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A.D. 1346, AND A.D. 1358,

FOR

THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER.

EDITED FOR

THE WORCESTERSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

BY

JOHN AMPHLETT OF CLENT.

$rmtetr for tfje BHorcestersfjire Historical Society,

BY JAMES PARKER AND CO., OXFORD. 1900.

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INTRODUCTION.

COR the transcript of the two Rolls now printed the Worcester- ••• shire Historical Society is indebted to Mr. Everard Barton, one of its members, who has not only continued his kindness of last year, when he presented the Society with a transcript of a Subsidy Roll, but has also placed in the hands of the Hon. Editor two further transcripts of succeeding Rolls, which it is hoped to publish in due course.

The Rolls now printed are not of the same kind as those already published by the Society. Those, with exception of the Nonarum Inquisitioms, gave the names of the individual payers of the tenth or fifteenth, as the case might be, in the several vills throughout the county. Of these,' the first gives the names of the possessors of Knight's Fees within the county upon which the tax was levied ; and the second, a list of amerciaments due to the Crown, which were ordered to be received by the collectors of the last imposed tax. Some portion of the first Roll is illegible, or nearly so, and these parts have been supplied by collation with a transcript of it in the Book of Aids, which was compiled in the time of Henry IV., some 70 or 80 years later than its date.

THE ROLL OF 1346.

The origin of the Knight's Fee is a little doubtful. In the Domesday Survey the land is marked out into hides, and Henry I., when he raised an aid for the marriage of his daughter, took 3^. for each hide. But when Henry II. raised a similar aid he took a mark, 13-y. 4^., for each Knight's Fee. Nor was there any rule as to their extent. As was probably the case with the hide, it was determined by value rather than acreage, and the usual amount was no doubt the twenty pounds' worth of annual value, which, till the reign of Edward I., was the qualification of Knight- hood,

IV INTRODUCTION.

To raise an aid of this character, for the purpose of marrying his daughter and knighting his eldest son, was an ancient prero- gative of the King, and he had no necessity to go to Parliament for its sanction, as was necessary to raise other taxation. But in voting a subsidy in 1340, the Parliament, by the 2nd Statute, ordered not only that the then subsidy should not be made a prece- dent for future imports, but that no charge or aid whatever should henceforth be levied without the assent of all estates of men in parliament assembled ; by which it would appear that the King assented to abolish all unauthorised tallages. Yet in 1346 the King levied the present aid, thereby acting in an illegal manner ; and by so doing he incurred a strong remonstrance from Parlia- ment. The heading to the Roll, however, says that the aid was " granted " to the King. Possibly the collectors were not intimately acquainted with the constitutional law of the realm.

The Roll of 1346 mentions an aid granted to Edward I. on marrying his eldest daughter in 1289. The occasion of this was the marriage of his daughter Johanna to Gilbert, Earl of Clare. The marriage had been proposed in 1283, was sanctioned by the Pope in 1289, and took place in April, 1290. Even then, however, the parliament had a word in the matter, and registered their formal assent. The Commons were not represented in this par- liament, but as the impost fell on tenants-in-chief only, the commons were probably held not to be concerned, and the future taxpayers to be represented by the barons. At this time the King had been out of the country for three years, and at first the barons declared they would grant nothing till they had seen the face of the king in his own land. The roll of this taxation though it must have been in the hands of the collectors of the present aid, is not now in existence for Worcestershire.

The occasion of the aid of 1346 was the knighting of Edward the Black Prince, and the need for it arose through the necessity of finding money to prosecute the war with France, declared on May 26, 1345. As well as being levied contrary to the statute of 1340, it was raised at double the amount fixed by the Statute of Westminster, at 40^. from each knight's fee instead of 2Os.

A Roll, such as the one under consideration, is useful from an historical point of view as shewing the tenants - in - chief throughout the county at the several dates ; and also the

INTRODUCTION. V

descent of estates and changes of ownership, and the successive heads of the chief county families. The Roll contains no returns for the Hundred of Blackenhurst. It would seem that the fees are totalled to correspond with the amount of the tax as set out in the Roll. In the totals for the Hundred of Halfshire on page 8, the number of fees is 14^-ff, while the tax at 40^. for each fee represents I4j|-g- fees- ^n the words of the total, £29 at the rate of 4.0$. on each fee is the return for 14^ fees, is. that from a fortieth part of a fee, while a fortieth part of a fee is supposed to contain twelve parts, each returning id. In the totals for Doddingtree on page 13, the half fee must have been inserted by some error. Roger Washborne's holding in Stanford Washborne and Washborne, entered as " two parts " of a knight's fee, from the amount of the tax was two-thirds of a fee, and this being so, the number of fees adds up to 20^-, correctly represented by £20 6s. Bd. The totals of the Hundred of Pershore are correct, though the number of fees represented by the tax is arrived at by a round-about way; -3- + TFO = /o~> correctly represented by 14^. The total of the whole Roll on page 29 disregards the id., which arose from the payment made by the Prior of Worcester and Roger Butterley for the I3th part of a Knight's Fee in Shelve, entered on page 6, which is -^d. more than he should have paid.

THE ROLL OF 1358.

The second Roll here printed deals with a large class of amerciaments, some of which have their origin in Anglo-Saxon and some in feudal customs. During the twelve years that had passed since the former taxation was made England had suffered from the first visitation of the plague, which occurred in 1349. In the meantime also several subsidies had been granted, the Rolls of which for Worcestershire are not in existence. In 1355 a subsidy was granted for six years on the understanding that no other tax should be imposed during^that period. Nevertheless, in spite of this proviso, a fifteenth and a tenth were again granted in 1357, and it is the collectors of this subsidy no doubt who are men- tioned at the beginning of the Roll. Most probably a special statute was passed giving the king for his own use the moveable goods of Felons, and . he would therefore issue a writ to the

VI INTRODUCTION.

Justices who condemned the felons, or some of them as repre- sentatives of the rest, to hand over such goods to the collectors named. That this was not a frequent method of raising money may perhaps be gathered from the fact that the entries run over twelve years, the date of the earliest circumstance that gives rise to one being 1346, the date of the previous Roll. No doubt the exigencies of the French war caused the King to look in every direction for the supplies with which to prosecute it.

The Roll affords us the names of some of the persons who were in official positions in the county at the time. What was the position of Thomas Cassy does not appear, though he was somehow concerned with the safe keeping of prisoners, as is evident from the entries and also from the last item on the Roll. He was one of the collectors of the aid of 1346, and sums which he had to pay form the bulk of the amount raised according to the present Roll. Out of a total of £87 gs. lod. no less than £30 los. was paid by him ; and as the greater part of this arose from the escapes of prisoners, it was probably money in the nature of a fine which he would have to find out of his own purse. If he was the Sheriff for the year this would go to prove that the office was not without its attendant dis- advantages. Only two of the eight entries in which his name is mentioned afford a date, and that the earliest found in the Roll, 1346. Other officials whose names are given, those of Thomas Somery and Richard Bromwich, bailiffs of the Hundred of Oswaldeslow in 1348 and 1354; John Spelby, Philip Bartlot and Simon Groos, bailiffs of Worcester in 1352 and 1357; and John Graas, bailiff of Wich in 1346. The names of three coroners are given: Richard Lench, in 1348 and 1353; Emund Dun- clent, in 1355, and Thomas Littleton, in 1356 and 1357.

J. A.

Clent, 1900.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

ROLL OF 1346 i

ROLL OF 1358 30

LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

AUXILIUM AD PRIMOGENITUM

FIL1UM REGIS MILITEM

FACIENDUM.

ANNO VICESIMO REGIS EDWARDI TERTII CONCESSUM1.

F)ARTICULE compoti Petri de Groote vicecomitis Wygornie •*• Thome le Botiller Chiualer et Thome Cassy de With Col- lectorum auxilii Regi Anno vicesimo concessi ad primogenitum filium Regis militem faciendum videlicet de quolibet feodo milite2 x\s.

HUNDREDUM DIMIDIE COMITATUS.

De Johanne Botetourte vij/z. xs. pro iij feodis et iij partibus vnius feodi militis in ffrankelegh Wernelegh Belne Pebbemore Swyneford Haggelegh Northfeld et Cradelegh que fuerunt Jo- hannis de Somery sicut continetur in quadam Inquisitione per dictos Collectores capta de omnibus feodis totius Comitatus et in evidenciis extra curiam eisdem Collectoribus liberatis sub pede magni Sigilli que quidem evidencie extracte fuerunt de Rotulis in particulis Collectorum Auxilii Regi Edwardo auo Regis nunc continentibus anno xviij0 pro primogenita filia Regis maritanda remanentibus in custodia Rememoratoris Regis.

Et de vjVz. de Johanne Talebot pro tribus feodis militis in Wytheland Immeney Astwode Robert Croube Elmerugge Purshull et Astwode Meynel que Hugo de Mortuo Mari quon- dam tenuit sicut continetur in evidenciis et inquisitione predictis infra que feoda continent terre et tenementa in Elmerugge de illis duabus partibus vnius feodi militis in eodem villa de El- merugge in Comitatu predicto et in Tilleshope in Comitatu Salopie pro quibus Reginaldus de Elmerugge oneratus fuit de relevio suo.

1 Exchequer. Lay Subsidies (Worcestershire), 200/11 (Public Record Office, London).

2 Sic.

AID FOR KNIGHTING THE KING'S ELDEST SON.

20 EDWARD III. [1346].

PARTICULARS of a return made by Peter de Groote, Sheriff A of Worcestershire, Thomas de Botiller, Knight, and Thomas Cassy of Wiche, collectors of the Aid granted to the King in the 2Oth year of his reign (1346), for knighting his eldest son, that is to say, 40^. from each knight's fee.

HUNDRED OF HALFSHIRE.

From John Bottetourte £7 IQS. for three fees and three parts of a fee in Frankley, Warley, Belbroughton, Pedmore, Oldswinford, Hagley, Northfield and Cradley, which formerly were John de Somery's, as contained in a certain Inquisition taken before the said Collectors of the whole number of fees in the county, and in evidences outside the court delivered to them under the Great Seal, which were extracted from the roll of the particulars of the Collectors of an aid granted to King Edward, the present king's grandfather, in the i8th year of his reign (1289), for marrying the king's eldest daughter, which now remains in the custody of the King's Remembrancer.

And £6 from John Talbot for three knight's fees in Wychbold, Impney, Astwood, Croome Robert, Elmbridge, Purshull, and Ast- woode Meynel, which Hugh de Mortimer once held, as is con- tained in the Inquisition and evidences aforesaid, besides which the fees contain lands and tenements in Elmbridge belonging to those two parts of a knight's fee in the said ville of Elmbridge in Worcestershire, and in Tilleshope in Salop, for which Reginald de Elmbridge was charged in his relief.

4 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

Et de x'njs. iiijW. de Hugone de Cokeseye et Nicholao Burnel et Priore de Mayden Bradeleye pro tercia parte vnius feodi mi- litis in Kydermystre que Johannes Byset Edwardus Burnel et Prior de Mayden Bradeley quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur in evidentiis et Inquisitione predictis.

Et de xxs. de Johanne de Grafton pro dimidio feodo in Upton quod Willielmus ffitz Warryn quondam tenuit sicut con- tinetur in evidentiis et Inquisitione predictis.

Et de xxs. de Thoma ffolyet pro dimidio feodo in Stone quod fuit Willielmi ffitz Waryn sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evi- dentiis predictis.

Et de vs. de Rogero de Bysshopeston pro octava parte vnius feodi militis in Wodecote que fuit Ricardi de Monte Vironio sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Johanne de Grafton et Hugone de Cokeseye pro dimidio feodo in Grafton et Parua Cokeseye quod fuit Edwardi de Grafton sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Hugone de Cokeseye et Nicholao Somery pro dimidio feodo in Magna Cokeseye et Kynton quod fuit Wil- lielmi de Kynton sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis et predictiis.

Et de vs. de Matilda Haket que fuit uxor Roberti de Ley- cestre pro octaua parte vnius feodi militis in Coston que fuit predicti Roberte de Leycestre sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de lucia de Hodinton que fuit uxor Alexandri de Hodinton pro quarta parte vnius feodi militis in Coston et Mitton que fuit heredis1 Johannis de Coston sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Grimbaldo Pauncefot pro dimidio feodo in Bentelegh quod Grimbaldus Pauncefot antecessor predicti nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Henrico Sturmy pro dimidio feodo in Russobok quod heredes Henrici le Esturmy tenuerunt sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

1 or heredum.

AID FOR KNIGHTING THE KING'S ELDEST SON. 5

And I3.y. ^d. from Hugh de Cokesey, Nicholas Burnel, and the Prior of Maiden Bradley, for the third part of a knight's fee in Kidderminster, which John Bissett, Edward Burnel, and a Prior of Maiden Bradley formerly held, as is contained in the evidences and Inquisition aforesaid.

And 2os. from John de Grafton for half a fee in Upton Warren, which William FitzWarren formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from Thomas Ffoliot for half a fee in Stone, which was the property of William Fitz Warren, etc.

And 5-r. from Roger de Bishopston for the eighth part of a knight's fee in Woodcote, which was the property of Richard de Monte Viron, etc.

And 2os. from John de Grafton and Hugh de Cokesey for half a fee in Grafton and Little Cokesey, which was the property of Edward de Grafton, etc.

And 2os. from Hugh de Cokesey and Nicholas Somery for half a fee in Great Cokesey and Kington, which was the property of William de Kington, etc.

And 5.y. from Matilda Hackett, who was the wife of Robert de Leicester, for the eighth part of a knight's fee in Cofton Hackett, which was the property of the said Robert de Lei- cester, etc.

. And IDS. from Lucy de Huddington, who was wife of Alex- ander de Huddington, for the fourth part of a knight's fee in Cofton Hackett, which belonged to John de Cofton, etc.

And 2os. from Grimbald Pauncefot for half a fee in Bentley Pauncefote, which Grimbald Pauncefot, the ancestor of the present Grimbald, once held, etc.

And 2os. from Henry Sturmy for half a fee in Rushock, which the heirs of Henry Sturmy held, etc.

6 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

Et de xxs. de Ricardo Bar . . . de Wych pro dimidio feodo in Douerdale quod Willielmus films Radulphi de Douerdale et participes sui quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Johanne Blount pro dimidio feodo in Hamp- ton louet quod Johannes louet quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de Willielmo de Hetheghe pro quarta parte vnius feodi militis in Duntlent quod Thomas de Hetheghe quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Petro de ffrenshe preceptore sancti Wolstani Wygornie pro dimidio feodo in Chadeswyth et Wylingwyk quod Preceptor sancti Wolstani predicti et Thomas de lench quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de vs. de Johanne le Blountt pro octaua parte vnius feodi militis in ffikelnapeltre quam fuit Ricardi le Botiller sicut conti- netur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. in Johanne Rokulf pro quarta parte vnius feodi militis in lench Rokulf que fuit Willielmi Rokulf sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Willielmo Corbet pro dimidio feodo in Chad- deslegh quod Willielmus Corbet 'antecessor predicti Willielmi qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evi- dentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Willielmo Tracy pro dimidio feodo in Kynges- ford quod Willielmus Tracy antecessor predicti Willielmi qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evi- dentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de Johanne de Someruyle et Thoma Somery pro quarta parte vnius feodi militis in Kynton que fuit Paulini de Kerdyf et Roberti Somery sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de Phillipo Irreys pro quarta parte vnius feodi militis in Morton et Astwode quam fuit Ricardi de Morton sicut con- tinetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de iijs. ]d. de Johanne Priore Wygornie et Rogero de Butter- leye pro tercia decima parte vnius feodi militis in Shelne quam Ricardus Herthram quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

AID FOR KNIGHTING THE KING'S ELDEST SON. 7

And 2os. from Richard Bar ... of Wich for half a fee in Doverdale, which William the son of Ralph de Doverdale and his co-owners formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from John Blount for half a fee in Hampton Lovett, which John Lovet formerly held, etc.

And los. from William de Heathey for the fourth part of a knight's fee in- Dunclent, which Thomas de Heathey formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from Peter de Franche, Preceptor of St. Wolstan's at Worcester, for half a fee in Chadwich and Willingwick, which the Preceptor of St. Wulstan's aforesaid and Thomas de Lench formerly held, etc.

And 5.y. from John le Blount for the eighth part of a knight's fee in Tichenappletree, which was the property of Richard le Botiller, etc.

And IDS. from John Roculf for the fourth part of a knight's fee in Lench Roculf, which was the property of William Roculf, etc.

And 2os. from William Corbet for half a fee in Chaddesley Corbett, which William Corbet, the ancestor of the said William, formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from William Tracy for half a fee in Kingsford which William Tracy, ancestor of the said William who now is, formerly held, etc.

And los. from John de Somervyle and Thomas Somery for the fourth part of a knight's fee in Kington, which was the property of Paulinus de Cardiff and Robert Somery, etc.

And los. from Philip Irreys for the fourth part of a knight's fee in Morton and Astwood, which was the property of Richard de Morton, etc.

And 3^. id. from John, Prior of Worcester, and Roger de Butterley, for the thirteenth part of one knight's fee in Shelve, which Richard Herthram formerly held, etc.

8 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

Et de xs. de Anicia Dounclent pro quarta parte vnius feodi militis in Dounclentes quam fuit Stephani de Bosco sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Sum ma argenti xxix/z. xvijV.

Summa feodorum xiiij et dimidia xla pars et quinque partes xle partis.

HUNDREDUM DE DODYNTRE.

De Johanne Talebot xxs. pro dimidio feodo militis in Coderugh quod fuit Hugonis de Mortuo Mari sicut continetur in quadam Inquisitione per predictos collectores capta de omnibus feodis totius Comitatus et in evidentiis extra curiam eisdem Collectoribus li- beratis sub pede magni sigilli que quidem evidentie extracte fue- runt de Rotulis de particulis Collectorum auxilii Regi Edwardo auo Regis nunc concessi anno xviij pro primo genita filia mari- tanda remanentibus in custodia rememoratoris Regis.

Et de xs. de Hugone le Despenser pro quarta parte feodi in Martelegh que fuit Hugonis le Despenser quondam Comitis Glou- estrie sicut continetur in evidentiis et Inquisitione predictis Achelyna l.

Et de xls. de Athelyna le Burnel pro feodo in Sukelegh quod Edwardus Burnel quondam tenuit sicut continetur in evidentiis et Inquisitione predictis.

Et de xs. de Hugone de Hauckelegh pro quarta parte j feodi militis in geddeson que Johes de Loyes et alii participi in evi- dentiis predictis content! quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur in eisdem evidentiis et Inquisitione.

Et de xxs. de Johanne Wyard pro dimidio feodo in Curewyard quod Johannes Wyard auus predicti qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in eisdem evidentiis et Inquisitione.

Et de xxs. de Rogero de Clifford pro dimidio feodo in Teme- debury quod Robertus de Clifford quondam tenuit sicut continetur in eisdem evidentiis et Inquisitione.

1 There is some error either of the "Achelyna" is probably brought forward scribe of the Subsidy or its transcriber. by mistake from the next entry.

AID FOR KNIGHTING THE KING'S ELDEST SON. 9

And ios. from Amicia Dunclent for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Dunclent, which was the property of Stephen de Bosco, etc.

Total of the money, £29 i s. $d.

Total number of fees 14 and a half and a fortieth part, and 5 parts of a fortieth part.

HUNDRED OF DODDINGTREE.

From John Talbot 2os. for half a knight's fee in Cotheridge, which was the property of Hugh de Mortimer, as is contained in a certain Inquisition taken before the aforesaid Collectors of all the fees in the whole county, and in evidences outside the court delivered to the same Collectors under the Great Seal, which evidences were extracted from the Rolls of particulars of the Collectors of an Aid granted to King Edward, the present king's grandfather, in the i8th year of his reign, for marrying his eldest daughter, and now remaining in the custody of the King's Re- membrancer.

And ios. from Hugh le Despenser for the fourth part of a fee in Hartley, which was the property of Hugh le Despenser formerly Earl of Gloucester, etc.

And 40.?. from Athelyna le Burnel for one fee in Suckley, which Edward Burnel formerly held, etc.

And ios. from Hugh de Hawkley for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Edwin Loch, which John de Loges and other owners continued in the aforesaid evidences formerly held, etc.

And 2Os. from John Wyard for half a fee in Kyre Wyard, which John Wyard, grandfather of the aforesaid who now is, formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from Roger de Clifford for half a fee in Tenbury, which Robert de Clifford formerly held, etc.

10 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

Et de xxj. de Ricardo de Clodeshale pro dirnidio feodo in Stocton quod Willielmus ffukerham quondam tenuit sicut conti- netur in Inquisitione de evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxj. de Johanne de Boklynton pro dimidio feodo in Bok- lynton quod Johannes de Boklynton auus predicti qui nunc est quon- dam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de Hugone Cokeseye et EHzabetha que fuit uxor Johannis Pychard pro quarta parte j feodi militis in Sapy Pychard que Milo Pychard quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de Hugone de Cokeseye pro quarta parte j feodi militis in Sapy Sturmy que fuit quondam Roberto Sturmy sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xls. de Hawisia de Wysham pro vno feodo in Clifton et Herton quod Rogerus de Mortuo mari quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xls. de Johanne de Bello Campo pro vno feodo in Abbodelegh et Cyntelegh quod Robertus Tonny quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Johanne Sturmy pro dimidio feodo in Sutton Sturmy quod Robertus Sturmy quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Henrico de Huggelegh pro dimidio feodo in Sheldesleye Waleys quod Henricus le Waleys quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Johanne Priore Wygornie pro dimidio feodo in Dodenham quod predecessores loci predicti quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxvj.y. v\\.]d. de Rogero de Wasseborn pro duabus par- tibus vnius feodi militis in Stanford Wassebourn et Wassebourn que Johannes de Wassebourn quondam tenuit sicut continetur in eisdem Inquisitione et evidentiis.

Et de xs. de Hugone de Cokeseye pro quarta parte j feodi militis in Stanford Esturmy quam Johannes de Wassebourn quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de Johanne de la hide pro quarta parte j feodi militis in Cure quam Hugo de Bledes quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

AID FOR KNIGHTING THE KING'S ELDEST SON. II

And 2Os. from Richard de Clodeshale for half a fee in Stockton, which William Fokerham formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from John de Bockleton for half a fee in Bockleton, which John Bockleton, the grandfather of the aforesaid who now is, formerly held, etc.

And los. from Hugh Cokesey and Elizabeth, who was the wife of John Pychard, for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Sapey Pychard, which Milo Pychard formerly held, etc.

And IDS. from Hugh Cokesey for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Sapy Sturmy, which was the property of Robert Sturmy, etc.

And 4CW. from Hawisia de Wysham for one fee in Clifton and Herton, which Roger Mortimer once held, etc.

And 4CW. from John de Beauchamp for one fee in Abberley and Cynteley, which Robert Tony once held, etc.

And 2Os. from John Sturmy for half a fee in Sutton Sturmy, which Robert Sturmy once held, etc.

And 2os. from Henry de Huggeley for half a fee in Shelsley Walsh, which Henry le Walsh formerly held, etc.

And 20s. from John Prior of Worcester for half a fee in Dodder- ham, which his predecessors in that place formerly held, etc.

And 26s. %d. from Roger de Washborne for two parts of one knight's fee in Stanford Washborne and Washborne, which John de Washborne formerly held, etc.

And los. from Hugh de Cokesey for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Stanford Sturmy, which John de Washbourne formerly held, etc.

And los. from John de la Hide for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Kyre, which Hugo de Bledes formerly held, etc.

12 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

Et de xs. de Johanne de Lodelowe et heredibus Margarete de Cornwall pro quarta parte vnius feodi militis in Carketon quam Hugo de mortuo mari quondam tenuit sicut continetur in In- quisitione et evidentiis predictis vnde predict! heredes de Cornwall 1 in custodia Johannis Talbot tenent medietatem predicte quarte partis2 .... Margarete in .... Johannis Talbot.

Et de xs. de Johanne Talbot et heredibus Margarete de Corn- wall pro quarta parte j feodi militis in Hampino Castel que Isabel de mortuo mari quondam tenuit sicut continetur in eisdem In- quisitione et evidentiis vnde predicti heredes tenent medietatem predicte quarte partis.

Et de xxs. de Thoma de Bello Campo Comite Warricie pro dimidio feodo militis in Shrauelegh quod Simon de Leybourn quondam tenuit sicut continetur in eisdem Inquisitione et evi- dentiis.

Sum ma argenti xxli. vjs. \\\]d.

Summa feodorum x dimidium et vja pars j feodi militis.

HUNDREDUM DE PERSHORE.

De Thoma de Bello Campo pro vij feodis in Defford Birlyng- ham Cumberton Newynton Grafton Brocton fflauel Vpton Stephani Poywyk Madresfeld longeton et Chadeslegh que fuerunt Guidonis de Bello Campo nuper Comitis Warricie sicut continetur in quadam Inquisitione per dictos Collectores capta de omnibus feodis totius Comitatus et in evidentiis extra curiam eisdem Collectoribus liber- atis sub pede magni sigilli que quidem evidencie extracta fuerunt de rotulis de particulis Collectorum auxilii Regi E. auo Regis nunc concessi Anno xviij0 pro primogenita filia Regis maritanda remanentibus in custodia Rememoratoris Regis.

Et de x\s. de Roberto Clifford pro j feodo in Seuernestoke quod Robertus de Clifford pater predicti qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Thoma Abbate de Pershore pro dimidio feodo in Walcote quod predecessores sui dudum Abbates loci predicti quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xls. de Johanne de Bello Campo pro j feodo in Beelegh

1 Christian name omitted. " Rubbed.

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And icxr. from John de Ludlow and the heirs of. Margaret de Cornwall for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Carkedon, which Hugh de Mortimer formerly held, as is contained in the Inquisition and evidences, of which the said heirs of Cornwall in the custody of John Talbot hold the half of the aforesaid fourth part .... of Margaret in .... of John Talbot.

And los. from John Talbot and the heirs of Margaret Cornwall for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Ham Castle, which Isabel de Mortimer formerly held, as is contained in the Inquisition and evidences, of which the aforesaid heirs hold the half of the aforesaid fourth part, etc.

And 2os. from Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, for half a knight's fee in Shrawley, which Simon de Leybourn formerly held, etc.

Total of the money, £20 6s. 8d.

Total of the fees 10 and a-half and a sixth part of a fee.

HUNDRED OF PERSHORE.

From Thomas Beauchamp [£14] for 7 fees in Defford, Birling- ham, Comberton, Naunton, Grafton, Broughton, Flavel, Upton Stephen, Powick, Madresfield, Longdon and Chaseley, which were the property of Guy Beauchamp, lately Earl of Warwick, etc.

And 4cw. from Robert Clifford for one fee in Severnstoke, which Robert Clifford, father of Robert who now is, formerly held, etc.

And 20s. from Thomas, Abbot of Pershore, for half a fee in Walcote, which his predecessors, sometime Abbots of the aforesaid place, have formerly held, etc.

And 4os. from John de Beauchamp for one fee in Beoley, which

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que vocatur Brokeleye in antiquis evidentiis quod predecessores predicti Abbatis qui nunc est quondam tenuerunt sic ut conti- netur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Hugone de Cokeseye pro dimidio feodo in Goldecote quod predecessores dudum Abbates loci predicti quon- dam tenuerunt sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis pre- dictis.

Et de xxs. de Johanne de Grafton pro dimidio feodo in Grafton quod Edwardus de Grafton quondam tenuit sic continetur in In- quisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de x\s. de Johanne Segraue pro j feodo in Northpidele quod Henricus de Segraue quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de iiij/z. de Agnete Russel pro duobus feodis in Strengesliam que Jacobus Russel nuper tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xs. de Roberto Muchegros pro quarta parte j feodi militis in Wolarshull quam Willielmus Muchegros quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxj. de Thoma de Bello Campo Comite Warricie Thoma de Berkeley et Thoma de lutlyngton pro dimidio feodo in Piriton quod Guydo de Bello Campo nuper Comes Warricie Agneta de Lodelowe Ricardus de Burgh nuper tenuerunt sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de mjs. de Ricardo le Porter pro xa parte j feodi militis in Clynelode que Reginaldus le Porter quondam tenuit sicut con- tinetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de iiij/z'. de Hugone le Despencer pro ij feodis in Hanley et Bissheley que Radulphus de monte hermer nuper Comes Gloucestrie quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxs. de Roberto de Staunton pro dimidio feodo in Staunton quod Robertus de Staunton antecessor predicti Roberti qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis preeictis.

Et de x\s. de Thoma de Berkeley de Coberleye pro j feodo in Eldresfeld quod Radulphus de Cressy et Johannes le Arblaster quondam tenuerunt sic continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

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is called Brokeley in ancient evidences, which the predecessors of the aforesaid Abbot who now is formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from Hugh de Cokesey for half a fee in Goldecote, which his predecessors, sometime Abbots of the place aforesaid, formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from John de Grafton for half a fee in Grafton, which Edward de Grafton formerly held, etc.

And 4OS. from John Segrave for one fee in North Piddle, which Henry de Segrave formerly held, etc.

And £4 from Agnes Russel for two fees in Strensham, which James Russell formerly held, etc.

And los. from Robert Muchgros for the fourth part of one knight's fee in Wollashill, which William Muchgros formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, Thomas de Berkeley and Thomas de Littleton for half a fee in Pirton, which Guy de Beauchamp, lately Earl of Warwick, Agnes de Ludlow, (and) Richard de Burgh formerly held, etc.

And 4s. from Richard le Porter for the tenth part of a knight's fee in Clivelode, which Reginald le Porter formerly held, etc.

And £4 from Hugh le Despencer for two fees in Hanley and Bushley, which Ralph de Monthermer, lately Earl of Gloucester, formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from Robert de Staunton for half a fee in Staunton, which Robert de Staunton, ancestor of Robert who now is, formerly held, etc.

And 4os. from Thomas de Berkeley of Coberley for one fee in Eldersfield which Ralph de Cressy and John le Arblaster for- merly held, etc.

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Et de xvjs. de Johanne de la Mare pro iiijr partibus dimidii feodi in Eldresfeld que Johannes de la Mare antecessor predicti Johannis qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inqui- sitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de iiij.?. de Thoma de la Mare pro xa parte j feodi in Eldresfeld quam Johes de la Mare quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxj. de Phillipo Priore minoris Malurne pro dimidio feodo in Chaddesley quod quidem dimidium feodi est parcellum predictorum vij feodorum de quibus Comes Warricie prius one- ratur sicut continetur in quadam Inquisitione per predictos Col- lectores capta.

Et de xxj. de Johanne de Monte pro dimidio leodo in Castel Morton quod Odo de Monte nuper tenuit sicut continetur in Inquisitione et evidentiis predictis.

Et de xxj. de Roberto atte Chaumbre pro dimidio feodo in Longedon quod Robertus de la Chaumbre antecessor predicti Roberti qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in evidentiis quod quidem dimidium feodum l similiter est parcellum predic- torum vij feodorum predicti Comitis Warricie sicut continetur in eadem Inquisitione.

Et de xxj. de Ricardo de Ruyhalle pro dimidio feodo in Bruttes morton quod Ricardus de Ruyhalle antecessor predicti Ricardi qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur in Inqui- sitione et evidentiis predictis.

Summa denariorum xl/z. xiiijj.

Summa feodorum xx feoda tercia pars et octo partes xla partis j feodi militis.

HUNDREDUM DE OSWOLDESLOWE.

De Wolfstano Episcopo Wigornie iiij/?'. pro duobus feodis in Norwyk iuxta Wygorniam ffladebury Ryppel Brydon Kemeseye Blokkelegh Tredyngton Hambury iuxta Wythm Hertelbury et

1 Sic.

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And i6s. from John de la Mare for the four parts of half a fee in Eldersfield, which John de la Mare, ancestor of the aforesaid John, formerly held, etc.

And 4s. from Thomas de la Mare for the tenth part of one fee in Eldersfield, which John de la Mare formerly held, etc.

And 2Os. from Philip Prior of Little Malvern for half a fee in Chaseley, which same half fee is parcel of the aforesaid seven fees with which the Earl of Warwick has been already charged, as is contained in a certain Inquisition taken by the Collectors aforesaid.

And 2Os. from John de Monte for half a fee in Castle Morton, which Odo de Monte formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from Robert at the Chamber for half a fee in Longdon, which Robert de la Chamber, the ancestor of the aforesaid Robert who now is, formerly held, as is contained in the evidences, but the same half fee is likewise parcel of the aforesaid seven fees (the property) of the said Earl of Warwick, as is contained in the same Inquisition.

And 2os. from Richard de Ruyhall for half a fee in Birtsmorton, which Richard de Ruyhall, the ancestor of the aforesaid Richard who now is, formerly held, etc.

Amount of the money, £40 14$.

Number of the fees 20 fees, a third part and eight parts of the fortieth part of one knight's fee.

HUNDRED OF OSWALDESLOW.

From Wolstan, Bishop of Worcester, £4 for two fees in North- wick by Worcester, Fladbury, Ripple, Bredon, Kempsey, Blockley, Tredington, Hanbury by Wick, Hartlebury, and Alvechurch, which

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Aluechurch que predecessores sui dudum episcopi loci predicti quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur in quadam Inquisitione per dictos Collectores capta de omnibus feodis hundredi predicti et in evidentiis extra curiam eisdem Collectoribus liberatis sub pede magni sigilli que quidem evidencie extracte fuerunt de Rotulis de particulis Coliectorum auxilii Regi Edwardo auo Regis nunc concessi anno xviiij pro primogenita filia Regis maritanda rema- nentibus in custodia Rememoratoris Regis.

De Joanne Dabitot x\s. pro vno feodo in Dome quod Ricardus de Waleg quondam tenuit in capite de Episcopo Wygornie quod est parcellum xxx feodorum et dimidii tenementorum eiusdem1 Episcopi sicut continetur in quadam Inquisitione capta inde.

Et de xl. de Thoma de Bello Campo Comite Warricie pro j feodo in More et Pydele quod Willielmus fitz Waryn quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxs. de Willielmo filio Johannis de lench Johanne de Hamton Chiualer Ricardo de lench Johanne de Chestre de lench et Henrico Noreys pro dimidio feodo in lench Randulf quod Rogerus de lench quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxs. de Johanne de Bruyn pro dimidio feodo in Habbe- lench quod predictus Rogerus de lench quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de x\s. de Johanne Pendok pro j feodo in Westmancote et Pendok quod Robertus de Pendok quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de x\s. 2 de Johanne de Sapy pro j feodo et dimidiam militis tento de Comite Warricie in Rudmarleye Dabitot quod Galfridus Dabitot quondam tenuit de Episcopo Wigornie et parcellum pre- dictorum xxx feodorum et dimidium sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijj. de Willielmo Bracy filio Roberti pro vta parte j feodi militis in holefast quod Robertus de Bracy quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxs. de domina Hawisia de Wytham et Willielmo de Stretton pro dimidio feodi in Wolfrynton quod Willielmus de Wolfrynton quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de iiijs. de Roberto Braci pro xa parte j feodi militis in

1 The extension here is of "xxx feod' et dimid' tenenem ejusdem," &c. 2 This should be Ix.

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his predecessors, sometime Bishops of the place aforesaid, formerly held, etc.

From Joan Dabitot 40.?. for one fee in Dome, which Richard de Waley formerly held in capite from the Bishop of Worcester, which is parcel of thirty and a half fees, the holding of the said Bishop, as is contained in a certain Inquisition directed thereto.

And 40.?. from Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, for one fee in More and (Wyre) Piddle, which William Fitzwarren formerly held, as is contained in the same.

And 2os. from William, son of John de Lench, John de Hamp- ton, knight, Richard de Lench, John de Chester of Lench, and Henry Norris, for half a fee in Lench Randolf, which Roger de Lench formerly held, as is contained in the same.

And 2Os. from John de Bruges for half a fee in Habbelench, which the aforesaid Roger de Lench formerly held, as is contained in the same.

And 4OJ. from John Pendock for one fee in Westmancote and Pendock, which Robert de Pendock formerly held, as is contained in the same.

And 6os. from John de Sapy for one fee and half a knight's fee held of the Earl of Warwick in Redmarley D'Abitot, which Geoffrey Dabitot formerly held of the Bishop of Worcester, and parcel of the aforesaid thirty fees and a half, etc.

And 8s. from William Bracy, son of Robert, for a fifth part of one knight's fee in Holdfast, which Robert de Bracy formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from the lady Hawisia de Wysham and William de Stretton for half a fee in Wolverton, which William de Wolverton formerly held, etc.

And 4s. from Robert Bracy for the tenth part of one knight's

c 2

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Aston quam Robertus de Braci antecessor predict! Roberti qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xvj.?. de eodem Roberto Braci pro tercia parte xxma parte1 et octo partis xvme2 partis j feodi militis in Warmedon que antecessores predicti Roberti qui nunc est quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijs. de Katerina Haket pro vta parte j feodi militis in Aluechurch quam Radulphus Haket quondam tenuit sicut conti- netur ibidem.

Et de xxs. de Johanne de Peyto Juniore pro dimidio feodo in Warsleye quod Willielmus de Bhisshopeston quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xb. de Matilda Dabitot et Preceptore sancti Wolstani Wygornie pro j feodo in Hyndelepe quod Johannes Dabitot quon- dam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijj-. de Willielmo de Bello Campo pro vta parte j feodi militis in Laverne quam predictus Johannes Dabitot quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de v'rijs. de Philippo de Pechesleye pro vta parte j feodi militis in Codeleye quam Johannes de Codeleye quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xijj. de Johanne de Kekyngwyk pro iiijta parte et xxma parte j feodi militis in Kekyngwyk et Esebury que Walterus de Kekyngwyk quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de iiijs. de Waltero de Hoklynton pro xma parte j feodi militis in Kekyngwyk quam Walterus de Kekyngwek quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viij solidis de Willielmo Brown de Grymenhull pro vta parte j feodi militis in Grymenhull quam Ricardus de Grymenhull quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxj. de Willielmo Dabitot pro dimidio feodo in Crombe quod Osbertus Dabitot quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xx.y. de Priorissa de Rochull pro dimidio feodo in Inte- bergh quod predictus Osbertus Dabitot quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

1 Sic. a shilling ; total, i6s. See the entry re-

* I think xv is a mistake for xl. If so, lating to John de Peyto, p. 24, where the

the l6s. would be made up thus:— a third same mistake is made, and that of John

part, 13*. 4</. ; a twentieth part, 2s. ; and de Morton, p. 26, where xl. occurs. 8 parts of a fortieth part, or 8</. out of

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fee in Aston, which Robert de Bracy, ancestor of the aforesaid Robert who now is, formerly held, etc.

And i6s. from the same Robert Bracy for a third part, a tenth part, and eight parts of a twentieth part of one knight's fee in Warndon, which the ancestors of the aforesaid Robert who now is formerly held, etc.

And 8s. from Katherine Haket for the fifth of one knight's fee in Alvechurch, which Ralph Haket formerly held, etc.

And 20.?. from John de Peyto, junior, for half a fee in Waresley, which William de Bishopston formerly held, etc.

And 40^. from Matilda Dabitot and the Preceptor of St. Wolstan's at Worcester for one fee in Hindlip, which John Dabitot formerly held, etc.

And 8s. from William de Beauchamp for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Laugherne, which the aforesaid John Dabitot for- merly held, etc.

And 8s. from Philip de Pechesley for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Cudley, which John de Cudley formerly held, etc.

And I2s. from John de Kenswick for a fourth part and a twentieth part of a knight's fee in Kenswick and Astbury, which Walter de Kenswick formerly held, etc.

And 4s. from Walter de Hoklington for the tenth part of one knight's fee in Kenswick, which Walter de Kenswick formerly held, etc.

And 8s. from William Brown of Grimley for the fifth part of a knight's fee in Grimley, which Richard de Grimley formerly held, etc.

And 2Os. from William Dabitot for half a fee in Croome, which Osbert Dabitot formerly held, etc.

And 2Os. from the Prioress of Cookhill for half a fee in Ink- berrow, which the aforesaid Osbert Dabitot formerly held, etc.

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Et de viijj. de Katerina Haket Ricardo Alisaundr et Lucia de Hodynton pro vu parte j feodi militis in Cofton quam Radulphus Haket quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxs. de Johanne Sapy pro dimidio feodo in Pendokes quod Galfridus Dabitot quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xl solidis de Johanne de Bello Campo pro j feodo mi- litis tento de Comite Warricie in Holte quod Willielmus de Bello Campo quondam tenuit de Episcopo Wygornie in capite vt parcellum predictorum xxx feodorum et dimidii sicut conti- netur ibidem.

Et de Ixs. de Thoma de Bello Campo Comite Warricie pro j feodo et dimidio in Mokenhulle et Stokton quod Willielmus de Bello Campo quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxxijj. de eodem Thoma de Bello Campo pro tribus partibus et xxma parte j feodi militis in Elmeleye Beauchamp que Willielmus de Bello Campo quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xb. de Johanne Priore Wygornie Edwardo Hakelutes Willielmo de Euerleye Willielmo de Dufford et Hawysia de Wysham pro j feodo militis in Chirchehull Bradecote Whytinton et Spechesley quod Johannes Power quondam tenuit sicut con- tinetur ibidem.

Et de xls. de Johanne Priore Wygornie pro j feodo militis in Croule Suward quod Ricardus Tyrel quondam tenuit sicut con- tinetur ibidem.

Et de viijs. de Priorissa de Whiston pro vta parte j feodi militis in Aston Episcopi et Berebourn quam Radulfus Wilymetes quon- dam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijj. de Willielmo Brudly pro vta parte j feodi militis in Aston quam Ricardus de Brudly quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem .

Et de injors. de Priorissa de Whiston pro xma parte j feodi militis in Aston quam Walterus de Boreford quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viij solidis de Johanne de Sapy pro vta parte j feodi militis in Sapynswykes quam Galfridus Dabitot quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de ijs. de Willielmo ffrywill l pro xxma parte j feodi militis 1 Very possibly Ruyhall.

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And Ss. from Katherine Haket, Richard Alexander, and Lucy de Huddington for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Cofton, which Ralph Haket formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from John Sapy for half a fee in Pendock, which Geoffrey Dabitot formerly held, etc.

And 4os. from John de Beauchamp for one knight's fee held of the Earl of Warwick in Holt, which William de Beauchamp formerly held of the Bishop of Worcester in capite as parcel of the aforesaid thirty fees and a half, etc.

And 6os. from Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, for one fee and a half in Muckenhill and Stockton, which William de Beauchamp formerly held, etc.

And 32^. from the same Thomas de Beauchamp for three parts and a twentieth part of one knight's fee in Elmley Castle, which William de Beauchamp formerly held, etc.

And 4<os. from John, Prior of Worcester, Edward Hackluit, William de Everley, William de Defford, and Hawisia de Wysham for one knight's fee in Churchill, Bredicote, Whittington, and Spetchley, which John Power formerly held, etc.

And Ss. from the Prioress of Whiston for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Aston Episcopi and Barbourn, which Ralph Wilymetes formerly held, etc.

And 4os. from John, Prior of Worcester, for one knight's fee in Crowle Siward, which Richard Tyrel formerly held, etc.

And Ss. from William Brudley for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Aston, which Richard de Brudley formerly held, etc.

And 4s. from the Prioress of Whiston for the tenth part of one knight's fee in Aston, which Walter de Boreford formerly held, etc.

And Ss. from John de Sapy for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Sapynswick, which Geoffrey Dabitot formerly held, etc.

And 2s. from William Ruyhall for the twentieth part of one

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in Ruyhall quam Willielmus de sancto Johanne quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxviijj. de Johanne le Power pro dimidio feodo et vta parte j feodi militis in Wychenford et Norton quam Ricardus le Power quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de iiijor.y. de Alexandro de Defford pro xma [parte]1 j feodi militis in Hulle iuxta ffladebury quam Ricardus le Power quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xlr. de Willielmo de Shobyndon pro j feodo militis in Byshamton quod Robertus Pypard quondam tenuit, etc.

Et de xlj. de Willielmo Lucy pro j feodo in Byshamton quod Willielmus le ffourth2 quondam tenuit sicut, etc.

Et de xly. de Laurentio de Hastynges Comite de Penebrok pro j feodo militis in Intebergh quod Episcopus Herefordie quon- dam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxfcij. de Johanne Gerald Cristina le Boys Nicholao Somery Galfrido Coleman et Phillipo le ffreman pro dimidio feodo militis in Thorndon quod Willielmus Mareschal quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxs. pro dimidio feodo militis in Cherlinton de Willielmo de Hundeshacre quod Amicia de Cherleton quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijj1. de Willielmo Knyght de Bradeleye pro vta parte j feodi militis in Bradeleye quam Willielmus de Bradeleye quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xvj s. de Johanne de Peyto 3 pro tercia parte xxma parte 4 et octo partibus xvme partis j feodi militis in Hulle iuxta ffladebury quas Willielmus de Bysshopesdon quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijj. de Johanne Hyband pro vta parte j feodi militis in Throkemerton quam Henricus films Johannis Adam filius Roberti Willielmus filius Gocelini et Osmundus filius Geruasy quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xb. de Johanne de Crombe Rogeri de Lodebury pro j feodo militis in Crombe Tydelmynton et Edmundeston quod Adam de Crombe quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

1 Omission. 3 Or ffourch.

3 See the entry relating to Robert Bracy, p. 20. 4 Sic.

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knight's fee in Ruyhall, which William de St. John formerly held, etc.

And 28^. from John le Power for half a fee and a fifth part of one knight's fee in Wichenford and Norton, which Richard le Power formerly held, etc.

And 4s. from Alexander de Defford for the tenth part of one knight's fee in Hill next to Fladbury, which Richard le Power formerly held, etc.

And 4<os. from William de Shobyndon for one knight's fee in Bishampton, which Robert Pypard formerly held, etc.

And 40^. from William Lucy for one fee in Bishampton, which William le Tourches formerly held, etc.

And 40^. from Lawrence de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, for one knight's fee in Inkberrow, which the Bishop of Hereford formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from John Gerald, Cristina le Boys, Nicholas Somery, Geoffrey Coleman, and Philip le Freeman for half a knight's fee in Thorndon, which William Marshall formerly held, etc.

And 2Os. for half a knight's fee in Charlton from William de Handsacre, which Amicia de Charlton formerly held, etc.

And 8^. from William Knight of Bradley for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Bradley, which William de Bradley formerly held, etc.

And i6s. from John de Peyto for a third part, a twentieth part, and eight parts of a fortieth part of one knight's fee in Hill next to Fladbury, which William de Bishopsden formerly held, etc.

And 8s. from John Hyband for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Throckmorton, which Henry, son of John, Adam, son of Robert, William, son of Joscelin, and Osmund the son of Gervase, formerly held, etc.

And 40^. from John de Croome and Roger de Ledbury for one knight's fee in Croome, Tidmington, and Edmundston, which Adam de Croome formerly held, etc.

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Et de xxj. de Thoma le Botiller pro dimidio feodo in Vpton super Sabrinam quod fuit Roberti de Bello Campo.

Et de xxiiijx de Johanne de Hull pro dimidio feodo et xma parte j feodi militis in Bocton que luo de Bello Campo quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xvjj. de Johanne Priore Wygornie pro tercia parte xxma parte1 et octo partibus xlme partis j feodi militis in Coteston quas Priores loci quondam tenuerunt sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xvjs. de Johanne de Morton pro tercia parte xxma parte et viij partibus xlme partis j feodi militis in Morton quas Robertus de Morton quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de lijs. 2 de eodem Johanne pro xxma parte j feodi militis in eadem villa de Morton quam Robertus de Morton quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xljs. de Johanne filio Johannis de Hull pro vta parte et xma parte j feodi militis in Kereswell quas Willielmus de Keres- vvell quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijs. de Henrico Wynili pro vfca parte j feodi militis in Norton iuxta Kemeseye quam Beatrix de Piriton quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viijs. de Willielmo de Marisco pro vta parte j feodi militis in Norton quam Josep de Marisco quondam tenuit sicut conti- netur ibidem.

Et de x\s. de Willielmo de Evenlode pro j feodo militis in Evenlode quod Johannes Power quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xx.r. de Johanne de Chestre Johanne Wattes et Johanne Bagge pro dimidio feodo militis in Aston iuxta Blokeleye quod Johannes de Aston quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xxiiijj. de Willielmo de Dychford pro dimidio feodo et xma parte Vnius feodi militis in Dychford que Gelfridus de Dych- ford quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de iijs. 2 de Gilberto Leger et Thoma atte Seluer pro xxma parte j feodi militis in Paxford quam Robertus filius Willielmi quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de viij.y. de Thoma de Clipston pro vta parte j feodi militis in Norwykes que Robertus de Norwykes quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

1 Sic. * This ought to be ijj.

AID FOR KNIGHTING THE KING'S ELDEST SON. 2?

And 2os. from Thomas le Botiller for half a fee in Upton on Severn, which was the property of Robert de Beauchamp.

And 24$-. for half a fee and a tenth part of a knight's fee in Bocton, which Ivo de Beauchamp formerly held, etc.

And i6s. from John, Prior of Worcester, for a third part, a twentieth part, and eight parts of a fortieth part of one knight's fee in Cutsdean, which the Priors of that place have formerly held, etc.

And i6s. from John de Morton for a third part, a twentieth part, and eight parts of a fortieth part of one knight's fee in Morton, which Robert de Morton formerly held, etc.

And 2s. from the same John for the twentieth part of one knight's fee in the same vill of Morton, which Robert de Morton formerly held, etc.

And I2s. from John, son of John de Hill, for a fifth part and a tenth part of a knight's fee in Kersewell, which William de Kersewell formerly held, etc.

And 8s. from Henry Wynill for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Norton by Kempsey, which Beatrice de Pirton formerly held, etc.

And 8s. from William de Marsh for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Norton, which Joseph de Marsh formerly held, etc.

And 4OJ. from William de Evenlode for one knight's fee in Evenlode, which John Power formerly held, etc.

And 2os. from John de Chester, John Wattes, and John Bagge, for half a knight's fee in Aston next to Blockley.

And 245. from William de Ditchford for half a fee and the tenth part of one knight's fee in Ditchford, which Geoffrey de Ditchford formerly held, etc.

And 2s. from Gilbert Leger and Thomas at the Selver for the twentieth part of one knight's fee in Paxford, which Robert the son of William formerly held, etc.

And 8s. from Thomas de Clipston for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Northwick, which Robert de Northwick formerly

o

held, etc.

28 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

Et de v'rijs. de Johaune de Clipston pro vta parte j feodi rnilitis in Norwykes que que 1 Anicia de Kyngesford quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de ijs. de Johanne Gilbertes pro xxma parte j feodi militis in Upton que Henricus films Henrici de Vpton quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Et de xb. de Willielmo le Spencer Chiualer pro j feodo militis in Longedon quod Willielmus Trauers quondam tenuit sicut con- tinetur ibidem,

Et de xxs. de Willielmus Abbate de Euesham pro dimidio feodo militis in Tadlynton Neubold et Edmundescote quod Wil- lielmus filius Angeri quondam tenuit sicut continetur ibidem.

Summa denariorum istius hundredi Ixv/z. ffeodorum xxxij feoda dimidium.

Et de ix/z. de Abbate de Evesham pro quatuor feodis et di- midium in Comitatibus Wygornie Gloucestrie et Northamptonie.

Summa denariorum abbatis ix/z. feodorum abbatis pre-

dicti iiij feoda et dimidium. Summa totalis Denariorum clxiiij/z. ijs. ]d. ffeodorum

xxiiij ij feoda et xxma pars vnius feodi.

Sic.

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And 8s. from John de Clipston for the fifth part of one knight's fee in Northwick, which Amicia de Kingsford formerly held, etc.

And 2s. from John Gilberts for the twentieth part of one knight's fee in Upton, which Henry, son of Henry de Upton, formerly held, etc.

And 4Os. from William le Spencer, knight, for one knight's fee in Longdon, which William Travers formerly held, etc.

And 2Os. from William Abbot of Evesham for half a knight's fee in Tatlington, Newbold, and Edmundscote, which William the son of Auger formerly held, etc.

Sum of the money of this hundred, £65 ; of the fees 32 and a-half.

And £9 from the Abbot of Evesham for four fees and a-half in the counties of Worcester, Gloucester, and Northampton.

Sum of the money of the Abbot, £9 ; of the fees of the

said Abbot 4 and a-half. Total sum of the money, £164 2s. id.', of the fees four

score and two (82) fees and the twentieth part

of a fee.

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32 EDWARD III. [A.D. 1358] x.

HEC Indentura facta Wygornia die lune proxime post festum sancti Petri quod dicitur Advincula anno regni regis nunc tri- cesimo secundo testatur quod nos Ricardus de Estham Thomas de Sloutre et Ricardus de Lench Custodes pacis in Comitatu Wygornie virtute cujusdam brevis domini Regis nobis inde directo liberauimus Henrico de Bradeford Thome Colemon et Edmundo de Brugge Collectoribus xme et xvme domino Regi ultimo con- cesse in Comitatu predicto nomina et summas subscripta ad opus comitatis Comitatus predict! levandum et inter villatas pre- dicti Comitatus distribuendum iuxta tenorem mandati domini Regis eisdem collectoribus inde directi videlicet —

De Henrico de Hulle occupante bona et catella que fuerunt Johannis de Bocton indicati apud Stokeshull coram Ricardo de Bromwych Balliuus de Oswold die lune proxime post festum sancti Marci evangelisti anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum xxviij0 de felonia pro qua fugatus fuit . . . Ixs.

De Roberto Russel occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Waited Musard de Strengesham indicati coram vicecomite Wygornie apud Cockeswell die mercurij proxime post festum sancte ffidis virginis anno regni regis Edwardi tercii xxvj° de eo quod felonice furatus fuit xxx bidentes de Roberto Russel apud Strengesham pro qua felonia fuit fugitiuus vj/z. xiijj. m]d.

De Thoma Cassy occupante bona et catalla Petri Dauy de Intebarewe indicati ad velenciam . . cs.

De Abbate de Evesham occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Henrici de Longe de Teukesbery indicati coram Ricardo de Lench

1 Exchequer Lay Subsidies (Worcestershire), 200/19. (Public Record Office, London.)

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32 EDWARD III. (1358).

THIS indenture made at Worcester on the Monday next following the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula (August i), in the thirty-second year of the reign of the present King (1358), wit- nesseth that we Richard de Eastham, Thomas de Slaughter, and Richard de Lench, Justices of the Peace in the county of Wor- cester, by virtue of a certain writ of the lord the King's to that intent have delivered to Henry de Bradford, Thomas Coleman, and Edmund de Bridge, collectors of the tenth and fifteenth last granted to the lord the King for the county aforesaid, the under written names and amounts for the use of the body of the county aforesaid, to be levied and distributed among the Vills of the said county according to the tenor of a mandate of the lord the King directed to the said collectors to that effect, that is to say,

From Henry de Hulle, in possession of the goods and chattels of John de Bocton, indicted for felony at Stokeshill before Richard de Bromwich, bailiff of Oswaldslowe, on Monday next after the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist (April 25), 28 Edward III. (1354), for which felony he fled .... jos.

From Robert Russell, in possession of the goods and chattels of Walter Musard of Strensham, indicted before the sheriff of Worcester at Cockswell, on Wednesday next after the feast of St. Faith the Virgin (October 6), 26 Edward III. (1352), for the theft of 30 sheep belonging to Robert Russell of Strensham, for which felony he fled ..... £6 i$s. ^d.

From Thomas Cassy, in possession of the goods and chattels of Peter Davy of Inkberrow, who was indicted, to the value of ........ loos.

From the Abbot of Evesham, in possession of the goods and chattels of Henry de Long of Tewkesbury, indicted before Richard

32 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

quod felonice interfecit quendam mercatorem extraneum apud Evesham die lune proxime post festum sancti Martini anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum xxiij0 pro qua felonia fugatus fuit . . . . . .-'_.. . x#.

De villata de Longedon occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Johannis Elianoresone indicati coram prefato Ricardo coronatore quod felonice interfecit Johannem Lyngeyn apud Longedon Bruyn die lune proxime post festum sancti Barnabe apostoli anno regni regis nunc xxij° pro qua felonia fugit . . iijs. in]d.

De villata de Castelmorton occupante bona et catalla que iuerunt Thome Martyn indicati coram Thoma de Luttelton coro- natore quod felonice interfecit Rogerum Cleret Taillor quod apud Castelmorton die Jouis in festo Purificationis beate Marie anno regni regis nunc xxxj° pro qua felonia fugatus fuit . . vj^. vijk/.

De Nicholao de Walfued occupante bona et catalla Nicholai de Walfued indicati coram Thoma Somery nuper balliuo de Os die lune proxime post festum omnium Sanctorum anno regni regis nunc xxij° apud Stokeshull quod felonice furatus fuit j bouem pretii xs. de Galfrido Spencer pro qua fugatus fuit . . xxs.

De Priore parue Maluernie occupante bona et catalla Johannis le Hunte de parua Maluernia indicati coram Thoma de Luttelton coronatore quod felonice interfecit Johannem le Cook apud Mal- uerniam predictam die martis proxime post festum Apostolorum Phillipi et Jacobi anno regni regis nunc xxxj° pro qua felonia fugitiuus fuit . . . . . . . xxs.

De Willielmo Hickes de Staunton occupante bona et catalla Ricardi Hickes et Mathei Hikkes capellani qui felonice interfece- runt Robertum Apperley militem et Johannem fratrem eius apud Cors in Comitatu Gloucestrie et a predicto Comitatu euaserunt vsque Staunton in Comitatu Wygornie pro qua felonia fugitiui fuerunt ........ xxs.

De villata de Plenarth1 occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Johannis le Mon indicati coram Ricardo de Lench coronatore quod felonice interfecit Johannem Stuyr Plenarth1 die lune proxime post festum sancti Johannis Baptiste anno regni regis Edwardi tercii xxvij0 pro quo fugitiuus fuit .... iijs. \\i]d.

1 Or fflenarth.

LAY SURSIDY ROLLS. 33

Lench for feloniously killing a certain merchant who was a stranger at Evesham, on the Monday next after the feast of St. Martin (November 12), 23 Edward III. (1349), for which felony he fled ...... £10.

From the vill of Longdon, in possession of the goods and chattels of John Eleanorson, indicted before the said Richard the Coroner for feloniously slaying John Lingen at Longdon Bruyn, on Monday next after the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle (June u), 22 Edward III. (1348), for which felony he fled. 3-r. ^d. From the vill of Castlemorton, in possession of the goods and chattels of Thomas Martin, indicted before Thomas de Littleton the Coroner, for feloniously slaying Roger Cleret, tailor, at Castle- morton, on Thursday the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Mary (February 2], 31 Edward III. (1357), for which felony he fled 6s. 8d. From Nicholas de Walfued, in possession of the goods and chattels of Nicholas de Walfued, indicted before Thomas Somery, lately bailiff of Oswaldslowe, on Monday next after the feast of All Saints (November i), in the 22nd year of the reign of the present king (1348), at Stokeshill, for feloniously stealing one ox, value ios., from Geoffrey Spencer, for which he fled . 2os.

From the Prior of Little Malvern in possession of the goods and chattels of John le Hunt of Little Malvern, indicted before Thomas de Littleton the Coroner for feloniously slaying John le Cook at Malvern aforesaid, on Wednesday next after the feast of the Apostles Philip and James (May i), in the 3ist year of the present king (1357), for which felony he fled . . 2os.

From William Hickes of Staunton, in possession of the goods and chattels of Richard Hicks and Matthew Hickes, chaplains, who feloniously slew Robert Apperley, knight, and John his brother, at Corse, in the county of Gloucester, and escaped from the said county towards Staunton, in the county of Wor- cester, for which felony they were fugitives . . . 2os. From the vill of Plenarth l. in possession of the goods and chat- tels of John le Mon, indicted before Richard de Lench the Coroner for feloniously slaying John Stuyr at Plenarth, on Monday next after the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24), in the 27th year of Edward III. (1353), for which he fled . . . y. $d.

1 I am unable to identify this place. D

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De villata de Wycheband occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Ricardi Edward indicati coram Edmundo de Dunclent coronatore quod felonice interfecit Rogerum Botyle apud Wycheband die veneris proxime post festum sancti Mathie apostoli anno regni regis nunc xxix° pro quo fugitiuus fuit . . vs.

De Johanne Spelby et Phillipo Bartlot nuper balliuis civitatis Wygornie pro euasione Johannis le hostiler de Herfordia quondam servientis Thome de Mountgomery felonice fugantis capti ad sectam Johannis Calf ....... cs.

De eisdem Johanne et Phillipo pro euasione Roberti le Webbe indicati coram eisdem balliuis capti pro felonia quam commisit et euasit die dominica proxime post festum Annunciationis Beate Marie anno regni regis nunc xxvj° . . . cs.

De eisdem balliuis occupantibus bona et catalla que fuerunt Willielmi Beaggere qui se suspendit . . . xiiijj. v]d.

De villata de Bratforton occupante bona et catalla Thome Bole de Bratforton fugientis ad ecclesiam de Bratforton et ibidem ab- jurauit regnum pro felonia quam recognovit coram Ricardo de Lench coronatore ...... xs.

De villata de Offenham occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Agnetis de Palmere de Offenham mortue per infortuniam per quandam carectam et juvencum1 que fuerunt causa mortis dicte Agnetis ....... vs.

De villata de Bengeworth occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Willielmi Rotor indicati de morte Ricardi de Vffenham quem felo- nice interfecit et statim captus et liberatus castro Wygornie ijs.

De Willielmo de Biryton occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Johannis Meleward de Sapy Carpenter felonis fugitiui pro morte Willielmi de Drayton quem felonice interfecit apud Byriton die dominica proxime post festum Epiphanie Domini anno regni regis Edwardi tercii post conquestum xxviij0 . . . ijs.

De Thoma Cassy occupante bona et catalla per quendam ex- traneum asportata iuxta Grafton-groue ad valenciam . xxxx

1 or juvencos.

LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS. 35

From the vill of Wychbold, in possession of the goods and chattels of Richard Edward, indicted before Edmund de Dunclent the Coroner for feloniously slaying Roger Botyle at Wychbold, on Friday next after the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle (Sep- tember 21), in the 2Qth year of the present king (1355), for which he fled ....... 5^.

From John Spelby and Philip Bartlot, lately bailiffs of the city of Worcester, for the escape of John le Hostiler of Hereford, formerly servant of Thomas de Montgomery, who feloniously fled, arrested at the suit of John Calf . . . loos.

From the same John and Philip for the escape of Robert le Webbe, indicted before the said bailiffs, arrested for a felony which he committed, and who escaped on Sunday next after the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary (March 25), in the 26th year of the present king (1352) . . . loos.

From the same bailiffs who are in possession of the goods and chattels of William Bagger, who hanged himself . . 14^. 6d.

From the vill of Bretforton, in possession of the goods and chattels of Thomas Bole of Bretforton, who fled to the church of Bretforton, and there abjured the realm for a felony which he confessed before Richard de Lench the Coroner . . los.

From the vill of Offenham, in possession of the goods and chattels of Agnes de Palmer, accidentally killed by a cart and bullocks, which were the cause of the death of the said Agnes 5^.

From the vill of Bengeworth, in possession of the goods and chattels of William Rotor, indicted for the death of Richard de Offenham, whom he feloniously slew, and was forthwith arrested and delivered to the castle of Worcester ... 2^.

From William de Biryton, in possession of the goods and chattels of John Milward of Sapy, carpenter, a felon who has fled for the death of William de Drayton, whom he feloniously slew at Biryton, on Sunday next after the Epiphany of our Lord (January 6), in the 28th year of Edward III. (1354) 2s.

From Thomas Cassy, in possession of the goods and chattels carried off by a certain stranger near Grafton Grove to the value of . . . . . . . 3cxr.

36 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

De eodem Thoma occupante tres boues pretii XX.T. sibi liberati per Johannem Graas balliuum de Wych anno xx° . . xxj.

De eodem Thoma occupante j equum sibi liberatum per pre- dictum balliuum anno xx° supradicto . . di' marca.

De eodem Thoma pro euasione Rogeri le Glouare capti pro xvj bidentes quos cepit apud Girlingham . . . cs.

De eodem Thoma pro euasione cujusdam Wallici indicati de morte alterius Wallici que interfecit apud Wyke . . cs,

De villata de Magno Tombtone occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Thome le Hayward indicati coram Ricardo de Lench coro- natore eo quod felonice interfecit Johannem Bryd in eadem villa et captus fuit et euasit ...... xxj.

De Roberto le Reue de eadem pro euasione Thome le Hayward de Magna Comborton indicati et fugati pro morte Johannis Bryd quern felonice interfecit anno xxvj regni regis nunc . . cs.

De villata de Girlyngham occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Johannis Plokenet indicati coram Ricardo de Lench coronatore de morte Radulphi le Smyth de Wolashull quern felonice interfecit anno regni regis nunc xxviij0 .... vjj. vn)d.

De Johanne Ernald de Bradeleye indicati coram Ricardo de Lench coronatore eo quod felonice interfecit Nicholaum le Hayward apud Hambery iuxta Wyth anno xxx° pro quo fugit

x11 inde in orne XX.T

De villata de Pendeuen occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Thome le Saltere indicati coram Thoma de Luttelton coronatore eo quod felonice interfecit Willielmum Crompe de Pendeuen die martis proxime post festum Ascensionis domini anno regni regis nunc xxx° pro quo fugatus fuit . ... vs.

De Adamo West1 que fuerunt Willielmi

. . ...... felonis fugitiui pro morte Johannis Cuyte de

quern felonice interfecit ... x.y.

De Thoma Gorwy de Wygornia felonice fugitiuus pro morte Johannis Canoun quern felonice interfecit die lune proxime post

1 Faded and illegible.

LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS. 37

From the same Thomas, in possession of three oxen of the value of 2os., delivered to him by John Graas, bailiff of Wiche, in the 2Oth year (of the present king, 1 346) . . . 2os.

From the same Thomas, in possession of one horse delivered to him by the same bailiff in the aforesaid 2Oth year (1346) 6s. Sd.

From the same Thomas for the escape of Roger Glover, arrested for stealing 16 sheep, which he took at Birlingham . loos.

From the same Thomas for the escape of a certain Welchman indicted for the death of another Welchman, whom he slew at Wyke . ... loos.

From the vill of Great Comberton, in possession of the goods and chattels of Thomas le Hayward, indicted before Richard de Lench, Coroner, for feloniously slaying John Bryd in the same vill, for which he was arrested and escaped . . . 2os.

From Robert the Reve of the same (vill) for the escape of Thomas le Hayward of Great Comberton, indicted and a fugitive for the death of John Bryd, whom he feloniously slew in the 26th year of the reign of the present king (1352) . . loos.

From the vill of Birlingham, in possession of the goods and chattels which belonged to John Plokenet, indicted before Richard de Lench, Coroner, for the death of Ralph le Smyth of Wollashill, whom he feloniously slew in the 28th year of the reign of the present king (1354) . . . . . . 6s. 8d.

From John Ernald of Bradley, indicted before Richard de Lench, Coroner, for feloniously slaying Nicholas le Hayward at Hanbury, near Wiche, in the 3<Dth year (of the present king, 1356), for which he fled .... £10, of which is charged 2os.

From the vill of Pinvin, in possession of the goods and chattels of Thomas le Salter, indicted before Thomas de Littleton, Coroner, for feloniously slaying William Cromp of Pinvin, on Wednesday next after the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, in the 3Oth year of the reign of the present king (1356), for which he fled . $s.

. From Adam West which belonged to William

. . . . . . . felon, a fugitive for the death of John Cuyte,

of whom he feloniously slew . . los.

From Thomas Gorwy of Worcester, feloniously a fugitive for the death of John Canoun, whom he feloniously slew on Monday

38 LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.

festum sancte Trinitatis anno regni regis nunc xxviij0

x11 inde in onere xxj.

De Thoma Gassy occupante iiij°r boues quos Galfridus le Glynd furatus fuit apud Groote pretii . . . \\ijs. \\.\}d.

De eodem Thoma pro euasione dicti Galfridi a custodia sua cs.

De Thoma Cassy pro euasione Petri Madokes indicati de morte cujusdam Wallici quern interfecit . . cs.

De eodem Thoma pro euasione fratris Johannis de Barnebury capti pro suspectione latrocinii et eodem Thoma liberate . cs

De villata de Clifton occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Johannis de Oxewell felonice fugati pro morte Henrici Dayrell quern felonice interfecit apud Clifton die Jouis proxime post festum sancti Michaelis anno regni regis Edwardi xxiiij0 . . xxj.

De Simone Groos nuper balliuus Civitates Wygornie occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Thome Wykes, Rogeri de Steuenton et Johannis le Sopare felonia suspensi .... x/z.

De Roberto Russel occupante bona et catalla que fuerunt Ricardi le Cleouare qui felonice furatus fuit xvj bidentes apud Strengesham die mercurii proxime post festum Translationis sancte Thome Martyri

anno xx° captus et liberatus Thome Cassy . . . xxj.

i

Summa euasionum prisonum xxx/z.

Summa total is cattalorum felonum et fugitivorum lvij/z'. ixs. x.d. Summa totalis oneris istius Indenture iiij^vij/z. ixs. x</.

1 Totals filled in wrongly here and erased.

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next after the feast of the Holy Trinity, in the 28th year of the present king (1354] . . . £10, of which is charged 2os.

From Thomas Cassy, in possession of 4 oxen which Geoffrey le Glynd stole at Groote, of the value of . . . 53x4^.

From the same Thomas for the escape of the said Geoffrey from his custody . . . . . . loos.

From Thomas Cassy for the escape of Peter Madokes, indicted

for the death of a certain Welchman whom he slew . IOOT.

From the same Thomas for the escape of the brother of John de

Barnbury, arrested on suspicion of theft and delivered to the same

Thomas ....... loos.

From the vill of Clifton, in possession of the goods and chattels of John de Oxwell, feloniously a fugitive for the death of Henry Dayrell, whom he feloniously slew at Clifton on Thursday next after the feast of St. Michael (September 29), in the 24th year of the reign of King Edward (1350) .... 2os.

From Simon Groos, lately bailiff of the city of Worcester, in possession of the goods and chattels of Thomas Wykes, Roger de Steventon, and John le Sopar, hanged for felony . . .£10.

From Robert Russell in possession of the goods and chattels of Richard le Clever, who feloniously stole 16 sheep at Strensham on Tuesday after the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr (July 3), in the 2Oth year (of the present king), arrested and delivered to Thomas Cassy (1356) . . . 2os.

Total of escapes of prisoners, £30. Total of goods of felons and fugitives, £$? gs. Total charge of this Indenture, £87 (four score and 7) gs.

INDEX OF NAMES OF PLACES AND PERSONS.

The English text only is indexed.

Names occurring more than once in a page are indexed only once.

" de " is for the most part omitted.

ABBERLEY, n Adam, son of Robert, 25 Alexander, Richard, 23 Alvechurch, 17, 21 Apperley, John, 33 ; Robert,

33

Arblaster, John, 15 Astbury, 21 Aston, 2i, 23 Aston Episcopi, 23 Aston next to Blockley, 27 Astwood, 3, 7 Astwood Meynel, 3 Auger, William, son of, 29

Bagge, John, 27 Bagger, William, 35 Bar . . ., Richard, 7 Barbourne, 23 Barnbury, John, 39 Bartlot, Philip, 35 Beauchamp, Guy, 13, 15 ;

Ivo, 27; John, n, 13, 23 ;

Robert, 27 ; Thomas, 13,

J5> X9, 23; William, 21,

23

Belbroughton, 3 Bengeworth, 35 Bentley Pauncefote, 5 Beoley, 13

Berkeley, Thomas, 15 Birlingham, 13, 37 Birtsmorton, 17 Biryton, 35 ; William, 35 Bishampton, 25 Bishopsden, 25 Bishopston, Roger, $ ;

William, 21 Bissett, John, 5 Bledes, Hugh, n Blockley, 17, 27 Blount, John, 7 Bockleton, n ; John, II Bocton, 27 ; John, 31 Bole, Thomas, 35

Boreford, Walter, 23 Bosco, Stephen de, 9 Botiller, Richard,? ; Thomas,

3, 27

Bottetourte, John, 3 Botyle, Roger, 35 Boys, Cristina, 25 Bracy, Robert, 19, 21 ;

William, 19 Bradford, Henry, 31 Bradley, 25, 37 ; William,

25

Bredicote, 23

Bredon, 17

Bretforton, 35

Bridge, Edmund, 31

Brokeley, 15

Bromwich, Richard, 31

Broughton, 13

Brown, William, 21

Brudley, Richard, 23 ; Wil- liam, 23

Bryd, John, 37

Burgh, Richard, 15

Burnel, Athelyna, 9 ; Ed- ward, 5, 9 ; Nicholas, 5

Bushley, 15

Butterley, Roger, 7

Calf, John, 35

Canoun, John, 37

Cardiff, Paulinus, 7

Carkedon, 13

Cassy, Thomas, 3, 31, 35,

37, 39

Castlemorton, 17, 33 Chaddesley Corbett, 7 Chadwich, 7 Chamber, Robert, 17 Charlton, 25 ; Amicia, 25 Chaseley, 13, 17 Chester, John, 19,27 Churchill, 23 Cleret, Roger, 33 Clever, Richard, 39

E

Clifford, Robert, 13 ; Roger,

9

Clifton, n, 39 Clipston, John, 29 ; Thomas,

27

Clivelode, 15 Clodeshale, Richard, II Coberley, 15 Cockswell, 31 Cofton, 23 ; Hackett, 5 ;

John, 5 Cokesey, Hugh, 5, 11,15;

Little, 5 Coleman, Geoffrey, 25 ;

Thomas, 31

Comberton, 13 ; Great, 37 Cook, John, 33 Cookhill, Prioress of, 21 Corbet, William, 7 Cornwall, Margaret, 13 Coroner, Edmund Dun-

clent, 35 ; Richard Lench,

33. 35, 37 5 Thomas

Littleton, 33, 37 Corse, 33 Cotheridge, 9 Cradley, 3 Cressy, Ralph, 15 Cromp, William, 37 Croome, 21, 25 ; Adam, 25 ;.

John, 25 ; Robert 3 Crowle, Seward, 23 Cudley, 21 j John, 21 Cutsdean, 27 Cuyte, John, 37 Cynteley, n

Dabitot, Geoffrey, 19, 23; Joan, 19; John, 21 ; Ma- tilda, 21 ; Osbert, 21 ; William, 21

Davy, 31

Dayrell, Henry, 39

Defford, 13 ; Alexander, 25 ; William, 23

INDEX OF NAMES OF PLACES AND PERSONS.

Despenser Hugh, 9, 15 Ditchford, 27 ; Geoffrey,

27 ; William, 27 Doddenham, n Doddington, Hundred of, 9 Dome, 19

Drayton, William, 35 Dunclent, 7, 9 ; Amicia, 9 ;

Edmund, 35

Eastham, Richard, 31 Edmundscote, 29 Edmundston, 25 Edward, Richard, 35 Edwin, Loch, 9 Eldersfield, 15, 17 Eleanorson, John, 33 Elmbridge, 3 ; Reginald, 3 Elmley Castle, 23 Ernald, John, 37 Evenlode, 27 ; William, 27 Everley, William, 23 Evesham, 33 ; Abbot of, 31 ; William, 29

Ffoliot, Thomas, 5 Ffrywill, 22

Fitzwarren, William, 5> *9 Fladbury, 17, 25 Flavel, 13 Flenarth, 32 Fokerham, William, II Fourches, William, 25 Tranche, Peter, 7 Frankley, 3 Freeman, Philip, 25

Gerald, John, 25

Gervase, Osmund, son of,

25

Gilberts, John, 29

Gloucester, Earl of, 9, 15

Gloucestershire, 29, 33

Glover, Roger, 37

Glynd, Geoffry, 39

Goldecote, 15

Gorwy, Thomas, 37

Graas, John, 37

Grafton, 5, 13, 15 ; Ed- ward, 5, 15 ; Grove, 35 ; John, 5, 15

Great Comberton, 37

Grimley, 21 ; Richard, 21

Groos, Simon, 39

Groote, 39 ; Peter, 3

Hackett, Matilda, 5 Hackluit, Edward, 23 Hagley, 3 Haket, Katherine, 21, 23 ;

Ralph, 23 ; William, 21 Halfshire, Hundred of, 3 Ham Castle, 13 Hampton, John, 19 ; Lovet,

7

Hanbury by Wich, 17, 37

Handsacre, William, 25

Hanley, 15

Hastings, Lawrence, 25

Hawkley, Hugh, 9

Hay ward, Nicholas, 37 ;

Thomas, 37 Heathey, William, 7 ;

Thomas, 7

Henry, son of John, 25 Hereford, 35 ; Bishop of,

25

Herthram, Richard, ^

Herton, II

Hickes, Richard, 33 ; Wal- ter, 33; William, 33

Hill, John, II, 27 ; by Flad- bury, 25

Hindlip, 21

Hoklington, Walter, 21

Holt, 23

Hostiler, John, 35

Huddington, Alexander, 5 ; Lucy, 5, 23

Huggeley, Henry, n

Hulle, Henry, 31

Hunt, John, 33

Hyband, John, 25

Impney, 3

Inkberrow, 21, 25, 31 Irreys, Philip, 7

John, Henry, son of, 25 Joscelin,, William, son of, 25

Kempsey, 17

Kenswick, 21 ; John, 21 ;

Walter, 21

Kersewell, 27 ; William, 27 Kidderminster, 5 Kingsford, 7 ; Amicia, 29 Kington, 5, 7 ; William, 5 Knight, William, 25 Kyre, II ; Wyard, 9

Laughern, 21 Ledbury, Roger, 25 Leger, Gilbert, 27 Leicester, Robert, 5 Lench,jjohn, 19 ; Randolph,

19 ; Roculf, 7 ; Richard,

19, 3i» 33.35.37; Thomas,

7 ; William, 19 Lespencer, William, 29 Leybourn, Simon, 13 Lingen, John, 33 Little Malvern, 33 ; Prior

of, 33; Philip, 17 Littleton, Thomas, 15, 33,

37

Loges, John, 9 Long, Henry, 31

Longdon, 13, 17, 29, 33;

Bruyn, 33 Lovet, John, 7 Lucy, William, 25 Ludlow, Agnes, 15 ; John,

13

Madokes, Peter, 39

Madresfield, 13

Maiden Bradley, Prior of,

5

Malvern, Little, 33

Mare, John de la, 17 ; Thomas de la, 17

Marsh, Joseph, 27 ; Wil- liam, 27

Marshall, William, 25

Martin, Thomas, 33

Martley, 9

Milward, John, 35

Mon, John, 33

Monte, John de, 17 ; Odo de, 17

Monteviron, Richard, 5

Montgomery, Thomas, 35

Monthermer, Ralph, 15

More, 19

Mortimer, Hugh, 3, 9, 13 ; Isabel, 13; Robert, u

Morton, 7 ; John, 27 ; Richard, 7 ; Robert, 27

Muchgros, Robert, 15; Wil- liam, 15

Musard, Walter, 31

Naunton, 13

Newbold, 29

Norris, Henry, 19

North Piddle, 15

Northamptonshire, 29

Northfield, 3

Northwick, 27, 29 ; Robert,

27 ; by Worcester, 17 Norton, 25 ; by Kempsey,

27

Offenham, 35 ; Richard, 35

Oldswinford, 3

Osmund, son of Gervase,

25

Oswaldeslowe, Bailiff of,

31, 33; Hundred of, 17 Oxwell, John, 39

Palmer, Agnes, 35 Pauncefote, Grimbald, 5 Paxford, 27 Pechesley, Philip, 21 Pedmore, 3 Pembroke, Earl of, 25 Pendock, 19, 23 ; John, 19 ; Robert, 19

Pershore, Abbot of, Thomas,

13 ; Hundred of, 13 Peyto, John, 21, 25 Pinvin, 37

Pirton, 15 ; Beatrice, 27 Plenarth, 33 Plokenet, John, 37 Porter, Reginald, 15 ;

Richard, 15 Power, John, 23, 25, 27 ;

Richard, 25 Powick, 13 Purshull, 3 Pychard, Elizabeth, n ;

John, II ; Milo, n Pypard, Robert, 25

Redmarley D'Abitot, 19

Reve, Robert the, 37

Ripple, 17

Robert, Adam, son of, 25 ; son of William, 27 ; the Reve of Comberton, 37

Roculf, John, 7 ; William,

7

Rotor, William, 35 Rushock, 5 Russell, Agnes, 15 ; James,

15 ; Robert, 31, 39 Ruyhall, 25; Richard, 17;

William, 23

St. John, William, 25

St. Wolstan's, Worcester, 7,

21

Salter, Thomas, 37 Sapy, 35; John, 19; Py- chard, 1 1 ; Sturmy, 1 1 Sapynswick, 23 Segrave, Henry, 15 ; John,

iS

Selver, Thomas, 27 Severnstoke, 13 Shelsley Walsh, 1 1 Shelve, 7

Shobyndon, William, 25 Shrawley, 13 Shropshire, 3 Slaughter, Thomas, 31 Smyth, Ralph, 37 Somervyle, John, 7 Somery, John, 3 ; Nicholas, 5, 25 ; Robert, 7 ; Thomas,

7, 33

Spelby, John, 35 Spencer, Geoffrey, 33 ;

William, 29 Spetchley, 23 Stanford ' Sturmy, II ;

Washborne, II Staunton, 15, 33 ; Robert,

'5

Steventon, Roger, 39 Stockton, ii Stokeshill, 31, 33 Stone, 5

Strensham, 15, 31 Stretton, William, 19 Sturmy, Henry, 5 ; Robert,

II

Stuyr, 33 Suckley, 9

Talbot, John, 3, 9, 13 Tatlington, 29 Tenbury, 9 Tewkesbury, 31 Thorndon, 25 Throckmorton, 25 Tichenappletree, 7 Tidmington, 25 Tilleshope, Salop, 3 Tony, Robert, II Tracy, William, 7 Travers, William, 29 Tredington, 17 Tyrel, Richard, 23

Upton, 29 ; Henry, 29 ; on Severn, 27 ; Stephen, 13 ; Warren, 5

43

Walcote, 13

Waley, Richard, 19

Walfued, Nicholas, 33

Walsh, Henry, n

Waresley, 21

Warley, 3

Warndon, 21

Warwick, Earl of, 13, 15,

17. 19. 23 Washborne, 1 1 ; John, 1 1 ;

Roger, ii Wattes, John, 27 Webbe, Robert, 35 West, Adam, 37 Westmancote, 19 Whiston, Prioress of, 23 Whittington, 23 Wiche, 3, 7 Wichenford, 25 William, 37 ; Robert, son

of, 27 ; son of Auger, 29 ;

son of Joscelin, 25 Willingwick, 7 Wilymetes, Ralph, 23 Wollashill, 15, 37 Wolverton, 19 ; William,

19

Woodcote, 5

Worcester, 31 ; Bailiffs of, 35, 39; Bishop of, 19, 23 ; Wolstan, 17 ; Castle of, 35 ; Prior of, John, 7, n, 23, 27 ; St. Wolstan's, 7, 21 ; Sheriff of, 31

Worcestershire, 3, 29, 33

Wyard, John, 9

Wychbold, 3, 35

Wyke, 37

Wykes, Thomas, 39

Wynill, Henry, 27

Wyre Piddle, 19

Wysham, Hawisia, ii, 19, 23

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