OF ACTON RLTvXELL.

331 right of Nicholas Lord Biirnell, was clesh^oiis to put an end to the contest with as little oft'ence as possible. He therefore sent the earl of Lancaster, and other lords to Nicholas, to request that he would |)erniit Robert de Morley to ])*^ar the arms in dis])ute for the term of his life only, to which Nicholas out of respect to the king assented. The king then directed the high constable, and earl marshal, to give judgment accord- ingly. This they performed in the church of St. Peter near Calais, and their sentence Avas immediately proclaimed by a lierald in the presence of the whole army there assembled'. SOOTH-WEST VltW As regards the date of the mansion, there is no difficulty whatever ; Robert BurncU having received the royal licence to st]-engthen with a wall of lime and stone and crenelate the building in the 12th of Edward I. (12S4.) Pro Roberto Burnel Bathon' et Well' i Rex omnibus ad quos etc. salutem. Episcopo de manso Kernellando. j Sciatis quod concessimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris venerabili patri Roberto Burnel Bathoniensi et Wellensi Episcopo Cancellario nostro quod ipse et heredes sui mansum suum de Acton Burnel muro de petra et calce firmare et Carnellare possint quando- cumque voluerint, et mansum illud sic firmatum et carnellatum tenere sibi et heredibus suis inperpetuum ; sine occasione vel impedimento nostri et heredum nostrorum Justiciariorum et ministrorum nostrorum quorumcun- que. In cujus etc. T. R. apud Lincolniam, xxviij. die Januarii". It is a quadrangular structure, enclosing an area of 70 feet ' PtnnaiU's Noitli Wales. " Pat. 12. Echv. I. ni. IS.