Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (08 of 12): Henrie the Third, the Eldest Sonne of King IohnHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (08 of 12): Henrie the Third, the Eldest Sonne of King Iohn
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- Henry III, 1216-1272; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
8 Item the said Senena in the name of the said Griffin hir husband,
submitteth hir selfe concerning the obseruation of the premisses vnto
the iurisdiction of the reuerend fathers the bishops of Hereford and
Lichfield, so that the said bishops or either of them at the kings
request shall compell the said Griffin and his heires to obserue
all and singular the premisses on their behalfe, by sentence of
excommunication vpon their persons, and interdiction vpon their lands.
9 Lastlie, the said Senena dooth vndertake and promise (Bona fide) to
sée and procure the full performance of all the premisses, and that
the said Griffin hir husband and his heires shall allow and performe
the same, and thereof shall deliuer his instrument in writing to the
king in forme aforesaid. To this charter both parties put their seales,
Griffin and Senena to that part which remained with the king, and the
K. to that part which remained with Senena.
Finallie, for the performance of the articles in this instrument or
writing conteined, the said ladie in name of hir husband procured
diuerse Noble men to become suerties or pledges, that is to saie,
Ralfe de Mortimer, Walter de Clifford, Roger de Monthualt seneshall of
Chester, Mailgun ap Mailgun, Meredoc ap Robert, Griffin ap Maddoc of
Bromefield, Houwell and Meredoc brethren, Griffin ap Wenuwen: which
persons undertooke for the said ladie, that the couenants on hir part
should be performed, and thervpon they also bound themselues by their
writings obligatorie vnto the said king, in forme following.
Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris Rogerus de monte alto senescallus Cestriæ
salutem. Sciatis quòd ego me constitui plegium, &c.
To all and singular, to whome this writing shall come, Roger de
monte alto the steward of Chester sendeth gréeting. Know yée
that I haue constituted my selfe pledge for Senena the wife of
Griffin the sonne of Leolin, sometimes prince of Northwales,
and haue vndertaken for hir to our souereigne lord Henrie king
of England, that the said Senena shall accomplish and performe
all and singular those couenants and articles, agréed vpon
betwéene our said souereigne lord and the said Senena, for and
concerning the deliuerance of the said Griffin hir husband and
Owen his sonne out of the prison of Dauid his brother, and the
portion of inheritance due vnto the said Griffin, which the
said Dauid kéepeth from him by force. In witnesse whereof to
this present writing I haue put my seale. Dated at Salop, the
mondaie before the feast of the Ascension of the blessed virgin
Marie, in the 15 yeare of his reigne.
[Sidenote: Dauid driuen to his wits end.]
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