. The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham. Edw. and Adomar de V . had livery ^J William de Valence, p 7 Edw. II. seised o In 1316, John Peyvre was found to have died seised of ten marks rent in the Vill of Marsworth,holden of the Manor there ; and in 1318, William de Goldyington also died seised of a Blanor.^ In 1377, John de Cobham, Lord Cobham, at the commencement of the reignof Ric. II. made the King, heir to all his lands, after his decease,^ for the greataffection borne by him for the son of King Edw. HI. The annexed engravingis traced accurately from the seal of J


. The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham. Edw. and Adomar de V . had livery ^J William de Valence, p 7 Edw. II. seised o In 1316, John Peyvre was found to have died seised of ten marks rent in the Vill of Marsworth,holden of the Manor there ; and in 1318, William de Goldyington also died seised of a Blanor.^ In 1377, John de Cobham, Lord Cobham, at the commencement of the reignof Ric. II. made the King, heir to all his lands, after his decease,^ for the greataffection borne by him for the son of King Edw. HI. The annexed engravingis traced accurately from the seal of John de Cobham. King Edw. VI. granted, in 1553, to the Mayor and Commonalty of London,by Patent, the Manors of Durdent, Denham, and Marsworth described aslate belonging to Bridewell Hospital, and with the said Hospital, to theMayor and their successors for of the Manor of Marsworth, which, in the reign of Ric. II. was at the disposal of the Crovvn,was, according to the statement of Browne Willis, soon afterwards given to the family of Bryan; but. Test, de Nevil, 19 Hen. III. Term. Mich.» Ibid, n- 43, 31 Edw. I. 5 Ibid. 35 Edw. I. n°- 27. 6 Ibid B Ibid. 12 Edw. II. n- 52. 9 Dugdales • Iiiqiiis. n- 44 and 52, 28 Edw. I.^ 232, in 33 Edw. I.; Cal. Abbiev. vol. i. p. 204. 7 See Calend. vol. i. p. 272, n- p. 69. > Rot. Pat. 7 Edw. VI p. 13, Test. 26 Ju. MARSWORTH. 411 the time of this grant not being discovered, it seems more probable that such grant must have beenmerely temporary, and that Marsworth passed with Mentmore and other neighbouring estates, inthe reign of Henry V. to Catherine Queen Consort, and was part of her dower. It afterwardsformed a portion of those lands, which, being vested in John de la Pole, son of Alice Duchess ofSuffolk, by his marriage with the Princess Elizabeth, sister of King Edward IV. was forfeited by hisattainder, and again came to the Crown. In 1570, a portion of the Manor was in the possession of the family of West ; when it pas


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