Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 86

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'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 86', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II, (London, 1910) pp. 341-347. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp341-347 [accessed 26 April 2024]

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 86

519. WILLIAM DE BOVILL, KNIGHT.
Writ of certiorari on the complaint of William le Noreys, showing that the said William de Bovill granted to him for life the keepership of his park of Badingham, and of his warrens there and at Dynyeton, Burndish and Tatington, and to receive yearly for his wages 12d. per week, and a robe or 1 mark, with power to distrain in the manor of Badingham; and he received the same until the manor came to the king’s hand by reason of the minority of Margaret, daughter of John de Bovill and heir of the said William, and the king granted the wardship of the said manor to Richard de Wyngfeld [alias de Wynkefeld], 3 May, 17 Edward II.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 5 May, 17 Edward II.
Badingham. The said William by his charter in 2 Edward II, granted the keepership, wages and robe abovesaid to the said William le Noreys for life, who was peacefully seised thereof until the manor was taken into the king’s hand as abovesaid, and the wardship was delivered to the said Richard, who has detained the said wages &c. for a year and a month without any cause. William de Boville held the manor of Margaret, then countess of Cornwall, as of the honour of Eye, and could charge the same at his will.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (1.)
520. ROBERT DE TYSTEDE.
Writ of plenius certiorari to Ralph de Bereford and James de Norton, on the complaint of Femmota, late the wife of the said Robert, that whereas he held the manor of Tystede of John de Sancto Johanne by service of 2d. yearly for all service, whereby the wardship of the manor and heir ought to pertain to her as next (friend) of the heir, the king’s keepers of the bishopric of Winchester had taken the same into the king’s hand, asserting that it was held of the bishopric by knight’s service, 10 March, 17 Edward II.
[SOUTHAMPTON.] Inq. Friday after St. Ambrose, 17 Edward II.
Tystede. The said Robert held the manor of John de Sancto Johanne by service of 2d. yearly and scutage, without heriot, relief, wardship and marriage, and the said John held the manor of the said bishopric by knight’s service.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (2.)
521. RICHARD DE ROKESLE and JOAN DE ROKESLE, sometime his wife.
Indenture of partition of lands &c., knights’ fees, and advowsons of churches, which were of the said Richard and Joan, deceased, made in the king’s chancery with the consent of Walter de Pateshill and Joan his wife, elder daughter and heir of the said Richard and Joan, and Thomas de Ponyngg’ and Agnes his wife, younger daughter and heir of the same: pourparty assigned to the said Thomas and Agnes, 20 July, 17 Edward II, and enrolled in the Roll of Fines (defaced).
KENT. Terlingham manor. The hall, chapel, lands &c. (extent given with field names and names of tenants) including a moiety of the wood of Reyndon, 14l. 13s. 11 3/4d. rents, saving a moiety of the rents in Schaddred, and rents in Alkham.
Hastingleye. The advowson of the church, with the glebe &c.
Westwode. The manor, with the advowson of the free chapel there.
Canterbury City. A messuage &c.
Codham and Chelsham. 40s. rent receivable from Walter de Huntingfeld from a tenement called Jorieslond.
Cherringg. 24s. rent receivable from William de Newent near Cherringg.
The (sums due for the) guard of the castle of Dover and for Romescot of the church of Folkstan, are to be equally paid by both parties; and the profits of the half hundred of Folkstan, wrecks, and anything herein omitted, and any reversions which may happen, are to be equally divided; and it was agreed that certain lands &c., which after the death of the said Richard, who predeceased the said Joan, were delivered to the said heirs, should be resumed into the king’s hand, and (with) the other lands now in the king’s hand by the death of the said Joan, be delivered to the heirs according to the tenor of these pourparties.
(See Nos. 273 and 424.)
C. Edw. II. File 86. (3.)
522. WALTER HAKET.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the complaint of Laurence de Lodelawe that the escheator had taken the manor of Whethull, which the said Walter held of him in chief, into the king’s hand, and removed Walter son and heir of the said Walter, whose homage and fealty the said Laurence had taken, and had delivered to him the manor. 6 February, 17 Edward II.
SALOP. Inq. 16 ——— 17 Edward II.
Whethull. The said Walter held the manor of Laurence de Lodelowe by service of a knight’s fee, and not of the king or anyone else.
After the death of the said Walter the said Laurence took homage and service from Walter his son and heir then of full age, and delivered the manor to him.
C. Edw. II. File 86 (4.)
523. ROBERT SON OF RICHARD WYMARK of Ditton.
Writ, 20 January, 17 Edward II.
LANCASTER. Inq. Thursday before St. Mary Magdalen, 18 Edward II.
Ditton. A messuage and two parts of a bovate of land, held of the king in chief, by the forfeiture of Robert de Holand sometime lord of the manor of West Derby, by fealty and service of 2s. yearly.
Robert his son, aged 19 at the feast of the Circumcision next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (5.)
524. WILLIAM BEEK of Foulstowe.
Writ, 26 June, 17 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. 28 July, 18 Edward II.
Foulestowe. A messuage held in chief, together with divers tenements which he gave on Monday next before St. Matthias last, 12 weeks before his death, to Philip de Hagh of Louth and his heirs, of John son and heir of Robert de Wilughby, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of 1/20 knight’s fee.
Joan his daughter, aged 8 at the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (6.)
525. SIMON DE POUGHLE alias DE POGHELEE.
Writ, 29 June, 17 Edward II.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 27 September, 18 Edward II.
Burnham. A messuage and a virgate of land, held jointly with Isabel his wife and the heirs of their bodies, of the king as of the manor of Cyppenham, now in the king’s hand after the death of Edmund, late earl of Cornwall, by service of 6d. and a pair of gloves or 1d.
[B]oveneie. 12a. meadow held of the abbot of Westminster, service unknown.
Stoke. A capital messuage held jointly as above, of the said abbot in chief by service of 1/2d. yearly; and 2 virgates of land similarly held of Robert Pogeys by service of 9s. 11d.
Burnham. A virgate of land similarly held of Thomas de Huntercumbe by service of 7d. yearly.
John his son, aged 24 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (7.)
526. HENRY GREGORI of Eyum.
Writ, 26 February, 17 Edward II.
DERBY. Inq. Monday before St. Laurence the Martyr, 18 Edward II.
Eyum. A bovate of land held of the king in chief as of the honour of Peverell, by service of 8 1/2d. yearly at the king’s castle of the Peak; and a messuage and 1 1/2a. land, held of Thomas de Fournival by service of 2s. yearly.
Henry his son, aged 10 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (8.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 11.
527. WILLIAM DE WANETYNGE.
Writ. 28 June, 17 Edward II.
BERKS. Inq. 15 July, 18 Edward II.
La Wyke by Estbury. A toft, 3 virgates of arable land, 1a. meadow, and 27s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of three parts of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Estbury. A messuage, a carucate of arable land, 30a. wood, and 30s. rent of assize, held jointly with Joan his wife and John their son, of William le Moyngne in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Chepynglamburn. Three virgates of arable land, 30a. wood, and 53s. yearly rent, held of John Tregos in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
John his son, is his next heir and of full age.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (9.)
528. WILLIAM DE LA CLYVE.
Writ, 18 June, 17 Edward II.
[SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT.] Inq. taken at Brerdinge on Tuesday after SS. Peter and Paul, 17 Edward II.
(Unspecified.) A messuage and 2 virgates of land, held of the king in chief by service of 1/15 knight’s fee, (and) by the petty serjeanty of finding a man in time of war at his own charges for guarding the castle of Carisbrok for forty days, and by suit at the court of knights at Newport every three weeks.
John his son, aged 40, is his next heir.
Writ of certiorari to enquire in what town the above tenements are, and how held, 20 August, 18 Edward II.
SOUTHAMPTON [; ISLE OF WIGHT]. Inq. 14 September, 18 Edward II.
La Clyve by Neuchurch. A messuage and 2 virgates held as abovesaid of the king in chief as of the castle of Caresbrok.
He died at La Clyve on Sunday after St. Mark 6 (sic) Edward II. John his son is his next heir and of full age.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (10.)
529. RALPH DE CLAYTON.
Writ, 1 April, 17 Edward II.
LANCASTER. Inq. Saturday before the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 18 Edward II.
Dutton. A capital messuage, 30a. land, pasture, 1a. meadow and 7s. 2d. rent, held of the king as of the honour of Cliderhow now in the king’s hand, by service of theynage, 5s. to the castle of Cliderhow, and suit at the court of Cliderhow.
Henry his son, aged 26 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (11.)
530. ADAM DE WANNERVYLL alias DE WANNERWILL.
Writ, 14 June, 17 Edward II.
[YORK.] Inq. taken at Bernesley on Wednesday before the Translation of St. John of Beverley, 18 Edward II.
Himlesworth. The manor (extent given), held of the honour of Pontefract by service of a knight’s fee and suit at the court of Pontefract.
Adam his son, aged 30 and more, is his heir.
YORK; WAPENTAKE OF STEYNCLIF. Inq. Saturday the eve of SS. Simon and Jude, 18 Edward II.
Gairgrave. A messuage and 16 bovates of land, whereof 6a. land make a bovate, 8 bovates make a carucate, and 8 carucates a knight’s fee, held of the king in chief as of the honour of the castle of Skypton in Craven by homage and fealty, and suit at the court of Skypton.
Esyngton. A messuage and 16 bovates of land (extent given), held of the king in chief of the manor of Slaytburn which is in the king’s hand, by knight’s service and suit at the king’s court of Slaytburn.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (12.)
531. RICHARD SON OF ELIAS DE SUTTON.
Writ, 27 May, 17 Edward II.
SALOP. Inq. 10 August, 18 Edward II.
Little Sutton. A capital messuage, 12a. land, and 1a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 12d. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
Great Sutton. A capital messuage, 30a. arable, 6a. meadow, pasture, and 5s. rent of assize, held of Sir John de Haulo by service of 7s. yearly.
John his son, aged 15 at the feast of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
SALOP. Assignment of dower made at Sutton to Eleanor late the wife of the said Richard, viz.—a ruined house opposite the hall called ‘la overkelne,’ a grange opposite the said house, ‘le overe orchard,’ 4a. land in Estmere, and a third part of the curtilage and dovecot, and of 1a. meadow. Sunday after St. Andrew, 18 Edward II.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (13.)
532. NICHOLAS DE TRENODA.
Writ, 28 June, 17 Edward II.
CORNWALL. Inq. 8 September, 18 Edward II. (defective.)
Trewen, Polcarou and Treyher. 5s. yearly rent held of the king in chief, as of the manor of Liskeret, pertaining to the earldom of Cornwall, in socage by service of rendering 1d. rent at the said manor.
Trenoda. The hamlet (extent given), held of John de Ripariis as of his manor of Launtian by service of a knight’s fee.
Trenod. A ferling of land containing 5a. arable and 10a. pasture, held of Roland de Coykyn as of his manor of Fowynton by knight’s service.
Trevaynon. 6s. 8d. free rent held of William de Bodrigan as of his manor of Pendrim by service of 2s. yearly.
Hendre. 5s. yearly rent held of John de Clys by service of 12d. yearly.
Trebroun. 12s. yearly rent held of …. Leichok (?) by service of 2s. 8d. yearly.
Treuo… (?). A ferling of land containing 10a. arable and 5a. pasture, held of the prior of Launceveton by service of 6s. yearly.
John his son, aged 24, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 86 (14.)
533. WALTER DE TEYE alias DE TAYE.
Writ, 15 June, 17 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Saturday after the Assumption, 18 Edward II.
He held no lands &c. in the county.
Writ, 15 June, 17 Edward II.
BEDFORD. Inq. 3 July, 17 Edward II.
Kaysho. The manor (extent given), held jointly with Isabel de Steyngreve his wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Isabel.
Bromham. 18a. arable, 1a. and 1r. meadow, and 10s. rents of assize held in form abovesaid.
Wottone. A toft, 40a. arable, 4a. pasture, 10a. wood, 22d. rent, and a ninth part of a windmill similarly held.
Lynchelade. 18s. 8d. yearly rent, similarly held.
Hoghton Conquest. A third part of a moiety of the advowson of the church and 3d. yearly rent, similarly held.
All held of the king in chief as a ninth part of the barony of Bedford, service unknown.
The said Walter and Isabel died without issue between them, and John de Pateshull, knight, son of the said Isabel, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 15 June, 17 Edward II.
NORTHAMPTON. Return by the escheator that he has not found that the said Walter held any tenement in the county except a messuage in Walmesford, which was thrown down sixteen years ago, held of Nicholas de Sancto Marco by service of 4s. yearly, and worth nothing.
LINCOLN. Inq. 8 July, 18 Edward II.
Frisby by Spridlyngton. A plot of meadow called Hestcroft, a moiety of a water-mill, and 18l. rent of bondmen, held jointly by the said Walter and Isabel in fee tail, viz.—to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the heirs of the said Isabel, by the grant of King Edward I., of Robert son of Richard Folyot in chief, by knight’s service.
Heir as above.
Writ, 15 June, 18 Edward II.
YORK. Inq. Wednesday after St. Thomas the Martyr, 18 Edward II.
Stayngreve. A messuage, 32 bovates of land, 38a. meadow and the advowson of the church, held of Geoffrey Loterell by knight’s service.
Waterholme. Sixteen bovates of land and 80a. meadow, held of the said Geoffrey, service unspecified.
Nesse. Sixteen bovates of land, tenure unspecified.
Stayngreve. 18a. land, 7a. meadow and 20a. wood, held of the earl of Richmond by service of 2s. yearly; and 8 bovates of land, 40a. meadow, and 2s. and 1lb. pepper rent, held of the prior of Exelsam by service of 13s. 4d. yearly.
Nonyngton. A garden, 16 bovates of land, 12a. meadow, 10l. rent of bondmen, and 4s. 4d. rent of cottars, and a water-mill, held of the said Geoffrey by knight’s service; and a messuage and 8 bovates of land &c. held of William de Roos by service of 1lb. pepper and suit at his court in Helmesle.
West Nonnyngton. A capital messuage, 16 bovates of land, 12a. meadow, 22s. 7d. rent and the advowson of the church of Nonyngton, held of the abbot of St. Mary’s, York, by service of 10s. yearly.
Ricolf. A messuage, 16 bovates of land, 2 woods, and a water-mill, held of William de Roos by fealty and suit at his court of Helmesle.
Westnesse. 7a. meadow, 12s. 6d. rent, a mill, and 10a. wood, held of the said Geoffrey by knight’s service.
Nesse. Ten bovates of land held of the said Geoffrey by knight’s service.
Muscotes. A toft and 3 bovates of land, held of James de Bulforth (?) by service of a pair of gilt spurs; and 2 bovates of land held of the same by service of a pair of gloves.
All the above were sometime in the seisin of Isabel daughter and heir of John de Stayngrave (who married) Walter de Taye by command of King Edward I; which Walter and Isabel granted all the aforesaid (to the said king?) to hold to him and his heirs by fine levied in the king’s court, and the said king granted the same to the said Walter and Isabel, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the heirs of the said Isabel. And they died without heirs of their bodies. John de Pateshill is son and next heir of the said Isabel, and all the above ought to remain to him.
Margaret, daughter of Roger de Taye brother of the said Walter, aged 26, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (15.)
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