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 FEUDAL BARONAGE Henry de Monewden failed in 1226 to oust him, owing to the false recogni- tion of a suborned jury, he succeeded the year following in obtaining possession of the lands of Hornby.^ Immediately after obtaining possession of his inheritance Henry de Monewden enfeoffed Hubert de Burgh (earl of Kent, 1227), and Margaret his wife, of the castle, honour, and soke of Hornby, with the advowson of the priory there, and of the church of Melling, which grant the king confirmed 14 September, 1227." In Easter term following, Hubert and Margaret impleaded Henry to warrant Hornby to them,' and in November, 1229, Henry confirmed his grant of the honour to them by fine, to hold of him during their lives by the service of half a knight's fee, con- ditionally that, failing issue of their bodies, it should revert to Hubert's heirs.* In November, 1232, after the seizure of his lands for having given the king displeasure, Hubert de Burgh recovered his lands and stock, but Hornby with other castles he did not recover until later/ In 1236, Olive de Montbegon released to Hubert and Henry de Monewden her right of dower in Hornby in exchange for 8i marks of yearly rent from Thonock." In 1229 Henry resigned his manor of Oswaldbec to the king in exchange for an annuity of 20 marks,'' which however he was obliged to resign in 1239 in consideration of the king's aid against his creditors, certain Jews of York and London.* In 1230 he was serving abroad in the retinue of the earl of Kent.' In 1235 he alienated his fee of Tottington to John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, to hold of him for 2i knights' fees,^" which the king confirmed on 10 September." In Easter term, 1242, John de Lungvilers commenced process at law against Margaret, countess of Kent, to substantiate his title to the manors of Hornby and Melling." In consequence of the earl's death Hornby Castle was put in charge of Alexander Bacon on the king's behalf, but was restored on 29 July, 1243." '^^^ proceedings dragged on until the beginning. of 1252.^* This John was son of Eudo de Lungvilers by Clemence, sister and co-heir of John Malherbe, the half brother of Roger de Montbegon, the younger." Maud, the other sister and co-heiress, married before 1227, probably as her second husband, Geoffrey de Nevill." Early in 1252 the king took steps to terminate the suit which had long been in progress between John de Lungvilers and John son of John de Burgh, grandson of the earl of Kent." John de Lungvilers died in 1254,^* and was succeeded by his son John, who probably survived his father only a few years. Early in 1259, Ellen, probably the widow of the younger John de Lungvilers, was suing John de Burgh, 1 Cur. Reg. R. No. 169, m. izd. ^ Cal. Chart. R. i. 60, 83. 3 Cur. Reg. R. No. 102, m. 16. * Lanes. Fines (Rec. Soc), i. 57. 6 Close R. 17 Hen. III. m. 17. There is a rental of Hornby for 16-18 Hen. III. in the P.R.O., Min. Accts. 1 1 17, No. 13. 6 Lanes. Fines, 147. ^ Cal. Pat. R. 1223-32, 239. 8 Orig. R. 23 Hen. III. m. 4. 9 Pat. R. (Rec. Com.), ii. 361. 10 Duchy of Lane. Gt. Coucher, i. 63. " Cal. Chart. R. i. 213. 12 Cur. Reg. R. No. 123, m. 15. See also No. 124, m. 23 ; No. 128, m. i ; No. I35,m. 35^; No. 139, m. 15. 13 Pat. R. 27 Hen. III. m. 2. " Assize R. No. 1046, ra. 73. 16 Upon the death of John Malherbe in or before 12 16 she received half the manor of Appleby, CO. Lincoln, as her pourparty (p. 323)., , • /^, 18 Pat. R. (Rec. Com.), ii. 158. Henry de Monewden was suing Maud and her sister Clemence with their respective husbands in 1227 for the half of the church of Penistone, co. York. Cf. Torks. Inq. p. m. (Yorb.Rec. Soc), i. 279 ; Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), i. 192. 17 Assize R. No. 1046, m. 73. Cokayne, Compl. Peerage, iv. 350, note e. See also Plac. de quo war. (Rec. Com.), 381. -^^ Cal. Inq. p.m. I. 7J.