Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 71

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 71

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 71

251. WILLIAM LE MOYNE alias LE MOYNGNE, LE MOYUNE.
Writ, 8 Dec. 23 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. made at Donemawe, 9 Jan. 23 Edw. I.
Eyeston ad Montem. A messuage &c., 400a. arable, 18a. meadow, 8a. pasture, 2 mills, 62s. rent, works worth 14s, and a grove, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of being buyer and keeper of the king’s larder.
Henry his son, aged 50, is his next heir.
WILTS. Inq. Monday after the Epiphany, 23 Edw. I.
Wynterburn Maydynton. A capital messuage &c. in the manor, 13s. 4d. rents of villeins, a carucate of land containing 100a., 1a. meadow, and pasture for 100 sheep, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of being buyer of the king’s kitchen and keeper of his larder.
Heir as above, aged 40.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Saturday after the Epiphany, 23 Edw. I.
Scipton Moygne. The manor with the advowson of the church, formerly held of the king in chief by serjeanty as last above; whereof the said William 20 years before his death enfeoffed his son Henry (Hanr’) for life only, rendering to him a pair of gloves yearly at Easter, reserving to himself only 2 virgates of land, the advowson of the church, and the services of the free tenants, whereof he died seised.
Heir as above, aged 40 and more.
DORSET. Inq. made at Dorcestre on Monday after Christmas day, 23 Edw. I.
Ogres. The manor (extent given), including the close of the court containing 3a., pasture for 100 pigs, and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of being buyer and keeper of the king’s larder.
Heir as above, his firstborn son, aged 40 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (1.)
252. WILLIAM DE FAUCUMBERGE alias DE FAUKUMBERG, DE FAUUCUNBERG, FAUCOBERG, LE FAUCUBERG, DE FAUCUNBERG.
Writ, Aberconewey, 4 Feb. 23 Edw. I.
Writ, Aberconewey, 8 Feb. 23 Edw. I.
DERBY; [WAPENTAKE OF] SCARSDALE (Scharvisdale). Inq. Sunday, the morrow of St. Gregory the Pope, 23 Edw. I.
Barleburic alias Barleburyt. The manor called ‘Adam Chaumbur’ and the park thereto belonging, held by separate enfeoffments of Adam de Gredelyng, rendering for the same to him and his heirs or assigns 40l. and 20l. yearly respectively, whereof he has satisfied the said Adam for the first ten years following the enfeoffments, of the payment of the said rents of 40l. for the manor and 10l. (sic) for the park, the manor is worth 10l. yearly, the court 1/2 mark, and the park 10 marks; these feoffments were made by the said Adam to save (ad salvandum) to the said William his term of ten years.
John his son, aged 21 and more, is his next heir.
DERBY; WAPENTAKE OF SCARSDALE (Scarvesdal). Inq. made at Chesterfeld on Sunday after St. Gregory the Pope, 23 Edw. I.
Barleburg. The manor of Adam de Grydeling called Adam’s Chamber (Camera Ade), whereof he was enfeoffed, rendering yearly to the said Adam his heirs and assigns, after the term of 10 years, 40l. He was also enfeoffed by the said Adam de Gredeling of the park of Barleburg, rendering yearly after the term of 10 years 20l.; but the said William was enfeoffed on condition that he should be able to save his term of 10 years, and under such form he died there.
Heir as above.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Thursday before St. Gregory the Pope, 23 Edw. I.
Cukenay. A capital messuage &c., 60a. arable, 2a. meadow, 13s. 4d. rent of free tenants, 15l. 3s. 4d. rent of bondmen (nativorum), 12s. rents of cottars and 3s. 4d. yearly from a warren (conigerie), held of the king in chief, and he ought to shoe (ferrare) the king’s palfrey, if there be need, whenever the king shall come to Mamesfeld [alias Maunsfeld], and if he shall lame (includat) the king’s palfrey, he shall give the king 5 marks and shall have the palfrey: and if there be war in Wales, he shall find the king an esquire with a horse worth 40s. for forty days, and shall find all his expenses.
Heir as above, aged 23 and more.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Wednesday after St. Gregory the Pope, 23 Edw. I.
Cokeney, &c. To the same effect as above, with the variation there given in square brackets.
Heir as last above.
YORK. Inq. made at Brandesburton on Thursday before St. Gregory, 23 Edw. I.
Catfosse. A capital messuage, 4 carucates and 3 bovates of land in demesne, and 15 bovates in service, whereof:—2 bovates held by Robert de Faucunberge, rendering a rose yearly; 3 bovates held by John Barn by knight’s service; 1 bovate held by Peter de Faucunberge, rendering a clove gillyflower yearly; 4 bovates held by William son of William de Faucunberge, rendering 1d. yearly; 3 bovates held by Henry brother of the same William, rendering a clove gillyflower yearly; 2 bovates held by the prioress of Killing in frank almoin; and 6a. land with 2 tofts, held by William le Taillur, rendering 1lb. pepper yearly.
Killing. The wood held by the same William.
All held of Walter de Faucunberge by knight’s service.
He held nothing of the king in chief within the bounds of Holderness.
Heir as last above.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (2.)
253. THOMAS DE NORMANVILL.
Writ to the keeper of the office of escheatry in the county of Nottingham, 9 Aug. 23 Edw. I.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. made at Egmanton on Saturday after the Assumption, 23 Edw. I.
Egmanton. 7 bovates of land held in bondage and 2 tofts, held of John de Eyville, who is in the wardship of Sir Roger de Moubray, by service of a rose yearly.
He has a son aged 4 who is his next heir.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Sunday before St. Bartholomew, 23 Edw. I.
Fenton. The manor with lands and tenements (unspecified), held of several mesnes (unspecified).
Heir as above, name unknown.
Writ to Malcolm de Harlee, escheator, 9 Aug. 23 Edw. I.
RUTLAND. Inq. Wednesday, the feast of St. Matthew, 23 Edw. I. (defaced.)
Empyngh(am). A capital messuage, a croft, 4 bovates of land in demesne, 4 bovates in villenage, and cottages, held of (?) Margery de Northmanvile by service of a sore sparrowhawk yearly.
Horyn. A plot (placea) worth 4s., 5 bovates of land in demesne and 7 bovates in villenage, a water-mill, and 7 cottages, held of the said Thomas by (?) the same Margery, service unknown.
Empyngh(am) and Herdwyk. A capital messuage with pond and dovecot, worth only 1/2 mark because of the great deductions for the houses, 10 bovates of land in villenage, and a wood (?), held of William le Waleys in exchange for lands &c. in Thorph’ by Barkeby, by service of a pair of gilt spurs.
Empyngh(am). 5 bovates of land held of Richard son of ….. by service of 1/2 mark (?) yearly; 2 bovates …. held of Ralph de Empyngh(am) by service of 1 1/2d. yearly (?); 1 bovate of land held of Andrew Condy by knight’s service; 6a. land held of William ….. by service of 1/2d.; …. held of Margaret de Northmanvile by service of 1lb. pepper; and …. held of Geoffrey …. by service of 1/2d. (?).
Northmanton. A capital messuage, 15 bovates of land in demesne, …. in villenage, 16s. 8d. rent of assize, pleas &c. worth 2s., and the advowson of the church (?), held of Eustachia de F[anencurt] by service of 1lb. cummin.
Horyn. 1 mark rent of assize held of …. by service of a root of ginger yearly.
Edmund his son, …., is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (3.)
254. JOHN DE HEYNO alias DE HEYNOU.
Writ, 14 July, 23 Edw. I.
SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT. Inq. made at Steneberi in the Island on Wednesday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 23 Edw. I.
La Steveneberi. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee and rendering 6 marks yearly at the castle of Carsbroc.
William his son, aged 29, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (4.)
255. GEOFFREY DE KNELLE.
Writ, 5 April, 23 Edw. I.
SUSSEX. Inq. Friday before SS. Peter and Paul, 23 Edw. I.
Knelle. The manor (extent given), including 250a. arable of ‘upland’ and 100a. arable of ‘broke,’ held of the king, because he has taken the barony of Hastyng(es) into his hand, of which barony when it was in the hand of John de Britannia, the said Geoffrey held the manor by service of a knight’s fee, doing suit at his court and rendering 8s. yearly to the canons serving in the castle of Hastynges; and he held in the manor 2 1/2a. arable of the king, of the tenement which was sometime of Sir John Tregoz, rendering 12d. yearly for the same at the manor of Idenne for all service. Of which lands and rents Robert Paulyn of Wynchelese has a moiety by the new statute for the debts of Matthew de Knelle, father of the said Geoffrey.
Matthew de Knelle, his brother, aged 40 and more, is his next heir.
Writ to the treasurer &c. of the exchequer to search the rolls and certify the king whether the said Geoffrey held the 2 1/2a. aforesaid by the service aforesaid, or otherwise, or held any other lands &c. of the king in chief, 18 May, 23 Edw. I.
Reply of the treasurer &c. that it is not found that the said Geoffrey held any other lands &c. of the king in chief than the said 2 1/2a., and that by the service aforesaid.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (5.)
256. WILLIAM DE LASCELES of Oteringham.
Writ, 18 Oct. 23 Edw. I. Endorsed: This writ was received on Tuesday before St. Martin.
[YORK.] Inq. Wednesday, the morrow of St. Nicholas, 23 Edw. I.
Oteringham. Yearly rents of 6d. and 2 clove gillyflowers, whereof 1d. from John de Oteringham for 10 bovates of land, 1d. from Simon the constable for 1 bovate of land, 1d. from Peter de Gousil for a toft, 2d. from Peter Sleye for a toft, 1d. from Thomas Lambyn for 1 bovate of land, a clove gillyflower from Ivo the baker (pistor) for a toft, and a clove gillyflower from Peter Moys for a toft, held of the king in chief by foreign service.
John his son, aged 31 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (6.)
257. HENRY DEL RE alias DE REE, of Kyngestaneford.
Writ, 5 Nov. 23 Edw I.
HEREFORD. Inq. Thursday after St. Lucy, 24 Edw. I.
King’s Staunford. A messuage, 40a. arable, 1a. meadow, and 1/2a. pasture, held of the king in chief by service of conveying the king’s treasure from Hereford to London, having every day from the king’s purse in going 12d. and returning nothing; he shall also summon the bishop of Hereford at Bromyerd whenever he shall be impleaded by the king.
(Unspecified.) 11a. arable held of Hugh de Paunton by service of 1/2d. yearly.
Le Fenne, 1a. arable held of Walter Hakelutel by service of 1/2d. yearly. Henry his firstborn son, aged 24 and more, is his next heir.
Writ to John de Langeton, chancellor, commanding him to issue letters under the great seal according to law &c., the king having received the homage of Henry, son and heir of Henry del Re of Kyngestaneford, 1 Feb. 24 Edw. I.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (7.)
258. PHILIP DE LA ROKELE.
Writ, 5 Oct. 23 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. 18 Oct. 23 Edw. I.
Wokyndon. A messuage &c., 400a. arable, 24a. meadow, 30a. pasture. 10a. heath, a windmill, 33s. 10d. rent of free tenants, 8l. 6s. 2d. rent of customers, and works, with geese, cocks and hens, held of Humphrey de Bonn earl of Hertford (sic) by service of 3 1/2 knights’ fees.
Maud his daughter, aged 10, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. Friday after St Luke, 23 Edw. I.
Beghenham. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Herst. 40a. arable held of the abbot of Westminster by service of 20s. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 9 1/2 years.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (8.)
259. THOMAS DE STOKTON.
Writ, 18 Oct. 23 Edw. I.
[SALOP.] Inq. Wednesday after St. Martin, 23 Edw. I. (defaced.)
Stokton. 3a. land held of the king in chief, rendering 2s. yearly.
Willmyton. Three tenants viz.—David de Berechton, Alan Scrup and William the clerk, who pay 5s. a year each, and pleas &c., held of the king in chief, rendering 1lb. cummin yearly to the bailiff of Montgomery.
Stokton. A messuage, 72a. arable, 16a. meadow, a plot (placea) of pasture, and part of a waste and a mill, and rents of certain free tenants and customers, and perquisites &c., held of the heirs of Adam de Muntgomeri, rendering 3s. yearly (?).
[ (fn. 1) Mokelwike. Lands &c.]
C. Edw. I. File 71. (9.)
260. WILLIAM DU LEE alias DE LEE.
Writ to the escheator of co. Chester, 10 Feb. 23 Edw. I.
CHESTER. Inq. Thursday (?) after St. Valentine, 23 Edw. I.
Molinton. The town, held of the king in chief by service of 4s. 4d. yearly to the king’s foresters for food.
Henry his son, aged 10, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 70. (10.)
261. ELIAS DE RILLESTON.
Writ [ (fn. 2) 23 April, 23 Edw. I.] (missing.)
[York.] Inq. made at Skipton in Craven on Saturday after the Ascension, 23 Edw. I. (defaced.)
Rilleston. A capital messuage, 70a. 1/2r. arable, 21a. meadow, 21 bovates and 1/2a. in demesne and 7 plots of meadow.
Crakehou [alias Crakehowe]. A plot of meadow.
Holden in the field of Rilleston. Herbage worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and a wood in the same town.
Rilleston and Heton. Part of the water-mill.
Rilleston. 3 cottages.
Free tenants of the said Elias:—
Rilleston. A toft and two bovates of land held by Simon son of Thomas de Bernolwik by homage and service, owing 1d. at Christmas; and a toft and a bovate of land, held by William de Lindale by homage and service, owing 1lb. cummin at Easter.
Skethorp. A carucate of land held by the abbot of Derham by homage and service only; and 1/2 carucate of land held by Robert de Skothorp by homage and service only.
All held of the king, as lord of the honour of the castle of Skipton in Craven, as of the barony and not of the crown.
Elslack. 4 bovates of land held of Sir Hugh son of Henry by homage and service only.
Heton. 1 1/2 carucate of land held of Lady Margaret de Nevill by homage and service, which lands are held of the said Elias by Robert de Alta Ripa and Walter de Heton by homage and service of 1d.; and 1/2 carucate of land held of the same Lady Margaret by homage and service, which land is held of the same Elias by the abbot of Furness in alms.
His daughters, Emma aged 3 years, and Cecily aged 3 months, are his next heirs.
YORK. Copy of the above inquisition.
YORK. Assignment of dower to Sibyl late the wife of the said Elias, Sunday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edw. I.
Rilleston and Elselag. A third part of the capital messuage towards the west, and a third part of all the above tenements, including a plot of meadow [in Rilleston] called ‘le Rakes.’
C. Edw. I. File 71. (11.)
262. RICHARD DE RYEL alias DE RYE.
Writ, 27 Sept. 23 Edw. I. Endorsed, received on Thursday the octave of St. Michael.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 March, 24 Edw. I.
Little Ryhil. The town (extent given), including 2d. yearly rent from Robert de Ryhil for 70a. land held freely, and 1d. from John son of Hugh and Isabel his wife for 40a. land held freely, held of the king in chief, rendering 20s. yearly at the exchequer of Newcastle upon Tyne, for rents of the county whereof the king and his ancestors were seized through their sheriffs by the hands of the said Richard and his ancestors, who have held the town for a hundred years; and he ought to be tallaged whenever the king tallages his demesne boroughs. He also rendered 14d. yearly at the exchequer of Newcastle for cornage; and rendered 5s. yearly to Gilbert de Humfreyvile, kept one of his dogs for forty days every year or gave him 12d., did for him 40 days’ work in autumn, guarded his moor in Redesdale (valle de Rede) in the month of ….. every year, and aided him in making his eldest son a knight and marrying his eldest daughter; he also rendered 20s. yearly to John de Bydic from the mill.
He died on Monday before St. Bartholomew, 23 Edw. I. Henry his brother is 26, is his next heir.
Writ of certiorari to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to search the rolls of the exchequer as to whether the said Richard held Little Ryhill by the abovesaid services only or by others, and whether the king or any of his progenitors has ever had wardship during the minority of the heir of any of the ancestors of the said Richard, or not, 3 March, 24 Edw. I.
Return of the barons. Gilbert de Ryhull an ancestor of the said Richard held Little Ryhull by the abovesaid service of the king in chief, and they do not find that the king had wardship thence at any time after the death of the said Richard’s ancestors, because the heirs were of full age. Wardship and marriage are due to the king from all tenants holding of the king in chief by cornage in Cumberland and Westmoreland, but it has not yet been ascertained whether they are likewise due in Northumberland.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (12.)
263. NICHOLAS DE BONEVILL alias DE BOLEVIL, DE BONEVILE.
Writ, 12 Feb. 23 Edw. I.
DEVON. Inq. made at Exeter on Tuesday before the Annunciation, 23 Edw. I.
Schete. The manor held of the inheritance of Hawis his wife by service of free socage, of Thomas de Sandford.
Combe. The manor similarly held by service of 1/2 knight’s fee of the heirs of Hugh de Curtenay.
SOMERSET. Inq. made at Taunton on Tuesday before the Annunciation, 23 Edw. I.
Dulverton. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including a hundred (court), held of the king by service of 1/3 knight’s fee; but he had nothing in the manor except through Hawis his wife, who was enfeoffed of the said moiety jointly with one Thomas de Pyn, sometime her husband, by the king for their lives with reversion to the king.
Lydiard Punchardun. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of the inheritance of the same Hawis, of Sir John de Moyun of the barony of Dunsterr by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir unspecified because none of the tenements aforesaid will come to him by inheritance.
Sock by Ivelcestre. Tenements unknown…….
SOMERSET. Inq. Thursday after the Annunciation, 23 Edw. I.
Ivelcestre. A moiety of a ‘haywardwik’ which his ancestors had by the gift of the kings, rendering nothing because the said ‘haywardwik’ was given in exchange for a certain land called Doneschedon in the king’s forest of Northperton, which land the king now holds in demesne.
Sok Denays by Ivelcestre. The capital messuage with a moiety of the manor (extent given), held of the heirs of John de Bello Campo, as pertaining to his barony of Hacche, by service of a fee of Mortain.
Nicholas his son, aged 2 on the feast of All Saints last, is his next heir.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the complaint of Hawis, late the wife of the said Nicholas, who held of John son and heir of John de Bello Campo a minor and in the king’s wardship, that the manor of Dulvreton, whereof she was jointly enfeoffed for the life of either with Thomas de Pyne, her first husband, had been taken into the king’s hand on the death of Nicholas her second husband, 23 April, 23 Edw. I.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Taunton on Monday after the Invention of Holy Cross, 23 Edw. I.
Dulverton. The said Hawis was enfeoffed of the manor jointly with Thomas de Pyne, her first husband, as above, by the king by service of 1d. yearly, with reversion after the deaths of the said Hawis and Thomas to the king and his heirs; and she continued her seisin with the said Nicholas her second husband until his death, by reason of which the manor was taken into the king’s hand.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (13.)
264. NICHOLAS DE BONEVILL.
Writ to the escheator to cause her dower to be assigned to Hawis, late the wife of the said Nicholas, who has taken her oath not to marry without the king’s licence, warning John Wogan to be present to whom the king has committed the wardship &c., and to send the assignment to be enrolled in the chancery, 18 Aug. 23 Edw. I. Endorsed:—……. co. Somerset.
E. Inq. p.m. File 3. (17.)
265. ALICE LA VAVASSUR alias LA VAVASUR.
Writ, 22 June, 23 Edw. I.
LINCOLN. Inq. Friday after St. Bartholomew, 23 Edw. I.
Cokerington. A capital messuage called ‘le Stonhalle,’ 2 bovates of arable land in demesne, 1a. wood, a bovate of land in bondage, and 2s. rents of cottars, held of the barony of Bayeux, which is in the king’s hand, by service of 1/4 knight’s fee; and a capital messuage called ‘le Suthhalle,’ 8 bovates of arable land in demesne, a wood, 30s. 6d. rents of free tenants, 15 bovates of land in bondage (tenants’ services specified), and 18d. rents of cottars, held of Sir Henry de Lascy, earl of Lincoln, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Sir William le Vavasur, her son, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (14.)
266. GILBERT DE HIPPETOFT.
Writ, 18 Oct. 23 Edw. I.
LINCOLN. Inq. Sunday after All Saints, 23 Edw. I.
Algerkyrke. A capital messuage, 75a. arable, 16 1/2a. 1/2r. meadow, 3a. several pasture, a fishery, rents in money, pepper and cummin worth 103s. 3 1/4d. yearly, and pleas &c. worth 2s. yearly, held of the gift of Hawis de Hippetoft, sometime his mother, rendering yearly to her heirs a pair of white gloves or 1d., and to Sir John de Britannia, earl of Richmond [whose lands &c. are in the king’s hand], as chief lord of the fee for the said Hawis and her heirs 28s. 3d.; and there are payable yearly to the hospital of sick without Lincoln 10s., and to Roger de Bermyngeham, brother of the said Gilbert, for his life, 50s.
His sons, Adam aged 15 at the feast of the Purification next, Lambert aged 11 at the feast of St. Lambert last, and Robert aged 9 at Ascension day last, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (15.)
267. JOHN DE SANCTA ELENA.
Writ, 21 July, 23 Edw. I.
BERKS. Inq. Sunday after St. James the Apostle, 23 Edw. I.
Wittenham. A messuage &c., 118a. land, 11a. meadow, pasture in common, 41s. 5d. rent of assize, works of customers, and a water-mill with the fishery, held of Sir Roger le Bygod, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, by service of 1/3 knight’s fee, homage, and 2s. yearly.
Beatrice the wife of Giles de Brewouse, aged 23 and more is his next heir.
OXFORD. Inq. 3 Aug. 23 Edw. I.
Crawelle. The manor (extent given), including 2 water-mills, held of the king in chief by homage, and the service of a knight’s fee; and there are due to Elizabeth, late the wife of Thomas de Breaute, 100s. yearly by way of dower, and 10s. to the earl of Cornwall for hidage.
Heir as above, aged 22 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (16.)
268. JOHN SON OF JOHN LA VEYLLE alias LA VELYE, LA VEYLYE, of Fisshele.
Writ, 16 Feb. 23 Edw. I.
NORFOLK. Inq. Thursday before St. Gregory the Pope, 23 Edw. I.
Fyshele [alias Fissele]. A messuage, 48a. 1r. arable, 36s. 10d. [alias 35s. 10d.] assised rent, works of tenants, a windmill &c. held with certain lands &c. in Wytton of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
He died on Saturday after the Purification last. Reginald, son of Beatrice [la Velye] sister of [Sir] John father of the deceased, aged 26 and more, is his next heir.
NORFOLK. Inq. Sunday after St. Gregory the Pope, 23 Edw. I.
Wytton. A messuage, 17 1/2a. 1r. arable, 16s. 9 1/2d assised rents, works of tenants, and 3 hens yearly worth 3d., held with the certain lands &c. in Fyshele of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Honyngg. A messuage, 50a. arable, a several pasture [and turbary], and 9s. 6d. assised rents, whereof the said John and Margery his wife, who survives, were jointly enfeoffed by Katharine Bukeskyn [alias Bucheskin], held of Robert son of Richard by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
NORFOLK. Inq. made at Neteshirde on Thursday before St. Mark, 23 Edw. I.
Fissele, Wytton and Honyngg. To the same effect as above, with the variations there given within square brackets, but omitting the date of death.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (17.)
269. JOHN SON OF JOHN LA VEYLE of Fysshelee.
Writ to the escheator to send in the inquisitions which he has made without delay, 4 May, 23 Edw. I.
Writ to the escheator to cause her dower of the lands &c. which were of the said John to be assigned to Margery late his wife, having accepted her oath not to marry without the king’s licence, and to send the assignment to be enrolled in the chancery, 5 Aug. 23 Edw. I.
E. Inq. p.m. File 3. (4.)
270. BERTRAM DE CRIOLL alias DE CRIOLIS.
Writ, 26 Feb. 23 Edw. I.
KENT Inq. made at Newenton by Hethe on Friday after St. Mark, 23 Edw. I.
Estwelle. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of 2 knight’s fees, rendering 20s. yearly for the guard of the castle of Dover, and doing suit every three weeks at the king’s court of Relevet.
Pottebiri. 50a. pasture held of Maud, late the wife of Stephen de Bocton, by service of 12s. yearly, and doing suit at her court of Bocton Aluph every three weeks.
Asmeresfelde. The manor (extent given) held of Ralph son of Bernard by service of 1/2 knight’s fee; and 100a. pasture held of the abbot of Battle by service of 10s. yearly, and doing suit at the abbot’s court of Wy every three weeks.
Tirlingham. The manor (extent given), including fencing of the park and ‘Wodelode’ from the tenants, which is of the inheritance of Eleanor his wife, who survives, held of the king in chief by service of 1/6 knight’s fee, and it is of the barony of Fulkestane.
Folkestane. The half hundred, which is of the same inheritance, held of the king by fee farm of 10s. yearly.
Newenton by Hith. The manor (extent given), of the same inheritance, held of John son of Thomas de Belhus by service of 2d. yearly.
John his son, aged 34, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (18.)
271. WILLIAM DE SAY.
Writ, 16 Sept. 23 Edw. I.
KENT. Inq. made at Malling on Friday after St. Faith, 23 Edw. I.
Birlinge. The manor (extent given), including a park, and rents of seven plough-shares, and a cart (biga) and a pair of plough-wheels (rotarum caruce) from tenants of the valleys, held of the king in chief by barony.
Geoffrey his son, aged 14, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. made at Deptford on Monday after St. Faith, 23 Edw. I.
Little Grenewych. The manor of Westgrenewych (extent given) held of the king in chief by barony.
Heir as above.
KENT. Inq. Saturday after St. Faith, 23 Edw. I.
Burgham. The manor (extent given), including pasture called ‘le Brok,’ held of the king in chief by barony.
Heir as above.
KENT. Inq. Sunday after St. Faith, 23 Edw. I.
Codham. The manor (extent given), including rents of ten plough-shares worth 8d. each, and a cart (biga) and a half worth 3s. a cart, held of the king in chief by barony.
Heir as above.
SUSSEX. Inq. made at Lewes on Saturday after St. Edward the King, 23 Edw. I.
Hammes. The manor (extent given) held of John de Warenn’, earl of Surrey, by service of 13 1/2 knights’ fees, and suit at the earl’s chief court at Lewes.
Heir as above, aged 16.
HERTFORD. Inq. Saturday before St. Edward the King, 23 Edw. I.
Sabritteswrth. The manor (extent given), including 40a. wood in which there are wild animals (animalia fera), held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Heir as last above.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. Thursday, the feast of the Translation of St. Edward the King, 23 Edw. I.
Edelmeton. The manor (extent given), including a warren (cunicularium), held of the king in chief, service unknown; and 13s. 4d. are paid yearly to the sheriff of Middlesex for ‘camerzeld(?).’
Heir as above, aged 14 and more.
Extent or summary of the lands &c. which were of the said William, for a third part whereof there are assigned to Elizabeth late his wife, the manor of Codeham, co. Kent, with the park, the manor of Hammes, co. Sussex, and 12l. 12s. 9d. of land &c. in the manor of Berling, co. Kent.
(On the back is a mandate of the king to John Poer to give credence to John Wogan, justiciary of Ireland in the king’s matters, dated 18 October.)
Writ of certiorari as to the value of the manor of Berlynges near Malling, now in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of the heir of William de Say, and who is the heir. Given under the Privy Seal at Canterbury, 16 Sept. 23 Edw. I.
KENT. Extent made at Malling on Friday after St. Michael, 23 Edw. I.
Birlynge. The manor (extent given), including a park, seven ploughshares, and a cart (bigam) and a pair of plough-wheels (rotarum ad carucam) from certain tenants in the valleys, held of the king in chief by barony.
Heir as above, aged 14.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (19.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 3. (12.)
272. ROGER BAYNARD.
Writ, 14 July. 23 Edw. I.
[ESSEX]. Inq. 2 Aug. 23 Edw. I.
Messyngg. A messuage, 240a. arable by the lesser hundred, 46a. pasture, 60a. heath, 18a. wood, 4l. 5s. 0 1/2d. assised rent, and works, held of the king in chief by service of 1 1/2 knight’s fee.
Thomas, son of Richard Baynard his elder brother, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
[ESSEX.] Inq. 1 Aug. 23 Edw. I.
Little Reynes, A messuage 67a. arable, 3a. meadow, 3 1/2a. 1r. pasture, a quarter (sic) of pepper worth 2d., 1lb. cummin worth 1 1/2d., 12a. wood, an alder grove, and 10s. 6d. assised rent, held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
[ESSEX.] Inq. 13 Aug. 23 Edw. I.
Little Maldon. A third part of a mill held of the king in chief; he also held at one time of the king in chief 70a. arable, 3a. meadow, 7s. yearly rent, and a third part of a mill, which he gave to Henry de Cobeham and Margaret his wife, daughter of the said Roger, and the heirs of their bodies, which lands &c. are now in the hand of William Bonevile by the demise of the said Henry; the service by which the above lands &c. are held is unknown, but they used to belong to the manor of Little Maldon, which is held of the king in chief.
Heir as above.
Little Maldon. A messuage, 250a. arable, 18a. meadow, a third part of a mill, 9a. pasture, 3a. vineyard (vinee), 73s. assised rent, 100a. wood, and works of customers, held of the king in chief by the courtesy of England for life by service of 1/2 knight’s fee; and he gave these lands &c. to Henry de Cobeham and Margaret his wife, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies; which Margaret died without such heir, and the said Henry is alive, and William de Bonevile holds the said lands &c. by his demise.
Thomas Fillol, aged 26, is next heir of the said lands &c. held for life by the courtesy of England, by reason of the blood of the aforesaid Margaret, whose heir he is.
St. Laurence. 60a. arable and a marsh, held of the heirs of Tolleshunte Tregoz, service unspecified; 30a. arable, 13s. 4d. assised rent, and works of customers, held of Robert son of Walter in chief by service of rendering 2s. 8d. yearly; and 20a. arable held of William Gernoun, service unspecified.
Heir as first above.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (20.)
273. ROGER BAYNARD.
Writ to the escheator to cause her dower to be assigned to Margery late the wife of the said Roger, who has taken her oath not to marry without the king’s licence, warning the said Roger’s heir to be present, and to send the assignment to be enrolled in the Chancery, 13 August, 23 Edw. I. Endorsed:—… co. Essex.
E. Inq. p.m. File 3. (18.)
274. HENRY STURMY alias LE ESTORMI, DE STORMY, ESTURMY.
Writ, 27 Sept. 23 Edw. I.
WORCESTER. Inq. 24 Oct. 23 Edw. I.
Rushuc. A messuage which cannot maintain itself and garden, 3 carucates of land, 8a. meadow, a several pasture, 2 fishponds, 4l. 10s. rent of assize of free tenants, 4l. 2s. rents of bondmen, and 1/2 mark pleas &c. of court, held of William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, by service of doing suit at the county (court) of Worcester every three weeks, and by knight’s service.
Henry his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
WILTS. Inq. the day of St. Clement the Pope, 24 Edw. I.
Borbach. The manor, with its members Durleygh alias Durleye and Couelesfeld (extents given), held of the king in chief by serjeanty of finding an esquire armed in the king’s army in Wales, and for keeping the bailiwick of the king’s forest of Savernak.
Heir as above.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Odyham on Monday before SS. Simon and Jude, 23 Edw. I.
Pollynges in the hundred of Odyham. A grange with a little curtilage, 120a. arable, 12a. meadow, 20a. pasture, 8s. yearly rents of freemen, 14s. rents of customers whose works are worth 2s., and a water-mill; together with the manor of Lys and Hydebernard, viz.:—
Lys. 10l. yearly rent and 6s. 8d. pleas &c. of court.
Hydebernard. 20s. rent.
All held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Ulvetham. A capital messuage &c., the advowson of the church, 60a. arable, 12a. meadow, 6a. wood, pasture, and 40s. rent of freemen, held of the abbot of Certeseye, paying him 30s. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 28.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (21.)
275. ANSELM DE GYSE alias DE GISE.
Writ, 10 Feb. 23 Edw. I.
KENT. Inq. Friday the feast of the Annunciation, 23 Edw. I.
La Ruehille. A manor (extent given) held of Sir William de Grandissono in chief by service of 35s. 10d. yearly, and suit at his court of Derteford every three weeks.
John his son, aged 18, is his next heir; but this manor is divisible, and all his sons are heirs, but the age of the other sons is unknown.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Saturday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 23 Edw. I.
Elmore. A messuage &c., a dovecot, 320a. arable, 20a. meadow, 2a. wood, a several fishery, a windmill, 50s. 11 1/2d. rents of freemen, 40s. of rent called ‘watergavel,’ works &c. worth 114s., and 20s. pleas &c. of court, held of Lady Hawis de Greyli, one of the heirs of Sir John de Burgh, rendering a clove gillyflower yearly for all service.
John his son, aged 17 …. Barnabas the Apostle, 22 Edw. I, is his next heir.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at the chapel of Wouburn, 8 April, 23 [Edw. I].
Asple. The manor (extent given with details of services), including rents of 1lb. pepper from the lord of Saleford, 1lb. cummin from Geoffrey Grigori, 1/2lb. cummin from Gilbert son of Elias Parnel, a pair of spurs from Geoffrey Grigori, and 12d. for a cottage from Richard le Juvene, held in chief of Hawis late the wife of Robert de Greyli by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
He held nothing of the king in chief in the county.
He died on 7 Feb. 23 Edw. I. Heir as above, aged 17 and more.
Writ of plenius certiorari to the treasurer &c. of the exchequer directing them to search the rolls of the exchequer and inform the king whether they find that the said Anselm held nothing of the king in chief, 18 May, 23 Edw. I.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (22.)
276. ROBERT MALET.
Writ, 3 May, 23 Edw. I.
BERKS. Inq. made at Waneting on Tuesday after St. Dunstan, 23 Edw. I.
Tydecumbe. A tenant named Robert de Clere, who holds in villenage a messuage and 1/2a. land, held by the said Robert Malet of the king in chief as member of the serjeanty of Hortrugg, which serjeanty owes the service of keeping one of the king’s goshawks (ostorc’).
Robert his [first born] son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
OXFORD. Inq. 9 June, 23 Edw. I.
Stockenechirch. A messuage, 100a. arable, 3a. wood, and a horse-mill (molendinum equinum), held of Alan son of Roald, rendering 21s. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 25 and more.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. made at Ayllesbury on Saturday the eve of Whitsunday, 23 Edw. I.
Quynton. [The manor?] a messuage, 5 carucates and 2 parts of a carucate of land, 10a. meadow, a several pasture, 15s. 3d., 1lb. pepper price 7d. and 1lb. cummin price 1d., rents of freemen, 20l. rents of customers, 54s. 10d. rents of cottars whose works are worth 17s. 6d., a windmill, a little grove, and 10s. pleas &c.; whereof the messuage, with 4 carucates of land, meadows &c. held of the earl of Cornwall in chief by service of 1 1/2 knight’s fee, and of finding two men at arms in the castle of Wallyngford if there be war, to wit one man for forty days and another for twenty days, at his own charges; 1 carucate held of John Neyrnuyt for a clove gillyflower at Christmas; and two parts of 1 carucate held of the master and chapter of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, rendering 33s. 4d. yearly.
The advowson of the church pertains to the said manor.
Heir as above, aged 28 at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last.
C. Edw. I. File 71. (23.)

Footnotes

  • 1. So given in the Calendar printed in 1806 but now illegible.
  • 2. See Fine Roll.