Close Rolls, Henry V: September 1421

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry V: Volume 2, 1419-1422. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1932.

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'Close Rolls, Henry V: September 1421', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry V: Volume 2, 1419-1422, (London, 1932) pp. 169-170. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen5/vol2/pp169-170 [accessed 20 April 2024]

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September 1421

Sept. 1.
Westminster.
To John Bury escheator in Huntingdonshire. Order to give John Colepepir esquire seisin of the advowson of Conyngton church; as it is found by inquisition, taken before the escheator, that Joan who was wife of Nicholas Grene of Exton and Thomas Wesenham of Conyngton held that advowson in fee simple at the said Joan's death, namely so that Thomas Wesenham and his heirs should present for one turn when the church was void, and the said Joan and her heirs for the other turn, they and their heirs presenting turn and turn about, that at the last turn Thomas Wesenham presented John Eston clerk, who was by the bishop of Lincoln, the diocesan, admitted, instituted and inducted, that John Colepepir ought to present at the next turn, being cousin and heir of the said Joan, namely son of Eleanor her daughter, and that the manor and advowson of Conyngton are held in chief as of the honour of Huntyngdoun by the service of the third part of the fourth part of one knight's fee; and the king has taken the fealty of John Colepepir due for the same and for other lands in Roteland held by the said Joan as of that honour, and for a fine paid in the hanaper has respited his homage until a day yet to come. (fn. 1)

Footnotes

  • 1. Tested by John duke of Bedford, guardian of England.