APPENDIX H G.E.C.'S NOTE ON THE BARONY OK CHERLETON A question arises as to whether this Barony can be considered as the Barony of " Powys," and, if so, whether the abeyance has not been terminated. The whole matter is clearly and succinctly put in the " Return, pursuant to an order 28 June 1858, of all Baronies called out of Abeyance up to the present time, (sfc. Under "Cherleton de Powys, or Powys, 1422," is the following account: "John de Cherleton, Lord of Powys, was sum. to Pari. 13 13. He d. 1353 and was sue. by his s. John. The fither and also the son, down to 1360, were sum. as Johanni de Cherleton. "In 1362 John, the son [jiV, but should be John, son of the last-named John], was sum. as Johanni de Cherleton de Powys and this addition of de Powys was used by the Cherletons until the death of Edward, s.p.m., in 1422. ' " Edward left two daughters, between whom the Barony tell into abeyance. The Lordship of Powis became the property of Joan the eldest, who m. Sir John Grey, Knt. The grandson of Joan is said to have sat in Pari, in 1455. Rot. Pari., p. 282, but no summons for such sitting is to be found. John, the great-grandson of Joan, was sum. to Pari, in 1482 as Johanni de Grey de Powis. It is doubtful, however, whether this can be considered a termination of the abeyance of the Barony of Cherle- ton, or a new creation in the family of Grey. " Joyce, the yst. da. of Edward, m. Sir John Tiptoft, who was sum. to Pari. 1426, as Johannis Tiptoft, ChFr. He was never sum. by any other designation, but Dugdale considers that he was sum. in his wife's Barony, probably because his son on being created [1449] Earl of Worcester is called Lord Tiptoft and Powys." Sir Harris Nicolas, than whom few better authorities exist, has given considerable attention to this point, arguing that the abeyance has never been terminated. His remarks are as under: "Edward de Cherleton, sum. to Pari, from 2 Dec. 1401 to 26 Feb. 142 1, died 1422, s.p.m., leaving his two daughters his heirs, viz. Joan, his eldest da., who m. Sir John Grey, Knt.; and Joyce, who became the wife of Sir John Tiptoft, which Sir John Tiptoft, Dugdale says, was sum. to Pari, in consequence of this marriage, and bore the title of Lord Powis: it is certain he was sum. to Pari, in I426, but never with the designation of ' Powis,' although his son is called Lord Tiptoft and Powys upon his creation to the Earldom of Worcester, 16 July 1449. ^'^^ Lordship of Powis became the property of Joan, her [Joyce's] eldest sister, whose grandson appears to have sat in Pari. 1455, although no summons for such
