Charter of 4 Edward III. for John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, 1331

The King to the same (archbishops, bishops, &c.) greetings Know ye, that whereas we willing to honour the person of our beloved and faithful John of Eltham, our most dear brother, and given him the name and honour of Earl of Cornwall have preferred, and girt with a sword, as Earl of the same place; and that the same, our brother, may be more decently to sustain the name and honour of Earl, we have given, granted, and by this our charter confirmed to the same Earl, 20l of yearly rent, under the name and honour of Earl of Cornwall, of the issues of the County of Cornwall, by the hands of the steward or sheriffs to be received. And also the castles, manors, lands, and tenements under written; to wit, the manor of Hadleigh, with the appurtenances, in the county of Suffolk; the castle and manor of Eye, with the hamlets of Dalyngho, Alderton, and Thorndon, and other appurtenances in the said county, 20l of yearly rent, which the prior and convent of Bromholm render for the manor of Baketon, in the county of Norfolk; a certain yearly rent belonging to the honour of Eye, in the said counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincoln, and in the county of Essex, together with the wardship of the same castle of Eye, and the free-court belonging to the same honour, in the same county of Lincoln; certain lands and tenements in Clapton, with the appurtenances, in the same county; the castle and town of Berkhampstead, with the honour and other its appurtenances, in the county of Hertford; the manor of Risbergh, with the park and other its appurtenances, in the county of Bucks; the manor of Cippenham, with its appurtenances, in the same county.