for which they render by the year, at the feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle, thirty-five shillings and eight pence farthing."

By another Inquisition taken at Woxebrigge on the death of Ebulo le Strange, in the ninth year of king Edward III. (1334) the writ being dated from Edinburgh the 17th. of September, it was found that Ebulo Le Strange, together with Alesia his wife, who survived him, held, among other manors, "the Manor of Colham, with the Hamlet of Woxebrygge, and with all other their appurtenances, to them and the heirs of the bodies of the afore-said Ebulo and Alice, lawfully begotten, of the gift and grant of the Lord the King that now is :" and in default of issue, the property was limited to the right heirs of the said Ebulo. "That the said Manor of Colham, with the said Hamlet of Woxebrigge, is held of old time of the Earldom of Cornwall, as of the Honor of Walyngford, by the service of one Knight's Fee," i. e. for one knight or soldier to

is also an Ecclesiastical ornament worn by Chanters and SubChanters when officiating. It is also worn by the Romish Bishops and other ordinaries. It reaches from the shoulders to the feet. See Rees's Cyc. As there was a Chantery in this town in very aucient times, we can reasonably account for the exaction of the Cope Silver, upon the supposition, that it was appropriated to purchase the vestments for the priests.

attend the king in his wars for forty days in a year *. "That the rents of assize as well of freemen as of villeinst," or vassals, " and with the rents of the Burgesses of Woxebrigge, are worth, at the four principal terms of the year, by equal portions, twenty-eight pounds, eight shillings and three pence." "The toll of the fair of Woxebrigge, at the feasts of Saint Michael the Archangel, and Saint Margaret, are worth six shillings and eight pence.

In 1356 a similar Inquisition was taken at Smithfield, in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of Edward III. on the death of Nicholas de Cantelupe. The writ is dated at Westminster the 1st. of September. It is there stated that Nicholas de Cantelupe "held the Manors of Colham,

*William the Conqueror divided the kingdom into a certain number of Knights' Fees. The measure of each, in the reign of Edward I. was estimated at twelve plough lands, or as much as could reasonably have been cultivated in a year, with twelve ploughs. The value of the Knight's Fee, which varied, was in the reign of Edward I. and II. stated at twenty pounds per annum. It may now be reckoned worth four hundred pounds. The pledge of personal service to the king for the Knight's Fee, degenerated into a pecuniary commutation, and was finally abolished in the twelfth year of Charles II. Black. Com.

+ Villein or villan is another name for slave. They were formerly attached either to the lands, or the person of the landholder; and transferable like cattle. In the former case they were called

villeins regardant, in the latter villeins in gross.

Their state was

gradually meliorated, though not abolished, till 1660, in the reign of Charles II. Rees's Cyc. Black. Com.

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Woxebrigge, and Eggeswer (Edgware) for life, and that Roger, son and heir of Roger Le Strange, was entitled thereto and that the Manors of Colham and Woxebrigge are held of the lord the Prince of Wales, as of the Honor of Wallingford, by the service of one Knight's fee."

Another Inquisition was taken at Woxebrugge in the sixth year of the reign of king Richard II. (1382) on the death of Roger Le Straunge of Knokyn, Chivaler. This writ is also dated at Westminster the 1st. of September, and it is stated, that "there are there thirty-three pounds seven shillings and ten pence of rents of assize, in Colham and Woxebrugge, appertaining to the said manor of Colham, to be paid yearly, at the four usual terms:"-" that there are two statute fairs at Woxebrugge in every year, at the feasts of Saint Margaret and Saint Michael, to the aforesaid manor appertaining; and in every week by the year, two Markets holden there, viz. on Monday and Thursday, which are worth per annum in all their issues, according to the true value, thirteen shillings and four pence:" and "that the perquisites of courts and view of frankpledge there holden at Colham and Woxebrugge aforesaid, are worth per annum, beyond charges, according to the true

value, forty shillings: and that Roger Le Strange, Chivaler, was the next heir."

A similar Inquisition was taken at Woxebrigge, in the twenty-first year of the same reign, (1397) on the death of John, son of Roger Le Straunge of Knokyn, whereby it was found, that he died seized (or possessed) of the manor of Colham and Woxebrigge, and that Richard his son was the next heir.

A similar Inquisition was taken at the Charter-house, in the fifth year of the reign of king Henry IV, (1403) on the death of Matilda, the wife of the last named John Le Straunge: the writ is dated at Westminster the tenth of October, whereby it was found that the said Matilda held the manors of Colham and Woxebrigge for her life, and that Richard Le Straunge was the next heir.

It will be observed, that in several of these documents, Uxbridge is represented as a distinct manor, though associated with that of Colham. There is, however, no authority for the supposition that Uxbridge was ever a separate manor.

SECTION 5.

THE TREATY,-THE TREATY - HOUSE, &c.-THE GARRISON.

The Treaty.

The town of Uxbridge is well known in history, as the place where a long and unsuccessful effort was made by king Charles I. and his Parliament, to bring their differences and mutual grievances, to an amicable adjustment. After a painful struggle on the one side for liberty of conscience, and on the other for regal prerogative, when both parties were greatly exhausted, and the nation harrassed with hostile armies in alternate pursuit of each other, traversing the country in all directions, and spreading universal desolation and misery, it was felt to be highly desirable that some serious efforts should be made to obtain a satisfactory peace.

The king accordingly sent two messages to request a TREATY: but this measure was not adopted till his army was reduced to great distress, and his cause nearly desperate. These circumstances might have convinced him, that the proposal was less likely to be listened to