1350-01-24, Westminster

To Walter Dastyn, escheator in the county of Gloucester. Order to take the fealty of Giles de Bello Campo, in accordance with the form of a schedule enclosed with these presents, and not to intermeddle further with the manors of Botynton and Longeford, restoring the issues thereof, as the king has learned by inquisition taken by the escheator that John de Bures, at his death, held no lands in his demesne as of fee or in service in that county, but that he held the said manors for life of the gift of John de Solers by divers fines levied in the king's court, with remainder to Giles and Katherine his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and that a parcel of the manor of Botynton is held of the heirs of the earl of Gloucester by homage, fealty and suit at the court of Teukesbury every three weeks, and the manor of Longeford and the residue of the manor of Botynton are held of others than the king, and by inspection of the chancery rolls it appears that the lands which belonged to Hugh le Despenser, one of the earl's heirs, are in the king's hand by Hugh's death. Enrolment of indenture testifying that Roger de Mortemer, lord of Wyggemer, by the king's licence, has granted to Joan de Mortemer, countess of la March, the manors of Orleton, Penbrugge and Kyngeslane, co. Hereford, except the advowsons of the churches of Kyngeslane and Penbrugge and the manor of Brymmesgrave and Norton with appurtenances, in the county of Worcester, to hold for her life of the king, rendering to Roger 351. yearly of the said manors of Kyngeslane and Orleton, in exchange for the castle, town and manor of Trym, with all the other castles, towns, manors, lordships, lands, rents, services, liberties, fees, advowsons, reversions and other things pertaining thereto, in the county of Mede in Treland, upon condition that if the countess is removed from the manors of Orleton, Penbrugge, Kyngeslane, Brymmesgrave and Norton, except the advowsons aforesaid, by Roger, or if Roger make distress upon any of the tenants of those manors for any service or levy the services so that the countess is removed therefrom by judgment, without collusion between her and the tenants, or if she is impleaded for any of the said manors or parcel thereof, and lose any of the manors for lack of Roger's warranty or by judgment given against her without collusion, and if satisfaction is not given to her in England in a suitable place to the value of what she may have so lost, within three months after the recovery, then she may re-enter the castle, manor and town of Trym and all its appurtenances in Ireland ; and Roger grants that the countess may take sufficient timber in the woods of the said manors for building and amending houses, for ploughs, carts, harrows, for enclosing and for all manner of instruments for husbandry appurtenant to the manor, and for fuel, and he grants that she may lease at will the lands of the bondmen and tenants which come into her hands by the death of the tenants, so that she does not lease them out of the blood of the bondmen, if it do not fail, save that those to whom such lands are leased shall be charged with a new fine after the death of the countess. Dated at Stounton Lacy, 15 July, 24 Edward U1. French. . Parr 2. 2638