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Addenda in Part II.
Page 134. —It seems that Hugh Cyveliok, Earl of Chester, had either another Base Son, or Daughter, not there mentioned; as appears by this following Deed, the Original whereof is now in possession of Somerford Oldfield of Somerford in Che∣shire, Esquire, 1672.
SCiant omnes tàm praesentes quàm futuri, Quòd ego Nicolaus de Verdon concessi & hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Siwardo filio Siwardi totam illam terram in Bidulf, quam de Johanne de Lindele tenet, cùm Bosco & cùm omnibus aliis aisiamentis & libertatibus eidem terrae pertinentibus, sicut Charta praedicti Johannis testatur: Sed praedictus Siwardus non dabit praedictam terram nec Hospitalariis nec Templariis nisi li∣centiâ praedicti Nicolai vel Haeredum suorum: Pro hâc autèm Concessione praefatus Si∣wardus dedit praedicto Nicolao unam Marcam Argenti, & homagium suum, & annua∣tìm octo Sagittas barbatas ad Natale Domini. Hiis Testibus, Davide de Malo passu, Willielmo filio ejus, Randulpho de Estbury Nepote Comitis Cestriae, & multis aliis.
Where we find plainly, That Randle of Estbury was Nephew to the Earl of Chester; and this was Randle the Third, sirnamed Blundevill, who was then Earl of Chester.
And it is not probable, that this Randle de Estbury was Nephew to the Earl by any of his four Sisters and Co-heirs; for then he would have had another Sir-name, and have been subscribed before the other two Witnesses. Where∣fore it seems that he had a Sister illegitimate, married to Estbury, who was Mo∣ther to this Randle of Estbury, and so was Nephew to Earl Randle; or else a base Brother, sirnamed de Estbury, who was Father to this Randle of Estbury, Nephew to the Earl of Chester.
And therefore Hugh Cyveliok, Earl of Chester, had either another Base Daugh∣ter, omitted in the place aforesaid; or else another Base Son.
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