428 LANYHORN CASTLE. 



Thomas le Erchedekne, wlio succeeded to the estates, married 

 twice, his second wife being Maude daughter of John Mules.* 

 Sir John Macleanf raises a question as to this, stating that she 

 was undoubtedly the heiress of John De Tracy ; in 1340 she 

 presented to the Church of St. Mabyn, in 1346 she held the 

 moiety of a Knight's fee in Trevisquite, which John De Tracy 

 had held before ; and in 1361 she again presented to St. Mabyn. 

 To add to the difficulty, other authorities^' state that Thomas 

 Erchedelrne married Elizabeth or Alice, daughter and coheir of 

 Thomas de la Eoche, Lord of Roche ; it will probably be the 

 safest course to follow the Harleian MS. pedigree in this 

 respect. 



Thomas le Archedekne was summoned to Parliament yearly 

 from 1320 to 1324 by writ, and was thus created a Baron by writ, 

 the succeeding class to Barons hj Teniire, as Barons by Letters 

 Patent have superseded the former modes of enobling. He was 

 one of the purveyors in Cornwall to victual the king's army, 

 and in 1321 was complained of as having committed enormities 

 in the discharge of his trust, and in the same year he was ordered 

 to abstain from attending the meeting of "Grood Peers" illegally 

 convened by the Earl of Lancaster to be held at Doncaster. 



These were stormy times, and the homage and service of a 

 knight for the land he held was no light duty. 



As an example let us take the year 1322 and see what 

 Thomas le Erchedekne was commanded by the king to do. 



On the 6th of February he was enjoined to raise as many 

 men at arms and foot soldiers as he could, and to hold himself in 

 readiness to march with them to the king when summoned, 

 which summons soon came, for he had to appear with his forces 

 at the muster at Coventry on the first Sunday in Lent (Feb. 28), 

 for the purpose of marching against the rebels or adherents of 

 the Earl of Lancaster. On May 2nd he was summoned to the 

 Parliament held at York. He was next resummoned to perform 

 military service against the Scots, the muster being at Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne on July 24th. On November 14th, he was commanded 



*Harleian MS. 4031. fNotes and Queries. 

 X Banks, Dormant Baronage I, 228. 



