CCCLXI.

GRANT BY WILLIAM HARRY TO HOWELL CARNE OF LAND IN LYSWORNEY.

[CARNE MSS.]

13 JAN. 21 HEN: VI. 1443.

Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego WILLELMUS HARRY dedi concessi et hac presenti carte mee confirmavi HOWELLO CARNE dimidiam acram prati jacentem in LysWORNY inter pratum dicti HowELLI in parte australi et terras domini Comitis WARWICI in parte boreali et pratum JOHANNIS MONDY in parte orientali et pratum JOHANNIS HULLE in parte occidentali. Habendum et tenendum predictam dimidiam acram prati cum suis pertinenciis prefato HowELLO CARNE heredibus et assignatis suis imperpetuum de capitali domino feodi illius per redditus et servicia inde prius debita et de iure consueta Et ego vero predictus WILLELMUS HARRY et heredes mei predictam dimidiam acram prati cum suis pertinenciis prefato HOWELLO CARNE heredibus et assignatis suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic presenti carte mee sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus ROBERTO RAGELAN WILLELMO FLEMYNG WILLELMO ADAM JEVAN THUE LLEWYS DAVY et multis aliis. Datum in festo Sancti HILARII anno regni Regis HENRICI Sexti post conquestum Anglie vicesimo primo.

Seal circular, two inches diameter, of reddish wax. The device is illegible.

Llysworney was the burial place of the Carnes. Of Wm. Harry, Wm. Adam, and Lewis Davy nothing is known. Jevan Thue may be the "Jevan ap Llewelyn Gouz, alias Map' Dhue," of the two Charters of 1441, already given. Robert Raglan is probably of Carnllwyd, son of John, who first assumed that name. Wm. Fleming was probably of Flemingston or Flimston. The then Earl of Warwick was Henry de Beauchamp.

CCCLXII.

RICHARD MORYS OF COWBRIDGE. QUIT-CLAIM FOR

HOWEL CARNE.

[CARNE MSS.]

7 FEB. 22 HEN: VI. 1444.

Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit RICARDUS MORYS burgensis de COUBRUGGE salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noveritis me remisisse et imperpetuum quietum clamasse pro me et heredibus meis HowELO CARNE heredibus et assignatis suis totum jus meum et clameum quod unquam habui habeo seu quovismodo imposterum habere potero in quatuor acris terre et tribus rodis prati cum pertinentiis simul iacentes in campo vocato subtus le BYNCH in feodo de LANBLETHYAN prout ibidem jacent inter terram nuper WALTERI LONGE in parte occidentali et terram JOHANNIS PYGGE in parte orientali et terram HUGONIS BASSET in parte eadem et terram nuper WILLELMI HERYOT in parte australi que quatuor acre terre et tres rode quondam fuerunt JOHANNIS BRITT. Habendum et tenendum predicte quatuor acras terre et tres rodas prati cum pertinentiis prefato HOWELO heredibus suis et assignatis de capitali domino feodi illius per redditus et servicia inde debita et de jure consueta. Ita quod ego prefatus RICARDUS nec heredes mei nec aliquis alius nomine nostro aliquid juris vel clamei in predictis quatuor acras terre et tribus rodis prati cum pertinentiis de cetero exigere clamare poterimus seu vendicare set ab omni actione juris et clamei sumus imperpetuum exclusi per presentes. In cujus rei testimonium presenti scripto meo sigillum meum apposui. Data septimo die Ffebruarii anno regni Regis HENRICI Sexti post conquestum vicesimo secundo.

A lump seal in brown wax. In the centre an equilateral shield charged with a griffin segreant. The legend is not legible.

Of the above names most are unknown. Pigge is a Gower name; but a John Pigge was of Whitewell, a place near Carnllwyd,—unless, indeed, there be another in Gower. Hugh Basset was younger son of John of St. Hilary. He had from his father the De la Bere lands in Gower; and, as heir of his mother, Liege Castle near Llancarvan. These he forfeited for killing Sir Thomas Ddu ap Grono. They were granted to Sir Rhys ap Thomas, then reverted to the Crown, and finally were granted to the Earl of Pembroke. Liege Castle seems to have come to John Raglan, who married Basset's half-sister, the daughter and heir of Lewis Mathew.

CCCLXIII.

LETTER OF THE ABBOT OF CLAIRVAUX RECOGNIZING THE ABBOT OF MARGAM AS VISITOR OF THE HOUSES OF ST. CROSS AND MAGIOM.

[HARL: CHART: 75 A. 7.]

4 AUG. 1445.

Nos frater GUILLERMUS Abbas CLAREVALLIS CISTERCIENSIS ordinis LANGONENSIS dyocesis notum facimus universis quorum interest et interesse debet quod venerabilis co-abbas noster de MORGAN sicut in nostris et antiquis ordinis nostre registris reperimus est frater Abbas et visitator immediatus ordinario jure monasteriorum de sancta Cruce de KYRIELEYSON de choro sancti Benedicti et de MAGIOMO et ad nullius jurisdiccionem spectat dicta monasteria visitare seu in eorum capitulis loco seu vice visitacionis presidere nisi manifeste ac temeriter velit patrem Abbatem jurisdiccioni contra apostolica et nostri ordinis instituta dampnabiliter derogare. In cujus rei fidele testimonium sigillum nostrum presentibus duximus appendendum contrasigillum que nostrum earum dorso imprimendum die quarta mensis Augusti anno domini millesimo cccc quadragesimo quinto. De PONCELLO. There remains appended the central part of a seal of the thirteenth century, with the figure of an abbot under tabernacle-work, and the

shield of arms surmounted by a hand holding a pastoral staff. On either side, "s. B." (for Sanctus Bernardus.) Legend, "CONTRA SIGILLUM

Harl. Charter 75 A. II. is a letter by Henry VI. to James Lord Audley and others concerning the claim of William Morys to be abbot of Strata Florida, which mentions John abbot of Buildwas, and Thomas abbot of Margam, as visitors of the Cistercian order. Dated Shene, 3rd March, 21 Henry VI., 1443.

CCCLXIV.

GRANT BY WILLIAM WHITE TO HOWEL CARNE, OF LAND IN NASH.

[CARNE MSS.]

15 Nov. 24 HEN: VI. 1445.

Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego WILL'MUS WHITE de ABERBERTHYNNE dedi concessi et hac presenti c[arta mea con]firmavi HoWELO CARNE heredibus suis et assignatis omnia terras et tenementa prata pasturas et vasta cum pertinentiis que habui ex dono et feoffamento JOHANNIS

...

WHITE patris mei prout divisim jacent apud le NASSCHE in dominio de LANDAFF una dimidia acra terre in parte boriali vie ducentis de la NASSCHE versus LAMBLETHIAN dumtaxat excepta. Habendum et tenendum omnia predicta terras et tenementa prata pasturas et vasta cum pertinentiis excepta preexcepta prefato HOWELO [CARNE] heredibus suis et assignatis de capitali domino feodi illius per redditus et servicia inde debita et de jure consueta imperpetuum. Et ego vero predictus WILL'MUS WHITE et heredes mei omnia predicta terras et tenementa prata pasturis et vasta cum pertinentiis exceptis preexceptis prefato HowELO heredibus suis et assignatis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et imperpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic presenti carte mee sigillum meum apposui. Hiis testibus

JOHANNE FLEMYNG LODOWICO MATHEW WILLELMO FLEMYNG THOмA ар OWEYN WILLELMO ap MURIC Gouz et aliis. Data apud ABERBERTHYN quinto decimo die Novembris anno [regni Regis] HENRICI Sexti post conquestum vicesimo quarto.

Seal lost.

This, and the following deed, relate to the sale and delivery by William, son of John White of Aberberthynne, of certain lands in Nash to Howel Carne. Aberthin, where the Whites lived, is a very old, small, and picturesque village in the northern suburb of Cowbridge, traversed by a brook, from the junction of which with the Cowbridge Thaw the place derives its distinctive name. Of the Whites, nothing further is known. Wilton is a village on the other side of Cowbridge. Mathew and the two Flemings were, doubtless, related to Carne; and Thomas ap Owen and William ap Meuric Gouz, or Meyric Goch, to the Whites. Carne was quietly augmenting his estate around Nash.

CCCLXV.

WILLIAM WHITE, LETTER OF ATTORNEY TO IEVAN VAGHAN TO GIVE SEIZIN.

[CARNE MSS.]

15 Nov. 24 HEN: VI. 1445.

Noverint universi me WILLELMUS WHITE de ABERBERTHYNNE attornasse et in loco meo posuisse dilectum in Christo IEVAN VAGHAN de WYLTON attornatum meum ad deliberandum vice et nomine meo HOWELO CARNE heredibus suis et assignatis plenam et pacificam possessionem de et in omnibus terris et tenementis pratis pasturis et vastis cum pertinentiis que nuper habui ex dono et feoffamento JOHANNIS WHYTE patris mei prout jacent apud le NASSH in dominio de LANDAFFE juxta vim formam et effectum cujusdam carte feodi simplicis inde confecte una dimidia acra terre in parte boriali vie ducentis de le NASSHE versus LAMBLETHYAM dumtaxat excepta. Ratum et gratum habendus et habiturus quicquid dictus attornatus nomine meo facient in premissis ita plene et integre sicut