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GEOFFREY DE LUSIGNAN. In Charter Roll 41
Hen. III., M. 13 is inspeximus of the charter
by which "Edward our first-born gave to our
beloved brother and faithful Galfridus de
Leziniaco 160. worth of land in England,
140. in Ireland, and 200. sterling yearly."
In this gift was the manor of Pauntou, now
Great Ponton, near Grantham, and usually
included in that lordship ; it had been
granted in 1252 to John de Geres, being then
escheat of the land of the Normans, forfeited
by John, son of Luke de Grantmesnil (Charter
Roll 36 Hen. III.). In 1275 Galfridus de
Lesiniaco was holding this manor (Hundred
Rolls, vol. i. p. 392) ; on 10 Nov., 1295, it was
taken into the king's hands, and remained
escheated 1296 and 1297, because Galfridus
de Lysiniaco was an alien of the French
allegiance (Chancellor's Roll, 29 Ed. I ). In
1305 Geoffrey wished to lease lands in
Norfolk, and the jury reported that, inter
alia, there would remain to him the manor
of Paunton, worth 30. a year (Inquis. a.q.d.
File Ivi.). In 1317-18 it was recorded that
John, Earl Warren, lord of Grantham, had
taken this manor into his hands because
Drogo de Merlon, who had received it by
hereditary descent, after the death of
Galfridus de Leziniaco, was an alien ; and
that he had unjustly restored it, 1 July,
1315, to the king as part of Grantham town
(Inquis. a.q.d. 11 Ed. II.). Grantham was
given to Adomar de Valence, Earl of Pem-
broke, who died 1324; after his death,
Edmund de Assheby made return of 106s. Sd.
ferm of two parts of the manor of Paunton,
and did not respond for the third part
because Petronilla de Suylli, Countess of
Dreux, was holding it in dower after the
death of Galfridus de Lusiniaco, formerly
lord of that manor, and her husband
(Ministers' Accounts, 913/23, 18-19 Ed. It).
Can any correspondent kindly say whether these are references to one long-lived Geoffrey, or to two or more of that name? If the latter' what were the dates of their deaths ? Also, what more is known of Petronilla, the widow, and of Drogo, the heir ?
ALFRED WELBY, Lieut. -Col. 26, Sloane Court, 8.W.
ROBERT WINGFIELD'S DESCENDANTS. Sir Robert Wingfield (son of Sir Anthony Wing- field, K.G., of Letheringham, Suffolk) had a
younger son Robert Wingfield, whom Burke,
in his ' Extinct Peerage,' states to have
"d.s.p.m.," so presumably he had female
issue. Can any of your readers supply me
with details of that issue ?
A. C. FOX-DAVIES. 23, Old Buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
ROKEWOOD : STYLE : TOWNSEND. I shall be obliged to any one acquainted with Suffolk genealogy who will inform me who Nicholas Rokewood was and whom he married. He is mentioned in the deeds relating to the Rokewood family in Collec- tanea Top. et Gen vol. ii. pp. 140 - 2, as executor, with Sir Humphry Style, of Edmund Kemp, whose daughter Bridgett was wife of Robert Rokewood, of Stanfield, Suffolk. I have abstract of the will of Nicholas Rokewood, of Lincoln's Inn, proved (P.C.C., Wrastley, 39) on 23 Oct, 1557, in which he mentions his wife Elizabeth.
According to further information I have, this Elizabeth Rokewood married Sir Edmund Style, Kt, but I do not know how, if at all, he was related to the above-mentioned Sir Humphry Style, nor when Sir Edmund died ; but I believe the same Elizabeth married a third husband, Thomas Townsend, whose will, I believe, was proved (P.C.C., Darcy, 14) on 27 April, 1581, leaving as executrix his wife Elizabeth.
For any information as to the maiden name of this thrice - married Elizabeth I shall be much obliged. E. A. FRY.
124, Chancery Lane, W.C.
"EGOTELES." What are these 1 Or is it a ghost- word ? I find it quoted from Hey wood's ' Mery Playe betwene the Pardoner and the Frere/1533, in Fairholt's edition of Hey wood's 1 Dialogue on Wit and Folly,' Percy Soc. ed., p. Ixvi :
Thanked be God ! they had no stauys Nor egoteles, for than it had beene wronge.
There is no such word in the * N.E.D.'
A. SMYTHE PALMER. South Woodford.
CITY OF LONDON MILITIA, 1716. In Chamberlayne's * Magnse Britannise Notitia ' of the above date are given the names of the officers of several regiments of the City of London Militia. The regiments are dis- tinguished by colours " the First, or Yellow, Regiment," " the Second, or Orange, Regi- ment," and so on. Are the records of these corps, or of the Tower Hamlets Militia (which appears also to have been in existence at this period), still extant ? If so, where may they be seen? and do they give any
