Tropenell Memoranda. 577 



as witness fco undated charters, being (p. 379) described as "Walter 

 de Westchaldefeld." He was a cotemporary, as appears by the 

 context and the other witnesses of William Percy, of Great 

 Chalfield, and Agnes, his wife, which William Percy was certainly 

 alive in 1278. Yet another Walter, and the last, is witness to a 

 dated charter in the Cartulary (p. 481)—" these being witnesses : Sir 

 John de Holte, John de Oomerwelle, knights, AVilliam de la Galle 

 of Bradeford (this is, of course, an error of the copyist for " Salle," 

 otlierwise " de Aula," otlierwise " Hall "), Walter de Chaldefeld, 

 William de Atte worth, Henry le Frye, Hugh Cook and other. 

 Dated at Broughton," 21 May, 1302 — as correctly worked out and 

 set down within brackets by Mr. Silvester Davies for the date as 

 given in the deed, viz., " Monday before St. Aldhelni " — the feast 

 of this saint being kept on 25th May, which in that year fell on 

 a Friday. This is perhaps worth mentioning as an instance taken 

 at random of the minute care with which Mr. Silvester Davies has 

 edited this MS. The last occurrence in the Cartulary of this the 

 last Walter is as witness to a deed (i., p. 390) of much the same 

 (late. The list is interesting: Sir Thomas, rector of Chaldefeld, 

 Walter de Chaldefeld, George de Percy (of whom immediately), 

 Sir Kobert, rector of Little Chaldefield, Nicholas Beson, of Atte- 

 worth, Koger de Berleghe," The very last mention of the last 

 AValter appears to be in 1308, when "Walterus de Chaldefeld" 

 presented William de Combe to the Capella of Chaldefeld. Il 

 is to be hoped that someone will work out the ecclesiastical stc.tKs 

 of the Chaldefelds. There are presentations to the chapels ami 

 to the churches of both. 



The family of Chaldefeld was succeeded at West Chaldefeld )\v 

 a family of Percy, between whom and the Percys of Great Challicld. 

 Tropenell is careful to assure us, as mentioned above, there was no 

 blood comu^xion. 'J'Ih^v appear lirst in tlu» })erson of (u'oigt> Perry, 

 whom it is perniissililo to recogni/(i in the witness (i., }>. '^90} above, 

 followiiiLj,- innntuliately after his fatlioi -in-law, as Mr. Silvester 

 1 )avit\s (piit'l ly suggests in his iiuh'x uiidor llie heading "Chaldefeld. 

 i Walt.," aiul appariMit ly nowlierf olsc. U is curious that Tropcmdl. 

 who certainly knew all abouL il, is equally reticent. Hiere is no 

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