Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Bluets 102
broke down the close of Ralph de Sandwyco 436 and Peter
Malorre at Wykewood, co. Surrey and cut down and carried
away his trees. 437
In 1308 John granted the income from the rental of some Bluet land to
Robert of the Bridge, provided he supplied 2lbs (aprrox 1kg) of wax for
the Chapel of St Mary of Lackham annually, presumably for candles 438 .
436
Barron, CM (2004) London in the Middle Ages : Government and People 1200-
1500 OUP ISBN 0199257779
Ralph de Sandwich was a baron of the exchequer [Royal Arch. Soc. of Gt. Brit.
And Ire. (1848) Memoirs Illustrative of the Antiquities of the County and City of
York etc, p151] and was appointed royal Warden of the City of London when King
Edward I took London into his own hands in June 1285 after Lawrence Duket was
murdered in St Mary le Bow church. The city was governed by royal Wardens for
thirteen years and the city liberties were only recovered after a fine of 2000
marks (an enormous amount) was paid in April 1298. Sandwich is seen as Warden,
or Mayor, of London 9 times between 1284 and 1293 (Appendix 1 pp322-323). He
may have died in 1307 [Foss, E (1851) The Judges of England vol III pp151 – 152]
437
Calendar Patent Roll Edw I vol 4 1301 – 1307 dated March 7th 1305
438
A copy of the original document is reported by Hinton, [Hinton, FH (1941)
Notes : Chapel at Lackham, in Lacock WAM XLIX CLXXIV pp360 – 361]. The
entry reads :
Dugdale, Sir W (1825) Monasticon Anglicanum: a History of the Abbies and
other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches,
with their Dependencies, in England and Wales 1308 (2 Edw II)
(Transcription by JE Jackson from a copy, in his possession, of a Charter in the
British Museum. BM Additional Charters no. 1533)
Sciant presentes &c. I John Bluet Kt and Lord of Lackham give &c, to Robert de
le Brigg, Clerk, Two shillings & sixpence of annual rent in my Fee of Lackham to be
yearly taken, viz, From Matilda Hobekins 18d, & from John le Colt 12 for the
Messuages, &c, wh. they hold of me. Moreover I have given to ye said Robert
171/2 acres of Arable, viz. 6 in Le Leye; 11/2 on Nethecote, 1 on Cockelegh, 1 at
Goidlegh cum Rammesbrok, & 1/2 an acre at Man's Lane. And at Pewsdon 1 acre
and at Wynterwell (names still at or near Lackham JEJ) 1 acre & on Eldridge 2
acres, & near the land of dame Hawys in the Inland 1 acre and near Le Weylete 1
acre; & on Flexley 1 acre of meadow called Le Melehamme.
To Have & To Hold the said Annual Rents with the 171/2 acres of arable & 1 of
adow, of me and my heirs or assigns, To said Robert for term of his life freely,
quietly and in good peace, Rendering thereout every year at the Chapel of the
Blessed V Mary of Lackham Two lbs of wax (and) to me and my heirs sixpence, for
the mess aforsd. And I, ye sd John Bluet, will warrant &c On testimony whereof
&C. Our seals are affixed. Witnesses Alan Brecon, Alexander de Fraxino [Ash?,
and if so was he from the settlement of Ash, at the top of Naish (Ash) Hill?], Wm
Thomasand others. dat 2 Edward II"