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THE HALL OF OAKHAM. 13J little park called Flytterys, of which the pasture was Avorth £5 per annum, the underwood, pannage, and nuts, of the value of 06-. ; and another park called the Little Park, the herbage of which was of the yearly value of 13^. 4^."* An entry on the Clause rolls, 29 Edw. I., (1301,) states the worth of the castle and manor of Oakham with their appur- tenances, when assigned in dower to Margaret, widow of the late earl, (Edmond,) to have been £112. IS*, lid." " In the 15th Edw. II. (1321) the king conferred the manor and castle of Oakham for good service upon his brother Edmond, earl of Kenti". He held them mitil his execution at Winchester in 1330, when they again reverted to the crown. The Charter rolls assign them next to Hugh d'Audley for his life, and in the 11th Edw. HI. (1336) for his life, to William de Eohun, earl of Northampton, and his heirs'*. By an Inquisition taken the 14th Edw. HI. (1340,) it appears that the fees pertaining to the castle were the manors of Pykeworth and Kelpsham, Belton, Knossington, Wardele, Thorp, Twiford, two carucates of land at Braunston, and the advowsons of IManton and North Lnffenham". On the death of William de Bohun, 34 Edw. HI., (1360^) these possessions passed according to the patent of 15 Edw. HI., to his son Humphrey, and upon his marriage with Joanna, daughter of Richard, earl of Arundel, they were assigned to her as dower for 140 marcs, and to be held subject to the annual payment of 40 marcs, until the rightful heir attained his full age. In this hope, however, Joanna de Bohun was disappointed, as she was left with only two daughters, one of whom, Eleanor, became the wife of Thomas of Woodstock, sixth son of "> Inquis. 28 Edw. I. No. 44. Margaret II. Abbrev. Rot. v. i. p. 2J5. William wife of Piers de Gavestoii, lield Rutland Howard had custody of castle and county, 10 Edw. II. See also Magn. Rot. Pip. 10 20 Edw. II. ib. p. 298. Edw. II. r Inquis. 14 Edw. IIL 2nd. Nos., No. n Rot. Claus. 29 Edw. L m. 14. v. 67. In the IGth Edw. III., (1342,) the Inquis. post mortem,. 31 Edw. I. castle and manor of Oakham by inquisi- o Theobald and Cecilia his wife have tion were found to have belonged to Mar- bailiwick of the king's forest. Inquis. garet, wife of Hugh de Audley, earl of post mortem, 10 Edw. II. Gloucester, formerly married to' Peter de P Abbrev. Rot. Orig. Gaveston. Abbrev. Rot. Orig. v. ii. p. 98. ^ Rot. Chart.' 11 Edw. IIL No. 48. In the 21st Edw. IIL, (1347.) the castle Gilbert de Holm had custody of the castle of Oakliau) and county of Rutland were of Oakham with the hundreds of Martins- found to have belonged' to Hugh de Aud- lei,Alnestowe, and East Hundred. Abbrev. ley, earl of Gloucester, by descent from Rot. Orig. 12 Edw. II. v. I. p. 241. John Margaret his wife.— Ib. de Whittlcbury had custody of the castle s Inquis. 34 Edw. IIL formerly held by Hugo d'Audele, 14 Edw. VOL. V. T