Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 74

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'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 74', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 17, Richard II, (London, 1988) pp. 65-71. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol17/pp65-71 [accessed 25 April 2024]

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 74

144 ALAN DE HETON, knight
Writ to the escheator to cause the following lands etc., which were found by divers inquisitions taken before Amand Mounceux, late escheator, to have been held by the said Alan in his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, to be extended at their true value, namely, certain lands etc. in Lowyk, certain burgage tenements and 10a. land in Bamburgh, certain burgage tenements and lands in Wollore called Hacfordland, a husbandland in Kyllom and one in Caldmarton, a burgage tenement in Tynemuth, certain lands etc. in Bolsdon late of Simon de Weltden, 100a. land in Swynhow, the manor of Trikulton, 100a. land in Shotley, 100a. land in the field of Horton, Gollodwynfelde in the field of Bradforde, and the manor and advowson of Angram. 12 July, 15 Richard II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Alnewyk, Saturday before St Luke, 15 Richard II.
The values are as follows:
Lowyk. A moiety of the manor, containing a fort (forcelett’) which with the site of the moiety, is worth 20s. yearly, divers demesne lands and meadows which according to an ancient extent used to be worth 7l. yearly, 13 husbandlands which in ancient times used to be worth 13l. yearly, 12 cottages which used to be worth 24s. yearly, a place called le Croke which used to be worth 10s. yearly, a corn-mill which used to be worth 53s. 4d. yearly, a wood of oaks and underwood containing by estimation 100a., the profit of which, with the grazing, is worth 20s. yearly, and if the wood were to be sold in gross and cut down once and for all, then it would be worth …l., and a tenement and 24a. land called Brownsland which used to be worth 20s. yearly. In this year the said moiety is worth 20 marks in all its issues, the said wood not having been sold.
Bambourgh. Divers burgage tenements with 10a. land, which used to be worth 4l. yearly in ancient times and are now worth 40s.
Wollore. 8 burgage tenements with divers lands, which used to be worth 76s. in ancient times and are now worth nothing because of destruction by the Scots.
Kyllom. A husbandland with lands adjacent thereto, which used to be worth 13s. 4d. yearly and are now worth nothing because of the destruction aforesaid.
Caldmarton. A husbandland, which used to be worth 13s. 4d. in ancient times and this year returns 3s. 4d.
Tynmowthe. A burgage tenement, which used to be worth 10s. yearly and is now worth nothing because of the destruction aforesaid.
Bolsden. Divers lands etc., which used to return 18s. yearly and now return nothing because of the destruction aforesaid; and a certain service of works, which used to be worth 17s. yearly and returns nothing this year because the lord de Darsy claims to have it as appurtenant to his manor of Wllore.
Charleton Northe. 2 messuages and 81a. land, which used to be worth 30s. yearly in ancient times and are now worth nothing because of the destruction aforesaid.
Unthank. A manor so called, which used to be worth 4l. yearly in ancient times and now renders 40s.
Folbery. A husbandland, which used to be worth 5s. yearly and is now worth nothing because of the destruction aforesaid.
Bradford. 2 husbandlands, which used to be worth 20s. yearly and are now worth nothing because of the destruction aforesaid.
Swynhowe. 100a. land, which used to be worth 4 marks yearly and are now worth 30s. yearly.
Trykillington. A manor, which used to be worth 10 marks yearly in ancient times and is now worth nothing because of the destruction aforesaid.
Schottle. 100a. land, which used to be worth 5s. yearly and are now worth nothing because of the destruction aforesaid.
Horton. 100a. land, and Gollonwynfeld in the field of Bradford, which used to be worth 36s. yearly in ancient times and are now worth 7s. yearly.
Anguram. A manor so called, which used to be worth 40l. yearly in ancient times and is now worth 10 marks; and the advowson of the church, which church, according to an ancient extent, is worth 40 marks yearly and is now worth 20 marks. The advowson is worth 80 marks if sold in perpetuity.
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145 RICHARD CHARLES
Writ to the escheator in Kent, on information that the said Richard held certain lands etc. of the king in chief whereby the marriage of James his son and heir ought by right to pertain to the king, to find by inquisition what those lands etc. were. 1 March, 15 Richard II.
KENT. Inq. taken at Rouchestre, Friday the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 15 Richard II.
He held the manor of Nasshynden of the king by knight’s service, as of the honor of Peverell and Hagenet, and not of the king in chief as of the crown. Thomas Colpeper, knight, and Geoffrey Colpeper held of him, as of the said manor, 3a. land and 4a. land respectively in Brencheslee, by rents of 6d. and 5d. yearly respectively. He enfeoffed of the said manor James de Pekham, Robert Faryndon, parson of the church of Wrotham, John Colpeper, Stephen Norton and John atte Felde, parson of the church of Adynton; but Thomas and Geoffrey Colpeper did not attorn to the said feoffees in his lifetime. Afterwards the feoffees re-enfeoffed him and Alice his wife, and his heirs, of the said manor. So he died seised of the aforesaid rent because of the above non-attornment, and the marriage of James his son and heir, ought to pertain to the king on that account.
Subscribed: Nicholas Haut, knight.
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146 JOHN SON AND HEIR OF PETER UGHTREDE
Commission to John de Ask, Robert de Garton, clerk, Hugh Ardern, Robert Sturmy, Amand Veil and the escheator in the county of York, in the form of a writ of diem clausit extremum after the death of the said John son of Peter, who is said to have held by knight’s service of the heir of Peter de Malo Lacu, knight, tenant in chief. 13 December, 15 Richard II.
YORK. Inq. taken at Kyngeston upon Hull, Friday before St Hilary, 15 Richard II.
He died seised in his demesne of the under-mentioned moiety, and also held the under-mentioned messuages and cottages in Scardeburgh.
Etton. A moiety of a messuage and of 21 bovates of land, held by knight’s service of the heir aforesaid, a minor in the king’s wardship.
Scardeburgh. Divers messuages and cottages worth 40s. yearly, held of the king by burgage tenure.
He died on Monday before Michaelmas last. Alice his sister, daughter of the said Peter Ughtrede, aged 13 1/2 years, is his heir.
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147 BENET DE MARLECOMB
DEVON. Inq. taken ex officio at Colompton, Wednesday before the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 15 Richard II.
The said Benet died seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned messuage etc. After his death came a certain John Preyng, who straightway caused a charter to be fraudulently drawn up, and sealed it with the dead hand of the deceased, whereby the premises were named to him and his heirs and assigns. Shortly afterwards he sold the premises to Roger Aysford and his heirs. Roger sold them to Robert Courtenay and his heirs, and Robert to John Chepman of Honyton and his heirs. John Chepman now occupies them.
Marlecomb in the parish of Oulescomb. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the heir of Robert Chalons by service of 2 capons and 4d. rent yearly.
Maud daughter of the said Benet is his next heir and has the right to the premises.
She is a complete idiot, and has been since birth.
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148 EDWARD CARENT, BROTHER AND HEIR OF JOHN SON AND HEIR OF ALEXANDER CARENT
Writ to the escheator to take proof of the age of the said Edward after warning Katharine Maynston, in whose custody are the lands of Edward‘s inheritance by demise of Thomas Maynston, who had the said custody by the king’s commitment, to be present if she can show cause why the said lands should not be delivered to the said Edward. 16 November, 15 Richard II.
WORCESTER. Proof of age taken at Upton on Severn, Tuesday after the Purification, 15 Richard II.
The twelve jurors, each aged 50 years and more, say that the said Edward was born at Hanley and baptised in the church there on Monday before St Thomas the Apostle in the month of December, 43 Edward III, so that on the same Monday last past he was 22 years of age.
Six of the jurors, Robert Lechemer, Nicholas Whytemer, Walter Bondy, William Speot, Thomas Hentelove and Robert Boner say that they were in the church on the said Monday and saw Henry, bishop of Norwich, and Edward le Despenser, the younger, knight, his godfathers lift him from the sacred font; and the other six, [sic] Richard Porter, William Hondy, John Robyns, John Pen, senior, John Hancokes, John Whythed and John Kyng, say that they are sure of the day because on Sunday after the said Monday, while they were present in the said church of Haule at the marriage of a certain John Jakes to Margery Taillour, they heard that on the previous Monday Alexander Carent had had this son Edward.
Katharine Maynston was warned to appear, but did not do so.
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149 MARGARET LATE THE WIFE OF ROGER DE CLARYNDON, knight
Writ to the escheator in the county of Hereford and the adjacent March of Wales, as follows: whereas it was lately found by an inquisition taken by Hugh Bysley, late escheator, that divers lands etc. in the said county and march which were held by knight’s service of the heir of John de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, lately a minor in the king’s wardship, came to the hands of Edward III by the death of Mariot de Roche and by reason of the minority of the above-mentioned Margaret her daughter and heir, who died while a minor in the king’s wardship, and that (1) Thomas de Roche, son of John de la Roche, knight, son of Robert de la Roche, knight, son of Joan de la Roche, one of the sisters of William de la Roche, father of the said Mariot, (2) Warin Archedekue, son of John Archedekue, son of Alice de la Roche, second sister of the said William, and (3) Eleanor wife of Robert de Verneye, daughter of Lucy de la Roche, third sister of the said William, were Margaret‘s kinsfolk and next heirs, Warin and Eleanor being of full age and Thomas a minor; and whereas the king thereupon ordered the purparties of the said lands falling to Warin and Eleanor to be delivered to Warin and to Robert de Verneye and Eleanor respectively; and whereas afterwards it was found by another inquisition taken by the late chancellor and treasurer of Hibernia that William de Roche, father of the said Mariot, was seised in his demesne as of fee of the barony of Tyllaghlarg in Offath, Tipperary, which is held of others than the king, that a certain Thomas de Roche had, in addition to the above-mentioned Joan, Eleanor (sic) and Lucy, another daughter named Margaret, who was one of the heirs of the aforesaid Margaret daughter of Mariot, that the said Margaret daughter of Thomas married a certain Simon son of Robert Flemmyng of the county of Cork and had issue by him Robert Flemmyng, that the said Robert married a certain Margaret Staunton and had issue by her David Flemmyng, still living, and John Flemmyng, now deceased, and that the said David is one of the next heirs of the said Margaret daughter of Mariot; and whereas the said David has now prayed the king to order that justice be done to him in regard to the purparty of the lands etc. late of the said Margaret daughter of Mariot which falls to him: the king, taking into consideration that livery and partition of the inheritance aforesaid were made among the above-mentioned Robert de Verneye and Eleanor, Warin Archedekue and Thomas de Roche without any mention being made of Margaret the fourth sister of William de Roche and fourth heir of Margaret daughter of Mariot, said to be now deceased, or of her heir, orders the escheator to enquire whether the said Margaret sister of William is dead or not, and if so, when she died and who is her heir. 26 March, 15 Richard II.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inq. taken at Pembroke, Wednesday after St George, 15 Richard II.
Margaret the fourth sister of William de Roche, mentioned in the above writ, was the eldest sister of the said William. She died on the feast of St James, 34 Edward III. David Flemmyng, likewise named in the said writ, is her next heir, and also kinsman and one of the heirs of Margaret daughter of Mariot, likewise named in the writ, to wit, son of Robert Flemmyng son of the said Margaret sister of William de Roche father of the said Mariot mother of the said Margaret daughter of Mariot. He is 40 years of age and more. John Flemmyng mentioned in the writ was his younger brother, and is now dead. Before he died he married a certain Isabel Myagh, and they had issue a son Simon Flemmyng, who is still living.
Writ to the sheriff, in view of the above inquisition, and on a petition from the said David Flemmyng praying the king to give order that the lands etc. delivered to the said Robert de Verneye and Eleanor and Warin Archedekue as the purparty of Eleanor and Warin be seized again into the king’s hand, and that delivery be made to him of his purparty, not only of the said lands etc. but also of all the other lands etc. of the said inheritance which have been retained in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of Thomas de Roche [son of John de la Roche, knight], to warn the said Robert, Eleanor and Warin to be before the king in the Chancery in the octave of Midsummer next to show cause why action should not be taken in accordance with the said David‘s petition. Staunford, 28 May, 15 Richard II.
Endorsed by the sheriff: The said Robert and Eleanor have been warned accordingly by John Perot, Richard Wyryot, John Davy and John Skurlak.
The said Warin has been warned by John Davy, William Arnold, Thomas Crippyn and Thomas Martyn.
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150 ALICE DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF JOHN DEL CHAMBRE
Commission in the form of a writ of mandamus to Aymer de Adthedill, knight, Sampson Hardyng, John de Bridlyngton and Thomas de Grendon. 4 April, 15 Richard II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Felton, Thursday, 4 October, 16 Richard II.
She died seised in her demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned lands, rents, messuages and tenements etc.
Gesmouth. 5a. land called Sandifordflat, with a decayed windmill, held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Bikar. A messauge and 17a. land, held of the lord of Bikar by grand serjeanty.
Heton. 6 husbandlands with a messuage, held of John de Mosgrave by knight’s service.
Little Newton by Corbrigg. A messuage and 24a. land, held of Ralph de Nevill by service of 1 lb. pepper.
Wytwame. A messuage and 40a. land, held of Thomas Apgriffith, heir of Henry Apgriffith, knight, and a minor in the king’s wardship.
Newcastle upon Tyne. A messuage with 2 shops before it, wherein John father of the said Alice dwelt in his lifetime; a yearly rent of 2 marks from the tenement wherein Maud de Cotum dwells; a messuage wherein John Sharp, ‘littister’, dwells; a yearly rent of 13s. 4d. from a messuage wherein Thomas de Corbrig dwells; a messuage by the Friars Preachers; a yearly rent of 30d. from a tenement in Sidgate which Robert Daunt holds; a yearly rent of 5s. from a tenement in Sidgate which Walter Heron held; 2 messuages by la Maudeleyns; 2 tenements with 2 selions of land outside Pilgrimstretyate with a windmill; 12a. of ‘leys’ outside Pilgrimstretyate; a yearly rent of 30s. from a tenement outside Pilgrimstretyate wherein William Wetwang formerly dwelt; a tenement at la Denbrighend; a tenement on la Peynturhugh with 3 small houses lying there; a yearly rent of 17s. from a tenement which Thomas Clerk of Alnewyk holds; a tenement which was formerly Adam de Esple‘s; 2 tenements opposite Adam‘s said tenement; 5 messuages on la Burnbank; a yearly rent of 4 marks from a tenement which was formerly John Plummer‘s; a messuage in Linnischer; a messuage called la Taveren with other houses and 3 shops; a messuage in la Cloos; a messuage with 2 shops before it in la Side, wherein William Redmershill dwells; a messuage with 10 shops at la Chastelyate; a messuage in the churchyard of St Nicholas; 4 shops on Raturnawe; 3 shops wherein Nicholas Kandeler and Alice de Well used to dwell; 3 shops in la Skynnergate; a shop wherein William Hunmanby dwells; 2 shops in la Fleswergate; a yearly rent of 10s. in la Pollidhall; a yearly rent of 20s. from the tenement wherein master Stephen Hesilbiche dwells; a yearly rent of 13s. 4d. from the tenement next to the said master Stephen; a garden which was formerly Adam de Esplee‘s with a decayed water-mill; and a garden by la Westyate. All the above are held of the king in chief in free burgage, except the messuage and 10 shops at la Chastelyate, which are held of the king in chief by service of rendering 12d. to the king’s castle of Newcastle upon Tyne for castle-guard.
She died on 14 October, 9 Richard II. Katharine de Moston, aged 34 years and more, is her kinswoman and heir, to wit, daughter of Isabel sister of John del Chambre her father.
Ever since her death Thomas de Heryngton and William Redmershill have occupied all the lands, tenements and rents aforesaid.
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151 JOHN TWYSEL, SON AND HEIR OF HUGH TWYSEL
Writ to the escheator in the county of Gloucester to take proof of the age of the said heir, who is said to have been born at Fromiloud and baptised in the church of Salle; and to warn Henry atte Barewe (in whose custody are the lands etc. of the said heir‘s inheritance by demise of John de Burton, clerk, and William Horbury, to whom the king committed the same) to be present at the said proof and shew cause why the said lands etc. should not be delivered to the said heir if he is of full age. 24 January, 15 Richard II.
Endorsed by the escheator: The said Henry was warned by Benet Croucheweye (?) and Robert Barton to be at Gloucester at the day stated in the proof.
Proof of age [missing]
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