Held at: | Gwent Record Office |
Reference: | D1583.107.1 |
Source: | Photocopy of original document |
Title: | Historical research by William Hezlett in 1829 |
Place name: | Ewyas Lacy |
Date: | 1086-1370 |
Transcription:
Castles and Manors of Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire
Pursuant to the instructions received in this case I have made search amongst the public records to ascertain the early history and descent of this property principally with the view of shewing that the Castle of Ewyas Lacy has from the earliest period accompanied the possession of the moiety of the manor of Ewyas Lacy now held by Lord Abergavenny and did not pass with the other Moiety of the same Manor belonging to Mrs Dehaney [sic; ?Delany] and those under whom she derives title. I shall proceed to state the result of this enquiry as briefly as possible and shall then subjoin a few of the Documents found which will shew the state of the Castle in early times and may furnish Evidence applicable to the particular Question which has given rise to the present Investigation.
It appears by the Survey of Domesday taken in the year 1086 that there was at that time a Castle of Ewias and that it belonged (with certain lands within the district of the Castlery stated in the Survey) to Roger de Lacy and that it had previously belonged to his Father Walter de Lacy. From this Family there can be little doubt it acquired the name of Ewias Lacy. The Lands held with it soon became a Manor or Lordship either from their extent or the importance of the Lords to whom they belonged or probably as the necessary appendage and incident to the Castle, for it seems that every Castle contained a manor and by the Name of a Castle a manor would pass. (vide Coke’s 2nd Inst. p. 31)
While the family of Lacy was in possession of the Castle and Lordship there appears to have been no joint Lord but the whole was one entire property and successive Lords (members of that Family) made deposition of parts of the Estate at pleasure. In a Charter of Inspeximus of the 1st Edward 3rd (1327) to the monastery of Creswell in Herefordshire a Grant of Walter de Lacy to that House is set out and confirmed giving to the monks common of Pasture in his Forests of Ewyas, the tithe of all the Hides of the Cattle yearly killed at his Larder in the Castle of Ewyas and the ninth sheaf of all kinds of Corn arising from his demesnes of Ewyas and other profits and privileges there.
It is stated by Dugdale that Gilbert de Lacy the son of Walter de Lacy settled the Castle and Lordship on Isabel his Wife in Dower. This Gilbert soon after died leaving his Widow Isabel and two Daughters Maud and Margery. In the 25th Henry 3rd (1231) Walter the Father of Gilbert died whereupon his two Granddaughters the above mentioned Maud and Margery became his Coheiresses. Upon this Event a partition of the Lands of Walter de Lacy was made as I find by a Writ directed to the Sheriff of Herefordshire dated the 28th Henry 3rd (1234) directing him to extend and divide by equal portions the Lands of the same Walter. I have not been able to find on record the Return to this Writ of Partition nor is it material to the present enquiry, for although there is every reason to believe that the Joint Ownership of the manor of Ewyas Lacy existing at this day had its origin from the partition of the Lands of Walter de Lacy at the remote period just mentioned, yet as Isabel his son’s Widow to whom I have already stated the Castle and Lordship were granted in Dower, was living at his (Walter’s) Death, it is not likely the proceedings taken under the Writ of Partition would set out the Lands that were not then partible but would reserve them for future division between the Coheiresses.
After the Death of Gilbert de Lacy I find by a Patent of the 18th Henry 3rd (1224) that Isabel his Widow married John Fitz Geoffrey and that he had livery of the Castle and Lordship of Ewyas Lacy in right of his Wife. The exact period when Isabel died, and whether any partition of the Lands so held by her in Dower was made, I have not been able to discover, but from Documents about to be stated it will be seen that the Castle and Lordship became the property of the descendants of the family of de Lacy and that the manor or Lordship was ever afterwards held in moieties. I therefore return to the Coheiresses of Walter de Lacy, Maud and Margery, the daughters of Gilbert de Lacy who died in his Father’s lifetime as above stated.
Margery it is said by Dugdale married John de Verdun. I have not seen the Inquisition on the death of this John de Verdun but by that taken in the 55th Henry 3rd (1271) on the Death of Nicholas de Verdun son of John de Verdun the Jury finds that he held the Castle of Ewyas with a moiety of the whole manor . Various particulars of the lands are given and amongst the profits are the Pleas and perquisites of the Court, which I notice only as shewing that this moiety enjoyed the franchises and incidents of a manor. I have seen other Inquisitions taken on the Death of Members of the Verdun family wherein the Castle and moiety of the manor are similarly returned. In the 5th of Edward 3rd (1332) on the Death of Theobald de Verdun leaving four Coheiresses a partition of his lands was made and the Castle of Ewyas Lacy with its appurtenances was assigned to Bartholemew de Burghersh who had married Margaret one of the Daughters of the said Theobald de Verdun. I have seen the Inquisition taken of the Death of Bartholemew de Burghersh in the 43rd Edward 3rd (1370) wherein the Castle with its Appurtenances and a moiety of various other premises are returned in the same manner as when held by the Verdun’s. Edw. le Dispenser next held it by reason of his marriage with Elizabeth the Daughter of Bartholemew de Burghersh. By Isabel an Heiress of the Dispenser Family it went in the reign of Henry 5th to Richard Beauchamp Lord Bergavenny whose only Daughter and Heir Elizabeth carried it by marriage to Edward Nevill a younger son of Ralph Earl of Westmoreland from which Edward the present Lord Abergavenny traces his descent.
Having thus succinctly shewn the Title of the present Lord of the Castle and moiety of the manor of Ewyas Lacy it only remains to glance at the descent of the other Moiety of the Manor of Ewyas Lacy which must have been allotted to Maud the other Granddaughter of Walter de Lacy after the death of Isabel her mother, to whom the whole Lordship with the Castle had been granted in Dower. This Maud was married to Peter de Geneva or Genevil in the early part of the reign of Henry 3rd. Joan the Great Granddaughter of Peter de Genevil married Roger de Mortimer Earl of March and by the Inquisition taken on her Death in the 30th Edward 3rd (1357) she is returned as having held a moiety of the Town and Land of Ewyas a moiety of the Toll of the Borough and of other premises there including Pleas and perquisites of Courts consistently with the Returns in the several Inquisitions post mortem of the Owners of the other Moiety of the manor. In this Family the second moiety continued for many centuries but in none of the Inquisitions which I have seen, and I have not thought it necessary to inspect many of them, is there any account of the Castle of Ewyas Lacy accompanying it.
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| Henry Wm Hezlett |
Amongst the Records of the Court of Chancery kept in the Tower of London (to wit) the Patent Rolls of the 18th year of the reign of King Henry the third [1233-34] No. 15 it is thus contained.
The King hath delivered to John Fitz Geoffrey and Isabel his Wife the Castle and Honor of Ewyas Lascy which were assigned to the same Isabel in Dower of the Lands which were of Gilbert de Lascy formerly her Husband and it is Commanded to Drogo de Barentin that he deliver to the aforesaid John and Isabel the Castle aforesaid with the Appurtenances In Testimony whereof etc. witness the King at Westminster the twelfth day of April.
And it is commanded to all Knights and free and other Tenants of the Castle and Honor of Ewyas that they be attending and answering them in all things. Witness as above.
Amongst the records of the Court of Chancery kept in the Tower of London (to wit) the fine Rolls of the Twenty eighth year of the reign of King Henry the third [1243-44] number 8 it is thus contained.
It is commanded to the Sheriff of Herefordshire that he causes to be extended and by equal portions to be divided the Lands which were of Walter de Lacy in the same County and the portion falling to Maud the wife of Peter de Geneva the Grandchild and one of the Heiresses of the aforesaid Walter he caused to be assigned to the same Peter and Maud or their Bailiff and the other portion falling to the sister of the same Maud he retain in the King’s Hands and safely keep the same until he shall otherwise have it in command from the King. Witness the King at Woodstock the nineteenth day of February.
The sheriff of Salop is written to in the same manner.
Amongst the Records of the Court of Chancery kept in the Tower of London (to wit) the Escheats of the fifty fifth year of the reign of King Henry the third [1270-71] No. 27 it is thus contained.
Henry by the Grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Acquitaine To his beloved Clerk Master Richard de Clifford his Escheator on this side Trent Greeting. Because Nicholas de Verdun who held of us in Chief is dead as we have been informed We command you that all the Lands and Tenements of which the same Nicholas was seized in his demesne as of Fee in your Bailiwick on the day on which he died without delay you taken into our Hands and Cause the same to be safely kept until otherwise we command thereof, and by the Oath of good an lawful men of your Bailiwick by whom the truth of the matter known you diligently enquire how much Lands the same Nicholas held of us in chief in your bailiwick on the day on which he died and how much of others and by what service and how much the same Lands are worth by the year in all Issues and who is his next heir and of what age and an Inquisition thereof distinctly and openly made without delay you send to us under your seal and the seals of those by whom it shall be made and this writ. Witness Ourself at Westminster this fifth day of August in the fifty fifth year of our reign.
(Endorsed) Precept to the sub-Escheator of Salop and Hereford on the eighth day of August in the fifty fifth year [1270-71].
An Inquisition made at Ewyas Lascy on Monday next after the Feast of the Assumption of the blessed Mary in the fifty fifth year of the reign of King Henry (the third) Before Masters Roger de Croft and Reginald Pauceford sub-Escheators of the Lord the King in the County of Hereford of the Lands and Tenements which were of Nicholas de Verdun son of John de Verdun to wit by David ab Wronow, Richard de Ok, Philip Laundon, Jervis ab Jewan, Philip ab Robert, Richard Phaham, William de Barry, William ab Wronow, Thomas Fitz Martin, Elias the Smith, Walter Clun and Hugh son of Agnes who say upon their Oath that the said Nicholas de Verdun held in Chief of the Lord the King on the day on which he died the Castle of Ewyas with a moiety of the whole manor as appertaining to his part of the Barony of Webbeley and which part he held by the service of Seven Knights fees and a half and there are in Demesne there one hundred and fifty acres of Arable Land every acre of which is worth by the year five farthings also thirty acres of Land of the ffee of Grosmond which he held of the Lord Edmund son of the King of England the price of the acre five farthings, sum fifteen shillings and nine pence. Also there is a certain meadow there which is worth by the year five shillings and nine pence. Also two forests which are worth by the year as well in pasture as in pannage and other Issues twenty shillings, sum twenty five shillings. Also there is of Rents of Assize there at the feast of Saint Michael by the year as well of Welsh men and Burgesses as of the Toll of the Borough of Ewyas twenty one pounds. Also they say that the fees and perquisites are worth by the year one hundred shillings, sum 100s/. Sum of the whole £28:3:9. Also they say that Theobald de Verdun brother of the aforesaid Nicholas is his next Heir and is of the age of Twenty three years and upwards.
Amongst the Records of the Court of Chancery kept in the Tower of London, that is to say Inquisitions post mortem of the tenth year of the reign of King Edward the second [1316-17] No. 71 it is thus contained.
Marches of Wales - The Castle and Manor of Ewyas Lacy -
An Extent of the Castle and Manor of Ewyas Lacy of which Theobald de Verdun died seized in his demesne as of Fee made before the Escheator of the lord the King in the county of Hereford with the Marches of Wales adjoining on Friday the morrow of the Apostles Simon and Jude in the tenth year of the reign of King Edward son of King Edward at Ewyas Lacy by the Oath of William ap Phelip, John de Wyneston, Gerard le Barry, Thomas Fitz Roger, Henry de la Schawe, Nicholas ap Proppard, Ivor ap Phelip, Philip ap Gwyn, Griffith ap Ivor, Walter Benet, Adam Fitz Adam and John Wyn who say upon their Oath that Theobald de Verdun held in his demesne as of Fee on the day on which he died the said Castle and moiety of the aforesaid manor of Ewyas Lacy of the Lord the King in Chief and nothing of others and they say that the said Castle with the Inclosure is not of any value for the expenses of the same Castle by the year . Also they say that there are two Carucates of Land within the said manor and are worth by the year in all Issues ten shillings. Also they say that he held three acres of meadow which are worth by the year three shillings. Also they say that he held of Pasture in all places worth by the year forty shillings. Also they say that there is a certain profit there which is called Leirwite and is worth by the year five shillings. Also they say that he held the moiety of three mills within the said Manor and which moiety is worth by the year ten pounds. Also they say that the Pleas and perquisites of the moiety of the said Manor are worth by the year ten marks. Also they say that the Tolls arising from the fairs and markets of the moiety of the said manor are worth by the year one hundred shillings. Also they say that a certain Custom there which is called Kylup amongst the Bondmen and it is worth by the year thirty shillings. Also they say that the Rents of assize of the Land and Town of Ewyas Lacy which the same Theobald hath been accustomed to receive contains fifteen pounds that is to say a moiety at the Feast of St Michael and a moiety at the Feast of the annunciation of the blessed Mary. Also they say that the said Tenements are holden of the lord the King as beforementioned and not of others but by what service they say that they are ignorant. Also they say that Joan Elizabeth and Margery Daughters of the same Theobald are his next heirs but Elizabeth Relict of the said Theobald is pregnant. And of the age of the same Daughters they say that they are ignorant Moreover the say that no advowsons of Churches pertain to the said Theobald and they say of Knights Fees that they are ignorant and that no Knights ffees are taken into the hands of the Lord the king by occasion of the Death of the same Theobald. In Testimony whereof the seals of the said Jurors are affixed to these presents. Sum £11.0.16.
Amongst the records of the Court of Chancery kept in the Tower of London, to wit, the Inquisitions Post Mortem of the 5th year of the reign of King Edward the third [1331-32] 1st numbers No. 81 it is thus contained.
To the Chancellor of our lord the King Henry de Ferrers and Isabel his Wife Daughter and one of the Heirs of Theobald de Verdun. That whereas the purparties of the Lands and Tenements which were of the said Theobald ought to be equal and reasonable there is the Castle and Manor of Alveton in the county of Stafford which the members assigned to the purparty of Thomas des Furnyval and Joan his wife in allowance of fifty eight pounds fifteen shillings and seven pence whereas the said manor with the members is worth one hundred and twenty pounds and more by the year.
Again where the Castle of Ewias Lacey in Wales is assigned to the purparty of Bartholemew de Burghersh and Elizabeth his Wife in allowance of forty four pounds twelve shillings the said castle with the appurtenances is worth one hundred marks beyond the extent. And the manor of Stoke upon Tyne in allowance of £51:3:8 the said manor is worth more by forty pounds.
Again where the Castle of Webbeley in the county of Hereford with the manor of La [Hethe] in the county of Oxford are assigned to William le Blount and Margery his wife in allowance of £58:15:7 the purparty of the same Margaret there is worth one hundred pounds more every year.
Again where certain Tenements in Ludlow in the country of Salop and certain Tenements in Balterleye in the county of Stafford and certain Tenements in Bekenhalle in the same county and certain Tenements in Fenton in the same county are kept in the hands of our lord the King by reason of the nonage of Isabel Daughter and one of the Heirs of the said Theobald whom Henry de Ferers hath espoused with the value of £63:15:33 /4 whereas the aforesaid Tenements are not worth £40. Besides this to each of the other purparties there is a Castle and manor Buildings and a Town Market Park and foreign wood Fees Advowsons and a great number of Bond Tenants and that to the purparty of the said Henry there are none of the things above said so there is Error in the purparties made.
Edward by the grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitain To his beloved and faithful Thomas de Glaston, Richard de Hampton and Walter de Stadele Greeting. Whereas We lately on the prosecution of Henry de Ferrars and Isabel his Wife one of the Daughters and Heirs of Theobald de Verdun deceased who held of the Lord Edward late king of England our Father in Chief who sufficiently proved her age before our beloved and faithful William Trussell our Eschaetor on this side Trent asserting that as well on the partition of the Lands and Tenements aforesaid formerly made in the time of our same Father in our Chancery at the suit of Thomas de Furnyval who married Joan the eldest of the Daughters and heirs of the aforesaid Theobald as on the partition of the same Tenements afterwards made in our time at the suit of Barthlemew Burghersh who married Elizabeth the third Daughter and Heir and William le Blount who married Margery the fourth Daughter and Heir of the said Theobald in the Chancery of our said Father while the aforesaid Isabel was within age and so in the Custody of our same Father and us And also that in the Extents thereupon made and into the Chancery of our aforesaid Father and us returned divers Errors were introduced and that more of the said Lands and Tenements were assigned as the purparties of the said Joan Elizabeth and Margery than fell to them and less thereof was reserved in our hands for the purparty of the same Isabel and praying that all the same Lands and Tenements might be resumed into our Hands and re-extended and into four equal parts to be divided and cause to be delivered to the same Heirs and participants We did command our Sheriffs of Hereford Salop Stafford and Exeter that they should make known to the aforesaid Thomas Joan Bartholemew Elizabeth William and Margery that they should be in our Chancery in three weeks from the day of Easter last past wheresoever it should then be which day we had hereupon given to the aforesaid Henry and Isabel then there to shew if they had anything or knew anything to say for themselves wherefore the Lands and Tenements which were of the aforesaid Theobald and which they hold as the purparties of the same Joan Elizabeth and Margery of the Inheritance aforesaid we sought not to resume into our Hands and cause the same and other the Lands and Tenements which were of the aforesaid Theobald and which in our Hands now are by reason of the minority of the same Isabel to be again extended and newly divided and for that because the aforesaid Thomas Joan Bartholemew Elizabeth William and Margery by their attornies said nothing in our Chancery at the day aforesaid. Wherefore the Lands and Tenements assigned to them as their purparties ought to be resumed into our hands and the same together with the other Lands and Tenements aforesaid being in our hands to be again extended and newly divided amongst the Heirs and participants aforesaid It was considered that the partition aforesaid so erroneously made be had for nothing and that all the Lands and Tenements which were of the aforesaid Theobald on the day of his Death except the Lands and Tenements assigned in Dower to Elizabeth the Wife of the aforesaid Theobald should be newly extended and divided amongst the heirs and participants aforesaid We willing to accomplish the premises with due affect for certain Causes have assigned you and two of you to cause all the Castles Manors Lands and Tenements Fees and Advowsons of Churches which were of the aforesaid Theobald on the day of his Death except the Dower aforesaid to be diligently extended by the Oath of good and lawful men of the County aforesaid by whom the truth of the matter may be the better known in the presence of the Heirs and participants aforesaid by you or two of you thereof to be warned if they will to be present how much, to wit, they are worth by the year as in Demesnes Homages Services Villenages Rents and all other profits according to the true value of the same Therefore We command you that you make the Extents aforesaid in form aforesaid and the same distinctly and openly made you sent to us under your Seals or the Seals of two of you and the Seal of those by whom it shall be made and this Writ so that we have the same in our Chancery before the morrow of Saint Michael next coming wheresoever it shall then be which day we have given to the aforesaid Heirs and participants then to receive their purparties falling to them according to the Law and Custom of our Kingdom and if by chance you shall be hindered by any that you cannot make the extents aforesaid in due form then you or two of you without delay take the Lands and Tenements where you shall be hindered into our hands and cause the same to be extended and the same Extents to be returned to us as is aforesaid And we have commanded our Sheriffs of the Counties aforesaid that at certain days and places which you or two of you shall cause to be made known to them they cause to come before you or two of you so many and such honest and lawful men of their Bailiwicks by whom the truth of the matter in the premises may be the better known and enquired of In testimony whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Litchfield the Eighth day of July in the fifth year of our reign.
(Endorsed) By virtue of this Commission we have Caused to be extended all the Lands and Tenements which are of Theobald de Verdun deceased in the county of Stafford as appears by the extent to this writ sewn and as to the residue in the County of Hereford and Wales nothing is done at present because the Sheriffs of the counties have not returned their panels.
Wherefore afterwards it was commanded William Trussell the Kings Escheator etc to extend all the Castles Manors Lands and Tenements and Advowsons of Churches which were of the aforesaid Theobald in the said counties of Hereford Salop Oxford and Wales except etc So that the King have the extents aforesaid in his Chancery on the morrow of Saint Hilary next coming wheresover etc And which day is given to the Heirs and participants of the Inheritance aforesaid there to receive their purparties falling to them thereof etc.
Hereford
An extent of the lands and tenements which were of Theobald de Verdoun deceased taken before the Eschaetor of the lord the King at Bromyard the sixth day of January in the fifth year of the reign of King Edward the Third after the conquest [1332] by the Oath of John Aubrey Thomas le Rous de Manne Thomas Aubrey William Badron William de Herdwyk Hugh de Boleye Warin de Hull John de Wodeback John de Moseley Walter Camas and Richard Drake Who say upon their oath that the aforesaid Theobald held on the day of his Death the castle of Webbleye with the Appurtenances in the County aforesaid and they say that the Easements of the Houses in the castle are worth by the year twenty shillings. And there are three Carucates of Land there which are worth by the year six pounds. Also they say that there are divers meadows there which are worth by the year fifteen pounds and that there are divers places of pasture there which are worth by the year forty shillings. And there is a certain park there the agistment whereof is worth by the year with the profits of the Underwood Sixty shillings And there are two Watermills there which are worth by the year fifty shillings and they say that the Toll of the market and Fairs of Webbeleye are worth by the year twenty pounds. And they say that the Bailiwick of Catchpollery is worth by the year twenty shillings and there are of Rents of Assize there by the year £26:8:11 /2 . Also they say that the Pleas and perquisites of courts there are worth by the year one hundred shillings. Sum £80:30:81 /2 .
Wales
Also they say that the aforesaid Theobald held on the day of his Death the Castle of Ewyas with the appurtenances in the Marches of Wales and in which Castle the Easements of Houses are worth by the year twenty shillings and there are two Carucates of Land there which are worth by the year forty shillings and there is a moiety of three Water Mills there worth by the year ten pounds. And there are divers several pastures there which are worth by the year six shillings and they say that the agistment of the Forest of Monemouth and Wrenck are worth by the year Ten pounds and the Pannage there when it happens is worth by the year thirty shillings and the Farm of the Serjeantry there is worth by the year fifty shillings. And there is a certain custom there which is called Leirwite which is worth by the year 6s/. And there is another custom there which is called Cattle drift and is worth by the year 10s/. And there is another custom there which is called Westwa which is worth by the year 10/. And there is another custom there which is called Horngeld which is worth by the [sic, word omitted] 31s/5d. And there is another Custom there which is called [Kelf] which is worth by the year 40s/. And there is another custom there which is called the Patronage of Men and is worth by the year 6s/8d. And there are Rents of Assize there by the year £27. Also they say that the Toll of the market is worth by the year 60s/. Also they say that the pleas and perquisites of courts are worth by the year £20. Sum £80:35:1.
Also they say that Richard de Baskerville held of the aforesaid Theobald on the day of his Death three Knights fees as of his manor of Webbeleye namely Erdesleye Letton and Brockesbir and are worth by the year £15. Also they say that Philip de [Clavenone] held of the aforesaid Theobald on the day of his Death one Knights fee at Yaneshore as of the said manor and it is worth by the year 40s/. Also they say that Richard de Hopton held of the aforesaid Theobald on the day of his Death three Knights fees and the moiety of one Fee in Hopton Wakinton Stretton Lanton and Lydecot and are worth by the year £40. Also they say that Robert de Weston held of the aforesaid Theobald on the day of his Death the moiety of one Knights fee in Weston and it is worth by the year £6. Also they say that Rees ap Howel held of the aforesaid Theobald on the day of his Death four Fees and the moiety of one Knights Fee in Almali Leghton Michelschirche [Staunstrandfaucon] [Staundon] Aclepichard and Bishampton which Philip and Rees ap Howell and John Pichard. [sic]. £90 In testimony whereof the aforesaid Jurors to this Extent have put their Seals.
Amongst the Records of the Court of Chancery kept in the Tower of London, that is to say the Inquisitions post mortem of the 43rd year of the Reign of King Edward the third [1369], part 1 No. 14 it is thus contained.
Edward by the Grace of God King of England Lord of Ireland and Aquitain To his Beloved William Auncell his Eschaetor in the county of Hereford and Marches of Wales to the same County adjoining Greeting Because Bartholemew de Burghersh Chevalier who held of us in Chief is Dead as we have been informed We command you that all the Lands and Tenements of which the same Bartholemew was seized in his demesne as of Fee in your Bailiwick on the day on which he died without delay you take into our hands and cause the same to be safely kept until we shall otherwise command thereof. And by the Oath of good and lawful men of your Bailiwick by whom the truth of the matter may be the better known you diligently enquire how much Lands the same Bartholemew held of us in Chief as well in demesne as in service in your Bailiwick on the day on which he died and how much of others and by what service and how much the same Lands are worth by the year in all Issues and on what day the same Bartholemew died and who is his next Heir and of what age and an Inquisition thereof distinctly and openly made without delay you send to us in our Chancery under your Seal and the Seals of those by whom it shall be made and this Writ Witness Ourself at Westminster the twentieth day of April in the forty third year of our reign [1369].
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An Inquisition taken at Ewyas Lacy in the Marches of Wales before William Auncell Eschaeter of the Lord the King in the County of Hereford and Marches of Wales to the same County adjoining on the tenth day of May in the forty third year of the Reign of King Edward the third after the Conquest [1369] by virtue of the Writ of the Lord the King to this Inquisition sewn by the oath of Walter Serjeant [Iwan] Vaughan William Bavon Gerald Vaghan [Iwan] ap Griffith John ap Adam John Nicol Henry Knottyn, John ap [blank] Robert Palmer Richard Harpour and William Baderich who say that Bartholemew de Burghersh Chevalier deceased did not hold any Lands or Tenements in his demesne as of fee in the county of Hereford nor in the Marches of Wales aforesaid on the day on which he died but he held as jointly enfeoffed with Margery his Wife still surviving the Castle of Ewyas Lacy with the Appurtenances in the Marches of Wales by reason of a certain Gift which the same Bartholemew made of the same Castle with the Appurts by Licence of the Lord the King to Walter Paveley John de Guldsburgh Thomas de Hungerford and William de Wyndesore clerk To have and to hold to them and their Heirs for ever and that afterwards the same Walter John Thomas and William gave and granted the Castle aforesaid with the Appurtenances to the same Bartholemew and Margery his Wife still surviving To have and to hold to them and the Heirs of the same Bartholemew for ever And they say that the aforesaid Castle with the appurtenances is held of the Lord the King in Chief by Knights Service and they say that the aforesaid Castle is worth nothing by the year beyond reprizes Also they say that there is one carucate of arable land there which is worth by the year 13s/4d and one meadow which is worth by the year 5s/-. There is one pasture in the Forest there which is worth by the year £4 the underwood whereof is worth nothing by the year for default of Buyers. There are Rents of Assize there as well of free as of Bond Tenants which are worth by the year £15 payable at the Term of Saint Michael. Also there are three water mills whereof a moiety pertains to the said Castle which is worth by the year 100s and is demised to Farm payable at the term of Saint Michael. There is a moiety of the Fairs there holden on the Feast of All Saints which is worth by the year 40d and there is one market there every week by Thursday which is worth by the year 6s/8d. And there is one Court there holden from three weeks to three weeks which is worth by the year £20. And there is one Halmote there holden from three weeks to three weeks which is worth by the year 20s/-. And there is the moiety of one Hundred Court there holden from two weeks to two weeks which is worth by the year 10s/-. And there is a certain custom there called Culle issuing from the Bondmen which is worth by the year 40s/- payable at the terms of the yule of August and Easter by equal portions. And there is another custom there which is called Conwayn which is worth by the year 10s/- payable at the term aforesaid of the yule of August. And they say that the same Bartholemew held not any other Lands or Tenements of the Lord the King in Chief nor of others in the county and Marches of Wales aforesaid on the day on which he died and they say that the same Bartholemew died on the 5th day of April last and that Elizabeth the Daughter of the aforesaid Bartholemew of the age of 24 years and upwards and whom Edward le Dispenser hath married is the next heir of the same Bartholemew In testimony whereof to this Inquisition indented the Jurors aforesaid have put their Seals Given on the day year and at the place abovesaid.
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