290 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



34 K. Henry III, 1250, commenced a fuitagainft him in the county- 

 court of Northumberland^ for damages, but was obliged to drop 

 it by the interpofition of the crown. He founded a chantery in 

 the church of St aiming ton, as before mentioned (a). He died, 50 

 K. Plenty III, 1265; and was interred at New-Mtnfter, near his 

 father (b). An inquifition was taken of his barony in the fame 

 reign (c) ; alfo, i K. Ed-ward I (d) ; when it was found, that the 

 burgcilcs paid annually for the fee-farm of the town to his lord- 

 fhip, 10 1. that he received annually for felons goods, flallage, 

 and a falmon-fifhery in the river Wansbeck, 2 /. 6s. 8 d. that for 

 the herbage in his wood, called Cotingnvood, containing 284 acres, 

 he had 3 /. 6s. 8 d. per annum ; and for his park, called Eaft Park, 

 containing 418 acres, 6 /. 13*. 4^. per annum; and that he had 



Barret, IFlU'ielmo dc Her/ley, Williclmo filio Radulpbi, Richards de Saltwick, Ricbardo de SanRo 

 Pitro, fPillici'mo Spurnclcw, RaMpbo Groin, Thsraldo, Rogero Palmer, JValtero de Witton, 

 clerico, etaliis. 



Carta confirmationis et conceflionis Roger! de Merlay tertii de quibufd. libertatibus fadla 

 liberis burgenfibus fuis de Morpath. 



(a) Vid. Stann'mgton, 



(1) Ro^erus de Merlay tertius, qui contulit hominibus de Morpatb plures libertates, in 

 tempore fuo ordinavit quandain canteriam perpctuam in ecclefia de Stannyngton. Cum base 

 autem et multa alia elemofinarum opera compleviflet, carente hserede mafculo, poft obitum 

 fuum fepultus eft iuxta Roc:u?n Patrem fuum. Ex 



(c) Regents de Merlay tenet in capite de dom. rege baroniam de Morpatb per fervicium 

 quatuor feod. milit. et omnes anteceflbres fui tenucrunt per eundem fervicium poft conquef- 

 tum Angl 'IE ; et de feodo illo nihil eft vendidum, alienatum, vel datum, unde rex minus 

 habeat de fervicio fuo. - Tefta de Nevill. 



(d) Rcgerus de Merlay tenet in capite dc dom. rege Morpethe, cum Tranwell[\io mcmbro 

 Wgham, Hepfeote, Sbihington, Tivyjle, Saltivicke, Eaji Dnddon, Weft Duddan, Clifton, Cauld~ 

 well, Stanningtcn, Sbotton, Blaigdcn, JVetjLt nirtb, Wrtjlct foutb, Killin^ivortb, Benton mag, 

 et IVal'er per quatuor feoda vet. foofFamemi. Efcaet. de anno i Ed, I. 



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