1441-12-27, Dogmersfield

Grant to the king's esquire Edward Striklande and Henry Langton, yeoman-usher of the chamber, of the keeping of two parts of all the lands late of John Dounton, esquire, within the county of Hereford or elsewhere in England or the marches of Wales, held in chief, in the king's hands by reason of his death and the minority of his four daughters and heirs, to hold from the day of the said John's death during the minority of two of the said daughters with the marriages of the same, sustaining all houses and closes, supporting all other charges and maintaining the said two daughters during their minority ; provided always that the latter be not married beneath their rank. By p.s. etc. 4.