REFERENCES ΤΟ PROOFS OF BARONS' SITTINGS, &c. ANNO 1277.-Vol. I. p. 224.-Claus. 6 Edw. I. m. 5. dorso. Memorandum quod in Parliamento Regis Edwardi apud Westm' in festo Sancti Mich'is auno regni ejusdem Regis sexto in presenciâ Episcoporum Wynton', Dunelm', Hereford', Norwic', Prioris Provincial' Ordinis Fratrum Predicatorum in Anglia, Decani Sarum, Magistri Thome Bek, Willielmi de Valencia, Avunculi Regis, Comitum Cornub', Glouc', Waren, Warr, & de Karrik, & aliorum multorum; venit Alexander Rex Scocie, filius Alexandri quondam Regis Scocie, ad predictum Edwardum Regum Angliæ, apud Westm' in Camerâ ejusdem Regis, & ibidem optulit idem Rex Scocie eidem Regi Anglie devenire Hominem suum ligeum, & facere ei homagium suum, & illud ei fecit in hec verba, &c, Anno 1290.-Vol. I. p. 25.-18 Edw. I. Memorand' quod in crastino Sancto Trinitatis, anno regni Regis decimo octavo in pleno Parliamento ipsius Domini Regis, Robertus Bathon' et Wellens' (&c.) Episcopi, Edmundus frater Domini Regis, Will'us de Valenc' Comes Penebrok, &c. Robertus de Tipetot Reginaldus de Grey Johannes de Sancto Johanne Rogerus de Monte alto & ceteri magnates & proceres tunc in Parliamento existentes, pro se & communitate totius regni, quantum in ipsis est, concesserunt Domino Regi ad filiam suam primogenitam maritand', quod ipse Dominus Rex percipiat & habeat tale auxilium, & tantum quale & quantum Dominus Henricus Rex Pater suus percepit & habuit de Regno, &c. Note. The earliest List of Summonses to Parliament now extant, except that of 49 Hen. III. is in the 22d Edw. I. or rather, perhaps, the 23d, as it may be questioned whether the Summons of 22d of that King was to a Parliament, although it has been admitted as such at the Bar of the House of Lords *. It is consequently impossible to prove that any of the individuals mentioned in the two foregoing extracts were Barons, by shewing that they were summoned as such to the Parliaments held in the 6th and 18th Edw. I. respectively. But it is not unreasonable to conclude, that such of them as appear to have been summoned, either in the 22d or 23d Edw. I., or soon after, and continued to be so summoned during their lives, were Barons of Parliament in the 6th and 18th. In the List of persons present when the King of Scotland performed his homage anno 6 Edw. I. there is only one who answers this description, viz. Robert FitzWalter, who was summoned to Parliament 23 Edward I. and from that time regularly until his death. But of those who were consenting to the Aid granted to the King anno 18 Edward I. all except Robert Tibetot and William de Brewose were summoned to Parliament in subsequent years of that reign, and continued to be so summoned until their deaths, viz. Theobald de Verdon in the 22d, Reginald de Grey, John de Hastinges, Richard FitzJohn, Roger de Montalt, Walter de Huntercombe, and Nicholas de Segrave in the 23d, John de St. John in the 25th, and William de Latymer not till the 28th; but he appears to have been actively employed in the 22d and * In the case of the Barony of Roos. Vide "Clyvedon," p. 141. 25th Edward I. in the Wars of Gascony; and in the 26th and 27th in those of Scotland, where the King left him in the latter year to superintend the fortifying of Castles, which may account for his not having a Summons to Parliament before the 28th *. Robert de Tibetot, whose name occurs in both Lists, lived till the 26th Edw. I. without being summoned; but he appears also to have been much engaged in the wars of France or Scotland. His son, Payn Tibetot, was summoned to Parliament in 1 Edw. II.; as were his descendants down to the 44th Edw. III. William de Brewose died before 22 Edw. I. viz. anno 19, leaving a son and heir William, who was summoned anno 23, and continued to be so summoned to the period of his death. The List in 6 Edw. I. with the exception of Tibetot and Fitz-Walter, consists of the Judges of the several Courts, and probably the Officers of the Palaces. Neubaud was Chancellort, and Cobbeham and Wyleby Barons of the Exchequer; Hopton one of the Justices Itinerant; Weyland Chief Justice, and Lovetot, Brompton, and Heylun, Puisne Justices of the Common Pleas ; Hengham Chief Justice, and Wynborne and Stapleton, Puisne Justices of the King's Bench ‡. Sandwich appears to have been Keeper of the Wardrobe 49 Hen. III. and possibly retained that office; in the 18th Edw. I. he was Constable of the Tower of London §. The remaining seven, viz. Bek, Scardeburgh, Aspale, Holebroke, * In the Summonses of the 11th Edward III. thirteen Barons were omitted, because they were in Scotland, or beyond seas. In 46 Edw. III. and in divers years of King Henry V. few Earls and Barons were summoned, the King being then making war in France; and such omissions were thought to be no disparagement to their honour. Cruise, on Dignities, 2d Ed. § 42. p. 97. In the Claus. Roll of 10 Edward III. m. 1. dorso. is a memorandum, that the Writs of Summons directed to the Earl of Angus, Robert de Morley, Ralph de Stafford, and Anthony Lucy, were not sent, because they were in Scotland in obsequio Regis. Madox's History of the Exchequer, vol. II. p. 321. § Madox's History of the Exchequer, vol. I. p. 70. Sudleye, Fitz-Otes, and de Cadurcis *, are not sufficiently identified. Anno 1303.-Vol. I. p. 159. 33 Edw. I. TRIER OF PETITIONS: Sire Aymer de Valence. Anno 1304.-Vol. II. p. 267. 33 Edw. I. Claus. m. 13. dorso. "Ordinatio facta per D'n'm Regem super stabilitate terre Scocie;" reciting that the King had made known by the Bishop of Glagu, the Earl of Carrik, and others, that the Commonalty of Scotland should be assembled, and that a certain number of persons on the part of Scotland should come to the Parliament which the King had ordained to hold at Westminster, in Lent, within three weeks of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist then next ensuing, and which was held after two prorogations on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady‡; that certain Bishops, and others therein named, did appear at the said Parliament on behalf of the Commonalty of Scotland, and that certain English persons therein mentioned, were appointed to treat with them, &c. Amongst those persons summoned as Barons to that Parliament, were the following, viz. Mons'r Hugh le Despens' Mons'r Henry de Percy Mons'r Johan de Hastinggs, mes il ne poiet venir p' la maladie Mons'r Johan Boteturt Mons'r William Martyn. Anno 1306.-Vol. I. p. 188. 35 Edw. I. A List of Persons summoned to the Parliament held at Carlisle in the Octaves of St. Hilary, touching the State of Scotland and other affairs. The following Barons are distinguished by the word hic in the margin as present. Hugo le Despenser Hugo de Curtenay Will's de Ritbre Walt'us de Muncy * Query. If it was not this Patrick de Cadurcis, or Chaworth, who is mentioned as a Baron by Tenure in p. 119, and whose dau. and heir married Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster. This Patrick de Cadurcis died in 1282, thirteen years before Writs of Summons (excepting that of 49 Hen. III.) appear on record. + 8 Sept. 1305. |