sua, tenent ad terminum vite eorundem, excepta dimidia acra
terre super
Blakemeld michi reservata .. anno regni regis
Edwardi filii regis Edwardi.'

CCCCLXXXIX. Sciant . . HENRICUS DE PERCY. concessi JOHANNE DE WYNDOSOM totam illam terram cum tenemento, tofto et crofto que habui de dono dicte Johanne in villa et territorio de NAFFRETON. Tenendam et habendam predicte Johanne in tota vita sua Reddendo inde unam rosam die Nativitatis beati Johannis Baptiste, pro omnibus serviciis. Hiis testibus, domino Johanne de Heselarton, etc.

annuatim michi . .

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CCCCXC. Omnibus . . . ALEXANDER DE BERGH, miles2... concessisse... domine ALIENORE DE PERCY, domine de Semer," unum mesuagium, unum toftum, sex bovatas terre, et viginti acras terre que vocantur Forland . . . in villa et territorio .de. BYNYNGTON IN HARFORHLYTH, et homagium et servicium domini Rogeri de Grymeston, militis, Willelmi Matheu, Stephani de Cotom, Ricardi Passeboys et omnium aliorum liberorum tenencium meorum in eadem villa, et quicquid habui in eadem villa, tam in dominio quam in dominico. Habenda et tenenda... de capitalibus dominis feodi illius . . testibus, domino Rogero de Somervyl, domino Galfrido de Sancto Quintino, etc.

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Hiis

CCCCXCI. (Folio 68 d.) Omnibus . . . RICARDUS de Boszall, manens in Brompton . concessisse... ... domine ALIENORE DE PERCY, domine de Lekingfeld, unum toftum . . . in BYNYNGTON IN HARFORTHLYTH, prout jacet intertoftum prioris de Bridelington et toftum Ricardi Passeboys de Bynyngton. Habendum et tenendum... de capitali domino feodi illius. . . . Anno A.D. 1328 gracie M°CCCXXVIII.

CCCCXCII. Omnibus ... JOHANNES GOWER, manens in Bynyngton . . . quietum clamasse domine ALIANORE DE PERCY, domine de Semer. . . totum jus. . . in uno mesuagio, sex bovatis terre, et duodecim acris terre . . . in BYNYNGTON IN HARFORTHLYTH, et in dominio ejusdem ville et serviciis domini Rogeri de Grymeston, militis, Willelmi Maheu de Langetoft', et Stephani de Cotom . . . Data apud Lekingfeld, vto die

5 April, 1328 Aprilis, anno regni regis Edwardi tercii conquestu secundo.

1 The regnal year is not given; one figure may have been cut off at the edge of the folio. No. CCXLVIII., a deed by Joan, formerly wife of John de Wyndosom, is dated 1310.

2 Alexander de Bergh was one of the keepers of Scarborough Castle ordered

to deliver the custody thereof to Eleanor de Percy in 1325 (Patent Roll, No. 163, membrane 14).

3 A fine was levied between them, 1 July, 1328 (No. ccccxc.).

4 Binnington, in the parish of Willerby, near Hunmanby.

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CCCCXCIII. Hec1 est finalis concordia facta in curia domini regis apud Eboracum in octabis sancti Johannis Baptiste, anno regni regis Edwardi etc.2... inter ALIANORAM QUE 1 July, 1328 FUIT UXOR HENRICI DE PERCY, querentem per Thomam de Saltmersrk, positum loco suo ... et ALEXANDRUM DE BERGH, deforciantem, de uno mesuagio, sex bovatis et duodecim acris terre... in BYNYNGTON juxta Wyllardeby. Unde... predictus Alexander recognovit predicta tenementa esse jus ipsius Alianore ut illa que eadem Alianora habet de dono predicti Alexandri. Habenda et tenenda . . . de capitalibus dominis feodi illius ... Pro hac... eadem Alianora dedit predicto Alexandro viginti marcas argenti.

CCCCXCIV. Pateat... ELYAS FILIUS ELYE DE KNOLL .. quietum clamavi domino HENRICO FILIO DOMINI HENRICI DE PERCY, totum jus . . . in manerio de STARBOTELL

CCCCXCV. Omnibus... WILLELMUS DE KNOLL ... quietum clamasse venerabili viro, domino H. DE PERCY, militi, totum jus. in manerio de STAUERBOT"... (folio 69) anno regni regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu primo.

Cum

A.D. 1327-8

CCCCXCVI. Omnibus... WILLELMUS DE KNOLL... ego, prefatus Willelmus, coram domino Galfrido le Scrop et sociis suis, justiciariis ad placita domini regis coram eo tenenda assignatis, quamdam assisam nove diseseine versus Elyam de Knoll, dominum H. DE PERCY, et alios de manerio de STAUERBOT... apud Eboracum araneassem, et manerium illud per assisam illam . . . die Mercurii in quindena sancti Martini anno regni regis Edwardi tercii. . . primo ibidem captam 25 Nov., 1327 recuperassem. Noveritis... me... quietum clamasse' predicto

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1 Feet of Fines, case 272, file 104, No. 52.

2 The original gives the year as anno secundo.

8 Ealoner, daughter of John Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, and widow of Henry de Percy, died in this year. 4 Original: Saltmersh.

5 Starbotton, in the parish of Kettlewell.

6 Assize Roll 1,118, membrane 6 d. Assizes at Pontefract, Thursday next after the close of Easter, 18 Edward II. (18 April, 1325). Assize of disseisin as to whether William de Knoll, John de Malghum, William his brother, Thomas de Scothorp, William Godewynson of Skypton and John de Farnhill disseised Ely son of Ely de Knoll of the manor of Staverbot. John de Malghum has no claim and denies disseisin. William de Knoll, who appears for the other defendants,

shows a transcript of a fine levied at
York, fifteen days from Martinmas,
33 Edward I. (No. 607). By virtue of
this fine, Reyner de Knoll, brother and
heir of the said Ely, continued his
seisin for life. He died without issue,
and Beatrice, his wife, survived him
for eighteen years and more, during
which time Ely did not oppose his
claim. After her death William de
Knoll was seised of the manor, and de-
mands judgement according to the said
fine. Ely does not deny the fine, but
says that Reyner de Arches was seised
of the manor, which he gave to the
said Ely, father of the plaintiff, who is
his heir, in free marriage with Hawise,
by whom he had sons, the said Reyner
and the plaintiff. After the death of
Ely the father and Hawise, Reyner
succeeded them in the manor, and
after his death Ely succeeded as his
brother and heir and was so seised, as

domino H. de Percy totum jus .. in predicto manerio. A.D. 1327–8 Data anno regni regis predicti primo.

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CCCCXCVII. Hec est finalis concordia facta... apud Eboracum, a die sancti Martini in quindecim dies, anno regni 25 Nov., 1327 regis Edwardi tercii a conquestu primo . . . inter H. DE PERCY, querentem per Patricium de Langedall, positum loco suo . . et WILLELMUM DE KNOLL, deforciantem, de manerio de STAVERBOT' Unde... predictus Willelmus recognovit predictum manerium. . . esse jus ipsius Henrici et illud.. quietum clamavit . . . predicto Henrico... Et pro hac idem Henricus dedit predicto Willelmo trescentas marcas argenti.

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CCCCXCVIII. Omnibus . . . HENRICUS DE PERCY concessisse, et quantum in nobis est, licenciam dedisse, WALTERO DE POKETHORP quod ipse. . . concedere possit cuidam capellano et successoribus suis unum mesuagium, tres bovatas et quinque acras terre . . . in POкTHORP, non obstante statuto domini regis super hoc edito1... Habenda et tenenda . . . dicto capellano pro anima dicti Walteri et antecessorum suorum divina celebrantibus in capella de Pocthorp, et in qualibet septimana per unum diem pro anima nostra et antecessorum nostrorum in liberam. . . elemosinam . . . ita quod predictus Walterus . . . nobis... integre faciant omnimoda servicia et consuetudines que et quas prius ante confeccionem presencium ... tam pro istis tenementis, quam pro aliis que de nobis tenuit facere consuevit...

CCCCXCIX. Pateat... JOHANNES LE HUNTER DE DALTON, filius Willelmi le Hunter . . . quietum clamavi domino HENRICO DE PERCY, militi, domino de Toppecliff super Swal totum jus... in tribus rodis terre arrabilis. in campo de DALTON, jacentibus apud pontem de Dalton, infra parcum dicti domini Henrici de Perci..

...

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D. (Folio 69 d.) Omnibus. . . HENRICUS DE PERCY... concessisse... in liberam . . . elemosinam DEO ET BEATE MARIE,

of his free tenement, until disseised
by William and the other defendants.
William says that, by the said fine,
Reyner acknowledged Robert to have the
manor of his gift, and in that Reyner
was then without seisin he demands
judgement whether Ely, heir of Reyner,
ought to plead that Reyner continued
his seisin, which is contrary to the said
acknowledgment. A day is given to
them at Westminster, on Thursday
five weeks after Easter, when the
case is adjourned to Saturday after
Ascension day, and further to the
morrow of S. John the Baptist. (The

case does not appear on the De Banco Roll for Trinity Term, 19 Edward II.) Henry de Percy gives one mark for licence of agreement with William de Knoll concerning the manor of Staverbot. (De Banco Roll, No. 271, 1 Edw. III., Michaelmas Term, membrane 26, A.D. 1327.)

7 By a fine levied on the same day (No. CCCCXCVII.).

8 Feet of Fines, case 272, file 102, No. 13.

9 Original: Langedale.

10 The Statute of Mortmain was enacted in 1379.

ET DOMINO WILLELMO DE SEMER ET DOMINO JOHANNI DE BURTON,
CAPELLANIS, ET SUCCESSORIBUS SUIS, CAPELLANIS, divina singulis
diebus in capella beate Marie Virginis infra manerium nostrum
de SEMER, pro anima nostra, patris nostri, et matris nostre . . .
celebrantibus, unum mesuagium, illud, videlicet, quod J., filius
J., filii G., tenuit, et xv bovatas terre et vj acras prati in le
Wyk... in villa et in territorio de Semer; videlicet, ij bovatas
terre quas idem J., filius J., filii G., tenuit, et xiij bovatas terre
de dominicis nostris, prout jacent per diversas culturas in
campo de Semer et Burtondal, cum toto prato infra dictas
culturas, cum libero ingressu et egressu ad easdem culturas,
cum omnimodis averiis suis ubicunque, exceptis bladis et pratis
nostris, et in predictis tenementis pro voluntate sua communi-
care cum omnimodis averiis suis... Volentes quod si predicti
capellani. . . vel alter eorum. . . racione infirmitatis vel alicujus
alterius necessitatis defecerint... quod loco suo inveniant...
idonios capellanos, vel idonium capellanum, divina celebraturum.
Volumus eciam. quod si predicti capellani vel eorum alter
discesserint resignaverint. . . predictam cantariam vel
aliquo modo1 ob certam causam remoti fuerint, quod statim infra
quadragesima dies aliis idoniis capellanis per nos . . predicta
cantaria cum tenementis predictis conferatur . . .
Et si nos
vero ... infra predictum tempus. predictam cantariam
conferre necglexerimus, tunc bene liceat decano et capitulo
beati Petri Eboracensis idonios capellanos. . . constituere et
illis dictam cantariam in forma predicta conferre... Anno
gracie M°CCC XXIX.

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DI. Edwardus, Dei gracia Quia accepimus per inquisicionem per dilectum nobis JOHANNEM DE BOLYNGBROK, escaetorem nostrum ultra Trentam. . . factam3. . . quod non est ad dampnum vel prejudicium nostrum seu aliorum si concedamus dilecto consanguineo et fideli nostro, HENRICO DE PERCY, quod ipse unum mesuagium, quindecim bovatas terre et sex acras prati... in SEMER, que de nobis tenentur in capite, et que sunt parcella manerii ipsius Henrici de Semer, ut dicitur, dare possit. . . duobus capellanis divina in capella beate Marie infra manerium predictum pro anima Alianore," matris ipsius Henrici singulis diebus celebraturis, nisi in hoc (folio 70) quod nos

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1 MS.: aliqua alia.

2 This license is enrolled on Patent Roll 171, membrane 22. The grant is No. D. in the present volume.

3 Inquisitio ad quod damnum, held at Semer, 10 October, 1328. The land was held of the King in chief by the service of a thirtieth part of a fee, and is of the yearly value of 100s. (Inq. p.

K

m.,

2 Edward III., second numbers, No. 130). Henry de Percy left by will 201. to the chantries of Semer. (Test. Ebor., i., p. 57.)

4 This and the six preceding words are omitted in the Patent Roll.

5 Eleanor widow of Henry de Percy, the first Lord Percy of Alnwick, had died in the previous year.

A.D. 1329

custodiam et escaetam de predictis mesuagio terra cum1 prato amitterimus cum acciderint, quodque predicta mesuagium. tenentur de nobis in capite per servicium tricesime partis feodi unius militis . . . concessimus et licenciam dedimus . . . Teste 19 April, 1329 me ipso, apud Walyngford, xix die Aprillis, anno regni nostri tercio.

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DII. Edwardus,' Dei gracia... Sciatis quod ad instanciam dilecti consanguinei et fidelis nostri, HENRICI DE PERCY... concessimus... dilectis nobis in Christo capellanis capelle beate Marie infra manerium ipsius HENRICI DE SEMER pro anima Alianore matris sue divina ibidem celebrantibus quod ipsi ... in perpetuum habeant libertates subscriptas, videlicet, quod de omnibus terris et bonis suis sint quieti de tallagiis, auxsiliis, vigiliis, et contribucionibus quibuscunque ad nos. . . tinentibus, et quod quandocunque clerus Eboracensis diocesis seu provincie decimam seu aliam quotam de bonis suis spiritualibus, aut communitas regni nostri quintam decimam seu aliam quotam de bonis suis temporalibus nobis . . . concesserint, seu dominus summus pontifex . . . decimam seu aliam quotam clero diocesis seu provincie predictarum inposuerit ad opus nostrum . . nullatenus taxentur nec.. 29 Jan., 132 ea occasione molestentur.

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DIII. Edwardus, Dei gracia ... Sciatis quod, cum nos nuper, certiorari volentes in quibus et quot debitis dilectus consanguineus et fidelis noster, HENRICUS DE PERCY, tam de debitis suis propriis quam de debitis antecessorum suorum, et ex alia causa quacunque, et in quibus compotis de tempore predicto nobis ad scaccarium predictum teneretur, mandaverimus thesaurario et baronibus nostris de scaccario quod, scrutatis rotulis et memorandis scaccarii predicti ac aliis evidenciis tam garderobas progenitorum nostrorum quam garderobam nostram contingentibus, nos de eo quod inde invenirent sub sigillo scaccarii nostri redderent cerciores, ac per certificacionem . . . sit compertum quod idem Henricus debet nobis ad scaccarium nostrum de diversis debitis et compotis de tempore suo et progenitorum suorum centum et triginta et septem libras, decem solidos, undecim denarios et unum quadrantem. Nos .. perdonavimus eidem Henrico quadraginta et quinque libras de predictis . . . qui clari non fuerunt et qui per ipsum Henricum super compoto suo extiterunt calumpniati, et (folio 70d.) concessimus prefato Henrico quod ipse de predictis quater

1 Patent Roll: et.

2 This license is enrolled on Patent

Roll 173, membrane 50.

3 Patent Roll: Teste Rege, apud Eltham, xxix die Januarii.

4 This entry is enrolled on Patent Roll 173, membrane 9.

5 This word is not on the Patent Roll,