APPENDIX I 765 multos agones militaiis glorie, vir insuperabilis audacie, vix sola morte territus et devictus, vitam finivit temporalem, et sepultus est. Qui, licet Ducis faveret partibus, parum tamen pro Duce faciebat nisi quod in sua mente habebat, pro Rege vero nichil. [Gervase of Canterbury, vol. i, p. 155). Shortly after his accession to the throne. King Henry visited Notting- hamshire, in order, as the annahsts state, to disinherit "William Peverel for having poisoned the Earl, but more probably to punish him for what had been previously termed his wickedness and treason. William, on the King's approach, retired to one of his religious foundations — perhaps Lenton — where he became a monk. And the honour of Peverel remained in the Crown for nearly half a century. 1 155. Henricus Rex Anglorum exhereditavit Willelmum Pevrel de Noth- inguehan, causa veneficii quod tuerat propinatum Ranulfo Comiti Cestrie. In consortio hujus pestis plures participes et conscii extitisse dicuntur. (R. de Monte, p. 183 — copied by R. de Diceto, Trevet, ^c). Jan. 1 154/5. Rex igitur Eboracum et occidentals Anglie partes visitavit. Quod audiens Willelmus Peverellus, cum de morte comitis Rannulfi sibi esset male conscius, novi regis illuc adventantis magnanimitatem metuens, in cenobio quodam ditionis sue relictis omnibus attonsus est et cucullatus. Rege vero mense Februario ab Eboraco digrediente, et in provinciam de Notingeham, ubi predictus latebat cucullatus, perveniente, idem Willelmus latenter evasit et aufugit, cunctasque munitiones suas ubertate refertas regie reliquit voluntati. [Gervase of Canterbury, vol. i, p. 161). In 1 189 Richard I, previous to his coronation, gave, among other lands, to John, his brother, the castle of Peak with the honour, the castle of Bolsover, and all the lands which had belonged to William Peverel, and the town of Nottingham with that honour.() In 1 199 the Earl of Derby quitclaimed to the King all his rights as heir to the lands of William Peverel. (vii) Johannes dei gratia Rex Angl' Dominus Hybern' Dux Norm' Aquit' et Comes Andeg' Archiepiscopis Episcopis Abbatibus Comitibus Baronibus Justic' Vicecomitibus Ballivis et omnibus fidelibus suis totius Angl' salutem Sciatis nos reddidisse et concessisse et present! carta confirmasse dilecto nostro Willelmo de Ferrariis Comiti de Derebi Hekham cum uno hundredo et dimidio et aliis pertinentiis suis Dedimus etiam ei parcum ejusdem ville quem prius habuimus in dominico et Neubotl' et Blithesworth' cum omnibus earum pertinentiis et libertatibus sicut jus et hereditatem ipsius que ei descendit sicut recto heredi de terra que fuit Willelmi Peverell' tenendas sibi et heredibus suis de nobis et heredibus nostris in perpetuum per servitium feodi unius militis Et idem Comes residuum terre que fuit Willelmi Peverell' nobis et heredibus nostris quietum clamavit in omnibus tarn villis quam castellis forestis omnibus dominicis feodis servitiis et aliis rebus Et si forte aliquis voluerit in posterum aliquid jus clamare in hiis que ipse Comes nobis quieta clamavit idem Comes et heredes sui nobis et heredibus nostris ea tenentur warantizare Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus quod predictus Comes et heredes sui prenominatas terras cum (•) Benedictus, vol. ii, p. 78.
