ham, held of Roger de Bavent, by fealty and the service of 13d. a year; value of the messuage 3s. 4d. He also held of the heirs of Robert Maunsel six acres of land by fealty and the service of 3s. per annum, which is near the true value. He also held of the heirs of Richard Aleyn four acres of land by fealty and the service of 13d. per annum; yearly value beyond the services 8d. Richard Abel was his son and heir; at that time aged 31.[1]
In Michaelmas Term, 29 Edw. I.,[2] Roger de Bavent came before the justices of the King's Bench to prove that he had attained his majority, and to pray for delivery of his lands, which, on the 27th October in the same year, upon doing his homage, he obtained.[3]
30 Edw. I., Roger de Bavent petitioned the king for remedy against a sum of £30, arrears of castle-guard rent, demanded of him for the manors of Brandeston (in Suffolk) and Hachesham, by the warden of Dover; being the rent for the period during which those manors were in the custody of the king, at the rate of ten shillings for every three weeks;[4] and by a writ dated the 10th August in the same year, the king commanded Robert de Burghersh, constable of Dover Castle, to permit Roger de Bavent to go free of this demand.[5]
William de Say died in 23 Edw. I., immediately following the proceedings concerning the custody of Roger de Bavent; but the dispute was revived by his son Geoffrey, who, in 35 Edw. I., preferred a petition to the king and council, in which he stated that Adam de Bavent
