Index of Subjects

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1952.

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'Index of Subjects', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III, (London, 1952) pp. 546-554. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/pp546-554 [accessed 19 April 2024]

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

A

agistment, 109 (p. 108).

ale, prisage of, 148 (p. 152), 209 (pp. 220, 221).

ancient demesne of the crown 92, 141 (p. 136), 290.

assarts and purprestures, 48, 189.

assize of novel disseisin, 64.

B

barony, service of, 81 (p. 83), 82, 213 (p. 229).
-, ……, service of a moiety of a fee of, 109 (p. 108).
-, ……, tenure by, 19 (p. 21), 106, 136 (p. 130).

baronies. See:—
-, Bedford.
-, Bennington.
-, Brimpsfield.
-, Burford.
-, Cainhoe.
-, Crevequer.
-, Greystoke.
-, Kendal.
-, Leybourne.
-, Montchensy.
-, Okehampton.
-, Pembroke.
-, Pont de l’Arche.
-, Shelford.
-, …… in Ireland. See (s.v. Ireland):—
-, Greatisland.
-, Ross, Old.

beaupleader, ‘beuple,’ beuplee,’ 5, 18, 47, 272.

bench, the Common, custos brevium of. See Treton, Richard de.
-, ……, …., indenture enrolled in, 190 (p. 199).
-, ……, …., record and process of a plea, in 70 (pp. 70, 71).
-, ……, …., writ returnable in, 86 (p. 86).
-, ……, the King’s, writ returnable in, 317.

bondmen, 10 (p. 8), 190 (pp. 200, 201).

boroughs. See:—
-, Burford.
-, Cardiff.
-, Chulmleigh.
-, Colyford.
-, Hitchin.
-, Honiton.
-, Kenfig.
-, Kidderminster.
-, Llanidloes.
-, Lymington.
-, Machynlleth.
-, Marlow, Great.
-, Neath.
-, Newbridge.
-, Okehampton.
-, Plympton St. Maurice.
-, Sherston Magna.
-, Sodbury, Chipping.
-, Tewkesbury.
-, Tiverton.
-, Wallingford.
-, Welshpool.
-, Wincanton.

borsholder, 300.

brewhouse, 80 (p. 78).
-, ……, common, 119 (p. 118).

bridges. See:—
-, Fowersmill.
-, Mitford.
-, Ponton, Little.
-, Thirsk.
-, Wallingford.

brine boilery, 123, 251 (pp. 260, 261).

burgage tenure of Shrewsbury 110.
-, ……, free, tenure of London, 2, 19 (p. 19), 35, 38, 51, 73, 177, 191, 205, 209 (p. 214), 219, 225 (p. 239), 266, 287, 337, 339 (p. 331).
-, ……, …., tenure of Shrewsbury, 100, 251 (p. 259).

burgages and burgage tenements, 19 (p. 20), 100, 119 (pp. 117–119), 148 (pp. 147, 148), 251 (p. 259), 324.

C

castles. See:—
-, Abergavenny.
-, Anstey.
-, Appleby.
-, Barnstaple.
-, Beaudesert.
-, Bedford.
-, Bennington.
-, Bramber.
-, Caerphilly.
-, Cardiff.
-, Cilgerran.
-, Dover.
-, Dunster.
-, Eardisley.
-, Etal.
-, Exeter.
-, Eye.
-, Folkingham.
-, Fotheringhay.
-, Framlingham.
-, Greasley.
-, Hanley Castle.
-, Hereford.
-, High Head.
-, High Peak.
-, Horston.
-, Huntington.
-, Isabels Castle.
-, Kenfig.
-, Kilton.
-, Lancaster.
-, Launceston.
-, Leeds.
-, Leybourne.
-, Llanblethian.
-, Llantrisant.
-, Longtown.
-, Ludlow.
-, Maenclochog.
-, Mettingham.
-, Mitford.
-, Montgomery.
-, Neath.
-, Newcastle upon Tyne.
-, Norwich.
-, Oakham.
-, Okehampton.
-, Pembridge Castle.
-, Pembroke.
-, Pickering.
-, Plympton St. Maurice.
-, Richards Castle.
-, Richmond.
-, Rockingham.
-, Roxburgh.
-, St. Briavels.
-, Snodhill.
-, Stockton in Craven.
-, Stortford, Bishops.
-, Talyvan.
-, Tamworth.
-, Tenby.
-, Tonbridge.
-, Welshpool.
-, Whittington.
-, Winchester.
-, Windsor.
-, York.

chaces, 19 (p. 21), 209 (pp. 217, 219).

chancery, documents enrolled on the Close Rolls of, 136 (p. 130), 293, 339 (p. 333).
-, ……, matters certified in, 53 (p. 50), 190 (p. 199), 307.
-, ……, plea in, 295.

chantries, 44, 88, 98, 177.
-, …… at Barwick, 148 (p. 155).
-, …… of a free chapel in the manor of Breadstone, 10 (p. 10).
-, …… at Brightley, 325 (p. 320).
-, …… at Crewkerne, 325 (p. 321).
-, …… in the manor of Colcombe, 325 (p. 320).
-, …… in the manor of Kenn, 325 (p. 320).
-, …… in the church of Kirkleatham, 58 (pp. 56, 57, 59).
-, …… in the church of Lambeth, 2.
-, …… in the church of All Hallows the Great London, 219.
-, …… in the church of All Hallows the Less London 2.
-, …… in the church of All Hallows in the Wall London, 51.
-, …… in the church of St. Andrew Undershaft London, 73.
-, …… in the church of St. Margaret Pattens London, 38.
-, …… in the church of Lund, 58 (p. 57).
-, …… at Manton, 170.
-, …… at Newton Poppleford, 325 (p. 320).
-, …… at Sticklepath, 325 (p. 320).
-, …… at Swaythorpe, 58 (p. 56).
-, …… of St. Thomas the Martyr at Thwing, 58 (pp. 55, 56).
-, …… in the church of Winterbourne, 10 (pp. 8, 9).

churchscot, 209 (p. 218), 257.

coal-mines, 209 (p. 220), 339 (p. 338).

common of pasture, 325 (p. 309).

cornage, 43, 49, 80 (p. 79), 199, 249.

courtesy of England, 16, 57, 92, 113, 118 (pp. 115, 116), 125, 127, 143, 151, 155, 205, 211, 231, 257, 262, 287, 290, 315, 318, 331.

customs, connected with the stewardship of the liberty of the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, 148 (p. 148).

D

dower, assignments of, 5, 10 (pp. 9–12), 19 (p. 22), 32 (p. 30), 44, 190 (p. 200), 271, 283, 325 (p. 322), 333 (pp. 327, 328).

drawing and hanging for felony and sedition, 148 (p. 157).

drengage, 339 (p. 338).

E

ecclesiastical:––
-, bells in the church of Filton, 69.
-, church, date of new-building of, 304.
-, churches suspended on account of bloodshed and reconciled, 164, 301.
-, examination before archbishop’s official, 299.
-, ornaments, 38.
-, religious houses:––
-, Margaret wife of Guy de Monteforti, a professed nun, 136 (pp. 129, 130).
-, Christina the elder daughter of Geoffrey son of Edmund Gascelyn a professed nun in Barrow Gurney priory, 137.
-, seal of the business (causarum) of Dartford priory, 2.
-, Margaret daughter of Robert Ram a professed nun in Castle Hedingham priory, 223.
-, Agnes sister of Thomas son of Richard de la Ryvere made a nun in Shaftesbury abbey, 53 (p. 50).
-, ……. See also chantries, free chapels.

English words:—
-, alwyk (a custom), 148 (p. 152).
-, Andrewesyeve (a custom), 209 (p. 217).
-, Aye, le (a custom), 339 (p. 336).
-, barounbayliff, 272.
-, barounesmot, barounmot, 148 (pp. 155, 161).
-, benherthes, beynhurth, 257, 349.
-, bredewyk (a custom), 148 (p. 152).
-, burghferme, 339 (pp. 338, 339).
-, burgh rent, 86 (p. 86).
-, burghessilver, 272.
-, buscaill, 209 (p. 217).
-, cherchet, 257.
-, cotteland, 80 (p. 79).
-, cottemen, 80 (p. 79).
-, craan, 325 (p. 309).
-, daywerkes, 227 (p. 243).
-, doddockes, 230.
-, ferdell, 325 (p. 307).
-, fense, 339 (p. 339).
-, fermebere, 267.
-, fleshewyk (a custom), 148 (p. 152).
-, fulstall, 209 (p. 219).
-, gavelage (a service), 132.
-, govylherthes, 349.
-, hedborghsilvere, hefdborwesilvere, 118 (p. 116), 272.
-, hornyeld, 339 (p. 337).
-, infangthef, 154 (p. 171).
-, larderselver (a rent), 10 (p. 7).
-, mareys, 209 (p. 217).
-, maysterforster, 209 (p. 217).
-, medselver, 209 (p. 219).
-, midewyf, 342.
-, ploughbenes, 339 (p. 332).
-, prik, 30.
-, prisefysch, 339 (p. 338).
-, raungier, 209 (p. 217).
-, riddyng, ryddyng, 58 (pp. 53, 60).
-, Romscot (a rent), 10 (p. 8).
-, Sewynsyeve (a rent), 196.
-, Souswyn (a custom), 209 (p. 217).
-, thorowtoll, 339 (p. 333).
-, thwerttoll, 339 (p. 333).
-, toftmoole (a rent), 339 (p. 333).
-, twopound (a rent), 339 (p. 333).
-, waifs and strayes, 154 (p. 171).
-, walreve, 351.
-, wardefee (a service), 41.
-, wardpeny, 95.
-, Wrongrent (a custom), 339 (p. 336).

exchequer, the, escheators’ accounts at, 199, 269, 288.
-, ……, letters patent of, 24.
-, ……, receipt of, copies of fines examined in, 141 (p. 138).
-, ……, rents and farms of money payable at, 12, 42, 46 (p. 45), 53 (pp. 50, 51), 86 (p. 85), 97, 98, 105 (p. 102), 125, 131, 150, 208, 212, 241, 339 (p. 335).
-, ……, …., for a sore sparrowhawk, 186.
-, ……, obolus of gold payable at, 86 (p. 85).
-, ……, service of rendering a bow without a cord …. . at, 148 (p. 150).
-, ……, treasurer’s memoranda, 173.
-, ……. See also under Carlisle.

F

fairs. See:—
-, Ayot St. Lawrence.
-, Burton in Lonsdale.
-, Dunham.
-, Exeter, Crulditch.
-, Fairford.
-, Gainsborough.
-, Hitchin.
-, Kidderminster.
-, Llanidloes.
-, Lund.
-, Machynlleth.
-, Marlow, Great.
-, Mitford.
-, Newbridge.
-, Okehampton.
-, Rotherfield.
-, St. Margaret at Cliffe.
-, Sodbury, Chipping.
-, Thirsk.
-, Torksey.
-, Welshpool.
-, Whitchurch.

fees. See:—
-, Arsik.
-, Aumale.
-, Bulmer.
-, Chauncy.
-, Chokes.
-, Gloucester.
-, Hastinges.
-, Hay.
-, Lisle.
-, Stuteville.
-, Tickhill.

felony, 120.
-, ……, abjuration for, 147.
-, ……, husband-murder, 24.

feoffment by word of mouth, 104 (pp. 100, 101).

ferries. See:—
-, Aveley.
-, Briton Ferry.
-, Caversham.
-, Dunham.
-, Gainsborough.
-, Tilbury, East.
-, Torksey.
-, Yarmouth, Little.
-, …… in Ireland. See (s.v. Ireland):—
-, Ross, Old.
-, Wexford.

field- and other minor place-names:—
-, in Berkshire, 22, 101 (p. 97).
-, in Buckinghamshire, 5, 18, 100.
-, in Cambridgeshire, 118 (p. 116), 191, 192 (p. 203).
-, in Devon, 325 (p. 308).
-, in Essex, 10 (pp. 7, 11), 92, 182, 227 (p. 240).
-, in Glamorganshire, 209 (pp. 219, 221).
-, in Gloucestershire, 10 (pp. 9, 10), 52, 53 (pp. 50, 51), 79, 209 (p. 219), 321.
-, in Herefordshire, 12, 13, 42.
-, in Hertfordshire, 153, 191, 192, (p. 202), 245 (p. 255), 339 (p. 333).
-, in Kent, 44, 141 (p. 139), 190 (p. 198), 207, 223, 227 (pp. 242, 243).
-, in Lancashire, 58 (pp. 53, 60).
-, in Leicestershire, 26, 126.
-, in Lincolnshire, 9 (p. 6), 203, 333 (pp. 327, 328), 346.
-, in Northamptonshire, 112, 193, 339 (pp. 335, 336).
-, in Northumberland, 80 (p. 79), 339 (pp. 338, 339).
-, in Nottinghamshire, 40, 149, 333 (p. 328), 339 (p. 336).
-, in Rutland, 101 (p. 97), 333 (p. 327).
-, in Somerset, 53 (p. 50), 228.
-, in Hampshire, 10 (p. 11), 189.
-, in Staffordshire, 136 (p. 131).
-, in Suffolk, 46 (p. 44), 92, 190 (p. 200), 226, 227 (p. 241), 339 (p. 332), 349.
-, in Surrey, 10 (pp. 8, 12).
-, in Warwickshire, 36, 136 (p. 129), 233, 234.
-, in Westmorland, 58 (p. 54).
-, in Wiltshire, 10 (p. 11), 113.
-, in Worcestershire, 10 (p. 12), 198, 209 (p. 219).
-, in Yorkshire, 32 (p. 30), 56, 58 (p. 56), 80 (p. 78), 97, 272, 328.

fisheries, 10 (p. 11), 47, 58 (pp. 53–55, 60), 80 (p. 77), 100, 119 (p. 118), 135, 138 (p. 134), 140, 150, 209 (pp. 215, 217, 220, 221), 272, 292, 325 (p. 308), 334, 339 (pp. 331, 332).
-, ……. See:—
-, Axe.
-, Exe.
-, Force.
-, Kent.
-, Lune.
-, Nant Gledyr.
-, Trent.
-, Tyne.
-, Wansbeck.
-, Windermere.

fishpond, 346.

floods, 147.
-, ……, of the Ancholme, 56.
-, ……, of the Nene, 339 (p. 336).
-, ……, of the Severn, 209 (p. 219).
-, ……, of the Thames, 257.
-, ……, of the Trent, 40, 346.
-, ……, of the sea, 141 (p. 139).

foldage, 339 (p. 332).

forests. See:—
-, Bernwood.
-, Cannock.
-, Cliffe, Kings.
-, Dean.
-, Felton.
-, Inglewood.
-, Lowes.
-, Whinfell.

forfeiture:—
-, of John de Espele, an adherent of the Scots, 23.

forge, 253.
-, ……, common, 339 (p. 339).

frankpledge, views of, 10 (p. 11), 46 (p. 45), 135, 141 (p. 139), 154 (p. 171), 178, 191, 192 (p. 202), 209 (pp. 215, 216, 218, 219), 272, 325 (p. 305), 334, 339 (pp. 331, 335).

free chapels. See:—
-, Aveley.
-, Baddow, Great.
-, Badmondisfield.
-, Breadstone.
-, Ludlow.
-, Owermoigne.
-, Sheering Hall.
-, Wymondley, Little.

G

gavelkind, 44, 128, 141 (p. 138), 142, 190 (p. 198), 202, 227 (pp. 242, 243), 248, 257, 267.

gifts:—
-, of a horse for announcing a birth, 62.
-, of land for announcing a birth, 62, 166.
-, of money for announcing a birth, 65.
-, of a silver cup with a gilt cover to child at baptism, 298.

glebe, 60.

H

hay. See:—
-, Cheslyn Hay.

hidage, 5, 18, 47, 272.

honors. See:—
-, Aumale.
-, Berkhampstead.
-, Boulogne.
-, Bramber.
-, Brecon.
-, Chester.
-, Chokes.
-, Clare.
-, Crevequer.
-, Dover.
-, Eye.
-, Gloucester.
-, Haughley.
-, Heliun.
-, Hertford.
-, High Peak.
-, Huntingdon.
-, Laigle.
-, Leicester.
-, Lewes.
-, Montgomery.
-, Okehampton.
-, Peverel [of London or of Hatfield Peverel].
-, …. [of Nottingham].
-, Pickering.
-, Pontefract.
-, Rayleigh.
-, Reymes.
-, Richmond.
-, Tickhill.
-, Trowbridge.
-, Tutbury.
-, Wallingford.
-, Weobley.
-, Wormegay.

house-gavel, 119 (p. 119).

hundred meeting-places. See:—
-, Harmes Hatch.
-, Limestone Hill.
-, Schewynghopeshasshe.
-, Stock.
-, Ware Bridge.

I

idiocy, 72, 85, 153, 154 (p. 171), 243.

inquisition exemplified under the great seal, 108 (p. 106).

Irish, devastation by, 148 (p. 152).

K

kiddle, 209 (p. 219).

knights’ fees measured in terms of carucates, 80 (p. 80).

L

lathe meeting place. See hundred meeting places.

leets, 10 (p. 8), 46 (p. 45), 47, 102, 135, 180 (p. 191), 207, 209 (p. 217), 214, 218, 339 (p. 332).

lordships. See:—
-, Abergavenny.
-, Bleddfa.
-, Bywell.
-, Cilgerran.
-, Glamorgan and Morganwg.
-, Haverfordwest.
-, Longtown.
-, Montgomery.
-, Richards Castle.
-, Senghenydd Receptor.
-, Skelton.
-, Stackpole.
-, Sturminster Marshall.
-, Tenby.

M

markets. See:—
-, Aveley.
-, Burford.
-, Bedale.
-, Burton in Lonsdale.
-, Dunham.
-, Gainsborough.
-, Hitchin.
-, Kidderminster.
-, Llanidloes.
-, Lund.
-, Machynlleth.
-, Marlow, Great.
-, Richards Castle.
-, Thirsk.
-, Torksey.
-, Welshpool.
-, Whitchurch.

measures:—
-, 8 carucates making a knight’s fee, 80 (p. 80).
-, 9 carucates making a knight’s fee, 80 (p. 80).
-, 10 carucates making a knight’s fee, 80 (p. 80).
-, 12 carucates making a knight’s fee, 80 (p. 80).
-, 18 carucates making a knight’s fee, 80 (p. 80).
-, 20 carucates making a knight’s fee, 80 (p. 80).
-, ‘doddockes’ of wheat and oats, 230.
-, ‘ferdell’ of land, 325 (p. 307).

mills, 58 (pp. 53, 54, 57), 148 (p. 152), 207, 209 (pp. 220, 221), 236, 249, 325 (p. 307).
-, corn-mills, 325 (pp. 308–311).
-, fulling-mills, 56, 58 (p. 54), 80 (p. 79), 138 (p. 133), 209 (pp. 217, 220, 221), 250, 325 (pp. 308, 309, 311), 339 (p. 337).
-, horse-mill, 209 (p. 217).
-, tanning-mill, 325 (p. 310).
-, watermills, 10 (p. 8), 13, 22, 31, 35, 47, 53 (pp. 50, 51), 58 (p. 54), 80 (pp. 78, 79), 97, 106, 113, 136 (p. 129), 147, 148 (p. 152), 153, 179, 209 (p. 217), 212, 215, 227 (p. 242), 230–232, 244, 315, 328, 333 (pp. 326, 327), 339 (pp. 338, 339).
-, windmills, 76, 100, 153, 170, 178, 190 (p. 198), 236.

N

names, unusual Christian:—
-, Albina, 318.
-, Albinus, 305.
-, Amflesia, 161.
-, Anilla (Annabel), 58 (pp. 53, 60).
-, Anker, 295.
-, Anketin, 148 (p. 157).
-, Audrey (Etheldreda), 166.
-, Avena, 254.
-, Bruencius, 148 (p. 154).
-, Burga, 352.
-, Burgia, 216, 290.
-, Cireda, 49.
-, Elisha, 267.
-, Englesia, 333 (p. 328).
-, Euphemia, 209 (p. 214).
-, Florence, 182.
-, Geva, 315.
-, Gwenllian (Wenteliana, Wentiliana), 233, 234.
-, Helmyng, 61, 64.
-, Hostelettus, 286.
-, Ibota, 342.
-, Imbert, 308.
-, Ise, 58 (p. 59).
-, Lapinus, 38.
-, Leysant, 209 (p. 215).
-, Magota, 299.
-, Mauger, 325 (p. 311).
-, Poncius, 321.
-, Remigius, 148 (p. 158).
-, Swan, 20.
-, Uwayn, 109 (p. 108).

O

ovens, 80 (p. 78), 299.
-, ……, common, 272, 339 (p. 336).

P

pannage of pigs, 257.

parks, 10 (pp. 8, 10, 11), 13, 14, 19 (p. 21), 49, 58 (p. 54), 77, 80 (p. 78), 106, 109 (pp. 108, 109), 119 (p. 118), 129, 141 (p. 136), 148 (pp. 152, 154), 173, 180 (p. 191), 189, 207, 209 (pp. 217, 219, 220), 227 (p. 242), 272, 314, 325 (pp. 308, 310), 333 (p. 326), 339 (p. 332).
-, ……, with deer, 209 (p. 219), 220, 321, 325 (pp. 305, 306), 339 (pp. 335, 336), 349.
-, ……, with game, 312.

pestilence, 111.
-, …… of 1361, the middle pestilence, 344.

pilgrimages:—
-, to the Holy Land, 61, 118 (p. 117), 234.
-, to Rome, 303.
-, to Santiago, 62, 166, 303.
-, to Walsingham, 69.

purprestures. See assarts and purprestures.

puture of foresters, 43, 199, 249.

R

records:—
-, book of the fees held of the king in chief and rendering ward to Dover castle, 145.
-, Close Rolls of chancery, 136 (p. 130), 293, 339 (p. 333).
-, Common Pleas, indenture enrolled in, 190 (p. 199).
-, Memoranda Rolls of the husting of London, search in, 307.
-, rolls, books and memoranda of the Guildhall of London, search in, 337.
-, Treasurer’s Memoranda, 173.

registers, books etc. used as:—
-, calendar, 164, 317.
-, missals, 63 (pp. 63, 64), 66, 164, 296, 297, 301.
-, …., calendar in, 302.
-, portas, 63 (p. 65), 301.
-, psalters, 63 (p. 63), 167, 168, 305.

royal liberty. See:—
-, Wexford (s.v. Ireland).

S

salt-works, 291.

school:—
-, Robert son of John de Leek placed at school at Thornhill, 168.

Scots, adherent of, 23.
-, ……, destruction by, 119 (p. 118).

scutage, 230.

sea-wall, 44.

seals:—
-, of Dartford priory, 2.

services:—
-, carrying-service, 190 (p. 201).
-, castleguard, ‘castelwarde,’ 9 (p. 6), 148 (p. 147), 273. See also under individual castles.
-, in the army, personal:
-, bearing a pennon before the footmen of Wootton hundred within the realm of England, 277.
-, leading 100 footmen from Newmarket to Wales on the king’s service and at his wages when there is war in Wales, 92.
-, in the army, finding:
-, a horse, price 5s., a sack and a ‘prik’ in the Welsh war whenever the king wars there in person, 30.
-, a man with a horse, a sack and a skewer to carry the king’s wooden vessels with the king, when he goes with his army by reason of war in Wales, for 40 days at the king’s costs, 202.
-, the cost of a third part of a hobelar in the king’s war in Scotland, 190 (p. 197).
-, connected with the coronation:
-, doing the office of larderer, 118 (p. 115).
-, keeping the door of the king’s pantry, 29.
-, serjeanty of napery, 148 (p. 147).
-, serving with a cup with the citizens of London (serjeanty), 180 (p. 189).
-, connected with forests:
-, being chief forester of forest of Dean, 224, 320.
-, keeping the king’s hay of Cheslyn in Cannock forest and the bailiwick of High Cannock called ‘Trumwynesbaillie’ (grand serjeanty), 212.
-, connected with hawks:
-, keeping a goshawk, 101 (p. 97).
-, keeping a sparrowhawk (serjeanty), 171.
-, keeping the king’s hawks in the forest of Inglewood (grand serjeanty), 48.
-, connected with hounds and hunting:
-, leading two greyhounds in a leash so long as a pair of shoes worth 2 1/2d. will last in the business of leading them, 190 (p. 198).
-, taking the earl of Surrey’s venison at his expense, 173.
-, ‘gavelage,’ 132.
-, local:
-, Abergavenny, keeping the castle when there is war in Wales, 148 (p. 146).
-, Blunham, being chief steward of the liberty of the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, 148 (p. 144).
-, Calais, doing watches, 148 (p. 152), 175.
-, Mitford, keeping the south bridge at the time of the fair there, 339 (p. 339).
-, miscellaneous:
-, being marshal of the harlots, dismembering condemned malefactors, and measuring gallons and bushels in the king’s household (grand serjeanty), 220.
-, carrying a white wand before the king at Christmas if he is in Lincolnshire (petty serjeanty), 56.
-, holding the king’s head on board ship when he crosses from Dover to Wissant, 7.
-, meeting the king, when he crosses the bridge of Fowers-mill, co. Berks, and offering him two white capons with the words, ‘Behold, lord, these two white capons which you used to have at another time, and not now,’ 93.
-, providing one man for the sheriff’s tourn twice a year, 86 (p. 85).
-, rendering yearly at the Exchequer a bow without a cord …. . when there is war between the king and the prince of Wales (petty serjeanty), 148 (p. 150).
-, rendering to the king, whenever he comes by a lane called ‘Godstret’ in Chichester to the wars on the southern sea, a spindle full of raw thread for making a sham cord for a crossbow, 122.
-, serving the king with a cup of drink at Christmas (petty serjeanty), 196.
-, of the nature of quit rents:
-, twelve arrows, 189, 314.
-, ten quarters of barley, 44.
-, a bow without a cord, 148 (p. 150).
-, two white capons, 93.
-, a clove, 95, 227 (p. 241), 308.
-, cummin, 41.
-, 1/2lb. cummin, 153, 154 (p. 171), 246 (p. 255).
-, 1lb cummin, 23, 81 (p. 82), 104 (p. 100), 137.
-, two white doves, 217.
-, a pair of gloves, 32 (p. 29), 101 (pp. 97, 98), 191, 192 (p. 203).
-, a pair of white gloves, 77, 173, 324.
-, a thousand white herrings, 16.
-, a silver needle, 339 (p. 335).
-, an obolus of gold, 86 (p. 85).
-, four palfrey’s shoes, each shoe with sixteen nails, 36.
-, 1 1/2 bushels of palm-barley, 248.
-, 1lb pepper, 12, 81 (p. 82), 105 (p. 102), 136 (p. 129), 146, 149, 233, 234, 280.
-, 2lb pepper, 233, 234.
-, a peppercorn, 12.
-, a rose, 11, 12, 22, 41, 49, 53 (p. 50), 79, 119 (p. 117), 178, 192 (pp. 203, 204), 195, 244, 291, 308, 324.
-, a red rose, 7.
-, 25 qrs. of salt, 180 (p. 190).
-, a sparrowhawk, 86 (p. 86), 119 (pp. 117, 119), 148 (p. 144), 151, 191, 248, 251 (pp. 260, 261), 324.
-, a sore sparrowhawk, 58 (p. 55), 119 (p. 119).
-, a spindle full of raw thread for making a sham cord for a crossbow, 122.
-, a pair of spurs, 78.
-, …. worth 6d., 173.
-, a pair of gilt spurs, 74, 88, 104 (pp. 100, 101), 112, 172, 180 (p. 190), 271.
-, a pair of white spurs, 16.
-, 1lb wax, 113.
-, 6 bushels of wheat, 99.
-, 1/3qr. of wheat, 257.
-, serjeanty, 6, 148 (p. 147), 171, 180 (p. 189), 269.
-, …., rent of, 209 (p. 219).
-, grand serjeanty, 6, 12, 48, 79, 98, 187, 212, 220.
-, petty serjeanty, 56, 148 (pp. 144, 150), 180 (p. 191), 196, 222.
-, ‘wardefee,’ 41.

sheriff’s aid, 94, 104 (p. 99), 171, 190 (p. 198), 221, 261 (p. 267), 272.

sheriffs’ accounts, 20.

socage, ancient, of Grantham, 201.

T

tourns, 85 (p. 86), 134, 146, 180 (p. 191), 225 (p. 238).

trades and occupations:—
-, armourer, 338.
-, barber, 10 (p. 11).
-, brewer, 205.
-, butcher, 265, 266.
-, carpenter, 38.
-, chandler, 35, 177.
-, corder, 219.
-, dyer, 304.
-, fishmonger, 287.
-, girdler, 266.
-, goldsmith, 35.
-, hosier, 307.
-, mason, 287.
-, mercer, 35.
-, pepperer, 225 (p. 239).
-, plumber, 287.
-, spicer, 177, 225 (p. 239).
-, spurrier, 339 (p. 330).
-, taverner, 86 (p. 85).
-, tawyer, 177.
-, white-tawyer, 51.

turbary, 127, 216, 315.

V

vaccaries, 80 (p. 78).

W

waiver:—
-, of Elizabeth wife of John Fitz Hugh, 24.

weather:—
-, rainy weather [of the year 1377], 325 (p. 311).

Welsh words:—
-, penteulu, ‘pentelowe,’ 19 (pp. 22, 23).

wills of land proved in the husting of London, 35, 38, 51, 73, 219, 266, 337, 339 (p. 331).
-, ……, search for, 307.

wreck of the sea, 58 (p. 57).

writs:—
-, of entry, 132.
-, of privy seal, 201.
-, scire facias, 295.
-, of trespass, 64, 168, 317.