Fo. 63.
[The Abbey's right in Delamere Forest.]
Pleas of claims at Chester before Richard de Willughby, Richard
de Stafford, John de Delues and John de Brunham the
younger, appointed on the eyre for the pleas of the forests
of Mara and Mondrem, on Saturday next after the feast
of St. Michael, 31 Edw. III [30 Sept. 1357].
The abbot of Vale Royal claims for himself and his successors
that all the lands and tenements of himself, his men and tenants,
being as well in wood as in plain, are deafforested and outside
all power of the foresters, verdurers, regarders and agisters, and
all other bailiffs and officers of the forests of Mara and Mondrem
and he claims to have to him and his successors pasture and
his reasonable estovers with all other his easements in the forests
aforesaid, and also right to quarry and all other things which may
be necessary for erecting and maintaining the buildings in the
abbey aforesaid, and for making glass. And he claims that his
men and tenants of the manor of Darnhale, Weverham and
Conewardesley shall have pasture and their reasonable estovers,
with other easements, in the forests aforesaid, as they were
accustomed to have in the time of Earl Randolph and of other
former lords of Chester, excepting in fence-time in the lord's
demesne coverts. And he says that Lord Edward, formerly King
of England, grandfather of the now Lord the King, founder
of the abbey aforesaid, granted to the then abbot of Vale Royal,
predecessor of this abbot, and the convent of that place, and
their successors, that all their lands and tenements, and the
lands and tenements of their men and tenants, to wit, bondtenants and tenants at will, being as well in wood as in plain,
should be deafforested and outside all power of the foresters,
verdurers, regarders, agisters, and all other bailiffs and officers
of the forests of Mara and Mondrem. And also he granted
to the same abbot and convent and their successors, the predecessor etc., pasture and their reasonable estovers with other
easements, that is to say, to carry those estovers as often and
whensoever they shall please in the forests aforesaid; and also
to have a quarry and other things which may be necessary
for erecting and maintaining the buildings in the abbey aforesaid,
and for making glass. And also that their men and tenants, that
is to say, bond-tenants and tenants at will of the manor[s] of
Darnhale, Weverham and Conewardesley should have pasture
and their reasonable estovers, with other easements, to wit,
to carry those estovers in the forests aforesaid, as they were
accustomed to have in the time of Earl Randolph and of other
former lords of Chester, excepting in fence-time in the lord's
demesne coverts, by the charter of the same Lord Edward,
formerly King of England, grandfather etc., which he produces
here and which witnesses this, the date whereof is at Stepney on
the 15th day of May in the 27th year of his reign [1299]. The
which liberties and profits the said abbot who then was [had],
and all abbots of the place aforesaid etc. have in like manner
had without any interruption the aforesaid liberties and profits
in his claim contained from the time of the making of the charter
aforesaid. And he says that his last predecessor, abbot etc. (fn. 1)
in the last eyre of the justices of the forest, to wit, Thomas
de Ferrers and his associates, justices appointed for the eyre
to hold pleas of that forest in the 21st year of the reign of
the now Lord King [1347] claimed to have such liberties and
profits in the forests aforesaid, which were adjudged to him
and his successors; and concerning this he vouches the record
of the rolls of the justices of the eyre aforesaid in the time
aforesaid, and demands that the liberties and profits aforesaid
should be allowed to him in this behalf.
And William de Wakebrug, who sues for the lord in this
behalf, as regards his claim that all his lands and tenements
and the lands and tenements of his men and tenants are
deafforested, and to have to him and his successors pasture
and his reasonable estovers etc., and also a quarry for constructing and maintaining the buildings in the abbey, and
for making glass, and likewise as regards his claim that his
men and tenants of his manors of Darnehale, Wevereham
and Conewardeslegh shall have pasture and their reasonable estovers, as they were accustomed to have in the time
of Earl Randolph and of other former lords of Chester [fo. 41d
(278d)], says that the same abbot did not obtain full allowance
of the same liberties and profits as he claims, and concerning
this he likewise vouches the record of the rolls of the justices
aforesaid.
Thereupon, after examination of the rolls aforesaid, being in
the hands of the justices, it is found therein, as regards the
said abbot's claim that all his lands and tenements and the lands
and tenements of his men and tenants are deafforested, and
to have to him and his successors pasture and reasonable estovers,
and also a quarry etc. for constructing and maintaining the
buildings in the abbey, and for making glass, that the liberties
and profits aforesaid were allowed to him. Therefore it is
granted, as regards the liberties and profits aforesaid, that the
said abbot shall have and enjoy the same, always saving in all
things the right of the Lord Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester. And as regards having pasture and
reasonable estovers for his men and tenants of the manors of
Darnehale, Wevereham and Conewardeslegh, it is found therein
that the said men and tenants did not have or receive the
aforesaid estovers in form aforesaid, as the said abbot claims.
Therefore as regards this it is considered that the said abbot shall
take nothing by his claim, but shall be in mercy, and those
estovers shall remain in the lord's hand.
And the same William, who sues for the lord, as regards
the claim that the men and tenants of the said abbot of his
manors aforesaid in the forests aforesaid should have pasture
outside the covert, excepting in fence-time, as they were accustomed to have in the time of Earl Randolph etc., he says that
in the time of the said Randolph the said manors were in his
seisin and the seisin of other lords, at which time such men
and tenants did not have pasture except within the metes and
bounds of the vills aforesaid in which they dwelt, and not in the
forests aforesaid at large, nor in the charter of the said Lord
Edward, the grandfather etc., is it contained that the men
and tenants aforesaid shall have pasture in the forests aforesaid,
except as they were accustomed to have in the time of the said
Earl Randolph and the other lords; and the aforesaid men
and tenants in the time of the said Randolph did not have
pasture as the said abbot surmises, except within the bounds of
the vills aforesaid. He says, moreover, that the said abbot,
who now is, has a greater number of men and tenants there,
whom he has put there, than there were at the time of the
making of the charter of King Edward, and who also have pasture
in the said forests to the injury of the lord's game in those
forests and the great destruction thereof. And this he offers
to prove on behalf of the lord etc.
And the abbot says that the aforesaid men and tenants of the
manors aforesaid in the time of the said Randolph and the other
lords were accustomed to have pasture in the forests aforesaid, and
that he has not, nor has he put in those manors, more men and
tenants than there were in the time of the said King Edward, the
grandfather etc., as the said William de Wakebrug', who sues
for the lord, asserts. And this he offers to prove, and William
likewise.
Therefore let a jury come before the aforenamed justices at
Chester on Monday in the second week in Lent.
On which day there came before the aforenamed justices at
Chester as well the aforesaid William, who sues, etc. as the abbot
by his attorney, and a further day is given to the parties here
until Monday next after the Assumption of the B.V. Mary at
Chester etc. And then came the judges, jurors etc. And a day
is given to the parties here, until Friday in the second week in
Lent, in the same state (statu) as now.
On which day (fn. 2) at Chester there came before the aforenamed
justices the aforesaid abbot in his own person; and the aforesaid John de Delues and Master John de Brunham, the justices
aforesaid, produced here in court the privy letters of the Prince,
which he had directed to them in these words: (fn. 3)
Edward, eldest son of the noble King of England and of France,
Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, to our wellbeloved and trusty John de Delues, lieutenant of our justiciar of Chester,
and to Master John de Brunham, our chamberlain there, greeting. We
command and charge you to survey the bounds which Master John
de Wyngfeld and you, our said chamberlain, rode out some time since
between us and our well-beloved in Christ the abbot and convent of
Vale Royal, for common of pasture of the men and tenants of the said
abbot of his manors of Merton, Conewardeslegh and Weverham and of
Ollerschawe, and ordain some bound in the midst between the bounds
ridden out by the said Master John and the wastes of Ollerschawe [which
we have given to the said abbot in the fields which were ours aforetime,
and permit the men and tenants of the said manors and of Ollerschagh
to common with their beasts in all the neighbourhood thereabout up to
these bounds in this behalf appointed and by you to be appointed, without hindrance from us, our justices, sheriffs, escheators, foresters or other
ministers whomsoever. And this our letter shall be your warrant therein (fn. 4) ].
Given on the 23rd of August in the 33rd year of the reign of our dearest
lord and father the King in England, and the 20th in France [1359].
By pretext of which letters the said John and John, the justices
etc., went in person to the common of pasture appointed for the
said men and tenants of the said abbot of the manors aforesaid,
to survey the bounds and metes which Sir John de Wyngfeld,
knight, and the aforenamed John de Brunham, chamberlain of
Chester, had theretofore set forth and ridden out by command
[fo. 42 (279)] of the said Prince; which begin, to wit, from a
place where Paytefynsty descends to the commons of Codynton,
to the stone put and ordained there, and from there to a certain
heap of stones towards the south on the high way which leads
from Chester to Northwich, between Blakemere and Harebachecrosse, (fn. 5) and from there straight towards the belfry of Acton, as
far as the bounds of Merton, as pasture for the men and tenants
of the said abbot of the manors aforesaid for ever, on the north
and east side of the bounds aforesaid, to hold to them without
challenge by the lord or the lord's servants of the forest aforesaid.
And the said abbot, for himself and his convent aforesaid, holds
himself for ever content with the bounds aforesaid thus put and
ordained for his men and tenants abovesaid, without challenge
henceforth to be made by himself or his successors, his men and
tenants of his manors aforesaid.
Therefore let nothing further be done concerning the taking
of the inquest aforesaid upon the claim aforesaid, because the said
abbot, for himself and his convent, has remitted his claim in this
behalf.
Fo. 65.
[Rudheath.]
Inquisition taken in the full county [-court] of Chester by the
oath of Sir Hugh de Venables, Sir John de Arderne and Sir
Geoffrey de Werburton, knights, William de Praers, Henry de
Beston, Thomas Daniers, John de Cotton, William de Swetenham, William de Venables, Thomas de Venables, brother of the
said William, Richard de Sumerford and Richard le Skot, who
say upon their oath that Ruddehetgh and Ouermersh in the
county of Chester are of the proper soil of the lord the Earl of
Chester, and that they are outside any (omnem) vill.
View and riding-out of the bounds and metes of the aforesaid
moor of Ruddeheth made on Monday, the morrow of St. Valentine, (fn. 6) by the same jurors, and likewise by Richard de Crauneche,
Stephen Dandy, Hammond Lether, Henry de Lache, John de
Cotton and Richard de Moresbarowe, jurors, whom the men
beforesaid had begged for their assistance, etc. Who say upon
their oath that the first bound and meet of Ruddeheth begins at
Holden next Shurlach, following Holden as far as Lostokebroke,
and then following Lostokebroke as far as Loweforth, and from
there as far as Portforth, and from Portforth following the said
path [? dictum illum] as far as Rynesforth, and from Rynesforth
as far as to Hardeshagheforth, and from Hardeshaghforth as far as
Ormesforth, following up Lostokbrok, and from Lostokbrok to
Rogereswey, and from Rogereswey to Shaghesyche, and then
following that little brook (sichet) as far as le Sondyforth, and
from there following that brook leaving [? diuititend' (sic)] Chikenshagh in Ruddeheth, as far as to the bounds between Twamlowe
and Ruddeheth, following those bounds as far as Goldewey, and
from Goldewey following a certain old ditch Saghemor, and from
there going back along (redeundo) a certain old ditch next the
house of Thomas Hardy, which is in Ruddeheth, as far as the
wood of Twamlowe, and then following the end of the wood
of Twamlowe as far as the wood of Craunache, and then following the end of that wood as far as a certain alder grove at the
head of the vill of Craunache, and from there as far as Redlache, following le Oldedyche as far as Whystelhaghe, and from
there following a certain brook to a marl-pit next Jurdanes-rydding, and so following that rydding along a certain old ditch as
far as Legheslone, and beyond Legheslone ascending by a certain
ditch to Bynelegh-lydeyate, and beyond that following a certain
ditch le Bouhous, and from there following a certain old ditch as
far as Ravenescroftes-lach, and from there following that ditch
as far as Lynstrete, [then] following a certain ditch as far as to
le Hethlach, and from there following a certain old ditch as far
as Alstan Thornsyche, following that brook as far as the head
of the lane of Wodehouses, and beyond that lane following
a certain old ditch as far as Pertreleghes, and from there as far
as to le Whitesych, following that brook as far as the garden
of Hulkok de Vernoun, and then following a certain old ditch
defaced (prostratiua) through the middle of the garden of the
aforesaid Hulkok, leaving [?] the half of that garden and the
houses thereof in Ruddeheth, as far as a certain dividing [dirt'e]
oak, and from that oak as far as another oak standing in a ditch
of Nicholas de Vernoun, and following that ditch as far as Whatcrofteslone, and then beyond Whatcrofteslone following a certain
old ditch between two fields, one of which is in the bounds of
Ruddeheth, as far as Shipbrokesmos, and following that moss
thus dividing Ruddeheth as far as Polsych to Shipbrokeslone, and following that brook as far as to a certain old ditch
stretching as far as the house of Walter Page in Shipbroke, and
from there beyond the high way as far as the house of Reginald
Legg, where a certain old cottage is raised in Ruddeheth, and then
descending to the head of the grange of the said Reginald, following a certain ditch as far as le Morstal, and from there following
a certain old ditch round the same croft to the head of the
old field, and then [fo. 42d (279d)] along the head of that field
following that bound along Simmesfeld as far as a certain marlpit, and from there as far as Bradefordeswey next "le Lauedyfeld," and from there crosswise through the midst to the head of
the same field as far as a certain marl-pit, following that as far as
the ditch round "le Leuedysfeld," and from there crosswise
through the midst to the head of the same field, as far as a certain
marl-pit in Ruddeheth, and from that marl-pit following the old
ditch round "le Leuediesfeld" as far as Walter Page's marl-pit,
and from there descending as far as Oldefeldesdyche, following
that ditch as far as Bradefordesbrok, and so across Bradefordesbrok
ascending along Shurlache-dyche, following that ditch on the
left-hand side as far as Bradeford moor, and from there leaving
that moor in Ruddeheth, following a certain old ditch as far as
the vill of Bradford, and then across the way between the house
of William Fox on the one side and Ranulph de Wynynton on
the other as far as to another way, leaving the house of the aforesaid Ranulph in Ruddeheth, and so from that way leading beyond
the field of Bradford along a certain old ditch in decay there as
far as a certain headland (forera), and from there straight to Goslache, following Goslache as far as the lane of Stephen le Hunte,
and from there following a certain old ditch as far as the bounds of
Wytton, following those bounds to le Longacre, which is in
Ruddeheth, and so straight between the bounds of Wytton and
Ruddeheth as far as the way which leads to Wytton chapel,
and across that way straight to Holden, where the first bound
begins etc. (fn. 7)
Fo. 67.
Lampaderuaur'.
The charges of the church of Lampaderuaur are these:
To the archdeacon of Cardigan for procuration 22s. 3d. payable at Christmas.
To the lord bishop of St. David's for his pension 66s. 8d.,
payable to the dean of Ultra-Ayron at Lampaderuaur on the
feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
To the chaplain of the church of St. David 18s., payable
to the commissary (? commar') of the same chaplain at St. David's
on the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
Synodals with procuration of the official 9s.
To the dean of Ultra-Haroyn for procuration 40s., but
not of right nor by true title; payable at the feasts of Christmas
and Easter equally.
Item, to the archdeacon of Bangor 15d. yearly, but the
payment thereof belongs to the vicar of Castlewalter and not to
the rector.
Assessment of the said church according to the assessment of
Northwych 28 marks, and as regards the tenths payable to the
King it is assessed at 100 marks.
Ordinary charges [fo. 43 (280)] of Lampadern-vaur:
The vicar there for his yearly pension at the 4 terms xx li.
Item, to the bishop of St. David's for indemnity, with
synodals v marks ixs. vjd.
Item, to the archdeacon of Cardigan for procuration 22s. 3d.,
and for indemnity ijs.
Item, to the chaplain of St. David's xviijs.
Extraordinary charges:
In payment of rent to the Prince 1s.
Item, to the King for one whole tenth, when it is due, x marks.
Sum total: xxxijli. xijs. ixd.
Inquisition taken by the steward of the abbot of Vale Royal
on Thursday [fo. 42d (279d)] next after the feast of SS. Fabian
and Sebastian [21 Jan. 1360–1] at Lampadern', to wit, by Rees
Bougham, Griffith ap Rees, John ap Eneas, vicar of Castelwalter,
Gronogh, chaplain, William Thloyde, David Vaghan, Jevan
Thloyde Vaghan, Griffith ap Robin, David ap Pillogh, Gurgwene
Bole and David Seyre, who say upon their oath that the said
abbot of Vale Royall is true rector of the church of Lampadernaur,
and their lord; and after these things, the abbot himself being
present, all the men aforesaid and the other tenants did their
fealty in full court, and acknowledged the said abbot to be rector
of Lampadern' and their lord. These things were done on
the aforesaid Thursday in the year of our Lord 1360, and the
34th year of the reign of King Edward the Third after the
Conquest.
[Collections of Tenths.]
In the Great Roll [fo. 43 (280)] of the first year of King Henry the
Fifth in reg' (sic) London, after Item Devon.
The abbot and convent of Vale Royal in the diocese of
Lichfield, impropriators of the parish church of Lampdern Vaur,
[appointed] collectors of a tenth and a half granted to King
Henry the Fourth by the clergy of the province of Canterbury
in the church of St. Paul, London, on the 26th of January
in the 2nd year of that King's reign, in the archdeaconry of
Cardigan, diocese of St. David's, owe £71, 18s. 3¾d. of the
same tenth and a half. But he ought not to be summoned
thereupon, by the King's writ enrolled in the Memoranda in the
second year of this King in Michaelmas term, rot. 4, in which it
is contained that the King of his especial grace pardoned
the now abbot of that place £71, 18s. 3¾d. for which he was
accountable of the aforesaid tenth and a half in the archdeaconry
aforesaid to the King at his exchequer, and by reason of the
appointment aforesaid. And moreover the King wills and
grants that as well the aforenamed now abbot as his successors
shall be quit and wholly discharged for ever to the King and his
heirs at the exchequer aforesaid as to the said £71, 18s. 3¾d.
for the tenth and a half aforesaid in the archdeaconry aforesaid,
provided always that from this time forward no sums of money
shall be raised or collected in any way on account of the tenth
and a half aforesaid in the archdeaconry aforesaid by the
aforenamed now abbot or his successors, or their servants or
deputies whomsoever. And they are quit.
The abbot and convent of Vale Royal, collectors of the
moiety of a tenth granted to King Henry the fourth by the clergy
on the 6th day of October in the fifth year of his reign in the
archdeaconry of Chester for the county of Chester in the diocese
of Coventry and Lichfield, render account of ljli. iijs. 6¾d.
of the same moiety in the Michaelmas term, and £51, 2s. 6d. (fn. 8)
pardoned to the said abbot and convent by the King's writ enrolled
in the Memoranda of the second year of this King in the
Michaelmas term, rot. iiij, and by direction of the Barons noted
in the Memoranda of the Treasurer's Remembrancer in the said
second year, to wit, among the records of Michaelmas term,
ro. xij. And they owe 12¾d.
[The following are the royal pardons referred to:]
Fo. 63.
The King to all to whom these present letters shall come
[greeting]. Know ye that whereas Stephen, late abbot of Vale
Royal in the diocese of Lichfield, impropriator of the parish
church of Lampadarn vaur, was appointed collector of a tenth
and a half, granted to Henry, late King of England, our father,
by the clergy of the province of Canterbury in the church of
St. Paul, London, on the 26th day of January in the second year
of the reign of the aforesaid late King, in the archdeaconry
of Cardigan, diocese of St. David's, and although some sums
of the money of the tenth and a half aforesaid could not be
raised by the aforesaid late abbot on account of the rebellion then
existing in the archdeaconry aforesaid, nor, as we are more at
large informed, can they yet be levied by our well-beloved in
Christ the now abbot of Vale Royal, nevertheless the said
now abbot is heavily distrained and frequently annoyed by distresses of our exchequer to render an account to us of the tenth
and a half aforesaid; we, considering the premises, of our especial
grace have pardoned to the said now abbot £71, 18s. 3¾d. concerning which he is accountable to us at our exchequer for
the tenth and a half aforesaid by reason of the appointment
aforesaid. Willing and granting that as well the aforesaid late
abbot as the aforenamed now abbot and his successors shall
be quit and for ever wholly discharged as regards us and
our heirs at our exchequer aforesaid of the [fo. 43d (280d)]
said £71, 18s. 3¾d. for the tenth and a half aforesaid. Provided
always that no sums of money shall from this time forth
be raised or collected in any way on account of the tenth
and a half aforesaid in the archdeaconry aforesaid, [by] the now
abbot or his successors, their servants or deputies whomsoever.
In witness whereof etc. these our letters etc. Witness myself at
Leicester on the 21st day of May in the second year [1414]. (fn. 9)
The King to all to whom these present letters shall come,
greeting. Know ye that of our especial grace and in recompense
for xxti barrels of wine being in arrears to our well-beloved
in Christ the abbot and convent of Vale Royal of those two
barrels of wine granted to them by the charters of our progenitors,
formerly Kings of England, which we have confirmed as is said,
to be received every year out of our right prise at our city
of Chester by the hands of our justiciar there for the time being,
as we are more at large informed, we have granted to the same
abbot £51, 2s. 6d. for which he was accountable to us at our
exchequer for half a tenth, granted to Henry, late King of
England, our father, by the clergy of the province of Canterbury
in the church of St. Paul, London, on the 6th day of October
in the 5th year of his reign [1403] in the archdeaconry of
Chester. Willing further and granting that the aforenamed
abbot and his successors shall be quit and wholly discharged for
ever as regards us and our heirs at our exchequer of the said
£51, 2s. 6d. for the said half of a tenth in the archdeaconry aforesaid. In witness whereof etc. Witness myself at Leicester on
the 20th day of May in the second year etc. [1414].
[Claims against lords of Dutton and Lostock.]
Order was given to the bailiff of the liberty of Weverham
on behalf of the Lord Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester to
cause liiijs, to be raised from the land and chattels of Sir Peter
de Dutton, knight, in his bailiwick, to the use of the Prince
aforesaid, for free rent which he owes for divers lands and tenements which he holds in Dutton from the abbot of Vale Royal
and the convent of that place by knight's service and by a rent
of 2s. yearly, payable every year at the feast of the Nativity of
St. John the Baptist, which rent is in arrears and unpaid for
twenty-seven years now last past; and also £26, 13s. 8d. from
the land and chattels of Thomas le Grosvenour, chivaler, to the
use of the Prince aforesaid, for free rent which he owes for
divers lands and tenements (fn. 10) which he holds from the abbot and
convent aforesaid by knight's service and by a rent of 17s. by the
year, payable at the four terms of the year, to wit, at Christmas,
iiijs. iijd., at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary 4s. 3d., at
the Nativity of St. John the Baptist iiijs. iijd., and at Michaelmas
4s. 3d.; and likewise 5s. yearly at the feast of St. Martin for
pannage, which rent and pannage are in arrears for the time
aforesaid. And also to cause 10li. 12s. to be raised from the land
and chattels of the same Thomas for divers fines and amercements for his suit which he owes at the court of Weverham, as
appears in the court rolls of Weverham of his own time. And also
to cause to be raised from the lands of the coparceners of Acton
in his bailiwick 27s. for free rent being in arrears for the time
aforesaid, to wit, for every year 1s. And also to cause to be
raised from the lands and chattels of Hugh de Knuttesford (fn. 11) in his
bailiwick £6, 9s. which he owes for divers lands and tenements
which he holds in Twemlow at the yearly terms, to wit, the
terms of St. Martin in the Winter, the Nativity of St. John the
Baptist and St. Martin last past; and also 27s. of the free rent
of Weverham being in arrear for the time aforesaid, to wit,
every year 1s. And to have those sums at Weverham on Tuesday
next after the feast of the Conception of the B.V.M. now
next coming, to give to Richard de Manley, escheator of the
aforesaid Prince and one of the said Prince's commissioners, and
to inform the aforenamed escheator at Weverham at the term
aforesaid what he shall have done herein, sending this precept
there at the same time. Given at Weverham on the 12th day
of November in the 10th year of the reign of King Henry the
Fourth after the Conquest of England [1408].
There is due to the abbot of Vale Royal for free rent of
Allostock from the feast of the Annunciation of the B.V.M. in
the fourth year of the reign of Richard the Second late King of
England until the same feast in the fifth year of the reign of
King Henry the Fourth, for 22 years past, every year 22s.
Total: £24, 2s. Out of which sum Thomas Hobson has paid
for 5 years past every year 7s. 4d. Total paid by him:
£22, 5s. 4d., which sum Sir Thomas le Grosvenor, knight,
who now is, is bound to pay to the aforesaid abbot of Vale
Royal [1404].
Item [fo. 44 (281)], on Saturday next after the feast of
St. Edward the King in the 33rd year of the reign of King
Edward, son of King Henry the Third [1305], Robert le
Grosvenour did his homage and fealty to John, abbot of Vale
Royal, for all the lands and tenements of Lostock, and acknowledged that he held the manor of Lostock wholly from the manor
of Weverham for homage and service and fealty, and by the
service of one knight's fee, and suit at the court of Weverham
every fortnight, and 17s. yearly [to be paid] to the manor of
Weverham at the four terms of the year, to wit, at Christmas
4s. 3d., at the feast of the Annunciation of the B.V.M. 4s. 3d.,
at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist 4s. 3d., and at
the feast of St. Michael the Archangel 4s. 3d.; and 5s. at the
feast of St. Martin every year.
Item, on Thursday next after the feast of the Conversion of
St. Paul the Apostle in the 47th year of the reign of King
Edward the Third after the Conquest [27 Jan. 1372–3], Robert
le Grosvenour did his homage and fealty to Stephen, abbot of
Vale Royal, for all the lands and tenements of Lostock, and
acknowledged he holds the manor of Lostock as in form abovewritten. See previous entry, fo. 31 above [p. 62].
Item, the same Sir Thomas le Grosvenour gave to the aforesaid abbot of Vale Royal for the service of one knight's fee, 100s.
Item, the same Sir Thomas le Grosvenour, knight, gave to
the same abbot for his divers amerciaments and defaults in the
court of Weverham, and because he had not done suit at the
aforesaid court every fortnight for five years past, as appears in
the court rolls of Weverham, £10, 12s.
Grosvenor, total of debt, £26, 13s. 8d.
From Sir Peter de Dutton, knight, for the free rent of Dutton for
27 years, to wit, 2s. every year, 54s.
For the free rent of Acton for the same time, 27s.
For the free rent of Nether Pever for 2 years, 2s.
For the free rent of Weverham for 27 years, 27s.