‹ E-CIPM 18-489: THOMAS DE BELLO CAMPO, EARL OF WARWICK ›

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He held to himself and the heirs male of his body the advowson of Cranleigh, granted with the king’s licence by a fine of 1361 [ CPR 1361–4 , p.105; CP 25(1) 288/46, no. 596] between Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick , and John de Bukyngham and others, to him and his son Thomas and the heirs male of his body. It is not held of the king , but of whom and by what service is unknown; annual value nil.

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He held in his demesne as of fee the advowson of Compton Beauchamp, not of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown; annual value 10s.

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He held to himself and the heirs male of his body the manors of Hanslope and Quarrendon under a fine of 1344 made with royal licence [ CPR 1343–5 , pp.251–2; CP 25(1) 287/41, no. 332]. By this John de Melbourne and Roger de Ledbury , clerks, conveyed them to Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick , and Katherine his wife, Guy their son and the heirs male of his body, and failing such heirs to Thomas his brother and the heirs male of his body. Thomas and Katherine died, and Guy died without heirs. Hanslope is held of the king by the service of being one of the chamberlains of the exchequer, annual value £60. Quarrendon is not held of the king , but of whom and by what service is unknown; annual value £26.

He held the offices of chamberlain and usher of the exchequer by the grant of John de Bukyngham and others by a fine of 1361 [above, no. 489]. They are held of the king in chief by the service of the offices, value nil this year.

Richard II granted on 27 April 1383 [ CPR 1381–5, p.270] that his executors should hold his lands for one year after his death without rendering anything to the king, and spending the profits in accordance with his will.

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He held in his demesne as of fee 3 messuages of the king by the service of 4s.2d. rent and the provision of 3 watchmen for the safeguard of the town, annual value 10 marks.

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He held the manors of Barrowden and Greetham and the hundred of Wrangdike under a fine of 1344 [CP 25(1) 192/6, no. 36] by which John de Melbourne and Roger de Ledbury , clerks, conveyed them to Thomas de Bello Campo for life and to his sons, Rembrinus, now deceased, for life, and Guy and Thomas and their heirs male in turn. Guy died without heirs male. They are held of the king in chief by knight service, amount unknown; annual values, Barrowden £20, Greetham 40 marks, the hundred beyond the fee of the steward 10 marks.

He also held to himself and his heirs male by the grant of John de Bukyngham and others under a fine of 1361 [above, no. 489] the manor of Preston and Uppingham of the king in chief by knight service, amount unknown, annual value 40 marks.

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He held one knight’s fee in Westbarrow with the advowsons of North Fambridge and Stambridge by the grant of John de Bukyngham and others by a fine of 1361 (above, no. 489), of the king in chief by knight service, amount unknown; the fee worth nothing this year, the advowsons 6s.8d. and 6s.

Thomas Aldebury, clerk , held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Walthamstow Tony and by a fine of 1400 [CP 25(1) 290/59 no. 8], shown to the jurors, granted it to Thomas earl of Warwick and Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies. It is held of the king of the honour of Boulogne, service unknown, annual value 40 marks.

Nicholas Lillyng, knight , Roger Tangele, clerk , and Thomas Aldebury held in their demesne as of fee the manor of Walthamstow Francis, and by their charter granted it to Thomas and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies. It is also held of the king of the same honour, service unknown, annual value £10.

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He held of the king in chief:

Kirtling, the manor, conveyed by John de Melburn and Roger de Ledbury , clerks, by a fine of 1344 [CP 25(1) 287/41, no. 334] to the earl, Guy his son, and the heirs male of the body of Guy, with remainder to Thomas his brother and the heirs male of his body. It is held by knight service, annual value £30.

Long Stanton, 10 marks rent, conveyed by John Bokyngham and others by a fine of 1361 [above no. 489].

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He held:

Cherhill, the manor, conveyed by John de Melbourn and Roger de Ledbury , clerks, by a fine [above, no. 495], of the king in chief as half a knight’s fee, annual value £40.

Woodborough, half a knight’s fee, conveyed by John Bukyngham and others by a fine of 1361 [above, no. 489], of the king in chief, with the advowson; values, fee nil this year, advowson 10s.

Hinton, the manor, in his demesne as of fee, of whom and by what service is unknown; annual value 100s.

Grant of Richard II [as in no. 491]; date of death and heir as above.

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He held the manor of Flamstead, conveyed by John de Mellebourn and Roger de Ledebury , clerks, by a fine of 1344 [above, no. 495], of the king by the service of keeping the highway called Watling Street between Redbourn and Markyate; annual value £40.

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He held the manors of Chedworth and Lydney and the advowson of the church of Notgrove, conveyed by John de Bukyngham and others by a fine of 1361 [above, no. 489], the manors of the earl of Gloucester , and the advowson of the earl of Essex , services unknown.

At Chedworth is a capital messuage, annual value nil; 4 a. meadow, 4s.; underwood, 20s.; assize rents from free and customary tenants payable at Michaelmas and Lady Day by equal parts, £12; and pleas and perquisites of courts, 2s. In Lydney there are no buildings, but 2 a. underwood, 2s.; assize rents of free and customary tenants, £4; and pleas and perquisites of the court, 6s.8d.

Edmund de Brugge , Richard Bromley, clerk , and Robert Russell held the manor of Childs Wickham by Evesham, and by their charter shown to the jurors conveyed it to Thomas, earl of Warwick and lord of Gower , and Margaret his wife, who survives, and the heirs of their bodies. It is held of the earl of Gloucester , service unknown, annual value £20.

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Philippa widow of Guy de Bello Campo held the manor of Kibworth Beauchamp for life by the grant of Thomas de Bello Campo , senior, with reversion to Thomas the father and his heirs. He granted the reversion by a fine of 1383 [CP 25(1) 289/53, no. 79] to John Say , Richard de Pyryngton, clerk , and Richard de Brumlegh . They by another fine of 1383 [CP 25(1) 289/53, no. 81] granted it to Thomas, Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies. Philippa died and they held the manor. The tenure is of the king in chief by the service of napery at the coronation of the queen; annual value £50. The fines and royal licence for the grant were shown to the jurors.

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He held the advowson of Shouldham priory of the king in chief, service unknown, by a grant of John de Bukyngham and others by a fine of 1361 [above, no. 489], annual value 10s.

Philippa widow of Guy de Bello Campo held the manors of Saham Toney, Necton and Little Cressingham with the hundreds of Wayland and Grimshoe for life, by the grant of Thomas de Bello Campo the father, with reversion to Thomas. By fines of 1383 [above, no. 499] he granted the reversion to John Say , Richard de Pyryngton and Richard de Brumlegh, clerk , and they to him, Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies. Philippa died and so they held them, all of the king in chief, services unknown; annual values, Saham Toney £20, Necton £10, Little Cressingham 10 marks, the two hundreds 100s.

Thomas Aldebury, clerk , held the manor of Panworth in Ashill and by a fine of 1400 [above, no. 494] granted it to Thomas, Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies. It is held of the earl of March of the honour of Clare, service unknown, annual value £10.

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With Margaret his wife he held a mansion in Old Dean’s Lane with 6 houses, 16 shops, 1 toft and the rent of 16 shops in the parish of St. Sepulchre, which Stephen Sutton, valet of the chamber of the earl , held for life.

Hugh Segrave, knight , Richard de Pirryngton and John Hermesthorp granted these to them and the heirs of their bodies by their charter shown to the jurors. Sutton attorned to them. They are held of the king in free burgage, as is all the city, annual value £12.

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He held in his demesne as of fee:

Fickenappletree, half the manor, of William de Bello Campo, knight, service unknown, annual value 40s.

Grafton Flyford, 1 messuage and 1 carucate called Hill Court, and in Hadzor a wood called ‘Ovewode’ of the abbot of Westminster , service unknown, annual value 30s.

Droitwich and Upwich, 2 salt vats and salt houses, 11 3/4 saltwater pans ( duas salinas et bullerias, xj et iij quartr’ plumborum aque salse ) and a rent of 26s.8d., of the king in socage, annual value of the saltpans and salt vats 20s.

He held to himself and his heirs male by a grant of John de Bokyngham, bishop of Lincoln , and others, by a fine of 1361 [above, no. 489]:

Worcester, the castle and shrievalty, with the hundred and members, the manors of Elmley Lovett, Yardley, Syntley and Abberley, and half a knight’s fee in Redmarley. The castle, shrievalty, hundred and members, and the manors of Elmley Lovett, Syntley and Abberley are held of the king in chief by knight service as half a fee. The castle with a parcel of meadow called ‘Castelsu’ is worth 40s. yearly, the shrievalty with the hundred and profits of a brine-pit ( puteus acque salse ) called ‘Shyreveshole’ in Droitwich, belonging to the shrievalty, 60s., the manor of Elmley Lovett 20 marks, the manors of Syntley and Abberley £20, and the half fee nil this year. Yardley manor is held of the abbot of Pershore , service unknown, annual value £10.

By the grant of John de Melborne and Roger de Ledbury , clerks, by a fine of 1344 [above, no. 491] he held the manor of Shrawley in fee tail as a quarter of a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks.

He held in his demesne half the manor of Perry by Worcester with a watermill called ’Frogmille’ under the bank of the moat of Worcester castle, annual value £6.

Hugh de Segrave and Henry de Ardern , knights, and Richard de Pyryngton and John Harewode , clerks, held in their demesne as of fee the castle of Elmley and the manor of Elmley Castle, the manors of Wadborough, Stoulton, Salwarpe and Kersoe, as members and parts of the castle and manor of Elmley, and 14 saltpans and 20 marks rent in Droitwich, and gave them by their charter to the earl and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies. The manor of Salwarpe with the saltpans and rent are held of the prior of Coventry , service unknown, annual value £40. The rest are held of the bishop of Worcester , service unknown, annual value 100 marks.

Edmund Brugge , John Aleyn and Richard de Tenedbury held 14 saltpans ( salinas ) in Droitwich and Upwich in their demesne as of fee, and of their salt house 14 saltwater pans ( et de bullaria sua xiv plumborum aque salse ) in Droitwich … Upwich, and by their charter shown to the jurors, gave them to the earl, Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies. The saltpans and salt house are held of Eleanor [ recte Elizabeth?] countess of Kent , service unknown, annual value 4 marks.

William Cokeseye and William Spernore , esquires, and Roger Tangeley and Richard Bromley , clerks, held in their demesne as of fee the manors of Bewdley, Grafton, Earls Croome, and Ribbesford with Brook and Lindon belonging to it, and 12 cottages, 8 messuages and £10 rent in Worcester, and granted them to the earl, Margaret and the heirs of their bodies by their charter shown to the jurors. Bewdley is held of the abbot of Pershore , service unknown, annual value 20 marks; Grafton of the abbot of Westminster , service unknown, 20 marks; Earls Croome of the bishop of Worcester , service unknown, £10; Ribbesford of the earl of March , 20 marks; the cottages, 20s., and the messuages, £4, of the king in chief in socage.

Long before he died the earl granted the following manors, not held in chief, for the lives of the grantees with reversion to himself and his heirs as appears by his charters shown to the jurors: Wyre Piddle and Little Comberton to Robert Huggeford for a rent of £6 payable in equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas; Great Comberton to William Parys for rent of a rose at Midsummer; and Hadzor to Nicholas Lyllyng, knight , for rent of a red rose at Midsummer. In virtue of the earl’s charters Robert Huggeford , William Parys and Nicholas Lyllyng were seised of these manors and so remained for the rest of the earl’s life.

The castle of Worcester, the shrievalty and hundred, the manors of Elmley Lovett, Yardley, Syntley and Abberley, and the half fee were parcel of the lands which Richard II granted on 27 April 1383 that his executors should hold for one year after his death without rendering anything to the king [as in no. 491].

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He held 2 messuages in Southampton and the office of weigher ( pesagerie ) there of the king in socage, annual value £10.

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William de Herle, knight , and Thomas de Radeclyf, parson of Olney , by a fine of 1339 [CP 25(1) 177/75, no. 181] conveyed the manor of Moulton to Ralph de Basset of Drayton Bassett and Joan his wife for their lives, with successive remainders to Ralph de Basset the son and Joan, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick , and the heirs of their bodies, the male heirs of Ralph de Basset , Ralph de Stafford for life, Richard de Stafford for life, Ralph son of Ralph de Stafford and his heirs male, Richard son of Richard and his heirs male, and finally to Thomas son of Thomas de Bello Campo the earl, and his heirs male. Thus he held it, of the king in chief as half a knight’s fee.

Long before his death he granted by letters patent shown to the jurors to John Longevyll, esquire , 10 marks yearly for life; and to William Gyn custody of the warren of Moulton for life. Apart from these grants the annual value of the manor is £27.

By the grant of John de Melbourne and Roger de Ledebury by a fine of 1344 [above, no. 491] he held the manor of Potterspury of the honour of Tutbury as one knight’s fee, annual value £20.

Long before his death he gave the manor of Cosgrove, not held of the king in chief, to Nicholas Lyllyng for life to hold by the rent of a rose at Midsummer, with reversion to himself and his heirs.

Potterspury is part of the lands included in the grant of Richard II of 1383 [above, no. 491].

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He held in his demesne as of fee:

Potterspury, the manor, of the earl of Hereford , of the honour of Gloucester, as one knight’s fee, annual value 37 marks.

Moulton by Northampton, the manor, of Reynold Grey of Ruthin of his manor of Yardley Hastings as half a knight’s fee. Long before he died he granted to Nicholas Lyllyng, knight , all the houses in the lower manor of the manor of Moulton with warren, produce, pasture of ‘firses’, 4 fishponds, and herbage in the wood called ‘le Tofft’ for life for a rent of 10 marks; and to John Lungevill, esquire , 10 marks rent from the manor for life, with reversion to himself and his heirs. The annual value beyond this rent is £18 4s.

He also held the reversion of the manor of Cosgrove and a rent of a red rose from the manor, which he gave to Nicholas Lyllyng for life with reversion to himself, annual value £20. It is held of the earl of his manor of Hanslope by a rent of one unmewed sparrowhawk or 2s.

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He held the castle of Painscastle and the manors of Elfael and Aberedw in the March by the grant of John de Melbourne and Roger de Ledebury , clerks, by the fine of 1344 [above, no. 495].

The castle and site of the buildings and the manor of Elfael are worth nothing yearly, the manor of Aberedw 10 marks. At Elfael there are 1 carucate worth 12s. yearly, let to farm payable at Michaelmas; 10 marks assize rents from the burgesses of Painscastle payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas; 6 a. meadow, 6s.; 3 forests, namely New forest, Old forest and Richard’s forest, worth £20 between the Invention of the Holy Cross and Michaelmas, and nothing thereafter; 3 pastures worth 10 marks from the Invention of the Holy Cross to All Saints Day, and nothing thereafter because common until Lady Day; 1 forest called Colwyn worth 10 marks between Hockday and Michaelmas, afterwards nil because common to all tenants and residents from Michaelmas to Candlemas; a pasture called ‘Utradgogh’ worth 26s.8d. and so let to farm payable at all Saints Day; assize rents this year of £13 6s.8d. called rent of St. Andrew, payable at Candlemas; courts monthly and three-weekly, 10 marks, and a hundred court every three weeks, 40s.; £13 6s.8d. rents at Midsummer; the custom called ‘kylfmayr’, £12 equally at Lady Day and Michaelmas; the custom called ‘cowegeld’ each third year, £4 15s. when it occurs, on May Day and was so paid in 1400; and 2 fairs on the eves of St. Barnabas and St. Simon and St. Jude, £6.

They are held in right of the earldom of Warwick of the king in chief by knight service.

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He held the manor of South Tawton of the king in chief, service unknown, by the grant of John de Melbourn and Roger de Ledebury , clerks, by a fine of 1344 [CP 25(1) 287/41, no. 333], to Thomas earl of Warwick for life with successive remainders to Thomas his son for life, Guy, brother of Thomas and his heirs male, Rembrinus his brother and his heirs male and the heirs male of Thomas. There are 40 a. wood with pasture, annual value 2s.; 100s.1d. rent of assize payable at the four terms by equal parts; and pleas and perquisites of court, by estimation 18s.

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Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett, knight , gave all his lands in Walsall by the name of the manor of Walsall to William de Herle, knight , and Thomas de Radeclyve, parson of Olney , and their heirs by a fine of 1339 [CP 25(1) 287/40, no. 255], and they conveyed them to Ralph Basset for life with successive remainders to his son Ralph and Joan his wife, daughter of Thomas earl of Warwick , and the heirs of their bodies, the male heirs of Ralph Basset, senior , Ralph de Stafford for life, Richard de Stafford for life, Ralph son of Ralph de Stafford and his heirs male, Richard son of Richard and his heirs male, and finally Thomas de Bello Campo, the earl, and his heirs male. Sir Thomas held it of the king in chief at fee farm, paying annually £4, annual value £20.

Thomas de Aldebury, clerk , held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Drayton Bassett, and 10 marks rent in Tamworth, and by a fine of 1400[above, no. 494] conveyed it to the earl, Margaret his wife and their heirs. It is held of the heir of Ralph Basset of Weldon of his manor of Great Weldon, service unknown, annual value £40.

Long before he died by his charter shown to the jurors he granted to William Spernore the manors of Perry and Barr, not held of the king in chief, to hold for life by rent of a rose at Midsummer, with reversion to the earl and his heirs.

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He held in his demesne as of fee:

Warwick, 6 messuages, formerly of Richard Heye, chaplain , and others, annual value 20s; 24 a. arable and 2 a. meadow, formerly of Robert Sotemay , 13s.4d.; and 2 a. quarry [ sic ], one formerly of William Aleyn and the other of Richard Greyne and John Mountford , 12d.; all held of the king in burgage; and 1 cottage, formerly of John Brewster , not held of the king , but of whom and by what service is unknown, annual value nil.

Stratford on Avon, 1 messuage, worth 10s., in his hands by purchase of William Selot , the lord’s villein, held of John Prat and William Wenlok of the manor of Shottery, service unknown.

By the grant of John de Melbourn and Roger de Ledebury , clerks, by a fine of 1344 [above, no. 495] he held Warwick castle and the manors of Warwick, Brailes, Claverdon, Tanworth, Sutton Coldfield, Berkswell and Lighthorne, extending as follows:

Warwick, the castle, annual value nil; site of the manor nil; 300 a. arable, 40s.; 40 a. meadow, 40s.; an old park called Wedgnock, worth in the maintenance of the game £13 6s.8d; a several pasture called Packmores, 20s.; a watermill, £6 13s.4d.; a several pasture on the banks of the Avon, 66s.8d.; assize rents, £35 6d., payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas by equal parts; and pleas and perquisites of court with view of frankpledge, 60s.

Brailes, site of the manor, nil; a dovecot, 5s.; pasture by the manor, 5s.; 4 carucates, 8 marks; 60 a. meadow, 60s.; underwood, nil this year because destroyed by the duke of Norfolk ; assize rents, £33 9s.2d., payable as above; customary works at St. Andrew’s day, 20s.10d., and at Whitsun, 16s.8d.; a watermill, 20s.; pleas and perquisites of court with view of frankpledge, 40s.; and market tolls, 20s.

Claverdon, site of the manor, nil; a park, beyond the keeping of the game 6s.8d.; 1 carucate, 13s.4d.; 30 a. meadow, 20s.; rents of tenants, £12 1s.6d., payable as above; and pleas and perquisites of court with view of frankpledge, 6s.8d.

Tanworth, site of the manor, nil; the close there, 40d.; 2 carucates, 40s.; underwood, nil this year; 10 a. meadow at 6d.; assize rents, £10, payable as above; and pleas and perquisites of court, 6s.8d.

Sutton Coldfield, site of the manor, nil; a dovecot, nil this year because not stocked; 200 a. waste land, 10s.; 15 a. meadow, 15s.; a park, beyond the keeping of the game 40s.; a fishpond and pond, 20s.; a watermill, 40s.; rents of tenants, £10, payable as above; and pleas and perquisites of court with view of frankpledge, 20s.

Berkswell, site of the manor, nil; 200 a. arable, 26s.8d.; 20 a. meadow, 20s.; a park, beyond the keeping of the game 13s.4d.; underwood, 20s.; and assize rents, £29, payable as above.

Lighthorne, site of the manor, nil; a dovecot, 3s.4d.; 3 carucates, 60s.; 30 a. meadow, 30s.; assize rents, £20, payable as above; and pleas and perquisites of court, 6s.8d.

The castle and manors are held of the king in chief by a tenth part of the service of an earl.

He also held the manors of Budbrooke and Grove Park to himself and his heirs, by the grant of John Hastang to Thomas his father, himself and his heirs male. Extents:

Budbrooke, site of the manor, nil; 3 carucates, 60s.; 20 a. meadow, 20s.; assize rents, £8, payable as above; and pleas and perquisites of court, 10s.

Grove Park, site of the manor, nil; and 1 carucate and 1 parcel of pasture, 33s.4d.

These two manors are held of John de Beynton of Maxstoke, knight , service unknown.

By the grant of John Bokyngham and others by a fine of 1361 [above, no. 489] he held the manor of Barford and one knight’s fee in Alcester of the king in chief, Barford as half a knight’s fee; annual value, Barford 100s., Alcester nil.

On 12 Sept. 1392 he granted to Walter Power, esquire , £10 yearly in time of peace and £20 in war from the manors of Budbrooke, Grove Park and Haseley, payable by equal parts at Midsummer and Christmas. Richard II confirmed this on 4 July 1394 [ CPR 1391–6 , pp.465–6]. The rent was in arrears by 100s. when the earl died on 8 April last .

Thomas Aldebury held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Ladbrooks in Tanworth and by a fine of 1400 [above, no. 494] conveyed it to the earl, Margaret his wife and their heirs. It is held of the king of the honour of Peverel as a tenth part of a fee, annual value 100s.

Long before he died he gave the manor of Ashorne, not held in chief, to John Danyell for life to hold by the rent of a rose at Midsummer, with reversion to himself and his heirs.

He also held in his demesne in fee tail under the fine of 1361 [above, no. 489] 40 marks rent in Moreton Morrell. Afterwards he purchased the manor of Moreton Morrell to hold to himself and his heirs. From this manor the above rent was customarily levied as rent in service, half from the holding of Nicholas Pype and half from that of Roger Tiryon . Later he enfeoffed Nicholas Lyllyng, knight , and others to hold to themselves and their heirs, without other payment than the 40 marks rent. This rent belongs to Richard his son and heir.