* 1293. Thomas de Hamull, his predecessor accompanying Edward 1. into Gascony[1].
*1296. William de Beauchamp[2].
*1298. Adam de Welles[3]. He was at the siege of Carlaverock.
*1307. Baldwin de Manners, on the same terms as his predecessor[4].
*1307. William de Latymer[5]. He was at the siege of Carlaverock.
*1311. Alan la Zouche[6]. He was at the siege of Carlaverock.
*1313. Aymer de Valence[7], Earl of Pembroke.
*1324. John de Morteyn[8].
*1326. Donenald de Mar[9], for his life.
*1330. Simon de Drayton, rendering to the king forty pounds a year[10].
1331. Robert de Veer[11].
1337. John de Verdoun, office confirmed, on his paying to the end of his life to Queen Philippa forty pounds a year[12].
*1372. Almaric de St. Amando (Chivaler), paying twenty-four pounds a year as long as he holds it[13].
*1442. Robert Roos[14], by a special grant to him and his male heirs, paying the Crown annually seventy-five pounds, sixteen shillings, and eight pence.
*1475. William Lord Hastings and Ralph Hastings, for their lives[15].
Among the minor circumstances that have been recorded respecting this royal fortress are the following, some of which are found entered upon the Close Rolls.
In 1214, preparatory to his annual visit. King John, according to his usual custom of ordering the wine intended for the royal use to be sent before him in readiness, commanded five casks of the best that could be found in London to be dispatched for his drinking into Northamptonshire[16]. (Nov. 7th.) Of these five casks which he ordered, one was to be sent to Cliffe,
- ↑ Rot. Orig., p. 83.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 100.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 103.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 154.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 157.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 187.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 203.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 286.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 300.
- ↑ Ibid, vol. ii. p. 40.
- ↑ Calend. Rot. Pat., p. 113.
- ↑ Rot. Orig., vol. ii. p. 116.
- ↑ Ibid, p. 325.
- ↑ Calend. Rot. Pat., p. 285.
- ↑ Ibid., p. 323.
- ↑ Rot. Lit. Claus., p. 177.
