commendations wishing to you as to myself. Chester the 6 November 1589. Your frend to usse HENRY MAYNWARING. VIII. 16 January, 1589-90. LETTER of this date addressed: To the Worshipffull Mr Thomas Traford esquire in the Worshipffull. Your letter of the 16 of Desember I Reseived the 10 of these presents wherin you doe not answere my letter to that effecte as I loked for. I pray you peruse the same as also your writtings, for Mr Bavand hathe begonne the shutte ageynst me at the puortmote upon Mondaye last & dothe make full accoumpte to recovere the land of me, & if I los it for paying you rentt I thincke it strange as I sayd in my other letter so I saye nowe if you wold freyne upon Mr bavand then could I be a good witnis for you, for I have an ould del'." made in Edward the 3 his dayes that dothe meyre my house that I dwell in to trafords land, and for forther matter I refare to this good berare Mr hughe hurlstone, and this withe my hartye commendations I committe you to god, hoping to here from you withe spede. Chester the 16 Jenuary 1589. 28 Yours to his power HENRY MAYNWARING. Your belye tould me if you be unpayd a twelfmonthe & a daye that then the land is forfette to you. I pray god it be so & you & I shall agree like frends. IX. ENDORSEMENT on each document: M. Shewed to witnesses this 12th of August 1629 examined in a cause dependinge in His Majesty's 26 Note the length of time in transit by the posts in this Letter and No. VI. 28 Possibly brother of Richard Hurleston, of Hurleston, co. Lancs., and Picton, co. Ches., buried at Plemstall, 1589, who may have given the third Receipt.-Visit. Chesh. 1580 and 1613. 29 bailiff. СІ Court of Wards, betweene William Trafford Esquire relator uppon Information of Sir Walter Pye, Knight, Attorney of the sayd Court, ageynst Thomas Bavand, gentleman, defendant. Willm. Brocke Thomas Meoles The letters have been folded and sealed, the seal bearing, with other illegible emblematic symbols, the initials "H.M." in Roman capitals. I will conclude with a brief reference to the Traffords, and to their contemporary representative to whom these letters were addressed. They held the manor of Bridge Trafford and lands in Chester, under the Crown, and hence were subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Wards and Liveries after the institution of that Court in 1540. It is interesting to note that a number of rent charges issuing out of lands in Chester are included in the findings of the jurors at the different Inquisitions of members of the family, and doubtless the Maynwaring rent is included in the number. By an Inq. per comm. de melius inquirend., 4 Eliz. [1561-2] Thomas Trafford, gent., who died 20 May, 7 Edw. VI., 1553 (and acknowledged the payment in 1549), was found to have held, in addition to lands in Bridge Trafford, 10 messuages, 4 shops, and lands in Chester from the Queen by military service, of the value of 26s. 8d. Thomas Trafford, his son and heir, was then aged II years, and being a minor, his "cosine," Roger Roydon, who may have been a guardian or bailiff, acknowledged the rent in the same year. This gentle 30 For authorities for the following statements and a further account, see Ormerod's Cheshire, 2nd Edit., Vol. II., pp. 43-46, and Lanc. and Chesh. Records, pp. 184 and 186. man, afterwards an Utter Barrister of the Inner Temple, was he to whom Henry Maynwaring addressed his letters. He was born circa 1550-1, married circa 1574 Alice, daughter of William Massey, of Puddington, by whom he had issue, and was buried at Plemstall, 26 Jan., 1625-6. His will is at Chester. By Inq. post mortem, 17 Oct., 1627, it was found that he died 23 Jan., 1625-6, seized of the manor of Bridge Trafford and a rent service of £3 5s. 4d. issuing out of II messuages and 4 shops in Chester. William Trafford, his son and heir, was aged 52 years. Two years later William Trafford instituted the proceedings in the Court of Wards against Thomas Bavand, but I have not yet ascertained the result of this Action. Kenrick Edisbury (Surveyor of the Mavy, 1632-1638), and bis descendants; being a brief account of the family of Edisbury of Marcbwiel, co. Denbigb. BY JOSEPH C. BRIDGE, M.A., D. Mus., Oxon et Dunelm, F.S.A., F.R.C.O., Professor of Music in the University of Durham. THE name of Kenrick Edisbury will be sought for in vain in the pages of the Dictionary of National Biography and other similar compilations, and naval books rarely mention him. Yet he held high office in the State, and performed his duties with conspicuous zeal and ability, a qualification greatly lacking in the naval administrators of the 17th century, with the notable exception of Samuel Pepys. His grandson built a mansion in North Wales, which is now of great historic interest,1 and other descendants have shared in episodes which were romantic and curious. I think, therefore, that a brief memoir of this family will be acceptable, not only to members of this Society, but to all those who take an interest in the history of the Royal Navy. 1 See Chronicles of Erthig on the Dyke, by Mrs. Wherry. |