The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-26 00:00:00

SINGULAR TENURES OF LAND.

In the 19th of Henry 111. Water Gately held
the manor of Westcourt, in Beddington, in Surrey,
yielding yearly to the King one cross-bow.
Auno 3tio. Edward I. Osborn de Lonchamp,
Knight, held his lands of Ovenhelle, in Kent, for
personally guarding the King forty days, into
Wales, at his own expence, with one horse, of ss.
value ; one sack, worth 6d. ; and one broch (a
pot, jug, or bason), for that sack.
The like service the same year of Lawrence
de Broke, who for his hamlet at Renham, in
Middlesex, found the King one soldier, a horse.
worth ss. with a sack•sd. and a brock worth 2d.
at his own ex-pence, wherever his army shall he
within the four seas. This was settled, says our
author, at the Stone Cross, in the Strand, London,
where the Judges itinerant' used in old times
to sit.

1 3mo Edw. I. Henry de Averinges tenure of
land of the manor of Morton in Essex was to
find a man, and a horse worth ten shillings, a
leather sack, and four horse-shoes.
In the year folio% ing, three persons beltl_tlArty
years of rand in Carlton, in Norfolk, by,the ser..
vice of bringing the King, whenever he shall be

in England;c2-4pasties.of fresh herrings-at their'
first coming in.
Another held his Manor in Norfolk of. that.
King, by annually
.supplying. him at•his..xch.e.
quer with two vessels (calle&-miteswine,
made of pearmains. " Here," says the author,
"It is worth observing, that in King Edward the
First's time, Tearmain • cider was called wine."
This, therefore, seems to account for the men-
tion of vineyards in old times in Kent,. Sussex,
and other parts of England,,which has often puz-
zled many,peopleto clear up. •
Another person, in. the-2.15t.0f the said King,
held thirty acres of land (valued at I.os, yearly
in the Exchequer, or 4d. per acre),. in Cam-
bridgeshire, for furnishing a truss of hay for the
King's Cloaca, whenever he shall come into that
country.
Another (in the 3-4th of the same King) held
a manor In Kent, for providing a man to. lead
three greyhounds when the King should go to
Gascony, so long as a pair of, shoes of. 4d.
should last.

And so.late as in the first year of. Edward 11.
Steelman made a fine to the King for his lands by
serjeantry, to find one to serve as a soldier for
forty days.in England, with a coat of mail ; also
to find straw for the King's bed, and hay for his
horse. _ _

Sundry. other extraordinary tenures held of
the Crown, as for example ; to pay for two white
capons annually—for bearing the King's standard
whenever he happens to be in the county of
Sussex—to carry a rod or battoon before the
King on certain occasions—by serving the office
of Chamberlain of the Exchequer (a very good
place at present)—one by being marechal of the
laundress of the King's army whilst in England,
another supplies a servant for the King's larder—
another for his wardrobe—others to supply ser-
vants for this or that forest—another a hawk—,
onelor presenting the King with a pair of scarlet.
hose annually—others for supplying soldiers with,
armour for certain days, for this or that castle—
one (for the manor of Elston in Nottingham-
' shire) pays the yearly rent of one pound weight
Of •cummin-seed, two pair of gloves, and a steel
needle—another to. repair the iron-work of the
King's plows. Amongst others, Ela, Countessof
Warwick, in the 13th of Edward I, held the
manor of Hokenerton, in Oxfordshire, in the
barony of D'Oyls, by the serjeanty of carving at
the King's table on his birth,day,and she to have
the knife the King then used at table.

- [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
The AlOrea has been heretofore the-grave a
the 'furls, as often.as they carried their arms into
that province ; and we learn from. The Oriental
Spectator, which,.as most of our Readers knoti,
is wholly devoted to- the interests of The Porte,
that the expedition of Ibrahim Pacha, so far from
forming an exception to this rule, is likely to con-
&in it. This Journal states under the head Syra,
April B,.that tlfe'Turkish Leader'had abandoned
the siege of .Navaren,though to make it appear as
if it was the effect of choice, and not of neces-
sity, it adds,-that he. had advanced eight leagues
into the interior of-the country, burning and 'de- DIED.
On the 24th inst. 'Suddenly, 'Horace Hone, Es q., of Dover-
straying -every thing in his way. uppoSing the"
street, Piccadilly, inst.
, and enamel painter ,to- Majesty,
latter part of the account to be true, of which we
have strong doubts,. it would prove that he de- OR the.l6thhl4nrsti, Chtirch4treet Ed-
monton, Mr. Richard Taylor,
spairetrof making any permanent impression Ott mo&tontine
2tB t h
,of iticialruaorfyh i age.
last, at Macao, James Thomas'
the country, either by intrigue. or force. Au in. Robarts, Esq.
aged 71. .

BIRTH.
On the sth inst., at Florence, the lady of J. P. Catty, Esq.,
of the Royal Engineers, of kson,

• MARRIED. ,
On the 25th inst., at All-Hallows, Bread-street, Francis
Henry Echalaz, Esq, to Caroline Sarah,• second daughter of
Charles Hibbert, Esq., of Grove-house, 'Tottenham.
On the 21st inst., at Temple Balsall, Mr. M. J. Turner, of
Clonmell; tb Miss'Mary Gilbert; of Warwick.
,On Wednesday, the 25th inst., at St..lohn7s,:Hickncy, Isaac
Sewell, of Salters'-hall, Loudon, Esq., to Mary Hall Alers, the
eldest daughter of William Alers Harkey, Esq., of Hackney.