DEINCOURT 119 (1326) 20 Edw. 1I,(^) by writs directed Edmiaido De>icurt or Dcyncoun, whereby he is held to have become LORD DEINCOURT-C) He did homage for his lands in Burnby, co. York, to three successive Archbishops of York, 1299, 1 8 July 1300, and 3 May 13 lo.(') As Edmundus de Eyncourt dominus de Thurgerton he took part in the Barons' Letter to the Pope, 1 2 Feb. 1 300/1. He was one of those ordered, 3 Sep. 13 12, to prohibit the Earl oi Lancaster and others from repairing to the King with horses and arms-^) By a fine, levied in the octaves of St. Michael 1 1 Edw. II, he conveyed the manor and soke of Blankney, with the advowson of the chapel there, the manors of Branston, Mere, and Granby, a messuage in the bail of Lincoln, the advowsons of the Priory of Thurgarton and the Hospital of St. Leonard at Stoke, and the manors of Holmesfield and Elmton, save a messuage, fsfc., in Elmton, to himself for life: rem. to William s. of John Deincourt, rem. to John br. of the same William, in successive tail general: rem. to his own right heirs. C) By another fine, of the same date, he conveyed the said messuage, i^c, in Elmton, to himself for life: rem. to Hamon de Mascy and Joan his wife [late the wife of Edmund s. of John Deincourt], for her life:Q rem. to Isabel (*=) da. of Edmund s. of John (*) Sum. to Pari. 3 Nov. 1 306, but marked on the list, excusatur per Justic. {Fetus Codex, f. 129 v). C") As to the writ of 1294 see Preface, and as to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage dignity, see Appendix A in the last volume. York Reg., Newark, f. 18, Corbridge, f. 102 v, Greenfield ii, f. 223 v. (■3) Patent Roll, 6 Edw. II, p. l, m. 20. {f) Feet of Fines, case 285, file 30, no. 129 (the date is partly cut away, and the document is now misplaced). The licence, dated 15 May (13 17), states that it was granted " pro eo quod dilectus et fidelis nostcr Edmundus Deyncourt advertebat at conjecturabat quod cognomen suum et ejus arma post mortem suam in personam Isabelle filie Edmundi Deyncourt heredis ejus apparentis a memoria deierentur ac corditer afFectabat quod cognomen et arma sua post ejus mortem in memoria imposterum haberentur ad requisicionem ejusdem Edmundi et ob grata et laudabilia servicia que bone memorie domino E. quondam Regi Anglie patri nostro et nobis impendit." {Patent Roll, 10 Edw. II, />. 2, m. 13). There was a previous licence, 23 Feb. 1313/4. {Idem, 7 Edw. 11, p. 2, m. 2 1 and schedule). In 1326/7 Hamon de Mascy and Joan his wife "quondam uxor Edmundi filii Johannis Deyncourt' consanguine! Edmundi Deyncourt' avi predict! Edmundi defuncti " claimed the dower of the same Joan " de tcrris et tenementis que fuerunt predict! Edmundi avi predict! Edmundi filii Johannis eidem Johanne per ipsum Edmundum avum ad ostium ecclesie ut dicitur assignatam." On 8 Mar. 1326/7 Hamon and Joan had livery of the messuage, bfc, in Elmton, mentioned above. {Close Roll, I Edw. Ill, p. I, mm. 22 d, ii). Joan is said to have been sister of the Earl of Huntingdon, and therefore da. of Sir John de Clinton, of Maxstock, co. Warwick. (8) This Isabel was da. and h. of Edmund, which Edmund, who d. before 23 Feb. 1313/4 {Patent Roll, 7 Edw. II, p. 2, m. 21), was s. and h. of John, s. and h. ap. of Edmund Deincourt of Blankney. She was a minor, 20 Apr. 131 7 {Idem, 10 Edw. II, p. 2, m. 18), and d. s.p., before 20 Feb. 1327/8. If she survived her great-grandfather, she was his heir general, and as such, should have a place in the text.
