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 338 uDIIIAM CASTLE, HANTS. Ari'libishop of Canterbury, vlio lioMs tlio Castle of Odi- haiii, is directed to give up to Engelram de Cygoyn all his chattels and fanning stock at the Castle (Close Roll. p. 581), and again, on ilOth Feb., the Constable of Odihani is directed to permit Engelrani to remove all his chattels, stock, marcs, &c., from the park of Odiham, and what he bought Nvith his own money. This done, the King seems to havo taken to farming on liis own account, for on l23rd Feb. following, the treasurer is directed to pay to Walter de Kirkcham and Walter de Brackel I'lOO to defray their expenses, and to Ealph Brito 50 marks for the purchase of oxen for the King's ploughs at Windsor and Oiliham, and for seed for the lands there. Further, on the 5th of May, by virtue of an order directing the distribution of wine from Southampton to certain of the royal residences, a tun ("dolium") of spiced wine was sent to Odiham. On 4th June in the place of Henry de Feslegh, deceased, Gilbert de la Dene is appointed a verdercr in the forest of Odiham, and is to take the usual oath. In IS Hen. HI. the royal forests of Windsor and Odiham were committed to the care of Engelram de Cygoyn — then a very old servant of the Crown, and (20 Hen. 111.) he had also the park of Odiham. In 21 Hen. HI. Alianor, Countess of Pendjruke, the King's sister, had the Castle, and after- wards (33 Hen. HI.), as Countess of Leicester, the manor, ^leantime, however, (28 Hen. HI.) her hu.sband, Simon de Montfort, held the j)ark as the King's tenant. In the same year Do Cygoyn had a writ of ''allocate" for £40, due to the King for two years nnt of the manor of Odiham ; also in the same year, however, De Cygoyn was dead, and the SherilV was to receive from his executois all his ploughs and Block, an<l to deliver (licni to De Montfort. In 30 ilcn.IH.Kichard le Male held the manor. The Bishop of Bath and Wells had a grant of three acres of land out of Otlihani to augment the j)ai-k of Dogmersfield. In 34 Hen. HI. John, the representative of the Do Beninges family-, long connected with Odiham, had been outlawed, and incjuiry was directe<l as to what he licld in cliicf tli('i'( which appears to have been ihni.' virgates. in 35 Ilcn. HI. William de Synago had a grant of Stapclcgh in the parish of Odiliam, and Gilbert de I'jversley appears among the tenants, as (38 Ibii. III.) docs W'ni. X'illrrs for two acres.