Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 87

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 87

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 87

495. WILLIAM BALLE of Saundiacre.
Writ, 7 July, 27 Edw. I.
[DERBY.] Inq. made at Derby on Thursday after St. Margaret, 27 Edw. I.
Saundiacre. A messuage, 10a. arable, and 2 1/2r. meadow, held of the king in chief, rendering to the sheriff of Nottingham at the king’s exchequer there 4s. 6d., for which the sheriff answers at the king’s exchequer, with the farm of the serjeanty of Saundiacre.
Peter his son, aged 24 at the feast of St. Hilary last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (1.)
496. JOHN DE DOVORR alias DE DOVERE.
Writ, 4 Oct. 27 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Rumford, 18 Oct. 27 Edw. I. (defective).
La Neuwehalle in Havering. A messuage, 80a. arable, five free tenants rendering 10s. 4d. yearly, 16a. meadow, 35a. of pourpresture, and a water-mill, held of the king in chief by service of paying 20s. yearly at the king’s exchequer and doing fealty there.
[ (fn. 1) John] his [son], aged 26 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (2.)
497. ROBERT DE MORTEYN.
Writ, 6 June, 27 Edw. I.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. made at Retford, 27 June, 27 Edw. I.
Grave. A capital messuage, 80a. land which has lain uncultivated for 3 years, 1a. meadow, a little park wasted, 15s. rent of free men, 4s. 4d. ‘wardfe,’ 18d. common fine, 18d. ‘Schirevestod,’ 5s. 2d. yearly from a customary tenant, and 3s. 6d. from a cottar, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Tykehill, by service of a knight’s fee; doing nevertheless to Hugh de Hersy homage and fealty and rendering to him for wardfe 10s. and for schirevestod 10 1/2d. yearly, for common fine 2s. (?) yearly, and for ‘waytemete’ 5d. yearly, for all service and for his pourparty as partner of the said Hugh and one of the heirs of the manor of Grave; and rendering 5s. yearly to the heirs of Sir Robert de Hayton.
Eustace his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw I. File 87. (3.)
498. JOHN MORYZ alias MORIS, of Seford alias Sefford.
Writ, 22 Feb. 27 Edw. I.
SUSSEX. Inq. made at Seffhord, 27 May, 27 Edw. I.
Chintinghes. 7a. land held of the king in chief by serjeanty, rendering 2s. by the hands of the sheriff; which 7a. he had of the demise of Cecily sometime his wife, deceased, before he married her, to hold for his life.
John le Lad, son of the said Cecily, aged 25, is [her] next heir.
Writ concerning lands held for his life of the grant of Cecily de Seford sometime his wife &c., 7 July, 27 Edw. I.
SUSSEX. Inq. made at Sefford, 15 July, 27 Edw. I. (defective).
Chintinghes. 7a. land held as above.
Heir as above, and to him the reversion of the lands &c. aforesaid pertains.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (4.)
499. MARGERY LA TAILLORE alias LA TAILLOUR of Kyneston.
Writ, 13 May, 27 Edw. I.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. 26 May, 27 Edw. I.
Kyneston. A third plot of land, a part of a virgate of land containing 7a., and 3r. meadow in the meadow of Kyneston, held of the king in chief by service of the serjeanty of paying 16d. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
Nicholas her son, aged 30 at Christmas day last, is her next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (5.)
500. SIBYL DE BEAUCHAMP alias DE BEUCHAMP.
Writ, 6 Oct. 27 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmerford, 21 Oct. 27 Edw. I.
Springefeud. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Her daughters, Joan aged 30, and Alice aged 26 and more, are her next heirs.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (6.)
501. WALTER DE GLEMESFORD.
Writ, 26 March, 27 Edw. I.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. made at Ikelyngton …….. before St. Ambrose, 27 Edw. I. (defective).
Hyngston. A capital messuage, 30a. arable, 1 1/2a. meadow, 1/2a. pasture 3s. 6d. rent, 15s. from customary tenants, a water-mill &c. held of the king in chief by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Thomas son of Richard de Glemesford, his kinsman, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (7.)
502. JOHN DE SETON.
Writ [ (fn. 2) 7 July, 27 Edw. I.] (missing).
CUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Penreth on Friday after the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 27 Edw. I.
Skelton. A third part of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of cornage, rendering a third part of 26s. yearly, and by homage and fealty, including the hamlet of Lambenby (extent given).
Blencarne. Six bovates of land held of Sir William de Boyvil, by service of 6d. yearly.
Christopher his son, aged 21 at the feast of the Annunciation, 27 Edw. I. is his next heir.
YORK. Inq. taken at Driffelde on the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 27 Edw. I.
Suʒe Brune alias Brunne in the wapentake of Herthill. Seven and a half tofts with 15 bovates of land, held of William son of William le Latimer by homage and foreign service, where 8 carucates make a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
YORK. Inq. made at Stokesley on Monday the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 27 Edw. I.
Seton. The manor (extent given with names of tenants) held of William le Latimer and Lucy his wife by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (8.)
503. THOMAS LE ARCHER.
Writ, 18 March, 27 Edw. I.
DERBY. Inq. made at Grenelowe on Tuesday after St. Ambrose, 27 Edw. I.
Great Huckelowe. A capital messuage destroyed, 3 bovates of land, a plot of land called ‘le Borows’ and a lead mine, held of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s forest of High Peak in person. He held no other tenements of others.
Richard his son, aged 50 and more at the feast of St. Martin last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (9.)
504. WILLIAM HASARD.
Writ, 8 April, 27 Edw. I.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Monday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 27 Edw. I.
Kynston. A plot in the town with a house built thereon.
Radeclive and Kynston. 13a. 1/2r. arable in the fields, and 3r. meadow.
All held of the king by service of the serjeanty of 3s. 8d.
Thomas his son, who was (sic) 28 at Christmas day next (sic), is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (10.)
505. JOHN FAUCYLLUN alias FAUCILUN.
Writ, 13 Jan. 27 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Brentwood (Boscum arsum) on Friday after the octave of the Purification, 27 Edw. I.
Gyng Munteny. A messuage, 60a. arable, 5a. meadow, 3a. wood, and 6s. 8d. rent, held of Arnold de Munteny by service of a pair of gilt spurs; 5a. arable held of the abbot of Stratford by service of 12d. yearly; and 18a. arable held of the prior of Tobye by service of 15d. yearly.
Robert his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (11.)
506. HENRY DE WYNTON.
Writ, 26 Sept. 27 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. 5 Oct. 27 Edw I.
Rumford. The manor (extent given) held of Adam de Cretingge by service of 1d. yearly and 1/4 knight’s fee, whose lands are now in the king’s hand by the death of the said Adam, who held of the king in chief. 40s. ought to be paid therefrom yearly to John de Cantebr(igia). He held no other lands &c. on this side Trent.
The said Henry married a wife under the Jewish law, and afterwards they were converted to the Christian law: they begat a son Thomas, whom the jury say is next heir of the said Henry, if the marriage contracted before they were converted may duly stand. The said Thomas is 30 years of age and more.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (12.)
507. RICHARD SON OF JOHN.
Writ to the king’s escheator in Ireland, 18 June, 27 Edw. I.
IRELAND. Extent of lands &c. which were of the said Richard in Thomond, made at Lymer(ick) on Wednesday before the Assumption, 27 Edw. I.
Thomond. A cantred called the Cantred of the Isles, containing 40 townships of land with fishery, each worth 2 marks yearly in peace, held of the king in chief without service or rent; but Thomas de Clare in his life time claimed suit from the said land at the county (court) of Bonrath, and caused the said Richard to be called from county (court) to county (court), but was never seised of that suit. He held no other lands in Ireland but the said cantred, which is now worth 20 marks.
His sisters, Avelina, late the wife of Walter de Burgo, from whom Richard de Burgo was born, Joan late the wife of Theobald le Buttiller, and the countess of Warwick, together with Robert de Clifford and Idonia de Leyburn, are his next heirs, and aged 30 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (13.)
508. THOMAS DE FORNEAUS alias DE FURNAYS.
Writ, 2 April, 27 Edw. I.
DEVON. Inq. Monday before St George, 27 Edw. I.
Fenhoterhy. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief in socage by service of 4l. 4s. 8d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. on this side Trent.
John his son, aged 16 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (14.)
509. RICHARD DE FRYVILLE alias DE FREVILL.
Writ, 5 May, 27 Edw. I.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. made at Cantebregg on Wednesday after St. John ante portam Latinam, 27 Edw. I.
Kaxston and Schelford alias Little Schelford. The manors (extents given), together with the advowson of the church of Little Schelford, held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. on this side Trent, except those contained in these two inquisitions.
John his son, aged 28 and more, is his next heir.
[HERTFORD.] Inq. Wednesday after St. Dunstan, 27 Edw. I.
Munden Frevill. The manor (extent given), including two parks and 7 ‘molmen,’ held of Sir Thomas de Wodhull by service of 9s. yearly.
John his son, aged 28 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (15.)
510. THOMAS DE SAUNFORD alias DE SANFORD.
Writ to the escheator in co. Chester concerning the lands &c. of the said Thomas who held of the heir of Philip Burnel, a minor and in the king’s wardship, 4 Dec. 27 Edw. I.
CHESTER. Inq. Thursday, 8 Jan. 27 Edw. I.
Nantwich (Wicum Malbancum). A sixth part of the rents, tolls, perquisites and mill.
Haselinton. A sixth part of the manor.
Aston. A sixth part of the manor.
Chester. 5s. yearly rent.
All held of the king in chief by service of 2 knights’ fees.
Wilaston. Half a carucate of land held of William Chanu by service of 4d. yearly.
Auda his sister, aged 24 at Christmas day last, is his next heir.
Writ, 4 Dec. 27 Edw. I.
DEVON. Inq. made at Honeton on Thursday after the Epiphany, 27 Edw. I.
Wyteforde. The manor (extent given with names of tenants) held of the heirs of Alice Byset by service of 1/2oz. of silk for all service. He held nothing of the king in chief in the county.
Ada his sister, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
Writ of certiorari, whether the heirs of the said Alice are under age and in the king’s wardship, and whether the said Thomas held elsewhere of the king in the escheator’s bailiwick, or not, 26 Jan. 27 Edw. I.
DEVON. Inq. made at Exeter on Tuesday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 27 Edw. I.
Wyteford. The manor (extent given) held as abovesaid. The heirs of Alice Byset are of full age, and not in the king’s wardship. He held no other lands &c. this side Trent.
Heir as last above.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (16.)
511. BARTHOLOMEW DE ANESEYE.
Writ, 23 Aug. 27 Edw. I.
HEREFORD. Inq. made at Hereford, 3 Sept. 27 Edw. I.
Kyngeston. A messuage, garden, 66a. arable, 1a. meadow, 1/2a. wood, 5s. 3d. rent of free tenants (named), and pleas &c. of court, held by petty serjeanty, viz.—conducting the king’s treasure, to a reasonable sum, from the castle of Hereford to the Tower of London at the king’s charges, taking 12d. a day, and carrying the king’s writs from Kyngeston to Clifford.
Thomas his son, aged 24 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (17.)
512. PETER MAUVEYSYN.
Writ, 17 Jan. 27 Edw. I.
SALOP. Inq. Monday after St. Andrew, 27 Edw. I.
Berewik. A messuage with garden, 96a. arable, 1a. meadow, a common pasture, and 4s. rent of free tenants (named), held of the earl if Arundell in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, doing guard at the castle (castellum) of Oswaldestre for forty days with one armed man and an unbarded horse whenever there is war in Wales.
He held no other lands &c. on this side Trent than those written in these two inquisitions.
John his son, aged 18 at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula last, is his next heir.
SALOP. Inq. made at Muneton in Strettonesdale on Thursday before the Purification, 27 Edw. I.
Muneton. The site of a messuage with garden without houses, 15a. arable, 1 1/2a. meadow, a fourth part of a water-mill rendering 1 1/2qr. of corn, whereof there were given by one Thurstan Bovy (?) the said Peter’s sexton (sextanum), for the sustenance of a chaplain celebrating divine service in the chapel of Muneton, 7 strikes of corn yearly, and rents (extent given with names of tenants), held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, viz.—keeping the king’s hays of Hauechurste and Bispmor; which keepership Roger son of John, steward of the forest, has seized into his hand, and does not permit any king’s minister to enter therein.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (18.)
513. HUGH PEVEREL.
Writ, 8 June, 27 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. 2 July, 27 Edw. I.
Chigeneye. The manor (extent given) held of the [king] in chief of the honour of Peverell by service of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 23 and more, is his next heir.
[NORFOLK.] Inq. 7 July, 27 Edw. I.
Great Melton. The manor (full extent given with names of tenants), with the patronage of the church of All Saints there, worth 5 marks yearly according to the Norwich estimation, held of the king in chief of the honour of Peverel by service of 3 knights’ fees.
Heir as above.
[NORFOLK.] Inq. made at Childrekastell by Norwic on Saturday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 27 Edw. I.
Brakene. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church of St. Mary, worth 20 marks yearly according to the Norwich estimation, held of the king in chief of the honour of Peverell by service of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (19.)
514. WILLIAM DE HALTON.
Writ [ (fn. 3) 2 May, 27 Edw. I.] (missing).
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Corbrygge . . May, 27 Edw. I. (defective).
Halton, Great Wythyngton and Claverworth. The manors (extents given) held of the king in chief [by ho]mage and doing suit at all the county (courts) of Northumberland, and by service of 4l. yearly to the sheriff [for] the king’s [use?].
Traustreston. 120a. land, 5a. pasture, rents &c. held of the barony of Vesci of the bishop of Durham …..
He died on Tuesday in Easter week in this year. John his son, aged 19 at the feast of the Assumption, 26 Edw. I, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (20.)
515. AVELINE DE LA LEGHE.
Writ, 17 June, 27 Edw. I.
SURREY. Inq. taken before the bailiff of Blacchingelegh at Waleton on Thames on Thursday after the Translation of St. Thomas, 27 Edw. I.
Waleton on Thames. The manor (extent given with names of tenants, including the prior of Sandone and the rector of Waleton), which is of the honour of Clare, held of the king, by reason of the manor of Blacchingeleghe which is in the king’s hand, by service of a knight’s fee.
Mulesee. 40a. land held of the prior of Bissopesgate by service of 1lb. of pepper.
John de la Leghe her son, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (21.)
516. JOHN DE MAURDYN.
Writ, 12 Sept. 27 Edw. I.
HEREFORD. Inq. made at Aumberleye, 4 Oct. 27 Edw. I.
Wystaneston. A messuage, a curtilage, a dovecote, and 17a. arable, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty, doing 2s. yearly at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff; which messuage the said John and Isabel Haket his wife sometime bought of Nicholas de Schypton.
Isabel Haket, aged 33 and more, is his next heir of the said lands &c.
Maurdyn manor. A messuage &c., 96a. arable, 9a. meadow, 1a. pasture, and 15s. rents of freemen (named), which whole rent is due to Lady Maud de Mortuo Mari, held of the said Lady Maud by socage.
Lude Muchegros. 18a. arable held of the dean and chapter of Hereford by service of 5s. yearly rent.
Richard his son, aged 13 and more, is his next heir of all his lands &c. in Maurdyn and Lude, and is of age to hold his land according to the custom of the manor of Maurdyn.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (22.)
517. RALPH DE CRUMWELL.
Writ, 2 March, 27 Edw. I.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Wednesday before St. Cuthbert, 27 Edw. I.
Lameleye. A capital messuage, with the advowson of the church, 80a. arable, 3a. meadow, 37 bovates of land in bondage, 14 cottages, a free tenant rendering 7s. yearly, a water-mill, and a wood, all held of the honour of Tykehull by service of rendering 10l. yearly to any lord of the honour, doing no foreign service.
Crumwell. A capital messuage with the advowson of the church, 80a. land, 40a. meadow, a several pasture, a fishery, 22 bovates of land in bondage, 6 cottages, and free tenants rendering 23s. 8d. yearly, held of the bishop of Lincoln by service of a knight’s fee, foreign service and homage.
Loudham. Two bovates of land held of John de Monteforti by service of 5s. yearly, without foreign service.
Burton. A culture of land containing 15a. held of William son of Richard de Burton by service of 1d. yearly.
Ralph his son, aged 7, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (23.)
518. PETER BALDEWYNE of Kyngeston.
Writ, 26 Oct. 27 Edw. I.
SURREY. Inq. 3 Nov. 27 Edw. I.
Kingeston. A capital messuage held of the men of Kyng[eston], who hold the town of the king at fee farm.
La Combe. 60a. land held of the king in chief by serjeanty of collecting the queen’s wool, which serjeanty is now extended at 20s. yearly to be paid at the king’s exchequer; and the prior of Mertone holds 12a. land of the same serjeanty, rendering 4s. yearly to the said Peter; Thomas Capeleyn of Norbelton holds a croft of the same, rendering 18d. yearly and finding 3 men in autumn whose works are worth 3d.; and there are divers other tenants (named) at small rents.
Taleworthe. A piece of meadow held of the king as of the honour of Tonebrugge by knight’s service.
A little island in the Thames, held of Ralph Postel, rendering him 4d. yearly.
Hamme. 1a. land held of Sir Odo de Grandisono, service unspecified.
(Unspecified.) 9a. arable held of the men of Kyngeston, rendering them 18d. yearly; 2 1/2a. land held of the heirs of Walter Walkelin, rendering 10d. yearly; 2a. land held of the heirs of Gilbert le Mark, rendering 8d. yearly; 1 1/2a. land held of John le Scut (?) of Norbelton, rendering 6d. yearly; 8a. land held of the prior of Mertone, rendering 12d. yearly; 1a. land held of Ralph Postel, rendering 4d. yearly; 1a. land held of Ralph Wytebabbe, rendering 4d. yearly; 1a. land held of the lord of Combe, rendering 4d. yearly; 1a. land held of Thomas Wolfrith, rendering 3d. yearly; 2a. land held of John de la Strode, rendering 8d. yearly; 3a. land held of the heirs of John Hereberd, rendering 12d. yearly; and 2a. of grove held of the prior of Mertone, rendering 4d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. on this side Trent.
Peter his son, aged 11 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 87. (24.)

Footnotes

  • 1. See Calendar of Fine Rolls, Edw. I, p. 419.
  • 2. See Calendar of Fine Rolls, Edw. I, p. 416.
  • 3. See Calendar of Fine Rolls, Edw. I, p. 413.