Folio: 14v. Derby; Ferrers. Charter of Robert de Ferrers made to his mainpernors....

Folio: 14v. Derby; Ferrers. Charter of Robert de Ferrers made to his mainpernors.

First party: Robert de Ferrers, earl of Derbeye [Derby].

Second party: Henry, son of the king of the Romans [Henry of Almain], William de Valencia [Valence], earl of Penebrok [Pembroke], John de Warenne, earl of Surrey, William de Bello Campo [Beauchamp], earl of Warewik [Warwick]; Roger de Somer'; Thomas de Clare; Robert Walerand; Roger de Clifford; Hamo Lestrange (extraneus), Bartholomew de Suthleg'; and Robert de Briwes, knights.

Place or subject: Whereas Henry and the others, at the instance of Robert de Ferrers, earl of Derby, bound themselves and their heirs, together with all their lands and tenements, to Edmund, son of Henry III [Edmund of Lancaster], and mainperned for him for making satisfaction to Edmund for the earl's ransom and that of his lands, the earl, hearing that he cannot make sufficient provision at present for the indemnity of his mainpernors, unless by the handing over of all his lands and tenements, which the king and Edmund, his son, handed over to him upon his release from prison, and the earl, wishing to look out for their security in this regard and to observe them as indemnified in all things, has handed over and committed all his lands and tenements with appurtenances to his mainpernors. To hold to them and their heirs until full satisfaction has been made to Edmund or his heirs for the said ransom.

County: [unspecified].

Additional people: Witnesses: Guy de Leziniaco [Lusignan]; Master John de Chisull [Chishall], chancellor of the king; Robert Aguillun [Aguillon]; William de Eyete [Ayot], steward of the king; John de la Linde; Peter de Chauvent; William Belet; William de St Hermina; Stephen de Eddeworth [Edworth]; and William de Faukham [Fawkham].

Undated.

For the original charter see: DL 25/2226