Add MS 36542

REGISTER of evidences and documents concerning the family of Stafford, Barons, and Earls of, Stafford, and Dukes of Buckin-- ham, with several pedigrees. Much of the earlier part is taken up with a dispute with the family of Corbet as to the ownership of Hope manor, co. Salop, and other matters. Compiled for Henry Stafford (only son of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, beheaded in 1521), who was restored in blood and declared Baron Stafford in 1547. With notes by him throughout, e.g. ff. 2 (dated 1533), 5 b (dated 1532), 27, 53 b, 122, and others by his son, the 2nd Baron Stafford (cf. ff. 73 b, 74). Although Henry Stafford was not declared Baron Stafford till 1547, he enjoyed the title during the reign of Henry VIII. (v. ff. 6, 8, 104). For an account of a similar Register compiled for him at the same time, see Fourth Report of the

Historical MSS. Commission, p. 326. Among the contents of the volume are:-

1. Recipe for Ipocrasse. f. 2.

2. The number and order of "erlis sitting in the parlement 32 H[en.] 6ti" [1453-4]. f. 4 b.

3. Measurements of land, etc. ff. 5 b, 7, 159.

4. Perambulation of the township of Hope, 14 June, 25 Hen. VIII. [1533]. f. 42.

5. Copy of the deed (5 Edw. II.) "wherby Mr Corbet of Lye [Leigh] claymeth to be Mr forster of the forest of Hogstowe." f. 43.

6. Pedigree of the family of Corbet. f. 45.

7. Inscriptions of the arms of the King and lords of England. f. 87 b.

8. Inventory of stuff delivered by the King's order to Lord Stafford, 4 June, 13 Hen. VIII. [1521]. f. 104.

9. "Charges concerning my lordes [Stafford] husbandrye, and of the issewse and proffites which cam thereof," for the year ending 30 June, 1537. f. 115.

10. " The names of the Lordes in the parlement hous at the parleamente holden in November Anno Domini 1547," when Lord Stafford was restored in blood. f. 121.

11. Copy of a grant from Edward III. to Ralph, Earl of Stafford, of a weekly market and two fairs yearly at Madeley, co. Stafford, and a market and one fair at Tysoe, co. Warwick, 13 May, 15 Edw. 111. [1341]. Entered 25 Nov. 1568. f. 125.

12. " The copy of a tabul hanging at Stone prioury in the conty of Stafford " : a history iu verse of Stone Priory and the connection of the Staffords therewith [printed in Dugdale's Monasticon, vi. pt. 1, p. 230]. f. 138.

13. Pedigree showing the alliance between the families of Willoughby and Stafford, 1535. f. 142.

14. " The names of the Corbetts fownde .... in the Table of the orriginale of thexcheker," 20 Hen. VIII. f. 149.

15. The title of Humfrey [Stafford], Earl (cr. Duke 1441) of Buckingham, Hereford, etc., to sit in Parliament, in the Council, and elsewhere in the king's presence. f. 160.

16. Pedigree of the Lords Berkeley and Lisle [connected by the marriage of Thomas, 5th Baron Berkeley, with Margaret, daughter and heiress of Warine, 2nd Baron Lisle]. f. 162 b.

17. Extracts of the first payment of the subsidy in the hundred of Cuttlestone, co. Stafford, with the orders of the Assessment Commissioners; 1, 10 Oct. 27 Hen. VIII. [1535]. ff. 169, 185 b, 187.

18. Award by Humfrey [Stafford], Duke of Buckingham, in a dispute between St. Thomas the Martyr's Priory, Stafford, and the town of Stalrord; 20 July, 33 Hen. VI. [1455]. Followed by the covenant between the parties, 25 July, 1455. ff. 188, 189.

19. " The indenture for the Marches ": covenant between Heury VII. and Edward, Duke of Buckingham, Lord of Brecknock, Haye, etc., for order and good rule to be observed in his lordships; 3 Dec.

20 Hen. VII. [1504]. f. 191.

20. The standard of moneys of England since the Conquest; temp. Mary. f. 194.

21. The value of the fees and other profits yearly coming to William Denys, Esquire, for offices in Thornbury, co. Gloucester, 1551. f. 195 b.

22. Valor of Thornbury Manor. f. 197 b.

23. Memorandum on the foundation of the abbey of Flaggen [Affigam, near Alost, in Flanders]. f. 199 b. Paper; ff. 204. Temp. Hen. VIII. The vellum fly-leaves (ff. 1, 204) contain fragments of Genesis from a 12th cent. Bible. Belonged to Robert Steele, for whom it was rebound in 1899.

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