Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 63

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 63

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 63

34. PETER DE LA MARE.
Writ of certiorari as to the value of his lands &c. and of the marriage of his heir, 13 Oct. 20 Edw. I.
Similar writ, 16 Nov. 20 Edw. I.
DEVON. Inq. made at Blaketoriton on the day of St. Clement the Pope, 21 Edw. I.
Monekochamton. The manor (extent given) held of the heirs of Hugh de Curtenay, who are in the king’s wardship, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Lynynton. The manor (extent given) held of the abbot of Donekeswill by service of 3d. yearly.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Saturday before St. Martin, 20 Edw. I.
Chirinton. A messuage &c., 160a. arable, 12a. pasture, common pasture for sheep from the feast of St. Andrew to the Annunciation, 18s. rent of assize yearly, and works &c. of villeins worth 20s., held of the earl of Cornwall by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Hampton. A messuage &c., 25a. arable, and 6s. rents of freemen, held of the abbot of Malmesbiry and the abbess of Caen (de Cadamo) in socage, rendering to the abbot 40s. yearly and to the abbess 13s. 4d.
The marriage of Robert son and heir of the said Peter is worth 200 marks.
HERTFORD. Inq. Friday before All Saints, 20 Edw. I.
Offeleye. The manor (extent given), including ‘syas’ in autumn, rents of 2lb. pepper, capons, cocks and hens, part of which is held of John de Balliolo in chief by service of a knight’s fee, and the other part of John Peyvre in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Robert his son is his heir, age unknown.
WILTS. (fn. 1) Inq. Friday the eve of All Saints, 20 Edw. I.
Stupellavinton. 3 carucates of land in the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief for a knight’s fee, and by service of 20s. yearly to be paid at the castle of Devizes or doing guard in the same castle for forty days in time of war at his own charges.
Cnabbewlle by Draycote. 2 virgates of land held of Sir Henry earl of Lincoln in chief by service of doing suit at the court of Trobrigg every 3 weeks.
Robert his firstborn son, aged 18 at the Purification next, is his next heir, and his marriage is worth 150l.
HEREFORD. (fn. 1) Inq. taken at Birches St. Thomas on Friday before St. Andrew, 21 Edw. I.
Cayreradok in Irchenefeld. The manor (extent given) held of the lord of Ryctir, who held of the king in chief, by service of 15s. yearly.
Nothing is known as to the marriage of his heir as marriage and wardship are not had within the liberty of Irchenefeld.
OXFORD. (fn. 1) Inq. 19 December, 21 Edw. I.
Mersbaldindon. The manor (full extent given, with names of tenants), including a hide of land at Whatecombe held by Hugh Frelond, tenure unspecified.
Heiford ad Pontem. The manor (full extent given, with names of tenants), tenure unspecified.
The marriage of his heir is worth 400……
C. Edw. I. File 63. (1.)
35. BENEDICT LE VYLUR alias LE VILUR, LE VILOR.
Writ to the sheriff of Buckingham and his coroners to enquire whether the said Benedict, who held a messuage and a hide and virgate of land of William Belet in Burstall, killed himself feloniously or died by accident or otherwise, 2 December, 20 Edw. I.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Saturday after St. Valentine, 20 Edw. I.
Borestalle. 2 messuages and 5 virgates of land, held of William Belet, knight, whereof one messuage and one virgate is of the king’s fee of the manor of Brehull, and the other messuage and 4 virgates are of the honour of Wallingford. The said Benedict was at Melcheburne at the congregation of the Hospitallers next after St. Michael 19 Edw. I, and there on Monday after the congregation was wounded at night and died on the morrow about the first hour; but who slew him or how is not known, but he did not kill himself. He was wounded within the close and court of the Hospitallers in Melcheburne and was carried out by the men of the court in a wheelbarrow (civera) as far as the stocks, where he died, within the county of Bedford.
Writ (missing).
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Wednesday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Borstalle. The said Benedict held 2 messuages and 5 virgates of land, whereof he held one messuage and one virgate of the king’s demesne of Brehulle, and the other messuage and 4 virgates are of the honour of Walingeforde, all held of William Belet by homage and service. Roger de Beufo entered upon the latter tenement because it was of the honour of Walingeforde and he had the wardship of Robert son of Robert de Pyrie by the gift of the earl of Cornwall; but all the said tenements are held of William Belet in chief and to him belong the wardship and marriage.
Endorsed: In this case there is no escheat even though he had been a suicide, but his heir succeeds to the inheritance.
Let him have a better inquisition.
Writ to the same sheriff and coroners, the previous inquisition being insufficient in that there is no mention made of the service which is due for the lands &c. 23 May, 21 Edw. I.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Friday after St. Barnabas, 21 Edw. I.
Borstalle. A messuage and 4 virgates of land of the honour of Walingeford, and a messuage and one virgate of the king’s demesne of Brehull, held of Sir William Belet by homage and service of 1d. yearly. The former tenement is held for 1/6 knight’s fee, and for the latter the said Benedict did service at the manor of Brehull for the said William for one virgate of land. When scutage ran he did scutage to the said William for 1/6 knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 3 at the feast of St. James last, is his next heir.
Endorsed: Let him be restored to seisin of the tenements held of him by knight’s service, and of the residue which is held in socage of the manor of Brehull let the mother of the heir have aliment (nutrituram) as for socage and be responsible for the issues.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (2.)
36. GILBERT PECCHE alias PECHE.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the complaint of Joan late the wife of Gilbert Pecche that the manors of Great Trillawe and Plechedon whereof she was enfeoffed jointly with her late husband had been unjustly taken into the king’s hand, 11 December, 20 Edw. I.
[ESSEX.] Inq. made at Huggele, 18 January, 20 Edw. I.
Plechedene. The said Gilbert enfeoffed John his son and heir of the manor at the feast of St. Hilary, 2 Edw. I, who afterwards enfeoffed the said Gilbert and Joan his wife to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies: and so they remained in seisin until the said Gilbert’s death.
The manor is held in chief of Lady Denise de Monte Caniso sometime the wife of Warin de Monte Caniso.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (3.)
37. RALPH DE WASSINGELEE.
Writ to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer on the complaint of Thomas de Luvetot that the late escheator took into the king’s hand the lands &c. late of the said Ralph in Wassinglee, whereas the wardship of the lands and heir of the said Ralph in co. Huntingdon, with the marriage of the heir, pertains to the said Thomas because the said Ralph held of him in Wassinglee by knight’s service: they are commanded to examine the rolls of knights’ fees and report what they find, 19 February, 20 Edw. I.
HUNTINGDON. Return of the treasurer and barons (undated).
Wassingele. Having examined the rolls of the exchequer they find that the said Ralph held of the king in chief the head of a serjeanty in Wassingele, which was sometime of Robert Malenceys, for which he was bound to find 2 footmen for forty days in the army of the king’s progenitors, kings of England, in Wales to guard a small pavilion with bows and arrows, each of whom ought to have 4d. a day from the king for the same. Robert Passelewe, when he was appointed by King Henry III to rate alienated serjeanties, found the serjeanty of Wassingele wholly alienated, and one Walter de Wassingele, ancestor of the said Ralph, who then held the head of the serjeanty made fine for himself and his tenants for the alienation by 40s. yearly to be paid at the exchequer, doing to the king for the said serjeanty the service of 1/40 knight’s fee; by reason whereof the wardship and the marriage of the heir pertain to the king.
It was moreover found by an inquisition which they have caused to be made by the escheator that the said Ralph held certain lands &c. in Wassingele of Thomas de Luvetot by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (4.)
38. GEOFFREY DE SUTTHORP.
Writ on the representation of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, that when he had put himself in seisin of the lands &c. in Theryng, which the said Geoffrey held of him by knight’s service, the escheator ejected him, although the said Geoffrey held nothing of the king in chief: the escheator is commanded to signify the cause, 26 Feb. 20 Edw. I.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. Monday before St. Gregory, 20 Edw. I.
Thirning. The said Geoffrey died on the eve of St. Andrew, 19 Edw. I. whereupon Gilbert de Clare earl of Gloucester put himself in seisin of the said lands &c. because the said Geoffrey held them of him in chief; and afterwards the sub-escheator in co. Huntingdon came and found by inquisition that the said Geoffrey held the said lands and tenements of the aforesaid Gilbert, but found by the same inquisition that he held in co. Northampton the manor of Loholm, which is held of the manor of Thorpel, which manor of Thorpel John de Cameys sometime held of the abbot of Peterborough: and the same John sold the manor of Torpel to Lady Eleanor, sometime the king’s consort, wherefore the sub-escheator took the aforesaid lands &c. in Thirning into the king’s hand and ejected the earl. The said lands &c. were of the inheritance of Rose (Roysia) the wife of the said Geoffrey, and the said Geoffrey held them for life by the courtesy of England.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (5.)
39. GEOFFREY DE BELLA FAGO.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the complaint of Amice, late the wife of the said Geoffrey, that lands &c. in Suthcrek, whereof she was enfeoffed together with him, had been taken into the king’s hand, 22 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
NORFOLK. Inq. Wednesday before the Purification, 20 Edw. I.
Suthcrek. The said Amice was enfeoffed together with the said Geoffrey her late husband of all his lands &c. in Suthcrek, and continued her seisin until his death.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (6.)
40. WALTER DE REDDESHAM.
Writ of certiorari on the complaint of John son and heir of Walter de Reddesham that a messuage and land which the said Walter held in Reddesham at fee farm of the king, had been taken into the king’s hand by the escheator instead of by the king’s bailiff of the hundred of Wayneford, 1 Dec. 20 Edw. I.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 9 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
Little Redesham. A messuage and 80a. land held of the king in chief at fee farm rendering 29s. 8d. yearly at the hundred of Wayneford. The king’s escheator has never been accustomed to take the same into the king’s hand on the death of a tenant, but the bailiff of the said hundred has always done so, and held them until the right heir has been ascertained. Neither the king nor the said bailiff &c. ought to have relief or wardship, but the heir’s mother shall have the wardship, or some other of his kin (parentele).
C. Edw. I. File 63. (7.)
41. PETER, LATE BISHOP OF EXETER.
Writ to the escheator, on the representation of Master Andrew de Kilkenny, Master Peter de Insula, and Robert de Veteri Terra, executors of the will of the said bishop, that the wardship of the land and heir of John de Halton, who held of the same bishop by knight’s service, which pertains to them, had been taken into the king’s hand by the sub-escheator of Cornwall, and without the king’s warrant given to William le Wyse; he is commanded to resume the said wardship into the king’s hand and make enquiry &c., 20 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
CORNWALL. Inq. made in full county (court) at Lostwythiel on Monday before St. Valentine, 20 Edw. I.
John de Halton held certain lands &c. of the said bishop by knight’s service, and after his death the bishop took the said lands into his custody, because the heir was under age. During the said wardship, one Emma, a co-heiress of the said John de Halton, died without heir of her body; which Emma held of the same John, and after her death the said bishop took seisin of her lands by reason of the wardship of the heir of the said John, and died so seised: after whose death the sub-escheator took the said wardship into the king’s hand, together with the other lands &c. of the said bishop, and by his own authority delivered seisin of certain parts of the lands of the said wardship to William Wyse, the younger, who claimed a right in them.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the representation of Roger Lovecock that a messuage in Exeter, which he had of the demise of Walter Bolle, John Bolle, John Hobbe and Cecily his wife, who deraigned it against Peter late bishop of Exeter in the king’s court according to the custom of the said city, had been unjustly taken into the king’s hand by the sub-escheator of Devon on the death of the said bishop, 25 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
Return. It was found by inquisition taken ex officio by the escheator that Peter late bishop of Exeter died seised of the said messuage, and for that reason only it was taken into the king’s hand.
DEVON. Inq. Tuesday, the morrow of St. Matthias, 20 Edw. I.
Exeter. Walter Bolle, John Bolle, John Hobbe and Cecily his wife, did not recover the said messuage against the said bishop because the bishop died during the plea. The said bishop died seised of the said messuage as executor of the will of Margaret Tantefer. It does not belong to the bishopric of Exeter.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (8.)
42. THOMAS DE BEKERINGG.
Writ of plenius certiorari de advocacionibus, 1 Dec. 20 Edw. I.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. Thursday after St. Hilary, 20 Edw. I.
Great Cattheworthe. The advowson of the church.
Similar writ, 1 Dec. 20 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Extent (undated).
Bolum. The advowson of the church held in common with Hugh de Gosebec, with alternate presentations. Richard de Gosebec, father of the said Hugh, last presented the parson, viz.—Sir William de Midilton, a baron of the king’s exchequer.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (9.)
43. PETER DE GENEVILL alias DE GENEVILE.
Writ, 8 June, 20 Edw. I.
[HEREFORD.] Inq. taken at Ewyas Lacy on Sunday before St. Kenelm the King, 20 Edw. I.
Walterston within the liberty of Ewyas. The manor with 2 1/2 carucates of land (extent given), including a custom called ‘kylch,’ and honey in the forests, held of Geoffrey de Genevile his father and Maud his wife, who hold of the king in chief, service unknown.
His daughters, Joan aged 6, Beatrice aged 5, and Maud aged one year, are his next heirs.
SALOP. Inq. made at Lodelawe on Thursday before St. Margaret, 20 Edw. I.
Staunton Lacy. The manor (extent given), including a fishpond, held by the said Peter and Joan his wife, of the aforesaid Sir Geoffrey and Maud by knight’s service, who hold the same of the king in chief by service of 2 1/2 knights for the said manor and all other lands in England.
Lodelowe. The castle &c. (extent given), including toll of the town and fair, and all the knights’ fees which the said Geoffrey and Maud had in England, and the whole share of rent from their pourparty.
Heirs as above, Joan aged 6 at the Purification, Beatrice aged 5 this year, and Maud aged one year at the feast of St. Dominic next.
HEREFORD. Inq. Monday the morrow of St. Margaret, 20 Edw. I.
Malmeshull. The manor (extent given) held by the said Peter and Joan his wife of Sir Geoffrey de Genevile his father and Maud his wife, who hold of the king in chief by service of 2 1/2 knights for all their lands in England and Wales.
Wlverlowe. The manor (extent given), held by the said Peter and Joan by the enfeoffment of the said Geoffrey and Maud, who hold of the king in chief as abovesaid.
Heirs as last above.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (10.)
44. PETER DE ARDERNE.
Writ to Brother Robert de Valle Regali escheator in co. Chester, 12 Sept. 20 Edw. I.
CHESTER. Inq. Wednesday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 20 Edw. I.
Aldeford. The manor.
Elton. The town.
Alderdeleg. The town.
Modberleg. A moiety of the town.
All held of the king in chief by service of 2 knights’ fees.
Alvaldeleg. The town held of Richard son of Alan, rendering to him 20s. yearly, and doing suit every three weeks at his court of Dunham.
Upton. The town held of Robert de Preeris by service of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 26, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (11.)
45. ADAM DE NAPTON.
Writ, 28 August, 20 Edw. I.
[LEICESTER.] Inq. Tuesday the morrow of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 20 Edw. I.
Mynstirton and Pulteneye. 2 carucates of land held of Helen (Elena) la Suche, doing suit every three weeks at the court of the heirs of the earl of Winchester.
Robert his son, aged 22, is his next heir.
WARWICK. Inq. made at Coventry, 17 Kalends of October, 20 Edw. I.
Napton. 2 carucates of land held of John Comyn, earl of Bouwan, for a knight’s fee.
Weston. 2 carucates of land held of the same earl for a knight’s fee; doing to the said John for the 4 carucates, one homage, and one suit at the court of the heirs of Roger de Quynci, late earl of Winchester, every three weeks at Leicester.
Heir as above, aged 22 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (12.)
46. HENRY DE DENE.
Writ, 3 March, 20 Edw. I.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Monday after St. Gregory, 20 Edw. I.
Great Dene. A carucate of land and homage, held of the king in chief by service of 11s. yearly at the castle of St. Briavels.
Little Dene. 2 virgates of land called an osier-bed (ryffletum), held in fee farm, rendering 6d. yearly to the king at his exchequer; and an assart, rendering to the king 2s. yearly at his castle of St. Briavels.
St. Briavels. An homage, held of the inheritance of Agatha his wife, by service of finding a footman, with bow and arrows, to keep the forest of Dene.
William his son, aged 28, is his next heir.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 10 April, 20 Edw. I.
Lasceberwe. The manor held of the inheritance of Agatha his wife, who still survives, of Robert de Keynes by service of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 9 April, 20 Edw. I.
Pagenhull. A moiety of the manor held of the inheritance of Agatha his wife, who still survives, of Humphrey de Boun, earl of Hereford and Essex, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (13.)
47. RICHARD IN LE WRA alias DEL WRA, of Tyndale.
Writ of plenius certiorari to the bailiff of Tyndale on the complaint of Richard in le Wra, son and heir of Richard in le Wra of Tyndale, that the bailiff had delayed to restore to him 16a. land in Hetherington which his father held in drengage of Alexander, late king of Scotland, and which had been taken into that king’s hand on the said Richard’s death and had come into the king’s hand when Tyndale came into the king’s hand on the death of the said king Alexander, 21 June, 20 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Wark in Tyndale on the morrow of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Hetherrinton. The said Richard held a messuage and 24a. land in drengage of Alexander king of Scotland by service of 13d. yearly, whereof Margery de Wra his wife is dowered of a third part.
Richard his son, aged 21 and one year on the feast of the Annunciation next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (14.)
48. ROBERT DE CRUYS of Nalle.
Writ to Walter de la Haye escheator in Ireland, 25 March, 20 Edw. I.
[MEATH.] Inq. Sunday before SS. Philip and James, 20 Edw. I.
Le Nalle. Buildings with stone walls of which the timber is of oak wholly unroofed, lands, rents &c. (extent given with names of tenants), including 120a. arable in ‘le Carret feld’ and mill field, 20a. in ‘le Resk,’ 36a. on the hill (montana), 24a. at Lochmoyan, a hill containing 17a. pasture, a pasture called ‘la Roche,’ and a moor for oxen, held of the king in chief by service of 20s. when royal service is proclaimed.
Ardmays. Wooden buildings thatched with straw and a stone tower worth nothing because they are in the march among the Irish and cost much for maintenance, and if they are thrown down it will be to the great damage of the whole country, lands &c. (extent given), including 87a. land at Cruys town and a township at Kenethan held by the Irish.
Ynesken. The advowson of the church.
Cruys. The advowson of the church.
Moderath. Richard Moderath holds a carucate of land by rendering 16d. when royal service is proclaimed; and 1/2 carucate of land in fee, rendering a pair of spurs yearly to the heirs of Thomas le Gros.
Reginald de Sancto Bosco and Isabel his wife, mother of the said Robert, hold in dower 173a. arable, meadow, a mill, an orchard, 40d. or 400 eels issue of the lake of Robert’s town (Lacy Ville Roberti), with common of the whole pasture of Ardmass and howsebot and heybote.
And the said Robert died seised of 9l. 5s. 9 3/4d. rent of freemen at Clonachbrenan in the lordship of Sir Theobald de Verdum.
Helen (Ellena) the wife of the said Robert has a third part of all the aforesaid lands &c. as dower.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (15.)
49. MARGARET DE RYPARIIS alias DE RIPARIIS, COUNTESS OF DEVON AND THE ISLE.
Writ, 14 May, 20 Edw. I.
DEVON. Inq. 28 June, 20 Edw. I.
Niweham. The manor, held in dower of the endowment of Baldwin de Insula, sometime her husband, and of the inheritance of Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemarle and Devon, with reversion to the said Isabel, as next heir of the said Baldwin and of full age; and she shall hold the same of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz. the tenant of the manor shall give the king water for washing his hands on Christmas day, and shall have the basin and towel for the said service.
HERTFORD. Inq. Saturday before St. John the Baptist, 20 Edw. I.
Pyshoo. The manor held in dower by the death of Baldwin de Insula sometime her husband, who held of Sir William de Say in chief by service by 3 3/4 knights’ fees. She held no lands in Sabritworth except in dower, nor in the county.
Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemarle and Devon and lady of the Isle, is next heir of the said Baldwin and of the manor, and of full age.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Suthlamheth on Monday the eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 20 Edw. I.
Faukeshall. The manor (extent given), held in dower of the endowment of Baldwin de Insula, earl of the Isle, sometime her husband, of the inheritance of Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemarle, of the king in chief.
The aforesaid Isabel, aged 54, is sister and next heir of the said Baldwin.
SOUTHAMPTON. Extent, Thursday after St. Barnabas, 20 Edw. I.
Christchurch. The manor, held in dower of Isabel countess of Albemarle, who holds of the king in chief by service of scutage.
The said Isabel is her next heir, and of full age.
SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT. Extent, Thursday the morrow of St. Barnabas, 20 Edw. I.
Fressewater. The manor held in dower of Isabel countess of Albemarle in chief, who holds of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Wrockeshal. The manor similarly held.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (16.)
50. ALEXANDER DE SUMERSHAM alias DE SOMERSHAM, DE SOMERESHAM.
Writ, 28 April, 20 Edw. I.
BEDFORD. Extent, Thursday before the Ascension, 20 Edw. I.
Sutton. A house with garden and holm, 149 1/2a. land, 7a. meadow, pasture, turbary in the marsh, and 4s. 1d. and two capons rents of freemen, whereof Joan his wife is jointly enfeoffed with him of half the house &c., 30a. land and 3a. meadow; all held of the king in chief by service of finding in the king’s army a man with a sufficient horse, habergeon. iron cap, and lance, for forty days at his own charges, or paying the king 20s. for scutage, when scutage runs at 40s., and he owes the sheriff 4s. yearly for hidage and suit; and a messuage with a croft and holm, held of William Latimer, service unspecified.
He died 18 March, 20 Edw. I. John, his son, aged 22 1/2 on the fourth day after the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 31 May, 20 Edw. I.
Someresham. A capital messuage and 1a. land, held of William son of Walter the carpenter (carpentarii) rendering yearly 3s. to lady Joan le Boun for the said William; 4a. land held of the same William, rendering for him yearly to John de Wodehous 5 3/4d. and to the same William a pair of white gloves yearly price 1d. for all the above tenements.
(Unspecified.) 17a. 1r. land and 2 1/2a. pasture, held of Robert de Wyllaxham, rendering 10s. 10d. yearly; 1a. land held of the heirs of Richard le Ry, rendering 2d. yearly; 1a. land held of William de Bromhel, rendering 1/2d. yearly; 2a. land held of Ranulph de Pylberg, rendering 1/2d. yearly; 2a. land held of Roger de Pylberg, rendering 6d. yearly; 4 1/2a. 1r. land held of the heirs of Nicholas de Someresham, rendering 2s. 1d. yearly; 1a. land held of Walter Baldewyne, rendering 5d. yearly; 1/2a. meadow held of Juliana de Ponte, rendering a clove gillyflower yearly; and 10s. 3d. rents of divers tenants.
John his son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (17.)
51. WILLIAM DE HALE.
Writ, 15 May, 20 Edw. I.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. Friday after Holy Trinity, 20 Edw. I.
Hale. A capital messuage, and a virgate of land containing 44a. land, 3a. meadow, and 24s. 10d. yearly rent, with the advowson of a chapel, held of the king in chief by service of 9s. yearly, to be paid in the castle of Northampton.
William his son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (18.)
52. NICHOLAS DE PRENDRELATH.
Writ to Walter de Routhbur(y) alias de Routhebyris, with the assent of A. bishop of Durham, executor of the will of John de Vescy, and John Wichard and Joan his wife, daughter and heir of Nicholas de Prendrelath deceased, who held of Robert de Ros of Werk by knight’s service, which Robert granted the wardship of the lands &c. held of him by the said Nicholas to the aforesaid John de Vescy, to enquire whether the said Joan is next heir of the said Nicholas and of full age or not, 12 July, 20 Edw. I.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Northumberland to provide a jury, 12 July, 20 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Werk on Thursday before St. Laurence, 20 Edw. I.
Monilawe. Joan, daughter of Nicholas de Prenderlath, holds a tenement in Monilawe by knight’s service, and is her father’s next heir, legitimate and of full age.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (19.)
53. INGRAM DE MUNCEUS alias DE MONCEAUS.
Writ, 22 April, 20 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. Tuesday after St. Mark, 20 Edw. I.
Berneston in Hold[erness]. He held no land on the day he died, for he enfeoffed John his son, with the king’s consent of the manor of Berneston (full extent given with names of tenants), including a pasture called Poseleker, a toft called Gellecroft, a pasture called Thirshowe, forlands in the field of Wynketon called Northcroft, Suthcroft and Whirtdaile, Erlesdyk and Catelaye, a moiety of Erlands held for life by Nicholas de Caton in exchange for land in Gayrgrave in Craven, and the water-mill of Herteburn and pasture called Hest Holm held by the prior of Briddilington, with the advowson of the church, to hold of the king in chief, in such manner that, if he should die before the said John should be of age, the king should not lose wardship or marriage.
John his son, aged 18, is his next heir.
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54. HUGH DE PLESSETIS alias DE PLESETIS.
Writ, 7 July, 20 Edw. I.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Monday after St. James, 20 Edw. I.
Messenden. A messuage, a carucate of land containing 137a., 8a. meadow, a plot of pasture, 60s. 4 1/2d. rents of freemen, customers holding 4 virgates of land, and pleas &c. of court, held of the earl of Gloucester and Joan his wife by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Hugh his son, aged 25 and more, is his next heir.
OXFORD. Inq. 23 July, 20 Edw. I.
Hokenarton and Cudelinton. The manors held of the king in chief, together with the barony of Oily which pertains to them, doing the service of 2 knights with the king in his army for forty days at his own charges; which manor of Hokenarton Ela countess of Warwick holds for life of the demise of the said Hugh, but of the manor of Cudelinton he was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died.
Heir as above.
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55. SUSPIRIUS DE BAYUS alias DE BAIOCIS.
Writ to the escheator on the complaint of William de Gimmynges that the manor of Eylesthorp, of which he had been enfeoffed by the said Suspirius, had been taken into the king’s hand on the death of the latter, 7 April, 20 Edw. I.
LINCOLN. Inq. made at Coreby on Thursday before St. Mark, 20 Edw. I.
Eylesthorp. The said Suspirius sometime held a manor there, whereof long before his death he enfeoffed William de Gymmylles his uncle for life, to hold of the barony of Baiocis, which Elias de Rabayn sometime held.
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56. GILBERT SON OF PATRICK DE SUTHAYK alias DE SUTEAIK.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Gilbert, who seeks the lands of his inheritance, which are in the wardship of Master Adam de Lyvington by the king’s grant, 18 Feb., 20 Edw. I.
CUMBERLAND. Proof of age made at Carlisle on Wednesday in Easter week, 20 Edw. I.
The said Gilbert was born in Tinwald in Scotland and was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle before Christmas in the year aforesaid; and this the jury know because his age was proved in Scotland, and the lands &c. which he held of the earl of Buchan (Buzan) were restored to him on that day. The said Master Adam appended his seal to this proof.
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57. JOHN SON OF JORDAN DE SUTTON.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, 6 June, 20 Edw. I.
DERBY. Proof of age made at Bradeburne on the feast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
The said John was born at Knyveton, and was 21 years of age on the eve of Whitsunday, 20 Edw. I.
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58. PATRICK DE DUNBARRE, EARL OF MARCH.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the complaint of Patrick de Dunbarre, earl of March, that, whereas none of his ancestors had paid on account of lands &c. held of the king’s predecessors any relief, he had been distrained to pay relief on the death of his father Patrick sometime earl of March, 17 July, 20 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Wednesday after St. Bartholomew, 20 Edw. I.
Patrick de Dunbar earl of March and his ancestors held their lands &c. in the county, of the king in chief by service of 30s. yearly to be paid at the exchequer of Newcastle, and doing suit in the county (court) of Northumberland and rendering cornage and fine of court. Whether he shall give relief or not the jury know not: he shall be ‘inborwe’ and ‘uteborwe’ upon the March: and neither he nor any of his ancestors have given any relief, time out of mind.
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59. MILES TALBOT.
Writ of certiorari to the escheator in Ireland as to the value of the manor of Balitandeny, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of the heir, 4 June, 20 Edw. I.
CORK. Inq. taken at Dublin on Saturday, the feast of St. Luke, 20 Edw. I.
Balytandeny. The manor is worth 24l. 10s. 4d., whereof Eleanor late the wife of the said Miles is dowered of a third part, and two parts are committed to James Ketyng to pay the proceeds at the exchequer by the king of England’s writ.
DUBLIN. Molachide. The manor held of the king in chief by service of 20s. rent, worth 35l. 11s. 4d. of which a third part is assigned in dower as above, and two parts are committed to John de London by the king of England’s writ.
Richard his son, aged 5, is his next heir.
Endorsed: The king wills and grants that Geoffrey de Well have the wardship until the lawful age of the heir &c.
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60. JOHN SON OF THOMAS DE SAUNTON.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Lincoln, the king having, with the consent of William de Hamelton and the said John, appointed Thomas de Metham and others to enquire as to the age of the said John, 26 May, 20 Edw. I.
LINCOLN. Inq. made at Burton on Trent on Tuesday after St. Giles, 20 Edw. I.
The said John was born on the Thursday called ‘Parasceve’ before Easter, A.D. 1270, in Laghton, and was baptized the Saturday after by Robert de Staunford, chaplain, in the church of All Saints there, in the presence of John Dalazon of Laghton and John de Saunton his grandfather, his godparents (qui ipsum levaverunt), Roger Blaunchard of Laghton, and Roger son of Hugh of the same, and others.
He completed the age of 21 years on Thursday before Easter, 20 Edw. I.
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61. JOHN DE MOESE.
Writ, 21 August, 20 Edw. I.
LONDON. Inq. made at St. Botolph’s without Alegate on Tuesday before St. George, 21 Edw. I.
Estsmethefelde. A messuage, 3a. meadow, 2 water-mills and 40s. rent of assize yearly, held of Sir Ralph de Berners, rendering a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. yearly.
Thomas de Moese his brother, aged 25, is his next heir.
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62. HENRY LE SERJAUNT of Ulvesby alias LE SERGANT of Ullisby.
Writ, 22 Oct., 20 Edw. I.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Carlisle on Saturday after St. Edmund the King 21 Edw. I.
(Unspecified.) A messuage with curtilage, 9a. land, 2 cottars rendering 12d. yearly, his part of a mill and a free rent of 2s. 8 1/2d., from which he shall pay 3s. 9d. yearly to the king, held of the king by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Edith de Ulvesby his wife.
Alexander his son, aged 40, is his next heir.
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63. MICHAEL DE RIHILL alias DE RIHULL.
Writ, 20 March, 20 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Wednesday the feast of St. George (Jorgii), 20 Edw. I.
Whyttincham. The chief manor and two parts of the town (extent given with names of tenants), including a moiety of Glantindon held by Sir Robert de Glantindon rendering 40s. yearly, and two parts of the town of Thorninton, held of the king in chief, rendering 1/2 mark yearly at the exchequer of Newcastle.
Great Rihill (extent given), held of Roger son of Ralph in free marriage.
Little Rihill. 40a. held of Henry de Rihill, rendering a pair of gloves yearly.
Aburwick. 10a. land held of Robert de Bellincham, rendering 1/2d. yearly.
Isabel his daughter, aged 14 on the day of St. Nicholas, 20 Edw. I., is his next heir.
Endorsed: Extents of lands which were of Michael de Rihill in cos. Rich(mond) and Northumberland. Alice late the wife of the said Michael is dowered of a third part of these extents by the king’s writ out of the chancery.
Writ to the escheator or his sub-escheator in Northumberland, to send the extents he has made without delay, 25 Dec, 21 Edw. I.
Writ, 1 Nov., 21 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Wytincham on Monday after the Epiphany, 22 Edw. I.
(Unspecified.) Lands &c. worth 43l. 15d. yearly, held of the king in chief by service of a sparrowhawk, or 1/2 mark, and 10s. for service of the forest; lands &c. worth 20l. 9s. 8d. yearly, held of Roger son of Ralph in free marriage; lands &c. worth 24s. yearly, held of Richard de Rihill by service of a pair of gloves; and lands &c. worth 1/2 mark, yearly, held of Robert de Belincham, service unspecified.
Isabel his daughter, the wife of John son of Hugh, aged 15 and more, is his next heir.
Endorsed: To be further considered (loquend’ plenius), for there are divers opinions.
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64. JOHN WALERAUND alias WALROND.
Writ, 15 Oct., 20 Edw. I.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. made at Ivyngeho on Monday after St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Edelesburewe. 1/4 knight’s fee (extent given), held of the king in chief for 1/4 knight’s fee when scutage runs; and a messuage containing 1r. land held of Hugh Maheu, paying him 1/2d. yearly.
Seybrok. 1/4 knight’s fee (extent given), held of Geoffrey de Lucy, owing suit at the court of Cobelinton every three weeks, and scutage when it runs.
He died on Sunday the eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 20 Edw. I. William Walrond his brother, aged 40 and more, is his next heir.
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65. ROBERT BURNEL, BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS.
Writ, 26 October, 20 Edw. I.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Andevere on Tuesday before St. Nicholas, 21 Edw. I.
Enham Knight’s. The manor (extent given), held of the heirs of Roger de Calixston in chief by service of rendering 10l. yearly.
Philip Burnel his brother’s son, is his next heir and of full age.
WILTS. Inq. Monday after St. Nicholas, 21 Edw. I.
Great Chyverel. The manor held jointly with Sir Philip Burnel by inheritance, of Sir Reginald de Balun by service of a knight’s fee.
Kyvele. The manor, held of Sir Richard earl of Arundel for the term of 12 years.
Sir Philip Burnel, aged 25, is his next heir.
DORSET. Inq. Friday, the eve of St. Nicholas, 21 Edw. I.
Todebere. Six bovates of land, and 11s. 1 1/4d., 1lb. wax and 1/2lb. cummin rents, held of John de Mohun by service of doing suit at his court of Donesterre and rendering scutage, when it shall happen throughout England, as much as pertains to 1/5 knight’s fee.
Heir as last above, aged 30.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken at King’s Pyon on Saturday, the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Skotard Hyde, viz., a messuage, 160a. arable, 6a. meadow and 6a. pasture, held of Thomas de Mukelfeld by service of 5s. yearly, 4s. yearly for common fine, and suit of court.
Burleye. 11a. arable held of the lord of Burley by service of 22d. and suit of court.
Sweyneston. 6a. land and 4s. 6d. rent of assize, held of the lord of Sarnesfeld by service of 2d.
Philip son of Hugh Burnel, is his next heir and of full age.
BERKS. Inq. made at Esthildesle, 10 December, 21 Edw. I.
Westcumton. The manor with the hundred (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 40s. hidage yearly.
Philip his brother’s son, aged 25, is his next heir.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Friday, the eve of St. Lucy, 21 Edw. I.
Little Rysend[on] alias Risendon, a member of the barony of Taydon. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, service unknown; of the rents the abbess of Godestowe has 10l. yearly, and Edmund earl of Cornwall holds a view of frank pledge there once yearly, and takes 4s. from those in the tithing, and other amercements arising from the view.
Philip Burnel is his next heir, and of full age.
WORCESTER. Inq. Wednesday after the Conception of the Blessed Mary, 21 Edw. I.
Doddeley. A messuage, &c., 30a. arable, 3a. meadow, a moor, and 52s. 6d. rents, held of John, son and heir of Roger de Somery, who is in the king’s wardship, rendering 1d. at the feast of St. Michael to the said John.
Heir as last above, aged 30.
WORCESTER. Inq. Thursday after the Conception of the Blessed Mary, 21 Edw. I.
Kedermenstre. A messuage, 57a. land, 7a. meadow, pasture, a park, 5l. 15s. 10d. rent, a moiety of 2 water-mills, and a fulling mill, held of the king in chief, doing such service with arms and horses in time of war as the king may reasonably require for such a tenement.
Heir as last above.
WORCESTER. Inq. Friday after the Conception of the Blessed Mary, 21 Edward I.
Haneleye. The manor (extent given), held of Hugh de Plesy, owing no service.
Hull by the same manor. A messuage and 60a. land, pasture, and 1/2d, rent, held of William de Sudinton, owing no service.
Cure by the same manor. A messuage &c., 60a. land, 4a. meadow, pasture, a water-mill, and a wood, held of William de Sudynton doing suit of court every three weeks.
Bastwod by the same manor. A messuage, 40a. land, 1a. meadow, pasture, a wood, and 6d. rent, held of William de Sodinton, owing 7s. 6d. and suit of court.
Childerhaneleye. A messuage, 45a. land, a wood, and 20s. 11d. rent, held of Hugh de Plesy, owing no service.
Haleyard. 30a. land and a wood, held of James de Bello Campo, rendering 6s. 4d. yearly and doing suit of court every 3 weeks.
Heir as last above.
STAFFORD. Inq. Thursday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Wolvernehamptone. A part of the manor which John de Hastyngh held of the king in chief, held by knight’s service.
Covene. A third part of the manor, held of Otewell Purcell by knight’s service.
Brunesford. A carucate of land held of Ralph de Byssebur[i] by knight’s service.
Le Horewod. The manor with 3 carucates of land, held of John son of Philip in chief for 37s. 7 1/2d. yearly.
Tybindon. A moor with a plot of pasture, held of the heirs of Roger de Somery for 1/2 mark yearly.
Philip son of Hugh Burnell, aged 25 on Friday after St. Edmund the King, 21 Edw. I, is his next heir.
ESSEX. Inq. Tremhale, 7 December, 21 Edw. I.
Stanstede Mumfichet. 70a. arable, 12a. meadow, 200a. wood, 2 marks yearly rent, and a moiety of a water-mill, held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 26.
ESSEX. Inq. Chelmeresford, 5 December, 21 Edw. I.
Borham and Little Waltham. Two messuages, 2 carucates of land and a water-mill, held of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne by service of two parts of a knight’s fee.
Toppingho. 130a. land and 10s. rent, held of the heirs of Nicholas Tregoz by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Little Waltham. 80a. land held of William de Bovile by 10s. 5d. rent and suit of court.
Borham. 80a. land held by service of 1/2 mark yearly to Staza de Bourn, and other service to the chief lords of the fee.
Little Waltham. 80a. land held of the heirs of Reginald Pecche by service of rendering 3s. every twenty weeks.
Borham and Springkefeld. 24a. land and 20a. wood, held of John Filol by service of 3s. 8d. yearly.
Little Waltham. 20a. land held of William de Bovile, rendering 5s. yearly to him, and 12d. to the church; and 20a. land held of Adam le Cayle rendering 2s. 3d. yearly.
Heir as last above.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Kyngestan on Tuesday after St. Thomas the Martyr, 21 Edw. I.
Shen(e). The manor (extent given), including a rabbit warren and a free fishery, acquired of the heirs of Hugh de Wyndlesor, service unknown.
Hamme. The manor (extent given), acquired of Maurice de Croun, rendering to the said Maurice 1d. yearly.
The said Robert after having seisin of these two manors enfeoffed thereof Sir Otto de Grandison to hold to him and the heirs of his body; who continued his seisin for two years and more until he took his journey to the Holy Land, before which he committed the said manors to the aforesaid Robert, but whether merely as bailiff or whether he released all his right is unknown to the jury; but by reason of this commission the said Robert held the manors when he died.
Philip Burnel, son and heir of Hugh Burnel brother of the said Robert, aged 25, is his next heir.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Suthewerk on Friday after the Circumcision, 21 Edw. I.
Hacchesham. The manor (extent given), acquired by the said Robert of Roger de Russlep, to hold of him for life rendering 7s. 6d. yearly at the court of Hacchesham Bavant; and the manor owes suit at the king’s hundred of Brixist(on) every three weeks with two men, and suit at the court of Hacchesham Bavant every three weeks.
Retherheth alias Rutherheth. The manor (extent given); whereof 2 messuages, 52a. land, and 32a. meadow, are held of the earl of Gloucester by service of 2s. 2d. yearly and suit at his court of Camerwell, and for 1/2 knight’s fee when scutage runs; a messuage, 6 1/2a. land, and 13a. meadow, are held of the prior of Bermondes(e) by service of 14s. 1d. yearly, and suit at his court of Bermondes(e) every three weeks; and 21a. land and 35a. meadow, he held of the said earl for life, as appears from a writing produced by Bartholomew son and heir of John de Sancto Michaele, but the jury know not for certain; the said Robert died seized of the rest of the aforesaid lands of Rutherheth, but it is not known in what manner.
Heir as last above.
CHESTER. Inq. Saturday, the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Nantwich (de Wyco Malbano). A third part of the barony, held of the king in chief by service of 3 knights’ fees; and a moiety of a saltpit held of Robert de Brescy doing service of 1d. yearly, and a saltpit held of Richard de Batington doing service of 10s.
Wulstonwode. A fourth part, held of Richard de Mascy doing service of a rose; a fourth part held of Thomas de Sampford doing service of a peppercorn; and a fourth part held of Urian de Sancto Petro, John de Wetenhale, Ralph de Vernoun and Robert de Wynigton, doing service of a clove gillyflower each.
Copenhale. The manor held of Nicholas de Aldithelegh doing service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Philip Burnel, is his next heir and of full age.
[SOMERSET.] Inq. taken at Blakenhulle by Cruk on Thursday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Blakenhulle. A messuage &c., 52 1/2a. arable, 7 1/2a. meadow, and 8s. rent, held of Sir Hugh de Curtenay, Stephen de Mortesthorne, and the lords of Estham, by service of 8s. yearly to Sir Hugh and suit at his court, 1d. at Easter to the said Stephen, and 24s. and 1/2lb. pepper worth 6d. to the lords of Estham; tenure unknown, unless it be at the king’s will.
Heir unknown.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 8 December, 21 Edw. I.
Thyngden. A fourth part of the township (extent given), held of Sir Hugh de la Val and Master Giles de Barinton in chief, service unknown because he was enfeoffed privately by them and the jury neither saw nor knew when or where instruments were made between them.
Philip Burnel, aged 30 as is believed, is his next heir.
NORFOLK. Inq. Tuesday after the Conception of the Blessed Mary, 20 Edw. I.
Gunton. A capital messuage &c., 66a. arable (lucrabilis), heath, a several pasture at Besefen, pasture at Hassokes and in the wood, 2a. meadow, 52s. 1 1/2d. rent, rents of hens and works of tenants, held of the bishop of Norwich in chief for 1/2 knight’s fee by service of 20d. every thirty-two weeks for the guard of the castle of Dover. John de Meyelwd recovered in the king’s court in 19 Edw. I. 51 marks from Simon Lincoln and Katharine his wife, for which a moiety of all the above tenements &c., except the messuage, was delivered to the said John until the money should be paid.
Ruthtun. The said Robert did not die seized of this manor as of fee.
Heir unknown.
[CAMBRIDGE.] Extent, Friday the eve of St. Nicholas, 21 Edw. I.
Wilburham. The manor (extent given), including two messuages, held of the earl of Oxford, doing suit every three weeks at his court of Yeldham and scutage for 1/2 knight’s fee, and paying to the prior of Angl[esey] 2s., to Andrew son of Roger 12d. and to Ranulph Foleschanke for life 5 marks; and a messuage, 40a. arable, 1a. meadow, 1/2a. pasture and 4d. rent in Fulburn, paying 12s. 1d. and suit at the court of Sir Gilbert de Dunmawe.
Heir unspecified.
OXFORD. Inq. 11 Dec. 21 Edw. I.
Rollendriht. The manor (full extent given), held of the king in chief by serjeanty of serving the king in his spence (in dispensa sua).
Neuham. 20s. rent held of Richard Morin by service of 1lb. cummin yearly.
Philip, son of Hugh Burnel his eldest brother, aged 25 and more, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. Friday after St. Nicholas, 21 Edw. I.
Est Wycham. 60a. arable held of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, for half a quarter of a knight’s fee and by suit at his court of Canterbury; and three parts of the manor with 90a. of upland, 36a. 3r. in the marsh, and 28a. wood, held of the same abbot by service of 38s. 9d. yearly and suit at his court of Plumstede every three weeks.
Bixele. 90a. 3r. land, 3a. wood, and a moiety and half a quarter of a water-mill thereto pertaining, held of the archbishop by service of 5s. 6 1/2d. and suit at his court of Bixele every three weeks.
Wllewych. Three houses, 4 1/2a. arable, and rents of 77s. 3d. and cocks and hens, held of Lady Joan de Hicham by service of 4s. yearly and suit at her court of Wllewich every three weeks.
A fourth part of all the above is omitted (in omnibus quartam partem excipiunt) which pertains to Sir William de Sancto Michaele chaplain. And there are due to the heirs of Henry de Sancto Michaele for their part of the above 52s. yearly.
Sidigburne. 2 marks yearly rent from a house held by Robert de Wynton.
Milstede. 17a. land held of Thomas de Hecham.
He died on Saturday before All Saints, 20 Edw. I. Sir Philip Burnel, aged 26, is his next heir.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Chyw on Friday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Lokkeston. 15l. yearly rent which used to be paid for the manor by Osbert de Bathonia, who holds the same for life of the said Robert with successive reversions to Elizabeth daughter of the said Osbert and the heirs of her body rendering 1d. yearly, and to the heirs of the said Robert.
The manor is held of Sir Simon de Insula, service unknown.
Compton Dauno. A part of the manor (extent given) held by service of a pair of gilt spurs of Sir Alexander Dauno, who holds of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Philip Burnel his brother’s son, aged 30 and more as is believed, is his next heir.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Cary Castel on Tuesday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Sook Deneys. A moiety of the manor held by service of a pair of gilt spurs of Brice le Denys, who holds of the king in chief.
Sperkeford. The manor held of the heirs of Hugh Lovel by service of scutage, as annexed to the barony of Cary Castel, and the said heirs hold of the king in chief.
Upton Noble. The manor held of the bishop of Bath, as belonging to the bishopric of Bath, by service of 10s. yearly.
Philip Burnel, aged 28 and more is his next heir.
SOMERSET. Inq. made at Frome on Thursday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Laverton. 34a. arable in the west field when it is cultivated, with pasture and 2 1/2a. meadow every other year, 28a. arable in the north field with a croft, an acre of meadow mown every other year and pasture, held of the lord of Laverton for the time being by homage and fealty, doing suit yearly at the court of Laverton, and rendering 4 1/2d. yearly.
Lollyngton. A messuage and croft, and a virgate of land, 10a. arable, 1/2a. meadow and pasture, in the east field, and 10a. arable and 1/2a. meadow in the west field, held of the prior of Longleat (la Langgelete) by homage and fealty, doing suit at his court of Lollington and at the hundred of Frome, and rendering yearly 1lb. pepper.
Heir unknown.
ESSEX. Inq. Wednesday after St. Nicholas, 21 Edw. I.
Great Hoyland. A messuage, 1 1/2 carucate of land, 45a. arable, 10a. meadow, and 31a. wood, with a windmill, held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Philip Burnel, aged 26, is his next heir.
LINCOLN. Inq. Thursday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Est Tyrington. Two parts of the manor, which was of Reginald de Jarkenvill (extent given, with services due from each bovate), including lands &c. at Herdewyk and Burgh by Beyne, held of Lady Isabel de Roos by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, by the enfeoffment of one Thomas de Tytteleye and Joan his wife, daughter and heir of the said Reginald.
Philip Burnel his nephew, aged 25 and more, is his next heir.
SALOP. Inq. Wednesday after St. Nicholas, 21 Edw. I.
Castrum Holgod. The castle &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief by the service of two knights in time of war at Montgomery; and a water-mill held of Roger de Bradelaye.
Conedovere. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Routon (extent given), including a park, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of finding two men with bows and arrows at the castle of Montgomery in time of war.
(Unspecified.) 53s. 3 1/2d. and a sparrow-hawk yearly rent coming from certain assarts in divers places in the county, held of the king in chief in exchange for 4 marks coming from Christiana de Marisco in Bastyngden co. Berks and for the service of 1 1/2 knight’s fee in all scutages and other foreign services, as is noted on the seventh roll under the heading of scutage.
Opyton. A free court by the king’s charter.
Acton Burnel. The manor (extent given), including a park and 38s. 1 1/2d. rents of free tenants in Acton Pigot, held of Sir Peter Corebet for 1/2 knight’s fee.
Norton. 27s. 9d. yearly rent held of Michael de Morton by service of a rose.
Benethale. Three bovates of land held of the prior of Wenlok, doing suit at the court of Burton.
Cantelop. 48s. 10d. yearly rent held of the heirs of John de Arundel by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Wolstaneston. The township (extent given) held of Giles de Berkeleye for 1/4 knight’s fee.
Great Sutton and Whichecot (extent given), held of Sir Theobald de Verdon by service of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the court of Lodelawe.
Corfton (extent given), held of the heirs of Peter de Geneville by the service of one knight and doing suit at the court of Ludelawe.
Abbeton (extent given), held of Sir John Lestrange (Extraneo) by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Longefeld. 21s. 4d. yearly rent held of Robert Waldeyn by service of 4d. yearly.
Streford. 13s. 2 1/2d. yearly rent held of Hugh le Engleys by service of 1lb. cummin.
Hopton Cangefot. 24s. yearly rent held of the heirs of Peter de Genevele by doing suit at the court of Staunton Lacy.
Rommesleye. 34s. yearly rent held of John le Power by service of 2s. and 1lb. cummin.
Philip Burnel, aged 28 at the Gule of August, 20 Edw. I, is his next heir.
Writ on the complaint of Robert Burnel that the manor of Risindon Basset, whereof he had been enfeoffed by the late bishop, had been taken into the king’s hand on the said bishop’s death, 2 March, 21 Edw. I.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. made at Salemonesbyri on Friday, the feast of St. Cuthbert, 21 Edw. I.
The said bishop enfeoffed Robert Burnel, his nephew, of the manor of Rysendon Basset three years and more before his death, who continued his seisin by himself and by his farmer Master William Burnel until he was ejected by the escheator after the bishop’s death.
C. Edw. I. File 63. (32.)
E. Enrolments of Inq. p.m. &c. No. 4, m. 3d.
66. RANULPH DE MONTE CANISO.
Writ, 20 May, 20 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. 30 June, 20 Edw. I.
Retindone. A messuage, and a carucate of land which he had of the gift of William de Monte Caniso of Edwardestone, to hold to him and his heirs doing the service of 1/2 knight’s fee to the bishop of Ely; and five years before his death the said Ranulph enfeoffed Thomas de Monte Caniso of the same, to hold to him and his heirs, who had seisin for forty days and afterwards gave the same to the said Ranulph for life.
E. Inq. p.m. File 1. (20.)
67. REGINALD DE BELLO CAMPO.
Writ, 18 May, 20 Edw. I.
BERKS. Inq. 9 June, 20 Edw. I.
Westhildesle. 5 virgates of land, viz. a capital messuage, 60a. arable, 1a. meadow, and 10a. wood in demesne, 5 customers rendering 25s., cottars rendering 16d. &c., held of the heir of Robert de Ferariis [a minor and in the king’s wardship] by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
Miles de Bello Campo his son, aged 19, is his next heir.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. Thursday before St. Margaret, 20 Edw. I.
Creulton. A manor and a carucate of land (extent given), with a moiety of the advowson of the church, held of the honour of Walingford in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, which honour pertains to the earl of Cornwall, but whether the said manor &c. was held of the said earl in chief or by any mesne is unknown to the jury; and a mill, and 1 1/2 virgate of land, held of Roger de Messenden, service unknown. He had no more lands in the county.
Heir as above, aged 21 and more from the feast of the Annunciation until now.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Friday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Hucham. A messuage &c. a dovecote, 2 carucates of land each containing 162a., 30a. meadow, 10a. pasture, free tenants rendering 4l. 3s. 4d. yearly, customers holding 4 3/4 virgates of land and rendering 35s. 4d. yearly, works worth 9s. 6d. yearly, and 30a. of wasted wood, held of Edmund earl of Cornwall.
Losmere by Little Merlawe. A messuage, a carucate of land containing 160a, 11a. meadow, 8a. pasture, free tenants rendering 30s. 6d., customers holding 3 1/2 virgates of land and rendering 50s. yearly, works worth 50s. yearly, 20a. wasted wood, pleas &c., of court, and a moiety of the advowson of the church.
All held of the said earl for a knight’s fee, doing suit at his court of Walingford.
Miles Neyrnut his son, aged 21, is his next heir.
E. Inq. p.m. File 1. (21.)
68. JOHN DE BRADELEYE.
Writ (missing).
[LINCOLN.] Inq. Tuesday before St. Edmund the King and Martyr, 20 Edw. I. (defaced.)
Bradelegh. A capital messuage (with a plot) of land called Eykholm, 4 bovates of arable land in demesne, a little wood, …. rent of free tenants and cottars, pleas &c. held …. rendering yearly at the king’s exchequer 38s. 8d., and for the farm of the town ….; and 36s. 3d. held of the fee of Ralph le Fleccher..…
Cotes. A messuage and 2 bovates of land …. 2(?)s. 6d. yearly rent held of the abbot of Wellehou by service..…
Swalue. 19s. rent held of …. and rendering 3s. yearly.
Humberstan. 4s. rent held of the earl of Lincoln..…
Wyvelesby. 5s. rent held of …. by service ….
Little Cotes. A moiety of a water-mill held of William de Sancto…. by service..…
John his son, who will be aged 8 at Christmas next following, is his next heir.
E. Inq. p.m. File 1. (25.)
69. RALPH DE WASSINGLEE.
Writ to the escheator to enquire what lands &c. the said Ralph held in cos. Cambridge and Huntingdon besides those which he held of the king in chief, to be returned before the barons of the exchequer from the day of St. John the Baptist in 15 days, 7 June, 20 Edw. I.
E. Inq. p.m. File 1. (26.)
70. ISABEL DE CLYFFORD, one of the daughters and heirs of Robert de Veteri Ponte.
Writ, 14 May, 20 Edw. I.
WESTMORELAND. Inq. Friday after St. Barnabas the Apostle, 20 Edw. I.
Appelby. The castle with a moiety of the profits of the county (court?), whose issues are not sufficient for the maintenance of the castle, the sheriff and his clerks, constables and other ministers, held of the king in chief; and a certain land worth 117s. yearly.
Burgham alias Bruham. The manor (extent given), including its part of the forest of Quennefel, a park within the said forest, a certain meadow in Cumberland, and a little pasture called Thornholme.
Burgh under Staynmore. The manor (extent given), including 30s. from William’s Rydding, Yarnestcesthowe worth 20s. yearly, 13 vaccaries, and a plot worth 26l. 3s. 4d. yearly, and for sea coal 3s.
Wynton. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill worth 10l. 13s. 4d., but the said Isabel enfeoffed her esquire Adam del Hake of 100s. rent from said mill for life.
Kyrkeby Stephan. The manor (extent given).
Knights’ fees:—
Caberg, held for 3 carucates of land by Alan de Caberg rendering 17s. 8d. for cornage yearly.
Hartecla, held by Michael de Hartecla, rendering 12s. 4d. for cornage yearly.
Overton and Wateby. A fourth part held by William de Dacre rendering 6s. 3d. for cornage yearly.
Crossebygerad, Little Musegrave and a fourth part of Overton, held by the heir of William de Suleby rendering 22s. 8 1/2d. for cornage yearly.
Helton Bacoun, held by Andrew de Hellerton and John de Helton rendering 13s. 8d. for cornage yearly.
Great Askeby and Wynanderwat, held by the heir of Robert de Askeby rendering 19s. for cornage yearly.
Bampton Coundale and Gnype, held by Ralph de Coundale, rendering 15s. 3d. for cornage yearly.
Clyfton, held by Henry Engayne, rendering 16s. 4d. for cornage yearly.
Knoksalkok, held by Henry de Boyvile, rendering 3s. 4d. for cornage yearly.
Clyburne. A moiety held by Luke Tayleboys, rendering 12s. 4 1/2d. for cornage yearly.
Colleby, held by John de Goldington, rendering 6s. 10d. for cornage yearly.
Hoffe and Dryebek, held by Thomas de Multon, rendering 9s. 2d. for cornage yearly.
Milneburne. A moiety held by earl Patrick, rendering 10s. 10d. for cornage yearly.
Crakanthorpp, held by John Mauchaele, rendering 6s. 10d. for cornage yearly.
Kyrkeberg, held by Roger Bulle, rendering 2s. for cornage yearly.
Louther Wyllame and Louther Jon, held by Hugh de Louther, Adam de Haverington, Henry de Wyteby, and the prior of Watton, rendering 20s. 4d. for cornage yearly.
Clyburne. A moiety held by Walter Tylle, John de Staffole and Hugh de Soureby, rendering 15s. 5d. for cornage yearly.
Smerdale, held by Michael de Hartecla, rendering 13s. 8d. for cornage yearly.
Burg. 10s. 8 1/2d. for cornage from the manor beyond the extent.
Wynton. 20s. 9d. for cornage.
Burton, held by John de Helton, rendering 1 mark for cornage yearly.
Blanch farm:—
From the abbot of Byland (de Bella landa), 9s. 8 3/4d.; from Geoffrey son of Hersy, 1d.; from Thomas de Hellebek for Soureby, 13s. 4d.; from Margaret de Rosse for Melkanthorpp, 5s.; from Alan de Caberg, 1/2 mark; from Robert de Soureby for a moiety of Rokeby 6d.; from Patrick son of the earl for a moiety of Milneburne, 40s.; from John de Galdington for Colleby, 6d.; from Walter Tylle for his land in Clyburne, 6d. (and) 4 arrows; from Thomas Bouet for 4 bovates of land in Souleby, 6d.; from the heir of William Morel for 4 bovates of land in Warthecopp, 1d.; and from John de Staffole for 1 bovate of land in Clyburne 1lb. cummin.
All the aforesaid tenements held of the king in chief by service of 2 1/2 knights’ fees.
Warthecopp. The advowson of the church.
Bruham. The advowson of the church.
She held no land in the county except of the king.
Robert de Clyfford her son, aged 18 at Easter last, is her next heir.
YORK. Inq. the day of SS. Processus and Martinianus, 20 Edw. I.
Malteby. The manor (extent given), including the advowson of the church, a meadow in the wood, the herbage of Littilheye, a mill worth 6 marks whereof Lady Isabel gave to Alice her nurse 5 marks yearly for life, the herbage of Swalesike, and a plot by the park in the main road, held of the honour of Tyk[hill] by scutage of 1/2 knight’s fee, and it holds of the same honour 3 1/4 fees, whereof each renders 10s. 8d. yearly.
Robert her son, aged 18 on the feast of St. Michael next, is her next heir.
E. Inq. p.m. File 1. (27.)

Footnotes

  • 1. This Inquisition appears to have been formerly attached to the file relating to Roger de Somery. See Cal. Inq. P.M. Vol. II. No. 813, p. 497.