Close Rolls, Henry V: October 1418 | British History Online

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry V: Volume 1, 1413-1419. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1929.

'Close Rolls, Henry V: October 1418', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry V: Volume 1, 1413-1419, (London, 1929) pp. 483-486. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen5/vol1/pp483-486 [accessed 19 April 2024]

October 1418



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Oct. 24. Westminster.	To the escheator in Devon. Order to give John de Holande the son livery of the manors of Barnestaple, Combemartyn, Fremyngton, 'Southmolton,' Dertyngton, Blakebournboty and Wynkele and of the hundreds hereinafter mentioned, with the knights' fees, advowsons etc. thereto pertaining, and the issues of the said manors and hundreds taken since 29 March presently mentioned; as by his petition presented in the parliament holden at Westminster in 4 Henry V the said John, being son of John de Holande late earl of Huntyngdoun deceased, shewing that the earl and Elizabeth his wife had issue Richard their elder son, now deceased without issue, and the petitioner their younger son, and that all castles, honours, manors, lands, rents, services, reversions, offices, knights' fees, wards, marriages etc., advowsons of abbeys, priories, churches etc., chaces, parks, warrens, fisheries, fairs, markets, liberties, customs, mills, ferries, marshes etc., fee farms, hundreds, wapentakes, views of frankpledge, wreck of the sea, profits, revenues, possessions etc. which the earl held on 5 January the eve of the Epiphany 1 Henry IV, and which then or ever after were seized into that king's hands by reason of his forfeiture and by virtue of a judgment rendered in the parliament holden at Westminster at the octaves of St. Hilary 2 Henry IV, or for any other cause, were given in tail to the said earl and Elizabeth or one of them or to some other his ancestor by King Richard II or some former king, or by other persons or person, prayed that by the king's grace he might in that parliament be enabled and restored by authority of parliament to the name of earl of Huntyngdoun, and to the worship and dignity of his said father, without corruption of blood, so that he might be son and heir of line to his father, and brother and heir to the said Richard in respect of the castles, honours, manors, lands, advowsons etc. above mentioned, and enabled to be heir to his father and brother and to every ancestor of his as fully as if there had been no forfeiture by the earl, and no judgment against him touching such forfeiture, and that he might enter the said castles etc., except all such as the said Elizabeth holds for her life of the duchy of Cornwall, and except the castles and manor of Manerbier and Pennaly co. Pembroke, the manors of Ardyngton and 'Filbertescourt' co. Berkshire, Bereforde co. Wiltesir and Flete Amarle co. Devon which she holds for life as her jointure as she avers, when he should come of age, namely 29 March next after the parliament first mentioned, as by an office taken before Robert Cary then escheator in Devon upon a writ of diem clausit extremum doth appear, without proof of his age or other process whatsoever or making suit at law, notwithstanding the seizure made by reason of the said forfeiture and judgment, the corruption of his blood, or any grant or gift made by the late king or by the king, with proviso that the said Elizabeth should have her dower thereof, and that the petitioner should not by his petition or by aught therein contained be barred of any action, suit or benefit which then or thereafter he might have at the common law; and in that parliament the king did grant that by authority of parliament he should be so enabled as he desired, and in respect of the lands entailed, in his petition mentioned, that on 29 March aforesaid at the discretion of the chancellor for the time being he should have writ of livery of all such as he might prove in chancery of record or by other credible evidences were entailed, and were then in the hands of the king or his farmers, with the exceptions aforesaid, and as to other entailed lands in the hands of others, he should have writs of scire facias against the tenants thereof, to shew cause wherefore livery should not be given him, saving always the forfeiture of all lands by his father held in fee simple, and saving to the king and his heirs all castles, lands etc. then or theretofore at any time parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, or thereto annexed; and it is found by divers inquisitions, taken before John Fortescu late escheator in Devon, that King Richard II was seised of the manors of Bovytracy, Northlieu, Holdesworthy, Langacre, Barnestaple, Combe Martyn, Fremyngton, 'Southmolton' Dertyngton, Blakebournboty and Wynkele and of the hundreds of Fremyngton and 'Southmolton' with the knights' fees, advowsons, chaces, parks, fairs, markets, liberties, free customs, services of freeholders and neifs, profits etc. thereto belonging, and by divers letters patent gave the same to the said late earl and to the heirs of his body by the said Elizabeth, that the earl was thereof seised as of fee tail and died so seised, that the same descended to Richard de Holande as his son and heir by her, that after his death they descended to John de Holande now earl of Huntyngdoun, being his brother and heir of the same father and mother, for that Richard died without issue, that they came to the late king's hands by the earl's death and by reason of the nonage of Richard, and are in the king's hand by reason of the nonage of the said now earl, that the said manors and hundreds (except Blakebournboty) are held in chief by knight service, and the manors of Blakebournboty and Wynkele (sic) of others than the king; and the lords spiritual and temporal in the last parliament, being for particular causes examined one by one touching the interpretation of their answer, did by good advice aver that at the time that answer was given their intent and will was that John the son shall sue against the tenants thereof to have the lands entailed as aforesaid which are not in the hands of the king or his farmers according to the words in their answer contained, not having livery thereof by the course of common law or otherwise contrary to those words; and John the son has proved his age before the escheator, and upon view etc. of the said petition and answer, and of the lords' interpretation thereof, and also of the said letters of King Richard, after deliberation with the justices, serjeants at law and others of the council learned in the law, it seemed that the first mentioned manors and the said hundreds, with the knights' fees advowsons etc., were in the king's hand at the time of the said parliament, wherefore it is determined that John the son shall by authority of parliament have livery thereof, and the issues aforesaid, and shall sue (fn. 1) if he thinks fit; and for 20s. paid in the hanaper the king has respited his homage and fealty until Easter next. 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	To the escheator in Somerset. Like order, mutatis mutandis, upon petition of John de Holande the son; as it is found by divers inquisitions, taken before Robert Hill late escheator, that King Richard II was seised of the manors of Blakedoun, Ludforde and Staundoun by Donstersdoun, the manor of Haselbeare, and the hundreds of Stane and Catteshasshe with all liberties, profits etc. to those hundreds belonging and the bedelries within them, and with the knights' fees, advowsons etc. to those manors and hundreds belonging, and by divers letters patent gave the same to the said earl and the heirs of his body by the said Elizabeth, that the earl was thereof seised in fee tail, and died so seised, except of a tenement, 20 acres of land and 1 acre of meadow within the manor of Ludforde whereof Thomas Jene was tenant at his will, a tenement, 40 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow whereof Thomas Welde was tenant, a pasture called 'Estfelde' whereof William Rodebert and Henry Lirbeke were tenants.
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	a pasture called 'Tryvettespark' whereof Walter Sherston was tenant, a close of meadow called 'Muchellachemere' whereof Adam Hunte was tenant at his will, all within the same manor, which by deed indented the earl granted for life to William Yerde esquire his retainer (the said manor being therein called 'Westludesforde,' and the said Henry 'Kirbeke') at a rent of 6s. 10d. a year, that the earl died 7 January 1 Henry IV, that after his death the premises, with the exception aforesaid descended to Richard de Holande his son and heir by Elizabeth, that they came to the late king's hand by his death and by reason of the nonage of Richard, and are in the king's hand by reason of the nonage of John now earl, that Richard died without issue, that after his death the same descended to the said John his brother and heir by the same father and mother, and that they are held in chief by fealty. (fn. 3)
	To the escheator in Huntingdonshire. Like order, mutatis mutandis, upon petition etc. (as above); as it is found by divers inquisitions, taken before John Burgoyne late escheator, that King Richard II by letters patent granted that John de Holande late earl of Huntyngdoun and the heirs male of his body by Elizabeth then his wife, to support their estate of earl, should take 20l. a year of the issues or farm of that county by the hands of the sheriff for the time being, that the said earl died seised of that rent, that after his death the same descended to Richard his son and heir by the said Elizabeth, that after the death of Richard it descended to John de Holande now earl as his brother and heir by her, for that Richard died without issue, that the said 20l. came to the late king's hands by the late earl's death and by reason of the nonage of the said Richard, and are yet in the king's hand by reason of the nonage of John his brother, and that they are held in chief by fealty. (fn. 3)