1329-11-12, Kenilworth

Exemplification of a charter of Henry III., dated Merton, 24 January, 20 Henry III., inspecting and ratifying A charter of king John, dated Werul, 19 July, 1 John, by which that king grants that Robert, earl of Leicester, and his heirs, shall . Paar II. 459 have and hold of the king and his heirs all their lands and fees, with all their liberties and free customs, free and quit of suits of shires and hundreds, of sheriffs aid, whether taken by hidates or carucates, of money given for murder and theft, and of frankpledge moneys; and further grants to them tol, them, infangethef, sok, sak, exemption as to their demesnes from pontage, passage, toll, pedage, paisge (paagio), stallage, tallage, geld, danegeld, stangeld, blodewyt, frithwyt and day works at castles, walls, bridges, parks, ditches, causeways and houses, and that they shall have their free chace of Wysseley and Wymberholt, and venison in those woods, which was adjudged to them by lawful knights in the king's court at Westminster, in the first year of his reign ; and lastly that the woods be quit of waste and regard. Witness: R. earl of Chester : and confirming the said grant to Robert, earl of Leicester (who held the honor of Leicester entire), in favour of Roger de Quyncy, earl of Winchester, one of his two heirs, in respect of his met, a8 fully as if the whole honor were in his hands, Witnesses: E. archbishop of Canterbury, J. bishop of Bath and Wells, W. bishop of Carlisle, Richard, earl of Cornwall and Poictou, J. earl of Chester and Huntingdon, J. earl of Lincoln, constable of Chester, William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, H. earl of Oxford, W. Longespee, R. fil Nicol, G. de Craucomb, Amaric de Sancto Amando and others; by the hand of R. bishop of Chichester, chancellor.