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 i8o COMPLETE PEERAGE ap adam lands of John de Gurnay, and, 19 July 1296, of those of Olive, afsd. (*) Having thus become the possessor of vast estates, ("■) he was sum., 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. I, to attend the King at Salisbury, Q and was sum. to Pari., 6 Feb. (1298/9) 27 Edw. 1 to 13 Dec. (1309) 3 Edw. II, by writs directed Johanni ap Adam, ah Adam, or Abbadam, whereby he may be held to have become LORD AP ADAM. He subscribed the Barons' letter to the Pope, 12 Feb. 1 300/1, as Johannes ah Adam dominus de Beveriston. He was sum., 18 Jan. 1307/8, to attend the coronation of Edward II. He d. in May or June 131 1. ('') None of his descendants were ever sum. to Pari, in respect of this Barony. (") His s. and h.. Sir Thomas ap Adam, having proved his age, did homage and had livery of his lands, 4 July 1325.0 Immediately afterwards, he began a series of alienations, to different persons, of his extensive property. C) He m., istly, Margery, who was living 13 Oct. errors, (3) and (4) are, perhaps, wholly imaginary persons. Peter fitz Reginald — whose only known wife was named Maud — was a minor in 1286 [Close Roll, 14 Edw. I, m. id), but he is here made the ancestor in the 3rd degree of a man who was of age in 1325. Further, the Baron liimself is omitted : for the John here described as "sum. 19 Edw. I " is obviously his grandson. As to Llanllowel (near Usk), a great authority, Thomas Wakeman, believed that the Ap Adams never held it, and that it was acquired, long afterwards, by the Huntleys. (") Fine Rolls, 19 Edw. I, m. 16, and 24 Edw. I, m. 7. ('') Beverstone, Kingsweston, and Elberton, i fee, held of the King in chief; Over, and Purton in Lydney, ^ a fee, of the Earl of Warwick ; Redwick in North- wick, of the Bishop of Worcester ; all co. Gloucester : East and West Harptree, Farrington and Barrow Gurney, Babington, Middlecote, Sandford Orcas, £5c., Somerset, and Sharncote, Wilts, 22^^ fees, of the Earl of Gloucester : Wearc, Somerset, of John de Cogan : and East Hampnett, Sussex, the marriage portion of Olive Lovel : all derived from De Gurnay {i.e., Fitzjohn of Harptree). Salisbury, Multon, Brendehyroc, Allt-y-Bela, and Llanbadock, co. Monmouth, and Talyvaii, co. Glamorgan, likewise held by John ap Adam of the Earl of Gloucester, were probably inherited from his father. (') Concerning the validity of a writ of this date as a regular writ of summons to Pari., see Preface. V.G. C) 25 Apr. 131 1, being about to go beyond seas on pilgrimage, his attorneys were nominated for a year : 15 June 131 1, the custody of his lands and those of Elizabetli his wife, was granted to Ralph de Monthermer for 6000 marks. [Putiut Rolls, 4 Edw. II, pars ii, m. 17,8:5 Edw. II, pars i, m. 5). The writ of diem. cl. cxt. was not issued till 6 July {Fine Roll, 4 Edw. II, m. 2). There is no inquisition extant, except those following two writs of plenius certiorari, 3 Sep. and I Feb. 6 Edw. II, on the small property in Tidenham. (Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. II, file 28, no. 14). ('■) As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. (') Close Roll, 18 Edw. II, m. I. {") Monewdcn, Suffolk, to Isabella de Hastings for life, Thursday the feast of St. James [25 July] 1325 : Purton, to John de Walton for life, Sunday after St. James 1325 : Penyard Regis, La Lee, co. Gloucester, and East Hampnett, &c., to Sir John Inge, Friday the morrow of the Ascension [2 June] 1329 : Weare, Gorstc, East Harptree, isc, to Thomas de Gurnay for life, for the settling of divers