_Herstmonceux Castle_ (Vol. ii., p. 477.).--The elucidation of your
correspondent's _second_ Query suggests several further questions; for
instance--Was _Juliana_ wife of _William_, the _owner_ of the estate? If
so, did she die in the lifetime of her husband? If so, did she leave issue?
semble not, and assuming her to have no direct heirs, the estate would
escheat. Was the King lord of the fee? Were William de Warburton and
Ingelram de Monceaux relatives of the _half_ blood of Juliana? If so, a
re-grant to them, if claimants, would not, I imagine, have been unusual
upon payment of a fine to the crown. It would almost seems as if a doubt
existed as to the heirship, from the expression "_whose next of kin they
_SAY_ they are_." This note is conjectural only, and is therefore offered
with much diffidence.