Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913.
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'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 49', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III, (London, 1913) pp. 31-55. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol8/pp31-55 [accessed 26 April 2024]
Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 49
| 58. | ISABEL, DAUGHTER AND ONE OF THE HEIRS OF ADAM ATTE BROKE. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Isabel, 4 May, 10 Edward III. | |
| KENT. | Proof of age made at Mallyng, 6 June, 10 Edward III. |
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Richard atte Berne, aged 50 years and more, says that the said Isabel is 18 years of age and more, for she was born at West Pekham, and baptized in the church there, 9 January, 11 Edward II.; and this he knows, because on the same day that the said Isabel was born and baptized, he espoused Joan his wife in the same church, and with her received in free marriage a messuage in the same town from Ralph Godyn, her brother, and, by a writing made between himself and the said Ralph, he well remembers the aforesaid age.
William Criel, aged 40 years and more, agrees as to the day and year, and knows it because, on the same day he purchased 2a. land, lying in the south field of the said town, of John Monyn, and by the date of the charter of feoffment he has evidence of the aforesaid age. Ralph Godyn, aged 44 years and more, agrees, and knows it for the reason alleged by Richard atte Berne. Richard de Tutesham, aged 40 years and more, agrees, and knows it because he was present in the said church on the day that the said Isabel was baptized, and at the request of Sir Auger, then vicar of the church, godfather of the said Isabel, he wrote in the missal the day and year of her birth. John de Tutesham, aged 43 years and more, says the like, and knows it because, on the same day that the said Isabel was born and baptized, he made a chirograph in the said church between Richard atte Berne and Ralph Godyn as abovesaid, one part of which still remains in his possession. William Bade, aged 40 years, and John le Smyth, of Westpekham, aged 54 years and more, agree, and know it because Adam atte Broke, father of the said Isabel, died on the feast of St. Katherine before her birth, and of his will they were constituted executors, and by the date thereof and the heading (intitulacionem) of the said Adam’s death, which they caused to be entered in the missal of the said church, viz. A.D. 1318, they are satisfied as to the age aforesaid. John Bade, aged 46 years, agrees, and knows it because, in the same year in which the said Isabel was born, he was for the first time bailiff of the manor of Westpekham, and went with the women who were carrying her to the church for baptism, and, by the date of his commission as bailiff, he well remembers the age aforesaid. William le Cook, aged 50 years and more, agrees, and knows it because on the same day he took his journey for Santiago, and made his will in the said church in the presence of Sir Auger, then vicar there; which will he still retains in his possession. Godfrey Benet, aged 52 years, Bartholomew le Cornmonger, aged 50 years, and John Newman, aged 48 years and more, agree, and know it because, on the same day on which the said Isabel was born and baptized, there was buried in the cemetery of the said church, the body of Richard de Westbury, of whose will they were constituted executors, and by its date they know sufficiently the age of the said Isabel. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (1.) | |
| 59. | JOHN SON OF ROBERT DE TOULESLOND, KINSMAN AND ONE OF THE HEIRS OF JOHN DE CROKEDEK, deceased, who held of king Edward II, in chief. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, 18 March, 10 Edward III. | |
| BEDFORD. | Proof of age. 7 April, 10 Edward III. |
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Thomas Denbleines, the elder, aged 50 years and more, says that the said John was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula, 9 Edward III, for he was born at Wrastlyngworth, and baptised in the church there in 7 Edward II; and this he knows because Robert de Touleslond, father of the said John, presented John, son of the said Thomas, to the church of Wrastlyngworth, then vacant, about the feast of All Saints after the birth of the said John, A.D. 1314, and by the letters of presentation he is well assured of the aforesaid age.
Thomas Denbleines, the younger, aged 40 years and more, agrees as to the day and year, and knows it because in the same year he espoused Juliana, daughter of Adam Gerland, with whom he had a certain tenement in Wrastlyngworth, and by the writing made concerning the same he well remembers the age aforesaid. Geoffrey Fraunceys, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because on the same day he was in the church of Wrastlyngworth, where the said John was baptized, to prove the will of John le White, whose executor he was, and by the date of the will he well remembers the aforesaid age. Robert Laurencz, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because in the same year there was a plea moved between Robert de Toulesland, father of the said John, and the prior of Newenham, about the advowson of the church of Wrastlyngworth, in which plea the said Robert Laurencz was attorney for the prior. John Paternoster, aged 40 years and more, agrees, and knows it because John his father died on the feast of St. Michael next after the birth of the said John, and his death was entered in the missal of the said church. William de Hurle, aged 43 years, Thomas de Sulgrave, aged 50 years, Thomas de Kyrkeby, aged 44 years, and Ralph Randolf, aged 60 years, agree, and know it because they were executors of the said John, father of the said John Paternoster, and by the date of his will they well remember the aforesaid age. Henry le Bole, aged 50 years, John de Scamston, aged 50 years, and William le Bole, aged 40 years and more, agree, and know it because on the day of the said John’s birth William de Breteville demised to Sir John de Wolaston all his tenements in Wrastlyngworth for a term of 20 years, whereof the said Henry, John, and William were, in a writing made concerning the same, named as witnesses, and by the date thereof they well remember the age aforesaid. William de Eglesfelde, in whose wardship the lands &c. were by the late king’s commission, warned to be present came not nor sent any one on his behalf. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (2.) | |
| 60. | JOHN SON AND HEIR OF HENRY DE MORF. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, 13 March, 10 Edward III. | |
| STAFFORD. | Proof of age taken at Evenefeld, 16 April, 10 Edward III. |
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John le Clerc, of Bobynton, aged 46 years, says that the aforesaid John was 21 years of age at the feast of St. Barnabas last, for he was born at Morf, co. Stafford, and baptized in the church there, on the day of St. Barnabas, 9 Edward II; and this he knows because on Monday next after the said feast, he took his way for St. Thomas the Martyr, and in returning, fell into a sickness, on account of which he made his will, which he has still in his possession, and by its date he well remembers the aforesaid John’s age.
Thomas de Overton, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because on Wednesday next after the birth of the said John, he bought a tenement in Morf, and by the date of his charter he well remembers that the said John is of full age. John le Clerc, of Kynefare, aged 64 years, agrees, and knows it because on the day of St. Peter ad Vincula next following he married a certain Alice. Roger atte Forde, aged 48 years, agrees, and knows it because on the feast of St. John the Baptist next after the birth of the said John, he by mischance broke his right arm. Ranulph de Brokes, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because at the feast of St Bartholomew next after the birth of the said John, he married Joan his daughter to Hugh le Hunte of Morf, and with her he gave a certain tenement in the said town by charter. William atte Hoo, aged 42 years, agrees, and knows it because Roger his father died on the feast of St. Barnabas on which the said John was born, whose death was entered in a certain missal. John de Hulhous, aged 42 years, Richard de Bobynton, aged 44 years, and Richard de Holbache, aged 55 years, agree, and know it because they were executors of the will of the said Roger atte Hoo, and by the date thereof they well remember that the said John [de Morf] is of full age. John Jones, aged 58 years, agrees, and knows it because Isabel his wife, on Saturday next after St. Barnabas, 9 Edward II, gave birth to a son named Richard. William Henrys, [aged] 43 years, and Thomas de Wombourn, aged 44 years, agree, and know it because on Monday after the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula next after the said feast of St. Barnabas, 9 Edward II, they took their way for St. Thomas of Hereford, and by the way fell among robbers, so that they were despoiled of their goods and wounded almost to death. William de Caynton, in whose wardship the lands &c. were by the king’s commission, was present, but could say nothing against the proof aforesaid. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (3.) | |
| 61. | HELEN DE NEUBIGGYNG, DAUGHTER AND ONE OF THE HEIRS OF JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE NEUBIGGYNG. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Helen, the lands &c. being in the wardship of Hugh de Moriceby, knight (chivaler), by the demise of John de Burgh, who held them by the king’s commission, 8 October, 10 Edward III. | |
| Endorsed by the escheator that he warned the said Hugh to be present, but he took no care to come, or to send any one on his behalf. | |
| WESTMORELAND. | Proof of age, Thursday after SS. Simon and Jude, 10 Edward III. |
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Thomas son of Juliana, aged 43 years, says that the said Helen was born at Neubiggyng, co. Westmoreland, and baptized in the church of St. Edmund there, and was 18 years of age on the feast of St. Luke last; and this he knows because in the same month in which the said Helen was born he had a son named Bartholomew born, from which time 18 years have elapsed.
Thomas de Langedale, aged 56 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he married his wife Elizabeth, and from that time 19 years have elapsed. John de Insula, aged 63 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same month in which the said Elizabeth (sic) was born he had a daughter named Avice born and from that time 18 years have elapsed. William de Keldelyth, aged 62 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he went to the Holy Land, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. Richard de Cotesford, aged 51 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same month in which the said Helen was born he had a son named John drowned by mischance, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. John de Helton, aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he had a son, Robert, made a monk in the cell of Wederhale, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. Gilbert Engayne, aged 48 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he had a son named William professed as a brother of the order of Mount Carmel (Sancti Karmeli), Appelby, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. John son of Robert de [S]tirkeland, aged 40 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he had a bastard son named Robert at the schools at Oxford killed by mischance, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. William de Tyle, aged 41 years, says the like and knows it because in the same month in which the said Helen was born he broke his right leg (tibiam) by falling from his horse, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. Hugh son of Thomas de Bolton, aged 62 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he had a daughter named Denise dead, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. Robert de Crakenthorp, aged 44 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he [went to] the parts of Gascony to do his merchandise, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. Richard de Halton, aged 40 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same year he took to wife a certain Sibyl, and from that time 18 years have elapsed. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (4.) | |
| 62. | MARGARET THE WIFE OF JOHN DE MORYCEBY, DAUGHTER AND ONE OF THE HEIRS OF JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE NEUBIGGYNG. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Margaret, who was born at Neubiggyng, co. Westmoreland, and baptized in the church there, the lands &c. being in the wardship of Hugh de Moriceby, knight (chivaler), by the demise of John de Burgh, who held them by the king’s commission, 8 October, 10 Edward III. | |
| Endorsed by the escheator that he had warned the said Hugh to be present, but he took no care to come, or to send any one on his behalf. | |
| Proof of age (missing). | |
| C. Edw. III. File 49. (5.) | |
| 63. | JOHN SON AND HEIR OF NICHOLAS DE FERES or DE FERRARIIS, of Westneyweton. |
| CORNWALL. | Proof of age, 10 April, 10 Edward III. |
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John Derwyn, aged 60 years, says that the aforesaid John is 22 years of age and more, for he was born at the town of St. Mellion (Sancti Melani) on Friday before Holy Trinity, 8 Edward II, and baptized in the church there by Richard Page, the parochial chaplain; and this he remembers because he had a daughter named Joan married the same day and year to one Richard Burgeis.
William Polhebou, aged 50 years, says the like, and remembers it because he had a house burned the same day and year. Roger Bucaton, aged 40 years, says the like, and remembers it because the same day and year he came from Santiago beyond the sea. Nicholas atte Forde, aged 60 years, says the like, and remembers it because the same day and year he bought 40s. of yearly rent from William atte Forse, to him and his heirs for ever by charter. Luke Tregonec, aged 60 years, says the like, and remembers it because he had a son named John dead and buried the same day and year. Clement Leyn, aged 50 years, says the like, and remembers it because he was godfather to one Clement, son of Nicholas atte Walle, who was baptised on the same day in the same church by the said Richard Page. Robert de Beallebury, aged 60 years, says the like, and remembers it because the same day and year he married a daughter of Nicholas atte Hulle, named Joan. Ralph Pomerei, aged 50 years, Vincent de Doniston, aged 60 years, Richard de Beallebury, aged 40 years, Reginald de Aiston, aged 40 years, and Thomas atte Quarrere, aged 60 years, say the like, and remember it because a certain Richard de Trebalnot was spoiled by robbers at night and slain there; and the said Ralph, Vincent, Richard, Reginald, and Thomas were summoned before William de Tregodek, then king’s coroner at Trebalnot, on an inquisition concerning the said Richard’s death on the day and year aforesaid. The escheator warned John de Ferrariis, parson of the church of Suthulla, to whom William de Ferrariis, knight (chivaler), committed the wardship of the lands and tenements which were of the said Nicholas de Ferrariis of Westnyweton and which the said William had by the demise of King Edward II, by a fine of 100 marks; which John, the parson, was present at Kallyngton, and could say nothing why the king should not restore the lands &c. to the said John son of Nicholas, as of full age. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (6.) | |
| 64. | GUY, SON AND HEIR OF ELIAS MARTEL, who held of King Edward II, in chief. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Guy, the lands &c. being in the wardship of Roger de Belegrave by the king’s commission, 28 June, 10 Edward III. | |
| LINCOLN. | Proof of age, Monday after St. James the Apostle, 10 Edward III. |
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Ralph son of Humphrey de Hicchingdon, aged 60 years and more, says that the said Guy was born at Canewyk, co. Lincoln, and baptized in the church there, that Guy Hardy and William Gentil lifted him from the sacred font, and that he was of the age of 22 years on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene last; and this he knows because on the same day he had a son named Henry, a chaplain, who celebrated his first mass in the said church, and by the date of the said Henry’s letters of order he well knows that 22 years have elapsed.
Martin Swaynessone, aged 56 years and more, says the like, and knows it because on Friday next after the feast ……. in the same year in which the said Guy was born, the said Martin recovered seisin by assise of novel disseisin of a carucate of land in Canewyk against John le Smale. John Bayous, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it because on the same day he had his first-born son named Robert made a brother of the order of St. Mary of Mount Carmel at Lincoln. Thomas Dandy, aged 60 years, says the like, and knows it because, on Monday next after the said feast (of St. Mary Magdalene) in the same year, he married Joan the daughter of Richard Swet. Ranulph atte Halle, aged 52 years, says the like, and knows it because on the eve of the aforesaid feast (of St. Mary Magdalene), Richard his father died. John de Lincoln, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it because on Monday next before the said feast he acquired of Robert Norman a carucate of land in Thorp by Canewyk. Peter the clerk, John le Wrighte, Gilbert son of Ralph, John Shipman, William Couherde, and James de Suthewell, of whom each has completed the age of 50 years, say the like, and know it because on the same day, whilst they sat dining at the nuptials of John Cheverel, knight, and Elizabeth his wife at Mershton, there came a certain Reginald, then servant of Elias Martel, which Elias was present at the said nuptials, announcing to him the birth of the said Guy, and likewise the said John the clerk (sic) and James de Suthewell on the same day did homage and fealty for the lands and tenements which they held of the said John Cheverel and Elizabeth his wife, as of the inheritance of the said Elizabeth, in Broghton. Roger de Belgrave was present at the taking of this proof but said nothing against it. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (7.) | |
| 65. | PETER, SON AND HEIR OF ROBERT BAVENT, who held of King Edward II, in chief. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Peter, the lands, &c. being in the wardship of the executors of the will of Gilbert de Toutheby by the said king’s commission, 27 September, 10 Edward III. | |
| LINCOLN. | Proof of age, Wednesday after St. Michael, 10 Edward III. |
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William de Friskeneye, knight, aged 65 years, says that the said Peter was born at Billisby, co. Lincoln, and baptized in the church there, that he was 21 years of age on Tuesday next before the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula last, and that Peter Bretoun, knight, and Peter Gentil lifted him from the sacred font; and this he knows because on Monday next before the feast of St. James the Apostle, in the same year, he took up (suscepit) the order of knighthood.
William son of Walter de Malberthorpe, aged 40 years and more, says the like, and knows it because on Wednesday following in the same year he proved his age before the escheator of king Edward II. Simon de Clathorpe, aged 60 years, says the like, and knows it because on the same day he married Alice, daughter of Guy Norman, at the door of the said church. William de Ardern, aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because on the same day he was enfeoffed of a carucate of land in Billisby by John Norman, and so by the date of the charter of that enfeoffment he well knows that 21 years have elapsed. John Gaunt, aged 60 years, says the like, and knows it because on the day of St. Margaret preceding in the same year he had a son named Robert instituted by the then bishop of Lincoln in the church of Admerthorp. John de Coventre, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it because on the octave of St. John the Baptist in the same year a certain fine was levied at Westminster in the late king’s Bench, between himself and Richard Curteys and Is[abel] his wife, concerning a messuage and a carucate of land [in] Mershton, and by the date of the chirograph of that fine he well knows that 21 years have elapsed. Simon de Asfordeby, Robert Poper, Robert son of Robert, Robert de Kele, William son of Eudo, and Richard son of John, each 50 years of age or more, say the like, and know it because on Saturday next after St. James the Apostle in the same year the said Simon, Robert Poper, and Robert son of Robert, recovered seisin of tenements in Burton Stather, by assise of novel disseisin, before the justices of king Edward II, at the assizes at Lincoln, against the aforesaid Robert de Kele, William, and Richard, and others, and because that disseisin was made by force and arms the said Robert de Kele, William, Richard, and a certain Henry Godknave, were adjudged to the king’s prison, to make a fine to the king for that cause, and by this they well know that 21 years have elapsed. The executors of the will of Gilbert de Toutheby were warned to be present but came not nor sent any one on their behalf. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (8.) | |
| 66. | ALICE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM GREDE, AND KINSWOMAN AND HEIR, or ONE OF THE HEIRS, OF JOHN DE FORNEUX, who held of King Edward II, in chief. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Alice, the lands &c. being in the wardship of the executors of the will of Bartholomew Payn to whom the said king committed the same, 10 May, 10 Edward III. | |
| DORSET. | Proof of age, Tuesday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 10 Edward III. |
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Ralph le Bryt, aged 60 years and more, says that the said Alice is 20 years of age and more, for she was born at Stoure Payn, co. Dorset, on Friday next before the Assumption, 10 Edward II, and was baptized in the church of Holy Trinity there by Sir John, the vicar, on the day and year aforesaid; and this he knows because on the day the said Alice was born, he espoused Isabel, daughter of Richard de Chudderlegh, with the assent of her father, for which marriage the said father received 20 marks from the said Ralph.
John Fyfhyde, aged 40 years and more, says the like, and remembers it because the same day and year he came from Santiago beyond the sea. Simon Seynt Quinteyn, aged 65 years and more, says the like and remembers it because the same day and year he had a house burned. John Waleys, aged 47 years and more, says the like, and remembers it because the same day and year he had a daughter named Joan married to one John Burgeys. Henry de Kyngeston, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and remembers it because the same day and year he bought 40s. of yearly rent of William atte Forse, to him and his heirs, by charter. John le Brun, aged 40 years and more, says the like, and remembers it because the same day and year he had a son named John dead and buried the same day. Robert de Stapelbrygge, [aged] 60 years and more, says the like, and remembers it because he was godfather of a certain Robert, son of Nicholas atte Walle, who was baptized on the same day in the aforesaid church by the said Sir John. John de Homer, aged 40 years, Vincent atte Sturmynstre, aged 40 years, Henry Caundel, aged 50 years, John Stoke, aged 60 years, and Richard Reygne, aged 54 years, say the like, and remember it because a certain Richard Burnel was by night spoiled and slain by robbers, and the said John Homer, Vincent, Henry, John Stoke, and Richard Reygne, were summoned to appear before Henry le Gildene, then the king’s coroner at Blaneforde, on an inquisition concerning the death of the said Richard Burnel, on the day and year aforesaid. The executors of the will of Bartholomew Payn were present, but had nothing to say why the king should not render to the said Alice her lands &c. as of full age. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (9.) | |
| 67. | MARGERY, THE WIFE OF JOHN POUGER, ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS AND HEIRS OF JOHN PAYNEL, of Westrasen, who held of King Edward II, in chief. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Margery, the lands &c. being in the wardship of Margery de Daventre by the king’s commission, 3 September, 10 Edward III. | |
| Endorsed by the escheator that he had warned the said Margery to be present but she took no care to come, or to send any one on her behalf. | |
| YORK. | Proof of age, Thursday before St. Matthew, 10 Edward III. |
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Richard le Speller, aged 62 years, says that the said Margery was born at Kirkedrax, co. York, and baptized in the church there, and was 17 years of age on Wednesday next after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last; and this he knows because he had a son named Richard born and baptized in the same week, who is now 17 years of age.
John de Melsa, aged 52 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same week in which the said Margery was born he lifted from the sacred font one John, son of John le Barbour of Drax, who is now 17 years of age. William de Roceholm, aged 42 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same month in which the said Margery was born he had a son named Roger dead, and buried in the cemetery of the said church. Laurence de Scurth, aged 42 years, says the like, and knows it because he had a sister named Joan dead in the same week in which the said Margery was born; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. William de Pontibus, aged 41 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same week in which the said Margery was born he married Emma, daughter of Robert de Brokhole; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. Henry son of Milicent de Neuland, aged 60 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same week in which the said Elizabeth (sic) was born he took the office of steward of John le Chaumberleyn of Drax, and made oath to him to hold his courts there, and well and faithfully to serve them; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. Thomas Huberd, aged 58 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same month in which the said Margery was born there was made a divorce between the said Thomas and Agnes, then his wife, before the church (in facie ecclesie); and from that time 17 years have elapsed. John son of Robert de Roceholm, aged 40 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same week in which the said Margery was born his said father Robert died, and was buried in the cemetery of the said church; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. Robert de Bisogge, aged 46 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same month in which the said Margery was born he had a son named John made a canon in the priory of Wartre; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. Henry Ward, aged 45 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same month in which the said Margery was born he had a son named William drowned by mischance in the water of Humbre; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. Richard Paytfyn, aged 44 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same month in which the said Margery was born he had a son named John made a monk in the abbey of St. German’s, Selby; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. John son of Ingelram, aged 42 years, says the like, and knows it because in the same week in which the said Margery was born his said father Ingelram died, and was buried in the church of Kirkedrax; and from that time 17 years have elapsed. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (10.) | |
| 68. | ELIAS, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DAUBENEYE. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Elias, the lands &c. being in the wardship of Robert de Shawe by the king’s commission, 4 August, 10 Edward III. | |
| SOUTHAMPTON. | Proof of age, 2 October, 10 Edward III (defective and defaced). |
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Elias de Godele, aged 50 years, says that the said Elias, son and heir of the said John, was 21 years of age at the feast of St. Michael last, for he was born at Westperle, in the witness’s manor of Westperle, co. Southampton, and baptized in the church of All Saints there, on the said feast, 9 Edward II; and this he knows because he lifted the said Elias son of John from the font, and inscribed the day of his birth in a certain missal of the said church, on the day and year aforesaid.
Roger Bubbe, aged 43 years, agrees, and adds that at that time he was a clerk of Elias de Godele, being in his company when, on the same day, he came from the assizes taken at Sarum before John de Foxle and John de Westcote, and from their company the said Elias withdrew to lift the said Elias son of John from the font. John the cook (cocus), aged 52 years, agrees, and adds that on the said feast of St. Michael, 9 [Edward II], he was bailiff of the said Elias de Godele’s manor aforesaid, and that the said Elias his lord on his way to the church to lift the boy from the font, commanded him to be on the morrow of the following day before his auditors, prepared with rolls and tallies, to render his account for the year then last past. Reginald the clerk, of Brommore, aged 55 years, agrees, and adds that he is a near neighbour of Elias de Godele, and met him on the said feast of St. Michael, 9 Edward II, when he went with the boy to the church to lift him from the font, and begged the said Elias to be of his counsel in a certain assize of novel disseisin against John le Couk, before the justices assigned to take assizes in the county of Southampton, and so he always remembered the birth of the said Elias son of John, and especially by the date of the said writ of novel disseisin. John Ingram, aged 61 years, agrees, and adds that he was at that time a gardener of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, now earl of Devon, in his manor of Brommore, and that Elias de Godele, on the feast of St. Michael, 9 Edward II, came from Salisbury through the manor of Brommore ………… his manor of Westperle, to survey a certain plot where the said Elias de Godele ………………. came to the said Elias’s house of Westperle, heard how ………… to the said Elias de Godele the birth of the said Elias son of John, and so always afterwards ……………. William atte Roudes, aged 48 years, agrees, and adds that on Monday next ………….., 9 Edward II, he espoused Isabel ……….. the same day as the said Elias de Godele and Cristina his wife were in ………….. the said Cristina wife of the said Elias de Godele. ………………. Daubeneye bore a son, Elias by name, on the feast of St. Michael next …………………………….. Roger Alfer, aged 47 years, says the like, and knows it because on the Tuesday following he purchased a messuage and a carucate of land in Migham of Walter Foliet, and on the same day Elias de Godele, in his manor of Westperle, indited a charter of enfeoffment of the said land, and then he saw the said Elias son of John carried in the arms of his nurse before the said Elias de Godele. Roger Groucy, aged 63 years, agrees, and knows it because on Sunday next after the feast of St. Michael, 9 Edward II, it was agreed, at the said Elias de Godele’s manor of Westperle, between the said Roger and Elias that the said Roger should espouse Margaret, sister of the said Elias, and there he saw the said Elias son of John. Robert atte Halle, aged 45 years, agrees, and knows it of a truth (veraciter) because, together with the said Elias de Godele, he lifted the said Elias son of John from the font. Robert de Shawe was present at the taking of this proof but said nothing against it. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (11.) | |
| 69. | ROBERT DE TODENHAM. |
| Writ, 12 January, 10 Edward III. | |
| SOMERSET. | Inq. Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 11 Edward III. |
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Lymygton. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of John de Bello Campo of Somerset for half a knight’s fee, and doing suit at the said John’s court of Dundene. The said Robert charged the said lands &c. in 20s. yearly rent, and also in an esquire’s robe with fitting fur, price 20s., to Robert de Somerton, to be received yearly at the feast of All Saints for his life.
Sok. 10a. land and 5a. meadow, similarly held of Nicholas Bolevill in socage by service of 4s. yearly. Ivelcestre. 10a. land similarly held as a burgess of the town in socage, according to the custom of the town, by service of 16d. yearly to be paid to the commonalty thereof; which town was time out of mind held of the earl of Cornwall as a member of the honour of the said earldom in fee farm, paying 19l. 10s. yearly to the earl of Cornwall for the time being; and which town, together with the said honour of the said earldom, came to the king’s hand after the death of John de Eltham, the last earl of Cornwall, who died without heir of himself; and the king has assigned the said farm of 19l. 10s. to William son of Warin, as is said, to hold for his life. Robert, son of Thomas de Todenham brother of the said Robert deceased, aged 13 years and more, is his kinsman and next heir. |
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| DEVON. | Inq. Wednesday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 11 Edward III. |
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Cherystanton. The manor (extent given) held of Tristram de Bromville (rectius Blomville) and Egelina his wife, as the right of the said Egelina, by service of a knight’s fee; and it is charged with 10s. yearly to Margaret de Ovedale, lady of Hedone.
Heir as above. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (12.) | |
| 70. | JOHN DE NOWERS. |
| Writ of plenius certiorari, because to a previous writ the escheator had returned that having found by an inquisition taken ex officio that the said John held a messuage and a carucate of land in Nethercolewyk, of the king in chief by knight’s service, as of the honour of Peverel which was in the king’s hand, and because after the death of the said John, his son and heir John entered upon the premises without process of the king’s court, and without doing the accustomed services to the king, the escheator therefore took the same into the king’s hand; and now the said John son of John informs the king that his father did not hold any lands or tenements of the king in chief, but that he held the said messuage &c. of Grace de Nowers, lady of Stokegoldyngton, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and seeks that they may be delivered to him. Dated at Strivelyn, 6 November, 10 Edward III. | |
| NOTTINGHAM. | Inq. taken at Nottingham on Wednesday, the feast of St. Leonard, 10 Edward III (sic. (fn. 1) ). |
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Nethercolwyk. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Lady Grace de Nowers, lady of Stokegoldyngton, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and not of the king in chief of the crown or otherwise. He held nothing of the king in chief.
John his son is his next heir and of full age. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (13.) | |
| 71. | JOHN DE WISHAM or DE WYSHAM. |
| Writ of certiorari, on the petition of Hawis, late the wife of the said John, deceased, that the king would remove his hand from the manor of Elyngham, co, Norfolk, whereof she was enfeoffed jointly with her said husband, 4 February, 10 Edward III. | |
| NORFOLK. | Inq. 4 March, 10 Edward III. |
| Elyngham. The said John and Hawis were jointly enfeoffed of the manor (extent given), and continued their seisin thereof for ten years, until the death of the said John. The said John and Hawis jointly acquired the said manor of John Botourt, to them and the heirs of the said John de Wysham; and it is held of John Bardolf, by service of a sparrow-hawk, and was taken into the king’s hand only by reason of the death of the said John [de Wysham]. | |
| C. Edw. III. File 49. (14.) | |
| 72. | MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF NICHOLAS DE HAVERYNG. |
| Writ of plenius certiorari, because it was found by an inquisition made by Robert de Holewell, escheator, that the said Margaret held, on the day she died, 4l. of yearly rent in Lachyndon, which rent is parcel of a certain manor called ‘Tieledehalle’ in the same town, which [manor] sometime was of Henry Graponel, who held it of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, and by rendering at the castle of Dover 10s.; but now, as well by certain evidences exhibited in the chancery, as by the insinuation of several persons, the king hears that the said 4l. are a rent issuing from the manor aforesaid, and not a parcel of the same, and that a certain part of the manor, viz. 66a. land and 40a. marsh, is held of the king in chief by service of rendering at the castle of Dover 10s. yearly, and the site and all the residue of the said manor are held of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by certain services; and the aforesaid Robert has signified to the king that for want of jurors he did not take an inquisition upon the manor of Chalkwelle, which was of the said Margaret on the day of her death; 19 March, 10 Edward III. | |
| ESSEX. | Inq. taken at Rocheford, 26 March, 10 Edward III. |
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Lachedon. The said Margaret held 4l. rent to be received yearly from the manor called Teyledhalle in the same town, which [manor] was sometime of Henry Grapenel; and the said 4l. are a chartered rent issuing from the said manor, and pertaining to the manor of Chalkewelle, and not a parcel of the manor of Teyledhalle. A certain part of the latter manor, viz. 66a. land and 40a. marsh, is held of the king by service of rendering at the castle of Dover 10s. yearly, and the site and all the residue of the same manor are held of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by service of rendering yearly 8s. and a ploughshare and suit at the prior’s court of Lallingg. The said Margaret died seised of the manor of Chalkewelle, which is held of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by socage, by service of 23s. 2 1/2d. yearly, and suit at the prior’s court of Midilton.
Richard de Haveringg, her son, aged 21 years and more, is her heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (15.) | |
| 73. | JOHN DE LA BARWE. |
| Writ of certiorari, on the petition of Maud, late the wife of the said John, that whereas the said John was seised of the manor of Bikerton, co. Hereford, after the marriage between him and the said Maud, he demised that manor to John de Bykerton and Maud his wife for their lives, with reversion to the said John de la Barwe and his heirs; and the said John de Bykerton and Maud his wife died, and thereupon by reason of the minority of Stephen, son and heir of the said John de la Barwe, the manor was taken into the king’s hand, being held of the king in chief, and the said Maud, late the wife of John de la Barwe, has not yet been dowered therefrom, 30 January, 10 Edward III. | |
| HEREFORD. | Inq. 13 February, 11 Edward III. |
| Bykerton. John de Barwe was seised of the manor after the marriage between him and Maud his wife, so that he could dower her therefrom. Afterwards he demised that manor to John de Bykerton and Maud his wife for their lives, with reversion to himself and his heirs for ever. The manor was taken into the king’s hand because the said John de Bykerton and Maud his wife died, and by reason of the minority of Stephen, son and heir of the said John de Barwe. The said Stephen is in the king’s wardship, because John his father held a certain tenement of the king in chief. The manor is held of Joan de Genevyle by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. | |
| C. Edw. III. File 49. (16.) | |
| 74. | WILLIAM, SON AND HEIR OF HUGH DE GARTHORPE, who held of King Edward II, in chief. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said William, who was born at Garthorp, co. Leicester, and baptized in the church there, as is said, the lands &c. being in the wardship of Joyce de Spaldyng by the said king’s commission, 13 March, 10 Edward III. | |
| Proof of age (missing). | |
| C. Edw. III. File 49. (17.) | |
| 75. | SIBYL, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE SANCTO CLARO. |
| [SOMERSET.] | Assignment of dower to the said Sibyl, who made oath that she would not marry without the king’s licence, Wednesday before St. Luke, 10 Edward III. |
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Stapeltone. There are assigned to the said Sibyl two chambers by the chapel on the north side of the hall, with a soler annexed to the said chapel; a house newly constructed opposite the aforesaid chambers on the west, with a little chamber by the said house on the east; a bakehouse with ‘Middelhous’ and ‘Deyhous’; all the oxhouse by the highway, a little chamber over the gate on the south, and a plot on the north side of the said gate for constructing a stye (domum) for pigs; a third part of a sheepfold on the east; a plot for having a barton on the east side of the grange and on the south side of the said oxhouse, with easements for putting her cattle and manure in a plot called ‘Vorecourt,’ as becomes her estate; a curtilage on the north side of the said chapel; a plot called ‘Chapelheye,’ with the vines growing there, to hold to herself and the heir in common; a third part of the whole garden on the north side with a third part of the profit of the larger fishpond (vivarii) therein and a third part of the profit of the dovecot there with free ingress and egress; a third part of the profit of a windmill, finding a third part of the costs of the same; divers pieces of arable land and meadow (extent given with field names); a thicket (virgultum), extending from ‘la Clawe’ to the ditch over against the moor; a third part of two pastures enclosed by ditches on the south side of the same, with free ingress and egress; common for all her beasts on the moor called ‘Bythonthelake’; and six tenants in villenage, and divers other tenants (names given).
Bodekelegh or Budecleghe. There were assigned [to her] a house with a chamber adjacent on the north side of the hall, and a plot before the said house; a third part of an oxhouse on the north side; a third part of a garden on the east side; various pieces of arable land, meadow and pasture (extent given with field names); a third part of 2a. pasture in Horsy with free ingress and egress with her beasts; a third part of the rent and service of a tenant in villenage; and 1/3a. wood on the south. Somerton. There were assigned to her all the oxhouse and a little house by the gate on the west side; a third part of a garden on the west [side]; a third part of the profit of a dovecot, with a garden on the east, with free ingress and egress to the same; divers pieces of arable land, meadow and pasture (extent given with field names); and the rent and service of a tenant in villenage. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (18.) | |
| 76. | JOHN SON OF WILLIAM DE EGLESFELD, KINSMAN AND ONE OF THE HEIRS OF JOHN DE CROKEDAYK, who held of King Edward II, in chief. |
| Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, the lands &c. being in the wardship of William de Eglesfeld by the said king’s commission, 13 October, 10 Edward III. | |
| Endorsed by the escheator that the said William was present at the taking of this proof, but said nothing against the same. | |
| CUMBERLAND. | Proof of age, Monday, the feast of SS. Simon and Jude, 10 Edward III. |
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Thomas de Canonby, aged 60 years, says that the said John was born at Eglesfeld, co. Cumberland, and baptized in St. Michael’s church, Brigham, in the same parish, and was 21 years of age on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last; and this he knows because, in the same year in which the said John was born, he had a son, Ralph, killed by robbers, and from that time 21 years have elapsed.
Alan de Arkelby, the elder, aged 62 years, says the like, and knows it because, on the day on which the said John was born there died one John, father of the said Alan, whose death was entered in the missal of Brigham. Alan de Arkelby, the younger, aged 42 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the month in which the said John was born, his own son, Richard, was professed a canon in the priory of St. Mary, Carlisle. William de Haldecloygh, the elder, aged 58 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the year in which the said John was born he built his house anew. William de Haldeclogh, the younger, aged 42 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the year in which the said John was born, he recovered a plot in Brigham by writ of mort d’ancestor. Gilbert de Haldeclogh, aged 48 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the year in which the said John was born, he went to Ireland with his merchandise, and there stayed a whole year. Robert le Waus, aged 41 years, says the like, and knows it because, on the day on which the said John was born, a wall of his own house fell on a horse of his, which died through the accident. John Scott, aged 62 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the month in which the said John was born, one Simon his own nephew, took his journey for Santiago. Alexander de, Boyhelle, aged 64 years, says the like, and knows it because, on Sunday next after the [said John’s] birth, Walter his own son, ordained a priest, sang his first mass. Thomas Goday, aged 56 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the year in which the said John was born, his own wife, Maud, died. Robert de Haldenby, aged 66 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the month in which the said John was born, Roger his nephew was [killed?] by mischance. Alan de Bramthwayt, aged 46 years, says the like, and knows it because, in the year in which the said John was born, a house of his, viz. his kitchen was burned by mischance. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (19.) | |
| 77. | JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE TATESSALE. |
| YORK. |
Pourparty of John de Orreby of all the lands &c. which the said Joan, held in dower in Hundmanby, of the inheritance of the said Robert, according to the partition thereof made by the king’s escheator, by virtue of the king’s writ, by an extent formerly made thereof and returned into the king’s Chancery, on Saturday, the feast of St. Margaret, 10 Edward III.
Hundmanby. A third part of the capital messuage, a sheepfold, and the eastern moiety of a garden, with free ingress and egress by the old way towards the east; a messuage with a sixth part of a croft and 4 bovates and 4a. of land in demesne, meadows and pastures (extent given with field names), rents issuing from messuages, &c. (names of tenants given), a third part of a third of a windmill, and of the toll and all other profits from the market of Hundmanby, from the fair and town of Fyveley, and from the fishery and herbage of Burlyn; a third part of a certain ‘houtgang’ of meadow and pasture on the east side of Burlyn towards the field of Folthorpe; and a third part of a third of all the waste of Hundmanby. |
| YORK. |
Similar pourparty of James de Ros and Maud his wife, S[aturday the feast of St. Margaret], 10 Edward III (defective).
Hundmanby. A third part of the capital messuage, meadow and pasture lying on the west side of the manor of James de Ros by the manor of the abbot of Bardenay, [with free ingress] and egress by the old way towards the east; three messuages with a toft and a sixth part of a croft in demesne, 2 bovates and 1/2 ……., meadow and pasture (extent given with field names), and rents issuing from tofts, messuages, &c. (names of tenants given); a third part of a third of a windmill, of the toll and all other profits arising from the market of Hundmanby, of ……, and of the fishery and herbage of Burlyn; a third part of the abovesaid ‘houtgang’; and a third part of a third of the herbage at Burlynhevd, [and] of the whole waste of Hundmanby. |
| YORK. |
Similar pourparty of Adam de Clyfton, Saturday the feast of St. Margaret, 10 Edward III.
Hundmanby. A third part of the capital messuage, two chambers with a soler and with the east half of the garden, with free ingress and egress by the old way toward the east; a messuage with a toft, and a sixth part of a croft, 3 bovates and 16a. of land in demesne, meadow and pasture (extent given with field names), and rents from messuages, &c. (names of tenants given); a third part of a third of a windmill, of the toll and all other profits arising from the market of Hundmanby, the fair and town of Fyveley, and the fishery and herbage of Burlyn; a third part of the abovesaid ‘houtgang’; and a third part of a third of the herbage at le Burlynheved, and of all the waste of Hundmanby. |
| C. Edw. III. File 49. (20.) | |
| 78. | JOHN DARGENTEM or DARGENTHEM. |
| Writ of certiorari, whereas king Edward II, on 27 March, in the 17th year of his reign, among the advowsons of churches which were of the said John, who held of the said king in chief, and which, by reason of his death, were taken into the said king’s hand, which also he assigned to Agnes, late the wife of the said John, to hold in dower, assigned to her the advowson of the chapel of SS. Simon and Jude, Newmarket; and now on her behalf it is petitioned that whereas there is but one chapel in Newmarket of the patronage of the said John, which is known as that of St. Mary, and not as that of SS. Simon and Jude, in case of a vacancy in the said chapel, she would be damnified as to her presentation to the same, because of its incorrect designation in the above assignment; the escheator is commanded to make inquisition. 28 June, 10 Edward III. | |
| SUFFOLK. | Inq. Tuesday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 10 Edward III. |
| Newmarket. There was, and is, a certain chapel in the town of Newmarket, which was of the patronage of Sir John Dargenthem on the day he died, and it was known, and still is known, as the ancient chapel of St. Mary, and was never known as the chapel of SS. Simon and Jude. There is no chapel in the town, except one, which is called the new chapel of St. Mary, and is of the patronage of the prior of Thetteforth Monacorum, annexed to the parish church of Wode Dytton. | |
| Writ of certiorari, whereas the king understands that the said John, who held of the king’s father in chief, was seised on the day he died of the manors of Ixnyng, cos. Cambridge and Suffolk, and Fordham, co. Essex, which were not contained in the inquisitions then made because certain (charters?) concerning them were in the custody of the prior of Wilmundeley and Giles Dargentem, whereof the escheator could not have inspection, and on the said king’s further mandate, the escheator signified that he had inspected two charters exhibited by the said prior and Giles, containing that Reginald Dargentem granted to John his son and Joan his wife, all the lands &c. which he had in Ixnyng and Newmarket, except a service of thirty horse shoes, and all his lands &c. in Fordham, except the service of a certain tenant, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies; which being read before men of those towns, summoned to the inquisition, they said precisely that they knew not those charters, that the said John and Joan entered by the enfeoffment of the said Reginald by other charters, and that the manor of Ixnyng is not held of the king but of some other, wherefore the wardship of the said manors did not pertain to the said king by reason of the minority of John son and heir of the said John for that turn (illa vice); whereupon the said prior and Giles asserted that they had no other charters nor had found any after the death of the said John; the escheator is commanded to enquire whether the said John held the said manors, and in what manner &c. 14 January, 10 Edward III (defaced). | |
| CAMBRIDGE AND SUFFOLK. | Inq. Sunday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 11 Edward III. |
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Ixningge and Newmarket. The manor was given by Reginald Dargentem by a charter to John his son and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies &c. (as abovesaid) excepting the advowson of the old chapel of Newmarket, the profits of a fair there on the feast of SS. Simon and Jude, and a service of 30 horse-shoes yearly from a smithy (fabrica) in Newmarket, with reversion to the said Reginald and his heirs; but it was not given by the charter which is in the hands of the prior of Wilmundeleye and Giles Dargentem, but by another charter in whose hands the jury know not.
The said manor is held of Robert de Lyle de la March by service of a sore sparrowhawk yearly. Joan aged 24, whom John le Boteler married, and Elizabeth aged 23, whom William le Boteler married, daughters of the said John and Joan, are their heirs of the said manor, excepting the advowson, profits and service aforesaid. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (21.) | |
| 79. | HUGH LE CHEPMAN or LE CHAPMAN, of Gussich St. Andrew. |
| Writ, 25 October, 10 Edward III. | |
| DORSET. | Inq. 6 May, 11 Edward III. |
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Guschich St. Andrew. A messuage and 15a. arable, held of the king in chief by rendering yearly to the king 1lb. of cummin.
John his son, aged 15 years and more, is his next heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (22.) | |
| 80. | SIMON DE BRUNNE. |
| Writ, 12 January, 10 Edward III. | |
| CAMBRIDGE. | Inq., 30 January, 11 Edward III. |
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Hokynton. A messuage, land, rent &c. (extent given), held of the king, as of the honour of Huntyngdon, by service of doing suit at the king’s court of Huntyngdon.
Stowe. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held of the prior of Southwerk, London, by fealty and by service of 60s. yearly. He died seised &c. of no other lands &c. in the county. John Henry, his kinsman, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (23.) | |
| 81. | THOMAS POUGER. |
| Writ, 30 October, 10 Edward III. | |
| DERBY. | Inq. Wednesday, the feast of St. George, 11 Edward III. |
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Stanton, 1a. meadow held jointly with Margaret his wife, who still survives, to them and the heirs of their bodies, which together with 16a. land underwritten is held of the king in chief by fealty and by rendering to the king at his exchequer 2s. 6d. yearly; and the said 16a. land sometime held jointly with his said wife, by the grant of Robert le Mazon to the said Thomas and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies; which land the said Thomas before his death granted to the said Robert, who still survives, for his life, but whether by the king’s licence or not, the jurors know not; a bovate of land held of Nicholas de Cantilupo by service of 1d. yearly; two bovates of land held of William Dawers by service of 1lb. of cummin yearly; and a messuage and a toft, held of Hugh de Muskam by service of a rose yearly.
He held no other lands &c. on this side Trent. Robert his son, aged 22 years, is his next heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (24.) | |
| 82. | HUGH DE SANCTO JOHANNE. |
| Writ of amotus, 2 October, 10 Edward III. | |
| SUSSEX. | Inq. 26 February, 11 Edward III. |
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Halnaked. The manor with its members, viz. Bernham and Bridham (extents given), including a pasture called Egelesmede, a park two leagues in circuit, 18a. meadow at Arundell, and 6l. 13s. 4d. yearly rent from the manor of Wodecote, which Geoffrey de Ledes holds for his life by the demise of John de Sancto Johanne father of the said Hugh, held of Isabella, queen of England, together with the manors of Walberton, Wodecote, and Middilton, as of the barony of Mohaut, by service of 12 knights’ fees.
Edmund his son, aged 4 years and more, is his next heir. |
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| SOUTHAMPTON. | Inq. 20 February, 11 Edward III. |
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Basynges, Chauton, Warneford, Ludesshote, and Bromleigh. The manors (extents given), including parks at Basynges and Chauton, held of the king in chief by barony.
Heir as above. |
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| Writ of certiorari de feodis &c., 2 October, 10 Edward III. | |
| HERTFORD. | Extent, 15 February, 11 Edward III. |
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Little Popeleshale by Ware. Half a knight’s fee held by William de Orlaston.
Clynton by Bontyngford. Half a knight’s fee held by William de Haghevill. Clothale. Two fees held by John de Haghevill and John de Pole. He held no more knights’ fees or advowsons of churches in the county. |
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| CAMBRIDGE. | Extent, 16 February, 11 Edward III. |
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Snayleswell by Newmarket. A knight’s fee held by the heirs of Snaylleswell.
He held no more knights’ fees or advowsons of churches in the county. |
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| KENT. | Extent, 12 February, 11 Edward III. |
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Hamme by Sandwic. Certain tenements held by William de Clynton for half a knight’s fee.
Pysyng by Devor (sic). Half a fee held of the abbot of St. Radegunde. Popleshale. Half a fee held by William de Orlaston. Betlesangre by Sandewyc. A fee held by Alice Tancrey. Kyngesdoune and elsewhere. Five and a half knights’ fees held by Giles de Badelesmere. Tunstalle by Sydyngbourn. A fee held by Stephen de Cobeham. Norton and Nywenham. A fee and a half. Herteye. Half a fee. Fisshebourn. Half a fee. Pysyng. Half a fee. Norton. A quarter of a fee. Scholond. A quarter of a fee. All held by Margery de Chaumpaygne. Devor (sic). Half a fee near Devor, held by the master of the Maison Dieu (Domus Dei), Devor, in frank almoin. Morston by Sydyngbourn and Hurst by Faversham. A knight’s fee and a quarter held by John de Morston. Alnothyngton. A fee held by the lord of Alnothyngton. Bykenore by Holyngbourn. Half a fee held by Roger de Northwode. Pysyng. Half a fee held by the same Roger. Belstretton. Half a fee held by the aforesaid Alice Tancrey. He had no advowsons of churches in the county. |
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| SUSSEX. | Extent, 27 February, 11 Edward III. |
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Tadham. A knight’s fee.
Le Potte. Half a fee. Both held by William de Sancto Georgio, deceased, as of the said Hugh’s manor of Halnakede, and they are in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of the said William’s heir. Kynore and Westhamptonette. A knight’s fee held of the same manor of Halnakede by Edward de Sancto Johanne and Richard le Dummere. Hunstane. Half a fee held by Godfrey de Hunstane. Ynthrop. Half a fee held by the same Godfrey. Westhamptonette. Half a knight’s fee held by Roger de Hamptonette and John de Westerton. (Unspecified.) A quarter of a knight’s fee and an eighth part of a knight’s fee held by the same Roger. Cumptone. A quarter of a knight’s fee, and tenements of Henry de Mohun which are held for a quarter of a knight’s fee, held by John de Lyouns. Kepston. An eighth part of a knight’s fee held by the heirs of William de Hunstan, Henry Jenyver, and William atte Howe. Mundham. A quarter of a knight’s fee held by Godfrey de Hunstan. La Worth. A third part of a knight’s fee which is amortised, held by the prior of Boxgrove. Wildeb . . A quarter of a knight’s fee and an eighth part of a knight’s fee held by John Eyot. Senebeche. A tenth part of a fee held by Richard de Senebeche. Crokkerehulle. A tenth part of a knight’s fee held by Ralph atte More. Bridham. Half a fee held by Robert de Bromore. Strethampton. A tenth part of a knight’s fee held by John Haket, Ralph de Seynt Oweyn, and William atte Cleye. Brokhurst in the Weald (Walda). A tenth part of a fee held by Maud de Brokhurst. Kynore and Westhamptonette. A knight’s fee held by John Inge, knight. Ichenore. Half a knight’s fee held by William de Chenny. Halnakede. The advowson of the free chapel within the site of the manor. |
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| SOUTHAMPTON. | Extent, 20 February, 11 Edward III (defective). |
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Houke, Rakeford, Herne, Rudbrigg and Riple. Three knights’ fees, and divers lands in Hamildon, held by Maurice de Brun and other heirs of Aymer de Valencia, as of the barony of St. John.
Avene, Ibbesle, and Gorlye. A knight’s fee, held by William son of Roger de Melebury; half a knight’s fee which is amortised, held by the prior of Brommore; and half a knight’s fee held by John atte Bere. Purle. Half a knight’s fee held by Maurice de Brun. Rokeseye. Half a knight’s fee which is amortised, held by the prior of Brommore. Heryerd, Wellop, Clanefeld, Kembesshete, and Brokhampton. Three knights’ fees held by Matthew son of Herbert. Donmere. Two knights’ fees held by John Wynegod. Dokkenefeld. A sixth part of a fee which is amortised, held by the abbot of Waverle. Wyneflod. Half a fee held by John atte Knolle. Iwenhurst. Half a fee held by Edward de Sancto Johanne. Clerewodecote. Half a fee which is amortised, held by the master of St. Elizabeth’s. Ludesshelve. A knight’s fee held by the Hospital of St. John. Tytegrave. A quarter of a fee held by the prior of Sandelford. Appelhaghe and Bromsull. A knight’s fee held by Hugh de Braybef. Kumetone. Two knights’ fees held by John de Scures. Houne. A knight’s fee which is amortised, held by the abbot of Lettele. Stratfeld Tourgys. A hide of land, which is a quarter of a fee, held by John Tourgys. Drayton, Popham, Swareweton, Crambourn, Stratton and Chelewarton. Four knights’ fees held by Hugh Braybef. Lomere. A tenth part of a fee held by John de Basyngg. Ryvesden and Basyngg. Half a knight’s fee held by the same John. Westisted. A knight’s fee held by Richard de Tychebourn and Walter his brother; and half a knight’s fee which is amortised, held by the prior of Selebourn. Churchocle, Arundel, and Rostel. A knight’s fee held by master Nicholas Hagheman. Westsshyrebourn. A knight’s fee held by Gilbert de Stanford. Bottele and Suggyngworthe. Half a knight’s fee which is amortised, held by the master of St. Elizabeth’s. Bedeham. A knight’s fee held by John de Troclesford. Elsefeld. A knight’s fee held by the prior of Southewyk and John de Roches. Weleghe, Merehull (?), and Walsshesend. A quarter of a fee held by the prior of Montacute. Chardeford, Rudbrigg, Avene, and Middelton. Two knights’ fees in the New Forest, held by John la Zousche. Porteseye. A knight’s fee in the manor, held by William le Wayte. Suggyngworthe. A knight’s fee held by the same William. Stanbrugg and Hoghton. A knight’s fee and a half held by Richard de Raumvill and Thomas Walyrond. Kornhampton. Two knights’ fees held by Hugh Daudele; and half a knight’s fee which is amortised, held by the abbot of Tychefeld. Wykham, Nattele and Scures. Two knights’ fees held by John de Scures. Schyrefeld and Lokkerle. A knight’s fee held by John Lenglysshe. A[ (fn. 2) ppelstede] and Borhonte. A knight’s fee held by Thomas de Borhonte. Hameld[on] Botevileyn. A knight’s fee held by Ralph de Camoys. [ (fn. 3) ] Bere. An eighth part of a knight’s fee held by Richard de Wyndesore, as of the right of his wife. [Rokford?] A (knight’s fee), held by John de Meoles. U[ (fn. 3) pton and Toneworth?]…. A knight’s fee and a half, held by Sir John de Grey. H[ (fn. 3) eghfeld]. A knight’s fee, held by Robert de Sancto Manupheo. Chynham. A knight’s fee held by John de Chynham. Bromlegh. A knight’s fee ………….. [ (fn. 3) Kenteshangre. Chauton. Chelewarton. Westbury and Shete.] |
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| Writ of dedimus potestatem to Robert Houel to receive the attorneys of Mirabel, late the wife of the said Hugh, whom Thomas de Aspale has now married, for seeking and receiving her reasonable dower 10 March, 11 Edward III. | |
| Assignment of dower to the said Mirabel by agreement between William Trussel, keeper of the said Hugh’s lands and tenements, and Thomas Daspale and the said Mirabel his wife (undated), viz.— | |
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Southampton. The manors of Warneford, Chauton, and Ludesshote.
Kent, Cambridge and Hertford. All [the said Hugh’s] knights’ fees in the said counties. [Southampton.] The advowsons of the church of Warneford, and of the free chapel situated in the manor of Chauton. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (25.) | |
| 83. | THOMAS DE SAUNDERVILLE, the elder. |
| Writ, 25 May, 10 Edward III. | |
| BERKS. | Inq. 6 May, 12 Edward III. |
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Morton and Eneburne. A messuage and two carucates and two virgates of land, held of Robert Clyfford, lord of the honour of Skipton in Cravene, by service of three parts of a knight’s fee.
Thomas his son, aged 26 years, is his next heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (26.) | |
| 84. | ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM DE STOPHAM or DE STOPEHAM. |
| Writ, 26 May, 10 Edward III. | |
| LINCOLN. | Inq. 1 October, 12 Edward III. |
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Wadington. Lands, rent &c. (extent given) held for her life, of the gift and enfeoffment of Henry de Lacy, late earl of Lincoln, with reversion to the king; and afterwards the king granted all the said tenements, with other lands &c. in the same county, to Ebulo Le Straunge and Alecia his wife and the heirs of the said Ebulo, as the king’s charter testifies, and they are held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
She held no other lands &c. in the county. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (27.) | |
| 85. | JOHN SON OF JOHN DE LA BECHE. |
| Writ, 25 May, 10 Edward III. | |
| BERKS. | Inq. 6 May, 12 Edward III. |
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Westcomptone. 1a. land held of Nicholas de la Beche by service of 1d. yearly.
Basteldene. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Nicholas de la Croyz by service of 1/2lb. of cummin yearly; and they are charged in two marks yearly to the lord of Bradefeld. ʒatyngdene. A messuage and two carucates of land, held of the lord of Bradefelde by knight’s service. Comptone. A messuage [and] 60a. land, held of Nicholas de la Beche by service of 4s. yearly. Ayschedene. A messuage and 80a. land, held of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Tuttebury, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee. Botenhamstede. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the lord of Pesemere by service of lib. of cummin yearly. Benetfelde. A messuage and a hide of land, held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, by service of 4s. 8d. yearly, and suit at the said queen’s hundred (court) of Coukham every three weeks. His sisters, Joan whom Andrew de Sakevyle married, aged 28 years; Isabel whom William Fyz Elys married, aged 24 years; and Alice whom Robert Danvers married, aged 22 years, are his next heirs. |
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| Writ of plenius certiorari, whereas the king lately desired to be certified as to the cause of taking the lands &c. of Thomas de la Beche, co. Northampton, into his hand, as was said, and the escheator returned answer that he had not done so, but that Gilbert de Ledred, late escheator in the counties of Lincoln, Northampton, and Rutland, amongst other things, delivered him by indenture 1a. land in Burton by Thynden, co. Northampton, which is glebe of the advowson of the church of Burton, asserting that it was in the king’s hand by the death of John, son of John de la Beche; the escheator is commanded to enquire whether the said John held of the king in chief or not, and who is his next heir &c. 30 July, 13 Edward III. | |
| NORTHAMPTON. | Inq. Wednesday, the feast of St. Michael, 13 Edward III. |
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Burton by Thynden. The said Gilbert took into the king’s hand the abovesaid acre of land, by reason of the minority of the heirs of the said John, and for that cause only it is still in the king’s hand. It is held of the heir of William le Latymer, as parcel of the manor of Burton, which is held of the said heir, by service of 1oz. of silk.
The said John held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the county. Heirs as above, Joan aged 30, Isabel the wife of William Fiselys aged 26, and Alice aged 24. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 49. (28.) | |
| 86. | THOMAS, SON AND HEIR OF THOMAS DE BRADEFORD, deceased. |
| Writ to John Moryn, escheator, to take the proof of age of the said Thomas, who was born at Bradeford, co. Northumberland, and baptized in the church of St. Aidan, Baumburgh, and seeks the lands &c. of his inheritance which are in the wardship of Thomas de Baumburgh by commission of the king’s father; Botheuill, 6 December, 10 Edward III. | |
| C. Edw. III. File 49. (29.) | |
| 87. | AGNES LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN (HERON). |
| SOMERSET. | [Assignment of dower] to the said Agnes of all the lands &c. which were of the said John, [made] at Nyweton Plecy on Monday before the feast …….., 10 [Edward III.] (fragment). |
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[Nyweton Plecy. A third part of the manor?] (extent given with names of tenants), including a third part of a moiety of the whole pasture of Lymemor (?)
Northperton. 3a. 1r. arable, 5a. meadow in Haymor, a third part of a moiety of the whole of ‘le Hethfeld,’ and a third part of the whole wood, perquisites of court, rents &c. And the said Agnes made oath before the jury not to marry without the king’s licence. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 45. (15.) | |
| See Cal. of Inq. p.m. Vol. VII. Nos. 679 and 704. | |
| 88. | [ (fn. 4) JOHN DE TROWELL deest. |
| NOTTINGHAM. | Sutton Passeis.] |