ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBEJILAND. 139 



''It was afterward in the pofTefflon of the Feltons\ of Sir Will'iAn 



lie Felton (e), high iheriff of Northumberland, 5, 6, 7, 8 K. Edward 



"II (f) ; and 12, 13, 14, 15, i6> 17 K. Edward III /^ ; alfo a repre- 



'fentative for it in parliament with Sir Robert de Manners of Etall, 



14 K. Ed-ward III, 1346; who were allowed by the county, 237. 4^. 



for their expences (h) : of Sir John de Felton, 4.1 K. Edward III 



fij ; of his fon, Sir John de Felten, high IherifF of Northumberland, 



wife, gave fourfcore rhaiks, that they might have the land of Xafferton and Mat/ft;, aivJ two 

 meffuages in the town of Newcq/ile upon T"yne, which late were of Philip de Ulcot, together 

 with the cuftody of the king's coronerfhip and forefierftiip in the county of Northumberland, 

 belonging to the faid lands : which lands, together with the faid cuftody, do belong to the 

 faid Alice, Margaret, Juliana, IfabeHa, and Conflan;e, fifters and coheirs of the kid PLilip cie 

 Ulcot. And the faul dl'ice, Hameline, Margaret, and others, nttorned the faid Dowel and 

 'Con/lance by Uuir confent, to render the faid fine, and to anfwer to the king for the faid 

 cuftody. Madix's Hift, of the Exchequer, p. 320, 



(e) See M<>v/-Caflle. 



(f) Efcact. de annis, 5, 6, 7* 8 Ed. II. 



( g ) . 12, 13, 14, 15, 1 6, 17 Ed. Ill 



(h) Madox's Hiftory of the Exchequer. 



IVillulmus de Felton tenens terras (in Matfenzt Naffitrtm) qua fuerunt 'Thomtt fA\\ Ri>- 

 btrtl de Blythe, dat regi v ! . pro relevio ipfius Thomte, pro Ixv acris terrae, fex acris prati, et 

 fex villanis* Rot. Mich. Fin. anno 2 Ed. 10. 



fPilliebnus de Felton tenens terram quae fuerat Richard! filii et haeredis Johannis de Brom- 

 ferton, dat regi x. pro relevio didYi Ricbardi, pro quibufdam tenementis in Malfen t in comit. 

 Norfbumbr. Tenet de rege in capite per ferviciurh x. per annum dom. regi. 



Rot. Mich. Fin. anno 7 Edll. 



Willielmtis de -Felton obiit feifitus de et in manerio de Weft Matfen, &c. 



Efcaet. de anno 33 Ed. III. 



(1) Johannes de Felton obiit feifitus dc et in manerio de If'ejl Matfen, &c. 



Efcaet. de anno 42 Ed. III. 



Ts 14 K. 



