By John Watson- Taylor. 59 



in Devonshire cand other manors in Somersetshire.^ In 1231, at 

 his father's death, the manor of Warblington reverted to the King, 

 but was re-granted to Herbert to support him in the expenses to 

 be incurred in his service with the King (in Brittany) for as long 

 as that service lasted,- and for the same purpose.his tenants had 

 orders to provide him with an " aid," while they and all his pos- 

 sessions were taken under the King's protection.^ In the following 

 year he had returned to England, and was witness to a charter 

 passed at Shrewsbury,* and for the next few years was probably 

 in attendance at the King's court. He was evidently a favourite 

 with his uncle Peter, who made him an executor of his will with 

 Martin de Huntelkumbe, Canon of Beading, with whose priory 

 the elder branch of the family was closely connected, and where 

 in 1235 the uncle was buried.^ From the King also he continued 

 to receive marks of favour, for in 1239, by a payment of ten marks, 

 he obtained the custody of the heir of Gilbert de Everley with his 

 lands and office of forester in Hampshire," and in the same year he 

 obtained a charter from the King, granting him the right to hold 

 a weekly market and an annual fair at Emsworth, then a sub-manor 

 of Warblington, showing that the conditions accompanying the 

 King's grant in 1231 had been cancelled or ignored. The same 

 charter granted him permission to hunt and kill the wolf, fox, 

 hare, and wild-cat in the royal forests of six counties, including 

 Hampshire and Wiltshire, and allowed him the privileges of free- 

 warren (or the preservation of game) in his demesne lands at 

 Warblington, Portsmouth, and Hunton (Hants), at Erlestoke, 

 Haxton, and Yatesbury (Wilts), and at Chittlehampton, Leigh, Pye- 

 worthy, Worthele, Stokenham, Aveton, Huntsbeare, and Wyresfelde 

 (Devon).' From the records of Inquests contained in the Book 



' Ex.e Sot. Fin., i., 178; Cal. Close Rolls, passim; cj. T. de N., 168, 183. 



- Cal. Close Rolls, p. 477. 



3 Cal. Pat. Bolls, pp. 330, 362. 



* Rymer's Foedera, i., 203. 



•' Cal. of Ancient Deeds, iv., 53. 



6 Exc. e Rot. Fin., i., 321 ; cf. T. de D., p. 232. 



? Charter Roll (33), 23 Hen. III., m. 4, No. 35. 



