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 340 e»DIllAM CASTLE, HANTS. or all these Odiliain only belonged to tlie King. Kext year (10 Ed. II.) Thomas do Warblyngton held the manor, and (12 Ed. II.) Ewer ajrain held the Castle, manor, vill, liundreil, and j^ark. The change Mas perj^etual — inspu'ed probahly by ptTjR'tual distrust. In 1 o Kd. 11. Ilni;h le Desjicnser, junior, held the Castle and manor, and 1^15 Ed. II.) the former was again committed to Ewer. In this year the King's circumstances probably led him to look to his strong ]>laces, for "William de Kyngeston, clerk, is made receiver and keeper of })rovisions, stores, &c., within the Castle. In 1 7 Ed. II. Margery de Burgh held the Castle and suit of court, as had (18 Ed. II.) John de Loxle and Constantia, Ids wife. In this year is au order to repair the King's houses within Odiham Castle. Edward 111. seems to have turned Odiham to account as a place for breeding horses, and he kept up the Castle. At his accession John de Meriet and ]Iaria his wife had the manor, and (4 Ed. Ill ) John de JIohun had it, and it was in the hands of Joan, widow of John, G Ilen. IV. The custody of the Castle was then in John Wodelok — he paying for it £G0 per annum, and Nicholas de la IJeche had the reversion after the Queen's death. In 5 Ed. 111. the King committed to Master William Mareschal the care of the great hoi'ses, and the suj)ervision of the royal stud in tiie park at Odiham. The King himself was there October 25th. In 7 Ed. III. Sir Bernard Brocas had a grant of the lordship for life. In 14 Ed. III. Kichard de Koke- land was keeper of the colts (" pullanorum ") in the King's park at Odiham. In 134G (19-20 Ed. HI.) the Battle of Nevile's Cro.ss was fought, and King l)avid Bruce was taken jjrisoner and committed to Odiham, where he stayed the better part of lifteen years. In 25 Ed. III. John atto lierwe held twelve acres in Odiham of the Castle of Winchester, and William Talemacho and others held four virgates of land there; and (XI E<1. MI.) the Sherilf is to j)Jovido oats, litter, and carri.-ige for tlu^ sujiport of the royal stud in the parish of Odiham, and (hei'e is a specified allowance for grooms, their robes, and their shoos. In M8 Ed. III. the peojdi' of Odiham li.el 1m m m.-dcing free with the boards and tindjer purcha^id '<>y ilif King's work at the park. Five years later (4.'} Ivi. III.) W.iher Walsh holds the Castle, vill, kc, jiroviding carpenltr, p.irk-keejicr, and