. This Garimbert, whether it were that he desired to make the Match with the other Princess, who was Daughter to a Lady of the House of Parma, or else that he was engaged (as some did suspect) to cross this Match at the secret desire of that Family, who thought so Royal an Alliance would advance a Neighbour Prince in Honor and Power, above that balance whereunto they wish'd it should
be kept unto their own: Italian Princes being not only very jealous, and emulous of their Neighbors, but subtle too; He did all he could to make averse unto it both the Dutchess, and the Princess her self.
But the reason of the thing was so strong in it self, as at last, it did over-rule, the Dutchess, and all that were concern'd in her Service and Councels.
The Marquess of Angeao wrote then to the Earl of Peterborow, how all difficul∣ties being overcome, he might now take off the mask, and advance to Modena, where his addresses would be receiv'd; and the Dutchess wrote to him also to the same effect, with all the respectful Invitation that was suitable. They declar'd, there remain'd now only one difficulty, which was, in obtaining a Dispensation from the Pope for Celebration of a Marriage with a Catholick Princess, to a Prince not declar'd of the same Religion; of which, notwithstanding, they did not seem to doubt. But the Earl, not knowing the delays, or even the repture might pro∣ceed from this pretence, refused to appear publickly in that Court till that diffi∣culty were overcome, but consented to come privately thither, where he might, incognito, see and converse with the Princes and their Ministers. The Abbot of Angeao, Brother to the Marquess, being gone to Rome, to negotiate the Dispen∣sation with his Holiness, and the Cardinal Nephew, in the mean time.
His Lordship advanced then privately to Modena, and about a Mile out of the Town was met by Nardi, the under Secretary, with a Coach and Six Horses, into which the Earl being receiv'd he was carried into the City, and set down at the Palace of ............ who was Brother to the Bishop of Modena, of which he was put in possession in the name of the Dutchess; there to remain till his Lordship should think fit to appear in publick and assume his Character.
The Earl did expect to have had a House where he might have lived at his own Expence, and under the care and government of his proper Officers: But he found there several appartments, all nobly furnish'd, for himself and the rest of his followers, according to the quality of every Man, and each Office full of the Dutchess's Servants, with Provisions suitable for keeping a noble House; and at the time of Supper, there was a Table for himself, another for his Steward and supe∣rior Attendants, with a third for Livery-Men and others, all nobly provided, with that plenty and magnificence, as at first did not please his Lordship; seeming con∣trary to his intentions of being private, and giving cause of discourse to Men of a proceeding that was not ordinary.
The Earl told Nardi, That this was contrary to what he had desired; but he reply'd, That though the Dutchess, in publick at his Lordship's instance, omitted to pay him the respects that were due to him, yet she was not tyed from serving him her own way, in all the accomodations were necessary to his living and sub∣sistance, wherein he would have found difficulty, his Servants being strangers, and wanting the advantage of the Language.
In the mean time the Abbot was at work in his Negotiation at Rome, to pro∣cure a Dispensation, the Earl of Peterborow was receiv'd incognito, to the sight and conversation of the Dutchess: He was led thither the first time by Nardi alone, who fetch'd him up to the Palace in a private Coach, and by a back way led him up into an appartment, where he found the Dutchess standing with her Back to a Table; whom he approach'd with the Respect was due to a Soveraign Princess in her own House; she received him likewise with much courtesie; and Chairs being set, the Earl began to expose the true cause of his coming, and how he was fur∣prized to find a difficulty in a thing the World judged to be so advantageous to all the Parties. The Dutchess did seem to excuse her self much upon the aversion her Daughter had to a Married life, and the great desire she had to be Religi∣ous; she said likewise, That the Princess was young, and of a Constitution not very strong, and that besides the Italian Princes, depending much upon the reputa∣tion of Zeal for the Catholick Religion, there would be difficulties in obtaining a Dispensation for an Alliance, with a Prince, though never so great, that was not
declar'd of the same Church, let the Opinion of his true Faith be what it would. To every particular of these, his Excellency answer'd what he thought proper; and so, as her Highness confessed to have appeased the greatest difficulties of her own thoughts, and so much, as if the Abbot's Negotiation in obtaining the Dispence did prove successful, she knew not but that they might proceed to a happy con∣clusion. This first Conversation ended with the Earl's desire of being favour'd with a sight of the young Princess, whose possession he had so long thought necessary for his Master's happiness, and the Dutchess's having promised it for the succeed∣ing Evening: So he retired home in the same manner and way as he ar∣rived.
But now from Rome there was advice, by the Abbot of Angeao, of great diffi∣culties that arose in the consultations of this Affair. The French Embassador, the Duke d' Estrée, favour'd the Marriage with all the Power of the French Faction; so did the Cardinal Barbarin, and the other Friends and Allies of the House of Esté: But his Holiness himself was very averse, and Cardinal Altieri, who was the governing Nephew, a profest and violent opposer.
Various pretences were alledged for excuse of this obstinacy, but the true cause was the jealousie of the See of Rome, concerning any encrease of Greatness to the House of Esté, so considerable a part of its State and Riches resting upon the vi∣olent usurpation of the Dutchy of Ferara, and other Lands belonging to those Princes; so as the interest of Religion apart, the Popes and their Nephews do consider this Family as the least their Friend of any other in Italy. And do be∣lieve, If their Alliance to any Royal, or Potent House, should, by their support, offer them a fair occasion to recover their Dominions, they might be induc'd to use other means than Preces & Lacrimae, to recover their own, even from the Suc∣cessor of St. Peter.
It seem'd time then to press on this Affair to a conclusion; wherefore the Earl, against that Night, did desire again that he might see the Princess; to which pur∣pose he was at the time appointed conducted up to the Palace, as he was before, and found the Princess with her Mother. He did approach her with the respects he thought due to his future Mistriss; and having made her the Complements were proper, he ask'd her pardon, if he was made an Instrument to discompose her quiet, and in some sort to cross her Enclinations; but he thought before, from the sight of her Picture, and was now much more confirm'd in the Opinion, by the view of her self, That it was the only way to make happy a Prince, whose Love and Application, when she came to know him, would be well able to make amends for what she might now in some measure esteem a sufferance.
She answer'd, with a little fierceness, That she was obliged to the King of England, and the Duke for their good opinion; but she could not but wonder, why from so many Princes of more merit, who would esteem that Honor and be ready to embrace it, they should persist in endeavouring to force the Enclinations of another, for whom it was impossible to agree to a proposition of that nature; and that had vow'd her self, as much as was in her power, to another sort of life, out of which she could never think she should be happy. She desir'd his Excellency, and even as he thought, with Tears in her Eyes, That if he had interest in his Masters, he would oblige her, by endeavouring yet to divert any farther persecu∣tion of a Maid, who had an invincible aversion for Marriage. There were Prin∣cesses enough, she said, in Italy, and even in that House, that would not be un∣worthy so great an Honor, and that from the esteem they might have thereof would deserve it much better than she could do.
The Earl began to be a little peek'd, at expressions he thought something too earnest in opposition of what he did desire. He told her then, he begg'd her pardon, if he could not obey her; he might have been induced to it before he saw her, but it was now impossible. He could not believe, from what he did perceive of her, That she was made for other end than to give Princes to the
World, which should honor it with Characters of high Vertue and Merit: That his Country had need of such, and he would now hazard the offending her, by persisting in his demand; since if he did incur her indignation, he was sure at last she would not own it, because it would prove to be, for making her one of the most happy Princesses in Europe.
The Princess Mary of Esté appear'd to be at this time about Fourteen Years of Age, she was tall, and admirably shaped, her Complexion was of the last fairness, her Hair black as Jet, so were her Eye-brows, and her Eyes; but the latter so full of light and sweetness, as they did dazle and charm too. There seem'd given un∣to them, from Nature, Sovereign Power; power to kill and power to save; and in the whole turn of her Face, which was of the most graceful oval could be fram'd, there was all the Features, all the Beauty, and all that could be great and charming in any humane Creature.
This Princess seem'd unsatisfied, for all he could say, of the Earls persistance, but said no more, and retired with the Dutchess after the end of the Conversation. The next day his Excellency complain'd to Nardi of her Highnesses proceeding, expressing dissatisfaction, that having been kept in hand on pretence of the Abbot of Angeao's Negotiation for the Dispence, he found now a greater difficulty would arise when that was done, which was, obtaining a consent from the Princess, to which so lately she did express so much aversion. He told him, He should not find that strange, nor be concern'd, since the Ladies of Italy, when it came to be in earnest, were to have no will, but that of their Friends and her Mother satisfied, she would soon to have no will, but that of their Friends and her Mother satisfied, she would soon be brought to a more difficult matter, if she thought fit. The Earl then began to declare, That time drew on, and the meeting of the Parliament came near, to which he was much circumscrib'd in his Affairs, and he was obliged to come to a sudden conclusion or to depart.
Upon Notice whereof, the Dutchess sent him notice next day, of greater hopes of the young princess's concurrance, whom, she said, had been pressed by the Duke her Brother, and all her Friends, so as upon the arrival of the Dispence she hoped he should be satisfied. In the mean time the Treaty did proceed about the Portion, which was to be Fourscore Thousand Pounds, to be paid at several times according to agreements: With conditions for Jointure, Maintenance, and other matters; and upon these things there was not any disagreement.
But now at last came from Rome the Abbot of Angeao without the Dispensation, which he could not by any means obtain, by reason the Cardinal Altieri was in∣flexible; and threats of Excommunication were issued out to any should undertake to perform, or celebrate that Marriage. Hereupon we were all, upon the Fears and Expectation of a total Rupture. The Dutchess her self, a Zealous, if not a Bigot Woman, was in great pain about the part that might seem offensive to his Ho∣liness, or neglective of his Authority; and the Princess took occasion from hence to support her unwillingness. But in truth the Cardinal Barbarin, of whom the Dutchess had great dependance, and all the other Adherents and Relations of the House of Esté, being every day more and more possessed of the Honor and Inter∣est they were like to find in this Alliance, were scandalised at the unreasonable ob∣stinacy of the Pope and his Nephew, and did franckly advise the Dutchess of Modena suddenly to make up and perfect the Marriage; the peace, and excuse of the thing being eafier to be had after it was done, than any present Licence to be obtained for doing it.
The Bishop of Modena was then apply'd to for the performance, but he refusing, a poor English Jacobine was found, Brother to Jerome White, that after served the Dutchess, who having nothing to lose, and on whom the terror of Excommuni∣cation did not so much prevail, did undertake it.
The Princess then at last gave her self up to the will of her Friends; a day was set for the Solemnity, and his Excellency had liberty to visit her Highness in he own appartment.
The Earl of Peterborow, instead of making a publick Entry, which the little pre∣paration he had made, by reason of his being incognito, would not well admit, was notwithstanding in the noblest manner that place was capable of, brought to his audience of the Dutchess Regent, and the Duke her Son, who was but Twelve years old, by the Prince Renaldo of Esté, the young Duke's Uncle, and all that were great or considerable in that Court; and indeed the Ceremony, Attendance, State, Guards and other Appurtenances, were in that Order and Magnificence, as might have become a Prince of far greater Revenue and Territories; and here∣in all the marks of Soveraignty did appear, which are usual with Princes who are independant but of God. He delivered the King his Master's Letter to their High∣nesses in the usual form; and after having made a Speech suitable to the occasion, retired as he came, only instead of being conducted to his Coach, he was led into a very noble apartment, which was design'd now to entertain his Excellency, in quality of Extraordinary Embassador, all the time he would have occasion to stay in Modena; and therein, indeed, with great Plenty and Magnificence he was served in all necessary kinds, at the Expence of that Generous Princess.
But now other things being concluded, and the Earl pressing his departure, the Day for the Marriage was assign'd, being the _____ _____ of September. Against which the Earl had betimes prepared himself in habit and Equipage suitable to the occa∣sion; and about Eleven of the Clock he was fetch'd at his Lodging by the Duke, accompanied by his Uncle the Prince Renaldo, and all the considerable Cavaliers of the Court, and conducted to a Chamber near the Chapel, where he reposed himself till so much of the Service was done as seem'd obnoxious to the Religion he did profess; after which he was led to the Chapel, where the Princes expected him, and there between them was perform'd the Ceremony design'd for a perpe∣tual Marriage between this admirable Princess and the Duke of York his Ma∣ster.
After which he led her by the Hand to her Apartment, and there taking his leave he went to repose himself, till he was fetch'd to accompany these Princes at the Dinner.
That did succeed about One of the Clock: and as to the Ceremony of it, it was perform'd at a long Table, over the upper end whereof, was a rich Cloth of State, under which (in representation of a Bridegroom) the Earl of Peterborow sate with the Princess, the Duke, Dutchess, and other Princes of that House sitting on either side according to their degrees.
This Dinner was served with all the care and curiosity that was possible for any thing of that nature to be contriv'd: What the Sea could afford (though it was not near) and what the Rivers, and the Lakes, was there; what the Land could pro∣duce, or the Air of Italy, was not wanting; and all this was made more excellent by the Courtesie and good Humor of the Princes. But it ended at last, and all arose in order to a greater liberty for Conversation. That had also a conclusion for that time too, and the company (for their repose) retired every one to their Apartment, and to his Excellency's he was conducted after the same ceremony as he was brought to Dinner.
To the honor of the Night, was dedicated Dancing, and a Ball, whereunto all the Beauties of that Court did resort. It was perform'd with the Order and Ornaments suitable to the other parts of the Entertainment; being much to the sa∣tisfaction and esteem of all the Strangers that did see it.
The next Day, in a very formal Cavelcade, the Duke and his Excellency rode to the Cathedral, where a solemn Service and Te Deum was sung, in honor of the accomplishing of this Marriage. And two or three other days more were spent in triumphal Shows, and other testimonies of Publick Rejoycing.
After all which, the time of undertaking the departure being come, the Dutchess Mother would by all means accompany her Daughter into England, and it could not be diverted by any means, although it proved chargeable to her, and of ill Con∣sequence
to her concerns in that Government. Passes were obtained from the Kings of France and Spain, and the Italian Princes, through whose Territories her Royal Highness was to pass, to travel incognito; but with orders to provide any accomodations should be necessary for her service.
She began then this happy voyage the _____ _____ of September, in the Year 1673. accompanied by the Dutchess Regent, the Duke her Brother, his Excellency, and the Prince Renaldo of Esté, with whatever was Noble and considerable among their own Subjects, as many other Men of Quality who made their Court to those Princes upon different obligations; and a very Princely Corteggio it was that went with them out of Modena. Monsieur d' Angeao and his Brother had gone some days before to Milan, and did not rejoyn the Princess till they came into Pied∣mont.
After two days the young Duke was perswaded to take his leave of his Sister, and return; but he did it with all that repugnancy of which an excellent nature could be capable, having been ever bred together with that reciprocal kindness which nearness and merit could beget. But the Princess was near being dissolv'd in tears; she left her loving and hopeful Brother, her happy and delicious Country, with the kind companions of her youth, among whom she had been bred, and all these perhaps for ever: her Youth and Innocence permitted her not to know whither it was she was to go, to what kind of part, nor among whom. So compassion was to be allow'd to her Fears, as well as her Enclinations, and it was enough we could procure her to proceed and to be comforted.
Having passed then through her own Country, through the Parmesan, and part of the Milanese, she came at last into Piedmont, where the Princes were almost, as it had been by Spirits, for several days invisibly lodg'd and provided for, after a most magnificent manner, but ever at the expence of that Generous Duke, till they came out of his Territories, where they were met by Officers of the King of France, who did accompany, and defray them unto the City of Paris, bring∣ing them to lodge at the Arsenall; where his Excellency was likewise provided for, and had a noble Table kept for his own particular, at the same Kings expence all the time of his residence there.
The necessity of our repair into England now drew near; but her Royal High∣ness here fell sick, and her Disease, for all the power and diligence of Medicines, hung so upon her, as for some weeks they were not able to think of their remove. And when her strength was again return'd, the King of France, for all her desire of being incognito, would not be perswaded from personally paying her his Com∣plements, and those respects which a General Reputation did declare were due to her Royal Qualities.
He made her then a visit in the Forms, under all the state to himself, and with all the consideration to her that could be possible. This drew on a necessity of a Visit from her Highness to the Queen; and indeed she was receiv'd at Versail∣les, by their Majesties, with all imaginable circumstances of Honor and Considera∣tion; and there entertain'd, with that Royal profusion and magnificence, ac∣customed from that great Monarch, towards such Guests, and on such occasions. The Queen of France return'd the visit of her Royal Highness: And this after∣wards drew on the consideration of receiving and giving visits to the other great Princesses of the Royal. House; wherein was much circumspection to be had, about Punctilio's, and Formalities. But being in the King of France's House, the Marri∣age made upon his account, and his Favours continually employ'd upon all con∣cern'd in this Affair, it was thought but a just and necessary return, to give unto those of his Royal Blood, what respects could be paid without lessening the Dut∣chess of York, or practising any undue condescentions: Mediums were then found, and expedients for all pretences; visits were made by Madmoiselle, Madmoiselle de Montpensier and Madame de Guise, and repay'd to them again; after which, and the receipt of very Royal Presents from the King, her Royal Highness began her
Journey from Paris, on the _____ _____ of October; was defray'd by the King's Officers, till she came on board the King of England's Yachts, which attended her at Calice; and in all the Provinces and Towns she passed, she was met and received by the Governours and Magistrates, as if she had been the Queen of France.
To Calice she came at last, and there in company of her Mother, her Uncle, and all that came with her out of Italy, Embark'd in the Katherine Yacht, whence in few hours they arrived at Dover; upon the Sands whereof the Duke her Hus∣band did attend her; and upon her landing she took possession of his Heart as well as of his Arms; and was thence conducted by him to her lodging. After she had reposed her self, his Royal Highness, (that had provided so to confirm this matter, as the malice of any Age to come should have no pretence to call it into Question) led out his Dutchess into the great Room before his Bed-chamber, and there in presence of all the Lords, who had attended him from London, of all the Country Gentlemen, who were come to see him, and what it could contain of the Citizens of Dover, he Married again his Wife, after the forms of the Church of England, by the hands of Dr. Nathanael Crew, at this time Bishop of Durham. After which, and that they had Supp'd together, they were lawfully put to Bed, for the final consummation of this undertaking. And here the Earl of Peterborow ended this great service, which through so many difficulties, brought to the Duke the fairest Lady in the World, and to England a Princess of the greatest Example and Ver∣tue.
This little Court, the second day after the Marriage, began their journey to London, where by the King, the Queen, and the Loyal party of the Court, they were receiv'd, with the countenance and satisfaction honest Men could expect. But clouds hung upon the brows of many others, who had a mind to punish what they could not hinder; and great device there was, how to mortifie the Earl of Peterborow, that had prov'd the instrument of bringing a Popish Princess into England. Great wait was set upon it by some Eminent persons: But his Lordship having had the King's Commission for all he did, they found there was nothing to be wrought upon it without attacking the King's Prerogative in that part; and so, though the Parliament began to sit within two days, the greatest effect of all the noise came to end but in a Libel.
What passed in this Parliament is the business of another story, and how it came to be dissolv'd; but when it was so, here did soon appear that great con∣juncture, where, on a sudden, his Royal Highness took a resolution to leave the practice and profession of the Church of England. Upon what grounds this was resolv'd, and with whose concurrence is yet a secret and a mystery. But from hence his open enemies took occasion to act against him with greater assurance, and his private ones, to declare themselves more freely than they had done before. He did not at first proclaim he was a Roman Catholick, but by little and little, not denying he was such, and having left the exercise of all his charges to avoid the Oaths, it became an uncontested conclusion, he was of that perswasion.
The succeeding Spring and Summer proved full of domestick contrivances, great effects of Faction did appear. The Envy of the Duke of Monmouth play'd, by many little resorts of clandestine Creatures, to all the secret prejudice it could against the Duke, who on the contrary, misled by his desire to please the King, or insinu∣ation of ambodexters about himself, gave all the testimonies of love and value for that young Viper, and besides the publick countenance he gave to him, contribu∣ted in all he could to his greatness and advantage.
The Earl of Peterborow constantly declared his Opinion of this proceeding, how prejudicial any encrease of Power or Reputation in this young Man would in time prove to his Royal Highness, and always foretold, he would some time or other become his rival, even to the Crown it self. From hence, and his faithful adhe∣rence to his Master's interests, he became the most particular object of that Duke's hatred, which upon all occasions he shew'd to him and his near Relations; and
indeed he so managed his advantages in this dislike, as during the last Raign kept his Lordship from all the rewards and acknowledgments, his long and faithful ser∣vices to the King and the Crown might justly have pretended to.
Several Parliaments were assembled after this, in each of which the Faction impro∣ved, that especially which design'd the ruine of the Crown, and establishment of a Common-wealth; against the prevalency whereof there was but the Duke's fideli∣ty to the King his Brother, his valor and vigilancy that did oppose. It was he that stood up in every Parliament for the King's just Power and Prerogative, against popular invasion; it was he encouraged the King's faithful Friends and his fainting Ministers; and it was in him alone the Enemies of the Crown found resistance. He made them desperate at last, and to accomplish their designs they saw it was im∣possible without his ruine. This did seem a great undertaking, to destroy a Prince such as he, such in his Birth, such in his Merit and Vertues, and such in the esteem of all just and reasonable Men. But the zeal of these Common-wealth-Men made them find nothing impossible, their resolution was great in this particular, their malice greater than that, and their cunning greater than either.
They knew the admirable Qualities of this Prince; they knew his Valor, his Justice, his Temperance, his love of business, his indefatigableness in all honourable under∣takings; they knew also, that against a Man so qualified, no Truth could pre∣vail; they were then resolved to have recourse to falsehood, and to the Devil the Father of Lyers, one of whose chief Favorites was become, Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, the late Earl of Shaftsbury.
This person was a Man of little stature, in his youth well enough shaped, of countenance agreeable; grace he had in all his manners of application, which were to every body soft and plausible. He was very well Learn'd, and particularly un∣derstood the Laws; he was exceeding Eloquent, a great Master he was of words, and the Language, and knew powerfully to apply them to every purpose. His voice was harmonious, and of the sweetness thereof he did likewise make use, in his intent to charm the Auditors, when he intended to cast false colours upon any thing. But with this he was Proud as Lucifer, and Ambitious beyond what ever enter'd into the designs of any Man; impatient of every Power but his own, of any Man's reputation; false to that degree, as he did not esteem any Promise, any Engagement, any Oath, of other use than to serve a purpose, and none of these of consequence to bind a Man farther than it was his interest: and for Religion, of which, for a tool, he made most use, he had never any, as appear'd by the pri∣vate practices of his whole life. For he was ever vicious to his power. And for his Cruelty, it was never less to those he hated, than intentions of total ruine, and extirpation, in which he was inexorable; and it was never known he for∣gave, or was reconcil'd to any Man.
This Man from a condition obnoxious enough to the King, and his party, had prepar'd the way of his Peace, before the Restoration of King Charles the Second, by an Alliance with a great Man, esteem'd of much merit in the Royal Interest, the Earl of Southampton, by whose influence it was not only made, but his Uncle, which that Lord was, becoming Treasurer, he procur'd for him the next consider∣able place in that omnipotent post, which was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and it was so much the more considerable, as the Earl being very infirm, in effect he did exercise both places.
His Parts and his Activity, which, to give him his due, were both very extra∣ordinary, appear'd in all occasions of Council and Parliament, so as the King took opinion of his great Abilities, which as soon as he did perceive, his first design became to undermine the Chancellor, whose compliance and friendship to the Earl of Southampton had occasion'd his being let into Business, and the Government, and his first malice to his Royal Highness, excepting that, which those that knew him did believe he always bore to the whole Royal House, was grounded upon the ob∣struction his interest gave to such clandestine prejudices as might have been wrought
against his Father-in-law, which then the Chancellor was. But after this he be∣came, as far as he durst, oppos'd to the Duke; on every occasion joyn'd himself to and party that seem'd contrary, and took all Men by the Hands that he thought bore him secret unkindness; and if there were prejudicial whispers, and insinuations, to be apply'd unto the King, no Man knew to do it with more dex∣terity than this Lord, for he could kill with courtesie, and so ruine a Man's Repu∣tation with Praises.
The Earl of Shaftsbury, under these capacities, having try'd various successes in his Fortune, and finding the Duke's Genious in opposition to his Establishment, began to enter upon the undertaking of that famous contrivance of the pretended Popish Plot; wherein he had for assistant another Great Earl, whose Name I shall omit for the sake of some that went before him, and of others that may come af∣ter: His chief Instruments were Doctor Tongue, and the memorable Titus Oates.
It was about the end of Summer, in the Year _____ _____ when the late King Charles the Second was at his Castle of Windsor, in possession of that peace and quietness he did so much affect; where there was conveyed to him, by the officiousness of his then Chief Minister, the Earl of Danby, notice of certain Papers and other In∣struments, containing the substance of a Conspiracy, wherein his Life and Govern∣ment were said to be concern'd: Herein many of the Duke's Creatures and Ser∣vants did undergo Reflection and the Aspertion, the Calumny, and the Slan∣der reach'd even unto all the Catholicks of England; there are Reasons pro and con, to make Men think the King sometimes did, and other times did not give credit to any thing of this nature. But soon hereupon he removed to London, it being near the time he usually went to divert himself with the Races at New-mar∣ket; and stay'd longer than he did intend, upon pretence of searching into this matter to satisfie the World, what there was of Reality or Fiction in it. But that which did appear to make Men doubt of his Opinion of the thing, was, the treat∣ing the Examinations with two much seriousness and application, and his not sti∣fling and putting an end to it before his going to New-market: This made many doubt of his intentions toward the Duke; and of his resolution to suffer his Mini∣sters and his Brother's Enemies to make advantage of it to his prejudice: For all the endeavours could be used, would not prevail towards stopping a Journey of Recreation, for a matter so important, as the discovery of this imposture would have proved, when otherwise, there had been time enough to have perform'd it, between that and the sitting of the Parliament, if to that purpose it had been well employ'd. But the King would go, and in the Interim Godfrey was kill'd, by himself or by some other, which made a noise so great, as at his Majesties return, there was no way to hinder the acceptance of this Ball, which was play'd into the hands of the Parliament and the Duke's Enemies, to the end they might maintain a Game, intended, and undertaken, for the ruine of the Government, the person of the Duke, and indeed of the King himself, and all the Royal House.
But now the cry began to rise, Oates put in his Accusations and his Narrative, and notwithstanding all the Contradictions, and even Impossibilities they did con∣tain, they had countenance and encouragement. Coleman was seized, his Letters and his Papers, they were exposed, the Duke's Enemies would have them Read, and Printed, that they might reflect upon his Designs, and the Influence he had upon the King. The Queen was accused, and all the Catholicks. Bedloe came in upon the false inventions of the death of Godfrey; many other became Evidences, suborn'd and maintain'd by the Costs and Arts of Shaftsbury, Monmouth and their Party. The Test was fram'd to exclude the Duke and the Catholick Lords out of Parliament. The Duke had much to do to get an exemption for himself, as a respect to the advantage of his High Birth. The Lords, Powis, Stafford, Arundell, and Petres were after accused of High Treason, and many others. In fine, Hell was broke loose; Malice, Revenge, and Ambition were supported by all that False∣hood and Perjury could contrive: And, lastly, it was the most deplorable time that ever was seen in England.
But during all these Troubles, the Earl of Peterborow continued firm, industri∣ous and diligent to all that could be of use, and service to the Duke his Master; he exposed himself in Parliament, by perpetual opposition of that party; he got the ill-will of the City, and he made himself obnoxious to the Enemies of the Duke and his Religion in all the Provinces of England; he stood up for the Innocent, he to his power supported the oppressed, and he declared for publick justice against publick malice and publick partiality.
After this, things came to that height, as the King was induced to send his Bro∣ther out of England; whether it were he thought he was not able to protect him against the aversion of the People and Parliament, or that he was weary of being urged to those generous ways of defending his Interest and Prerogative, which the Duke was always ready to suggest unto him: And to this he was urged by his Mi∣nisters, his Minions, and his Mistress.
The Duke then was forced to retire into Holland, and after into Flanders, the Earl of Peterborow remaining behind to serve his Master in what might occur in Parliament; but at the instance of the prevailing party, he was immediately, with the rest of his Royal Highness's Friends, excluded out of the Privy Council, whereof before he had of some years been a Member; he fell then to working by himself and all his Friends, to strengthen the interest his Master had left behind; he endeavour'd to make him Creatures, he disabused several that had taken preju∣dices upon false suggestions: And in fine, braved his Enemies by all the impor∣tant oppositions he could make against them; and when the Parliament was up, and that there was no more opportunity to serve him here, his Lordship follow'd him into his Exile, with his Wife and Family, resolved to run his Fortune and support as well, as he could, the consequences of their displeasure who were like to be offended at such an adherence.
And indeed, he was no sooner gone, than he began to feel the weight of their resentment; for there was a Pension he had given him from the King, under the Great Seal of England, of a Thousand pound by the Year, for valuable consideration, and which he had constantly received for divers Years from the date thereof, that was immediately stopp'd, and forbid farther to be paid, by the influencing malice of the Earls of Essex and Shaftsbury.
He constantly then attended his Royal Highness during his stay in those Coun∣tries, and at an expence, as did no dishonor to his Master, his Country, nor the Quality of which he was; and upon his Highness's notice of the King his Bro∣ther's being sick, and the resolution he took thereupon to repair into England, he, with the Lord Churchil alone, came over with him unto Windsor, leaving the Dutchess and the Court at that time behind them.
I mention this as an introduction to an accident, which after happen'd, where∣in his Lordship and his Royal Master had like to have been much concern'd; which was effectually, as shall be here set down.
Upon the Earl of Peterborow's arrival at London, after a day or two he went to visit a noble Lady of his acquaintace, the Countess of Powis, who with her Family were in affliction, by reason of the unjust Imprisonment and Oppression of the Earl, her Husband, at that time in the Tower. After some discourses of the times, and of the straits wherein it was believed the King, the Duke, and the Royal Fa∣mily were all, by reason of the seditious proceedings in Parliament, and the dis∣affection had been raised towards them, by the wicked Arts of their Enemies, her Ladiship ask'd, Whether his Lordship did not believe it might be a service to His Majesty and his Highness, if some of the considerable leaders in those proceedings and designs could be taken off from their Malice, and introduc'd into the King's Service, and the endeavours of honestly astssiing the Crown. The Earl gave his ap∣probation of the proposition, and said, He did believe it would be so, and that encouragement ought to be given to those that were capable to effect any such matter. Her Ladiship told him then she knew an ingenious Woman, who from
the Calling of a Mid-wife had opportunity of frequenting domestically many con∣siderable Families, and that was intimately acquainted, even with the Earl of Shaftsbury, from whom she had been sometimes trusted with messages, if not pro∣positions, to his Royal Highness himself, although nothing had succeeded thereupon. This Woman, she said, was passionately concern'd for the King and the Duke, and had every where made it her business to soften their Enemies and make them Creatures. She acquainted her Ladiship, That she found divers of them suscepti∣ble of reason, and to be taken off, but they all feared an imaginary implacability in the Duke's Nature, and that advancing his power they should but promote their own prejudices, by giving him thereby opportunities of revenging the injuries they might formerly have done him. So as if by receiving one or two of them into grace, from the submissions they should make, the rest might be disabused of the error they were in, from the conceit of his revengeful Nature, she did much believe it would prove of very good effect.
The Earl of Peterborow told the Countess of Powis, he would willingly see this Woman, and if the Men she named were considerable enough, he would under∣take, upon due submissions, beginning with one, to make the rest see the Duke was the most gracious Prince in the World, the most ready to forgive, and the gladest to reclaim any Gentleman out of an ill proceeding, wherein he might have been engaged through mistakes, evil Counsel, or Company, or other Acci∣dents, that sometimes have influence over humane nature. This Woman, whose name was Cellier, met the Earl at the same place the next day, and affirming all the Countess had said, told his Lordship, That the fittest Man to begin withal was one Sir Robert Payton. The Earl knew this Gentleman had been a Factious, a Turbulent, and a Discontented Man; he had been turn'd out of some Employ∣ments by the endeavours and power of certain Ministers, which he did after resent and endeavour to revenge upon the Government. He had grown very popular, presided at dangerous Clubs, and carried the being Knight of the Shire for Middle∣sex, against all the endeavours of the Court, and the Loyal Party. He was dan∣gerously bold, and industrious in the Parliament, and his Lordship thought it not an ill service to take him off.
A time was appointed for their meeting; the Earl comply'd: It was desired by Sir Robert that he might see the Duke, make his submission and be forgiven by him, and through his means by the King. His Lordship brought him to an au∣dience; his Highness assur'd him he was above private injuries; That he was a Friend or an Enemy to none but as they were so to the King, and the Govern∣ment; That he could forgive any body that would be dutiful to his Brother and love Him and His service. If he would return to do so, he would never think of what was past, and he would undertake to make his peace with the King, if he intended to deserve it by his future actions. Upon which assurance Sir Robert took his leave, in all appearance, a good Subject.
After this, being upon intentions to go to work with more considerable Men, in the next meeting at the Countesses House, those endeavours were diverted by an in∣tervening Information. Mrs. Cellier had told her Ladiship how she was come ac∣quainted with an ingenuous young Man, who by several accidents had attain'd the knowledge of such important things, as if he could be brought to the King or Duke, might become occasions of discovering one of the most dangerous Conspiracies against them both, and the Government of England, that had been at any time undertaken; and she desired to know, if his Lordship would be a means to in∣troduce him. The Earl said he would not engage to bring in any Man upon such an account, unless he saw the person, and heard some probable reasons to encline him to believe what he said, but appointed an hour for her to bring him to his Chamber in the Court: they did not fail, and at the time, a young Man ap∣pear'd under a decent figure, a serious behavior, and with words that did not seem to proceed from a common understanding. He own'd his Name to be
Thomas Willoughby, and he introduced his business with a probable discourse of his Life. He told, That the Wars being ended in Flanders, where in several capacities he got his living, he returned to England, and being here idle, to pass his time and look out for opportunities, he frequented the Coffee-Houses: There, by the general discourses, wherein at that time most were very free, he discover'd the temper of Men to be infinitely enclined to Sedition, to a dissatisfaction of the Government, and a great desire of change. Malice appear'd in most of what was spoken or proposed in those places, against the Ministers, the Princes them∣selves, and all their Friends; and the compliance and sufferance of the good King had brought the esteem of his Power and Authority to so low a rate, as Treason was spoke with that liberty, as if their had been no Laws made against it.
In these places, he said, appear'd to be most busie a certain Man, who was call'd a Major, and reported to have been an Officer of the old Rebellion. He spoke well, with Art, and Authority; knew the Arguments that touch'd Men's Opinions, and was not unprovided with those that concern'd their interests; and this Man was not only willingly heard but always much applauded.
Coming thus to a knowledge of what was the humor of the times, and the in∣tentions of the principal persons he saw there, he said, he thought, he could no way serve the King better, nor the Government, than by seeming to give into the Opinions and Inclinations of those Men, that thereby he might become knowing of their intentions, and Master of some secrets, the discovery whereof might after, perhaps, be of more service than he could foresee.
He applied himself then to consider their Arguments, and make himself able to improve them to their advantage, he affected to show a zeal for Liberty, and a cunning aversion to the constraint of a single Government. He learn'd to make use of the word Popery when there was occasion, and to talk high of Slavery and Power Arbitrary.
This proceeding, he said, won the heart of the Major, and induc'd him to believe he had found an Instrument fit for the Cause, and all the Party. He could no more live without him; he gave him a domestick freedom in his House and Family; and at last opened his heart to him, and left him no longer a stranger to any of his secrets.
He told him then that the time now approach'd wherein was designed the over∣throw of the present Government, against which had conspired the greatest Men in the Court, in the Parliament, and in the Conutries. It was, he said, made easie by the weakness of the present King, by his remissness, and want of vi∣gor to assert his own right, and by the ill posture whereunto he had suffer'd his Brother to be brought, that was the only hopes of sustaining the declin∣ing interest. All Irons, he said, were now in the fire to this effect, Assosi∣ations were framing in every Country, Contributions were making, and Money raising from all the Party, Men were Listing and Officers named to assert and carry on the Rebellion; and he did assure him for his own part, he should soon have himself, a Commission to be Captain of a Foot Company. He told him there was once a Week a Committee of the chief managers did meet, to receive accounts from their Friends proceedings in the Countries, and to disperse (by Expresses they did send) their Orders upon any emergencies that did arise. He named most of the great ones that favoured the Party, and said, the Duke of Monmouth was main∣tained by the Contribution of their Churches. And Mr. Willoughby concluded this Information with saying, he no way questioned, That being privy, by this Man's means, to the times when their Expresses were sent away, that if he could be fur∣nished with a good Horse and Arms, he should be easily able to intercept such a one of them as would well discover the dangerous practices upon which they were engaged.
After having heard all this, his Lordship thought it not safe, even for himself, to conceal or stifle what had been said, if it were not of use to the Princes, it
might be (perhaps) a Trap for him, to see how he would be concern'd for them, in things of that nature and consequence. He acquainted then the Duke upon the first occasion with what had passed, with intent he should make it known to the King; but he told the Earl he would first see the Man himself, and hear if what he said was of importance enough to trouble the King with it, but order'd, That what he had to say should be put in writing for the King to see. His Lordship had di∣rection then, to bring him in the Evening into his Highness's Closet, but to be by, and so close, as he might be a witness to every thing he said. Willoughby, after∣wards called Dangerfield, came accordingly, and to his Highness justified all he had said to the Earl, with more besides, and left it written in a Paper under his own hand: He after complained of want of Money, and the Duke, for his Relief, gave him out of his Pocket Ten Guinneys, and so he was for that time dismiss'd.
Immediately his Highness acquainted the King with the whole particulars and circumstances, and delivered the Paper into his Majesty's Hands, but desired he would not admit a Man of that Character, for whom no body could answer, in∣to his presence, but rather send him to be examined by his Secretary, and farther directed as he should see occasion.
But the King found something extraordinary enough in this adventure, to give him a curiosity to see and speak with Willoughby himself, and after, unknown to the Duke, commanded Mr. Halsey to bring him to him. How he behaved himself to the King, or what he said is not well known, but his Majesty was then so satisfied, as he order'd him to the care of the Secretary of State, from whom he had several Summs of Money for his incouragement, and had him after, by the admission of Mr. Cheffin, into more private and secret discourses with him.
The Earl of Peterborow thought now, having perform'd what was incumbent up∣on him in this occasion, that he was wholly out of the affair, having left it in the natural channel of such matters, the Secretary's Office, and expected no more trou∣ble upon that account, when one Morning Dangerfield came to his Lodging, and under pretence of a great dissatisfaction, complained, That there was no care taken at the Secretary's for enabling him to perform the great service of discovery he had undertaken, since he was deny'd a General Warrant to search where he should think fit, or indeed, any House or Lodging, unless he would positively swear, he knew to be therein such Papers or Instruments as would import to the purpose he did alledge: His Lordship told him then, that he had done what appertained to him, he had brought him into the hands of the Ministers, who had their own methods, and whom he could not direct, so as now he could interpose no more in that affair, but left him to his Applications and Good Fortune.
He seem'd unsatisfied, and went muttering away, and after this his Lordship heard no more of him till one Evening the poor Cellier, whose meaning and intentions were certainly very good, came to the Earl's Lodging, in great disorder, to ac∣quaint him, that this Willoughby, or Dangerfield was come in the Messenger's hands before the Council, accused for having convey'd Papers into the Lodging of one Mansell, and pretended to have found them there; and indeed not having been able to procure the Warrant he would have had, he made a pretence of coming to search for forbidden Goods; and it is to be doubted, would have play'd some such trick for his justification, if the whole was not rather a design of the Earl of Shafts∣bury, to give him means by the access he had to the Duke and the Earl, of apply∣ing the Scandalous Accusation he did afterwards contrive. The Earl told Mrs. Cel∣lier, That if he had done any indirect thing, or used any means he could not justi∣fie, he would not endeavour to support him, nor countenance any proceeding that was not according to Justice and to Truth, and he must expect to stand or fall by his own merits. The poor Woman that was still in hopes he was honest, and zealous in what he did pretend, caused her Husband and her Son, to give Bail for his appearance the next Council. In the mean time he came again that Night, af∣ter the Earl was in bed, asserted his intentions for the King's Service, and desired
care might be taken to prevent his suffering for a desire to serve his Majesty. The Earl told him, He had taken unjustifiable ways, that gave Men occasion to suspect the Truth of his Information, and had waved all the methods whereby he had at first undertaken to proceed, so as he was oblig'd to desert him, and he had now only to provide for his safety as he should think fit. He retired with utterance of some passionate words, and if he did not understand with them before, without doubt went then immediately into the interests and directions of Shaftsbury, Oates, Waller, Mansell, and the rest of the Authors of that pretended Popish Plot, upon whose instigation he undertook the placing that sham contrivance in the Meal-Tubb of Mrs. Cellier, that it might be found by them, where the Earl was accused of in∣tending the Assassination of the Earl of Shaftsbury, and the Scandals and Accusati∣ons were to be cast upon divers other persons of Quality. This he undertook at the next meeting of Council, and with great pretensions of Repentance own'd him∣self, for the obtaining of more credit, to have been a Popish Instrument.
His Royal Highness, unto whom it was a mortification to have been induced to speak, or give any appearance of belief to such a wretch, was by this time upon his first Journey into Scotland, but the Earl remain'd behind, that he might not seem to fly from any of their Aspersions, and to be ready to serve the Duke in the approaching Parliament, in every of those occasions wherein his interest might be concern'd.
But as soon as he was gone, the Earl of Shaftsbury complain'd of the Earl of Pe∣terborow to the King in Council, for having been Abettor, if not Author of a Con∣trivance, wherein several great Men were intended to have been involved, and a Murther that was particularly designed for himself. His Lordship was summon'd to come and answer the Accusation, which he did at the day appointed, in the Coun∣cil-Chamber, and had the fortune so to overthrow the Impudence of his accuser by his ingenuous and candid Narration, as he was dismiss'd by his Majesty and the major part of the Council, to the shame of those would have had him sent to the Tower, and the particular honor of his Lordship.
After this, came on the Parliament, the hardships against the Lords in the Tower did encrease, Dangerfield exhibited a new Accusation and a Narrative, the first to the Parliament, the other to the People. The Earl of Peterborow contested for the protection of Innocence, and after defended himself and his Master. Among other things, the Villain accus'd the Duke to have given him Twenty pounds to kill the King, and the Earl to have been privy and conscious of the offer. The knowledge the World had of the Duke's Vertue and Loyalty, made the credit of it to be detested by most of his very Enemies: And the Earl so satisfied the House of Lords, and the King, by his plain and generous Defence, as it obliged them to dismiss the Accusation to the shame and confusion of Dangerfield, and all those that did abet and set him on. And his Majesty standing by him, at the time of this Contest, told his Lordship openly, That for all that had been said, he would al∣ways trust his life sooner in his hands than in any of theirs, who had been so ready to abet and countenance his Enemies.
In the same day was brought in afterwards by the Lord Russel, that impudent Bill of Exclusion from the Succession to the Crown, against his Royal Highness: It endur'd a strong and long debate: Of powerful Eloquence and great parts were the Duke's Enemies, who did assert the Bill; but a Noble Lord appear'd against it, who, that day, in all the force of Speech, in Reason, in Arguments, of what could concern the publick, or the private interests of Men, in Honor, in Conscience, in Estate, did out-do himself, and every other Man; and in fine, his conduct and his parts were both victorious, and by him all the wit and malice of that party was overthrown.
After this, Henry Lord Viscount Stafford, was brought to his Tryal, as the chief of those Lords, that had been accused of so many Treasons; in the particulars of whose Impeachment, there appear'd so many improbabilities, in the Witnesses such
reasons to render them of no belief, and in the Prosecutors so much Malice, In∣terest, and Partiality, as it was impossible to the Earl of Peterborow, for Consci∣ence sake, not to endeavour his justification, though to the uttermost offence of so powerful and prevailing a party.
He came to the House the last day of his Tryal, and would go down into the Hall to exercise his right of Judicature, though he were sick of a Fever, from the pain of his Arm, that was out of joint, though he was perswaded and threatned from it, and in scorn of that iniquity did not remove, till he had voted for publick Justice, against popular Tyranny and Oppression.
This Parliament, after this Lords Condemnation, came to be Dissolv'd; and the Earl being then no more either of Council or Court, retired to Drayton in Nor∣thamptonshire, where his Master had commanded him to stay, till the approach∣ing Parliament was to meet, that had been appointed for to sit at Oxford. It was about this time the Faction began to prepare for Action: They began to find the King more sensible of his danger, and their intentions, than ever he had been: They began to lose the hold they had upon his Mistresses and his Ministers, and that the false Minions of his Court, began many of them to lose their esteem, and be suspected by him, whilst he began to harken to honester Men, and that were better instructed in the True principles of his Interest and Government. They believed the Assembling of the Parliament of Oxford was calculated for to evade their power in London, and that at last they were like to find the King not so complying to his own Ruine, as they might desire, and possibly were made to expect some Months before: They thought themselves then ready, and ripe for violence; they intended to put the end of their Assosiations into practice, and a Man of their party came not to Oxford without more Friends and Arms, than had been needful for them at any other time. Upon noise whereof the Lords and Friends of the Crown did in some measure do so on the other side, being willing to secure themselves from insults of their Adversaries, if they should be attempted, and it look'd in a degree like one of those Parliaments call'd in the Barons days. The Earl of Peterborow came to this Assembly, from his House, more provided than or∣dinary, in proportion to the care and intentions of the other honest Lords: And I have heard him say, That meeting the King by chance, at his first arri∣val to the Town, he thought him better attended, and under an appearance of more Resolution and Majesty, than ever he had seen in him before. The King entred then upon the Parliament, and indeed such was his love to quiet, and the pub∣lick peace, as he was ready to have granted more than had ever been fit for them to ask: But they were now, as it pleased God, so exalted in their opinion of their power and interest, as they would have all, and were resolved to leave him but the empty name of King, and without power, to maintain that longer than it should seem convenient. He was forc'd then and on a sudden to dissolve this Parliament also, and to betake himself to their Councels, who undertook to make him live without it. And so he came to spend at London and Windsor the ensuing Sum∣mer.
Enrag'd the Party became at this, and look'd upon him to have escaped their hands by the Art and Contrivance of his new Cabinet, and so as by the methods they took for his subsistance, he was not like to come suddenly into their power again.
And now the Faction found, that both the Brothers were to be destroy'd, be∣fore they could attain the power was thought necessary for them, so they then fell to the fatal consultations of plain Rebellion, open Murther, and such other pious Expedients as did suit with their refined Consciences, which the Year after broke out by the discovery of the Enterprise of Rye, and publick appearance of the Re∣bellions of Monmouth and Argile.
But upon the dissolution of this Parliament, the Earl of Peterborow went back to his House, and employ'd the rest of that Summer in disabusing many Gentlemen
of the opinion they had receiv'd of the candor and innocence of that Parties inten∣tions, and in procuring Addresses, to encourage the King, and discountenance the disloyal Faction.
In October his Royal Highness sent for his Lordship to come and attend him in Scotland, which he did, with all his Family, and with that affection, as made it doubtful whether his Journey might not have proved a means to have excluded him from ever returning home again. Indeed, in this fluctuation of affairs, where not only the Court and Council were divided, but even the King's own Thoughts, and Inclinations, it was dangerous to be so far distant from the Court; and many of the Earl's Enemies, whereof he had some were very potent, did afford him such ill offices to his Majesty, as when his Royal Highness did write to the King about any of the Earl's interests, he could never procure any answer during all the time of his absence.
But the Winter wore out at last, and the Duke was invited home. Those that had least interest in the Council were for his return, those that had most were a∣gainst it, under specious pretences. But the true reason, was, They had a mind to keep their Power, which they thought his Quality, his Parts, and Inclination to business, would (if not at first, yet in some time) very much diminish or eclipse.
He Embark'd the _____ _____ of March, at Leith, in his own Yatcht, and attended by the Earl of Peterborow, and divers other Noble Lords of both the Kingdoms, and setting Sail from thence, under the sufferance of very tempestuous weather, landed at Yarmouth, where with the applause and duties of that Town, and all the adjacent Countries he was received, and thence passed to New-market, meeting there the King, and with that joy which was natural to him, because he truly loved his Brother above all other things. It was from hence he accompanied his Majesty to London; but having left the Dutchess at Edenburgh, he was forc'd to depart once more from thence, to conduct her home, according as he had engaged himself to do.
In order to this he Embarked upon the Friggat, the accomodations as well as the safety whereof was esteem'd more proper for both the Voyage, and the Com∣pany, difficulties having been experienced in the last passage aboard the Yatchts, which were esteem'd would not have been so dangerous in this other sort of Embarkation. His Highness proceeded then, but Providence shew'd, that all pre-cautions are vain, and let the wise take what care they can, the event, and success of all things, are ever in her power: For the Duke had not sailed far, being over or near the Coast of Yarmouth, when from many circumstances of negligence, or ill conduct in those who had the leading of that sailing affair, the Duke's Ship struck upon a Sand, and in a short time sunk down to rights, all perishing in this occasion, except such as could swim, or had the extraordinary fortune to be saved by Boats, which may be thought to have had enough to do in so distracted and divided a conjuncture: But the Duke himself was preserv'd, with a few, in his own Pinnace, by the care and Loyalty of the Seamen, who would neither intrude themselves, nor suffer o∣thers for their safeties, to expose that of a Prince so considerable.
His Highness came after safely to Land at Leith, and once again into the Arms of his incomparable Dutchess, who was half dead, though she saw him live, at the fears of that, which though it was now past, she had heard had been once so near.
After some days stay, they together left Scotland for the last time, and came to∣gether to London, where they were received with all the joy honest Men could express. The Summer they spent with the King, at which time was discovered the first part of the desperate Phanatick Plot, divers Accusations there were, and the Lord Russel was Tryed, Condemned, and Executed. Many were Imprison'd, and a great consternation appear'd upon all that Party. The Earl of Peterborow was in the mean time restor'd to his place in Council; and his part in the Summers
actions consisted in causing Presentments to be made, and Indictments in his own Country, for examples sake, of such as had been of Shaftsbury's Party, and appear'd dis∣affected to the Crown; with settling the Magistracy, and Offices of the Militia in faithful hands, so as by the end of the Year, of one of the most perverse, and worst enclin'd Countries of all England, he did, with the pains, care and diligence that he apply'd, render it the most exemplary, and readiest to serve the King of any other. In October ensuing, he attended the Duke his Master to New-market, and was with his Highness at the time when that fortunate Fire broke out, which burnt that Town, and preserv'd the King and his Brother, by hastening their return to London, sooner than was intended: By which the assault of Rye was prevented, and those measures disconcerted, which in consequence were design'd to the ruine of the Kingdom, and all those that loved the Royal House and the Govern∣ment.
He continued to serve his Master with the same zeal and concern the rest of the days of King Charles, at whose Sickness and sudden Death he was present, and a witness of that tenderness wherewith the dying King resign'd his Dominions, and all his Interest, to his loving Brother, as the right of his inheritance, by all the Laws both of God and Man.
After the King's decease great endeavours were used to prevent the Earl of Pe∣terborow from succeeding to the place under the new King, wherein he had served his Majesty while he was Duke, the space of twenty years together; but his Ma∣ster was too just and generous not to stick to his old Servant, that had run so ma∣ny fortunes and hazards with him: He did then give his Lordship the Gold Key, and thereby establish'd him Groom of the Stole, and First Gentleman and Governor of his Bed-Chamber: The Earl served his Majesty afterward at his Royal Corona∣tion, in bearing before him St. Edward's Scepter; and after the ensuing Parliament, and the passing the Bill of Attainder against the Duke of Monmouth, one Evening, when his Lordship expected nothing less, his Majesty, with a bounty and graciousness never to be forgotten, took him aside, and ask'd, If he did not re∣member a promise that had once been made him; to which the Earl replied, He had a memory only for what pleased his Majesty; who answered, He had not for∣gotten the Garter he should have had after his attendance on him at the Sole-Bay Fight, and he should find he was as mindful of old Promises as ancient Service. Some days being past, the King commanded the Earl's attendance at a Chapter in Whitehall, and there caused him to be Invested with the George and Garter; after which his Lordship was sent into the Country to raise Troops against the Rebel∣lion, wherein he did very exemplary Service to his Majesty; and upon his return, he, with the Duke of Norfolk, and the Lord Treasurer, was Installed in the Royal Castle of Windsor, to all the purposes and privileges which do appertain to the Noble Order of the Garter.
Henry Earl of Peterborow had Issue by his Wife, the Lady Penelope Obrien, two Daughters;
GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT: Drawn out of Extant Charters, Records, Histories, and other Authentick Testimonies.
EUstachius de Sancto Aegidio omnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, tam Fran∣cigenis quàm Anglicis, Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & hac praesenti Chartâ confirmâsse, Osberto dicto le Mordaunt, fratri meo, pro homagio & servitio suo, terram meam de Radwell, cum omnibus pertinentiis & libertatibus suis, sibi & Haeredibus ejus, Tenendum de me & Haeredibus meis liberè & quietè, honorificè & haereditariè, sicut illam Ego inter alia recepi ac tenui de donatione & munificentia Willielmi Illustrissimi Regis Angliae pro servitiis quae Pater meus in Conquestu & Ego sibi fecimus, per servitium dimidiae partis feodi unius militis pro omni servitio seculari. Ego verò praedictus Eustachius de Sancto Aegidio & haeredes mei praedictam terram praedicto Osberto & Haeredibus ejus con∣tra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus. His Testibus, Ranulpho filio Thomae, Herveio filio Richardi, Willielmo Breto, Johanne Calvo, Rogero le Puer, Johanne Pippard, Richardo le Mole, & multis aliis.
OSbertus le Mordaunt omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, tam Fran∣cis quàm Anglicis, Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & concessisse, & hâc prae∣senti Chartâ confirmâsse Baldewino le Mordaunt filio meo juniori, ad terminum vitae suae, medietatem Terrae meae de Radwell, cum redditibus, servitiis & libertatibus ad eandem pertinentibus; Ità ut illam occupet, dimittat, obliget vel aliquo modo proficua extrahat. Quando illi tamen obire contigerit, volo ut mihi terra illa re∣vertat vel haeredibus meis, liberè, quietè & sine impedimento. In cujus rei Testi∣monium praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Joscelino Malherbe Thoma Marescallus, Galfrido de Castello, Roberto Forestarius, Willielmo Pisca∣tore, Nicolao de Sancto Laude, Johanne Presbiter, Richardo Pincerno, & aliis.
HErveius de Montemorenci Marescallus Domini Regis totius Hiberniae omnibus Amicis atque Hominibus suis tam Francigenis quàm Anglicis, tam Wallensi∣bus quàm Hibernensibus, Salutem. Sciatis me dedisse & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmâsse Osberto Roberti filio quandam villam in Hubarchi quae vocatur Bal∣macros, atque dimidiam villam quae vocatur Chilmor; & totam aliam terram quae fuit Radulphi de Tobenere die quâ defunctus fuit, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis sine ulla retentione dedi praedicto Osberto propter homagium suum & servitium quod mihi fecit, sibi & haeredibus suis, tenendum de me & Haeredibus meis .... ........... atque de alia terra quae est inter Insulam ....... feudum quin∣decim Militum, per servitium trium Militum quod mihi faciet, & quandam do∣mum ei firmabo intra illa ubi melius fuerit Concilio meo ac aliorum amicorum suorum, & hoc insumonsa: quare volo quòd praedictus Osbertus & post eum Haere∣des sui praedictum feudum quindecim Militum per praedictum servitium trium Mi∣litum sine ulla occasione teneat bene & honorificè, liberè & in pace, quietè & in∣tegrè, scilicet in bosco & in plano, in viis, in semitis, in pratis, in pascuis, in aquis, in molendinis, in stagnis, in Ripis, in piscariis, in piscinis, & in omnibus liber∣tatibus & liberis consuetudinibus feudo illo pertinentibus, velut unquam Radulphus praedictus liberiùs tenuit, velut ille in Hibernia qui meliùs & liberiùs de feudo Comitis Richardi Nepotis mei in Hibernia tenet. Teste Roberto le Puer, Rogero le Puer, Willielmo le Puer, Roberto de Estova, Henrico Clement, Alario Mallemains, Hu∣gone Strangio, Alexandro de Berlin, Rogero le Butler, Richardo Hay, Willielmo le Bruce, Nicolao filio ejus, Hugone de Hargrave, Richardo Wallense, Rogero....
OSmundus le Mordaunt omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Sa∣lutem. Sciat Universitas vestra me concessisse & confirmâsse Baldewino le Mordaunt fratri meo ad terminum vitae suae medietatem terrae de Rad∣well quam Osbertus le Mordaunt pater noster ei concessit cum redditibus, servi∣tiis & libertatibus, sicut in Charta sua continetur, quae idem Baldewinus tenet de praedicto Osberto patre nostro. Et ut haec concessio & confirmatio rata & incon∣cussa permaneat, eam praesenti Scripto & Sigilli mei appositione roboravi. His Testibus, Roberto de Camfrey, Thoma de Novo Porto, Adam de Camuille, Elias de Hacley, Roberto Sertor, Willielmo Mancell, Guido Sertor, Richardo de Wa∣hull, & multis aliis.
SAmpson Fortis omnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, tam futuris quam praesenti∣bus, Salutem. Notum fit vobis me dedisse & concessisse Osmundo le Mordaunt & haeredibus suis, legitimè procreatis ex corpore Helenae filiae meae, totam terram de Chillington, quam Robertus pater meus tenuit die quo obiit, per servitium di∣midii feodi Militis, Tenendum de me & haeredibus meis, sibi & haeredibus suis li∣berè & honorificè ab omni exactione, salvo servitio Domini Regis, quantum ad tan∣tam terram pertinet. Hi sunt Testes, Walterus de Timainill, Huardus de Leven∣dena, Robertus de Blosvilla, Walterus Dizell, Baldewinus Mordaunt, Robertus filius Stephani, Allanus Bellet, Rogerus de Longo prato, Almericus de Hallem, Bo∣nifacius Scriptor.
SIGILLVM SAMSONIS FORTIS
OMnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, praesentibus & futuris, Willielmus de Alno, Salutem. Notum sit vobis, quòd Ego dedi & concessi Eustachio le Mordaunt, cum Alicia filia mea primogenita, medietatem omnium ter∣rarum mearum Villae meae de Turveia cum eorum pertinentiis & libertatibus, illi & haeredibus suis tenendam de me, & haeredibus meis, per servitium feodi dimidii unius Militis. Isti sunt Testes, Dominus Simon de Borard, Dominus Hugo de Lega, Petrus Mauncell, Robertus Mordaunt, Nicolas de Biden, Robertus de Patshull, Gil∣bertus de Blosvilla, Alexander de Alno, Stephanus Moly, Hugo de Aviron, Ro∣bertus de Pixtull, cum multis aliis.
NOtum sit omnibus filiis Matris Ecclesiae, & omnibus hominibus meis & Ami∣cis, tam praesentibus quam futuris, quòd Ego Eustachius le Mordaunt dedi & concessi, concensu fratris mei Roberti, Aliciae sponsae meae in duarium totam terram illam quam Osmundus pater meus tenuit in Wahull, & servitia Nicolai Basset, Rogeri de Croc, Thomae filii Stephani, & Roberti Pecham, & insuper ter∣ram meam de Radwell, & servitia Gerardi Fabri, Johannis Sporke, Richardi Gri∣sell, & Edmundi Beech, salvo hoc, quod haeredi meo pertinet, & haec sibi dedi in Creis postquam lectum meum ascendit. Hujus rei sunt Testes, Dominus Hugo de Alno, Dominus Willielmus de Blosvillâ, Dominus Simon de Borheard, Robertus de Patshull, Gerardus de Coudrey, Hugo de Delton, isti praedicti ad sponsalia fu∣erunt: isti sunt testes de Creis, Osmundus filius Philippae Dominae, Gervasius de Al∣beni, Gislebertus de Blosvilla, Stephanus Moly, Galfridus filius Ewani, Rober∣tus de Hacley, Hugo de Philgrave, Willielmus Venator.
SCiant praesentes & futuri quòd Ego Eustachius le Mordaunt de Turveia dedi & concessi & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo filio Richardi Coci del Wike-end, pro homagio & servitio suo, & pro dimidia marca argenti quam mihi dedit in gersumam, unum messuagium cum suis pertinentiis in Turveia, vide∣licet illud messuagium quod Richardus Cocus tenuit, Habendum & Tenendum de me & haeredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis vel suis assignatis liberè, quietè, integrè, & haereditariè, reddendo inde annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis duos solidos argenti ad duos anni terminos, scilicet in die beatae Mariae, in Martio duodecim denarios, & ad Festum Sancti Michaelis duodecim denarios, pro omnibus servitiis, consuetu∣dinibus & demandis mihi & haeredibus meis pertinentibus. Et Ego praedictus Eu∣stachius & haeredes mei warrantizabimus praedictum messuagium cum suis pertinentiis praenominato Willielmo & haeredibus suis vel suis Assignatis contra omnes homines & foeminas. His Testibus, Domino Roberto de Ardres, Richardo filio ejus, Ro∣berto de Pixill le Champian, Roberto le Mordaunt, Galfrido de Bosco, Stephano de Gatesden, Waltero de Miccleput, & aliis multis.
SCient praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Eustachius le Mordaunt, & Alicia Uxor mea, dedimus, concessimus. & hâc praesenti Chartâ nostrâ confirmavimus, Re∣ginaldo, filio Simonis le Brayeur de Turveiâ, quadraginta acras terrae nostrae, cum duobus Thoftis & uno messuagio, quae Simon, pater praedicti Reginaldi, tenuit de Domino Willielmo de Alneto, patre nostro, in Turveia, habendas & tenendas de nobis & haeredibus nostris, sibi & haeredibus suis, qui exibunt de Sibilla, Uxore praedicti Reginaldi, reddendo inde annuatim nobis & haeredibus nostris, ipse & haeredes sui, qui de praedicta Sibilla exibunt, duodecim solidos, pro omni servitio nobis & haeredibus nostris pertinente: (scilicet) ad Pascham sex solidos, & ad Festum Sancti Michaelis sex solidos, salvo forinseco servitio Domini Regis, quan∣tum pertinet ad tantam terram ejusdem feodi in eadem Villa: Ità tamen quòd si praedictus Reginaldus & Sibilla haeredes à se non habeant, praedictae terrae cum per∣tinentiis praedicto Eustachio & Aliciae vel haeredibus eorum, sine molestiâ vel con∣tradictione, redeant. Ut autem haec nostra donatio rata & stabilis permaneat prae∣senti Scripto Sigilla nostra apposuimus. His Testibus, Roberto de Ardres, Si∣mone de Blosvilla, Stephano de Lega, Johanne de Lega, Willielmo de Sancto Georgio, Willielmo Mancell, Galfrido de Bosco, Petro Malherbe, Andreo de Aversham, Thoma filio Stephani, Petro Camerario, Roberto Harlac.
NOverint universi, praesens Scriptum inspecturi vel audituri, quòd Ego Phi∣lippus, filius Nicolai de Turveia, dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi, pro salute animae meae & antecessorum meorum, Deo & Ecclesiae Omnium Sanctorum de Turveiâ, totum messuagium meum cum aedificiis & cum Gar∣dinis, & totas terras meas arabiles cum pasturis, pascuis & omnibus aliis pertinentiis, quae habui de dono Willielmi fratris mei in villâ de Turveia, in liberam, puram & perpetuam eleemosynam, ad sustentationem uni capellani divinorum officiorum in capellâ, in honore beatae Mariae, infrà clausuram Rectoris dictae Ecclesiae, constru∣ctâ, perpetuò celebraturi. Quare volo quòd dicta Ecclesia & Rectores ejusdem, qui pro tempore fuerint, omnia praedicta habeant & teneant adeo liberè, pacificè, plenè & integrè, sicut aliquid meliùs & liberiùs in eleemosynam conferri potest. Et Ego praedictus Philippus & haeredes mei praedictae Ecclesiae & Rectoribus ejusdem, omnia praefata cum pertinentiis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus. Ut au∣tem ista donatio & concessio, confirmatio & warrantizatio firmitatis perpetuae robur obtineat, praesens Scriptum Sigilli mei munimine corroborabo. His Testibus, Roberto de Ardres, Eustachio Mordaunt, Richardo Mauduit, Willielmo filio Roberti, Galfrido de Bosco, Waltero de Northbroc Magistro, Almaricho Archi∣diacono Bedford Magistro, Radulpho de Hogtuch officiali ejusdem, & toto Capi∣tulo Bedford, & multis aliis.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Eustachius Mordaunt de Wahull, dedi & con∣cessi & hac praesenti Charta mea in liberam & puram & perpetuam eleemosynam confirmavi Ecclesiae Batonenci Johannis Baptistae, & Johannis Evangelistae de Caude∣well, & Canonicis ibidem deo servientibus & imperpetuum servituris, pro salute animae meae & Aliciae Uxoris meae, & pro animabus antecessorum & successorum meorum, in subsidium fabricae Ecclesiae ejusdem, decem acras terrae cum earum per∣tinentiis, in villa de Turveia: Illas videlicet quae jacent juxta terram Richardi Mauduit versus West, & abuttant super viam quae ducit ad Ecclesiam de Turveia uper Manselleshull. Quare volo & concedo, pro me & haeredibus meis, quòd prae∣dicti Canonici habeant & teneant praedictam terram cum libero introitu & exitu, & cum omnibus pertinentiis suis plenariè & integrè imperpetuum, & ità liberè & quietè sicut aliqua eleemosyna poterit liberiùs & quietiùs possideri: Et ego Eustachius & haeredes mei warrantizabimus praedictam terram cum pertinentiis suis praedictis Canonicis contra omnes homines & foeminas imperpetuum, & de omnibus & in omnibus defendemus. His Testibus, Nicolao Vicario de Stuvent, Johanne Re∣ctore de Chelwent, Waltero Capellano de Harwold, Eudone Capellano, Roberto Parsona de Wahull, Richardo fratre ejus, Hugone de Aviron, Johanne de Buel, Simone de Blosvilla, Galfrido Clerico, Rogero Clerico, Radulpho serviente Prioris, & multis aliis.
HAEC est finalis concordia facta in Curia Domini Regis apud Westmonasteri∣um, die Jovis proxima post Conversionem Sancti Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Richardi nono, coram Domino H. Cantuariensi Episcopo, Magistro Thoma de Husselburne, Willielmo de Wareno, Richardo de Herierd, Richardo Elienfi Ar∣chidiacono, & Johanne de Gestlings Justiciariis, & aliis fidelibus Domini Regis ibi∣dem tunc praesentibus, inter Eustachium Mordaunt petentem, & Gilbertum filium Willielmi tenentem, de una virgata terrae cum pertinentiis in Radwell, scilicet de
illâ quam Osmundus, pater ipsius Eustachii, tenuit; unde placitum fuit inter eos, in praefata Curia scilicet, quòd praedictus Gilbertus recognovit praedictam terram cum pertinentiis esse jus & haereditatem ipsius Eustachii, & remisit, & quietum cla∣mavit ei & haeredibus suis totum jus & clameum suum quod habuit in praedicta terra, de se & haeredibus suis imperpetuum: Et pro hac fine & concordia & quieto clameo & recognitione praedictus Eustachius dedit praenominato Gilberto, duas marcas argenti & dimidiam.
Examinatur per Scipionem le Squire Pro∣camerarium in Curiâ Receptae Scaccarii.
Inter Recorda in Curia Receptae Scaccarii, sub Custodia Thesaurarii & Camerariorum ibidem residentia, videlicet in quadam Baga de finibus, tempore Regis Henrici Intitulata, Bed. Buck. Northamp. inter alia continetur ut sequitur:
HAEC est finalis Concordia facta in Curiâ Domini Regis apud Bedford, die Lunae proximâ post Festum Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici, filii Regis Johannis, sextodecimo, coram Willielmo de Raleigh, Roberto de Lex∣inton, Radulpho de Norwico, Adam filio Willielmi, Richardo Dukett & Radul∣pho filio Reginaldi, Justiciariis Itenerantibus, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibidem praesentibus, inter Johannem de Traylly petentem, & Eustachium le Mor∣daunt tenentem, de unâ carucatâ terrae & dimidiâ cum pertinentiis in Turveia, un∣de Alissa Mortantecessoris summonita fuit inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet quòd praedictus Eustachius recognovit totam praedictam terram cum pertinentiis esse jus ipsius Johannis, & pro hac recognitione, fine & concordiâ idem Johannes concessit praedicto Eustachio totam praedictam terram cum pertinentiis, habendum & tenen∣dum ipso Eustachio & haeredibus suis de praedicto Johanne & haeredibus suis im∣perpetuum, reddendo indè annuatim vigenti & tres solidos & quatuor denarios ad duos terminos anni; scilicet medietatem ad Pascha, & aliam medietatem ad Fe∣stum Sancti Michaelis, & faciendo servitium feodi dimidii Militis pro omni ser∣vitio & exactione.
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SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Galienus Seneschallus Domini Willielmi de la Chuche, & Dominae Matildae de Traylly, Uxoris suae, recepi de Willi∣elmo le Mordaunt, filio & haerede Eustachii le Mordaunt, post mortem ejus∣dem Eustachii, relevium suum, videlicet, quinquaginta solidos, Anno Regni Re∣gis Henrici, filii Regis Johannis, vicesimo septimo, pro terra quam tenet à prae∣dicto Willielmo Domino meo & Matilda Uxore sua in Turveia: Ego verò Gali∣enus & haeredes mei warrantizabimus & acquietabimus praedictum Willielmum le Mordaunt & haeredes suos contra omnes gentes de praedictis quinquaginta solidis, quos de eo nomine Relevii accepi. Si quis verò praedictum Willielmum
vel haeredes suos de praedictis quinquaginta solidis vexare praesumpserit, & prae∣dictus Willielmus & haeredes sui circa defensionem hujus Negotii expensas exposu∣erint, ego Galienus & haeredes mei, ipsas ei simplici assertione declarandas, re∣fundemus, renunciando in hoc omni Cavillatione, contradictione & utriusque fori privilegio, nec non & regia prohibitione. In cujus rei testimonium, praesenti Scrip∣to Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Hugone de Lega, Henrico de Lega, Galfrido de Burdeleyes, Richardo de Ardres, Willielmo cum Barba, Simone de Holewell, Roberto le Mordaunt, Galfrido de Bosco, Henrico de Gatesden, Ra∣dulpho de Norrho, Philippo serviente Domini Regis de Turveia, & aliis.
RAnulphus, Comes Cestriae, omnibus, tam futuris quam praesentibus, Salutem. Notum sit vobis omnibus, me dedisse Willielmo Mareschallo de Sutton, pro homagio & servitio suo, quadraginta acras terrae inter Coventreyam & terram suam de Esthull, cum pannagio & cum omnibus aliis libertatibus, Tenendas ei & haeredi∣bus suis in feudo & haereditate, de me & de meis haeredibus liberè & quietè & ho∣norificè, reddendo ab illo & haeredibus suis mihi & meis haeredibus annuatim, in Nativitate Sancti Johannis Baptistae, quaedam calcaria deaurata pro omni servitio. Et quòd ipse Willielmus vel haeredes sui terram illam ellarcent si voluerint, vel eam teneant cum nemore quod est in terra illa: Et ut haec donatio mea perpetuae firmi∣tatis robur obtineat, praesenti Scripto & Sigilli mei munimine eam confirmavi. Testibus his, Hugone de Colone, Petro Roaud, Juhello Benegero, Gaufrido Farly, Juhello de Lovigneio, Philippo de Oreby, Bartholomaeo Abbate, Richardo Pilse, Willielmo de Serlant, Willielmo de Verdun, Petro Clerico, & multis aliis.
SIGILLVM RANVLPHI COMITIS CESTRIE
RAnulphus, Comes Cestriae, omnibus, ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Salutem & amorem. Sciatis me concessisse, & hac praesenti Charta confir∣mâsse, Willielmo Mareschallo de Suttonia & haeredibus suis, ut donent omnes deci∣mationes de Dominio suo de Esthull, & de omnibus terris & assarcis quas eis dedi apud praedictum Esthull, uno Capellano, qui Serviat in Capellâ suâ de Esthull im∣perpetuum, pro anima patris mei & Antecessorum suorum, reddendo annuatim unam libram Thuris Ecclesiae Sancti Michaelis de Coventrey ad Pascha, nomine impenfionis. His Testibus, Philippo de Orchi, Petro Roaud, Petro de Sancto Hillario, Juhello de Lovigneio, Juhello Berenger, & multis aliis apud Rigidum Pontem.
RAnulphus, Comes Cestriae, omnibus hominibus & Amicis suis, & omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit, Salutem. Notum sit vobis me conce∣ssisse & dedisse & ac Charta mea confirmâsse Richardo de Sutton, filio Roberti, pro homagio suo & servitio, unam virgatam terrae in Olneya, quam Gaufridus, fi∣lius Osberti, tenuit, cum messuagio & prato ad eandem virgatam pertinentibus, & dimidiam virgatam terrae quae ad molendinum meum pertinuit cum messuagio & prato & pertinentiis suis, & sex acras de assarco in bosco de Hyda, scilicet pro∣pinquiores Domui, quam Richardus Arneburgerus tenuit in bosco quod vocabatur Hydehai, & pratum quod nominatur Hydemor. Tenenda ei & haeredibus suis de me & haeredibus meis in feudo & haereditate liberè & quietè, cum husbote & hai∣bote, & cum quietantia de passuagio, & cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis confue∣tudinibus praedictae terrae pertinentibus, reddendo annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis quaedam calcaria deaurata, ad Festum Sancti Petri, ad Vinclam pro omni servitio. His Testibus, Philippo de Oreby, Johanne de Pracell, Waltero de Coventry, Hen∣rico Despenser, Normando Panci, Henrico Mordaunt, Avernedo de Soligneio, Willielmo de Verdi, Willielmo filio Drogoni, Petro Clerico, & multis aliis a∣pud Oxoniam.
EGO Johannes de Scotia, Comes Huntingdoniae, dedi Willielmo de Olneya, filio Richardi de Sutton, septem virgatas terrae in villa de Yerdley, alias, sci∣licet, quarum Richardus filius Alexandri tenet, unam virgatam terrae & Willielmus filius Reginaldi tenet, unam virgatam & Elias Forestarius tenet, unam virgatam & Petrus filius Richardi tenuit, unam virgatam & Simon filius Willielmi Lewin te∣net, unam virgatam terrae & Willielmus Biun tenet, unam virgatam & Hugo filius Lunne tenet, unam virgatam terrae cum praedictis Richardo, Willielmo, Elia, Pe∣tro, Simone, Willielmo, Hugone, & cum totâ sequelâ eorum habendas & tenen∣das de me & haeredibus meis sibi & haeredibus suis, reddendo inde annuatim duo∣decim Capones ad Pascha pro omni servitio cum clausula warrantiae. His Testi∣bus, Domino Baldewino de Pantona, &c. sine data.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus, Mareschallus de Sutton, dedi & concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Matildae filiae Letticiae, unum messuagium in Asthull cum culturâ praedicto messuagio pertinente, quod Johannes de Kenillwich de me tenuit, Tenendum & habendum de me & haeredibus meis illi & haeredibus ejus vel cuicunque assignare voluerit vendere vel legare, reddendo in∣de annuatim ipsa & haeredes sui vel assignati sui mihi & haeredibus meis, sex denarios ad Natal. Domini pro omni servitio, consuetudine & demanda: Et Ego Willielmus & haeredes mei praedictum messuagium cum praedicta cultura prae∣dictae Matildae & haeredibus suis vel assignatis, contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus: Et si warrantizare non poterimus, illi quinque marcas dabi∣mus sine ullâ contradictione.
Roberto de Kanele, Johanne Fleche∣ro, Roberto Gupill, Alexandro de Kanele, Johanne de Warburleye, Thoma de Horwell, Johanne fratre suo, & multis aliis.
Sigillo fracto.SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Matilda filia Letticiae de Asthull, in libera potestate mea remisi, & penitùs quietum clamavi Willielmo de Mordaunt, Do∣mino de Asthull, & Amiciae Uxori suae, totum jus meum & clameum quod habui, vel aliquo modo habere potui, in tota terra illa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis intra Croftum de Asthull, quae jacet inter terram quam Gilbertus Carpenter quondam te∣nuit, ex una parte, & viam quae ducit apud le Horwell, ex altera parte, & exten∣dit se à via Regia usque ad sursum aquae in longitudine & latitudine, secundùm metas & devisas ibidem factas, habendum & tenendum dictis Willielmo & Amiciae, & eorum haeredibus vel assignatis quibuscunque, liberè, quietè & in pace, absque ali∣qua calumpnia seu retentione mei vel haeredum meorum imperpetuum: Et pro hac remissione & penitùs quietum clamatione dederunt mihi, dicti Willielmus & Ami∣cia, tres marcas argenti prae manibus. In cujus rei Testimonium praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Roberto de Kanele, Vicale de Folkyshull, Hugone de Stok, Ranulpho de Smethall, Philippo de Winchecumbe, Johanne le Fletcher, Thoma de Horewelle, Johanne fratre ejus, Ranulpho de Franketon, & aliis.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Richardus de Ardres dedi, concessi, & hac mea praesenti confirmavi Chartâ Willielmo de Mordaunt, Consanguineo meo, pro quinquaginta marcis sterlingorum, quas mihi dedit prae manibus in magno ne∣gotio meo, totam partem meam quam habui in molendinis de Turveia, cum om∣nibus pertinentiis suis, scilicet cum stagno, & aqua, & libera piscaria à salice, quae stat in Insula de super Domum Personae de Turveia, videlicet à superiore capite il∣lius Insulae descendendo, cum aqua usque Marewell subtus Snelleston, & totam par∣tem meam hulmorum & insularum quam habui vel habere potui in praedictis, stag∣no & aqua, & tam in veteri rivario quam in alio, & totam sequelam molturae illo∣rum molendinorum in viis & semitis, tam liberorum quam villanorum meorum, sal∣vo mihi & haeredibus meis in iisdem molendinis liberam molturam ad liberam men∣sam & proximam molturationem, postquam bladum dictas molendinas intraverit, postquam viros qui tunc molturant totum permolturaverint; Et si hominem vel foe∣minam de mea familia ad liberationem posuero, ipsi toluetam ad dictas molendinas dabunt, sicut alii de patria; Et quod dictus Willielmus & haeredes vel assignati sui liberè & licitè sine contradictione mei vel haeredum meorum possint capere ter∣ram in loco consueto, & debito ad reparationem & emendationem praedictorum molendinorum & stagni, habendum & tenendum praedictam partem meam prae∣dictorum molendinorum cum suis pertinentiis omnimodis, de me & haeredibus meis dicto Willielmo & haeredibus suis, vel cuicunque ille dare, vendere, legare, vel as∣signare voluerit, liberè, quietè, benè & in bona pace & haereditariè imperpetuum, cum omnibus libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus, in omnibus rebus & locis, & adeo liberè, ac si ea in manu mea tenerem, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haere∣dibus meis, ipse & haeredes sui sive sui assignati, unam marcam argenti ad duos an∣ni terminos, scilicet ad Festum Sancti Michaelis dimidiam marcam, & ad Festum beatae Mariae, in Martio, dimidiam marcam, pro omnibus servitiis, consuetudinibus & exactionibus, sectâ curiarum, & omnibus aliis secularibus demandis. Et si ità contingat quòd dictus Willielmus & haeredes sui sive assignati sui praenominatam marcam nomine redditûs, ad praedictos terminos mihi vel haeredibus meis non per∣solverint, ego dictus Richardus & haeredes mei, tam in dictis molendinis quàm in praedicta piscaria, quousque nobis fuerit persolutum, distringemus. Et ego praedictus Richardus & haeredes mei omnia praedicta praedicto Willielmo & haeredibus vel af∣fignatis suis contra omnes gentes Christianos & Judaeos warrantizabimus. Et ut
haec omnia praedicta rata & inconcussa permaneant, ut praedictum est, ea praesenti Scripto & Sigilli mei impressione roboravi. His Testibus, Domino Simone Druel, Henrico de Lega, Vnfrido Vis de Lu Militibus, Galfrido Burdeleyes Magistro, Roberto de Abinton, Willielmo cum Barba, Galfrido filio Roberti, Roberto de Guniles, Roberto Amori, Helya de Piro, Hugone de Piro, Hugone de Montibus, Henrico de Montibus, & multis aliis.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Richardus de Ardres dedi, concessi & hac mea praesenti Charta confirmavi Willielmo de Mordaunt pro sex marcis argenti, quas mihi prae manibus dedit in gersumam Adam Pite de Turveia, cum tota sequela sua & procreatione sua procreata & procreanda in posterum, & totam terram quam dictus Adam de me tenuit in Villa de Turveia, cum pertinentiis, Tenendum & habendum de me & haeredibus meis, sibi & haeredibus suis vel cuicunque, & quando dare, assignare, vendere, vel legare voluerit liberè & quietè, integrè & honorificè, haereditariè, benè & in pace, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haeredi∣bus meis, de se & haeredibus suis vel suis assignatis, unum clavum garyophilli ad Pascha Domini, pro omnibus secularibus servitiis, exactionibus, consuetudinibus, sectis curiarum, & demandis: Et Ego Richardus & haeredes mei dictum Adam cum tota sequela sua, & cum tota procreatione sua procreata & procreanda, & totam terram quam de me tenuit in Villa de Turveia, dicto Willielmo & haeredibus suis & assignatis, contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus, acquietabimus & defendemus imperpetuum per praedictum servitium. In cujus rei testimonium hoc praesens Scriptum Sigilli mei impressione roboravi.
Domino Henrico de Lega Milite, Philippo Serviente, Willielmo cum Barba, Galfrido de Bosco, Roberto de Mordaunt, Richardo le Theyn, Radulpho de Norrho, Richardo Cuggell, Waltero Davies, Gilberto Bayvel, Henrico fratre Sacerdotis, Huberto de Manduth, Roberto Gerin, & aliis.
Sigillo fracto.SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Henricus filius Fulconis Hurel, resignavi & quietum clamavi Willielmo le Mordaunt Domino meo, pro quinque marcis & dimidiâ argenti, quas mihi dedit prae manibus, totum illud tenementum cum mes∣suagio adjacente, cum prato & cum omnibus pertinentiis infra villam & extra, quod de eo tenui in Turveia: Ità videlicet quòd nec ego, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis ex parte nostra de caetero jus vel clameum habere possimus vel debeamus. Hanc autem resignationem & quietam clamationem ego Henricus & haeredes mei cum praedicto tenemento praedicto Willielmo & haeredibus suis imperpetuum warrantizabi∣mus. In cujus rei testimonium & securitatem praesenti Scripto Sigillum apposui pro me & haeredibus meis. His Testibus, Galfrido de Burdeleyes, Willielmo cum Barba, Richardo de Lega, Galfrido de Bosco, Richardo de Theyn, Willielmo Martell, Roberto de Mordaunt, Philippo Serviente, Henrico de Gatesden, Roberto Gerin, Radulpho de Norrho, Henrico fratre Sacerdotis, Willielmo Clerico de Newenton.
SCiant universi, hoc praesens Scriptum visuri, quòd Ego Albreda, filia Roberti de Sancto Georgio, in libera viduitate remisi, & pro me & haeredibus meis quietum clamavi Willielmo le Mordaunt de Turveia Domino meo, totum reddi∣tum meum quem habui in eadem villa de quarta parte unius dimidiae virgatae terrae quam tenui de dicto Willielmo in Turveia, cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & Es∣chaetis, & cum omnibus aliis rebus, quae mihi vel haeredibus meis de dicto redditu
& de praedicto tenemento possint accedere, Habendum & tenendum dictum reddi∣tum, scilicet sexdecim denariorum & oboli de haeredibus Roberti le Soc annuatim recipiendorum cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & eschaetis, & cum omnibus aliis per∣tinentiis suis, sicut praedictum est, liberè, quietè, benè & in pace, plenariè & inte∣grè & haereditariè dicto Willielmo le Mordaunt & haeredibus suis, vel cuicunque dare, vendere, assignare, vel in lecto mortali legare voluerit imperpetuum. Ità verò, quòd ego dicta Albreda, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis per me, nec per haere∣des meos in praedicto redditu, neque in wardis, homagiis, releviis & eschaetis ali∣quod jus vel clameum de caetero habere poterimus; pro hac autem remissione & quietâ clamatione dedit mihi dictus Willielmus decem solidos sterlingorum prae ma∣nibus. In cujus rei Testimonium praesens Scriptum Sigilli mei impressione robo∣ravi. His Testibus, Willielmo cum Barba, Roberto le Mordaunt, Radulpho de Norrho, Willielmo Martell, Henrico fratre Capellano, Roberto Gerin, Willielmo Savarico & aliis.
SCiant universi, hoc praesens Scriptum visuri vel audituri, quòd Ego Rogerus le Soc de Wibandston remisi, & pro me & haeredibus meis quietum clamavi Wil∣lielmo le Mordaunt de Turveia Domino meo, totum redditum meum quem habui in eadem villa de quarta parte unius dimidiae virgatae terrae, quam tenui de dicto Willielmo in Turveia, cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & eschaetis, & cum omnibus aliis rebus, quae mihi vel haeredibus meis, de dicto redditu & de tenemento praedicto, possint accedere, Habendum & tenendum dictum redditum, scilicet sexdecim dena∣riorum & oboli de haeredibus Roberti le Soc recipiendorum annuatim, cum homagiis, releviis, wardis & eschaetis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, sicut praedictum est liberè, quietè, benè & in pace, & haereditariè dicto Willielmo le Mordaunt, & haeredibus suis, vel cuicunque dare, vendere, assignare, vel in lecto mortali legare voluerit imperpetuum. Ità verò, quòd ego dictus Rogerus le Soc, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis per me, nec per haeredes meos in praedicto redditu, neque in wardis, homa∣giis, releviis & eschaetis, aliquod jus vel clameum de caetero habere poterimus; pro hac autem remissione & quietâ clamatione dedit dictus Willielmus dicto Rogero unam marcam argenti prae manibus. In cujus rei testimonium dictus Rogerus huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum suum apposuit. His Testibus, Willielmo cum Barba, Ro∣berto le Mordaunt, Radulpho de Norrho, Huberto de Manduth, Henrico fratre Ca∣pellano, Roberto Gerin, Willielmo Savarico, & aliis.
MEmorandum quòd Thomas de Wikeley, serviens Willielmi le Mordaunt in Manerio suo de Turveia, reddidit compotum suum finalem de omnibus re∣ceptis & expensis suis factis in praedicto Manerio, à die Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi nono intrante decimo, usque ad Festum beatae Margaretae un∣decimo, scilicet die Mercurii proxima post Festum Annunciationis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis ejusdem Edwardi decimo secundo, in praesentia Domini sui apud Turveiam, & Domini Galfridi Roland, Richardi Roland, Domini Willielmi Roland, Canonici, Nicolai Roland, & aliorum ibidem praesentium hoc audien∣tium; Ità quòd omnibus computatis & allocatis remanfit in debito Domino suo pro omnimodis demandis & rebus aliis idem Thomas in viginti solidis sterlingo∣rum, de toto tempore quo fuit Ballivus suus. Et praetereà idem Thomas acquie∣cabat Dominum de omnimodis debitis & demandis versus omnes gentes, de toto tempore suo praedicto. In cujus rei testimonium huic Scripto de praedicto compoto soluto, Chirographato inter praedictas partes, Sigilla sua mutuò apposuerunt, & prae∣dictus
Willielmus Dominus suus de omnimodis demandis quietum clamavit eidem Thomae de toto praedicto compoto.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Willielmus, filius Sampsonis le Mansell de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo, filio Willielmi le Mordaunt, de eadem, & Rosyae Uxori suae pro triginta marcis sterlingorum, quas mihi dederunt prae manibus, omnes terras & tenementa, cum redditibus, homagiis, fidelitatibus, wardis, releviis, eschaetis, dominiis, sectis Curiarum, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis & juribus, quae habui, vel aliquo modo habere potui, in villa & in Campis de Chechle, sine aliquo retinemento, haben∣dum & tenendum de Capitalibus dominis feodi praedictis Willielmo filio Willielmi le Mordaunt, & Rosyae Uxori suae, & haeredibus ejusdem Willielmi filii Willielmi, vel assignatis liberè, quietè, benè, in pace & haereditariè imperpetuum, faciendo indè annuatim capitalibus Dominis dictorum feodorum servitia debita & consueta, pro omnibus secularibus servitiis, consuetudinibus, exactionibus, Curiarum sectis, que∣relis, aufiliis, wardis, releviis, eschaetis & demandis omnimodis, quae mihi & haeredibus meis accedere poterunt. Et ego verò praedictus Willielmus, filius Sampsonis le Mansell, & haeredes mei, vel mei assignati, omnes praedictas terras & tenementa cum redditibus, homagiis, fidelitatibus, wardis, releviis, eschaetis, dominiis, sectis Curiarum, & cum omnibus pertinentiis, sicut praedictum est praedictis, Willielmo, filio Willielmi le Mordaunt, & Rosyae Uxori suae, & haeredibus ejusdem Willielmi vel assignatis, contra omnes homines & foeminas warrantizabimus. In cu∣jus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Domino Johanne de Pateshull, Domino Johanne Druell Militibus, Roberto de Ekencho, Martino de Carmi, Michaele Haddele, Johanne Mansell, Thoma le Suetesone, & aliis. Richardo Tile datum die Annunciationis beatae Virginis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Henrici, quinto decimo.
CUM Dominus Reginaldus de Grey, & Willielmus le Mordaunt in Riparia de Ouse, inter molendinum praedicti Willielmi in Turveia & Hulmum Wal∣teri de Prowde comuniam piscariae conjunctim & divisim habere debeant, & ne caeterò praefatus Willielmus, nec haeredes sui praedictum Dominum Reginaldum, nec haeredes suos, nec idem Dominus Reginaldus, nec haeredes sui praefatum Willi∣elmum, nec haeredes suos de praedicta Comunia priscariae, inter metas praedictas, impedire possunt, praefatus Willielmus concessit pro se & haeredibus suis praedicto Domino Reginaldo, quòd ipse Dominus Reginaldus & haeredes sui, in praedicta riparia, inter metas praedictas, pro voluntate sua piscari possint, sine contradictione vel impedimento ipsius Willielmi vel haeredum suorum imperpetuum. Et praedi∣ctus Dominus Reginaldus concessit pro se & haeredibus suis praedicto Willielmo, quòd ipse Willielmus & haeredes sui in praedicta riparia, inter metas praedictas, pro voluntate sua piscari possint, sine contradictione vel impedimento ipsius Reginaldi vel haeredum suorum imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Scriptis
chirographatis Sigilla praedictorum, Domini Reginaldi & Willielmi, alternatim sunt apposita. His Testibus, Dominis Johanne de Wahull, Willielmo de Boteveg∣leyne, Johanne Pavenham, Johanne Druell, Johanne Rydel, Alexandro Bozun Militibus, Hugone le Blount, Johanne Ernyz de Midleton, Henrico de Norwize, & aliis. Data die Mercurii Proxima post Festum Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, vicesimo secundo.
SIGILLVM REGINALDI DE GREY
EDwardus, Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae, omnes ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salutem. Sciatis, quòd de gra∣tia nostra speciali concessimus, & licentiam dedimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, dilecto & fideli nostro, Willielmo le Mordaunt, quòd ipse boscum suum de Wolesey, & campum suum vocatum Turvey lees, cum bosco suo de Mancelsgrove, & alias terras suas liberas in Parochia de Turveia, quas in Parcum reducere desiderat, includere, & Parcum indè facere. Et terras illas sic inclusas, & Parcum inde factum, tenere possit, sibi & haeredibus suis imperpetuum, sine con∣tradictione vel impedimento nostro, vel haeredum nostrorum quorumcunque: Dum tamen bosci illi, & terra illa intra metas foresti nostri non existent. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso apud Salisbu∣riam, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo quinto.
HAEC est finalis concordia facta in curia Domini Regis apud Westmonasterium, à die Paschae, in tres septimanas, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Edwardi, septimo, coram Willielmo de Bereford, Lamberto de Frikingham, Johanne de Benstede, Henrico le Scroope, Willielmo Inge, & Johanne Bacun Justiciariis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus, tunc & ibidem praesentibus, inter Willielmum de Mordaunt de Turveia querentem, & Thomam filium Warini de Bosco deforci∣antem. De tribus messuagiis, centum & viginti acris terrae, quatuor acris prati, & duabus acris pasturae, cum pertinentiis in Turveia, unde placitum conventionis summonitus fuit, inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet quòd praedictus Thomas recog∣novit praedictam terram cum pertinentiis, esse jus ipsius Willielmi, & illa ei red∣didit in eadem Curia; habendum & tenendum eidem Willielmo & haeredibus fuis, de capitalibus Dominis feodi illius quae ad illa tenementa pertinent imperpe∣tuum. Et praeterea idem Thomas concessit pro se, & haeredibus suis, quòd ipsi warrantizabunt eidem Willielmo, & haeredibus suis, praedicta tenementa, cum per∣tinentiis, contra omnes homines imperpetuum. Et pro hac recognitione, redditi∣one, warantia, fine, & concordia, idem Willielmus dedit praedicto Thomae unum Espervarium sorum.
EGO Amicia de Aubeny, dedi Willielmo de Mordaunt, filio meo, & Roberto filio ejusdem Willielmi, quinque messuagia, & quinque virgatas terrae, cum quinque nativis, qui praedicta messuagia tenuerunt, habenda in feodo. Data apud Co∣ventreyam die Veneris proxima post Festum Sancti Thomae Martyris, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Secundi, nono.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus, praesens Scriptum visuris vel audituris, Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noverit universitas vestra me remisisse, relaxasse, & omnimodò pro me & haeredibus meis, quietum clamasse imperpetuum, Deo & Ecclesiae Sancti Neoti, & monachis ibidem Deo servientibus, totum jus & clame∣um quod habui, vel aliquo modo habere potui, in tribus messuagiis, quadraginta & octo acris terrae, & unâ acrâ prati, cum pertinentiis in Turveia, de quibus Pri∣orem loci praedicti, coram Justiciariis Domini Regis de Banco, per breve Pro∣avi, unà cum Hugone de Ardres perticipe meo, implacitavi; praeterea remisi, & quietum clamavi, eisdem monachis, & eorum successoribus, totum jus & clameum, quod habui, vel habere potui, in omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, quae iidem monachi habent in feodo meo, & de feodo meo, & in omnibus terris & tenemen∣tis, quae homines eorum tenent, de ipsis de feodo meo, quae quidem terrae & tenementa iidem monachi, & eorum praedecessores aliquo tempore habuerint, de donis antecessorum meorum in villa praedicta. Ità quòd nec ego Willielmus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis nomine meo, seu nomine haeredum meorum, aliquid ju∣ris, dampnum, seu calumpniam, in praedictis tribus messuagiis, quadraginta & octo acris terrae, & una acra prati cum pertinentiis, nec in aliquibus aliis terris, seu tenementis, quae iidem monachi habent in feodo meo, & de feodo meo, nec quae homines ipsorum tenent de ipsis, de donis praedictis de caetero clamare, ven∣dicare, habere, nec exigere poterimus imperpetuum; salvis tamen mihi & haere∣dibus meis, & Hugone de Ardres perticipe meo, servitiis, si quae indè debentur nobis. In cujus rei testimonium praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Domino Johanne de Pabenham, Domino Waltero de Ba Militibus, Johanne de Chetindon, Henrico de Lega, Willielmo Paslew, Richardo de Strat∣teford, Willielmo Thorold, Johanne Sylvester, Stephano Wichard, & aliis. Da∣tum apud Sanctum Neotum, die Dominica proxima post Festum Apostolorum Si∣monis & Judae, Anno Domini millesimo trecentesimo septimo decimo, & Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Ewardi, undecimo.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Hugo Bossard Dominus de Knotting, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto filio Willielmi de Mordaunt, homagia & servitia mea in Knotting, scilicet homagium & ser∣vitium Willielmi Begree & servitium septemdecim denariorum, & sexdecim dena∣riorum
à Reginaldo Caponis, & novem denariorum de Johanne de Bentele, de Simone Hardles duodecim denariorum, de Waltero filio Margeriae sex solidorum, & undecim denariorum de Henrico Bossard duodecim denariorum, de Willielmo Paxtone seniore, sex Capones, de Uxore Willielmi Bercarii duodecim denarios, de Johanne Huggron sex denarios, de Hugone Michael duos solidos, septem denarios & obulum, de Gilberto Cowper unum denarium & quadrantem, de Willielmo Paxtone juniore duos solidos, & quatuor dies in ductura, de Richardo Bercario, de Willielmo Wariner decem soli∣dos, de Waltero Abraham duodecim denarios, de Johanne Maranuts duodecim dena∣rios, & quatuor dies in ductura, de Johanne Anore octodecim denarios, de Johanne Mayris duodecim denarios & quatuor dies in ductura, de Rolando Michaelis duo∣decim denarios, de Johanne Fabro duodecim denarios, & dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus de Roule tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Barker tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Johannes filius Willielmi tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis suis & se∣quelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Henricus filius Hugonis tenet, cum dicto Henrico & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unum messuagium & duos a∣cras terrae quae Juliana le Blount tenet, cum dicta Juliana, & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Gilbertus le Cowper tenet, cum dicto Gilberto, & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virga∣tam terrae de Richardo Noreys, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis eorum. Di∣midiam virgatam terrae de Hugone Michael, cum dicto Hugone & omnibus catal∣lis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae de Johanne filio Hugonis Michael, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam ter∣rae de Waltero de Roule, cum dicto Waltero & omnibus catallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Galfridus de Roule tenet, cum dicto Galfrido & omnibus catallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Hugo filius Richardi tenet, cum dicto Hugone & omnibus bonis catallis suis & eorum sequelis. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Johannes Michaelis filius tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis suis & eorum sequelis. Unum messuagium & duas acras terrae, quae Abraham Anore tenet, cum dicto Abrahamo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unum messuagium & duas acras terrae quae Richardus filius Thomae tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Abraham tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Molendinarius tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virga∣tam terrae quam Johannes filius Hugonis tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus ca∣tallis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Juliana en le Hoo tenet, cum dicta Juliana & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Johannes Heyne tenet, cum dicto Johanne & omnibus catallis suis & se∣quelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Richardus Waregat tenet, cum dicto Richardo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Gilbertus Rose tenet, cum dicto Gilberto & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unam quartam terrae quam Willielmus Page tenet, cum dicto Willielmo & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimidiam virgatam terrae quam Nicolaus Wa∣tigod tenet, cum dicto Nicolao & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Dimi∣diam virgatam terrae quam Willielmus Wategot tenet, cum dicto Willielmo & om∣nibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum. Unam quartam terrae quam Henricus Watigod tenet, cum dicto Henrico & omnibus catallis suis & sequelis eorum, & cum Curia mea de Knotting de tribus septimanis in tres septimanas, habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta tenementa, homagia, & servitia, sicut praedictum est, de capitalibus Dominis feodi per servitia indè debita, & de jure consueta, praedicto Roberto & haeredibus suis, vel suis assignatis. Et ego praedictus Hugo & haeredes mei praedicto Roberto & haeredibus suis, vel suis assignatis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum ap∣posui.
His Testibus, Hugone de Ardres, Willielmo Begree, Willielmo de Asey, Willielmo de Paxtone, Rogero Begree, & aliis. Datum apud Knotting, die Sancti Matthaei Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Edwardi, deci∣mo sexto.
SImon Tile ponit se in misericordiam pro defalta facta ad ultimam Curiam, per plegiatum Johannis Hering, & Rogeri de Mullesho.
Thomas Alleyne pro eadem per plegiatum Simonis Altenell & Rogeri de Mul∣lesho.
Simon Harlewyne distringitur pro pluribus defaltis.
Johannes de Soham pro defaltis in misericordiam.
Simon Nore pro eadem in misericordiam Roberti Fabri & Rogeri de Mullesho.
Hugo Maunsell fecit fidelitatem Domino, & cognovit, quòd tenet de Domino, quae ignorat, habet diem ad proximam Curiam. Postea cognovit, quòd tenet de Domino unum messuagium redditus per annum trium solidorum, ad terminum Sanctae Mariae in Martio, & Sancti Michaelis, pro omnibus servitiis. Item ipse habet diem usque proximam Curiam, ad testificandum de aliis servitiis. Item idem Hugo tenet duodecim acras terrae in quodam Crofto, quòd vocatur Impheye, per servitium unius denarii, & unius clavi gariophilli, ad Festum Sancti Thomae in septimanas Nativitatis Domini, pro omnibus servitiis. Item idem Hugo tenet, unum Croftum, quod vocatur Longcroft, per servitium decem denariorum per annum, ad praedictos terminos, & homagium, sentagium, wardam, & relevium. Item idem Hugo tenet unum Croftum, quod vocatur Longcroft, per servitium duo∣rum denariorum, per annum, ad eosdem terminos, homagium, sentagium, wardam, & relevium. Item tenet partem suam Crofti à le short Croft, redditus per annum pro una parte unius denarii, & pro altera parte unius denarii & homagium, senta∣gium, wardam & relevium.
Johanues Hering tenet unum messuagium, duas acras terrae & dimidiam, & ro∣dam, per servitium duodecim denariorum & quadrantis, per annum, ad eosdem terminos, homagium, wardam, relevium, sentagium, sectam Curiae, & fecit fideli∣tatem.
Simon Tile fecit fidelitatem, & cognovit de Domino tenere unum messuagium, & tres acras terrae & dimidiam, & dimidiam rodae, per servitium, homagium, re∣levium, wardam, & sentagium, & sectam Curiae, & quatuordecim denarios reddi∣tus, per annum, ad eosdem terminos.
Willielmus Maunsell fecit fidelitatem Domino, & cognovit tenere de Domino unum toftum, & sex acras & dimidiam, & unam acram prati, per servitium quatuor∣decim denariorum & quadrantis, ad Festum Annunciationis, & quatuordecim dena∣riorum, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis, & trium Caponum, ad Pascha, & homagium, wardam, sentagium, & relevium. Praeceptum est distringere Isabel Frankelyn veniendi ad proximam Curiam ad faciendum, &c.
Johannes de Soham ingressus est feodum Domini, videlicet, in uno messuagio, & dimidiam acram terrae, & fecit fidelitatem, & dat Domino pro ingressione, duode∣cim denarios, per partes Hugonis Maunsell & Simonis Fere. Thomas Harlewyne, summonitus fuit veniendi ad istam Curiam, & non venit, ita distringendus ve∣viendi ad proximam. Emma Brute tenet unum messuagium, & unam rodam & di∣midiam, per servitium quatuor denariorum, obuli, quadrantis, & faciendo om∣nia alia servitia, videlicet sectam Curiae, & omnia alia servitia, fecit fidelitatem.
Thomas Maunsell & Sibill Brute tenent dimidiam rodam terrae, redditus per annum unius denarii & obuli, & faciendo omnia alia servitia, & Sibill fecit fideli∣tatem, & praeceptum est distringere praedictum Thomam.
Thomas Attewell ingressus est feodum Domini, in unam acram terrae, secundum formam statuti, & fecit fidelitatem, & reddidit per annum obolum, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis per homagium.
Johannes Adam tenet de Domino quatuor acras terrae, reddit per annum obolum pro omnibus, &c. & fecit fidelitatem. Praeceptum est summonere Willielmum Golde, veniendi ad proximam Curiam ad faciendum, &c.
Rogerus Mullesho fecit fidelitatem, & cognovit tenere de Domino unum messu∣agium & quinque acras terrae, per servitium sex solidorum per annum, ad praedictos terminos, & duos denarios ad Festum Sancti Thomae Apostoli, homagium, sentagium, & sectam Curiae; item tenet alterum messuagium, & tres acras terrae, & reddit per annum sex denarios & obolum, ad eosdem terminos, pro omnibus servitiis.
Thomas Alleyn ingressus est in uno messuagio, & duas acras terrae, reddit per annum obolum, & faciendo servitia fecit fidelitatem.
Praeceptum est summonere Jacobum de Riddington, veniendi ad proximam Cu∣riam ad faciendum, &c.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Willielmo Campion de Stacheden, capellano, totum manerium meum de Turveia, cum molendinis aquati∣cis, cum tota secta ad dicta molendina, simul cum tota piscaria, tam in separali, quam in communi, cum omnibus nativis meis, & cum tota sequela eorum, una cum om∣nibus liberis tenentibus ad dictum manerium spectantibus, cum boscis, viis, semitis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, redditibus, wardis, releviis, homagiis, eschaetis, & omni∣bus aliis pertinentiis suis, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum manerium cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, de capitalibus Dominis feodi, per servitia indè debita, & de jure consueta. Et ego vero praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei totum praedi∣ctum manerium cum omnibus pertinentiis praedictis, praedicto Willielmo & haeredi∣bus suis, sive suis assignatis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Dardres, Alexandro Bozonn, Johanne Garnys, Willielmo Maunsell, Nicolao Mor∣daunt, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam, die Lunae proxima post Festum Purificati∣onis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post Conquestum, septimo decimo.
SIGILLVM ROBERTI MORDAVNT
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, con∣cessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Willielmo Campion, omnia illa terras & tenementa, quae habui, & tenui de feodo de Gloucestria, in Turveia, ut in terris, domibus, boscis, gardinis, pratis, pascuis, semitis, viis, & pasturis, &
reversionibus, homagiis, wardis, releviis, eschaetis, redditibus liberorum villanorum, & eorum sequelis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis quovismodo spectantibus, haben∣dum & tenendum, omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, ut praedictum est, de capita∣libus dominis feodorum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus, & haeredes mei omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, ut praedictum est, praedicto Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Dardres, Willielmo Mordaunt, Willielmo Maunsell, Nicolao Mordaunt, Willielmo Kneu, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam, die Mercurii, in Festo Sancti Gregorii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Alexander Bozonn de Rokesden, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Roberto de Chelnestone, ca∣pellano, totum manerium de Rokesden, cum omnibus quae ad dictum manerium spectant, habendum & tenendum praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis pertinen∣tiis, praedicto Roberto haeredibus & assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius liberè, benè & in pace, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et ego prae∣dictus Alexander & haeredes mei concedimus praedictum manerium cum omnibus per∣tinentiis suis, praedicto Roberto, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Si∣gillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Henrico de Bareford, Thoma Golde, Ro∣berto Blanchfront, Willielmo Maynard, Willielmo Bruce, & aliis. Data apud Rokesden die Sabbati proxima post Festum Sancti Gregorii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.
Sigillum Alexandri Bozonn
PAteat universis per praesentes, quòd Ego Johannes Oliver, capillanus de Chel∣nestone, dedi, concessi Alexandro Bozonn de Shacheden, totum manerium meum de Rokesden, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis ad totam vitam suam, haben∣dum & tenendum praedictum manerium ad totam vitam suam, ut praedictum est, de me & haeredibus meis, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis unum solidum ad terminum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae pro omnibus servitiis & demandis, & faciendum pro me & haeredibus meis capitalibus dominis feodorum omnia servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et concedo pro me, haeredibus & assignatis meis, quòd praedictus Alexander de vasto vel destructione pro me, haere∣dibus vel assignatis meis, vel per quem alium non occasionetur, vel implacitetur, vel in aliquo gravetur, & benè liceat praedicto Alexandro vastum & destructionem, pro voluntate sua in manerio praedicto cum omnibus pertinentiis praedictis, facere.
Etiam volo & concedo, quòd post decessum praedicti Alexandri Bozonn praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis pertinentiis Johanni filio dicti Alexandri & Elizabe∣thae filiae Roberti Mordaunt uxori suae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus, remaneat; & si contingat, quòd absit, quòd praedictus Johannes & Elizabetha obierint, sine haeredibus de corporibus eorum exeuntibus, quòd praedictum manerium cum om∣nibus pertinentiis suis rectis haeredibus dicti Alexandri Bozonn in perpetuum rema∣neat. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae dupliciter Indentatae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Henrico de Bereford, Johanne Debne, Thoma So∣ler, Robrto Blanchfront, Willielmo Bray, Johanne Deny, Johanne Sawyare, & aliis. Data apud Rokesden die proxima post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.
PAteat universis per praesentes, quòd Ego Willielmus Campion de Stacheden, capellanus, dedi, & concessi Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, & Johannae Uxori suae, totum manerium meum de Turveia, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, ad totam vitam praedictorum Roberti & Johannae, habendum & tenendum praedictum manerium, ad totam vitam praedictorum Roberti & Johannae, ut praedictum est, de me & haeredibus meis, reddendo indè annuatim mihi & haeredibus meis, unam rosam ad Festum Nativitatis Johannis Baptistae, pro omnibus servitiis & demandis. Et faciendo pro me & haeredibus meis, capitalibus Dominis feodi, omnia servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et concedo pro me, haeredibus & assignatis meis, quòd praedictus Robertus, de vasto vel destructione, per me, haeredes vel assigna∣tos meos, vel per quem alium, non occasionetur, implacitetur vel in aliquo grave∣tur, sed benè liceat praedicto Roberto, vastum & destructionem pro voluntate, in manerio praedicto, & in omnibus pertinentiis praedictis, facere. Etiam volo & con∣cedo, quòd post decessum dictorum, Roberti & Johannae, praedictum manerium cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, Edmundo filio & haeredi dictorum, Roberti & Johan∣nae, haeredibus de corpore dicti Edmundi legitimè procreatis, integrè remaneat. Et si ità contingat, quòd absit, quòd praedictus Edmundus obierit sine haeredibus de corpore suo legitimè procreatis, quòd extunc praedictum manerium cum omni∣bus suis pertinentiis, rectis haeredibus dicti Roberti Mordaunt imperpetuum rema∣neat, sine contradictione alicujus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Indentatae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Dardres seniore, Jo∣hanne Dardres juniore, Willielmo Maunsell, Willielmo Mordaunt, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam die Martis proxima post Festum Sancti Ambrosii, Anno Regni Re∣gis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo septimo.
HAeC Indentura testatur, quòd Robertus Mordaunt de Stacheden, & Johanna le Bray, uxor ejus, concesserunt, tradiderunt, & demiserunt Hammoni de Ibbestok de Pullokshull, sex acras terrae arabilis, jacentes in campo de Keching, quarum duae acrae & una roda similiter jacent in una placea, quae vocatur Wode∣croft, inter bosculum Aliciae Shortfrend, ex una parte, & quandam hayam del Bray∣croft ex altera parte; & dimidium acrae jacet in uno furlongo, vocato Hubberimade furlong, inter terram Johannis de Foldhe, ex una parte, & terram Emmae, quon∣dam uxoris Hugonis Blundel, ex altera parte; & una acra & una roda, jacentes in eodem furlongo, inter terram Willielmi de Walkington, ex una parte, & terram Richardi Humfrey de Pullokshull, ex altera parte; & una acra in eodem furlongo, inter terram Roberti Weystard, & terram Johannis filii Hugonis Blundel; & una acra jacet in eodem furlongo, inter terram dicti Roberti Weystard, ex una parte, & terram Johannis de Faldo, ex altera parte, habendum & tenendum praedictas sex acras terrae, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, praedicto Hammoni, haeredibus &
assignatis suis, ad totum terminum vitae praedictae Johannae, reddendo annuatim praedictis, Roberto Mordaunt & Johannae uxori suae, duodecim solidos argenti ad duos anni terminos, videlicet, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Annunciationis beatae Mariae virginis, per aequales portiones, pro omnibus aliis secularibus servitiis & demandis. Et si contingat praedictum redditum à retro esse, in parte vel in toto, per quindena post aliquem terminum supradictum, quòd extunc benè liceat, praedictis, Roberto & Johannae, seu eorum assignatis, distrin∣gere, in omnibus liberis terris dicti Hammonis in campis de Pullokshull, & similiter in communibus de Pullok, & districtiones detinere, quousque, de praedicto redditu, iis plenariè fuerit satisfactum. Et praedictus Hammo & haeredes sui, facient annua∣tim, durante termino supradicto, pro praedictis, Roberto & Johanna, sectam Cu∣riae Dominae Margaretae, quondam uxori Domini Radulphi filii Richardi Militis, quoties Curiam tenere voluerit. Et praedictus Robertus Mordaunt & Johanna uxor ejus, praedictas sex acras terrae cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, praedicto Hammoni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, ad totum terminum vitae praedictae Johannae, contra om∣nes gentes warrantizabunt, & pro redditu praedicto aquietabunt, & defendent. In cujus rei testimonium his Scriptis indentatis, alterna parte Sigillum suum apposuit. His testibus, Willielmo Weystard, Johanne le Clarke de Pullokshull, Thoma le Smith, Rogero Humfrey, Nicolao Weystard, & aliis.
Data apud Stacheden, die Mercurii in Festo Sancti Laurentii Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, decimo nono.
Sigillo fracto.SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Hugo Wake de Clifton, Miles, dedi, con∣cessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, nepoti meo, & Johannae Uxori suae, & haeredibus de corpore eorum legitimè pro∣creatis, omnia tenementa mea in Parocha de Clifton, in uno assarto, quod vocatur Knightistokking, jacentia, cum separalibus, fossatis, divisis, francborcis, & lanceant ad unum caput super parcum de Newington, & ad aliud caput versus Theche∣yngstokking, cum hayis usque ad Wychordich, inter praedictam assartam, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, de capitali Domino feodi, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta, praedictis, Roberto & Johannae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis. Et ego praedictus Hugo & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta tene∣menta, praedictis, Roberto & Johannae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis, warrantizabimus imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Thoma de Reynes Domino de Clifton, Johanne Dardres de Turveia, Thoma Borard, Richardo de Hekney, Jo∣hanne filio Richardi de Eleneye, Johanne Coke de Clifton, Johanne Toft de Ast∣wode, & aliis. Data apud Clifton die Mercurii in Festo Sanctae Mariae Magdale∣nae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii post Conquestum, vicesimo nono.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Edmundus Mordaunt Salutem in Domino. Noveritis me remisiss, relaxasse, & om∣nimodo imperpetuum quietum clamasse, pro me, haeredibus, & executori∣bus meis, Willielmo Mordaunt seniori, totum jus, & clameum, quae habui, habeo, vel in futurum habere potero, in tertia parte unius messuagii, sexaginta acrarum terrae, unius acrae prati, & dimidii acrae pasturae, cum suis pertinentiis, quae quon∣dam fuere Magistri Warini in villa de Turveia, habendum & tenendum eodem Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis imperpetuum. Ità videlicet, quòd nec ego praedictus Edmundus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius pro nobis, vel nomine nostro, aliquid juris vel clamei, in tertia parte praedicta, praedictorum, messuagii, terrae, prati, & pasturae praedictae, nec in aliqua parte eorundem, exigere vel vendi∣care poterimus in futuro; sed ab omni actione, jure, vel clameo, aliquid indè ha∣bendi, vel petendi, sumus exclusi imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic prae∣senti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Roberto Hotot Milite, Ed∣mundo Sergeaunt, Johanne Ardres, Thoma Fishere, Willielmo Prowde, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, vicesimo die Octobris, Anno Regni Regis Ed∣wardi tertii post Conquestum, vicesimo septimo.
SIGILLVM EDMVNDI MORDAVNT
OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Petrus Carbo∣nell Salutem in domino. Sciatis quòd cùm ego, praedictus Petrus, teneo cen∣tum acras terrae, in Cantabrigia, jacentes in quodam campo, vocato Swinesfield, quae mihi descendebant haereditariè, post mortem Guilielmi patris mei, in eadem villa, qui quidem Guilielmus, praedictam terram habuit, ex dono, & feoffamento Domini Radulphi de Broc, qui eandem tenuit, in feodo talliato, ex concessione Domini Laurentii de Broc, patris praedicti Radulphi, per finem in Curia Domini Regis, inter eos inde levatum. Et ea de causa noveritis, me praedictum Petrum, praedictam terram cum pertinentiis concessisse, & pro me & haeredibus meis, sursum reddidisse, Henrico de Brussells, & Agneti Uxori ejus, & Edmundo Mordaunt, & Helenae Uxori ejus; praedictis Agneti, & Helenae, ut filiabus & haeredibus prae∣dicti Radulphi, habendum & tenendum praedictam terram, cum pertinentiis, prae∣dictis Henrico de Brussells, & Agneti, Uxori ejus, & Edmundo Mordaunt, &
Helenae, Uxori ejus, & haeredibus eorum, imperpetuum, de capitalibus Dominis feodi per servitia indè debita. In cujus rei testimonium Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Cantabrigiam, die Dominico in crastino Festi Exaltationis Sanctae Crucis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii à Conquestu, vicesimo septimo.
A Tous yceux qui cettes lettres verront, ou orront Edmond Mordaunt, & Ellene sa femme, & Henry de Brusselle, & Agnes sa femme, Salutz en dieu, Saches nous avoir ordoigné nostre cher, & bien ayme, Jean Baynard, nostre attorné, à recevoir la sesine qu'elle Peiris Carbonell à nous liurera, & surrendra, de cent acres de terre, ove les appertenances, en Cantabriga: queux sont de l'heritage de l'avant∣dit Ellene, & Agnes per finem, le Court nostre Seigneur le Roy, de ceo levè, en forme de taill, seant firme, & stable, quicunque le dit Jean Baynard, de ce fera, en nostre nom. En tesmognance de qu'elle chose, à cestes nos presentes lettres, avons mis nos Sealls, escrit à la Maudelyn, Mardy prochain apres la Feste nostre Dame, l'an le Roy Edward Tiers, puis la Conqueste vint & septiesme.
CEtte Indenture, feites en trois parties, entre Thomas de Rokesle, & Johane sa Femme, d'une partie, Agnes soeur mesme d'ycelle Johane, d'autre partie, & Edmund Mordaunt, & Ellene sa Femme, soeur mesme d'ycelle Johane, & Agnes de tiers partie, filles & heretieres de Rauff de Broke: de l'heritage mesme cel Rauff Southecrit, tesmoigne la purpartie, entre les parties avantdits, en la manniere qui S'ensuit: cest ascavoir.
QUE les ditz Thomas & Johane sa Femme, auront, en purpartie de l'heritage ne le dit Johane, le Columbar de Chesham, & viij l. viij s. iv d. de rente, ove les appertenances, jadis appartenant, à la manniere de la Maudeleyn. Et en manniere de la Maudeleyn iij. maisons, cest ascavoir, une grange, une no∣velle etable, & una novelle chambre de mariesme, à sa volunte: cest ascavoir,
| l. | s. | d. | ob. | q. | |
| De Alice Edrich. | 0 | 0 | vi | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Childe. | 0 | i | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanna Prestmere. | 0 | ii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Richardo Witringden. | 0 | i | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Thoma Prat. | 0 | viij | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanna at Thorn. | i | vij | ix | 0 | 0 |
| De dame Johanne de Badden. Et una libra de Cumyn. | 0 | v | vi | 0 | 0 |
| De Edmundo Colt. | 0 | vi | xi | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanna Colle. | 0 | vi | xi | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanna Assbiry. | 0 | vi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Richardo Carter. | 0 | x | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanna Cole. | 0 | i | vij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanna at Dene. | 0 | vi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Luce le Welle. | 0 | i | vi | 0 | 0 |
| De Willielmo Hikelond. | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanna Mareschall. | 0 | iij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Hugone Wyne. | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 |
| De Edellyne de Welpele. | 0 | ij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johan Gesse. | 0 | i | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Elene Reivie. | 0 | 0 | ix | 0 | 0 |
| De Alene Alot. | 0 | i | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Willielmo Draper. | 0 | ij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Welpele. | 0 | 0 | viij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Prat. | 0 | i | viij | 0 | 0 |
| De Henrico Blake, | 0 | vi | vi | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Rokmarsey. | 0 | vi | ij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Fitz Nichol Ashele. | 0 | 0 | vi | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Somerton. | 0 | i | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Rogero Toryny Chevalier. | 0 | viij | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Childe. | 0 | 0 | i | 0 | 0 |
| De Willielmo Coke. | 0 | iij | ix | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Blakwell Shephire. | 0 | ij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne le Longe. | 0 | xi | v | 0 | 0 |
| De Simone Stonherd. | 0 | x | iij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Gardiner. | 0 | xiv | vi | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Gardiner. | 0 | 0 | vi | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Baker. | 0 | iij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Agnete Pennyfader. | 0 | ij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ove lour homages & services. Et le Maner de Stevenach for∣pris la terre in Rygemerefeld, & le Blakelond que est assigne à le Maner de Shephale.
ET l'avant dit Agneyse, autre des parteners susditz, averoit le site de Maner de Maudeleyns, ove toute les terres, boyes & pastures iiij l. viij s. iij d. de rente; mesme le maner de Maudeleyn: cest ascavoir,
| l. | s. | d. | ob. | q. | |
| De Johanne Cokeregge. | 0 | vij | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Stevenne Chaumpeneys. | 0 | xiij | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De les tenants de Barkhamstede. | 0 | xxxvi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De la dame Porter. | 0 | viij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Pedifat. | 0 | 0 | xij | 0 | 0 |
| De Willielmo Cohesdele. | 0 | ij | vij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Redbourn. | 0 | ij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Cokevyle. | 0 | 0 | xij | 0 | 0 |
| De Willielmo de Asheld. | 0 | xiv | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Roberto at Shore. | 0 | xvi | x | 0 | 0 |
Ove lour homages, services & custumez forpris Grenelands, & iii. measons, devant nomes.
ET les avanditz Edmunde, & Elyn averont de l'heritage Elen, le Maner de Shephale, ove les appertenantz, & les terres, de Rigmerfeld & Blakelond, avant nomes, jades parcel de Stevenach; & de la rent du Maner de Maudeleyn, vii l. xiv s. 1 d. ob. quadrans, Cest ascavoir.
| l. | s. | d. | ob. | q. | |
| De Waltero Powell. | 0 | 0 | x | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Sokereseyn. | 0 | iij | x | 0 | 0 |
| De— John | 0 | ij | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Nicolao Oysell. | 0 | vi | i | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Mollyns Chevalier. | 0 | viij | viij | 0 | 0 |
| De Roberto Gravely. | 0 | ii | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Carrier. | 0 | 0 | iij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne— | 0 | 0 | xviij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Godele. | 0 | iv | iv | 0 | 0 |
| De Waltero Garnhon. | 0 | 0 | xviij | 0 | 0 |
| De Stevenne Marten. | 0 | 0 | iij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Gardiner. | 0 | 0 | xvij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Drake. | 0 | ii | viij | 0 | 0 |
| Del molen lable de Mussenden. | 0 | xv | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| De Waltero Blakwell. | 0 | vi | vi | i | 0 |
| De Thoma Shepherd. | 0 | 0 | xvij | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Blakwell. | 0 | xi | i | 0 | 0 |
| De Juliana Blakwell. | 0 | 0 | xv | 0 | 0 |
| De Rauff Clarnik. | 0 | 0 | xxij | 0 | 0 |
| De Elizabetha Blakwell. | 0 | 0 | xx | 0 | 0 |
| De Rauff Coke. | 0 | viij | v | i | 0 |
| De Johanne White. | 0 | 0 | xij | 0 | 0 |
| De Willielmo May. | 0 | 0 | ix | 0 | 0 |
| De Johanne Cole. | 0 | 0 | ix | 0 | 0 |
| Et de les tenante de Esylbirghe | iij | ix | viij | 0 | 0 |
ET aussy, si les advantdits, Thomas, Johan, Edmunde & Elyne, ou aucun d'eux, sont distourbes, par les Fermiers de Stevenach, & de Shephale, de mesme les Mannors; à la fyne de v. ans, apres la fesance de cestes, en deinz le terme de leur ferme, de xviii. Marcz, par an; donque voet, la dite Agneyse, que soit à volunte les avantdits Thomas, Johan, Edmunde & Elyne, de reentre les Tenements advant∣dit & aller à novell departisment, nient contredisants: Et touts les reversions de qu'elle partie que eux sont, sont purparties entre les parties avantdits, quant eus es∣cherront, ou null d' eux escherra, & quant iiii s. de rente, issant de la terre de William le Shepherd, & xx s. rente issant de la terre que Thomas Trayerr tient, demeureront en commun, entres les parteners avantdits, à departir, quant il leur plaira: En Tesmoignage de qu'elle chose, les parteners susdits, entrechangeable∣ment ont mis leur seaulx. Data à Maudeleyn, le Lundy prochain devant la feste de la Conversion de St. Paul, L'an du Reigne Edward troifieme apres la Conqueste vin∣tisme.
IN tempore Regis Henrici Secundi, Vir erat praepotens, & maximae Authoritatis, Nomine Ranulphus de Broc, qui Castellanus erat Castri de Agenet, & Consta∣bularius Castri & Honoris de Saltwood. Iste Ranulphus habuit exitum, Robertum de Broc, qui suo tempore Mareschallus fuit Angliae, & floruit regnantibus Richardo primo, & Johanne Regibus. Robertus habuit exitum, Laurentium de Broc, qui fuit tempore Henrici tertii, qui habuit exitum, Hugonem, qui fuit plenae aetatis, anno tertio Edwardi primi: postea Hugo habuit exitum, Laurentium, qui fuit de∣cimo quinto Edwardi Secundi & ante, qui quidem Laurentius habuit exitum Ranul∣phum, qui duxit in uxorem, Elizabetham Hussey; qui peperit Elenam, quae fuit uxor Edmundi Mordaunt; Agnetem uxorem Domini Henrici de Brussells, & Jo∣hannam, & praedicta Johanna obiit sine prole.
Shareshull. Adhuc de termino Sancti Michaelis.
EDmundus Mordaunt attachiatus fuit ad respondendum Rogero Cooke de Neu∣ton Blosseville, de placito trangressionis per billam, &c. Et undè idem Rogerus in propria persona sua queritur, quòd praedictus Edmundus, die lunae proxima post Festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, Anno Regni Regis nunc Angliae vicesimo no∣no, vi & armis, scilicet gladiis, &c. Viginti petras lanae, duo tapeta, & tria linthea∣mina ipsius Rogeri, pretii quadraginta solidorum, apud Westmonasterium inventa, cepit, & asportavit, contra pacem Domini Regis, undè dicit, quòd deterioratus est, & dampnum habet ad valentiam centum solidorum, & indè producit sectam, &c. Et praedictus Edmundus, in propria persona sua venit, & defendit vim & injuriam, quando, &c. & dicit, quòd praedictus Rogerus, ad billam suam praedictam respon∣deri non debet, quia dicit, quòd praedictus Rogerus, est nativus ipsius Edmundi, de Manerio suo de Turveia, in Comitatu Bedford, & quòd antecessores ipsius Edmun∣di, à tempore quo non extat memoria, fuerunt seisiti de antecessoribus ipsius Rogeri, ut de nativis suis manerii praedicti, & similiter idem Edmundus fuit seisitus de ipso Rogero ut de nativo suo manerii praedicti. Et petit judicium, si praedictus ad billam suam praedictam, in hac parte respondere debeat, &c. & praedictus Rogerus dicit, quòd ipse non potest dediscere, quin ipse est nativus ipsius Edmundi, ideo consideratum est, quòd praedictus Rogerus nihil capiat per billam suam, in hac parte, sed sit in misericordia pro falso clamore suo, & praedictus Edmundus indè sine die, &c.
Examinatur per Scipionem le Squire Pro∣camerarium in Curiâ Receptae Scaccarii.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt, filius & haeres Ed∣mundi Mordaunt de Turveia, in Comitatu Bedfordiae, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Johanni Curteys de Wimington, Williel∣mo Mordaunt de Wybolston, Johanni Buk capellano, & Edmundo Wright capel∣lano, totum manerium meum de Turveia praedicta, cum boscis, molendinis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, redditibus, servitiis, tam liberorum tenentium quam nati∣vorum, reversionibus, vivariis, stagnis, piscariis, ac cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis, ad praedictum manerium quoquo modo spectantibus, tam prius nominatis quam non nominatis. Et etiam cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis cum pertinentiis quae quondum fuerunt praedicti Edmundi Mordaunt in Turveia praedicta, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum manerium cum boscis, molendinis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, redditibus, servitiis, tam liberorum tenentium, quam nativorum, reversioni∣bus,
vivariis, aquis, stagnis, piscariis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis, ad praedictum manerium spectantibus, tam nominatis quam innominatis, & etiam cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis meis, cum pertinentiis quae quondam fuerant praedicti Ed∣mundi Mordaunt, patris mei, in Turveia, praedictis, Johanni Curteys, Willielmo Mordaunt, Johanni Buk capellano, & Edwardo Wright capellano, & eorum haeredibus vel assignatis, de capitalibus dominis feodi, per servitia indè debita & consueta. Et Ego praedictus Robertus Mordaunt, filius & haeres praedicti Edmundi Mordaunt, & haeredes mei, totum manerium praedictum, cum boscis, terris, mo∣lendinis, pratis, pascuis, & pasturis, redditibus, servitiis, tam liberorum tenen∣tium quam nativorum, reversionibus, vivariis, aquis, stagnis, piscariis, ac cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis, tam nominatis quam innominatis, ad praedictum mane∣rium spectantibus, & etiam cum omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, cum pertinen∣tiis quae quondam fuerant praedicti Edmundi Mordaunt patris mei, in Turveia prae∣dicta, praefatis, Johanni Curteys, Willielmo Mordaunt, Johanni Buk capellano, & Edwardo Wright capellano, & eorum haeredibus, vel assignatis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, & defendemus, in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimoni∣um huic praesenti Chartae sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam prae∣dictam sexto die mensis Septembris, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi tertii à conquestu, quadragesimo nono. His testibus, Gerrardo Braybrok milite, Johanne Wydevil∣le, Radulpho Walton, Alano Riscebi, Willielmo Prowde, Rogero Longe, Tho∣ma Mordaunt, Roberto Geffray, & multis aliis.
SIGILLVM ROBERTI MORDAVNT
HAEC Indentura testatur, quòd Ego Thomas Dardres, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea indentata confirmavi, Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, omnia, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia, prata, pascua & pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communi∣bus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum War∣dis, Releviis, & Maritagiis, quae habeo, vel habui in villa de Turveia, in excambi∣um pro omnibus terris, & tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus, & servitiis, pra∣tis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, stagnis & molendinis, aquis piscariis, & corporibus nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis, & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis, quae praedictus Robertus Mordaunt habet in villa de Shephale, habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorun∣dem, cum Wardis, Releviis & Maritagiis praedictis in Turveia, in excambium praedi∣ctum, praedicto Roberto, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et Ego praedictus
Thomas Dardres, & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, rever∣siones & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, corpora nativorum, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, com∣munibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis & Maritagiis in Turveia, in excambium datis, praedicto Roberto, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. Ac etiam praesens Indentura testatur, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ indentatâ confirmavi, praedicto Thomae Dardres, in excambium pro omnibus terris & tenementiis, redditibus, reversionibus & servitiis, pratis, pas∣cuis, pasturis, boscis, stagnis, molendinis, aquis piscariis, & corporibus nativo∣rum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis eorum, cum omnibus pasturis, com∣munibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis in Turveia superius mihi datis in excambium supradictum, omnia, terras, & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis cum omnibus pasturis, commu∣nibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis, quae habeo vel habui in villa de Shephale, habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, reversiones, & ser∣vitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & cor∣pora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pastu∣ris, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorundem, cum Wardis, Releviis, & Maritagiis in villa de Shephale, praedicto Thomae, haeredibus & assignatis suis, in excambium praedictum in perpetuum, de capitalibus domi∣nis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et Ego verò praedictus Robertus, & haeredes mei omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversio∣nes & servitia, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, stagna, molendina, aquas piscarias, & corpora nativorum, si quae sint, cum omnibus sectis & sequelis suis, cum omnibus pasturis, communibus & separalibus, & omnibus aliis proficuis & pertinentiis eorun∣dem, cum Wardis, Releviis & Maritagiis, in villa de Shephale, praedicto Thomae, haeredibus & assignatis suis, in excambium praedictum datis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium partes praedictae alterna∣tim praesentibus Sigilla sua apposuerint. His Testibus, Thoma de Reynes, Ro∣berto Hotot, Willielmo Mordaunt, militibus, Alano Rushby, Johanne Reysele, Willielmo Prowde, Johanne Duyneld, Johanne Chartesey, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam, die Mercurii proxima ante Festum Sancti Martini Episcopi, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post conquestum, quadragesimo nono.
Sigillum Thomae Dardres
PAteat universis per praesentes me Richardum Dagenhale, ballivum Bucking∣hamiae & Bedfordiae Domini Hugonis Comitis de Stafford, recepisse de Ro∣berto Mordaunt, filio & haerede quondam Edmundi Mordaunt, Domino de Turveia,
viginti marcas bonae & legalis monetae, de duobus finibus, pro ingressu. De qua quidem solutione fideliter soluta, fateor me plenariè esse solutum, & praedictum Ro∣bertum Mordaunt & quoscunque suos per praesentes in perpetuum fore quietos. In cujus rei testimonium, praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui. Datum apud Tur∣veiam die Sabbati proxima ante Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii post conquestum, quinquagesimo primo.
GEffrey Boteler, John & Richard fueront freres, Galfridus avoit issue, Willi∣am & Elizabet, Geffery devi William enfeoffe de toutes ces terres in Walden & Ashden les dits John & Richard, ces uncles John Bernard, & John Heyne, puis William morust sans issue, puis John Boteler relesse à Richard & John Heignys [B pixide] puis Richard Boteler, & John Heignys, donna toutes les dites terres à une John Strange, & à la dite Elizabet, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum le∣gitimè procreatis, remanere pro defectu exitûs, rectis haeredibus dictae Elizabethae, per factum, cujus data est apud Walden, die Martis proxima ante Festum Annun∣ciationis beatae Mariae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Tertii, quadragesimo quarto. Et puis le dit John L'Estrange de Brokle, donna toutes les dites terres à un John Waryn, & à Elizabet sa Femme, en taille & remanere pur defaut d'issue à un Agnes Mordaunt, soeur à dite Elizabet la mere, les dits Elizabet & Agnes & à ces droit heires, die Sabbati in vigilia Sancti Michaelis, Anno Regni Regis Richar∣di Secundi, undecimo. Elizabet Waryn morust sans issue de sa corps, Agnes avoit issue Robert Mordaunt, Robert avoit issue William, William avoit issue John Mordaunt, in bosco.
RObert de Tymworth, qui fuit en fait Robert L'Estrange de Tymworth, & Ma∣belle sa Femme avoyent issue un John L'Estrange, qui prist à Femme une Eliza∣bet, la soeur Willielmi Boteler de Walden, qui eux avoyent issue John L'Estrange, Elizabet & Agnes, Elizabet la fille, Elizabet prist à baron un John Waryn, puis Elizabet la fille devi sans issue, Agnes prist à baron un Robert Mordaunt, qui avoit issue Robert, Robert prist à Femme Elizabet, & avoit issue William, Wil∣liam prist à Femme Marget, qui avoit issue John qui ore est demandant.
John L'Estrange qui prist à Femme Elizabet fuit appellé John L'Estrange, Do∣minus de Brokle, & fuit John L'Estrange de Ampton qui avoit fils un John L'Estrange, Anno septimo Richardi Secundi.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Johannes L'Estrange de Kimpton, dedi, con∣cessi & hac praesenti Charta mea indentata confirmavi Johanni L'Estrange, filio meo, totum tenementum meum in Walden in Comitatu Essexiae, cum messuagiis, aedi∣ficiis, redditibus, & servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, sepibus, hayis, fos∣satis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis in Walden praedicta, Habendum & Te∣nendum praedictum tenementum cum messuagiis, aedificiis, redditibus, servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, sepibus, hayis, fossatis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, praedicto Johanni L'Estrange, filio meo, haeredi & assignatis suis de capitalibus Dominis illius feodi, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum, Reddendo in∣dè mihi praedicto Johanni L'Estrange, patri, ad terminum vitae meae, octo libras argen∣ti, & unam libram piperis per annum, viz. Quatuor libras & unam libram piperis ad festum nativitatis Domini, & quatuor libras argenti ad festum nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae. At si praedictus redditus à retro fuit in parte vel in toto ad ali∣quem terminum non solutus, eodem durante termino vitae meae, extunc tum liceat
mihi praedicto Johanni L'Estrange, patri, haeredibus & assignatis meis, in totum prae∣dictum tenementum cum messuagiis, aedificiis, redditibus, servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, reingredi, & ea in primo statu meo, quoad Terminum ante diem confectionis praesentis, retinere in perpetuum. Et E∣go praedictus Johannes L'Estrange, pater, & haeredes mei, totum praedictum tene∣mentum cum messuagiis, aedificiis, redditibus, servitiis, terris, pratis, pascuis, pastu∣ris, sepibus, hayis, & fossatis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, praedicto Jo∣hanni L'Estrange, filio meo, haeredi & assignatis suis, formâ & conditione praescriptis, contra omnes gentes Warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei Testimonium u∣ni parti hujus Chartae Indentatae, penès Dominum Johannem filium meum rema∣nenti, Sigillum meum apposui, alteri parti, penès me remanenti, Dominus Johannes filius meus Sigillum suum apposuit. His Testibus, Richardo Boteler, Johanne Boteler Johanne Crouche, Willielmo Michel, Johanne Sutton, & aliis. Data apud Walden die Mercurii proxima post festum Omnium Sanctorum, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post conquestum, Sexto.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos praesens Scriptum Indentatum visurum vel auditurum, pervenerit, Domina Johanna Escutamore, Salutem in Domino. Noveritis me dedisse, concessisse, & hoc praesenti indentato, in pura viduitate mea, confirmasse, Abissae Monasterii de Elnestowe, Domino Nigillo Loring, Domino de Schalgrave, Roberto Mordaunt Domino de Turveia & Thomae Pevere, unum an∣nuum redditum decem marcarum ad terminum vitae naturalis, Dominarum Lorae Lo∣ring, Elenae Aubin, & Cassandrae Mordaunt, Monalium Monasterii praedicti percipien∣dum annuatim de manerris meis de Maudeleyn & Stevenach, in comitatu Her∣fordiae, ad duos anni terminos, videlicet ad Festa Annunciationis beatae Mariae, & Michaelis, per equales portiones. Et si contingat praedictum annuum redditum de∣cem marcarum, ad aliquem terminum praedictum, in parte vel in toto, per unum mensem à retro fore, & non solutum, tunc bene liceat praefatis Abissae, quae pro tempore fuerit, Domino Nigillo, Roberto & Thomae, haeredibus & assignatis prae∣dictorum, Nigilli, Roberti & Thomae, in praedictis maneriis intrare, & distringere, & districtiones captas retinere, & eas abducere, & de iisdem disponere, quousque de praedicto annuo redditu decem marcarum, unà cum expensis & dampnis, in hac parte habitis, plenariè fuerit satisfactum. Et ego verò praedicta Johanna & haere∣des mei, praedictum annuum redditum decem marcarum praefatae Abissae, quae pro tempore fuerit, Domino Nigillo, Roberto & Thomae, usque ad totam vitam prae∣dictarum dominarum, Lorae, Elenae, & Cassandrae, monalium, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus, & defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigilla nostra alternatim sunt apposita. Data apud Elnestowe die Dominica in Festo Sancti Andreae Apostoli, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi à Conquestu, sexto.
HAEC est intentio dictae Johannae infra scriptae, quòd Lora infra scripta, habe∣at pro sua parte, de annuo redditu infra Scripto, quolibet anno, ad totam vitam suam, quatuor Marcas, Elena Aubin tres marcas, & Cassandra Mordaunt tres marcas.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd nos Johannes Curtes de Wymington, & Wil∣lielmus Mordaunt, dedimus, concessimus & hac praesenti Chartâ nostrâ con∣firmavimus Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, & Agneti uxori ejus, omnia illa, ter∣ras
& tenementa, prata, pascua, & pasturas, boscos, stagna, & molendina, reddi∣tus, reversiones, servitia & consuetudines, curias, sectas curiarum, liberorum & nativorum tenentium, cum sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, quae quondam fuerant Edmundi Mordaunt, patris praedicti Roberti, in Turveia praedicta, ac quae prius habuimus de dono & feoffamento praedicti Roberti in villa praedicta sine aliquo retinemento. Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua & pasturas, boscos, stagna & molendina, redditus, reversiones, servitia & consuetudines, curias, sectas curiarum, liberorum & nativo∣rum tenentium, cum sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, praefatis, Roberto & Agneti, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè inter eos procreatis, de captialibus dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia indè debita, & de jure con∣sueta in perpetuum. Et si contingat, quòd absit, quòd praedicti Robertus & Ag∣nes obierint sine haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis inter eos, ex∣tunc omnia praedicta, terrae & tenementa, pascua & pasturae, bosci, stagna, & mo∣lendina, redditus, reversiones, servitia & consuetudines, Curiae, sectae Curiarum, liberorum & nativorum tenentium, cum sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis per∣tinentiis, rectis & propinquioribus haeredibus ipsius Roberti remaneant in perpetu∣um. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae nostrae Sigilla nostra appo∣suimus. His testibus, Johanne Reygnes milite, Thoma de Ardres, Johanne Wal∣kim, Thoma atte Brugh, Willielmo Fyshere, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam prae∣dictam, die dominica in festo Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Anno Regni Regis Richar∣di Secundi post conquestum, decimo.
NOverint universi per praesentes me Johannem Curteys de Wymington, ordinâsse, constituisse, & loco meo posuisse, dictum in Christo mihi, Ala∣num Rusbye, certum Attornatum meum, ad liberandum Roberto Mordaunt de Turveia, & Agneti uxori ejus, plenam & pacificam seisinam de omnibus terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, boscis, stagnis & molendinis, redditi∣bus, servitiis & consuetudinibus, curiis, sectis curiarum, liberorum & nativorum te∣nentium, cum omnibus sequelis eorundem, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis quae quondam fuerant Edmundi Mordaunt, patris praedicti, in Turveia praedicta, juxta formam & tenorem cujusdam Chartae indè per nos confectae, ratum & gratum ha∣biturus quicquid idem Alanus nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Wym∣ington praedictam, die dominica in Festo Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post conquestum, decimo.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Johannes L'Estrange, Dominus de Brokley, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ Indentatâ confirmavi Jo∣hanni Waryn juniori & Elizabethae, uxori suae, totum tenementum meum in Wal∣den, cum redditibus & servitiis, terris, boscis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, sepibus, hayis & foslatis, wardis, maritagis & releviis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis in Walden praedicta, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum tenementum cum redditibus & servitiis, boscis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, sepibus, hayis & fossatis, wardis, maritagiis & releviis, & cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, prae∣dicto Johanni Waryn & Elizabethae, uxori suae, & haeredibus praedictae Elizabethae de corpore suo exeuntibus, de capitablibus Dominis feodi illius per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta, reddendo indè annuatim mihi praefato Johanni L'Estrange, durante termino vitte meae, sex libras bonae monetae, videlicet, ad Festum Pu∣rificationis beatae Mariae sexaginta solidos, & ad Festum Sancti Petri ad vincula sexaginta solidos per aequales portiones; Et si praedictus redditus à retro fu∣erit
non solutus in parte vel in toto ad aliquem terminum supradictum, vel per octo dies, ultra terminum aliquem praedictum, durante termino vitae meae, quòd tunc benè liceat mihi praefato Johanni L'Estrange in praedictum tenementum cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praedictis reingredi in pristino statu, & mihi & haeredibus meis in perpetuum retinere; Et si contingat quòd praedictus Johannes Waryn & Eliza∣betha obierint sine haerede de corpore ipsius Elizabethae exeunte, quòd tunc prae∣dictum tenementum cum omnibus pertinentiis suis supradictis, Agneti Mordaunt, fi∣liis meis & sorori ipsius Elizabethae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, integrè remaneat in perpetuum, habendum & tenendum totum praedictum tenementum cum omnibus supradictis, praefatis, Agneti & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et si praedicta Agnes obierit, sine haerede de corpore suo exeunte, tunc praedictum tenementum, cum omnibus supradictis, rectis haeredibus matris praedictarum Ag∣netis & Elizabethae, integrè remanere debent, tenendum de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et Ego verò praefatus Johannes L'Estrange, & haeredes mei, totum praedictum tenementum cum redditibus & servitiis, boscis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, sepibus, hayis & fossatis, wardis, maritagiis & releviis, & cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, praefatis, Johanni Waryn & Elizabethae, & haeredibus de corpore ipsius Elizabethae excuntibus, formâ & conditione praescriptis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium uni parti hujus Chartae Indentatae figillum meum apposui. His testibus, Johanne Crouche, Johanne Buk, Johanne Sutton, Simone Adam, Jo∣hanne Elyot, Roberto Boucher, & aliis. Data apud Walden, praedicta die sab∣bati in vigilia Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post conquestum, undecimo.
SIGILLVM IOHANNIS LE STRANGE
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi Thomae Pevere de Thodding∣ton, Johanni Curteys de Wymington, Johanni Boteler de Stacheden, Rogero Keston, Roberto Brown de Turveia, & Johanni Atte Welle clerico, omnia, ter∣ras & tenementa, redditus & servitia, curias, sectas curiae, tam liberorum quam rativorum tenentium, cum omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis in Hynton, Cambrugh, & Treversham, in Comitatu Cantabrigiae. Habendum & tenendum omnia prae∣dicta, terras & tenementa mea, redditus & servitia, curias, sectas curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, praefa∣tis, Thomae, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assig∣natis suis, de capitalibus dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia inde debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et Ego verò praedctus Robertus Mordaunt, & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, servitia, curias, fectas curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus per∣tenentiis
suis, praefatis, Thomae, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium, huic praesenti Chartae meae sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, tertio die Martii, Anno Regni Re∣gis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum, quarto decimo. His testibus, Rober∣to Ellys de Hynton praedictâ, Richardo Chamburlyn de eâdem, Willielmo Trip∣plow, & aliis multis.
NOverint universi per praesentes, me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia, Attor∣nâsse & loco meo posuisse dilectum mihi in Christo Robertum Ellys de Hynton, attornatum meum, ad deliberandum Thomae Pevere de Thoddington, Jo∣hanni Curteys de Wymington, Johanni Boteler de Stacheden, Rogero Keston, Roberto Brown de Turveia, & Johanni Atte Welle clerico, haeredibus & assigna∣tis suis, plenam & pacificam feisinam de omnibus terris & tenementis, redditibus, & servitiis, curiis, sectis curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis in Hynton, Camburgh, & Treversham in Comitatu Cantabrigiae, secundum tenorem ejusdem Chartae meae, eisdem confectae, ratum & gratum habiturus quioquid idem Robertus nomine meo faciet in praemissis per prae∣sentes. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, tertio die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum, quarto decimo.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Thomae Pevere de Thodding∣ton, Johanni Curteys de Wymington, Johanni Boteler de Stacheden, Rogero Ke∣ston, Roberto Brown de Turveia, & Johanni Atte Welle clerico, omnia, terras & tenementa mea, redditus, consuetudines & servitia, curias, visus & sectas curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, in Chesham, Welpoole, & Aumond∣sham. Dedi etiam eisdem Thomae, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, reversionem omnium terrarum & tenementorum, reddituum, consuetudi∣num, & servitiorum, & curiarum, visuum franciplegiorum, sectarum Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heri∣otis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis, quae & quas Thomas de Ardres de Turveia, & Elizabetha uxor ejus tenent de me praedicto Roberto Mordaunt ad terminum vitae eorum in Eselburgh & Bridsthorne, Wedon & Herdwick in Comita∣tu Buckinghamiae. Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus, consuetudines & servitia, curias, vilus franciplegiorum, & sectas curia∣rum, tam liberorum tenentium quam nativorum, cum wardis, maritagiis, rele∣viis, heriotis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis; Et etiam reversionem omnium terrarum & tenementorum, reddituum, consuetudinum & servitiorum Curiarum, visuum franciplegiorrum, sectarum Curiarum, tam liberorum quàm nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis, eschaetis, & om∣nibus aliis pertinentiis suis, praefatis, Thomae, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitablibus Dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia inde debita & de jure indè consueta in perpetuum. Et ego vero praedictus Robertus Mordaunt & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tene∣menta, redditus, consuetudines & servitia, curias, visus franciplegiorum, & sectas Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis, eschaetis, & omnibus aliis suis pertinentiis; Et reversionem prae∣dictam omnium terrarum & tenementorum, reddituum & servitiorum, cum omni∣bus
aliis suis pertinentiis, post decessum praedictorum Thomae de Ardres & Eliza∣bethae, praefatis Thomae Pevere, Johanni, Johanni, Rogero, Roberto Brown & Johanni, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium, huic praesenti Chartae meae Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, tertio die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Richardi Secundi post Conquestum, quarto decimo. His testibus, Johanne Che∣sham, Johanne Atte Brooke seniore, Roberto Morring, & aliis.
ET Thomas de Ardres per fait Indentre, portant date apud Turvey, le lun∣die prochain avant le Fest de Seint Andrew l'Apostel, Anno Regni Regis Ri∣chardi Secundi post Conquestum, vicesimo, granta viginti duo solidos & quatuor de∣narios, à Thoma Foddringey, & aliis, pour terme de vie Agnes la Femme Robert Mordaunt qui fit exchange avec Thomas de Ardres pour le Maner de Shephale pour le dower le dit Agnes in Shephale avantdit.
CEtte Endentre faicte per entre tres haut & puissant Prince Edward Duc de Yorke d'une part, & Robert Mordaunt & Thomas Mirefield Esquiers, d'autre part, tesmoigne, Que les dits Robert & Thomas sont retenus avecque le dit Duc pour demy an commencant le siziesme jour de Juliet venant prochain, avesque xxiv archers prenant pour luy mesme xviij d. le jour, & pour l'autre lance xviij d. le jour, & pour chacun des xxiv archers noef d. le jour, & seront le dit Ro∣bert & Thomas avecque leurs dits gents, prests, montez, armez & arrayez au dit jour en le port de Southampton comme à leur dites gentes apertinet, & seront le dit Robert & Thomas payez pour deux mois avant leur depart d'Angleterre, c'est ascavoir pour un mois en main, & pour un autre à leur montre à la mer. Et aussi de mois en mois au commencement de chaque mois ou dedans dix jours apres le dit commencement; & feront le dit Robert & Thomas gait & garde avesque tous leurs dits gents, quant & si souvent comme ce seront raisonablement requis ou assignes par le dit Duc, ou aucun autre en son nom, & aussi entendans audit Duc avesque eux mesmes, & leurs dits gents, ou à celuy qu'il voudra en son nom assig∣ner & ordeigner durant le dit voyage, à pie à cheval, selon que le cas requerra, & aura le dit Duc le tiers de tous les gains d'eux mesmes, & le tierce du tierce de toutes leurs dits gents: Et si lesdits Robert & Thomas pregnent ou pregneront aucun Chevetain, Chastel ou Forteresse, adoncque mon dit Seigneur les aura vers luy sur un raisonable regarde à faire au dit Robert & Thomas. En tesmoignance de qu'elle chose les parties avandits à ces presentes enterchangeablement ont mis leurs Seals. A Londres le xvi jour de Juin, l'an du Reigne nostre Seigneur le Roy Henry quarta puis le Couqueste tressisme.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus de Mordaunt de Turveia, de∣di, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Thomaev Peered Thod∣dington, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia, Willielmo Bozonn de Wotton, & Willielmo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, omnia terras & tenementa mea, redditus, reversiones, servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, he∣riota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum te∣nentium, & cum omnibus singulis aliis pertinentiis suis, in parochia de Yerdley-Hastings, quae mihi accedebant jure, & haereditariè post decessum Roberti Mor∣daunt patris mei; habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, red∣ditus, reversiones, servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, cum omnibus & singulis aliis pertinentiis suis, praefatis Thomae Pevere, Thomae Foddringey, Willielmo Bozonn & Willielmo Campion, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitalibus Dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac cum omnibus & singulis aliis pertinentiis suis, prae∣fatis Thomae Pevere, Thomae Foddringey, Willielmo Bozonn & Willielmo Cam∣pion, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpe∣tuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Chartae meae Sigillum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Reynes de Clifton milite, Nicolao Bradshaw, Thoma Ardres, Hugone Ardres, Johanne Boteler de Stacheden, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam in vigilia Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Con∣questum, tertio decimo.
SIGILLVM ROBERTI MORDAVNT
NOverint universi per praesentes me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae, ordinâsse, constituisse, & in loco meo posuisse di∣lectum mihi in Christo, Johannem Boteler, in Comitatu Buckinghamiae Attorna∣tum
meum, ad deliberandum nomine meo Thomae Pevere Domino de Thodding∣ton, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia, Willielmo Bozonn de Wotton, & Williel∣mo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, plenam & pacisicam seisnam, in om∣nibus terris & tenementis meis, redditibus, servitiis & consuetudinibus, wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis & eschaetis, ac etiam de Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis eorum aliis perti∣nentiis in Yerdley-Hastings, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, secundùm tenorem cu∣jusdam Chartae meae, inter nos confectae, ubi plenius continetur. Et ad distrin∣gendum omnes tenentes meos ibidem, ad attornandum dictis feoffatis meis, & Arre∣ragia reddituum, ibidem existentia, nomine meo recipiendum. Ratum & gratum habiturus, quicquid idem Johannes nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum meum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, in Festo Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum, tertio decimo.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Robertus de Mordaunt de Turveia, in Co∣mitatu Bedfordiae, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Tho∣mae Pevere Domino de Thoddington, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia praedicta, Willielmo Bozonn Domino de Wotton, & Willielmo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, omnia, terras & tenementa mea, redditus, servitia, consuetudines, war∣das, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam libe∣rorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis aliis suis pertinentiis in Herdwick & Wedon, juxta Alisbury in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, & quae mihi ac∣cedebant jure & haereditariè post decessum Roberti Mordaunt patris mei; haben∣dum & tenendum omnia praedicta terras & tenementa, redditus, servitia, consuetu∣dines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curia∣rum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis aliis suis pertinentiis, praefatis Thomae Pevere, Thomae Foddringey, Willielmo Bozonn & Wil∣lielmo Campion, haeredibus & assignatis suis, de capitalibus Dominis feodorum illo∣rum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta in perpetuum. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, redditus & servitia, consuetudines, wardas, maritagia, relevia, heriota & eschaeta, cum Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis aliis pertinentiis suis praefatis Thomae, Thomae, Willielmo & Willielmo hae∣redibus & assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus. In cujus rei testi∣monium huic praesenti Chartae meae Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Jo∣hanne Reynes de Clifton milite, Nicolao Bradshaw, Thoma Ardres, Hugone Ardres, Johanne Boteler de Stacheden, & multis aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, quinto die mensis Junii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum, tertio decimo.
NOverint universi per praesentes me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia, in Co∣mitatu Bedfordiae, ordinâisse, constitusse & loco meo posuisse, dilectum mihi in Christo, Johannem Boteler de Checheley, in Comitatu Bukinghamiae Attor∣natum meum, ad deliberandum nomine meo, Thomae Pevere Domino de Thod∣dington, Thomae Foddringey de Turveia praedicta, Willielmo Bozonn Domino de Wotton, & Willielmo Campion vicario Ecclesiae de Amphthill, plenam & paci∣ficam seisinam, de omnibus terris & tenementis meis, redditibus, servitiis & consuetudinibus, wardis, maritagiis, releviis, heriotis & eschaetis, ac etiam de Curiis, sectis Curiarum, tam liberorum quam nativorum tenentium, ac omnibus ac singulis eorum aliis pertinentiis, in Herdwick & Wedon, juxta Alisbury, in
Comitatu Buckinghamiae, secundùm tenorem cujusdam Chartae meae, inter nos confectae, plenius continetur. Et ad distringendum omnes tenentes meos ibidem, ad attornandum dictis feoffatis meis, & arreragia reddituum, ibidem existentia, no∣mine meo recipiendum. Ratum & gratum habiturus, quicquid idem Johannes nomine meo fecerit in praemissis per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium, huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum authenticum apposui. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, quinto die mensis Junii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quarti post Con∣questum, tertio decimo.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit, Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia Armiger, Salutem in Domino sempiternam. No∣veritis me remississe, relaxâsse, & omnimodo pro me & haeredibus meis, in per∣petuum clamâsse, Johanni Brigge juniori de eadem, & Matildae uxori ejus, haere∣dibus, & eorum assignatis, totum jus meum, clameum & statum, quae habeo, ha∣bui vel quovis modo in futurum habere potero, in omnibus illis terris & tenemen∣tis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, redditibus & servitiis, cum omnibus suis pertinen∣tiis, sicut jacent in villa & campis de Turveia praedicta, quae nuper fuerant Alie∣norae Mordaunt de eâdem, ità quòd nec ego praefatus Robertus, nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro, aliquid juris, statûs seu clamei, in praedictis terris & tenementis cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, nec in aliqua parcella eorundem, de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus in futurum, sed ab omni actione juris, sta∣tûs, & clamei, ab indè sumus exclusi in perpetuum penitùs per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti scripto relaxationis Sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Thoma Dardres, Johanne Turvey, Willielmo Raunston, Johanne Cot∣ton, Johanne Repinghale, & multis aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam, deci∣mo quarto die mensis Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quinti post Con∣questum Angliae, quarto.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Johannes Brigge de Turveia senior, Johannes Brigge de Turveia junior & Matilda uxor ejus, salutem. Cùm Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia Armiger, ut filius & haeres Roberti Mordaunt filii & haeredis Edmundi Mordaunt, nuper clamavit versus nos praefatos, Johannem Brigge seniorem, Johannem Brigge juniorem, & Matildam, unum toftum, vocatum Waryns, continens dimidiam acram in se, & sexaginta acras terrae arabi∣lis cum pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta, quae praedictus Robertus pater Edmundi quondam concessit Willielmo Mordaunt fratri suo, ad terminum vitae suae, rever∣sione indè post mortem ipsius Willielmi, eidem Roberto patri Edmundi, & haere∣dibus suis spectante, & in quae quidem Willielmus Mordaunt junior filius ipsius Willielmi fratris Roberti, post mortem ejusdem Willielmi patris sui, in praedicta, toftum, & sexaginta acras terrae cum pertinentiis, intravit, & minùs justè occupa∣vit, & indè cum pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, in eadem villa, feoffat quos∣dam Johannem Conquest, tunc rectorem medietatis Ecclesiae de Haughton Con∣quest, & Johannem Olivere, Capellanum, qui ipsum Willielmum filium Willi∣elmi, & Alienoram uxorem ejus, & Johannem filium ipsorum, Willielmi filii Wil∣lielmi, & Alienorae, postmodum de eisdem tofto, & sexaginta acris terrae cum pertinentiis, cum praedictis pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, in dicta villa de Turveia, refeoffarunt, habendum & tenendum sibi & eorum haeredibus & assignatis in perpetuum, quae quidem Alienora tam praedictum Willielmum virum suum quam praedictum Johannem filium suum superinuens de eisdem tofto, & sexaginta acris terrae, tum praedcitis pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, cum pertinentiis, in eadem villa, feoffavit quendam Willielmum Shakill de Turveia, & alios, quorum statum
nos praefati Johannes Brigge junior, & Matilda, habemus in eisdem tofto, & sex∣aginta acris terrae, ac in praedictis pluribus aliis terris & tenementis, videlicet, nobis & haeredibus nostris, de nostris corporibus procreatis, ità quòd si nos sine hae∣rede, de nostris corporibus procreato, obire contigit, Reversio indè post mortem nostram, praefato Johanni Brigge seniori, Johanni Brigge juniori, & Matildae incognitum existit, quae praedictae sexaginta acrae terrae, quas praedictus Robertus, filius Roberti, versus nos sic clamat, existant, & ubi & in quibus locis camporum jacent, eò quòd nos praefati Johannes Brigge senior, Johannes Brigge junior, & Matilda, cum terris illis, plures alias terras in eadem villa teneamus, & occupamus, sciatis nos eosdem Johannem Brigge seniorem, Johannem Brigge juniorem, & Matildam, li∣berâsse ac sursum reddidisse, praefato Roberto, filio Roberti, toftum praedictum, & nomine praedictarum sexaginta acrarum terrae, & pro eisdem sexaginta acris terrae, terras subscriptas; videlicet, tres selliones terrae jacentes in Campo vocato Inlond, pro una acra, videlicet, juxta Berodebalke ex parte australi, & abuttantes contra pra∣tum vocatum Alfetcroft; & sex selliones terrae jacentes in eadem quarentena, pro duabus acris, inter terram quondam Johannis Traylly militis, ex parte australi, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera, & abuttantes contra Alfetcroft; & septem selliones simul jacentes super Medefurlong, inter terram quam Agnes, mater ipsius Roberti filii Roberti, tenet ad terminum vitae, reversione indè post mor∣tem ipsius Agnetis, eidem Roberto filio Roberti spectante ex parte boreali, & terram Roberti Barker ex parte altera, & abuttantes contra pratum vocatum Knap∣perisdole; & duas selliones longas jacentes in superiori quarentena ibidem, lance∣antes a le Churchapath, usque Northbrookeweye, & ad earum finem juxta North∣brookeweye, jacentes inter terram Johannis Turvey, ex utraque parte, pro una a∣cra, & dimidiam acram terrae, abuttantem contra Coppedmoor, jacentem inter terram quam praefata Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte boreali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera; & aliam dimidiam acram terrae abuttan∣tem contra Coppedmoor, jacentem inter terram quam eadem Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte australi, & terram quondam Johannis Smyth, ex parte al∣tera; & unam rodam terrae super Northbrookfurlong, jacentem juxta terram quon∣dam Willielmi Fyshere, ex parte orientali, & ad caput boreale abuttantem con∣tra Northbrooke; & dimidiam acram terrae in eadem quarentena, jacentem inter terram Roberti Atte Brigge de Beydon, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera, & ad caput boreale abuttantem contra Northbrooke; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in eadem quarentena, juxta terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte orientali, & similiter abuttantem contra Northbrooke; & tres rodas terrae jacentes super Denlond, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma prae∣dicta, ex utraque parte, & unum caput abuttans contra Northbrooke, & aliud con∣tra Prestmede; & duas acras & dimidiam terrae simul jacentes in quarentena intra Northbrooke & Prestmede, inter terram Willielmi Chapman, ex parte orientali, & terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte altera, & ad caput australe abuttantes contra Northbrooke; & unam acram terrae jacentem in eadem quarentena, inter terram Willielmi Shakill ex parte occidentali, & viam ducentem usque ad Prestmede ex parte altera, & ad caput australe abuttantem contra Northbrooke; & unam acram terrae jacentem in quarentena vocata Holmes, jacentem inter terram Johannis Chamber∣leyn, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Shepherd de Carleton ex parte al∣tera, & ad caput boreale abuttantem contra foreram Johannis Stephenson; & u∣nam rodam terrae jacentem in eadem quarentena, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma praedicta, ex utraque parte, & ad caput boreale abuttantem contra foreram praedicti Roberti filii Roberti; & sex selliones terrae, jacentes, pro quinque rodis, in quarentena, subter quarentenam vocatam Holmes, undè una est forera, contra quam praedicta roda terrae super Holmes, ut praedictum est, abuttat ex parte boreali, jacentes juxta terram Johannis Sancherum; & sex selliones terrae jacentes in quarentena super Prestmede, pro una acra, inter terram Roberti Focour, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Focour, ex parte altera, & ad caput
australe abuttantes contra Prestmede; & in quarentena subter Carleton Hallewell duas selliones pro una acra, jacentem juxta terram praedicti Johannis Brigge senio∣ris, & sellio borealis earum est forera, & ad caput orientale abuttant contra Fild∣ingwey; & dimidiam acram terrae jacentem super Lobynden, inter terram Johannis Ste∣phenson, ex orientali, & terram Prioris de Sancto Neoto, ex parte altera, & ad ca∣put australe abuttantem contra foreram Willielmi Shakill; & tres selliones jacentes super Cherlesho, pro una acra intra terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma prae∣dicta, ex parte Australi, & terram Willielmi Focour ex parte altera; & unam rodam ter∣rae quae est forera, contra quam praedictae tres selliones terrae abuttant ad caput orien∣tale; & dimidiam acram terrae similiter jacentem super Cherlesho inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex utraque parte, undè finis orien∣talis est forera; & dimidiam acram terrae jacentem apud Peterespitts, juxta terram Nicolai Atte Brigge, ex parte Australi, & similiter unam rodam terrae ibidem jacen∣tem, juxta terram ejusdem Nicolai, ex parte boreali, undè capita orientalia abut∣tant contra foreram praedicti Johannis Brigge junioris; & etiam duas rodas ibidem jacentes inter terram Thomae Toft, ex parte boreali, & terram Rectoris de Carleton ex parte altera, & similiter abuttant contra eandem foreram; & duas selliones pro una acra jacentes apud Estenbrooke, juxta terram Johannis Tryce, ex parte austra∣li, & sellio borealis earum est forera, & ad caput orientale abuttant contra Gasten∣brooke; & duas selliones terrae ibidem jacentes, inter terram quondam Roberti Hotot militis, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Tryce ex parte altera, & ad caput orientale abuttant contra foreram Willielmi Shakill; & duas selliones pro una roda jacentes in Bendlondfield, videlicet, apud Northbrooke-Cross, inter terram quondam praedicti Johannis Traylly, ex parte australi, & terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forera praedicta, ex parte altera, & ad caput orientale abuttantes contra foreram Johannis Turvey, & ad aliud caput contra viam ducentem à North∣brooke-Crooss usque ad Stanwey-Cross; & dimidiam acram terrae ibidem jacentem jux∣ta terram Roberti Barker, abuttantem contra crucem vocatam Northwood-Cross, ad caput occidentale; & unam acram terrae cum pastura adjacente, apud Caldwenstade, juxta terram Margeriae Atte Brigge, ex parte orientali, abuttantem contra Caldwen∣stade ad caput boreale; & quatuor selliones terrae cum Pastura, in eadem quaren∣tena jacentes, inter terram praedictae Margeriae, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte altera, similiter abuttantes contra Caldwenstade; & dimidiam acram terrae jacentem super Vicifurlong, juxta terram Richardi Cutt, ex parte australi, & ad unum caput abuttantem contra Ovenlmeshanden, & aliud con∣tra Northbrookeweye; & octo selliones terrae pro duabus acris, jacentes super Nor∣manstocking, inter terram Willielmi Focour, ex parte occidentali, & terram Wil∣lielmi Shepherd, ex parte altera, & ad caput boreale abuttantes contra foreram Johannis Southerne; & unam rodam terrae jacentem super Hangingslond, inter ter∣ram praedicti Prioris, ex parte orientiali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera; & aliam rodam terrae ibidem jacentem, inter terram ejusdam Johannis ex parte orientali, & terram Margeriae Atte Brigge, ex altera parte, & ambae rodae abuttantes contra foreram ejusdam Margeriae ad capita borealia; & duas selliones terrae jacentes super Heyebenlond, juxta terram Johannis Turvey, ex parte ori∣entali, & sellio orientalis est in media forera, & jacent pro una acra, & ad caput occidentale abuttant contra foreram Willielmi Shakill, & ad aliud caput contra le Rigewey, ducentem in Caldwenstade; & unam rodam terrae ibidem jacentem, & eodem modo abuttantem, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma prae∣dicta, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn, ex parte altera; & duas selliones terrae pro una acra, jacentes in quarentena subter Benlond, ex parte au∣strali, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte austra∣li, & terram Willielmi Shakill, ex parte altera; & duas selliones terrae pro una acra, jacentes super Wolfho, inter terram Johannis Capon, ex parte orientali, & terram Roberti Atte Brigge de Beydon, ex altera parte, & ad caput australe abuttantes con∣tra foreram Willielmi Chapman; & quinque rodas terrae jacentes ex utraque parte
viae vocatae Stanwey, ducente à Stanwey-Cross usque Pixhill, inter terram praedicti Prioris, ex parte occidentali, & terram Johannes Tryce, ex parte altera; & dimidi∣am acram terrae in alia quarentena, ibidem jacente, inter terram quam praedicta Ag∣nes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte orientali, & terram praedicti Prioris ex parte altera; & aliam dimidiam acram terrae, in eadem quarentena jacentem inter terram ejusdam Prioris ex parte orientali, & terram Willielmi Shakill ex parte altera, & ambae dimidiae acrae illae abuttantes contra foreram Johannis Brigge juioris antedicti, ad capita borealia, & ad capita australia contra praedictam viam vocatam Stanwey; & duas selliones pro una acra, jacentes apud Stan∣wey-Cross utraque parte viae quae ducit usque ad Wolfho Brooke, in quaren∣tena subter Asplond, inter terram Johannis Turvey ex parte orientali, & terram praedicti Johannis Brigge ex parte altera; & duas rodas terrae jacentes in alio campo ejusdam culturae, in quarentena juxta Mauncelleswey, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte occidentali, & terram praedicti Johannis Brigge senioris, ex parte altera, & ad caput boreale abuttantes contra viam ducen∣tem ad Hyecross usque Rathshey; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in eadem quaren∣tena, ad caput boreale abuttantem contra eandem viam & ad aliud caput contra Depstade; & duas selliones terrae ibidem jacentes, & eodem modo abuttantes juxta terram Roberti Barker ex parte occidentali; & tres selliones terrae jacentes in cam∣po alio, videlicet in quarentena super Priestswelle, pro tribus rodis, inter terram Willielmi Raunston ex parte orientali, & terram Thomae Chopper, ex altera parte, ad caput boreale abuttantes contra Priestswelle Brooke; & duas selliones ja∣centes super Lynches, pro una acra, intra terram praedicti Johannis Brigge junioris ex parte orientali, & terram praedicti Prioris ex parte altera, quarum sellio se ex∣tendit à Lynches usque ad Milnewey, unde finis australis est forera; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in quarentena ejusdam forerae, inter terram Willielmi Chapman ex utraque parte, ad finem australem abuttantem contra Milnewey; & duas rodas terrae jacentes in eadem quarentena, inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte orientali, & terram Johannis Longe, ex parte altera, ad caput au∣strale abuttantes contra Milnewey; & unam rodam terrae jacentem apud Cloven∣balke juxta terram quondam Willielmi Fisher, abuttantem ad caput boreale contra foreram Johannis Chamberleyn; & unam rodam terrae jacentem in quarentena juxta Milnewey, intra terram Johannis Chamberleyn ex parte boreali, & terram Wil∣lielmi Shepherd ex parte altera, ad caput orientale abuttantem contra foreram Jo∣hannis Turvey; & duas selliones, undè australis est forera, in eadem quarentena ja∣centes; & etiam decem selliones in superiori quarentena ibidem jacentes, & contra foreram illam abuttantes, pro tribus acris & una roda terrae, & dictae decem sellio∣nes jacent inter terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma praedicta, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Shepherd ex parte altera; & unam acram terrae ja∣centem, inter terram Johannis Turvey, ex parte orientali, & terram Willielmi Sha∣kill, ex parte altera, & ad caput australe abuttantem contra terram Johannis Brigge senioris; & sexdecim selliones, pro quinque acris terrae, jacentes inter Portwey, & viam quae ducit ab Oddebrigge usque ad Hillys, inter terram de Stenington, ex parte occiden∣tali, & terram praedicti Johannis Brigge junioris, ex parte altera; & etiam alias duas rodas ibidem jacentes, inter terram quondam ejusdam Johannis, ex parte occiden∣tali, & terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte altera; & duas rodas jacentes in quarentena vocata Westlond, intra terram quam eadem Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, & terram Roberti Capon; & decem selliones terrae ja∣centes in pecia, pro duabus acris & dimidia, vocata Maudeleyn Pece, jacentes juxta terram quam eadem Agnes tenet, in forma praedicta, ex parte occidentali; & sex selliones terrae in alia quarentena ibidem, ad caput occidentale, contra eandem peciam, vocatam Maudeleyn Pece, abuttantem, jacentes pro una acra, intra terram praedicti Johannis Brigge senioris ex parte boreali, & terram Johannis Chamberleyn ex parte altera, & quatuor sellionis terrae jacentes in superiori quarentena de Ded∣knave, pro dimidia acra, juxta terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in forma prae∣dicta,
ex parte occidentali, quarum una est forera; & octo selliones vocatas Gores, jacentes apud Dedknave, pro una acra, intra terram praedicti Prioris, ex parte occidentali, & terram Willielmi Shakill ex parte altera; & sex selliones terrae pro una acra, jacentes apud Dedknave, juxta terram quondam praedicti Roberti Hotot ex parte australi, abuttantes ad caput orientale contra Alyngcroftstade; & unam peciam terrae pro duabus acris & dimidia, jacentes super Salmanshill, intra terram Willielmi Shakill ex utraque parte, & ad utrumque caput abuttantes contra foreram ejusdam Willielmi; & unam rodam terrae ad caput occidentale abuttantem contra Alyngcroftstade, jacentem intra terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet in forma prae∣dicta, ex utraque parte; & unam peciam terrae continentem duas acras, ad caput occidentale abuttantes contra Rothshegwey, jacentes intra terram praedicti Johan∣nis Brigge senioris, ex parte boreali, & terram quam praedicta Agnes tenet, in for∣ma praedicta, ex parte altera. Volentes quòd licet terrae illae vel aliqua earum parcella existat, vel existant, de perquisitione praedicti Willielmi Mordaunt, filii Roberti, vel praedicti Willielmi, filii sui, ut fortè per chartas in posterum probari poterit, quòd praedictus Robertus, filius Roberti, tamen habeat & in pace teneat, sibi & haere∣dibus suis in perpetuum, omnes terras praedictas cum pertinentiis sibi liberatis, Chartis illis non obstantibus: Et quòd Chartae illae, si inventae fuerint, nisi alias terras meas comprehendant, per nos Johannem Brigge seniorem, Johannem Brigge juniorem, & Matildam, remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnimodo de nobis & haeredibus no∣strum in perpetuum quietum clamâsse, praefato Roberto, filio Roberti, jam in possessione extincti, de praedictis tofto & sexaginta acris terrae, sibi liberatis, haeredibus, & assig∣natis suis, totum jus nostrum & clameum, quae vel quod habemus habuimus, vel quovis modo in futurum habere poterimus, in praedictis, tofto & terris, eidem Ro∣berto, filio Roberti, superiùs liberatis, cum pertinentiis, ità quòd nec nos praefati Johannes Brigge senior, Johannes Brigge junior, & Matilda, nec haeredes nostri, aliquid juris vel clamei, in eisdem tofto & terris, cum pertinentiis, nec in aliqua parcella earundem, de caetero exigere, vel quovis modo vendicare poterimus in fu∣turo. Sed ab omni actione juris & clamei abindè sumus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes. Et ego veròd Johannes Brigge junior, & haeredes mei, toftum illud, & omnes terras illas, cùm pertinentiis praefato Roberto, filio Roberti, haeredibus & assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium parti hujus Scripti indentati, penès praedictum Robertum, filium Rober∣ti, remanenti, nos praefati Johannes Brigge senior, Johannes Brigge junior, & Ma∣tilda Sigilla nostra apposuimus. Et verò indè penès nos remanenti, idem Robertus filius Roberti Sigillum suum apposuit. His testibus, Johanne Turvey, Thoma Dar∣dres, Willielmo Raunston, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam duodecimo die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum, quarto.
AD istam Curiam venit Richardus Leefe, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae & prati, reddendo indè annuatim decem solidos, ac reparabit & sustinebit praedictum messuagium sumptibus suis propriis, sicut ea habuit ex dono Thomae Foddringey. Ideo prae∣ceptum est seisire ea in manus Domini.
Ad istam Curiam venit Johannes Burbache, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae, continentem per estima∣tionem sexdecim acras terrae & prati, quae priùs tenuit Willielmus Lane, pro termi∣no centum annorum, quae quidem messuagium & terras idem Johannes habuit ex dimissione praedicti Willielmi, reddendo indè annuatim octo solidos & duos Ca∣pones, & de reparatione concessit concordare cum Domino.
Ad istam Curiam venit Alicia Bosegate, & clamavit tenere de Domino ad volun∣tatem, unum messuagium cum curtelagio, & unam virgatam terrae cum pratis, pas∣cuis, & pasturis, quae quondam Simon Bate tenuit, quae clamavit habere ex di∣missione Johannis Norman, qui quidem Johannes, Alicia uxor ejus, & Johannes filius eorum, jam defuncti, tenuerunt, & Edmundus Mordaunt, ad terminum vitae ipsorum, reddendo indè annuatim Domino, decem solidos & duos Capones. Et repararent & sustentarent tenementum praedictum, durante termino praedicto, sum∣ptibus suis propriis. Et quia dicti Johannes Norman, Alicia uxor ejus, & Johan∣nes, filius eorum, jam defuncti, status dictae Aliciae determinatus existit, ideo prae∣ceptum est seisire tenementa illa in manus Domini, &c.
Ad istam Curiam venit Johannes Bosegate, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, sibi, haeredibus & assignatis suis, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae, quae prius tenuit Thomas Forthe, reddendo indè annuatim Domino, quatuor∣decim solidos & quatuor denarios, & faciente capitali Domino de Yerdley, red∣ditus, & servitia, de praedicto tenemento exeuntia, & eidem Domino perti∣nentia, quae quidem tenementa idem Johannes habuit, ex dimissione Johannis Shel∣ton, & praedictus Thomas Forthe illa tenementa dimisit eidem Johanni Shelton. Et non solvit de redditu praedicto, à morte praedicti Thomae, usque nunc, nisi de∣cem solidos per duos annos elapsos. Ideo praeceptum est ipsum distringere pro red∣ditu, & summa de arrearagiis ad tunc quadraginta solidos, &c.
Ad hanc Curiam venit Johannes Helyer, filius Matthaei Yeselham, & cognovit tenere de Domino ad voluntatem, unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae & prati contientem, per estimationem sexdecim acrarum terrae, & prati, quae Rober∣tus Mordaunt quondam dimisit eisdem Matthaeo & Johanni, & cuidam Margaretae uxori ejusdem Matthaei, matri ejusdem Johannis, ad terminum vitae ipsorum, red∣dendo indè annuatim decem solidos, & reparando & sustentando praedicta tene∣menta sumptibus suis propriis, durante termino praedicto.
Johannes Smyth tenet unum messuagium & unam virgatam terrae, quae priùs tenuit Johanna uxor Johannis de Histow ad terminum vitae ipsius Johannae, reddendo in∣dè annuatim sexdecim solidos, & dicta Johanna jam defuncta est, ideo praeceptum est seisire praedicta tenementa in manus Domini.
Item praeceptum est seisire tenementa quae Alicia Bosegate clamavit tenere, & catalla pro reparatione. Ad Curiam Roberti Mordaunt apud Yerdley tentam, die Jovis ante Festum Nativitatis Domini, Anno Regni Regis Henrici quinti post Con∣questum, nono, Willielmus Henkyn venit, & cognovit tenere de Domino liberè, ex dono & feoffamento Rogeri Henkyn patris sui, unum messuagium & quatuor selliones, adjacentes in crofto, per homagium, fidelitatem, & sectam Curiae, ac reddendo indè annuatim, ad Festum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, unam rosam rubram deponendam super liminari domus Domini. Et fecit fidelitatem.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd Ego Johannes Dardres nuper de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae Armiger, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea in∣dentata confirmavi, Roberto Mordaunt de eadem, Armigero, & Elizabethae uxori ejus, manerium meum de Turveia praedicta, vocatum Ardresmaner; nec non om∣nia alia terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, & pasturas, boscos, redditus & servitia, quae habeo in eadem villa, cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis, excepto quodam mes∣suagio, in le Tonnedo de Turveia praedicta, situata inter messuagium, nuper Ed∣mundi Geffery, ex parte occidentali, & regiam viam, & messuagium Willielmi Shakill ex partibus aliis, cum pertinentiis suis. Habendum & tenendum manerium praedictum, nec non omnia alia praedicta terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pastu∣ras, boscos, redditus & servitia, cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis, praefatis, Rober∣to, Elizabethae & haeredibus de corpore eorum legitimè procreatis, in perpetuum, de capitalibus dominis feodorum illorum, per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta,
sub conditionibus subsequentibus; videlicet, reddendo indè mihi praefato Johanni Dardres & Johannae uxori meae, durante vita utriusque nostrum, diutius viventis, annuatim decem marcas legalis monetae Angliae, ad quatuor anni terminos, videlicet, ad Festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, Nativitatis Domini, Paschae, & Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, per aequales portiones. Ità quòd si redditus ille à retro fuerit in parte vel in toto ad aliquem terminum praedictum, per unum mensem non solutus, tunc benè liceat mihi dicto Johanni & dictae Johannae, & utrique nostrum diutius viventi, in praedictis, manerio, terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis & boscis distringere, per omnia bona & catalla, in eis inventa, & distri∣ctiones captas abducere & retinere, quousque de praedicto redditu, & arrearagiis in∣dè si quae fuerint, plenariè fuerit satisfactum; & si praedictus redditus à retro fuerit, in parte vel in toto aliquo tempore in posterum, ultra spatium medietatis unius anni, in defectu praedictorum Roberti & Elizabethae, aut alicujus haeredum suorum, quòd tunc benè liceat mihi dicto Johanni Dardres, haeredibus & assignatis meis, in praedictum manerium, & in omnia alia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus & servitia cum pertinentiis reintrare, & illa in pristino statu meo possidere, & in perpetuum retinere, praesenti Charta & seisina, inde liberata, non obstantibus. Et si praedicti Robertus & Elizabetha obierint sine haerede, de corporibus suis legitime procreato, tunc post decessum ipsorum Roberti & Elizabethae, volo & concedo per praesentes, quòd praedictum manerium, & om∣nia alia praedicta terrae & tenementa, cum praedictis pratis, pascuis, pasturis, reddi∣tibus & servitiis, cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis (excepto messuagio praeexcepto) cum pertinentiis sub conditionibus praescriptis, rectis haeredibus & assignatis ipsius Roberti remaneat in perpetuum, tenendum de capitalibus Dominis feodorum il∣lorum, per servitia indè debita, & de jure consueta. Et ego verò praedictus Jo∣hannes Dardres, & haeredes mei praedictum manerium, & omnia alia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus & fervitia, cum pertinentiis (excepto messuagio praeexcepto cum pertinentiis) praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, & haeredibus de corporibus eorum legitime procreatis, & pro de∣fectu exitus, rectis haeredibus & assignatis ipfius Roberti, modo & forma praedicta, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium uni parti istius Chartae indentatae penès praedictos Robertum & Elizabetham rema∣nenti, ego praefatus Johannes Dardres Sigillum meum apposui, alteri verò parti indè penès me remanenti ipsi Robertus & Elizabetha Sigilla sua apposuerunt. His testibus, Johanne Bromham Priore de Newingham, Rogero Hunt de Chalsterne, Johanne Brigge, Johanne Cotton, Johanne Vaux, Henrico Franklin, Willielmo Shakill, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam praedictam duodecimo die Septembris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum Angliae, nono.
AGnes Foddringey & Robertus Mordaunt, relesse ove garrante tout lour droit, en le Maner de Tymworth cum pertinentiis in Suffolk. Data decimo die Fe∣bruarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti, penser pour garrante collateral de Eli∣zabeth Waryn.
RObertus Oldenby de Oldenby in Comitatu Northamptoniae avoit issue un John & William Oldenby de Isham, & devi, John prist à Femme une Margery, qui fust la fille un Ravenz & per la dist Margery les tenementz en Weppesmade, & Dunstable nova, & avoient issue John, Herry, Robert, Eli∣zabet, & Cicile, & devierunt, Herry, morust sans issue, car il n'avoit unque Femme, Robert prist à Femme une .............. qui fuist la fille d'un
Tawe de Stareton, propé Daventryam, & avoint issue une fille qui fuist espousée à un Gold, qui manet à Leycestre, & avoit issue ore en plein vie, John qui fuist l'eisné fils, & heir, prist à Femme une Johane qui fuist la fille d'un John Mortimer de Grendon, & avoient issue, entre eux William & Maude, & de∣vierunt, William prist à Femme, la fille bastarde de Lucy, avoit issue, William qui ore est, & Elizabet, cestui William le fils, William prist à Femme Mar∣get fille de Robert Lakis de Walisborow, in le Counté de Leycestre, & encore n'ont issue Elizabet soeur William prist à baron Herry Hatton de en le Counté de Warwick & ont issue divers fils & filles.
William Oldenby de Isham prist à Femme Elienor Mortimer fille de dit John Mortimer, & avoit issue William Oldenby de Isham, Thomas qui à espousée une Femme d'age de L anz, & n'ont issue, John Oldenby de Northanptona qui prist Femme de L anz & plus, & n'ont issue, & une fille Marget qui prist à baron John Mountgomery de Gayton, & ont issue William, qui ore est, & Isabel qui prist à baron Thomas Croft de Barnwel, en le Counté de Northampton, & avoient issue deux filles, Johane & Anne, & Richard Alen de Bugden juxta Harebo∣row prist la dite Anne à Femme, qui sont ore en vie, Maude prist à baron un Robert Canon, d'Oxford, queux encore n'ont issue, la dite Elizabet fille John fils & heir de Robert Oldenby prist à baron un Robert Mordaunt, queux avoient issue, un Maude, Elizabet, & William, & devierount. Maude fuit espousée à un ....... Downham de Londrez, Elizabet à un John Stevenson de Turvey, William prist à Femme une Marget, fille d'un John Perke de Copull, & avoi∣ent issue, John Mordaunt qui ore est.
Deinz le Count Northampton John le fils Robert avoit Barton viij mark, Brummington x mark, Raunston x mark, and Would c s. apud Clipston xxxiij s. iiij d. War. Galdonmoreton xxvij s. viij d. Kilmersh in Westhaddon vi s. viij d. Northampton xx s. Oxhampton in Weppesmade x l. Dunstable xvi s. Hol∣denby x l.
Memorandum quòd iste discensus factus fuit die Sancti Marci Evangelistae, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti vicesimo primo, per dictum Johan∣nem Mordaunt, ex informatione Johannis Lawe, quondam servientis Jo∣hannis Oldenby, filii & haeredis dicti Roberti.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum indentatum pervenerit, Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae Armiger, Salu∣tem, Sciatis me praefatum Robertum concessisse, & hoc praesenti scripto meo inden∣tato confirmâsse, Willielmo Mordaunt filio meo, & Margaretae uxori ejus, filiae Johannis Pekke de Copull, unum annualem redditum decem librarum, exeun∣tem de manerio meo in Turveia, vocato Mordaunts maner, & de omnibus aliis terris & tenementis meis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, cum omnibus suis pertinen∣tiis, quae habeo in eadem villa, & in Brafeld in Comitatu Buckinghamiae spectan∣tibus, sive pertinentibus dicto manerio. Habendum & percipiendum dictum an∣nualem redditum decem librarum, praefatis Willielmo & Margaretae, & assignatis suls de dictis, manerio, terris, tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis cum suis per∣tinentiis, ad terminum vitae meae dicti Roberti & Margaretae uxoris meae, ad duos anni terminos annuatim, videlicet, ad festa sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & An∣nunciationis beatae Mariae, per aequales portiones, primo termino solutionis incipi∣ente ad festum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli proximum futurum post datum prae∣sentium. Et si praedictus annualis redditus à retro fuerit in parte vel in toto ad ali∣quod festum praedictorum festuum, ultra spacium unius mensis non solutus, tunc benè liceat praefatis Willielmo & Margaretae & eorum assignatis, in dictis, manerio, terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis & pasturis, cum pertinentiis distringere, per
omnia bona & catalla in eis inventa, pro redditu illo sic à retro existente, & districtiones illas sic captas, abducere, asportare, effugare, quo voluerint, & re∣tinere quousque de praedicto annuali redditu, cum arrearagiis indè, si quae fuerint, plenariè fuerit satisfactum. Et pro majore securitate dicti annualis redditus, ip∣sos Willielmum & Margaretam posui in seisina indè per solutionem unius denarii. Proviso tamen, quòd si praefati Willielmus & Margareta obierunt ante obitum mei praedicti Roberti & dictae Elizabethae, quòd tunc praedictus annualis redditus omnino cesset & nemini persolvatur. In cujus rei Testimonium parti hujus scripti indentati, penès praefatos Willielmum & Margaretam remanenti, ego praefatus Ro∣bertus sigillum meum apposui, alteri verò parti penès me residenti ipsi Williel∣mus & Margareta sigilla sua apposuerunt. Data apud Turveiam quinto decimo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici sexti post Conquestum Angliae, vicesi∣mo septimo.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Robertus Mordaunt de Turveia, in Co∣mitatu Bedfordiae Armiger, dedi, concessi, & hac praesenti Charta mea con∣firmavi Willielmo Holdenby de Isham, Johanni Holdenby de Holdenby, Johanni Turvey de Turveia, & Johanni Bainton de eadem, manerium meum de Turveia praedicta, vocata Mordauntsmaner, & omnia alia terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, molendina, aquas piscarias, insulas, reversiones, custu∣mas, redditus & servitia, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & omnibus aliis eorum pertinentiis, quae habeo in dicta villa de Turveia, & in Brayford in Comita∣tu Buckinghamiae, die confectionis praesentium dicto manerio pertinentibus seu spectantibus. Habendum & tenendum praedictum manerium, & omnia alia prae∣dicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, aquas piscarias, insulas, reversiones, redditus & servitia, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & om∣nibus aliis pertinentiis, praefatis, Willielmo, Johanni, Johanni, & Johanni, & eo∣rum haeredibus, & assignatis in perpetuum, de capitalibus dominis feodorum illo∣rum per servitia indè debita & de jure consueta. Et ego verò praedictus Robertus & haeredes mei, praedictum manerium, & omnia alia praedicta, terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, bofcos, aquas piscarias, insulas, reversiones, custumas, red∣ditus & servitia, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis praefatis, Willielmo, Johanni, Johanni & Johanni, & eorum haeredibus & assig∣natis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus in perpetuum. In cujus rei Testimo∣nium huic praesenti Chartae sigillum meum apposui. His Testibus, Johanne Brigge, Johanne Eoton, Richardo Shakill, Thoma Walcote, Petro Martine, Richardo Geffery, Thoma Bartolet, & aliis. Data apud Turveiam decimo octavo die A∣prilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum Angliae, vicesimo Sep∣timo.
NOverint universi per praesentes me Robertum Mordaunt de Turveia in Co∣mitatu Bedfordiae Armigerum attornâsse & in loco meo posuisse, dilectum mihi Willielmum Eynsbury de Turveia meum verum & legitimum attorna∣tum, ad liberandum vice & nomine meo, Willielmo Holdenby de Isham, Jo∣hanni Holdenby de Holdenby, Johanni Turvey de Turveia, & Johanni Bainton de eadem, plenam & pacificam seisinam, de & in manerium meum in Turveia praedicta, vocata Mordauntsmaner & de & in omnibus aliis terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, molendinis, aquis piscariis, insulis, reversionibus, custumis, redditibus & servitiis, cum nativis & eorum sectis & sequelis, & omni∣bus aliis eorum pertinentiis, quae habeo in Turveia praedicta, & in Brafeld, in Co∣mitatu Buckinghamiae, dicto manerio, die confectionis praesentium, spectantibus, seu
pertinentibus, secundùm vim, formam, & effectum, cujusdam Chartae feoffamenti, eisdem Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni, Johanni & Johanni, per me dictum Ro∣bertum indè confecti, prout in eadem Charta plenius continetur. Ratum & gra∣tum habente & habituro, quicquid dictus Attornatus meus nomine meo fecerit in praemissis. In cujus rei Testimonium prasentibus sigillum apposui. Data apud Turveiam, decimo octavo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Con∣questum Angliae, vicesimo septimo.
HAEC Indentura facta inter Willielmum Holdenby de Isham, Johannem Holdenby de Holdenby, Johannem Turvey de Turveia, Johannem Bain∣ton de eadem, & Elizabetham Mordaunt de eadem, viduam, ex parte una; Et Willielmum Mordaunt de Turveia filium dictae Elizabethae, & Margaretam uxo∣rem ejus, & Johannem Pekke de Copull patrem dictae Margaretae, ex parte altera, testatur, quòd iidem Willielmus Holdenby, Johannes Holdenby, Johannes Turvey, Johannes Bainton, & Elizabetha, concesserunt, tradiderunt, & ad firmam dimise∣runt, praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt, Margaretae & Johanni Pekke, situm manerii ipsorum Willielmi Holdenby, Johannis Holdenby, Johannis Turvey, Johannis Bainton, & Elizabethae, in Turveia, vocati Mordaunts-maner, & situm manerii praefatae Elizabethae, in eadem villa vocati Ardres-maner, una cum terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, subscriptis, dictis maneriis pertinentibus, videlicet totum campum vocatum Westfeld, Ardresstrokkyng, Knightesstokkyng, totum campum vocatum Hodewyke, Mauncelysfeld, Blathwikes, Longcroft, Broadmedefeld, videlicet, Wodestokkyng, & totum le Brodedole, totum le Peryfurlong totum le Ne∣therhanger, Middelhyll, Cronlehill, & lez viginti acras terrae in eodem cam∣po, & totum campum suum vocatum Wolsey, cum omnibus pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & sladis, in dictis campis existentibus, & eis pertinentibus, & cum una pecia terrae vocatae Colynspeece & Radesbushspeece, Wikill, Durantescroft, cum Depstade, exceptis omnibus boscis & subboscis suis, in eisdem campis, & villa existentibus, & Columbario in dicto manerio vocato Mordaunts-maner, & omnibus stagnis in dictis sitis dictorum maneriorum, & boscis existentibus, quae dicti Willielmus Holdenby, Johannes Holdenby, Johannes Turvey, Johannes Bainton, & Elizabetha reservant, una cum liberis introitu & exitu ad eadem, pro se & servientibus suis, & aliis eorum nomine illuc venientibus, cum equis & carectis, to∣ties quoties voluerint, tam par vias ex antiquo visitatas, quam per campos prae∣dictos, cum non seminantur, ac per pasturas praedictas prout antiquitus fieri con∣suevit, excepto le Blakepond, quod dicti firmarii habebunt, quamdiu praedictam firmam tenent. Habendum & tenendum praedictos situs maneriorum praedictorum & omnia alia praedicta, terras, prata, pascua, pasturas, & dictum stagnum vocatum Blakepond, cum les sladis praenominatis, exceptis praeexceptis, praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt, Margaretae & Johanni Pekke, & eorum assignatis, à Festo Sancti Mi∣chaelis Archangeli proximo futuro post datum praesentium, usque ad finem & ter∣minum sexaginta annorum, extunc proximo sequentium, & plenariè completorum, edde ndo indè annuatim praefatis Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni
Turvey, Johanni Bainton, & Elizabethae, decem libras legalis monetae Angliae ad duos anni terminos, videlicet ad Festa Annunciationis beatae Mariae, & Sancti Mi∣chaelis Archangeli per aequales portiones, aut exonerando praefatos Willielmum Holdenby, Johannem Holdenby, Johannem Turvey, Johannem Bainton, & Eliza∣betham, annuatim, de quodam annuali redditu decem librarum, quem Robertus Mordaunt nuper de Turveia Armiger defunctus concessit praefatis, Willielmo Mor∣daunt & Margaretae, durante vita dictae Elizabethae, exeunte de dicto manerio vo∣cato Mordaunts-maner, & aliis terris & tenementis eidem manerio pertinentibus, vi∣delicet ad quodlibet festum dictorum festorum, quamdiu ipsi firmam praedictam occupaverint, aut aliquis eorum occupaverit, virtute dimissionis praedictae, de cen∣tum solidis per sufficientem aquietationem, de festo in festum dictorum festorum indè factam, ad electionem dictorum Willielmi Holdenby, Johannis Holdenby, Jo∣hannis Turvey, Johannis Bainton, & Elizabethae, proviso semper quòd si praefata Elizabetha obierit, aut praefati Willielmus Mordaunt & Margareta obierint, infra dictum terminum sexaginta annorum, quòd extunc praedicta dimissio omnnino cesset, ità quòd tunc benè licebit dictis Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni Turvey, Johanni Bainton & Elizabethae, Haeredibus & assignatis, in dictum situm dicti manerii vocati Mordaunts-maner, cum dictis terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, stagno vocato Blakepond, & les sladis, eidem manerio pertinentibus, reintrare, & ea in pristino statu suo possidere, & retinere, ad faciendum indè voluntatem dicti Roberti. Et si praedictus annualis redditus decem librarum, quem praefati Williel∣mus Mordaunt, Margareta, & Johannes Pekke, pro firma praedicta solvere tenen∣tur, à retro fuerit in parte vel in toto ad aliquod festorum praedictorum non solu∣tus ultra quindecim dies, & Willielmus Mordaunt, & Margareta aquietantiam de centum solidis pro quolibet festo dictorum festorum, pro parte solutionis dicti annualis redditus decem librarum, quem praefatus Robertus, ut praedictum est, eis concessit, facere recusaverint, aut eorum alter recusaverit, tunc benè licebit dictis Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni Turvey, Johanni Bainton, & Elizabethae pro redditu firmae praedictae à retro existente, in dictis sitis ac omnibus terris, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & sladis dictae firmae distringere, per omnia bona & catalla in eis inventa, & districtiones captas abducere, asportare, effugare, quo vo∣luerint, & retinere quosque de redditu illo, & arreargiis indè plenariè suerit sa∣tisfactum. Et si nulla sufficiens districtio in iis inveniatur per mensem post aliquem terminum, quo redditus ille solvi debeat, tunc benè licebit praefatis, Willielmo Holdenby, Johanni Holdenby, Johanni Turvey, Johanni Bainton & Elizabethae, & eorum haeredibus & assignatis, in praedictos sitos maneriorum praedictorum, & in omnia praedicta terras, prata, pascua, pasturas, & sladas, cum pertinentiis, re∣intrare, & ea in pristino statu suo possidere, & retinere in forma praedicta, his Indenturis non obstantibus. Et praefati Willielmus Mordaunt, Margareta & Jo∣hannes Pekke, omne onus reparationis domorum, & sepium praedictae firmae, du∣rante termino praedicto, portabunt, & omnia onera reddituum & servitiorum, quin∣torum decenniorum, & subsidiorum ejusdem firmae, contra quoscunque praefati Wil∣lielmus Holdenby, Johannes Holdenby, Johannes Turvey, Johannes Bainton & Elizabetha, portabunt, quamdiu ipsi firmarii, firmam praedictam virtute dimissionis praedictae, tenuerint, aut eorum unus tenuerit. Et tam diu iidem firmarii habe∣bunt de boscis, subboscis, & spinis dicti manerii vocati Mordaunts-maner, house∣bote, haybote, ploughbote, cartebote, harrewbote, barrewbote, faldebote & ferebote, quantum iis rationaliter indigebit, manerio illo expendenda absque ven∣ditione per liberationem dictae Elizabethae aut sui deputati. In cujus rei testimo∣nium partes praedictae his Indenturis Sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. Data apud Turveiam vicesimo die Julii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexi post Conque∣stum Angliae, vicesimo septimo. Haec Indentura duplificatur.
HAEC Indentura facta octavo die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti post Conquestum Angliae, nono, inter Robertum Tanfield de Gayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigerum, & Elizabetham uxorem ejus, ex una parte, & Willielmum Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae Armigerum, filium ejusdem Elizabethae, & Margaretam uxorem ejus, ex altera parte, testatur, quòd praefati Robertus & Elizabetha, tradiderunt, & ad firmum dimiserunt praefatis, Willielmo & Margaretae, omnia terras & tenementa sua, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus, & servitia, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta. Habendum & tenendum praefatis Willielmo & Margaretae, à Festo San∣cti Michaelis Archangeli, ultimo jam praeterito, usque ad finem & terminum qua∣draginta annorum, extunc proximo sequentium, & plenariè complendorum, red∣dendo indè annuatim praefatis Roberto & Elizabethae, durante termino praedicto, in Ecclesia de Gayton praedicta, viginti quatuor libras, & quatuor denarios, legalis monetae Angliae, ad Festa Paschae, & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, per aequales por∣tiones, si ipsa Elizabetha tamdiu vixerit. Quam quidem annuam summam viginti quatuor librarum, & quatuor denariorum, iidem Willielmus & Margareta conce∣dunt, pro se & haeredibus suis, praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, per praesentes, quòd ipsi & haeredes sui, eidem Roberto & Elizabethae, annuatim, ad festa praedi∣cta, in eadem Ecclesia solvent, aut eorum aliquis solvet. Et si contingat dictum annualem redditum viginti quatuor librarum, & quatuor denariorum, aut aliquem parcellam indè à retro fore non solutam in Ecclesia praedicta post aliquod festum festorum praedictorum, per quarterium unius anni, aut contingat quòd aliquod va∣stum in aliquo praemissorum, durante termino praedicto, fieri, quòd tunc benè liceat praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, in omnia eadem terras, & tenementa, prata, pas∣cua & pasturas, molendinas, stagna, piscaria, boscos, redditus & servitia, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, intrare, & ea in pristino statu suo tenere, & possidere, his indenturis in aliquo non obstantibus. Et iidem Willielmus Mordaunt & Mar∣gareta; etiam concedunt pro se & haeredibus suis, praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, per praesentes, quòd ipsi & haeredes sui, omnia terras & tenementa & caetera prae∣missa sufficienter reparabunt, & sustentabunt, sumptibus suis propriis, & expensis. Ac omnia alia onera, redditus & servitia, tam Domino rege, quam capitalibus do∣minis feodi illius, annuatim solvent & supportabunt, durante termino praedicto. Eti∣am iidem Willielmus & Margareta concedunt pro se & haeredibus suis, per praesen∣tes, praefatis, Roberto & Elizabethae, quòd ipsi non allegabunt, nec aliquis eorum allegabit, aliquam aquietantiam, sive aliquod scriptum exonerationis, aut aliquam solutionem redditus praedicti, sive alicujus indè parcellae, allegatum sit, alibi fore triable, quam per visum praedictum, quòd tunc illa aquietantia, scriptum solutionis, & exonerationis, nullius sint vigoris, nec effectus in lege, sed omni suo robore ca∣reant & virtute. Proviso semper quòd si, & quandocunque contigerit, ipsam Eli∣zabetham infra terminum praedictum obire, extunc praedicta traditio, & dimissio vacuae sint & nullius valoris nec effectus, & quòd solutio redditus praedicti, extunc solubilis non existat, his indenturis non obstantibus. In cujus rei Testimonium partes prae∣dictae his indenturis sigilla sua alternatim apposuerunt. Data die & anno praedicto.
NOverint universi per praesentes me Johannem Bainton de Turveia, remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnimodo pro me & haeredibus meis in perpetuum quietum clamâsse, Willielmo Mordaunt de eadem, Gentilman, Johanni Mordaunt, Johan∣ni Tawe clerico, Johanni Faux clerico & Willielmo Geliott clerico, haeredibus & assignatis suis, totum jus meum & clameum quae habeo, habui, vel quovis mo∣do in futurum habere potero, de & in omnibus illis maneriis, cum omnibus juribus,
commoditatibus, & pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, ac aliis omnibus illis terris & te∣nementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, redditibus & servitiis, cum suis pertinen∣tiis omnibus, quae nuper habui conjunctim, cum Johanne Holdenby de Holdenby Armigero, Willielmo Holdenby de Isham, & Johanne Fisher, alias dicto Johanne Turvey de Turveia, jam defunctis, ex dono & feoffamento Roberti Mordaunt nuper de Turveia praedicta Armigeri, in villa & campis de Turveia praedicta, & alibi in Comitatibus Bedfordiae, & Buckinghamiae, ut in quadam Charta ipsius Roberti Mor∣daunt nobis indè confecta plenariè liquet. Ita quòd nec ego praedictus Johannes Bainton nec haeredes mei, nec aliquis alius nomine nostro, aliquod juris vel clamei in dictis maneriis cum pertinentiis suis, neque in aliis dictis terris & tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, redditibus & servitiis praedictis cum suis pertinentiis, nec in aliqua parcella indè de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus. Sed ab om∣ni actione juris vel clamei indè sumus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes, sigillo meo sigillatas. His testibus, Johanne Richardson de Hardmeade, Richardo Scha∣bury de Newinton, Humfrido Sherley de Harwold, Rogero Bonham de Carleton, Thoma Walcote de Turveia, & multis aliis. Datas apud Turveiam praedictam vicesimo sexto die mensis Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi quarti, undecimo.
HAEC indentura facta vicesimo die Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Edwardi quarti undecimo, testatur, quòd Johannes Bainton de Turveia, tradidit, con∣cessit, & ad firmum dimisit Willielmo Mordaunt de eadem, Johanni Mordaunt, Jo∣hanni Tawe clerico, Johanni Faux clerico, & Willielmo Geliott clerico, omnia illa mane∣ria sua, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis, juribus & commoditatibus quibuscun∣que, & omnia alia illa terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pasturas, boscos, redditus & ser∣vitia, cum suis pertinentiis universis, quae nuper habuit, conjunctim cum Johanne Holden∣by Armigero, Willielmo Holdenby, & Johanne Fisher, alias dicto Johanne Turvey, jam defunctis, ex dono & feoffamento Roberti Mordaunt, nuper de Turveia praedicta Armigeri, situata, & jacentia in vila & campis de Turveia praedicta, & alibi in Comitatibus Bedfordiae & Buckinghamiae. Habendum & tenendum omnia illa prae∣dicta maneria, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentibus quibuscunque, absque ali∣quo retinemento, ac omnia alia praedicta terras & tenementa, prata, pascua, pastu∣ras, boscos, redditus & servitia cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt, Johanni Mordaunt, Johanni Tawe, Johanni Faux, & Willielmo Ge∣liott, clericis, & assignatis suis, à festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, ultimo praete∣rito, usque ad finem & terminum decem annorum, tunc proximum sequentium, & plenarie completorum, reddendo indè annuatim praefato Johanni Bainton, & as∣signatis suis, durante termino praedicto, ad festum natalis Domini, duos capones, & solvendo omnia servitia de dictis maneriis, cum pertinentiis, terris, tenementis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, boscis, redditibus & servitiis, exeuntia, durante termino praedicto. In cujus rei testimonium huic parti istius indenturae, penès praefatum Jo∣hannem Bainton remanenti, praedicti, Willielmus Mordaunt, Johannes Mordaunt, Johannes Tawe, Johannes Faux, & Willielmus Geliott, clerici, sigilla sua apposue∣rint; alterae parti penès eos remanenti, praedictus Johannes Bainton sigillum suum apposuit.
Data apud Turveiam praedictam die & anno supradictis.
Sigillo fracto.TO all Christian People, to whom this present Writing shall come, John Mordaunt of Turvey of the County of Bedford, Gentilman, sendeth greet∣ing in our Lord God. Whereas Margaret Mordaunt, my Moder, holdeth the Maners called Mordaunts-maner, and Dardres-maner, and divers Lands and Te∣nements, called Maunsellis, Blatherwykes, and divers other Lands and Tenements, with the appurteneces, in the Parish of Turvey aforesaid, from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, after the Conquest the nineteenth, unto the end and term of fourty Years, then next following. the reversion thereof to me the said John belonging. Know ye me the said John, to have given, and by this my present Deed confirmed, to Thomas King, Parson of the Moyite of the Church of Turvey, John Ʋynter of Kerdington, John Poley of Bydenham, and to Richard Stevynson of Turvey aforesaid, the reversion of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances, the Rent unto the said Lessee reserved. To have and perceive to them and to their Heirs for ever∣more. And Whereas the said Margaret holdeth the Mills of Turvey, with di∣vers Holmes and Waters, from Year to Year yielding to me therefore yearly ten Pounds of Lawful Money; and ... Son William Ball holdeth divers Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances, called Wellynz for the Term of six Years. Know ye me the said John Mordaunt to have given, and granted to the said Tho∣mas Vynter, John Vynter, John Poley, and Richard, the reversion of the said Mills, Holmes, Waters, Lands and Tenements with the appurtenances, to have to them and to their Heirs for evermore. And I the said John Mordaunt and my Heirs, all the said Maners, Mills, Waters, Holmes, Lands and Tenements with the appur∣tenances, unto the said Thomas, and John Vynter, John Poley, and Richard, and to their Heirs, shall warrant for ever. In witness whereof I put my Seal. Witness, John Richardson, William Bargeman, William Everard. Given at Turvey the six and twentieth day of September, in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth the one and twentieth.
SIGILLVM IOHANNIS MORDAVNT
TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing shall come, John Mordaunt greeting in God. Whereas one Hugh Jacob holdeth the Maner of Botelers, in the Parish of Walden, within the County of Essex, with the appur∣tenances, except three Acres and a half of arable Land, half an Acre of Meede, a Close called Horsecroft, and eight Shillings four Pence, and one Pound of Pepper, of free Rent from the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, the eleventh, unto the end and Term of sixteen Years, then next following, of the demise of William Mordaunt, Fader to me the said John, which after the Death of the said William, to me the said John, as Son and Heir to the said William, ought to descend. Know ye me the said John to have gi∣ven and granted, and by this present Deed confirmed to Thomas King, Parson of the Moyite of the Church of Turvey, John Vynter of Kerdington, John Poley of By∣denham and to Richard Stevynson of Turvey, the reversion of the said Maner with the appurtenances, except before excepted, to have to them and to their Heirs for evermore. And also I give and grant, and by this present Deed confirm un∣to the said Thomas King, John Vynter, John Poley, and to Richard Stevynson the said three Acres and a half of Land, half an Acre of Meede, the Close called Horse∣croft, eight Shillings four Pence, and one Pound of Pepper, of free Rent with the appurtenances. To have and perceive to them and to their Heirs for evermore, of the chief Lords of the Fee, by the services due and accustomed. And I the said John and my Heirs the said Maner with the appurtenances to the said Thomas, John, John and Richard, and to their Heirs shall warrant for evermore. In witness whereof I put my Seal. Witness, John Richardson, William Bargeman, William Eve∣rard. Given at Turvey the twenty sixth day of September, in the Year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth, the one and twentieth.
To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt, Gentilman.
By the King.[illustration] signature of Richard III
TRusty and welbeloved, we greete you wele. And forsomuch as Wee, with God's Grace, intend to bring into our obeysance, our Castles, kept by our Traytors and Rebels in the North Parts of our Land, and therefore will in our Per∣son remove to Morrow towards these said Parties, to stablish the means that may best serve thereunto, We pray you heartily that you, being accompanied with as many Persons, defensibly arrayed, as may goodly accord with your ease, meet with us at Leicestre the tenth day of May next coming, furnished with good for yours and their expences, to attend upon us from thence for the space of two Months for the said cause. And that natheless ye be ready with the said Persons in the said array upon the warning of a day, next after the fourth day of May, to attend upon us as the case shall require for the said intent. Not failing hereof as our trust is in you and as ye tender the assured rest of our said Land. Given under our Signet at our Tower of London the Twenty fifth of April.
To our Trusty and Welbeloved John Mordaunt and William Salisbury, and to every of them.
By the King.[illustration] signature of Richard III
TRusty and welbeloved, we greete you wele. And forasmuch as by the ad∣vice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this our Land, late assembled at our Palace of Westminster, we be fully determined by God's Grace, to address us in Person with Host Royal, toward the parties of our Enemies, and Rebels of Scotland at the beginning of this next Sommer, to subdue and do them the an∣noyance possible both by Sea and Land, in saving as well this our Land from such inconveniencies, as else were like to ensue, as the Honour of Us and of our Blood, and true Liegemen, inhabited and inherited within this our Land. Wee having perfect and certain Trust of your Good-will, Aid, and Assistance to this our great Voyage, and knowing how useful and necessary your presence shall be to us in the same, will and desire you right effectually, and natheless charge you in the strait∣est wise, that incontinent, upon the sight of this our Writing, ye dispose you to serve Us personally in Our said Voyage, accompanied, and apparelled for the War according to your degree, so and in such wise, that by the first day of May next coming, ye be ready, and readily pass forward with Us in the said Journey, so accompanied as aforesaid; and that in giving credence to the Bear∣ers hereof ye send Us by them your Intent and Mind, and what assistance we shall be sure to have of you in this behalf, as Our very trust is in you. Given under Our Signet at Our Tower of London the eighteenth day of February. And howbeit we purpose by God's help to set forward upon our Journey the said first day of May next coming, yet natheless We be content that ye be with Us at Our Town of Newcastle the last day of the said Month of May.
To our Trusty and Welbeloved John Mordaunt, Gentleman, of our County of Bedford.
By the King.[illustration] signature of Henry VII
TRusty and welbeloved, We greete you wele. And whereas we have directed Our Commission, and certain Instructions in Writting to Our trusty and welbeloved Maister Walter Felde, Clerk, Thomas Fouler, Squier, and others, to do and exercise in Our Name, and the usual wele of this Our Realm, such things as be comprised in the said Commissions and Instructions. We for the great trust
we have in you, desire and heartily pray you, that at such season as Our said Com∣missioners shall repair unto these parties to execute the said Commandment, Ye, upon the sight of the said Commission and Instructions, which our said Commissio∣ners, shall shew unto you, be unto them in all things concerning the same, Counsel∣ing, Aiding, and Assisting, Exhorting, and by your discretion and wisdom moving, and inducting all such Persons, as Our said Commissioners shall name un∣to you, to the good accomplishment of Our other Letters at this same time sent un∣to them, and to Our said Commissioners by Us delivered, not failing hereof in any wise as Our special trust is in you. Given under Our Signet at Our Castle of Windsor the three and twentieth day of January.
THis Indenture tripartited, made the fourteenth day of February, the tenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the seventh, between Thomas Huntington of Hempsteed next beside Radwinter, in the County of Essex, Esquire, oon that oon, John Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, Esquire, and William Mor∣daunt his Younger Broder, oon that second Partie, and Robert Parys of Little Lyn∣ton, in the County of Cantebrig, Esquire, and John Parys, Son and Heir appa∣rent of the said Robert, oon that third Partie, Witnesseth, That the said William, by the Grace of God, shall take to his Wife Anne, one of the Daughters and Heirs apparent of the said Thomas Huntington, and Margaret his Wife; and likewise the same Anne, by the Grace of God, shall take to her Husband the said William: The Solemnization of the said Matrimony to be had, and done, by the fifth day of June next coming, at the Cost and Charges of the said William, as well in Apparel as in Meat, and Drink and other Charges. It is also assented, covenanted, and bargained, between the said Parties, That the said Thomas Huntington, shall have to him for Term of his Life, without Impeachment of wast, all the Maners of Crochemans in the County of Cantebrig, and all other Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions, and Ser∣vices, with their Appurtenances, in Mochesampford, little Sampford, Mocheradwinter, little Radwinter, Fynchingfeld, Ashdon, Barklowe, Stevyngton, Bimsted, Helionbim∣sted, next beside Mocheradwinter in the County of Essex, and Trumpyngton, Cam∣bridge, Newnham, next besides Cambridge, Saweston, Baburgham, Wittelff, Trippolo, and Cleyhithe in the said County of Cantebrig, and elsewhere in the said Counties of Essex, and Cantebrig, whereof the said Thomas Huntington, or any other Person or Persons to his use, at this time stand or be seized. And after his Decease all the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and Appurtenances, shall be, go, and remain to the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, the Elder Daughter, and oon of the Heirs apparent of the said Thomas Huntington, and of Margaret his Wife, and to the said William and Anne, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Margaret, now Wife to the said John Parys, and Anne, lawfully and generally begotten. And for default of Issue of the Body of the said Margaret, lawfully begotten, all her part of the premises, shall be, go, and remain to the said Anne, and to the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten: And likewise in default of Issue of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, all her part of the premises, shall be, go, and remain to the said Margaret, now Wife of the said John Parys, and to the Heirs of her Body, lawful∣ly begotten: And for default of Issue of the Bodies of the said Margaret, and of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, all the said Maners, Tenements, and other Pre∣mises with the Apputenances, shall be, go, and remain to the said Thomas Hun∣tington, and to the Heirs of his Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of Is∣sue, all the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, shall be, go, and remain to the right Heirs of the Body of Robert Huntington, Son of Walter Huntington, lawfully begotten, and to the Heirs of the Bodies of those Heirs, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue to remain to Catherine, now Wife of John Wetham, and Sister to the said Walter Huntington, and to the
Heirs of her Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Thomas Huntington for ever. And for the further ac∣complishment of the same, the said Thomas Huntington, before the Feast of the Assension of our Lord God, next coming, shall make, or cause to be made, to George Nicolls, John Jenour, and Thomas Thorpe, and to their Heirs, a sufficient and lawful E∣state of all the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises with their appurtenances, to the said use and intent, as by the Councel of the said John Mordaunt, and Robert Parys shall be devised: And the same Thomas Hun∣tington before the Feast of Saint Martin, in Winter next coming, shall suffer all such Recoveries to be had by William Fyndern, Knight, William Thyne, Esquire, John Mordaunt, Esquire, Thomas Frowyke, Esquire, Robert Tyrall, Esquire, Richard Hig∣ham, Esquire, Robert Bradbury, Gentilman, John Ʋynter, Gentilman, and William Gascoigne, Gentilman, or by and against such of them as then shall be in Life, to make sure all the said Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises with their Appurtenances, to the uses and intents abovesaid: And the said Thomas shall do, and suffer to be done, in the same, Recoveries, at such time as reasonably shall be devised by the said William Mordaunt, and John Parys, their Heirs and Assigns, at the Cost and Charges of the said William and John. It is also assented and agreed between the said Parties, that the said William Fyndern, and the other De∣mandents before rehearsed, shall at the assignment desire, or according to the last Will of the said Thomas Huntington, make a Grant or Grants, of forty Shillings by Year, yearly going out of the said Maners of Crochemans with the Appur∣tenances in the County of Essex, and of other forty Shillings by Year, yearly go∣ing out of the said Maner of Trumpyngton, with the Appurtenances in the County of Cantebrig, to oon, two, three or four Persons severally, or jointly, at the Pleasure of the said Thomas Huntington, to be named during the Lives of them, to whom it shall be so granted. It is also agreed, that the said Thomas Huntington, by the assent and agreement of the said Robert Parys and John Parys, his Son, and John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, his Brother, that at the pleasure of the said Thomas Huntington, they shallcause all the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, and other the Premises to be divided into two equal Parts, and that Division of equally done, and made, the said John Parys and William Mordaunt, shall thereof make choice, as by the said Thomas Huntington, John Mordaunt and Robert Parys, and other Friends shall be devised and agreed, and after that Division and choice so made and had, the said Wil∣liam Fyndern, William Cheyne, John Mordaunt, Thomas Frowyke, Robert Tyrall, Ri∣chard Higham, Robert Bradbury, John Vynter, and William Gascoigne, to stand and be seiz∣ed of Part of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances al∣ted to the said William and Anne, and by them so chosen, to the use of the said Thomas Huntington during his Life, without impeachment of Wast: And after his Thomas Huntington during his Life, without impeachment of Wast: And after his Decease to the use and behoof there, I the said William Mordaunt and Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof of the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Margaret, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof of the said Thomas Huntington, and of the Heirs of his Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and be∣hoof there, of the right Heirs of the Body of the said Robert Huntington, law∣fully begotten, and of the Heirs of the Bodies of those Heirs, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said Catha∣rine, and of the Heirs of her Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the useand behoof there, of the said Thomas Huntington, and of his Heirs for ever. And in like wise, after division in form aforesaid made and had, the said William Fyndern, William Thyne, John Mordaunt, Thomas Frowyke, John Vyn∣ter, and William Gascoigne, to stand and be seized of the said Part of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements with their Appurtenances, so allotted to the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and by them so chosen to the use and behoof
of the said Thomas Huntington, for term of Life, without any Impeachment of Waste: And after his Decease, to the use and behoof there, of the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Marga∣ret, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said William Mordaunt, and Anne, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said Thomas Huntington, and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the right Heirs of the Body of the said Robert Huntington, lawfully begotten, and of the Heirs of the Bodies of those Heirs, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and behoof there, of the said Catharine, and of the Heirs of her Body, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use and be∣hoof there, of the said Thomas Huntington and of his Heirs for ever. And if no Partition be made and agreed to, of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements in the Life of the said Thomas Huntington, that then it is agreed between the said Parties that after his Decease, the said William Mordaunt and Anne, or oon of them, or the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, shall make equal Partition of all the said Maners Lands and Tenements, with their Appurtenances, and after that Partition so made, the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, or the said Margaret, or the Heirs of the same Margaret, lawfully begotten, shall chuse at their pleasure oon of the Part so divided, to hold it in severalty; and the said William Mordaunt and Anne, or the Heirs of the Body of the said Anne, lawfully begotten, to have the other Part thereof so divided, and to hold it in severalty according, and in like Form and Estates, with the remainder of every of the said Parties over, as is limited above, and as they should have holden it, if they had had choice of the same, after Partition made by the said Thomas Huntington. Also it is agreed and covenanted, That the said Thomas Hun∣tington, at the Costs and Charges of the said William Mordaunt and John Parys, shall cause all the Charters, Escripts, Muniments, and Writings concerning the Premises. These Indentures only excepted, to be indifferently seen and divided, and the Evi∣dences belonging to every of the said parties, after division and choice thereof, in Form aforesaid made, to be laid in the Abbey of Walden by themselves, if the Ab∣bot and Covent of the same place, will thereto agree, to the use of the said Thomas Huntington, during his Life, and after his Decease to be delivered to the said John Parys, and Margaret his Wife, and William Mordaunt, and Anne, and the Heirs of the said Mordaunt and Anne, according to the choice of such Estates as is aforesaid. And if the Abbot and Covent of Walden aforesaid will not thereto agree, then the same Evidences to be laid in some other place, in safeguard, as shall be divised by the said Thomas Huntington, John Parys, and William Mordaunt, to the said use and intent. For the which premises well and truly to be performed, the said William Mordaunt shall pay to the said Thomas Huntington, three hundred Marks of lawful Money of England, in form following; that is to say, at the Sealing of these In∣dentures one hundred Marks of lawful Money of England, and over that for pay∣ment of the residue of the said Money, the said William Mordaunt, before the said day of Marriage, shall cause the said John Mordaunt, his Brother, and John Ʋyn∣ter, Thomas Laventhorp and William Gascoigne, Gentilmen, to be bound jointly and severally in three several Obligations, every of them containing the summ of forty Pounds, whereof the day of payment of the first Obligation, shall be the First day of February, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hundred ninety five; and the day of payment of the second Obligation, shall be the First day of Fe∣bruary, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hundred ninety six; and the day of payment of the third Obligation, shall be the First day of February, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hundred and ninety seven. And over that the said William Mordaunt, shall cause the said John Mordaunt, John Vynter, Thomas Laventhorp and William Gascoigne, before the said day of Marriage, for payment of thir∣teen Pound six shillings eight pence, residue of the said three hundred Marks, to be
bound jointly and severally to the said Thomas Huntington, in a fourth Obligation pay∣able the first day of February, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand four hun∣dred ninety eight. It is also covenanted and agreed between the said Parties, and the said Thomas Huntington granteth by these Presents, That, if the said William Mordaunt, die before any of the said days of payment, specified in any of the said Obligations, then having none Issue begotten of the Body of the said Anne, That thence all the said Obligations, whereof the days of payment shall come after his Death, shall be void, and the payments of them to cease; except always, That if the said Anne be with child at the time of the decease of the said William Mordaunt, that then as long as that Child lives, the payment to hold, and the Obligations to be good, and in strength; and if that Child happen to die, then all the Obligations, whereof the days of pay∣ment shall be to come at the time of the death of the said Child, shall be void, and the payment of them shall cease. And the said John Mordaunt and William grant, by these presents, That they shall make, or cause to be made, before the said day of Marriage, to the said William Mordaunt and Anne, and to the Heirs of the body of the said William, lawfully begotten, and to the use and behoof of the said William and Anne, and of their Heirs aforesaid, as sure, sufficient and law∣ful estate of the Maner of Wodend, otherwise called Rokesden Wodend, with the Appurtenances in the County of Bedford; and all the Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services with their Appurtenances, in Rokesden, Bereford, Chal∣nestre, Colmorth, and Collesden, in the same County of Bedford; and all the Lands and Tenements in Chichmersh and Clopton, in the County of Northampton, where∣of the said John Mordaunt, or any other to the use of the said John, or of his Heirs, at the making of these Presents, being sealed, as shall be devised by the Learned Councel of the said Thomas Huntington, at the costs and charges of the said William Mordaunt; And moreover the said William shall cause the said John Mordaunt, John Vynter, Thomas Laventhorp and William Gascoigne, to be bound to the said Thomas Huntington in an Obligation of a hundred pounds, to make, or cause to be made be∣fore the First day of April, that shall be in the Year of our Lord, one thousand four hundred and ninety eight, an Enfeoffment and lawful Estate, of Lands and Tenements, to the Yearly value of an hundred and six Shillings and eight pence, over all Charges to the said William Mordaunt and Anne, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said William Mordaunt lawfully begotten; and wherefore, afore this time certain Covenants were made and had between the said Thomas Huntington and Robert Parys, upon Marriage had between the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, and thereupon the said Robert Parys payed to the said Thomas Huntington, an hundred and forty Pounds of lawful Money of England, and also promised a Join∣ture of Lands and Tenements, to the Yearly value of twenty Marks, then imme∣diately to be paid to the said Margaret, and after his Decease, to have a further Join∣ture of Ten Marks for Term of her Life, which Jointure in all should be of the Yearly Value of twenty Pounds, which is well and truly executed and performed, and for that the said Thomas Huntington should leave to his Heirs, Lands and Tene∣ments, to the Yearly Value of an Hundred Marks, as in an Old pair of Indentures, made between the said Robert Parys on the one Partie, and the said Thomas Hunting∣ton on the other Partie, among other more plainly appeareth; which Covenants the said Robert Parys hath renounced, and released, and by these Presents now re∣nounceth, and releaseth unto the said Thomas Huntington. It is now assented and agreed between the said Thomas Huntington, Robert Parys, and William Mordaunt for the Premises, to be performed to the said John Parys and Margaret his Wife, as is abovesaid, That all the Covenants comprised in the Old Indentures of the part of the said Robert Parys to be performed; and the Indenture of the same for the part of the said Robert, shall be, and stand in their force: And moreover that William Fyndern, Knight, and others that be now enfeoffed in the Maner of Hildersham, and of other Lands, and Tenements in Hildersham in the said County of Cantebrig, shall be, and stand seoffed thereof, to the use of the said Margaret for a Jointure for Term of her Life, of
Lands and Rents in Hildersham aforesaid, and to the Yearly Value of ten Marks, over and beside the Jointure of twenty Pounds, to be had after the Death of the said Robert Parys; and the said Robert Parys shall pay to the said Thomas Huntington, ten Pounds of lawful Money of England, in Form following; That is to say, Year∣ly five Marks at the Feast of Hallowmesse, till the said ten Pounds be payed. In Wit∣ness whereof to the part of these Indentures, remaining with the said Thomas Hun∣tington, the said John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, and Robert Parys, and John Parys, have set to their Seals. To the second part of these Indentures, re∣maining with the said John Mordaunt, and William Mordaunt, the said Thomas Huntington, Robert Parys, and John Parys, have set to their Seals: And to the third part of these Indentures, remaining with the said Robert Parys, and John Pa∣rys, the said Thomas Huntington, John Mordaunt and William Mordaunt, have set to their Seals, the said Fourteenth day of February, the tenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh. John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, John Parys.
SCiant praesentes & futuri, quòd ego Johannes Mordaunt de Turveia, Armiger, dedi, concessi & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi, Willielmo Mordaunt, fratri meo juniori, & Annae Huntington, filiae Thomae Huntington de Hempsted, Armigeri, Manerium meum de Wodend cum pertinentiis, nec non omnia terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones & servitia mea, cum suis pertinentiis in Rokes∣den, Bereford, Chalnestre, Colmorth & Collesden, in Comitatu Bedfordiae, quae nuper fuerunt Johannis Carlile. Dedi etiam & concessi & hac praesenti Charta mea confirmavi praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt, & Annae, omnia, terras & tenementa mea, cum suis pertinentiis in Tychmerch & Clopton, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, quae nuper fuerunt Thomae Hunt. Habendum & tenendum omnia & singula, ma∣nerium, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, & servitia cum suis pertinentiis, praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Annae, & haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis. Et ego praedictus Johannes Mordaunt & haeredes mei, omnia & singula, manerium, terras & tenementa, redditus, reversiones, & servitia, cum suis pertinentiis praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Annae, & haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis, contra omnes homines warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & defendemus in perpetuum per praesentes. Noveritis insuper me praefatum Johannem Mordaunt, attornâsse, constituisse, & in loco meo posuisse, di∣lectos mihi in Christo, Henricum Handson & Richardum Stevynson conjunctim & divisim, meos veros & legitimos attornatos, ad intrandum in omnia & singula, ma∣nerium, terras & tenementa praedicta, cum suis pertinentiis, & seisinam nomine meo in iisdem capiendum, & post hujusmodi seisinam sic inde captam, & habitam, seisinam de iisdem nomine meo praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Annae & haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis, deliberandum secundum vim, for∣mam, & effectum, hujus praesentis Chartae meae, ratum & gratum habendum totum & quicquid iidem Attornati mei fecerint, seu eorum alter fecerit nomine meo in praemissis. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Chartae meae sigillum meum apposui. Data ultimo die Januarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi post Con∣questum, decimo.
Per me Johannem Mordaunt.
HEnricus Dei Gratia, Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae, Omni∣bus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quòd nos ex mero motu & scientia nostra constituimus Johannem Mordaunt unum servientium
nostrorum ad legem, nec non cessimus eidem Johanni, officium unius servientium nostrorum ad legem, habendum, occupandum, & exercendum dictum officium; nec non ad essendum unum servientium nostrorum ad legem, quamdiu nobis placuerit capiendum, & accipiendum, annuatim pro officio illo exercendo, ab eodem Johanne, vadia, feoda, vesturam & regarda, dicto officio debita seu pertinentia, prout alii servientes ad legem pro hujusmodi officio exercendo percipient, seu habere, vel percipere debent. In cujus rei Testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus paten∣tes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Novembris, Anno Regni Regis nostri undecimo.
EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiae, Comes Herfordiae, & Northamptoniae. Omni∣bus ad quos praesens Scriptum nostrum pervenerit, Salutem. Sciatis nos prae∣fatum ducem, remisisse, relaxâsse, & omnimodo pro nobis & haeredibus nostris in perpetuum quietum clamâsse, Johanni Mordaunt de Turveia, in Comitatu Bed∣fordiae, uni servientium Domini regis ad legem, haeredibus & assignatis suis, totum jus nostrum, statum, titulum seu clameum, quae unquam habuimus, habemus, vel in futurum habere poterimus, de & in quinquaginta acris terrae, duabus acris terrae aqua coopertis, & separali piscaria in aqua de Ose, cum pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta, & de & in duabus acris terrae aqua coopertis, & de separali piscaria in aqua de Ose in Brafeld, juxta Lauenden alias vocata Coldbrafeld, in Comitatu Buck∣inghamiae, quae omnia & singula idem Johannes Mordaunt habuit ex dono & feoffa∣mento Edwardi Comitis Wilts, consanguinei nostri; & quibus omnibus & fingulis praemissis, idem Johannes Mordaunt seisitus existit. Ità quòd nec nos praefatus Dux, nec haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius pro nobis seu nomine nostro, ali∣quod, jus, titulum seu clameum, de & in praedictis terris, tenementis, aquis, separalibus piscariis, & caeteris praemissis, de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus; sed ab omni actione juris, statûs, tituli vel clamei, seu aliquid inde petendi, sumus in per∣petuum exclusi per praesentes. Et nos verò praefatus Dux & haeredes nostri, omnia praedicta, terras & tenementa, aquam, separales piscarias cum pertinentiis, & cae∣tera praemissa praefato Johanni Mordaunt, haeredibus & assignatis suis contra Abba∣tem Sancti Petri Monasterii & successores suos warrantizabimus, acquietabimus, & in perpetuum defendemus per praesentes. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto nostro duplicato sigillum nostrum apponi fecimus. Data undecimo die Fe∣bruarii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi quarto decimo.
THIS Indenture made the Twenty first day of March, in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt of Turvey, one of the King's Serjeants at the Law, on the oon partie, and John Tresham of Rushton in the County of Northampton, Esquire, on the other partie, Witnesseth, That it is agreed, covenanted, and bargained, between the said Parties, That the said John Mordaunt shall endeavour him to get the Marriage of Elizabeth Vere to Marry with John Mordaunt the younger, Son, and Heir apparent of the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant, and Amey Vere to Marry with Robert Mordaunt, the Second Son of the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant, which Elizabeth and Amey, being Daughters to my Sister Isabel: and to give Lands and Tenements in Jointure to the said Elizabeth Vere, for term of her Life, to the yearly Value of Twenty Pound; and to give to the said Amey, Lands and Tenements, in Jointure to the yearly Value of Ten Pounds, for term of her Life; for the which Marriage and Jointure and other Considerati∣ons the said John Tresham granteth, That in case he be disposed to sell any of his Maners, Lands, and Tenements, within the County of Northampton or elsewhere,
within the Realm of England, That then the same John Mordaunt shall have it, and all Maners, Lands and Tenements, Woods, Rents, and Services, that he shall be disposed for to sell, after the rate of Fifteen Years purchace, of the clear yearly Value of the same Lands and Tenements to be sold. It is also agreed, and bar∣gained between the said Parties, That the said John Tresham at his pleasure shall give to Isabel, Daughter of Sir James Haryngton, now his Wife, all his Lands, Tenements, Pastures, and Hereditaments in Lyneden, Churchfeld, Owndell, War∣myngton, Stoke, Doyle, Aldwyncle, Ryngsted, Stanwig and Church-Brampton, or part of them, for the term of her Life; and to give unto Isabel Tresham and Clemens Tresham, Daughters begotten between the said John Tresham and Isabel, Daughter of the said Sir James, all the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, in Lyneden, Churchfeld, Owndell, Warmyngton, Stoke, Doyle, Aldwyncle, Ryngsted, Stanwig and Church-Brampton, or part of them, to have to them and to the Heirs of their Bo∣dies begotten; And for default of Issue of both their Bodies begotten, the same Maners, Lands, and Tenements to remain to the said Isabel, Sister of the said John Tresham, for term of her Life, the remainder thereof for default of such Issue, or if there be no such Gift made of the same, to remain to the said Elizabeth Vere, Amey Vere, and Constance Vere, their Sisters, and to their Heirs for ever. And in case the said John Tresham make no sale of his Maners, Lands, and Te∣nements, as is aforesaid, That then immediately after his decease, and the decease of Isabel his Sister, all his Maners, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, within the Realm of England, not sold to the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant, as is a∣bovesaid, shall remain, go, and grow to the said Elizabeth Vere, Amey Vere, and Constance Vere, and to their Heirs for ever. And the said John Mordaunt shall pay for reversion of the Premises sold, or to be sold by the said John Tresham, to the same John Mordaunt Serjeant, after the rate of half Fifteen Years Purchace, as is abovesaid. In witness whereof to these present Indentures, the said Parties in∣terchangeably have set their Seals, the same Twenty fifth Day and Year abovesaid. And in case the said John Tresham hereafter have any Issue Male of the Body of the said Isabel by him begotten, That then the said Issue Male shall have all the same Maners, Lands, and Tenements in Lyneden, Churchfeld, Owndell, Warmyng∣ton, Stoke, Doyle, Aldwyncle, Ryngsted, Stanwig, Church-Brampton, or part of them, if it shall please the same John Tresham to make any such Gift Entail.
Extracta per me Nicolaum Hardyng verbatim, xxv die Januarii, decimo nono Henrici Septimi.
TRusty and right wele beloved we greet you wele. And understand by your late Letters directed unto our Councel, that ye have endeavoured you dili∣gently, to perform such matters and businesses, concerning our profit, according to our desires in our Letters directed to you; for the which we give unto you our great thanks, praying you to persevere and continue: And whereas in your said Letters among other matters is contained, That Richard Empson, hath found that Ingleton held certain Hamlets, and Parcels of Lands of my most dread Lord and Fader the King, by Knights Service, whereby he intendeth to defeat us, as it seemeth, of the Ward of the said Ingleton, to our Prejudice, with whom we charge you severely in our Name to travers, for divers considerations, and specially for that our Councel have had of late more perfit knowledge, That the said Ward right∣fully appertaineth unto us, than they knew, or had understanding; for the which and other great matters, whereof we shall be ascertained, we intend with∣in
brief time to send some of our Councel unto my most dread Lord and Fader instructed, to the intent we may know his pleasure concerning the same. We will also, That in our Name ye take Actions against Ward, Waste, and Sefnian, for such Wards as they detaining have by craft concealedly hid and kept from us, wherewith we be nothing pleased nor content. And as for the hundred and three score Pounds, resting in the hands of Nicholas Nynes, due unto us, we pray you on our behalf to charge the said Nicholas to send the same surely to us in all conveni∣ent hast, and to give credence to our trusty servant Thomas Canceller, chief Clerk of our Kitchin, in such things as he on our behalf shall shew unto you, whereby ye shall greatly please us.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Beaudley the Twenty third day of May.
THIS Indenture made the Twentieth day of September, in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt of Turvey, oon of the Kings Serjeants at the Law, on the oon Partie, and William Brown of Abbesroding in the County of Essex, Esquire, on the other Partie, Wit∣nesseth, That whereas it was promised, concluded and agreed, between the Friends of the said William, and the said John Mordaunt, and other Friends of Elizabeth, Sister of the said John Mordaunt, That the said William, should take to Wife the said Elizabeth; and upon the same Marriage concluded, and was promised, as well by the Friends of the said William, as by the said William, he then being of the Age of sixteen Years, or thereabout, and of good and sad discretion, That the said Elizabeth should have a Jointure of Maners, Lands, and Tenements, late Robert Brown's, Father to the said William, to the yearly Value of Ten Pound Four Shil∣lings; and that of the same Maners, Lands, and Tenements, so of the yearly Va∣lue of Ten Pound Four Shillings; and also of other Lands and Tenements in the Saint Martins, which before that time were laid to Mortgage by the said Ro∣bert to William Capell, Knight, for a Debt and Forfeit to the said Sir William, and afterward redeemed by the said John, at his labor and Instance, for the summ of Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, the which Eight Pounds Six Shil∣lings and Eight Pence, the said John Mordaunt payed to the said Sir William, and the said John Mordaunt should have and take the Profits into his own hand, from the time of the said agreement and concluding of Marriage, unto the time the said William come to his full Age of One and Twenty Years, which Lands in the whole were promised to be of the yearly Value of Eight Pounds, over all Charges to the said John. And also it was farther agreed, That the said Elizabeth, over, and besides Maners, Lands, and Tenements, to the said yearly Value of Ten Pounds Four Shillings, should have a Jointure in the said Lands and Tenements, in the Saint Martins, if the said William, when he came to his full Age of One and Twenty Years, would agree, That she should have the said Lands and Tenements in the Saint Martins, term of her Life; and after that the said William came to his full Age of One and Twenty Years, he oftentimes assented and agreed, That the same Elizabeth should have the said Lands in the Saint Martins in Jointure, and by these Presents confesseth and granteth, That he agreed and granted, and at the time of concluding the said Marriage, the Maners of Rokewodhall and Stokhall, and all Lands and Tenements in Abbesroding, Bauchamproding, High-Laffare, Little-Laffare, and Maehing, in the County of Essex, except Hobberlerkey, which were the said Robert Brown's, were promised to be of the yearly Value of Ten Pound Four Shil∣lings, over all Charges, were assigned to be the said Jointure of the said Elizabeth; and after were given in Jointure by Sir Thomas Boughchier, Knight, John Bardefeld, and other Enfeoffes, to the said William and Elizabeth his Wife, for term of Life of the said Elizabeth: And the said William took Seizing and Possession for him and the said Elizabeth, at Abbesroding aforesaid. The same Elizabeth, her Friends
verily believing the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, had then been of the yearly Value of Ten Pounds Four Shillings, according to the said Promise, and also as it was agreed upon between the same Parties, upon the said Marriage, con∣cluded, That the reversion of the said Manners of Rokewodhall, Stokhall, and all Lands and Tenements aforenamed, and the said Lands called Hobberlerkeys, after the death of Edmund Brown, Uncle to the said William, and also the Maners of Langenthorp, Whiteroding, and all other Lands and Tenements, which were the said Robert Brown's, or any other to his Use, at the time of his decease, after cer∣tain Debts of the same Robert payed, and after the decease of the said William and Elizabeth, should go to the Heirs begotten of the Body of the said William. And thereupon the said Elizabeth took to Husband the same William: For which Mar∣riage and other Premises and Promises, well and truly to have been performed, the said John Mordaunt should have payed Three hundred Mark, and Four Shil∣lings, whereof he, the said William, hath payed Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence, to Sir William Capell; for redeeming the said Lands in the Saint Martins hath payed to divers persons, for the contentation of divers of the Debts of the said Robert Brown Six Pounds; and because the said Lands, that the said John Mordaunt should have had, during the Non-age of the said William were not of the yearly Value of Eight Pounds, according to the said Agreement and Promise by much Money; therefore it was agreed by the said William and his Friends, That the said John Mordaunt should rebate and keep still in his own hands, and in full recompence of the said yearly Value of ...... the other ...... the residue of the said Three hundred Marks, whereunto the said William, before the Date of these Presents, and also now, agreeth by these Presents, and confesseth fully to be satisfied of all such Money, as should be due to him by reason of the said Marriage; and by reason of the Money payed by the said John Mordaunt, the Debts of the said Robert were the sooner payed, and the said William sooner at∣tained and had the Possession of the said Lands. Moreover the said William, contra∣ry to his said Agreement, hath sold the said Lands and Tenements in the Saint Mar∣tins to the said John Bardefeld for Twenty Pounds, whereof the said William hath received Four Pounds, and the same William hath ........... the said Barde∣feld the Ten Pounds, and also upon ........ hath ........ and given to John Wro, and Sybill his Wife, by Fine, the said Maner of Stokhall with the ap∣purtenances, to have to them and their Heirs, of the Body of the said Sybill be∣gotten, for all the said considerations and many other causes, in recompence of the Premises, and in recompence of the full Jointure and Dowre of the said Elizabeth, upon agreement had between the said John Mordaunt and William, the said Willi∣am by his Deed bearing Date the Tenth day of June, the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, Enfeoffed the said John Mordaunt, William Gas∣coigne, John Mestot, and Thomas Heron, of the said Maners of Langenhoo, Roke∣wodhall, Whiteroding, Brown's Manner, and of all his Lands and Tenements in the County of Essex, of the Avowson of the Church of Langenhoo, to have to them and to their Heirs; and the same John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, John Mestot, and Thomas Heron, according to the same Agreement, at the desire and request of the said William, have by Deed, bearing Date the Eleventh day of June, the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, made estate of all the said Maners of Langenhoo, Rokewodhall, Whiteroding, and Brown's Maners, and all other Lands, Tenements and Avowsons in the said County of Essex, to Robert White∣ing, William Mordaunt, George Whiteing, Humphrey Brown, John Jenour, William Sewster, and Thomas Kirkeby, to have to them and their Heirs for ever, to the use of the said William and Elizabeth, for Term of their Life, and of the longer liver of them, yeilding to the said John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, John Mestot and Thomas Heron, and to their Heirs, Ten Pounds Four Shillings, out of the said Ma∣ners of Langenhoo, to the uses and intents specified in the said Indenture; and after the Decease of the said William and Elizabeth, the said Robert Whiteing, Wil∣liam
Mordaunt, George Whiteing, Humphrey Brown, John Jenour, William Sewster and Thomas Kirkeby, to be and stand feoffed of and in all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premises, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said William, lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to be and stand Feoffes of the Premises to the uses and intents specified in the same Inden∣ture, as by the same it more plainly appeareth. It is now Covenanted, Assented, and Agreed, between the said John Mordaunt and William, at the departing of the said William from Turvey, by these Presents in form following; That is to say, That where the said William, hath received of Glasyer, late Farmer of Stokhall, One and Twenty Pound Four Shillings and Eight Pence, which was due to the said John Mordaunt, by reason of the same Farm; and also whereas Bogdich, late Far∣mer to the said John Mordaunt of Rokewodhall, had all the Maners, Lands, and Tenements in Abbesroding, to Farm, with divers Goods and Cattels of the said John Mordaunt: That is to say, Two and Thirty Kyne, a Bull, Eight Horses, a Cart and Cartgeer, and Plough and Ploughgeer, for term of years; and depart∣ed from the said Farm being then in debt to the said John, for the said Farm, in Ten Pounds, over and besides the said Cattel; and of which arrearages of Ten Pounds, and of the said Goods and Cattels, the said William hath received a good substance; and also whereas the said John Mordaunt, hath found the said William and Elizabeth, their Children, their Servants, as well Men as Women, and Horses, meat and drink continually, from the time of the said Marriage, unto the time of making of these Preserts, (one Year and a half only excepted) and at divers times in the mean season hath found the said William to School, and to Ac∣compt at London, to the great cost and charge of the said John Mordaunt; the said John Mordaunt giveth to the said William the keeping and finding of him, his Wife, his Children and Servants as is aforesaid, freely unto the date of the making of these Presents; and also releaseth to the said William all Actions for the said Goods, Debts, Money, and Cattels, received by and of the said Glasyer and Bog∣dich, Farmers of Stokhall and Abbesroding; and also whereas the said William hath borrowed of the said John Mordaunt Fourteen Pound ready Money, and is bound for the same, by his Obligation to the said John; and also whereas the said Willi∣am hath certain and divers Stuffs of Houshold, which were late William Mordaunt's, Father of the said John Mordaunt, and Elizabeth, to make the said William clearly discharged at his departing against the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, the same John releaseth by these Presents to the said William, all Actions and De∣mands, as well in Conscience as otherwise. For the which Premises and all other benefices that the said John hath done to the said William, the said William Cove∣nanteth, Agreeth, and Assenteth by these Presents, That the said Robert Whiteing, William Mordaunt, George Whiteing, Humphrey Brown, John Jenour, William Sew∣ster, and Thomas Kirkeby, and all other Persons, That be Enfeoffed in any of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises to the use of the said William; if any such be, shall be and stand Feoffes, of all the said Maners of Langenhoo, Rokewodhall, Whiteroding, and the said Lands and Tenements and other the premises in the County of Essex to the use of the said William and Eli∣zabeth for term of their lives, and of the longer liver, reserving the said Ten Pounds to such use and intent, as is specified in the said Indentures, made the said Eleventh day of June, and after their decease to be and stand Feoffed of all the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Premises to the use of John Brown, Eldest Son of the said William and Elizabeth, and of the Heirs of his Bo∣dy begotten; And for default of such Issue, to be and stand Feoffed of all the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises to the use of William Brown, second Son of the said William and Elizabeth, and of the Heirs of his Body be∣gotten; And for default of such Issue, to be and stand Feoffes thereof, to the use of the right Heirs of the Body of the said William lawfully begotten; And for de∣fault of such Issue, to be and stand Feoffes thereof, to such use and intent as is
specified in the said Indentures, bearing Date the said Eleventh day of June. In Witness whereof, to these Presents, the said Parties interchangeably have set their Seals, the said Twentieth day of September, the said Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh.
Per me Johannem Mordaunt.
OMnibus Christi sidelibus, ad quos hoc praesens Scriptum nostrum pervenerit, Thomas Prior prioratus sanctorum Johannis Baptistae & Johannis Evangelistae de Caldwell, & ejusdem loci Conventus, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Nove∣ritis nos praefatos Priorem & Conventum unanimi consensu & assensu nostris dedisse & concessisse, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus Reginaldo Gray, militi, & Jo∣hanni Mordaunt de Turveia, uni servientium Domini Regis ad legem, Advocatio∣nem Ecclesiae de Sondey unica vice, tantum cum primo ex aliqua causa vacaverit, per proximam nominationem Capellani ad eandem Ecclesiam, cum Ecclesia illa primo vacare contigerit. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum nostrum commune apposuimus. Data in domo nostra capitularii decimo septimo die Aûgusti, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi quinto decimo.
THIS Indenture made the Third day of February, in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt on the oon Partie, and Wistan Brown, and Humphrey Brown, his Brother, on the other partie, Witnesseth, That where the said John late bought the Ward, and Custo∣dy of the Body, Lands, and Tenements of Amey Vere, late the Wife of Robert Mordaunt, Son to the said John Mordaunt, late deceased, whereof as yet the same John hath no Patent, but only a Bill assigned by the King. It is Covenanted, and Bargained between the said Parties, by these Presents, That the said Wistan and Humphrey shall have to their own use, all such Right, Title, and Interest, of, and in all the Maners, Lands, and Tenements of the said Amey's, as the said John now hath, or hereafter, by reason of the said Bill assigned, shall have; And also, That the said Wistan and Humphrey, shall have free liberty to resort to the said Amey, to attain her good will, for a Marriage to be had, between the said Humphrey and the said Amey, without Let, Interruption, or Impediment of the said John Mordaunt, or his Assigns; for which Premises the said Humphrey shall suffer the said John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, and William Gascoigne, to recover against the said Humphrey, the Maner of Melbourne in the County of Cambridge, called Browns-Maner, and all the Lands and Tenements in Melbourne, Melreth, and Shepons, in the same County, which late were Robert Brown's, and the which the said Humphrey, or any other to his use may have, in the same County of Cambridge, by a Writ of Entry in the Post, wherein the said Humphrey shall do and suffer to be done, for making sure the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, to the said John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, and William Gascoigne, and to their Heirs, to the use of the said John Mordaunt and his Heirs; And also the said Wistan and Humphrey, and ei∣ther of them, shall cause to be made, and make such other Surety, by Fine, War∣ranty, or otherwise, to the said John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, and William Gascoigne, and to their Heirs, and to the Use of the said John Mordaunt and his Heirs, of the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, as shall be advised by the Learned Councel of the said John Mordaunt or his Heirs, at all times when the said John Mordaunt or his Heirs shall require; And the said Wistan and Humphrey, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the said John Mordaunt or his Heirs, when they be thereto required, all the Evidences that they or any of
them, or any other person to the use of any of them, have concerning the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements in the said County of Cambridge; And if the said Amey dye before she come to the age of Three and Twenty Years, having no Issue of her Body begotten, alive, or dead, then the said Humphrey shall have, for term of his Life, out of the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements in the County of Cam∣bridge, Ten Marks by the Year yearly during his Life, as sure as the said Humphrey shall advise: And the said Wistan and Humphrey, Covenant and Grant, by these Presents, That the said Humphrey and Amey, or any of them, shall not do, or suf∣fer to be done, any thing hereafter, whereby the Inheritance of any Lands or Tene∣ments of the said Amey be put from the right Heirs of the said Amey, but only Lands, or Tenements to the yearly value of Forty Pounds, which the said John does agree, That the said Humphrey shall have during his life only, if he can get it of the said Amey, and that the Reversion of these Lands and Tenements, to the value of Forty Pounds by the Year, and the Reversion of any other Lands and Tenements of the said Amey's, if it happen the said Humphrey thereof to be Tenant by the Court-Fee, and all other Lands and Tenements of the said Amey's, immediately after the death of the said Amey, shall go to the right Heirs of the said Amey; And the said Humphrey shall discharge the said John Mordaunt against William Merbury in all things that in the same Humphrey is, or shall be becoming the said Marriage and the Lands and Tenements, of the said Amey, or any of them; And that the said John Mordaunt shall have the whole Interesse of the said Hum∣phrey that he shall have of all Advowsons belonging to the said Amey, till she come to the Age of Three and twenty Years full; and the said Humphrey giveth, and bindeth himself by these Presents, That he shall be of Councel to his power, and cunning with the said John Mordaunt, and John Mordaunt the Son, during the Life of the said Humphrey, without any Money, Fee, or other Reward taking for his labour.
In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid to these Indentures inter∣changeably have set their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid: and that the said Hum∣phrey shall continue at his Book.
Per me Humphredum Brown.
Per me Wistanum Brown.
Extracta decimo quarto Maii Henrici octavi vicesimo quarto, coram Doctore Olyver.
THIS Indenture made the Eighth Day of February, in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between Henry Strangeways, Esquire, on the oon Partie, and John Mordaunt of Turvey, Gentleman, on the other Partie; Witnesseth, That it is Bargained, Accorded and Agreed, between the said Parties, in form following; that is to say, The said Henry Granteth, and Covenanteth by these Presents, That Gyles, Son and Heir apparent, of the said Henry, and of Doro∣thy late his Wife, Daughter of john Arundell of Chideok, Knight, shall by the Grace of God, Marry, and take to Wife, Jane, Daughter to the said John and Edith his Wife, Daughter, and one of the Heirs of Nicholas Latimer of Duntish, Knight, if the same Jane thereto will agree. And in like wise the said John Covenanteth, and Granteth by these Presents, that the said Jane, by the Grace of God, shall Marry, and take to her Husband the said Gyles, if the same Gyles thereto shall agree. The Solemnization of the said Matrimony to be done at such time as the said Henry and John Mordaunt shall agree, at the Costs, and Charges of the same Henry and John indifferently, except the said John Moudaunt shall find Meat and Drink, and the said Henry and his Heirs shall cause, as sure and lawful Estate to be made
to the said John Mordaunt and Jane, William Carant, of Tomer, Esquire, William Mordaunt, Brother to the said John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan Brown and Reynold Holdy, for term of Life of the same Jane, within two Months next after the decease of Elianor ...... Mother of the said Henry, or at any time after; when the said John Mordaunt, or his Heirs shall require, of Maners, Lands, and Tenements, in the Counties of Somerset and Dorset, or the one of them, to the yearly Value of an hundred Marks, over all Charges, to have to them for Term of Life of the same Jane, as shall be advised by the learned Councel of the said John Mordaunt, or his Heirs. And it is Covenanted between the said Parties, during the Life of the said Elianor, That the said Henry shall find the said Gyles, to School, Court, and in all other Places, in all manner of things convenient for his Degree. And the said John shall find the said Jane according to her Degree. Furthermore it is Covenanted and Granted, between the said Parties, that immediately after the said Estate made of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly Value of a hundred Mark, to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mor∣daunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan, and Reynold, in form aforesaid, That the said Henry shall take the Issues and Profits of Fifty Mark Land, parcel of the said hun∣dred Mark Land, to their own uses, six Years after the said Estate made to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan, and Reynold, the said Henry finding the said Gyles, and the said John Mor∣daunt finding the said Jane, as is aforesaid. And the said Henry Granteth further, That he shall cause to be made within three months next after the Death of the said Elianor, or at any time after, when the same John Mordaunt, or his Heirs shall re∣quire, to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mordaunt, William Gas∣coigne, Wistan and Reynold, a sufficient and lawful Estate of Maners, Lands, and Te∣nements to the yearly Value of a hundred Mark, over and beside the said other Maners, Lands, and Tenements before specified, to the yearly Value of a hun∣dred Mark, to have to them and to their Heirs, to the use of the said Henry, du∣ring his Life, without Impeachment of wast. And after his Decease to the use of the said Jane, for Term of Life, in full recompence of all her Dower, of all the Maners, Lands, and Tenements, to which the said Jane should be entituled by the Law of the Inheritance of the said Gyles. And the said Henry shall cause and suffer, as well the reversion of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements to the Value of the said two hundred Marks severally demised to the said John Mordaunt, Jane, William Carant, William Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Wistan and Reynold, in Deed or in Use: As all other Maners, Lands and Tenements, whereof the said Elianor, or any other person to her use is now seized of Estate of Inheri∣tance; and also the Maner of Todrington, which is of the yearly Value of Twenty eight Pounds, immediately after the Decease of the said Elianor and Henry in Deed or in Use, to come, grow or descend, immediately after the Decease of the said Elianor and Henry, to the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body be∣gotten: And for default of such Issue to John, Brother of the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Henry for ever. Which Lands and Tenements the said Henry promises, in the whole to be of the yearly Value of Eight hundred Marks over all Charges. And so the said John Mordaunt accepts them to be of the same yearly Value. It is also Covenanted, Bargained and Agreed between the said Parties, That whereas the said Henry late purchased the Maners of Melbury Samford, and Melbury Osmond, and all the Lands, Tenements and Advowsons in Melbury Samford, and Melbury Osmond in the County of Dorset, late Browning's, to him and to his Heirs for e∣ver, if Catharine now Wife of the said Henry, Decease without Issue Male, of her Body by the said Henry begotten: that then all the said Maners, Lands, Te∣nements, and Advowsons, late Browning's, with the appurtenances, after the decease of the said Henry and Catharine now his Wife, and of William Browning; and after the Issue Male of the said Catharine, by the said Henry begotten, if any such shall
be spent and determined, shall go, and grow to the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten, and for default of such Issue, to the said John, his Brother, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Henry for ever. And that all such Persons as be now feoffes, seized or possessed by Recovery, Feoffment or otherwise, of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements before named, shall from henceforth, be, and stand Feoffes, to the uses and intents abovesaid. Provided always that it shall be lawful to the said Henry, of the Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly Value of Two hundred Pounds, parcel of the Premises, other than the said Two hundred Mark Lands before named, to make Lease, for term of Twenty Years, or under, to perform his Will, or to make Jointure to the said Catharine, or to his Wife, or Wives, if any he shall hap to have, after the decease of the said Catharine, now his Wife, for term of their Life, or Lives, so as alway the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, of the year∣ly Value of Two hundred Pounds, after the term of Twenty Years expired, or the said Will performed, or after the decease of the said Wife, or Wives, shall grow, and remain to the said Gyles, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue, to go and remain to the said John, his Brother, and to the Heirs of his Body begotten: And for default of such Issue to go and remain to the right Heirs of the said Henry for ever. And if it fortune, as God forbid, that the said Gyles decease before the said Marriage had and solemnized, that then the said John, Brother to the said Gyles, shall inter-marry if they can so agree, and like Jointure and Dower to be to the said Jane, and all the said Maners, Lands and Te∣nements, and Advowsons, to be left to the said John, and all other Covenants then to be kept, of every of the said Parties respectively, as be now comprised in these Indentures. For which Premises well and truly to be performed, on the part of the said Henry, the said John Mordaunt shall pay unto the said Henry, or to his Assigns, Five hundred Mark of lawful Money in form following, that is to say at the day of the Solemnization of the Matrimony, one hundred Mark of lawful Money, and yearly, after the said Jointure made, one hundred Mark of lawful Money, till the said Summ of Five hundred Marks be fully contented and payed. And if the said Jane dye before she come to the Age of Seventeen Years, having no Issue then the said Henry shall repay to the said John Mordaunt, all such Summs of Mo∣ney as he hath received of the same John before the Death of the said Jane, at such days yearly and in such Summs as he received it. In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid, to these Presents interchangeably have set their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid.
HAEC Indentura facta inter praenobilem principem Edwardum, Ducem Buck∣inghamiae, ex una parte, & Johannem Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae, Gentilman, & Willielmum Mordaunt fratrem ejus, ex alia parte, Testa∣tur, Quod praefatus Dux dedit, concessit, & hac praesenti Indentura confirmavit, praefatis Johanni & Willielmo, visum suum franciplegii cum pertinentiis in Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae, qui quidem visus est parcella de Glocester fee, aliàs vocatus Glocester fee, & assisiam panis & cerevisiae, bona & catalla straiata & waiviata, bona & catalla felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, thesaurum inven∣tum, cum omnibus aliis rebus, libertatibus, franchesiis, juribus & pertinentiis ei∣dem visui pertinentibus, sive parcellis, ac visum franciplegii, & letum omnium te∣nentium, sive residentium, qui nunc sunt, sive in posterum erunt in feodo suo in Turveia praedicta, ac quemlibet visum quem habemus in Turveia praedicta, salvis nobis & haeredibus nostris feodis militum, wardis, maritagiis, releviis & eschaetis cum acciderint in Turveia praedicta. Habendum & tenendum omnia praedicta, vi∣sum franciplegii, & letum, assisiam panis & cerevisiae, & caetera praemissa cum per∣tinentiis, exceptis praeexceptis, praefatis, Johanni Mordaunt, & Willielmo Mor∣daunt,
haeredibus & assignatis suis in perpetuum, ad usum ipsius Johannis Mordaunt & haeredum suorum in perpetuum, reddendo indè annuatim, praefato Duci, haere∣dibus & assignatis suis, quendam annualem redditum trium solidorum in perpetuum, ad Festa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Paschae, aequis portionibus solvendum. Et praedicti Johannes Mordaunt & Willielmus Mordaunt concedunt pro se & haeredi∣bus suis, quòd si contingat dictum annualem redditum trium solidorum à retro fore in parte vel in toto, ad aliquod dictorum Festorum, quo solvi debeat, non solutum, quòd tunc benè licebit praefato Duci, haeredibus & assignatis suis, in omnia terras & tenementa ipsorum, Johannis Mordaunt & Willielmi Mordaunt, seu eorum al∣terius in Turveia praedicta intrare, & distringere, & districtiones sic captas abdu∣cere, asportare, effugare, & penes se retinere quousque de praedicto redditu, & ar∣rearagiis ejusdem plenariè fuerit satisfactum & sibi persolutum. Et praedictus Dux & haeredes sui omnia praedicta, visum franciplegii, letum, & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis, praefatis, Johanni & Willielmo, haeredibus & assignatis suis, ad usum praedictum, contra omnes gentes warrantizabunt, acquietabunt ac defendent in per∣petuum per praesentes. In cujus rei testimonium uni parti istius Indenturae penes praefatum ducem remanenti, praefatus Johannes & Willielmus Sigilla sua apposuerunt. Alteri vero parti ejusdem Indenturae penes praefatos Johannem & Willielmum re∣manenti praefatus Dux Sigillum suum apposuit. His testibus, Roberto Broughton, milite, Johanne Fisher, uno justiciariorum Domini Regis de Communi Banco, Jo∣hanne Saint John, milite, & Thoma Rotheram, & aliis. Data vicesimo die Maii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi decimo septimo.
HAEC est finalis concordia facta in Curia Domini Regis, apud Westmonaste∣rium, in crastino Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno regnorum Henrici Regis Angliae & Franciae, septimi, à Conquestu decimo septimo, coram Thoma Wode, Willielmo Danvers, Johanne Vavasour, & Johanne Fisher justiciariis. Et postea in octavis Sancti Hillarii, Anno regnorum ejusdem Regis Henrici decimo nono, ibi∣dem concessa & recordata coram Thoma Frowyke, ac praefatis, Willielmo, Johanne & Johanne justiciariis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibidem praesentibus, in∣ter Johannem Mordaunt, & Willielmum Mordaunt querentes, & Edwardum Ducem Buckinghamiae, & Alienoram uxorem ejus deforcientes, de visu Franciplegii, assisia panis & cerevisiae, catallis waiviatis, straiatis, felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, & thesauro invento cum pertinentiis in Turveia, unde placitum con∣ventionis summonitum fuit, inter eos in eadem Curia, scilicet, quòd praedicti Johannes & Willielmus recognoverunt praedictum visum, franciplegium, assisiam panis & cere∣visiae, catalla waiviata, straiata, felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, cum pertinentiis, esse jus ipsius Ducis, & illa remiserunt & quietum clamaverunt de ipsis Johanne & Willielmo & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi, praedictis Duci & Alieno∣rae, & haeredibus ipsius Ducis in perpetuum; & pro hac recognitione, remissione, quieta clamatione, fine, & concordia, iidem Dux & Alienora, concesserunt praedictis Johanni & Willielmo praedictum visum franciplegii, assisiam panis & cerevisiae, catalla waiviata, straiata, felonum, fugitivorum, utlagatorum, deodandorum, & thesaurum inventum cum pertinentiis, & illa iis reddiderint in eadem curia habendum & te∣nendum eisdem Johanni & Willielmo & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi in perpetuum, reddendo indè annuatim praefatis Duci & Alienorae, & haeredibus & assignatis ipsius Ducis annuatim tres solidos, ad duos anni terminos; videlicet ad Festa Sancti Mi∣chaelis Archangeli, & Paschae, aequis portionibus solvendum, & praedictus Johannes & Willielmus concedunt pro se & haeredibus suis, quòd si contingat praedictum red∣ditum, trium solidorum, à retro fore ad aliquod dictorum Festorum, quo solvi debeat, non solutus, tunc benè licebit, praedicto Duci & Alienorae, & haeredibus & assignatis ipsius Ducis, in omnia terras & tenementa ipsorum Johannis & Williel∣mi,
vel eorum alterius in Turveia praedicta, intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic captas abducere, asportare, effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque de praedicto redditu, & arrearagiis ejusdem sibi fuerit plenariè satisfactum & persolutum; & praeterea iisdem Dux & Alienora concesserunt pro se & haeredibus ipsius Alienorae, quôd ipsi warrantizabunt, acquietabunt & defendent, praedictum visum franciplegii, assisiam panis & cerevisiae, catalla waiviata, straiata, felonum, fugitivorum, ut∣lagatorum, deodandorum, & thesaurum inventum, cum pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta, praefatis Johanni & Willielmo, & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi contra om∣nes homines in perpetuum.
THis Indenture made the Sixteenth Day of November, the eighteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between Herrey Strangeways, Esquire, on the one Part, and John Mordaunt, of Turvey, Gentilman, on the other Part, Witnesseth, That whereas the said John, and other Persons, have recovered this pre∣sent Michaelmas Term against the said Herrey, certain Maners, Lands and Tene∣ments, in the Counties of Stafford, Gloucester and Dorset, which the said Henry pro∣miseth by these Presents, to be of the yearly Value of Two hundred Marks, in ex∣ecuting and performing of certain Covenants made between the said Parties bear∣ing date the Eight day of February last, for a certain Marriage between Gyles, Son of the said Henry, and Jane, Daughter of the said John Mordaunt, which Marriage, God be thanked, is now solemnized, between the said Gyles and Jane. It is Assented and Covenanted between the said Parties, That the Maners, Lands and Tenements comprized in the said Recoveries in the Counties of Stafford and Gloucester, be and shall be in the stead of one hundred Marks, which the said Jane should have for Term of her Life, and take the Profits thereof forthwith, accord∣ing to the effect of the said first Indentures. And the said maners, Lands and Te∣nements comprized in the said Recovery in the County of Dorset, be and shall be in stead of the other hundered Marks, which the said Jane shall have immediately after the decease of the said Henry, according to the effect of the said first Indentures. And in Case the said Maners, Lands and Tenements in the said Counties of Stafford, and Gloucester, be of more yearly Value than one hundred Marks, then the said John Mordaunt, and other the Recoverers, shall grant, when they shall be required, a yearly Rent out of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements to the said Henry and his Heirs, of so much as the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, be of more yearly Value than One hundred Marks. And in Case the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, in the said Counties of Stafford and Gloucester, be under the yearly Va∣lue of One hundred Marks, then the said Henry, or his Heirs, before Easter next coming, shall make it up of other Lands and Tenements, to the yearly Value of One hundred Marks for Term of Life, of the said Jane. And likewise if the said Maners, Lands, and Tenements, in the County of Dorset be of more yearly than an hundred marks, then the said John Mordaunt, and the said other Recoverers, shall grant, when they be required, to the said Henry, a yearly Rent of so much as the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, be of more yearly Value than one hundred Marks; and in Case the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, in the same County of Dorset be under the yearly Value of One hundred Marks, then the said Henry or his Heirs, before Easter next coming, shall make it up of other Lands and Tene∣ments, to the yearly Value of One hundred Marks, for Term of Life of the said Jane. In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Indentures have interchangeably set to their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid.
HEnricus Dei gratia Rex, &c. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu, dedimus, concessimus ac per praesentes damus & concedimus, Johanni Mordaunt, uni servientium nostrorum ad legem, Custodiam terrae, & haeredis Thomae Leventhorp, videlicet, Johannis Leventhorp filii & haeredis ejusdem Thomae Leventhorp, ac omnium Manerium terrarum, tene∣mentorum, reddituum, reversionum, advocationum, Ecclesiarum, feodorum mili∣tum ac haereditamentorum quorumcunque, quae prae sive post mortem ejusdem Tho∣mae Leventhorp, ac ratione minoris aetatis ejusdem Johannis Levenhorp ad manus nostras devenerunt, sive devenire debuerunt, sive debebunt. Concessimus etiam praefato Johanni Mordaunt, maritagium ejusdem Johannis Leventhorp, absque dis∣paragatione, habendum & tenendum custodiam terrae & haeredis praedicti & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis, praefato Johanni Mordaunt, durante minore aetate prae∣dicti Johannis Leventhorp. Concessimus etiam praefato Johanni Mordaunt, om∣nia arrearagia, redditus, exitus, & proficua omnium praedictorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum, à tempore mortis praedicti Thomae Leventhorp hucusque pervenientium sive crescentium. Concedimus etiam eidem Johanni Mordaunt, quod si contingat ipsum Johannem Leventhorp, ante∣quam ad legitimam aetatem suam, viginti unius annorum pervenerit, obire, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, quòd idem Johannes Mordaunt habeat custodiam ter∣rarum & haeredum hujusmodi haeredis, ac omnium praedictorum maneriorum, ter∣rarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum, cum pertinentiis, una cum maritagio hujusmodi haeredis absque disparagatione, & sic de haerede in haeredem, quousque aliquis hujusmodi haeredum ad plenam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit, absque compoto seu aliquo alio pro Praemssis, seu aliquo praemissorum, nobis vel haeredibus nostris, reddendo seu solvendo; & eo quod expressa mentio de vero valo∣re annuo, aut certitudine praemissorum, aut de aliis donis seu concessionibus, per nos praefato Johanni Mordaunt, ante haec tempora factis, in praesenti minime factum existit, aut aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, restrictione, re, materia, vel causa quacunque in contrarium edita seu prius, in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei, &c.
To our full trusty Councellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight.
SIR John Mordaunt, we be credibly informed, the Meadows, Pastures and Marshes, lying upon either side the Sewer called Witham, having course from the City of Lincoln, unto the Town of Boston, be greatly surflowed with Waters, to the great Damage and importune Loss of the Inhabitants of the County thereto ad∣joyning, by reason of the multitude of Fishgarths, and Weresteddes, made in the said Sewer, and straitness of the same. In consideration whereof humble suit hath been made to us, by many and divers Persons, for to obtain a special commission of the Kings grace, to be addressed to certain persons for the reformation thereof. We having tender respect to the weal of the said Country, desire, and heartily pray you to help to obtain a Commision of Sewers, in the parties of Lyndesey, Kesteven, and Holland, to be directed to Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir William Tiriohitt, Sir John Hussey and Sir Robert Dimmok, Knights, Mr. Henry Hornby, Warden of the College in Ta∣teshall, Sir John Cutler, Treasurer of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, Mr. Si∣mon Stalworth, Subdean of the same, Robert Brudenell, William Cutlerd, Serjeants at Law, Robert Nevell, Learned man, John Tempest Esquire, and William Beale of Lincoln, Gentilman: And to such others as it shall please you. That five or four of them may appoint Sessions for redress of the said Sewer, or any other with∣in
in the County aforesaid. Over this we pray you to be good and favourable master, and the rather for our sakes, to our Tenants in our Town of Conyngesby, for the ob∣taining the Kings Writ of Ad quod dampnum, for mortesing by the Kings Licence, of certain Lands to a guild of our Lady in the said Town of Conyngesby. And that you will give further credence in all the premises, to our full trusty Councellour Richard Lyne, our Vice-chamberlain this bearer. Written at our Maner, of Colli∣weston the Nine and twentieth day of June.
GUillielmus Episcopus Dunelmensis, Universitatis Cantabrigiae Cancellarius, in∣clito viro equitique aurato Johanni Mordaunt, Salutem plurimam dicit. Quoniam seneschallatus Universitatis nostrae officium (cujus ad nos collatio pertinet) per mortem nuper Aurati equitis Rogeri Ormston vacare certo cognovimus, ad illustrissimi nostri Regis, regiaeque matris intuitum, insuper & de tua ipsius erga nos nostramque Universitatem supradictam, fide, diligentia, industria confidentes, tibi munus idem conferimus, cum suis juribus, libertatibus, Emolumentis, & honoribus universis. In cujus rei Testimonium nostri Sigillum officii apposuimus. Data a∣pud Cantabrigiam, sexto die Aprilis, Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi decimo nono.
HEnricus Dei gratia, Rex Angliae & Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae nostrae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quòd nos considerantes bo∣na & laudabilia servitia, quae dilectus serviens, & fidelis noster, Johannes Mordaunt miles, nobis ante haec tempora impendit, & in posterum durante vita sua impendere intendit, & pro sua continua attendentia super personam nostram, ordinavimus & constituimus, ac per praesentes ordinamus, & constituimus ipsum Johannem Mor∣daunt Cancellarium Comitatus nostri Palatini Lancastriae, nec non Custodem sigilli nostri, pro eodem officio, provisum & ordinatum, aut in posterum providendum & ordinandum. Et officium Cancellariatus Comitatus Palatini Lancastriae ac custo∣diam sigilli praedicti, pro officio illo ut praemittitur, provisum ceu ordinatum, aut in posterum providendum ceu ordinandum praefato Johanni per praesentes, damus & concedimus; & ulteriùs ordinavimus & constituimus, ac per praesentes ordinamus & constituimus, ipsum Johannem Cancellarium Ducatus nostri Lancastriae, ac custodem sigilli nostri pro eodem officio, provisum & ordinatum, ceu in posterum providen∣dum ceu ordinandum. Et officium Cancellariatus Ducatus nostri Lancastriae, ac custodiam sigilli praedicti, pro officio illo ut praemittitur, provisum seu ordina∣tum, seu in posterum providendum & ordinandum, praefato Johanni per prae∣sentes damus & concedimus, habendum, occupandum & exercendum officium & custodiam illius praefati Johannis Mordaunt pro termino vitae suae, percipien∣dum & recipiendum annuatim, de, in & pro officio, & custodia praedictis, an∣nuatim Ducentas marcas Sterlingorum & non ultra, absque aliquibus aliis va∣diis, feodis, dietis, & regardis, pro dietis, & absque aliquibus aliis proficuis, commoditatibus & emolumentis, dicto officio & custodiae Sigilli, ceu eorum alteri pertinentibus, spectantibus, sive consuetis, ad festa Sancti Michaelis, Natalis Do∣mini, Paschae, & Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae, per aequales portiones, sol∣vendum de exitibus & proficuis, & reventionibus Comitatus Palatini praedicti, & Ducatus nostri Lancastriae praedicti, & cujuslibet parcella eorundem, per manus generalis receptoris eorundem, ac aliorum receptorum Ballivorum, & proposito∣rum tenentium, firmariorum aut aliorum quorumcunque officiariorum, sive occupa∣torum eorundem, & eorum cujuslibet pro tempore existentis, sive existentium. Dantes & concedentes eidem Johanni, plenam potestatem & autoritatem ad faci∣endum,
exequendum & exercendum, omnia & singula quae ad officia Cancellariatus, Comitatus Palatini praedicti, ac Ducatus nostri Lancastriae praedicti, rite perti∣nent, facienda, exequenda, & exercenda. Quare volumus & mandamus omnibus & singulis justiciariis, vice-comitibus, eschaetis, seneschallis, majoribus, ballivis, ac omnibus & singulis officiariis, & ministris meis, quòd praefato Johanni in exercitione, & executione officiorum illorum suorum, sint obedientes, attendentes, consultantes, auxiliantes in omnibus prout decet. Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo praemissorum aut de aliis donis, sive concessionibus per nos praefato consiliario nostro ante haec tempora factis, in praesentibus minime factis existit. Aut aliquo actu, statuto, ordinatione, promissione, sive restrictione, in contrarium inde factum, or∣dinatum ceu provisum in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium has li∣teras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Datas apud Manerium nostrum de Richmount, tam sub sigillo Comitatus nostri Palatini Lancastriae, quam sub sigillo nostri Du∣catus Lancastriae, vicesimo quarto die Junii Anno Regni nostri decimo nono.
Per billam manu Regis signatam.
EDwardus Vaughan legum Doctor, Archidiaconus Lewen, Universis & sin∣gulis praesentes literas, sive praesens publicum transumpti instrumentum, in∣specturis, visuris, lecturis, pariter & audituris, Salutem in Domino, & praesentibus fidem indubitam adhibere. Noveritis quòd nuper nos quandam supplicationem pergameni, cedulum confessionale nuncupatum, per reverendissimum in Christo pa∣trem Dominum, Dominum Clementem duodecim Apostolorum Presbyterum Car∣dinalem, Mimaten. signatam, nobis, pro parte nobilis viri Johannis Mordaunt militis, una cum aliis in iisdem supplicationibus, principalis nominati, coram no∣tario publico & testibus infra scriptis praesentatam. Nos cum ea qua decuit reveren∣tia, recepimus hujusmodi sub tenore; Beatissime pater, ut animarum saluti devoto∣rum, oratorum, virorum nobilium laicorum, Johannis Mordaunt militis, & principa∣lis supradicti, Edithae uxoris ejus, Johannis Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxoris ejus, Willielmi Mordaunt & Johannis Strangeways, ipsius Johannis Mordaunt militis, & principalis praedicti, liberorum, Lincolniae, Diocesiae & eorum cujuslibet, suppli∣cant humiliter sanctitati vestrae, oratores praefati, quatenus eis & eorum cuilibet, specialem gratiam faciendam, ut confessor idoneus secularis, vel cujusvis ordinis regularis Presbyter, quem quilibet ipsorum duxerit eligendum, ipsos & eorum quemlibet, à quibuscunque Excommunicationis, suspensionis & interdicti, ali∣isque Ecclesiasticis sententiis, censuris, & poenis, à jure, vel ab homine, quavis occasione vel causa latis, & promulgatis ac votorum quorumcunque, & Eccle∣siae mandatorum trangressionibus, perjuriorum, & homicidii, mentalis vel casu∣alis, necnon adulterii, incestus, sacrilegii, manuum violentarum in quasvis perso∣nas Ecclesiasticas injectionibus, jejunorum, penitentiarum injunctarum omissioni∣bus, nec non ab omnibus & singulis eorum peccatis, criminibus, excessibus, & delictis quantumcunque gravibus, & enormibus, de quibus corde contriti, & ore confessi fuerunt. Etiam si talia forent, propter quae sedes Apostolica merito foret consulenda. De reservatis sedi Apostolicae casibus, semel in vita, & in mortis arti∣culo, exceptis contentis in bulla coenae Domini. De aliis vero eidem sedi non reser∣vatis casibus, totiens quotiens opus fuerit, absolvere, & pro commissis peneten∣tiam salutarem injungere. Vota vero quaecunque per eos vel alterum ipsorum forsan amissa, ultramarini visitationis, summorum apostolorum Petri & Pauli de urbe, atque Jacobi in Compestella (Religionis & castitatis votis, duntaxat exceptis) in alia pieta∣tis opera commutare. Et juramenta quaecunque relaxare, nec non semel in vita & in mortis articulo, plenariam omnium peccatorum suorum remissionem, & abso∣lutionem, autoritate Apostolica, impendere possit & valeat. Quodque liceat eis & eorum cuilibet, habere altare portatile, cum debitis, reverentia & honore, super quo
in locis ad hoc congruentibus & honestis, etiam Ecclesiastico interdicto, ordinaria auctoritate suppositis: Dummodo causam non dederunt hujusmodi interdicto, & etiam antequam elucescat dies, circa tamen diuturnam lucem, missas & alia divina officia, per se qui Presbyteri fuerint, aut proprium vel alium sacerdotem idoneum, in sua & cujuslibet ipsorum, ac familiariorum suorum, utriusque sexus Domestico∣rum praesentia, ipsi omnes celebrari facere, & tempore interdicti, hujusmodi divi∣nis interesse, Ecclesiastica Sacramenta, praeterquam in Paschate, recipere, & dece∣dentium eorundem corpora Ecclesiasticae inibi tradi possunt sepulturae sine pompa fu∣nerali. Et insuper unam vel duas Ecclesias ceu Capellanias, aut duo vel tria altaria in partibus ubi singulos oratores pro tempore residere contigerit, quam, quas vel quae, quilibet ipsorum duxerit eligendum. Singulis diebus quadragesimalibus, cujussibet anni visitando, tot & similes indulgentias, & peccatorum remissiones consequan∣tur, quas consequerentur, si singulis diebus & temporibus eisdem, singulas urbis Ecclesias, quae à Christi fidelibus, proper stationes hujusmodi, visitare solent, persona∣liter visitarent. Et nihilominus oratores praefati, tam quadragesimalibus quam aliis die∣bus, & temporibus ab Ecclesia prohibitis, praeterquam in majori hebdomada, ovis, caseo, butyro, & aliis lacticiniis, nec non carnibus necessitatis causa, absque con∣scientiae scrupulo, vesci, frui, ac uti, liberè & licitè, possint & valeant. Praeterea praefatis oratricibus, sive mulieribus una cum tribus aut quatuor honestis mulieribus per eas & earum quamlibet eligendis, quaecunque monasteria monalium, & soro∣rum, cujuscunque ordinis, etiam Sanctae Clarae, causa devotionis ingredi, ac ipsas monales cum omni caritate visitare, ac cum illis refectionem corporalem assumere, & illis conversari, & alloqui ter vel quater in anno, dummodo ibidem non per∣noctent, licentiam & facultatem de omnibus praedictis, auctoritate Apostolica conce∣dere, & indulgeri dignemini, de gratia speciali, non obstantibus constitutionibus & ordinationibus Apostolicis, ac monasteriorum praedictorum statutis, & consuetu∣dinibus, juramento, &c. roboratis, nec non Cancellariae Apostolicae in contrarium editis, ac suspensionibus similium facultatum in coena Domini factis, quibus (illarum tenores & pro expressis habentes) specialiter, & pro hac vice placeat derogare, caeterisque in contrarium faciendum non obstantibus quibuscunque cum clericis op∣portunis, & consuetis, & sine alicujus praejudicio, de consilio utriusque medici de con∣sensu inibi praesentium. Concessus ut petitur in praesentia Domini Papae C. Car. Mimaten. Et de reservatis sedi Apostolicae casibus, exceptis praemissis, semel in vita, & in mortis articulo. Et de aliis sedi praedictae non reservatis casibus, totiens quotiens opus fuerit. Et de commutatione votorum, praedictis exceptis, & relaxa∣tione juramentorum. Et de plenaria remissione & absolutione, semel in vita & in mortis articulo. Et de altari portatili cum cla. ante diem, & locis interdictis ut supra. Et tempore interdicti hujusmodi divinis interesse, Ecclesiastica Sacramenta recipere, & decedentium eorum corpora inibi Ecclesiasticae tradi possunt sepulturae sine pompa. Et de indulgentiis stationum Ecclesiarum almae urbis visitando ut supra. Et de esu butyri, ovorum, & aliorum lacticiniorum, temporibus prohibitis ut supra. Et de licentia ingredi Monasteria monalium, pro mulieribus ut profertur. Et cum derogatione Cancellariae Apostolicae, ularum ac suspensionum praedicta∣rum. Et quod praesentium transumpto, manu notarii publici subscripto, & sigillo alicujus Praelati, aut personae auctenticae in dignitate Ecclesiastica constitutae, plena fides abhibeatur sicut originali. Et quod praesentis supplicationis sola signatura, absque aliarum literarum desuper expeditionem. Et quod praesens indultum non intelligatur unquam revocari vita omnium durante. Hae autem clausulae de manu etiam praefati Reverendissimi Domini Cardinalis Mimaten. claudebantur signatura, videlicet, Concessus C. Cardinalis Mimaten. Qua quidem supplicatione sic ut praemittitur nobis ostensa & praesentata pro parte praefati nobilis viri Domini Jo∣hannis Mordaunt militis in praeinserta supplicatione nominati principalis, fuimus de∣bita cum instantia requisiti, quatenus dictam supplicationem transumi, & exemplari facere dignaremur. Nos igitur Edwardus Archidiaconus attendentes requisitionem hujusmodi fore justam & consonam rationi, quodque justò petentibus non est dene∣gandus
assensus. Idcirco dictam supplicationem coram Notario publico & testibus infra scriptis diligenter inspeximus, vidimus, tenuimus & palpavimus. Et quia illam sa∣nam & integram, & in nulla sua sui parte suspectam, sed omni prorsus vitio & si∣nistra suspicione carentem reperimus, eandem per notarium publicum infra scriptum transumi & exemplari, & in publicam transcripti formam redegi, & transumptum hujusmodi cum originali debite collationari mandavimus, & fecimus. Volentes & auctoritate Apostolica decernentes, quòd huic publico transumpto, ubique stetur, & tanta fides adhibeatur, quanta ut originali si praesentialiter adhiberetur, ad∣hiberi posset & deberet. In quorum omnium & singulorum fidem, & Testimo∣nium praemissorum, praesentes literas, sive praesens publicum exinde fieri, & per notarium publicum infra scriptum, subscribi & publicari mandavimus sigillique nostri, jussimus, & fecimus appensione communiri. Data & acta Londini in domo residentiae nostrae ibidem, sub anno à nativitate Domini milesimo quingentesimo quarto. Indictione septima. Die vero vicesimo octavo mensis Augusti. Pontifica∣tus Sanctissimi in Christo patris & Domini nostri Domini Julii, Divina providentia Papae secundi anno primo. Praesentibus tunc ibidem providis viris Magistro Alexan∣dro Lawson notario publico, & Richardo Johnson literato Eboraci & Lincolniae Dioces. testibus ad praemissa vocatis specialiter & rogatis.
Et quia ego Nicolaus Collyns, Clericus Lincolniae Dioces. publicus autoritate A∣postolica notarius, nec non Curiae Cantuariensis procurator generalis, praedictas literas in forma supplicationis, ceu confessionalis praesentationi, receptioni, exhi∣bitioni, transumptioni, collationi, auscultationi, omnibusque aliis & singulis praemissis, dum sic ut permittitur agerentur & fierent, una cum praenominatis Testibus, praesens interfui, eaque sic fieri vidi, & audivi, atque in notam sumpsi. Ideo praesentes literas sive praesens publicum transumpti instrumentum, manu al∣terius fideliter scriptum, una cum originali auscultavi, & collationavi atque in hanc publicam formam redegi, signoque & nomine meo consutis, una cum prae∣nominati egregii viri Domini Archidiaconi Sigilli appensione signavi, & hic me Subscripsi. In fidem & Testimonium omnium & singulorum praemissorum roga∣tus & requisitus.
REX, &c. omnibus ad quos, &c. salutem. Sciatis quòd nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia & mero motu dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus, & concedimus, Johanni Mordaunt militi, custodiam & marita∣gium Johannae Sayntmaur filiae & haeredis Willielmi Sayntmaur militis defuncti, absque disparagatione. Habendum & tenendum custodiam & maritagium prae∣dicta eidem Johanni, Executoribus, & assignatis suis, usque ad plenam & legiti∣mam aetatem ejusdem Johannae. Et si contingat eundem Johannem obire, ante∣quam ad plenam & legitimam suam aetatem pervenerit, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, tunc volumus & per praesentes concedimus, eidem Johanni quòd idem Johannes executores, & assignati sui, habeant custodiam, & maritagium hujus∣modi haeredis sic infra aetatem existentis, absque disparagatione usque ad plenam & legitimam aetatem ejusdem haeredis. Et sic de haerede in haeredem, quousque ali∣quis haeres hujusmodi haeredum, ad plenam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit: Dedimus & concessimus insuper praefato Johanni, custodiam omnium & singulo∣rum domorum, maneriorum, terrarum, & tenementorum, reddituum, servitio∣rum, reversionum, feodorum militum, advocationum Ecclesiarum, Capellarum, & cantariarum, & aliorum haereditamentorum quorumcunque quae nuper fue∣runt praedicti Willielmi Sayntmaur militis, aut aliquorum Antecessorum suorum, seu alicujus alterius, sive aliquorum aliorum, ad usum ipsius Willielmi, in Comita∣tibus Wilts, Dors. Somers. & Devoniae, & alibi infra regnum nostrum Angliae & Walliae, seu Marchiis ejusdem, quae per sive post mortem ejusdem Willielmi, ac
ratione minoris aetatis praedictae Johannae filiae & haeredis ejusdem Willielmi, ad manus nostras pervenerunt seu devenire debuerunt, deberent aut debebunt, una cum Curiis, letibus, visibus franciplegii, libertatibus, proficuis, feodis militum, advoca∣tionibus Ecclesiarum, & aliis commoditatibus quibuscunque, iisdem maneriis, terris & tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, seu eorum alicui pertinentibus, sive spectantibus, quae per sive post mortem ejusdem Willielmi, ac ratione minoris aetatis praedictae Johannae filiae & haeredis ejusdem Willielmi ad manus nostras pervenerint, seu de∣venire debuerunt, deberent aut debebunt. Concessimus etiam per praesentes praefato Johanni reversionem & custodiam reversionum omnium & singulorum domorum, maneriorum, terrarum, & tenementorum, & haereditamentorum quorumcunque, cum pertinentiis quae nuper fuerunt Willielmi Sayntmaur, seu alicujus, seu aliquorum antecessorum suorum, aut alicujus alterius, seu aliquorum aliorum, ad ejusdem Wil∣lielmi seu aliquorum antecessorum suorum usum, seu alicujus usum, quae Margareta, nuper uxor dicti Willielmi, & Katharina nuper uxor Richardi Wynsore, tenent, habent, seu occupant, seu earum aliqua tenet, habet seu occupat, ad terminum vitae earum, vel earum alicujus, aut in dotem, aut ad terminum vitae alicujus alterius personae, aut aliquarum aliarum personarum, seu de quibus aliquis seu aliqui alii seisiti existunt, seu seisitus existat, ad usum earundum Margaretae & Katharinae, seu earum alicujus, ad terminum vitae earum, seu earum alicujus, reversione inde, in re, nomine, facto, vel in usu praefatae Johannae Sayntmaur, & haeredibus suis spectan∣te, habendum & tenendum dicta dominia, maneria, terras, tenementa, advocatio∣nes, & caetera praemissa, cum suis pertinentiis, ad custodiam eorundem, ac rever∣sionem omnium ac singulorum praemissorum, cum acciderint, vel acciderit, praefato Johanni Mordaunt, executoribus & assignatis suis, à tempore mortis praedicti Wil∣lielmi Sayntmaur, quousque dicta Johanna ad plenam & legitimam aetatem perve∣nerit. Ac omnes & singulas reversiones praedictas, omnium praedictorum domini∣orum, maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, advocationum & caeterorum prae∣missorum, cum pertinentiis, immediate post mortem dictarum Margaretae & Katha∣rinae, & earum cujuslibet cum acciderit, quousque praedicta Johanna ad plenam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit. Et si dicta Johanna obierit antequam ad ple∣nam & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, tunc volumus & concedimus per praesentes eidem Johanni Mordaunt, quòd idem Johannes Mordaunt, executores, & assignati sui habeant custodiam & maritagium hujusmodi haeredis, & custodiam tam omnium & singulorum dictorum dominiorum, manerio∣rum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis, cum acciderint, ut praedictum est, & custodiam reversionum praedictarum, cum perti∣nentiis suis, usque ad plenam & legitimam aetatem hujusmodi haeredis sic infra aetatem existentis, & sic de haerede in haeredem, quousque aliquis haeres hujusmodi haeredum, ad plenam & legitimam aetatem pervenerit. Concedimus etiam dicto Johanni Mordaunt omnia exitus & proficua, omnium & singulorum dominio∣rum, maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum & caeterorum praemissorum cum suis pertinentiis, à tempore mortis praedicti Willielmi huc usque provenientia sive crescentia, absque aliquo compoto, sive aliquo alio nobis aut haeredibus nostris pro praemissis, seu aliquo praemissorum, reddendo, faciendo, seu solvendo. Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut aliquo alio valore ceu certitudine praemissorum vel alicujus eorum parcellae, aut de vero valore dictorum maritagi∣orum, & eorum cujuslibet, aut de aliis donis sive concessionibus praefato Jo∣hanni, ante haec tempora factis, in praesentibus minime facta existit, aut ali∣quo alio statuto, actu sive ordinatione ceu restrictione in contrarium factis, editis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium, &c.
THIS Indenture made the Twelfth day of September, the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, between John Mordaunt of Turvey on the one Partie, and Wistan Brown and Humphrey Brown his Brother, on the o∣ther Partie, Witnesseth, That whereas Thomas Leventhorp late of Whethamsted, in the County of Hertford, held certain Lands and Tenements in the said County, of our Sovereign Lord the King by grant Serjeanty, and had Issue John Leven∣thorp and divers other Children, and dyed, the said John being his Son and Heir within Age; by the death of the which Thomas, the King our Sovereign Lord, ought to have the custody of the said John, and of all the Lands and Tenements of the said Thomas, whereof he dyed seized, and of all the other Lands of the same Thomas of which he made no Will, nor otherwise disposed. And howbeit that at the making of these Presents, there is no Office found in any Shire, after the death of the said Thomas, whereby the Kings Highness may be law∣fully intitled to the said John Leventhorp: Yet that notwithstanding our said Sovereign Lord, by his Bill Assigned, hath Given, and Granted to the said John Mordaunt, the Custody of the said John Leventhorp, and of all his Lands and Te∣nements, with the Issues and Profits of the same Lands and Tenements, from the Death of the said Thomas, to the said John Mordaunt. To have to him and to his Assigns, till the said John Leventhorp come to his full Age; and further as long as the said Lands and Tenements, shall happen to be in the Kings Hands; And so from Heir to Heir, till one of the Heirs of the said Thomas shall come to his full Age. The said John Mordaunt hath Bargained and Sold, and by these Presents Bar∣gaineth, Giveth and Selleth, to the said Wistan, all such Right, Title, Possessions and Interest, as he hath or hereafter shall have in the Wardship of the Heirs of the said Thomas Leventhorp, and the Marriage of the same, be it Son or Daughter, or Daughters, To have to the said Wistan from the Date of these Presents, as long as the Interest of the said John Mordaunt should endure, by reason of the Kings Grant. Provided, That the same Heirs shall not be Married by the said Wistan, to any other Person, but to be Married with one of the Children begotten be∣tween the same Wistan and Elizabeth his Wife, Sister to the said John Mordaunt. And for lack of such Issue, or such Marriage, the same John Mordaunt to have a∣gain the Marriage of the same Heirs of the said Thomas, to his own Use: if it be Male immediately after he be fully of the Age of Twentie Years; and if it be Female or Females, after they be of the Age of Fourteen Years, without any thing paying therefore, this Indenture notwithstanding, for as much as the said Wistan shall take the Issues, and Profits of the said Lands, all the mean time without any thing paying for the same. And the said John Granteth by these Presents, That he shall assent what in him is, at the Costs and Charges of the same Wistan, to cause the Offices to be found, after the Death of the said Thomas, according to the truth of the Testaments. And after these Offices so found, to get Grant by the Kings Letters Patents to the same John Mordaunt of the Ward and Custody a∣bovesaid, according to his said Bill Assigned. And after that Patent made, then the same John shall Grant the said Ward and Marriage of the Heirs of the said Thomas Leventhorp, with the Custody of his Lands, to the said Wistan and his As∣signs, to be Married as is above limited. For the which Premises well and truly to be performed, the said Wistan shall pay to the said John Mordaunt and his Assigns, a Hundred Pound of lawful Money, to be payed, and delivered in form follow∣ing, That is to say, whereas the said Humphrey, is indebted to the said Wistan in One Hundred Pound for divers Considerations and Covenants made between the said Wistan and Humphrey, upon the advancement of the same Humphrey to the Marriage of Amey Mordaunt, one of the Daughters and Heirs of Henry Vere, Esquire,
and one of the Cousins and Heirs to Edward, late Earl of Wiltshire of the Grenslonds, which Marriage the said Humphrey attained of the said John Mordaunt, by the special Favour and Means of the said Wistan. The said Wistan and Humphrey Grant for them and either of them by these Presents, That the said John Mordaunt, shall retain and take up all the Revenues, Rents and Profits due to the said Humphrey and Amey, of all the Maners, Lands and Tenements, belonging to the said Hum∣phrey and Amey, from the making of these Presents, unto the time that the said John Mordaunt be fully therewith, and with the Profits, that he hath before this time received, of the Lands of the said Humphrey and Amey at the Feasts of Easter and Michaelmas last past, Ten Pounds Four Shillings Assigned to the same Hum∣phrey, for the same Feasts, till his Exhibition be fully satisfied of the said Hundred Pounds. Provided always that the said Humphrey shall have from henceforth, at the Feasts of Easter and Michaelmas next ensuing the date of these Presents, towards his finding of the Profits of the same Maners, Lands and Tenements, that he hath by the said Amey, and the yearly Hundred Pounds till the said John Mordaunt, be fully contented of the said Hundred Pound: And after that Hundred Pound so fully con∣tented, then the said Humphrey to be discharged of that Hundred Pound he owed to the said Wistan, and also the said Wistan to be quit and discharged against the said John Mordaunt, of the said Hundred Pound due to the said John, by reason of these Presents. And if the said Humphrey dye before the said Hundred Pound, to the said John Mordaunt in form afore rehearsed, is satisfied, Then the said Wistan Granteth by these Presents to pay yearly to the said John Mordaunt, Twenty Pound four Shillings at the Feasts of Easter and Saint Michael, by true Portions, till the same John Mordaunt, therewith and with the Money that the same John hath and shall re∣tain of the Profits of the Maners, Lands and Tenements of the said Humphrey and Amey, be fully satisfied of the said Hundred Pound. And the said Wistan binds him by these Presents in two Hundred Marks, That he shall not Marry the Heir of the said Thomas, to any other Person than to one of his Children begotten of the said Elizabeth. In Witness whereof the Persons abovesaid, to these Presents interchange∣ably have set to their Seals, the Day and Year abovesaid.
John Mordaunt.
IN Dei Nomine Amen, ego Johannes Mordaunt miles, compos mentis sanae∣que memoriae, die Jovis, quinto die Septembris, Anno Domini milesimo qui∣gentesimo quarto, & Anno Regni Regis Henrici Septimi vicesimo, condo Testamen∣tum & ultimam voluntatem meam in hunc modum:
Imprimis lego animam omnipotenti Deo, corpusque meum Ecclesiasticae sepul∣turae, in Capella beatissimae Virginis Mariae in Ecclesia parochiali de Turveia, ubi∣cunque contingat me obire.
Item lego Ecclesiae de Turveia optimum meum animal, nomine mortuarii.
Item lego fabriciae Ecclesiae de Turveia, viginti solidos.
Item lego fratribus minoribus Bedfordiae, viginti solidos.
Item lego Ecclesiae de Mulso, decem solidos.
Ecclesiae de Stacheden, decem solidos.
Priori & Canonibus de Newnham, viginti solidos.
Abbati de Wardon, & Conventui ibidem, viginti solidos.
Item volo quòd feossati & executores mei, erigere & stabiliri faciant, quandam Cantariam, in dicta capella in Ecclesia de Turveia de duobus capellanis secu∣laribus perpetuis divina ibidem celebrantibus, juxta ordinationem meam, vel exe∣cutorum meorum, pro bono statu illustrissimi principis, & Domini mei Henrici sep∣timi, Dei gratia, Regis Angliae & Franciae, & Domini Hiberniae, dum in huma∣nis existat, ac pro anima ejus, cum ab hac luce migraverit, & animâ Elizabethae nu∣per consortis suae, & animabus omnium progenitorum & antecessorum ejusdem
Domini Regis. Nec non pro animabus mei Domini Johannis Mordaunt, Williel∣mi Mordaunt patris mei, & Margaretae uxoris ejus, matris meae, & omnium ante∣cessorum meorum.
Et pro anima Edithae uxoris meae, filiae & unius haeredum Nicolai Latimer, Mili∣tis, de Duntish, in Comitatu Dorsetiae.
Et animabus Annae nuper Comitissae Warwichiae, & omnium benefactorum, meorum.
Et quod dicti Capellani & eorum successores, cum sint sic erecti, stabiliti, & fun∣dati, licentia Regia inde primitùs obtenta, habeant sibi & successoribus suis, mane∣rium meum de Melburne, ac omnia boscos, terras & tenementa mea cum pertinentiis, in Melburne, Melreth, & Royston, in Comitatu Cantabrigiae.
Et volo quod dicti duo Capellani & eorum successores, in perpetuum sint resi∣dentes in Turveia super Cantaria illa.
Et quod unus illorum Capellanorum sit sciens in scientia Grammaticae, & do∣cens Grammaticam in Turveia in perpetuum liberè, omnibus pueris, & aliis illuc venientibus, scientiae illae studentibus, absque aliquo stipendio, vel aliquid de iis, vel eorum amicis ceu parentibus capiendo.
Et ipse Capellanus docens Grammaticam, habebit sibi & successoribus suis, de praedictis maneriis, terris & tenementis, decem libras annuatim. Et quòd alter Ca∣pellanus habeat sibi & successoribus suis, octo marcas de eisdem manerio, terris & tenementis.
Et quod residuum dicti manerii, terrarum & tenementorum, cum pertinentiis sit ad sustentationem dictae Cantariae, & mansionis suae; & pro reparatione vestimen∣torum, & aliarum rerum pro eadem Cantaria necessariarum.
Item volo, quòd iidem Cantarii, & successores sui habeant sibi & successoribus suis, messuagium suum in Turveia vocatum Fyshers, cum columbari, domibus, gardinis, & curtelagiis eidem adjacentibus, pro eorum mansione, & schola pro pue∣ris docendis in scientia praedicta.
Et quòd magister ille & successores sui, cum pueris quolibet die, cum primo vene∣rit ad scholas, dicant pro bono statu meo, & haeredum meorum, Dominorum mane∣rii mei de Turveia, hunc psalmum; Deus in nomine tuo salvum me fac, &c. & cum suffragiis solitis.
Et in eorum recessu à scholis, quolibet die pro animabus praedictis, psalmum, De profundis, &c. cum suffragiis solitis de defunctis dicendis.
Et quòd dicti Capellani & eorum successores, sint diebus festivis in choro de Tur∣veia divina, videlicet primas Vesperas, matutinas Missas, & secundas Vesperas, ibi∣dem cum nota psallentibus.
Et quòd executores mei omnia necessaria ordinent, pro divinis celebrandis in dicta Cantaria, una vice tantum.
Et quòd extunc de caetero, eadem & talia necessaria, reparentur, & manu tene∣antur, de & cum residuo dictorum exituum, & proficuorum per supervisum haere∣dum meorum.
Et quòd executores mei, & assignati sui, capiant exitus & proficua inde, ad erigendum dictam Cantariam quousque Cantaria illa sit fundata & erecta, ut prae∣dictum est.
Item volo quòd dicta Cantaria sit fundata & erecta, licentia Regia, mediante infra decem annos proximo post obitum meum. Et si non sit fundata infra decem annos, quòd extunc volo quòd haeredes mei, illa manerium & tenementa habeant, sibi & haeredibus de corporibus suis exeuntibus remanere inde rectis haeredibus meis in per∣petuum.
Item volo quòd Editha uxor mea habeat ad terminum vitae suae terras & tenementa ad valentiam centum librarum per annum in Turveia & Statfold, ceu alibi, in re∣compensationem totius dotis & juncturae suae, ac tertiam partem omnium bonorum meorum mobilium, exceptis wardis meis, & maritagiis eorundem, ac omnibus de∣nariis de eisdem wardis & maritagiis provenientibus, & etiam illis denariis quos
promptos habeo in manibus, debitis meis, & omnibus denariis reservatis, sive crescenti∣bus de Etheldreda Vere, quae omnia praeexcepta, volo quòd executores mei habe∣ant, cum reliquis duabus partibus bonorum meorum, ad debita mea persolvenda, & hanc voluntatem meam perimplendam.
Item volo quòd executores mei habeant ad terminum decem annorum, exitus & proficua omnium terrarum, & tenementorum meorum residuorum, tam quae habeo jure haereditario, quam ex perquisitione, in Turveia praedicta, Stacheden, Fel∣marsham, Radwell, Roxton, Charlestern, Collesden, Berford, Bedford, Car∣leton, Elstowe, Chalton, Colmoth, Cramfeld, Eyeworth, Wotton, Peling, Brom∣ham & Thomasine, Lamburne, in Comitatu Bedfordiae, ac manerium de Mulso & Willien, ac omnium terrarum ac tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, in Ty∣chemerch, Clopton, Luffwyk, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, manerii de Halshyde, ac omnium terrarum, & tenementorum cum pertinentiis, in Halshyde, Stenage, ceu alibi in Comitatu Herfordiae, manerii de Botelers, ac omnium terrarum & te∣nementorum meorum cum pertinentiis in Walden, & Ashden in Comitatu Essexiae. Et maneriorum de Newton per mare, & Burnton cum pertinentiis. Nec non om∣nium terrarum & tenementorum meorum quae nuper fuerunt Johannis Middleton militis, in Comitatu Northumbriae, manerii de Lyford, cum acciderit, in Comitatu Berks; nec non manerii de Mykleham, cum acciderit, & advocationem Ecclesiae de Mykleham, ac omnium terrarum & tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Surriae; nec non omnium aliorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, infra regnum Angliae.
Et quòd iidem executores mei vendant, omnes boscos, & subboscos, meos in omnibus dictis Comitatibus.
Et quòd habeant totum interesse meum, quod habeo, & haberem, debeo, sive deberem, in omnibus exitibus & proficuis, omnium maneriorum, terrarum, & tene∣mentorum, cum pertinentiis, Etheldredae Vere, tam in terris de Greene's-lands, quam in terris de Vere's-lands, ac totum interesse meum in Goldston & Raundis, & in terris, & tenementis suis, ea intentione, quòd iidem Executores solvent om∣nia debita mea, & deinde legata mea, & expensas necessarias, pro fundatione & creatione contrariae meae praedictae, & perimpleant istam meam voluntatem.
Item volo & lego post dictos decem annos elapsos, Willielmo Mordaunt filio meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, reservationem manerii mei de Lyford; ac omnium terrarum & tenementorum meorum cum pertinentiis, in Lyford, & alibi, in Comitatu Berks, remanere inde Johanni Mordaunt filio meo & haeredi apparenti, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde Willielmo Mordaunt fra∣tri meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde Elizabethae uxori Wistani Brown, sorori meae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; rema∣nere inde rectis haeredibus mei dicti Johannis Mordaunt patris, in perpe∣tuum.
Item lego dicto Willielmo filio meo, quendam annualem redditum viginti mar∣carum, exeuntem de terris & tenementis meis in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, quo∣usque dicta reversio dicti manerii, de Lyford cum pertinentiis acciderit.
Et quòd idem Willielmus filius meus habeat totum proficuum proveniens de E∣theldreda Vere, & de terris & tenementis ipsius Etheldredae, durante interesse meo in eisdem; & totum proficuum quod provenire poterit de eisdem, cum idem Willielmus ad plenam aetatem suam pervenerit, vel ad ipsam vendendam, vel ad ipsam maritandam, prout deo placuerit, nisi de eisdem prosicuis sibi provideatur maritagium, per discretionem executorum meorum, & tunc totum residuum eorun∣dem proficuorum, remanentium ultra idem maritagium, erit eidem Willielmo cum ad plenam aetatem suam pervenerit.
Item volo quòd Johannes filius meus primogenitus, habeat, durantibus dictis de∣cem annis, quadraginta marcas, annuatim exeuntes de manerio meo de Mulso, & volo quod feoffati mei, in eodem manerio, ac omnibus terris, ac tenementis meis, cum pertinentiis in Mulso, Newportpagnel, Hermede, Clifton, Broughton, Har∣wyke,
Wedon, & Breddesthorn, in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac de & in omnibus maneriis, terris & tenementis meis de Turveia, Bosoms, Bordlen, ac omnibus terris & tenementis, ac reversionibus meis in Stacheden, Turvey, Felmarsham, Radwell & Eyeworth, in Comitatu Bedfordiae; ac de & in omnibus terris ac tenementis meis cum pertinentiis in Luffwyk, Tychemerch, & Clopton, in Comitatu Northamp∣toniae, ac in manerio meo de Halshydes; & omnibus terris & tenementis meis, cum pertinentiis in Shephale, Stevenage, ceu alibi, in Comitatu Hertf. ac de manerio de Botelers in Walden, & omnibus terris & tenementis meis cum per∣tinentiis in Walden & Ashton, in Comitatu Essexiae, stent & sint feoffati, post dictos decem annos elapsos, ad usum dicti Johannis Mordaunt filii mei, & haere∣dum de corpore suo exeuntium; remanere inde praedicto Willielmo filio meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefatae Johannae Strange∣ways filiae meae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefato Willielmo fratri meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefatae Elizabethae Brown, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde rectis haeredibus dicti Johannis Mordaunt filii in perpetuum.
Item volo quòd Katharina Ardres vidua, filia Johannis Hamwell, de Tansore, & Rosae uxoris ejus, habeat omnia, terras, boscos & tenementa mea, cum pertinen∣tiis, in Northcrawley, excepto quodam clauso in Northcrawley, vocato Greatcal∣verly, quod assignavi Roberto Broughton militi, in excambium, pro quodam clauso in Turveia nuper Broughtons, quae sunt omnia tenementa quae Broughton habuit in Turveia praedicta. Habendum omnia praedicta terras, boscos, & tenementa cum pertinentiis in Northcrawley praedicta, excepto praeexcepto, praefatae Katharinae, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde mihi dicto Johanni Mordaunt & haeredibus de corpore meo exeuntibus; remanere inde Willielmo Mordaunt fra∣tri meo, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde praefatae Elizabe∣thae Brown, & haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus; remanere inde rectis haeredi∣bus Dominae Agnetis Pekke, nuper uxoris Johannis Pekke, de Coupull, filiae Jo∣hannis Vynter de Creke, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, in recompensationem medie∣tatis manerii de Creke, & tenementorum in Northamptonia, in eodem Comitatu Northamptoniae, per me dictum Johannem Mordaunt venditae.
Item volo quòd nullus dictorum Johannis Mordaunt, & Willielmi filiorum meo∣rum, habeat statum in praedictis maneriis, terris, & tenementis, durantibus vitis suis, nec eorum alicujus diutius viventis, nisi tantum pro junctura uxorum sua∣rum, sed quòd iidem Johannes & Willielmus tantum inde capiant exitus, & proficua, post dictos decem annos elapsos, durantibus vitis suis.
Item volo quòd executores faciant juncturas uxoribus, eorundem Johannis & Wil∣lielmi, de & in praedictis terris & tenementis, sibi separaliter in ista mea ultima voluntate assignatis, aut in parcellis eorundem, si & quando, & de tanta portione inde prout per meos executores avisabitur, & prout teneor Elizabethae uxori, prae∣dicti Johannis Mordaunt junioris.
Item volo quòd dictus Willielmus Mordaunt frater meus habeat regimen dicto∣rum filiorum meorum durante, vita sua, quousque filii mei pervenerint ad aetatem viginti quatuor annorum, & post ejus decessum alii executores mei habeant regimen eorum usque ad eandem aetatem.
Et volo, quod si aliquid in fine dictorum decem annorum, ista ultima voluntate mea perimpleta remaneat, de bonis meis mobilibus, aut de exitibus terrarum & tenementorum meorum praedictorum, aut de venditione boscorum meorum, quòd tum volo quòd illud residuum remaneat ad usum dicti Johannis Mordaunt filii, si tunc sit superstes, aut dicto Willielmo filio meo tunc superstite, ut ipsi exorent pro me, & animabus antecessorum meorum.
Item lego Johannae filiae meae, uxori Aegidii Strangeways viginti libras argenti, non in pecuniis, sed in una pelve & Ewre de argento, & in uno cipho cum cooperta∣rio deaurato ad valentiam viginti librarum.
Item volo quòd septem animae disponantur pro anima Agnetis Pekke, cujus exe∣cutor
ego sum; & tenementum & quinque acras terrae in Elnestowe, quae valent ad majus, sex libras duodecim solidos & quatuor denarios, assignavi Katharinae Ardres & haeredibus suis in perpetuum.
Item lego Richardo Stevynson quatuor libras annuatim, durante vita sua; & Thomae Kirkeby quatuor libras annuatim, durante vita sua, & Thomae Heron, quamdiu haeredi mei manerii de Turveia deservire valet, annuatim quatuor libras; Johanni Deyster, & Johannae uxori ejus, victum & vestitum apud Turveiam, vel viginti sex solidos & octo denarios, per annum, durante vita sua, & Jacobo Har∣ris victum & vestitum, durante vita sua.
Item lego cuilibet alio servienti meo non sumenti annuali stipendio, quadraginta solidos; & cuilibet alio servienti meo annuali sumenti stipendio, integrum stipen∣dium unius anni.
Et hujus praesentis Testamenti, & ultimae voluntatis meae, executores facio, ordi∣no, & constituo, Willielmum Mordaunt fratrem meum, Johannem Vynter, & Willielmum Gascoign; & cuilibet eorum do, & lego, viginti libras, ultra expensas necessarias, circa implementum istius meae ultimae voluntatis, quas similiter volo quòd habeant, & expendent de bonis meis. His Testibus praedictis, Willielmo Mordaunt, Willielmo Gascoign, Johanne Vynter, Johanne Mordaunt filio meo, Wistano Brown, & aliis. Data dicto die Jovis, anno vicesimo supradicto.
Tenore praesentium nos Willielmus permissione divina Cantuariensis Episcopus, to∣tius Angliae primas, & apostolicae sedis legatus, Notum facimus universis, quòd sexto die mensis Decembris, Anno Domini milesimo quingentesimo quarto a∣pud Lambeth probatum fuit, coram nobis, ac per nos approbatum, & insinuatum, Testamentum Johannis Mordaunt Militis defuncti, praesentibus annexum, ha∣bentis dum vixit, & mortis suae tempore, bona in diversis Diocesibus nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae, cujus praetextu, ipsius Testamenti approbatio, & in∣sinuatio, ad administrationis bonorum & debitorum suorum commissio, nec non compoti, calculi, sive ratiocinii, administrationis hujusmodi, auditio fina∣lisque liberatio, sive demissio ab eadem, ad nos solum & insolidum, & non ad alium nobis inferiorem judicem, de jure praerogativa & consuetudine nostris, ac Ecclesiae nostrae Christi Cantuariae, quietè, pacificè, & inconcussè, in hac parte usitatis & observatis, legitimeque praescriptis, dignoscuntur notoriè pertinere. Commissaque fuit administratio omnium & singulorum bonorum, & debitorum dicti defuncti, Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, executoribus in hujusmodi Testamento nominatis, de bene & fideliter administrando eadem, ac de pleno, & fideli inventorio omnium & singulorum bonorum, & debitorum hujusmodi conficiendo. Et nobis citra festum Natalis Domini proximo futuro exhibendo. Nec non de pleno & vero compoto, calculo, sive ratiocinio nobis aut successoribus nostris, in ea parte reddendis, ad sancta Dei Evangelia juratis. Reservata potestate similem Commissionem faciendi, Johanni Vynter etiam ex∣ecutori in hujusmodi Testamento nominato, cum eam venerit in debita juris forma Admissurus. Data die mensis, Anno Domini, & loco praedicto, & nostrae translationis anno primo.
Sub Sigillo Officii.
Hic jacet Dominus Johannes Mordaunt, Miles, Dominus hujus villae, cum Domina Editha uxore ejus, filia & haerede Domini Nicolai La∣timer, Militis; qui quidem Johannes Cancellarius fuit Ducatus Lancastriae, regnante Rege Henrico Septimo, & à Secretioribus suis Conciliis. Multa meruit, & habuit plurima, pro longa & fideli servitute. Obiit tandem satur dierum, clarus virtute, posteritate faelix, in expectatione beatissimae Aeternitatis _____ _____ die _____ _____ Anno Domini _____ _____
HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, & Franciae, Dominus Hiberniae, Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quòd nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris dedimus, & concessimus, & per praesentes damus, & concedimus, Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gas∣coign, Executoribus Testamenti Johannis Mordaunt militis, defuncti, custodiam terrae & haeredis Thomae Leventhorp, videlicet, Johannis Leventhorp, filii & haere∣dis ejusdem Thomae Leventhorp, ac omnium maneriorum, terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum, reversionum, advocationum Ecclesiarum, feodorum militum, ac haere∣ditamentorum quorumcunque, quae per, sive post mortem ejusdem Thomae Leven∣thorp, ac ratione minoris aetatis ejusdem Johannis Leventhorp, ad manus nostras devenerunt, ceu devenire debuerunt, sive debebunt. Concessimus etiam praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, maritagium ejusdem Johannis Le∣venthorp absque disparagatione. Habendum & tenendum custodiam terrae, & haeredis praedictorum, & caetera praemissa, cum suis pertinentiis, praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, durante minore aetate ejusdem Johannis Leven∣thorp. Concessimus etiam praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, omnia arrearagia, redditus, exitus, & proficua, omnium praedictorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum, à tempore mortis prae∣dicti Thomae Leventhorp hucusque pervenientia, sive crescentia. Concessimus eti∣am eisdem Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, quòd si contingat ipsum Johannem Leventhorp antequam ad legitimam aetatem viginti unius annorum per∣••••••erit obire, haerede suo infra aetatem existente, quod iidem Willielmus Mordaunt 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Willielmus Gascoign, habeant custodiam terrae & haeredis, hujusmodi haeredis, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 praedictorum maneriorum, terrarum & tenementorum, & caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis, una cum maritagio hujusmodi haeredis, absque dis∣••ragatione. Et sic de haerede ad haeredem, quousque aliquis hujusmodi haeredum, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit, absque compoto, ceu aliquo alio 〈◊〉〈◊〉 praemissis, ceu aliquo praemissorum, nobis vel haeredibus nostris reddendo, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 solvendo. Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo aut certitudine praemissorum, aut de aliis donis, ceu concessionibus per nos praefatis, Willielmo Mordaunt & Willielmo Gascoign, ante haec tempora factis existit, aut aliquo sta∣tuto, actu, ordinatione, restrictione, re, materia, vel causa quacunque, in con∣trarium editis ceu provisis, in aliquo non obstantibus. In cujus rei Testimonium, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 literas nostras sieri fecimus patentes, Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium duo∣decimo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo primo.
Baynbrig.
Per ipsum Regem & de data prae∣dicta autoritate Parliamenti
HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, & Franciae, Dominus Hiberniae, Archiepis∣copis Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Ducibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, Liberis hominibus, & omnibus aliis de Comitatibus Bedfordiae, & Buck∣inghamiae, salutem. Cum commiserimus dilecto nobis Johanni Mordaunt, officium Vicecomitis, Comitatuum nostrorum praedictorum cum pertinentiis, habendum quam diu nobis placuerit, prout in aliis nostris patentibus, sibi inde confectis, ple∣nius continetur. Vobis mandavimus quòd eidem Johanni tanquam Vicecomiti nostro, Comitatuum praedictorum, in omnibus quae ad officium illud pertinent intendentes sitis, & respondentes. In cujus rei Testimonium, has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, decimo die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri primo.
Young. Sub Sigillo magno.
A Tous presens, & advenir qui ces presentes lettres verront, ou orront. Tho∣mas Wryothesley, aulterment dit Jerretiere Roy d'armes, des Anglois: Et Thomas Benolt, aulterment dit Clarencieux Roy d'armes, de parties du South, en cestuy Royaulme d'Angleterre salut, avec humble recommendation. Equite veult, & Raison ordonne que les hommes vertueux, & de noble courage soient par leurs merites, & bonne renommée remunere, & non pas seulment leurs persones, en ceste vie mortelle, tant briefue & transitoire, mais apres eulx, ceux qui du leurs corps issiront & seront procrée, soient en toutes places, perpetuellment avec autres renommées, par certaines enseignes & demonstrances d'honneur & de noblesse. Com∣me ainsi soit, que Jean Mordaunt de Turvey, en la Counte de Bedford Escuyer: soit descendu de noble lignée, & aussi longuement ait continue en noblesse, portant armes; neantmoins iceluy incertain, en quelles manieres ces predecesseurs, portoient leur cognoisance, non volant prejudicer à aucune personne, à nous les dits Roys d'armes à requis de luy ordonner, deviser, & assigner, un cognoisance convenable. Et pource nous considerantz, sa requeste estre juste & raisonable, par vertu de l'autorite, & pouvoir annex, & attribué à nostre office de Roys des armes, avons ordonné, devisé & assignée, au dit Jean Mordaunt, & sa posterite, aveques du difference la cognoissance en la maniere qui s'ensuit. C'est ascavoir un teste d'aigle, rasee d'argent dedans un courronnal de gueules, entre trois estoiles, de sis points, de sable, becquee de pourpre, tenant en son beque en branche d'∣aulbe espine, de vert, la fleur à la teste si comme la picture en la marge si devant le demonstre. A avoir & tenir, au dit Jean Mordaunt, & sa dit posterite, & eux en user à tousiour mas. En testimoigne de ce nous Jarretiere Roy des Armes des Anglois, & Clarencieux Roy d'armes des parties du South, dessusdits avons signées de nos mains, & seelés des seaulx de nos armes, ces presentes. Fait & donné à Londres, le derniere jour de Fevrier, l'an de nostre Seigneur Jesu Christ, Mil cinque cens, & douze, & l'an du reigne du Roy Henry l'huictiesme nostre tres re∣doubtè & Soveraigne Seignieur quatriesme.
To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved we greet you well: And forasmuch as for the de∣fence of this our Realm and resistance against outward Enemies, it is ne∣cessarily requisite that all manner our Subjects, able for the Wars, should be put in sufficient readiness for the same, to do unto us service when the case shall require; we therefore will and desire you, and nevertheless command, That with all diligence possible, after the receipt of this our Letter, ye not only prepare such and as many able Men for the Wars sufficient harnished, as ye may and can pre∣pare of your own Tenants, and other Servants within your Offices, and Rooms, and none other, but also make Certificate in writing of their number to our self, or the Bishop of Duresme our Secretary before the Feast of Saint John Baptist next coming at the farthest, like as we have semblably written to all Lords, Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen of every Shire within this our Realm, and therefore fail ye not to accomplish the premises, as ye tender our honour, and the surety of us and of our Realm and Subjects; so and in such wise that by our preparation of a good number of able Men, we may understand your towardly mind to do unto us service, which shall be remembred according to your deserts; and these our Letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf.
To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved we greet ye well. So it is, upon the even of Philip and Jacob last passed, a great number of insolent Apprentices, and mali∣cious Journey-men of their sensual Appetites, and rancorous Dispositions, against Aliens and Strangers, Artificers and others, Inhabited within our City of London, suddainly assembled themselves within our said City in the night time, under colour of Maying, breaking up, entring, and robbing the houses of sundry French and Dutch men, making also great Comminations to other Strangers, to the marvellous Inquietation and Commotion of our said City, and Disturbances of our Peace within the same. And albeit the same Commotion and Rebellious As∣sembly, by the Mayor, Sheriffs, and other substantial, and well disposed Citizens, with and by the Policies, Powers, and Assistance of the Noble Men, and others of our Council, was not only forthwith repressed, and pacified, but also a great Number of the Malefactors and Offenders taken, and according to our Laws and their Demerits, openly convicted and put to execution, so that it is now throughly pacified, and put in Quietness, our Lord be thanked. Yet we thought right ex∣pedient to advertise you thereof, as well for the Declaration of the Truth, in
putting all Sinister and Seditious Bruits to silence, if any such shall be made by indisposed Persons, as also that ye by your Wisdom, should not only foresee and have good espial in the place and Countries near adjoyning to you, to know the disposition of our Subjects, if upon untrue reports, they should be stirred to any semblable Commotions, by perverse Councel against Merchants, Strangers, or upon any other ground or cause. But also by your wisdom and power with the assistance of other faithful Servants, and Subjects in these parts, forthwith to re∣press the same, by taking as well the principal mover and stirrers thereof, as also the offenders accompanying them, for such unlawful intent and purpose, commit∣ting them to Ward. And also, advertising us thereof, with all speedy diligence, as our special Trust is in you, and as ye intend to do unto us acceptable service and pleasure, to be remembred hereafter accordingly.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Richmond, the Third day of May.
TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing Indented shall come, hear or see, Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot, Two of the Kings Justi∣ces, send greeting in our Lord. Whereas there hath been divers Variances and Debates, moved and had between the Right Honourable Lord, George Earl of Shrewsbury, on the one Partie, and John Mordaunt, Esquire, and Elizabeth his Wife, one of the Cousins and Heirs to the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Wiltshire, on his Mothers side, that is to say by Constance Mother of the said Earl, and Daughter and Heir of Henry Greene of Drayton, in the County of Nor∣thampton, Esquire, and Humphrey Brown, Esquire, late Husband to Amey, and George Brown his Son and Heir apparent, and Son and Heir to the same Amey, another Cousin, and another of the Heirs of the said Earl of Wiltshire, after the form afore∣said, and Sir Wistan Brown, Knight, and John Brown his Son and Heir apparent, and Audrey his Wife, the third Cousin, and Heir to the same Earl, after the manner abovesaid, on the other Partie, of and upon the Right, Title, Reversion and Possession as well of the foresaid Maner of Drayton, with the Appurtenances, as of all other Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances in the said County of Northampton, or elsewhere, which late were the said Con∣stance's, or to the foresaid Henry Greene, or to any other person or persons, to the use of them, or the other of them. Which Maners, Lands and Tenements the fore∣said Earl of Shrewsbury claimed by a Will, supposed to be made by the said Earl of Wiltshire, by which Will the foresaid Earl of Wiltshire should will to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, all his Fee simple Land. Whereupon the foresaid Parties have compromitted themselves, to abide the Award, Ordinance and Judgment of us the said Robert Brudenell, and Richard Elliot, Arbitrators indifferently named by and between the foresaid Parties to Award, Ordain and Deem, as well of and upon the Premises, as for and upon all manner of Evidences, Charters, Escripts, Writ∣ings and Amuniments, concerning the Premises, or any part of them, and of all manner of Actions, Suits, Quarrels and Demands, had or moved between the fore∣said Parties, or their Servants or Friends, before the date of these presents con∣cerning the Premises. And we the foresaid Arbitrators taking upon us the autho∣rity, and power to Award, Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises, calling before us the Counsels of the foresaid Parties, hearing and seeing their Titles, Answers, Replications, Evidences, Proves, and all other their Allegiances, concern∣ing their foresaid Titles, and Interess by good deliberation, and by consent of the said Parties Award, Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises, in manner and form following, that is to say, Forasmuch as the foresaid John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan, Humphrey Brown, George and John Brown, have shewed to us the said Ar∣bitrators,
a Will supposed to be made by the same Earl of Wiltshire, and Sealed with his Seal, in which Will he revoked all former Wills, and willed that same Will to stand in his full strength and virtue, and for his last Will. And in that Will there is no clause whereby the same Earl of Shrewsbury, should have any of his Maners, Lands or Tenements, as by the same more plainly appeareth. And also they have shewed unto us fair and sufficient Deeds, and other Writings proving the aforesaid Maner of Drayton, and other the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to be given in Tayle to the Ancestors of the said Constance, Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire, who had and enjoyed the same by reason of the said Tayles, and the foresaid Elizabeth, and George Brown and Audrey, be Cousins and next Heir to the same Constance, Mother to the said Earl of Wilt∣shire, and to the same Earl on his Mothers side, and heritable to the foresaid Ma∣ners, and other the Premises by reason of the said Tayles. Wherefore we Award, Ordain and Deem, That the foresaid Elizabeth, George Brown and Audrey, shall have and enjoy all the foresaid Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and o∣ther the Premises, to them and to their Heirs, according to their foresaid Titles of Inheritance. And that the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, shall by his several Deeds sufficient in the Law, to be enrolled, release to the said John Mordaunt, and Elizabeth, Humphrey Brown, George Brown and John Brown and Audrey his Wife, and to such Person or Persons, as they shall name to the use of the said Elizabeth, George and Audrey, and their Heirs, all such Right, Title, Claim, Interest and De∣mand, as the said Earl of Shrewsbury, or any Person or Persons to his use, hath in the foresaid Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises, by reason of a∣ny Gift or Will, in the Premises, or any part of them, made by the foresaid Earl of Wiltshire, to the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, at the Cost and Charges of the said John Mordaunt, John and George Brown in all things. And furthermore the said Earl of Shrewsbury shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the said John Mor∣daunt, Humphrey Brown, John and George Brown, or to their Deputie or Deputies, in London, all such Charters, Evidences and Writings, as he to his own use, or any other to his use, to his knowledge hath only concerning the Premises, as soon as it may be conveniently done: For the which Releases, and other things above specified; and for other Costs and Charges, which the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury hath had by occasion of the Premises, we the said Arbitrators, Award, Ordain and Deem, That the said Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt, Humphrey Brown, and John Brown, shall content and pay to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, his Executors or Assigns, Two hundred Marks of Lawful Money in form following, that is to say, The said John Mordaunt shall content, and pay to the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, his Executors or Assigns, on the Day of the Feast of Saint George the Martyr, next coming after the Date above-written, at the Rode of the North-door, in the Cathedral Church of Paul's, in the City of London, between the hours of Nine and Eleven of the Clock of the same day, a Hundred Marks; and the foresaid Sir Wistan, Hum∣phrey Brown and John Brown, shall content, and pay to the foresaid Earl, his Exe∣cutors or Assigns, on the day of the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, then next ensuing, at the said Rode, in the same Church, between the hours of Nine and Eleven of the same Day, a Hundred Marks, residue of the foresaid Two hundred Marks. Also we Award, Ordain and Deem, That the said John Mordaunt, Sir Wistan Brown, Humphrey, and John Brown, by their Deed and Deeds, as sufficient as the said Earl of Shrewsbury or his Counsel shall advise, shall release to the said Earl of Shrewsbury, and to as many persons as the said Earl shall name, and ap∣point in Writing, before the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next coming after the date hereof, which hath done, laboured, or spoken for the foresaid Earl, in his foresaid cause, all actions of Trespasses, Debates and Demands personal, had, or done before the date of these Presents, at the Costs and Charges of the said Earl of Shrewsbury. And the said Earl, and all the foresaid Persons, which hath done, spoken or laboured any thing for the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury, in or for
his Title or Possession of the Premises, or any part of them, shall be for ever discharged, against the same Sir Wistan, John Mordaunt, and Elizabeth his Wife, Humphrey Brown, George Brown, John Brown and Audrey his Wife, and every of them, of all Actions, Trespasses and Demands personal, which they have or might have, against the same Earl, or the foresaid other persons, for any cause had or done, touching the Premises, before the date of these Presents.
In Witness where∣of the foresaid Arbitrators, to every part of these Indentures of their Award, have put to their Seals this Twentieth day of March, the Sixth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos praesens scriptum pervenerit, nos Georgius Comes Salopiae, Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Sciatis nos praefatum Georgium Comitem, remississe, relaxasse, & omnino pro nobis & haeredibus nostris quietum clamasse Johanni Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxori ejus, uni consanguinearum & haeredum Edwardi nuper Comitis Wilts, ex parte matris ejusdem Edwardi vide∣licet filii Constanciae, filiae & haeredis Henrici Greene, nuper de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae Armigeri, Humphredo Brown, Georgio Brown, filio & haeredi ap∣parenti dicti Humphredi Brown, filio & haeredi Amiciae, alterius consanguinearum & haeredum dicti Edwardi, ex parte dictae Constanciae, Johanni Brown, & Ethel∣dredae uxori ejus, tertiae consanguinearum & haeredum dicti Edwardi, ex parte dictae Constanciae, Thomae Montegue, & Willielmo Pemberton haeredibus & as∣signatis suis, ad usum eorundem Johannis Mordaunt & Elizabethae uxoris ejus, Humfredi Brown, Georgii Brown & Johannis Brown, & Etheldredae uxoris ejus, & haeredum ipsarum Elizabethae, Georgii, & Etheldredae: Totum jus nostrum, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse, & demandum, quae habemus ceu unquam ha∣buimus, de & in manerio de Drayton, ac de & in omnibus aliis maneriis, terris, tenementis, redditibus, reversionibus, boscis, pratis, pascuis, pasturis, & aliis hae∣reditamentis quibuscunque, cum eorum pertinentiis, quae nuper fuerunt praedictae Constanciae, aut praedicti Henrici, sive alicujus alterius sive aliquorum aliorum, ad eorum vel alterius eorum usum, in dicto Comitatu Northamptoniae, ceu in ali∣quo alio Comitatu infra Regnum Angliae, aut in Marchiis eorundem, quae nos praefatus Georgius Comes, vel haeredes nostri, aliquo modo habere poterimus, in praedictis maneriis, ac caeteris praemissis, aut in eorum aliquo, cum eorum perti∣nentiis, ratione alicujus donationis, legationis, ceu per ultimam voluntatem prae∣fati Edwardi, nuper Comitis Wilts, nobis factis sive habitis: Salvis omnino & re∣servatis nobis, & haeredibus nostris, omni clameo, jure, titulo, interesse, & de∣mando, quae habemus, ceu habere poterimus, in praemissis ceu in eorum aliquo, nobis per descensum, aut per jus haereditarium, per aliquem antecessorum nostrorum, cujus, vel quorum haeres, nos praefatus Georgius Comes existimus, ceu ratione ali∣cujus alterius tituli, quae habere poterimus, aliter quam per ultimam voluntatem, legationem, sive donationem, praedicti Comitis Wilts, nobis facta, sive habita. Ita quòd nec nos praefatus Georgius Comes, nec haeredes nostri, nec aliquis alius pro nobis, ceu nomine nostro, aliquod jus, statum, titulum, clameum, interesse, ceu demandum, de aut in praedictis maneriis ac caeteris praemissis, cum eorum pertinentiis, nec in aliqua eorum parcella, ex causis praedictis, de caetero, exigere, clamare ceu vendicare poterimus, sed ab omni actione juris, tituli, clamei, inter∣esse, aut demandi, seu aliquid inde petendi, simus in perpetuum exclusi per prae∣sentes.
In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo, sigillum meum ap∣posui. Data vicesimo quarto die Martii, Anno Regni Regis Henrici octavi post Conquestum sexto.
E. Shrewsbury.
HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae, & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae. Om∣nibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quòd nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, concessimus, & per praesentes concedimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, di∣lecto nobis Johanni Mordaunt Armigero, ceu quocunque alio nomine, cogno∣mine, sive additione nominis idem Johannes censeatur, ceu nuncupetur: Quod ipse ad totam vitam suam hanc habeat, & plenarie gaudeat libertatem, videlicet, quod deinceps non ponatur, impanelletur, nec juretur, in assisis, juratis, inquisitio∣nibus, attinctis, ceu aliis recognitionibus, aut juratis quibuscunque, licet ipsi, ceu eorum aliquis tangat nos vel haeredes nostros, aut placita coronae nostrae, vel haere∣dum nostrorum, ac licet nos vel heredes nostri, soli, aut conjunctim cum aliis perso∣nis, fimus una pars. Concessimus etiam & per praesentes concedimus eidem Johan∣ni, quo ipse de caetero non fiat Vicecomes, Eschaetor, Coronator, Balivus, Recep∣tor, Constabularius nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, in aliquo Comitatu, sive Ci∣vitate, Villa, vel Burgo Regni nostri Angliae, nec Collector assessorum, ceu Taxator aliquarum decimarum quintarum decimarum, aut aliorum tallagiorum, quotarum, vel subsidiorum quorumcunque, nobis aut haeredibus nostris, autoritate Parliamenti, vel aliter concessorum, vel aliqualiter in posterum concedendorum, aut per nos, aut haeredes nostros, ligeis nostris in Regno nostro, aliqualiter imponendorum. Nec Collector alicujus rationabilis auxilii, ad primogenitum aut quemcunque alium filium nostrum, vel haeredum nostrorum, militem faciendum. Ceu ad primogenitam fili∣am, aut aliquam aliam filiam nostram, vel haeredum nostrorum maritandam. Et quod idem Johannes in posterum non fiat nec eligatur, Miles alicujus Comitatus, nec Burgensis alicujus Burgi, infra Regnum nostrum praedictum, ad veniendum ad aliqua Parliamenta nostra, vel haeredum nostrorum in posterum summonenda ceu tenenda. Nec aliqualiter assignetur, ordinetur aut fiat, Custos pacis aut aliquis Justiciarius, sive Commissionarius, aut assignatus, ad pacem nostram, vel haeredum nostrorum conservandam: aut ad inquirendum, audiendum, determinandum, de laboratoribus, servientibus, artificibus, aut de aliquibus transgressionibus, riotis, aut aliis offensis, contemptis, forisfacturis, ceu malefactis, aut sewris aut aliis quibuscunque, nec Justi∣ciarius laboratorum, vel artificum, nec aliquis alius Justiciarius, capitalis Constabu∣larius, Traiator, Arragator sive Ductor aliquorum hominum ad arma, aut in aliqui∣bus negotiis nostris, vel haeredum nostrorum aut aliorum aliquorum. Et quòd idem Johannes de caetero non eligatur, ordinetur aut aliqualiter fiat, Major, Vice∣comes, Ballivus, Coronator, Escaetor, Camerarius aut alius officiarius quicun∣que in aliquo Comitatu, Civitate, Villa, sive Burgo. Nec aliquis Ballivus, offici∣arius, ceu minister nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, infra regnum nostrum prae∣dictum. Et quòd ipse ad ordinem militarem suscipiendum, vel aliquod officium, vel onus superius recitatum, aut aliquod aliud officium, sive onus, aut honorem sive honores habendum, exercendum, faciendum, recipiendum aut occupandum, ullo modo, per nos vel haeredes nostros, assignetur, votetur, ordinetur, ceu compella∣tur aut aliqualiter arctetur ullo modo. Nec ad essendum Jurator, super aliqua tria∣tione, arraiatione, alicujus assisae, coram quibuscunque justitiariis nostris, vel haere∣dum nostrorum ad assisas capiendas assignatis, aut aliis justiciariis quibuscunque. Et quod non ponatur nec impanelletur, in aliqua magna assisa, infra regnum no∣strum Angliae, inter partes quascunque, contra voluntatem suam, licet nos, aut hae∣redes nostri, sit una pars. Et ulterius de abundantiori gratia nostra concessimus praefato Johanni, quòd si ipse ad aliqua officia sive onera, ceu honores supradicta, ceu aliquod praemissorum, ceu aliquod aliud officium, ceu onus, aut honorem quem∣cunque eligatur, ipseque officia, vel onera, ac honorem & honores illa facere aut recipere recusaverit, extunc idem Johannes, aliquem contemptum de praedictis
poenam, aut forisfacturam, aut aliquos exitus, fines, redemptiones ceu amerciamenta, quacunque occasione refutationis, omissionis, non susceptionis, sive non omissionis, aut receptionis eorundem, aut alicujus eorundem nullatenus incurrat, forisfaciat, aut perdat: Sed quòd presens charta nostra de exemptione, coram quibuscunque Justiciariis nostris, & Thesaurariis, & Baronibus Scaccarii nostri, & heredum nostrorum, ac in quocun∣que alio loco, aut curia de Recordo, per totum regnum nostrum, super sola de∣monstratione ejusdem chartae nostrae, absque aliquo brevi, praecepto, ceu mandato, aut aliquo alio superinde habendo, ceu prosequendo, vel aliqua proclamatione faci∣enda praefato Johanni allocetur. Concessimus etiam & per praesentes concedi∣mus eidem Johanni, quòd ipse de caetero, durante vita sua, in praesentia nostri, & haeredum nostrorum, aut in praesentia alicujus sive aliquorum aliorum, regni nostri quorumcunque, quibuscunque temporibus futuris, pilio sit coopertus capite, & non exuat, aut deponat pilium suum, à capite suo, occasione vel causa quacun∣que, contra voluntatem & beneplacitum suum. Et ideo vobis omnibus & singulis ac quibuscunque Justiciariis, Judicibus, Baronibus Scaccarii nostri, Vicecomitibus, Escaetoribus, Coronatoribus, Praepofitis, Majoribus, Balivis, & aliis officiariis & mi∣nistris nostris, & haeredum nostrorum, ac omnibus ligeis & fidelibus nostris, firmiter jungendo mandavimus, quod ipsum Johannem contra hanc concessionem nostram, ac contra tenorem, exigentiam, aut effectum praesentium, non vexetis, perturbetis, molestetis in aliquo, ceu gravetis; aliquo statuto, actu, ordinatione, sive provisione, inde in contrarium editis, factis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa vel materia quacunque, in aliquo non obstantibus. In cujus rei Testimonium has literas no∣stras fieri fecimus patentes.
Teste meipso apud Oxford, secundo die Septembris Anno Regni nostri sexto.
Per ipsum Regem & de data prae∣dicta autoritate Parliamenti Toung.
Irrotulatur in Memorandis Scaccarii de Anno nono Regis Henrici octavi; vide∣licet, inter Recorda de termino Sanctae Trinitatis rotulo ..... Ex parte Re∣mem. Thesaurum.
To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we intend that our dearest Sister, the Queen of Scots, shall now shortly repair unto our City of London, at whose coming our mind is, That she be honourably accompa∣nied, and conveyed from Shire to Shire, by such Noble-men and other Gentlemen, as be Inhabitants of those paris; amongst whom, we have appointed you to ac∣company, and attend upon our said Sister, from the Town of Stony-stratford to Saint Albans. We therefore will and desire you, to put your self in a readiness, so that against the Fourteenth day of April, ye be at our said Town of Stony∣stratford, there to meet with our said dearest Sister, and from thence to attend upon her till her coming to the said Town of Saint Albans. Not failing hereof as ye intend to do unto us honour and pleasure.
Given under our Signet, at our Maner of Greenwich the Two and twentieth day of March.
To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we under∣stand, that at the time of the late repair hither of our dearest Sister, the Queen of Scots, ye according to our Letters to you then Addressed, right thank∣fully acquitted your self, in giving your Attendance for Her conducting and honourable conveyance. We therefore give unto you our special thanks: And where it is appointed that our said dearest Sister, shall now return unto the Realm of Scotland, we will and desire you to put your self in a readiness likewise to accompany, and conduct her at this her said return from our Castle of Windsor, where she intendeth to be the Sixteenth day of this Moneth, so to attend upon her to Stony-stratford, whereby ye shall deserve a further thanks to be remembred accordingly.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Richmond the Eight day of May.
To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Forasmuch as a right-great and Honourable Ambassaor, shall within short time repair unto our Presence out of France, at which season it is requisite, and right expedient, that our Court be Honourably furnished with Lords, and other Nobles, for the receiving, and entertaining of the said Ambassador: We therefore have appointed you among others, to give your Attendance in our said Court at their coming. Wherefore we will that forthwith upon the sight of these our Letters, ye put your self in such a readiness in your best aray, that ye may be here with us, by the Twentieth day of this instant Month at the farthest, without failing thus to do as ye tender our Honour and Pleasure.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Tenth day of August:
THese be the Articles and Agreements, had, made and concluded, the Twelfth day of February, the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, between John Elmes, Son and Heir of William Elmes, Esquire, and Son and Heir apparent of Elizabeth, now Wife to Thomas Pygott, Esquire, one of the Kings Ser∣jeants at Law, and late the Wife of the said William, and one of the Daughters and Heirs of John Iwardely, Esquire, Deceased, on the one Partie, and John Mor∣daunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, Esquire, on the other Partie, for a
Marriage, by the Grace of God, to be had and solemnized, between the said John Elmes and Edith Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said John Mordaunt: First it is agreed, That the said John Elmes, shall by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Wife the said Edith, if the said Edith thereunto shall agree, and assent. And in the like manner the said Edith, shall by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Husband the said John Elmes, if the said John Elmes will agree and assent thereto. The said Marriage to be had and solemnized before the Feast of All-Saints, next coming after the date of these present A∣greements.
Item, It is agreed by these Presents between the said Parties, That the Costs and Charges of the same Marriage, as in Meat and Drink and other such things convenient and necessary for the same, shall be at the Costs of the same John Mordaunt.
Item, It is also agreed by these Presents, That the said John Elmes shall Apparel himself at his pleasure, and at his own Costs and Charges. And in like manner the said John Mordaunt, shall Apparel the said Edith, at the same day of Marriage, at the proper Costs and Charges of the said John Mordaunt.
Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, before the Feast-day of All-Saints, shall at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, make, cause or do to be made to the said John Mordaunt, Robert Brudenell, Knight, one of the Justi∣ces of our Sovereign Lord the King, at the Pleas before him to be holden, Tho∣mas Pygott one of the Kings Serjeants at the Law, and to William Gascoign, Esquire, Walter Luke, Nicholas Gardiner, John Spencer, Robert Latimer, Gentlemen, and to their Heirs, and at all time and times, after the said Feast of All-Saints, within the space of Eight Years, when the said John Elmes thereto shall be required, by the said John Mordaunt, or by by his Heirs, or by his Executors, or by his As∣signs, a sufficient, sure and lawful Estate in the Law, in Fee-simple, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release with Warranty, Confirmation or otherwise, of Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to the clear yearly Value of Three∣score Pounds, over all yearly Charges, and of such Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, of the Inheritance of the said John Elmes, as by the said John Mordaunt shall be named and appointed; the said Persons to be and stand seized of Fifty Pounds, parcel of the said Summ of Threescore Pounds, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the said Edith Mordaunt, after their said Marriage had, of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Wil∣liam Elmes; And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said William, according to the Old Interest thereof. And of Ten Pounds residue of the said Threescore Pounds; that the said Feoffees shall stand, and be seized thereof to the use of the said John Elmes, and his Heirs during the Life of the said Eliza∣beth, and after the Death of the said Elizabeth, and Marriage had between the said John Elmes and Edith, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the said Edith of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten, with the remainder over, like in every thing as is above expressed of the said Fifty Pounds.
Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, before the said Feast of All-Saints, and all time and times, within the said Eight Years after the said Feast, when the said John Elmes thereunto shall be required, by the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, shall at the proper Costs and Charges of the said John Elmes, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, make, cause or do to be made to the Persons above named, and their Heirs, a sufficient and lawful Estate, in the Law, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Releases with Warranty, Con∣firmations or otherwise, as by the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, or Assigns shall be avised, of all his other Maners, Lands, Tenements, Woods, Rents, Reversions and
Services, the Appurtenances within the Realm of England, which the said John Elmes, or any other Person or Persons, to the use of the said John Elmes, hath within the Realm of England; the said Persons to stand and be seized of the same, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to remain in like manner and form as is aforesaid written of the foresaid Fifty Pounds. Provided always, That it shall be lawful to the said John Elmes, to Appoint and Assign Lands, and Tene∣ments, to the yearly Value of Twenty Pounds parcel of Maners, Lands, Tene∣ments, and other the Premises, except always, Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances before expressed and named to the said yearly Value of Threescore Pounds, to be Appointed and Assigned, for the Jointure of the said Edith; the said Twenty Pounds to be and go to, and for the Exhibition, Mar∣riage, Advancement of his Children, and to pay his Debts, and to the per∣formance of the last Will of the said John Elmes, so it extend no further, but for term of Life or Lives, or for the term of Twenty Years next ensuing the Death of the said John Elmes. And also provided, That if it fortune the said Edith to decease, and the said John Elmes to Marry, and take another Wife or Wives, that then it shall be lawful for the same John Elmes, to make a Jointure or Jointures to his said Wife or Wives, that it shall fortune him so to Marry for the term of her Life, of Maners, Lands and Tenements, parcel of the Premises, under the yearly Value of Forty Pounds, at the pleasure of the said John Elmes.
Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give nor lay to Mortgage, no do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffer to be done, any manner of Act or Acts, whereby any manuer of Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with the Appurtenances, which did come, grow or descend to the said John Elmes, by the Death of the said William his Father, should be Alienate, or put away from the Heirs of the said John Elmes, before expressed; but that he shall suffer all such Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premises, to come, grow or descend in Possession, Re∣version or Use, to the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, the remainder thereof, as is before expressed of the said Fifty Pounds. And also the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give nor lay to Mortgage, nor do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffered any Act or Acts, whereby any Ma∣ners, Lands, or any other Hereditaments, which do come, or may come, or shall come, grow or descend, to the said John Elmes, by, and after the decease of the said Elizabeth, his Mother, should be Alienate, or put away from the Heirs of the said Elizabeth; but that the said John Elmes shall suffer the said Maners, and all other the Premises, which shall so descend, or in any other manner of wise come, or grow to him by the said Elizabeth, his Mother, to come, grow or descend in Possession, Reversion or in Use, to the Heirs of the Body of the said Elizabeth, lawfully be∣gotten; And for default of such Issue-Male, the remainder thereof to the Heirs of the said Elizabeth, according to the Old Inheritation thereof. For the which Pre∣mises on the party of the said John Elmes to be truly performed and kept, the said John Mordaunt, Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, To pay, cause, or do to be paid to the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, Five hundred Marks of lawful Money, that is to say, At the Feast of the Purification of our Lady, next coming after the date hereof, One hundred Marks; And at the Feast of Saint Peter the Advincula, commonly called Lammas day, Fifty Marks, and so yearly at every of the said Feasts Fifty Marks, until the said Summ of Five hundred Marks be counted and paid. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, his Executors or Assigns shall purchase with the same Five hundred Marks, which the said John Elmes hath of the said John Mordaunt, for the same Marriage, and with the Summ of Two hundred Marks, which the
said John Elmes shall have delivered to him by the said Thomas Pygott, the day of the said Marriage solemnized, Lands and Tenements to the clear yearly Value of Forty Marks: And that the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, after the said Lands so purchased, shall Enfeoffee the said Persons of the same, to have to them and to their Heirs in Fee, the same persons to stand and be seized of the same, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of his Heirs for ever. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That if the said Eli∣beth, his Mother, do Alien, Sell, Discontinue, Release or put away, by any manner of means, any Maners, Lands, Tenements, or any other Hereditaments of the Inheritance of the said Elizabeth from the said John Elmes, or from the Heirs of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten, except certain Lands and Tenements, with the appurtenances lying in Littlecote, in the County of Buckingham, to the yearly Value of Four Pounds, or thereabouts, That then the said John Mor∣daunt or his Heirs shall have Ten Marks, parcel of the said Forty Marks, so to be purchased to the said John Mordaunt and his Heirs for ever. And the said persons so being seized of the said Forty Marks, incontinent after the said Alienation, and Sale or Discontinuance, or any other matter of Act, by the said Elizabeth so made or done, shall be seized of the same Ten Marks, to the use of the said John Mor∣daunt, and of his Heirs for ever.
Item, The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That if the said Edith, within the time and space of Six Years after the Marriage so∣lemnized, do dye, having no Issue by the said John Elmes alive: That then the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns shall repay, or cause to be repaid to the said John Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, Two hundred Marks, parcel of the said Five hundred Marks, within the space of Two Years next, and immediately after the Decease of the said Edith. To all which Covenants, Bargains, Pro∣mises and Grants, on the part of the said John Elmes, to be performed and kept, the said John Elmes bindeth him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, to the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, in a Thousand Marks. And to all the payments well and truly to be performed and kept, on the Party of the said John, the said John Mordaunt bindeth him, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, to the said John Elmes, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, in Six hundred Marks.
In Witness whereof, &c.
To our trusty and welbeloved Servant John Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas this Year last passed, after the conclusion taken between us, and our dear Brother, Cou∣sin, Confederate, and Allie, the French King, as well for firm Peace, Love and Amity, as of Alliance, by way of Marriage, God willing, to be had, and made between our dearest Daughter the Princess, and the Dolphin of France, a perso∣nal meeting and Interview was also to them concluded to be had betwixt us, and the said French King, which upon urgent considerations, and great respects, was by mutual consent, for that year put over, and deferred. So it is now that the said French King being much desirous to see and personally to speak with us, hath sundry times by his Ambassadors and writings, instantly desired us to con∣descend to this said interview, offering to meet with us within our Dominion,
Pale and Marches of Caleys, whereas heretofore semblable honour of preeminence hath not been given, by any of the French Kings, to any of our Progenitors, or Ancestors; we therefore remembring the manifold good effects that be in appea∣rance like to ensue of this personal meeting, as well for Corroboration and assured Establishment of Peace and Alliance concluded between us, as for the universal well, tranquility, and restfulness of all Christendom; taking also to consideration the great honour offered to us by the French King, for the said meeting within our Dominion, have condescended thereunto accordingly, the same to be, God willing, in the Month of May next coming. And in as much as to our Honour and Dig∣nity Royal it appertaineth to be furnished with honourable Personages, as well Spiritual as Temporal, to give their Attendance upon us, at so solemn an Act as this shall be, for the Honour of us and our Realm; we therefore have appointed you among others, to attend upon our dearest Wife the Queen in this Voyage; willing therefore and desiring you not only to put your self in a readiness, with the number of Ten tall Personages, well and conveniently apparelled for this purpose to pass with you over the Sea: But also in such wise to appoint your self in Apparel, as to your degree, the Honour of us and this our Realm appertaineth. So that ye repairing to our said dearest Wife the Queen, by the First day of May next com∣ing, may there give your Attendance in her transporting over the Sea accordingly; ascertaining you, that albeit ye be appointed to the number of Ten Servants, to pass with you as is abovesaid, yet nevertheless in as much as that at her arrival at Caleys, you shall have no great Journey requisite to occupy many Horses, ye shall therefore convey with you over the Sea, for your own Riding, and otherwise, not above the number of Four Horses. Howbeit our mind is not to Coact, or Restrain you to the said Precise number of Four Horses, for your coming up to our said dearest Wife, and accompanying you to the Sea side, which thing we remit to your Arbitrament; but only to ascertain you what number of Servants, and Horses be appointed unto you to pass over the Sea, like as we have ordered all other Lords and Nobles as shall attend upon our said dearest Wife the Queen, according to their Degrees. Fail ye not therefore to accomplish the premises, as ye tender our Honour and Pleasure. Given under our Signet at our Maner of El∣tham the Six and twentieth day of March.
THIS Indenture made the Ninth day of May, the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, between John Elmes, Son and Heir of William Elmes, Esquire, and Son and Heir Apparent of Elizabeth Pygott, Widow, one of the Danghters and Heirs of John Iwardeby, Esquire, deceased, and late Wife to the said William Elmes, on the one Party, and John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, Esquire, on the other Party; Witnesseth, That it is Promised, Covenanted and Agreed between the said Parties in the manner and form follow∣ing, that is to say, The said John Elmes granteth and promiseth, by the Grace of God, to espouse and take to his Wife, Edith Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said John Mordaunt, before the Feast of All-Saints next coming, after the date of these Presents, if the said Edith thereunto shall agree and assent. And in like manner the said John Mordaunt granteth and promiseth, That the said Edith shall, by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Husband, the said John Elmes, before the foresaid Feast, if the said John Elmes thereunto shall agree and assent. And it is agreed by these Presents, between the said Parties, That the Costs and Charges of the same Marriage, as in Meat and Drink, and other such things con∣venient and necessary for the same, shall be at the costs of the said John Mordaunt: And that the said John Elmes shall apparel himself at his Pleasure, at his own cost and charges; and in like manner the said John Mordaunt shall apparel the said Edith, at the same day of Marriage, at his proper cost and charges. And the said John
Elmes Covenanteth and Agreeth by these Presents, That he before the Feast of All-Saints next coming, at the cost and charges in the Law of the said John Mor∣daunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, shall make, cause, or do to be made, to Robert Brudenell, Knight, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and to the said John Mordaunt, John Thyney of Drayton in the County of Buckingham, Esquire, Robert Thyney, Thomas Tyrynghin the Elder, Thomas Brudenell the Elder, William Gascoign, Esquire, Walter Luke, Nicholas Hardyng, John Spencer and Robert Lati∣mer, Gentlemen, and to their Heirs, a sure and lawful Estate in the Law in Fee∣simple, and in Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to the clear yearly value of Ten Pounds by the Year, over all charges, whereof the Maners, Lands, Te∣nements and other Hereditaments, which the said John Elmes or any other to his use, hath in Lilford, Wiggesthorp, in the County of Northampton, shall be parcel to the use and behoof hereafter ensuing: And also shall further do, suffer, and cause to be done, at the costs and charges of the said John Mordaunt, as well before the fore∣said Feast, as at all times after, within the space of Four Years, next after the said Feast, when the said John Elmes thereto shall be required, by the said John Mor∣daunt, by his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, at their costs and charges, a sufficient, sure and lawful Estate in the law, in Fee-simple, to the foresaid Robert Brudenell, and the said Co-feoffees their Heirs and Assigns, or to the one of them, and to their Heirs, to the use ensuing, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release, with Warran∣ty, Confirmation or otherwise, of, and in the foresaid Maners, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments. And that the said Persons, their Heirs and Assigns, beside, of, and in Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the yearly Value of Fifty parcel of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the yearly Value of Sixty, shall stand and be seized, to the use of the said John Elmes and of the said Edith, immediately after the said Marriage had, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said William Elmes; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said William, according to the old Inheritance thereof, Ten Pound, residue of the said Hundred Pound, that the said Feoffees their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said John Elmes and his Heirs, during the life of the said Elizabeth, his Mother, and after the death of the said Elizabeth, and Marriage had between the same John Elmes and Edith, to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the said Edith, for term of her life, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes lawfully begotten, with like remainder in any thing as is above expressed of the said Hundred Pounds. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he before the said Feast of All-Saints, and at all time and times within the space of Four Years next after the Feast of All-Saints, when the said John Elmes thereunto shall be required by the said John Mordaunt, his Heirs Executors or Assigns, shall at the proper Costs and Charges of the said John Mor∣daunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, make, cause or do to be made to the Persons abovenamed and to their Heirs, or to the survivors of them and their Heirs, a sufficient and lawful Estate, by Feoffment or otherwise, as by the said John Mor∣daunt, his Heirs or Assigns, shall be advised, of all his other Maners, Lands, Te∣nements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with their Appurtenances, and all o∣ther his Hereditaments with the Appurtenances, within the Realm of England, which the said John Elmes or any other Person or Persons, to the use of the said John Elmes now hath. And the said Persons to be and stand seized of the same other Maners to the use of the said John Elmes, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Elmes, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue to remain in like manner and form as is aforesaid written, of the said Hundred Pounds. Pro∣vided alway, That if it fortune the said Edith to decease, and the said John Elmes to Marry and take another Wife or Wives, that then it shall be lawful for the same John Elmes, to make a Jointure or Jointures to his said Wife or Wives,
that it shall fortune him to Marry, for the time of his Life, of Maners, Lands, Tenements, parcel of the Premises, to the yearly Value of Fifty Pounds or under, at the pleasure of the said John Elmes. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give nor lay to Mortgate, nor do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffer any manner of Act or Acts, whereby any Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with the Appurtenances, which be, come, grow or descend, to the said John Elmes by the Death of the said William, his Father, should be Alienate, or put away, from the Heirs of the said John Elmes, before expressed; but that he shall suffer all such Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premises, (except before excepted) to come, grow and descend, in Possession, Reversion or in Use, to the Heirs of the said John Elmes, according to the Old Inheritance thereof. And also the said John Elmes, Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he shall not Alien, Sell, Give or lay to Mortgage, nor do, nor suffer, nor cause to be done, nor suffer any Act or Acts whereby any Maners, Lands or any other Hereditaments, which do come, or may come, or shall come, grow or descend, in power or in use, to the said John Elmes, as Son and Heir of the same Elizabeth, by and after the Decease of the said Elizabeth, his Mother, should be Alienate, or put away from the Heirs of the said Elizabeth; but that the said John Elmes shall suffer the said Maners and all other the Premises, which shall so descend, or in any other manner of wise, come or grow to him by the said Elizabeth, his Mother, to come, grow or descend in Possession, Reversion or in Use to the Heirs of the Body of the said Elizabeth, lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, the remainder thereof to the Heirs of the said Elizabeth, according to the old Inheritance thereof. For the which Premises on the Party of the said John Elmes to be truly performed and kept, the said John Mordaunt Covenanteth and Grant∣eth by these presents, To pay, cause or do to be paid, to the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, Six hundred Marks of lawful Money; for the which summ of a Hundred Marks, the said John Mordaunt, hath made to the said John Elmes Ten several Obligations. for the sure payment of the same Six hundred Marks by the same Obligations, Sealed with the Seal of the said John Mordaunt, and remaining with the said John Elmes, more plainly it doth appear. And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That if the said Edith within the time and space of Four Years, next after the said Marriage so∣lemnized, do dye, having no Issue by the said John Elmes, that then the said John Elmes, his Executors or Assigns, shall repay, or cause to be re∣paid to the said John Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, Two hundred Marks parcel of the said Six hundred Marks, within the space of Four Years, next and immediately after the decease of the said Edith, and thereupon immediately after the payment of the said Two hundred Marks, all and singular the Pro∣mises, Covenants and Agreements on the Party of the said John Elmes, to be performed, to be utterly void and of none effect.
In Witness whereof, &c.
John Mordaunt.
John Elmes.
To my welbeloved Friends Sir John Mordaunt and Sir William Paulet, the King's Counsellors.
AFter my hearty commendations, these shall be to advertise you, That the King hath appointed this present bearer, Roger Ratclif, to be Keeper of the Maner and Park of Birdsnest, and Overseer of the Forest of Leicester, with such
Wages, Pasturage, and Commodity, as is appointed and contained in your Me∣morial; over and besides this the King's pleasure is, That he shall be Steward of the Five Hundreds, and other Lordships belonging to the Honour of Leicester, within the same County, with the Fee of Three Pound Six Shillings and Eight Pence by the Year. The King's pleasure also is, That he shall be Keeper and Porter of the Castle of Leicester, with such Fee as shall be accorded; now ye be ascertained of the premises, the King's mind is, That ye shall see this said trusty Ser∣vant, Roger Ratclif, to be put in possession of the foresaid Rooms accordingly, giving unto him credence in such things as on the King's, and my behalf he shall declare unto you. And thus heartily fare ye well.
At the King's Maner of Rich∣mond the Twenty Fourth of May.
Your Loving Friend THOMAS, Cardinalis Eboracensis.
To my trusty and welbeloved Friends Sir John Mordaunt and Sir William Paulet, the King's Counsellors.
RIght welbeloved, I commend me unto you in my hearty manner, and have received your Letters dated at Leicester the Twelfth day of this In∣stant Moneth, the continue whereof I have shewed unto the King's Highness; who for your good endeavour, discreetly and substantially used in the affairs to you committed there, giveth unto you great thanks, praying you so to persevere, and continue to the final perfection of the same.
And whereas amongst other things, ye writ, That by reason that the Lady Hun∣gersord, compelled by sickness, is yet removed no further out of the Castle of Leicester, than into the Colledge of Newark; the Lord John Gray remaineth still in Birdsnest, affirming that he will in no wise depart from thence till such time as the Lady Hungerford doth also remove from Leicester; the King's Highness doth much marvel hereof, for considering that the said Lady and her Husband, be departed out of the Castle, and that without danger of her Life, she cannot so soon pass out of the Town as she would do, the said Lord John and the Lady his Wife, ought not to make such refusal, ye shall therefore shew unto him that the King's pleasure is, he and the Lady his Wife without further contradiction, do depart from Birdsnest, as he tendereth the King's pleasure; and as soon as the Lady Hungerford shall move without danger of Life, ye shall also cause her, and her Husband to do the semblable out of Leicester, wherein the King's trust is, he will use no co∣lourable excuse, or fained delay, and therewith the said Lord John must be con∣tented, as reason is; I refer you therefore to see this accomplished accordingly, proceeding also to the residue of your business with diligence and effect as apper∣taineth; And fare ye heartily well.
At my place of the More the Sixteenth day of June.
Your Loving Friend THOMAS, Cardinalis Eboracensis.
OMnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Johannis Cot∣tisford Custos sive Rector Collegii beatae Mariae & omnium Sanctorum Lincolniae in Universitate Oxoniensi & Scolares ejusdem Collegii, salutem in Domi∣no
sempiternam. Sciatis nos praefatum Custodem, sive Rectorem & Scolares una∣nimi assensu, & consensu nostris deputasse, ordinasse, & per praesentes constituisse, Johannem Mordaunt de Turvey in Comitatu Bedfordiae militem, capitalem Senef∣callum nostrum, maneriorum nostrorum de Skeney & Petesthoo in Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac omnium aliorum maneriorum terrarum & tenementorum nostro∣rum cum eorum pertinentiis, in eodem Comitatu Buckinghamiae, ac eidem Johan∣ni officium Senescalliae omnium maneriorum praedictorum, damus & concedimus per praesentes. Habendum, exercendum, & occupandum officium illud per prae∣fatum Johannem Mordaunt, aut per suum sufficientem Deputatum, durante vita ipsius Johannis. Percipiendum annuatim, praefato Johanni Mordaunt pro ter∣mino vitae suae, pro officio praedicto exercendo, viginti solidos nomine feodi sui de exitibus & proficuis praedictorum maneriorum cum pertinentiis, per manus Receptorum, Ballivorum, Firmariorum sive Occupatorum maneriorum praedicto∣rum vel eorum alicujus pro tempore existentis, de festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae Virginis, & Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, aequis portionibus solven∣dum; primo termino solutionis inde incipiente, de festo Annunciationis beatae Mariae praefixi futuri post datum praesentium. Volumus & concedimus per prae∣sentes, quod si ac quotiens contingat praedictum annualem redditum, viginti soli∣dorum, à retro fore, in parte vel in toto post aliquod festum Solutionis, quo ut proefertur solvi debeat, per unum mensem insolutum, quod tunc bene liceat, & licebit, praefato Johanni Mordaunt & Assignatis suis, in omnibus praedictis maneriis terris & tenementis, cum eorum pertinentiis, intrare & distringere, districtionesque sic captas licitè asportare, abducere, effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque eundem Johannem & assignati sui, de annuali redditu sive feodo praedicto, sic à retro ex∣istente insoluto, & de omnibus inde arreragiis, plenariè fuerit satisfactum & perso∣lutum. Deinsuper omnibus & singulis Ballivis, Firmariis, & Tenentibus nostris mandamus, quod praefato Johanni Mordaunt, aut suo in hac parte Deputato, in executione praedicti officii sint intendentes, obedientes, assistentes, & auxiliantes in omnibus prout decet, in & ad utilitatem dicti Rectoris & successoris aut successo∣rum suorum. Ratum & gratum habentes & habituri, totum & quicquid idem Johannes Mordaunt, aut in hac parte suus Deputatus, in debito officio Senescalliae debitè fecerit, aut duxerit faciendum; dummodo nihil fecerit contra voluntatem ejusdem Rectoris & successoris vel successorum suorum. In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto nostro Sigillum nostrum commune apponi fecimus. Data Ox∣oniae in Collegio nostro ante-dicto Tricesimo die mensis Decembris, Henrici octavi post Conquestum duodecimo.
Memorandum, That Sir John Mordaunt Promiseth and Granteth, That he him∣self, or his Deputy, shall keep yearly Courts upon the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, if the said Sir John or his Deputy thereto be re∣quired by the said Rector and Scholars, or by their Successors, according as it hath been there used in times past, in all the foresaid Maners, in the said County of Buckingham, requiring for him or his Deputies only the Fee rehearsed.
This Patent by William Shyrby and Henry Brown, which William and Henry had it at the Hands of Sir Richard Lyster, Gentleman.
William Shyrby. Per me Henricum Brown.
THIS Indenture made the First day of July, in the Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth by the Grace of God, of England and France, King, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, the Sixteenth: Between John Fetty∣place of Shefford in the County of Berks, Esquire, on the one Party, and John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford, Knight, on the other Party; Wit∣nesseth, That the said John Fettyplace hath Bargained and Sold, and by these Pre∣sents doth Bargain and Sell to the said Sir John, the Marriage of Edmond Fettyplace. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That the said Edmond, before the Feast of the Assumption of our Lady next coming, after the date of these presents, shall Marry and take to Wife Margaret Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said Sir John, if the said Margaret thereto will agree and assent. And in like manner the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, that the said Margaret shall Marry and take to Husband, before the foresaid Feast of the Assumption of our Lady, the said Edmond, if the said Edmond there∣to will agree and assent. The said Marriage to be had and solemnized, between the said Parties before the said Feast, at the Costs and Charges of the said Sir John, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns. And the said John Fettyplace Covenan∣eth and Granteth by these presents, That his Executors or Assigns, at their Costs and Charges, shall apparel the said Edmond, for the said day of Marriage, in all things necessary and convenient for the degree of the said Edmond. And in like manner the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he his Heirs Ex∣ecutors or Assigns, at their Costs and Charges shall apparel the said Margaret, for the day of the said Marriage, in all things necessary and convenient, for the de∣gree of the said Margaret. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he before the Feast of Easter next coming after the date hereof, shall make, cause or do to be made, to Sir Gyles Strangeways, Sir William Gascoign, Knights, Thomas Englefield, one of the Kings Serjeants at the Law, Edward Eynes, John Elmes, Edward Purfray, Philip Fettyplace and William Fettyplace of May∣dencote, Esquires, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer Gentlemen, Thomas Nethercote and John Duke, and to them, their Heirs and Assigns, and to the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, such a sufficient sure and lawful Estate, of, and in Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances in the County of Kent, to the clear yearly Value of Fifty Pounds, discharged of all former Bargais, Sales, Join∣tures, Dowers, Uses, Judgments, Executions, Recognisances, Statutes-Merchants, Statutes of the Staple, and of all other Incumbrances whatsoever they be, the Rents hereafter to be due to the Chief Lords of the Fee only except, as shall be ad∣vised by the said Sir John, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, or by their Learned Counsel, at the costs and charges in the Law of the said Sir John, his Execu∣tors or Assigns, be it by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release, with Warranty, Confirmation or otherwise. The same Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized of, and in the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to such Uses and Intents as hereafter follow: That is to say, Of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the clear yearly value of Twenty Pounds parcel of the said Fifty Pounds; the said Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, immediately upon the Marriage had and solemnized, to the use of the said Edmond and Margaret, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Edmond lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, for ever: And of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the clear yearly value of Ten Pounds, parcel of the said Fifty Pounds; the said Feoffees, or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs or Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, from the date of these pre∣sent
Indentures, to the use of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, unto the time that the said Edmond his Son and Heir apparent, come to the full Age of One and twenty Years. And after that the said Edmond hath accomplished the said Age of One and twenty Years; and after the Death of Dame Alice Besellys, Widow; that then the said Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said Ed∣mond and Margaret, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Edmond lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, for ever. And of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly value of Twenty Pounds residue of the said Fifty Pounds; the said Feoffees or Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs or Assigns to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, for term of Life of the same John Fettyplace, the Father, without Impeach∣ment of Wast during the Life of the said John Fettyplace, the Father. And imme∣diately after the Death of the said John Fettyplace, the Father, and after the said Edmond shall come and be of the Age of One and twenty Years; that then the said Feoffees or Recoverers their Heirs and Assigns, and the over-livers of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said Edmond and Margaret, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said Edmond lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Fet∣typlace, the Father, for ever. And the said John Fettyplace, the Father, Covenant∣eth and Granteth by these presents, That he shall leave Maners, Lands and Tene∣ments with the Appurtenances, to the clear yearly value of Three hundred and twenty five Marks, over and beside the said fifty Pounds before appointed for the Jointure, in the County of Berks, Oxfordshire, or elsewhere within the Realm of England, immediately after the decease of the said John Fettyplace and of Dorothy his Wife, and after the decease of Dame Alice Besellys, Widow, and after the said Edmond shall be of the Age of One and twenty Years, to come, grow, des∣cend in possession, Reversion or in Use, to the said Edmond, and to his Heirs for ever. Provided alway, That it shall be lawful to the said John Fettyplace, at his liberty to make a Jointure, to any other Woman that he shall fortune hereafter to Marry, if the said Dorothy now his Wife fortune to decease, of and in Ma∣ners, Lands and Tenements, parcel of the said Three hundred and five and twenty Marks, to the yearly value of Forty Pounds, for term of Life of the same Woman only. Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said John Fettyplace, for to de∣clare his Will of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, of the value of Three hundred twenty five Marks, during the Non-age of the said Edmond, and during the Non-age of the next Heir of the said Edmond, if the said Edmond fortune to decease before he shall accomplish the Age of twenty one Years: And also for to declare his last Will of Maners, Lands and Tenements, to the yearly value of Forty Marks, parcel of the said Three hundred and five and twenty Marks, for the term of Ten Years, after the decease of the said John Fettyplace: And after the said Edmond shall be of the Age of One and twenty Years, for the prefer∣ment of the Younger Sons and Daughters of the said John Fettyplace, and for the contentation and payment of his Debts. Provided also, That it shall be lawful for the said John Fettyplace, for to give to every of his Younger Sons, which shall for∣tune to be in Life at the time of the Death of the said John Fettyplace, severally by himself, Ten Marks, parcel of the said Three hundred twenty five Marks, during their lives only. And if any of them happen to decease, that then after the Death of every of them, that Ten Marks of him that is so Dead, to come, go and return to the said Edmond and his Heirs for ever. For the which Premises, and also for o∣ther Covenants, Grants and Agreements, on the Party of the said John Fettyplace, his Executors and Assigns, for to be performed and kept, the said Sir John Co∣venanteth and Granteth by these presents, That he, his Executors and Assigns, shall pay, cause or do to be paid to the said John Fettyplace, his Executors or
Assigns, Six hundred Marks of lawful Money of England in manner and form fol∣lowing, that is to say, One hundred pounds of lawful Money of England, at the sealing of these present Indentures; of the which Hundred Pounds the said John Fettyplace acknowledgeth himself by these Presents to be truly contented and pay∣ed: And the said Sir John Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, thereof to be quit, and discharged by these presents; And at the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle next coming after the date of these presents, Fifty Marks of lawful Mo∣ney of England, at the Feast of Pentecost, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, a Thousand five hundred and twenty five, or within twelve days next fol∣lowing the same Feast, One hundred Marks of lawful money of England; and so yearly at the Feast of Pentecost, or within Twelve days next following after the same Feast, One hundred Marks, until the time that the said Six hundred Marks be truly contented and paid. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Grant∣eth by these presents, That if the said Edmond during the Life of the said John Fettyplace, do dye before the said Marriage had between them, and before carnal copulation, that then Thomas second Son of the said John Fettyplace, or he which at that time shall be Heir apparent to the said John Fettyplace, shall Marry and take to Wife the said Margaret, if the said Margaret will thereto agree, and the Law of the Church will so suffer, and permit the same; and to have like Covenants, Grants and Agreements, for to be made between the said John Fettyplace and Sir John Mordaunt, as well for the payments to be made, as for the Marriage of the said second Son, or the next Heir apparent of the said John Fettyplace at that time being, as the said Sir John should have had, if the said Edmond had lived: And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That if the said Margaret during the Life of the said John Fettyplace, do dye after Mar∣riage had between the said Edmond and the said Margaret, and before carnal co∣pulation, that then the said Edmond shall marry and take to his Wife, Dorothy Mor∣daunt, another of the Daughters of the said Sir John Mordaunt, if the said Dorothy will thereto agree, and the Laws of the Church the same will suffer; with like Covenants, Grants and Agreements, and also payments of the same summ of Six hundred Marks, as then is and shall be paid, for the Marriage of the said Doro∣thy, as should have been if the said Margaret had lived. And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth, That the said Sir John Mordaunt, his Exe∣cutors or Assigns, shall have the keeping and custody of the said Edmond, until the time that the said Edmond come to his age of One and twenty Years; and that the said Sir John, his Executors or Assigns, shall have the said Twenty pounds to the use of the said Sir John, his Executors and Assigns, any Covenant or Grant in these present Indentures, to the contrary made notwithstanding, to and for, the finding of the said Edmond and Margaret: And the said Sir John Covenanteth and Grant∣eth by these presents, That he, his Executors or Assigns, shall at their Costs and Charges, find the said Edmond, Apparel, Meat and Drink, and all other things necessary and convenient, for the degree of the said Edmond, unto the time that the said Edmond come to the age of One and twenty Years: And the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That the said John Fettyplace shall have the keeping, custody and rule of the said Margaret, as long as it shall please the said John Fettyplace to have her; for which the said Sir John, shall content and pay to the said John Fettyplace, for the finding of the said Margaret, as long as the said Margaret shall be in the House, or at the finding of the said John Fetty∣place, Ten Marks of lawful Money of England: And if the said John Fettyplace be not disposed to have the said Margaret, and to find her himself; that then the said Sir John, his Executors or Assigns, shall at their Costs and Charges, find the said Margaret Apparel, Meat, and Drink, and all other things necessary and convenient for the said Margaret, unto the time that the said Edmond come to the full age of One and twenty Years. And it is further agreed between the said Parties, That after that the said Edmond hath accomplished the full age of
One and twenty Years, that then the said Edmond shall receive and take the Profits of the said Twenty Pounds. And also all other parcels as be appointed by these Indentures, for the Jointure of the said Margaret, to the only use of the said Ed∣mond, according to the Covenants comprized and specified in these Indentures.
In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid to these present Indentures inter∣changably have put to their Seals and Sign Manuals, the Day and Year above∣written.
John Fettyplace.
THIS Indenture made the Twentieth Day of October, in the Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God of England and of France King, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, the Sixteenth, between Michael Fisher of Clyfton in the County of Bedford, Esquire, on the one Partie, and John Mordaunt of Turvey of the said County of Bedford, Knight, on the other Partie, Witnesseth; That the said Michael hath Covenanted and Granted, and by these Presents Covenanteth and Granteth to the said Sir John, That John Fisher, Son and Heir apparent of the said Michael, and of Margaret his Wife, shall, by the Grace of God, before the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, One Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty Six, Marry, and take to Wife Anne Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said Sir John, if the said Anne thereunto will agree and assent. And in like manner, the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That the said Anne shall, by the same Grace of God, Marry, and take to Husband the said John Fisher, if the said John Fisher thereunto will agree and assent. The said Marriage to be had and so∣lemnized between the said Parties, before the said Feast of Saint Michael, at the costs and charges of both the said Parties truly to be borne. And the said Michael Co∣venanteth and Granteth by these Presents, to the said Sir John, That he, his Ex∣ecutors, or Assigns, shall Apparel the said John Fisher, his Son, at the said day of Marriage, in all things that shall be necessary and convenient for the degree of the said John Fisher. And in like manner the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents to the said Michael, That he, his Executors or Assigns, shall Apparel the said Anne, at the said day of Marriage, in all things necessary and convenient for the degree of the said Anne. And the said Michael Covenanteth and Granteth to and with the said Sir John by these presents, That the said Michael, his Heirs or Assigns shall before the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist next com∣ing after the date hereof, make, cause or do to be made to John Spelman, Serjeant at the Law, John Elmes, Esquires, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer, Thomas Fitzhugh, Gentlemen, and Sir William Rymer, Clerk, to them, their Heirs and Assigns, or to the one of them, their Heirs and Assigns, a good, sufficient, sure, and lawful Estate in the Law, at the costs and charges of the said Michael, and of the said Sir John, by Feoff∣ment, Fine, Recovery, Release with Warranty, Confirmation or otherwise, as shall be advised by the said Sir John, his Heirs, or Assigns, or by their learned Counsel, of, and in these his Maners of Westlyngworth, Clifton and Felinshin, with the Appur∣tenances in the County of Bedford, and of, and in all Lands and Tenements, Woods, Rents and Services, with the Appurtenances in Westlyngworth and Felinshin, in the said County of Bedford. And also the said Michael Covenanteth and Granteth to and with the said Sir John by these presents, That the said Michael, his Heirs or Assigns, shall before the said Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, next coming after the date hereof, make, cause or do to be made, to the said John Spelman, John Elmes, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer, Thomas Fitzhugh and Sir William Rymer, to leave them, their Heirs and Assigns, a good, sufficient, sure and lawful Estate in the Law, at the whole costs and charges of the said Michael, and of the said Sir John, by Feoffment, Fine, Recovery, Release with Warranty, Con∣firmation
or otherwise, as shall be advised by the said Sir John, his Heirs or As∣signs, or by their learned Counsel, of, and in certain Pastures, Lands and Te∣nements, being in Clopton in the County of Kent, to the clear yearly value of Ten Pounds, over all charges, discharged of all former Bargains, Sales, Statutes, and of all other Incumbrances, and Charges made by the said Michael only: To have and to hold to the said John Spelman, John Elmes, Nicholas Hardyng, Robert Latimer, Thomas Fitzhugh and Sir William Rymer, Clerk, their Heirs and As∣signs, to such uses and intents, as hereafter ensueth: That is to say, Immediately after the solemnization of the said Marriage had, to stand and be seized of the said Maner of Westlyngworth, and of, and in all Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, in Westlyngworth aforesaid, to the use of the said John Fisher and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after the said John Fisher hath accomplished the age of Twenty Years, then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of, and in the said Maners of Clifton, and of, and in all Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances in Clifton, to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after that the said John Fisher hath accomplished the age of Twenty and three Years, then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns to stand and be seized of, and in Lands and Te∣nements, with the Appurtenances in Felinshin aforesaid, to the clear yearly value of Four Pound six Shillings and eight Pence, parcel of the said Lands and Tene∣ments in Felinshin, of the value of Eleven Pounds, to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after the said John Fisher shall come to his age of One and Twenty Years, then the said Feoffees their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of, and in other Lands and Tenements in Felinshin aforesaid, to the yearly value of Four Pound six Shillings and eight Pence, to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the said Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And immediately after the death of the said Michael, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of, and in all other Lands and Tenements in Felinshin aforesaid, residue of the said Lands and Tenements in Felinshin, of the value of Ten Pounds and above; of, and in all the said Closes, Lands and Tenements in Clopton aforesaid, parcel of the Maner of Clopton, to the use of the said John Fisher and Anne, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten. And the said Mi∣chael Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents, That if it happen the said John Fisher, after the said Marriage had and solemnized, to decease, as God forbid, before the said John hath accomplished the said age, as before specified; that then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to be and stand seized of all the said par∣cels of Lands and Tenements above limited, to the said John Fisher and Anne, from the Death of the said John Fisher, to the use of the said Anne, for term of Life of the said Anne, in such manner and form as they should be, if the said John Fisher should have lived, to his said lawful age: That is to say, Im∣mediately after the Death of the said John Fisher, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, or the one living of them, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized, of, and in the said Maners of Westlyngworth, and also of, and in the said Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances in Westlyngworth, to the use of the said Anne, for term of Life of the said Anne. And immediately after the said John Fisher should have accomplished his age of Twenty Years; then the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized of the said Lands and Tenements in Clifton aforesaid, to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And immediately after that the said John Fisher should have been of the age of Twenty three Years, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized, of the said Lands and Tenements, of the yearly value of Four
Pounds six Shillings and eight Pence, to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And after that the said John Fisher should have accomplished the age of Six and twenty Years, then all the said other Lands and Tenements, to the year∣ly value of Four Pounds six Shillings and eight Pence, in Felinshin, shall be to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And immediately after the Death of the said Michael Fisher, the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized of the said other Lands and Tenements in Felinshin aforesaid, and also of all the other Lands and Tenements, and Pastures in Clopton, to the use of the said Anne, for term of her Life. And the said Michael Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he shall suffer Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appur∣tenances in the Counties of Bedford, Oxenford, Northampton, Sussex and Middlesex, to the clear yearly value of a Hundred and forty Pound, over and beside the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances above expressed, for the Jointure of the same Anne, to come, grow, and descend, immediately after the death of the said Michael, (the Jointures of Juliana, Clopton, and of Margaret, now his Wife, and the Rents hereafter to be due to the Chief Lords of the Fee, only except) to the said John Fisher, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Michael Fisher for ever. Provided alway, That it shall be lawful to the said Michael to make a Join∣ture to the said Margaret, now his Wife, of Maners, Lands and Tenements, parcel of the said Hundred and forty Pounds, to the yearly value of Sixty Pounds, for term of life of the said Margaret. Provided also, That if the said Margaret do die before the said Michael, and that the said Michael do fortune to Marry any other Wife, or Wives, That then it shall be lawful to the said Michael for to make a Jointure to the said such Wife, of, and in Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenan∣ces, parcel of the said Hundred and forty Pounds, to the yearly value of Three∣score, for term of the life of the said second Wife or Wives. Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said Michael to declare his last Will during the space of Six Years, of all the residue of the said Hundred and forty Pounds, over and besides such Jointures as any of his said Wife or Wives shall have after the death of the said Michael; And after the said Six Years expired and determined, then the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, to be to the use of the said John Fisher, and of the Heirs of the Body of the said John Fisher lawfully be∣gotten; And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said Michael for ever. Provided alway, as it is agreed between the said parties, That if the said John Fi∣sher shall happen to die, his Heir, or Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten, then being within Age; that then it shall be at the liberty and pleasure of the said Mi∣chael Fisher, for to make and declare his last Will, of all the said Lands and Tene∣ments, of the value of a Hundred and forty Pounds, during the Non-age of the said Issue, and no longer. For the which Premises, on the part of the said Mi∣chael to be performed and kept, the said Sir John Mordaunt shall pay, cause, or do to be paid to the said Michael, his Heirs, or Assigns, Six Hundred Marks of law∣ful Money of England, in manner and form following; That is to say, at the seal∣ing and delivering of these Presents, One Hundred Pounds, of the which Hundred Pounds, the said Michael acknowledgeth himself by these Presents, to be tru∣ly contented, and paid, and the said Sir John, his Heirs, Executors and As∣signs, thereof to be quit and discharged; And for the Three hundred Pounds, residue of the said Six hundred Marks, the said Sir John Mordaunt, John Elmes, Esquire, Nicholas Hardyng, stand and be bound jointly and severally, to the said Michael, his Executors or Assigns, by several obligations, bearing date, the day of the date of these present Indentures, to be paid at certain days contained and speci∣fied in the said Obligations, as by the same Obligations it more plainly doth ap∣pear. In Witness whereof, to the either part of these present Indentures, the Parties abovesaid interchangably have put to their Seals the Day and Year above-written.
To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt and Sir Wil∣liam Paulet, Knights, our Counsellors.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And albeit that we by our other Letters, to our Right trusty and right intirely beloved Cousin and Counsel∣lor, the Marquess of Dorset, directed, willed him to take Five Hundred quick Deer, within our Chace of Leicester, and within Leicester Fryth, and within the Honor of Leicester, for the enstoring of his Park; yet nevertheless, we will that in no wise our said Cousin shall take the said Deer himself, but that ye shall deliver the said Five Hundred Deer unto him your self, like as we will and command you so to do accordingly: To be taken to him of our Gift, our said other Letters in any wise notwithstanding. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge in this behalf.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Green∣wich the Seventh Day of April, the Sevententh Year of our Reign.
To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt and Sir Wil∣liam Paulet, Knights, our Counsellors.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And will and command you, That for the enstoring the Park of our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Hastings, ye deliver, or cause to be delivered, unto him, or his Assigns in that be∣half, Three hundred of quick Deer, to be taken of our Gift, in our Chace of Lei∣cester, and within our Park there, called Leicester Fryth; And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant, and discharge in that behalf or at all times hereafter; any restraint or commandment heretofore made, or had, the contra∣ry in any wise notwithstanding.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Green∣wich the Seventh Day of April, the Seventeenth Year of our Reign.
To our trusty and right welbeloved Counsellor, Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Master and Surveyor of our Woods and Wood-sales.
Henry R.
HEnry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of England, and of France, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland. To our trusty and Right wel∣beloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Master and Surveyor of our Woods and Wood-sales within our County of Hertford, and in his absence to his Depu∣ty or Deputies there, Greeting. Forasmuch as we have not only commanded our welbeloved Servant Hector Asheley, Master and Controuler of our Works, at our Maner of Hunesdone, in our said County of Hertford, to fell and cut down, or to cause to be felled and cut down, with all diligence in either of our said Parks there, such, and as many Oaks as he from time to time shall think needful and expedient, as well for Pale, for the inclosing of a Paddok within our old Park of Hunesdone for a Winter pasture there, as also for the empaling of the Parsons ground within our new Park at Hunesdone; but also we by these pre∣sents for certain causes and considerations, us specially moving, have freely given and granted unto our said Servant, all the Lops and Tops of the said Oaks, and of every of them, without any thing therefore paying, or accompt yeilding unto us or our use at any time hereafter. We will therefore and command you, and every of you, to permit and suffer the said Hector Asheley, to have, use and enjoy, the whole effect of this our commandment and gift, without any your challenge, lett, or interruption to the contrary, as ye tender our pleasure. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge in that behalf.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Beaulieu, the Twelfth day of August, the Nineteenth Year of our Reign.
HEnricus Octavus Dei gratia Angliae & Franciae Rex, Fidei Defensor & Do∣minus Hiberniae. Omnibus dilectis & fidelibus suis Majori Civitatis suae Lon∣dini, Johanni Mordaunt, militi, Conciliario nostro, Christophero Hales, Solicitori nostro, & Rogero Wygston Armigeris, Salutem. Quia accepimus quod Johannes Gysours filius Johannis Gysours, Armigeri, Fatuus & Idiota in vita sua fuit, & quod regimen sui ipsius terrarum & tenementorum suorum non sufficit, & quod ipse in fatuitate sua magnam partem terrarum & tenementorum suorum alienavit in exheredationem suam & nostri prejudicium manifestum, nos indemnitati nostrae perspicere volentes vobis mandamus, quod ad loca ubi terrae & tenementa illa in∣fra civitatem Londinum existunt, in propriis personis vestris accedatis, & de statu suo qualis ille erat, dum in humanis agebat, viis & modis quibus poteritis infor∣mari, omnes affines, cognatos & vicinos suos, circumspectè examinetis. Et nihilo∣minus per Sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum de civitate praedicta, per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit, diligenter inquiratis, utrum idem Johannes Gysours, junior, fatuus & idiota in vita sua fuisset, nec ne; & si sic, utrum à nativitate sua, seu ab alio tempore, & si ab alio tempore, à quo tempore, & qualiter & quomodo, & si lucidis gaudebat intellectualibus; & si idem Johannes in eodem statu existens terras & tenementa aliqua vendiderit seu alienaverit, nec ne;
& quid pro eisdem recepit, & si sic vendiderit, tunc quae terrae & tenementa, & ubi vel in, vel quibus, & in quorum, vel cujus manibus, terrae & tenementa sic alienata existunt, & qualiter, & quo modo, & quae terrae, & quae tenementa haeredi∣bus suis adhuc remanent, & de quo vel de quibus tam terrae & tenementa sic alienata quam terrae & tenementa sibi retenta teneant, & per quod servicium, & qualiter, & quomodo, & quantum valeant per annum, in omnibus exitibus; & quis propinquior haeres ejus sit, & cujus aetatis; & inquisitionem inde distinctè & apertè factam nobis in Cancelaria nostra sub sigillis vestris & sigillis eorum per quos fuerit sine dilatione mittatis, & hoc breve, &c.
Teste meipso apud Westmo∣nasterium quarto die Maii, Anno Regni vicesimo.
Newman.
HEnry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of England and of France, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland. To our Right welbeloved Counsellors Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and Roger Wigston, Esquire, and to our welbeloved Robert Harward, Thomas Borett and John Duke, greeting. Know ye that we having Trust and Confidence in your Wisdoms, Fidelities and Circum∣spections, have appointed, deputed and authorised you, and by these presents give unto you, and two of you, and to such Persons bringers hereof, as ye shall substitute, name and assign, in your place and absence, full Power and Au∣thority, to take and provide to and for the use of our Fortifications, Munitions, Buildings and Reparations of our Ordnances, and other things, concerning as well the Safeguard, Defence and Tuition of our Town and Marches of Caleys, the Castles of Guysnes, Hammes and Newnambrigge, as also other necessaries, and requisites of and for the same purpose, to be taken and had, not only within our Lordships, Maners, Woods and Parks, and other Grounds within our Counties of Kent, Sussex and Essex; but also to be taken and had, within any Lordships, Maners, Lands and Tenements, of any other Person or Persons, within the said Counties of Kent, Sussex and Essex, at convenient and reasonable prices; and by this we give unto you, and two of you, full Power and Authority in manner and form above∣specified, to take Carpenters, Workmen, Artificers and Labourers, apt and con∣venient for Felling and Squaring of the said Timber and Trees to the use aforesaid; and also all manner of Carriages, as well by Sea and Salt-Waters, as also by Fresh-Waters and by Land for reasonable Wages, and Payments to be taken and had in that behalf, not only within Franchises, and places priviledged, but also without, and in other places. Wherefore we will and command you and every of you, to do your diligence in the executing of this our pleasure and commandment. And also we will and command all and singular Mayors, Sheriffs, Bayliffs, Consta∣bles and all other our Officers, Ministers and Subjects to be Aiding, Helping, Counseling and Assisting you in the executing hereof, as they will answer to us at their utmost peril.
In Witness whereof we have caused these Presents to be Sealed with our great Seal at Westminster, the Three and twentieth Day of Decem∣ber, the twentieth Year of our Reign.
Pexfatt.
To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Surveyor and Master of our Wood-sales, within our Forests, Parks, and Chaces, as well on this side Trent as beyond.
Henry R.
TRusty and welboved, we greet you well: And whereas our great Lodge, in our New Park, within our New Forest, is decayed and ruinous, which Lodge we intend to have repaired conveniently against our resort to the same; and because we be credibly informed, that it should be very necessary for the preservation of our Game in Southbally within our said Forest, to make a Trench in our Wood there next adjoining, to the Abbot of Bewleys Park: We will that ye upon the sight hereof, do cause a Trench to be felled in our Woods be∣fide the said Park, and that ye make sale of all the said Woods, in the said Trench to our most profit, and with the Money thereof growing, to cause to be bestowed upon the reparation of our said great Lodge, in as convenient hast as ye can; and that ye cause such Brick, as standeth in a Kyln ready made within our Ballywyke of Burley, within our said Forest, to be kept to our use, and to bestow part thereof upon the said reparations of our said Lodge, and these our Letters, shall be your Warrant and discharge in that behalf.
Given under our Sig∣net, at our Castle of Windsor the Thirteenth day of April, the One and twentieth Year of our Reign.
To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Surveyor General of our Woods.
Henry R.
WE will and command you forthwith, upon the sight of these our Letters, to direct your writing unto our Officers of our Forest of Sawsey, and of our Park of Moulton, commanding them by the same, to deliver, or do to be de∣livered unto our Trusty and welbeloved Servant John Hartwell, Esquire, and to Richard Wale, Gentleman, such, and as many Oaks convenable for Posts and Rayls, with the Lops, Tops, and Bark of the same, as shall be sufficient for the enlarging of our Park of Hartwell, and making of a new Lodge there; they im∣ploying the said Lops, Tops and Bark, towards the payment of the Workmanship of the said enlargement of our said Park. The said Oak to be taken within our said Forest and Park, and these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge in this behalf.
Given under our Signet, at our Maner of Ampthill the Thirteenth day of September, the Three and twentieth Year of our Reign.
To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight.
Henry R.
TRusty and Right welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas we singu∣larly tendring as well the defence of this our Realm, against the malignity of our Ancient Enemies, the French-men and Scots, and to suppress their Teme∣rities, which contrary to their Oaths and Promises, have commenced the Wars against us and our said Realm; as also specially minding to be in such a readi∣ness, as we may be not only able to resist the malice of our said Ememies; but also aid and assist our faithful Friends, Confederates and Allies, with our Power, ac∣cording to such Treaties as be passed, and concluded betwixt us, and them, have now of late of special trust addressed our Commission with Instructions to you and others of that our Shire of Bedford, as well for the Viewing, Mustering and putting our said Subjects in a readiness with Heaumes and other Abiliments fit for the Wars, according to the Port and Continue of our said Commission, and Instructions thereunto annexed; as also to make due Certificate to us in Writing, of, and upon all and singular the Points and Articles, contained in our said In∣structions. We therefore truly regarding, providing and considering the great Costs and Charges, that we of likelihood shall be enforced to sustain and bear for maintenance, and continuance of our Armies and Navy, both by Land and Sea, and over that by the advice of our Council, devising the ways and means, how the said Charges might the more easily be born and supported, by the loving Aid of our faithful and benevolent Subjects; have thought right expedient, to have certain knowledge as well of the Extents, and yearly Revenues of such Lands, as be within the precinct and Circuit of that Shire, and to whom the said Lands particularly appertain, as also in the value and estimation of the Goods and Substances of all and singular our Subjects, as well spiritual as Temporal, resi∣dent, and inhabiting within the same. And for that cause remembring you to be our true and Faithful Servant, thought right expedient to authorise you for that purpose, willing and commanding you, not only to give firm credence, to our Trusty and right welbeloved Servants, Sir John Saint-John, Sir William Gascoign, and Sir John Mordaunt, Knights, whom we have right amply instructed, of our mind and pleasure to you by them to be declared, but also towards your self, after such form and manner, for the more assured knowledge of the premises, as they shall instruct you. Fail ye not thus to do, as we fingularly trust you, and as ye tender the advancement of our Honor and surety; to be remembred hereafter ac∣cording to our laudable acquital, and good deserts.
Given under our Signet at our Castle of Windsor the Twenty sixth Day of July.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we be determined, in the Feast of Pentecost next coming, to keep and celebrate, with all due circumstances of Honor, the Coronation of our most dear and welbe∣loved Wife, the Lady Anne, our Queen, as to her Estate and Dignity doth appertain: We therefore desire, and pray you to put your self in such order and readiness against the said Feast, as ye may here attend, and be present at the said Coronati∣on, in such wise furnished, as to your degree, and that solemnity, shall be conveni∣ent and agreeable; wherein ye shall do unto us very acceptable pleasure.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Five and Twentieth Day of April.
THIS Indenture made the Two and twentieth day of January, in the Five and twentieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, of England and of France, King, Defender of the Faith, Lord of Ireland: Between John More of Haddon, in the Parish of Bamp∣ton in the County of Oxford, Esquire, on the one Party, and John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt on the other Party, Witnesseth; That the said Parties be∣ing agreed in manner and form as hereafter followeth, That is to say, The said John More doth Covenant and Grant by these Presents, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, That Thomas More, his Son and Heir apparent, shall, by the Grace of God, Marry and take to his Wife Dorothy Mordaunt, one of the Daugh∣ters of the said Lord Mordaunt, if the said Dorothy thereto will agree and con∣sent. And in like manner the said Lord Mordaunt doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said John More by these presents, That the said Dorothy, by the like Grace, shall Marry and take to her Husband, the said Thomas More, if the said Thomas More thereto will consent and agree. The said Marriage to be had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Dorothy Mordaunt, before the Feast of Pentecost next coming, after the date hereof, at the indifferent Costs and Charges of the said John More and Lord Mordaunt. And the said John More doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt by these presents, That he, at his proper costs and charges, shall apparel the said Thomas More, in all things as shall be meet and convenient for the Degree of the said Thomas More, the day of the said Marriage to be had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Dorothy. And in like manner the said Lord Mordaunt doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said John More by these presents, That he, at his proper costs and charges, shall apparel the said Dorothy, in all things that shall be necessary and convenient for the degree of the said Dorothy, the said day of Marriage so to be solemnized and had. And the said John More doth Covenant and Grant for him, his Heirs, Exe∣cutors and Assigns, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns by these presents, That the same John More, his Heirs or Assigns, before the Feast of Easter next coming after the date of these Presents, or within Fifteen days next ensuing the said Feast of Easter, shall make, cause or do to be made
to Sir Thomas Audely, Knight, Lord Chancellor of England, Sir Henry Parker, Gyles Strangesways, John Mordaunt the Younger, William Gascoign, Thomas Bernardyston, Knights, Edmond Fettyplace, Roger More, John Elmes, Esquires, William More, Clerk, John Gostwyke, Robert More, second Son of the said John More, Thomas Spilman, Robert Latimer, Nicholas Hardyng and Richard Downhall, Gentlemen, Thomas Lewes and George Caldwell, their Heirs and Assigns, a good, sufficient, sure, and lawful Estate in the Law, in Fee-simple, of, and in the Maner of Whad∣don, otherwise called Charles's Maner in Whaddon in the County of Cantebrigge, and of, and in the Maner of Ladybury, in Whaddon aforesaid, and of, and in all other his Maners, Lands and Tenements, Hereditaments, Woods, Rents, Re∣versions and Services, with the Appurtenances, in Whaddon aforesaid, Knesworth, Melreth, Melburn, Basingburn, Moredon, Abyngdon, Crawdon, Wympole and Crewell, in the said County of Cantebrigge. All which Maners, Lands and Tenements, and all other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, the said John More doth Covenant and Grant, for him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns by these presents, To be of the clear yearly value of Forty eight Pounds, over and above all yearly Charges, and Reprizes going out of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises, with their Appurtenances before expressed. The said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to be and stand Feoffees, and seized, of, and in the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and all other the said Premises, with their Appurtenances, to the uses and intents hereafter following: That is to say, To the use of the said John More, and his Heirs, until such time as Mar∣riage be had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Dorothy. And after such Marriage had and solemnized between the said Thomas More and Do∣rothy, then immediately the said Feoffees, their Heirs and Assigns, to stand, and to be seized of, and in the Site of the Maner, and Maner place, of the said Maner of Whaddon, called Charles's Maner, with all Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to the same Maner belonging, or appertaining, with the Appur∣tenances, now in the Tenure of Anthony Bennes, to the clear yearly value of Fourteen Pounds; And of, and in certain Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, now in the Tenure of one William Fox, to the clear yearly value of Four Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, called Lady-place, to the clear yearly value of Fifty three Shillings four Pence; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of John Payne, to the clear yearly value of Three hundred Pounds and ten Shillings; And of, and in certain Lands and Te∣nements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of Richard Crepyn, to the clear yearly value of Ten Shillings. And of, and in certain Lands, now in the Tenure of Anthony Bennes, to the clear yearly value of Twenty six Shillings eight Pence. All which Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Ap∣purtenances, parcel of the Premises, amount to the clear yearly value of Forty Marks, to the use of the said Thomas More and Dorothy, and of the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the said John More, for ever; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of William Newman, to the clear yearly value of Twenty four Shillings; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of William Borol∣man, to the clear yearly value of Forty Shillings; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenences, now in the Tenure of John Astemore, to the clear yearly value of Four Pounds three Shillings and four Pence; And of, and in certain Lands and Tenements, with the Appurtenances, now in the Tenure of John Dickons, to the clear yearly value of Three Pounds six Shillings eight Pence; And of, and in divers Lands and Tenements, now in the Tenure of John Alleyn, to the clear value of Thirteen Shillings four pence, also parcel of the Premises, amounting
in the whole, to the Summ of Twenty Marks, to the use of the said John More, during his Life without Impeachment of wast: And after the Death of the said John More, to the use of the said Thomas More and Dorothy, and of the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the said John More, and of his Heirs for ever. And of all other the said Lands and Tenements, residue of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, before ex∣pressed, to the use of the said John More, for the term of his Life without Impeachment of wast: The Remainder after his decease to the said Thomas More, and his Heirs for ever, discharged of all former Rights, Titles, Claims, Uses, Dowers, Demands and of all other Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever they be. And the said John More for him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant and Grant, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and As∣signs, by these Presents, That he the said John More, his Heirs and Assigns, shall from time to time during the space of Three Years, make, do, suffer, and levy, or cause to be made, done, suffered and levied, such further Assurances, and Surety, to the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs or Assigns, or to any other Person or Persons, by the said Lord, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns to be limitted and named, of, and in the Maners, Lands, Tenements and other the said Premises, with the Appurtenances, to the uses and intents before expressed and declared, as shall be devised by the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, or by his or their learned Council in the law, at the costs and charges in the law, of the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns. And the said John More for him, his Heirs Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, by these presents, That he the said John More before the said Feast of Pentecost, shall make, do, suffer and levy, or cause to be made, done, suffered and levied to the said Sir Thomas Audely, Sir Gyles Strangeways, and other his said Co-feoffees before named, their Heirs and As∣signs, a good, sure, sufficient and lawful Estate in the law, in Fee-simple, of, and in all his said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, and all o∣ther his Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances in the said County of Oxford: That is to say, Of the Maner of More, with the Appurtenances in More and Moreton; of the Maner of Haddon with their Appurtenances in Bampton, of the Maner of Esthall, otherwise called Asthall and Astally; and of all other his Maners, Lands, Tenements, Woods, Waters, Rents, Reversions, Services and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances in More and Moreton, Staunton, Harecourt, Bampton, Clan∣field, Norton, Asthall, Esthall and Astally in the said County of Oxford, or else∣where within the said County of Oxford; except certain Lands and Tenements in Handborough, to such uses and intents as hereafter followeth: That is to say, Of, and in the said Maner of More in More and Moreton, to the use of the said John More, and of Jane, now Wife to the said John More, for term of their lives, and of the longest liver of them, without Impeachment of wast, during the Life of the said John More: And after the Death of the said John More and of Jane his Wife, then the said Feoffees, their Heirs or Assigns, or the over-liver of them, his Heirs and Assigns, to stand and be seized thereof, to the use of the said Thomas More and his Heirs, according to such Estates of Inheritance thereof, as at the date of these present Indentures made. And of, and in the Maner of Haddon in Bampton, the Maner of Esthall, Asthall and Astally, and of all the said Lands, Tenements, Woods, Waters, Rents, Reversions and Services, and Hereditaments, and other the Premises before rehearsed in Bampton, Esthall, Asthall and Astally, the said Feoffees, their Heirs, and Assigns, or the longest liver of them, and his Heirs, to be, continue and stand Feoffees thereof, to the use of the said John More, for term of his Life, without Impeachment of wast; the Remainder after his Death, to the said Thomas More, and his Heirs, according to such Estates of Inheritance thereof, at the date of these present Indentures made. And the said John More for him, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant and
Grant, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Assigns by these presents, That he shall suffer all other his Maners, Lands, Tenements, and all o∣ther his Hereditaments, with all and singular their Appurtenances, whatsoever they be, whereof he or any other be seized of, in Right, Title, Possession or in Use, other then before expressed and declared: except one yearly Rent of Nine Pounds sixteen Shillings, which the said John More hath out of the Maner of Newbolt, in the County of Northampton, now in the Tenure of Sir William Newenham, Knight; which Nine Pounds sixteen Shillings, is parcel of the Jointure of the said Jane, Wife of the said John More, to come, grow and descend in Demeasn, Possession, Reversion, Remainder or in Use, immediately after the Death of the said John More, and of the said Jane his Wife, to the said Thomas More, and to his Heirs, according to such Estates of Inheritance thereof, at the date of these present In∣dentures made, discharged of all former Rights, Titles, Uses and demands, and of all other Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever they be, (the Rents, Customs and Services, to the Chief Lords of that Fee or Fees, hereafter to be due, only ex∣cept.) Provided always, That if the said Jane, now Wife to the said John More, fortune to decease, that then it shall be lawful to the said John More to make a Jointure, of, and in the Maner of More and Moreton, to any Wife or Wives, that hereafter the said John More shall fortune to Marry, during the Life or Lives of the said Wife or Wives; any Covenant, Grant, Use or Article before expres∣sed, to the contrary notwithstanding. For all which Covenants, Grants and A∣greements on the part of the said John More, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, for to be truly observed, performed, fulfilled and kept; the said John Lord Mor∣daunt doth Covenant and Grant by these Presents, To pay or cause to be paid to the said John More, his Executors or Assigns, Four hundred and fifty Marks of lawful Money of England: That is to say, at the day of Marriage had and solem∣nized, one hundred Pounds of lawful Money of England: And at the Feast of the Purification of our Lady then next coming, One hundred Marks of lawful Money of England. And so yearly at the said Feast of the Purification of our Lady, One hundred Marks of lawful Money of England, unto the time the said Summ of Four hundred and fifty Marks, be to the said John More, his Executors or Assigns, truly contented and paid.
In Witness whereof the Parties aforesaid interchangea∣bly have put to their Seals and Sign Manual to these present Indentures, the Day and Year above-written.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Signifying unto you that for certain weighty causes and considerations touching us; our mind and pleasure is, That all excuses laid apart, ye be, and personally appear at our City of London, on Tuesday the Seventh day of July next coming, there to tarry and demeur, until ye shall know farther of our pleasure, which shall be declared unto you on our behalf, by the Mouth of our Chancellor: Fail ye not hereof as we specially trust in you.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Hampton-Court the last day of June.
To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor, the Lord Mordaunt.
RIght welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas it hath pleased the Goodness of Almighty God, of his Infinite Mercy and Grace, to send unto us at this time, good speed in the deliverance and bringing forth of a Prin∣cess, to the great Joy, Rejoyce, and inward Comfort of my Lord, Us, and of all his good and loving Subjects of this his Realm, for the which his inestima∣ble Benevolence so shewed unto us, we have no little cause to give high Thanks, Laud and Praising unto our said Maker, like as we do most lowly, humbly and with all the inward desire of our Heart: And inasmuch as we undoubt∣edly trust, that this our good speed is to your great Pleasure, Comfort and Con∣solation, we therefore by these our Letters advertise you thereof; desiring and heartily praying you to give, with us, unto Almighty God, high Thanks, Glory, Laud and Praising, and to Pray for the good Health, Prosperity and continual preservation of the said Princess accordingly.
Given under our Signet, at my Lord's Maner of Greenwich, the Seventh day of September in the Five and twentieth Year of my Lord's Reign.
ARticles of Agreement made, devised, and concluded between the Right Wor∣shipful Dame Anne Danvers of Dauntesey, and the Right Honourable Lord Mordaunt, for a Marriage to be had, between Silvester Danvers, and Mistress Eli∣zabeth, Daughter to the said Lord Mordaunt, the Twelfth day of April, in the Twenty eighth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord King Henry the Eighth.
First, It is agreed between the said Parties, That the said Silvester Danvers, shall Marry and take to his Wife the said Elizabeth, if she will thereto agree; and the said Elizabeth shall take to her Husband the said Silvester, if he thereto will agree; and the said Marriage to be solemnized between them before the Feast of Pentecost next coming after the date hereof, where it shall please the said Lord Mor∣daunt; and the Costs of Meat and Drink at the Marriage, and even of their Apparel after they are Married to be provided at the Charges of the said Lord Mordaunt.
Item, Where the said Dame Anne is seized of Lands, Tenements, Rents, Re∣versions and Services, with the Appurtenances in the County of Cornwall, all of the yearly value of Fifty Pounds, she is contented to make a sufficient and sure Estate in Fee-simple of the foresaid Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Ser∣vices, with their Appurtenances, to the said value, to Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight, and to ............. discharged of all manner of Charges and In∣cumbrances made or done by the said Dame Anne, on condition as hereafter follow∣eth: That is to say, That the said Feoffees, within Ten Days after they have their Estate, shall make a sure and sufficient Estate, to the said Dame Anne of the foresaid Lands and Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Services, with their Appurtenances, for term of her Life, without Impeachment of Wast; the Remain∣der thereof to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Silvester lawfully begotten; And for lack of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Dame Anne.
Item, Further the said Dame Anne, after she hath received her Estate, for term of her Life, of the Premises, granteth to make a grant of an Annuity of Forty
Pounds by the Year, for the term of her said own Life, to the said Silvester and Eli∣zabeth, to be had, and received out of the said Lands and Tenements, Rents, Re∣versions and Services, with the Appurtenances, as the said Lord will devise; with a Clause of Distress, to distrein in the said Lands and Tenements for lack of payment, or at Three Months after any of the said Feasts limited, or appointed for pay∣ment thereof, as hereafter followeth: And the said Forty Pounds to be paid yearly, at the Feasts of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our Lady by even Portions; and the first payment of the said Annuity to begin, at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next after the said Silvester shall come to his full Age of One and twenty Years; and the Writings to be made for the assurance of the Premises, and all further Devises, as shall be devised by the said Lord, and the same to be done at the Costs and Charges of the same Lord Mordaunt.
Item, All such Leases as shall be made by the said Dame Anne, of any parcel of the Premises, for term of her Life or Lives, or Years, or by Copy of Court-Roll, not minishing the Rents, such Services nor Customs, to stand in effect according to the Grant, and the same not to be altered, nor devised by the said Silvester nor Elizabeth; but the same to be confirmed by them, when the Re∣mainder shall be Executed; if the Tenants, or any of them for their own part, will so require it.
Item, The said Dame Anne shall suffer all her Maners, Lands and Tene∣ments, Rents, Reversions and Services, of her own Inheritance, with their Appurtenances, that she is in possession of, or any other to her use, immediately after her decease, to descend and remain to the said Silvester, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Silvester lawfully begotten; And for lack of such Issue, to remain to the right Heirs of the said Dame Anne Danvers, discharged of all Incumbrances by her done, (her Maners of Marden and Wyfford in the County of Wiltshire, with their Appurtenances, only except,) whereof one John Danvers, Son of the said Dame Anne, to have the value of Twenty Pounds yearly thereof, for term of his Life, and Thirty Years over, without Impeachment of wast; yeild∣ing to her Heirs yearly, One Red Rose, at the Feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, if it be asked, and the Profits of the residue of the said Maners of Marden and Wyfford, with their Appurtenances, to be at the liberty of the same Dame Anne for Twelve Years after her decease, to go to the performance of the last Will, of the said Dame Anne Danvers, for the space of the said Twelve Years, next after her decease; and likewise except Forty Shillings yearly for an An∣nuity, for the term of Life of one James Vause, to be paid forth of a Close, or a Pasture, called the Oxe-less, parcel of the Maner of Dauntesey.
For the which Marriage to be executed, and for the Feoffment to be made, and sufferances of her Possessions, to descend and remain, (except before excepted) the said John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, promiseth to pay to the same Dame Anne Danvers, and her Executors, Six hundred Marks, at such days as hereafter followeth: That is to say, At the day of the Sealing of these Inden∣tures and before any Contract, or the Marriage solemnized, Four hundred Marks; and at the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle, then next coming, or within one Month next following the same Feast, One hundred Marks, to be paid at Daun∣tesey aforesaid, to the said Dame Anne, her Executors or Assigns; and at the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle then next ensuing, or within One Month next following the same Feast after that, One hundred Marks, to be paid to the said Dame Anne, her Executors or Assigns, at Dauntesey aforesaid, till the said Sum of Six hundred Marks be, to the said Dame Anne and her Executors, fully satisfied, contented and paid: And for the sure payment of the Two hundred Marks, par∣cel of the Six hundred Marks, the said Lord Mordaunt, and Sir John, his Son, to be bound in several Obligations of a hundred Pound a piece, to the said Dame Anne, to be paid at the place, and days afore limited, or within one Month next following.
Item, The said Lord Mordaunt shall find, at his Costs and Charges, the said
Silvester and Elizabeth, from the day of their Marriage till the Feast of Saint Mi∣chael the Archangel, next after the said Silvester shall come to his full Age of One and twenty Years, and have the bringing up of them, as it is between them agreed, if the said Silvester so long will be ruled by the said Lord, his Executors or As∣signs; or else the said Lord, his Executors or Assigns, to pay yearly to the said Sil∣vester Twenty Pounds for his finding, at the pleasure of the said Lord, his Execu∣tors or Assigns.
Item, It is agreed between the said Lady Danvers and Lord Mordaunt, That the Articles before expressed, and such of them, and the Surety thereof, and such things thereunto appertaining, and belonging, shall, by the advice of the Learned Council of the said Lady, and Lord Mordaunt, be engrossed, and made upon Parchment, according to the true meaning and intent, both of the said Lady and Lord Mordaunt, at the indifferent Costs and Charges of the said Lady and Lord Mordaunt.
Anne Danvers.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as divers Leud and Traiterous Persons, have lately, contrary to their Duties of Allegiance, assembled together in great numbers, to the great peril and danger of our Loving, Faithful and Obedient Subjects inhabiting those Parts. Albeit we have taken order for their repression in such sort, as we think their Example shall be a learning to all others hereafter: Yet because the Successes and Chances of such things be so doubtful, that no certainty can be prescribed therein in all events: For the more surety we have thought convenient, not only to command you im∣mediately upon the sight hereof, to have a vigilant Eye to the preservation of the quiet of the Country about you; but also, with all diligence to you possible, to put all your Friends, Servants, Tenants, and such others as be under your rule, in such a readiness as in case need shall require, ye may within a days warn∣ing both advance you, with all your Force, to such place as shall be limited unto you, and yet leave the Country behind you in such assured governance as there∣upon hap no inconvenience, for want of good foresight, and circumspection touch∣ing the same. And in case ye shall perceive any Persons like to be of such Con∣spiracy, our pleasure is, ye shall from time to time apprehend them, and commit them to Ward. Fail ye not hereof, as we specially trust you, and as ye will answer for the contrary at your peril.
Given under our Signet at our Castle of Windsor, the Sixth day of October, the Eight and twentieth Year of our Reign.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas we be not only most certainly informed, but know the same by our own Experience, that by the Negligence, Corruption, and want of Circumspection, of those whom we put in trust with the order of Justice under us, within this our Realm, many light, leud and ill-disposed Persons, be permitted and suffered, and sometime ani∣mated by the self-same Persons, whom we do so put in trust, and ought to be in∣deed, the Men of most honesty within our said Realm, to use their wilful and corrupt Appetites, in attempting all kinds of Evil at their liberties, without fear of punishment, to the great Annoyance of our good Subjects, and to the great En∣couragement of Malefactors, which is, hath been, and shall be the occasion of innu∣merable Inconveniencies, Dangers, Perils and Displeasures to the State of our whole Realm; whereof having the Supream care and charge under God, it shall be our part and duty to endeavour our self to put just Remedy to the same: Al∣beit we have at this present time sent forth our Proclamations, whereby we in ge∣neral command all our Officers, Ministers, Subjects and true Leige-Men to have regard to their duties, according to their Degrees and Callings, as they will answer for the contrary, at their extream perils, which we purpose in case of defaults so to look upon, as we have not yet done the like, since it pleased God, to commit the Governance of this our Realm unto us; yet forasmuch as we know, that ye be not only of great Authority in those parts, but also that your Wisdom, Know∣ledge and Experience, is such as may facielly correct things there that be out of good order; and can also see, if you will open your Eyes thereunto, when things digress from the right Train, and will be corrected and amended by lawful Pu∣nishment, which putteth a stay to others that might percase fall into the like Fol∣ly. We have thought meet to desire and pray you specially, as a Man, whom we specially trust, and one whose fault by Negligence, want of Vigilance, or due Cir∣cumspection, we shall specially note, weigh and consider; that putting apart all af∣fections with other corruptions, as commonly now adays do occupy the Stomachs of them, which in name and Authority be directed to honesty, you will lay before your Eyes, first your Duty to God, then your Obedience to us by his Commandment, and after the great Good which to all Men, and most of all to them that be of Honour, and should be inclined to good Civility, doth ensue by good Order, and due Execution of Justice, which bringeth forth a perfect quiet; and upon those grounds, with a respect to the avoiding of all dangers that by the contrary part may ensue, you will apply your self to be so vigilant, as the points contained in the said Proclamation, and all others meet to be remembred, for the Maintenance, and Conservation of Justice may be put in use, and duely observed according to your Allegiance, and to the Commandment of the same. By the do∣ing hereof ye shall satisfie a good duty towards God, you shall preserve your Esti∣mation towards us, you shall honestly serve your Country, and you shall save your own to your self and to your posterity: By the other part you shall offend God, you shall displease us, put out your Estimation with all the rest in danger. Wherefore eftsoons we require you to remember your self touching these things, in such wise as we may have cause, both to remember you again with Favour, and
to think you a Man worthy the same, and to have Authority with others in our Common-Wealth accordingly: Willing you for your better instruction to get a Co∣py of our said Proclamation, and in such wise to note the special points of the same, as you may the better put it in due Execution without failing, as we trust in you.
Given under our Signet at our Palace of Westminster the Ninth Day of March, the Twentieth and nine Year of our Reign.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as by the in∣estimable Goodness, and Grace of Almighty God, we be delivered and brought in Child-bed of a Prince, conceived in most lawful Matrimony, between my Lord the King's Majesty and Us: Doubting not but for the Love and Affection which ye bear unto us, and to the Common-Wealth of this Realm, the knowledge thereof should be Joyous and glad Tidings unto you: We have thought good to certifie you of the same, to the intent ye might not only render unto God, condign Thanks and Praise for so great a Benefit; but also continually Pray for the long Continuance, and Preservation of the same, here in this Life, to the Honour of God, Joy, and Plea∣sure of my Lord the King and Us, and the Universal Well, Quiet, and Tranquil∣lity of this whole Realm.
Given under our Signet, at my Lord's Maner of Hamp∣ton-Court, the Twelfth Day of October.
THIS Indenture made the Twentieth Day of October, in the Nine and Twen∣tieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, of England, and of France, King, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, and in Truth, Supream Head of the Church of England. Between the Right Worshipful Dame Anne Danvers of Dauntesey, in the County of Wiltshire, on the one Party, and the Right Honourable Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, on the other Party; Witnesseth, That it is fully Covenanted, Condescended, Bargained, Concluded and Agreed, between the said Parties, and either of them, Covenanteth, Bargaineth, Granteth and Agreeth for them, their Heirs, and Executors, to and with the others in manner and form following: That is to say, Where the said Dame Anne, for a Marriage already had, done and solemnized, between one Silvester Danvers, Son and Heir of Thomas Danvers, Esquire, Deceased, Son and Heir of the said Dame Anne, hath received of the said Lord Mordaunt, Four hundred Marks Sterling, whereof the said Dame Anne knowledgeth her self to be fully satisfied, contented and paid, and the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, thereof to be ac∣quitted, and discharged; and also the said Dame Anne by these presents know∣ledgeth her self, to have received of the said Lord Mordaunt several Obligations for the payment of Two hundred Marks: For the which Summ, and payments al∣ready paid, and to be paid, The said Dame Anne Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, That where she the said Dame Anne is seized of, and in certain Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions, Services and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances, in the County of Cornwall, of the clear yearly value of Fifty Pounds, over and above all yearly Charges and Ex∣pences, that the said Dame Anne, shall before the Feast of the Nativity of our
Lord, next coming after the date hereof, make, or cause to be made, to Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight, and Edmond Fettyplace, Esquire, and to their Heirs for ever, a good, sufficient, sure and Lawful Estate in the Law, in Fee-simple, of and in all and singular the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions and Ser∣vices, and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances; To have and to hold the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and all and singular other the Pre∣mises, with the Appurtenances, to the said Sir Anthony Hungerford, and Ed∣mond Pettyplace, and to their Heirs for ever; discharged of all former Bargains, Uses, Sales, Jointures, Dowers, Titles, Statutes, Statutes of the Staple, Uses, Wills, Arrearages of Rents, Judgments, Alienations without License, Intrusions, not su∣ing of Livery out of the King's Hands, Entries, Fines, Forfeits; and that the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Hereditaments be, at the making thereof, to the clear yearly value of Forty Pounds, over and above all charges, going out of the same Rents, (Customs and Services to the Chief Lords of the Fee, from thence forth to be due only excepted) to the intent, and upon condition, That the said Sir Anthony and Edmond Fettyplace, or the Survivors of them, their Heirs and As∣signs, shall immediately, and incontinently, after such Estate made to them, by the said Dame Anne, within Ten days next after the same Feast, make or cause to be made to the same Dame Anne, a good, sufficient, sure and lawful Estate, of all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and other the Premises, with the Appurtenances; To have and to hold, the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, He∣reditaments, with the Appurtenances, to the said Dame Anne, and her Assigns for term of Life of the said Dame Anne, without Impeachment of Wast; the Re∣mainder thereof after the said Dame Anne, to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to the Heirs of the Body of the said Silvester lawfully begotten; And for de∣fault of such Heirs, the Remainder thereof, to the right Heirs of the said Sil∣vester for ever, discharged in manner and form before rehearsed. And the said Dame Anne Covenanteth and Granteth, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, by these Presents, That the said Dame Anne, within Fifteen Days after she hath the Estate of the Premises made to her, by the said Sir Anthony and Edmond Fettyplace, and by the survivors of them, their Heirs and Assigns, with the remainder, as before is expressed, that the said Dame Anne by her sufficient Deed or Deeds in the Law, shall Grant an Annuity, or Annual Rent, of Forty Pounds by the Year, going out of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances, yearly to be paid, at the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady, and Saint Michael the Archangel, by even Portions and Summs, to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to their Assigns, for term of Life of the said Dame Anne; with a clause of distress for the Non-payment of the said Annuity, or Annual Rent, to be contained in the said Deed or Deeds, as shall be devised, and advised by the said Lord Mor∣daunt, or by his Heirs or Executors, or by his or their Learned Counsel, at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs or Executors: The said Annuity to begin first to be paid the said Silvester and Elizabeth, or to the over-liver of them, at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred and forty one, which shall be the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next after that the said Silvester doth or might have attained, or come to his full Age of One and twenty Years. And it is also further Agreed between the said Parties, That all such Leases, and Grants, before the date of these Presents, by the said Dame Anne, or any of her Ancest∣ors made, or hereafter to be made by the said Dame Anne, of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Appurtenances, or of any part or parcel of the same, to any person or persons, for term of Life, or Lives, or for Years, or by Copy of Court-Roll, not minishing the Rents, such Customs or Services, before this time used to be paid, shall be, stand, remain and continue in their force, and effect, according to the said Leases, and Grants, without denying or altering of the same, to be made by the said Silvester and Elizabeth, or their Heirs, or any
of them; but that the said Leases, and Grants, when the Remainder shall be Exe∣cuted in them, or in any of them, shall not only be ratified and confirmed by them, and either of them, to the said Lessees and Grantees, if the Lessees and Grantees of the same, will the same of the said Silvester and Elizabeth and their Heirs require and demand; but also, the said Lessees and Grantees, and every of them, shall peaceably occupy, hold, and continue, according to their said Leases and Grants, without interruption of the said Silvester and Elizabeth, or of any of them, or of their Heirs. And the said Dame Anne Covenanteth and Granteth, for her, her Heirs and Assigns, to and with the said Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, by these Presents, That then the said Dame Anne shall suffer all and singular her Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with the Appurte∣nances, which be of her own Inheritance, now being in her Possession or Occupa∣tion, or in Tenure, Possession or Occupation, of any other Person or Persons, to her Use, in Possession, Remainder, Reversion or in Use, immediately after the death of the said Dame Anne, to descend, return, remain, or come to the said Sil∣vester, and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten; And for default of such Heirs, the remainder thereof to the right Heirs of the said Dame Anne for ever; discharged of all Incumbrances, Titles and Demands, done and made by the said Dame Anne, or by any other person or persons, for her, in her name, or by her commandment; all Leases and Grants already made, or hereafter to be made, by the said Dame Anne, of any of the Premises, being of her own Inheritance, reser∣ving the Rents accustomed only excepted; and reserving the Maner of Willeford, with the Appurtenances, in the foresaid County of Wiltshire, and the Tenements now called Butler's Farm, now being in the Tenure of Richard Amour; another Tenement called Conyes, now being in the Tenure of Henry Moxham; and the third Tenement called Watrobins, now being in the Tenure of Robert Whitebread; and one Close or Pasture called Hickperse, now being in the Tenure of John Hampshire; with all other Lands, Meadows and Pastures, with all other the Appurtenances, to the said three Tenements belonging or appertaining, and the Rents of the same, parcel of the Maners of Marden, in the foresaid County of Wiltshire, during the Life of one John Danvers, Son of the said Dame Anne, and Thirty Years next and im∣mediately ensuing after the death of the said John Danvers only excepted and reserved; and also excepted and reserved the whole residue of the said Maner of Marden, with the Appurtenances, and the Chief Rents of the said Maner, to the said Dame Anne, her Executors and Assigns, for term of Life of the said Dame Anne; and the remainder thereof, for term of Twelve years, next and im∣mediately ensuing after the death of the said Dame Anne, to the Executors and Assigns of the said Dame Anne; and after, to remain, revert, descend, and come to the said Silvester and his Heirs for ever, discharged in the maner and form be∣fore expressed; and also, an Annuity or yearly Rent, of Forty Pounds, going out of a Close or Pasture called the Oxe-less, parcel of the said Maner of Dauntesey, in the County aforesaid, for term of life of one James Vause, excepted and reserved; and also, the Maner of Smythcote in the Parish of Dauntesey, in the aforesaid County of Wilt∣shire, and seven Messuages with the Appurtenances lying in Smythcote aforesaid, in the Parish of Dauntesey aforesaid; and a Close or Pasture called Great Hideow, and a Close or Pasture called The new Lease, parcels of the Maner of Dauntesey aforesaid, excepted and reserved to William Danvers, Son of the said Dame Anne, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten: If the said William or his Heirs Male, be vexed, troubled, or otherwise interrupted of the Possession of the Maners of Culmoth, Moundfield, Culmouth-Pinkney, and Soulgrove-Pinkney, in the County of Northampton, with their Appurtenances, or any parcel thereof, or in taking the pro∣fits of the same, by the said Silvester, his Heirs or Assigns, or the Heirs or Assigns of any of them; and one Annuity or yearly Rent of Twenty Pounds, to Mistress Mar∣garet Danvers, Mother of the said Silvester, for term of her Life, also excepted and reserved. For the which Marriage so held and executed, and for the assurance of
all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, to be made and had to the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and to the Heirs of the said Silvester, as before is expressed, the said Lord Mordaunt Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents, That he, his Executors or Assigns, at their Costs and Charges, shall continually find and keep the said Silvester and Elizabeth, and their Children, from the Date of these Presents, until the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, next after the said Silvester shall attain and come to his full Age of One and twenty years; and to have the bringing up and ordering of the said Silvester, until the said Feast, if the said Silvester will be so long ruled or ordered by the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns; or else the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, to pay year∣ly to the said Silvester Twenty Pounds for his finding, at the pleasure and liberty of the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns. And it is further Agreed between the said Parties, that where the said Dame Anne alloweth to the said Lord Mordaunt in the price of the Marriage of the said Silvester, One Hundred Marks, for and towards the finding of the said Silvester, his Wife and Children, during the Non-age of the said Silvester, over and beside the said Six hundred Marks, which the said Lord Mordaunt hath paid, and is bound to pay to the said Dame Anne, as before appeareth: For the said Marriage, the said Lord Mordaunt Co∣venanteth and Granteth, by these Presents, That if it fortune the said Dame Anne to die and decease within the space of Three Years next after the date hereof, whereby the said Silvester and Elizabeth his Wife shall have Lands and Tenements, in the County of Cornwall, to the yearly Value of Fifty Pounds, as by this Inden∣ture it doth appear, That then the said Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, shall content and pay, or cause to be contented and paid, to the Executors or As∣signs of the said Dame Anne yearly, Ten Pounds, during as many of the said Three Years, as shall remain after the decease of the said Dame Anne, as is afore∣said. In witness, &c.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we be informed, that the Pestilent Idol, Enemy of all Truth, and Usurpator of Princes, the Bishop of Rome, perceiving his most detestable doings, to begin now to appear, to all our good Subjects; which fully minded in his Rage, do seek all the ways to him possible to Rob, and Spoil this our Realm, as heretofore he hath accustomed, and to Invert the good Religion of the same, with the Tor∣ment and Disherison of all our good Subjects: We let you witt, That intending to put the same our Realm, both by Sea and Land, in such a readiness, as shall be necessary towards his Malicious and Devilish purpose, which by all meanes he laboureth to Cloak and Colour, pretending only in Words, the advancement of true Religion, without any the disturbance of our People; to the intent he may blind their honest and simple Eyes, and so the more easily compass his most Cruel and Devilish Enterprize: We have among other our loving Subjects appointed you, to furnish unto us, to do us service on the Sea, the number of Forty able Per∣sons. And therefore we will and desire you, that immediately upon the sight hereof, ye will furnish unto us the said number, whereof as many of them to be Archers and Gunners, as you can make well Harnished to do us service as before; and
the same to be in a readiness with Habiliments meet for them, upon one hours warning, whensoever our Right trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Coun∣sellor, the Earl of Southampton, our Admiral of England, shall by his Letters give you admonition, or call for the same; and in the mean time with all diligence to make unto him your Certificate of the same your number; whereby you shall de∣serve our hearty thanks.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Seventh day of April.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And cannot a little mar∣vel to hear, that notwithstanding our sundry Advertisements, lately made unto you for the doing of your Duty, and such Office, and Administration, as in our Common-Wealth is committed to you, and others the said Justices of the Peace within this our said Realm; many things be nevertheless rather directed, at will and pleasure, than either upon any just Contemplation of Justice, or with any regard to the good Admonitions, which heretofore we have set forth, for the Advancement of the same: Minding yet once again, before we shall correct the Leudness of the Offendors in this behalf, with any Extremities of the Law, to give a new general Admonition, to the intent no Man shall have colour of Excuse by Ignorance; we have thought meet to write these our Letters unto you, and every of you, of all Sorts and Degrees; and by the same to desire and pray you, yet nevertheless to Charge and Command you, upon your duties of Allegiance: That for the repairing of all things negligently passed, and then avoiding of all such danger as may, for lack thereof, happen unto you; you shall have special care, and study to the due and just Observation of the Points following. First, We have with our great Study, Travel and Labour expelled the Usurped Power of Rome, with all the Branches, and Dependents upon the same: Our pleasure is, That you shall have principal regard, that the privy Maintainers of that Papistical Faction, may be tried out, and brought to Justice; for by sundry Arguments it is evident to us, That there wanteth not a number, that in that matter, and depen∣dances of the same, retain their old feigned Fantasies and Superstitions, muttering in Corners as they dare, to the maintenance and upholding of it, what Countenance so ever they shew outward for the avoiding of danger of Law; those kind of Men we would have tried out, as the most Cankered and Venomous Worms that be in our Common-Wealth, both for that they be apparent Enemies to God, and mani∣fest Traitors unto us, and to our whole Realm, Workers of Mischief and Sedition within the same. Secondly, You shall have vigilant Eye, That all Raisers of Bruits and Rumors, that may in any wise touch Us, our Honour, or Surety, or touch the State of our Realm, or the Mutation of any Law, or Custom thereof, may be ap∣prehended and punished to the Example of others, disposed to the like Evil. Thirdly, You shall have special regard, That all Sturdy, Vagabond and Valiant Beggars, may be punished according to the Statute lately made for that purpose; your default in the Execution whereof, proceeding upon an inconsiderate Piety to one evil person, without respect of the great Multitude that live in honest and law∣ful sort, hath bred no small Inconvenience in our Common-Wealth: And to the intent you may more exactly put this Statute in Execution, where by the Statute it is ap∣pointed,
that Common-watches shall be kept from the Ascension-tide till Michaelmas, Our pleasure is, That you shall not only see the said Watches duely and substan∣tially kept, according to the limitation of the said Statute; but also that you shall continue the said Watches, for this Year till Allhallowtide: Having also special re∣gard, That if any Remissions or Resistance shall chance to be made upon any Watches, or other Officers, the Offendors therein may be produced to Justice, for their condign Punishment. Fourthly, Our Pleasure and most dread Commandment is, That all respects set apart, you shall bend your self to the advancement of Common Justice, between party and party; both that our good Subjects may have the bene∣fit of our Laws sincerely ministred to them, and that all evil doers may be punished, as the same Act doth prescribe and limit: To which Points if you shall upon this monition, and advertisement give such diligent Regard, as you may satisfie your duty in the same, leaving and exchanging from henceforth all disguised Corrup∣tions; we shall be content the more easily to put in oblivion all your former Re∣missions and Negligences: But on the other part, if we shall perceive, That this kind of gentle Proceeding, can work no good effect in you, nor any of you, whom we put in Trust under us; assure your self that the next Advice shall be of so sharp a sort, as shall bring with it a just Punishment of those, that shall be found Offenders in this behalf: Requiring you therefore, not only for your own part, to wax a new man, if you shall in your own Conscience perceive, that ye have not done your duty as appertained; but also to exhort others of your sort and condition, in this Administration, whom you shall perceive to digress from the true Execution of their Offices, rather to reconcile and conform themselves to satisfie with gentle Monition, then upon any Affection, Respect or Displeasure, to do any such thing, as shall hereafter minister unto them such Repentance, as will not per∣case, when it should light in their Neck, be redoubled. Finally, Our pleasure is, That you shall have special regard, that no Man use any unlawful Games, but that every Man apply himself to use the Long-Bow, as the Law in that behalf requireth; wherein you shall shew your self a Man of good Inclination, and deserve our right hearty Thanks accordingly.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Oaking, the One and Twentieth of July, the Thirtieth Year of our Reign.
DAughter Fettyplace: After all hearty Commendations, these shall be to ad∣vertise you, That this present Second Day of November, Mr. Denton deli∣vered me a Bill of Articles, and a Paper ready drawn, concerning the Declara∣tion of the said Articles, setting forth more at large whereby it appeareth, That ye and he be very forward towards Marriage, and hath desired my good Will for the same; and hath shewed me, that he hath caused the King's Graces Letters to be directed to you in his Favour, of the same. The Articles be made between Thomas Denton on the one part, the Lord Mordaunt, Sir Anthony Hungerford, Knight, Edward Fettyplace and Alexander Fettyplace, Esquires: In the which Articles, nor in the Indenture of Paper, any mention is made of any Jointure, that ye shall have by Mr. Denton, nor yet what Goods he shall leave you, if God call him to his Mercy before you. Also there is no mention made, that he shall leave you in Goods of your own, as good as he finds you; so that upon Marriage had and determined, all your Goods and Chattels shall be his, and at his distribution and pleasure. Ma∣ny other things are to be remembred by the advice of Wiser Men than I am, which can give you better Counsel, and better Advertisement than I can do, or write to you: Albeit I would ye should do well, and so I pray God send you Grace to do. I pray you with all speed send me your mind in the premises; And that I may have Mr. Hungerford's advice, by his Letter for the same, that yet I may know
something of your mind, at the latter end of the Feast, although that I be not made privy to the first beginning, and to the first Communication; but ye do like a wise Woman, Conclude, and Agree, and then ask Counsel of your Friends. Mr. Hungerford knoweth all, and I think verily he would ye should do well; albeit I do not know whether be be privy to it, by you or by Mr. Denton, or by both: Thus fare ye and all yours, as well as I would do my self, to God's pleasure, who grant you of his goodness, his Blessing, and his Grace to do well; And I do give you my Blessing with all my heart.
Written the Third Day of November.
To the Right Honourable, and my singular good Lord and Father, my Lord Mordaunt, at Turvey.
RIght Honourable and my singular good Lord and Father: Very glad to hear of your good Amendment and Welfare, which I pray God daily increase: It may please your Lordship to be advertised, that I have received your Lordships Letters; whereby I perceive that Mr. Denton hath delivered to your Lordship, both a Book of certain Articles, and a Paper ready drawn concerning the Declaration thereof, which Book I have received from your Lordship, wherein is wholly con∣tained such Requests as I made unto him: For my Lord, this is the very Truth, That about Saint Bartholomew-day last past, it was his chance to be at Ratcote, at which time he first made motion to me herein. And for his furtherance therein, not only delivered unto me the King's Majesties Letter, most favourably made in his behalf; but also other like Letters from my Lord Saint-Johns, whom as your Lord∣ship knoweth, I have found of late my very great and earnest Friend: Whereupon I, as I thought my duty, was not minding to make to the King's said Letters an unadvis∣ed and suddain Answer, desired a time to make a further answer thereunto, in∣tending at that time to repair unto your Lordship, for your Advice therein; but being immediately after taken with Sickness, I was thereby constrained to tarry at home, and for that time to take advice of other of my Friends in these parts; who both considering the King's said Letters, and also his Honesty, and Towardness, coun∣selled me not to refuse his suit; but upon certain Requests which they advised me to make unto him, to enter further into Communication. Whereupon I made these Articles, and about Michaelmas last past, at his repair unto me, I delivered him the same; shewing him at that time, that if he would be thereunto bound, as by my Friends should be thought meet, and further repair unto your Lordship, and therein obtain your Favour, without whom, as I then shewed him, I would be loth to bestow my self, I could be content to accept his suit; which he promised to do. This, my Lord, is all that I have done, and as I trust he will claim no fur∣ther promise of me; so that I shall desire your Lordship, not to esteem me of such lightness, that I will unadvisedly bestow my self, and then ask Counsel. I hope your Lordship hath at all times found me conformable to your pleasure, which I have been glad, and will be glad at all times to follow; defiring your Lordship to conceive none other opinion of me. And if in this matter your Lordship per∣ceiveth, or knoweth any just or good Cause of Breach herein, I have not gone so far, but as yet I may return by your Lordships better Advice. I have sent you again the Book of Articles, and somewhat added by Cousin John Yate unto them; if your Lordship thinketh not these sufficient, I shall desire your Lordship to add more unto them; which being but reasonable, I trust Mr. Denton will assent thereto. And what your further pleasure is herein, I shall defire your Lord∣ship to certifie by your Letters, by this bearer my Servant. And further to dis∣close your whole mind herein, to Mr. Denton at his next repair unto your Lord∣ship, whereby ye shall bind me to pray for you. I would have seen your Lord∣ship
before this, if I had not been letted by Sickness: But I intend by God's Grace shortly to wait upon you. In the mean time I shall desire your Lordship, and my good Lady my Mother, of your Blessings. Thus our Lord send you both long Life.
From Besellesly the Tenth day of November,
by your Obedient and Loving Daughter Margaret Fettyplace.
To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor, the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Letting you witt, That where upon the special Zeal, and Affection which we bear to the Common-Wealth of this our Realm, and Furniture of the same, with some more Store, if it shall please God, of our lawful Posterity; we did lately at the Suit and Contemplation of some of our Nobles and Counsel, resolve eftsoons to Marry; and have thereupon concluded by God's Grace, a Marriage between Us and the most Ex∣cellent Princess, the Lady Anne of Cleves-Juliers: Forasmuch as we suppose that the same Dame Anne, shall shortly arrive at our Town of Calice, to be Transported unto this our Realm, for the consummation of the said Marriage: Considering that it shall be requisite and necessary, both for our Honour, and for the Hon∣our of our said Realm, That she shall be Honourably received, and met at sundry places at the said arrival: We have named and appointed you to be one of these Noble Personages, whom we have thought meet in this affair, to attend upon Us, or to accompany such others of our Nobles and Counsel, as shall meet her before she shall come to our Presence. Wherefore we shall desire and pray you, to put your self in such order as you may be at our City of London the Eighth Day of December, there to know our further pleasure concerning the place of your Attendance; bringing with you honestly furnished Twenty Servants; wherein you shall do unto us acceptable service.
Given under our Signet at Westminster, the Four and twentieth day of November.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Letting you witt, That mind∣ing earnestly to have a Marriage concluded between our Trusty and wel∣beloved Servant, Sir Humphrey Ratclif, Knight, Son to our Right trusty, and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, the Earl of Sussex, Great Chamberlain of England, and Mistress Rich, Neice, and Heir to our trusty and welbeloved Ser∣vant, Sir Michael Fisher, Knight: Albeit we doubt not of the conformity of the said Sir Michael, having written our mind and pleasure to him in that behalf, yet
knowing that the same, taking you for his assured Friend, will be much advised by you in this, and other his private affairs: We have thought meet not only to signifie this our purpose, and pleasure unto you; but also to desire and pray you, at this our especial Contemplation, to extend your Favour, and good Advice to the same, in such sort, as we may perceive, that you tender our Pleasure, according to the good Expectation we have of you accordingly.
Given under our Signet at our House of Hampton-Court, the Second day of March, the Two and thirtieth Year of our Reign.
ARticles of Agreement made the Twenty third day of October, the Three and thirtieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, King Henry the Eighth, between John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, of the one Party, and Robert Cheyne, Esquire, on the other Party; of and for a Marriage, by the Grace of God to be had, between Winefred Mordaunt, Daughter of the said Lord, and John Cheyne, Son and Heir apparent to the said Robert.
First, The said Lord to apparel his said Daughter, the day of the Marriage at his costs and charges.
Item, The said Robert to apparel his said Son, the day of the Marriage at his costs and charges.
Item, The costs and charges of the said Marriage, and for two days after, to be be at the costs and charges of the said Lord, the said Robert to find Dishes of Fowl at his pleasure.
Item, The said Robert shall make Estate of certain Closes, parcel of a Pasture, called Hellesthorp, in the Parish of Drayton and Wyning in the County of Buckingham, to the value of Twenty Pounds by the Year, to the said John and Winefred, to have to them during the Life of Margaret Cheyne, Widow, Mother to the said Robert.
Item, That the said Robert shall make Estate to the said John and Winefred of certain Lands and Tenements to the yearly value of Six Pounds fourteen Shillings, parcel of the Maner of Grove in the County of Buckingham, to have to them during the life of the said Margaret.
Item, That the said Robert shall make Estate to the said John and Winefred, of his Maners of Drayton, Beauchamp, and all his Lands and Tenements in Drayton, Beauchamp in the County of Buckingham; which Maner of Drayton with the Ap∣purtenances, the said Robert promiseth to be of the clear yearly value of Forty Pound, over all yearly Reprises and Charges; and of the Maner of Cuggenho in the County of Northampton: Which Maners, Lands and Tenements together, shall be to the yearly value of Sixty Pounds, to have to them, and to their Heirs of their two Bodies, lawfully begotten by the said John; And for lack of such Issue, to re∣main to the Heirs Males of the said Robert: That is to say, The said Maner of Drayton, with the Appurtenances, of the yearly value of Sixty Pounds, immedi∣atly after the Death of the said Margaret, Mother to the said Robert, and Twenty Pounds in Cuggenho, after the Death of the said Robert.
Also it is agreed, That the said John shall pay yearly to the said Robert his Father as much Money of the Issues of the Fruits of the said Maner of Drayton, as the said Maner shall amount, above the clear yearly value of Fifty Marks, during the life of the said Robert.
Item, The said Robert, shall leave to the said John in Possession, Reversion and Use, after the decease of the said Margaret, his Mother, Mary his Neice, and John Cheyne, Esquire, his Brother, and Robert, Maners, Lands and Tenements in the Counties of Buckingham and Northampton, to the clear yearly value of Two hundred and twenty Pounds.
Item, That the said Robert shall be bound by Recognisance to the said Lord, in the Summ of a Thousand Pounds, that his Maners, Lands and Tenements, and Here∣ditaments,
which he hath within the Realm of England, after the decease of the same Robert, shall Descend, Remain and come to the said John, his Son, and to his Heirs, clearly discharged of all former Bargains, Sales, Jointures, Dowers, Judgments, Recognisances, Statutes, and of all other Charges and Incumbrances, had, made, done, or suffered to be had, made or done by the said Robert or by any other, by his Assent or Agreement.
Provided always, That it shall be lawful to the said Robert, to make a Jointure of Lands and Tenements, parcel of his Inheritance, of the yearly value of Forty Pounds in Chessham, Boys and Amersham in the County of Buckingham, to any his Wife or Wives, only for term of Life: And also the said Robert at his plea∣sure, to give Lands and Tenements in Chessham, Boys, to the value of Twenty Pounds to his Youngest Son or Sons, for term of Life of the said Margaret. And after the decease of the said Margaret, the said Robert to be at liberty to give to his Younger Son or Sons, Lands and Tenements in Cuggenho, in the County of Northampton, to the like yearly value of Twenty Pounds.
Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said Robert, for to Entail the Ma∣ner of Grove, to the Heirs Males of the said Robert's Body lawfully begotten.
The said Lord to find the said John Cheyne and Winefred Meat and Drink, for themselves, their Servants and Children, during Three Years, next after the Marriage solemnized. And the said Robert to find them other Three Years, next ensuing at his costs and charges.
Provided also, That it shall be lawful to the said Robert, to declare his Will of a Field, called Trinity-Field, parcel of a Pasture called Hellythorp, of the Issues and Profits going out of the same Ground; saving the sure Inheritance to the said John Cheyne, his Son and Heir apparent.
For the which Premises, the said Lord doth Covenant and Grant to pay to the said Robert Four hundred and fifty Marks yearly: That is to say, At the day of the Marriage a hundred Pound, and every Year after a Hundred Marks, at the Feast of the Purification of our Lady, until the said Summ of Four hundred and fifty Marks be fully contented and paid to the said Robert, his Executors or Assigns.
Provided, That the Fifty Marks before rehearsed, shall be paid to the said John Cheyne the Younger and Winefred, at such time as they shall begin to keep House, toward their charges and taking up of Household.
Item, That the said Lord shall be bound by Recognisance to the said Robert in the Summ of Four hundred Pounds, for the payment of Four hundred and Fifty Marks at such Days as is before limited.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
RIght trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Letting you witt, That for∣asmuch as by the manifold Injuries wrought, and Displeasures done unto us, our Realm, and Subjects, by the Scots, we have been inforced lately to enter into open War and hostility with the same, which we intend and purpose, God willing, unless the Nobles of Scotland shall conform themselves to Reason, to prosecute in such sort as shall redound to our Honour, and to the Common Wealth of our Realm and Subjects: To the intent we may the better know the Forces of our said Realm, and
thereby put the same in such order and readiness, as they may serve us in this En∣terprize, as the case shall require; We have thought meet and necessary, to have special Musters taken of all our people, and thereupon also to have such plain and perfect Certificate made, as shall declare what may be trusted to in that behalf. Wherefore our Pleasure and Commandment is, That you, by vertue and authority hereof, shall with all convenient diligence take the Musters, of all the able Men, as well Horsemen as Footmen, which you can make and furnish, both of our Tenants in∣habiting upon Farms, Holds, and Tenemenrs, within any Office, whereof you have the Stewardship under Us, (if you have any such,) and also of your own Ser∣vants and Tenants, dwelling upon your own Tenements; and the same so taken to certifie in writing, to our Counsel, attendant upon our Person, with all possible diligence; with a special Note, and Declaration, to be expressed in the said Certi∣ficate, how many of the said Persons be furnished with Horses, to occupy a Spear or a Javelin, how many be Archers, and how many be Billmen, and how many Principal Men may be picked out of every sort out of the whole number: All which persons, our pleasure is, you shall put in such a readiness, as they may set forth upon one hours warning, whensoever you shall receive commandment from us in that behalf; foreseeing that in these Musters, and Certificate, you meddle not in any wise with any Mariners, forasmuch as we purpose to reserve the same for our Furniture by Sea. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant, and Discharge in that behalf.
Given under our Signet at our Palace of Westminster, the last day of March, the Four and thirtieth Year of our Reign.
HEnricus Octavus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defensor, & in Terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae & Hibernicae Supremum Caput. Omnibus ad quos praesentes Litterae nostrae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quòd inter Recorda & pedes Finium cum proclamatione secundum formam Statuti, inde editi & pro∣visi, de termino sancti Hilarii, Anno Regni Henrici Regis Septimi decimo septimo continetur sic: Bedfordiae scilicet; Haec est finalis Concordia facta in Curia Domini regis apud Westmonasterium in crastino Sancti Johannis Baptistae, Anno Regni Henrici regis Angliae & Franciae Septimi, à Conquestu decimo septimo, coram Thoma Woode, Willielmo Danvers, Johanne Vavasour & Johanne Fisher Justi∣ciariis, & postea in Octavis Sancti Hilarii, anno regni ejusdem Henrici regis de∣cimo nono, ibidem concessa, & Recordata coram Thoma Frowyk, & praefatis Willielmo & Johanne, & Johanne, Justiciariis, & aliis Domini Regis fidelibus tunc ibi praesentibus, inter Johannem Mordaunt & Willielmum Mordaunt, Querentes, & Edwardum Ducem Buckinghamiae, & Elianoram uxorem ejus Deforciantes: De Visu Franciplegii, Assisa panis & cervisiae, Catallis, Waiviatis, Straiatis, Felonum, Fu∣gitivorum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum, & Thesauro invento cum pertinentiis in Turveia: Unde placitum Conventionis summonitum fuit inter eos, in eadem Curia, scilicet. Quod praedicti Johannes & Willielmus, recognoverint praedicta Visum Franciplegii, Assisam panis & cervisiae, Catalla, Waiviata, Straiata, Felonum, Fugitivo∣rum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum & Thesaurum inventum, cum pertinentiis, esse jus ipsius Ducis. Et illa remiserunt & quietum clamaverunt de ipsis Johanne & Willi∣elmo & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi, praedictis Duci & Elianorae & haeredibus ipsius Ducis in perpetuum. Et pro hac Recognitione, Remissione, quieta Clamatione, Fine, & Concordia, iidem Dux & Elianora concesserunt, praedictis Johanni & Wil∣lielmo, praedicta Visum franciplegii, Assisam panis & cervisiae, Catalla, Waiviata, Straiata, Felonum, Fugitivorum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum, & Thesaurum in∣ventum cum pertinentiis: Et illa iis reddiderunt in eadem Curia. Habendum & tenendum eisdem Johanni & Willielmo, & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi in perpe∣tuum. Reddendo inde praedictis Duci, & Elianorae, & haeredibus ipsius Ducis, annuatim, tres solidos, ad duos anni terminos, videlicet ad festa Sancti Michae∣lis
Archangeli, & Paschae, equis portionibus solvendos. Et praedicti Johannes & Wil∣lielmus concedunt pro se, & haeredibus suis, quòd si contingat praedictum reddi∣tum trium solidorum à retro fore, ad aliquod dictorum festorum quo solvi debeat, non solutum; tunc bene licebit, praedictis Duci & Elianorae, & haeredibus, & as∣signatis ipsius Ducis in omnia terras & tenementa ipsorum Johannis & Williel∣mi, & eorum alterius in Turveia praedicta intrare & distringere, & districtiones sic captas abducere, asportare, & effugare, & penes se retinere, quousque de redditu praedicto, & arreragiis ejusdem sibi fuerit plenariè satisfactum & persolutum. Et praeterea iidem Dux & Elianora concesserunt, pro se, & haeredibus ipsius Elianorae, quòd ipsi warrantizabunt, acquietabunt, & defendent praedicta Visum franciplegii, Assisam panis & cervisiae, Catalla, Waiviata, Straiata, Felonum, Fugitivorum, Utlagatorum, Deodandorum, & Thesaurum inventum, cum pertinentiis, in Turveia praedicta, praefatis Johanni & Willielmo, & haeredibus ipsius Willielmi, contra omnes ho∣mines in perpetuum. Quae omnia ad requisitionem Johannis Mordaunt militis Domi∣ni Mordaunt tenore praesentium duximus exemplificanda. In cujus rei Testimonium sigillum nostrum ad Brevia in Banco praedicto sigillandum deputatum praesentibus apponi fecimus.
Teste E. Montague,
apud Westmonasterium duodecimo die Fe∣bruarii Anno Regni nostri tricesimo septimo.
Wellisborn.
THIS Bill made the Twelfth day of April, the Thirty seventh Year of the Reign of our most dread Soveraign Lord, Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and in Earth of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, Supream Head: Witnesseth, That I Ro∣bert Cheyne, Esquire, have received the day and Year above-written, of John Mor∣daunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, One hundred Marks of good and lawful Money of England, in full Satisfaction, Contentation, and Payment of Four hundred pounds, to be due to me the said Robert, at the Feast of Easter next coming after the date hereof: And also in full Contentation, Satisfaction and payment of Four hundred and fifty Marks, due to me the said Robert, for Marriage had and solemnized, between John Cheyne my Son and Heir apparent, and Winefred, one of the Daughters of the said Lord; as by certain Indentures of Covenants of Marriage, bearing date the Seventeenth Day of Novem∣ber, the Six and thirtieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, made between the said John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, on the one party, and me the said Robert Cheyne on the other Party, amongst other things more plainly may appear. Of the which Summ of One hundred Marks, in full Contentation, Satisfaction and Payment of the said Hundred pounds, and of all the said Four hundred and fifty Marks; I the said Robert do knowledge and confess my self by these presents to be well and truly Satisfied, Contented and Paid by the said Lord; And thereof and of every part thereof, do Acquit, Discharge and Release the said John Mordaunt, Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs and Executors, and every of them by these presents.
In Witness whereof to this present Bill, I the said Robert have put my Seal, and Sub∣scribed my Name the said Twelfth Day of April above-specified.
Robert Cheyne.
To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas it is come unto our knowledge, That sundry Persons, as well Religious as Secular Priests, and Curates in their Parishes, and other places of this our Realm; do daily, asmuch as in them is, set forth and extol, the Jurisdiction and Authority of the Bishop of Rome, otherwise called the Pope, sowing their Seditious, Pestilent and false Do∣ctrine, praying for him in the Pulpit, and making of him a God; to the great De∣ceit, Illuding, and Seducing of our People and Subjects, bringing them thereby into Error, Sedition and evil Opinions; more preferring the said Laws, Jurisdiction and Authority of the said Bishop of Rome, than the most Holy Laws and precepts of Almighty God: We therefore minding, not only to provide an Unity and Quiet∣ness, to be had and continued amongst our People and Subjects; but also greatly coveting and desiring them to be brought to a Perfection, and knowledge of the meer Verity and Truth, and no longer to be seduced, nor blinded with any such superstitious and falle Doctrine, of an Earthly Usurper of God's Law. We will therefore and command you, That where and whensoever ye shall find, apperceive, know, or hear tell of any such Seditious Persons, that in such wise do Spread, Teach, Preach and set forth, any such pernitious Doctrine, to the Exaltation of the power of the said Bishop of Rome, bringing thereby our People and Subjects, into Error, Grudge and Murmuration; that ye without delay, do Apprehend and take them, or cause them to be Apprehended and taken, and so committed to Ward; there to remain without Bail or Mainprise, until, upon your Advertisement thereof to us or our Council, ye shall receive answer of our further Pleasure in that behalf.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of reenwich, the Tenth Day of April.
PAteat universis per praesentes, quod quidem Ego Johannes Mordaunt miles, Dominus Mordaunt, virtute Brevis cujusdam à regia Majestate mihi directi, ad apparendum & personalitèr interessendum, in Parlamento suo inchoato apud Westmonasterium, quarto die Mensis Novembris, Anno Regni ejusdem Domini Regis primo, summonitus fuerim, justis & legitimis causis in praesentiarum impedi∣tus, Regiae etiam Majestati ex parte mea declaratis, & à sua Regia Majestate vi∣cissim approbatis, quo minus in dicto Parlamento apparere & personalitèr inte∣resse valeam: Nobilem principem Edwardum Ducem Somerset, totius Angliae Pro∣tectorem, simulque personae Regiae Majistatis Gubernatorem, & nobiles viros, Wil∣lielmum Paulet militem. Dominum Southamptoniae, Magnum Magistrum Hospitii Domini Regis, & Dominum Russell privati Sigilli Domini Regis Custodem, meos veros, & legitimos Actores, Factores, & Procuratores nomino, facio, & con∣stituo. Dans, & concedens eisdem, conjunctim, & divisim, plenam authorita∣tem & potestatem, tractandi, assentiendi, seu dissentiendi, ac omnia alia generalitèr
faciendi Rempublicam concernentia, prout eisdem, vel alteri eorum videbitur melius expediri, nomine meo, & vice meâ, prout ego ipse facere possum aut deberem, si personaliter interessem. Promittoque me gratum & ratum habiturum, totum & quicquid dicti Procuratores mei statuerint seu fecerint, vel alter eorum statuerit seu fecerit in hac parte.
In cujus rei testimonium sigillum meum praesentibus apposui. Datum apud.
THIS Indenture made the Ninteenth day of May, the Second Year of the Reign of our most dread Soveraign Lord, Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and in Earth, of the Churches of England, and also of Ireland, Supream Head: Between the Right Honourable John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, on the one party, and William Mordaunt, the third Son of the said John Lord Mordaunt, of the other party: Witnesseth, That where the said John Lord Mordaunt, for the great, entire and natural Love, that he hath, and beareth to the said William, is contented to do what in him is, to buy, get and obtain the Custody, Ward, and Marriage of the Body, and Lands of one Agnes Booth, Cousin, and next Heir of John Booth, Clerk; That is to say, Daughter and Heir of Charles Booth, Brother of the said John Booth, Clerk, that in consideration of the Premises, and for such costs and charges, that the said John Lord Mordaunt shall sustain and bear, and be at, for obtaining and getting of the said premises; The said William Mordaunt doth Covenant and Grant, by these Presents, to and with the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors and Assigns, That he the said William, after the same William shall, by the Grace of Al∣mighty God, Marry and take to Wife the said Agnes Booth, the same William shall suffer the said John Lord Mordaunt, to take and perceive all the Issues and profits, which shall yearly come, grow and arise, of the Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Hereditaments, which the said William, as in the right of the said Agnes may have, or hereafter shall have, within the Realm of England; during the Espousals between the same William and Agnes, without Let, Impeachment, Suit, Vexation, Interruption, or in any other manner of wise, to be Expulsed, Sued, Vexed, Inqui∣eted or Disturbed by the same William, to the time that the said John Lord Mor∣daunt, his Executors or Assigns, hath and shall plenarily and fully, wholly and en∣tirely, have received, perceived, and taken of the Issues and profits of the said Ma∣ners, Lands and Tenements, and other Hereditaments of the said Agnes, all such Summs of Money which the same John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns hath, ar hereafter shall pay, for the obtaining and getting of the Ward and Mar∣riage of the said Agnes, and all manner of Costs, Charges and Expences concerning the same, or any part or parcel thereof. Provided always, (and the said John Lord Mordaunt is so pleased) That the said William shall have yearly Forty Marks, of the Issues and Profits of the said Maners, Lands and Tenements, and other Heredi∣taments of the said Agnes, towards the living and finding of the said William and Agnes, to be paid to the said William and Agnes at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our Lady, by even Portions. And also, where the said William standeth bound to the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors and Assigns, in the Summ of One thousand Pound Sterling, by his Obligation, bearing date the day of these Presents: The said John Lord Mordaunt Granteth unto the said William, That if the said William, doth well and truly observe, perform, fulfil and keep, all and singular Covenants, Grants and Agreements, specified and com∣prised in these present Indentures, which of the part and behalf of the said William, are to be performed, fulfilled, kept and done: And also if the said William from time to time, do make, cause or do to be made, such other further good sufficient Surety, to the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or Assigns, for the sooner Payment, Contentation and Satisfaction, of the said Summs of Money, so said,
further expended, and paid by the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Executors or As∣signs, without Trouble, Suit, Vexation of the said William, or of any other by his procurement, assent or agreement: And also if the said William Mordaunt, during the natural Life of the same John Lord Mordaunt, be Governed, Ruled, Ordered and Demained, in all Causes by the same John Lord Mordaunt: That then the said Ob∣ligation of the said Summ of One thousand Pounds, to be utterly void, and of none effect, or else to stand in its full Strength and Vertue.
In Witness whereof the Parties abovesaid, have enterchangably set their Seals, and Signs-Manual, the Day and Year above-written.
John Mordaunt.
THIS is the Agreement for a Partition to be had, between Sir John Mor∣daunt, Knight, and Elizabeth, his Wife, on the one party, and Sir Hum∣phrey Brown, Serjeant at the Law, and George Brown, his Son, on the other party, of all the Maners, Lands and Tenements, hereafter following. The said Sir John Mordaunt is agreed to take in allowance of his part, a third part of the Maners hereafter mentioned, and allowed to the said Humphrey and George, the third part of the Maners hereafter next following, and the third part of all the Lands and Tenements occupied with the same.
Inprimis, The third part of the Maners of Drayton, and Luffwick.
Islip and Slipton, with all the Members and Appurtenances, with the Advow∣sons of the Churches of Luffwick and Islip.
The third part of the Maner of Sudburgh, in Reversion.
The third part of the Maner of Thrapston, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Emberton, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Woolston, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Wavendon, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Thalton, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maners of Rawnes, Ringsted, and Cotton, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Buckworth, cum pertinentiis.
The Advowsons of the Churches of Buckworth and Woolston.
The third part of the Woods following, and the Inheritance of the same, that is to say, Langhill, Farthinshalve, Otteland, Bullay, Shyningegappe.
The said Humphrey and George are agreed to take in Allowance, of their parts, and third part of the Maners before mentioned, and allotted to the said Sir John, the third of the Maners next ensuing, and the third part of all the Lands and Te∣nements occupied with the same in the Compartnery.
Inprimis, The third part of the Maner of Warmister, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Westbury, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Gratley, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Fyfees Verden, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Dichericho, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Hardwick, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Comberton, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Rympton, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Lands of Woodford, cum pertinentiis.
The Advowsons of the Churches of Grafton, Grately and Dichericho.
And the said Humphrey and George, be contented to take in Allowance and Recom∣pence, for their third part of the Maners, Places, Buildings and Houses of Dray∣ton, these Parcels following.
The third part of the Maner of Houghton, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Lands in Irclinburgh, cum pertinentiis.
The third part of the Maner of Adyngston, cum pertinentiis.
It is further agreed between the said Parties, to abide the Ordinance of Nicholas Hardyng and Richard Highman, for the Woods and wast Ground of Sudburgh and Warmister, and the Inheritance of the same Woods.
It is also agreed between the said Parties, That all Annuities and Rents, Charges and the Profits, and Rents of such Maners, Lands and Tenements, as be in Re∣version, shall be paid, born, and sustained indifferently by the said Parties, in like manner as it hath been in times past; and that all Evidences concerning only the premises, to be delivered to the said Parties, to whom the said Maners and other the premises be allotted.
Signata manu propriâ Domini Mordaunt. John Mordaunt.
FIrst the Lord Parre saith, That one Sir John Karr, Knight, was Keeper of the Little Park of Brykestock divers Years, and after the death of the said Sir John, then the Lord Parre entred: So that the Lord Parre saith, That these Sixty Years there was no claim made to the Freeborde, by any of the Lords of Drayton; and if any of the Lords of Drayton had pretended any such Right, they would have f••lled the Wood in their times.
For answer thereunto the Lord Mordaunt saith, That he doth much marvel, that the Lord Parre, would claim the premises upon so small a ground; for he cannot prove, That ever the said Sir John Karr, or any of his Keepers, or the said Lord Parre, or any his Keepers, did fall, sell, or give any of the Wood, growing of the said Freeborde, these Sixty Years: For this is true, that John Stafford, and Edward Stafford, Earls of Wilts, and the Executors of the said Edward Stafford, and the Lord Mordaunt, and other his Co-partners, as in the right of their Deyffs, did at all times take the Lops and Shreds of the Trees of the said Wood, growing of the said Freeborde, for mending and repairing of the Hedges and Ditches of Drayton-Park, and never no business made to the contrary; but the time that the Lord Parre conceived divers displeasures against the said Lord Murdaunt, for that intent, that the Lord Mordaunt should grant unto him a Fee, for term of his life; and also for to have divers other manner of Liberties and Pleasures, at the hands of the Lord Mordaunt in Grafton-Park-Chase, and in other Woods of the said Lord, and of his said Drayton.
And after that the said Lord Parre perceived, that the Lord Mordaunt would not be agreeable to the same, then the Lord Parre began to pick quarrels against the Lord Mordaunt, and his Servants; and among other things for the said Wood, grow∣ing of the Freebord of Drayton Park, caused one John Allen, Keeper at that time of the Park of Brykestock, to fell certain Bushes and Woods, whereof some of them did grow within the bottom of the Ditch, and some did grow otherwise upon the bare Bank of Drayton Park. And also caused the said Allen for to pluck down the Pale of Drayton Park, to make a common way, through Drayton Park, for my Lord Parre and his Servants: And yet the Lord Mordaunt's Servants carried the said Wood so fellen unto Drayton-Maner.
And the Lord Parre not pleased therewith, found default at the Pale of Drayton-Park, which was there made by Sir Thomas Cheyne, Knight, and would never rest by complaining to the Council, and by setting of pains in the King's Court of Swanymote, unto the time that the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, were fain to pull down the old Pale, and to make a new Pale there, of a Man's length, which was done.
And also the Lord Mordaunt saith, That the Lord Parre many times, and often
discharged the said Lord, for to give him all the Woods growing upon the said brink of the Ditch, Freeborde, and in the bottom of the Ditch; and also all the Wood growing upon the Bank it self, to the intent that the Lord Parre would have sold that Wood to his own profit. And forasmuch as the Lord Mordaunt, denied the Lord Parre, for to have it of his Gift, The Lord Parre said, he would be about with the Lord Mordaunt: And upon that refusal and denial, the Lord Parre began to seek and invent, how he might do the Lord Mordaunt all the Displeasure that might be devised; and for accomplishment of part of his purpose, the said Lord Parre spake to his Cousin, Sir Wistan Brown, Knight, who was one of the Wardens, and had the Custody of the Heirs of the Maners of Drayton, and Drayton-Park, and to Sir Humphrey Brown, Knight, who was Tenant by Cour∣tesie, of the third part of the said Maner and Park; and did get a Grant of their parts of Drayton-Park, and had liberty for to Hunt, and Hawk in all the Maners and Vere's Lands for their two part: And thus having such rule, took upon him for to fell certain Woods of the brink of Drayton-Park, the bottom of the Ditch, and of the Bank-self, and commanded one Rowland Slade, otherwise called Row∣land Smith, Servant to the said Lord Parre, and Keeper of the Nether-park, for to fell a Tree growing within the Ditch of Drayton-park; which Rowland caused one Richard Slade, otherwise called Richard Smith, Brother to the said Rowland, for to fell the said Tree: Whereupon the Lord Mordaunt spoke to the Lord Parre for the said Tree, and shewed him, That Rowland had done naught in so doing: Where∣upon the Lord Parre said to the Lord Mordaunt, What have you to do therein, I have as good authority and power for Two parts, as you have for the Third part. And after that, the Lord Mordaunt's Servants carried away to the Lodge of Drayton-park, most part of the said Tree, and the said Rowland had certain Arms, and the Body of the said Tree.
Also the said Richard Slade, by the Lord Parre's Commandment, accompted for to fell more Wood upon the said brink, Freeborde, bottom of the Ditch, and of the Bank; which was about the Commotion time in Lincolnshire: Whereupon James Wavenson, Servant to the Lord Mordaunt, was sent to the Lord Parre for to have his pleasure in the same: Which Lord Parre made answer to the said James, saying, What have you to do therewith? And then the said James said, I come for to know, if it be your pleasure, that your Servants shall so do upon my Master's Ground? Then the Lord Parre answered and said, I shall make your Master and you also answer, when I do see my time: And so the said James departed from the said Lord Parre.
Also the Lords of Drayton, were at all times from time to time, by pains laid in the King's Courts of Swanymote dryven for to make sufficient Fence, either with Hedge and Ditches, or else with pale, for to keep the King's Deer out of Dray∣ton-park: So that it is to be thought clearly, that if the Lords of Drayton, had en∣croached any part of the King's Ground or Wood, that the said Encroachment should have been, from time to time, presented in the said Court of Swanymote, as well as the pains there laid and presented, for default of making of Pale, Hedges or Ditches.
And where it is said, That the Lord Mordaunt and his Servants, of Right ought not for to have any Interest or Title to the said Wood, growing of the brink of the Ditch of Drayton-park, then they would have fellen the same before this time, and not have suffered the same so long to grow to old Wood.
So that the Lord Mordaunt maketh this Answer, That he and his Co-partners have suffered as old Wood to grow upon the brink of the Ditch, within the Park of Drayton, as is without, and that will well appear by old Trees, and Stumps of Trees now growing on the brink of the said Ditch, within the said Park, who∣so please to view and search the same.
Where also it is Invented, That forasmuch as the Keeper of the little Park of Brikestock do make a little piece of pale, between Plumbwel-gate and Drayton-park-Pale,
and so do go on the Ditch with the said Pale, and within the same Pale, next unto the said Pale of Drayton-park, that by the rest they would have the Ditch and Freeborde.
To this the Lord Mordaunt maketh answer, That many times his Keeper of Drayton-park, hath made the said Pale from Drayton-park-pale, over the said Ditch and Freeborde; which from time to time, for divers Years, hath been plucked up again, by the Lord Parre and his Servants, for to make a com∣mon Riding and a Foot-path, as well of that part, as of more, for the Lord Parre and his Servants to ride and go through Drayton-park at their pleasures. And also at such time, as the said Lord Mordaunt, and his said Co-partners, had Deer within the same Park of Drayton; that the said Lord Parre and Keepers did come into Drayton-park, and break down the Pales in every corner of their Grounds, and Hunt out the Deer, and killed also Deer; and all was done to put the Lord Mordaunt to all displeasures that might be invented and compassed. And all such Displeasures, as the Lord Parre did to the Lord Mordaunt, he did the same in the Names of Wistan Brown and Sir Humphrey Brown, and not in the King's Right.
Also it is well to be perceived, if Men would the same well consider, and weigh the same indifferently, according to the Truth, That the said brink of the Ditch, was by the Owners of Drayton-park set with Thorn, as well as with other Wood; but especially with Thorn, of that side that is adjoyning to Brikestock-park, as also round about all the Park of Drayton, as well of the insides as of the outsides; which was done to good purpose, for a safeguard to the Wood, growing between both Hedges, or else the Cattle or Deer, that from time time did, or should go within Brikestock-park, would have destroyed the Spring of the Ditches; and all the said brinks be called in this Shire of Northampton, Ward-Hedges, made for safeguard of the Spring.
Also it is further to be noted, The Antiquity and long continuance of Drayton-park, the space of Three hundred Years Enparked, and the little Park of Brikestock, be∣fore it was enclosed, was a common Ground called Bootesley; whereupon the Tenants of Brikestock, Grafton, Slipton, Twywell, and other Towns, had Common for their Beasts. And if at that time the Owners of Drayton-park, having a Park there had not well considered the preservation of their Ditching and Setting, and for the continuance of the Wood to grow, the said Inhabitants would have clearly de∣stroyed the same with their Cattle; and so it cannot be thought otherwise of Right, but that the said Ditches and Freeborde doth belong to Drayton-park.
And many other displeasures, the Lord Mordaunt can declare, that he hath sustain∣ed and born, and had at the Hands of the Lord Parre and his Servants; and all such displeasures began for the Denial of the said Wood, and for denial of gran∣ting a Fee to the said Lord, and for that the Lord Parre could not get rule of the third part of all Greenslands about Drayton, Grafton, Luffwick, and other Towns, at the pleasure of the said Lord Parre, which displeasure the Lord Mordaunt will not express.
Matters laid and objected by the Lord Parre, the Regarders, Verders and others, against the Lord Mordaunt, for what cause the Lords of Drayton suffered the Wood, growing of the Freeborde of the Park of Drayton to grow so long, whereupon the Lord Parre now claimeth the same for the King's Graces Majesty, Decimo tertio die Aprilis anno primo regis Edwardi Sexti: And the Lord Parre's Regarders, Verders and others do say, That if the Lords of Drayton should have had any right to the Hedges, Ditches, Freeborde and Wood, between Drayton-park and Brikestock-park, that they would not have suffered, Rowland Slade, Richard Slade, otherwise called Richard Smith, and other Keepers of Brikestock-Park, for to have fellen the Wood of the said Ditch to the King's use.
For Answer whereunto the Lord Mordaunt saith, as hereafter followeth.
First, Edward Stafford, late Earl of Wilts, deceased in Anno decimo quarto Regis
Henrici septimi: After whose Death the Rule, Order and Profits of the said Park went to the performance of the said Earl's Will; and the Executors of the said Earl, took the Profits of the Park, and did maintain the Hedges belong∣ing to the said Park, and did fell, cut and prostrate, armes of Trees and other Thonrs, for making of the said Hedges, between Drayton-Park and Brikestock Park.
After that Sir Thomas Cheyne, Knight, which at that time had Interest in the Moiety of the Premises, as in the right of his Wife, agreed with the Executors of the said Earl for the Premises. And so after that the same Sir Thomas, had the said Drayton-Park, in which Sir Thomas's days, none of the said Keepers did fell, or take any such Wood, at that time growing of and upon the said Ditches: And also the Keepers of the said Sir Thomas walked their Ring-walk, within the said Little Park of Brikestock, all the said Sir Thomas Cheyne's time: And after that Sir Thomas Cheyne deceased, then came the premises into the Hands of the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, who entred into the premises, and also into the Maner of Drayton, then being in the Tenure of Robert Marburn, Gentleman; and the said Lord would have occupied the said Maner of Drayton, and put out the said Robert Marburn; wherewith the said Robert took displeasure with the said Lord Mordaunt: And the said Robert Marburn, to the intent he would occupy the said Maners, still in his Hands, Entitled George late Earl of Salop, to the premises, by a false Will nuncu∣pative, which the same Robert Surmised, that the said Edward Earl of Wilts should make: Whereupon the said Maner of Drayton-Park and other Premises, were in contention divers Years. And after that the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, agreed with the said Earl of Salop, and so had the said Maner, Park, and other the Premises quietly, without any Interruption, Claim, Challenge or Demand to the Premises, or any part or parcel thereof, made thereunto by any of the King's Keepers or Officers, of the said Little Park of Brikestock; and walked the Ring-Walk within the said Park of Brikestock; and made the Hedges, Pale, Ring, unto the time that one John Allen, Keeper of the King's Park of Brikestock, by the commandment of the Lord Parre, that now is, caused certain Wood to be felled; whereof some of the said Wood did grow, within the bottom of the Ditch, and some otherwise; which Wood was carried by the Lord Mordaunt's Ser∣vants to Drayton-Maner. And after that one Richard Slade, otherwise called Rich∣ard Smith, Brother to one Rowland Slade, did fell a Tree in the bottom of Drayton-Park-Ditch, by the commandment of the said Rowland, at that time being Keeper of the said Nether-Park of Brikestock: Whereupon the said Lord Mordaunt shewed the said Lord Parre, and the said Lord Parre said, That Rowland did it by his commandment, and that he the said Lord Parre, might lawfully command the said Rowland so to do, for two parts which he assured belonged to the Browns parts, as well as the Lord Mordaunt did command his Servants to meddle for his Two parts; and so the Lord Parre from time to time did permit and suffer the said Keepers, for to do all the displeasures to the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Ser∣vants, that might be devised, or imagined, for that intent and purpose, that the said Lord Parre would have had the rule of Drayton-Park himself. And James Ste∣venson saith, That at another time, which was about the time of the Insurrection in Lincolnshire, that the said Rowland did fell certain Wood, growing in the bot∣tom of Drayton-Park-Ditch: Whereupon the said James went to the Lord Parre, for to know his pleasure, who made answer to the said James as followeth, vi∣delicet, What have you to do therewith? Then said James, Sir, I come to know your pleasure, and whether it be your pleasure, that your Servants shall so en∣terprize upon my Master's Ground or not? No, said the Lord Parre, I shall make your Master and you answer also. So the said James departed from the Lord Parre at that time.
And where the said Drayton-kark, since the first making of the said Park, hath been always Ditched, and Hedged, and so did continue all the days and time of
Sir Simon de Drayton, and Sir Henry Greene, Knight, Henry Greene, Son of the said Sir Henry Greene, Sir Ralph Greene, Knight, John Greene and Henry Greene, Esquires, and also in the days of John Stafford and Edward Stafford, late Earls of Wilts, and in the days of Robert Wittlebury, William Marbury and Thomas Mountague, Esquires, Executors of the Testament and Last Will of the said Edward Stafford, and al∣ways used to be Hedged, and the Ditches scowred by the Owners of the said Drayton-Park, and in all their days and time, no default found in the said Freebord, Hedges and Ditches, by any of the Keepers of the said little Park of Brikestock; but that the owners of Drayton-Park did scowre the Ditches and Hedges of the same, used their Freebord, took profits of all manner of Wood and Thorn grow∣ing in and upon the said Ditches and Freeborde, unto the time that the said Dray∣ton-Park came to the Possession of one Sir Thomas Cheyne, Knight, who had the said Drayton-Park as in the right of his Wife: And in the days and time of the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, the Keeper of the said little Park, found default in the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, for not scowring of the said Ditches, and for not well repairing of the Hedges of the same Drayton-Park, forasmuch as the Hedges of Drayton-Park, at that time, were thinly made, and very low: And also the said Keeper of the little Park, surmised, That the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, and his Keeper of Drayton-Park, did stand between both the Hedges of Drayton-Park, and Killed the King's Deer, which were accustomably used for to Feed in the said little Park; and did train the King's Deer out of the said little Park into Drayton-Park; and surmised, and laid to the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, and his Servants charge, divers Misdemeanours, as, Breaking into the said little Park of Brikestock, with their Bows, Arrows, Hounds, and Grey-hounds: over and beside that the said Keepers of the said little Park of Brikestock, complained in the King's Court of Swanymote, upon the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, and upon his Servants, as well for Killing of Deer, as also for to mend the said Ditches and Hedges, by a day prefixed; and said to the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, that, If the said Ditches and Hedges, were not amended, that then they would inform the King's Grace, King Henry the Seventh, of their misdemeanours. Whereupon the said Sir Thomas Cheyne considered to himself, and among his Friends, That he would not have the King's displeasure in that behalf, by the advice of his Friends, caused a Pale to be set upon the top of Drayton-Park Ditch, which was the first Pale that ever was set there, after the making of the said Park; for before that pale so set there, the said Drayton-park was ever Ditched, Quickset, and Hedged; which Pale so set by the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, continued all the life of the said Sir Thomas, and long time after, without any default found thereat, or at any of the Freeborde, Ditches and Hedges of the said Drayton-Park, unto the Tenth Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord, of Famous Memory, King Henry the Eighth; at which time the said Drayton-Park, came into the Hands and Possession of the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners.
And the said Drayton-Park being in their hands, the said Lord Parre, and the King's Officers and Keepers of Brikestock-Park complained and said, That the said Pale, made by the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, was no sufficient Pale; for the Pale was so low, that the Keepers of Drayton-Park might stand, and did stand, upon the top of the Dike of Drayton-Park, and Shoot over the said Pale, unto the said little Park, and Killed the King's Deer, being feeding within the said little Park: And divers times the Lord Parre laid to the charges of the Keepers of Drayton-Park, for Killing of divers and many such Deer; and the Lord Parre not conten∣ted with the said Pale, complained to Sir Thomas Lovel, Knight, at that time be∣ing Justice of the Forests, for not maintaining and making a sufficient Pale, or Hedge between both the said Parks. And that complaint notwithstanding, divers Pains were laid in the King's Grace's Court of Swanymote, upon the said Lord and his Co-partners, for to amend the said Pale and Hedge sufficiently: Whereupon the Lord Mordaunt caused certain number of Oakes to be felled in Grafton, and Graf∣ton-Park, and in other places within the bounds of Grafton, for the new amending
of the same Pale, and Hedges, and thereupon took down the old Pale, and made a new Pale of a greater length, and did certain costs of the Ditches of the said Park, and did fell certain Thorns, and other Wood for Ports, Rails and Stumps, for the good amending of the same new Pale; which Pale so newly made conti∣nued divers Years, and no default found at the same, by the said Lord Parre, or any of his Officers or Keepers.
And after this the Lord Parre's Keepers of Brikestock, would in the Winter time, being Frost and Snow, break up the said Pale, to the intent that the King's Deer of the little Park, might come into Drayton, for to have their feeding there, or else the said Deer would have Perished and Starved for hunger: And yet the said Favour notwithstanding, a new Complaint was made, a new pain of Twenty Pounds was laid in the said Court of Swanymote, That the Lord Mordaunt should a∣mend his Pale and Hedge, and scower his Ditches by a day, upon pain of Forfei∣ture of the said pain of Twenty Pounds. And after that, within certain Years, ano∣ther like pain of Twenty Pounds, was laid in the said Court of Swanymote, for to make the said Hedges and Ditches, between Drayton-Park and Brikestock-Park sufficient. And the said Lord Parre, at this time being Friendly with the Lord Mordaunt, shewed Robert Catbyn, Gentleman, thereof, to the intent that the Lord Mordaunt might have knowledge thereof, for to make the Hedges and Ditches suffi∣cient, whereby the Lord Mordaunt might avoid the Forfeiture of the said pain of Twenty Pounds.
And forasmuch as such pains were so laid in the King's Graces Courts of Swanymote, as well in King Henry the Seventh's days, as also in the days of our late Sovereign Lord, of Famous Memory, King Henry the Eighth; for that the said Sir Thomas Cheyne, as also the Lord Mordaunt, and his Co-partners, should amend, and repair the said Pale, Hedges and Ditches of Drayton-park, of that side, that is between the said Drayton-park, and the said Little Park of Brikestock, by certain seve∣ral days to them prefixed, as by the Books of the said Courts of Swanymote, it will more at large appear: That if the Lords of Drayton-park, had made any Encrochment upon the Little Park of Brikestock, or of, and upon any of the King's Ground, that then their Encrochments should have been as well found, and presented, as for the amending and repairing of Drayton-park-pale, and of the Hedges and Ditches of the said Wood, in the said Courts of Swanymote remembred and presented.
MY LORD,
After my hearty Commendations, where by virtue of a Commission, ye procure a Freeborde to be had within the King's Majesties Little Park of Brikestock, there is upon the same past a Quest, and Verdit by them given; which Quest, and Verdit, as it is taken, rather serveth for your purpose, than for the Conservation of the King's Majesties Right: The said Commission being never Executed, in my Uncle the Lord Parre's life, whose Office in the said Park I now have: And that neither the King's Solicitor being then in those parts, nor any other his Learned Council, for the Soliciting and defending of his Grace's Right, was called, or Privy thereunto: I thought hereby, notwithstanding your Proceedings in the premises, to require your Lordship to forbear to meddle, or intromit with any thing within the said Park, until it may appear unto my Lords of the King's most Honourable Privy Council, or otherwise by the Law, what you have to shew for your Claim.
Thus I bid your Lordship heartily well to fare, from Hampton-Court the Seventeenth day of October.
Your Lordships Loving Friend, W. North.
MY LORD,
AFter my hearty Commendations, perceiving by your Letter, that accord∣ing to such Commission as you have already proceeded in, ye be desirous to enjoy the Freeborde within the Park of Brikestock; to the which Commission notwithstanding my Uncle was Privy, thereby to know your Claim and Title of the said Freeborde; yet if God had continued his life, till it had been sit∣ten on, he would have found, and caused matter to be alledged for the King, as would have been for the conservation of his Majesties Inheritance: By the death of whom, and for lack of the King's Learned Council, to speak in his cause; it is thought the thing hath not past in his Highness's behalf, in such ways as it might have done. And as I have heard say, The King's Solicitor hath before time advised you, that ye should not take upon you to Encroach, upon any part of the King's old Inheritance, this being parcel of the oldest his Grace hath in those parts: To the proceeding of which Commission the said Solicitor being in that Country, me seemed that he should have had warning, and been privy to the Execution thereof, to have spoken for the King's Right. Nevertheless, because it may ap∣pear, that as little as I can shall be (by my time) done in the said Parks, to the derogation of the King's Inheritance; Therefore I will procure another Commission either to the foresaid Commissioners, or to other Gentlemen of good Estimation; at the Execution whereof, some of the King's Learned Council shall be there, for the defence of his Cause; and I doubt not, but you against the same time will provide as shall be best for your Claim: And if upon the Tryal thereof, you shall have Right to the said Borde, I shall be well content ye enjoy it accordingly. And in the mean time, I require you not to intermeddle with any thing within the said Park, by virtue of your First Commission; but to forbear the same, until the new Commission be had, and put in Execution as shall appertain.
Thus I bid your Lordship well to fare, from Westminster the Tenth of December.
Your Lordships Loving Friend, W. North.
EDwardus Sextus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defen∣sor, & in terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae, & Hibernicae Supremum Caput. Omni∣bus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salutem. Inspeximus quandam Petitionem, coram nobis, in Cancellaria nostra, per Johannem Mordaunt, militem, ad Testes perpetuam rei memoriam examinandum nuper exhibitam, & in filaciis Cancellariae nostrae praedictae residentem, in haec verba. To the Right Honourable Sir William Paulet, Knight of the most honourable Order of the Garter, Lord Saint-John, Lord Grand-master of the King's most honourable Household, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and High-Justice of all the King's Forests, Chaces and Parks, on this side the Trent: In right humble wise sheweth unto your good Lord∣ship, your daily suppliant, John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, That whereas it pleased King Edward the First, sometime King of the Noble Realm of England, upon the humble Suit of Simon Drayton, Knight, Ancestor unto your said Suppliant, to grant unto the said Simon License for to Empark certain parcels of Ground, then parcel of the Maner of Drayton, within the County of Northampton; whereof some of the said parcels, were then before that time, within the bounds of the Forest
of Rokingham, and some of them were without the Forest; and that according unto the said License, the said Simon made a Park, now called Drayton-park, for the safeguard of the Game; wherein the said Simon made a Ditch, double Ditch'd, and Quick-set on both sides, round about the said Park, as well on that side which boundeth, and adjoineth now on the said Forest side, as on the other parts and quarters thereof; as upon the sight thereof more plainly it may appear: And the said Simon did leave also within the said Forest, one Freeborde without the outer-side of the Ditch of the said Park, to the intent to lay upon the said Freeborde, all such Wood, and Bushes, as should be at any time thereafter requisite, for the a∣mendment of the said Hedge. After the which Park of Drayton so made, a Park now called the Little-Park of Brikestock, was made of that parcel of the said Forest of Rokingham, which bounded along against the West-side of the said Park of your said Suppliant, called Drayton-park. After the which said Park called Brikestock Lit∣tle Park, so made, the Keepers of your said Suppliant's Park, called Drayton-park, continually and daily at their pleasure, without interruption or disturbance, ac∣customed for to go out of Drayton-park into Brikestock-park, at a Stile called Snapes-Stile, and so keep their walk within Brikestock-park, upon the said Freeborde of Drayton-park, unto a Gate within Brikestock-park, called Plumwell-gate, for to view and oversee the decay of the Mounds and Hedges, between the said Two Parks. And since the said Park of Brikestock thus made, the Ancestors of your said Suppli∣ant, for the better mending of the said Park of Drayton, and for the avoiding of such Contention, as might arise by the occasion of a slender Fence, between the said Two Parks, have caused a Pale to be set upon the top of the Ditch of the said Park of Drayton, in such place, where before time one of the Quick-hedges did grow; and by the occasion of a Pale so made, the Ancestors of your said Suppliant have not so much esteemed, but have suffered, the Quick-hedges which were set on the outer-side of the said Ditch, towards the said Park of Brikestock, for lack of a pashing and cutting thereof, at times convenient, to grow to great Wood and Thorn. And for because that Timber, requisite for the making of Pale, is in a manner decayed, and waxeth very scant, and chargeable in these parts: And because your said Suppliant would also renew the double Quick-set, and the double Dikes, as well which do border between the said Two Parks, as betwixt such o∣ther Grounds and Woods, as your said Suppliant hath adjoining and bordering upon the other quarters of the said Park of Brikestock, with new Ditches and Hedges, Quick-set, for the more sure and better fencing of the same: And be∣cause also, that your said Suppliant, would be very sorry to be noted, or reputed to contend with his Prince, or to encroach or offend upon any parcel of the King's Majesty his Inheritance, or to minister any occasion of Unkindness to such as be, or should be Keepers unto the King's Majesty, of the said Little Park of Brikestock, for taking away any of their lawful Commodities or Profits: Your said Sup∣pliant, doth therefore most humbly desire your good Lordship, for the quiet De∣termination of the matter, that it may please your good Lordship, to award the King's Gracious Commission, unto such persons as your Lordship shall think meet and convenient, for that purpose; Authorising and Commanding them thereby, to enquire the truth by all such ways, means and manner, as to their good discretion shall be thought most convenient: How far the Freeborde, and Ground of your said Suppliant, extendeth and lyeth, without the said Park of Drayton, towards, or within the said Little-Park of Brikestock: And whether such Wood, and Thorn, as now groweth upon the side or brink of the Ditch of Drayton-park, which lieth and bordereth next unto the said Little Park of Brikestock, doth grow upon the Ground and Freeborde of your said Suppliant, or upon the King's Majesties Ground: And whether the King's Majesty, and his Predecessors, have used, or ought to have, any Wood that groweth on the out-side the Pale of the said Park of Brikestock, towards and against, the Woods and Grounds of your said Suppli∣ant, by any Prerogative, or any other lawful Custom: And in what place the
Keepers of your said Suppliant's Park of Drayton, have in times past used, and may lawfully enter, and pass over out of Drayton-park into the said Little-Park of Brikestock: And where to depart and go, to go out of the said Brikestock-park. And here far from the said Pale or Hedge of Drayton-park, the said Keepers of Drayton-park, have used in times past, and may lawfully walk, for their Walk, within the said Little-Park of Brikestock; and to testisie under their Seals, the same Inquisition or Depositions into the King's honourable Court of Chancery, there to remain of Record, for a perpetual memory, or Remembrance, and for a quiet, and full Determination of the said matter. And your said Suppliant shall daily pray to God for the Preservation of your Lordship, in Honour long to continue. Inspeximus etiam quandam Commissionem, una cum Returna ejusdem, dilectis, & Fidelibus suis Edwardo Mountague militi, Capitali Justiciario de Com∣muni Banco, Johanni Saint-John, Thomae Tresham, militibus: Ac dilecto sibi Ri∣chardo Humphrey de Drayton directam, ad Testes praedictos examinandum, & in filaciis ejusdem Cancellariae nostrae residentem, in haec verba. Edwardus Sextus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, & in terra Ecclesiae Anglicanae & Hibernicae supremum Caput: Dilectis & fidelibus suis Edwardo Mon∣tague, Militi, Capitali Justiciario de Communi Banco, Johanni Saint-John, Thomae Tresham, militibus, & dilecto sibi Richardo Humphrey de Drayton, falutem. Sciatis quod nos de Fidelitatibus, & providis Circumspectionibus vestris pleniùs confidentes, Assignavimus vos, & tenore praesentium, damus vobis, vel tribus vestrum, potesta∣tem, & autoritatem, ad inquirendum per Sacramentum proborum & legalium homi∣num, de Comitatu Northamptoniae, tam infra libertates quam extra, per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit; nec non ad audiendum, & examinandum quandam ma∣teriam, in quâdam Petitione, his praesentibus annexa, inter Nos & Johannem Mordaunt, Militem, Dominum Mordaunt, contentam, & specificatam. Et ideò vobis, vel tribus vestrum mandamus, quòd ad certos dies, & loca, quos ad hoc provideritis, Testes quoscunque, quos maxime pro testificatione ejusdem materiae fore videritis evocandum, coram vobis, aut tribus vestrum, evocandum; ac ipsos Testes, & eorum quemlibet, de & super eisdem materiis, & circumstantiis ejus∣dem, super eorum Sacramentis, coram vobis, corporalitèr praesentandis, diligenter examinetis; Depositionesque suas recipiatis, & in scriptis redigatis. Et super hoc auditis inde Rationibus, ac aliis viis & modis, quibus melius sciveritis, aut poteritis eandem materiam, juxta sanas discretiones vestras, in forma praedicta diligenter exa∣minandum. Ac insuper vobis, vel tribus vestrum mandamus, quod diligentèr super praemissis facitis Inquisitionem: Et eam sic factam distinctè, & apertè, Nobis in Cancellariam nostram, in Octavis Sancti Michaelis proximè futuris, ubicunque tunc fuerit, sub Sigillis vestris, vel trium vestrum Sigillis, eorum, per quos factum fuit, mittatis, & has Literas nostras Patentes, unà cum Petitione praedictâ. Mandamus etiam tenore praesentium, Vicecomiti nostro Comitatus praedicti, quòd ad certos Dies & Loca, quos vos vel tres vestrum ei scire facitis, venire faciat coram vobis, vel tribus vestrum, tot & tales probos homines, & legales, de Balliva sua, tam infra Li∣bertates, quam extra, per quos rei veritas in praemissis melius sciri poterit, & inquiri. In cujus rei Testimonium, has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipfo apud Westmonasterium, vicesimo septimo die Junii, Anno Regni nostri primo. Southwell. Inspeximus ulterius Certificationem praefatorum Commissariorum, unà cùm Depositionibus quorundam Testium, virtute Commissionis praedictae, coram praefatis Commissariis captis, examinatis, & in eâdem Cancellariâ nostrâ returnatis, ac in Filaciis ejusdem Cancellariae nostrae, residentibus, in haec verba. Depositions taken the Two and twentieth day of September in the First Year of our Soveraign Lord Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, in Earth the Supream Head: Before Sir Edward Mountague, Knight, Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas, Sir Thomas Tresham, Knight, and Richard Humphrey, Esquire, by virtue of the King's Commission to them directed, and to these Presents annexed, exhi∣bited
on the part of Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, Robert Latimer of North-Crawley, in the County of Buckingham, Gentleman, examined, deposeth, and saith upon his Oath, That he this Examinant, about thirty Years past, was Keeper of a Park, called Drayton-park, under Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, then and yet Owner of this said Park, and then Master to this Examinant; and at his en∣try into the same Office, one William Boyse, then of Luffwick, who had been Keeper of the said Park of Drayton, came to this Examinant, and shewed him the Walk of the said Park of Drayton, wherein he declared, That he being Keeper of the said Park of Drayton; walked without the Pale of Drayton-park, and within the Park of Brikestock, called the Little-Park, from a certain place in the said Park of Brike∣stock, called Plumwell-Gate, unto a place called Snapes, where he entred always again into the said Park of Drayton, including always, as parcel of Drayton-park, and as a Freeborde to the same, a certain parcel of Ground or Wood, without the Pale or Hedge of Drayton-park, towards the said Little-park of Brikestock: And according to the same, this Examinant and his Deputies, Keepers there, did always walk the same way, during all such time as he was Keeper, without any Contradiction of any Person or Persons. And he saith further, That the said Boyse then also declared to this Examinant, That the same Boyse, hath seen, divers and many times, the Keepers of Drayton-park, fell Wood for the mending of the Pale of the same Drayton-park, and for other causes, upon the same Freeborde, or Ground, without the said park of Drayton, towards and within the Little-park of Brikestock; and never denied nor Impeached for the same by the Keeper of Brikestock-park, nor by any other Person or Persons: And more he knoweth not. Thomas Jefforne of Luffwick, in the County of Northampton, Clerk, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he hath divers times heard one William Boyse, late of Luffwick, say, That he the same Boyse, was Keeper of a certain Park, called Drayton-park, in the County of Northampton, under one Edward Earl of Wiltshire, then Owner of the said Park: And that by such time as he was Keeper there, he always walked, as parcel of his Walk of Drayton-park, within the Park of Brikestock, called the Little-park, there from a certain place called Plumwell-Gate, unto a place there called Snapes, where alway he entred again into Drayton-park, including within his Walk a parcel of Wood-Ground, within the Little-park of Brikestock, and adjoining to the Pale or Hedge of Drayton-park, as parcel of the said Park of Drayton, and then called the Freeborde of Drayton-park. And the said Boyse told also the said Examinant, That he was after the death of the said Earl, Keeper of the said Little-Park of Brikestock, under one Sir John Carr, Knight, at which time one John Allen was Keeper of Drayton-park, and walked the same way within the Little-park of Brikestock, from the said Plumwell-Gate to Snapes, and includ∣ing the said parcel of Wood-Ground, as parcel of Drayton-park, in like manner as the said Boyse, and others had done before. And saith further, That he never knew any thing said or done, to any of the said Keepers of Drayton-park, for the walking of the same: And more he knoweth not. James Stevenson of Sudborough, in the County of Northampton, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he hath been Keeper of Drayton-park, in the County of Northampton, by the space of Eighteen Years or there-abouts, under John Lord Mordaunt, Owner of the said Park; and at his entry into the same Park, one William Boyse, sometime Keeper of Drayton-park, came to this Examinant, and shewed to him the Walk of the same; in which he declared, That this Examinant, should in walking of the said Park, go over at a Stile in Drayton-park, near to the Gate, called Plumwell-Gate, within the Little-park of Brikestock; and so walking within the said Little-park of Brikestock, unto a Stile called Snapes, and including a certain parcel of Wood, adjoining to the Pale of Drayton-park, as parcel of Drayton-park, and as a Freeborde to the said Drayton-park. At which place called Snapes, the said Keepers of Drayton-park, always entred again into Drayton-park; and ever after this Examinant walked the same Ground, as parcel of Drayton park; and divers and many times caused Wood to be felled,
within the said parcel of Wood-Ground, called Freeborde, without the Pale of Drayton-park, and within the Little-park of Brikestock, for the repairing and mending of the Pale of Drayton-park, when need required; which he did, without any contradiction of any Person. And he saith further, That he knew a certain parcel of Ground, called the Pingle, adjoyning to the Little-Park of Brikestock, sold by Master Marbury, then owner of the same, was all sold to the use of the said Master Marbury: And at that time the Keepers of Brikestock-park, nor any other person, claimed or had any part, or parcel of the same Wood, so sold: And more he knoweth not. Thomas Watts, of Sudborough, in the County of North∣ampton, Husbandman, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That this Examinant, about Twelve Years past, sold a parcel of Wood, called the Snapes, adjoyning to the Little Park of Brikestock, to the use of one Master Mar∣bury, then Owner of the same Wood, which was felled into Brikestock-park-pale; at which time the Keeper of Brikestock-park, nor any other person, claimed, or had any part of the same Wood, so sold: Which said Wood, called Snapes, is now the Inheritance of the Lord Mordaunt: And more he knoweth not. William Stret∣ton, of Twywell, in the County of Northampton, Husbandman, Sworn and Exa∣mined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he, about Twelve or Fourteen Years since, bought of one Richard Bayly, of Luffwick, a certain parcel of Wood-Ground, called the Pingle, in the Parish of Sudborough, in the Wood called Snapes, adjoyning to Brikestock-park; which said Pingle this Examinant felled, hard to the Pale of the Little-Park of Brikestock, and carried away the same, without lett or interruption of the Keepers of Brikestock-Park, and without any demand made by the said Keepers, of any part or parcel of the same Wood, called Pingle: And more he cannot depose. John Wright, of Godington, in the County of Northampton, Hus∣bandman, Sworn and Examined, deposeth and saith upon his Oath, That he, about Twenty Years now past, was Salesman to one Master Marbury, of Luffwick; at which time, he sold for his said Master, a certain parcel of Wood, called the the Snapes, adjoyning to the Little Park of Brikestock: At which time this Ex∣aminant felled the same Wood, hard to the Pale of Brikestock-park, without any interruption of the Keepers of Brikestock-park, or any other person or persons; for to the knowledge of this Examinant, the same Keepers, nor any other, claimed any part of the same Wood: Which Wood, called Snapes, is now the Lord Mor∣daunt's: And more he knoweth not.
Inspeximus praetereà quandam Inquisitionem indentatam, super praemissis cap∣tam, & Filaciis Cancellariae nostrae praedictae similitèr residentem, in haec verba. Northampton. Inquisitio indentata, capta apud Drayton, in Comitatu Northamp∣toniae, vicesimo secundo die Septembris, Anno Regni Edwardi Sexti, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensoris, & in terra, Ecclesiae An∣glicanae, & Hibernicae supremi Capitis, primo, coram Edwardo Mountague, milite, Capitali Justiciario dicti Domini Regis de Communi Banco, Thoma Thresham, Milite, & Richardo Humphrey de Drayton, Armigero, Commissionariis dicti Domini Regis, virtute Commissionis ipsius Domini Regis iis directae, ad inquirendum, per Sacramentum proborum & legalium hominum, de Comitatu Northamptoniae, tàm infrà libertates, quàm extrà, per quos rei veritas melius sciri poterit. Nec non ad audiendum & examinandum quandam materiam, in quadam Petitione praedictae Commissioni dicti Domini Regis annexa, & huic Inquifitioni affilata, inter dictum Dominum Regem, & Johannem Mordaunt, Militem, Dominum Mordaunt, con∣tentam, & specificatam, per Sacramentum Willielmi Dudley, Armigeri, Thomae Mulsho, Armigeri, Willielmi Marbury, Armigeri, Roberti Kinsman, Armigeri, Egidii Isham, Armigeri, Johannis Lenton, Armigeri, Georgii Thresham, Armigeri, Thomae Brookes de Oakely, Armigeri, Roberti Catlyn, Generosi, Grifini Salisbury, Generosi, Reginaldi Grenehold de Ashton, Generosi, Thomae Tawexer de Raundes, Generosi, Johannis Durrant, Generosi, Willielmi Burton de Woodford, Gene∣rosi, Gilberti Pickering, Generosi, Johannis Palmer de Warketon, Ricardi More∣ton
de Oundell, Matthaei Law de Brikestock, Johannis Wright de Beddington, Roberti Chapman de Cottingham, Thomae Good de Islip, & Willielmi Bull de Pichley, proborum & legalium hominum de Comitatu praedicto: Qui dicunt super Sacramentum suum, Quòd dictus Dominus Mordaunt, in dicta Petitione nominatus, seisitus existit in Dominio suo, ut de feodo, de & in Manerio de Drayton, & de & in Parco de Drayton, in Petitione praedictâ specificatis, cum Sepibus, Viis, Palis & Fossatis, undique suffultis. Nec non de quadam Terra, vocata a Free∣borde, ultrà & juxtà praedictum Fossatum, extendente usque ad parcum Domini Regis, vocatum le Little-Park de Brikestock, in dicta Petitione similiter recitatum. Quae quidem Terra, vocata le Freeborde, circumjacet praedictum Fossatum, Sepes, & Palas praedicti Parci de Drayton, & continet in latitudine, de altitudine Fossati, de parco de Drayton praedicto, versus & infra dictum Parcum, vocatum, le Little-Park de Brikestock, tres pedes; & extendit se in longitudine, ex occidentali parte, dicti Parci de Drayton, tàm longè quàm praedictus Parcus de Drayton se extendit, & abuttat versus dictum Parcum, vocatum le Little-park de Brikestock. Et ulterius iidem Juratores dicunt, super Sacramentum suum, Quòd dictus Dominus de Mor∣daunt, & omnes Antecessores sui, & omnes illi, quorum statum Johannes Dominus Mordaunt, in manerio & parco praedicto, modo habet, ac a tempore, de quo non existit memoria hominis ad contrarium, habuerunt, usi fuerunt, & consueverunt habere, ac de jure habere debuerunt, totam illam Terram praedictam, vocatam le Freeborde, cum tota Vestura, & Proficuo ejusdem Terrae, circumquaque jacentis dictum Fossatum dicti Parci de Drayton, tanquam pertinentem ad cundem Parcum de Drayton, ac parcellam ejusdem Parci de Drayton existentem. Et ulterius iidem Juratores dicunt, super Sacramentum suum, Quòd dictus Johannes Dominus Mor∣daunt, ac omnes Antecessores sui, ac omnes illi, quorum statum idem Johannes Dominus Mordaunt, in Manerio & Parco de Drayton praedicto, modo habet, & à tempore, cujus contrarium memoria hominis non existit, ad eorum placitum, & Voluntatem, usi fuerunt, & consueverunt, succidere, & ad usus suos convertere, totum Boscum, & Subboscum, crescentem & existentem super dictam Terram, vocatam le Freeborde, & super & infra dicta Sepes, & Fossatum, inter praedictum Parcum dicti Do∣mini Regis de Brikestock, & praedictum Parcum de Drayton. Dicunt etiam ulterius Juratores praedicti, super Sacramentum suum, quòd Custodes dicti Parci de Drayton, pro tempore existientes, de tempore, ad cujus contrarium memoria hominis non existit, ad eorum libitum, & placitum, de tempore in tempus, exire utebantur, & de jure exire poterunt, de dicto Parco de Drayton, in dictum Parcum de Brikestock, apud quendam locum, vocatum, Snapes-Stile; & sic longanimiter perambulare, super prae∣dictam Terram dicti Domini Mordaunt, vocatam le Freeborde, jacentem ex occiden∣tali parte dicti Parci de Drayton, usque ad quendam locum, in Parco de Drayton prae∣dicto, vocatum le Plumwell-Stile; & sic ibidem reingredi in dictum Parcum, ad super∣videndum, utrum dictae Sepes, inter dictum Parcum de Drayton, & dictum Parcum de Brikestock, de tempore in tempus, benè & sufficienter reparatae existebant, prout congruum fuerat, necne. Dicunt insuper Juratores praedicti, super Sacramentum suum, Quod non noscunt, quod dictus Dominus Rex, nunc, aut aliquis Praedecessorum suo∣rum, ratione alterius Praerogativae, sive alterius legitimae Consuetudinis, peranteà ha∣buit, aut habere usus fuit, seu de jure habere debuit, aliquem Boscum, sive Subboscum, Spinas, sive Arbores, crescentes ex exteriore parte Paleorum, sive Sepium, dicti Par∣ci de Brikestock, abuttantis, sive adjacentis, versus aliquos Boscos, sive Terras, dicti Johannis Domini Mordaunt, In cujus rei Testimonium, tam praedicti Commissi∣onarii, quàm praefati Juratores, his praesentibus Sigilla sua apposuerunt, die, anno, & loco supradictis. Nos autem tenores Petitionis, Commissionis, Certificationis, Testium Depositionum, & Inquifitionis praedictorum, ad Requisitionem praedicti Johannis Mordaunt militis, Domini Mordaunt, duximus exemplificandum per prae∣sentes. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium primo die Novembris, anno Regni nostri quarto.
S. Southwell.
To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt, and to our Loving Friend Sir John Mordaunt, and to either of them.
AFter our right hearty Commendations, for the Safe-guard and Preservation of the King's Majesty's Person, which is in no small danger, by the Falshood and Treason of the Duke of Somerset; who nevertheless, to cover the same, now bruiteth abroad, That we of his Majesty's Council, (which seek only his Highness's Pre∣servation) should intend Evil unto his Highness, which God forbid; trusting by that means, to abuse the People, and so by their helps, the rather to proceed in his purpose: We have thought good to require you, not only as much as in you is, to let the People know the Truth; but also, forasmuch as de doth already gather Forces, to put your self in order, with all the Power you may make; presently to repair unto us, for the Service and Surety of the King's Majesty, in this great and weighty matter, as to the office of good and loving Subjects apper∣taineth.
From London the Sixth of October.
Your Lordships assured Friends,
To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt, and to our very Loving Friend, Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and to either of them.
AFter our most hearty Commendations: Where by our former Letters, we have signified unto you the state of our doings; and upon occasion of such Assemblies of Men, as were made by the Duke of Somerset, desired you to re∣pair towards us, for the surety of his Majesty's Person; you shall understand, That now, by the goodness of God, both the King's Majesty's Person is in Health and Surety; and that without any Tumult or great business, the Duke also is in sure Custody: Which thing as we have thought good to signifie unto you, so do we pray you to stay your Numbers at home, without taking any further Travel for this matter: Giving you our most hearty Thanks, for your good Readiness at this time; and so do bid you most heartily farewel:
From London the Eleventh of October. 1549.
Your Loving Friends,
To the Sheriff of Bedford and Buckingham, to the Justices of Peace of the said Counties, and to all other the King's Majesty's Constables, Headboroughs, and other his Highness's Ministers and Subjects of the said Counties.
FOrasmuch as the Duke of Somerset, abusing the King's Majesties Hand, Stamp and Signet; and howbeit that without divers of us, of his Majesties Coun∣cil, hath sent forth divers and sundry Writings, to Levy the King's Majesties Subjects, and disturb the Common Peace of the Realm, for the maintaining of his own Ill and Outragious doings, to no small Peril of the King's Majesties Person, and the disturbance of all his Majesties good and Loyal Subjects: These be to will and require you, nevertheless on his Majesties behalf, straitly to Command and Charge you, That you, nor none of you, Levy, nor cause to Levied, any number of Men, by force of any such Writing or Commandment, or any other Writing whatso∣ever; except the Hands of us of his Majesties Privy Council, or the more part of us, shall be Subscribed to the same. And further we require you, on his Highness's behalf, to apply your Labours and Business, every of you in your several Voca∣tions, quietly and peaceably, as becometh good Subjects; without giving Credit to any such Rumors and Bruits, as by the said Duke be untruly and falsely spread abroad, to the Dishonor and Scandal of us, his Majesties True and Faithful Coun∣sellors, who be and ever shall be, during our Lives, ready to spend our Bloods, for the Surety of his most Royal Person, and the maintenance of the Common Wealth, of his Majesties most Loyal and obedient Subjects.
Given at London, the Eighth of October, the Third Year of his Highness's most Noble Reign.
To the most High, Mighty, and Excellent the Queen's Majesty.
IT may please your most Excellent Majesty, of your most abundant and accustomed Goodness, to be a good and most gracious Sovereign Lady to me, your Faith∣ful, Obedient and True Subject, and to pardon me of my rude Writing, unto your most Excellent Highness, coacted and constrained so for to do, for Declara∣tion unto your said most Princely and gracious Goodness, of such things, as your most Excellent Highness hath been informed of against me. First, That your Highness should be much offended with me; for that I was so prompt, and ready for to set forth Proclamation, of the Title of the late Usurper Lady Jane, and to reject your most gracious Highness's Letters and Proclamation: And also, That I should stay the Country, that they should not repair to your most Excellent High∣ness, as their Hearts were bent; which Surmises are in every part, and in the whole, not true. Most humbly submitting my self to your most merciful gracious Goodness, and to such Order as shall be taken by your Highness, and your most Honourable Council, for Declaration of my truth, to your most Excellent High∣ness
in this behalf; and according to my abounden Duty, as an Old Man, by your most gracious Sufferance, dwelling here in your County of Bedford, shall pray to God daily, for the prosperous Preservation, of your most Imperial Reign, long to con∣tinue.
Your Most Humble and Obedient Servant and Subject, John Mordaunt.
To our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Mary the Queen.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where we lately ad∣dressed our Writ unto you, for your Attendance at our next Parliament, to be holden at Westminster, the First day of October next: We let you wit, that in consideration of your Age, and Impotency, we have thought good, to License you, and by these presents do give you License, to be absent from our said Parliament; our said Writ, or any thing contained therein notwithstanding. And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge in that behalf.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of St. James's, the Fourteenth Day of September, in the First Year of our Reign.
To our Trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt, to our Trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, and to our Trusty and welbeloved Sir Edward Saunders, and Sir John Saint-John, Knights, and to every of them.
Mary the Queen.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where it hath pleased Almighty God, so to direct our Heart, that a Treaty is of late concluded for a Marriage to be solemnized, within this our Realm, between our dearest Cousin the Prince of Spain and Us, with such Covenants, Parts and Agree ments, for the preservation of the Laws, Liberty, Surety and Honour of our Realm, as may appear by the Articles herewith sent unto you: We under∣stand that certain ill-disposed Persons, meaning, under the pretence of Mislike of this Marriage, to Rebel against the Catholick Religion, and Divine Ser∣vice restored within this our Realm, and to take from us their Sovereign Lady and Queen, that Liberty which is not denied to the meanest Woman, in the choice of their Husbands; cease not to spread many false, vile and untrue Reports, of our
said Cousin, and others of that Nation; moving and stirring our good and Loving Subjects, by these and sundry other devilish ways, to Rebel, and enter a new Commotion, to the great peril of our Person, and utter Subversion of our whole Realm, if speedy Remedy be not provided. For remedy thereof, and to the intent our Loving Subjects, may the better understand this unnatural Conspiracy, and the falsehood thereof: Our pleasure is, You shall not only cause the said Articles herewith sent to be Published, in all parts of that our County, sending abroad Copies, and by such other good means, as you may think best; but also that you, and every of you, taking diligent heed to the Preservation of the Peace, and Charge committed unto you, do cause the Authors and Spreaders of these, or any other false Bruits and Rumors, to be apprehended, and committed to Ward, otherwise punished, as the Quality of their Offences shall merit. For the better doing where∣of, our Pleasure is, You shall assemble together, immediately upon the sight of these our Letters, taking such order for Division of your selves, into sundry Hun∣dreds and parts; and for the Publication of the said Articles, Admonition of any good Subjects, and Stay of the rest, as may best stand to the Quiet of that our Country; whereby you shall shew your selves, our good and obedient Subjects, which we will always be glad to consider towards you, as occasion may serve.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of St. James's, the Twenty fourth day of Ja∣mary, the First Year of our Reign.
To our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Mary the Queen.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where we be sundry ways informed, That Thomas Wyat, and some others, have of late by spreading abroad, most false and vain Rumors, procured to stir our subjects of our County of Kent, to rise against our Crown and Dignity Royal. Albeit we have already taken such Order, as we doubt not, shall be sufficient to repress, and overthrow this unnatural Conspiracy: Yet nevertheless have we thought convenient to require you, to put your self in convenient Order and Readiness, with as many of your Ser∣vants and Tenants, as ye can make, both on Horseback and on Foot, to be in readiness, to march and set forwards, upon one hours Warning, either against the the said Rebels, or such other ways, as shall be signified unto you by Us. And in the mean time to have good regard, to the good Order and Quiet of the parts where ye dwell; causing all such Idle and Leud Persons, as shall, either by spreading of false Rumors, or by any other means, attempt to stir or disquiet our Loving Sub∣jects, to be Apprehended and Punished, as the Quality of their Offences shall deserve.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of St. James's, the Six and twentieth day of January, the First Year of our Reign.
To our Trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Philip, and Mary the Queen.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And where for certain great and weighty Causes, we have Summoned our High-Court of Parliament, to be holden at Westminster the Twelfth day of November next. Albeit we have for that purpose, caused our Writ of Summons, to be addressed lately unto you, amongst others: Yet notwithstanding that your Age, and Impotency, will not well suffer you to Travel, without some danger of your Health: We let you wit, That in consideration thereof, we are pleased to give you License, and by these Presents, do License you (our said Writ or any thing therein contained notwith∣standing) to stay your coming up to our said Parliament; so as nevertheless you cause your Proxie, to be sent in convenient time, unto some such Personage, as may for you, and in your Name, give his Voice and Consent, unto such matters, as shall be treated and concluded in our said Parliament: And these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge in that behalf.
Given under our Signet, at our Palace of Westminster, the Twenty second Day of October, the First and Se∣cond Years of our Reigns.
To our Trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Mary the Queen.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And albeit we have of late by such our Instructions, as we have addressed forth unto the Justices of Peace of every Shire, prescribed such Order, as the same being well Executed, shall by the Grace of God, be sufficient to keep all Parts of our Realm, in good Order and Quietness: Yet considering the Seditious Behaviour, and Testy Disposition of some sorts of Men, that seek nothing else but Stirs and Commotions: We have thought good, for the preventing the worst, to prepare to have some Power in readiness, to meet with any sudden Attempt, that may be offered. Wherefore knowing your Fidelity, and good Will to serve us, and the Zeal you bear the Common Tranquility and Quietness of your Country; we have specially appoint∣ed, and by these Presents appoint, and authorize you to Muster, Levy, and Prepare forthwith, all your own Servants and Tenants, and others under your Rule and Offices, with such your Friends, as shall be willing to go with you. And of the same so Mustered, to chuse and appoint, and put in full Readiness, as ma∣ny able Men, both on Horseback and on Foot, as you may well cause to be fur∣nished, with Armor, Weapons, and other Necessaries; giving such order, that upon One hours warning, they may be ready to be imployed, for Repression of any sudden Tumult, Stir or Rebellion within our Realm; or for resisting any Foreign
Invasion, or otherwise for our Service, as by us, or our Privy Council, attending about us, you shall be required from time to time. For the doing whereof, like as these our Letters shall be sufficient Discharge, as well unto you, as to such as shall serve under you; So do we require you to use your accustomed Diligence, both in preparing your said Men, and also in advertising our Council, what Num∣bers, and of what Sorts, you have ready, to the intent upon Knowledge there∣of, we may dispose of their further Service, as occasion shall require: Whereof we pray you not to fail, as we specially trust you.
Given under our Signet, at our Maner of Greenwich, the Eighth of March, the Second and Third Years of our Reign.
IN Dei nomine, Amen. The First day of August in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand Five hundred and threescore, and the Second Year of the Reign of our most dread Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, &c. I John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, being of good and perfect Memory, thanks be given to God; do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form fol∣lowing: That is to say, First, I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, and my Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Turvey, in the Wall next above my Father's Tomb. And I will that the Body of my Lady Elizabeth Mordaunt, my late Wife de∣ceased, be removed and taken up, and laid and buried again on my right side, with all speed, after my Departure out of this World: And I will, That my Exe∣cutors and Administrators, within one Year after my decease, shall prepare for me, and the said Lady Elizabeth, a meet and convenient Tomb of Marble, and Two Pictures of Alabaster, the one for my self, and the other for the said Lady Eliza∣beth, both the said Pictures representing the State, that God of his infinite Good∣ness, hath called me hereunto in this present World; which said Premises will cost, as I suppose, about Threescore Pounds.
Item, I give and bequeath, to be dealt in Alms the day of my Burial, unto the poor Folks of the Towns of Turvey, Stagesden, Carleton, Chillington, Harold, Ste∣phinton, Felmersham, Radwell, Lavenden, Brafeld, Newton-Blosmaville, Hardmede, Astwood, Wotton and Cranfeld, One hundred Marks of good and lawful Money of England, at the discretion of my Executors and Administrators: Town of Bedford Five Pounds; Olney Three Pounds. And the rest of my Burial and Funeral ex∣pences, I remit to the discretion of my Executors and Administrators, for to do, use, and bestow, and dispose at their Liberties and pleasures, for the Wealth of my Soul, Lady Elizabeth my Wife, my Father, Mother, and all other my Friends.
Item, I will and bequeath, for my Mortuary in ready Money, and for Tyths forgotten, and not truely paid, Five Pounds to be bestowed among poor People, for to pray for the Souls of them, that of right the Premises ought to be paid unto.
Item, I give and bequeath unto the Church-Wardens, and to the Inhabitants of the Town of Turvey, and for, and towards the Reparation of the Church, and Stee∣ple of Turvey, and for the Rough-casting of the Walls of the said Church, as well with∣in the said Church, as without the said Church, and Steeple, One hundred Marks.
Item, I give and bequeath to the said Church-Wardens and Inhabitants to the use of the same Town, all my Apparel of Cloth of Gold, and all manner of Silks, to be made, at the Costs and Charges of my Executors or Administrators, to serve God in the same Church, and to no other use or purpose: Over and besides Ten Pounds, which I Will, shall be delivered unto the same Church-Wardens, and others as above, for and towards the said Reparations, to make the said Premises, meet to serve God, on high and principal Feasts.
I Will and bequeath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Turvey, for and towards the new repairing of Turvey-Bridge, as much as is within the County of Bedford,
Forty Pounds. And of, and for the repairing of the Long-Bridge, within the County of Buckingham, to the Reparation and keeping whereof, the Towns of Hardmede, Astwood, Lavenden, Newton-Blosmaville and Brafeld, are Contributors, Twenty six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence.
I Will, That according to my Father's Will, the Seven Pounds be disposed in good Deeds, in the Church and Town of Turvey, for the Soul of Dame Agnes Peck, Widow, deceased, and towards the Reparation and Amendment of the said Church of Turvey; or else to buy a new Bell, to Ring Day-Bell in the Morning, and Curfre at Night, to the Church-wardens and Inhabitants of the Town of Tur∣vey, to pray for the Souls of William Rogers, late of Hills in Turvey, deceased, o∣therwise called Roger Stevenson, otherwise called William Stevenson of Turvey-Hills, Thirty Shillings to the said Church-Wardens and Inhabitants, as is aforesaid: Thirty Shillings, for to pray for the Soul of Master John Cross, Clerk, sometime Parson of Turvey, for, and in full recompenee of certain Tyths, and Rents due to him, for certain Lands late belonging to Parnel Biddlyn and John Biddlyn, her Son and Heir. To the Heirs of William Bird, late of Hills in Turvey aforelaid, for and in full recom∣pence of Lands purchased of William Bird, his Grandfather, living in Hills afore∣said, Forty Shillings. To the said Church-Wardens of Turvey, and other Inhabitants, Ten Shillings: Stagden, Ten Shillings, and Mulsho Church, Ten Shillings, according to the Last Will of my Father.
And I Will, That Six Pound thirteen Shillings four Pence, be delivered to the Church-Wardens and other Inhabitants of Mulsho, to the Use and Profit of the Church, and of the Town, and for and towards the Reparations of the said Church.
I give and bequeath unto the Heirs of Bateman of Turvey, deceased, for divers Respects; which Bateman of old time, was Owner of the House next the Mill in Turvey, and after that it was one Whites, Five Marks.
I give and bequeath to the next Kinsfolks of Thomas Kerby, late of Heviningham-Castle, in the County of Essex, and of old time Clerk and Servant to my Fa∣ther, Twenty Shillings.
I give and bequeath unto John Page of Arlesey, my Cousin, One Ring of Gold, price Ten Shillings, which I owed to his Mother Cicely Page.
Item, I give and bequeath among the Daughters of Thomas More, Esquire, my Son in Law, begotten between the said Thomas More and Dorothy his Wife, late my Daughter, Forty Pounds of good and lawful Money of England. Albeit the said Thomas doth Claim Fifty Marks thereof, by promise of Mouth, besides Writing; which promise I do not remember. And yet notwithstanding I will the said For∣ty Pounds to be paid, as before, without delay, and to be bestowed by the said Thomas, and by the advice of my Executors.
Item, I Will, That my Servant John Ashecomb, for his long good and faith∣ful Service done unto me, shall have the Farm of the Maner of Lyford, where he now dwelleth, and doth inhabit, during the space and term of One and twenty Years, next after my Decease; in as ample and large a manner, as the said John doth now occupy the same; paying yearly the accustomed Rent, as he doth now pay, for the same, and generally keeping all Reparations, of all manner of Houses, be∣longing and occupied in the said Maner.
Item, I Will, That all such Leases as I have made, promised to be made, or a∣greed with any manner of Person or Persons whatsoever, for Years, and yet the said Leases not put in Writing, shall be Good, Stable and Effectual, and stand in strength against me and my Heirs. And that my Heir shall, with as much Speed convenient as may be, assure unto them their Leases in Writing, according to my former Promise, Grants and Agreements, made unto them, or any of them; the said Leases paying such Fines as be agreed between the said Leasees and me: That is to say, A Lease made to Simon de Brown for term of Years, of the Maner of Halfhyde, for the Fine of Twenty Pounds; and as yet received Ten Pounds. A Lease made to John Perse of Newport-Pannel, for One and twenty Years, for the
Fine of Six Pounds thirteen Shillings four Pence; and received no part thereof. A Lease of One and twenty Years made unto Robert Edwards of Turvey, of the Priory Farm, for the Fine of Ten Pounds; the said Robert Edwards to pay yearly for his Rent, Six Pound thirteen Shillings four Pence.
Also I will and bequeath to every of my Servants, One whole Years Wages, and also sufficient Meat and Drink for one whole Year, to be allowed to all and every of my Servants, to be spent at and within my Mansion-House of Turvey.
Also I will and bequeath, That of all the Maners, Lands, Tenements and He∣reditaments, with their Appurtenances, which late were of the Inheritance of Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, late of Westhornedon in the County of Essex, Knight, otherwise, Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, deceased, which from him, or any of his Ancestors, descended, remained, or came to Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt, deceased, late Wife of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and Cousin and Heir to the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, deceased; wherein the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and Dame Joan now his Wife, or any of them, had any Estate of any manner of Inheri∣tance, or for term of Life or Lives, or severally in Use, Possession, Reversion, Remainder or otherwise, at any time since the last day of August, in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred fifty and eight, shall be within One half Year next after my decease, lawfully, sufficiently and assuredly, conveyed and Assured unto Sir Robert Throgmorton, Knight, John Cheyne, Esquire, and Thomas Nichols, Gentleman, or to the Survivor or Survivors of them, and to his and their Heirs, discharged of all former Rights, Tyths, Uses, Interests, Charges, Incumbran∣ces, and Demands, had or made, since the Death of the said Dame Elizabeth, (Leases for term of Years, whereupon the old Rents and Services, or more, are reserved, and the chief Rents and Services from thenceforth to be due, to the chief Lords only excepted,) to the only Use hereafter following: That is to say, So many or so much of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with their Appurte∣nances, which late were of the Inheritance of the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, as shall amount to the clear yearly value of Three hundred Marks, or under and not above; and shall be named, appointed and declared, by the said Sir John Mor∣daunt, my Son, by a Bill Tripartite, Indented, Sealed and Subscribed by the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and Inrolled in any of the Queen's Majesties Courts of Records at Westminster: Whereof One of the parts so Sealed and Subscribed, to be delivered to the said Lewis Mordaunt, and the other of the said Parts so Sealed, and Subscribed, to be delivered to the said Sir Robert Throgmorton, John Cheyne, and Thomas Nichols, or to the Survivor or Survivors of them, to the use of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, and of the same Dame Joan, now his Wife, for the term of their Lives; and for the term of the Life of the longest Liver of them, without Impeachment of Wast, during the Life of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son: And after their deceases, to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten; And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt for ever. And of all the residue of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances, which lately were the Inheritance of the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis; wherein the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, or any of them, had any Estate of any manner of In∣heritance, or Freehold, jointly or severally, or otherwise, in Use, Possession, Reversion, Remainder or otherwise, at any time since the last Day of August, in the said Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred fifty and eight, to the use of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, for term of his Life, without Impeach∣ment of Wast: And after his decease, to such Person and Persons, and to such use, and uses, as by the last Will and Testament, of the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, shall be declared in Writing; for and during the space of Ten Years, or un∣der, and not above; so that the same to be declared first, for and to the Payment of his Debts: And after his Debts paid, then to and for the Advancement of his Chil∣dren Unmarried; and after his Debts paid, and his Children Unmarried advanced,
then for the Performance of the Legacies of the same Sir John Mordaunt, my Son: And after the same Ten Years ended and expired, then to the proper use and be∣hoof of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males, of his Body lawfully be∣gotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the right Heirs of the same Dame Eilzabeth Mordaunt for ever. And also, That if the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, doth convey and assure unto the said Lewis Mor∣daunt, to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, which the said Sir John Mordaunt, my Son, hath in and to the Maner of Snelson, in the County of Buckingham, and in and to all other Lands, Tenements and Here∣ditaments, in Snelson aforesaid, and in Turvey, Harold, Lavenden and Brafeld, or elsewhere, to the said Maner of Snelson belonging, which were sometime George the Earl of Kents, in the County of Buckingham and Bedford: And also do permit, and suffer the said Lewis Mordaunt, quietly to have, hold, occupy and enjoy, all and singular the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, which be con∣veyed or assured unto the said Lewis, according to the true intent and meaning, as well of certain Indentures Quadripartite, made between me, the said John Lord Mordaunt, on the one Party, and the said Sir Robert Throgmorton, John Cheyne and Thomas Nichols, on the other Party, bearing date the last Day of August, in the Second Year of the Reign of the Queen's Majesty that now is; as also of other Conveyances, and Assurances, made by me unto the said Lewis Mordaunt: And also do permit, and suffer my Executors to execute, and perform my Will, without any Impeachment or Disturbance, That then my Executors, shall well and truly content and pay, or cause to be contented and paid, unto the said Sir John Mor∣daunt, my Son, within One whole Year next after, such lawful and sufficient Con∣veyance, and Assurance of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, which were of the Inheritance of the said Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, the Summ of Three thousand Marks, of Lawful Money of England, towards the payment of his Debts and Advancement of his Children Unmarried. And further, That then the said Lewis Mordaunt shall assure, or cause to be assured, unto the said Dame Joan, now Wife to my Son Sir John Mordaunt, one yearly Rent of One hundred Marks, during her Life, with a sufficient clause of Distress, in Lands, Tenements and Heredita∣ments, to the yearly value of One hundred Pounds, for the not payment thereof, at Two Feasts in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch∣angel, and the Annunciation of our Lady, by even Portions. And also my Will is, That all my Funeral, Debts, Legacies and Charges, of this my Last Will and Testament paid and discharged; that the said Lewis Mordaunt, shall have all the residue of my Goods, Plate and Chattels, whatsoever they be.
Executores Testamenti, & ultimae voluntatis Johannis Mordaunt, Militis, Do∣mini Mordaunt, tertio decimo die Augusti, anno Domini millesimo, quingentesimo sexagesimo secundo, & anno regni Reginae Elizabethae quarto. Robertus Tirewhite miles, Henricus Darcy Armiger, Thomas Nichols Generosus, Ludovicus Mordaunt Armiger, Georgius Mordaunt Armiger, Johannes Ashecomb Generosus, & Thomas Darcy, Armiger; Quilibet Executorum praedictorum, assumens super se, onus Testamenti mei, habebit viginti libras. Also I make Sir Robert Catlin, Knight, and my loving Cousin Justice Anthony Brown, Supervisors of this my Last Will and Testament, and I give to either of them, Ten Pounds for their pains taken herein; these being Witness, John Hatcher, Thomas Larkin, Robert Pemberton, John More∣ton, Edward Knight, Robert Bennet and John Richardson.
SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DOMINI MORDAVNT
To our Trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt the Younger.
Henry R.
TRusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: And forasmuch as we are deter∣mined, upon the Feast of Pentecost next coming, to keep and do to be Ce∣lebrated at Westminster, with all due Circumstances of Honor, the Corona∣tion of our most dear and welbeloved Wife, the Lady Anne our Queen, as to her Estate and Dignity doth appertain; at which time it hath been accustomed to ad∣vance to the Honor of Knighthood, to be made and ordered, with the Ceremonies of the Bath, such of the Nobility as was at that time, by the Sovereign thought convenient for the same: And therefore minding to pretermit nothing, that might set forth the Honor of the said Coronation; and thinking you right able, and wor∣thy to receive that Degree, have appointed you to be one of those, whom we in∣tend to advance to such Honor. And therefore our Pleasure is, That ye being advertised hereof, do make such Preparation against the time aforesaid, and put your self in such a Readiness, as shall be requisite for you, in the acceptation of the said Order, and as for the Honor thereof, hath been used and accustomed.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Five and twentieth Day of April.
ON Fryday at Dinner served the King, all such as were appointed by his Highness, to be Knights of the Bath, which after Dinner were brought to their Cham∣bers, and that Night were Bathed and Shriven, according to the Old Usage of Eng∣land, and the next Day in the Morning the King Dubbed them, according to the Ceremonies thereto belonging: Whose Names ensue;
The Marquess of Dorset, the Earl of Darby, the Lord Clifford, the Lord Fitz-Water, the Lord Hastings, the Lord Mounteagle, Sir John Mordaunt, the Lord Vaux, Sir Henry Parker, Sir William Windsor, Sir Francis Weston, Sir Thomas Arundell, Sir John Hulston, Sir Thomas Poynings, Sir Henry Savill, Sir George Fitz-Williams, Sir John Tindal, Sir Thomas Jermine.
THE same Twelfth of July, word was brought to the Council, being then in the Tower with the Lady Jane; That the Lady Mary, Eldest Daughter to King Henry the Eighth, was at Kenhinghall-Castle in Norfolk, and with her the Earl of Bath, Sir Thomas Wharton, Son to the Lord Wharton, Sir John Mor∣daunt,
Son to the Lord Mordaunt, Sir William Drury, Sir John Shelton, Sir Henry Beddingfield, Mr. Henry Jermingham, Mr. John Sutierd, Mr. Richard Treston, Mr. Serjeant Morgan and Mr. Glement Higham.
To our Trusty and Right welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mor∣daunt, Knight, and to the Lady his Wife.
Mary the Queen.
TRusty and right welbeloved, we greet you well: And whereas we have received certain Advertisements, That our dearest Cousin the Prince of Spain, was Embarqued at the Groyne Six Days past: Forasmuch as we considering, that the Wind serving as it doth, it cannot be, but that he is near the Coast of this our Realm: We have therefore thought good, both to signifie unto you the Premises; and also to require you, to put your self in Order, withal Diligence, to repair hither towards our Court, to the intent ye may give your Attendance upon us, at the Solemnity of this our Marriage, as shall appertain; whereof we require you not to fail.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Bishopswaltham, the Fifteenth Day of July, the Second Year of our Reign.
IN the Name of God, Amen. The Sixteenth Day of April, in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith: I Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, calling to Remembrance the uncertain State of these our Transitory Lives, and minding to reduce and set in order such Goods, Chattels and other things, as God hath endued me withal, being somewhat weak in Body, yet thanks be to God of perfect Remembrance; do make my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following.
First, I do bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, my only Maker and Redeemer; my Body to be Buried within the Church of Turvey, within the County of Bed∣ford, in such decent Order and Sort, and with such Funeral Charges and Ex∣pences, as by mine Executors shall be thought meet, and convenient for my Estate and Degree.
Item, I will chiefly and above all things, That mine Executors shall pay, or cause to be paid, unto all and every Person and Persons, unto whom I shall at the Day of my Decease be indebted, and all and every such Summ, and Summs of Money, as I shall owe unto them, or any of them.
Item, I give and bequeath unto Ʋrsula, my Daughter, Four hundred Pounds, of good and lawful Money of England, to be paid her by my Executors, at such time as they conveniently may: And in the mean time I Will, That mine Execu∣tors shall find unto the said Ʋrsula, sufficient and convenient Meat, Drink, Appa∣rel and Clothing, necessary for her Degree.
Item, I give unto George Monox, and to Humphrey his Son, Forty Marks, of good and lawful Money of England, to be bestowed upon a Bason and Ewre of Silver Guilt, parcel Guilt.
Item, I give and bequeath unto Anne Actem, one of the Daughters of Margaret Actem, my Daughter, Two hundred Marks, of good and lawful Money of England,
at the Day of her Marriage, or at her Age of Eighteen years, which of them shall happen; and if it happen the said Anne Actem, to dye before her Marriage, or before she shall accomplish the Age of Eighteen years, then the Gift to her to be void. And then my Will is, That the said Two hundred Marks, bequeathed unto the said Anne Actem, shall be imployed, and bestowed among the rest of the Sons and Daughters, of my said Daughter Margaret Actent, as shall be then living.
Item, I give and bequeath unto the rest of the Sons and Daughters, of the fore∣said Margaret Actem, my Daughter, Six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence a piece, to every of them, at their several Ages of Eighteen years.
Item, I will and bequeath to every one of my Servants, being no Officers, One years Wages, over and besides the Wages, as shall be unto them due, at the time of my Decease.
Item, I will to Anne Witney, my Wife's Daughter, Forty Pounds.
Item, I will to Mary Price, Fifty Marks, towards her Marriage.
Item, I will to the Three Children of Henry Witney, Five Marks a piece.
Item, I will, That my Executors shall bestow, Two hundred and fifty Pounds, of good and lawful Money of England, upon an Ile to be builded, and made upon the South-side of the Church of Turvey, within the County of Bedford aforesaid; and for a Tomb for me to be erected, and set up within the said Ile.
Item, Whereas I the said Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, and Lady Joan, my Wife, and Sir Lewis Mordaunt, Knight, by the name of Lewis Mordaunt, Esquire, by one Indenture Tripartite, bearing date the Third Day of November, the Fifth year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady, the Queen's Majesty that now is, did amongst other things Infeoff Sir William Peter, and Sir Henry Tervel, Knights, John Tal∣bot, Thomas Lucas, Edward Tirrel, George White, Thomas Brownly and Thomas Nichols, Esquires, and their Heirs, of all and singular the Maners, Lands, Tenements and He∣reditaments, of me the said John Lord Mordaunt, within the County of Essex, late the Inheritance of Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, Deceased, to certain Uses, as by the same Indenture Tripartite, bearing date as is aforesaid, more at large it doth and may appear. Amongst which the Maners of Cranham, Gingeraff, Tiptofts and Amies, in the County of Essex, and all Lands and Tenements, known by the name or names of Amies and Nokehall, and the Farms called Pinkneys and Wareleys, with their Ap∣purtenances; and all those Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, in Brownford∣magna, in the County of Essex, then late in the occupation of one Rowland Wal∣head, or of his Assigns, or appointed after the decease of me John Lord Mordaunt, and Lady Joan, my Wife, unto the use and behoof of the Executors of the Last Will and Testament, of me the said John Lord Mordaunt, for the term of Ten years, next ensuing the decease of me the said John Lord Mordaunt, and the Lady Joan, my Wife, and the longer Liver of us. And after the same Ten years being ended, and determined, then to the Use and Behoof of the said Sir Lewis Mordaunt, and of his Heirs for ever; as by the same Indenture and Conveyance aforesaid, more at large appeareth. And whereas after the same Conveyance so made, the same Sir Lewis Mordaunt, by another Indenture, dated the First Day of May, in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady, the Queen's Majesty that now is, and other Conveyances, did grant, convey and assure, unto the said Lord Mordaunt, and to his Heirs for ever, all his Reversion, Remainder, Estate and Interest, of and in the said Maner of Tiptofts, in the County of Essex, and of the said Farms, Lands and Tenements, and other the Premises called Pinkneys, and Wareleys, in the said County of Essex; as by the same Indenture, and other Assurances last menti∣oned, more at large also it appeareth.
I Will, and my full Intent and meaning is, That my Executors hereafter named (the said Conveyance or Assurance of the said Reversion, or Remainder notwith∣standing) shall have, hold and enjoy, for and towards the Performance of this my Last Will and Testament, all the said Maner of Tiptofts, and all the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, called Pinkneys, and Wareleys, in the said County of
Essex: And all other Lands, Tenements, Remainders, Reversions and Heredita∣ments, contained in the said Indenture, dated the First Day of May, and assured and conveyed unto me and mine Heirs: And all Lands and Tenements, contained in an Indenture, dated the Tenth Day of February last, made by me to the Lord Windsor, and others, together with the said Maners of Cranham, Gingeraff and Amies, and all the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, called and known by the name, or names of Amies or Nokehall: And all the said Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in Bromford-magna, in the said County of Essex, sometime being in the Occupation of one Rowland Walehead, or his Assigns, from the time of my Decease, and the Decease of the said Lady Joan, my Wife, unto the full end, and term of Ten Years, the next following, fully to be compleat and ended: And after the said term of Ten Years being fully ended, and determined:
I then Will, That the said Maners, Lands, Farms, Tenements and Heredita∣ments, called Tiptofts, Pinkneys and Wareleys, with their Appurtenances, in such sort, manners and forms, and to such uses, intents and purposes, as heretofore I have limited and appointed, the same shall be conveyed, and assured by the right Honour∣able Edward Lord Winsor, before recited, and other his Co-bargainers, or Co-feoffees, unto whom I have assured the same; in hope they will duly perform and accom∣plish, my full Intent and Meaning therein; to the Principal of the King's Hall, and Colledge of Brasen-nose in Oxford, and to the Scholars of the same, and to their Suc∣cessors for ever. And for the better having and enjoying of the said Maners, Farms, Lands, Tenements and other the Premises, according to this my present Testament, My Will, Intent and Meaning is, That the said Edward Lord Windsor, and other, to whom I have assured the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, and other the Premi∣ses, called Tiptofts, Pinkneys and Wareleys, and every of them, as much as in them is, or conveniently may be, at the Costs and Charges of my Executors hereafter named, shall do, cause and procure to be done, such reasonable Acts and things, for the assurance hereof, according to the true Intent, and Meaning of this my present Will and Testament, as by my said Executors hereafter named, and by the said Principal and Scholars, or their Successors, or any of them, or by their, or any of their Council, Learned in the Laws, shall be reasonably de∣vised and required. And with part of the Issues of the same, I will, Scholars to be named from time to time by mine Executors, or by the Survivors of them, during their Lives, and after by mine Heirs, shall be continually found, and other Deeds of Charity shall be done, as I have limited to mine Executors.
Item, I will and bequeath to the Lady Joan, my Wife, all that my Mansion-House, and all other my Houses, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, scituate, lying and being, in or near the Hospital of Little Saint Bartholomews, in Smithfield, within the Suburbs of the City of London: To have the same to the said Lady Joan, for and during the full term of Fifty Years, if the said Lady Joan, my Wife, shall happen so long to live. And the residue of all the Estates, Interests and Terms of Years, that shall be to come, of and in my said Mansion-House, and other the Premises, in or near the Hospital of Little Saint Bartholomews, for all the Years that then shall be to come in the same, shall be sold by my Executors hereafter named, or the Sur∣vivor of them; and all Sums of Money as shall be had, and received for the same, to employ towards the Payment of my Debts, and towards the Performance of this my Last Will.
Item, I make and ordain the Lady Joan, my welbeloved Wife, my Brother-in-Law Thomas Farmer, Edward Plowden, Esquires, and William Goodfellow, my Ser∣vant, mine Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.
And moreover I do refer to the discretion of mine Executors, this my Last Will and Testament.
And thus revoking all former Wills, by me at any time heretofore made or de∣clared; I ordain and establish this to be my very true Last Will and Testament.
And moreover I do refer to the discretion of my Executors, which of my Lega∣cies
shall be first paid, and which after; and likewise the Time of the payment thereof, I refer to their Choice and Discretions.
And I will, mine Executors shall bestow Sixteen Pounds, of lawful Money of Eng∣land, as I have declared to my Wife.
Item, I Will, That my Executors shall have, towards the payment of my Debts, the Two hundred Pounds, decreed to be paid to me in the Chancery, by Clement Tanfield, and all other Debts due to me.
Item, I Will, That my House shall be kept at the Charges of mine Executors, for Two Months, next after my Decease.
The residue of all my Goods and Chartels, Real and Personal, and of the Debts due to me, and all the Residue, Profit and Commodity of the Premises, appointed to mine Executors, for the said Ten Years, remaining after my Funeral, Debts and Legacies paid, I give and bequeath to my said Wife: Saving Twenty Pounds, of law∣ful Money of England, which I will and bequeath to the foresaid Edward Plow∣den, Esquire; and saving Ten Pounds, which I will unto the aforesaid Thomas Farmer, Esquire; and also saving Ten Pounds, which I will unto the aforesaid Wil∣liam Goodfellow.
In Witness whereof, to this my Last Will and Testament, I have put my Hand and Seal, the Day and Year first above-written. These being Witnesses, whose Names be hereafter subcribed, John Mordaunt, Anne Ratcliff, John Farmer, John Cams, per William Colshill, Henry Witney, Robert Nicholsmark, John Bickerton, Emanuel Maunsell, Scr.
Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascripti coram Magistro Willielmo Drewry, Cu∣riae praerogativae Cantuariensis Commissiario, apud London, decimo nono die Octo∣bris, anno Domini Milesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo primo, juramento Justi∣niani Kidd, Notarii Publici, Procuratoris dictae Joannae relictae, & Executricis in hujusmodi Testamento nominatae, cui commissa fuit Administratio, omnium & sin∣gulorum Bonorum, &c. ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurata reservata potestate, &c. Thomae Farmer, Edmundo Plowden & Willielmo Goodfellow, &c. & cum venerint, &c. admissuri.
SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DOMINI MORDAVNT DNI BARONIS DE TVRVEY Examinatur per me Radulphum Jennings, cum Registro praerogativae,[illustration] seal of John Mordaunt
THE late Lord Mordaunt, bought the Wardship of Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis, Daughter and Sole Heir to Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, Knight, for which he paid Thirteen hundred Marks; her Land which she had by Descent, was Five hundred Marks a year.
The late Lord Mordaunt, afterwards did couple her in Marriage, unto the now Lord Mordaunt, then being his Son and Heir Apparent: For the Marriage of which now Lord Mordaunt, the late Lord Mordaunt, might have had divers great Summs of Money.
Afterwards the late Lord Mordaunt, for the better advancing of his own House, procured the said now Lord Mordaunt, and the said Dame Elizabeth, then his Wife, to Levy a Fine of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, to one William Hemmyng, Clerk, who rendred the same unto the now Lord Mordaunt, and to the said Dame Elizabeth, then his Wife, and to the Heirs Males of their two Bodies, lawfully begotten: And for want of such Heirs, to the Heirs Males of the Body of the now Lord Mordaunt; with divers Remainders over.
Afterwards the said now Lord Mordaunt, and Dame Elizabeth, then his Wife, had Issue between them, Lewis Mordaunt; and after the said Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt dyed: After whose Death, the said now Lord Mordaunt, took to Wife the Lady Joan Mordaunt, now his Wife.
After which Marriage, the said now Lord Mordaunt, for that his said Son Lewis would not Marry his Wife's Daughter, suffered a Recovery of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, to the Use of himself, for the term of his Life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after his decease, to the Use of such as it pleased him to appoint, for the term of Ninety two years, without any Penny of Rent paying therefore: To the intent, that not only he, but my Lady his Wife, may declare their Wills thereof, during the said Ninety two years; whereof the said late Lord Mordaunt had certain Intelligence, not knowing how, nor to whom the Fee-simple, and the Inheritance thereof, is bestowed and appointed.
Whereupon the said late Lord Mordaunt, as well for Conscience sake, for that he was the cause, why the now Lord Mordaunt had such Estates of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as he might by the Law suffer such a Recovery thereof, to the Disherison of the said Lewis Mordaunt, being the right Heir of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands; as also for the stay of his own Inheritance, and bringing in again of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands, into the right course of Inheritance again; did suffer Recoveries of his own Lands, to the Uses, and upon Condition following:
To the Use of the said late Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs, until the said Lewis Mordaunt was Married; and after to the Use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of such Wife, as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be Married unto, at the time of his Death.
To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, with∣out Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of such Wife, as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be Married to, at the time of his Death.
To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Im∣peachment of Wast; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast.
To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeach∣ment of Wast; and after to the Use of his Executors, until the Feast of St. Mi∣chael the Archangel, next ensuing the Death of the late Lord Mordaunt; and after to the same Executors, for the term of Twelve years, towards the performance of his Will; and after to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, if he will assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as hereafter appeareth.
To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Im∣peachment of Wast; and after to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life: To the intent that he, of the Issues and Profits thereof, might fully an∣swer to the Queen's Majesty, as much Money as shall amount to One Years Rent, of the full Third part, of all the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, for the primier Seisin thereof, and Twenty Pounds over.
Memorandum, That it was provided in the same Book, That if the now Lord Mordaunt, did not assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, which are of the value of Five hundred Marks per annum, within Six Months next ensuing the Feast of Saint Andrew, next after the date of the said Book, to Sir Robert Throgmorton, and other the Recoverers of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands: That is to say, Parcel thereof, to the value of Three hundred Marks, or under, to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt, and the Lady his Wife, for term of their lives, Dispunishable of Wast, during the life of the now Lord Mordaunt: And after their Deceases, to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the Use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the right Heirs of the said Fitz-Lewis; and the Remainder thereof, to the now Lord Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast: And after his decease, to the Use of his Will for the term of Ten years; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the Use of the right Heirs of the said Fitz-Lewis for ever: That then the use of such, and so much, of the Lord Mordaunt's Lands, as was appointed to the now Lord Mordaunt by that Book, should be unto the late Lord Mordaunt, for term of his Life, without Impeachment of Wast; and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt, for the term of his life, without Impeachment of Wast.
And after the several Uses of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, shall be ended and determined, as is abovesaid, and as the same shall severally end and determine; the Uses thereof be further appointed as followeth: That is to say, Unto the First Son of the said Lewis Mordaunt, in lawful Marriage begotten, and of the Heirs Males of his Body, lawfully begotten; And after to the Second Son of the said Lewis Mordaunt, in lawful Marriage begotten, and the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten, with divers Remainders over; the last Remainder thereof, being appointed to the right Heirs of Mordaunt for ever. And to the intent that my Lady Mordaunt, now Wife to the now Lord Mordaunt, should have good will, that the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands should be assured, as is aforesaid, The late Lord Mordaunt did grant unto her, for the Augmentation of her Jointure, to make it up Four hundred Marks a Year, a yearly Rent of One hundred Marks by the Year, during her life; with a clause of Distress in his own Land, for not payment thereof; upon Condition that the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, should be assured as aforesaid. Shortly after this Book was thus Agreed upon and Sealed, one part thereof was sent to the now Lord Mordaunt, that he might thereby perfectly understand, what his Father had done: And the Premises notwithstanding, he would not assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, as he ought to have done, within the said Six Months, by
reason whereof, the Uses of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, appointed to the now Lord Mordaunt, did cease, through the wilful Default of the now Lord Mordaunt, and the same came to the said Lewis Mordaunt.
Memorandum, That the Conveyance of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands, as is afore∣said, was of the meer Motion, Circumspection and Providence, of the late Lord Mordaunt, for the Causes aforesaid, without any seeking of the said Lewis Mordaunt, who neither would, nor durst, move the said late Lord Mordaunt, his Grandfather, being a Wise Man, in such a matter.
Now the Premises considered, it may appear, That the said Lewis hath not done any thing, whereby to offend his Father, except it be in refusing to Marry his Mo∣ther-in-law's Daughter, which his Father offered him, which Marriage he liked not; or else in not refusing the Benevolence of his Grandfather, unprocured on his part.
The causes of the late Lord Mordaunt's Doings, and the Doings of the now Lord Mordaunt, towards the late Lord Mordaunt his Father, and towards the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands, may plainly appear in the Articles abovesaid.
The Book was delivered to the now Lord Mordaunt, within Twelve days, after the beginning of the Six Months; so as he had all the Six Months, saving Twelve Days, to consider thereupon, and to have made Assurance of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands accordingly.
FIrst, That the Lord Mordaunt, shall make his Sister a Jointure of One Hun∣dred Marks, Lands in Possession; and One hundred Marks more, after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt
Item, That the said Lord Mordaunt, do leave unto the said Lewis Mordaunt, Eight hundred Marks a year, to descend unto the said Lewis, immediately after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, and One thousand Pounds a Year more, after the decease of Sir John Mordaunt, Father to the said Lewis.
Item, For the Marriage Apparel, the Lord Mordaunt to find Mr. Lewis Mor∣daunt, and Mr. Henry Darcy his Sister.
Item, For the Charges of the Dinner at the Marriage, the Lord Mordaunt to bear the one half thereof, and Mr. Henry Darcy the other.
Item, Mr. Henry Darcy is contented, in consideration of the Premises, to pay un∣to my Lord Mordaunt, One thousand Marks; the one half to be paid at the Day of Marriage, the other half before the last Day of August next ensuing, if they be Married before the said Day; or else to be paid at one entire Payment, at the Day of the said Marriage.
Item, Mr. Henry Darcy will give unto the said Lewis Mordaunt, and his Sister, in Jewels, or other like, to the value of Two hundred Marks.
ELizabeth Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilecto & fideli Conciliario suo Willielmo Domino Burghley, Domino Thesaurario Angliae, charissimoque Consanguineo & Consiliario suo Roberto Comiti Licestriae, Magistro equorum suorum; ac praedilecto, & fideli suo Ludovico Domino Mordaunt, & etiam dilecto & fideli Conciliario suo Walter Mildmay militi, Can∣cellario Scacarii sui; necnon dilectis & fidelibus suis Thomae Cecil militi, Wil∣lielmo Fitz-Williams militi, Edmundo Brudewell militi, Richardo Knightly militi, Edwardo Mountague militi, & Edwardo Onsey armigero, ac Vicecomiti Comitatus Northamptoniae pro tempore existente, Salutem.
Sciatis quod nos de approbatis
fidelitatibus, & prudentibus circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, assig∣navimus & constituimus, vos Commissionarios, & Deputatos nostros; Dantes, & concedentes vobis, decem, novem, octo, septem, sex, quinque, quatuor, tribus, & duobus vestrum, tenore praesentium, plenam & absolutam Potentiam, Faculta∣tem, & Autoritatem, omnes & fingulos homines ad arma, ac homines habiles ad arma ferendum, tàm Equites quàm Pedites, & Sagittarios, & Sclopetarios, supra aetatem sexdecem annorum, ac infra aetatem sexaginta, in dicto Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, tàm infra libertates quàm extra, arraiandum, inspiciendum, ac traiandum, ae armari & muniri faciendum; nec non assignandum, equos, arma, & caetera bellica instrumenta, congruentia habilitati & personae uniuscuiusque, se∣cundum formam & effectum statutorum, & ordinationum ante-haec tempora inde editorum, & provisorum. Ac omnibus illis tironibus, hominibusque imbellibus, & rei militaris ignaris, erudiendum, instruendum, & excercendum, ad usum praedi∣ctorum Equorum, Armorum, & Bellicorum apparatuum, secundum artem milita∣rem, ac omnia & singula alia diligenter faciendum, gerendum, & expediendum & fieri causandum, quae ad delectum, monstrationem, & inspectationem, ac etiam ad eruditionem, instructionem, & exercitionem subjectorum nostrorum in re mili∣tari, pro meliori servitio nostro, & defensione hujus Regni nostri, maxime consen∣tanea, & opportuna fore putaveritis; Ita quod iidem homines ad arma, & homines habiles ad arma ferendum, Equites, Pedites, Sagitarii, & Sclopetarii, ac alii prae∣dicti homines defensibiles, sic arraiati, inspecti, & muniti, prompti sint & parati ad serviendum nobis, quotiens & quando necesse fuerit. Assignavimus insuper quoscunque tres, aut duos vestrum, ad omnes & singulos vestrum non existentes Dominos, vel Pares Regni nostri, aut Conciliarios in privato Concilio nostro, simili∣ter mutuo & se invicem inspiciendum, traiaudum & arraiandum, ac in Armis, & Equis, bellico apparatui idoneis, ordinandum, & videndum. Ità quod omnes & singuli vestrum, in forma praedicta, ut praedicitur, inspecti, arraiati, & parati, prompti sint & sitis, & continuo parati, ad nobis similiter ut praedictum est serviendum. Et ideò vobis mandamus, quod circa praemissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea omnia & singula, ad certos dies, & locos, de tempore in tempus, per vestras discretiones exequamini in forma praedicta. Damus praeterea universis, & singulis Officiariis, Ministris, & Subjectis nostris quibuscunque, tàm infra Libertates quàm extra, te∣nore praesentium firmiter in mandatis, quòd vobis, & cuilibet vestrum, in execu∣tione praemissorum intendetis, auxiliantes & obedientes sint, in omnibus dili∣genter: Et quod feceritis in praemissis, unà cum Nominibus & Cognominibus, ac numero tàm Equitum, Peditum, Sagittariorum, & Sclopetariorum, ac omnium ar∣morum & bellicorum instrumentorum, caeterorumque bello idoneorum per vos in forma praedicta inspectorum, & armatorum, quam Civitatum, Villarum, Burgo∣rum, Socarum, Hundredorum, Raparum, Hamletorum, & Parochiarum in quibus habitant, & de Diversitate armaturae, & instrumentorum bellicorum, quibus unus∣quisque eorum armatus & paratus est, Nos, & Concilium nostrum, circa Perso∣nam nostram attendens, quàm citissimè poteritis, post datum praesentium in scri∣ptis, sub sigillis vestris, vel trium, aut duorum vestrum manibusque vestris iisdem subscriptis debitè certificetis. Damus ulterius firmiter in mandatis, quòd pro meliore expeditione, & executione praesentium, per omnia, & singula facta, tàm secundum tenorem superiorum articulorum, & instructionum ad homines arraian∣dum, & bellica instrumenta apparandum, Anno Regni nostri quintodecimo, sub magno Sigillo nostro Angliae in quadam amplissima forma ad vos missorum, quàm aliorum quorumcunque Articulorum & Instructionum, quae per privatum Concilium nostrum, cum opus fuerit, vel per eorum sex in scriptis, manibus suis fig∣natis, aliquo tempore posthaec vobis dirigentur. In cujus rei testimonium has lit∣teras nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipsa apud Gorambury tricesimo pri∣mo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri decimo nono.
Per ipsam Reginam Powle.
NOvi anni principium novum triste spectaculum Londinensibus in Praetorio Westmonasteriensi exhibuit. Pegma enim ligneum per medium Praetorii à porta ad partem superiorem erectum, & ibi Tribunal sedibus utrinque circumpositis, cujusmodi totis octodecim annis viderant nullum. Ad hoc, die Januarii decimo sexto Thomas Howardus Dux Norfolciae, inter Owenum Hoptonum Arcis Londinii Praefectum, & Petrum Carew Equites Auratos, funesta securi, acie aversa, praege∣stata, ducitur. In Tribunali sedit Georgius Talbotus Comes Salopiae, summus An∣gliae Seneschallus ad illum diem constitutus, utrinque Proceres qui cognitores dati, quos Pares dicimus, Reginaldus Greyus Comes Cantiae, Thomas Ratcliffius Comes Sus∣sexiae, Henricus Hastingus Comes Huntingdoniae, Franciscus Russellus Comes Bed∣fordiae, Henricus Herbertus Comes Pembrochiae, Edwardus Seimorus sive à Sancto Mauro Comes Hertfordiae, Ambrosius Dudleius Comes Warwici, Robertus Dud∣leius Comes Leicestriae, Walterus D'evereux Vicecomes Herefordiae, Edwardus Baro Clintonus Admirallus, Guilliemus Baro Howardus Effinghamius Camerarius, Guillielmus Celilius Baro Burghleius Secretarius, Arthurus Baro Greyus de Wilton, Jacobus Blountus Baro Montjoius, Guil. Baro Sandes, Thomas Baro Wentworthus, Guil. Baro Bourroughus, Ludovicus Baro Mordauntus, Joannes Pawlettus Baro à Sancto Johanne de Basing, Robertus Baro Richus, Rogerus Baro Northus, Edmun∣dus Bruge Baro Chandois, Oliverus Baro à Sancto Johanne de Bletnesho, Thomas Sackvillus Baro Buckhurstius, & Guil. Westus Baro De-la-Warus.
QUid de Scotorum Regina fieret, Consiliarii non unum idemque censerunt: Alii nihil asperius in eam statuendum censerunt, sed arctissimè custodiendum, tùm quòd non criminis author, sed tantum conscia, tùm quòd valetudinaria, nec diu superfutura. Alii ut Religionis consuleretur, protinus è medio tollendam, & ex lege Leicestrius veneno maluit, & Theologum submisit qui Walsinghamum hoc licere doceret. Protestabatur autem Walsinghamus tantùm abesse ut vim afferri probaret, ut Mortonii consilium jam pridem fregerit, qui suaserit ut in Scotiam re∣mitteretur, & in ipso regnorum collimitio occideretur. Variatum iterum è qua lege in illam ageretur, an ex illa anni vicessimi quinti Edwardi Tertii (qua Majesta∣tis laesae tenetur, qui Regi aut Reginae perniciem struxerit, bellum in ejus regno moverit, aut hostibus adhaeserit) an ex illa anni vicessimi septimi Elizabethae, quam dixi. Vicit tandem eorum sententia, qui ex hac postrema maluerunt, utique ad hanc rem nata, ideoque accomodanda. Ex lege igitur illa superiori anno lata, ut in∣quireretur, & sententia pronuntiaretur in illos, qui Rebellionem concitaverint, reg∣num invaserint, aut Reginae vim inferre tentaverint, plures è Sanctiori Consilio & Angliae Proceribus Diplomate delegati sunt. Quorum nomina (cùm seriem & at∣tributa Procerum Angliae, posterorum intersit cognoscere) ex ipso Autographo sub∣jicere visum. Quod formula forensi ita se habet.
Elizabetha Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri Johanni Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo, totius Angliae Primati & Metropolitano, & uni de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Thomae Bromley Militi, Cancellario Angliae, alteri de Privato Con∣silio nostro; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Willielmo Domino Burghley Do∣mino Thesaurario Angliae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam charissimo consanguineo nostro Willielmo Marchioni Wintoniae, uni Dominorum Parlamenti; charissimo consanguineo nostro Edwardi Comiti Oxoniae, magno Camerario Angliae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon charissimo consanguineo nostro, Georgio Comitis Salopiae, Comiti Marescallo Angliae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; charissimoque consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Cantiae, alteri Dominorum Par∣lamenti;
ac etiam charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Derbiae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; charissimoque consanguineo nostro Willielmo Comiti Wi∣gorniae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon charissimo consanguineo nostro Edw. Comiti Rutlandiae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac charissimo consanguineo nostro Ambrosio Comiti Warwick, Magistro Ordinationum nostrarum, alteri de Privato Con∣silio nostro; charissimoque consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Pembrochiae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon charissimo consanguineo nostro Roberto Comiti Leicestriae, Magistro Equorum nostrorum, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti Lincolniae, alteri Dominorum Par∣lamenti; ac etiam charissimo consanguineo nostro Antonio Vicecomiti Montague, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; praedilectoque & fideli nostro Carolo Domino Howard, Magno Admirallo nostro Angliae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac praedilecto & fideli nostro Henrico Domino de Hunsdon, Domino Camerario no∣stro, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon praedilecto & fideli nostro Henrico Abergavenniae, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac praedilecto & fideli nostro Edw. Domino Zouche, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli no∣stro Edw. Domino Morley, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; praedilectoque & fideli nostro Willielmo Cobham, Domino Guardiano quinque Portuum nostrorum, al∣teri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon praedilecto & fideli nostro Edw. Domino Stafford, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Ar∣thuro Domino Grey de Wilton, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedi∣lecto & fideli nostro Johanni Domino Lumley, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam praedilecto & fideli nostro Johanni Domino Sturton, alteri Dominorum Par∣lamenti; ac praedilecto & fideli nostro Willielmo Domino Sandes, alteri Domino∣rum Parlamenti; necnon praedilecto & fideli nostro Henrico Domino Wentworth, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; praedilecto & fideli Ludovico nostro Mordaunt, al∣teri Dominorum Parliamenti; praedilectoque & fideli nostro Johanni Domino Saint-John de Bletso, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; necnon praedilecto & fideli nestro Thomae Domino Buckhurst, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac praedilecto & fi∣deli nostro Hen. Domino Compton, alteri Dominorum Parlamenti; ac etiam prae∣dilecto & fideli nostro Francisco Knolles Militi, Thesaurario Hospitii nostri, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon dilecto & fideli nostro Jacobo Crosts Militi, Con∣trarotulatori dicti Hospitii nostri, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac dilecto & fideli nostro Christophero Hatton Militi, Vicecamerario nostro, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam dilecto & fideli nostro Francisco Walsingham Militi, uni primariorum Secretariorum nostrorum, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam dilecto & fideli nostro Willielmo Davison Armigero, alteri Primariorum Secretari∣orum nostrorum, de Privato Consilio nostro; ac dilecto & fideli nostro Radulpho Sadleir Militi, Cancellario Ducatus nostri Lancastriae, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; necnon dilecto & fideli nostro Waltero Myldmay Militi, Cancellario Scaccarii nostri, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac dilecto & fideli nostro Ami∣cio Pawlett Militi, Capitaneo Insulae nostrae de Jersey, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; dilectoque & fideli nostro Johanni Wolley Armigero, Secretario nostro pro lingua Latina, alteri de Privato Consilio nostro; ac etiam dilecto & fideli nostro Christophero Wraie Militi, Capitali Justitiario ad Placita coram nobis te∣nenda assignato; dilectisque & fidelibus nostris Edmundo Anderson Militi, Capi∣tali Justitiario nostro de Banco; Rogero Manwood Militi, Capitali Baroni Scacca∣rii nostri; Thomae Gawdy Militi, uni Justitiariorum nostrorum ad placita eorum nobis tenenda assignato, & Willielmo Periam, uni Justitiariorum nostrorum de Ban∣co, Salutem, &c.
AFter our hearty Commendations to your Lordship: We are given to under∣stand, that by occasion of an unlawful Hunting, attempted by some of your Servants, within Her Majesties Park of Brikestock, being under the Charge and keeping of Mr. Adrian Stokes; it hath so happened, That two of your said Ser∣vants, have been Slain, or in very great danger of Death: Forasmuch as it is thought, that unless some speedy Order be taken therein, it may so fall out, that other Incon∣veniencies will ensue, which we would be sorry to understand: We have thought good to require your Lordship, for preservation of Her Majesties Peace, to take order, That neither your self, nor any of your Friends, or Servants, offer any further occasion of Quarrel unto the said Mr. Stokes, or any of his Friends, or Servants, either serving in the said Park, or elsewhere. And further, because we could be glad to under∣stand, what your Lordship is able to say, in excuse of the said Fact, pretended to be done by your Servants: We pray you, forthwith upon Receipt hereof, as soon as you conveniently may, all unnecessary Excuses and Delays set apart, to make your Repair hither, where you shall understand our further Pleasure; and so desiring your Lordship hereof not to fail, bid you right heartily farewel.
From Greenwich the Eleventh Day of July, One thousand five hundred seventy and seven.
Your loving Friends.
THIS Indenture made the Eleventh Day of July, in the Four and twentieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith; Between Edward Maunsell of Morgan, in the County of Glamorgan, Knight, of the one part; and the Right honourable Lewis Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt, of the other part, Witnesseth; That in consideration of a Marriage to be (by God's Grace) had, and solemniz'd between Thomas Maunsell, Esquire, Son, and Heir Apparent, of the said Edward, on the one part; and Mary one of the Daughters of the said Lewis Mordaunt on the other part; and for certain other good Considerations, hereafter by these Presents expressed; it is Covenanted, Granted, Condefcended, and Agreed, between the said Edward Maunsell, and Lewis Lord Mordaunt, in Manner and Form following: That is to say, First, the said Edward Maunsell, Knight, for him, his Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and for every of them, Covenanteth, and Granteth, to and with the said Lewis Lord Mordaunt, his Executors, Admini∣strators, and Assigns, by these Presents, That the said thomas Maunsell, shall be∣fore the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel, next ensuing the Date hereof, Espouse, Marry, and take to Wife the said Mary Mordaunt, if the said Mary and Thomas will thereunto condescend, and agree, and the Laws of Holy Church the same permit and suffer: And the said Lewis Lord Mordaunt, for him, his Heirs, Exeutors, and Administrators, and for every of them, Covenanteth and Granteth, to, and with the said Edward Maunsell, Knight, his Executors,
Administrators and Assigns, That the said Mary, Daughter of the said Lord Mor∣daunt, shall before the said Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel, next com∣ing, Espouse, Marry, and take to Husband, the said Thomas Maunsell, if the said Thomas and Mary will thereunto condescend and agree, and the Laws of the Holy Church the same permit and suffer. In consideration of which Marriage, so to be had and solemnized, the said Lewis Lord Mordaunt, for him, his Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, doth by these Presents, Covenant, Promise, and Agree, to give with his said Daughter Mary, for her advancement in Marriage with the said Thomas Maunsell, the Summ of Two thousand Pounds, of currant Money of Eng∣land, to be paid to the said Edward, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, in manner and form following: That is to say, At, or before the Twentieth and Five and twentieth Day of July, next ensuing the Date of these Presents, at the usual place of payments, in the Royal Exchange, within the City of London, be∣tween the hours of Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, and Three of the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, parcel of the said Two thousand Pounds; and at, or upon the Four and twentieth Day of Fe∣bruary, then next following, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, parcel of the said Summ of Two thousand Pounds; and at, or upon the Twenty and Four and twentieth Day of August, then next ensuing, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Summ of Five hun∣dred Pounds, parcel of the said Two thousand Pounds; and also at or upon the Twentieth and Four and twentieth Day of February, which shall be in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred fourscore and three, at the said place, and between the said hours, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, the residue of the said Two thousand Pounds, in full discharge and payment thereof. In con∣sideration whereof, and of the said Marriage, so to be had and solemnized, and for the better Maintenance of the House, and Name, and of the Establishment of the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of the said Edward, in his Blood: And to the end his Lands and Possessions may continue in his Blood, and to set down, and express what part and parcel of his Inheritance shall remain after his death, to Dame Jane, Wife of the said Edward, for her Jointure, for term of her Life; and likewise what Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments shall be limi∣ted, and appointed for the Jointure of the said Mary, Daughter of the said Lord Mordaunt, in possession presently, and in Reversion after the death of the said Ed∣ward, and after his Wife's death; and what Lands, Tenements, and Heredita∣ments shall remain to the performance of his Will, for the Education and Prefer∣ment, of his younger Children, and payment, and discharge of his Legacies, and Debts; and what Lands shall descend after his death, and after the decease of the said Dame Jane his Wife, to his said Son, for the better Maintenance of his House and Blood: It is meant and intended by the said Edward Maunsell, hereby to be expressed and declared, and now these Indentures do witness, That where∣as in, and by one Indenture bearing Date the Eighteenth Day of September, in the Three and Twentieth Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady, made between the said Edward Maunsell, Knight, and Dame Jane his Wife, of the one party; and Leyson Price, of Briton-Ferry, in the said County of Glamorgan, Esquire, and Thomas Powell, of Longonoyd, in the said County, Gentleman, of the other party, it is Covenanted, Granted, Condescended, and finally Agreed, between the said Parties, to the said former Indentures; And the said Edward, for him, his Heirs, Executors, and Assigns, and for the said Dame Jane his Wife, in and by the same, hath Covenanted, Granted, and Agreed, to and with the said Leyson Price, and Thomas Powell, their Heirs and Assigns, That he the said Edward, and Dame Jane his Wife, should, and would, before the First Day of September, then next ensuing the Date of the former Indentures, Acknowledge, and Levy one Fine, or Fines, with Proclamation according to the Course of the Common-Laws of this Realm, before the Queen's Majesty's Justices of he County of Gla∣morgan,
or some such like other person, as should be sufficiently authorized, of all and singular his Maners, Lordships, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Heredi∣taments, whatsoever, with all and singular their Rights, Members and Appur∣tenances, &c.
And so (being a very long Indenture) it proceeds in mentioning all the Maners, of which this Estate was composed, and ends in form accustomed.
To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt.
AFter our hearty Commendations: The Queen's Majesty having very great and urgent Cause, to communicate unto the Principals of her Nobility, for the Advice of them and her Council, concerning the present State of the Realm; hath commanded us, to signifie unto your Lordship, that of the said number she hath made choice of your Lordship to be one. And therefore her pleasure is, That your Lordship do not fail, but to come to London, or to Westminster, to be there the Six and twentieth of this Month; at which Day your Lordship shall under∣stand by me the Lord Chancellor, where your Lordship and the rest shall Assemble, about the Service of her Majesty and the Realm. So we bid your Lordship right heartily farewel.
From Windsor-Castle the Fifteenth Day of September, One thousand five hundred eighty six.
Your assured loving Friends.
To our very good Lord, the Lord Mordaunt.
AFter our hearty Commendations to your Lordship: Whereas her Majesty hath made special choice of your Lordship, to assist at the Funeral of the late Scottish Queen, in company of divers other Noblemen, which is to be per∣formed the First of August next ensuing, at the City of Peterburgh: These are there∣fore to signifie unto your Lordship, that her Majesty's Pleasure is, You fail not to be there the last of this Month. We are also, to let you further understand, That there is Order given to the Master of her Majesty's Wardrobe, Mr. John Fortescue, to deliver unto you, or to such as you shall appoint to receive the same, a certain proportion of Black, as well for your self, as also for certain Gentlemen and Yeomen, to attend upon you; and so we bid your Lordship heartily farewel.
From the Court the Tenth Day of July, One thousand five hundred eighty and seven.
Your very loving Friends,
My good Lord,
WHereas divers Informations, and sundry grievous Complaints have come un∣to her Majesty of outragious Huntings, within her Highness's Park of Brikestock, since the Decease of the Lady Anne Throgmorton; and now very lately, new Reports pursued with Cryes, and heavy Suggestions of strange Riots, Routs, Bloodsheds, Felonies, Disorders, and other like Misdemeanors, done against the same her Highness's Park, and her Game; with strange Batteries, and great Violences, executed upon the Keeper of the same: Her Highness herewith being justly of∣fended, hath in her Princely Wisdom addressed her Commission to you, and other her Loving Subjects, for the due Examination of all the Trespasses and Trans∣passors, against her said Game, and the Keepers thereof. Wherein I nothing doubt, but your Lordship will use all good Care, and Endeavour, for the finding out of those Malefactors; even so have I thought good for the furtherance of Justice, as also for the discharge of my duty (having some particular Charge in these Grounds my self) in Friendship, to wish your Lordship, and the rest appointed in that Com∣mission, to have all good regard for the due Execution thereof, without any respect whatsoever, towards such as may any way be touched with those Misdemeanors, according to the meaning of the said Commission: Whereof her Highness ex∣pecteth a diligent, and very particular Return, which I hope your Lordship will see carefully performed, for her better satisfaction in the said Service.
From the Court, the Eleventh Day of December, One thousand five hundred eighty seven.
Your Lordships very Loving and assured Friend, Ch. Hutton, Canc.
To our Right trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt.
Elizabeth R.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved, we greet you well: Being credibly given to understand, the great Preparations of Foreign Forces, whereof heretofore we have had sundry Advertisements, are certainly intended to be imployed against this our Realm, not only for Invading the same, but also with full Resolution, and a Tirannous Intent to make a Conquest thereof; and all under a colour and pre∣tence of Advancing the Romish and Papistical Religion: We have therefore thought it necessary, to put out Realm in some speedy Order of Defence, Generally; not doubting, but through the Goodness of Almighty God, who from the first Entrance into our Kingdom, hath as it were Miraculously preserved both us and our Dominions, against all the malicious Attempts, and Designs of our Ad∣versaries, which have been many; we shall be able with the Fidelity, Valour and Constancy of our natural good Subjects, to withstand any thing that shall be at∣tempted against us and our Realm, to his High Glory and their Confusion. And for that we have always assured our selves, amongst the rest of our Nobility, of
your Faithfulness towards us, and our Service: And knowing how greatly it import∣eth those of your degree and calling, having that Interest you have in the Honour Liberty and Surety of the State, of this our Realm, to employ both your Life and Goods in Defending and Preserving the same, from the intended Conquest; considering the infinite and unspeakable Miseries, that do always fall out upon such Accidents and Change, if the same should not be in time withstood; which Miseries do well appear by the Cruel and Tyrannous Government in other Countries not far distant; what pretence soever is made otherwise fot the cause of Religion: We doubt not but you will make it apparent, and manifest unto the World, how greatly you are devoted to the Service of us, and of our Realm, your natural Country, and how ready you are upon such an urgent Occasion to employ your self and your Forces, in so necessary and doubtful an Action. For which purpose we do look, that you shall put your self personally in a readiness to attend upon our person, with such a number of Lances and light Horses, as may stand with your Ability, to be ready to repair hither, at such time as you shall receive notice of our pleasure, by our Privy Council. And so no∣thing doubting of your Forwardness herein, we require you as soon as you may, to signifie to our Privy Gouncil, what number of Horsemen you shall have in a readi∣ness furnished, as well of your own Household as of others pertaining to you.
Given under our Signet at our Maner of Greenwich, the Eighteenth Day of June, in the Thirtieth Year of our Reign.
ELizabeth dei gratia Angliae, Franciae, & Hiberniae Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint salutem.
Inspeximus rotula∣mentnm quarundam litterarum patentium praecharissimi Progenitoris nostri Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Tertii, anno regni sui primo, dilecto, & fideli suo Roberto de Arderne, factarum, & concessarum, in Cancellaria ipsius nuper Regis irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostrum London, de Recordo manentium, in haec verba.
Edwardus dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae &
Dux Aquitaniae, Archiepiscopis, Episco∣pis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Pre∣positis, Ministris & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.
Sciatis nos conces∣sisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto & fideli nostro Roberto de Arderne, quod ipse, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrenam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis de Drayton, Hanwell, Hornle, Horyntone, Dunstowe & Wal∣wycline in Comitatu Oxoniae, Warranham, & Sudburgh, in Comitatu Northamp∣toniae, Perching, Adburton, Fulking, Lawyck, Hangleton, & Noteknoll, in Co∣mitatu Sussexiae; dum tamen terrae illae, non sunt infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ità quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, aut aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine Voluntate, & Licentia ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, sub Forisfacturâ nostrâ decem librarum: Quare volumus, & firmitur praecipimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Robertus, vel haeredes sui, in perpe∣tuum habeant liberam Warrenam in omnibus Dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae: Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine licentia, & voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, sub Forisfactura nostra, decem librarum, sicut praedictum est: His Testibus venerabilibus Patribus, Willielmo Archiepiscopo Eboraci Angliae Primate, Johanne Eliensi, Episcopo Can∣cellario nostro, Thoma de Brotherton Comite Norssulciae & Marescallo Angliae, Avun∣culo nostro Charissimo, Johanne de Warrena, Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mortuo∣mari de Vigmo, Johanne de Cromwell, & Johanne de Rosse, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.
Data per manum nostram apud Eboracum, sexto decimo die Junii, Anno Regni nostri primo,
per Breve de privato Sigillo.
Inspeximus etiam Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium, praedicti per∣charissimi Progenitoris nostri, Edwardi, nuper Angliae regis Tertii, anno Regni sui primo, dilecto & fideli suo Simoni de Drayton factarum, & concessarum, in ••ancel∣laria ipsius nuper Regis irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostram London de Recordo etiam remanentium, in haec verba.
Edwardus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Co∣mitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris omnibus, Ballivis & fidelibus suis, Salutem.
Sciatis nos de gratia nostrâ speciali, concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto & fideli nostro Simoni de Drayton, quod ipse, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis de Dray∣ton, Islippe, Luffwick, & Irthingburgh in Comitatu Northamptoniae, de Bottlebrigge in Comitatu Huntingdon, & de Sokegoldington in Comitatu Buckinghamiae; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae: Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine Licentia, & Voluntate ipsius Simonis, vel haeredum suorum, per Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum. Quare volumus, & firmiter praecipimus, pro nobis, & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Simon, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrenam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illa non sint infra metas Fo∣restae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel aliquid capi∣endum, quod ad Warrenam pertineat, sine Licentia vel Voluntate ipsius Simonis, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum, ut praedictum est: His Testibus, venerabilibus Patribus, Willielmo Archiepiscopo Eboraci Angliae Prìmate, Roberto Coventriae & Leichfeldiae Episcopo, Edmundo Comite Kantiae, Henrico Comite Lancastriae, Johanne de Warrenna Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mor∣tuo-mari de Wiggmore, Thoma Woke, Willielmo de Rosse, Johanne de Rosse Senes∣callo Hospitii nostri & aliis.
Data per manum nostram, apud Eboracum, primo die Junii, Anno Regni nostri primo.
Inspeximus insuper Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium praedicti per∣charissimi Progenitoris nostri, Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae tertii, Anno Regni sui Secundo, dilecto, & fideli suo Roberto de Arderne praedicto, factarum, & concessa∣rum, in Cancellaria ipsius nuper Regis Irrotulatarum, ac infra praedictam Turrim no∣stram London, de Recordo similiter remanentium, in haec verba.
Edwardus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, Dux Aquitaniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.
Sciatis nos concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto, & fideli nostro Roberto de Arderne, quod ip∣se, & haeredes sui in perpetuum, habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus domini∣cis Terris suis in Drayton, Hanwel, Harnle, Horinton, Dunstawe, Yoloughbury, Wickham, & Waleweclyne in Comitatu Oxoniae, Wappenham & Sudburgh in Comitatu Northamptoniae, Perching, Adburton, Fulking la Wike, Hangleton & Noteknoll in Comitatu Sussexiae; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid ca∣piendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Voluntate & Licentia ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, sub Forisfactura nostra decem librarum. Quare volumus, & fir∣miter praecipimus pro nobis, & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Robertus, & hae∣redes sui, in perpetuum habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint intra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quod nullus intret in Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Licentia & Voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suo∣rum, sub Forisfactura nostra decem librarum, sicut praedictum est: His Testibus, venerabili Patre, Henrico Lincolniae Episcopo, Cancellario nostro, Johanne de Warrenna Comite Surriae, Rogero de Mortuo-mari de Wiggmore, Johanne Darcy, Johanne de Wisham, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.
Data per manum nostram apud Gloucester, quarto die Octobris, Regni nostri secundo.
Per Breve de privato Sigillo.
Inspeximus praetereà Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium, percharis∣simi Progenitoris nostri, Richardi nuper Regis Angliae secundi, Anno Regni sui nono, dilecto, & fideli suo, Henrico Greene factarum, & concessarum, in Can∣cellaria ipsius nuper Regis, irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostram London praedictam de Recordo residentium, in haec verba.
Richardus Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Franciae & Dominus Hiberniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Ducibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, ac omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.
Sciatis nos, de gratia nostra speciali, concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto, & fideli nostro, Henrico Greene Chivaler, quòd ipse & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant, Mercatum, singulis septimanis, per diem Jovis, in villa sua de Luffwik, & unam Feriam ibidem, singulis annis, per tres dies duraturam; videlicet, in vigilia, & in die, & crastino Pentecostes, cum omnibus Libertatibus, & liberis Consuetudinibus, ad hujusmodi Mercatum & Feriam pertinentibus. Nisi Mercatum illud, & Feria illa, sint ad nocumentum vicinorum Mercatorum, & vicinarum Feriarum. Et quod habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis, in villis de Luffwik & Issipp; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Licentia, & Voluntate ipsius Henrici, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram, decem librarum. Quare volumus, & firmiter praecipimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quòd praedictus Henricus, & haeredes sui, in perpetuum habeant praedicta Mercatum, & Feriam, apud praedictam villam de Luffwik, cum omnibus Libertatibus, & liberis Consuetudinibus, ad hujusmodi Mercatum, & Feriam pertinentibus; nisi Mercatum illud, & Feria illa, sint ad nocumentum vicinorum Mercatorum, & vicinarum Feri∣arum. Et quòd habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tameant Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quòd nullus intret in Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, fine Licentia & Voluntate ipsius Henrici, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum; sicut praedictum est. His Testibus, venerabilibus Patribus, Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariae, totius Angliae Primate, Richardo London, Willielmo Winton, Episcopis, Johanne Rege, Castellae & Legionis duce Lancastriae, Edmundo Eboraci, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, Avunculis nostris charissimis, Roberto Marchione Dublini, Richardo Arundel, Thoma Warwici, Hugone Straffordiae, Comitibus, Michaele de la Poole, Comite Suffolciae, Cancellario, Hugone de Segrave, Thesaurario nostro, Waltero Skirlaw Clerico Coventriae & Leichfeldiae, Custode privati sigilli nostri, Johanne de Monte∣acuto, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis.
Data per manum nostram apud West∣monasterium, Sexto die Decembris, Anno Regni nostri nono.
Per Breve de privato Sigillo.
Inspeximus ulterius Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium, percharis∣simi Progenitoris nostri, Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae Secundi, Anno Regni sui undecimo, dilecto, & fideli suo Roberto de Arderne, factarum & concessarum, in Cancellaria ejusdem nuper Regis, irrotulatarum, ac infra praedictam Turrim nostram London de Recordo similiter residentium, in haec verba.
Edwardus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae, Dominus Hiberniae, & Dux Aquitaniae,
Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vicecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus nostris, Salutem.
Sciatis nos concessisse, & hac Carta nostra confirmasse, dilecto, ac fideli nostro Roberto de Arderne, quod ipse, & haeredes sui in perpetuum, habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus do m∣nicis Terris suis de Drayton, juxta Banbury, in Comitatu Oxoniae, & Sudburgh, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; dum tamen Terrae illae non sint infra metas Forestae no∣strae. Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Warrennam pertineat, sine Licentia & Voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haere∣dum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum. Quare volumus, & fir∣miter praecipimus, pro nobis & haeredibus nostris, quod praedictus Robertus, & hae∣redes
sui in perpetuum, habeant liberam Warrennam, in omnibus dominicis Terris suis praedictis; dum tamen Terrae illae, non sint infra metas Forestae nostrae. Ita quod nullus intret Terras illas, ad fugandum in iis, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad War∣rennam pertineat, sine Licentia, & Voluntate ipsius Roberti, vel haeredum suorum, super Forisfacturam nostram decem librarum, sicut praedictum est. His Testibus, ve∣nerabili Patre Johanne Winton Episcopo, Cancellario nostro, Thoma de Brother∣tone Comite Norfolciae, & Marescallo Angliae, fratre nostro Charissimo, Adomaro de Valencia Comite Pembrokiae, Humphrido de Bohune Comite Herefordiae & Essexiae, Hugone de Despenser seniore, Johanne de Maubray, Willielmo de Mon∣te-cuto senescallo Hospitii nostri, & aliis. Data apud Eboracum, vicesimo septimo die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri undecimo.
Per ipsum Regem, manu Magistri Thomae de Charleton.
Inspeximus denique Irrotulamentum quarundam Literarum Patentium percharissimi Progenitoris nostri, Henrici nuper Regis Angliae Sexti, Anno Regni sui vicesimo sep∣timo, dilecto sibi Henrico Greene Armigero, factarum & concessarum, in Cancellaria ipsius nuper Regis, irrotulatarum, ac infra Turrim nostram London praedictam, de Recordo paritèr residentium, in haec verba.
Henricus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae & Franciae, & Dominus Hiberniae,
universis & singulis Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Ab∣batibus, Prioribus, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Baronibus, Justiciariis, Vi∣cecomitibus, Praepositis, Ministris, & omnibus Ballivis, & fidelibus suis, Salutem.
Sciatis quod cum dilectus nobis Henricus Greene Armiger, seisitus existat de Manerio de Grafton, juxta Warton, in Comitatu Northamptoniae, in dominico suo, ut de Feodo simplici, unde Bosci vocati Grafton-Woods, & Grafton-Park, ac Campi vocati Grafton-Feilds, parcella dicti Manerii, sive eidem Manerio pertinentes, ac infra Fo∣restam nostram de Rockingham in Comitatu praedicto existunt, ut dicitur: Nos de gratia nostra speciali, Boscos praedictos & Campos deafforestamus, & deafforestatos esse volumus per praesentes, & concessimus, pro nobis, & haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, praefato Henrico, quod ipse & haeredes sui, habeant & possideant libe∣ram Chaceam, in Boscis, & Campis praedictis, ac Boscos & campos illos, sic deafforesta∣tos, ut liberam Chaceam suam tenere possint, sibi, & haeredibus suis, in perpetuum, absque impedimento nostri, haeredum ceu successorum nostrorum, Justiciariorum, Eschaetorum, Vicecomitum, Coronatorum, aut aliorum Ballivorum nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, aut aliorum quorumcunque. Ita quod nullus Senescallus, Justiciarius Forestae, Forestarius, Viridarius, Regardator, seu aliquis alius Minister nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, intret Chaceam praedictam, ad fugan∣dum in ea, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Forestam vel Chaceam pertinet, abs∣que Licentia ipsius Henrici, & haeredum suorum; Eò quòd Campi & Bosci praedicti, insra metas, seu perambulationem, Forestae nostrae praedictae existunt, non obstante. Et ulterius de uberiori gratia nostra, concessimus & Licentiam dedimus, pro nobis haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, quantum in nobis est, praefato Henrico, & haeredi∣bus suis, quod ipse, seu dicti Haeredes sui, ad ipsorum, seu alicujus eorum beneplacitum, & voluntatem, Boscos & Campos praedictos, & quamlibet parcellam eorundem, includere & imparcare, ac Parcum inde facere possunt, seu possit, licitè, & impunè; & quod idem Henricus, & haeredes sui praedicti, eundem Parcum per ipsos, seu eorum aliquem, in forma praedicta, factum & inclusum, habeant & teneant, sibi, & haere∣dibus suis in perpetuum. Ita quod nullus intret Chaceam, vel Parcum praedictum, ad fugandum in iis, seu eorum altero, vel ad aliquid capiendum in iis, contra volun∣tatem praedicti Henrici, & haeredum suorum praedictorum, sub Forisfactura nostra viginti librarum. Quare volumus, & firmiter praecipimus, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris praedictis, quod praedictus Henricus, & haeredes sui, habeant & teneant, liberam Chaceam, in Boscis & Campis praedictis, ac Parcum praedictum, in forma praedicta, absque impedimento, vel impetitione nostri, haeredum, vel succes∣sorum nostrorum, Justiciariorum, Eschaetorum, Vicecomitum, Coronatorum, vel aliorum Ballivorum nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, aut aliorum quo∣rumcunque. Et quod nullus Senescallus, Justiciarius Forestae, Forestarius, Viridarius,
Regardator Forestae, aut aliquis alius Minister nostri, haeredum, seu successorum nostrorum, aut aliquis alius intret Chaceam, seu Parcum praedictum, ad fugandum in iis, seu eorum altero, vel ad aliquid capiendum, quod ad Chaceam, Parcum, vel Forestam pertinet, contra voluntatem ipsius Henrici, & haeredum suorum praedicto∣rum: Eò quòd Bosci, & Campi praedicti, infra metas, seu perambulationem praedictae Forestae nostrae de Rockingham, sicut praedictum est, existunt; aut aliquo statuto Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, aut aliqua alia causa, re, vel materia quacunque non obstante. His testibus, venerabilibus Patribus, Johanne Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, totius Angliae Primate, Cancellario nostro, Magistro Karlial, Thesaurario nostro Angliae, & A. Cicestrense, Custode privati Sigilli nostri, Episcopis, charissimis Consanguineis nostris, Humphrido Buckingham & Willielmo Suffolk, Camerario no∣stro Angliae, Ducibus, Richardo Sarum & Thoma Devon Comitibus, dilectis, & fidelibus nostris, Richardo Boteler Domino de Sudley, Senescallo Hospitii nostri, & Jacobi Fenys, Domino Say, Camerario Hospitii nostri, Militibus, & aliis. Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium primo die Aprilis, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo septimo.
Per ipsum Regem & de data praedicta autoritate Parlamenti.
Nos autem tenores irrotulamentorum, separalium Literarum Patentium praedictarum, ad requisitionem praedicti & fidelis nostri Ludovici Mordaunt militis, Domini Mordaunt, duximus exemplificandum per praesentes. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipsa apud Westmonasterium, vicesi∣mo nono die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri tricesimo quarto.
Examinatur per nosLaw. Huse & Tho. Legg. Clericis.
IN the Name of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. I Le∣wis Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Mordaunt of Drayton, in the County of Northampton, being the First Day of October, in the Year of our Lord God, One thousand five hundred ninety and three, and in the Five and thirtieth Year of the Reign of our So∣veraign Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of England, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. Whole of Body, of good Mind and perfect Remem∣brance, thanks be unto God, certain to dye, and uncertain when, and where I shall depart this mortal and transitory Life; willing in the disposition of my worldly Goods, Lands and Possessions, to prevent the suddain hour of Death, so that at the time it shall please my Maker, Redeemer and Saviour Jesus Christ, to call me from this transitory Life, when my Mind, I hope, shall be wholly in and towards him, and the Joys of Heaven; I shall not need then to be busied with any thing of this unstable World: Do therefore now make, ordain, constitute and declare, this my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, renouncing and forsaking all former Wills, by me heretofore made.
First and chiefly, I bequeath my Soul to Almighty God, and to Jesus Christ his Son, my only Saviour and Redeemer, trusting, and steadfastly believing, to receive forgiveness of all my Sins and Offences, according to his endless Mercy, and Proper∣ty; and that he will be merciful to me, a most wretched sinner, and Creature of his handy-work, and not impute my Sins and Offences to me, neither burthen me with them according to my merits, and deserts; but according to the multitude of his great Mercies, he will Pardon and Forgive me, through the special Faith, and Trust I have in him, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, my Saviour and Redeem∣er; by the Merits of whose Passion I believe faithfully, through this my Faith, pure Submission, and sorrowful Repentance, to be delivered from the bondage of Sin and Hell, and to receive full Remission, and Forgiveness of all my Sins, and to be made partaker of the Fruition of his Deity, in his heavenly Kingdom, amongst
his Chosen and Elect; of whom I humbly ask Forgiveness, even from the beginning of my Life to the end of the same.
My Body I wish, wheresoever I depart, within this Realm of England, may be Bu∣ried at the Parish Church of Luffwick, where the Body of Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt, my late Wife doth lie, if it may conveniently so be; otherwise where it shall please God to appoint, in such seemly sort, as may stand with my Vocation, according to the Discretion of mine Executors.
And I Will, That within One Year after my Departure, my Executors shall cause to be made for me, and Dame Elizabeth my late Wife, a meet and convenient Tomb, or Monument of Alabafter, with Two Pictures, the one for my self, the other for Dame Elizabeth my late Wife, representing the State which God of his infinite Goodness hath called me unto; the charges thereof will be I suppose about fourscore Pounds; and so much I will shall be bestowed, at the least.
Item, I Will, give and bequeath, to be dealt in Alms, the Day of my Burial, Threescore and ten Pounds, viz. to the Poor People in Luffwick, Ten Pounds; to the Poor People of Thrapton Ten Pounds; to the Poor People of Sudburgh Six Pounds; to the Poor People in Slipton Three Pounds; to the Poor People in Turvey Ten Pounds; to the Poor People of Stacheden, Charleton and Lawenden Twenty Pounds; to the Poor People of Grafton Eight Pounds.
I Will that every one of my Household Servants, at the Day of my Funeral, or at the least within Six Months after, shall have truly paid unto them, one whole Years Wages, and shall be found, and allowed by some in my House at Drayton, Meat, Drink and Lodging for Two Months, after my decease, if they will come for the same, in which time they may provide for themselves.
Now touching and concerning my worldly Goods, I will and bequeath them in manner and form following. First, I give and bequeath to my Son Henry Mordaunt, my Funeral discharged, my Debts paid, and Legacies performed, all my Furniture and Household-Stuff, in my House at Drayton; requiring him in special trust, not willing to spoil or wast them, but that he will, by his Last Will and Testament, leave and bequeath them after his Death, to his Son and Heir of his Body lawfully begotten: And if it fortune him to depart this world, without Heir Male of his Bo∣dy, (which God forbid:) Then I likewise require him to give and bequeath, the One Moiety or half thereof, (the Seilings, and Iron-looms excepted) to my loving Daughter Mrs. Margaret Mordaunt, his now Wife; and the other half to the next Heir Male, to whom my House of Drayton ought to descend: And to that intent and purpose my Will is, My Son Henry shall within Forty Days after my decease, enter into Bond and become bound by Obligation unto my loving Friends John Wake and Edward Watson, Esouires, in the Summ of Three hundred Pounds; with Condition, That he shall well, and truly perform this my Last Will and Testament, to all intents, constructions and purposes, in manner and form aforesaid; which if he do not, or refuse to do, then I Will my former Bequests to him, shall be meerly void and of none effect. And now having a special care of my Two Daughters, Katherine Mordaunt, and Eliza∣beth Mordaunt, yet un-married, and willing that they, and each of them, shall be yearly provided for, and allowed their reasonable Maintenances, until their several Marriages; and that they, and each of them, may have sufficient Portions, for their, and each of their Advancements in Marriage; I Will, Give, and Bequeath unto them, and each of them, such several Parts and Portions, and in such manner as hereafter followeth, viz.
I Will, Give, and Bequeath unto my Daughter, Katherine Mordaunt, the Summ of Two thousand Pounds, of lawful Money of England, to be paid unto her by my said Son Henry Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, in manner and form following, viz. Five hundred Pounds at the Day of her Marriage, Five hun∣dred Pounds within Six Months after the First Payment; and Five hundred Pounds within Six Months after the Second Payment; and the other Five hundred Pounds, being the rest, and residue of Two thousand Pounds, in the Eighteenth Month af∣ter her Marriage.
Item, I will, give, and bequeath, unto my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt, the like Summ of Two thousand Pounds, of good and lawful Money of England, to be paid unto her by my said Son Henry Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, in manner and form following, videlicet, The Summ of Five hundred Pounds at the Day of her Marriage, Five hundred Pounds more within six Months after, Five hundred Pounds more within Six Months after the second payment, and the other Five hund∣red Pounds, being the rest and residue, of the said Summ of Two thousand Pounds, in the Eighteenth Month after her Marriage. So that my meaning is, They shall not have any part of the Summ of Two thousand Pounds to each of them, before their several Marriages; but as they shall be Married, they shall be paid in form aforesaid. And hereby I Advise and Charge them, and each of them, to make deliberate Choice, of each their Husbands, not rashly to match themselves, without the Assent of their Brother, my Son Henry Mordaunt, and other their good Friends; who I hope will have good care of them: And if it happen my said Daughter Katherine Mordaunt, to depart this Life before Marriage, which God forbid; then my Will and Intent is, That her part and Portion to her before bequeathed, shall be divided in manner and form following, videlicet, Five hundred Pounds to her said Sister Elizabeth Mordaunt, then surviving, in Augmentation of her part, Two hundred Pounds to Arthur Maun∣sell, second Son of my Daughter Mary, and the residue of the foresaid Two thou∣sand Pounds, to my Son Henry Mordaunt. And if it fortune my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt, to depart this Life before Marriage, which God forbid; then my Will and Intent is, That her part and Portion to her before bequeathed, shall be divided in manner and form following, To her Sister Katherine Mordaunt, then surviving, in Augmentation of her part, the Summ of Five hundred Pounds, and to Arthur Maun∣sell, the second Son of my Daughter Mary, the Summ of Two hundred Pounds, and the rest and residue to my Son Henry Mordaunt.
Further my Will is, That my said Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs, shall yearly pay unto my Daughter Katherine Mordaunt, for, and towards her maintenance unto the day of her Marriage, and that the same be solemnized, the Summ of Fifty Pounds of lawful English Money, at two Feasts in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, and the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin, by even Portions.
Further my Will and earnest Desire is, That my said Daughter Katherine, shall and may be in House, and remain with my said Son Henry, and be found and al∣lowed by him, sufficient Meat, Drink, Fire and Lodging, according to her vocation, for her self, a Man, and a Maid, at the only Charges of my Son and his Heirs, until the day of her Marriage, and that the same be solemnized. But if he and she shall not like so to do, as I hope they will: Then I will, my Son Henry after such disliking, shall yearly allow her for her Board, and in lieu thereof, Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence, over and besides the said yearly Summ of Fifty Pounds; so that she may have a hundred Marks a year, for yearly maintenance, and finding until she be Married.
Likewise my Will is, That my said Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs, shall yearly pay unto my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt, for, and towards her main∣tenance, until the day of Marriage, the Summ of Fifty Pounds of lawful Eng∣lish Money, at two Feasts in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of Saint Mi∣chael the Archangel, and the Feast of the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin, by even Portions. And further my Will is, That my said Daughter Elizabeth, shall, and may be, and remain in House, with my Son Henry Mordaunt, and at his Charges, be found, and allowed sufficient Meat, Drink, Fire and Lodg∣ing, according to her vocation, for her self, a Man, and a Maid, until the day of her Marriage, and that the same be solemnized; which I will shall be performed, at the Costs and Charges of my Son and his Heirs. But if he and she shall not like to agree, or continue together, as I hope they will; then I Will, my Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs, after such disliking, shall yearly allow my said Daughter Elizabeth, for
and in lieu of her Board, the Summ of Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence, over and besides the Summ of Fifty Pounds before bequeathed unto her; so that she may yearly have, and receive One hundred Marks, for her yearly mainte∣nance, and finding, until she be Married.
Also I give and bequeath all my other Goods, Chattels, Jewels and Plate, unbe∣queathed, my Funeral discharged, Debts paid, and Legacies performed, unto my loving Son Henry Mordaunt, whom I Will shall be mine Executor, for this pur∣pose: Upon condition, that he take the Executorship upon him, and enter into Obligation of the Summ of Three hundred Pounds, unto my loving Friends, Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, for the true performance of this my Will, as afore∣said; which if he shall not do within Forty Days after my decease: Then I will, That Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, shall be mine Executors, and of my Goods to see my Funeral discharged, Debts and Legacies paid; and the rest of my Goods to leave unto my Son Henry Mordaunt, according to my true meaning. Now for the yearly maintenance of my Two Daughters Katherine and Elizabeth, and each of them, until their several Marriages, as aforesaid, and for the better Assurance, and sure making of their several Portions, to them before bequeathed: And in respect I have disbursed the Money, which I kept for my Daughters Portions, in purchas∣ing of Land, building of my House, lying fit and necessary for my Son; and lest that my Son, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, should not, or would not, perform this my Last Will and Testament, as I verily think he will, and so by that means my Daughters be lest unprovided, as well of their several Portions, as of Allowance, for their several maintenances, until their several Marriages:
I do Will, Give, Bequeath, and Devise, by this my Last Will and Testament, unto my loving Friends Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, and to their Heirs for ever, Two parts of my Maners of Carleton and Chillington, in the County of Bed∣ford, in Three parts to be divided, which I lately purchased of the Lord Vaux, (the Land, Meadow and Common thereto belonging, lying in the Fields of Turvey, on∣ly excepted.)
Also I will, give and bequeath, unto the said Edward Watson and John Wake, and to their Heirs for ever, Two parts of my Maner of Stacheden, otherwise called Del∣wike, in the County of Bedford, in three parts to be divided, lately by me purchas∣ed of Master William Cornwallis, Esquire, and Lucy his Wife, one of the Daughters and Heirs of Sir John Nevill, Knight, Lord Latimer deceased; and also two parts of my Maner, and Closes of Snelson, in the Parish of Lawenden, in the County of Buckingham, commonly called Snelson-Pastures, in three parts to be divided; or as much of my said Maners of Carleton and Chillington, Stacheden called Delwike, and Snelson-Pastures, as shall amount unto two full parts, of all the said Maners, Closes and Pastures, in three parts to be divided: To the intent and purpose, and upon special Trust, and Confidence, That if my Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs, do not yearly pay to each of my Daughters, for their several maintenances, until their several Marriages, the foresaid Summs of Fifty Pounds a piece, with their several Meat, Drink and Lodg∣ing, or One hundred Marks a Year a piece, without Meat and Drink; so that each of them may quietly have, and receive Fifty Pounds a Year, and Meat and Drink, or a Hundred Marks a piece, without Meat and Drink, according to my true meaning as aforesaid: Then I will, That the said Edward Watson and John Wake, my said Executors for this purpose, and their Heirs, shall yearly after my death, levy and receive the Rents, Issues, Profits of the Premises, and pay unto my said two Daugh∣ters yearly, as aforesaid, to each of them the Summ of One hundred Marks, for their several maintenance, until the several days of their several Marriages, and the rest remaining, to deliver unto my Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs: And to the intent and purpose, and upon special Trust and Confidence, That if my said Son Henry Mordaunt, his Heirs, Exccutors or Assigns, shall not pay the said several Summs, and every part and parcel of them before by me, in this my Will, to my Daughters and others bequeathed, at such days and times, as in this my Last Will, is devised, men∣tioned,
declared or intended, according to my true meaning, as I trust and assuredly hope he will: Or shall resuse, make denial, or use detraction or delays: Then I will, That the said Edward Watson and John Wake, or the Survivor of them, and their Heirs, shall bargain and sell, to any person or persons, their Heirs or Assigns for ever, the said two parts, of my said Maners, Closes and Pastures, with all and singular their Appurtenances in Carleton, Chillington, Stacheden called Delwike, and Snelson, aliàs Snelson-Pastures, in three parts to be divided, or as much thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, as shall amount, or fully extend, unto the just value of two parts, in three parts to be divided, (the Land in the Field of Turvey, belonging to Carleton and Chillington, only excepted) for and towards the payment of their said several Portions before bequeathed. And my intent is, That if any Summ of Money, shall be remaining over, and besides the Legacies aforesaid, which I will first to be satisfied; then within convenient time, after my Executors shall have received the same, my said Executors and their Heirs, shall, deducting their reasonable Charges, pay the same over unto my Son, or to such other, as shall be at that time my Heir Male of my House of Drayton: And for that purpose only, I mean for the maintenance of my Daughters, and for the sale of my said Land, as aforesaid, if need so require:
I will that Edward Watson and John Wake, Esquires, and I will that _____ _____ shall be my Supervisors for whose care in that behalf I give _____ _____
And if my Son Henry depart this World, without Heir Male, my Daughters or any of them then surviving; then my will is, That my Daughter Katherine shall have in Augmentation of her Portion, Five hundred Pounds more, over and above her former Legacies: And my Daughter Elizabeth also, shall have Five hundred Pounds more, beside her former Legacies. And Arthur Maunsell, if he be then alive, shall have the like Summ of Five hundred Pounds; otherwise I will the same to be divided between my Daughter Mary's two Sons, Arthur and Henry Maunsell; and that Edward Watson and John Wake, and their Heirs, my Executors, also for this purpose, shall stand seized of two parts of my Fee-simple Lands, until such time as my Daughters be paid their Legacies, by the next Heirs, to whom my Son shall leave the same; if my Son die without a Son: But if my Son Henry have a Son, that shall survive him, then these three last Legacies, bequeathed unto my Daughters Katherine, and Elizabeth, and the Children of my Daughter Mary, touching their last bequests, of Five hundred Pounds a piece, shall be meerly void. Nevertheless my Will is, That though he have a Son, my Daughters shall have their former Legacies and Portions, according to my true meaning as afore∣said. And my full Meaning and Will is, That the Charges, of my several Daughters Marriages, in Meat, Drink and Apparel, according to their degrees, shall be defrayed, and born at the Costs and Charges of my Son Henry Mordaunt, and his Heirs; or such other to whom my Lands by vertue hereof shall des∣cend: Which if he, or they shall refuse, or not do, Then I Will, That Edward Wat∣son and John Wake, my Executors, or the Survivor of them, or their Heirs, shall see performed out of such Lands as before, and hereafter I have willed, and devised to them, and their Heirs, as occasion shall serve. And thus having disposed of my worldly Goods, and taken order for my Daughters Portions, and Debts, which I wish to be first paid, having a special care that all, and every Person or Persons, to whom I have sold any manner of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, shall quietly and peaceably enjoy the same, according to my true intent and meaning: Although my trust and hope is, my Son and Heir, and his, and their Heirs, and all those that are, or shall be Heir or Heirs Males, to John Lord Mordaunt, my late Grandfather, to John Lord Mordaunt, my Father deceased, to my self, or to my Son Henry Mor∣daunt, shall, and will quietly and peaceably, permit and suffer, all those Person and Persons, and their Heirs, to whom I have sold any Maners, Lands or Tene∣ments, as aforesaid, to have, hold and enjoy the same, and every part, and parcel of them, to them and their Heirs for ever. In respect that I have left, and by the Grace of God means to leave, to descend and come successively, from Heir Male to
Heir Male, divers other Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, lying more ne∣cessary, sit and convenient, for my self and them, of as good or better value; (my Daughters Portions, and other Legacies, deducted, as aforesaid notwithstanding;) yet for the better corroboration, and strengthning, assurance, and sure making of all such Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, as I have Bargained and Sold, or hereafter shall Bargain or Sell, to any Person or Persons whatsoever:
I will, and devise by these Presents, That from, and after my decease, Edward Wat∣son and John Wake, my Executors, as aforesaid, and their Heirs, shall stand, and be seiz∣ed of two parts of my Maners, Lands and Tenements, or whereof I am seized in Fee, dividable, in three parts to be divided, my Daughters Portions paid, or Lands sold by my Executors, for the payment thereof, as aforesaid, to the use of Henry my Son and Heir, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs Males of John Lord Mordaunt, my late Grand∣father; and so from Heir Male to Heir Male, so long as they, and every one of their Heirs Males, and their Assign or Assigns, shall quietly permit, and suffer all and every such Person and Persons, to whom I have Bargained or Sold, any Maners, Lands or Tenements, as aforesaid, quietly and peaceably to have, hold, and enjoy the same, according to my true intent and meaning; without any Entry, Claim, Suit in Law, Eviction or Interruption: And lawful Request made to my Heir or Heirs, or any of them by the party grieved, and by Edward Watson and John Wake, my said Executors, or some of them, the Heir or Heirs of them, or any of them, in the presence of Ten sufficient Witnesses; whereof Five to be Hundreders, inhabiting within the County, where mine Heir, as aforesaid, shall be then resident: If my said Heir and Heirs, doth not surcease, his and their Suit and Suits, Claim and De∣mand, against any such parties grieved, and make such further Assurance to the party or parties grieved, as shall be reasonably required and devised, at the Costs and Charges of such party grieved: Then my Will, full intent and meaning is, That Edward Watson and John Wake, my said Executors, and their Heirs, and the Survi∣vor and Survivors of them, and his and their Heirs, shall from time to time absolute∣ly stand, and be seized of two parts of my said Maners, Lands and Tenements, divi∣sible, in three parts to be divided, of a good and perfect Estate of Inheritance, in Fee-simple, to the use of them, their Heirs and Assigns for ever; and shall have full Power and lawful Authority, by vertue of these Presents, to Bargain and Sell, all, or so much of all, or any of my said Maners, Lands or Tenements, as my said Exe∣cutors or their Heirs, or the Survivors of them, shall think convenient, to any Person, and his and their Heirs for ever; and with the Money received for the same, (my Daughters Legacies and Portions deducted) make such reasonable Satis∣faction, to all and every party grieved, as aforesaid, as by the Judgment of the Lord Chancellor of England, or the Master of the Rolls, for the time being, shall be thought meet and convenient; apportioning the Money paid, with the profits they have received; allowing to themselves, their Costs and Charges to be expend∣ed, in, and about the same; any thing in these Presents contained, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Lewis Mordaunt.
And my Will is, That my Daughters and others in this my Will mentioned, be∣ing paid their Portions, as aforesaid, by my Executors, by the sale of so much of two parts, of my Fee-simple Lands, as will suffice, as aforesaid; that then the rest of my Fee-simple Lands remaining, shall rest and be, in my Executors and their Heirs, as aforesaid, for the Assurance and sure making of the Lands I have sold, which I perswade my self will suffice. And my Will, full Intent and Meaning is, That if my Son Henry pay his Sisters parts, or any part thereof, and die without Heirs Males of his Body; then I will, my Executors, and their Heirs, shall stand seized of all my Fee-simple Lands, until such time as the Issue Female, of the said Henry, or the Executors, Administrators, or Assigns of the said Henry, be satisfied and
paid, all and so much of the said Summ and Summs of Money unto my Daughters, and others devised, as my said Son Henry, his Heirs, Executors or Assigns, shall have paid; any thing in these Presents to the contrary of this always notwithstand∣ing: And so I make an end.
In Witness whereof I have Subcribed my Hand, and set my Seal, the Day and Year aforesaid.
Lewis Mordaunt.
SIGILLVM LODOVICI MORDAVNT MILITIS DNI BARONIS DE TVRVEY
Edward Watson, John Wake, John Gyll, Thomas Arthur, Sig. Thomas Goodman.
PIISSIMAE, MEMORIAE LUDOVICI DN̄I MORDAVNT SACRUM. DEPOSITIUM LUDOVICI DN̄I MORDAVNT, SUB AVITA FIDE ET CERTA FILICES RESURRECTIONIS SPE GLORIOSAM IESU CHRISTI EPIPHANIĀ HIC EXPECTAT.
VXORĒ HABUIT ELIZABETHA ARTHURIS DARCEL AEQUITIS AURATI. FILIAM EX QUA SUSCEPIT HENRICUM FILIUM VNICUM ET HAERED̄ MARIAM ET ELIZABETHAM ET POST VITĀ FAELICITER ET SINE QUERELA PERACTAM. SUIS CHARUS. ET ALIENIS ANNORUM SATUR ET HONORUM AETATIS SUAE ANNO 66o. 13o. IUNII ANNO DNĪ 1601. PIE OBDORIVIT IN DN̄O
ELizabeth, Dei gratia, Angliae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regina, Fidei Defensor, &c. Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae prevenerint, Salutem. Sciatis quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, concessimus & Licentiam dedimus, ac per praesentes, concedimus & Licentiam damus, pro no∣bis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, quantum in nobis est, praedilecto & sideli Subdito nostro, Henrico Mordaunt, modo Domino Mordaunt, filio & proximo Heredi Ludovici Mordaunt Militis, nuper Domini Mordaunt defuncti; qui qui∣dem Ludovicus, nuper Dominus Mordaunt, de nobis tenuit in Capite, die quo obiit, per Servitium militare, quocunque nomine, cognomine, sive additione nominis, idem Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, nominatus sit, sive nuncupatus; quod idem Hen∣ricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, incontinenter, absque aliqua Probatione aetatis suae, & absque aliqua Liberatione, seu Prosecutione, haereditatis suae, vel alicujus inde parcellae, extra manus nostras, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, secun∣dum cursum Cancellariae nostrae, vel secundum Legem, & cursum Curiae nostrae Wardorum, & Liberationum, vel legem terrae nostrae Angliae, seu aliquo alio modo prosequendum, in ominia & singula, honores, castra, dominia, mancria, messua∣gia, terras, tenementa, reversiones, feoda, firmaria, villas, villatas, hamletta, am∣nitates, redditus, servicia, hundreda, officia, prata, pascua, pasturas, moras, ma∣tiscos, tolnetta costumaria, visum franciplegii, curias, escaeta, ballivata, libertates, franchesia, warrenna, vivaria, stagna, molendina, feoda militum, advocationes, & patronatus Ecclesiarum, vicararum, capellarum, & nominationes ad easdem, ac in omnia & singula alia possessiones, reversiones & haereditamenta quaecunque, cum eorum juribus, membris, & pertinentiis universis, infra Regnum nostrum Angliae, Walliae, aut Marchias eorundem, quae fuerant praedicti Ludovici Domini Mordaunt, & de quibus idem Ludovicus Dominus Mordaunt, aut aliquis, vel aliqui Anteces∣sorum praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, cujus haeres ipse est, fuit, aut suerunt possessionati, vel seisiti, in dominico suo, ut de feodo, aut in feodo, quali∣tercunque talliato, in dominico vel aliter, diebus quibus separatim obierunt, aut die quo eorum aliquis obiit, vel de quibus aliqua persona seisita fuit, aut aliquae personae seisitae fuerunt, conjunctim, vel separatim, ad usum praedicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, seu aliquorum Antecessorum praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mor∣daunt, cujus, vel quorum haeres ipse est, in Dominico suo, ut de Feodo, aut in feodo qualitercunque talliato, in Dominico, vel aliter ad usum dicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, aut aliquorum haeredum suorum, vel ad usum aliquorum talium Antecessorum, aut talis Antecessoris, & haeredum talium Antecessorum, aut talis Antecessoris, diebus quibus illi separatim obierunt, aut die quo eorum aliquis obiit, & quae per sive post mortem ipsius Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, aut alicujus Antecessoris, aut aliquorum Antecessorum, praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mor∣daunt, cujus haeres ipse est, aut aliquo alio modo ad manus devenerunt, seu devenire debuerunt, aut deberent, aut in manibus nostris jam existent, aut existunt, aut ex∣istere debent, vel deberent, quae praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, in pos∣sessione, reversione, vel in usu, descendere, revertere, remanere, pertinere, seu spectare debent, vel deberent, licite, & impunc intrare, & seisire possit; ac ea om∣nia, ac singula, praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, & haeredibus suis, prout
ipse in iisdem, post mortem praedicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, aut aliquo∣rum Antecessorum praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, cujus vel quorum haeres ipse est, haereditabiliter existit, in possessione, reversione, aut in usu, seisire, habere, tenere, possidere & gaudere possit & valeat, erga nos, haeredes, & successo∣res nostros, absque aliqua alia Liberatione, seu Prosecutione eorundem, seu alicujus inde parcellae, extra manus nostras, secundum Cursum Cancellariae nostrae praedictae, aut legem terrae nostrae Angliae, seu aliquo alio modo, per praedictas personas, scu per eorum aliquem, prosequendum, vel impetrandum. Nolentes quod praefatus Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, nec haeredes sui, nec praedicta quaecunque per∣sona, sive quaecunque personae, de aliquibus Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis & caeteris Praemissis, ad usum, ut praemittitur, seisitus, vel seisiti existit, vel existent, ratione ingressus, sive occupationis, & retentionis prae∣dictae, per ipsos, seu per eorum aliquem, facti, vel habiti, faciendi, vel habendi, per nos, haeredes vel Successores, Justiciarios, Escaetores, Vicecomites, Receptores, Ballivos & Ministros nostros, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum quoscunque molestentur, inquietentur, vexentur, perturbentur, distringantur, in aliquo seu graventur. Nec quod iidem Justiciarii, Escaetores, Vicecomites, Receptores, Ballivi, Ministri nostri, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, nec eorum aliquis, in praedicta Honores, Ca∣stra, Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, & caetera Praemissa, cum pertinentiis, sive aliquam inde parcellam, pro nobis, seu nomine nostro, se intromittant, vel eorum ali∣quis intromittat. Sed quod nos, haeredes, & successores nostri, quoad seisendum, & capiendum in manus nostras, praedicta Honores, Castra, Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa, cum pertinentiis, sive aliquam inde parcellam, ratione alicujus Juris, Tituli, Clamei, vel Interesse, quod, vel qui, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris praedictis, per, sive post mortem, dicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, vel alicujus alterius Antecessoris, sive aliquorum aliorum Antecessorum, praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, cujus vel quorum haeres ipse est, aut alicujus alterius personae, sive aliquarum aliarum personarum, de aliquibus Honoribus, Ca∣stris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, sive Tenementis, ad usum supradictum, existens vel existentes accidit, seu evenit, aut accidere, competere, seu evenire poterit, su∣mus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes. Et quod idem Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, & haeredes sui, erga nos, haeredes, & successores nostros, pro praemissis, & qualibet inde parcella, quieti, & exonerati existant, & eorum quilibet quietus, & exoneratus existet in perpetuum per praesentes. Et praetereà pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, concedimus per praesentes praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, nec non praedictis quibuscunque aliis personis, de aliquibus Honori∣bus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum per∣tinentiis, ad usum superius recitatum, seisitus, vel seisiti, nuper existens, vel ex∣istentes, quod ipsi habeant, & quilibet eorum habeat, de tempore in tempus, tot & talia Brevia, Mandata, & Warrantia sufficientia, Justiciariis nostris, Baronibus no∣stris de Scaccario nostro, Escaetoribus, Vicccomitibus, Receptoribus, Ballivis & Mi∣nistris quibuscunque, & eorum cuilibet, dirigendum, quot, & qualia, eis, & eo∣rum cuilibet, pro exoneratione sua, versus nos, haeredes, & successores nostros, in ea parte necessaria erunt, & opportuna. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra, con∣cedimus praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, nec non praedictis quibuscunque aliis personis, aut cuicunque aliae personae, de Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Ma∣neriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum pertinentiis, & qualibet inde parcella, praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, aut per praedictam quam∣cunque aliam personam, aut quascunque alias personas, de Honoribus, Castris, Domi∣niis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum pertinentiis, sive aliqua inde parcella, authoritate harum Concessionis & Licentiae nostrarum, factarum, & habitarum, faciendarum & habendarum, sint eis, & eorum cuilibet, & haeredibus suis, & haeredibus eorum cujuslibet, prout ipse in iisdem haereditabiliter, ut praefatur, extiterit, adeò bonae, validae, & efficaces, ac tanti vigoris, & effectus in lege, ac si eadem Honores, Castra, Do∣minia, Maneria, Terrae, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa, cum suis pertinentiis, & quali∣bet
inde parcella, in manus nostras, debito modo capta, & seisita fuissent, ac idem Hen∣ricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, & quaecunque aliae personae, de aliquibus Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris & Tenementis, ad usum ut praedicitur seisitus, vel seifiti existens vel existentes, debitam liberationem eorundem Honorum, Castro∣rum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, & caeterorum prae∣missorum, cum pertinentiis, extra manus nostras, secundum cursum Cancellariae no∣strae, & secundum Legem verè, ritè & debitè prosecuti fuissent, & nobis de omni eo quod ad nos, in ea parte pertinet, seu pertinere possit, debet, aut deberet, satis∣factum fuisset & contentum, aliqua Negligentia, Omissione, Misprisione, Errore, Ignorantia, Contrarietate, aut aliquo alio Defectu, limitatis, vel limitandis, assignatis, vel assignandis, non obstante; Homagio tamen Fidelitate, & Releviis praedicti Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, nobis in hac parte debitis, seu deben∣dis, semper nobis salvis & reservatis. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra dedi∣mus, & concessimus, & per praesentes damus, & concedimus, praefato Henrico, Do∣mino Mordaunt, omnia, & singula, Exitus, Redditus, Proficua, Reversiones, & Emolumenta quaecunque, omnium & singulorum praedictorum Honorum, Castrorum, Dominiorum, Maneriorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum, & caeterorum praemisso∣rum, & cujuslibet inde parcellae, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis, à tempore mortis praedicti Ludovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, huc usque, & ex tunc, pro∣venientia, exeuntia, emergentia, sive crescentia, & nobis qualitercunque debita, pertinentia, seu spectantia: Habendum, levandum, recipiendum, percipiendum, gaudendum & retinendum, omnia & singula eadem Exitus, Redditus, Proficua, Reversiones & Emolumenta, eidem Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, executori∣bus, vel assignatis suis, de dono nostro, tam per manus suas proprias, quàm per ma∣nus seperalium, nuper nunc & in posterum, Escaetorum, Feodariorum, Superviso∣rum, Vicecomitum, Receptorum, Ballivorum, & aliorum Occupatorum quorum∣cunque, eorundem, seu alicujus inde parcellae, pro tempore existente; nec non ali∣orum Officiariorum nostrorum quorumcunque, in seperalibus Comitatibus, in quibus dicta Honores, Castra, Dominia, Maneria, Terrae, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa cum pertinentiis existunt, sive aliqua inde parcella existit, absque compoto, responso, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haeredibus, & sucessoribus nostris, pro praemissis, seu aliquo praemissorum, reddendum, solvendum, seu faciendum. Et ulterius volumus, & con∣cedimus per praesentes, quod tum praefatus Henricus, modo Dominus Mordaunt, quàm omnes nuper, nunc, & in posterum Escaetores, Vicecomites, Receptores, Ballivi, Firmarii & Occupatores, de hujusmodi Reventionibus, Exitibus, Redditi∣bus & Proficuis, seu aliquo praemissorum, à praedicto tempore mortis praedicti Lu∣dovici, nuper Domini Mordaunt, huc usque, & ex tunc provenientibus, exeunti∣bus, emergentibus, sive crescentibus, absque compoto, seu aliquo alio, nobis, haere∣dibus, & successoribus nostris, inde reddendum, solvendum seu faciendum, erga nos haeredes, successores & executores nostros, quieti & exonerati existent, in perpe∣tuum per praesentes. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, pardonavimns, remissimus & relaxavimus, ac per praesentes pardonamus, remittimus & relaxamus, praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, omnes, & omnimodas Intrusiones, & Ingressus, per dictum Ludovicum, nuper Dominum Mordaunt, aut per praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, cujus haeres ipse est, aut per aliquam aliam personam, sive aliquas alias personas, ad ejus usum, seisitam, vel seisitas, de, & in praedictis Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, seu aliqua inde parcella, quae de nobis, vel de aliquo alio tenentur quali∣tercunque, ante praesentem diem, habitas, factas, & perpetratas. Nec non omnes, & omnimodas Perquisitiones, Alienationes, Donationes, Fines, Compota, & Foris∣facturas, de praedictis Honoribus, Castris, Dominiis, Maneriis, Terris, Tenementis, & caeteris praemissis, cum omnibus & singulis suis pertinentiis, vel aliqua inde par∣cella, per dictum Ludovicum, nuper Dominum Mordaunt, aut per praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, aut per aliquem alium Antecessorum ejus∣dem
Henrici, modo Domini Mordaunt, sive aliquas alias personas, ante mortem dicti Ludovici, modo Domini Mordaunt, fine licentia nostra, habitas, factas, & per∣petratas: Nec non omnes, & omnimodas actiones, sectas, quaerelas, impetitiones, executiones, & demanda quaecunque, quas, vel quae versus praefatum Henricum, mo∣do Dominum Mordaunt, vel aliquem Antecessorum ejusdem Henrici, modo Do∣mini Mordaunt, sive aliquas alias personas, de & in praemissis, vel eorum aliquo, habuimus, habemus, seu in futurum habere poterimus ullo modo. Proviso semper quod hae Literae nostrae patentes, nec aliquid in iisdem contentum, aliqualiter se ex∣tendat, ad exonerandum praedictum Henricum, modo Dominum Mordaunt, aut ali∣quam aliam personam, aut aliquas alias personas, aut praedicta Honores, Castra, Dominia, Maneria, Terras, Tenementa, & caetera praemissa, seu aliquam inde parcellam, de, & pro aliquo debito, compoto, aut alio demando quocunque, ratione alicujus officii, aut receptionis alicujus Thesauri, aut monetae nostri, aut Commissionis ejusdem, aut pro aliquo debito, ratione alicujus Recognitionis, sive Obligationis, nobis, sive alicui Progenitorum nostrorum, sive alicui aliae personae, ad usum nostrum, cognitae seu deliberatae. Eò qu`od expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut de aliquo alio valore, vel certitudine praemissorum, five eorum alicujus, aut de aliis donis, sive concessionibus, per nos, sive per aliquem progenitorum nostrorum, praefato Henrico, modo Domino Mordaunt, ante haec tempora facta, in praesentibus minime facta existit; aut aliquo Statuto, Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, Proclamatione, sive Restrictione in contrarium inde ante haec habitis, factis, editis, ordinatis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque, in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipsa apud West∣monasterium vicesimo tertio die Novembris, Anno Regni nostri quadragesimo quinto.
Per billam Curiae Wardorum, & Liberationum, & de data praedicta authoritate Parlamenti.
Egerton Norrd
Coram Auditoribus Curiae Wardorum & Liberationum dominae Reginae, termino Michaelis, Anno Regni ejusdem dominae Reginae quadragesimo quinto. 1602.
Examinatur per Walterium Took Auditores.
Examinatur per Will. Curles Auditores.
In Memorandis Scaccarii de anno quadragesimo quarto Reginae nunc Elizabe∣thae videlicet inter Recorda de termino Sancti Michaelis, rotulo ex parte Re∣membratorum Thesaurarii.
CArolus Comes Nottingham, Baro Howard de Effingham, magnus Admirallus Angliae, &c.
Capitalis Justiciarius, ac Justiciarius itinerans, omnium Foresta∣rum, Chacearum, Parcorum, & Warrenarum, Domini Regis citra Trentham: Om∣nibus ad quos praesentes pervenerint, Salutem.
Sciatis me praefatum Carolum Comi∣tem Nottinghamiae, pro diversis causis, & rationibus me specialiter moventibus, consti∣tuisse, ordinasse, & per praesentes in loco meo posuisse, ac deputasse dilectum mihi perhonorabilem Henricum Dominum Mordaunt de Drayton, in Comitatu Northamp∣toniae, meum verum, & legitimum Deputatum, ad exercendum, exequendum, & oc∣cupandum officium Justiciarii itinerantis, in & per totum illam Forestam Domini Re∣gis, nunc vocatam per nomen de Rockingham Forest, in dicto Comitatu Northampto∣niae, ac metas, & limites ejusdem. Et ad faciendum, & peragendum quicquid ad officium praedictum pertinet (durante solummodo beneplacito meo:) Dans, & concedens,
dicto meo Deputato, plenam autoritatem meam ad agendum, exequendum, perfici∣endum, & perimplendum, omnia, & fingula concernentia Forestam praedictam, ac omnia alia spectantia ad officium praedictum, loco & vice mea, ad omnes intentiones & pro∣posita, ac in tam amplis modo & forma, prout ego legitimè facere, seu exequi pos∣sim, per leges hujus Regni, si personaliter ibidem interessem. In cujus rei Testi∣monium sigillum officii mei praedicti praesentibus apposui. Data decimo nono die Junii 1603 Anno Regni serenissimi Domini nostri Jacobi, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regis primo.
F. Rich. Bellingham.
CAROLVS COM: NOTING BARO: HOWARD DE EFFINGHĀ CALIS IVSTICIVS OMNIVM FORESVM ET MARCAVM TRENTAM[illustration] seal of Charles Howard
THIS Indenture Tripartite made the Fourth Day of January, in the Year of our Soveraign Lord, James by the Grace of God, King of England, Scot∣land, France and Ireland, Defendor of the Faith; that is to say, Of England, France and Ireland the Sixth, and of Scotland the Two and fortieth; between the Right honourable Henry, Lord Mordaunt, on the the First Part, and Thomas Lock of Grays-Inn, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, and John Rowe of London, Gentle∣man, on the Second Part; and the Right honourable Edward Earl of Worcester, of the most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight, Master of the King's Majesty's Horse, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Knight, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Knight, Sir Thomas Compton, Knight, and George Sherley, Esquire, on the Third Part, Witnesseth: That the said Lord Mordaunt, as well for, and in consideration of the natural Love and Fatherly Affection, which he beareth to his Children, hereafter in these Presents named, and for the continuance of all and singular the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, hereafter in these Presents mentioned, in the name and blood of him the said Lord Mordaunt, so long as it shall please God: And for the better supportation of the Honour and Dignity, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the Heirs of his Bo∣dy; as also for the better Maintenance and Provision in living, and Portions to be had, made and raised, for the Younger Children of the said Lord Mordaunt, both Sons and Daughters, and for the payment of the Debts, which the said Lord Mor∣daunt shall owe; or any others shall stand chargeable for the said Lord Mordaunt, at the time of his Death, and for other causes and considerations, him thereunto speci∣ally moving: Doth for him, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, Covenant and Grant, to and with the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, in manner and form following, that is to say, That he the said Lord Mordaunt, shall and will leave, and suffer to descend unto such person and persons, as shall happen to be Heir or Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt, at the time of the Death of the said Lord Mordaunt, all these his Lord∣ships
and Maners of Netherbery, Collesden, Carlills and Throgmorton in Roxton, and the Maner of Woodend, and the Maner or Farm of Kempstonborn, and his other Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in Roxton, Cranfield and Bereford, in the County of Bedford, with their and every their Appurtenances, Rights and Members, to the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and to either of them belonging, and to the Advowson of the Church of Meppersall, in the said County of Bedford, and the Maners of Thrapston, Gale, Ringsted and Raundes, and of Much-Addington, Luffwick, Islip and Slipton in the County of Northampton, with their, and every, and either of their Appurtenances, Royalties and Commodities, to the same Maners, and to every of them, belonging and appertaining; and the Chaun∣tries of Much-Addington aforesaid, and Luffwick-Mills, and the Maner of Dray∣ton, and all the demeasne Lands, to the said Maner belonging or appertaining, in the said County of Northampton: (The Capital or Mansion-House of the said Lord Mordaunt in Drayton aforesaid, and the Parks called Drayton and Sudburgh-Parks, and one Close called, the Great Pasture, and another Close called the Mile-close, one Close called the Lymekill-Close, another called Clay-Close, another called the Warren-Close; and another called the Horse-Close, leading from Drayton-house to Luffwick, only excepted:) And one Free Rent of Thirty three Shillings two Pence half penny, or thereabouts, issuing out of certain Lands in Barton; and another Free Rent of Thirty eight Shillings and eight Pence, issuing out of certain Lands in Stanwick, in the aforesaid County of Northampton; and also the Maner of Clifton, Reynes, with the Appurtenances in the County of Buckingham to the end, That the King's Majesty, his Heirs and Successors of the same Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments before mentioned, shall and may have, and receive the full be∣nefit of Wardship, primer Seisure and Livery, as the case shall require, happening or to happen, by or upon the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt: Which said Ma∣ners, Lands, Tenements, (amounting to the full third part, of the aforesaid Lord Mordaunt's, Maners, Lands, Tenements and Revenues) the said Lord Mordaunt doth for that purpose limit, assign and set forth by these Presents. And the said Lord Mordaunt, doth further by these Presents for him, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and for every of them, Covenant and Grant to and with the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, in manner following, that is to say, That he the said Lord Mordaunt, shall and will on this side, and before the Feast day of Saint Andrew the Apostle, now next en∣suing the day of the date hereof, at the costs and charges of the said Lord Mordaunt, by Fine or Fines, in due form of law to be levied, before the King's Majesty's Justi∣ces of the Court of Common-pleas at Westminster; whereupon Proclamations shall, and may be had, according to the Statutes in that case made and provided, recog∣nized and acknowledged, all those other Maners, Lordships, Messuages, Mills, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Fee-Farms, Royalties, Courtleets, Franchizes, Fairs, Liberties, Advowsons and Hereditaments whatsoever, of him the said Lord Mor∣daunt, hereafter in these Presents mentioned, expressed and declared; that is to say, The Maners of Turvey, Carleton, Chillington, Delwike, Staggesden, Duck∣ford, Jempses, Bosomes, Stasmore, Wilchamsted and Westcotton, with all their and every of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances; and the Parks of Turvey and Delwike, and the Free Warren in Turvey and Staggesden, and all other the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Lord Mordaunt, in the several Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets of Turvey, Wilchamsted, alias Wilshamsteed, Carleton, Chillington, Delwike, Duckford, Staggesden, Stanford, alias Jempses, Bosomes, Steventon and Westcotton in the foresaid County of Bedford, with all the Rights, Members and Appurtenances to the same Maners, Lands or Tenements, or any of them, appertaining or belonging. And the Maner of Snelston with the Appurte∣nances, in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham, or in both, or in one of them, and all those Pastures and Meadow Grounds and Closes, called Snelston, in the said Counties; or in one of them; and all other the Lands, Tenements and Heredi∣taments
of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the several Parishes of Lavenden, Brayfield, alias Coldbrayfield and Harrold, in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham; and all those the Maners and Farms of Walterhall, Oldlayton, Brayfield, Coldbrayfield, Wil∣len Wolston, Parva Woughton upon the Green, aliàs Woughkington upon the Green, Lavenden, and the Castle Maner in Lavenden, with their, and every of their Appur∣tenances, in the County of Buckingham: And all that the Free Warren, with the Appurtenances, in Lavenden and Brayfield, otherwise called Brafeld next Lavenden, Olney and Warrington, in the said County of Buckingham: And all other Lands, Te∣nements and Hereditaments, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, (the Maner of Clifton, Raynes, aliàs Week's Fee, with the Appurtenances excepted,) in the foresaid County of Buckingham: And all those the Maners of Hardwike, Grafton and Sudburgh, with all their, and every of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances, in the County of Northampton, and the Parks called Drayton-Park, and Sudborow-Park aforesaid, and the Capital Messuage or Mansion-house of Drayton aforesaid, and the Closes afore∣said to the said Mansion-house adjoining, or lying near unto the same: And the Par∣sonages of Denford and Ringsteed: And all those Lands called the Assart-Lands, in the County of Northampton: And all other the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Rents and Services of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the several Parishes of Hard-wike, Grafton, Alwinkle, Sudburgh, Tychmarch and Denford, in the foresaid County of Northampton, to be the Right of the said Thomas Lock and John Row, as those which the said Thomas Lock and John Row shall have, of the gift of the said Lord Mor∣daunt; with general Warranties for the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs against all Men: Which Fine so, or in any other sort, to be levied, and all other Fine or Fines, which shall be levied of the Premises, or of any part thereof, by the said Lord Mordaunt, to the said Thomas Lock and John Row, abovenamed, or to either of them, on this side the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle aforesaid, shall be and en∣ure, and shall be taken to be and enure, and the Parties Cognizees therein, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized for ever, of all the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, in the said Fine or Fines, to be comprised, to the use of them the said Thomas Lock and John Row, and of their Heirs for ever, and to no other use. Yet withal upon this Trust and Confidence, That they the said Thomas and John, shall and will permit, and suffer them the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, upon one or more Writ, or Writs of Entry, Sur dessein in le post, to be brought or prosecuted, out of his Majesty's Court of Chancery, by, and in the names of the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, against the said Thomas and John, retornable before the King's Majesties Justices of his Highness's Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster, to recover from and against them, the said Thomas and John, according to the usual course of common Recoveries, used for Assu∣rance of Lands, all and singular, or any part or parcel of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments, with their Appurtenances, in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised, or contained, by such name or names, and quantities, as in the said Writ or Writs of Entry shall be contained. In which Recoveries the said Thomas and John shall appear as Tenants, and vouch over to Warranty the said Lord Mordaunt; and the said Lord Mordaunt shall appear, and vouch over the com∣mon Vouchee, who shall appear gratis; and after inparlance, depart in despite of the Court, according to the form and course of common Recoveries, in such cases used. And all the said Parties are agreed by these Presents to demeane themselves, either in the course aforesaid, or in some other course, that a perfect common Recovery, with such Vouchees as is aforesaid, may and shall be had, and suffered of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised, in all points, and to all intents and purposes, according to the usual or∣der, and form of common Recoveries for assurance of Land: Which said Recovery or Recoveries, so or in any other manner to be Sued, Prosecuted or Executed, of the Maners, Lands, Rents, Tenements and Hereditaments, or of any part thereof,
and the Execution of them, or every of them, and all and every other Recovery or Recoveries to be had, sued and prosecuted, of the Premises, or of any part there∣of, against the said Thomas and John as Tenants, and the said Lord Mordaunt as Vouchee, on this side the Feast of St. Andrew, and the full force and Execution of them, and either of them, shall be judged, esteemed, deemed and taken to be and ever remain to the use hereafter expressed and declared, and to no other intents or purposes, that is to say, As for and concerning all and singular the said Maners, Lord∣ships, Lands, Tenements, Rectories, Advowsons, Rents and Hereditaments what∣soever in the said Fine or Fines, Recovery or Recoveries, or in any of them, to be mentioned and expressed, to the use of the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, for and during the term of his natural Life, without impeachment of, or for any manner of Wast. And from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, as concerning the Ma∣ners of Turvey, Staggesden, Carleton, Chillington, Snelston, Lavenden, aliàs the Castle-Maner of Lavenden, Delwike, Bosomes and Westcotton, with their, and every of their Appurtenances aforesaid, after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, the said Recovery and Recoveries, shall be and enure, and the Recoverers and their Heirs, and the Survivors of them, shall stand seized thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, to the use of the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, and their Assigns, for, and during the Life of the Lady Margaret, now Wife to the said Lord Mordaunt; and from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt and Lady Margaret; then to the use of the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, and of their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for, and during the term of One and twenty Years, from the Day of the decease of the Survivor of them, the said Lord Mordaunt and Lady Mordaunt, if no Heir of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall before the end of the said One and twenty Years, accomplish such Age, as that the same Heir by the laws of this Realm, may have and sue Livery out of the Hands of our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty, that now is, his Heirs and Successors, of and for, such of the said Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, as is be∣fore in these Presents limited, and appointed to descend. And from and after the ex∣spiration of the said term of One and twenty Years, or in the time wherein such Heir shall come to such Age, which of them soever shall first happen; then to the use and be∣hoof of John Mordaunt, Son and Heir apparent, of the now Lord Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten, and to be begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for de∣fault of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of such Issue, to the right Heirs of the said John Mordaunt for ever. And as for and concerning the Maner of Hardwike, with the Appurtenances, in the said County of Northampton, and the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, of the said Lord Mordaunt, in Hardwike aforesaid, from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt; then the said Recovery and Recoveries, and the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized, of the said Maner of Hardwike, and of every part thereof, and of all the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Lord Mordaunt, in Hardwike aforesaid, to the use of themselves, the said Recoverers, and of their Executors and Administrators; until such time as James Mordaunt, Esquire, second Son of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall or should accomplish his full Age of One and twenty Years; and afterwards to the use of the said James Mordaunt, for and du∣ring the natural life of the said James Mordaunt, and then to the use of that and such Wife of the said James Mordaunt, as the said James Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him, at the time of the death of the said James Mordaunt, for, and during the natural life of that, and such Wife of the said James Mordaunt: And afterwards to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs of the Body of
the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of Issue, then to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Mordaunt for ever. And as for, and concerning the Maner of Furnells in Ramides and Ringsted, with the Appurtenances, and the Parsonages of Denford and Ringsted, in the County of Northampton, from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, the said Recovery shall be, and the said Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part thereof, to the use of themselves, the said Recoverers, and of their Executors and Administrators, for during, and until such time as Henry Mordaunt, Esquire, third Son of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall or should attain to his Age of One and twenty Years, and then to the use of him the said Henry Mordaunt; and after the decease of the said Henry Mor∣daunt, to the use of that, and such Wife of the said Henry Mordaunt, as the said Hen∣ry Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him, at the time of the decease of the said Henry Mordaunt, for and during the natural Life of that, and such Wife: And after∣wards to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body law∣fully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt for ever. And as for, and concerning the foresaid Maner of Woughton upon the Green, aliàs Woughington upon the Green, and Willen, and the Advowson of the Rectory or Parsonage of Woughton, with the Appurtenances, in the said County of Buckingham, from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt: Then the said Recovery, shall be and enure, and the said Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part thereof, to the use of themselves, the said Re∣coverers, and of their Executors and Administrators, for and during, and until such time as Lewis Mordaunt, Esquire, Fourth Son of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall, or should attain to his full Age of One and twenty Years; and then to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt, for term of the natural Life of the said Lewis Mordaunt; and after the decease of the said Lewis Mordaunt, then to the use of that, and such Wife of the said Lewis, as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him, at the time of the death of the said Lewis, for, and during the natural Life of that, and such Wife; and after to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for de∣fault of such Issue, then to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt. And as for and concerning all other the Maners, Lordships, Rents, Lands, Tene∣ments and Hereditaments whatsoever, of him the said Lord Mordaunt, in the foresaid Counties of Bedford, Buckingham and Northampton, and in every of them, whereof no use after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, is before in and by these Presents limited and appointed: The Recovery and Recoveries aforesaid, shall be and enure, and the Recoverers therein, their Heirs and Assigns, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, after the death and decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, to the use of them the said Recoverers, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, to the end, and until that they shall, and may have gathered, levied, and received of the Rents, Issues, and Profits of the same, and of the other Maners, Lands and Tenements, of the said Lord Mordaunt, before in these Presents, to the said Recoverers limited and appointed, so much Money as shall and will satisfy to pay, such Debts, Portions and Summs of Money, as are hereafter in these Presents mentioned and expressed. And as concerning what Debts, and Summs of Money and Portions, are meant by the said Lord Mordaunt to be raised, and paid, as well with the Rents, Issues and Pro∣fits of the Premises before mentioned; as also with the Rents, Issues and Profits of the Premises before limited, for the life of the said Lady Mordaunt, after her decease; and of the Rents, Issues and Profits of the Premises, limited to the said James, Hen∣ry and Lewis, until they shall or should, respectively, come to their Age of One and twenty Years: The said Lord Mordaunt doth by these Presents, express the
same to be such as followeth, that is to say, All such Debts as the said Lord Mor∣daunt shall justly owe, at the time of his decease, together with all the necessary Costs, Charges and Expences, which they the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Ed∣ward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, shall necessarily expend, disburse, pay or lay out, in about, or concerning the same; and such other Summ, and Summs of Money, as the said Lord Mordaunt by a note in Writing, under the Hand and Seal of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall limit, and appoint to be paid and disbursed: And also the several Summs and Portions hereafter following, (videlicet;) The Summ or Por∣tion of Two thousand Pounds of lawful English Money, for, and unto the use of Elizabeth Mordaunt, Eldest Daughter of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which of them shall first happen: And the Summ of Two thousand Pounds lawful English Mo∣ney, for, and to the use of Frances Mordaunt, another of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which shall first happen: And also the Summ and Portion of Two thousand Pounds, of like lawful Money of England, for, and unto the use of Margaret Mordaunt, one of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which of them shall first happen: And moreover the like Summ or Portion, of Two thousand Pounds, of like lawful English Money, for, and unto the use of Anne Mor∣daunt, another of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years, or at the Day of her Marriage, which of them shall first happen: And also the several Summ and Summs, of Two thousand Pounds a piece, to each and every of the Children of the said Lord Mordaunt, both Sons and Daughters, which hereafter shall happen to be Born to the said Lord Mordaunt, to be paid at his, her or their several Ages, of One and twenty Years, or Days of their Marriages, which of them shall first happen. But it is nevertheless meant and intended, That if any of the said Children so appointed, to have, take and receive Portions as aforesaid, shall happen to dye, before the several time and times limited, and appointed for the payment thereof, That then his, her or their Portions so de∣ceasing, shall not be paid at all to the Executors, Administrators or Assigns, of such of the Children so dying; but the same shall go to the benefit of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt. And also the said Earls, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, their Executors and Administrators, shall after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, yearly allow and pay unto the said James Mordaunt, Henry Mordaunt, and Lewis Mordaunt, Sons of the said Lord Mor∣daunt, for, and towards their maintenance, from the time of the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, until every of them severally shall attain, and come to their several Ages of One and twenty Years aforesaid, or Days of Marriages aforesaid, the seve∣ral yearly Summs following, (videlicet) Fifty Pounds yearly, at the Feasts of All-Saints, called Hallowmas-Day, to the said James Mordaunt, during his said minori∣ty; and Fifty Pounds yearly at the Feast aforesaid, to the said Henry Mordaunt, du∣ring his said minority; and Fifty Pounds yearly at the aforesaid Feast, to Lewis Mor∣daunt, during his minority; and also Fifty Pounds a piece yearly, and at the Feast aforesaid, to every Son and Sons hereafter to be Born, unto the said Lord Mordaunt, during the minority of such Son and Sons, respectively: And if it shall happen, the said Lady Margaret do dye, before the foresaid Daughters of the foresaid Lord Mordaunt, or any of them shall attain to her, or their several Ages, or Times afore∣said, on, or at which her or their several Portions aforesaid, be or ought to be paid: Then the said Recoverers, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns, shall yearly pay at the Feast of All-Saints aforesaid, unto such of the Daughter and Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt, then not attained to the Age and Time of her having, or wherein she ought to have, and to be paid, her foresaid Portion, ac∣cording to the appointment of these Presents, the yearly Summ of One hundred Pounds a piece, for, and towards her and their Maintenance respectively, to, and unto the
time, when by the appointment and limitation of these Presents, her or their said Portions ought to be paid as aforesaid: And also the like Summ of One hundred Pounds a piece, at the Feast aforesaid, and in manner and sort aforesaid, unto all and every the Daughters, and Issue Females of the said Lord Mordaunt, hereafter happening to be born unto the said Lord Mordaunt, either in the life time of the said Lord Mordaunt, or after his death. And it is further the absolute Meaning and Intent, of all the Parties to these Presents, That all the Issues, Rents and Profits whatsoever, that they the said Recoverers, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns, or any of them, shall or may have, take or receive by the limitations in these Presents, of any of the Lordships, Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents or Here∣ditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt aforesaid, after the death of him the said Lord Mordaunt, shall be imployed to, and towards the payment, and paying of the Debts, Portions, and Summs of Money before in this Presents, limited and appoin∣ted to be paid. And also that if it happen by, upon, or through any means, chance or occasion whatever, that there be, or shall happen to be, any Surplusage of Mo∣ney, coming or arising, of or out of the Maners, Lands and Premises aforesaid, of the said Lord Mordaunt, to be or remain in the hands of the Recoverers, their Exe∣cutors or Administrators, the Debts, Payments and Summs of Money, in these Presents, before limited and expressed, paid and discharged: That then the said Re∣coverers, their Executors and Administrators, shall give, bestow and pay the said Sur∣plusage thereof, and of every part thereof, to, and unto the, and such Heir and Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt, as shall be Heir or Heirs unto him the said Lord Mordaunt, at the time of the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, when such Heir shall and may have sued Livery out of the Hands of our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty, his Heirs or Successors: And from and after, and as soon as the Debts, Portions and Charges in these Presents limited and appointed, to be levied, raised and paid, are and shall be payed and performed; then the said Recovery and Recoveries shall be and enure, and the said Recoverers, their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized of, and in all those Maners, Lands, Tenements, Rents and Hereditaments, so to the said Reco∣verers, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, lastly, for the performance of the said Debts, Portions and Summs of Money, limited and appointed, to the use of the said John Mordaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mor∣uaunt, and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten, and to be begotten: And for default of such Issue, to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt: And for default of such Issue to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt for ever. Provided always, and it is fully granted concluded and agreed upon, by and between all the Parties to these Presents, That it shall and may be lawful, to, and for the said Lord Mordaunt at any time, during his natural Life, and for any of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt, after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, at his or their free will, and pleasure to make any Lease or Leases, or limit any Use or Uses, for One and twenty Years or under, be∣ginning at or before the making of the said Lease, or limiting of the same use, or for any number of Years so beginning, and determinable upon any two or three Lives, of all or any the said Maners, Lands, Tenements, or other Hereditaments, before in these Presents mentioned and expressed; so as upon every such Lease, or limitation of use for Years, there be reserved or appointed, payable yearly during the said term, to such as shall from time to time, have the immediate Reversion or Remain∣der expectant upon the said term, so much Rent or Summs of Money, or more as now is reserved, paid or satisfied for the same; and so as no such Lease be made, or limited for Years, dispunishable of Wast: And also so as every such Lease or use, be appointed to cease and determine, upon default of payment of the said Rent or Summ, so to be reserved or appointed, payable yearly by the space of Twenty Days, next after every such Feast or Day of payment, whereat the said Rent or Summ, shall be reserved or appointed to be paid. Provided always, and it is agreed
by and between all the Parties to these Presents, That it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said Lord Mordaunt, at all times, and from time to time during his natu∣ral Life, at his free will and pleasure, by any Writing or Writings, Indented under his Hand and Seal, to be published by him before three credible Witnesses, at the least, to alter, change, determine, revoke or make void, all or any of the Use or Uses, Limitation or Limitations, before in these Presents mentioned, of all or any part or parcel of the Premises, (except the said Maners of Turvey, Carleton, Chillington, Snelston, Lavenden, Castle-Park, Staggesden, Delwike, Bosome-field and Westcotton, with the Appurtenances in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham, before by these Presents limited, to the said Recoverers, during the Life of the said Lady Mordaunt, for the same use and estate only,) and at his pleasure to limit new Uses thereof, or of any part thereof, or utterly to extinguish the foresaid former Uses thereof, or any of them: And that then and so often from time to time, after such Alteration, Determination, diminishing, limiting, or appointing, of any such new Use or Uses of the Premises, or of any part thereof (except before excepted) by Writing in∣dented to be Sealed, Published and Subscribed as aforesaid, the said Recoveries, shall be and enure, and the Recoverers and their Heirs shall stand and be seized, as of and concerning such part and parts, parcel and parcels of the Premises, whereof such alteration, determination, diminishing, inlarging, or other limitation of new Use or Uses, shall be so had or made to the use of the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs, if he so please, or to such new Use or Uses, and in such manner and form, under such Conditions and Limitations, and of such Estate and Estates, to all intents and pur∣poses, as shall be so newly appointed, limited and declared, in such Writing Indent∣ed, so from time to time, or at any time to be had or made by the said Lord Mordaunt as is aforesaid, and to none other use, intent or purpose, during only the Limitation or Continuance, of the said new Use or Uses, so to be limited and appointed. And lastly it is agreed, That if the Recoveries, in these Presents meant and expressed to be had, levied and suffered, or any of them, shall happen not to be had, suffered, perfected and executed, in the Life of the said Lord Mordaunt, so as an effectual use or uses shall not thereupon be raised, according to the true meaning hereof: Then all the Parties to these Presents and, every of them, be contented and agreed, and the said Lord Mordaunt, and the Cognizees aforesaid, do by these Presents limit and appoint, express and declare, That the foresaid Fine and Fines, in these Pre∣sents mentioned and intended to be had, acknowledged and levied; and the Cog∣nizees in the said Fine and Fines, and their Heirs and Assigns, shall be, and stand seized of all the Maners, Lands, Tenements, Royalties and Hereditaments what∣soever, in the said Fine or Fines mentioned and expressed, to be comprized in the same, and to those uses, intents and purposes, and upon the same Limitations and Pay∣ments, as the said Recovery and Recoveries are in, and by these Presents meant, mentioned and expressed, and as the true intent, meaning and purpose of these Pre∣sents be, and are intended, mentioned or meant, to be limited and appointed, and that to all intents and purposes whatsoever. In Witness whereof to the first part of these Presents, with the said Thomas Lock, John Row, Edward Earl of Wor∣cester, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley remaining, the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, hath put to his Hand and Seal: And to the second part of these Presents, with the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, Edward Earl of Worcester, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley remaining, the said Tho∣mas Lock and John Row, have put their Hands and Seals: And to the third part, with them the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, Thomas Lock and John Row, remain∣ing the said Edward Earl of Worcester, Roger Earl of Rutland, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Edward Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley, have put their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above-written, Annoque Domini. 1608.
IN the Name of God. Amen. The Sixth Day of February, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. videlicet, of England, France and Ireland the Sixth, and of Scotland the Two and fortieth, Annoque Domi∣ni, 1608. I Henry Lord Mordaunt, knowing the Days of Mans Life to be few, and my self to be now Summoned by languishing Sickness, (the messenger of Death) and God knows how soon, I shall yeild up my Soul unto the Hands of my God and Saviour, do therefore, while I am (praised be God) in perfect Memory, make, publish and divulge, this my last Will and Testament: Wherein and whereby I commit, and commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God, my Body to be Buried at Turvey amongst my Ancestors there lying Buried; and for the clearing of my Conscience before God and Man, and to give a publick satisfaction to the World, concerning such and those Imputations, which lately have been laid upon me, and for which I have in a high degree been censured, I mean the late Gun∣powder Treason; which fact for the Heinousness thereof, (in the Offenders therein) I do loath to remember and now sorrow to repeat; therefore at this time, when all hope, or desire of long Life hath forsaken, and now Almighty God (into whose Hands I am instantly yeilding up my Soul) is my immediate Judge, to witness with me that I lie not; I do solemnly Protest before God and his Angels, and that without all Equivocation or Duplicity whatsoever, that I am innocent of that Fact, and guiltless of all Foreknowledge thereof; and although I know that this Protestation of mine cannot (without the gracious Mercy of my Prince, and Sove∣reign the King's Majesty) extenuate or mitigate the greatness of my past Censure: Yet, herein I comfort my self, that I live (and that in the time of my dying Innocence,) to publish and express the truth (and grief) of my trouble, which I hope will suffice to cleanse the stain thereof from my Name and House, and so to leave the Reputation of my Name and House, as I found it spotless from being defamed or disreputed, with the Knowledge, Acting or Assenting unto any dishon∣ourable, disloyal or dishonest Action whatsoever. And whereas I have lately by Fine or other Conveyance in Law, settled my Estate and Living amongst my Chil∣dren and Family, according to my own mind and good liking, as by an Inden∣ture Tripartite, dated the Fourth day of January last, made between me on the first part, Thomas Lock and John Row on the second part, and the Right Honou∣rable the Earls of Worcester and Rutland, and some others on the third part: I do heartily intreat my said Honourable Friends, and all others in the said Indentures mentioned, and to be trusted, that they would carefully, according to my Trust in them severally reposed, (and as the case shall fall out,) execute and see performed my said Plot and Project, for the benefit of my said Children and Family, and for the performance of my other Intentions therein expressed. And I do right heartily intreat my Righ Honourable and welbeloved Brother-in-law, the Lord Compton, (whom for that purpose I have left out of the said Indenture) that he would be pleased to have a care, and regard unto the executing and performing of my said Pro∣ject, that the Issues and Profits of my Maners, Lands and Revenues, in the said Indentures mentioned, may be truly disposed, according as the same by me in my said Indenture be appointed. And I do give to the said Lord Compton, for his pains
Item, I do Will and bequeath unto my Son John Mordaunt, all my necessary Household and Implements of Household, which, and wherewith my several Houses of Turvey, in the County of Bedford, and of Drayton in the County of Northamp∣ton, be now furnished withal; which said necessary Household and Implements of Household, I Will, shall go and remain, with my said Houses from Heir to Heir.
Item, I do further Will and Bequeath, all other the Legacies and Portions, in a Schedule to this my present Will filed, mentioned, devised and bequeathed; and I do make Sole Executor of this my Will, the Right Honourable the Lord Compton. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, the Day and Year first above-written.
SIGILLVM HENRICI DOMINI MORDAVNT DNI BARONIS DE TVRVEY
JAMES by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To the Commissioners of the Treasury of us, our Heirs and Successors, for the time being, and to the Treasurer, Chancellor, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and Barons of the Exchequer of us, our Heirs and Successors, for the time being, and to all other the Officers, Ministers, and Subjects of us, our Heirs and Successors, to whom it shall, or may appertain, Greeting.
Whereas in our Court of Star-Chamber, before our Counsel there the Third Day of June, in the Fourth Year of our Reign of England, France, and Ireland; there were brought to the Bar, as Prisoners, from our Tower of London, Henry Lord Mordaunt, (late deceased) and Edward Lord Sturton; against whom, Sir Edward Coke, Knight, then our Attorney General, did inform, for divers great Contempts and Misprisions, by them committed, and done against us; whereupon our said Court, weighing and considering the quality of their said Offences, did order, and adjudge, The said Henry Lord Mordaunt, for his Offence therein, should pay to our use, for a Fine, the Summ of Ten thousand Marks, as by the Records of the said Court of Star-Chamber it doth and may appear. And whereas the said Fine of Ten thousand Marks, hath not been to us yet answered and paid, so as the Lands, Tene∣ments, Hereditaments, Goods, and Chattels of our Right Trusty and Welbeloved John Lord Mordaunt, Son and Heir of the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, deceased, are chargeable, subject, and liable, to and with the payment of the same: Know ye nevertheless, That we being graciously pleased, to free and acquit, the said John Lord Mordaunt, and his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods and Chattels, of and from the said Fine, and every part thereof, of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, have Pardoned, Remised and Released, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, do Pardon, Remit and Release unto the said John Lord Mordaunt, by whatsoever Name or Names, Sirname or Sirnames, or addition of Names or Sirnames, Dignity, Place or Places, the said John Lord Mordaunt is, or lately was called or known, the foresaid Fine or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, and every part and parcel of the said Ten thousand Marks. And further, for the more full and absolute freeing and discharging of the said John Lord Mordaunt, of and from the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, and of every part and parcel thereof, We of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, for Us, our Heirs and Successors, do by these Presents, Pardon, Remit and Release unto the said John Lord Mordaunt, all and all manner of Actions, Suits, Informations, Seisures, Extents, Writs, Processes, Judgments, Executions, Impeti∣tions, Claims and Demands, which we now have, or which We, our Heirs or Suc∣cessors, at any time hereafter can, may or might have, against the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns, or his, or their, or any of their Lordships, Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts or Credits whatsoever, for or in respect of the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, against or upon the said Henry Lord Mordaunt,
his said Father adjudged, given, set and imposed as aforesaid; and him the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Terrtenants and Assigns, and his and their Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts and Credits of, for, from, and concerning the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, and every part and parcel thereof, We do for Us, our Heirs and Successors, clearly and absolutely Acquit, Exonerat, Free and Discharge for ever by these Presents. Willing, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, straitly charging and requiring our said Commissioners for our Treasury, and the Treasurer, Chancellor, and Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, Barons and Remem∣brancers of the Exchequer, of Us, our Heirs and Successors, for the time being, and all other the Officers and Ministers of the said Court, for the time being, whom it may concern, and all other the Officers and Ministers of Us, our Heirs and Successors whomsoever; That he the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administra∣tors, Terrtenants or Assigns, or any his or their Lordships, Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Leases, Debts, Rights or Credits, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof, for or by reason of the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, or any part thereof, be not hereafter by any of the Sheriff, Un∣der-Sheriff, Bayliff, or other Officers or Ministers of Us, our Heirs and Successors, in any wise Sued, Vexed, Extended, Seized, Troubled, Molested, Impeached, Questioned or Inquieted; but shall thereof be fully, freely, clearly and absolutely from henceforth by virtue, and upon shewing forth of these Presents, or the Inrol∣ment, Constat or Exemplification thereof, acquitted, exonerated and discharged against Us, our Heirs and Successors; the said Order, Decree, Sentence, Fine and Judgment of our said Court of Star-Chamber, herein before mentioned, or any mat∣ter or thing therein contained, or any Estreat, Process, Seisure or Extent hereto∣fore awarded, had or made, touching the Premises; or any Act, Statute, Ordi∣nance, Provision, Proclamation or Restraint whatsoever, to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. And further, We do for Us, our Heirs and Successors, of our especial Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, Will and Grant to the said John Lord Mordaunt by these Presents, That these our Letters Patents of Par∣don, or the Inrolment thereof, and every Clause, Grant, Article, Matter or Thing therein contained, shall be good, sufficient and effectual in the Law, and shall be taken, construed and adjudged most strongly against Us, our Heirs and Successors, and most favourably, benignly and beneficially, to and for the said John Lord Mor∣daunt, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for the full, clear and absolute Pardoning, Releasing, Freeing and Discharging him, them and every of them, and his and their Maners, Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Debts and Credits of, for, from and concerning the said Fine, or Summ of Ten thousand Marks, so ordered, decreed and adjudged as aforesaid, and every part and parcel thereof: And of and from all, and every Writ, Process, Extents, Seisures, Executions, Claims, Benefits and Demands whatsoever, which we now have, or which we, our Heirs or Successors, at any time hereafter, shall, might, or may have, for, touching or concerning the Premises. Notwithstanding, the not true, or not certain, or not reciting, naming or mentioning the said Infor∣mation, wherein or upon which the said Fine was set, or assessed upon the said Henry Lord Mordaunt, or of the Offences, or Misdemeanors or other Cause, for which the same was set or assessed, or of the natures or qualities of any of them. And notwithstanding the not mentioning, not reciting, or not true and certain meaning or reciting of the just Day, or time of the said Sentence, or Judgment therein given as aforesaid; or any Act, Statute, Ordinance, Provision, Command∣ment, Order or Restraint, or any other Incertainty, Defect or Imperfection, Cause, Matter or Thing whatsoever to the contrary hereof, in any wise notwithstanding. Although express mention of the Certainty of the Premises, or of any of them, or of any other Gift or Grant by us, or any of our Progenitors, or Predecessors, to the said John Lord Mordaunt, before this time made, in these Presents is not made: Any
Statute, Act, Ordinance, Provision or Restraint, heretofore had, meaned, ordain∣ed or provided; or any other matter, cause or thing whatsoever, to the con∣trary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
In Witness whereof we have cau∣sed these our Letters to be made Patents. Witness our self at Westminster the Eleventh Day of March, in the seventeenth Year of Our Reign of England, France and Ireland, and of Scotland the Three and fiftieth.
Young & Pye. Per breve de privato Sigillo.
In Memorandis Scaccarii de anno xviij Regis nunc Jacobi, videli••et, inter Recorda de termino Paschae rotulo ex parte Remem. Thesauri reman. in∣tratum.
THis Indenture Tripartite made the One and thirtieth Day of March, in the Years of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, (that is to say) of England, France and Ireland the Nineteenth, and of Scotland the Four and fiftieth, Between the Right Honourable Sir John Mordaunt, Knight, Lord Baron of Turvey on the first part; the Right Honourable Lady Anne Howard of Effingham, and Sir Francis Fane of Apethorp, in the County of Northampton, Knight, and Sir Oliver Luke of Woodend, in the County of Bedford, Knight, on the second part; and Henry Lovell of Blechmichleigh, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, and Henry Stanley of the Inner-Temple London, Esquire, of the third part, Witnesseth: That whereas there is a Marriage intended and agreed (by the Grace of God,) to be had and solemnized between the said John Lord Mordaunt, and Elizabeth Howard Sole Daughter and Heir of William Lord Howard of Effingham, deceased, and Heir appa∣rent of the said Lady Anne Howard; in consideration whereof, and for the love and affection, which he the said Lord Mordaunt doth bear unto the said Elizabeth Howard, in case she survive and over-live the said Lord Mordaunt; and for the making and providing a competent Jointure, and Livelihood to the said Elizabeth Howard, in case she survive and over-live the said Lord Mordaunt, fit for her Honour and Degree; and for setling and continuing of the Maners, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, hereafter in these Presents expressed, to continue in the Issues, Name and Blood of him the said Lord Mordaunt, (so long as it please God) as hereafter in these Presents is mentioned: He the said John Lord Mordaunt, for himself, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, doth Covenant, Grant, Promise and Agree to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors, Admi∣nistrators or Assigns, and every of them by these Presents, That he the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs, at their or some of their own proper Costs and Charges in the Law, in this side or before the Feast of Pentecost, commonly called Whitsontide, next ensuing the date hereof, shall and will acknowledge, and levy one or more Fine or Fines with Proclamations, according to the Statute in that Case provided, before the King's Majesty's Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster, in due form of Law, according to the common course of Fines in such Cases used, unto the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, and the Heirs of the said Henry Lovell, and Henry Stanley, of all those his Maners of Drayton, Islip, Ringsted, Furnels in Raundes, Addington, Slipton and Luffwick in the County of Northampton, with all their and eve∣ry of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances; and of the Capital Messuage or Mansion-House of Drayton aforesaid, with the Appurtenances; and of the Rectories or Parsonages of Slipton, Denford and Ringsted; and of the Rectory of Luffwick, in the said County of Northampton, with their and every of their Appurtenances; and of all
other Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt, lying and being in the several Towns, Parishes and Hamlets of Drayton, Ringsted, Islip, Raun∣des, Addington, Slipton, Luffwick and Denford in the County of Northampton; and of all the Rights, Members, Royalties and Appurtenances to the said Maners, Parsona∣ges, Lands or Tenements, or any of them, in any wise appertaining or belonging; and of all that his Maner or Farm of Kemston-burn in the County of Bedford, with all the Rights, Members and Appurtenances thereto appertaining; and of all those his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, being Freehold in Cranfield, in the said County of Bedford: By which Fine or Fines with Proclamations, he the said Lord Mordaunt shall acknowledge the said Maners, Parsonages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and all other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, by such name or names, and by such quantity and number of Acres, as shall be meet and conveni∣ent, to be the Right of the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, as those which the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley have of the gift of the said Lord Mordaunt, and shall remise and quit claim to the same from him and his Heirs, to the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, and the Heirs of them the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, with Warranty against him the said Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs, and all claiming from, by, or under them, or any of them: Which Fine or Fines, in form aforesaid, or in any other manner to be levied, and all other Fine or Fines, which shall be of the Premises, or any part thereof, levied by the said Lord Mordaunt, to the said Henry Lovell and Hen∣ry Stanley, or either of them, on this side the said Feast of Pentecost, shall be and en∣ure, and shall be deemed and taken to be and enure, and the said Cognizees therein, their Heirs and Assigns shall, from, and immediately after the levying and engrossing of the said Fine or Fines, stand and be seized of all the said Maners, Parsonages and Premises, and of every part and parcel thereof, to the use of the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, and of their Heirs for ever: To the only intent and purpose, That the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, shall stand and be adjudged perfect Tenants of the Freehold of the said Maners, and other the Premises, and of every part thereof, until a perfect Recovery may be lawfully had and executed, of the Ma∣ners and Premises, against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley. And the said Lord Mordaunt for himself, his Heirs, Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant and Agree, to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors and Assigns, That the above-named Sir Francis Fane and Sir Oliver Luke, shall and may before the said Feast of Pentecost, at the proper Costs and Charges in the Law of him the said Lord Mordaunt, Commence and Prosecute one or more Writs of Entry, Sur disseisin in le post, against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, retornable be∣fore the King's Majesty's Justices of his Highness's Court of Common-Pleas at West∣minster, according to the usual course of common Recoveries; whereby they shall demand against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, the said Maners, Parsona∣ges, Lands and other the Premises, by such name and names, number and quantity of Acres, as shall be thought meet and requisite. Unto which Writ or Writs the said Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley shall appear in proper person, or by their Attorney or Attornies lawfully authorised, and shall Vouch to Warranty the said Lord Mor∣daunt: And the said Lord Mordaunt agreeth, That he shall appear in proper person upon the same Voucher, or by his Attorney sufficiently authorised, and shall Vouch over to Warranty the common Voucher, who shall appear gratis and imparle, and then make default and depart in despite of the Court, according to the form and course of common Recoveries in such cases used. And all the said parties are agreed by these Presents, so to demean themselves either in the course aforesaid, or in some other course, that a perfect common Recovery, with such Vouchers as aforesaid, may and shall be had and suffered, of the said Maners, Parsonages, and other the Premi∣ses, with the Appurtenances, in the same Fine or Fines to be comprised, in all points and to all intents and purposes, according to the usual form of Recoveries for the Assurances of Land, and that Seisin shall be thereof had. And it is fully con∣cluded, condescended and agreed, by and between all and every the parties, to these
Presents, for them and their several Heirs; and every of the said parties doth seve∣rally Covenant and Conclude, to and with the others, and their several Heirs, That the said Recoverers, and their Heirs, shall, from and immediately after the suffe∣ring and perfecting of the said Recovery or Recoveries, stand and be seized of the said Maners, Rectories and Premises, with the Appurtenances, and of every part and parcel thereof; and that the said Recovery or Recoveries, and all and every other Recovery and Recoveries to be Sued, Prosecuted or Executed of the Pre∣mises, or of any part thereof, against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, as Tenants, and the said Lord Mordaunt as Voucher, on this side the Feast of St. John Baptist, next ensuing the date hereof, shall be and enure, and shall be adjudged, deemed and taken to be and enure, to the uses hereafter expressed, limited and de∣clared, and to no other use, intent or purpose, (that is to say,) To the use of John Lord Mordaunt, for and during the term of his natural Life, without Impeach∣ment of Wast: And from, and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, then to the use of the said Elizabeth Howard, for and during the term of her natural Life, for her Provision, Maintenance and Jointure: And after the decease of the said Eli∣zabeth Howard, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the said Lord Mordaunt, on the Body of the said Elizabeth Howard lawfully begotten: And for default and want of such Heirs, then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten: And for default of such Heirs, to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt for ever. And the said Lord Mordaunt for him, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, doth further Covenant, Grant, Promise and Agree, to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors and Assigns, that the said Maners, Rectories, Lands and Hereditaments, and other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, are now, and from time to time, after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt, shall remain, continue and be, to the said Elizabeth, during the term of her natural Life, of the clear yearly value of One thousand Pounds, over and above all Charges and Reprises. And that he the said Lord Mor∣daunt, will cause and procure a Surrender, Release, or some other Act or Acts, to be had and done, whereby all or any Estate or Estates, now in being, which may let or hinder any ways the knowledging, levying and suffering of the said Fine or Fines, Recovery or Recoveries, or any of them, or the Execution or Operation thereof, according to the true meaning of these Presents, may be extinguished and purchased, before the time and times, that the said Fines and Recoveries, or any of them shall be acknowledged or suffered; and also that he the said Lord Mordaunt, hath not heretofore acknowledged, suffered or done, nor hereafter shall acknowledg, suffer or do any Act or Thing, whereby the said Maners, Rectories, Lands, Tene∣ments and Premises, shall not, nor may not, after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt, and solemnization of the said Marriage, remain and continue to the said Elizabeth Howard, during her Estate hereby limited, and to such Uses, Intents and Purposes, as in this Indenture are mentioned and expressed, according to the true meaning thereof: And also that she the said Elizabeth Howard, during her Estate aforesaid, shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy, all and singular the Premises, and every part thereof discharged, or otherwise from time to time, well and sufficiently, saved and kept harmless, of, and from all manner of former Bargains, Estates, Titles Conditions, Charges, and other Incumbrances whatsoever, had, made, suffered or done by the said Lord Mordaunt, or Henry late Lord Mordaunt his Father, or any other Person or Persons, by his or their means, assent or procurement. And also that the said Lord Mordaunt, and his Heirs, shall and will, at all and every time and times hereafter, after the solemnization of the said Marriage, during the Life of the said Elizabeth Howard, upon reasonable request, to be made by the said Lady Anne Howard, her Heirs, Executors or Administrators, do, make, suffer, acknowledge, finish and execute, all and every such further reasonable Act and Acts, Thing and Things, Conveyance and Conveyances in the Law, for the better and more perfect Asiurance, Surety and sure making, of all and singular the said Maners, Rectories,
Lands, Tenements and Premises, to the uses in these Presents limited and expressed, as by the Council learned in the Law of the said Lady Anne Howard, her Executors and Administrators, shall be devised, advised and required: So that the said several Assurances or Conveyances, or any of them, extend not to hinder the said Lord Mor∣daunt, or his Heirs, to any further or other Warranty, then only against them, their Heirs and Assigns, and so that the said Lord Mordaunt be not forced, to travel from the place, where he then shall abide, for the doing and perfecting thereof. Provided always, and it is fully Concluded, Granted and Agreed, by and between all the parties to these Presents, That it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said Lord Mordaunt, at any time, during his natural Life, at his free will and pleasure, to make any Lease or Leases, or limit any Use or Uses, for three Lives, or One and twenty Years, or under, beginning at or before the making of the said Lease or Lea∣ses, orlim iting the same Use or Uses, for any number of Years, so beginning and de∣terminable upon one, two, or three Lives, of all and singular the said Maners, Rectories, or Parsonages, Lands, Tenements, and other the premises before men∣tioned, and of every, or any of them, or any part or parcel thereof (other than the said Capital Mansion-House in Drayton aforesaid, and the Demeasns, Lands, Tene∣ments, and Hereditaments thereunto belonging and appertaining;) so as upon every such Lease, or Limitation of Use, there be reserved, and appointed to be payable, to those to whom the right thereof, for the time being, shall belong and appertain, yearly, during the said term and terms, so much Rent, or more, as now is reser∣ved, paid, or satisfied for the same, and so as no such Lease be made, or Use limited, dispunishable of Wast; and also so as every such Lease, or Use, be ap∣pointed to cease and determine, upon default of non-payment of the said Rent, so to be reserved for the space of Eight and twenty days, next after every such Lease, or day of payment, whereat the same Rent shall be reserved, or appointed to be paid: And the said Fine or Fines, Recovery or Recoveries, shall be, and enure, and the said Sir Francis Fane, and Sir Oliver Luke, and their Heirs and Assigns, and every of them, and all and every other Person and Persons then standing, and being seized of, or in the premises, so to be demised, letted, limited, or any part or parcel thereof, shall stand and be seized thereof, and of every part thereof, as for and concerning only all and every the same Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and other the Premises, for to be demised, letten, or limited, as is aforesaid, to the use of all and every such Person and Persons, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns, to whom any such Lease or Leases, or limitation of Uses, shall be so thereof made or limited; and during such time and term only, as the said Lease or Leases, or other limitation of Uses, according to the purport thereof, and the mean∣ing of these Presents are to endure and continue, and according to the true intent and meaning of all and every the said Lease and Leases, or limitation of Uses, and of these Presents: And after the Expiration of the said Lease or Leases, or limi∣tation of Uses, and of every of them, as they shall severally end and determine, and as the same shall severally end and determine, and of the Reversions thereupon, (except of the said Fine or Fines, Recovery and Recoveries) shall be and enure, and the said Sir Francis Fane, and Sir Oliver Luke, and their Heirs, and all and every other Person or Persons, then standing or being seized of, or in the Pre∣mises so to be demised, letten, or limited, or any parcel thereof shall at all times from thenceforth, stand and be seized of, and in the same and every part thereof, to such uses, purposes and intents, as be before in these Presents expressed and de∣clared, and as by the true intent and meaning of these Presents they should, or ought to have done, if no such Lease or Leases, or limitations had been at any time hereof made or had. And it is likewise agreed, That if the Recovery, or Re∣coveries in these Presents mentioned, and expressed to be had and suffered, shall not happen to be had, suffered, perfected and executed in the Life of the said Lord Mordaunt, so as the Use and Uses, shall not thereupon be effectually raised, according to the true meaning hereof: Then all the parties to these Presents,
and every of them be contented and agreed, and the said Lord Mordaunt, and the Cognizees aforesaid, do by these Presents limit, appoint and declare, That the foresaid Fine and Fines in these Presents mentioned, and intended to be acknow∣ledged and levyed; and the Cognizees in the said Fine and Fines, and their Heirs and Assigns, shall be and stand seized, of all the Maners, Rectories, Tenements and Hereditaments, and other the Premises, in the said Fine or Fines mentioned, to be expressed and comprised, to the same, and to those uses, intents and purposes, as the said Recovery and Recoveries, are in and by these Presents meant, mentioned and expressed to be; and as the true intent and purpose of these Presents, are intended or meant to be limited and appointed, and that to all intents and purposes whatsoever. And further, whereas there is a certain Lease of the Priory of Rygate in the Coun∣ty of Surrey, made by the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Nottingham, to the Right Noble Lodowick, Duke of Lenox, and others, and is intended for the Pro∣vision and Jointure of the Right Honourable the now Countess of Nottingham, Wife unto the foresaid Earl, and the said Lady Anne Howard, with certain Sure∣ties are bound in the Summ of Four thousand Pounds, that the said Countess shall enjoy the same Priory, with the Appurtenances, during the term in the said Lease limited; as by the Indenture of the said Lease, and the said Bond may appear: Now the said Lord Mordaunt, for him, his Executors and Assigns, doth Covenant, Pro∣mise and Agree, to and with the said Lady Anne Howard, her Executors and Assigns by these Presents, That the said Countess of Nottingham, shall peaceably and quietly, during her Life, have, hold and enjoy the said Priory, and every part thereof, according to the purport, and meaning of the said Lease so thereof made, without the Interruption or Disturbance of him the said Lord Mordaunt: And notwithstanding any Act or Thing to be made, done or suffered by him, or any claiming by, from or under him. And that the said Lord Mordaunt, will upon reasonable request to him made, seal and deliver to the said Lady Anne Howard, or other whom she shall appoint, a Bond of the penal Summ of Four thousand Pounds, condescended to that or the like end and purpose. And the said Lady Anne Howard for her self, her Heirs, Executors, Admi∣nistrators and Assigns, and for every of them, doth Covenant, Promise, Grant and Agree, to and with the said John Lord Mordaunt, his Heirs, Executors, Admini∣strators and Assigns, and every of them by these Presents, That she the said Lady Anne Howard is seized of the Maner of Donnington, in the County of Berks, in her own Demeasne, as of Free-hold of a good and sufficient Estate, for the term of her own life, the remainder to the said Elizabeth Howard, and the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten, or some other Estate of Inheritance to the said Elizabeth, immediately after the decease of the said Lady Anne expectant; and that she the said Lady Anne Howard, before, or immediately upon the Solemnization of the said Marriage, and upon reasonable request made, will Surrender, Grant, or Con∣vey, all her Estate, Right, and Title, in the said Maner of Donnington, and every part thereof to the said Elizabeth Howard, or the said Lord Mordaunt, or both of them, at the election, or appointment of the said Lord Mordaunt, and in such manner and form, and by such assurance, as by the said Lord Mordaunt, or his Council learned in the Law, shall be reasonably demised, advised and required, at the Costs and Charges in the Law of the said Lord Mordaunt: And that he the said Lord Mordaunt and Elizabeth Howard, or either of them, to whom the said Conveyance shall be so made as aforesaid, their Heirs and Assigns, shall and may peaceably and quiety hold, possess and enjoy the said Maner of Donnington, and every part and parcel thereof, during the natural Life of the said Lady Anne Howard, without the Disturbance and Interruption of the said Lady Anne Howard, or any claiming by, from or under her; and freed or discharged, or otherwise saved and kept harmless from time to time, of and from all Titles, Estates, Troubles, Charges and other Incumbrances whatsoever, had, made, suffered or done by the said Lady Anne Howard, or any claiming by, from or under her, or by her means, assent, or pro∣curement, (the Leases now in being, which she, according to the liberty and power
annexed to her Estate, hath made, only foreprized and excepted.) In witness whereof to the first part of these Presents, with the said Lady Anne Howard, Sir Francis Fane and Sir Oliver Luke, Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley remaining, the said John Lord Mordaunt, hath put his Hand and Seal; and to the second part of these Presents, with the said Lord Mordaunt, Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley remaining, the said Lady Anne Howard, Sir Francis Fane and Sir Oliver Luke, have put their Hands and Seals; and to the third part remaining with the said Lord Mordaunt, Lady Anne How∣ard, Sir Francis Fane, Sir Oliver Luke, the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley, have put to their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above-written.
J. Mordaunt.
CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defen∣sor, &c.
Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibns, Militibus, Praepositis, liberis Hominibus, ac omnibus Officia∣riis, Ministris, ac Subditis nostris quibuscunque, ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, salutem.
Nihil magis Regium esse censemus, quàm qui se inter Proceres Regni, tùm Virtutum cumulo, tùm Generis splendore eminentiores, & ad praeclara Regi officia fideliter praestandi, assiduos & promptiores se exhibent, eos ad altiores hono∣rum gradus libentius evehere, tum ut illi, qui se sic honoratos sentiant, & majori conatu & animo alacriori indies ad res optimè gerendas, se proniùs accingant, tùm ut alii eorum exemplo freti, acrius contendant se dignores reddere, & favorem Prin∣cipis sui intensiorem, & augusta virtutum praemia, tàm reverà mereri, quàm feliciter exequi: Inde est quod nos intuitu Regio personam pernobilis Johannis Mordaunt, Baronis Mordaunt de Turveia, pensiculatius contemplantes, eumque tàm suipsius, quàm majorum nobilitate, eaque non minus vera quam vetusta conspicientes: Ita etiam eximiis animi Dotibus, quae virum praestantissimum constituunt insigniter prae∣ditum agnoscimus, egregia scilicet morum Suavitate, Prudentia & justè temperata cum Gravitate, Judicii acumine, quibus inprimis accedit, ut demum ea quae singu∣larem in eum nostri Favorem, & Gratiam peperere apertius profiteamur obsequiosi, sed ejusmodi qui virum optimum & Principis sui amantissimum decuit animi, & con∣stans, & fidelissimum officium, tum erga praecharissimum gloriosae memoriae Patrem nostrum, tum ergo nos ipsos, qui tanti nunquam sane intermissi, amoris fideique meritum, non magis non remunerare possumus, quam ejusdem esse planè immemo∣res. Quocirca ne Viro undequaque nobilissmo, & tam multipliciter merenti, & vir∣tutis praemium & honoris incrementum condignum (ut par est) adiiceremus, eundem Johannem Mordaunt, Baronem Mordaunt de Turveia, ad celsiorem Dig∣nitatis gradum, scilicet ad Comitis titulum, statum, honorem & gradum evehen∣dum duximus & censuimus. Sciatis igitur quod nos de gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, ac mero motu nostris, praefatum Johannem Baronem Mordaunt de Turveia praedicta, ad statum, dignitatem, stilum, titulum & honorem Comitis de Peterborow in Comitatu nostro de Northampton, ereximus, praefecimus & creavi∣mus, ipsumque Johannem Comitem de Peterborow praedicta facimus, constituimus, praeficimus & creamus, per praesentes; eidemque Johanni, nomen, statum, gra∣dum, stilum, dignitatem, titulum & honorem Comitis de Peterborow praedicta, im∣posuimus, dedimus & praebuimus, ac per praesentes, imponimus, damus, ac prae∣bemus, ac ipsum Johannem hujusmodi nomine, statu, gradu, stilo, dignitate, titulo & honore Comitis de Peterborow, per gladii Cincturam, cape honoris, ac Circuli aureii impositionem insignimus, investimus, & realiter nobilitamus per praesentes. Habendum & tenendum, eadem nomen, statum, gradum, stilum, dignitatem, titulum & honorem Comitis de Peterborow praedicta, cum omnibus & singulis Praeheminentiis, Honoribus, caeterisque hujusmodi, nomini, statui,
gradui, stilo, dignitati, titulo & honori, Comitis pertinentibus, sive spectantibus, praefato Johanni, & Haeredibus masculis de corpore suo exeuntibus in perpetuum. Volentes & per praesentes concedentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, quod praedictus Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, nomen, statum, gradum, stilum, dignitatem, titulum & honorem praedicta successive gerant, & h••beant, & eorum quilibet habeat, & gerat, & per nomen Comites de Peterborow successive, vocentur & nuncupentur, & eorum quilibet vocetur & nuncupetur. Et quod idem Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, successive, Comitis de Peterborow, in omnibus teneantur, & ut Comites tractentur, & reputentur, & eorum quilibet tenea∣tur, tractetur & reputatur. Habeantque, teneant, & possideant, dictus Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, & eorum quilibet habeat, teneat, & possideat Sedem, Locum & Vocem, in Parlamentis & publicis Comitiis, atque Conciliis nostris, hae∣redum & successorum nostrorum, infra Regnum nostrum Angliae, inter alios Comi∣tes, ut Comes de Peterborow: Necnon dictus Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, gaudeant, & utantur, & eorum quilibet gaudeat & utatur, per nomen Comitis de Peterborow, omnibus & singulis talibus Juribus, Privilegiis, Prehemi∣nentiis & Immunitatibus, statui Comitis, in omnibus rite, & de jure pertinentibus, quibus caeteri Comites, dicti Regni nostri Angliae ante haec tempora melius, hono∣rificentius & quietius usi sunt, & gavisi, seu in praesenti gaudent, & utuntur. Et quia crescente status, & dignitatis celsitudine, necessario crescunt sumptus, & onera grandiora, & ut idem Johannes, & haeredes sui masculi praedicti, meliùs, decentiùs, & honorificentiùs, statum praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, & onera ipsi Johanni, & haeredibus suis masculis, incumbentia, manutenere & supportare valeant, & eroum quilibet valeat: Ideo de uberiori gratia nostra dedimus, & concessimus, ac per prae∣sentes pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris damus, & concedimus, praefato Johanni, & haeredibus suis masculis praedictis in perpetuum, Feodum seu annualem Redditum, Viginti librarum, praefato Johanni, & haeredibus suis masculis praedictis, de Exitibus, Proficuis, & Reventionibus, magnae & parvae Custumae, & Subsidii nostri, nobis concessis, seu debitis, seu in posterum nobis, haeredibus, & successori∣bus nostris, concedendis, seu debendis provenientibus, crescentibus, seu emergen∣tibus, infra portum Civitatis nostrae Londini, per manus Custumariorum, sive Col∣lectorum nostri, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum, ibidem pro tempore ex∣istentium, ad festa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, & Paschae, per equales portiones. Vo∣lumus etiam & per praesentes concedimus praefato Johanni, quod habeat, & habebit, has Literas nostras Patentes, sub magno Sigillo nostro Angliae, debito modo factas, & sigillatas, absque Fine, seu Feodo magno vel parvo, in Hanaperio nostro, aut alibi ad usum nostrum, quoquomodo reddendo, faciendo, vel solvendo. Eò quòd expressa Mentio de vero valore annuo vel certitudine praemissorum, vel eorum ali∣cujus, aut de aliis Donis sive Concessionibus, per nos, sive per aliquem Antecesso∣rum, sive Progenitorum nostrorum, praefato Johanni ante haec tempora factis, in prae∣sentibus minime facta existit; aut aliquo Statuto, Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, Proclamatione, sive Restrictione, inde in contrarium ante haec habita, facta, edita, ordinata, sive ••rovisa, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque in aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei Testimonium, has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, nono die Martii, anno Regni nostri tertio.
Edmondes. Per Breve de privato Sigillo.
Vicesimo die Novembris 1633 Irrot. per R. Sutton Audit.
CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Rex, Fidei Defen∣sor, &c.
Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, salutem.
Sciatis quod nos tam pro & in consideratione summa octingintarum librarum, legalis monetae Angliae, nobis ad Receptum Scaccarii nostri, apud Westmonasterium, bene & fideliter per praedilectum Consanguineum nostrum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, solutae, atque solvendae, ducentae Librae, existentes parcella praedictae Summae octingentarum Li∣brarum, in termino sanctae Trinitatis, in hoc instanti anno, milesimo sexcentesimo tricesimo nono, in Receptu Scaccarii nostri praedicti fuerunt solutae, residuum inde ex∣istens sexcenta librarum, in termino Sancti Michaelis, in hoc etiam anno milesimo sex∣centesimo tricesimo nono, in praedicto Scaccario nostro, per quandam Recognitionem, captam coram Humphrido Davenport Militi, Capitali Baroni Curiae Scaccarii nostri, super Festum Sancti Martini Episcopi in hieme assurantur fore solvenda, in plena so∣lutione, praedictae summae octingentarum librarum pro Deafforestatione Maneriorum, Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Tenementorum & Haereditamentorum infra Forestam nostram de Rockingham, in Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, inferius in praesentibus expressa; de qua quidem summa ducentarum librarum fatemur nos plenarie fore satisfactos, eundemque Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, Haeredes, Ex∣ecutores & Administratores suos, acquietatos & exoneratos esse volumus per praesen∣tes, quam pro diversis aliis bonis causis, & considerationibus, nos ad praesens especi∣aliter moventibus; De gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu no∣stris concessimus, & per hanc Cartam nostram confirmavimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, Haeredibus, & Successoribus nostris concedimus, & confirmamus praefato Jo∣hanni Comiti de Peterborow, Haeredibus & Assignatis suis, quod totum illud ma∣nerium de Sudburgh, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; nec non tota illa villa de Sudburgh, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto, ac etiam omnia illa Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Hae∣reditamenta quaecunque, scituata, jacentia & existentia, sive jacere, & existere reputata infra praedictum manerium, & villam de Sudburgh praedicta, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Nec non omnia illa Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, & caetera Hereditamenta vocata, & cognita per nomen de Sudburgh-park, cum pertinentiis, in Sudburgh praedicta, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Quod quidem manerium, & caetera omnia & singula prae∣missa praedicta, continent in toto, mille quingenta sexaginta & duas acras terrae, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Manerium de Luffwick, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; ac etiam tota illa villa de Luffwick, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto; nec non totum illud Capitale Messuagium, sive Domus Mansionalis, praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, cum pertinentiis, in Luffwick praedicta, vocatum Drayton: Nec non omnia alia Messuagia, Terrae, Tenementa, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, & Haereditamenta quaecunque, cum pertinentiis universis in Luffwick praedicta: Nec non omnia illa Terrae, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, & alia Haereditamenta quaecunque, cum eorum pertinentiis, vocata, seu cognita, per nomen de Drayton-park, scitua∣ta, jacentia & existentia, sive jacere, & existere reputata, in Drayton, Luffwick, Sudburgh & Slipton, vel in eorum aliquo, vel aliquibus, in Comitatu Northamp∣toniae praedicto: Quod quidem Manerium, & caetera omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, modo ultime mentionata, continent in toto, mille ducenta viginti & unam acras terrae, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Manerium de Islip, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Et tota illa villa de Islip, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto, ac omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Sub∣bosci, Terrae boscales, Pasturae & alia Hereditamenta quaecunque, in Islip praedicta, continentia in toto octingenta acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Mane∣rium
de Slipton, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae; ac etiam tota illa villa de Slipton, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto, & omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Hereditamenta in Slipton prae∣dicta, continent quingenta sexaginta & duodecem acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non omnes illae Parcellae, Prata, Pasturae, Bosci, Subbosci, cum pertinentiis, in Cranford, Woodford & Twiwell, sive in eorum aliquo vel aliquibus, in Comitatu Northamp∣toniae praedicto, modo vel nuper in separalibus tenuris, sive occupationibus Johannis Patrick, Roberti Lyon, Thomae Beale, Johannis Goodfellow, & Thomae Nicolls, vel Assignatorum suorum, & separalibus Messuagiis, sive Firmis in Slipton praedicta, in seperalibus tenuris praedictorum separalium Tenentium sive Firmariorum modo ultime mentionatorum, respective spectantes, sive cum eisdem Messuagiis, sive Firmis respective locatae, usitatae, sive gavisae, continentes in toto octodecem acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non totum illud Manerium de Grafton, Underwood, cum pertinen∣tiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Ac etiam tota illa villa de Grafton Un∣derwood, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto: Ac etiam omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, & Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Haereditamenta quae∣cunque in Grafton praedicta, continentia mille acras, vel eo circiter: Nec non omnia illa Terrae, Prata, Pasturae, Tenementa, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, & Haereditamenta praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, cum eorum pertinentiis universis, jacentia, & existentia, sive jacere & existere reputata, in Alwinkle, in praedicto Comitatu Northamptoniae, continentia ducentas quinquaginta & quinque acras, vel eo circiter. Nec non totum illud manerium de Addington-magna, cum pertinentiis, in Comitatu Northamptoniae praedicto; ac etiam omnia Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Subbosci, Terrae boscales, Pasturae & Haereditamenta quaecunque, praedicti Co∣mitis de Peterborow in Addington-magna praedicta, cum eorum pertinentiis universis, continentia quingentas acras, vel eo circiter. Ac etiam omnia & singula Domi, Edificia, Logia, Structurae, Curtelagia, Pomaria, Gardinia, Terrae, Prata, Pascua, Pasturae, Morae, Marisci, Aquae, Aquarum Cursus, Stagna, Vivaria, Piscaria, Pis∣cationes, Bosci, Subbosci & Arbores quaecunque, de & super praemissis praedictis, vel eorum aliquibus, aut aliqua parte eorundem crescentia, sive existentia, & totum fundum, & solum eorundem Boscorum, Subboscorum & Arborum, Vasti, Terrae, Vacui, Fundi, Proficua, Commoditates, Emolumenta & Haereditamenta quaecun∣que, praemissis vel eorum alicui vel aliquibus, vel alicui inde parti, sive parcellae, partibus, sive parcellis spectantia, sive pertinentia, sive spectare & pertinere repu∣tata, dehinc in perpetuum sint & erunt omnino deafforestata; eaque omnia & sin∣gula pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris deafforestamus, & exta forestam nostram de Rockingham, in praedicto Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & quam∣libet aliam, & quaslibet alias Forestam, vel Forestas nostras quascunque; & extra Assisas, Leges, Jura, Jurisdictiones, Libertates, & Consuetudines, Forestae seu Fo∣restarum nostrarum de Rockingham praedicta, & aliarum Forestae, sive Forestarum no∣strarum quarumcunque ponimus per praesentes. Ita quod praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, Haeredes & Assignati sui, & omnes alii Tenentes, Occupatores, & Proprie∣tores, & eorum Firmarii praemissorum, seu alicujus inde partis, sive parcellae, partium, sive parcellarum, pro & concernente praedictis separalibus Maneriis, Villis, Terris, Pratis, Boscis, Pasturis, & omnibus aliis praemissis praedictis, cum pertinentiis, superius per praesentes deafforestatis, vel mentionatis fore deafforestati, & quilibet inde parte sive parcella, partibus sive parcellis, tam de viridi, & venatione, quam de omnibus aliis Libertatibus, Jurisdictionibus, & rebus quibuscunque, quae ad Forestam pertinent & spectant dehinc, liberi & immunes sint & erunt in perpetuum. Ac quod Foresta∣rii, Justiciarii, Viridarii, aut alii Officiarii, sive Ministri Forestae nostrae, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum, de praedictis separalibus Maneriis, Villis, Terris, Pra∣tis, Boscis, Pasturis, & caeteris praemissis praedictis, cum suis pertinentiis universis, vel de viridi, aut venatione infra praemissa praementionata, vel aliqua praemissorum, vel aliquam inde parcellam per praesentes deafforestatam, vel mentionatam fore de∣afforestatam, se non intromittant, aut intromittat, in aliquo, quod ad Forestam,
Chaceam, sive Warrennam pertinet. Nec ipsum Johannem Comitem de Peterbo∣row, haeredes vel assignatos suos, vel eorum aliquem, aut aliquos alios Tenentes, Occupatores vel Proprietores, sive eorum Firmarii praemissorum, vel alicujus inde partis sive parcellae, pro & concernente, vel ratione praedictorum separalium Ma∣neriorum, vel eorum aliquorum, Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum, & caeterorum praemissorum praedictorum, per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel mentionatorum fore deafforestatos, vel alicujus parcellae eorundem, per aliquam Summonitionem, vel Districtionem, coram aliquibus Justi∣ciariis, Viridariis, Forestariis & aliis ministris nostris, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, de Foresta praedicta, vel de aliqua alia Foresta, sive aliquibus aliis Fo∣restis nostris quibuscunque, venire faciant, vel eorum aliquis venire faciat. Et quod tam praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, ac omnes alii Tenentes, Occupatores, & Proprietores, sive eorum Firmarii praemis∣sorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae, pro & concernente separalibus Maneriis prae∣dictis, vel eorum aliquo, Villis, Messuagiis, Terris, Pratis, Boscis, Pasturis, & caeteris praemissis praedictis, & quaelibet inde parcella, quam praedicta praemissa, & quaelibet inde parcella, liberi sint, & immunes, & liberi, immunes, & quieti, in perpetuum remaneant, à visu Justiciariorum, Viridariorum, Forrestariorum, & ali∣orum Ministrorum, Forrestae nostrae, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, Explo∣ratorum, Assertorum, Regardatorum, & de omnibus Exactionibus, Demandis, At∣tachiamentis, & omnibus aliis Assisis, Legibus, Ordinationibus, Juribus, Consue∣tudinibus, Libertatibus, Jurisdictionibus, & aliis rebus ad Forestam pertinenti∣bus. Et ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris volumus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ipse praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, & omnes & sin∣guli alii Tenentes, Occupatores & Proprietores, & eorum Firmarii praemissorum, & cujuslibet inde parcellae, habeant, teneant & gaudeant, habeat, teneat & gaudeat praedicta seperalia Maneria, Villas, Messuagia, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pasturas, & caetera omnia, & singula praemissa praedicta, & quamlibet inde partem, sive parcellam, cum eorum juribus, membris, & pertinentiis universis, per praesentes deafforestata, vel deafforestari mentionata & antehaec infra Forestam nostram de Rockingham praedicta, vel aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, vel aliquorum praedecessorum nostrorum, existentia seu existere reputata, liberè, licitè, & quietè, de & ab om∣nibus Libertatibus, & Jurisdictionibus Forestae, & de & ab omni Custodia, & Depasturatione Damarum, Ferarum, & animalium quorumcunque per nos, haere∣des & successores nostros, aut per aliquam personam, sive aliquas alias personas cla∣mantes, aliquem statum, titulum, interesse, sive demandum, per nos haeredes & successores nostros, de in vel ad eorum aliquod, vel aliqua, aut de vel ad eorun∣dem aliquam partem, sive parcellam. Volumus etiam, & de uberiori gratia nostra speciali, pro nobis haeredibus & successoribus nostris, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peter∣borow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, concedimus, quod praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, nec non omnes & singuli alii Tenentes, Pro∣prietores, Firmarii, & Occupatores praemissorum, & alicujus inde partis sive par∣cellae, praedicta separalia, Maneria, Villas, Messuagia, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pa∣sturas, & caetera, omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, & quamlibet inde partem, sive parcellam, per praesentes deafforrestata, vel mentionata fore deafforestata, ha∣beant, teneant & gaudeant, habeat, teneat & gaudeat, ac habere, tenere & gau∣dere, valeant & possint, valeat & possit, dehinc in perpetuum, deafforestata & extra libertates, & jurisdictiones Forestae, penitus posita, ac liberè, licitè & quietè, & pe∣nitus liberata, & acquietata, de & ab omnibus, & omnimodis Clameis, cujuscunque sint, vel fuerint generis, coram Capitali Justiciario, & Judiciario, itinerante nostri, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, citra Trentam, vel aliquo alio Justiciario, sive Justiciario itinerante Forestae, sive Justiciario Forestae nostri, haeredum, vel succes∣sorum nostrorum, de Rockingham praedicta, in praedicto Comitatu nostro North∣amptoniae,
el alicujus aliae Forestae nostrae, vel aliquorum praedecessorum nostro∣rum, Regum, vel Reginarum Angliae, apud aliquam Curiam itinerantem, vel ali∣quam aliam Curiam Forestae, sive Forestarum praedictarum habendam, vel tenendam, pro praemissis praedictis, vel aliquo praemissorum inposterum faciendis, prosequendis, vel abhibendis quovismodo. Ac de & ab omnibus aliis Sectis, Serviciis, Comparen∣tiis & Apparentiis quibuscunque, per praedictum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, haeredes vel assignatos suos, vel aliquos alios Tenentes, Proprietarios, vel Occupatores praemissorum, sive eorum alicujus, vel aliquarum, vel alicujus partis, sive parcellae, partium, sive parcellarum, sive residentes quoscunque infra praemissa praedicta, vel ali∣quam parcellam eorundem praemissorum inhabitantes, vel aliquo tempore in futuro in∣habitare contingentes, ad aliquam Curiam itinerantem Forestae, vel Forestarum praedictarum, vel ad aliquam aliam Curiam nostram, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum Forestae, sive Forestarum praedictarum, quocunque modo concernentes, ratione, vel occasione praemissorum, vel eorum alicujus, aliquo tempore in futuro, habendis, faciendis, vel performandis. Non obstante quod praedicta separalia, Maneria, vel eorum aliquod, Villae, Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Pasturae, & caetera praemissa praedicta, vel eorum aliqua, seu aliqua inde pars, sive parcella partes, sive parcellae, scitata sint, & existunt, vel antehaec scituata fuere, vel reputata fore infra Forestam praedictam, vel aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, sive aliquas alias Forestas nostras quascunque, vel infra metas, bundas, limites, sive perambu∣lationes Forestae, sive Forestarum praedictarum, vel alicujus aliae Forestae nostrae, vel praedecessorum nostrorum quorumcunque; aliqua lege, vel aliquibus legibus, or∣dinatione, assisa, vel assisis Forestae, usu, vel consuetudine, antehaec editis, ordinatis, habitis vel stabilitis, vel inposterum edendis, ordinandis, habendis, vel stabiliendis, vel aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque, in contrarium non obstante. Et ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris dedimus, & concessimus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, damus & concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & omnibus & singulis aliis Tenentibus, & Proprietariis praemis∣sorum, vel eorum alicujus, plenam potestatem, & authoritatem, ad beneplacitum eorum, & cujuslibet eorum, de tempore in tempus, & omnibus temporibus anni op∣portunis, posthac in perpetuum, succidendum, & prosternandum, omnia & omni∣moda, aut aliqua Boscos, Subboscos, Copiceas & Arbores, tam quercorum, quam aliorum arborum, ac tam malorum, quam non malorum, cujuscunque generis sint, vel fuerint, infra aut supra praedicta separalia Maneria, vel eorum aliqua Villas, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pasturas, & caetera praemissa praedicta, per praesentes de∣afforestata, vel mentionata fore deafforestata, aut super aliquam inde parcellam crescentia, sive existentia, aut inposterum crescere contingentia. Et quod bene liceat, & licebit eidem Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & omnibus & fingulis aliis Proprietariis, & Tenentibus praemissorum, vel eorum alicujus, omnia & singula praemissa per praesentes deafforestata, aut mefltionata fore deafforestata, & aliquam inde parcellam, in pasturam, sive culturam convertere, & redigere, & ad libitum suum, & ad libitos suos as∣sertare omnes & quascunque Copiceas, Boscos, sive Subboscos, super eadem praemissa, vel aliquam inde parcellam, infra Forestam praedictam, aut aliquam inde parcellam, aut infra aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, sive aliquas alias Fo∣restas nostras quascunque, crescentes, sive existentes, aut in posterum ibidem crescere contingentes: Nec non eadem praemissa, aut aliquam inde parcellam, in culturam vel pasturam conversa, redacta, sive assertata, vel convertenda, redi∣genda, sive assertanda, in separalitate retinere, & iis uti & gaudere, sibi, & haere∣dibus suis in perpetuum, liberè & quietè, & penitus liberatis, acquietatis, & exo∣neratis, de & ab omnibus Juribus, Statutis, Legibus, Assisis & Ordinationibus Fo∣restae quibuscunque, & absque Impetitione, Praesentatione, Damno, Paena, sive Pe∣nalitate, proinde ratione legum Forestarum quarumcunque incurrendis. Licet praemissa, vel eorum aliquod, vel aliqua, sit vel sint, vel antehaec fuit, vel fuerunt,
infra Forestam praedictam, aut infra aliquam aliam Forestam nostram, vel praedeces∣sorum nostrorum, & ea omnia & singula, extra Forestam praedictam, & omnes alias Forestas nostras, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, quascunque in omnibus poni∣mus, & emancipamus per praesentes. Et ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, pro confiderationibus praedictis, concessimus, & per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris concedimus, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod de caetero in per∣petuum liceat & licebit, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, & haeredibus & assignatis eorum cujussibet, & omnibus & singulis Tenentibus, Proprietariis, Occupatoribus & Firmariis eorum, & cujuslibet eorum, & omnibus & singulis aliis Tenentibus, Proprietariis, Occupatoribus & Firmariis, praemis∣orum, vel eorum aliquorum, sive alicujus, infra omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, superius per praesentes deafforestata, vel mentionata fore deafforestata, & quam∣libet inde parcellam, facere & exercere, in venatione, viridatione, & in omnibus aliis rebus quibuscunque, sicut & tanquam in locis deafforestatis, & extra metas Forestae nostrae existentibus, sine occasione vel impedimento nostri, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum, vel Justiciariorum de Foresta, Viridariorum, Regardatorum, & aliorum Offi∣ciariorum nostrorum, haeredum, vel successorum nostrorum quorumcunque. Quare volu∣mus & per prsentes firmiter injungendo praecipimus, pro nobis haeredibus & successori∣bus nostris, quod omnes Justiciarii, Viridarii, Regardatores, Custodes, Forestarii, & omnes alii Ministri, & Officiarii nostri, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, praedictae Forestae de Rockingham, & aliarum Forestarum & Chacearum, nostri, haeredum, & successorum nostrorum quorumcunque, & eorum quilibet pro tempore existentes, de officiis, & serviciis suis, infra omnia & singula praemissa praedicta, superius in praemissis mentionata fore deafforestata, aut infra aliquam inde parcellam, praestan∣dis versus nos, haeredes & successores nostros, exonerantur, & eos inde exoneramus per praesentes. Nolentes quod ipsi, aut eorum aliquis, in officiis, vel serviciis illis, infra praemissa, praenominata fore deafforestata, seu in aliqua inde parcella, aliqua∣liter se intromittant, vel aliquis eorum intromittat; & ipsos, & quemlibet eorum, de officiis, & serviciis praedictis, ab iis ibidem praestandis, erga nos, haeredes & succes∣sores nostros, exoneramus, & exonerari volumus in perpetuum per praesentes. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu no∣stris, pro considerationibus prdictis pardonavimus, remisimus, & relaxavimus, ac per paersentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, pardonamus, remitti∣mus & relaxamus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, Servientibus, Tenentibus, Ministris & Officiariis quibuscunque, qui nunc sunt, vel qui aliquo tempore antehaec fuerunt, Servientes, Tenentes, Ministri, sive Offi∣ciarii praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, ac omnibus aliis modo vel antehaec Dominis, Possessoribus, Tenentibus, Proprietariis, Firmariis, sive Occupatori∣bus, praedictorum seperalium Maneriorum, vel aliquarum earum Viliarum, Messua∣giorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum, & caeterorum praemissorum praedictorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae, omnes & omnimodas, & quascunque Ma∣lificentias, Transgressiones, Forisfacturas, Usurpationes, Intrusiones, Arborum, Boscorum, Subboscorum & Copicearum, vel alicujus eorum, Succisiones, Spoliationes, Prosternationes & Eradicationes; Et omnia Edificiorum Purpresturas, Incrochia∣menta, Assertationes & Nocumenta quaecunque: Nec non Cervorum, Damarum, vel aliquarum aliarum Ferarum, Volucrum & Piscium, cujuscunque generis, occisi∣onem & perturbationem: Et omnia, & omnimoda alia, Forisfacturas, Offensa & Malefacta quaecunque, per ipsum praefatum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, vel per aliquem Tenentium, Proprietariorum, Firmariorum, vel Occupatorum, praedicto∣rum separalium Maneriorum, Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Bos∣corum, Pasturarum & caeterorum praemissorum per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel mentionatorum fore deafforestata, vel alicujus, vel aliquarum inde partis, vel parcellae, partium, vel parcellarum antehaec in vel infra, vel concernentia eadem praemissa, vel aliquam inde parcellam, facta, commissa, sive perpetrata, contra Assisas, Leges, sive
Ordinationes, vel per Leges, Ordinationes, seu Assisas Forestae, prohibita, vel punien∣da; ac omnia & singula Fines, Amerciamenta, Paenas, Penalitates, Punitiones & Foris∣acturas quaecunque incursa, assessa, imposita, afferata, adjudicata, leviabilia, debita, vsie solubilia, aut assidenda, imponenda, afferanda, adjudicanda, levianda, debenda, seu solvenda, per super aut versus ipsum Johannem Comitem de Peterborow, haeredes vel assignatos suos, vel per super versus aliquem Dominum, Proprietarium, Posses∣sorem, Tenentem, Firmarium, vel Occupatorem praedictorum praemissorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae, per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel mentionatorum fore de∣afforestata, ratione alicujus Praesentamenti, Jndictamenti, Convictionis, sive Ju∣dicii habiti, sive habendi pro ratione, sive occasione aliquarum Transgressionum, Boscorum Succisionis, Edificiorum Purpresturae, Incrochiamentorum, Assertationum, Nocumentorum, Contemptuum, vel Offensorum quorumcunque, contra Leges, Assisas, Consuetudines, sive Ordinationes Forestae, infra praedicta separalia Mane∣ria, vel aliqua earum Villarum, Messuagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum, & caeterorum praemissorum praedictorum, per praesentes deafforestato∣rum, aut aliquam inde parcellam, ante confectionem praesentium, per praefatum Jo∣hannem Comitem de Peterborow, aut per aliquem alium Dominum, Proprietarium, sive Possessorem inde; vel per aliquem, vel aliquos, Firmarium, sive Firmarios, Te∣nentem vel Tenentes suos, aut eorum alicujus eorundem praemissorum, aut alicu∣jus inde parcellae, vel parcellarum, antehaec facta, commissa, sive perpetrata. Et ulterius, de uberiori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, damus & concedimus, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, plenam & integram Licentiam, Potestatem & Authoritatem, omnia & singula praedicta praemissa, vocata sive cognita, per nomen de Drayton-park, scitu∣ata, jacentia & existentia, sive jacere & existere reputata, in Drayton, Luffwick, Sudburgh & Slipton praedictis, vel in eorum aliquo, vel aliquibus; nec non aliquam aliam partem, vel partes, parcellam, vel parcellas praemissorum, non excedentes in toto, simul cum praedictis praemissis, vocatis Drayton-park, mille acras, vel aliquam, sive aliquas, inde partem, sive partes, parcellam vel parcellas, de tempore in tempus, prout praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus vel assignatis suis placuerit, in Separalitatem reducere, & Parcum vel Parcos inde facere, ac cum Fossis, Sepibus, Muris, Palis, aut aliquo alio modo, separare & includere, & inclusa custodire & tenere, pro Parco, vel Parcis; & in eodem Parco, vel eisdem Parcis, factis & inclusis, vel in posterum faciendis & includendis, libertatem, proprietatem, & beneficium, liberi Parci, & quicquid ad liberum Parcum, sive libertatem, vel beneficium Parci, pertinet vel spectat, habere, tenere & gaudere. Et ulterius, pro nobis, haeredi∣bus & successoribus nostris, damus & concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Pe∣terborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, plenam & integram licentiam, potestatem, & authoritatem, praedicta Parcum, vel Parcos, sic inclusa vel includenda, de tem∣pore in tempus in perpetuum, Damis & Feris estaurare, & implere ad libitum suum, haeredum, vel assignatorum suorum, ac etiam in eodem Parco, vel eisdem Parcis, & qualibet inde parcella, libertatem, proprietatem, & beneficium Parci, & quicquid ad Parcum, sive libertatem, vel beneficium Parci pertinet, vel spectat, habere & gau∣dere. Volumus etiam ac per praesentes pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus no∣stris praecipimus & mandamus, quod praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, hae∣redes & assignati sui, Parcum, sive Parcos praedicta, sic facta sive inclusa, facienda vel includenda, & quamlibet, sive aliquam inde parcellam, liberè, licitè, benè & quietè, habeant & teneant, & de caetero in perpetuum habere, tenere, uti & gau∣dere valeant & possunt in perpetuum, una cum omnibus, & singulis Liberta∣tibus, Privilegiis, & Commoditatibus, quae ad hujusmodi Parcum, vel Parcos, pertinent, sive pertinere possint quovismodo. Non obstante quod praedicta praemissa, vocata Drayton-park, & caetera praemissa sic inclusa, sive facta, inclu∣denda, sive facienda, pro Parco, sive Parcis, vel aliqua inde parcella sint, vel sit, infra Forestam de Rockingham praedictam, sive aliquam aliam, vel aliquas alias Fo∣restas
nostras quascunque, vel inter metas, bundas, sive perambulationes alicujus Forestae, sive aliquarum Forestarum nostrarum, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum quorumcunque. Insuper, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successori∣bus nostris, concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ipse praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assig∣nati sui, habeant, teneant, utantur & gaudeant, habeat, teneat, utatur & gaudeat liberam Warrennam, & omnia quae ad liberam Warrennam pertinent, infra praedicta separalia Maneria, vel eorum aliqua, Villas, Messuagia, Terras, Prata, Boscos, Pasturas, ac caetera praemissa superius per praesentes deafforestata, vel deafforestari mentionata, ac quamlibet inde parcellam; licet eadem separalia Maneria, vel eorum aliqua, Villae, Messuagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Pasturae, aut aliqua inde parcella sint, vel sit, aut antehaec fuerint, vel fuerit, infra aliquam Forestam nostram, sive ali∣quas Forestas nostras, vel aliquorum praedecessorum nostrorum, vel metas, sive bundas ejusdem Forestae, vel earundem Forestarum, vel earum alicujus; aliqua Lege, Consuetudine, vel Ordinatione Forestae, vel aliquo alio Statuto, Actu, Ordinati∣one, vel Provisione, in contrarium inde non obstante. Quare volumus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, concedimus praefato Jo∣hanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ipse, haeredes & assignati sui, liberam Warrennam, & omnia quae ad liberam Warrennam pertinent, infra praemissa praedicta, per praesentes deafforestata, aut mentionata fore de∣afforestata, & quamlibet inde parcellam, liberè, licitè & quietè, habeant & tene∣ant, & habere, tenere & gaudere, possint & valeant, possit & valeat, in per∣petuum; una cum omnibus, & singulis Libertatibus, Privilegiis & Commodi∣tatibus, quae ad liberam Warrennam pertinent, seu pertinere poterunt quovismodo. Volumus etiam, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, prae∣cipimus & mandamus, quod nullus introeat, aut introire presumat, liberam War∣rennam praedictam, ad fugandum, occupandum vel Damas, aut Feras, ibidem capiendum, chaceandum, vel perturbandum, vel aliquid ibidem faciendum, quod ad liberam Warrennam pertinet, seu pertinere debet aut possit; nec aliquid in vel infra Warrennam praedictam, faciendum, vel perpetrandum, quod sit, vel fore poterit, ad damnum, nocumentum, sive praejudicium liberae Warrennae praedictae, sine vo∣luntate, & licentia praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum, vel assigna∣torum suorum, sub paena, in statutis & ordinationibus, pro Parcis, & liberis War∣rennis conservandis, editis & provisis; nec non sub pena Forisfacturae, nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, decem librarum, legalis monetae Angliae, ad opus praedicti Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, no∣mine nostro, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, per manus Vicecomitis Comitatus Northamptoniae praedicti, pro tempore existentis, levandum, & recipiendum, & prae∣dicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, per eundem Vicecomitem Comitatus praedicti pro tempore existentem, solvendum & delibe∣randum. Quare volumus & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, praecipimus & mandamus, Vicecomiti Comitatus Northamptoniae praedicti, pro tempore existenti, quod quando, & quotiescunque, aliqua talis Paena, sive Fo∣risfactura decem librarum, posthac per aliquam personam, sive aliquas personas, sit aut erit, sint aut erint, perdita sive forisfacta, idem Vicecomes Comitatus praedicti, pro tempore existens, immediate post Collectionem, sive Levationem ejusdem Forisfacturae, solvet, seu solvent, seu solvi facient, easdem decem libras, de tempore in tempus, praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assig∣natis suis. Et hae literae nostrae Patentes, vel irrotulamentum eorundem, erunt de tempore in tempus, sufficiens Warrantum, & Exoneratio, praefato Vicecomiti Co∣mitatus praedicti pro tempore existenti, in hac parte, versus nos, haeredes & suc∣cessores nostros, in omnibus Curiis nostris, haeredum & successorum nostrorum qui∣buscunque, super solam demonstrationem, harum Literarum nostrarum Patentium, vel irrotulamenti earundem, absque aliquo alio Brevi, seu Warranto, à nobis haeredi∣bus
& successoribus nostris, in hac parte obtinendis, impetrandis seu prosequendis. Ac ulterius, de ampliori gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, pro Considerationibus praedictis, convenimus & concedimus, pro nobis, hae∣redibus & successoribus nostris, ad & cum praefato Johanne Comite de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod ad proximum Parlamentum, sive sessionem Par∣lamenti, vel ad aliquod aliud Parlamentum nostri, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, infra hoc Regnu mnostrum Angliae tenendum; Nos, haeredes & successores nostri, su∣per humilem Requisitionem praedicti Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assigna∣torum suorum, nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, faciendum, dabimus & con∣cedimus, aut dare & concedere volumus & dignabimur, Regale, liberumque Assen∣sum & Consensum nostrum, alicui Actui Parlamenti, Petitioni, sive Billae, in eodem Parlamento, sive sessione Parlamenti, exhibendis, sive praeferendis pro deafforesta∣tione praedictorum separalium Maneriorum, & caeterorum omnium & singulorum prae∣missorum, per praesentes deafforestatorum, vel deafforestari mentionatorum, aut alicujus inde parcellae, aut pro meliori Confirmatione, Assurantia, Securitate, & se∣cura Concessione, omnium & singulorum, Libertatum, Franchesiorum, Exemptio∣num & Immunitatum, superius per praesentes praeconcessorum, aut mentionata fore praeconcessa, & cujuslibet inde partis sive parcellae, secundum veram intentionem nostram, & juxta effectum & propositum, harum Literarum nostrarum Patentium. Et ulterius volumus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris concedimus praefato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quod si & quotiescunque aliquae Dubitationes, sive Questiones, orire contigerint, de validitate harum nostrarum Literarum Patentium, in aliquo, vel aliqua clausula, materia, sive re quacunque, de vel concernente praedictis separalibus Maneriis, Villis, vel eorum aliquo, Terris, Pratis, Boscis, Pasturis, & caeteris praemissis praedictis, aut ali∣qua inde parcella; quod tunc & toties super humilem Petitionem praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, nobis, haeredibus vel successoribus nostris, exhibendum, ac super Notitiam & Certificationem, nobis, hae∣redibus vel successoribus nostris, per Attornatum, aut Solicitatorem nostrum Gene∣ralem, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, pro tempore existentem, de hujusmodi defectu emendari requiritur, nos, haeredes vel successores nostri, gratiose concedere dig∣nabimur, alias Literas Patentes eidem Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, cum talibus, & hujusmodi Emendationibus, Explanationibus, Amplifica∣tionibus & Additionibus, quales & quae per dictum Attornatum, vel Solicitatorem no∣strum Generalem, pro tempore existentem, in ea parte advisabuntur, & convenientia fore videbuntur. Et ulterius volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & suc∣cessoribus nostris, praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, concedimus, ac ad & cum praefato Johanne Comite de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, per praesentes convenimus, & agreamus, quod si ad aliquod tempus, vel ad aliqua tempora in posterum, contigerit, quod aliquis, vel aliqui Tenentes, Firmarii, Occupatores, Residentes, aut Inhabitantes, infra praedicta separalia Ma∣neria, Villas & caetera praemissa, per praesentes mentionata, fore deafforestata, vel in eorum, sive earum aliquo, sive aliqua parte, vel parcella, qui nunc sunt, antehaec fuerunt, vel qui aliquo tempore in futuro fore contigerint, liberi Tenentes, Firma∣rii, Occupatores, Inhabitantes, Commorantes, Residentes aut Remanentes, infra praedicta separalia Maneria, Villas & caetera praemissa, per praesentes mentionata fore deafforestata, vel aliquam inde partem, sive parcellam, partes, sive parcellas, vel aliqua alia persona, sive personae, aliter quam praedictus Johannes Comes de Peter∣borow, haeredes & assignati sui, ad & cum praedicto Johanne Comite de Peterbo∣row, haeredibus & assignatis suis, convenire recusabit, vel recusabunt, & satis∣factionem praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, pro deafforestatione talium partium praemissorum, superius per praesentes deafforestato∣rum, vel mentionatorum fore deafforestata, quorum ipse vel ipsi sit, vel sint, vel in futuro fore contigerit, vel contigerint, Tenentes, Occupatores, vel Inhabi∣tantes, reddere negabit, vel negabunt; & quod praedictus Johannes Comes de
Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, talem recusationem & negationem, recusati∣ones, vel negationes, per aliquod scriptum, vel aliqua scripta, sub manu & sigillo praefati Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, & in Curia nostra Cancellariae irrotulata significabit, vel declarabit, significabunt, vel declarabunt; quod tunc, & in tali casu, nulli tales Tenentes, Occupatores, Fir∣marii, sive Inhabitantes, quorum negationem, vel negationes, recusationem, vel recusationes, praefatus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes vel assignati sui, sic ut praefertur, significabit, vel declarabit, significabunt, vel declarabunt, Par∣donationem, Libertatem, Beneficium, Privilegium, vel Exemptionem praedicta virtute praesentium, vel alicujus Clausulae, Concessionis, vel Sententiae, in his Li∣teris nostris Patentibus contentae, ullo modo habebunt, clamabunt, tenebunt, vel gaudebunt, vel habere, clamare, tenere, vel gaudere, quocunque modo in futuro exspectabunt; nisi per specialem Warrantum, Concessionem & Declarationem, Concessiones, Warrantia & Declarationes, sub manu & sigillo ipsius Johannis Co∣mitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignatorum suorum, habendum, obtinendum, vel acquirendum, testificandum, demonstrandum & declarandum, Consensum, Approbationem, liberumque Assensum praedicti Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum & assignatorum suorum, in eisdem praemissis praedictis, Tenentibus, Fir∣mariis, & caeteris personis praedictis, per praedictum Johannem Comitem de Peter∣borow, haeredes vel assignatos suos, respective fore concessa, sed praedicti Tenen∣tes, liberi Tenentes, Firmarii, Occupatores, Residentes & Inhabitantes, ac omnes aliae personae & persona, infra praedicta Maneria, Villas & caetera praemissa per praesentes mentionata, fore deafforestata, residentes & inhabitantes, vel in futuro residere, vel inhabitare contingentes, aliter quam praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, & alii tales, quorum negationem, vel negati∣ones, recusationem vel recusationes, praedictus Johannes Comes de Peterborow, haeredes & assignati sui, non significabit, vel significabunt, declarabit, vel de∣clarabunt, & alii tales Concessiones, Warrantia, sive Declarationes, sub ma∣nu, & sigillo ipsius Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assignato∣rum suorum, ut praefertur habens & habentes, sint & erint, & eorum quilibet de tempore in tempus, sit & erit, subjectus, obediens & obstrictus, Legibus, Statu∣tis & Ordinationibus Forestae, in omnibus Forisfacturis, Penalitatibus, Punitionibus, Sectis & Serviciis, & caeteris rebus quibuscunque, Forestae praedictae, quocunque modo pertinentibus & spectantibus, tam pro tempore praeterito, quam futuro, ac si hae literae nostrae Patentes, minime factae fuissent, his Literis nostris Patentibus, vel aliquo in eisdem contento, in contrarium inde in aliquo non obstantibus. Et tunc & in tali casu, volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successori∣bus nostris, praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, concedimus omnes Forisfacturas, Penalitates & Pecuniarum Summas, nobis, haeredi∣bus vel successoribus nostris, vel aliquibus progenitorum, vel praedecessorum nostro∣rum forisfactas vel forisfaciendas, per aliquam personam, vel aliquas personas, sic ut praefertur subjectas Legibus Forestae, existentibus, ratione, vel occasione aliquo∣rum, vel alicujus Delicti, Contemptus, vel Transgressionis in praemissis praedictis, vel aliquo praemissorum, antehaec contra leges Forestae, in aliquo perpetrati, com∣missi, sive omissi, vel in posterum perpetrandi, committendi, vel omittendi, in tam amplis modo, & forma, ac si eadem omnia & singula, in his praesentibus par∣ticulariter expressa, & mentionata fuissent. Et ulterius volumus & concedimus, ac per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, damus potestatem, facultatem & authori∣tatem, omnia & singula Forisfacturas, Penalitates & pecuniarum Summas praedicta, in aliquibus Curiis nostris, haeredum vel successorum nostrorum, recuperare, & prae∣cipimus, & mandamus, Thesaurariis, Justiciariis Itinerantibus ac Justiciariis, & Capi∣tali Justiciario Forestae praedictae, Cancellario, Thesaurario & Baronibus, Curiae Scacca∣rii, & omnibus aliis Judicibus, Justiciariis, Officiariis & Ministris nostris, qui nunc sunt, vel in posterum erunt, Vicecomitibus, Ballivis & omnibus aliis Officiariis, Mini∣stris
& Subditis nostris, haeredum & successorum nostrorum, ad quos pertinere po∣terit, nunc aut pro tempore existentibus, processus, de tempore in tempus ad requisitionem praedicti Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum vel assig∣natorum suorum, facere & emittere, contra aliquam personam, vel personas, pro praemissis praedictis, & eosdem processus, executioni debitae demandare, pro levatione & recuperatione earum Forisfacturarum, Penalitatum & Pecuniarum Summarum, vel alicujus inde parcellae. Et hae Literae nostrae Patentes, vel Irrotulamentum eorundem, erunt tampraedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus & assignatis suis, quam praedicto Thesaurario, & caeteris Officiariis, & personis praedictis, sufficiens Warran∣tum & Authoritas, in hac parte. Et ulterius volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, convenimus, & concedimus, ad & cum praefato Jo∣hanne Comite de Peterborow, haeredibus, & assignatis suis, quod nec, nos, haeredes, vel successores nostri, ad aliquam personam, sive personas quascunque, de vel con∣cernente Privilegiis, Exemptionibus, Forisfacturis, Penalitatibus, vel pecuniarum summis, vel eorum aliquo, in his praesentibus expressis, & mentionatis, & praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus, & assignatis suis, per praesentes concessis, & confirmatis, aliquam Concessionem, Pardonationem, Compositionem, Relaxati∣onem, Exonerationem, vel Licentiam, in futuro faciemus, vel fieri causabimus, sed omnia, & singula praemissa praedicta praedicto Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, hae∣redibus, & assignatis suis, per praesentes concessa, & concedi mentionata, sint & erunt, de tempore in tempus, ad solum & proprium opus, & usum ipsius Johannis Comitis de Peterborow, haeredum & assignatorum suorum. Et ulterius volumus, & per praesentes, pro nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris, concedimus prae∣fato Johannis Comiti de Peterborow, haeredibus, & assignatis suis, quod hae Literae Patentes nostrae, vel Irrotulamentum earundem, erunt in omnibus, & per omnia, firmae, validae, bonae, & sufficientes in lege, erga & contra nos, haeredes, & suc∣cessores nostros, tam in omnibus Curiis nostris, quam alibi, infra hoc regnum no∣strum Angliae, absque aliquibus Confirmationibus, Licentiis, vel Tolerationibus, de nobis, haeredibus, vel successoribus nostris, procurandis, vel obtinendis. Non obstante male nominando, vel non nominando, male recitando, vel non recte re∣citando praedictorum separalium Maneriorum, vel eorum aliquorum, Villarum, Mes∣suagiorum, Terrarum, Pratorum, Boscorum, Pasturarum & caeterorum praemisso∣rum praedictornm, aut aliquam inde partem vel parcellam. Et non obstante quod aliquod Breve, vel aliqua Brevia, de ad quod damnum, non emanaverit, vel ema∣naverunt, aut quod nulla Inquisitio, sive Inquisitiones superinde captae, sive habi∣tae, fuit vel fuerunt, ante confectionem harum Literarum nostrarum Patentium. Et non obstante, quod metae, limites, & bundae, praemissorum praedictorum, vere & certe, non describuntur, vel aliqua incertitudine in eisdem, vel in eorum aliquo. Et non obstante quod Maleficentia, Transgressiones, Forisfacturae, Usurpationes, Intrusiones, Arborum, Boscorum vel Subboscorum succisiones, spoliationes, pro∣sternationes, vel eradicationes, contemptus, negligentiae & aliae offensae, & omis∣siones praedictae, nec partes eadem perpetrantes, nec fines Amerciamenti, Penae, Pe∣nalitates, Punitiones, pecuniarum summae, & aliae Forisfacturae, pro eisdem incursae, impositae, adjudicatae, leviabiles, debitae, sive solubiles; nec Praesentamenta, Indicta∣menta, Convictiones, Judicia & aliae res eadem concernentes, particulariter in prae∣sentibus non mentionantur. Et non obstante aliquo defectu, vel aliquibus defecti∣bus, in male nominando, vel non nominando, Tenentium, Firmariorum vel Occu∣patorum praemissorum, vel alicujus inde parcellae. Et non obstante male nominando vel non nominando, aliquarum Villarum, Parochiarum, Hamlettorum, Locorum, vel Comitatuum, in quo, vel in quibus praedicta separalia Maneria, Villae, Mes∣suagia, Terrae, Prata, Bosci, Pasturae & caetera praemissa praedicta, aut aliqua inde pars, vel parcella, existunt, vel existit. Et non obstante statuto in Parlamento, Domini Henrici nuper regis Angliae Sexti, anno Regni sui decimo octavo, facto & edito. Et non obstante Statuto in Parlamento Henrici nuper Regis Angliae quar∣ti, Antecessoris nostri, Anno Regni sui primo, facto & edito. Et non obstante
aliquibus aliis Defectis, in non nominando, aut non recte nominando, naturae, speciei, quantitatis, numeri acrarum, anni valoris, aut qualitatis praemissorum, aut alicujus inde parcellae; aut quod praemissa praedicta, vel eorum aliquod, sive ali∣quae continent, sive continet, majorem numerum acrarum, vel sint, vel sit majoris annui valoris, quam in his praesentibus, vel alio scripto, sive particulari, inde menti∣onatur; aut aliquo alio statuto, ordinatione, provisione, aut restrictione in contra∣rium inde in aliquo non obstante. Eò quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo, aut de certitudine praemissorum, vel eorum alicujus, aut de aliis donis, sive conces∣sionibus, per nos, sive aliquem progenitorum, sive praedecessorum nostrorum, prae∣fato Johanni Comiti de Peterborow ante haec tempora facta, in praesentibus minime factis existit, aut in aliquo Statuto, Actu, Ordinatione, Provisione, Proclamati∣one, sive Restrictione in contrarium, inde antehac habitis, factis, ordinatis, sive provisis, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel materia quacunque, in aliquo non obstan∣te. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, quinto decimo die Octobris, Anno Regni nostri quintodecimo.
Per Breve de privato sigillo. Wolesley.
CHARLES, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ire∣land, Defender of the Faith;
To our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, John Earl of Peterborow, greeting.
Know ye, that we for the great and singu∣lar Trust and Confidence, we have in your approved Wisdom, Fidelity and Circum∣spection, have assigned, made, constituted and ordained, and by these Presents do constitute, assign, make and ordain you to be our Lieutenant, within our County of Northampton, and in all Corporate and Priviledged places, within the Precinct and Limits of the same County; (as well within the Liberties as without:) And do by these Presents give full Power and Authority unto you, that you from time to time, may levy, gather and call together, all and singular our Subjects, of whatsoever State and Degree, or Dignity, they or any of them be, dwelling, or inhabiting within our said County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places, within the limits or precincts of the same County, or any of them, (as well within Liberties as without) meet and apt for the Wars; and them, and every of them, to try, array and put in Readiness, and them also, and every of them, after their Abilities, Degrees and Faculties, well and sufficiently to cause to be armed and weaponed, and to take the Musters of them, in places most meet for that purpose, after your good discretion. And also the same our Subjects so arrayed, tryed and armed, as well Men of Armes, as other Horsemen, Archers and Footmen, of all kinds and degrees, meet and apt for the Wars, to conduct and lead as well against all and singular our Enemies, as also against all and singular Rebels, Traytors, and other like Offenders, and every of them, their, and every of their Adherents, against us, our Crown and Dignity, within our said County, and all corporated and priviledged places within the Limits or Precincts of the said County, and every of them, (as well within Liberties as without) from time to time, as often as need shall require, by your discretion. And with the said Enemies, Traytors, and Re∣bels, to fight, and them to invade, resist, repress, subdue, slay, kill, and put to execution of death, by all ways and means, by your said good discretion: And to do, fulfil, and execute, all and singular other things, which shall be requisite for the Levying and Government, of our said Subjects, for the Conservation of our Person and Peace, so by you, in form aforesaid, levyed, and to be levyed; and to do, execute, and use against the said Enemies and Rebels, Traytors,
and such other like Offenders, and their Adherents, as necessity shall require, by your discretion the Law called the Martial Law, according to the Law Martial; and of such Offenders, apprehended, or being brought into subjection, to save whom you shall think good to be saved, and to slay, destroy, and to put to Exe∣cution of Death, such, and so many of them, as you shall think meet by your good discretion to be put to Death. And further our will and pleasure is, and by these Presents, we do give unto you full power and lawful authority, that in case any In∣vasion of Enemies, Insurrection, Rebellion, Riots, Routs, unlawful Assemblies, or any like offences shall happen to be moved, in any place of this our Realm, out of the limits of this our Commission; that then as often as need shall require, by your good Discretion, or as you shall be directed from us by any special Commandment, you with such power to be levyed, within the limits of your Lieutenancy, as you shall think requisite, or as shall be directed from us, as is aforesaid, shall with all diligence repair to the place where any such Invasion, unlawful Assembly or Insur∣rection shall happen to be made, to subdue, repress and reform the same, as well by Battel, and other kind of force, as otherwise, by the Laws of our Realm, and the Law Martial, according to your discretion. And further we give unto you full power and authority, for the Execution of this our Commission, to appoint and assign in this our said County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places aforesaid, (as well within Liberties as without) Muster-masters, and one Provost Martial; which Provost Martial shall execute, and use the Martial Law, in case of any Invasion, Insurrection or Rebellion, in conducting any number of Men of War, against the said Invaders, Traytors or Rebels, during the continuance of such Invasion, Insurrection or Rebellion: Wherefore we will and command you our said Lieutenant, That with all diligence you do execute the Premises with effect. And for a smuch as it may be, there shall be just cause for you to be attendant on our Person, or to be otherwise imployed in our Service, whereby this our Service of Lieutenancy committed to your Fidelity, cannot be by you in person executed in such sort, as we have appointed the same: Therefore we give unto you, for your better aid and assistance, and for the better performance and execution of this same our Service, full power and authority, from time to time, to appoint, as∣sign and constitute by writing under your Hand and Seal, such sufficient and meet Persons, as you in your discretion shall from time to time, think fit to be your Deputies in this our said Service, in our said County of Northampton, and in all cor∣porate and priviledged places, within the Limits and Precincts of the said County, (as well within Liberties as without.) And by this our present Commission, We give unto such Deputies, so to be by you assigned and appointed, as aforesaid, or to any two or more of them, full power and authority, in your absence, to do and execute in our said County of Northampton, and in all corporate and priviledged places, within the Limits and Precincts of the said County (as well within Li∣berties as without,) all and every thing and things before in this our Commission, assigned and appointed by you to be done and executed: And our will, pleasure and commandment is, That your said Deputies, so by you from time to time to be ap∣pointed, shall immediately after your Letters of Deputation to them made, as is aforesaid, take care and charge, to see every point of this our Commission, as ful∣ly and perfectly executed, in your absence, as you your self ought to have done, if you had been personally present. And the better to enable them so to do, our will and pleasure is, That immediately after such Deputation to them made, as afore∣said, you shall deliver to them a Duplicate, or true Transcript of this our Commis∣sion, subscribed with your Hand: And whatsoever you being present, or in your absence, your said Deputies, or any two or more of them, shall do by vertue of this our Commisson, and according to the Tenor and Effect of the same, touching the execution of the Premises, or any part thereof, the same shall be by these Pre∣sents discharged in that behalf against us, our Heirs and Successors. And further we will and command, all and singular our Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs,
Bayliffs, Constables, Headboroughs, and all other our Officers, Ministers and Sub∣jects, meet and apt for the Wars, within our said County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places, within the limits and precincts of the said County (as well within Liberties as without) to whom it shall appertain, that they and every of them, with their Power and Servants, from time time shall be attending, and assisting, counselling, helping, and at the commandment as well of you our said Lieutenant, as of your said Deputies, or any two, or more of them, as abovesaid, in the execution hereof, as they and every of them tender our pleasure, and will answer the contrary, at their utmost Perils.
In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents. Witness our self at Westminster, the Sixteenth Day of July, in the Sixteenth Year of our Reign.
Willis.
JOHN Earl of Peterborow, Baron of Turvey, and Lord Lieutenant of the Coun∣ty of Northampton,
to all to whom these presents shall come, sendeth Greet∣ing in our Lord God everlasting.
Whereas the King's most Excellent Majesty, by his Highness's Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England, bearing date at West∣minster, the Sixteenth Day of July, in the Sixteenth Year of his said Majesty's Reign, hath made, constituted and ordained me the said Earl of Peterborow, to be his Ma∣jesty's Lieutenant of his Highness's County of Northampton, and all corporate and priviledged places, within the limits and precincts of the same County, (as well within Liberties as without:) And because there may be just cause for me to be attendant upon his Majesty's Person, or to be otherwise imployed in his Service, whereby the said Service of Lieutenancy to me committed, cannot be by me in Per∣son executed, in such sort as his Majesty hath appointed: Therefore his Majesty hath given unto me, for my better Aid and Assistance, and for the better perfor∣mance, and execution of this Service, full power and authority to appoint, assign and constitute by my Writing, under my Hand and Seal, such sufficient and meet Persons, as I in my discretion shall from time to time, think fit to be my Deputies in the said Service, in the said County of Northampton, and all corporate and privi∣ledged places, within the limits and precincts of the same County, (as well within Liberties as without,) giving unto my said Deputy Lieutenants, or to any two or more of them, full power and authority in my absence, to do, and execute in his Majesty's said County of Northampton, and the places priviledged as aforesaid, all and every thing and things, mentioned in his Majesty's said Commission, by me to be done and executed: Know ye therefore, That I the said John Earl of Peterborow, Lord Lieutenant of the said County of Northampton, according to the tenor and pur∣port of the said Commission, have assigned, constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do assign, constitute and appoint Sir Rowland Saint-John, Knight of the Bath, Sir Rowland Egerton, Knight and Baronet, Sir Lewis Watson, Knight and Baro∣net, Sir Hatton Farmer, Knight, Sir Thomas Cave, Knight, Sir Robert Hatton, Knight, William Elmes, Esquire, and Charles Cokeyne, Esquire, to be my Deputies in the said Service, within the said County of Northampton, and in all corporate and priviledged places, within the Limits and Precincts of the said County, (as well within Liberties as without:) And whatsoever the said Sir Rowland Saint-John, Sir Rowland Egerton, Sir Lewis Watson, Sir Hatton Farmer, Sir Thomas Cave, Sir Robert Hatton, William Elmes, and Charles Cokeyne, together, or any two or more of them, shall execute, or do by force of the said Commission, within the said County of Northampton, and the places priviledged as aforesaid: I the said Earl of Peterborow, do by authority of his Majesty's said Commission, allow and approve the same, in all points and every thing, as if I my self were there present in Person. And the better to enable my said Deputies, according to his Majesty's will and pleasure in that behalf, I do by com∣mandment
of his Majesty, deliver unto them and every of them, a true Transcript of the said Commission, subscribed with my Hand.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal at Arms, the One and twentieth day of July, in the said Sixteenth Year of his said Majesty's Reign that now is, Annoque Domini. 1640.
J. Peterborow.
SIGILLVM IOHANNIS COMITIS DE PETRIBVRGO DN̄I BARONIS DE TVRVEY[illustration] seal of John Mordaunt, earl of Peterborough
CArolus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defen∣sor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo nostro Johanni Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.
Sciatis quod cum quidam Rebelles regni nostri Scotiae, regnum nostrum Angliae cum posse non modico hostiliter ingressi fuerunt: Nos malitiae hujusmodi Rebellionis (gratia nobis favente divina,) resistere, ac pro salvatione, & defensione nostri, & regni praedicti, & ligeorum nostrorum ejusdem, disponere & ordinare vo∣lentes, ut tenemur: Assignavimus vos ad arraiandum & triandum, omnes & singulos homines ad arma, ac homines armatos & sagittarios, in Comitatu nostro Northamp∣toniae commorantes, infra libertates, & extra. Et ad armari faciendum omnes illos, qui de suo corpore sunt potentes, & habiles ad armandum, qui de suo proprio habent unde seipsos armare possint, videlicet, quilibet eorum juxta status & facul∣tates suas. Et ad assidendum & apportionandum, juxta avisamentum, & discreti∣ones vestras; ac etiam ad distringendum omnes illos, qui in terris, & bonis, sunt potentes, & pro debilitate corporum ad laborandum impotentes ad inveniendum, juxta quantitatem terrarum, & bonorum suorum, & prout rationabiliter portare po∣terint (salvo statu suo) armaturas hominibus ad arma, ac hominibus armatis, ac arcus & sagittas. Ita quod illi qui morabuntur, seu morari poterunt, ad domum suam propriam in patria sua, super defensionem ejusdem regni contra rebelles prae∣dictos, si periculum eveniat, non capiant vadia nec expensas, pro mora sua apud do∣mus suas praedictas. Et ad hoc dictos homines ad arma, & homines armatos, & sa∣gittarios fic arraiatos, & injunctos continue in arraiatione, ut in millenis, centenis, & vintenis, & alias prout conveniens fuerit, & necesse teneri & poni faciendum. Et eos tam ad costeram maris quam alia loca, ubi, & quotiens necesse fuerit, ad dictos rebel∣les expellendum, debellandum & destruendum de tempore in tempus, cum aliquod periculum immineat mandandum, & injungendum, & ad monstrum sive monstratio∣nem, eorundem hominum ad arma, ac hominum armatorum & sagittariorum de tem∣pore in tempus, quotiens indiguerit, diligenter faciendum, & supervidendum: Ac etiam ad proclamandum, ordinandum & diligenter examinandum, quod omnes, & finguli hujusmodi homines ad arma, ac homines armati, & sagittarii, in monstris, hujusmodi armaturis propriis & non alienis armentur, sub pena amissionis eorundem, exceptis duntaxat illis qui ad expensas aliorum armari debent, ut praedictum est, &
ad omnes & singulos quos in hac parte inveneritis, contrarios sea rebelles, arrestandum & capiendum, ac eos in prisonis nostris committendum, in iisdem moraturos quous∣que de eorum punitione aliter duxerimus ordinandum. Et ideo vobis districtius quo possumus, super fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemim, injungimus & mandamus, quod statim visis praesentibus, vos ipsos, melius & securius quo poteritis, arraiari & parari, & coram nobis ad ipsos dies & loca, quo videritis magis competentes, & ex∣pedientes, & pro populo nostro minus damnosas. Et omnes homines in patria com∣morantes, per quos arraiatio hujusmodi, melius fieri & compleri poterit, venire & vocari facias, & arraiari, armari, & muniri, & eos sic armatos & munitos, in arraia∣tione hujusmodi teneri facias. Et insuper figna, vocata Bekins, poni facias in locis consuetis, per quae gentes patriae de adventu rebellium praedictorum poterunt con∣gruis temporibus praemuniri. Ac eosdem homines sic arraiatos & munitos, cum pe∣riculum imminuerit, in defensione regni, & patriae praedictae, de tempore in tempus, tam ad costeram maris, quam alia loca, ubi magis necesse fuerit, duci facies. Ita quod pro defectu defensionis, arraiationis sive ductionis dictorum hominum, vel per negligentiam vestram, damna patriae praedictae, per rebelles praedictos a modo non eveniat ullo modo pro posse vestro. Damus autem universis, & singulis Comitibus, Baronibus, Militibus, Justiciariis Pacis, Majoribus, Ballivis, Constabulariis, Ministris & aliis Fidelibus, & ligeis nostris Comitatus praedicti (tam infra libertates quam extra) tenore praesentium firmiter in mandatum, quod nobis in omnibus, & singulis praemissis, fa∣ciendum & explendum intendentes sint, consulentes & auxiliantes. Et Vicecomiti Comitatus praedicti, quod ad aptos dies, & loca quos ad hoc ordinaveritis, venire faciat coram vobis, omnes illos in Comitatu praedicto, per quos arraiatio, assessio, & ordi∣natio melius poterint fieri & compleri. Si illos quos pro rebellione sua capi, & arre∣stari contigerit, in prisona nostra custodiat, sicut praedictum est. In cujus rei Testimo∣nium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipso apud Westmonaste∣rium tertio die Septembris, Anno Regni nostri sextodecimo.
Per Dominum Custodem magni Sigilli Angliae, virtute Warrantii regii. Willis.
To our Right trusty and welbeloved Cousin John Earl of Peterborow.
Charles R.
RIght Trusty and welbeloved Cousin, we greet you well: Whereas we are de∣sirous to speak with you concerning some affairs, much importing the Peace, and good of this our Kingdom, which being of more than ordinary consequence, will admit of no delay; we therefore will and command you, upon your Allegiance, (that setting aside all other occasions whatsoever,) you fail not forthwith to repair hither to us; when we shall acquaint you with the particular cause of our sending for you, which is of that importance, as is neither fit to be imparted to you by Let∣ter, nor will bear any delay or excuse: And for the ready observance of this our command, these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given at our Court at York, the Twentieth of May. 1642.
My Lord, I pray you fail not to make haste.
C. R.
Charles R.
WHereas our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peter∣borow by his Humble Petition hath represented to us, That his Mother the Countess of Peterborow is seized of certain Lands, whereto he is Inheritable, by vertue of an Entail of the gift of the Crown, and that the Reversion expectant thereof is in us: And that his said Mother, upon displeasure conceived against him, prevailed with his Father, the late Earl of Peterborow, about the time of his Death, to leave much of his Estate to her, who now endeavours to have power to cut off the En∣tail of the Crown's gift, tending to his the said now Earl of Peterborow's Disinherison therein; which without our consent she cannot accomplish: And therefore the said Henry now Earl of Peterborow, humbly prays the with-holding of our Consent therein. Forasmuch as we have special cause to tender the good, and advantage of the said now Earl of Peterborow, and that by act of Parliament provision is made, That such Entails shall not be cut off to bar the Posterity, whose Advancement was thereby intended: We therefore hereby declare to all, and every whom it may concern, our Unwillingness, That the said Earl should be prejudiced in the benefit of the said Entail, contrary to the intent of the Giver, and of the said Parliament. And we will and require our Council at Law, the Clerks of our Signet, and other Seals, and all others whom it may concern, to take knowledge of the Premises; and if by any means or ways, endeavours shall be used by the said Countess, or others, for a Reversion of the said Entail Lands, that they or any of them fail not to mind us of the same, whereby no Grant thereof may pass, without the said Earl's notice, and our more full consideration, and express orders upon the same, first had and obtained.
Given at Hampton-Court, the One and twentieth Day of September. 1647.
CArolus secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo suo Henrico Comiti Peterborow, salutem.
Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum apud civitatem nostram Westmonasteriensem, octavo die Maii proxime futurum, teneri ordinavimus, ac ibi∣dem vobiscum, ac cum magnatibus, & proceribus, dicti Regni nostri colloquium habere, & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendum mandavimus, quod consideratis dictorum negotiorum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco persona∣liter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum magnatibus, & proceribus praedictis, super dictis negotiis tractatum utrinque concilium impensurum. Et hoc, sicut nos & honorem nostrum, ac salvationem & defensionem, Regni & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditio∣nemque dictorum negociorum diligitis, nullatemus omittatis.
Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium decimo octavo die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri decimo tertio.
To the Right Honourable the Earl of Peterborow, or to the Officer in chief with his Regiment.
My LORD,
UNderstanding there are some dissatisfied Officers lately disbanded, who are endeavouring to bring the Souldiers into mischief, if special care be not taken to prevent the same, and so the Souldiers will loose their Arrears, besides the dishonour that will fall upon the Officers, in whose Regiment it happens: I desire you will be careful to keep the Officers of your Regiment with their Commands: And if they hear any Officers, or Souldiers speak discontented words, to take away their Arms, and secure them; and you are to acquaint the Officers and Souldiers, that (though they be shortly to be reduced, yet) they will receive Arrears before disbanding: And there is an Act of Parliament, that they may set up their Trades, in any City or Town corporate. I desire you to acquaint the Captains of each Com∣pany under your command herewith; and that they may be careful to observe the same. I remain,
Cockpit 11 September. 1660.
Your Lordship's very humble Servant, ALBEMARLE.
If your Lordships occasions will not give you leave, you need not repair to your Regiment.
CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin Henry Earl of Peterborow, greeting. Whereas we intend forthwith to settle and secure our City of Tangier, and the Territories, and Domi∣nions adjacent, in or near the Coasts of Barbary, or the Kingdoms of Sus, Fez, and Morocco, some or one of them, in the continent of Africa, and for that purpose have resolved, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, forthwith to raise, draw forth, and transport thither such Forces of Horses and Foot, as we shall judge necessary for our service, in defence of the said City of Tangier, and our Dominions and Territories, in or near the said Kingdoms of Sus, Fez and Morocco: Know ye therefore, That we reposing an especial trust and confidence, in your Honour's Cou∣rage, Wisdom and Fidelity, have constituted and ordained, and by these our Let∣ters Patents, do make, constitute, ordain, and appoint you the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, Captain-General of all Forces, both Horse and Foot, raised or to be raised, and now sent, or which hereafter shall be sent, by our Royal Authority, or Commissions, and of all other Forces whatsoever, which are, or shall remain, or be drawn into our City of Tangier, or any other of our Dominions or Territories, in or near the said Kingdoms of Sus, Fez and Morocco, and of all Forts, Castles, Cities or other parts or places whatsoever, which by your good conduct, and success, shall be reduced to our obedience and subjection. And we do hereby give and grant, unto you the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, our Captain-General, full power and authority by beat of Drum, Proclamation or otherwise, in our Name, to raise, lift, arm, array, and put under Command, such or so many Voluntiers both of
Horse and Foot, within this our Kingdom of England, or any other our Kingdoms or Dominions, as shall make up and compleat the number defigned by us, in the esta∣blishment for that Service; and to give Commission to Officers and Commanders, to be set over them, and conduct, lead and imbark the said Officers and Soul∣diers, to be transported to our said City of Tangier, and to remove and cashier any such Officers or Souldiers, as to you shall seem convenient. And we do further by these Presents, give full Power and Authority, to you our said Captain-General, from time to time, to muster, exercise, and train, our said Forces, and all other our Armies and Forces, which you shall there raise, or entertain into our ser∣vice, or which shall be sent to you, from hence or any other place, and to drive, train, conduct and lead out, or otherwise imploy the Natives, or other Inhabi∣tants, if need shall require, and with them to defend our said City of Tangier, and any other our Dominions, which already are, or hereafter shall be in our Power or Possession; and to lead them forth against any Enemies, Rebels and Traytors, and them to fight, kill and slay, and subdue to our Obedience; and to invade, sur∣prise, and reduce such Towns, Forts, Castles or Countries, as shall declare or maintain any Hostility against us, or that may endanger the Peace, or Security of our City, or Territories aforesaid, and to possess and strenghten them, with Forts or Garrisons, or otherwise raze, dismantle, or disable them, as to you shall seem expedient; and to arm, discipline and entertain into your Service, all such as you shall think fit, to receive under your Command, out of any the Kingdoms, Domi∣nions or Territories aforesaid. And we do further, by these Presents, ordain and appoint you, one of our Vice-Admirals, with power to give, ordain and com∣mand, to all our Naval Forces and Commanders at Sea, that shall be appointed by us, or our Authority, to attend the service of our said City of Tangier, and up∣on the Coast of Africa; and likewise to require them by your Orders, or Instructi∣ons, to prosecute any design, which you shall judge to be for our service; and also when, and where ye shall think meet to appoint, constitute, and keep a Court of Admiralty, and appoint Judges and Officers for the same, for the hearing and determining all Maritime Causes, belonging to the Jurisdiction of a Court-Ad∣miral, as it is exercised in England. And for the better discipline of the Forces under your Command, both by Land and Sea, We do hereby give you full Power and Authority, to ordain, publish and execute Laws, and Ordinances-Martial, according to the Constitutions, and Practices of a Court-Martial, and to punish by death, or otherwise, or to pardon Offences, as in your discretion you shall judge meet. And we do hereby give unto you all such further Powers, Preheminences, and Authorities, as to a Captain-General, or to one of our Vice-Admirals, do any ways appertain, or belong. And we do by these our Letters Patents, make, ordain, and constitute you our chief Governor of our said City of Tangier, and Subburbs thereof, and of all other Cities, Towns, Villages, Forts, Castles, Islands, Lands, and Countries, which now are, or which hereafter, during this our Commission, shall be delivered, or reduced to our obedience, within any of the Kingdoms aforesaid. And we do hereby give you Authority to make, approve, and execute, such Laws and Ordinances, making the same as near as may be con∣formable to the Laws of England, for the better carrying on of the Civil Govern∣ment, of our said City of Tangier, or any other Cities, or Places which are, or shall happen to be, under your command, and may best stand with the peace, and good government of the People, and Places commanded by you, and to punish, par∣don, or remit Offences, against any of the Laws or Ordinances aforesaid. And we do hereby further authorize you, to entertain Trade, and to give license to others to Trade, and to proceed by such ways, and means, for the advance, and en∣couragement of Trade, as you in your discretion shall think fit; until you shall receive further or other Directions from us: And to appoint, and establish Officers proper for the administration of publick Justice, as may best suit with your Interest, and with such Instructions as you shall receive from us, from time to time; and to impose and
raise such reasonable Taxes, Contributions, Customs or other Payments, as you shall judge necessary to our affairs. And our will and pleasure is, That all Confiscations, Prizes, Goods, Merchandizes condemned by a Court of Admiralty, and all other Forfeitures, Customs, or other Payments, or Profits which shall be taken by you, be put into account, which account shall be transmitted hither unto us, or to such as we shall appoint, once every Year; and that ye imploy the proceeds thereof to our Service, for the supply of the Magazines, or Forces under your Command, until we shall order you to dispose otherwise of the same. And we do further impower you, under your Hand and Seal, to appoint your Deputy or Deputies, by what Name or Qualities you shall think fit, to execute all, or any of those Powers and Authori∣ties, by these Presents granted unto you; and we do give to such person and persons, so appointed by you, full Power, and Authority, to do and execute, whatsoever he or they respectively, shall be by you appointed to do or execute: To have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said Offices of Captain-General, Chief Governor, and Vice-Admiral, and all and every the Powers, and Authorities aforesaid, by you, and by your Depu∣ty and Deputies as aforesaid, during our will, and pleasure. And further we do here∣by give, and grant, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, that for whatsoever you, or any by your Commission, Warrant, or Command, shall lawfully do by vertue of this our Commission, or the Instructions, which you at any time shall receive from us, the shewing forth of these our Letters Patents, or the Inro••••ent thereof, shall be in all and every of our Courts, and else-where in our Dominions, a sufficient Discharge, and Acquittal in that behalf to you, or such as shall act under you, against us, our Heirs, and Successors, and free you and them from all impeachment, and other mo∣lestations for the same. In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patents.
Witness our Self at Westminster the Sixth Day of September, in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign.
Per ipsum Regem. Barker.
I. YOU are by vertue of your Commission under our Great Seal, and such Warrants, and Directions as you have had from us, or our Council, to re∣ceive under your Command the Forces of Horse, and Foot raised in England, and two Regiments appointed for this service at Dunkirke, and from the Rendezvous at Portsmouth, wind and weather serving, to sail directly to our City of Tangier.
II. Being there arrived, you are, as our General and Governor of that City, and Country, within the extent of your Commission, to demand, and receive the same, with the Artillery, Ammunition, &c. into your possession, from the Governor of our Brother the King of Portugal.
III. You are to signifie to the Earl of Sandwich the delivery of Tangier, as soon as you receive it, and send some trusty Person with your Bills of Exchange for &c. to Lisbon, where the same is to be paid, and sent by his Lordship in a good Ship to Tangier, as we have directed.
IV. You are to endeavour to entertain into our Service such of the Portugal Horse, as are willing to continue there, upon the pay appointed by the establishment for Horse delivered to you: And upon your Certificate to the Earl of Sandwich, what summ of money is requisite to provide for them, in equality with the Horse sent from England: And order shall be taken to return the same to you immediately from Lisbon.
V. You are not to apply any of the Provisions, or Pay of our Army, for the support of any of the Inhabitants, not in Pay, but in all cases of their want, or straits, you are to dispose of them so (any thing to the contrary notwithstanding) that our City of Tangier may not be endangered thereby.
VI. Having given you by Commission full Power and Authority, to treat, and conclude upon what Conditions, and Terms of Peace, or Neutrality, with any Prince, or People, of those Parts, you shall judge most for our Honour and Ser∣vice: We are not willing to limit you further therein, then that (except it be in extream Accidents) we expect that you refer all your agreements to our Ratificati∣on, and that they be no longer binding, if we refuse to give the same, after noti∣fication of such our Refusal.
VII. Our main design in putting our self to this great charge, for making this ad∣dition to our Dominions, being to gain to our Subjects the trade of Barbary, and to enlarge our Dominions in that Sea, and advance thereby the Honour of our Crown, and the general Commerce, and Well-fare of our Subjects, you are to declare, That we are graciously pleased, that no Duties, Customs, or other Taxes whatsoever, shall be laid by us, or any under us, upon any Goods imported, or exported to, or from our City of Tangier, but that it shall be and remain, a free Port for _____ _____ years; and you are with all convenient speed to consider, and advise of the best ways and means, for Encouragement and Invitation of our Subjects, and Strangers to Reside, and Trade. And as that which we judge absolutely necessary to those ends, you are speedily to consider of the making of a Mould, for a sure station of Shipping, and to transmit to us, the Design and Estimate thereof; beginning in the mean while, with such preparations, as the Souldiers can be perswaded to, till upon considerati∣on of your advice therein, treasure shall be transmitted for that end.
VIII. And whereas after you have received into your Power and Obedience, our aforesaid City of Tangier, and setled and established there, in the best manner you shall be able, our Garrison, and Interests, you may find it necessary to resort in per∣son to our Royal Presence, either to inform us of the Grounds, and Probabilities, of further Designs, to the good, and advancement of our Dominions there, and to take our Commands, and Directions thereupon; or to solicit, and procure, such other supplies, and necessaries, as the occasion, and subsistence of our said City, and Gar∣rison, shall require: We do enable you by our license, which by these presents we do grant unto you, to repair unto us, when you shall see convenient, leaving behind you, to govern in your absence, a Deputy fit for that place, or such a one, as before your departure from hence, or hereafter, we shall signifie, and direct unto you.
IX. If (which we cannot expect) any accident should intervene, whereby he City of Tangier should fail to be delivered to you, you are then to return home, with the Forces under your command, if by joint advice, after meeting with the Earl of Sandwich, you shall not agree upon some further design for our service.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Omnibus & singulis ad quos hae litterae pervenerint, salutem.
Cum indole naturae, atque instituto regiminis, omnes homines, & prae caeteris Principes, ad pacem & concordiam, inter dissitas nationes, conciliandam ac fovendam, animos studiaque sua applicare debeant, non solum quia talis humani generis consensus, ad univerlam incolumitatem Commercii incrementum, & navigandi securitatem quam maxime facit, sed etiam quia Dei Optimi Maximi gloria, ex hu∣jusmodi mediis, mirifice crescit & dilatatur: Nos satis conscii regiam Celsitudinem ad tales curas praecipue destinatam, ac constitutam esse, nec minus pro nostra statione commode ut putamus, ad illiusmodi fines promovendos, id unice operam dare, atque eo contendere decrevimus, ut longinquae terrae, atque adeo universus orbis (si fieri possit) cum nostra Britannia, manus, animos & sinceros amplexus conjungat: Sciatis igitur quod nos probitate, ac fide nobilissimi Viri, perquam fidelis & praedi∣lecti
consanguinei nostri Henrici Comitis de Peterborow, Civitatis nostrae Tingi∣tanae in Africa, omniumque circumcirca regionum, portuum, littorum & pagorum, Capitanei-Generalis, & Praefecti, nec non in iisdem oris, ac littoribus Vice-admi∣rali nostri confidentes, eundem Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, nostrum verum & indubitatum Plenipotentiarium constituimus & ordinavimus, ac per praesentes constituimus & ordinamus. Dantes eidem virtute praesentium facultatem, authori∣tatem & mandatum generale, ac speciale, per se, & per Commissarios aut Procu∣ratores suos, cum quolibet Rege, Principe, Dynasta, Civitate, vel Statu, in Regnis de Sus, Fez & Morocco, vel qualibet alia per Africam ditione, supremam aut suffici∣entem potestatem habente, pacem vel inducias, prout, quandocunque, & quoties∣cunque ipse dictus Comes, è re nostra esse judicaverit faciendi, amicitiamque vel antiquam renovandi, vel novam ineundi, pro nostrorum Regnorum, Subditorum, & Mercatorum bono commercio & commodo, atque de & super quibuscunque articulis, capitulis, causis & conditionibus, pacis, amicitiae, faederis & commerciorum re∣stauratione, aut stabilimento cum dictis Regibus, Principibus, Dynastis, Civitati∣bus, aut Statibus, vel quibuslibet eorum respective, sub modis, formis, provisioni∣bus, cautionibus & securitatibus, quas ad formam, & stabilem Conventorum obser∣vationem, necessarias, aut idoneas putaverit; atque de aliis ad veram, & sinceram pa∣cificationem, amicitiam, mercutaraeque exercitationem spectantibus, hinc inde con∣ciliandi, tractandi, concordandi, paciscendi, conveniendi & finaliter concludendi. Denique omnia alia, nostro nomine, gerendi, exercendi & firmandi, quae ad servi∣tium nostrum spectant, & opportuna & salubria videbuntur. Promittentes bona fide, & in Verbo Regio, quicquid per dictum nostrum Capitaneum Generalem & Plenipotentiarium, Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, vel per Commissarios aut Procuratores suos, legittime constitutos, actum, gestum, conventum, & conclusum fuerit, nos ratum, gratum, ac acceptum habituros, neque contra ipsorum aliquae, vel aliquid contraventuros, imo ipsa defensuros, inviolabiliter observaturos, atque observari curaturos & facturos. In quorum Testimonium literas hasce scribi, & manu nostra propria signatas, regni nostri Angliae sigilli majoris additione commu∣niri volumus.
Quae dabantur in Palatio nostro Westmonasteriensi vicesimo primo die Novembris, Anno Domini milesimo sexcentesimo sexagesimo primo.
Signat. CAROLUS R.
CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To the Treasurer, and Under-Treasurer of our Exchequer, now and for the time being, greeting.
Whereas by our Letters of Privy Seal, bearing date the Thirteenth of September last past, we gave order for payment of Three thousand eight hundred Pounds Sterling, unto our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin, the Earl of Peterborow, our Gove∣nor of Tangier, by way of Inprest as his own pay, and for raising of One hundred Horses, and Fifteen hundred Foot for our Service, in Tangier aforesaid: Our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby require and authorize you, to allow Two thou∣sand Pounds, of the said Three thousand eight hundred Pounds, as a free Gift from us, unto the said Earl of Peterborow, in consideration of the great expence he was at, in Preparatives and personal Provisions, for our Service in that expedition, to be passed to him without accompt, and his own pay to continue, and go on; notwith∣standing our said Privy Seal of the Thirteenth of September last, and to be accompted, and allowed unto him from the term, and according to the tenor of the Establish∣ment,
for our said Garrison of Tangier; and these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant, and Discharge in that behalf.
Given under our Privy Seal, at our Palace at Westminster, the Fifteenth Day of February, in the Thirteenth Year of our Reign.
My Lord of Peterborow,
THE Wind coming contrary, you will have prevented that Perplexity, which otherwise I judge ye would have been in, by the mistake of Secretary Maurice his Letter; the King's Direction to him was, To send to you to Sail to Tan∣gier, when you had a Thousand Men, which he by mistake wrote Lisbon. The King hath ordered Secretary Nicholas to write to you, and to certifie that mistake, to which I refer you: Order was given on Saturday last, to quicken down the rest of the Merchant-Ships, which I suppose is done. If the Wind continue contrary, there will be an inevitable necessity for you, to lend some of your Provisions to victual them for their Return, which I desire you to do, and oblige my self to take care for the restoring it to you again.
I am Your very Affectionate Friend, JAMES.
Whitehall, December 9. 1661.
My Lord of Peterborow,
I Have forborn to write to you all this while, in answer to several of your Let∣ters, expecting still the dispatch of this Bearer, Major Fines, who hath stayed here solliciting some concerns of his Regiment, which he hath now dispatched: And to what you desire to know, concerning such Offices in the respective Regi∣ments, as shall become vacant, the King hath commanded me to tell you, That when that shall happen, you shall fill them up, out of such of the same Regi∣ment, as by right, and merit may pretend to be advanced; which I hope will be a great encouragement to the whole Troops under your Command, when they see no fear of others to come over their Heads: And because some of the Regiments are not compleat of Souldiers, according to the establishment, the King would have you to keep all such Monies, of the vacant places of Common-Souldiers, in your Hands, to be laid out in recruiting, or other uses, for every respective Regiment; and from time to time to give an account of it here, that you may receive further direction. This is all I have to say to you, at present, but to wish you a good Voyage, and to assure you, that you shall ever find me to be,
Your very Affectionate Friend, JAMES.
Whitehall, December 20. 1661.
My Lord of Peterborow,
I am very well satisfied of your Care and Diligence, in the imployment you are in, for which I thank you very heartily; and assure your self I have so just a Sence of this, and all your other services, as you shall find upon all occasions, how much I esteem and value those who serve me faithfully. I have no more to add at present, only to desire you to let those honest Men know, who go along with you, That they shall always be in my particular Care and Protection, as Persons that venture themselves in my Service; and so wishing you a good Voyage, I remain,
Your very Affectionate Friend, CHARLES R.
Whitehall, the 21 of Dec. 1681.
To Henry Earl of Peterborow.
BY virtue of the Power and Authority unto me granted, by the King my Sove∣reign Lord and Brother, by his Majesty's Letters Patents, under the Great Seal of England, bearing date the Twenty seventh of February, in the Fourteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, I do hereby empower and authorize you, the said Henry Earl of Peterborow (whom I have nominated, constituted and appointed, to be my Vice-Admiral, of the City and Port of Tangier in Africa, and of the maritime Places thereunto adjacent, and appertaining,) to appoint a Judge-Advocate, Register, Proctor, and Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty of Tangier aforesaid, for the due, and orderly management of all Proceedings, in the Vice-Admiralty of the said City, Port and Places, adjacent and belonging to Tangier aforesaid, during the vacancies of the said places, and until I shall think fit to give further order therein; and for so doing this shall be your Warrant.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Hampton-Court, August the Tenth. 1662.
By Command of his Highness, W. Covenny. JAMES.
WE Andrew Earl of Teviot, Lord Rutherford, Captain-General of his Majesty of Great Britain's Forces in Africa, and Governor of Tangier, by vertue of his Majesty's Commission to us, and his dimission to his Excellency, Henry Earl of Peterborow, late Governor for his Majesty in Tangier, directed, do hereby acknow∣ledge to have received of his said Excellency, the Earl of Peterborow, his Majesty's City and Garrison of Tangier, with the Provisions, Guns, Arms, Ammunition, and other Utensils of War, as by our Receipts, and Commissaries Certificate, more particular∣ly appears; together with the Souldiers, Horse and Foot, belonging to the said Gar∣rison.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hand and Seal, the Ninth Day of June, in the Fifteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini. 1663.
TEVIOT.
CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To the Treasurer, Chan∣cellor, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and Barons of the Exchequer of us, our Heirs and Successors, and to all other the Officers and Ministers of the said Court, and of the Receipt there now being, or which at any time hereafter shall be, and to all others to whom these Presents shall appertain, Greeting. Know ye, That we, as well in consideration of the great Merit and good Service, of our Right Trusty, and Right welbeloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, already done and performed, in possessing and setling our City, Fort and Garrison of Tangier in Africa, as for divers other good causes, and considerations us hereunto moving, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, have given and granted, and by these Presents for us, our Heirs and Successors, We give and grant unto the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, one Annuity or Pension, of One thousand Pounds, of law∣ful Money of England, by the Year: To have and yearly to perceive, and receive the said Annuity or Pension, of One thousand Pounds by the Year, unto the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, and his Assigns, from the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God, which was in the Fourteenth Year of our Reign, for and during the natural Life of him the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, out of the Treasury of us, our Heirs and Successors, at the receipt of the Exchequer, of us, our Heirs and Successors, by the Hands of the Treasurer, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and other Officers and Ministers of the said Exchequer, for the time being, at the Four usual Feasts or Terms in the Year, that is to say, At the Feast of the Annuntiation of the blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, and St. Michael the Archangel, and the Birth of our Lord God, by even and equal Portions; the First payment thereof to commence, and begin from the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord God, One thousand six hundred sixty and two. Wherefore we do hereby require, authorize and command the Treasurer, Chancellor, Under-Treasurer, Chamberlains, and Barons of our said Ex∣chequer, and all other the Officers and Ministers there, for the time being, to make due payment of the said Annuity, or yearly Pension, of one thousand Pounds, on the Feast-days above-mentioned: And these Presents, or the Inrolment thereof, shall be unto them, and every of them, a sufficient Warrant, and Discharge, for the payment of the said Annuity, or Pension of One thousand Pounds, from time to time accordingly; any Act, Statute, Provision, Proclamation, Restraint, or other matter or thing, heretofore had, made, enacted, or provided, to the contrary
in any wise notwithstanding. In witness whereof, we have caused these our Let∣ters to be made Patents.
Witness our self at Westminster, the One and thirtieth Day of March, in the Fifteenth Year of our Reign.
By Writ of Privy Seal. HOWARD.
Irrotulatur in Thesaurarii receptis Scaccarii Domini Regis Caroli Secundi, quarto die Junii, Anno Regni sui decimo quinto.
Rob. Long.
Irrotulatur inter Recorda Domini Regis Caroli Secundi, infra recepta Scaccarii sui remanen∣tia in Officio Clerici Thesaurarii Clerici Wil∣lielmi decimo quinto die Junii 1663. An∣noque Domini Regis decimo quinto.
W. Wardour.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilectis & per quidem fidelibus Consanguineis nostris Johanni Comiti de Exeter, & Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.
Cum per quendam Actum in Parlamento nostro, inchoato apud Westmonasterium, octavo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri decimo octavo, & ibidem tento usque ad decimum octa∣vum diem Februarii, Anno Regni nostri decimo quarto, & abinde per separales prorogationes continuato, intitulatum, [An Act for the ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,] factum & editum, ac authoritate ejusdem decla∣ratum & enactitatum existit, inter acta ordinaria, nos, haeredes & successores nostri, de tempore in tempus, ut occasio requirerit, emanabimus, & emanare potuimus, sepa∣rales Commissiones Locumtenentium, talibus personis quales nos, haeredes & successo∣res nostri, idoneas putabimus fore Locumtenentes nostros, pro separalibus, & respectivis Comitatibus, Civitatibus & locis Angliae, & Dominii Walliae, & villae Barvici super Twedam. Qui Locumtenentes plenam habebunt potestatem & autho∣ritatem, ad convocandum omnes tales personas, ad talia tempora, ac eas armare, & arraiare in tali modo, qualiter postea in eodem actu expressum, & declaratum ex∣istit, ac ipsas in Cohortes, Turmas & Regimenta formare, & in casu Insurrectionis, Rebellionis, aut Invasionis, ipsas ducere, conducere & disponere, vel duci, conduci & disponi causare, tam infra praedictos separales Comitatus, & Civitates, & loca pro quibus respective commissionati fuerint, quam etiam in aliquibus aliis Comitati∣bus, & locis praedictis, ad supprimendum omnes tales Insurrectiones & Rebelliones, & repellendum Invasiones, quales fore contigerunt, secundum directiones, quales ipsi de tempore in tempus, à nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris, recipient, prout per Actum illum, inter separales alias potestates, & authoritates in eodem actu contentas, & specifi∣catas, plenius liquet & apparet. Sciatis igitur quod, nos virtute & secundum teno∣rem, formam & effectum actus Parlamenti praedicti, ac pro meliori executione ejus∣dem, ac potestate & authoritate in eodem actu contentis & specificatis, Nominavimus, fecimus, & assignavimus, ac per praesentes nominamus, facimus & assignamus, vos praefatum Johannem Comitem de Exeter, & Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, Locumtenentes nostros per & in Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & per & in omnibus Comitatibus, Burgis, Libertatibus, Locis, Incorporatis & Privilegiatis,
ac aliis locis quibuscunque, infra Comitatum illum, limites, vel proficua ejusdem: Et tenore praesentium, ac virtute actus praedicti, plenam potestatem, & authorita∣tem, vobis damus & concedimus, ad faciendum, exequendum, peragendum & per∣formandum, omnia & singula, in aut per actum Parlamenti praedicti enactitatum, declaratum sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Locumtenentes, per nos, vigore illius actus, nominandum, seu constituendum, aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem actus, fa∣ciendum, exequendum, peragendum, seu performandum. Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod secundum tenorem, formam, & effectum actus Parliamenti illius in hac parte, procedatis, & ea omnia faciatis, & exequemini cum effectu, periculo incumbente. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, Vicesimo primo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri decimo.
Per ipsum Regem. Barker.
At the Court at Whitehall the 13th. of June, 1666.
THis Day the Right honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow, took the Oaths of Alle∣giance and Supremacy, and the Oath appointed by the Act, (for ordering of the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,) to be taken by the Lords Lieutenants of the respective Counties, and his Lordship is joined with the Right Honourable John Earl of Ezeter, in the place of Lord Lieutenant of the Coun∣ty of Northampton, and it is ordered that the same be entred, in the Register of Council causes.
Richard Brown.
Whitehall, June 30. 1666.
My LORD,
HIS Majesty, being pressed by the likelihood of a speedy Invasion from abroad, by the united Force of France and Holland; and being assured by all his In∣telligence, That the Dutch have Inbarked in their Fleet, now upon our Coast, Sevea or Eight thousand Land-men, with all Necessaries accordingly, besides what they expect from the Preparations of France; hath resolved, among other Expedi∣ents occurring to him, to raise distinct Troops of Horse, to be afterwards incorpo∣rated in Regiments, as he shall see cause; and commanded me to transmit to your Grace this inclosed Commission, recommending to you the raising of them
with all possible expedition: And your Lordship being pleased to certifie me, what place you will appoint for their Rendezvous, his Majesty will forthwith send a Commission to Muster them, when they shall amount to the number of Thirty; and accordingly receive them into pay, with their Officers: of which I beseech your Lordship to let me be informed with all speed. I am, with all truth,
Your Lordship's, Most Humble Servant, ARLINGTON.
Your Lordship signifying to me the Names of such Persons as you shall chuse for Officers, care shall be taken for Commissions to be forthwith dispatched for them.
Charles R.
CHARLES the Second, by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To our Right Trusty and Right wel∣beloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Greeting.
We reposing a special trust, and confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Captain of a Troop of Horse, consisting of Eighty Common Troopers, besides Officers, which you are hereby authorized to raise, arm, and diligently exercise, keeping your Souldiers in good Order and Discipline: Com∣manding them hereby, to obey you as their Captain, and your self to observe such Or∣der and Directions, as you shall receive, from time to time, from us, or our General, according to the discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust we repose in you.
Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Thirtieth Day of June, in the Eighteenth Year of our Reign. 1666.
By his Majesty's Command. ARLINGTON.
AFter our very hearty Commendations to your Lordship: Whereas the pre∣sent State of affairs, may require the speedy Calling together of the Forces of the several Counties, in order to the securing the Kingdom from Foreign Invasion, the Enemy already appearing with a Fleet of Ships upon the Coast; we have thought fit to give you notice thereof, to the end, speedy Warning may be given, for all the Horse and Foot of that County, to be in a readiness, to march at a short no∣tice, to such place as your Lordship shall find most convenient, or shall be ordered from hence, for opposing the Enemy, if he shall make any attempt to Land, and for defence of the County: And for their Encouragement, and such as shall supply them, for their March, his Majesty hath declared his Royal pleasure, and required us, to signifie to your Lordship, that during the said Forces continuing in Service, after their Rendezvousing, and marching upon the occasion aforesaid, they shall be in his Majesty's pay, as the rest of his Forces. We are, by his Majesty's directions, farther to acquaint you, That upon serious consideration had of the Act Intituled,
[An Act for ordering the Forces in the several Counties in this Kingdom] it doth ap∣pear, That any of the said Forces have been formerly in actual service for a month or more, and were provided with a Months pay; yet nevertheless, they in their Persons are to appear and serve, whensoever they shall be thereto Summoned, as by the said Act doth appear, under penalty therein mentioned. And for the easing of his Majesty's Charge, we pray and require your punctual Care and Diligence, in the constant Raising the Monies, designed for furnishing Ammunition, and other Necessaries, and the Fines due from Defaulters upon the said Act, and to have the same in readiness, to answer Emergences; and not doubting of your Lordships Compliance, with these his Ma∣jesty's Commands, we bid your Lordship heartily farewel.
From the Court at Whitehall, the Eleventh Day of June. 1667.
Your Lordship's very loving Friends,
Since the writing hereof, finding that your Lordship, amongst some others the Lords Lieutenants of this Kingdom, have failed to return to this Board, a List of the several Troops, and Companies of Militia, in the County under your care, with the numbers of them severally, as you were required: We do pray and require your Lordship, the next Post after the receipt hereof, as you tender the Safety of his Majesty's Kingdoms, to send the same unto us, and therein also express, as many of the Commissioned Officers Names, as your Lordship can by that time ascertain.
Richard Brown.
Whitehall, 1667.
My LORD,
HIS Majesty commands me, to signifie his Pleasure to you, that forthwith your Lordship repair to your Lieutenancy, there with all diligence to put your Militia and other Troops into such a posture, as may best secure the Quiet and Peace of the Country, and render them capable to comply with such Or∣ders and Directions, as your Lordship shall, from time to time, receive from his Ma∣jesty, of which, as of all things else, that may relate to his Majesty's Service, his Majesty desires to receive frequent and particular Advice, on all occasions, from your Lordship: I am, with much Truth and Affection,
My LORD,
Your Lordship's, Most Humble Servant, ARLINGTON.
Charles R.
CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To our Right Trusty and Right wel∣beloved Cousin, Henry Earl of Peterborow, greeting.
We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, have thought fit to constitute and appoint, as by these Presents we do constitute and appoint, you to be a Collonel of a Regiment of Foot, to be raised for our Service, the same to consist of Ten Companies, and each Company of Sixty Men, besides Officers: You are carefully to discharge the Duty of a Collonel, by exercising the said Regiment in Arms, both Officers and Souldiers, and keeping them in good Order and Discipline; and we do hereby command them to obey you as their Collonel: And we do further constitute and appoint you, to be Captain of one of the Companies of the said Regiment, and you are from time to time to observe, and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall receive from us, according to the Rule and Discipline of War, pursuant to the Trust we repose in you.
Given at our Court at Whitehall, this Twenty third Day of January, in the Twenty fourth Year of our Reign. 1672/3.
By his Majesty's Command. ARLINGTON.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, Salu∣tem.
Quandoquidem nobis visum fuerit, pro singulari illo animi affectu, quo prose∣quimur, semperque sumus prosecuti, Augustam domum Austriacam, & ut votis charissimi Fratris nostri unici, Ducis Eboracensis, gratum faceremus, serenissimam principem Claudiam Feliciam Archiducissam de Inspruck, ab invictissimo & po∣tentissimo Principe, ac Domino, Domino Leopoldo, divina favente Clementia, Romanorum Imperatore semper Augusto, per Ablegatum nostrum Extraordinarium Bernardum Gasconi Equitem auratum, in matrimonium dicto Fratri nostro charis∣simo deposcere: Cumque Majestas sua Caesarea rem ipsam amplexus, in tantum desi∣deriis nostris obsecutus sit, ut projectum Tractatus de matrimonio praedicto olim ineundo, per Commissarios Caesareae suae Majestatis & Ablegatum nostrum Extraor∣dinarium antedictum, jam conclusum, & subsignatum sit: Sciatis quod nos, eidem proposito rei hujusce ad optatum finem sine mora perducendae firmiter insistentes, nec non ut externis omnibus Ceremoniis, & solennitatibus ad hujusmodi opus requisitis, plene satisfaciamus, simul ut quo modo, tam in ipsam Principis antedictae personam, quam in novos hosce Affinitatis nexus, inter nos & augustam illam domum jam con∣trahendas, affecti sumus, palam omnibus faciamus, Fide, Virtute, Prudentia & Me∣ritis praedilecti, & perquam fidelis Consanguinei nostri, Henrici Comitis de Peterbo∣row, Paris Angliae, Domini Baronis Mordaunt de Turveia, & Locumtenentis pro nobis, in provincia & Civitate Northamptoniae, plurimum confisi, eundem Comitem de Peterborow nominavimus, constituimus, & deputavimus, uti per praesentes con∣stituimus, & deputamus nostrum verum, certum, & indubitatum Legatum, sive Am∣bassiatorem Extraordinarium, Deputatum, Commissarium & Procuratorem: Dan∣tes ei & concedentes, omnem & omnimodam potestatem, authoritatem, pariter ac mandatum generale, simul & speciale, ita tamen ut generale & speciale non deroget
neque è contra, pro nobis, & nostro nomine, tam serenissimam principem Claudiam Feliciam Archiducissam de Inspruck antedictam, solenniori modo, in uxorem Fratri nostro charissimo Duci Eboracensi praedicto postulandi, adeoque in eum finem Articu∣los quosvis ulteriores, sive contractum matrimonialem, prout videbitur necessarium, cum iis qui à Caesarea sua Majestate, nec non ex parte serenissimae Archiducissae Claudiae Feliciae antedictae, vel etiam ex parte serenissmae Archiducissae viduae, matris suae, ad id erunt sufficienti authoritate instructi, conveniendi, tractandi, concludendi & sub∣signandi, quam nomine, & vice dicti Fratris nostri charissimi, proque ipso, Archi∣ducissam antedictam, vi Literarum procuratoriarum, ipsi à praedicto Fratre nostro cha∣rissimo, in eum finem concessarum, iisque quibus convenerit, modo & forma des∣ponsandi, eandemque Principem ita (ut praefertur) desponsatam, in hoc Regnum nostrum Angliae, eo modo quo illustribus suis natalibus, & dignitati par erit, dedu∣cendi; omnia denique ac singula faciendi, praestandique, quae ad optatum hoc opus Nuptiarum, ad finem & effectum quantocius perducendi, dictamque Principem (ita ut praefertur) domum deducendi, videbuntur necessaria, tam amplis, omnimoda modo ac forma, ut ipsi, si praesentes illic essemus, prorsus facere possemus; etiamsi istiusmodi illae fuerint, quae particularem magis potestatem, & mandatum à nobis spe∣cialius requirerent: Spondentes, & in Verbo Regio promittentes, nos quaecunque à dicto nostro Legato Extraordinario, vi praesentium concludi contigerint, ea omnia rata, grara & accepta, ea qua convenerit forma, & solennitate, habituros. In quo∣rum fidem, & testimonium, has Literas nostras, Manu nostra Regia signatas, magno Angliae sigillo communiri fecimus.
Dabantur in Palatio nostro Westmonasteriensi, Vigesimo quarto Die mensis Februarii, Anno Domini, 1672/3, Regni nostri Vige∣simo quinto.
CAROLUS R.
Charles R.
I. HAving for many Months past, treated privately, and in a preliminary manner, a Marriage betwixt our most dear Brother, James Duke of York and Al∣bany, our High Admiral of all our Dominions, &c. and the most serene Arch∣dutchess Claudia Felicia of Inspruck, by the means of our Trusty, and welbeloved Sir Bernard Gascoign, Knight, our Envoy Extraordinary to his Imperial Majesty; and finding now at last, that the matter is brought to a great probability of Succeeding, by what our said Envoy hath notified to us, and the Powers we have given to him for the same, bearing date the Twenty seventh Day of January last past, and be∣ing desirous to finish and compleat the same; we have resolved of sending you, in quality of our Extraordinary Embassador to his Imperial Majesty, with full Powers and Instructions, openly and avowedly, to demand of him the said Princess, in a Marriage with our said most dear Brother, and to treat and conclude the same, ac∣cording to the Powers given herewith under our Great Seal, and those others you shall receive from our said most dear Brother: Promising anew, as we have expressed in our aforesaid Plenipotentiary Power, sent to Sir Bernard Gascoign, to ratifie the same, as soon as he shall send hither the Project, signed by the Commissioners, appointed to treat with him, and to transmit it to his Imperial Majesty; the Ratifications where∣of you shall see exchanged on both sides, before you proceed to a final Conclusion of the said Marriage, in such a form as shall be agreed on.
II. To this effect you shall Transport your self, with all convenient speed you can, from hence to Strasburgh, by the way of France, and there expect (if the know∣ledge thereof cannot be sooner imparted to you,) the hearing from Sir Bernard
Gascoign, that all the Points are compleatly adjusted, as is aforesaid; till when you shall detain your self there, giving an account of your arrival to Sir Bernard Gascoign, and the occasion of your stay there. If on the one side you shall, understand from the said Sir Bernard, that the Treaty and Project of Marriage, is signed according to our direction, (a Copy of whose Plenipotentiary Power to effect the same, is herewith delivered you,) then you shall without delay, proceed on in your Jour∣ney towards the Court of his Imperial Majesty; and there taking upon you the qua∣lity of our Extraordinary Embassador, demand your publick Audience in the accusto∣med formes; accompanying your discourse therein with those Complements, that are most suitable to the occasion, and the present conjuncture of our Affairs, the condition whereof, with relation to them, shall be herewith exposed to you: But if on the other hand, you understand from the said Sir Bernard, that new delays are interposed in this Affair, viz. That the Ministers have not signed the Project, in the terms we have directed Sir Bernard Gascoign to do it, then you shall advertise the said Sir Ber∣nard, of the precise Orders we have given you, not to detain your self longer there; and according to his answer, either pursue your Journey on to the Court of the Em∣peror, or return back into France, dismissing your Equipage, so as to lessen your ex∣pence, as far as you can; and in your return home again, you are to follow such further Instructions and Directions, as you shall receive from our said most dear Bro∣ther.
III. When you shall have received an assurance, of his Imperial Majesty's entire Con∣currence, and Approbation of the Marriage, you shall take your leave there of him, and proceed on to the Court of the Archdutchess of Inspruck, taking along with you Sir Bernard Gascoign for your Assistance, in this and your further Transactions; and being arrived there, concert with the Archdutchess Dowager, the Marrying the Princess her Daughter, in the Name of our said most dear Brother, according to the Proxy, he shall give you to that effect; and in a word, performing all other Ceremonies, that shall be conducing to that Affair, with all regard to such an occasion, and the value we put upon it.
IV. Being arrived at the Court of Inspruck, you shall make all fitting Complements to both the Archdutchesses in our Name, suitable to the occasion, delivering to them our Letters, and afterwards adjust and concert with such Minister or Ministers, as shall be appointed to Treat with you, according to the Powers herewith given you, all the Circumstances and Ceremonies, requisit towards the compleating of the Marriage, and the bringing the Young Princess hither into England, with as much speed and convenience, as an Affair of that nature will permit: Advertising us from time to time, by express Couriers, or otherwise, of your Agreements and Progress therein, that nothing may be found wanting on our part, to satisfie the World of the value we have of his and her Marriage, with our most dear Brother, resorting further to those particular Instructions and Directions, you shall receive from him therein.
V. In the performance of this our Embassy, you shall take a special care of our Dignity, not yeilding the Hand to any Embassador of any Crowned King whatsoever; but on the other side avoiding prudently, all unnecessary occasions of Competition, not to discompose your Negociation thereby, unless you are unavoidably provoked thereunto: And if in your way going or coming, it shall befal you to see any Princes of the Empire, even the Electors themselves, you shall take care to stipulate before hand, the manner of your Reception, so as it may not be inferior, to what they have given to the Embassadors of any Crown'd Head; demanding especially the Hand of them in their own Palaces, when you shall be visited in any of the Courts, by the Envoys, Ordinary or Extraordinary, Residents, &c. of any Princes, you shall deny the Hand to them in your own House, it being a Rule now Established.
By his Majesty's Command. ARLINGTON.
C. R.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilecto & perquam fideli Consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.
Cum per quendam Actum in Parliamento nostro inchoato & tento, apud Westmonasterium, octavo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo tertio, & ibidem continuato usque ad decimum nonum diem Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo quarto, & abinde tunc prorogato, usque ad decimum Octavum diem Februarii, tunc proxime sequentem, intitulatum, [An Act for ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,] factum & editum, ac authori∣tate ejusdem & declaratum, & inactitatum existit, inter alia, quod nos, haeredes & successores nostri, de tempore in tempus, ut occasio requirerit, emanabimus, & ema∣nare potuimus, separales Commissiones Locumtenentium, talibus personis, quales nos, haeredes & successores nostri idoneas putabimus, fore Locumtenentes nostros, pro separalibus & respectivis Comitatibus, Civitatibus, & Locis Angliae, & Dominii Walliae, & villae Bervici super Twedam: Qui Locumtenentes plenam habebunt potestatem, & authoritatem, ad convocandum omnes tales personas, ad talia tem∣pora, & eas armare, & arraiare, in tali modo, qualiter postea in eodem Actu expres∣sum, & declaratum existit, ac ipsas in Cohortes, Turmas & Regimenta formare; ac in casu Insurrectionis, Rebellionis, aut Invasionis, ipsas ducere, conducere, & disponere, vel duci, conduci, & disponi causare, tam infra praedictos separales Co∣mitatus, Civitates & Loca, pro quibus respective commissionati fuerint, quam etiam in aliquo alio Comitatu, & locis praedictis, ad supprimendum omnes ta∣les Insurrectiones & Rebelliones, & repellendum Invasiones, quales fore con∣tigerunt, secundum Directiones, quales ipsi, de tempore in tempus, à nobis, haeredibus & successoribus nostris recipient, prout per Actum illum, inter se∣parales alias potestates, & authoritates, in eodem contentas & specificatas, pleni∣us liquet & apparet. Cumque nos per Commissionem, sive Literas Patentes nostras, sub magno Sigillo nostri Angliae confectas, gerentes data, Vicesimo primo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo octavo, virtute, & secundum formam, tenorem & effectum, Actus Parlamenti praedicti, ac pro meliori executione ejusdem, potestate & authoritate, in eodem actu contentis, & specificatis, nominaverimus, fecerimus & assignaverimus, praedilectum ac perquam fidelem Consanguineum nostrum Johannem Comitem Exoniae, & te praefatum Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, Locumtenentes nostros, per & in Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & per & in omnibus Civitatibus, Burgis, Libertatibus, Locis incorporatis & privilegiatis, ac in aliis locis quibuscun∣que, infra Comitatum illum, limites, & praecincta ejusdem. Et tenore Commissio∣nis, sive Literarum nostrarum Patentium praedictarum, ac virtute Actus praedicti, plenam potestatem, & authoritatem dederimus, & concesserimus, ad faciendum, exequendum, peragendum & performandum, omnia & singula, in aut per Acta Parlamenti praedicti, inactitatum, declaratum, sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Lo∣cumtenentes per nos, vigore actus illius, nominandum & constituendum aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem Actus faciendum, exequendum, peragendum, seu perfor∣mandum, prout pet eandem Commissionem, sive Literas nostras Patentes praedictas, plenius liquet & apparet. Cumque ratione longitudinis Comitatus nostri Northamp∣toniae praedictae, magnaeque distantiae, separatim fuere, & partem ejusdem Comitatus Locumtenentibus nostri praedicti, non tam commode insunt, & conjunctim, quam separatim, & divisim possint, quod etiam in aliis nonnullis Comitatibus hujus Reg∣ni nostri Angliae, experti sumus: Cumque dictus Comitatus noster Northamptoniae, in duas partes, sive divisiones, divisus existit, aut reputatur fore divisum, ex antiquo captum, & cognitum fuit, quarum una pars vocatur, sive cognoscitur per nomen de le East division, & altera per nomen de le West division, eundemque Comitatum sic partitum, & divisum per duos separales Locumtenentes, duabus separalibus
Commissionibus nostris munitos, armare, arraiare, ordinare, disponere, regere & gubernare, secundum formam Statuti praedicti equum esse duximus: Sciatis igitur quod nos ad requisitionem, tam praefati Johannis Comitis Exoniae, quam praefati Henrici Comitis de Peterborow, pro praeventione omnium, & omnimodarum Controversia∣rum, Discordiarum, Misprisionum, Difficultatum, & in conjuncta Executione officii prae∣dicti Locumtenentis Comitatus praedicti: Ac etiam virtute, & secundum tenorem, for∣mam & effectum, Actus Parlamenti in praesentibus praesentatum, ac pro meliori execu∣tione ejusdem, & potestate, & authoritate, in eodem Actu contentis & specificatis, nominavimus, fecimus & assignavimus, ac per praesentes nominamus, fecimus & assignamus, te praefatum Henricum Comitem de Peterborow, per te ipsum solum, & non conjunctim, cum praefato Johanne Comite Exoniae, Locumtenentem nostrum, per & in dicta parte, sive divisione, nuncupata sive cognita, per nomen de le West division Comitatus nostri Northamptoniae praedictae, & per & in omnibus Civitatibus, Bur∣gis, Libertatibus, Locis incorporatis & privilegiatis, ac in aliis locis quibuscunque, infra Divisionem illam, vocatam le West division, vel infra limites, vel praecincta ejusdem, & tenore praesentium, ac virtute Actus praedicti plenius separatim, & distinctim, potestatem & authoritatem, tibi damus & concedimus, infra le West division praedictam, ad faciendum, exequendum, peragendum & perfor∣mandum, omnia & singula, in aut per Actum Parlamenti praedicti inactitatum, declaratum, sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Locumtenentem, per nos, vigore Actus illius, nominandum, seu constituendum, aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem Actus faciendum, exequendum, performandum seu peragendum. Et ideo tibi manda∣mus, quod secundum tenorem, formam & effectum, Actus Parlamenti illius, in hac parte procedas, & ea omnia, & singula facere, & exequi, cum effectu, infra le West division praedictam, periculo incumbente. In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, Vicesimo sexto die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Vicesimo sexto.
Per breve de privato Sigillo.
Charles R.
THE occasion failing upon which we lately Instructed you, in the quality of our Extraordinary Embassador to the Court of Vienna, viz. The effecting a Marriage betwixt our most dear Brother JAMES Duke of York, &c. and the Young Archdutchess of Inspruck; and our said dear Brother, desiring us now to con∣sent to his Marriage, with the Young Princess of Modena, Mary d' Esté, Sister to the present Duke of Modena; we have thought fit hereby to enjoin, and direct you to make what convenient speed you possibly can, to the Court of the said Prince; and introducing your self there by your Letters of Credence, which we herewith send you, to an Audience with the Dutchess Regent, (after the performance of such Complements to her on our part, as will best occur to you upon the Subject) open unto her our Brother's earnest desire, to Espouse the Young Princess her Daughter, declaring withal, the sufficient Authority you have to effect the same, by virtue of those Powers, you will herewith receive from us, and our said most dear Brother: And desiring of her to appoint you some Ministers, with whom you may adjust all circumstances, as well relating to the Marriage, as the briging the Princess hither: Accordingly you shall stipulate and agree, such Conditions and Articles with them, for the payment of the Young Princess's Portion on their part, and for the establishing of a Jointure on ours, as you shall be more particularly In∣structed
therein, by our said dearest Brother, who seems to be willing to settle a Jointure of Fifteen thousand Pounds per annum Sterling, Money of England, and even to enlarge himself further therein, if the value of her Portion (hitherto not certainly known to us,) shall require a better; and further secure this clause by referring it, and the time for the payment of her Portion, to the Arbitration of the most Christian King, as a neutral person betwixt the parties; in case you do not find it easie for you, finally to conclude these Points your self. These Capitu∣lations being thus finished, you shall proceed to Espouse the Princess in our Bro∣ther's name, according to the Deputation, and Proxy he will send you to that effect; and when that Ceremony is over, adjust with the Dutchess Regent, or her Ministers, the manner of bringing the Young Princess hither, which we suspect (for the avoiding of many troublesome and chargeable Ceremonies) she will chuse to do, Incognita; consequent to which, you shall leave to them the defraying the expence thereof, as far as Paris or Calice, whither our said Brother will resolve to send a part of his Household, to receive and entertain her at his charge, until she arrives in our Court; assuring the Dutchess Regent, and the Young Princess too, of all possible evidences on our part, of our tender care and affection to her, agree∣able to the quality of her Person, and the Love we shall ever bear her, as our Bro∣ther's Wife. Now although it be unusual to send Extraordinary Embassadors to a single Prince in Italy of that Sphere, yet we have condescended unto it, to honour our most dear Brother's choice of this Princess for his Wife: But that on the other side, our own Dignity may not suffer thereby, you must be careful at your appearance in that Court, to stipulate and adjust, the manner of your Reception there, to the full ex∣tent of such Ceremonies, as have been given to the Embassadors of France and Spain, that have ever appeared there, and particularly those given to the Duke de Navailles, when he conducted thither a Wife to the late Duke. You shall not fail to give us timely notice, of all your Progress and Proceedings herein, by the Hands of one of our principal Secretaries of State, that if need be, we may transmit to you, our further Instructions and Directions, for the better performance of this important Ser∣vice. Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Thirty first Day of July, One thou∣sand six hundred seventy three, in the five and twentieth Year of our Reign.
By his Majesty's Command.ARLINGTON.
C. R.
I. YOU are in pursuance of his Majesty's Command and Powers to that ef∣fect, to make what speed you can to Modena, (or where-else that Court shall be) and there having obtained Audience of the Dutchess Regent, Duke, and Princess his Sister, and presented your credential Letters from his Majesty, and my self, (which shall be sent you herewith:) You are to profess to them, the earnest desires I have, of Marrying that Young Princess, and the great Affection I have conceived of her Person and Vertues, with such other expressions, as you judge proper for the occasion.
II. Your are to apply your self to that Court, and the Ministers there in such sort, as to expedit all you can, the Conclusion of this Treaty and my Marriage; to which end in Stipulating the conditions, for payment of the Marriage-Portion, whether as to the same it self, or as to the times and methods of payment: In case you find any difficulties therein, you are to refer to the determination of the most
Christian King, who being a Neutral Person between the parties, and a Friend to each, will adjust this point to the mutual Satisfaction of both.
III. You are, as a particular mark of my esteem of the Young Princess, to offer for her Jointure, (in case she survive me,) the annual Rent of Fifteen thou∣sand Pounds Sterling, payable quarterly, and to be given out of my whole Reve∣nue, and to be secured according to the best, and most effectual Forms, used in the Common Laws of England; at the same time, assuring the Dutchess Regent, and her Ministers, of my willingness to augment this Pension, according to the propor∣tion, of what her Portion shall be judged to exceed it in value, by the determination of the most Christian King.
IV. When you shall have contracted the Princess in my name, you are to pre∣sent to her, as a token of my esteem, such part of my Jewels in your custody, as you shall judge convenient; and on the Morning of the Day of performing the so∣lemnity of the Marriage, you shall present her with the remainder of my said Jewels, as a farther pledge of my Affection, and Satisfaction of what you have done for me.
V. When the Marriage Ceremonies are performed, you shall with all conveni∣ent speed, conduct the Princess at the charge of the Court of Modena, to Paris or Calice rather, (if it may be) and for avoiding many troublesome, and expensive For∣malities, it will be advisable that she come incognita. But for the better adjusting this point likewise, you are to consult with the French Minister upon the place, who will be fully instructed therein.
VI. At the same time the Princess shall arrive at Paris or Calice, which you are to signify to me before hand, as soon as you can compute it exactly, I shall order out of the Officers, and others of my Household, a suitable Retinue for her, to be assisting to her there, and wait upon her hither; always supposing you will do your utmost, to inculcate to the Princess her self, and the Ministers there, the great incon∣veniences would follow, her being attended with too numerous a train of Foreigners, who are seldom so useful here as Natives, and are obnoxious to censure upon any mis∣carriages; but because this point is such a one, as may be better handled by the French Minister, you shall herein use his help.
VII. In all things touching this matter, whether expressed here or omitted, you are to consult likewise the Instructions, you shall have received from his Majesty, on this occasion, that by comparing both, you may be the better guided, in what you are to transact.
VIII. You are to lose no opportunity, of giving me (or my Secretary) con∣stant advice of your Proceedings and Progress, as well for my own Information, as for your further Direction, if any new matter occur, not at present foreseen.
Finally, His Majesty having left it to me, more particularly to direct you the best I can, in the performance of this Service, so as it may speedily take effect to my satisfaction, I cannot think it will be well brought to pass, if you carry with you a Train or Equipage, answerable to your Character of Extraordinary Embassa∣dor, viz, Coaches, Horses, Footmen, and many other Officers proportionably: My Opinion therefore and Direction is, That you go Post to Modena, by the way of Lyons and Turin, incognito, with such a Train as is suitable to that way of Travelling; and yet with as much regard to the dignity of your Embassy, as may be, viz. A competent number of Gentlemen, Pages, and other ordinary Servants, as are convenient for you, dividing which by several companies, they will never be far behind you, especially at your arrival in the Court of Modena, where it is only necessary they should be seen with you. And arriving there you must without delay, enter into a Conference with him that is the Minister of the most Christian King, under what Character soever he be there, and imparting to him freely the scope of your Errand, advise with him, and use his assistance, in obtaining and adjusting for you such things, as may facilitate all the ends thereof, as well for your own dignity and convenience, as the speedy accomplishment of the Marriage, and all the Circumstances depending thereupon.
When the Marriage shall be over, and that you have adjusted also the manner of the Princess's coming into France, (which Journey I think will most conveniently be performed by Sea to Marseilles, whither the Gallies of the most Christian King, will be ordered to bring her, and whither you must attend her,) it will be fit that then, or before you dismiss most of your Retinue, least their Attendance may not consist with the figure, the Princess may probably desire, to take of Travelling, incognita, or embarras you in the Conveniences of your Journey, retaining only as many as will fill one Coach, and thus follow her all the way, until she arrive at Paris, or Calice, at one of which places, my Servants shall be appointed to attend upon her, and then you shall be sure of receiving new orders from me.
Given under my Hand and Seal, at Saint James's the First Day of August. 1673.
JAMES.
By command of his Royal Highness. Jo. Werden.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Magnae Britaniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Universis & singulis ad quos praesentes Literae pervene∣rint, salutem.
Cum praedilectus, ac perquam fidelis Consanguineus noster, Hen∣ricus Comes de Peterborow, Legatus à nobis Extraordinarius, ad Curiam serenis∣simi Principis Ducis de Modena proficiscatur, quo tutius iter illud suscipiat conficiat∣que, rogandos duximus, omnes & singulos Reges, Principes, tam Ecclesiasticos, quam Seculares, Status, Respublicas, liberasque Civitates, Amicos nostros, & faederatos, eorumque subditos (quod & subditis nostris ubique locorum firmiter injungimus) velint dicto Legato nostro Extraordinario, liberam eundi, transeundi, redeundi, com∣morandique (prout occasio postulaverit) copiam facere, unà cum Comitatu, Famuli∣tio, Equis, Sarcinis, Rebusque omnibus, eidemque simul omnibus humanitatis officiis adesse, & favere; & id quod nos pari, vel alio Officiorum genere, occasione qua∣cunque universis, & fingulis grati referemus.
Dabantur è Palatio nostro de White∣hall, Secundi die Augusti, Anno Domini 1673. Regnique nostri Vigesimo quinto.
CAROLUS R.
Ad mandatum serenissimi Domini Regis. ARLINGTON.
At the Court at Hampton-Court, the Tenth Day of July, 1674.
THIS Day the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow was, by His Ma∣jesty's special Command, Sworn one of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy-Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly.
Robert Southwell.
Charles R.
CHARLES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our Right trusty, and Right welbeloved Cousin and Councellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Greeting: We reposing trust and confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you, to be a Collonel of a Regiment of Horse, raised, and to be raised for our Service, and to be called the Regiment of our dear Brother, JAMES Duke of York; consisting of Eight Troops, and each Troop of Threescore Men, besides Officers: And we do also constitute and appoint you to be a Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment. You are therefore to take the said Regiment as Collonel, and the said Troop as Captain, into your Care, and Charge, and duly to Exercise, as well Officers, as Souldiers in Arms, and to use your best endeavour to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And we do hereby Command them to obey you, as their Collonel and Captain respectively. And you are from time to time to observe such Orders and Directions, as you shall receive from our General of our Forces, or other Superior Officer, according to the Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust we repose in you.
Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Sixteenth Day of February, 1677/8. in the Thirtieth Year of our Reign.
By his Majesty's Command. H. Coventry.
Entred with the Comissioner-General of Musters.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fi∣dei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peter∣borow, Salutem.
Quia ex advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Civita∣tem nostram Westmonasteriensem, sexto die Martii proxime futuro, teneri ordi∣navimus, & ibidem vobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti regni nostri colloquium habere & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod confideratis dictorum negotio∣rum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, personaliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Pro∣ceribus super dictis negociis tractaturi, veriusque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc sicut nos, & honorem nostrum, & salvationem, & defensionem Regni & Ecclesiae prae∣dictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, Vicesimo quinto die Januarii, Anno Regni nostri Tricesimo.
Grimston.
Pengry.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Praedilecto & perquam fideli Consanguineo, & Con∣siliario nostro, Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.
Cum per quendam actum in Parliamento nostro inchoato & tento, apud Westmonasterium Octavo die Maii, Anno Regni nostri Decimo tertio, & ibidem continuato, usque ad decimum nonum diem Maii, proxime sequentem, & abinde tunc prorogato, usque ad decimum Octavum diem Februarii proxime sequentem, Intitulatum, [An Act for Ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom,] factum & editum, ac authoritate ejus∣dem declaratum, & inactitatum existit (inter alia) quod nos, haeredes & successores nostri, de tempore in tempus, (ut occasio requirerit) emanabimus, & emanare po∣tuimus, separales Commissiones Locumtenentium, talibus personis, quales nos, haeredes & successores nostri idoneas putabimus (fore Locumtenentes nostros) pro separalibus & respectivis Comitatibus, Civitatibus, & Locis Angliae, & Dominii Walliae, & villae Bervici super Twedam: Qui Locumtenentes habebunt plenam authoritatem, & potesta∣tem, ad convocandum omnes tales personas, ad talia tempora, & eas armare, & arraiare, in tali modo, qualiter postea in eodem Actu expressum, & declaratum existit; ac ipsas, in Cohortes, Turmas, & Regimenta formare; & in casu Insurrectionis, Rebellionis, aut Invasionis, ipsas ducere, conducere, & disponere, vel duci, con∣duci, & disponi causare, tam infra praedictos separales Comitatus, Civitates & Lo∣ca, pro quibus respective commissionati fuerint, quam etiam infra aliquem alium Comitatum, & Locos praedictos, ad supprimendum omnes tales Insurrectiones & Rebelliones, & repellendum Invasiones, quales fore contigerint, secundum Directiones, de tempore in tempus, à nobis, haeredibus, & successoribus nostris recipient, prout per Actum illum, inter separales alias potestates & authoritates, in eodem con∣tentis & specificatis, plenius liquet & apparet. Sciatis igitur, quod nos, virtute & secundum tenorem, formam, & effectum, Actus Parliamenti praedicti, ac pro meliori executione ejusdem, & potestate ac authoritate in eodem Actu contentis & speci∣ficatis, nominavimus, fecimus & assignavimus, ac per praesentes nominamus, facimus, & assignamus, te praefatum Henricum Comitem de Peterborow Lo∣cumtenentem
nostrum, pro Comitatu nostro Northamptoniae, & in omnibus locis corporatis, & privilegiatis, & aliis locis quibuscunque, infra dictum Comi∣tatum nostrum Northamptoniae. Et tenore praesentium, ac virtute ejusdem Actus, plenam potestatem, & authoritatem, tibi damus & concedimus, ad faci∣endum, exequendum, peragendum & performandum, omnia & singula, in aut per Actum Parlamenti praedicti, inactitatum, declaratum, sive contentum, quae ad hujusmodi Locumtenentem, per nos, vigore Actus illius, nominandum, seu con∣stituendum, aliqualiter spectant, virtute ejusdem Actus faciendum, exequendum, peragendum, seu performandum. Et ideo tibi mandamus, quod secundum teno∣rem, formam & effectum, Actus Parlamenti illius, in hac parte procedas, & ea om∣nia, facias & exequaris, cum effectu, periculo incumbente. In cujus rei Testi∣monium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
Teste meipso apud Westmo∣nasterium, Vicesimo die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri Tricesimo.
Per breve de privato Sigillo. Barker.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fi∣dei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peter∣borow.
Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & ur∣gentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Angli∣canae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Civitatem nostram West∣monasteriensem, decimo septimo die Octobris proxime futuro, teneri ordinavimus, & ibidem vobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Proceribus, dicti Regni nostri, colloquium habere & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod consideratis dictorum negotiorum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, perso∣naliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Proceribus praedictis, su∣per dictis negotiis tractaturi, veriusque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc sicut nos, & honorem nostrum, & salvationem, & defensionem Regni, & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatemus omittatis.
Teste me∣ipso apud Westmonasterium, Vigesimo quarto die Julii, Anno Regni nostri Trice∣simo primo.
Grimston.
Pengry.
CArolus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo Consanguineo nostro Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.
Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro qui∣busdam arduis, & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Oxoniam, vicesimo primo die Martii, proxime futuro, teneri ordinavimus, ac ibidem vobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti Regni nostri, colloquium habere & tractatum, vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tene∣mini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod consideratis dictorum negotiorum ardui∣tate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, personaliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Proceribus praedictis, super dictis negotiis tractaturi, veriusque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc sicut nos, &
honorem nostrum, ac salvationem & defensionem Regni, & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
Teste me∣ipso apud Westmonasterium, Vigesimo die Januarii, Anno Regni nostri Tricesimo secundo.
Grimston,
Pengry.
THIS Indenture made the Sixth Day of August in the _____ _____ Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred _____ _____ Between the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow, of the one part; and the Right Honourable Arthur Earl of Anglesey, the Honourable William Mounta∣gue, Esquire, Brother to the Lord Mountague of Boughton, Sir William Farmer, of Easton, in the County of Northampton, Baronet, and Sir John Nicholas, Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath, of the other part: Whereas the Maner of Turvey, and certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in Turvey, in the County of Bedford (except a certain Farm, and the Lands thereunto belong∣ing, in the possession of John Dobbs) were settled, or intended to be settled, upon Penelope Countess of Peterborow, for her natural Life, for her Jointure, and in lieu of her Dower and Thirds of the Estate of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, and a certain Decree hath been made in the High Court of Chancery, for the Esta∣blishing the same for her Jointure accordingly; and it is the intent and purpose of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, that the same shall be enjoyed according∣ly: Now witness these Presents, That the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, for, and in consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings, of Lawful Money of England, by the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, at and before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents, well and truly unto the said Henry Earl of Peterborow in hand paid, the receipt where∣of he doth hereby acknowledge; and thereof, and of every part and parcel thereof, doth clearly and absolutely acquit and discharge the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Ex∣ecutors and Administrators for ever, by these Presents, and for divers other good Causes and Considerations him thereunto moving; hath Granted, Bargained, and Sold, and by these Presents doth grant, bargain and sell, unto the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Executors, Admininistrators and Assigns, all the Maner, or reputed Maner of Turvey, in the County of Bedford; and all Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever, of him the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, situate, lying, and being in Turvey aforesaid, or accepted, reputed, taken, demised or known as part or parcel of the said Maner of Turvey aforesaid, (except a certain Farm, and the Lands thereunto belonging, in the possession of John Dobbs;) To have and to hold the said Maner of Turvey, and all the Premises in Turvey aforesaid, (ex∣cept as before is excepted) unto the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Moun∣tague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, from and after the death of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow, for and during, and unto the full end and term of Ninety nine Years, from thence ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended; if she the said Penelope, Countess of Peterborow, shall so long live: Nevertheless, upon this special Trust and Confi∣dence, That the said Arthur Earl of Anglesey, William Mountague, Sir William Farmer, and Sir John Nicholas, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, shall per∣mit, and suffer the Rents, Issues and Profits thereof, to be received and taken, in pursuance of, and according to the said Decree, and according as was intended by
the said Settlement for a Jointure.
In Witness whereof the Parties above-named have to these Present Indentures, Interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above-written.
At the Court at Whitehall, the Twenty eighth Day of February, 1682.
THIS Day the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow was, by His Ma∣jesty's special Command, Sworn one of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy-Council, and took his place at the Board, and signed accordingly.
John Nicholas.
YOU shall Swear by the Holy Evangelists, and by the Contents of this Book, and by the Faith that you bear unto Almighty God, To be a true Servant unto Our Sovereign Lord JAMES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
You shall know nothing that shall be any ways hurtful, or prejudicial to the King's Majesty's Royal Person, State, Crown, or Dignity, but you shall hin∣der it what in you lyeth; or else reveal the same (with all convenient speed) to the King's Majesty, or some of his Most Honourable Privy Council.
You shall serve the King, truly and faithfully, in the place whereunto you are called, as Groom of the Stole to His Majesty, and First Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber. So help you God, and the Contents of this Book.
JAcobus Secundus, Dei gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c.
Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario nostro, Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Salutem.
Quia de advisamento & assensu Concilii nostri, pro quibus∣dam arduis & urgentibus negotiis, nos, statum, & defensionem Regni nostri Angliae, & Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, quoddam Parlamentum nostrum, apud Civita∣tem nostram Westmonasteriensem, decimo nono die Maii, proxime futuro, teneri ordinavimus, & ibidem vobiscum; ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti
regni nostri colloquium habere & tractatum; Vobis, sub fide & ligeantia, quibus nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod consideratis dictorum negotio∣rum arduitate, & periculis imminentibus, cessante excusatione quacunque, dictis die & loco, personaliter intersitis nobiscum, ac cum Praelatis, Magnatibus & Pro∣ceribus praedictis super dictis negotiis tractaturi, vestrumque Consilium impensuri: Et hoc ficut nos, & honorem nostrum, & salvationem, & defensionem Regni & Ecclesiae praedictae, expeditionemque dictorum negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium, decimo quarto die Februarii, Anno Regni nostri primo.
Churchill,
Pengry.
To Our Right trusty Cousin and Counsellor Henry Earl of Peterborow.
Iames R.
RIght Trusty and Welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We greet you well. Whereas We have appointed the 23d. day of April next for the Solemnity of Our Coronation; These are therefore to Will and Command you (all Excuses set apart) That you make your Personal Attendance on Us, at the time above∣mentioned; (furnished and appointed, as to your Rank and Quality apper∣taineth) there to do and perform such Services, as shall be required, and belong to you. And whereas. We have also resolved, That the Coronation of Our Royal Consort the Queen, shall be Solemnized on the same Day; We do further hereby require the Countess your Wife, to make her Personal Attendance on Our said Royal Consort, at the time, and in the manner aforesaid: Whereof you and she are not to fail: And so We bid you heartily farewel.
Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the 23d. Day of March 1684/5. in First Year of Our Reign.
MY LORD,
HIS Majesty having appointed your Lordship to bear St. Edward's Scepter in the Proceeding at his Majesty's Coronation: This is to desire your Lordship, to meet in the House of Lords, at His Majesty's Palace of Westminster, on Thursday the Three and twentieth of April Instant, by Eight of the Clock in the Morning, in your Robes, and with your Coronet, in order to the performance of His Majesty's Pleasure. I am,
MY LORD,
Your Lordships, Most Obedient Servant, NORFOLK and MARSHAL.
To Our Right Trusty and welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, our Lieutenant of our County of Northampton.
Iames R.
RIght Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We Greet you well.
Our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby require you, to give order and take care, That the Militia Troops of Horse in your Lieutenancy be forthwith raised: And as to the Foot, We think it requisite, they should be in such a readiness, that they may be immediately called together, to March, or obey such other Orders, as they shall receive for Our Service:
And so We bid you heartily farewel.
Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the Sixteenth Day of June 1685. in the First Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.
To Our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Our Lieutenant for Our County of Northampton.
Iames R.
RIght Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We Greet you well.
Our Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby Authorise and Di∣rect you, to give Order forthwith for the seizing and apprehending all disaffect∣ed and suspicious Persons; and particularly all Non-Conformist Ministers, and such Persons as have served against Our Royal Father, and late Royal Brother of Blessed Memory; and for sending them, in safe Custody, to the Prison at Oxford, to be secured there till further Order: And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.
And so We bid you heartily farewel.
Given at Our Court at White∣hall, the Twentieth Day of June, in the First Year of Our Reign. 1685.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.
Our Will and Pleasure also is, That you give order for securing all the Horses, belonging to any Persons, which shall be so seized.
Iames R.
JAMES the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To our Right trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Greeting:
We repo∣sing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you, to be a Collonel of a Regiment of Horse, raised, and to be raised for our Service, and likewise to be Captain of a Troop in the said Regiment. You are therefore to take the said Regiment and Troop into your Care and Charge, and duly to Exercise, as well the Officers as Soldiers in Arms, and to use your best endeavour to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And we do hereby Command them to obey you, as their Collonel and Captain respectively; and you to observe and follow such Orders and Directi∣ons, from time to time, as you shall receive from Us, or any your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust we repose in you.
Given at our Court at Whitehall, the Twentieth Day of June, 1685. in the First Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.
Whitehall, 30th. June, 1685.
MY LORD,
HIS Majesty Commands me to acquaint your Lordship, That He thinks it convenient you should be near His Person; and therefore would have you repair hither, so soon as you can conveniently: As to the Three Troops of Horse, which your Lordship so well approves of, He would have them forthwith ordered to march to Colebrook, to be in Quarters there; and doubts not, but you will leave such directi∣ons, with the rest of the Militia, as may be most requisite for His Majesty's Service. I wish your Lordship a good Journey, and am,
MY LORD,
Your Lordships, Most Faithful humble Servant, SƲNDERLAND.
To Our Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Peterborow, Our Lieutenant for Our County of Northampton.
Iames R.
RIght Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Counsellor, We greet you well:
Whereas We did, by our former Letters, authorize and require you to give Order, for seizing and apprehending all disaffected and suspicious Persons, and parti∣cularly all Non-conformist Ministers, and such Persons as have served against Our Royal Father, and late Royal Brother, of blessed Memory, and for securing them and their Horses: And it having pleased God, to Bless Our Arms with Success against the Re∣bels, so that they are entirely defeated, and the Chiefs taken: Our Will and Plea∣sure is, That you forthwith give Order, for discharging all such Persons so secured, who where taken up upon Suspicion only, and for restoring their Horses to them: But as to those, who stand particularly accused, of having any way corresponded with, or otherwise abetted the Rebels; You are to direct, that they be continued Prisoners, that they may be Tryed at the Assizes, or elsewhere, as shall be thought fit; and for so doing this shall be your Warrant:
And so We bid you heartily Fare∣wel.
Given at Our Court at Whitehall, the 16th. Day of July, 1685. in the First Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command. SƲNDERLAND.
HIS Majesty, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, having Com∣manded me to signifie to your Lordship, That a Chapter shall be held at Whitehall, on Friday next, being the One and thirtieth Day of July, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon: These are humbly to give Notice thereof to your Lordship, to appear there in your Mantle only.
Your Lordships, In all Obedience, Seth Sarum, Praenob. Ord. Gart. Canc.
July 29. 1685.
Mary R.
MAria, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regina,
Omni∣bus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint, Salutem.
Sciatis quod nos magnam Fidelitatem & Integritatem praedilecti & perquam fidelis Cognati & Consi∣liarii
nostri Henrici Comitis de Peterborow, Custodis Stolae charissimi Domini & Mariti nostri considerantes; Nec non pro diversis Causis & Considerationibus, nos ad hoc specialiter moventibus: De gratia nostra speciali, ac ex certa scientia, & mero motu nostris, dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus, ei∣dem Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Officium Capitalis Seneschalli, vel Seneschalliae, omnium & singulorum (quae nunc sunt vel imposterum fuerint) Honorum, Ma∣neriorum & Dominiorum nostrorum infra hoc Regnum Angliae, ac Custodiam sive Officium tenendi Curias Leetiae & Visifranciplegii & Leetiae Honorum, Maneri∣orum & Dominiorum praedictorum, & eorum cujuslibet. Ac ipsum Henricum Co∣mitem de Peterborow, Capitalem & Generalem Seneschallum nostrum, in Curiis no∣stris Visifranciplegii & Leetiae infra Honores, Dominia, Maneria, & Hereditamenta nostra praedicta facimus, constituimus, & ordinamus per praesentes. Et ulterius de li∣beriori gratia nostra dedimus & concessimus, ac per praesentes damus & concedimus, praefato Henrico Comiti de Peterborow, Officium Generalis & Capitalis Ballivi, omnium & singulorum praemissorum, & cujuslibet eorum: Habendum, tenendum, gaudendum & exercendum, Officia praedicta, & quodlibet eorum, per se, vel per sufficientem Deputatum suum, five sufficientes Deputatos suos, quamdiu Nobis pla∣cuerit. Percipiendum annuatim, in & pro exercitio Officii praedicti, Generalis & Capitalis Seneschalli, Viginti Libras, bonae & legalis Monetae Angliae: Solvendum per manus Thesaurarii sive Receptoris nostri Generalis, ad Festum Sancti Michae∣lis Archangeli, & Annunciationis Beatae Mariae Virginis, per aequales portiones: Nec non percipiendum annuatim, pro exercitio Officiorum praedictorum, Generalis & Capitalis Seneschalli, & Generalis & Capitalis Ballivi, omnia Vada, Feoda, Proficua, Ad∣vantagia & Emolumenta quaecunque, eisdem Officiis, vel alicui eorum, aliquo modo spectantia aut pertinentia, adeò liberè, & tam amplis modo & forma, prout Henricus Comes de Arlington, nuper Capitalis & Generalis Seneschallus & Ballivus Excellentis∣simae Principis Catharinae Reginae, vel aliquis alius, seu aliqui alii, antehaec locum te∣nens, vel locum tenentes, Generalis & Capitalis Seneschalli, & Generalis & Capitalis Ballivi, alicujus Reginae Consortis Regis Angliae, pro tempore existentis, Officia praedicta habens, seu habentes, habuit, percepit, vel gavisus fuit, habuerunt, per∣ceperunt, vel gavisi fuerunt, aut de jure habere, percipere, vel gaudere debuit vel debuerunt. In cujus rei Testimonium, has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Datum sub Magno Sigillo nostro apud Whitehall, Decimo nono die Januarii, Anno Regni praecharissimi Domini & Mariti nostri Jacobi Secundi, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defensoris, &c. primo, Anno∣que Domini, 168⅚
May it please Your Majesty,
This containeth a Grant from Your Majesty, to the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow, of the Offices of High Steward and Keeper of Your Courts Leet, &c. and of General and Chief Bayliff of all Your Majesty's Honours, Maners and Lands, now, or hereafter, within the Kingdom of England: To hold during Your Majesty's Pleasure; with the Annual Fee of Twenty Pounds, for the said Office of High Steward, and all other profits to the said several Of∣fices belonging. And is done by virtue of your Majesty's War∣rant to me directed, bearing Date the First Day of January 1685/6.
Ro. North.
OF THE Collateral BRANCHES That have issued out of the HOUSE OF MORDAUNT.
HAVING deduc'd the Succict Genealogies of all the Houses whence were descended, and whereunto were Heirs, the Mordaunts that were Lords of Turvey in the County of Bed∣ford; as likewise particularly, that of the same Noble Fami∣ly, and justified them by the Extant and Unquestionable Proofs inserted all along in the foregoing Works. I have thought it indispensably necessary to declare the descents of those Branches also that at several times proceded from the Chief House, and that in other Countries, upon Lordships of their own, have since made separated Families, and continued in Worthy Estimation to this day: That in case of accidents, though very improbable, which might conduce to the extinction of the Eldest Family, there might remain Lights to the right of Suc∣cession, for preventing future Controversies, and wrongful or mistaken Pretences, though it cannot be expected instruments of Proof should be inserted here as in the former, they remaining in the hands of the Owners who willingly part not with the Evidences of their Estates out of their power, or live at such distance as would make it too uneasie or troublesom. Here shall therefore hereunto be an∣nexed the Pedegrees of these Collaterals, with all the Truth and Justness imagina∣ble, to the end those Gentlemen concern'd in them may know what is their Rank in point of Time, and the Grounds of any Pretences they can justly make upon any Accidents may happen for the future.