Add MS 15644

COLLECTIONs relating to the family of Steward, of Swaffham, co. Norf., and Ely, in two parts:-

i. Copies of deeds, with notes of the seals, relating to the family, principally of the xvth century; with the following note written at the beginning, " In this book is entred the true transcript of sundry ould charters remayninge in my possession, decimo an^o. Regine Elizabeth, 1567, A. S. [Augustine Steward]." They are as follows:-

Receipt by Bartholomew Bartrand to the Prior of Wenlock, for £50, part of an assignment made by the King to Sir John Stewart and his son Thomas, taken prisoners at Pontoise, dat. 12 June, 19 Hen. VI. [1441], Lat., f. 2;-Certificate by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter, of arms which Robert Steward, of Ely, clerk, is intitled to bear, dat. 14 Sept. 1520, f. 2 ;-Agreement by Sir William de Bouchier to undertake the custody of the castle of Ruisbanck for one year, for Sir John Steward, son of Sir John Steward, surnamed Scotangle, dat. Calais, [11 Jul.] 8 Hen. VI. [1430], Fr., f. 2;-Certificate by Tho. Abberbury and John Clanebowe, of the redelivery of the same castle into the hands of Sir John Steward, dat. [24 Jul.] 9 Hen. VI. [1431], Lat., f. 3; -Memorandum of an obligation by Sir Alexander Steward [Latinised Seneschallus], to George, Earl of Angus, in 1000 marks, to serve with the Duke of' Bourbon [Louis II.], against the Saracens in Africa, for one year, dat. [2 Nov.] 1390, Lat., f 3 b. ;-Certificate of the payment of ransom from Sir John Steward, son of Sir John Steward, surnamed Scotangle, to Jaques Dedman, Seigneur de Montasillant, for himself and his son Thomas, taken prisoners at Pontoise; with engagement of Sir J. Steward to release Louis de Bovile, dat. [l Feb.] 1442, Fr., f. 3 b.;-Grant by fine from Tho. Stanton, and Matilda his wife, to Will. Yelverton and Thomas Styward, of the manor of Woodhall, in Great and Little Palgrave, [co. Norf,] dat. [12 Nov.] 4 Hen. VI. [1425], Lat., f. 4;-Certificate of Sir Baldwin de Scales, and other knights, relating to the right of capture of Sir Jacques Flockque, a French prisoner, disputed between Sir John Steward Scotangle and Sir Thomas Rampston, dat. Verneuil in Perche, 20 Hen. VI. [l 442], Fr., f. 4 b. ; - Agreement of Sir John Hastings and Sir Thomas Styward, with John de Somer, on the King's part, for the guard and convoy of five ships from Bristol to the King's fleet at Hamell [Hamble ? co. Southt.], dat. 17 Mar. 9 Edw. IV.

1 469], Fr., f. 5 ;-Quit-claim, from the Abbot and Convent of Beaulieu, co. Southt., to Thomas Steward of Norfolk, son of Sir John Steward Scotangle. of all loans of monies, etc., dat. 10 Oct. 39 Hen. VI. [ 1460], Lat., f. 5 Receipt from Matilda, Prioress, and the nuns of St. Catherine of Blackberge [Blackborough, co. Norf. ] to Richard Styward, for £10 lent to Sir John Steward for his ransom, dat. 20 Apr. 17 Edw. IV. [ 1477], Lat., f. 5 b.;-

Receipt from the Prior of St. Savior's, near London, to Sir John Steward, for certain plate and jewels received in pledge for payment of £100 lent for the ransom of himself and his son, dat. 4 Jul. 20 Hen. VI. [1442], Lat., f. 5 b. ; -Grant from the Abbot of Beaulieu, co. Southt., to Thomas Steward, and Richard, his son, of an annuity of £10, dat. 17 Dec. 38 Hen. VI. [1459], Lat., f. 5 b.;-Receipt from Thomas and Nicholas, sons of Richard Stewarde, to Robert Bedingfield and Thomas Foxton, for jewels and goods which they had had in their custody, dat. Soffam [ Swaffham], [27 Jan.]1484, Lat.;-Will of Thomas Steward, of Soffam Market, gent., dat. 26 March, and proved at Norwich, 6 May, 1511, f. 6, b. ;-" Le responce de Jehan Steward, chivaler, touchant les demaundes des Segnieurs; " disavowing connivance in the marriage of Queen Catherine (whose knight he is), with Owen Tudor, Fr., f. 8 b.; -Bond of Andrew, bishop of Glasgow, Colin [Campbell], Earl of Argyle, and others, to Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, in £1000, for the submission of Sir Roos of the Haukehede, of Scotland, dat. 2 June, 1464; with a note of its delivery by the Earl of Warwick to Thomas Styward, for his service on the narrow seas, and engagement of Sir George Cambell, to discharge the said service, f. 9 ;-Grant of an annuity from Sir John Steward to his son, Thomas, dat. Calais, 1440, Lat., f. 9 b. ;-Bond from Tho. Stewarde and his son Richard, and John Fitz Nicol, rector of Soffham, to Sir Roger Brooke and his brother John, for a loan of £200, dat. Lond. 4 Oct. 1470, Lat., f. 10; -Four deeds relating to property of the family, in co. Norf., 7 Ed. IV.- 1 Hen. VII. Lat., Fr., f. 10;-Statement of wages paid to Sir John Stewarde, by, John Belgrave, depy. constable of Bordeaux, dat. 1 Sept. 1438, Lat., f. 11b.; Grant by Henry, [Chicheley], Abp. of Canterbury, to Sir John Steward and his son Thomas, of an annual rent of £10, dat. 12 Jan. 1442, Lat., f. 12;-

Indenture of alliance between Duncan Stewart of Scotland, and Sir Thomas Steward of Norfolk, cousins by descent from Sir John Steward surnamed Scotangle, under pcnalty of £10,000, dat. [14 Sept. ?], 1462. Fr. f. 12 b.

ii. "Transcriptum cujusdam geneologiae familiae Senescallorum [Stewards] in Anglia, elaborat. a Banquhone, Scoto, qui vixit circiter annum Domini millesimum, et usque ad annum Domini, 1572 duct;" with a pedigree prefixed, f. 14. This genealogical history of the family of Steward ends with Symeon Steward, in whose life-time, and while studying at Cambridge, in 1511, it was finished. Then follow later additions from the family evidences, by the compiler Augustine Steward, who brings down the descent to the vear 1576. Inserted are the following documents:-

Engagement by Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, Walter Steward, Earl of Menteth, Robert Bruce, and others, of Scotland, of adherence to Sir Richard de Earl of Ulster, and Sir Thomas de Clare, dat. "apud Turnebyry in Carry," [20 Sept. 1286, f. 35 b. ;-Letters [V1.]of France, conferring on Alexander Stewart, for his services, and the services of Andrew, his brother, the honor of knighthood, and augmentation of arms, dat. Paris, 1 July, a^o. r. 5 [ 1385], Fr. f. 39 b.;-Bond for the ransom of Sir John Stywarde and his son Thomas, given to Jaques Dedman, Sieur de Montasillant, and payment of a portion by Sir Thomas Kyrriell, 18 Apr. 1442, Fr., f. 47; - Letters of Charles [VII.], protecting Sir John Stywarde from personal arrest in France, dat. Paris, 1442, Fr., f. 48 b;-Grant by Will. Harvye, Clarenceux, to Symeon Stewarde, of Lakingheathe, co. Suff., Esq., of arms and crest, dat. 1 May, 1558, f. 60 b. ;-Attestation by, the same, of the genealogy of Robert Stywarde of Ely, son of the above Simeon Steward, dat. 27 June, 4-5 Phi]. and Mar. [ 1558], Lat., f. 63 ;-Certificate by the same, of the birth and arms of Augustine Steward, of the Inner Temple, London, dat. 9 May, 6 Eliz. [1564], Lat., f. 70;-Inspeximus by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux, of the augmentation of arms granted by, Charles VI. to Alexander Stewart, dat.

14 Feb., 15 Eliz. [1573], f. 71. The genealogy is illustrated throughout with coats of arms in blason, and a shield with all the quarterings of the family at the end, together with a table of succession from Banquho to Robert, 1048-1570. At the end is annexed, as a supplement, a second copy of "Le Responce de Jehan Stewarde, chevaler, touchant lez demandes des Segnieurs, f. 79, and of the charter of the Abbot of Beaulieu, 17 Dec. 38 Hen. VIII., f. 80. To these are added, a copy of the Will of Sir John Steward, son of Sir John Steward, Scotangle, dat. 20 May, 1447, Lat., f. 82, and notices of other wills of various members of the family, existing in the Prerogative Court, London, f. 83 b. The name of Augustine Stewart, the compiler, and partly writer, of the collection, occurs on the fly-leaf at the beginning. In the original binding. Folio, [15,644]