A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



that William de Similly could claim from the grant 

 to the Constable of Normandy, as that grant had been 

 made to Richard de Humeto and his heirs, and Wil- 

 liam was not his heir. No result came of their suit, 

 since it was decided that the question must stand over 

 till the king was of age. A second suit " was subse- 

 quently brought by Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester, against 

 William de Similly, but the result is not recorded. 

 The latter, however, remained in peaceful seisin of 

 the manor " till his death before 1 242.** The land 

 then escheated to the king, the heir being a minor, 

 and the rights of wardship were granted to Drogo de 

 Trubleville.' 5 The heir of William de Similly is 

 never mentioned again, and presumably died before 

 coming of age, for in 1243 

 Henry III granted the manor 

 of Princes Risborough to 

 Richard, Earl of Cornwall and 

 King of the Romans.* 6 Richard 

 was succeeded by his son Ed- 

 mund, Earl of Cornwall,* 7 who 

 held the manor till his death 

 in 1300,** when it again came 

 into the king's hands, Ed- 

 ward I being the next heir. 

 The king held it in demesne 

 in 1 302-3," but immediately 

 afterwards he granted it to 

 Queen Margaret for life, in exchange for certain castles 

 and lands with which he had dowered her.* 1 Margaret, 

 the Countess of Cornwall, however, held a third as part 

 of her widow's dower during her life. 31 The rever- 

 sion was granted in 1 309 to Piers Gaveston and his 

 wife Margaret, 31 one of the heiresses of the Clares, 

 and also one of the descendants of the GifFards, but 

 this grant was surrendered in the same year. 33 Queen 



CORNWALL. Argent 

 a lion gules crovjned or in 

 a border sable bezanty. 



ENGLAND. 

 three leopards or. 



Gules 



OLD FRANCE. Azurt 

 ptrwdercd with Jlturs-de- 

 lit or. 



Margaret lived till 1 3 1 6, M and from the time of her 

 death till 1327 the manor of Princes Risborough was 

 held by the king. 35 At the latter date Edward III 

 granted it to Queen Isabella in reward for her ser- 

 vices with regard to the treaty with France and the 



suppression of the Despensers' Rebellion. 36 In 1330 



John de Eltham, Earl of Cornwall and brother of the 



king, obtained a grant of the manor of Risborough, 37 



but after his death in 1337 "Queen Isabella again 



held the manor. The reversion was granted to 



Henry de Ferrers, 39 who obtained possession after 



the death of Isabella, and died seised in 1344.* 



His son was a minor, and the custody of the manor 



was granted to the Black Prince, 41 from whom it 



took its present name of Princes 



Risborough." The prince ** 



held the manor till his death, 



when it passed to Richard his 



son and heir." The latter, 



while still prince, granted the 



manor for life to Lewis de 



Clifford." He confirmed the 



grant on his accession to the 



throne, and Lewis held it for 



his life. Under Henry IV 



the manor came into the hands 



of the Crown, and was again 



granted to the Prince of 



Wales. 40 Henry VI succeeded 



to the manor, 47 which formed 



of his queen 



THE BLACK PRINCI. 

 Old France auarterea 

 with England, a label ar- 

 gent for difference. 



part of the dower 

 Margaret of Anjou. 48 Afterwa:ds, 



ENGLAND. France 

 quartered tuith England. 



ANJOU. Old France i 

 border gules. 



however, it seems to have been held by his SOB 

 Edward, Prince of Wales. 49 It remained in the 

 hands of the Crown apparently till Edward VI 

 granted the manor to Princess Elizabeth for life. 4 * 

 James I granted it to Anne of Denmark as part of her 

 dower," and on her death to Sir Henry Hobart to 

 the use of Prince Charles. 51 In 1628 Charles I con- 

 veyed the manor to the City of London in part pay- 

 ment of the large debts of the king. 53 The fee-farm 

 rent from the manor 54 was granted in 1671 to Lord 

 Hawley in trust for the king's heirs and successors, 55 

 until it was sold. This sale took place in the same 

 year to Sir Peter Lely, 66 the painter. Under the 

 Commonwealth the manor of Pr.nces Risborough, 

 distinguished at this time as the King's Manor, 57 came 

 into the hands of Ralph Adeane. 58 He held it in 



81 Assize R. 54, m. 9 d. 



88 Cal. Close, 1231-4, p. 561. 



88 Testa de Ne-uill (Rec. Com), 245, 262. 



84 Chan. Inq. p.m. Hen. Ill, file 2, 

 no. 6. 



25 Abbrev. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), i, 5. 



m Cal. of Chart. 1226-57, P- 2 7 6 i 

 Assize R. 56, m. 43 d. 



*> Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. Ill, no. 808 ; 

 Feud. Aids, i, 85. 



88 Chan. Inq. p.m. 28 Edw. I, no. 44 



(21). 



89 Feud. Aids, i, 97. 



89 Cal. Pat. 1301-7, p. 118. 

 81 Chart. R. Bucks. 3 Edw. II, m. IO, 

 no. 27. 



88 Ibid. 



88 Cal. Close, 1307-13, pp. 225, 226. 



84 Feud. Aids, i, 112; Abbrev. Rot. 

 Orig. (Rec. Com.), 240. 



85 Ibid. 



M Cal. Pat. 1327-30, p. 68. 

 7 Chart. R. 4 Edw. Ill, m. 7, no. 12 j 

 Cal. Pat. 1330-4, p. 52. 



88 Ibid. 1334-8, p. 418. 



89 Ibid. 1343-8, p. 92. 



40 Chan. Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. Ill (lt 

 nos.), no. 57. 



41 Cal. Pat. 1343-5, p. IIJ. 

 48 Cal. Close, I 343-6, p. 32. 

 48 Feud. Aids, i, 122. 



Cal. Pat. 1377-81, p. 157. 



262 



Ibid. 4S Ibid. 1422-9, p. 94. 



4 7 Ibid. 1461-7, p. 146. 



48 Duchy of Lane. Misc. Bks. 18, m. 

 50 d. (pt. 2). 



De Banco R. Mich. 6 Hen. VII, m. 

 307. 



60 Pat. 4 Edw. VI, pt, 3, m. 25 ; ibid. 

 5 Edw. VI, pt. 3, m. 31. 



51 Ibid. I Jas. I, pt. 20. 



' a Ibid. 17 Jas. I, pt. I. 



w Ibid. 4 Chas. I, pt. 35 i Cal. S.P. 

 Do. 1628-9, P* 4 2 6. 



64 Close, 24 Chas. II, pt. 9, no. 23. 



Ibid. 66 Ibid. 



W Close, 1653, pt-39> no. 33. 



M Ibid. 



