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mcnham, who called to warranty his wife Matilda, 

 who in her turn called to warranty Henry de Pin- 

 keny ; the last-named had, it was alleged, given the 

 land to Matilda's father. The result of the suit is 

 not given, but Simon de Maidwell was one of the 

 parties to various fines concerning land in Elles- 

 borough at the time, the last being in izoz. 10 He 

 also obtained a grant of free warren in his lands there 

 from Henry III. 10 He was succeeded by Alan de 

 Maidwell, probably his son, 1 * 1 who was defendant in 

 a suit as to land in Ellesborough, and about th.it time 

 held a quarter of a knight's fee of the barony of 

 Wolverton. lu He is mentioned for the last time in 

 1241.'"* Possibly he left a son Simon, since in 1261 

 or 1262 Alice daughter of Simon de Maidwell re- 

 covered various charters of lands in Ellesborough, 

 which had been kept by the executor of her father's 

 will. 1 * 7 She was a minor in 

 the wardship of Richard de 

 Seyton of Maidwell, North- 

 amptonshire."* He married 

 his ward, and her land, which 

 she held as the heiress of 

 William Brito, passed to the 

 Seyton family. 16 * She died 

 before 1284-6 and was suc- 

 ceeded by her son John de 

 Seyton. 170 He was at that 

 time a minor, and his land was 

 in the ward^ip of Anthony 

 de Bek." 1 He was holding 

 it himself in I3O2, 17> but had been succeeded 

 before 1312 by Nicholas de Seyton. 171 Nicholas 

 died in or just before 1316,"' and his manor passed 

 to his son John de Seyton, who held it till his 

 death. 17 ' His son and heir John de Seyton did 

 homage for his manors to his overlord in 1361 z. "' 

 John made two grants of the manor of Grove to 

 feoffees, who were presumably trustees for his lands 

 while he went to the Holy Land. 1 ' 7 He died at 

 Jerusalem in 1 396 I7> and was succeeded by his son 

 and heir John. The latter held the manor till his 

 death, which took place about 1436-7. His son 

 Thomas de Seyton assigned it at that date in dower to 

 his father's widow Joan, 1 " but in 1446 he granted the 



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ELLESBOROUGH 



manor of Grove to John Kempe, Cardinal and Arch- 

 bishop of York, John Stopyngton, Thomas Kempe, 

 and others. 180 These grantees in 1459'" conveyed 

 the manor to Sir Ralph Verney and Robert Whit- 

 tyngham and others, to the use of Ralph Verney his 

 heirs and assigns. The Verneys held the manor for 

 about a hundred years,'" John Verney being seised 

 of the manor in 1530,' and Edmund Verney in 

 '553-' M I* changed hands shortly afterwards and 

 passed to Robert Hewster of Chalford, Oxfordshire, 

 who in 1564 conveyed it to Nicholas Eggleton. In 

 1579 the latter complained that his son and heir Wil- 

 liam had entered into the manor and detained certain 

 deeds concerning it, but by 1596 Nicholas had re- 

 covered seisin. 18 * In 1631"* Christopher Eggleton 

 was lord of the manor, and in that year settled it on 

 his son Christopher on the marriage of the latter 

 with Margaret daughter of Thomas Style. 1 " They 

 were in seisin in 1654,"* and were succeeded by 

 Thomas Eggleton, whose daughter and heiress Amy 

 married Sir Lyon Pilkington, bart.'* The latter 

 was seised together with his wife in 1 694," but they 

 shortly afterwards, or possibly at that date, sold the 

 manor of Grove. Presumably it passed into the 

 hands of Alexander Horton ' of the Grove ' who died 

 in 1715-16.'" William Horton shortly afterwards 

 held the manor, 1 " but in 1735 he sold it to John 

 Bristowe.'" Richard Bristowe held it in 1768, but 

 he or his heir sold it in 1798 to Sir John Russell, and 

 from that time it has followed the descent of the 

 manor of Chequers (q.v.). 1 * 4 



The manor of CHEQUERS belonged to the half- 

 fee in Ellesborough held under the barony of Wolver- 

 ton, but it is difficult to ascertain whether it was held 

 immediately from the lords of Wolverton or from the 

 de Maidwells and Seytons as mesne lords. 1 * 6 The 

 name of Chequers was probably derived from the 

 name of the first tenants. Helyas de Scaccario, 

 or of the Exchequer, appears amongst the witnesses to 

 two charters," 4 one of which is dated 1187, to the 

 abbey of Missenden. Henry de Scaccario was the 

 plaintiff in several lawsuits in the beginning of the 

 1 3th century, 197 and held a quarter of a knight's fee 

 in Ellesborough of the barony of Wolverton."* 



Henry de Scaccario had a son Ralph, whose 



" Feet of F. Buckt. 10 Ric. I, no. 60 5 

 ibid. 4 John, no. zo. 



1M Abbrrv. flac. (Rec. Com.), 242. 



'* Auize R. 54, m. i 3. 



> Titta de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 248 ; 

 Cat. Cine, 1271-9, p. 351 ; FiuJ. Aids, 

 i, 86, 98, I2J. It it difficult to ascertain 

 if the Miidwelli held the whole half fee 

 in EUefborough belonging to the barony of 

 Wolverton >nd had tubinfeudated a tenant 

 with i quarter fee or if they only held a 

 quarter of a fee, while the other quarter 

 wai held direct from the lordi of Wolver- 

 ton. The Maidwelli and their luccedort 

 the Seytoni were fometimci Hid to hold 

 a half fee and tometimei the quarter. It 

 Kemi pouible that they only held the 

 latter, but that they were responsible for 

 the payment of the feudal duel and icr- 

 vice from the whole half fee ; Ttiu Je 

 Nevill (Rec. Com.), 248 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 23 Edw. Ill (pt. i),no. 35 i ibid. 25 Edw. 

 Ill (lit noi.), no. 6 ; ibid. 17 Hen. VI, 

 no. 38. 



1M Anue R. 55, m. ]. 



"' Ibid. 57, m. iz ; ibid. ;g, m. lod., 

 14 d. 



u Ibid. 57, m. 12. 



Re* Bk. of Excb. (Rolli Ser.), 728 ; 

 Cat. Cine, 1272-9, p. 351 j De Banco R. 

 15, m. 16. 



i"> V,ud. Aids, i, 86. 



H Ibid. 



>7 Ibid. 98. 



CT Feet of F. Bucki, Bait, 5 Edw. III. 



V Ftud. Aids, iv, 24, 209 ; i, 1 1 X. 



" Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 1 1 Edw. 

 Ill; B.M. Add. Chart. 21164; *<<*> 

 Aids, i, 113. 



>;' Add. Chart. 21181. 



'" Ibid. 22213-15, 19912. 



W 1 Yiut. tf Montana. 1564 (ed. Met- 

 calfe). 



'" Add. Chart. 20303-4-5. 



*" Feet of F. Bucki. Eait. 24 Hen. 

 Ill ; Add. Chart. B.M. no. 7383. 



"" Eich. Inq. p.m. bdle. 25, no. 12. 



182 See manor of Stonori Croft in Bier- 

 ton. 



" Recov. R. Trin. 21 Hen. VIII. 



*" Feet of F. Bucki. Trin. i Mary. 



Ibid. Mich. 38 & 39 Elii. 



" Recov. R. Trin. 7 Chai. I. In the 

 1 5th, i6th, and 171(1 crnturiet there it 

 ome confuiion ai to the overlordihip of 

 the manor of Grove. Sir Ralph Verney 



335 



wai laid to hold it of the Abbot of Miwen- 

 den (Exch. Inq. p.m. bdle. 2;, no. 12), 

 and in 1637 Christopher Eggleton (ten.) 

 held it of John Fleetwood, ai of the late 

 monastery of Minenden ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 Miic. dxxzviii, 13 Chas. I, pt. 33, no. 

 95. The monaitery, however, never 

 eemi to have had any right in the manor, 

 and at the time of the Dissolution in only 

 posiesiinn in Elleiborough wai a rent of 

 8). ; /'a/or Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv, 246. 



'"' Chan. Inq. p.m. Mile, dijuviii, 1 3 

 Ch. I, pt 33, no. 95. 



" Feet of F. Bucki. Mich. 1654. 



189 G.E.C. Comfleu Baronetagt, ii. 



> Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 5 Will, 

 and Mary. 



m Monument in Elleiborough Church. 



> M Recor. R. Mich. 9 Ceo. II. 



> Ibid. 



"" Lyioni, Magma Brit, i, 555 ; Shea- 

 ban, Hiit. and Tofog. if Bucks, 121. 



I Cf. Manor of Grore, n. 165. 



> Harl. MS. 3688. 



117 Feet of F. Bucki. John, caie 14, 

 file 4 { ibid, i Hen. Ill, no. i ; 9 Hen. 

 Ill, no. zi ; 20 Hen. VII, no. viii. 



Testa Je Nevill (Rec. Com.), 148. 



