No. 1.
_Manor and Soke of Horncastle_, _from the Domesday Survey_.
M. In HORNECASTRE h’b. Edid regin. III car. t’ræ sine g’ldo. T’ra ad
IIII car. Ibi Rex h’t II car. in d’nio, et XXIX vill. et XII bord.
h’ntes III car. Ibi II mol’d. XXVI solid, et c ac. pati. T.R.E. ual. XX
lib. mº XLIIII lib.
Soca hujus Manerii.
In STIMELBI IIII car. t’re. Ibi XXII soch. et XVIII uill. h’nt IIII car.
et dimid. et CCXL ac. pati.
In TODINTUNE III car. t’re. Ibi XXIII soch. et II uill’i et VIII bord.
h’nt IIII car. et CCC acas pati.
In LANGETONE et TORP III car. t’re. Ibi XIII soch. et XXIIII uill. h’nt
IIII car. et I mol’d. IX solid, et CXX acas pati et CCL acas silve
pastilis.
In FOLESBI dim. car. t’re. Ibi III soch. h’nt dim. car. et VIII ac’s
pati et CXX acas siluæ past. p. loca.
In CUNINGESBI I car. t’re et dim. jnland. Ibi VIII uill. et III bord.
cu. I car. et dim. et v piscariæ v solid, et XII ac. pati et LX ac. siluæ
minutæ.
In HOLTHA’ II car. et VI bou. t’re. Ibi VII soch. h’nt I car. et dim. et
XXXII acas pati et XX acas siluæ pastilis.
In FOLESBI I car. t’re. Ibi I soch. h’t I car.
In ROCSTUNE XII bou. t’re. Ibi VIII soch. h’nt I car. et dim. et XV acas
pati et XL acas siluæ past.
In SCRIUELESBI III car. et VIII bou. t’ræ. Ibi XX soch. et XII bord.
h’nt VI. car. et CC aca pati. et VI acas siluæ minutæ.
In MOREBI III car. t’re. Ibi VIII soch. et X bord. h’nt IIII car. Ibi
æccl’a et CCXL ac. pati et VI acas silue min.
In MARUN III car. t’re. Ibi XXI soch. et XI bord. h’nt IIII car. Ibi
æccl’a et p’b’r et LX aca pati et CCC acas siluæ min.
In ENDREBI III car. t’re. Ibi XVI soch. et VI bord. h’nt IIII car. et LX
acas pati et CCCCL ac. siluæ past.
In WILCHESBI I car. t’re et dim. Ibi IIII soch. et V bord. h’nt I car.
et XX acas siluæ minutæ.
In ASCHEBI VI car. t’re. Ibi XLV soch. et V mil. et XIII bord. h’nt VIII
car. et qingentæ aca pati et pasture.
In TEDLINTUNE IIII car. t’re. Ibi XXI soch. et VIII uill. et III bord.
h’nt VIII car. et CCCC ac. pati.
Int’ totu’ ad g’ld. XLII carucate t’re. T.
T’ra ad LVIII carucas.
In his sunt CCXII soch. et LXVI uill. et LXX bord. h’ntes LV carucas.
_Folio_ 339.
No. 2.
_Exemplification of several Grants to the Bishop of Carlisle respecting
the Manor of Horncastle_.
CAROLUS SECUNDUS Dei gratia Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franc’, et Hiberniæ Rex,
Fidei Defensor, &c. omnibus ad quos p’sentes l’re p’venerint Sal’tem.
INSPEXIMUS irrotulament’ chartæ confirmac’on’ quam D’nus Henricus quondam
Rex Angliæ tertius, progenitor noster, fecit Walto Carliol. Episcopo, in
rotul. claus. de anno quarto decimo ejusd’m nup. Regis irrotulat. ac
inter recordia canc’ n’re infra Turrem n’ram London’ residen’, in hæc
verba: Rex concessit p’ chartam suam Walt’o Carliol. Episcopo q’d ipse
et heredes sui habeant imp’petuum p’ omnes terras et tenement’ sua in
manerio et soka de Horncastle cum pertinen’ quasdam lib’tates et
quietancias sicut plenius in p’dict’ charta continetur. Et mandatum est
Vicecomiti Lincoln. qd p’dictam chartam in pleno comitatu suo legi, et
concessas à Rege eidem Episcopo lib’tates et quietancias ei et heredibus
suis firmiter fac’t observari. T. R. apud Portsmouth vicessimo sexto die
Aprilis. INSPEXIMUS etiam irrotulament’ quorundam seperal’ brevium
ejusd’m D’ni Henrici quondam Regis Angliæ tertii, progenitoris n’ri,
adtunc Vic. suo Lincoln. direct’, gerent’ dat. vicessimo die Aprilis anno
p’dict’ in rotul. claus. de anno supradict’ ejusd’m nup. Regis
irrotulat. ac ibid’m de recordo residen’, in hæc verba: Rex Vicecomiti
Lincoln. Sal’tem. Scias qd p’ cartam n’ram concessimus venerabili patri
Walt’o Carliol. Episcopo qd ipse et heredes sui habeant imp’petuum unam
feriam apud maner’ suum de Horncastle singulis annis, que incipiat in
Vigilia Sancti Barnabæ Apostoli, et duret p’ octo dies sequen. preter
feriam illam qu’ habent in eod’m manerio singulis annis ad festum Sancti
Laurentii, nisi p’dict’ feria sit ad nocumentum vicinar’ feriar’; et ideo
tibi p’cipimus qd p’dict’ feriam clamari fac’ et teneri sicut p’dictum.
Teste meipso apud Portsmouth vicessimo die Aprilis anno re’ni n’ri quarto
decimo. Rex eid’m Vic. Sal’tem. Scias qd p’ chartam n’ram concessimus
venerabili patri Walt’o Carliol. Episcopo qd ipse et heredes sui habeant
imp’petuum liberam warrenam in manerio suo et soka de Horncastle; et ideo
tibi p’cipimus qd s’c’d’m tenorem p’dict’ chartæ n’ræ warrenam p’dictam
clamari facias et teneri sicut p’dict’. Test. ut supra. INSPEXIMUS
etiam irrotulament’ cujusdam al’ chartæ confirmac’on’ ejusd’m D’ni
Henrici quondam Regis Angliæ tertii, eid’m Episcopo Carliol. quondam
fact’, in rotul. claus. de anno quinto decimo ejusd’m nuper Regis
irrotulat’, ac ib’d’m de recordo residen’, in hæc verba: Rex p’ chartam
suam conessit Walt’o Carliol. Episcopo quod ipse et heredes sui et omnes
homines eor’ in manerio et soka de Horncastle cum pertinentiis suis
h’eant imp’petuum lib’tates et quietancias in p’dict’ charta Regis sic
inde conferta contentas. Et mandat’ est Vicecom. Lincoln. qd p’dict’
chartam in pleno comitatu suo legi faciat, et concessas eis p’dictas
lib’tates et quietancias in balliva sua firmiter eis faciat observari.
Teste R. apud Walingford sexto die Januarii. Et mandat’ est Baron’ de
Scaccario qd lib’tates illas et quietancias irrotulari fac’ et observari.
Teste ut supra. INSPEXIMUS ulterius irrotulament’ cujusdam al’ chartæ
ejusd’m quondam Regis Henrici tertii, eid’m Episcopo Carleol. quondam
fact’, in rotulo claus. de anno quinto decimo ejusd’m Regis irrotulat’,
ac ib’d’m in recordo residen’, in hæc verba: Rex concessit Carleol.
Episcopo qd ipse et heredes sui habeant imp’petuum singulis annis unum
mercatum p’ diem Mercurii apud manerium suum de Horncastle, et qd habeant
imp’petuum unam feriam singulis annis, ib’d’m singulis annis duraturam p’
septem dies, vizt in Vigilia et in die et in crastino S’cti Laurentii et
p’ quatuor dies sequen’, nisi, &c. Et mandatu’ est Vicecom. Lincoln. qd
p’dict’ mercatum et p’dictam feriam clamari faciat et teneri sicut
p’dict’ est. Teste Rege apud Westmr decimo octavo die Octobris.
INSPEXIMUS ulterius irrotulament’ cujusdam inquisic’onis captæ coram D’no
Will’o de S’cto Omero et Warino de Chaucambe Justiciar’ D’ni Ed’r’i
quondam Regis Angliæ primi, anno regni sui tertio, in rotul. wapentag.
ejusd’m nup. Regis Ed’r’i primi irrotulat’, ac ib’d’m de recordo
residen’, in hæc verba: Hæc est Inquisitio facta apud Lincoln, coram D’no
Will’o de S’cto Omero et Warino de Chaucumbe, Justiciar’ D’ni Regis
assignat’ ad inquirend’ sup’ articulis subscriptis p’ duodecim juratores
de wapentag’ de Horncastle, vizt p’ D’num Rob’tum de Polum jur’, Simon
Camerar’ de Edlington, Ric’um de Woodall, Petrum de Danderby, Will’um de
Wispington, Henricum fil. Andreæ de ead’m, Sim. juxta Aquam de
Baterfield. Qui dicunt p’ sacramentum suum, quod cum ab eis inquirit’
que et quot &c. maneria D’nus Rex habet in manu sua in singulis comitat’
tam &c. dicunt qd nihil sciunt. Capit que etiam maneria esse solent in
manibus Regis predecessoris D’ni Regis &c. dicunt qd D’m’nus H. avus D’ni
Regis H. patris D’ni Regis qui nunc est, habuit quoddam manerium de
Horncastle in manu sua, et feoffavit Gerbaldum de Estald quondam militem
de Flaunder’ pro servicio suo, scilicet p’ servicium feod’ unius militis
D’no Regi faciend. Et post obitum d’cti Gervaldi descendit dictum
manerium in Gerrardo de Rodes, nepoti suo et heredi. Et post decessum
d’cti Gerrardi de Rodes, descendit Rad. de Rodes, filio suo et heredi,
qui etiam longo tempore tenuit de D’no Rege H. patre Regis Ed’r’i qui
nunc est, dictum manerium p’ servicium militar’ feod. unius militis, et
vendidit d’ctum maner’ Walterio Mauclerke quondam Episcopo Carliol’ et
successoribus suis ex concessione et confirmac’one D’ni Regis H. patris
D’ni Regis Ed’r’i qui nunc est. Et D’nus Rob’tus Carleol’ Episcopus
tenet nunc d’ctum manerium tanquam Ecclesiæ suæ Carleol. p’tinen’.
Dicunt etiam qd Gerrard de Rodes, filius p’d’ Rad. est modius int’ D’num
Regem et d’ctum Episcopum, et defendit d’ctum manerium versus D’num Regem
p’ servicium feod’ unius militis, unde Soka de Horncastle cum p’tinen
valet p’ ann’ x libras except. ecclesiis d’cto manerio p’tinen. Cap.
simili modo inquirat de firmis, Thrything et Wapent. Civitat’ Burgor’ &c.
dicunt qd Subthrything p’solvit D’no Regi p’ ann’ c mure’. Dicunt iterum
qd Wapentag. de Horncastle et Gayretree valent p’ ann’ ad opus D’ni Regis
XIIII marc’. De ceteris autem Wapentagiis nihil dicunt. Capit qui alii
à Rege clamant habere returnam vel extract’ brevium &c. dicunt qd D’nus
Episcopus Carleol. habet extractas et return’ brevium, et qd tenet
placitum de vetito nameo; habet etiam assis’ panis et cervis. furcas et
waif infra Sokam de Hornc’, sed à quo tempore et quo warranto qualit’
dicunt qd nesciunt. INSPEXIMUS ulterius irrotulament’ cujusdam al.
chartæ confirmac’onis quam D’nus Henricus quondam Rex Angliæ sextus,
progenitor n’er, fecit Deo et Ecclesiæ Beatæ Mariæ Carleol. et venerabili
patri Waltero quondam Carleol. Episcopo et successorib’s suis et Priori
et Canonicis Carleol. in ead’m ecclesia Deo servien. et eor’
successorib’s, in rotul. chart’ de anno vicessimo quinto ejusd’m nup’
Regis Henrici sexti irrotulat’ ac ibid’m de recordo residen’, in hæc
verba: Rex universis et singulis Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, &c. Sal’tem.
Inspeximus chartam D’ni Hen. quondam Regis Angliæ tertii post Conquestum,
progenitoris n’ri, factam in hæc verba: Henricus Dei gratia Rex Angliæ et
Franciæ et D’nus Hib’niæ, Dux Normand’ et Acquitann’, Comes Ande’,
Arch’ep’is, Episcopis, Abatib’s, Priorib’s, Comitib’s, Baronib’s,
Justiciariis, Vicecomitib’s, Preposit’, Ministris, et omnib’s Ballivis
fidelib’s suis, Sal’tem. Sciatis nos intuitu Dei, et pro salute animæ
n’ræ et animarum antecessor’ et heredum nostror’, concessisse et prsenti
charta n’ra confirmasse Deo et Ecclesiæ Beatæ Mariæ Carliol’, et
venerabili patri Waltero Carliol’ Episcopo et successorib’s suis, et
Priori et Canonicis Carliol’ in ead’m ecclesia Deo servientib’s, et eor’
successorib’s, omnes terras et redditus, tenem’t’ et possessions, jura et
dignitat’, lib’tates et lib’ras consuetudines, quæ eis à nobis vel
antecessorib’s n’ris vel aliquib’s aliis collatæ sunt vel conferend.
sicut chartæ donator’ rationabilit’ testantur vel testabunt’.
Concessimus etiam eid’m Episcopo et successorib’s suis, quod ipsi et
Prior et Canonici Carleol’ et eor’ successores imperpetuum habeant p’
omnes terras suas et tenement’ sua theol. thenc et infangenthef et
utfangenthef; et qd ipsi et omnes homines eor’ sunt quieti imp’petuum
erga nos et heredes n’ros, Vicecomites, Constabular’, Prepositos, et
omnes Ballivos n’ros, de theolonio; et qd ipsi et omnes homines eor’ et
omnes homines feod’ suis sunt quieti imperpetuu’ erga nos et heredes
n’ros, Vicecomites, Constabular’ Preposit’, et omnes Ballivos n’ros, de
passagio, pontagio, lastagio, stallagio, et de conductu thesauri, et de
operac’onib’s castellor’, domor’, muror’, fossator’, pontium, calcetor’,
vivarior’, stagnor’, et clausur’ parcor’, et de omnibus aliis
operac’onib’s, et de sectis shirar’, wapentaccor’, hundr’or’, et
frethingor’ et de auxiliis Vicecomitum, et de murdro, et de franc’ pleg’
et de vis. frankpleg’, et de misericordiis et de finib’s pro
misericordiis, et p’ transgressionib’s, et p’ licencia concordandi, et de
escapiis latron’, et de bobus seizina, et de placitis, querelis, et
omnib’s exacc’onib’s ad nos, Vicecomites, Constabularios, vel aliquos
alios Ballivos n’ros pertinentib’s. Concessimus etiam eid’m E’po et
successorib’s suis qd nullus Vicecomes, Constabular’, vel alius Ballivus
n’er ingressum vel posse habent in predict’ terris, feodis, vel
hominib’s, sed totum ad prdict’ Ep’c’um et successores suos et eor’
Ballivos p’tineat, preter attachiament’ de placito coronæ, ad quæ quidem
cum Coronatores venerint faciend’ ea ita fac’ qd in nullo lædatr lib’tas
p’dicti Episcopi vel successor’ suor’. Omnes autem prdict’ lib’tates
concessimus ita qd prdict’ Prior et Canonici Carliol. et omnes
successores sui subsint et respond’ et satisfaciant prdict’ E’po et
omnib’s successor’ suis, et nulli alii nisi de voluntate ejusd’m Episcopi
et successor’ suor’, de omnib’s prdictis, sicut nobis aut heredib’s
n’ris, aut Vic’ aut Constabulariis vel aliis Ballivis n’ris, subessent et
responderent et satisfacient de eisd’m si ad nos ilia pertinerint.
Concessimus etiam qd id’m Episcopus et successores sui distringere
possint prdictos Priorem et Canonicos Carleol. terras et feoda et homines
de terris et feodis illorum, et omnes homines de terris et aliis feodis
ipsius Episcop: et successor’ suor’, ad omnia prdicta, sicut nos ad ead’m
eos distringere possumus aut heredes n’ri, aut Vic’ aut Constabular’ vel
aliqui alii Ballivi n’ri si prdict’ lib’tates aut quietanc’ concesse non
fuissent. Concessimus etiam prdiot’ Ep’o qd si aliquas lib’tates aut
quietancias ex hiis que continentr in charta ista concessit Priori et
Canonicis Carliol. nos eas confirmabimus. Concessimus etiam eid’m
Epis’po et successorib’s suis, et Priori et Canonic’ Carliol. et eor’
successorib’s, quod omnes homines eor’ sint liberi et quieti imperpetuum
de omnib’s juratis et assis. et recognic’onib’s faciend. preterquam in
attingend. p’priis dominicis n’ris p’ juratam si opus fu’it infra com’
ubi manentes fuerint, si forte contenc’o int’ nos ipsos et alios oriat’,
ita qd occ’one talis jurat. si forte evenerit p’ Vic’ vel alios Ballivos
n’ros non occasionentur nec lib’tas prdicti Episcopi vel successor’ suor’
in aliqua lædatr. Concessimus etiam eid’m Episcopo et successorib’s suis
quod si aliquis hominum de terris vel feodis suis sive de terris vel
feodis Prioris et Canonicor’ Carleol. p’ delicto suo vitam aut membrum
debeat amittere, vel fugit et judicio stare noluit, vel aliud delictum
fecit pro quo cattalla sua perdere debeat, ubicunq’ justic’ fieri debeat,
sive in cur’ n’ra sive in alia cur’, omnia cattalla illa sint prdicti
Episcopi et successor’ suor’, et liceat eis sine disturbac’one
Vicecomitum et quorumcunq’ Ballivorum n’ror’ et alior’ ponere se in
seisinam de prdictis cattallis in prdictis casibus et aliis quando
Ballivi nr’i, si ad nos pertinerent, cattalla illa in manum n’ram ea
seisiri possent et deberent. Concessimus etiam eid’m Episcopo et
successoribus suis, quod quotiescunq’ aliqui malefactores capt. fuerint
in prdictis terris vel feodis p’ Ballivos ejusd’m E’pi et successor’
suor’, de quibus non possit vel non debeat fieri judicium in cur’ prdicti
E’pi vel successor’ suor’, Vicecomites et Ballivi n’ri recipiant prdictos
malefactores sine difficultate et dilac’one sup’ forisfacturam n’ram,
quandocunq’ Ballivi prdicti E’pi et successor’ suor’ dictos malefactores
prdictis Ballivis n’ris liberare voluerint. Concessimus etiam eid’m E’po
et successorib’s suis qd habeant imperpetuum omnia amerciamenta de
omnibus hominib’s de terris et feodis suis, et de Priore et Canonicis
Carleol. et eor’ successoribus, et de omnib’s hominib’s de terris et
feodis omnib’s eorund’m, quæ amerciamenta ad nos vel heredes n’ros, vel
Vic’ aut Constabular’ vel aliquos alios Ballivos n’ros, possent
pertinere, si ipsa amerciamenta prdictis E’po et successorib’s suis
concessa non fuissent; et qd id’m Ep’us et successores sui habeant
potestatem ad distringend. omnes prdictos ad amerciamenta eis reddend.:
prohiben. insuper sup’ forisfacturam n’ram decem librar’ ne quis de
prdict’ amerciament’ colligend. vel recipiend. sine districtione inde
faciend. nisi p’ voluntatem ejusd’m E’pi aut successor’ suor’ se
intromittat. Concessimus etiam eid’m E’po et successorib’s suis, quod
habeant in o’ib’s prdictis terris ten. et feod. omnia illa quæ vocant’
waif. Concessimus etiam eid’m E’po et successorib’s suis et eisd’m
Priori et Canonicis et eor’ successorib’s omnes prdict’ lib’tates sicut
prdict’ est tam in terr’ ten. feod. et hominib’s adquirend. quam
adquisit. Concessimus insuper eid’m E’po et successorib’s suis quod
licet aliquam lib’tatem p’ nos ipsis concess. processu temporis quocunq’
casu contingen. usi non fuerint, nihilominus tamen postea utantur
lib’tate ead’m sine aliqua contradicc’one, non obstant’ eo qd aliquo casu
ea usi non fuerint. Omnes autem prdict’ lib’tates et quietancias
concessimus p’ nobis et heredib’s n’ris p’fat. E’po et successorib’s
suis in liberam puram et p’petuam eleemosynam. Quare volumus et firmiter
p’cipimus qd prdict’ E’pus et successores sui, et prdict’ Prior et
Canonici Carleol. et successores sui, et omnes ho’i’es eor’ et terr’ et
feod’ et omnes homines de feod. illis, habeant prdictas lib’tates et
quietancias, fin. et amerciament’, bene et in pace, integre et plenar’,
in o’ib’s rebus et locis imperpetuum, sicut prdictum est. Hiis testibus:
H. Lincoln. J. Bathon. Th. Norwic’ E’pis, Hub. de Burgo comit. Lanc.
justic’ Angl’, Godefro de Craucumbe, Ph’o de Albinas, Hugone
Dispensatore, Raun’ Britone, Waltero de Kirkham, Alex’o de Swerford
archerd. Salop’, Henr’ de Capella, Ric’o fil. Hug’, et al. Dat. p’ man.
R. Cicestr’ E’pi, cancellar’ n’ri, apud Oxon. sexto decimo die Julii anno
regni n’ri quinto decimo. Nos autem concession’ prdict’ ratas h’entes et
gratas, easq. p’ nobis et heredib’s n’ris quantum in nobis est acceptam’,
approbamus, et ratificamus, ac venerabili in Christo patri M. nunc E’po
Carliol. et Priori et Canonicis Eccl’iæ prdictæ et successor’ suis
prdictis concedimus et confirmamus sicut charta prdict’ rationabiliter
testatur, et p’ut iidem E’pus, Prior, et Canonici eis uti debent, ipsiq’
et p’decessores sui prdict’ lib’tatib’s, franc’es’, et quietanciis illis
à tempore confectionis chartæ prdict’ hactenus rationabiliter uti et
gaudere consueverint. Et ulterius de uberiori gratia n’ra concessimus
eid’m E’po, Priori et Canonicis Eccl’iæ prdictæ, qd ipsi habeant à primo
die Aprilis ultimi preterit’ sibi et successorib’s suis imperpetuum
cattalla felon. et fugitivor’, fellon. de se, dampnator’ et utlagator’,
ex quacunq’ causa et p’ quamcunq’ causam, omnium hominum tenentiu’ suor’,
residentiu’ et non residentiu’, de et in terris et feodis prdictor’ E’pi,
Prioris et Canonicor’, ubicunq’ cattalla illa sint vel fuerint inventa,
sive infra regnum n’rum Angliæ seu alibi infra regiam potestatem n’ram;
et licebit prfato E’po, Priori et Canonicis, et successorib’s suis, et
eor’ ministris, ponere se in seisinam dictor’ catallor’ sic à dicto primo
die Aprilis forisfact’ et ex nunc forisfaciend’, et ead’m catalla ad opus
dictor’ E’pi, Prioris et Canonic’, et successor’ suor’, habere et tenere
sine occasione vel impedimento n’ri vel heredum n’ror’, Vic’, Escaetor’,
aut alior’ Ballivor’ Ministror’ n’ror’ ac heredum n’ror’ quorumcunq’.
His testibus: Venerabilib’s patrib’s, J. Archie’po Cantuar’ totius Angliæ
Primat’, cancellario n’ro, et J. Archie’po Ebor. Angliæ Primat’; W. Sarum
et A. Cicestriæ custod. privati sigilli n’ri, Ep’is; charissimis
consanguineis n’ris Ric’o Ebor’, Joh’e Exon’, et Humfrido Buck’, Ducib’s;
Edmundo Dors’ et Will’o Suff’i camerar’ n’ro Angliæ, Marchionib’s; Ric’o
Sar’ et Henr’ Northombr’ Comitib’s; Joh’e Vicecomit’ Beamont’, Rad’o
Bottiller D’no Sudley, senescallo hospitii n’ri, et Jacobo Fenes D’no de
Say, camerario hospitii n’ri, Militib’s, et aliis. Dat’ p’ manum n’ram
apud Westmr vicessimo tertio die Maii, et p’ bre’de privat. sigillo, et
de dat. &c. et p’ dimid. marca solut’ in hanaperio. Nos autem seperal’
tenor’ omnium et singulor’ prmissor’ ad requisitionem dilecti subditi
n’ri Thomæ Freestone armigeri duximus exemplificand. p’ p’sentes. In
cujus rei testimonium has l’ras n’ras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste
meipso apud Westm’ vicessimo sexto die Februarii anno regni n’ri sexto
decimo.
GRIMSTON, Th.
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_From a Newspaper called_ “_The Newes_,” _May_ 26, 1664. No. 42.
Advertisement.
“This is to notify that the Charter of Horncastle in the County of
Lincoln is lately exemplified; and that the first fair for horses
begins seven days before the 11th of June, which is the head fair
day; and the second horse fair begins 8 days before the 10th of
August, being the second head fair day: therefore all persons
concerned may take notice of the same, and that the Toll Books will
be opened to make Entries accordingly.”
(This Advertisement is repeated in Nos. 44 and 46.)
No. 3.
_The Division of Wildmore Fen_, _between the Baronies of Bolingbroke_,
_Horncastle_, _and Scrivelsby_. _From the Fenman’s Vade Mecum_.
THE Abbot and Covent of Kirkstead have right and Lordship in the Maris
which is called Wildmore, as by their antient and manifest instruments in
writeing doth appeare. And for that their right and l’b’tie may more
planly be known unto the world, it behoveth that the declaring thereof by
antient times and dayes be more manifested and opened. Be it therefore
knowne, that the said Marris Ground called Wildmore is p’tinent and
belonging to three Barronnies, that is to say, Bullingbrooke, Horncastle,
and Scrivelsbie: the said whole Marris Ground in antient time was called
Wildmore, that is to say, in the time of Stephen, late or sometime King
of England; and in the fourth yeare of his raigne was founded the Abby of
Kirkstead, by the progeintors and fowndors of Tattershall; and in the
eight yeare of the raigne of the said King Stephen was founded the Abbey
of Reavesby, by William Romar, Earl of Lincoln, which William did give
the house of Kerxe com’on of pasture in Wildmore, as much as to him and
to the lands he had did appertaine; these things being ended and finished
before the great and generall battells and warres, the said King Stephen
died, after whome succeeded King Henry, who when he retayned in his owne
hands two of the said Barronies, that is to say, Scrivelsby and
Horncastle, he did give unto the said house of Kerxe, the Hermitage of
Wildmore, with a certaine pasture thereunto belonging. And in pr’cesse
of time the said King did give the Barronary of Horncastle unto Gerbald
Skalde, of Flandrs, and the Barronary of Scrivelsby unto Robte Marmyon, a
Norman: theise two Barrons did after give unto the said house of Kirks by
their writings com’on of pasture in Wildmore, on condition they should
suffer no man to com’on with them in the said Wildmore, but only
themselves and theire tennants. Will’m of Romar Earl of Lincoln after
being dead, the gift which he made unto the said house of Kirks, Will’m
of Romar, his nephew and his heir, did by his writeing confirme his said
uncle’s gift unto the said howse. And after him, Ralfe Earle of Chester
did likewise confirme by his deed of gifte. At length contenc’on fell
amongst the said Barrons for the said Wildmore, for that none of them did
know what or how much did appertaine of the said Wildmore to every of
their Barronaries, wheruppon division was made between the Barron of
Bullingbrooke and the Barron of Horncastle and Scrivelsbie, in the said
Marris; that the men of the Barronry of Bullingbrooke might quietly
com’on in their owne feudal com’ons, and the men of Horncastle and
Scrivelsby in theire p’ts, which said division was made in the time of
the said Will’m Romar the elder, in this manner. It is ordained betwene
the Sookes and the assent of their Lords and their tennants, that eight
of the most wisest, discreetest, and antientest of the same Sookes,
should walk and view the same Marris, and make division thereof amongst
the said Sookes, which said eight men were chosen by the assent of the
said Sookes. That is to say, four in the soke of Horncastle and
Scrivelsby, that is to say, Goodricke of Cunningsby, grave of Wildmore
for the space of forty yeares, Brodericke the father of Algar, Gericke,
an ould and reverend man, Recell son of Utenker; and foure of the Sooke
of Bullingbrooke, Walter of Keale, Henry of East Kirkby, Gunford of
Smerhurne, and Hiver of Miningsby. These eight men set downe the stones
and markes in forme as followeth, that is to say, beginning at Fillward
mere, distant a little from mere end, and there setting up a redd marke,
proceeded directly behind Newham, waveing the same on the left hand, from
thence unto Ellmere pitt, and All garr more, and soe directly unto Maple
buske under Sherwood. And whatsoever was in the East part app’teined
unto the Soake of Bollingbrooke, and whatsoever was in the West part
apperteined unto Horncastle and Scrivelsby. All theise were renewed in
the time of Ralfe Earle of Chester. Terebald of Scalde aforesaid, being
dead, succeeded him as Barron of Horncastle. After which succeeded Gered
of Rhodes, a worthy and valiant knight; after him succeeded Ralfe of
Rhodes, Lord of Horncastle, who, contrary to the grants of his ancestors,
did bring in the said Wildmore other mens cattell, whereup’n a plea of
covent was sued against the said Ralfe of Rhodes, by the Abbot and Covent
of Kirkstead, in the court of our souvraigne Lord the King, and a fyne
knowledged by the said Ralfe of Rhodes, wherein was contayned, that the
said Ralfe did give for him and his heires unto the said Abbot and Covent
of Kirkstead all his right and l’b’tie which he claimed to have, or might
have by any manner of meanes in Wildmore. That is to say, in meadowes,
pastures, and feedings, and in all other man’er of proffitts, easmts,
lib’ties, customes, and in all other things, without reteining of any
thing, saveing and reserving to himselfe and his heires, and his men,
pasture in Wildmore, and turbary to be had and taken to their only use
and uses, and not to be given or sold to any others. The same Ralfe hath
alsoe given unto the said howse of Kirkstead all his lordship and right
in Wildmore, as appeareth by his graunt. Furthermore, Robt Marmyon, Lord
of Scrivelsby, being dead, succeeded after him Robte, his sonne. This
Robte, after the death of his father, likewise contrary to the graunt of
his ancestors, did bring into the said Com’on of Wildmore other mens
cattell, whereupon the like plea of covent was sued against the said
Robte, whereunto he did appeare, and did knowledge aff’yne to the said
Abbot and Covent in the same court, the same conteining in effect the
same words before menc’oned: from which time until this p’sent, whereby
the said Abbotts and Covents of Kirkstead, in impoundmts, and all other
lib’ties and customes, have bene Lords of Wildmore, and peaceably and
quietly have enjoyed the same as true Lords thereof, without impedimte of
any man.
_Harleian MS. No._ 4127.
No. 4.
_Horncastle Free School_.
Tertia Pars Paten’ de anno regni Regine Elizabethe tertio decimo.
P’ Gub’natorib’s libe’ Scole de Horne Castell de con’ sibi et
successorib’s.
REGINA om’ib’s ad quos &c. Sal’tem. CUM prdil’c’us et fidelis
consiliarius ac subditus n’r Edwardus Fynes, prnobilis ordinis Gartrij
Miles, D’us Clynton et Saye, ac Magnus Admirallus n’r Anglie, nob’
humilit’ supplicav’it ut in villa de Hornecastell in com’ n’ro Lincoln’
unam scolam gram’aticalem ad bonam educac’o’em et instrucc’o’em pueror’
et juvenu’ ibidem et circa partes vicinas h’itanciu’ et com’oranciu’ in
cognic’o’e bonar’ l’rar’ erigi, fundari, et stabiliri dignaremr: SCIATIS
q’d nos huic pie petic’o’i libent’ annuentes, ex gra’ n’ra sp’iali, c’ta
sciencia et mero motu n’ris, volums, concedims, et ordinams p’ nob’
hered’s et successorib’s n’ris, q’d de cetro sit et erit una Scola
grammaticalis in villa de Horncastell prd’c’a, que vocabitr Lib’a Scola
Grammaticalis Regine Elizabeth’ in villa sive soca de Hornecastell in
com’ Lincoln’ ex fundac’o’e Edwardi D’ni Clynton et Saye p’ educac’o’e
instituc’o’e et instrucc’o’e pueror’ et juvenu’ in gram’atica p’petuo
tempore duratur’; ac scolam illam de uno Mag’ro seu Pedagogo et uno
Subpedagogo sive Hipodidasculo p’ p’petuo continuatur’ erigims, ordinams,
creams, fundams, et stabilims p’ presentes. ET ut intencio n’ra prd’c’a
meliorem capiat eff’c’m, ac ut trre, ten’, redditus, revrc’o’es, ac alia
hereditamenta ad sustentac’o’em scole prdc’e concedend. assignand. et
appunctuand. melius gub’nentr p’ continuac’o’e ejusdem scole, volums et
ordinams q’d de cetro imp’p’m sint et erunt decem discreti et p’bi
ho’i’es qui vocabuntr Gub’natores possessionu’, revenc’onu’,
hereditamentor’, et bonor’ prd’c’e scole, vulgarit’ vocat’ et vocand’
Lib’a Scola Grammaticalis Regine Elizabeth’ in villa sive soca de
Hornecastell in com’ Lincoln’ ex fundac’o’e Edwardi D’ni Clynton et Saye.
ET ideo SCIATIS q’d nos elegims, no’i’avims et constituims ac p’ p’sentes
eligims no’i’ams assignam’ et constituims dilc’os nob’ Clementem Monke
cl’icum, Joh’em Smith cl’icum, Joh’em Zacheverell genrosum, Thomam Litlor
genrosum, Georgiu’ Hartgrave genrosum, Thomam Raithbecke yoman’, Joh’em
Neale yoman’, Thomam Hamerton yoman’, Will’m Warde yoman’, et Will’m
Harrison yoman’, fore et esse primos et modernos Custodes et Gub’natores
possessionu’ hereditamentor’ et bonor’ d’c’e lib’e Scole vulgarit’ vocat’
et vocand’ ibidem Lib’a Schola Gra’maticalis Regine Elizabeth’ in villa
sive soca de Hornecastell in com’ Lincoln’ ex fundac’o’e ejusdem Edwardi
D’ni Clynton et Saye, ad idem officiu’ bene et fidelit’ exrcend. et
occupand. à dat. prsenciu’ duran’ vit’ eor’ et eor’ diucius viven’. Et
q’d ijdem Gub’natores in re f’c’o et no’i’e de cetrro sint et erunt unu’
corpus corporat’ et politiquu’ de se imp’p’m p’ nomen Gub’nator’
possessionu’ revenc’onu’ et bonor’ lib’e Scole gram’aticalis Regine
Elizabeth’ in villa sive soca de Hornecastell ex fundac’o’e Edwardi D’ni
Clynton et Saye incorporat’ et erect’; ac ip’os Gub’natores possessionu’,
revenc’onu’, et bonor’ lib’e Scole gram’aticalis Regine Elizabeth’ in
villa sive soca de Horncastell in com. Lincoln, ex fundac’o’e Edwardi
D’ni Clynton et Saye, p’ prsentes incorporams, ac corpus corporatum et
politicum p’ idem nomen duratur’ realit’ et ad plenu’ creams, erigims,
ordinams, facims, et constituims p’ prsentes. ET volums ac p’ p’sentes
ordinam’ et concedim’ q’d ijdem Gub’natores trar’, possessionu’,
revencionu’, et bonor’ libe’ Scole Gram’atical’ Regine Elizabeth’ in
villa sive soca de Hornecastell in com’ Lincoln’ h’eant successionem
p’petuam, ac p’ idem nomen sint et erunt parsone habiles et in lege
capaces ad p’quirend. recipiend. capiend. et possidend. d’nia, maner’,
trras, ten’, redditus, revenc’o’es, decimas, possessiones, revrc’o’es et
hereditament’ quecumq’, cujuscumq’ sint genris, nature, seu spe’i, sibi
et successorib’s suis in feod’ et p’petuitate, necnon ad dand. concedend.
dimittend. et assignand. easdem trras, ten’, hereditamenta, ac om’ia et
singula alia fact’ et res faciend. et exequend’ p’ nomen prd’c’m. Et q’d
p’ nomen Gub’nator’ possessionu’, revencionu’, et bonor’ libe’ Scole
gra’maticalis Regine Elizabeth’ in villa sive soca de Hornecastell in
com’ Lincoln’ ex fundac’o’e Edwardi D’ni Clynton et Saye, pl’itare et
impl’itari, respondere et responderi, defendere et defendi valeant et
possint in quibuscumq’ cur’, placeis, et locis, ac coram quibuscumq’
judicib’s et justiciar’ ac alijs p’sonis et officiar’ n’ris vel aliquor’
alior’ quor’cumq’, in om’ib’s et singulis accio’ib’s, sectis, querelis,
causis, matriis, et demand. quibuscumq’, cujuscumq’ sint gen’is, nature,
seu sp’iei, eisdem modo et forma p’ut alii ligei n’ri hujus regni n’ri
Anglie parsone habiles et in lege capaces pl’itare et impl’itari,
respondere et responderi, defendere et defendi, ac h’ere, p’quirere,
recip’e, possidere, dare, concedere, et dimittere valeant et possint. Et
q’d p’d’c’i Gub’natores et successores sui de cet’o imp’p’m h’eant co’e
Sigillum p’ causis et negocijs suis quibuscumq’ ac successor’ suor’
agend. s’vitur’. ET ultrius concedims, ordinams, et decrevim’ p’
p’sentes q’d quandocunq’ contigrit aliquem vel aliquos d’c’or’ decern
Gub’nator’ p’ tempore existen’ mori, q’d tunc et tociens bene liceat et
licebit alijs dict’ Gub’natorib’s sup’vivent’ vel majori parti eor’dem
adtunc infra d’c’am villam sive socam de Hornecastell com’oran’ et
inh’itan’, aliam idoneam p’sonam vel alias idoneas p’sonas in locum vel
locos sic morien’ vel morien’ in d’c’o officio Gub’nator’ successur’
elig’e et no’i’are. Et hoc totiens casus sic accident. ET ult’ius de
ub’iori gr’a n’ra ac ex c’ta sciencia et mero motu n’ris dedim’ et
concedim’, ac p’ p’sentes p’ nob’ hered. et successorib’s n’ris dam’ et
concedim’, p’fatis modernis Gub’natorib’s et successorib’s suis ac majori
parti eor’dem, plenam potestatem et auctoritatem no’i’andi et
appunctuandi Pedagogum et Subpedagogum Scole p’d’c’e tociens quociens
eadem Scola de Pedagogo vel Subpedagogo vacua fu’it. Et q’d ip’i
Gub’natores p’ tempore existen’ de tempore in tempus faciant et fac’e
valeant et possint idonea et salubr’ Statuta et Ordinac’o’es in scriptis
conc’nen’ et tangen’ p’servac’o’em et disposic’o’em reddit’ et revenc’ ad
sustentac’o’em ejusdem Scole appunctuand. tangen’ et conc’nen’. Que
quidem Statuta et Ordinac’o’es sic fiend, volum’, concedim’, et p’
p’sentes p’cipim’ inviolabilit’ observari de tempore in tempus imp’p’m.
ET ult’ius SCIATIS q’d nos in considerac’o’e q’d d’c’i Gub’natores d’c’e
lib’e Scole grammaticalis Regine Elizabeth’ in villa sive soca de
Hornecastell in com’ Lincoln’ ex fundac’o’e p’d’c’i Edwardi D’ni Clynton
et Saye et successores sui on’a ejusdem Scole ac Pedagogi et Subpedagogi
inde de tempore in tempus melius sustineant et supportent, de gr’a n’ra
sp’ali ac ex c’ta sciencia et mero motu n’ris dedim’ et concessim’ ac p’
p’sentes dam’ et concedim’ p’fatis modernis Gub’natorib’s possessionu’
revenc’onu’ et bonor’ d’c’e lib’e Scole Gra’maticalis Regine Elizabeth’
in villa sive soca de Hornecastell in com’ Lincoln’ et successorib’s
suis, licenciam sp’alem, lib’amq’ et licitam facultatem, potestatem, et
auctoritatem h’end. recipiend. et p’quirend. eis et e’or successorib’s
imp’p’m, tam de nob’ hered’ et successorib’s n’ris q’m de alijs
quibuscumq’ p’sonis et alia p’sona quacumq’ man’ia, mesuag’, t’ras, ten’,
r’c’orias, decimas ac alia hereditamenta quecumq’ infra regnum Anglie seu
alibi infra d’nac’o’es n’ras, que non tenent’ de nob’ im’ediate in capite
vel alit’ p’ s’viciu’ militare, du’modo non excedant clar’ annuu’ valorem
quadraginta librar’, p’fatis Gub’natorib’s et successorib’s suis ut
p’fert’ p’ nos in forma p’d’c’a concess’, statuto de t’ris et ten’ ad
manu’ mortuam non ponend. aut aliquo statuto, actu, ordinac’o’e, seu
p’visione, aut aliqua alia re, causa, vel mat’ia quacumq’ in contrariu’
inde antehac h’it’, edit’, ordinat’, seu p’vis’ in aliquo non obstan’.
Et volum’ et p’ p’sentes concedim’ p’fatis modernis Gub’natorib’s q’d
h’eant et h’ebunt has l’ras n’ras patentes &c. absq’ fine seu feodo in
hanap’io &c. IN CUJUS rei &c. T. R. apud Westm’ xxvº die Junii.
P’ Br’e de privato Sigillo.
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