1479-06-05, Woburn

Grant for life to Edward Wydevill, knight, of the custody of the king's castle and town of Porchestre and forest and warren there and the supervision and governance of the king's town of Portesmouth and his place there, with power to appoint under him a porter, an artiller and a watchman within the castle, receiving 12d. daily for his own fee, 8d. daily for the wages of the porter and 14d. daily for the wages of 8 groom under him to keep the warren, 6d. daily for the wages of the artiller and 8d. daily for the wages of the watchman and the accustomed fees for the supervision and governance, from the issues of the castle, forest and warren and the fee-farm of the town, so far as their extent suffices, and the residue from the issues of the county of Southampton, with all other accustomed profits, in the same manner as John, late earl of Shrewsbury, or any one else had the same; in lieu of a like grant to the king's kinsman Anthony Wydevill, earl Ryvers, lord of Scales and Nucelles, by letters patent dated 9 November, 17 (rectius 19 November, 7) Edward IV, surrendered. By p.s.