148 DE LA WARR He had livery of his father's lands, 26 Nov. 1370, his homage and fealty being respited, as he was still in Gascony.(*) The King took his homage and fealty, 7 Mar. i37o/i.() He accompanied the King in his attempted invasion of France in Sep. I372,() and distinguished himself in the raid under the Earl of Buckingham into Brittany, July 1380 to Apr. I38i.(') He did homage to Richard II at his Coronation, 16 July 1377. C) He was sum. for Military Service, 13 June (1385) 8 Ric. II, and to Pari, from 8 Jan. (1370/1) 44 Edw. Ill to 5 Nov. (1397) 21 Ric. II, by writs directed Johanni de la Warre, la IVarre, or le JVarre. He had, however, on account of a weakness of the eyes, been exempted for life from attending Pari., notwithstanding his tenure from the Crown by barony, 5 Nov. 1382.0 He «;., istly, before 8 May 1368, Elizabeth. (') He w., 2ndly, before 20 Jan. 1388/9, Elizabeth, (e) da. and h. of Sir Gilbert de Neville, of Grimsthorpe, co. Lincoln, Durrington, Wilts, Vernham Dean, Hants, ^c, by Katherine, his wife. She had w., istly, before 27 May 1359, C") (*) "... pro eo quod Johannes la Warre chivaler fili'us et hercs Rogeri la Warre chivaler defuncti qui de nobis tenuit in capite in obsequio nostro in partibus Aquitanie in comitiva carissimi primogeniti nostri Edwardi Principis Aquitanie et Wallie moratur." {Fine Roll, 44 Edw. Ill, m. 7). (•>) Cloie Roll, 45 Edw. Ill, m. 38 d. His fealty was actually taken by the Chancellor, the Bishop of Winchester. (Ch. Privy Seals, I, file 422, no. 28661). ("=) Froissart, lib. i, cap. 312; lib. ii, cap. 50-52, 61. ("J) Close Roll, I Ric. II, mm. 43, 28 d. (') Patent Roll, 6 Ric. II, p. I, m. 9. He obtained another licence, 14 Oct. 1397, to the same effect, with an exemption from attending the King in peace or war, added. [Idem, 21 Ric. 11, p. I, m. i). He is, however, named as one of those who had absented themselves from the Pari. sum. 1 7 Dec. 1 1 Ric. II, in nostri contemptum manifestum. {Close Roll, m. 1 3 d). (') Charter by which Roger la Warre, Lord of Folkington, granted the manor and advowson of Folkington, the manor of Portslade with its members and the advowson of Aldrington, the manor and advowson of Wickwar, and the manor of Sixhills, with all liberties, iifc, to John la Warre kt. his eldest son, and Elizabeth wife of John, and the heirs of their bodies: dated at Isfield, Monday after the Invention of the Cross 42 Edw. III. (Enrolled on Close Roll, 42 Edw. Ill, m. 20 d). (8) By two fines, levied in the quinzaine of Easter 12 Ric. II, John la Warre chr. and Elizabeth his wife conveyed the manor of Durrington, a moiety of the manor of Vernham, and the manor of Grafton [Grafton Underwood, Northants], to them- selves and the heirs of their bodies, with reversions to their feoffees, in fee. By a third fine, of the same date, John la Warre chr. conveyed the manor of Wakerley to himself and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies, rem. to his own right heirs. {Feet of Fines, case 289, file 55, no. 182; case 178, file 88, nos. 116, 117). Licence 20 Jan. 1388/9. {Patent Roll, 12 Ric. 11, p. 2, m. 24). C") "Gilbertus de Nevill'." Writs of diem cl. ext. 30 May 33 Edw. in England and 20 in France. Inq., cos. Lincoln, York, Hants, Wilts, Tuesday and Thursday in Whitsun Week [11, 13 June], 15, 18 June 1359. "Item dicunt quod idem Gilbertus obiit xxvij° die Maii ultimo preterito Item dicunt quod Elizabetha filia predicti Gilberti quam Simon Simeon duxit in uxorem est heres ipsius Gilberti propin- quior et est etatis sexdecim annorum et amplius." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. Ill, file 143, no. 9). Cf. Close Roll, 33 Edw. Ill, ;;;. 25.
