et comitisse, heredibus et assignatis suis imperpetuum; Et licet predictus nuper comes nichil habuerit in eisdem, tempore forisfacture predicte, nec unquam postea, nec ullum officium pro nobis inde compertum fuerit, nec in manus nostras extiterint seisita; ac predicti Johannes Cornewaill et comitissa pretextu tam doni, concessionis et confirmacionis prefati Johannis Stevenes, quam approbacionis, ratificacionis, concessionis, et confirmacionis predicti Ricardi, eidem comitisse inde in forma predicta factorum, possessionem castri, maneriorum, et dominiorum predictorum cum pertinenciis debite tenuerint, et statum suum inde continuaverint; idem tamen Johannes Wyndesore ipsos Johannem Cornewaill et comitissam super possessione sua castri, maneriorum, dominiorum predictorum cum pertinenciis, diversis vicibus pretextu litterarum nostrarum patencium predictarum vexavit, et inquietavit, et ad diversos labores et expensas eos posuit ipsos, que adhuc inquietat indebite et injuste, Velimus dictas litteras nostras prefato Johanni Wyndesore in hac parte factas, revocari et adnullari jubere; Nos, volentes in hac parte fieri quod est justum, tibi precipimus, quod scire facias prefato Johanni Wyndesore quod sit coram nobis in cancellaria nostra, in octavis Sancti Johannis Baptiste proximo futuris, ubicunque tunc fuerit, ad ostendum si quid pro nobis, aut pro se ipso, habeat vel dicere sciat quare littere nostre predicte sibi inde sic facte, revocari et adnullari non debeant, et ad faciendum ulterius et recipiendum quod curia nostra consideraverit in hac parte; Et habeas ibi nomina illorum per quos ei scire feceris; Et hoc breve; Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium xi die Junii anno regni nostri tercio.

"Indorsamentum brevis predicti sequitur in hec verba :Responsio Leonardi Hakeluyt vicecomitis. Virtute istius brevis, scire feci Johanni Wyndesore infranominato, quod sit coram domino Rege in cancellaria sua ad diem in isto brevi contentum, ubicunque tunc fuerit, ad ostendum si quid pro ipso domino Rege aut pro se ipso habeat vel dicere sciat, quare littere ipsius domini Regis patentes, unde infra fit mencio, juxta formam ejusdem brevis revocari et adnullari non debeant, et ad faciendum ulterius et recipiendum quod curia ejusdem domini Regis consideraverit in hac parte, prout idem breve exigit et requirit, per Philippum ap Gwillym, Johannem Orchard, Hoellum Whych, et David ap Griffith, probos et legales homines de balliva mea,"

etc.

"Ad quas octavas Sancti Johannis Baptiste, coram domino Rege apud Westmonasterium venerunt predicti Johannes Cornewaill et Elizabeth uxor ejus per Johannem Hulton attornatum suum; et predictus Johannes Wyndesore juxta premunicionem

ei in hac parte factam, in propria persona sua, similiter venit; Et predicti Johannes Cornewaill et Elizabeth protulerunt hic in curia cartam predicti nuper comitis, prefato Johanni Stevenes et Ricardo Shelley factam, donum et concessionem predictos de castro, manerio, et dominiis predictis cum pertinenciis testificantem, que sequitur in hec verba :-Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Johannes Holand, comes Huntyngdon, et camerarius Anglie, dedi, concessi, et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Johanni Stevenes et Ricardo Shelley clerico, castrum, manerium, et dominium de Maynerbyer, ac manerium et dominium de Pennaly cum omnibus membris, libertatibus, proficuis, commoditatibus, redditibus, serviciis, reversionibus, et pertinenciis suis, quibuscunque in comitatu Pembrochie, habenda et tenenda omnia predicta castrum, maneria et dominia, cum omnibus membris, libertatibus, proficuis, commoditatibus, redditibus, serviciis, reversionibus, cum omnibus suis pertinenciis predictis eisdem Johanni Stevenes et Ricardo Shelley, heredibus et assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servicia inde debita et de jure consueta imperpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium, huic presenti carte mee sigillum meum apposui; hiis testibus, Roberto Bays clerico, Thoma Shelley, Roberto Cary, Johanne Chanduyt, Willelmo Burleston, Nicholo Brenches

ley, et aliis; Data duodecimo die Marcii, anno regni 20 Ric. II. Regis Ricardi secundi post conquestum vicesimo; Et proferunt eciam hic in curia iidem Johannes Cornewaill et comitissa scriptum predicti Ricardi Shelley, prefate comitisse in forma predicta factum, approbacionem, ratificacionem, concessionem, et confirmacionem carte predicti Johannis Stevenes testificantem, quod sequitur in hec verba.... Jamque ex parte predictorum Johannis Cornewaill et comitisse nobis sit ostensum, quod licet per veredictum juratorum inquisicionis, in qua partes predicte se inde posuerunt, compertum existit, quod predictus Johannes Wyndesore non fuit seisitus de predictis castro, manerio et dominio de Maynerbier, nec de manerio et dominio de Pennaly cum pertinenciis in comitatu Pembrochie in Wallia. Vos tamen, pro eo quod in dicto brevi nostro de procedendo expressa fit mencio, quod ad judicium in hac parte reddendum nobis inconsultis procedi non deberet ad judicium predictum reddendum, procedere hucusque distulistis, et adhuc differtis in ipsorum Johannis Cornewaill et comitisse dampnum non modicum et gravamen, unde nobis supplicarunt ut ad reddicionem judicii illius procedi jubere velimus; Nos nolentes eisdem Johanni Cornewaill et comitisse justiciam ulterius differri in hac parte, vobis mandamus, quod si in placito predicto coram nobis taliter sit processum et allegatum, tunc ad

judicium inde reddendum cum ea celeritate, qua de jure et secundum legem et consuetudinem predictas poteritis, procedatis, et partibus predictis plenam et celerem justiciam in hac parte fieri faciatis, allegacione predicta, seu eo quod in dicto brevi nostro de procedendo expressa fit mencio, quod ad judicium predictum reddendum, nobis inconsultis, minime procederetis, non obstante. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quinto die Julii, anno regni nostri duodecimo.

Et lectis et auditis, tam placitis parcium predictarum, quam predicto brevi de procedendo ad judicium; Consideratum est, quod predicte breve domini Regis patentes prefato Johanni Wyndesore de predictis castro, manerio et dominiis in forma predicta facte, revocentur et penitus adnullentur, et pro nullo habeantur; Et quod predicti Johannes Cornewaill et comitissa eant inde sine die", etc.1

1 Cf. Rawl. MS. C, fo. 704, Bibl. Bodl., where reference is wrongly given.

Obituary.

RICHARD WILLIAM BANKS.

THE Association has lost one of its most zealous and learned members in the person of Richard William Banks of Ridgbourne, Herefordshire, and Howey Hall, Radnorshire, who succumbed to the prevailing epidemic of influenza on June 24, at the age of seventytwo. He was the eldest son of Mr. Richard Banks, solicitor, of Kington, and was educated at Ludlow and Rugby Schools. He succeeded to his father's business, and was also head of the firm of bankers, Davies, Banks, and Co., of Kington, Rhayader, and Penybont. Mr. Banks' great business capacities, his devotion to his duties, and his wide and accurate learning, made him a most valuable coadjutor and guide. As a Magistrate for the counties of Brecon, Hereford, and Radnor (for the last of which he was High Sheriff in 1874, and a member of its County Council), and as Chairman of the Kington Improvement Commissioners, he has left an honourable and worthy record; and especially will his townsmen remember his great services in connection with the resuscitation and improvement of Lady Hawkins' Grammar School.

But it is rather as an archeologist, and of his services to our own Association, that we would write of him now. It was in 1864 that Mr. Banks became one of our members, and from that period till his death he was an active promoter of its interests, and a constant contributor to its Journal. The list of appended articles is evidence of the extensiveness of his knowledge, and their contents prove his accuracy. Historical records, municipal charters, mediæval tenures, civil and ecclesiastical matters, the stories of counties and families, found in him a careful interpreter; and he was always ready to help others in their researches. His "Cartularium Prioratus S. Johannis Evangelista de Brecon", with its illustrative notes, and his historical Preface to the "Official Progress of the first Duke of Beaufort through Wales in 1684", which he was the principal means of having so admirably reproduced by Messrs. Blades, East, and Blades, will form his best literary memorial. But we must not forget either his efficient management of the funds of the Association, of which he was Treasurer from the resignation of Mr. Barnwell, in 1884, till his death, and which he has left in a better condition than they have ever been in before; nor his help by purse and influence in carrying out successfully the work which Mr. Stephen Williams has so well directed and described at the Abbey of Strata Florida.

Mr. Banks married Emily Rosa, daughter of Nathaniel Hartland, Esq., Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, who with a son and daughter

survive him. The former has already given valuable help for the illustration of the Journal, and we trust he will prove a worthy son of a worthy father.

List of Articles contributed to the Journal by Mr. Banks.

1864. Early History of the Forest of Radnor, etc.

Account of the Siege of Brampton Bryan Castle, Hereford

shire.

1866. A List of Members of Parliament for the County of Radnor and the Radnorshire Boroughs.

Sir Robert Harley's Narrative.

1867. Brampton Bryan Castle.

1869-70. Notes on the Early History of the Manor of Huntington, Herefordshire.

1871. On the Family of Vaughan of Hergêst.

On the Contents of a Tumulus on Ty Du Farm, Llanelieu. 1872. On the Crannog in Llangors Lake.

1873. On the Welsh Records in the time of the Black Prince. 1874. The Four Stones, Old Radnor.

1875. On some Radnorshire Bronze Implements.

On Prehistoric Remains in the Edwy Valley, Radnorshire.
Tomen Castle, Radnor Forest.

1876. On a Shield-Boss found at Aberedwy.

Bryngwyn, Radnorshire.

The Castles of Grosmont, Skenfrith, and Whitecastle.

1878. On the Early Charters to Towns in South Wales.

On an Earthen Vessel found on the Coast of Anglesey.
Notes on Records relating to Lampeter and Cardiganshire.

1879. Llanddwyn, Anglesey.

On a Wooden Female Head found at Llanio.

The Boundary of Herefordshire temp. Henry III.

1880. The Grange of Cwmtoyddwr, Radnorshire.

1882-3. Herefordshire and its Welsh Border during the Saxon Period.

Inspeximus and Confirmation of the Charters of the Abbey of Wigmore.

Cartularium Prioratus S. Johannis Evang. de Brecon.

1883. The Early History of Hay and its Lordship.

1884. On the Descent of the Estates of Walter de Clifford.

An Account of Bronze Implements found near Brecon. 1885. On the Ancient Tenures and Services of the Lands of the

Bishop of St. David's.

On a Bronze Dagger found at Bwlch y Ddeu Faen, Breconshire.

On the Early History of the Land of Gwent.

1886. Caerphilly.

1887. The Marriage-Contract of King Edward II.

Edward II in South Wales.

1888. Notes to the Account of Cwmhir Abbey, Radnorshire 1890. Brecon Priory, its Suppression and Possessions.