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CAMOYS 511 CAMOYS Roger Camoys,(^) a yr. s., and h. male, though not h. gen. of Sir Thomas Camoys, K.G., is mentioned as a Knight in Feb. 1427. (*>) By an inquisition taken at Calais in Dec. 1428, he was found to be aged 22 years and more.() In applying for a fresh inquisition on technical grounds, he describes himself as " Roger^ Sire de Camoys, fifz et heir a Thomas Camoys, Chivaler^if) In 1428 he appears to have been in pos- session of the paternal estates in various counties, and in the return from CO. Huntingdon he is styled " Rogerus dominus de Camoys."(°) In Mar. of that year the Radmyldes and Lewknors, coheirs of his nephew, Hugh Camoys, before mentioned, began legal proceedings against certain feoffees in order to recover Trotton and other manors in Sussex which were ap- parently in his possession,(^) and in 1433 he ceded his right in the manor of Trotton. (*^) In Apr. 1429 he is described as Rogerus dominus de Camoys. (^) In July 1432, he, as Dominus de Camoys, is mentioned in the Issue Roll and also in the Patent Roll, as being about to proceed to France with 40 men at arms and 200 archers. He is again styled Roger, Lord Camoys, in the following month. (') In 1436 he, with the Earl of Huntingdon, relieved the garrison at Calais. (') In Nov. 1444 the King granted licence to Roger, Lord of Camoys, Knight, who had been taken by his enemies and detained in divers prisons, to effect a settlement of his property at Calais upon himself and his heirs male.C') In an English letter from the Queen to the Earl of Northumberland, there is mention of "the finance (i.e. ransom) of the Lord of Camoys." (') In July 1453 he was appointed Seneschal of Guienne.("') In the following month, the King, writing in English, mentions " oure right trusty and welbelovede (^) This article has been kindly contributed by Sir Henry Maxwell-Lyte, K.C.B. V.G. C) Gascon Roll. (') Inq. p. m. 7 Hen. VI, no. 60. He was heir to some houses at Calais which had passed to him under a previous conveyance in tail male. {Inq. p. m. 10 Hen. VI, no. 58; Cloie Roll, II Hen. VI, m. 22). (^) Ancient Petitions, H423. (*) Feudal Aids, vol. ii, pp. 345, 475; vol. v, pp. 122, 156. (') Placita de Banco, Easter 6 Hen. VI, m. 121. (8) Add. Chart., Brit. Mus., 20055. () In his quit-claim of all his rights in the manor of Wotton and the advowson of the church of Okwode, Surrey, to Thomas Morstede and his heirs. {Close Roll, 7 Hen. VI, m. -jA.). (') Cal. of Patent Rolls, 1429-I436, p. 203. (') Numerous references given in Vickers's Humplirey Duke of Gloucester, p. 250. () Cal. of Patent Rolls, 1 44 1 -1 446, p. 311. (') Letters of Margaret of Anjou, p. no. (■=) Gascon Roll.