1376-07-20, Westminster

Whereas Edward II, by letters patent, granted to Thomas de and the heirs of his body the earldom of Norfolk, with to the king; and afterwards William de Ufford, earl of and Joan his wife, daughter of Alice daughter and one of the of the said Thomas, who held the manors of Hollesle and co. Suffolk, parcel of the earldom and held in chief, other lands, as her pourparty of the inheritance, by deed enfeoffed de Wolfreston and Henry Serjeant of the said manors (fees advowsons pertaining thereto excepted), and by fine acknowledged to be the right of Roger as those which he and Henry had of gift, and Roger and Henry granted the same to the said earl and Edmund de Thorpe, chivaler, Roger de Boys, chivaler, Roger Welasham, chivaler, Adam de Hautboys, clerk, John de Pyshale. Ellis de Byntre, clerk, and Reynold de Eccles, and the heirs William the earl ; and whereas the said feoffees, by fine, granted manors (except as above) to Robert de Ufford, son of the said William, and Eleanor daughter of Richard son of Richard late of Arundel, in tail, with reversion to the grantors, and Robert Eleanor died without heir of their bodies, and William, the earl, entered into the manors, and, the said Adam being dead, the feoffees released to him all their estate in the manors, and the earl enfeoffed the said Roger de Boys, Roger de Pyshale, Reynold and Robert de Asshefeld of the premises, which Roger de Boys, John, Reynold, and Robert de Asshefeld have said the Chancery that they claim nothing neither will they or their heirs claim anything in the manor by occasion of any grant made to them or any other occasion, except that the earl may have the manors for without the king's licence ; and for these trespasses the manors have been taken into the king's hand; the king, for 100 marks paid by William, the earl, has pardoned these trespasses and granted that the earl shall have the manors again for life, with remainder to the king's kinswoman, Margaret Mareschall, countess of Norfolk, the other daughter, and now sole heir of the said Thomas, (Joan having died without heir of her body), in tail, according to the late king's grant to the said Thomas, his brother, with reversion to the king.