[18] Rot. Claus. 39 Ed. III. m. 21 d.
[19] Rot. Claus. 39 Ed. III. m. 21 d.
[20] Harl. Charters, 56 G. 42. See also Rot. Orig. 42 Ed. III. 33 and Harl. Charters, 56 G. 41.
[21] Harl. Charters, 50 I. 13.
[22] See Rot. Orig. 23 Ed. III. 22, 40 Ed. III. 10, 20, Inquis. Post Mortem, 40 Ed. III. 13, Rot. Claus. 40 Ed. III. m. 21.
[23] Harl. Charters, 50 I. 14. The deed is given in full by Nicolas in the Retrospective Review.
[24] Rot. Orig. 48 Ed. III. 31.
[25] The tinctures are not indicated either upon the drawing of Sir R. Gower’s coat of arms in MS. Harl. 3917 or on the seal, but the coat seems to be the same, three leopards’ faces upon a chevron. The seal has a diaper pattern on the shield that bears the chevron, but this is probably only ornamental.
[26] ‘Et dicunt quod post predictum feoffamentum, factum predicto Iohanni Gower, dictus Willelmus filius Willelmi continue morabatur in comitiva Ricardi de Hurst et eiusdem Iohannis Gower apud Cantuar, et alibi usque ad festum Sancti Michaelis ultimo preteritum, et per totum tempus predictum idem Willelmus fil. Will. ibidem per ipsos deductus fuit et consiliatus ad alienationem de terris et tenementis suis faciendam.’ Rot. Parl. ii. 292.
[27] Rot. Claus. 43 Ed. III. m. 30.