Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 87

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'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 87', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II, (London, 1910) pp. 347-353. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp347-353 [accessed 25 April 2024]

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 87

534. JOHN SON OF JOHN DE RIVERS.
Writ of certiorari on the complaint of Helen late the wife of the said John that 1/3a. land called Wymabank and a third part of the hundred of Aungre which the king caused to be assigned to her in dower, were taken into the king’s hand by Master John Walewayn, late escheator, supposing that the said John son of John de Rivers had adhered to the king’s enemies, 30 March, 17 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. 22 February, 18 Edward II.
Aungre. The said Helen was seised in dower as abovesaid, until the said escheator took the same into the king’s hand as abovesaid. She never changed her estate and was never adhering to the king’s enemies.
Writ of certiorari super causa captionis to John Walewayn late escheator, concerning the land &c. abovesaid, 6 July, 18 Edward II.
Return (by the escheator) that he does not know the cause &c. of taking the lands &c. which the said Helen holds in dower in Angre into the king’s hand because they were never so taken by him.
C. Edw. II. File 86. (16.)
535. JOHN TYES alias TYAYS.
Writ of certiorari to Adam Walrand and others, on the petition of Thomas, son and heir of the said John, for his inheritance, which by reason of his minority after the death of his father who held of Henry Tyes by knight’s service, came to the hands of the same Henry as wardship, and was taken into the king’s hand by his forfeiture, 12 June, 17 Edward II.
WILTS. Inq. 31 July, 17 Edward II.
Lydyard. A messuage, 24a. arable, 8a. meadow, and 13s. 4d. rent, were held by the said John of Henry Tyays by service of 1/24 knight’s fee, and rendering 1lb. cummin yearly; and in 2 Edward II, by reason of the minority of the said Thomas, then 7 years old, they came to the hands of the said Henry, and by his forfeiture they were taken into the king’s hands.
The said Thomas his son, aged 23 at the feast of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (1.
536. ROGER DE PILKINGTON.
Writ of certiorari to Robert de Malberthorp and others, on the petition of Alexander de Pylkyngton, showing that whereas Ranulph de Otteby granted to the said Roger, father of the said Alexander, and to Alesia his wife, both deceased, the manor of Otteby to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, and the said Roger had no estate but in fee tail in the manor, which ought to descend to the said Alexander, nevertheless the manor, with other lands of the said Roger, was taken into the king’s hand because he was said to have adhered to Thomas late earl of Lancaster, 11 March, 17 Edward II.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Lincoln to provide jurors, 11 March, 17 Edward II.
Mandate to the said sheriff to warn the keeper of the manor to be present, and to provide a jury, dated at Helpringham, Wednesday after the Ascension, 17 Edward II.
Jury panel.
[LINCOLN.] Inq. the morrow of St. Barnabas, 17 Edward II.
Otteby. Ranulph de Otteby gave his said manor to the said Roger and Alesia and the heirs of their bodies 28 years ago, and the said Roger never had any other estate there. The said Roger and Alesia are dead and held the manor of the honour of Bolingbrok by knight’s service, and because it was said that (the said Roger) was with Thomas earl of Lancaster the manor was taken into the king’s hand.
Alexander de Pilkengton is son and heir of the said Roger and Alesia.
Writ of privy seal to the chancellor, sending an inquisition concerning the manor of Otteby, and commanding him to view the muniments concerning the enfeoffment there mentioned, and do right to the said Alexander, 6 September, 18 Edward II. (French.)
Transcript of charter from Ranulph de Otteby, knight, granting his manor of Otteby to the said Roger and Alesia and the heirs of their bodies, rendering a clove gillyflower yearly, with reversion to himself and his heirs, 6 April, 1295.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (2.)
537. ADAM PYDELE of Worcester, clerk.
Writ of certiorari, whereas to a writ of certiorari super causa captionis the escheator returned that he had taken certain lands &c. in Worcester, Batenhale, Northwyk and Poywyk into the king’s hand in distraint, because he found by inquisition that they were taken into the king’s hand by reason of the rebellion of the said Adam, and that Margaret late his wife occupied them without warrant, and now on behalf of the said Margaret the king, is given to understand that the said Adam died in the king’s peace and fealty, and that the escheator took the said tenements into the king’s hand long after the said Adam’s death, for which she has prayed for a remedy, 10 March, 17 Edward II.
WORCESTER. Inq. Thursday in Whitsun week, 17 Edward II. (defective.)
The said Adam died seised of the following lands &c. in the king’s fealty and peace, and the escheator took them into the king’s hand on Saturday after St. Hilary last, by reason of an inquisition taken ex officio by which it was found that the said Adam was a rebel.
Norhtwike. 3a. land held of the bishop of Worcester by service of 18d. yearly.
Badenhale. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of (John) le Mercer by knight’s service.
Poywyk. 10s. rent held of Alice de Bello Campo (by service of) 12d. yearly.
Worcester. 20s. rent held of Peter Colle by service of 4s.; and 45s. rent (held of ……) by service of 1/2 mark.
The said Margaret claims the tenements in Worcester, as her free bench according to the custom of the city; and of the other lands &c. (two parts?) as the wardship of the heir by the demise of the said John le Mercer, and a third part as dower.
John his son, aged 6, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (3.)
538. SIMON FIZ RICHARD alias FUYTZ RICHARD.
Writ of certiorari to William de Cleydon and others, on the petition of Thomas de Hindringham and Nichola his wife, showing that whereas the said Simon, sometime the husband of the same Nichola, after he married her granted to Humphrey de Bohun, sometime earl of Hereford and Essex, his manor of Dunmowe, co. Essex, whereof the said Nichola ought to be dowered, they have not obtained the same because the manor with the other lands &c. of the said earl was taken into the king’s hand by his forfeiture, and seek livery of that dower, 12 March, 17 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Wednesday after SS. Philip and James, 17 Edward II. (defaced.)
Dunmawe. The manor was granted by the said Simon, after he married the said Nichola, to the said earl on Monday after St. Gregory the Pope, 13 Edward II., when he could dower the said Nichola; it is held of the heirs of the earl of Gloucester of the honour of Clare by a knight’s fee, and by service of 40s. yearly at the manor of Berdefeld.
The said Simon died on 4 March, 15 Edward II, and neither the said Thomas nor Nichola have remitted any of their estate in the manor to the said earl, by whose forfeiture it is in the king’s hand.
The keeper of the manor said he had been given to understand that a certain tenement descended by hereditary right to Richard, son of the said Simon, who ought to warrant the manor to the king, but the jury say he holds no tenements from which he ought to warrant the king.
Writ ad melius inquirendum to John de Lyston and others, referring to the above writ and inquisition, 11 December, 18 Edward II.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Essex, to provide jurors &c. 11 December, 18 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Thursday after the octave of the Purification, 18 Edward II.
Dunmawe. To the same effect as above, but mentioning that the inquisition was taken in the presence of the guardian of the manor, and that the said Simon was seised in his demesne as of fee of the premises long after he married the said Nichola, so that he could dower her thereof.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (4.)
539. NICHOLAS DE MEYNILL alias DE MENIL.
Writ of certiorari on the petition of Nicholas, son of Lucy daughter of Robert de Twenge, showing that by letters patent the king lately gave licence to Mary, daughter of Margery de Muschaunce to grant to Thomas de Hibernia a moiety of the manors of Weiloure, Hethpol, Heddreslawe, Lowyk and Belford, co. Northumberland, and to the said Thomas to grant the same to her for life, with successive remainders to the said Nicholas (de Meynill) and the heirs of his body, to the said Nicholas son of Lucy and the heirs of his body, and to the right heirs of Nicholas de Meynill; but that Nicholas de Meynill having died, without heir of his body, the escheator, after the death of the said Mary, ejected the said Nicholas son of Lucy, and took the same into the king’s hand, 8 November, 17 Edward II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. 15 December, 17 Edward II.
Wolhor, Hethpol, Hedderslaue, Louwyck and Belforth. A moiety of the manors, held of the king in chief by the services pertaining to a moiety of the barony of Muschaunce, which barony owes suit at the county (court) of Northumberland, and by finding four armed horsemen in the king’s war.
The said Nicholas de Menil died on 26 April, 15 Edward II, without heir of his body, and the said Mary on 18 October, 16 Edward II., and none named in the fine aforesaid have in any way changed their estate in the premises.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (5.)
540. JULIANA, LATE THE WIFE OF RALPH DE WYLYNGTON alias DE WELYNGTON.
Writ of certiorari to enquire whether John de Wylyngton is next heir of the said Juliana, as he says, or another &c., 16 November, 17 Edward II.
DORSET. Inq. 18 December, 17 Edward II.
Knygheton. The manor held of Elizabeth de Burgh of the honour of Craneburne by service of 1/8 knight’s fee. In 27 Edward I. a fine was levied in the king’s court between the said Juliana and Edmund de Wylyngton and Christiana his wife, concerning the said manor, which Robert de Pudele and Margery his wife held, in dower of the said Margery, of the inheritance of the said Christiana, by which the said Edmund and Christiana acknowledged the manor to be the right of the said Juliana, and that it should remain to her and her heirs after the death of the said Margery. The said Juliana has never changed or alienated her estate therein
John de Wylyngton her son, is her next heir.
DEVON. Inq. 6 December, 17 Edward II.
Rudelcomb. The manor, held of the honour of Gloucester, viz.—of the heirs of the earl, by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, under a fine levied concerning the said manor, in the same year and to the same effect as abovesaid.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (6.)
541. JOHN DE POLRE.
Writ of certiorari to Henry de Cobeham and John de Ifeld, on the petition of John son of the said John de Polre, showing that Gilbert, sometime earl of Gloucester and Hertford, asserting that the said John held of him 80a. land in Dodyndale by Canterbury, by knight’s service, entered upon the same after the said John’s death, by reason of the minority of John son of John, and granted the wardship to John Breton who married Alice, sister of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, and because the said John Breton adhered to the said Bartholomew against the king, the same were taken into the king’s hand, and that the said John son of John is of full age, 3 May, 17 Edward II.
KENT. Inq. Thursday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 18 Edward II.
Dodyndale. 80a. land were held by John de Polre by 1/4 knight’s fee of Ralph de Ditton, whom the said Gilbert unjustly expelled, and gave two parts of the land to John Bretoun as wardship of John son of John with his marriage, and assigned the third part to Joan late the wife of the said John in dower.
This land was not taken into the king’s hand by reason of the adhesion of John Bretoun with Bartholomew de Badelesmere, for he died two years before the said adhesion, but when partition was made between Sir Hugh le Despenser, Roger Damori and Hugh Daudele, of the earldom of Gloucester, that part was claimed by Hugh Daudele, and was taken into the king’s hands by reason of his rebellion, and so remained until Alice relict of the said John Bretoun by petition had a writ of chancery by virtue whereof she obtained livery of the two parts of the said 80a., and demised the same to William de Recolvere who now holds them; and the said Joan holds a third part.
John his son, aged 23 and more, is his next heir.
This inquisition was held in the presence of the said William but the said Joan came not.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (7.)
542. ROBERT CORBY.
Petition to the king by Thomas son and heir of the said Robert complaining that the sheriff of Kent had seised into the king’s hand a messuage and half a carucate of land in Maydenstan, on suspicion that the said Robert was against the king, who surrendered himself at the prison of the Marshalsea and was found not guilty and allowed to go to his house, where he died, but his lands remain in the king’s hand, whereof the said Thomas prays remedy. (French.) Endorsed, Let enquiry be made &c. and if it is found according to the petition let the guardian be commanded to remove his hands &c.
Writ of certiorari to William de Dene and others to enquire into the above, 1 April, 17 Edward II.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Kent to provide jurors &c. 1 April, 17 Edward II.
Mandate from William de Dene &c. to the sheriff of Kent to provide 24 jurors &c. on this Thursday after St. Peter ad Vincula; with jury panel.
KENT. Inq. 2 August, 18 Edward II.
Maydenstane. A messuage and half a carucate of land, which were of the said Robert, were taken into the king’s hand on suspicion &c. as abovesaid. The said Robert died a natural death in Lose and was buried in the cemetery there on the day of St. Edmund the king, 16 Edward II. The lands &c. are still in the king’s hand for no other cause, and are held of Henry, prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, &c. by fealty and suit at his courts of Lose and Farleghe, rendering 12s. 8d., 3 1/2 hens, and 17 eggs yearly.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (8.)
543. ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH BARDOLF.
Petition to the king from Thomas Bardolf showing that King Edward I. granted to the said Isabel, mother of the said Thomas who is her heir, the manor of Emelesworth, co. Southampton, for life, with remainders to William her son and the heirs of his body, and to the right heirs of the said Isabel, by reason whereof she held the same until wrongfully disseised by Robert le Ewer in the (king’s) 15th year. She procured a writ of novel disseisin, pending which plea the said Robert died a rebel to the king, and the manor was taken into the king’s hand amongst other forfeitures. The said Isabel is dead, and the said William also without heir of his body, and the said Thomas prays for right. (French.) Endorsed, Let justices be assigned to enquire &c. in the presence of the guardian of the manor.
Writ of certiorari to Robert de Bardelby and Robert de Esden, to enquire into the above, 10 March, 17 Edward II.
Writ of scire facias to the sheriff of Southampton to provide jurors, 10 March, 17 Edward II.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Friday the feast of St. Alban, 17 Edward II.
Emelesworth. The manor was granted to the said Isabel &c., and she was disseised &c. as abovesaid. The said William has died without heir of his body, and the said Thomas is her heir, and neither she nor he have changed their estate therein. The manor is held of the king by service of a pair of gilt spurs.
Petition to the king from Thomas Bardolf enclosing copy of the inquisition and praying for right. Endorsed, The king’s charter being in accordance with the petition and also the inquisition, the council is advised that the king should remove his hand. (French.)
Charter from King Edward I. granting the manors of (Watton) co. Hertford, Adington, co. Surrey, and Emelesworth, co. Southampton, to the said Isabel for life, with remainder to William her son and the heirs of his body, and reversion to the right heirs of the said Isabel, 28 November, 33 Edward I.
Writ of certiorari to the treasurer and chamberlains to examine the writings and memoranda of Robert Lewer concerning the above, and certify what they find, 6 October, 19 Edward II. Endorsed, that no writings are found touching the manor of Emelesworth.
Similar writ to Robert de Hungerford, keeper of forfeited lands in co. Southampton, 6 October, 19 Edward II.
Petition to the king from the said Thomas, reciting as above, and again praying for right. (French.) Endorsed. The council is advised as before. It pleases the king that he should sue in the chancery and have livery.
C. Edw. II. File 87. (9.)
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