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Y Are ° E Co the Pa«Of * K HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF LEICESTER, t$t u This sware the chancellor of England "; £arl of Leicester, " That he will seal no brief, except brief of coursej Earl of Gloucester, Without the commandment of the king and of his Earl Mareschal, counsel that shall be present; nor will he seal the Peter of Savoy, gift of a great ward, nor of a great nor of Earl of Albemarle,, escheats, without the assent of the great-council, or of Earl of Warwick, the greater part; nor will he seal any thing that may Earl of Hereford, be contrary to the ordinance which is made, and shall John Mansel, be made, by the twenty and four, or by the greater John Fitz-Geossry, part; and that he will do nothing for hire in manner Peter de Montfort, as is devised to others; and that2 a companion shall Richard de Grey, be afforded him in the form that the council (hall Roger de Mortimer, provide." Jacob D'Audley." "This is the oath which the wardens of'castles « The twelve on the part of the king elected two tQ, L, • from the part of the commons : , JV* , Cy re castleS ?fthe kin£ wil1 truly and in The earl Roger the Mareschal, good faith keep for the use of the king and of his Hueh de Bigot, heirs 3." s (e TV c „„ ., y. i arer c ,e co .. c the" PAna do f the ipartkiy for the commons elected two on ltf . ° P « Th*e earil of Warwick, The archb^op of Canterbury, John Mansel. Bilhop of Worcester, •* . * Henry de Wengham was the new chancellor. * Acohipanion, associate, or coadjutor, viz. the keeper of the great seal. 3 See below, nete *. 4 The followihg documents appear among our printed records : •' The king to Richard earl of Gloucester, greeting. Whereas we have lately granted to the nobles and grandees of oflr realm, by our oath taken Upon our soul, that, by twelve of our lieges of our council already elected, of which you are one, and by other twelve elected on the part of the nobles, be made the reformation and ordination of the state of our realm, to the- honour of God, our fealty, and the profit of our realm, according to what they shall see most expedient; and we have, ne^ vertheless, promised our aforesaid nobles and grandees, that the said reformation and ordination, by the aforesaid twenty-four to bo done, we will have rated and firm, and will cause the same to be held and inviolably observed ; we command you, in the fealty and love whereby you are bound to us, and under the debt of the oath made to us, that you do riot omit without delay to treat with the others, as you desire to avoid for ever the indignation of ourselves and our heirs; for^ we firmly promise, for us and our heirs, that, if you shall proceed to the reformation and ordination aforesaid, in nothing we or our heirs against you or your* will be moved ; but we and our heirs aforesaid in this behalf will keep you harmless. In testimony whereof, &c. Witness, the king at Oxon, the 22 day of June." Pat. 42 Hen. III. m. 6. Brady's History of England, vol. I. in App. N° 192. *' The bishop of London has similar letters." " Henry de Wengharri, dean of St. Martin, London, has similar letters. " The king to John Mansel, treasurer of York, greeting. Whereas, &c. (as above) to u reformation and ordination by the aforesaid twenty-four, and them, or the greater part of them, to be done;" we will have rated and firm, even for ever ; and whereas you, together with the earl of Warwick, Roger le Bigod, earl of Norfolk, and our mareschal of England, and Hugh le Bigod, are elected, by the aforesaid twenty-four, to nominate those who ought to be of our council, and after- wards to present those upon whom you four, or three of you, shall agree, to our other co-ordinators; that you altogether, of the major part of you, those same to be deputed to our council, may confirm or infirm : We command you, firmly injoining in the fealty whereby you are held to us, that, together with the said earls, and Hugh aforesaid, to nominate our council, as is above expressed, do proceed without delay as the Lord shall inspire you; asyou would be willing to avoid our indignation, and that of our heirs, that, for the reformation and ordination aforesaid, and for the nomination of our council, as is above expressid, you do proceed ; in nothing we, &c. as above. Witness, &c. as above." Like letters are directed to Roger le Bigod, earl of Norfolk, and mareschal of England. Like letters are directed to Hugh le Bigod, justiciar of England. Like letters are directed to John de Plessetis, earl of Warwick. Brady, ut supra. •' The form of the oath which the wardens of castles of England above written must take (Brady's Hist. Appendix, p. 217. Pat. 42 Hen. III.) : ** They (hall swear upon the Holy Evangelists, that they the castles of the king truly and in good faith will keep to the tise of the king and his heirs, and that they will render them to the king or to his heirs, and to no other; and this by the council, and in no other manner, that is to fay, by prode men of our land elected for his council, or by the greater part; and this form above written shall endure for twelve years, and thenceforward by this establishment and this oath they shall not be restrained, but may frankly surrender any of them to the king, or to his heirs kings of England." " The king to all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that, by the counsel of our grandees, we have committed to our beloved and liege Richard de Gray, our castle of Dover, with the appurtenances, to keep in form, pro- vided by us and the said grandees. In witness, &c. Witness the king at Oxon, 22 day of June. And a warrant was sent to Nicholas de Mel, that the said castle he should deliver to said Richard to be warden thereof, together with the stores and arms of the said castle, by indenture between said Nicholas and Richard. In witness, Sic. as above." " In the fame manner the castle of Northampton, with appurtenances, was committed to Ralph Basset, of Sapcote, to keep in form aforesaid. In witness, &cz. as above. And Hugh de Manly received command to deliver it, &c. as abore. "In like manner, " The castle of Corf was committed to Stephen Lungefpeye, in the room of Elias de Rabaine, ordered to quit; " The castle of Scarborough to Gilbert de Gaunt, in the room of Robert de Nevil; ' •• The castle of Nottingham to William Bardulph, in tfes room of William de Gray; " The castle of Hereford to John de Gray, in the room of Henry de Peneling ; n The castle of Exeter to Henry de Tracy, in the room of Robert de Paytenin ; " The castle of Sarurr. to Robert Walerant, in the room of John de Vernon ; • " The tower of London to Hugh le Bigod, justiciar, in the room of Imbert Ptigeis ; " The castle of Hadleigh to Richard de Rokele, in the room of Ebulo de Geneur ; " The castle of Winton to William de Clare, in the room of Jacob le Savage. The said William afterwards died % and oa the Lord's day, after the feast of St. Peter ad vincula, came, on ihe part of the said William John l'Estrange, jun. before the king and his council, and delivered to him the said castle of Winton ; and the king on that day, by his council, committed the said castle, with the appurtenances, to Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, to keep in form aforesaid j and mandate veit sent to Thomas de Don, constable of the said castle, that he should deliver to the said earl that castle, to keep the same. " In the same manner were committed to Richard de Gray the cinque ports of the lord king, in the form by the king and aforesaid grandees provided. In witness, &c. the 23d day of June. And Nicholas de Molis ordered to quit. " And the barons and prode men of the king of Sandwich, Hyth, Dover, Hasting, and Romney, by the king's warrant, were ordered to be attendant upon, and observant of, the said Richard, as warden of the cinque ports aforesaid, in all things which appertained to that wardenfhip. " To Robert de Saundford was committed the castle of Porchester, in the room of William de Trublevill. *' To Peter de Montfort the castle of Bruges. " To John Fttz-Bernard the castle of Oxford, in the room of William Giffard. *' To Stephen Lungefpeye the castle of Shireburne, in the room of Walter Bruges." Brady's Hist. App. p. aig. [R r] " AB*.
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