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fcjUTHLAXTON.] S H E A ibecame possessor thereof, in frank marriage withAgnes, or Anne *, daughter of Lucas Qpatermarjh,or Quadremare, lord of Gadeby and Cole-Orton, co.Lcic.; the firit of which manors was parcel of thefee of Winton, and the other of the fee of Marmyon.

" Sciant presences & futuvi, quod ego Lucas deQuadremaris dedi Willielmo de Charnells, cum Agnctefilia mea in maritagio, totam meam terram fn Schevese-bia; scilicet, quicquid habeo in dominio vel inservitio,liberam & quietam in omnibus libertatibus & liberisconsuetudinibus, illi & heredibus fuis de Agnete filianiea, salvo forinseco fervitio ; & terram meam inThorp Ernaldi, scilicet 111 virgatas terre &c duos soli -dos in messuagio Ricardi Clientis. Et si predictam ter-ram non possum warrantizare illi vel heredibus fuis,ego vel heredes mei exchambiemus ad valorem pre-face terre de hereditate mei in Anglia. Et quia voloquod hoc a me geftum ratum habeatur in pofterum,sigilli mei impreffione confirmo. Hiis teftibus; Tho-ma de Astingis, Ricardo de Astingis, Olivero Sera-cen', Walchalino de Maneceftre, Roberto Burdet,Roberto Araber, Petro Giffard, Milone de Astingis,Baldwino de Charnels, Roberto de Igwarebia, Wil-lielmo Griffin, Ricardo Goe, & multis aliis *."

" Willielmus de Quadremaris confirmat cartampatris fui Luce de Qnadremaris de predictis terris.Testibus; Willielmo Schaurees, Willielmo filio Ro-berti, Roberto filio Willielmi, Roberto deBringhurst,Ricardo des Davs, Adamo filio Willielmi, Henricode Sutton, Roberto de Schaurees, Hugone Nobili,Rogero de Crasnill, Simone de Bofco, 8c mulcis aliis3*"

1 he Segiave Chartulary nocices a grant of Saherde Quenci, to Hugo de Cbaucomj? and hi-j heirs, oftwo carueates of land in Svevefby, to be held of thesaid Saher and his heirs by the annual rent of a poundof curriiri at Easter, or 4^. instead thereof, in lieu ofall services, excepto forinfeco*.

An Inquisition being taken in 1270, on the deathof Roger de Quincy ear! of Winton, he was found todie seised of one quarter of a knight's fee here inShearfby, of the yearly value of es. which Roger deChaucombs held; though I am inclined to chink thiscarl had larger possessions here ; for by a roll, drawnup in the subsequent reign of king Edward I. it isevident that this manor (or rather township) was oftwo fees ; which record I have here transcribed fromMr. Burton,' who doubtless had seen the original, ora faithful transcript from i t :

"Shevefby est deduobisfeodis, Wintonie ScMarmion.De feodo Winton' Rogerus fiiius Rogeri de Trum-

pinton habet undecim virgatas terre & dimidiam invillenagio, quas duodecira fervi tenent, & unum mo-lendinum ventriticuirii

Item, in libera tenura, tres virgatas terre & dimi-diam, quas tres tenentes tenent de eodem.

Et dictus Rogerus tenet de Rogero patre fuo, &Rogerus pater de comitiffd Groby, & comitissa dcrege in capite.

Item, dicunt quod prior de Ware habet in eademocto virgatas terre de eodem feodo, que tenencur invillenagio per octo servos.

Item, Rogerus Hi . . tenet in eadem unam caru-catam terre de eodem feodo de priore de Ware, perservicium xoi. per annum, & prior de heredibus co-miris Wintonie, & heredes de rege in capite.

Unde totum feodum, cum omnibus tenentibus pre-nominatis, refpondet in feutagiis & omnibus servieiisheredibus comitis Wintonie pro quarta parte uniusfeodi, una cum sex virgatis terre in Whefton, quasSerlo de Trumpeton tenuit.

De feodo Marmyon, Willielmus Charnells tenet ineadem de Nicolao de Charnells, & Nicolaus de Willi-elmo Maleward, & Willielmus de Philippo Marmyon,& Philippus de Rege per quartam partem unius feodimilitis, una cum unft carucata terre in Mowfley, 8cuna carucata terre in Elmefthorpe, cum quodam mo-lendino ventritico quod Ricardus Gobian tenet dedicto Willielmo ; & suntin eadem virgate terregeldabilcs de feodo Marmyon, unde una carucata

datur Hofpitali Jerusalem per Petrum liefer. IdeitiPetrus eandem terram tenet & dat' per annum auxiliovicecomitis ins . ixcT. visus franci plegii its.

Item, de feodo Marmion, Willielmus Charnelstenet in eadem decem virgatas terre in dominico.

Item in villenagio sex virgatas terre, quas sex fervitenent. Item in libero t'enemehto unam virgatam terre& dimidiam, quas sex hberi tenentes tenent de eoderrr,& duo . . . .

Item, Willielmus fiiius Petri tenet in eftdem unarrivirgatam terre de eodem feodo tie Hofpitale de Jeru-salem, & dictus Hofpitalisde dicto Willielmo, & Wil-lielmus de Nicholao de Charnels, & Nicholaus deWillielmo Maureward, & Willielmus de PhilippoMarmion, & Philippus de rege in capite.

Et dictus Willielmus refpotidet pro fe & tenen-tibus fuis in feutagio & fervicio pro quarta paneunius feodi, una cum una carucata terre in Mouiele,& una carucata in Ailmesthorpei cum quodam molen-dino ventritico.

Ricardus Gobion tenef in eadem de dicto Willielmo:Non habet warrenam, nee pifeariam, nee boscurri,

nee feriam, &c.Et est ibi capella pendens ad ecclefiam de Knaptofr,

& dotata est de duabus virgatis terre 5."This Roll seems to be the return made by an inquest

or jury convened together for ascertaining and de-scribing the quality and tepure of this place, and thewords terra geldabiles are worthy some observation.They seem to import lands that were liable to pay atax or tribute; but what land shall we find that, inone fense or other, is not subject to the payment ofsuch impositions? It must therefore have a farthersignification ; and in an old MS. quoted by Manley6,geldabiles terra are such lands as are sub diJlriSlionecuria vicecomitis; and the words das auxilio vkeco-tnitis, ai the latter end of tins roH, affuid reasonablefoundation to think we must understand the words ofthis sentence in that fense here: sometimes lands may,indeed, be said to be non geldabiles, when they areeccle/iÆ donatcn

The Roll of king Edward I. mentions the KnightsHospitallers of Jerusalem to have had one carucatfeof land here j but of whose donation, or at what timeit was made, I have not been able yet to discover*

The abbot and convent of St. Mary de Gratis atLeicester had the privilege of fishing in the greatpool of Groby four times in a year, on the eve of thetour festivals of the Virgin Mary; which they com-muted with Roger de §uincy, lord of Groby, for anannual payment secured to them from the lordshipsof Hemington and Shevesby; as appears by the fol-lowing extract from their antient Register :

" Schevifby capella est de Knaproft, habens sepuf-turam, & capellanum continue resideiuem ; & omnia fa-cramentalia excepte crifmate, ut in Matriculo Episoopi.

Habemus cartam Rogeri Quincy m qua aturnavicxs. reddituiJ quas prior de Chacombe sibi reddere con-fuevit extunc domino abbati Leyc' & conventui permanus suas annuatim reddi, &c. ut in canA n a libiidc Chartwary. Et dictus prior de Chacombe cenet inSchevifby de dicto cornice, ut oicitur, yil.i vtrgatasterre, in quibus posiiimus distringere pro picdictored-ditu, icilicet xs< ut patet in carta ejutcieiu comitis.

Et dictus prior tenet ibidem quartam partem uniu-sfeodi militis, iicut Jiabetur in parcicipacione fcodorummilitum de hereditate Rogeri Quincy, &c.

Habemus in Schevifby & in Hemington, per cartamde Quincy, pro quieta clamatione pifeationis quarafolebamus habere in magoo vivario de Groby, quaterin annos, scilicet, in vigili^ quatuor festivitatuni BeateMarie, xms . imct. &c. scilicet, de priore de Cha-̂comba xs. pro terra quam tenet de predicto Rogerode Quincy, & ms. mid1, in Schevifby de HugoneDerby & particibus fuis, pro terra quam tenent deipso in Hemingtona, 8cc. Et habemus plenariam po-testatem per dictam cartam ad distringend' tenementapredictarum prioris & Hugonis, Stc. pro predicto ied-ditu, &c. ut in carift 7."

1 See the Pedigree of Charucll in Dugdale's Warwickfliire, sub Bilton j and also p. lao, vol. 1. ed. 17J1* S. lloper, ex veteri MS. iu folio temp. Hen. I I . penes ieipi'uui, p. 7.4 Appendix to vol. I I . p . 115. 5 Inq. 7 Edw. I . " Edit. 1701.

3 Ibid. p. 16.7 Charyte's Reutale, sol. cxxviii.

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