370 DINHAM West against the adherents of Simon de Montfort.(*) Constable of Taunton Castle, 2 Apr. to 23 June I267.(^) He took possession of the Abbey of Hartland during a voidance about 1272, when the Bishop of Exeter was absent abroad, and extorted large sums of money from the canons. C") He was Keeper of Lundy Island from before Nov. 1272 till 28 May 1275, and was again appointed, 9 July I275.(') He bought the manors of Nutwell and Harpford from the Abbey of Marmoutier in 1272/3. (■*) He was in the Army of Wales in 1277 and 1282. C") He was sum. for Military Service from 12 Dec. (1276) 5 Edw. I to 21 Oct. (1297) 25 Edw. I, to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June (1283) 1 1 Edw. I, to a Military Council, 15 Oct. (1294) 22 Edw. I, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. I, and to Pari, from 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. I to 26 Aug. (1296) 24 Edw. I, by writs directed Olivero de Dynham or Dynaunt, whereby he is held to have become LORD DINHAM. On account of his debility and for his good services to Henry III and Edward I, he obtained licence, 5 Apr. 1297, to nominate his attorney for life.(e) He m., istly, .... He w., 2ndly, before 24 Jan. 1276/7 (royal lie. 18 or 19 May 1280 for a fine of £io6),(^) Isabel, widow of Sir John de Curtenay or Courtenay, of Okehampton, Devon (who d. 3 May 1274, and was bur. in the Abbey of Ford),C') and da. of Hugh (de Veer), Earl of Oxford, by Hawise, da. of Saier (de Quency), Earl of Winchester. He d. 26 Feb. 1298/9,0 and was bur. in the Church of the if) Patent Rolls, 50 Hen. Ill, m. 42; 51 Hen. Ill, mm. i6d, 14. () Three years ago, according to a writ of 4 Nov. 1275 {Patent Roll, 3 Edw. I, m. 3d). There was an Abbot on 23 July 1272, when the Bishop " reconciliavit ecclesiam parochialem [de Hertilonde] que propter sanguinis effusionem Abbatis et canonicorum suorum in eadem ecclesia fuit interdicta: et concordavit dominum Oliverum de Dinant et Abbatem et plures de familia sua fecit absolvi in forma juris." [Exeter Reg., Bronescombe, p. 1 01). (<=) Hundred Rclh, vol. i, p. 89; Fine Roll, 3 Edw. I, mm. 23, 18. i^) Cartulaire de St. Malo, as above, nos. 33-36. An early transcript of charters relating to the lands of the Dinhams is in Addit. MSS., no. 34792A. («) Patent Roll, 5 Edw. I, m. 24: Welsh Roll, lo Edw. I, m. 6 d: Scutage Roll, no. 9, m. 4. Three summonses for Military Service were issued to him after his death, 17 Sep. and 30 Dec. 1299, and 14 Feb. 1 300/1: and one for Par!., 29 Dec. 1299. As to the writs of 1283 and 1296/7, see Preface, and as to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any Peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. (e) Patent Rolls, 25 Edw. I, p. I, m. 9; 8 Edw. I, m. 19: Close Roll, 5 Edw. I, w. 12: Fine Roll, 8 Edw. , m. 11. (*") Chron. of Ford {Monasticon, vol. v, p. 379), where, however, the year is erroneously given as 1273. The writ of diem cl. ext. was issued 12 May 1274 {Fine Roll, 2 Edw. I, m. 23). (■) "Oliverus Dynham." Writ of diem cl. ext. 2 Mar. 27 Edw. I. Inq., Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Saturday before and Friday after the Annunciation [21, 27 Mar.], and 24 Mar. 1298/9. He held the manors of Hartland, Nutwell, Harpford, and Buckland Denham [l fee], of the King in chief: Ilsington, i fee, of Philip de Beaumont: and Cardinham, Bodardle, and Downeckny, Cornwall [32 little
