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. Where is _Tingry_, of which place he was lord? Is there any place in the North of France bearing that name now? 2. Will any one well skilled in the interpretation of ancient legal documents furnish some explanation of the following extracts from the _Rotul. de Fin._ (Hardy, i. 19.):-- "1199. William de Warburton and Ingelram de Monceux give 500 marks to the king for having the inheritance of Juliana, wife of William, son of Aymer, whose next of kin they say they are." Yet six years later, 1205 (Hardy, i. 310 )-- "Waleran de Monceux gives 100 marks for having the reasonable (rationabilis) part of the inheritance of Juliana, as regards (versus) Wm. de Warburton, William and Waleran being her next of kin." This Waleran was son of Idonea _de Herst_ (now Herst Monceux), and appears in other documents as "Waleran _de Herst_." The land in question was in _Compton_ (afterwards Compton _Monceux_), Hants. Now how are we to reconcile the two above-quoted documents? What was the connexion {478} between Ingelram and Waleran? And how is Waleran's double appellation to be explained? I see a reference to a family named _de Mounceaux_ in the last number of the _Archaeological Journal_, p. 300., holding a manor near Hawbridge, Somerset Were they of the same stock? 3. The magnificent monument in Herstmonceux church to Thomas Lord Dacre (who died 1534), and his eldest son, is embellished with a considerable number of coats of arms, several of which I am unable to identity with any connexions of the family. These are,--(1.) Sable, a cross or; (2.) Barry of six, ar. and az., a bend gules; (3.) Arg. a fesse gules; (4.) Quarterly or, and gules, an escarbuncle sable; (5.) Barry of six, arg. and gules; (6.) Azure, an orle of martlets or, on an inescutcheon arg. three bass gules. Can any of your readers, acquainted with the Dacre and Fienes pedigrees, appropriate any of these coats? 4. A suite of small bed-rooms, and the gallery from which they opened, in Herstmonceux Castle, were called respectively the _Bethlem Chambers_ and _Bethlem Gallery_: is any instance of a similar denomination of apartments known, and can the reason be assigned? 5. Sir Roger Fienes, the builder of Herstmonceux Castle, accompanied Henry V. to Agincourt. Are any references to him to be found in Sir H. Nicolas' _Battle of Azincourt_, or elsewhere? 6. Francis Lord Dacre was one of the noble twelve who had the courage to appear
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