^{page 235 note 1} Folio 63b is blank.

^{page 235 note 2} For MS. 38 July.

^{page 238 note 1} Oliver de Barton was made constable of Lincoln castle. He is being paid for this office in 1383–4 (D.L., Min. Acc. no. 4070).

^{page 239 note 1} For MS. “semaynes.”

^{page 240 note 1} Omitted from the transcript.

^{page 240 note 2} Parliament met at Westminster in October 1382 (Rot. Parl., iii, p. 132).Google Scholar

^{page 242 note 1} Repeated in MS.

^{page 244 note 1} Cf.no. 741. There was a house of Dominican Friars at Pontefract adjoining the priory (Baildon, , Religious Houses, ii, p. 34).Google Scholar

^{page 245 note 1} See note to no. 938.

^{page 246 note 1} In the ministers' accounts for the duke's lands in Lincolnshire in 1382 we read that the prior of Friston claimed to hold land in free alms, and came to Wrangle to show his charter (D.L., Min. Acc. 3894).

^{page 246 note 2} See note to no. 694.

^{page 247 note 1} A Cistercian house, founded in 1139. The abbot at this date was Thomas de Noafferton.

^{page 247 note 2} Newsham or Neuhous (Lincs.). The abbot was William de Teleby (C.P.R., 6 10 1381.)Google Scholar

^{page 249 note 1} The abbey of Holy Cross, Waltham, Essex. The abbot at this time was Nicholas Moreys, or Morris (1379–90).

^{page 249 note 2} Sic MS.

^{page 250 note 1} In 1382 the duke was preparing for an expedition to Spain to make another effort to gain the throne of Castile; but this was stopped by the failure of the expedition sent out under the earl of Cambridge, and parliament in 1383 opposed further attempts (Armitage-Smith, pp. 268–9).

^{page 251 note 1} John de Scarle, afterwards chancellor of Henry IV, was a clerk in the king's chancery (C.P.R., 28 06 1378Google Scholar, May 1380; C.C.R., 26 08 1382Google Scholar, June 1383, April 1385). He had been parson of Holm near the sea in Norfolk, which he left when presented to St. Mary's, South Kelsey, Lines., in 1379 (C.P.R., 19 07 1379Google Scholar). In 1382 he was presented to the church of King's Newton in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield (C.P.R., 14 Aug. 1382), but the grant was revoked by the king (C.C.R., 26 08 1382Google Scholar) and later in the year he was presented to Desburgh in Lincs. (C.P.R., 28 Oct.).

^{page 252 note 1} He held this office at least from 1371 (Reg. I, 1812Google Scholar) till 1375 (Reg. I, 676).Google Scholar

^{page 253 note 1} Robert de Plesington had evidently been dismissed from office for some serious offence. He did eventually receive pardon from the king in 1383 (Rot. Parl., iii, p. 164Google Scholar). This was not apparently his first offence, for on 25 July 1381 he received general pardon from the duke (Cal. Pat. Rolls, Duchy of Lanc., no. 19, Deputy Keeper's Reports, xl).Google Scholar

^{page 253 note 2} For MS. “matenant.”

^{page 253 note 3} This is followed in the MS. by “par endenture,” which has been crossed through.

^{page 254 note 1} This clause is added in the margin.

^{page 254 note 2} Sic MS.

^{page 254 note 3} These twenty-seven words are crossed through.

^{page 255 note 1} “Piper” in marginal heading.

^{page 255 note 2} Sic MS.

^{page 258 note 1} Pleshey castle in Essex was the chief seat of the earl, of Buckingham. His elder daughter was called Anne, and his second Joan.

^{page 259 note 1} MS. “justices.”

^{page 260 note 1} A blank space is left here in the MS.

^{page 260 note 2} See Appendix i—R. S.

^{page 261 note 1} Rot Parl., iii, p. 134, 15.Google Scholar

^{page 261 note 2} MS. “bille.”

^{page 262 note 1} A gap left in the MS. The marginal heading has simply “Pur Adam, accatour.”

^{page 263 note 1} Richard Fitzalan, third earl of Arundel (1346–97), was the son of Eleanor, daughter of Henry earl of Lancaster, who married Richard Fitzalan, second earl.

^{page 264 note 1} The prior at the date was Alexander de Tottington, elected in April 1382 after the resignation of Nicholas de Hoo.

^{page 266 note 1} Robertsbridge was a Cistercian abbey. The abbot's name is uncertain (Dugdale, v, p. 661; Tanner, p. 1231), but probably it was Abbot Giles (Cal. Charter Rolls, iv, p. 376).Google Scholar

^{page 267 note 1} Sic MS.

^{page 270 note 1} See note to no. 787.

^{page 272 note 1} There was a Henry ap Philippe who held this office as early as 1380 (no. 185), but he may have been the father of the present man; in any case, he was not called esquire. The appointment of the man mentioned above was certainly made by letters patent on 7 April 1383 (1131).

^{page 273 note 1} The duke was most probably in Kenilworth at this date. He was at Haifield in March 1383.

^{page 274 note 1} Corpus Christi College, of which the duke was patron. It was founded in 1352 especially for the education of the clergy, and called at first St. Benets because it was near the church of St. Benedict. The duke of Lancaster was elected by the two gilds which founded it as alderman or president, and he obtained for them the royal licence (Mullinger, , History of the University of Cambridge, vol. i, p. 49Google Scholar, notes 3, 4).

^{page 275 note 1} This and the following three extracts are all shortened in the MS.

^{page 276 note 1} This and the following six extracts are all shortened in the MS.

^{page 279 note 1} “Reynold” in marginal heading.

^{page 279 note 2} No place is given in the MS.

^{page 280 note 1} Marginal heading: “Pur sire William Oke garderober.”

^{page 280 note 2} Half of f. 74b, and the whole of f. 75a are blank.

^{page 281 note 1} Sic MS.

^{page 282 note 1} This was omitted by the transcript and by Miss Lodge.—R. S.

^{page 283 note 1} “Prior de Tuttebury” in marginal heading.

^{page 283 note 2} A Benedictine priory. The prior was probably John Bellaser (Dugdale, , iii, p. 289).Google Scholar

^{page 285 note 1} The duke is making a very curiously belated payment to a messenger, if this document is correctly dated, and the D.N.B. is right in saying that Humphrey, the only son of the earl of Buckingham, was born in 1381. Certainly the duke was in the north in 1381, on his way to and from Scotland, and might have received the news at Dunstanburgh; otherwise Humphrey's birth must have been in 1383.

^{page 288 note 1} No place is given in the MS.

^{page 289 note 1} Ff. 77b to 50b, 81b, 82 and 84 are blank.

^{page 290 note 1} “anno … tercio” added later.—R. S.

^{page 291 note 1} No place entered. Probably the Savoy.

^{page 292 note 1} On the death of the abbess Faith, the election of Agnes de Wick was confirmed by John of Gaunt, as patron of the Abbey of Lacock (Bowles, W. L. and Nichols, J. G., Annals of Lacock AbbeyGoogle Scholar). See no. 20.

^{page 293 note 1} There is only one entry on F. 85a, and F. 85b is blank.

^{page 293 note 2} Albert of Bavaria was a cousin through his mother Margaret, the sister of Edward III's wife Philippa of Hainault, who married the emperor Lewis of Bavaria. Albert became count of Holland and Hainault.

^{page 293 note 3} In 1379 Michael de la Pole went to Wenceslas king of the Romans to arrange a marriage between that king's sister and king Richard. On his way home he was taken prisoner, despite his safe-conduct; and in January 1380 envoys were sent from England to effect his ransom. He returned in 1381. This is alluded to at the time of king Richard's impeachment. (Rot. Parl., iii, p. 217a.)Google Scholar

^{page 294 note 1} This continues exactly as in no. 927.

^{page 295 note 1} Latin. The others are in French unless otherwise noted.

^{page 296 note 1} No place given in MS. Nos. 934 to 937 are abridged in MS.

^{page 296 note 2} Gilbert de Umfraville, the son of Robert earl of Angus, who had fought for Edward II and been disinherited by Robert Bruce in consequence. Gilbert, therefore, no longer held lands in Angus; but he had married Matilda de Lacy, and through her had obtained estates in Cumberland.

^{page 298 note 1} This entry is crossed through “quia per dominum Willelmum Oke.”

^{page 298 note 2} Unless it is otherwise noted the receipts are in French.

^{page 298 note 3} Charles II (the Bad), 1349–87.

^{page 299 note 1} No place is given in the MS.

^{page 299 note 2} Both these entries are abridged in the MS.

^{page 299 note 3} Ff. 90, 91b, 92 and 93 are blank.

^{page 300 note 1} All these grants are made by letters patent as no. 954.

^{page 303 note 1} The words in italics are crossed through, “de mandato domini.”

^{page 303 note 2} Presumably a slip for Thomas.

^{page 304 note 1} “Morton de” and “deinz … Nicole” added above line in original hand.

^{page 305 note 1} In Latin. “Pur Wautier atte grove, skynner,” marginal heading.

^{page 305 note 2} At first the last sentence was cancelled “de mandato domini.” Then the whole entry was cancelled “quia ex altera parte folii sequentis.” No. 983 contains the same entry, but with the service clause omitted.

^{page 306 note 1} Printed by Delpit, no. 284. “Par les mains … porcions” added in margin.

^{page 306 note 2} Both in this and in no. 1050 31 June is given, and the place noted as Knaresborough. It cannot be intended for 30 June 1380 when the duke was at the Savoy; or for 21 June 1381 when he was at Bamburgh on his way to Melrose. It should probably be 31 May 1381, when we have other evidence that he was at Knaresborough. It would be an easy mistake to make if the entry was made in June.

^{page 307 note 1} See note to no. 979.

^{page 310 note 1} MS. “noz.”

^{page 314 note 1} Ff. 99–102 are blank.

^{page 315 note 1} Ayloffe has written “wreck” in the margin, and Tusser has also marked the entry.—R. S.

^{page 318 note 1} Sic in MS.

^{page 321 note 1} This entry is crossed through “quia ex alia parte folii et sub alia forma.” See no. 1037.

^{page 321 note 2} For MS. “appurtenance.”

^{page 323 note 1} Cf. no. 1033.

^{page 328 note 1} Ff. 107 and 108 are blank.

^{page 328 note 2} No place given in the MS., but probably should be Kenilworth.

^{page 330 note 1} Probably 31 May 1381. See note to no. 982.

^{page 331 note 1} Ff. 110, 111 and 112 are blank.

^{page 331 note 2} “as termes … porcions,” omit.

^{page 331 note 3} Continuing as in 1051. This form being exactly the same in all such documents (except when occasionally abridged in the MS.), it has been omitted in the later extracts.

^{page 333 note 1} Repeated in MS.

^{page 334 note 1} This document should be compared with no. 1053. It is slightly differently worded, but very similar.

^{page 335 note 1} See nos. 1170 and 1182.

^{page 336 note 1} The heading is: “Commission pur oyer et terminer tous maneres chosis en Gales. Pur monsire Thomas Hungreford, sire William de Bughbrigg et Johan Lemyng.”

^{page 337 note 1} The heading is: “Commission pur estre mestre de bullion et de fesure de monoye.”

^{page 337 note 2} The duke had the right of coining money from 1371 to 1388 (see Armitage-Smith, , p. 452Google Scholar, app. vi).

^{page 338 note 1} The era of Spain began on 1 January of the year of Rome 716, i.e. 38 years before the Christian era. Therefore 1418 according to the Spanish era is A.D. 1380 (Giry, , Manuel de Diplomatique [Paris, 1925], vol. i, p. 91).Google Scholar

^{page 338 note 2} MS. “confiance.”

^{page 338 note 3} MS. “custodis.”

^{page 338 note 4} MS. “excellentissimi.”

^{page 339 note 1} Lionel duke of Clarence died in 1368.

^{page 339 note 2} Unfinished in MS.

^{page 339 note 3} F. 115a is blank.

^{page 343 note 1} The following appointments end in the same way—Parquoi nous mandons a touz les noz, etc. En tesmoignance, etc.—except nos. 1096, 1098, 1116, 1120, 1123, 1124, 1134 and 1138.

^{page 344 note 1} The earl of Buckingham had been sent to France in June 1380 as the king's lieutenant, but he came home some time in the spring of 1381, and was putting down insurgents in Essex in June 1381 (D.N.B.).

^{page 346 note 1} No place is given in the MS., but it should probably be Knaresborough, where he was on the 2nd and 4th October 1380.

^{page 346 note 2} Sic MS.

^{page 347 note 1} Bergerac had been taken by the French 2 September 1377.

^{page 347 note 2} Printed by Delpit, no. 282.

^{page 348 note 1} See note to no. 634.

^{page 349 note 1} He has already been spoken of as constable on 17 April 1381 (no. 264).

^{page 350 note 1} This must be a reappointment, although the original appointment was also for life (Reg. I, 279).Google Scholar

^{page 350 note 2} John Bokingham, bishop of Lincoln 1361–97.

^{page 350 note 3} Henry Wakefield, bishop of Worcester 1375–95.

^{page 354 note 1} Add “plein poair et mandement.”

^{page 354 note 2} This and the following are abridged in the MS.

^{page 356 note 1} At foot of this folio: “Require alias commissiones in secundo folio sequente,” in original hand.

^{page 356 note 2} See note to no. 849.

^{page 357 note 1} Pur la: MS. “avoir.”

^{page 358 note 1} The entry is unfinished in the MS.

^{page 359 note 1} F. 121b is blank.

^{page 360 note 1} Ff. 122b and 123 are blank.

^{page 360 note 2} Sic.

^{page 360 note 3} MS. “idem.”

^{page 363 note 1} The following words are apparently omitted here: “recipere et illud appropriate et idem sic appropriatum in usus proprios tenere possint, sibi et successoribus suis imperpetuum.”

^{page 363 note 2} MS. “voz.”

^{page 363 note 3} Ff. 125–8 are blank.

^{page 365 note 1} No place given in the MS., but probably the Savoy, where he was on the 11th and 13th.

^{page 366 note 1} The date here is probably a mistake. On 28 June 1381 the duke was in Edinburgh. He might have been at Knaresborough in May 1381, or June 1382.

^{page 366 note 2} “Courte … justices de” repeated in MS.

^{page 367 note 1} Ff. 130b and 131 are blank.

^{page 367 note 2} Worded as in 1158.

^{page 368 note 1} This and the following to 1166 are abridged in the MS.

^{page 368 note 2} No place, day, or month is given in the MS.

^{page 368 note 3} This and the following are abridged in the MS.

^{page 368 note 4} Ff 133b and 134 are blank.

^{page 369 note 1} Sic. MS.

^{page 369 note 2} A space is left blank in the MS.

^{page 370 note 1} A Benedictine priory.

^{page 370 note 2} No place is given in the MS. Probably it should be the Savoy.

^{page 371 note 1} There was a nunnery at South Berwick (Berwick-on-Tweed) said to be founded by David I of Scotland.

^{page 371 note 2} MS. “si.”

^{page 373 note 1} The wording of this letter is exactly the same as in no. 1179; and therefore it has not been calendared in full.

^{page 373 note 2} Huwet in heading.

^{page 373 note 3} F. 137 is blank.

^{page 373 note 4} Probably a mistake for Chichester, in which diocese Winchelsea was situated.

^{page 373 note 5} Winchelsea was attacked by the French and much damage was done in 1380, when the town was almost destroyed.

^{page 374 note 1} Ff. 138b and 139a are blank.

^{page 374 note 2} I.e. the duke of Lancaster acting as the king of England's lieutenant on the Scottish marches.

^{page 375 note 1} John, earl of Carrick, was the eldest son of king Robert II.

^{page 375 note 2} “Set … solvendis” added in margin in original hand.

^{page 376 note 1} John, bishop of Dunkeld, was the king's chancellor in 1383 (Papal Letters, v, non. jun., 1383).Google Scholar

^{page 377 note 1} This ending is worded as in no. 1185. “Parquoi vous mandons temps susdit.”

^{page 377 note 2} As in no. 1185.

^{page 378 note 1} Sic in MS.

^{page 378 note 2} This entry is in Latin.

^{page 378 note 3} These two entries are abbreviated (French).

^{page 379 note 1} F. 141a is blank.

^{page 379 note 2} Sic in MS.

^{page 379 note 3} Add “et.”

^{page 379 note 4} Delpit, nos. 274 and 276, and Fœdera, vii, p. 236Google Scholar ft. See Appendix ii.—R. S.

^{page 380 note 1} This is the appointment of the commissioners who signed the foregoing treaty.—” Constaz confiantz …. desus,” sic MS.

^{page 381 note 1} Printed by Delpit, no. 273.

^{page 381 note 2} For the part thus omitted, see Fœdera, vii, pp. 236Google Scholar f.—R. S.

^{page 382 note 1} A space is left blank in the MS.

^{page 383 note 1} Printed in Fœdera, vii, p. 244Google Scholar, and Delpit, no. 275.

^{page 383 note 2} Omit.

^{page 383 note 3} No date in MS.

^{page 384 note 1} Printed by Delpit, no. 278.

^{page 384 note 2} F. 145a is blank.

^{page 386 note 1} Cf. Fœdera, vii, p. 274Google Scholar; safe conduct for Robert Grant, 18 October 1380.

^{page 386 note 2} A space is left in the MS.

^{page 387 note 1} This is evidently a letter from the duke himself, as it speaks of his cousin, the earl of Northumberland. Henry Percy was a son of Mary Plantagenet, sister of Henry duke of Lancaster.

^{page 388 note 1} This and the following documents concern lands which came to the house of Lancaster through the marriage of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, with Alice, heiress of Henry Lacy, earl of Lincoln. Cf. Introduction, p. xiii. Nos. 1211 and 1212 are forgeries; see Farrer, , Early Yorkshire Charters, i, p. 375Google Scholar.–R. S.

^{page 388 note 2} Sic. MS.

^{page 388 note 3} See note to 1211.

^{page 390 note 1} There is no record of an abbot of St. Mary's, York, whose name begins with D (Baildon, W. P., Religious Houses of Yorkshire, p. 273).Google Scholar

^{page 390 note 2} “sot'” in MS.

^{page 390 note 3} Adrian IV was Pope 1154–9.

^{page 390 note 4} Savericus was abbot of St. Mary's, York, 1152–61. He was the fourth abbot of the house (Baildon, , op. cit., p. 231).Google Scholar

^{page 390 note 5} See note to no. 1216.

^{page 391 note 1} Printed by Farrer, , op. cit., p. 361Google Scholar, from another source, and dated by him 1100–8. The Register copy has some variants, and has apparently been carelessly made. “C” is given instead of “G” [Giraldus] as archbishop of York.—R. S.

^{page 391 note 2} See n. 2, no. 1222.

^{page 391 note 3} Robert de Longo Campo did not immediately succeed Saveric; he was abbot 1189–1239.

^{page 391 note 4} This must be Henry III, and the date 1226, as mention is made later in the document of king Richard.

^{page 391 note 5} Pandulph was papal legate in 1211 and 1218. He became bishop of Norwich in 1218 and died in 1226.

^{page 393 note 1} Richard de Kellesay was abbot of Selby from 1222 to 1237 (Baildon, , op. cit., p. 196).Google Scholar

^{page 393 note 2} There was no Simon abbot of St. Mary's, York, till Simon de Warwick, 1258–96 (ibid., p. 231), but there was a Simon who was dean of York at the same time when Richard was abbot of Selby (Great Cowcher (D.L. 42/1), f. 400b).

^{page 394 note 1} Roger de Lacy was constable of Chester in the reign of king John; he died in 1211. Edmund de Lacy, the grandson of Roger, was granted free warren in Snayth and other places by Henry III (D.L. Misc. 41/36).

^{page 394 note 2} Dr. Hall's conjecture for MS. “anno predicto Edmundo.”—R. S.

^{page 394 note 3} Sic MS.

^{page 395 note 1} The priory of Feriby was a house of Austin canons. Baildon has no record of a prior before Simon in 1240.

^{page 394 note 2} This may be Egglestone abbey, a house of Premonstratensian canons (Baildon, , op. cit., p. 151).Google Scholar

^{page 394 note 3} There was a Newsham in Lincolnshire, also called Neuhous, mentioned in C.P.R., 6 10 1381.Google Scholar

^{page 396 note 1} This is possibly Rosedale priory in Yorkshire, a house of Benedictine nuns (Baildon, i, p. 158). There was a Newton in Holderness.

^{page 396 note 2} St. Oswald's, Nostell.

^{page 396 note 3} St. Leonard's hospital, York (ibid., p. 245).

^{page 396 note 4} St. Clement's priory, York.

^{page 397 note 1} Cf. inspeximus by Henry IV of a charter of 30 Edward I to Benedict, abbot of St. Mary's, York, concerning the manor of Whitgift and £10 of land in Reed Ness and Hook, 20 acres of land in Airmyn, and 20,000 acres of moor in Snaith (Great Cowcher, i, f. 406a). The tenants included the abbot of Thornton, the prior of Alvingham, the abbot of Ormsby (Grimsby?), master of the hospital of Newton, the prior of St. Oswald's, the abbot “de Parco Ludi,” the abbot of Newsham, the prior of Newstede, the prior of Feriby, the prior of Watton, etc.Google Scholar

^{page 397 note 2} Like no. 1219, carelessly enrolled. Minor emendations are not indicated in the footnotes.—R. S.

^{page 397 note 3} –3 MS. “archiepiscopus.” “Cantuariensi.” “patris …. episcopi” datives.

^{page 397 note 4} “Filacio papiraceo”: Dr. Hall's conjecture for MS. “filo acpapis.”

^{page 397 note 5} Walter de Langton.

^{page 398 note 1} MS. “Karlu.”—1 February 1306. Cf. Cal. Pap. Letters, ii, p. 9.Google Scholar

^{page 399 note 1} This document, with considerable variations and dated 6 Sept. 1380, is printed in Fœdera, vii, p. 268.Google Scholar

^{page 400 note 1} David II married Edward III's daughter Joan.

^{page 400 note 2} Robert II, 1371–90.

^{page 402 note 1} A similar order of the same date and addressed to the mayors of York and Hull is in Fœdera, vii, p. 315.Google Scholar

^{page 402 note 2} Printed in Fœdera, vii, p. 318.Google Scholar

^{page 402 note 3} Cf. Fœdera, vii, p. 319.Google Scholar

^{page 403 note 1} Henry III.

^{page 403 note 2} Henry of Almaine, the son of Richard, king of the Romans, a hostage with prince Edward after the battle of Lewes, was murdered by the sons of Simon de Montfort in 1271. Cf. Prof. Powicke, in Transactions, Royal Hist. Soc., xviii, pp. 1–24.

^{page 403 note 3} Sic MS. for “par.”

^{page 403 note 4} The battle was fought on 14 May 1264.

^{page 404 note 1} “Ricardo” is written in the place of this word and partly erased.

^{page 405 note 1} This probably belongs, as do the following, to the duke's second expedition to Spain, 1386–8.

^{page 405 note 2} The lord of Poynings was on this expedition, but died of illness before the return.

^{page 406 note 1} Printed by Delpit, no. 293.

^{page 408 note 1} A space is left blank in the MS. Thomas de Rateclif had been steward of Blackburnshire.

^{page 408 note 2} The priory of Monk Breton was a house of Cluniac (later Benedictine) monks in Yorkshire. The prior at this time was William de Ardsley (1370–87) (Baildon, i, p. 140).

^{page 409 note 1} The blank spaces represent words which are faded and illegible in the MS.

^{page 410 note 1} No place is given, but it should evidently be Coimbra, as in the previous entry.

^{page 410 note 2} This entry is unfinished in the MS.

^{page 410 note 3} This interesting apology by the duke of Northumberland addressed to John of Gaunt is printed, with translation, by Armitage-Smith, , John of Gaunt, p. 258n. and pp. 257–8Google Scholar. The heading is: “Apres les replicacions mon seignur d'Espaigne sanz responce del conte de Northumbr' ce fust la submission du dit conte en plein parlement.”—R.S.

^{page 411 note 1} The abbot of Westminster at this time was Nicholas Littlington (1362–86), or William de Colchester, who succeeded in 1386.

^{page 412 note 1} A space is left blank in the MS.