Testa De Nevil

An ancient and authentic record in two volumes, in the custody of the queen’s remembrancer in the exchequer, said to have been compiled by John de Nevil, a justice itinerant, in the eighteenth and twenty-fourth years of Henry III. Cowell.

A record in two volumes, in the custody of the Queen's Remembrancer in the Exchequer, containing an account of fees held of the king, etc. Said to have been compiled by Jollan de Nevil, a justice itinerant, in the eighteenth and twenty-fourth years of Henry IIL '

An ancient document, in two volumes, in the custody of the king's remembrancer in the exchequer of England, otherwise called liber feodorum, supposed to have been compiled by John de Nevil, a justice itinerant in the 18th and 24th of King Henry III., or, as others imagine, by Ralph de Nevil, an accountant in the exchequer. But It appears that the volumes were not compiled till near the close of the reign of Edward II. or the beginning of Edward III.; and then partly from the inquests taken on the presentments of jurors of hundreds before the justices itinerant, and partly from inquisitions upon writs awarded to the sherif Es for collecting of scutages, aids, &e. These books contain principally accounts of fees holden either immediately of the king, or of others who held of the king in capite, and, if alienated, almoigne, with the values thereof respectively; of sergeanties holden' of the king, distinguishing such as were rented or alienated, with the values of the same; of widows and heiresses of tenants in capite whose marriages were in the gift of the king, with the values of their lands; of churches in the gift of the king, and in whose hands they were; of escheats, as well of the lands of Normans as others, in whose hands the same were, and by what services holden; of the amount of the sums paid for scutage and aid, &c., by each tenant. Tomlins.