1 :16 JS'utices concerning Oxnam Parish. By J. Hardy. 



forfeited for his connection with the Scots in rebellion against 

 Edward. He then held " Menilawes manor in its full extent." 

 (Inq. p. M\, i., p. 152). A relative of his wife, probably 

 Elena do Prenderlathe, succeeded, as she held in 1301 Mony- 

 lawes vill, land, and tenements (Inq. p. M., i. p. 193). In the 

 10th Edward II., 1316, John Wyschard was forfeited anew, as a 

 Scot and enemy of the king, holding Moneylawes manor of the 

 keeper of Werk Castle (ib. i. p. 279) ; but previous to that, in 

 1314, the king had conceded to David de Langeton, for the 

 term of his life the manor of " Mainlawes " which had belonged 

 to John Wyschard (Abbrev. Rot. Orig. i. p. 235); and as if 

 this was not sufficient, in 1318 he renewed the grant, for the 

 reason that the said John had adhered to the Scots enemies of 

 the king. Next year David de Langeton was promoted to the 

 governorship of Werk Castle, but he did not long enjoy his new 

 position or his new manor, as he died in 1 323, and having no 

 heirs, his wife Elizabeth, who probably brought him his property, 

 obtained by a payment of 4 merks the king's licence to marry 

 another husband who was to be of her own selection. (Originalia, 

 i., pp. 248, 251, 272). Elizabeth, who along with her husband 

 had lands in Langton, besides many other places, may have been 

 a sister of Joan wife of " William of the Strother," and of Isolda 

 wife of William Corbet, who had third portions of Langton. In 

 34 Edward III. (1359-60) Henry del Strother, son and heir of 

 William del Strother and Joan his wife lately dead, after paying 

 a fine of £20 succeeded to the manor of Langeton and certain 

 other lands and tenements in the vill of Neweton. (Originalia, i. 

 X). 292 ; ii. p. 261). 



These are the ancestors of the Strothers once of Kirknewton ; 

 Monejdawes, on the death of David de Langton had reverted to 

 the king. 



In the next reign, that of Edward III., when the king had 

 become infatuated with a mistress, it was bestowed on her as a 

 royal gift, but why it should have been selected in a district so 

 remote, there is no explanation. In the 42 Edward III. (1367-68), 

 the king concedes to Alice Perrers in fee a place called Many 

 Lawes in the shire of Northumberland, on condition of the 

 feudal services for it being performed to the Castle of AVerk. 

 (Cal. Rot. Pat. p. 184). 



In these rolls there are other marks of the king's regard to 

 his favourite, the most remarkable entry being in 1372-73, when 





