. The Redmans of Levens and Harewood : a contribution to the history of the Levens family of Redman and Redmayne in many of its branches . is back on the Borderland, andriding south to Westminster; and he was zealous in thedischarge of his varied duties as magistrate, and Com-missioner for one purpose or another. Sir Matthew must have succeeded to his inheritancewhen quite a child. For in 1292 a Westmorland Juryfound that he had a whole knights fee, and that althoughhe was of full age he still remained unknighted ; and soMatthew had to pay a 20= fine for his negligence. As itis not likely that
. The Redmans of Levens and Harewood : a contribution to the history of the Levens family of Redman and Redmayne in many of its branches . is back on the Borderland, andriding south to Westminster; and he was zealous in thedischarge of his varied duties as magistrate, and Com-missioner for one purpose or another. Sir Matthew must have succeeded to his inheritancewhen quite a child. For in 1292 a Westmorland Juryfound that he had a whole knights fee, and that althoughhe was of full age he still remained unknighted ; and soMatthew had to pay a 20= fine for his negligence. As itis not likely that he would be allowed much margin afterreaching his majority before the question of knighthoodwould be raised, it is fair to conclude that when his fatherdied in 1278 Matthew had not reached his teens and wasprobably not more than eight years of age. In fact, if weput down the date of his birth as 1270 we shall not befar wrong. In 1291 Sir Matthew, who was now of age, was calledupon to answer the King by what warrant he claimed tohave free warren in Levens, Yealand, and Trenterne ;whereupon he produced the grant made to his father by. REDMANS OF LEVENS. 39 Henry III. in 1267, by which the King granted toHenry de Redman, father of the said Matthew, whoseheir he is, that he and his heirs for ever shall have freewarren in all his lands in Levens, Yealand, and Trenternein the Counties of Lancashire and Westmorland. (Placitade quo warranto, 20 Edw. I.) In 1292 he was engaged in a little legal dispute witha distant cousin who charged him with appropriating awood in Yealand Coniers which she claimed. The follow-ing is a resum^ of the case as given in Lancashire AssizeRoll 410 m. 5 (20 Edw. I.) The dispute was as to whether Matthew de Redmanhad unjustly disseised Isolda, late wife of William deCroft, of her freehold in Yeland Coygners—a wood, & comes and says that he and one Robert deCoygners hold the said wood and he asks for judgment. Isolda says that one William de Lancast
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