administer a system of feudal dues ; but as well as the revenue collection, the court was also responsible for
wardship and livery issues.
Kaynak: Court of Wards and LiveriesThe
wardship and marriage was not usually kept in Crown hands, but was sold, often simply to the highest bidder, unless outbid by the next
Kaynak: Tenant-in-chiefAs he was a minor his inheritance was held by him in
wardship by his mother. Normally his inheritance would have been held in
wardshipKaynak: Edmund de Lacy, Baron of PontefractE. of Siston), from his wife Isabel, whose
wardship and marriage his father Sir John Russell (d.c.1224 had purchased on the death without
Kaynak: SistonThat same year Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk bought the remaining year of Edward Stanley's
wardship and married him, without the
Kaynak: Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derbylast of that family, John Russell had purchased the
wardship of his two daughters and co-heiresses, Isabel and Hawise, which transaction
Kaynak: Maurice Russell, knightThe viscounty now passed to John's posthumous daughter Elizabeth , whose
wardship was granted to Sir Charles Brandon . He contracted to
Kaynak: Viscount LisleThe King then sold Dormer's
wardship to Philip Herbert , then Earl of Montgomery , for £4000. Dormer had been brought up as a Catholic and
Kaynak: Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of CarnarvonHe also had
wardship of the Tower of London , and, briefly, of Dover Castle . But at the end of 1260 or in early 1261 he resigned these
Kaynak: Hugh Bigod (Justiciar)the Bald, who granted them
wardship of the march against the Vikings while the march against the Bretons was granted to Robert the Strong .
Kaynak: Berengar I of NeustriaHaving married he was obliged to surrender the title and Elizabeth's
wardship. This was passed on to Katherine Plantagenet, Countess of
Kaynak: Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess LisleIn 1199 when the elder Roger was still a minor his
wardship was sold to Thornham for 300 marks. The elder Roger then joined the rebels at
Kaynak: Roger de Leybournethe Bald, who granted them
wardship of the march against the Vikings while the march against the Bretons was granted to Robert the Strong .
Kaynak: Udo of NeustriaAccording to Davies, the
wardship of such an important heir was an 'issue of political moment in the years 1382–4'. Eventually, on 16
Kaynak: Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March