250 ANTIQUITfES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



Nicholas de Biker in the reign of K. Henry III (t) ; by Robert de Bi- 

 ker \\i the reign of K. Edward I (n)\ by 'John de Biker, 13 K. Ed- 

 ward III (<v) ; and by Roger de Biker, ipth of the fame reign (iv). 

 It belonged to the noble family of Percy in the reign of K. Henry 

 VI. It was in the pofTefTion of the crown, a K. Edward IV (x) ; 

 and was then given to the Duke of Clarence, the king's brother. 



It came afterwards into the pofleflion of the antient family of 

 the Laivfons ; and was polTefTed by Sir Ralph La-wfon, Knt. 10 Q^ 

 Elizabeth (y) ; by his nephew Henry Laivfon, Efq; in the fame 



(t) NicMaus de Biker tenet Biker in capite dc dom. rege per fervicium ferjancii } viz. 

 portando brcv. dom. regis inter Tynam et Cocket, ct ad curtodienda in parka de Byker ava- 

 ria capta pro debitis dom. regis cum opus fuerit, ct iid facicnd. attachament. coronas, et alia 

 attachament. qu;e pertinent ad vice comitem, ubi vice-comes et fervientes five ballivi fui non 

 pofl'unt attingerc. Certificate Hug. de Bolbeck, vice-corn. Northumbr. 



Nic':i!aus de Bjker tenet Byker per ferjanccam, per fervicium portandi brevia dom. regis inter 

 Tynam et Cocket, et facit diftriftienes de Warda Novi-caftri. 



Veredicta dc com it. Nsrthumbr. 

 (u) Efcaet. de anno Ed. I. 



(v) Jchames de Biker, frater et hxres Robert! de Biker, lenuit de rege in capite manerium 

 de Biker, contin. Caricut. terr, et centum Aer. Bofci, et xvii s. viid. ob. anni reddit. 

 portinen. per fervic. folvendi regt per manum vice-comitis, qui pro tempore fuerit, xl. per ami. 

 ad Ward. caftriNov-i Caftri fuper Tynam, et portandi brevia regis inter Tynam et Cocket, 

 animalia capiend. pro debito regis, ct vendend. eadem animalia pro dominicis deb. faciendis. 

 Attachiamenta Cjuas pertinent ad vice-comitem, et fervientes fuos, non pofFunt atttingere. 



Rot. Turri Londinens. Pafchae Fin. 13 Ed. III. 



(a-) Efcaet. de anno 19 Eil. III. n. 53. 

 (x) Pat. 2. Ed. JV. m. 3. 



(y) Radutybiis Lavjfon, miles, tenet in capite manerium de Bj'ker et Weft Matfen, ae 

 nicdictatcrn manerii five Hamlet, in Heton, juxtaNovum Csftrum. 



Efcaet. dc anno 10 EKz* 



reign j 



