APPENDIX F.
TO SHOW THAT THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL WAS A
GREAT HONOR OR LAND BARONY1 - Orig. Abb. 7 Edward. II. Roll. 8.
The King took the fealty of Joan Crispyn, sister and heiress of Roger Crispyn, deceased, for the Hamlet of Hemeston Arundel, which the same Roger, her brother, held of the King in chief, ut de Comitatu Cornubiæ, in manu Regis existente, by the service of 50 shillings, to be paid annually, at the Castle of Launceston, for all services, &c.
2 - Pasc fines, 9 Edward II. Rot. 113, Cornwall.
Richard de Okveare, brother and heir of Roger de Okveare, gives to the Lord the King 12s. 6d. for his relief, for all lands and tenements which the said Roger held of the King in capite, on the day on which he died, and for which the said Richard did fealty to the King, as is contained in the " Originalia" for the 8th year of the now King, viz., for a fourth part of the Manor of Rillaton, which the said Richard held of the King in capite, ut de Comitatu Cornubiæ, in manu Regis existente, by the service of 2s. a year, and by the service of doing suit at the Court of Rillaton, from month to month, and of finding one man every fourth year, for waiting upon the Bailiff of the said Manor, for levying debts for pleas and for perquisites of courts, as the aforesaid Richard acknowledged, but the aforesaid Richard says, that Richard de Polhampton, late Steward of Cornwall, levied the said l2s, 6d. for a
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relief ; and so it was found in Richard de Polhampton's account of the issues of the Steward- ship aforesaid, for the 8th year.
3 - Orig. Abb. 4 Edward III. Roll. 6.
The King to Simon de Bereford, &c., greeting. Whereas we have been informed by an Inquisition, &c., that Ralph Beaupre, deceased, held of William de Chambernoun, whose lands are in our hands, by &c., one parcel of land in the Manor of Penlyne, by homage and fealty, for all services, and of Isabella, Queen of England, our most dear mother, the Manor of Trenewith, together with Trewythay, as of the Honor of Launceston, as of the County of Cornwall, by the service of the half of one Knight's fee, and four acres Cornish in Tremello, in soccage, by the service of doing suit at the Court of the said Queen of Rillaton, from three weeks to three weeks, for all service. And one parcel of land in the Manor of Penlyne, as of the Honor aforesaid, by the service of rendering at the Castle of Launceston, sixpence per annum for all service. And of the Bishop of Exeter, the Manor of Laneskely, by the service of the half of one Knight's fee, and divers other lands, &c. And that John Beaupre, son of the said Ralph, is his next heir, and of the age of two years, &c. We command you that they be retained, &c.
4 - Patent Roll, 12 Edward III. Part 1, Mem. 2.
The King to a11 to whom, &c. greeting. Know ye that whereas in lieu of the Castle and Honor of the High Peak with the chase and other appurtenances in the Counties of Nottingham and Derby, £100 of yearly rent which the Abbot and Convent of Hayles render, &c. which lately, among other places, we assigned to Isabella, Queen of England, our most dear Consort, to have in dower or dowry, and which our same Consort afterwards at our command surrendered into our handy, we did grant and assign to her the County of Cornwall and the office of the Sheriffdom there with appurtenances to have in dower or dowry, together with the other places so assigned by us, as in our Letters Patent thereof made to our aforesaid Consort more fully is contained. We, willing to show more abundant grace to the same our Consort in this behalf, have granted to her for us and our heirs, that she henceforth may have and hold the aforesaid County with the appurtenances, together with the Knights' fees, advowsons of religious houses, hospitals, churches and chapels, wardships, marriages, escheats, chases, parks, assarts and purprestures, and that she may have in the same County and the fees of the same, the return of all writs and summons of us and our heirs, and all fines, ransoms and amercements of all the men and tenants of the County aforesaid, and the fees of the same, and forfeited issues and all things which to us and our heirs can pertain of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, in whatever courts of us and our heirs it shall happen that such men and tenants do make fines and ransoms or be amerced, or the like issues, murders, forfeitures, year, day, and waste be adjudged, as well before us and our heirs and in the Chancery of us and our heirs as before the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer of us and our heirs, and before the Justices in Eyre of us and our heirs for Common Pleas and Pleas of the Forest, and also before other the justices and ministers of us and our heirs whomsoever ; so that the same Isabella may be able to levy, perceive, and have by the hands other bailiffs and ministers without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or the bailiffs or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever, the fines, ransoms and amercements of the men and tenants aforesaid, and forfeited issues and all things which to us and our heirs can pertain of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders in the aforesaid County, and the fees of the same which shall happen to be made or adjudged before the justices in Eyre for Common Pleas and Pleas of the Forest, by estreats of the same justices on their circuits to be delivered thereof to the same bailiffs and ministers, and also the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the men and tenants aforesaid, and forfeited issues and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders in the aforesaid County, and the fees of the same which shall happen to be made or adjudged before us and our heirs, or in the Chancery of us and our heirs, or before the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer of us and our heirs, or before the justices or other the ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever, by estreats of the Exchequer of us and our heirs to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and ministers of the aforesaid Isabella by the hands of the Sheriffs of the County aforesaid, and of the other counties in which the fees of that Countv lie. And that she may have in the same County, and the fees of the same, the chattels of felons and fugitives, so that if any of her men or tenants for his delict ought to lose life or member, or shall fly or be unwilling to stand to judgment, or shall commit any other delict for which he ought to lose his chattels, wheresoever justice shall hereupon be done, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or in any other court, such chattels shall belong to the aforesaid Isabella, and it shall be lawful for the same Isabella or her ministers to take possession of the chattels aforesaid, and them retain to the use of the same Isabella without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or the Sheriffs or other Bailiffs or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. In testimony whereof, &c. Witness the King at York on the 20th day of January.
By the King himself.
5 - Pipe Roll. 22 Hen. II. Devonsh.
Comes Reginaldus debet £215 6s. 8d. de Scutagio militum suorum de Cornubia et Devonia sed Honor est in manu Regis. See 1 Madd. Exch. p. 642.
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