I'ropenell Memoranda. 573 



Such is tlie pedigree propounded, and apparently with success, 

 by the claimant, Viel Engayne. As an explanation of every known 

 fact it is perfectly satisfactory. Thus part of tiie in liori lance 

 (shared with Oourcy) indicated l)y the name " Siljyl de la Falsise" 

 was Worspring itself; while the piety of William Curtenay is 

 motived when it is remembered that he was the sole living des- 

 cendant of Keynold fitz Urse, who assisted in tlie inurder, on th(j 

 steps of the altar, of St. Thomas of Canterbury. 



Following yet another line, the pedigree proves equally service- 

 able with regard to our Wiltshire fee. We must end with an 

 inference, but we can begin with a certainty. Undei- the heading 

 " Land of the church of Glastonbury " in Domesday, we read that 

 " the church holds Gretelintone, of the same land Urso holds four 

 hides and a half; also that "the church holds Langhelei, of the 

 same land Urso holds two hides and a half." Turning to the Red 

 Book, we find in the Carta of the Abbot of Glastonljury in 1166 

 " Walter de Abbodestone held (in the time of King Henry I.) the 

 fee of one knight {wo ^jlace, of course, being mentioned), and jiow 

 Kobert his son; similarly Kichard, son of Urse {Ursi) held the fee 

 of one knight and a half and now Eeynold his son ; and on the 

 Pipe Eoll for 1171 — 1172 we find the abbot accounting for 40/. due 

 for the scutage of Ireland in respect of knights he acknowledges 

 himself to hold of the king, less 30.9. pardoned ])y the king's writ 

 to Keynold fitz Urse. Finally, in A Feodary ofGlastonhury Abbey, 

 printed for the Somerset Record Society, we read (pp. 13, 14) " The 

 minor of Kyngton ... at Langelee . . . two hiiles and 

 a half which one Urso by name antieiitly held ;uul afterwards one 

 hobert de Courtenay " ; and again ({). 17) "The manor of (irute- 

 lyiigton . . , whiM'eof one Urso by name heM Clopj>eeole for 

 four hides and a half tVoni of ohl and afterwards ( 'hippecote an.swers 

 t'"iTive (Miliri; hides whicdi one IJobert de ( 'ourleiiay afterwards litdd " 

 ill both cases foUowed, as to moieties, l)y WilHam de Canlulupn 

 — co-parcemn-, as we havi; seen by (he pedigree, of \'iid JMigayne 

 ill the Curtenay inht^tiLance. The idontilication of the loi'ulity of 

 (hi^ fees mentioned, as above, in (he /.'<'/ />-"»/,• is completed by iho 

 further mention in the Frodn-ii, in the Kyngton an<l (1 1 ulelynglon 

 .-.■riioii, ,,f the fo." of Kobert de Abboileslniu- 



