Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 102

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 102

313. RALPH ALBLASTER of Northgeveldale.
Writ, 26 November, 23 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Pokelyngton, Saturday after St. Hilary, 23 Edward III.
Northgeveldale and Estgeveldale. A messuage and nine bovates of land at Northgeveldale and a bovate and a third part of a bovate at Estgeveldale, which lies waste because of the mortality of men this year, held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by homage and by service of a sixth part of a certain serjeanty, the whole of which is held of the king in chief by service of finding a crossbowman in the castle of York at his own charges for forty days, if there be war in the county.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 25 July last. His sisters Alice, aged 26 years, and Agnes, aged 24 years, are his heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (1.)
314. JOHN, SON OF RALPH DE PENSTORP or DE PENSTHORP.
Writ, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Monday, 26 October, 23 Edward III.
Holmeton. A messuage and three bovates of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a hundredth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on 22 August last. John, son of William de Carleton, aged 40 years, Thomas, son of John son of Peter de Shirburn, aged 12 years, and John, son of Stephen Trippok, aged 6 years, are his heirs.
Writ, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Monday, 26 October, 23 Edward III.
Pensthorp. A messuage, three tofts and five bovates of land, including a toft held by William son of Ralph for his life by service of 1d. yearly, a messuage and a bovate of land held by Robert son of Ralph for his life by service of a clove yearly and a wind-mill held by John Moriel for his life by service of 6d. yearly, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale which is in the king’s hand, by service of a seventy-seventh part of a knight’s fee.
Holmeton. A messuage, three tofts, and two bovates of land, including a cottage held by Evota Dodde for her life by service of rendering 12d. yearly, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a hundred and ninetieth part of a knight’s fee; and nine tofts and nine bovates of land held in service of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee, which were held of the aforesaid Ralph by the foreign service.
He died on 19 August last. Heirs as above.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (2.)
315. ELEANOR DE EWELLE.
Writ, 22 March, 23 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. taken at Kyngeseye, Tuesday after St. Ambrose, 23 Edward III.
Kyngeseye. The manor, held for life, of the king in chief, as of the barony of Bulbek, by service of a knight’s fee, and by homage and fealty, by the grant of Robert de Marny, with the king’s licence by his charter, dated at Westminster, 16 November, 21 Edward III, and by a fine, with reversion to the said Robert and his heirs.
She held no other lands, &c. in the bailiwick.
She died on 20 March last. The said Robert de Marny, aged 30 years and more, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (3.)
316. JOHN DE FARENDON.
Writ, 3 September, 23 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. taken at Brampton, 5 [6 in the exchequer inquisition] September, 23 Edward III.
Brampton. A messuage, 86a. arable, 15a. meadow and 24s. 9d. rent held for life, of the king in chief, by service of 6s. yearly by the hands of the sheriff, with remainder to John, son of John Faron, of Neubury, deceased, and his heirs, by a fine levied with the king’s licence.
He died on Sunday before the Assumption last. Richard, brother of John, son of John Faron, of Neubury, deceased, aged 20 years, is by the said fine heir of the said John de Farendon.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (4.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 11. (2.)
317. THOMAS BASYNG, knight.
Writ, 14 July, 23 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Kenardynton, 3 September, 23 Edward III.
Kenardynton. The manor including 40s. yearly rent and 20a. arable, and 20a. arable at Cokride, and 30a. land and heath and the advowson of the church of Kenardynton, held of the king in chief, by service of a knight’s fee; 100a. land held of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, in gavelkind, by service of rendering 15s. yearly; 7a. land held of the prior of Dover by service of rendering 15s. yearly; 6a. land held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of rendering 12d. yearly; 80a. land at Cokeryde, held of the Master of Maison Dieu, Dover, of his manor of Honychylde, by service of rendering 11s. yearly; 15a. land held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of rendering 12d. yearly; and 6a. land held of John Capele by service of rendering 8s. yearly.
Ythgthyng by Canterbury. 80a. land held in gavelkind of the prior of St. Gregory’s, Canterbury by service of doing suit at the said prior’s court of Canterbury and rendering 40s. yearly.
He died on Thursday after St. Mary Magdalene, 23 Edward III. John de Basyng, his son, aged 8 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (5.)
318. THOMAS BASYNG, knight.
Writ (missing).
KENT. Inq. taken at Kenardynton, Thursday after St. Mary Magdalene, 23 Edward III.
Kenardynton manor. A knight’s fee, viz.—40s. rent and 20a. arable, and at Kocryde 20a., 400a. salt land at the sea by Apoldre of no value, and 33a. land uncultivated and bushy (susanet boscal’), and the advowson of the church; 100a. held of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, in gavelkind, by suit of court every three weeks and 15s. yearly rent; 7a. besides his tenants, held of the prior of Dover by suit of court as above, and rendering 15s. 8d. for himself and his tenants; 40a. held of Kenewardyngton by suit as above, and rendering 2s. 4d.; 6a. held of the court of Onekyng by suit of court as above, and rendering 2s. yearly; 6a. held of the archbishop of Canterbury by suit of court as above, and rendering 12d.; 80a. of gavelkind at Kocride held of Honychild by suit of court and 11s. rent; 15a. held of the archbishop of Canterbury by suit of court and rendering 12d.; and 6a. held of John Capel by suit of court and rendering 8s.
Gytthyng by Canterbury. 80a. gavelkind held of the prior of St. Gregory’s, Canterbury, by suit of court and rendering 40s. yearly.
He died on Thursday after St. Mary Magdalene, 23 Edward III. John Basing, his son, aged 8 years, is his heir.
E. Inq. p.m. File 10. (15.)
319. JOHN RUSSELL.
Writ to the escheator in co. Worcester touching the death of the said John, who held by knight’s service of the abbey of Westminster, which is vacant and in the king’s hand, 14 June, 23 Edward III.
WORCESTER. Part of an inquisition (undated).
Strengesham. As for another writ touching the death of John Russell, the aforesaid jurors say that he held no lands, &c. in his demesne as of fee in the said county of the said abbey, but he held the manor of Strengesham and the advowson of the church there, of the said abbey, according to the form of a certain fine in fee tail in remainder (in le remanere), by service of a knight’s fee, in form following— one Nicholas Russel, who lately held the said manor and advowson, enfeoffed Robert Russell, parson of the church of Strengesham, who re-enfeoffed the said Nicholas and Agnes his wife thereof, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, with successive remainders to John, son of the said Nicholas, and the heirs of his body, who died without heir of his body; Edmund, brother of the said John, and the heirs of his body, who died long before the said John, without an heir of his body, and Robert his brother, and the heirs of his body.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Thursday in Whitsun week last. The said Robert brother of the said Edmund, to whom the manor &c. ought to remain, was 30 years of age and more at Easter last.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (6.)
320. REYNOLD DOGELONDRE.
Writ, 28 September, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT. Inq. taken at Brerdyng, 10 October, 23 Edward III.
Nonnewelle. A messuage and a carucate of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour of the castle of Carsbrok, whereof the said Reynold was enfeoffed jointly with Roberta his wife, who survives, by service of doing suit at the court of knights of Neuport every three weeks.
He held nothing of other lords.
He died on 14 May last. Robert his son, aged half a year, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (7.)
321. WILLIAM DE LA CARVAILL.
Writ, 11 August, 23 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Earl’s Barton, 16 August, 23 Edward III.
Earl’s Barton. A messuage &c., 60a. arable, 12a. meadow lying on the bank of the Nene, a several pasture called le Hay and before this pestilence (pestilenciam istius seculi) there were 106s. 8d. rent and a pair of spurs, or 6d. yearly, held of the heir of Laurence de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. The said William, seven years ago, granted to his sons Thomas, John, and Robert, for their lives, in survivorship, 60s. rent yearly from all the aforesaid lands, &c.
Wolde. 40s. land and rent held of the earl of Oxford by knight’s service.
He died on Wednesday, the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last. Maud his daughter, aged one year and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (8.)
322. SIBYL, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE SCURES.
Writ, 5 May, 23 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Sutton Walrond, Tuesday before the Ascension, 23 Edward III.
Sutton Walrond. The manor (extent given), held in dower, of the inheritance of Laurence de Sancto Martino, of the king in chief by knight’s service.
She died on 26 April last. Laurence de Sancto Martino, aged 30 years and more, is her heir.
Writ, 5 May, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON, Inq. taken at Est Deone, Friday, the morrow of the Ascension, 23 Edward III.
(Unspecified.) A toft, 40a. arable, 2a. meadow, 15a. great oak wood which is common to many, 13s. 4d. rent and pleas &c. of court, held in dower, of the inheritance of Laurence de Sancto Martino after the death of Laurence de Sancto Martino her first husband, father of the aforesaid Laurence, of the king in chief, as parcel of the barony of Deone, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
She held no other lands &c. in the county of the said inheritance.
She died on 26 April, 23 Edward III. Laurence de Sancto Martino, her son, aged 30 years, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (9.)
323. JOHN DE ALDENHAM.
Writ, 23 August, 23 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Brugg’, 2 November, 23 Edward III.
(Unspecified.) An assart held of the king in chief by service of rendering 7s. yearly at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Salop.
Aldenham. A messuage, a carucate of land, now worth only 20s. yearly because of the pestilence, and 1a. meadow held of Walter de Baskervile, as of the hamlet of Pikethome, by service of 13s. 4d. yearly.
He died on 18 August last. Katharine, daughter of Hugh de Aldenham, his brother, aged 5 years at Easter last, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (10.)
324. WILLIAM DE PYCHEFORD.
Writ, 26 July, 23 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. made at Brugge North, 8 August, 23 Edward III.

La More by Brugge North. A messuage and a virgate of land, now worth only 40d. yearly because of the present pestilence, held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty, viz. by service of rendering two knives (cultellos) at the exchequer.
La More. A messuage and a virgate of land held of the parson of the church of Alvedeley by service of 10s. yearly.
He died on St. Margaret’s day last. Alice his daughter, aged 6 years at Easter last, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (11.)
325. WILLIAM AUMENER of Bondbrustwyk.
Writ, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 15 October, 23 Edward III.
Bondbrustwyk. Two tofts and a bovate and a half of land held in demesne of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, by service of a hundred and ninety-sixth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks; and two bovates and a half of land held in service of the king in chief, as of the aforesaid honour, by service of a hundred and forty-fourth part of a knight’s fee, which bovates divers free tenants held of him by fealty and by service of 4d. yearly.
He died on 20 August last. Walter his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (12.)
326. JOHN CLAVILL, or DE CLAVYLL.
Writ, 12 May, 23 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter on Monday the feast of (proxima in festo) St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
Brydliscombe. The manor, and the hamlet of Lomene Clavyll, held of the heir of Hugh le Despenser, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of three parts of a knight’s fee.
He died on Wednesday before St. Mark last. William his son, aged 6 years now on the feast of St. Matthew, 23 Edward III, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (13.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 11. (13.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 66.
327. WILLIAM DE LODELOWE.
Writ, 26 June, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Wynchecombe, 18 July, 23 Edward III.
Caumpedene. A moiety of the manor, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He held no other tenements in the county.
He died on 20 May. Thomas de Lodelowe, his son, aged 5 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (14.)
328. JOHN HUNTER, of Salkeld.
Writ, 5 May, 23 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Penereth, 18 June, 23 Edward III.
Salkeld. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly at the exchequer of Carlisle by the hands of the sheriff.
Ulvesby. A messuage and 2 1/2a. land held of Adam Armestrang by fealty and service of 3d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 3 April last. John his son, of full age, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (15.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 67.
329. JOHN DE SANCTO MAURO of Herdwyk.
Writ, 13 November, 23 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Herdwyk, 14 November, 23 Edward III.
Grafton. He held no lands, &c. in the county in demesne as of fee &c., except certain in Grafton, because, long before his death, he demised all his lands &c. in Herdwyk and Irtlyngburgh to William de Sancto Mauro of Herdwyk, his heirs and assigns, by virtue whereof the said William was seised for a great time during the life of the said John. The said lands &c. are held of Simon Symeon, as of the manor of Grafton, by service of 1d. and doing suit at the aforesaid Simon’s court every three weeks, and other services. The said manor is held of the king in chief, by service of keeping a white brachet hound (bragettum) having red ears (aureus rubeas).
He died on Tuesday before St. Margaret last. John his son, aged 13 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (16.)
330. ROBERT DE BYKER.
Writ, 28 August, 23 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
Byker. The manor, held of the king, a moiety to himself and his heirs and the other moiety to himself and Juliana his wife, who survives, and to the heirs of the said Robert, by homage and fealty, and by service of 40s. yearly to be rendered to the sheriff of Northumberland to the king’s use, for the whole manor of Byker, and likewise by serjeanty, viz. by a sixth part of a knight’s fee, viz. receiving and keeping safe in his fold at Byker all distraints taken within the county by the sheriff for debts to the king.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
He died on 12 August, 23 Edward III. Hugh de Byker, his brother, aged 40 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (17.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 80. (3.)
331. JOHN BLOUNT.
Writ, 10 August, 23 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Bedeford, Monday after St. Luke, 23 Edward III.
Wylden. A messuage, a virgate and 18a. land, 4a. meadow and 15d. rent held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, and rendering at the exchequer 1lb. pepper and 1lb. cummin, or 13d., yearly.
He held no other lands &c. so far as the jurors can enquire.
He died on Friday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last. Richard le Blount, his brother, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (18.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 70.
332. ADAM DE DYK.
Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 8 October, 23 Edward III.
Dyk. A messuage, a toft and two bovates of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by fealty and by service of rendering 4s. yearly to the king at the manor of Burstwyk.
Conyngston. Two parts of a bovate of land held of the abbot of Thornton by fealty and by service of 8d. yearly; a toft held of Amandus Sourdevale by service of 1d. yearly; and 1a. land held of the heir of Richard de Helpston by service of 1d. yearly.
He died on 4 August last. Adam his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (19.)
333. GUY DE BRIAN, knight, the elder.
Writ, 22 June, 23 Edward III.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inq. taken at Prendilgast, Saturday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 23 Edward III.
The barony of Tallagharn. A barony of the March, including a castle, held of the king in chief by homage and service of two knights’ fees, viz. with two barded horses or eight footmen, according to the custom of those parts, for three days at his own costs, at the summons of the king’s bailiffs of Kermerdyn, as often as necessary in time of war, and doing suit at the county of Kermerdyn every month.
Flechirhill in Dungledy. A knight’s fee held in service of Philip de Stanton, knight, by homage and suit at the said Philip’s court of Wyston every fifteen days by summons.
He died on 17 June last. Guy de Bryan, knight, his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (20.)
334. JOAN DE MERLAUND.
Writ, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Frome, Thursday after St. Martin, 23 Edward III.
Exford. A messuage and a carucate of land held for life of the king in chief in free socage by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. yearly; the reversion whereof belongs to Henry de Merlaunde, son and heir of Henry de Merlaunde.
She held no other lands &c. on the day she died.
She died on the feast of St. Matthew last. Henry, son of Henry de Merlaunde and of the said Joan, aged 30 years and more, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (21.)
335. JOHN, SON OF JOHN DE BETRYNGDENNE.
Writ, 9 October, 23 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Maydenstane, Monday after All Saints, 23 Edward III.
Sandherst. A messuage and 100a. arable held of the king, as of the archbishopric of Canterbury which is vacant, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee; and a messuage and 120a. land and pasture at Betryngdenne in the same town held in gavelkind of the king, as of the same archbishopric, of the manor of Aldyngtone, by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly at the said manor.
He died on 21 June, 23 Edward III. Joan his sister, aged 7 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (22.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 10. (14.)
336. MASTER ROGER CANTOK.
Writ, 18 June, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Grymbaldesaysch, Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 23 Edward III.
Derham. The manor held by the demise of Sir Theobald Russel, knight, for the life of the said Roger and for one year after his death to his executors, as appears by the king’s charter to the said Roger in confirmation of the said estate, of the king by service of a knight’s fee.
He died on Monday in Whitsun week last. John de Acton, aged 40 years, is his kinsman and heir; and Ralph Bussel, aged 30 years, is son and heir of Sir Theobald Russel.
Writ of amotus, 6 August, 23 Edward III.
BUCKS. Inq. taken at Aylesburi, Wednesday after the Assumption, 23 Edward III.
Herdewyk and Wedon by Ailesburi. The manor, held for his life and a year, as above, by the charter of Theobald Russel, knight, of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Date of death as above. Ralph Russel, aged 30 years and more, is son and heir of Theobald Russel, from whom the said Roger had an estate for life as above, which estate the said executors have surrendered to the said Ralph.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (23.)
337. BEATRICE, WIFE OF WILLIAM DE QUENETON, knight.
Writ, 6 November, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmersford, Tuesday after St. Leonard, 23 Edward III.
Whyterothyng. A messuage, a carucate of land and 36s. 8d. rent, called ‘Merkes tenement,’ with the advowson of the church, held by her and the said William, who survives, as of her right and inheritance, of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty. They had a daughter Alice, who was heir of the said Beatrice and lived for fifteen days after her mother’s death.
The said Beatrice died on Wednesday after SS. Peter and Paul last. John Wychebaud and Roger Grenekertol, of full age, are kinsmen and heirs of the said Alice and are now heirs of the said Beatrice.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (24.)
338. SERLO TREGANOUN.
Writ, 15 May, 23 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Cotyngham, Thursday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III.
Northdalton. A yearly rent of 6l. 13s. 4d. from the lands and tenements which Edmund de Hastyng’ holds in fee, held for the said Serlo’s life, by the king’s grant, with reversion to the king and his heirs. The said tenements are held of the heir of William de Roos of Hamelak, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. The king by his letters patent lately granted to John de Stryvelyn among other lands &c. the reversion of the aforesaid rent after the said Serlo’s death.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death not known, because he died without the county, but by hearsay the jurors understand that he died on 10 March last. Heir not known.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (25.)
339. JOHN, SON OF DAVID DE CAWOD.
Writ, 2 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Selby, 13 September, 23 Edward III.
Cawod. A messuage, 60a. land and 6a. meadow, which tenements, together with 60a. land in the same town which John son of the said John holds by the king’s licence, are held of the king in chief as of the crown by service of keeping the king’s forest between Use and Derewente and by homage.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 20 August last. John de Cawod, his son, aged 26 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (26.)
340. THOMAS DE SANCTO MARTINO.
Writ, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Friday, 16 October, 23 Edward III.

Holem. A messuage and four bovates of land held jointly with Mabel his wife, who held the same after the said Thomas’s death and died on Saturday, 5 September last, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a ninety-sixth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on Sunday, 4 October, 22 Edward III. Isabel, aged 40 years, and Alice, aged 26 years and more, daughters of the said Thomas and Mabel, are his heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (27.)
341. JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF WILLIAM DE LA MORE.
Writ after the death of the said John, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, 8 September, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Swyneshed, Monday after the Epiphany, 23 Edward III.
Oldelonde. There remained not (non remancerunt (fn. 1) ) in the king’s hand by reason of the said John’s minority the whole manor of Oldelonde, which is held of the king by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He held of no other lord in chief, except of the king.
He died on 12 July, 23 Edward III. Cicely, daughter of the said William, is sister and heir of the said John, and was 14 years of age at the feast of St. Stephen last.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (28.)
342. ROBERT DE YAREWELL or DE YARWELLE.
Writ, 15 May, 23 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Clyve, 26 September, 23 Edward III.
Yarwell. No one of the hundred of Wilibrok, who held of the king in chief, died from the feast of St. Michael last to the Sunday before the same feast next following, except Robert de Yarwelle, who held a messuage, 26a. land and 3a. meadow in Yarwell of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s wood called Sule in the forest of Clyve. The land is stony and the greater part lies above the said wood, and when it is ploughed and sown the corn growing thereon is destroyed by the deer (feras) of the forest.
He died about the feast of the Ascension last. John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (29.)
343. GILBERT DUMFRAMVILL.
Writ, 21 May, 23 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter, Tuesday after SS. Peter and Paul, 23 Edward III.
Chepyngtoryton. A fifth part of the manor, held of the king in chief by service of petty serjeanty.
He held no more lands &c. in the county in fee.
He died on 15 May last. William Dumframvill, his son, aged 33 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (30.)
344. MARGARET DE MONTE HERMERY.
Writ, 12 June, 23 Edward III.
CORNWALL. Inq. taken at Lostwythiel, 17 July, 23 Edward III.
Lantyen. A third part of the manor, held in dower of John Monteacuto, as of the right of Margaret his wife, which manor the said John holds of the duke of Cornwall as of the honour of his castle of Lanceveton by knight’s service.
She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
She died on Tuesday after St. Dunstan. Heir not stated.
Writ, 12 June, 23 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter, Tuesday after SS. Peter and Paul, 23 Edward III.
Yalampton, Pyworthy and Okford. The manors, held in dower, after the death of Thomas de Monte Hermery, sometime her husband, of the king in chief by knight’s service.
She held no more lands &c. in the county.
She died on Friday before St. Dunstan last. Margaret, wife of John de Monte Acuto, aged 21 years, is daughter and heir of Thomas de Monte Hermery and of the said Margaret.
Writ, 12 June, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Warmelynton, 18 July, 23 Edward III.
Warmelynton and Hunton. The manors, held in dower of John de Monteacuto, as of the right of Margaret his wife, which manors the said John holds of the king by knight’s service.
She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
She died on Friday after St. Dunstan. Heir not stated.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (31.)
345. JOHN DE THORNTON of Rysum.
Writ, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 8 October, 23 Edward III.
Rysum. 100a. arable, 7a. pasture and 8a. wood held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by the foreign service, viz. by service of an eightieth part of a knight’s fee and suit at the wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks.
Rysum. The manor, except the premises aforesaid, held of Lora and Elizabeth, daughters and heirs of Herbert de Sancto Quintino, knight, by knight’s service.
He died on 6 September last. Thomas his son, aged 28 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (32.)
346. RALPH HARE of Honeweton.
Writ, 1 July, 23 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Hennowee, 27 July, 23 Edward III.
Honeweton. A messuage and 18a. land held of the king in chief by service of a hundredth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on 28 June last. Geoffrey his son, aged 28 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (33.)
347. STEPHEN HAUKYN.
Writ, 3 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Monday, 26 October, 23 Edward III.
Preston. A messuage, 9a. land, 3a. meadow and pasture for one great beast, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a six hundredth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on 12 August last. Margaret his kinswoman, daughter of Andrew Haukyn, married to Robert de Wavyngdon, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (34.)
348. HENRY DE GRYNNESDALE.
Writ, 3 November, 23 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Carlisle, 10 January, 23 Edward III.
Carlisle. A messuage and 24a. land in the suburb of Carlisle held of the king in chief by service of 10s. 8d. yearly payable at the exchequer of Carlisle.
He died on 20 October last. Mariota, his sister, wife of William de Artureth, of full age, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (35.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No 79.
349. JOHN DE LISTON.
Writ, 13 December, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Balidon, Monday after the Epiphany, 23 Edward III.
Liston. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, to present alternately, held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty and charged with 3s. 4d. yearly for sheriff’s aid.
Gosfeld. The manor, held of the earl of Oxford and John Bottetourte, title and service not known.
He died on Thursday after St. Margaret last. John his son, aged 15 years, is his heir.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the representation of John, son of the said John, that Walter de Rouhey and John Edward, by their charter, in 15 Edward III, gave the manor of Gosfeld to John de Liston and Maud his wife, likewise deceased, and to the said John son of John and the heirs of his body, 20 April, 24 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Balydon, 10 June, 24 Edward III.
Gossefeld. The manor, held by John de Liston jointly with Maud his wife, likewise deceased, and John his son, who survives, of the gift of Walter de Rouhey and John Edward, to the said John, Maud and John and the heirs of the body of the said John son of John, with remainder to the right heirs of John de Liston, excepting a certain wood called Alwyneshy, a piece of pasture called Innome lying under Alwyneshy, a field called le Heyfeld lying by a meadow called Longemed, a field called Heldelye with two acres of adjacent pasture, a field called le Mellefeld with a windmill, a field called Symondeslond, a piece of pasture called Morkynlese, a field called Souteresmede, a croft called Parkcroft sometime held for life by Nicholas le Smyth, the reversion of a field called Mastonesfeld, the reversion of a croft abutting on Souteresmed. The said manor is held of the earl of Oxford by homage and fealty and by scutage when it runs, except 24a. land in a field called le Southpark, which are held of John Botourte by homage and fealty and by service of rendering 4s. 10d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. than those already returned into Chancery. The lands &c. excepted above were alienated to Sir John de Bourghcher long before the said John de Liston’s death, except a pasture called Morkynlase, which was leased by John de Liston to John Edward, who survives, for his life, with reversion to the said John de Liston and his heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (36.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 72.
350. JOHN DE PATESHULL, knight.
Writ, 22 July, 23 Edward III.
Endorsed, Stod’, at Bedford on Wednesday after St. Peter’s Chains.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Bedford, Wednesday before St. Lawrence, 23 Edward III.
Caysho. The manor, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Bletnesho. The manor, held of Sir John de Moubray, as of the barony of Bedeford, by service of 1 knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
He died on Wednesday before St. Margaret last. William his son, aged 37 years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 22 July, 23 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Nonyngton, Monday after the Assumption, 23 Edward III.
Stayngreve and Nonyngton. The manors, together with certain lands &c. in Westnesse, Westnonyngton and Muscotes pertaining to the said manors, which by his charter he gave to Henry Hubert and Robert de Foxele, chaplains, who gave the said manors and tenements to the said John de Pateshull for life, with remainder to William de Pateshull and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and failing such heirs to the right heirs of the said John de Pateshull, by fine levied in the court of the present king. The said William and Joan survive. The manor of Stayngreve is held of Andrew Lutterel by knight’s service, as are also the manor of Nonyngton and the tenements in Westnesse. The tenements in Westnonynton are held of the abbot of St. Mary’s, York, by service of 10s. yearly. The tenements in Muscotes are held of Gilbert de Aton by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 14 July last. Heir William de Pateshull, as above, aged 38 years and more.
Writ, 22 July, 23 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Retheresthrop, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
Retheresthrop. 42l. 13s. 5d. rent and rents of 3 capons and 14 hens yearly, held of the abbot of Creek by service of rendering to him yearly 30s. and to John Cook yearly 12d.
Middelton and Colyngtre. 27l. 8s. 3 1/2d. rent and rents of 4 capons, 6 hens and 6 horse-shoes with nails from divers tenements arrented of old, held of Scolastica de Melso by service of 22s. yearly.
Pateshull and its members and divers foreign towns of the barony of Wodhull. 22l. 19s. 8 1/2d. yearly rent for divers lands &c. arrented of old, held as of the manor of Pateshull, which manor Elizabeth, late the wife of Sir John de Wodhull, holds for life by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and there is a rent charge thereon of 16s.
Quenton. 11s. yearly rent held of Philip de Quenton by knight’s service; and a rent of 6 hens and 1 cock yearly held of the same Philip by the same service.
Grymescote. 15l. 18s. 10d. yearly rent for divers lands &c. arrented of old, held of the prior of Dunstaple by service of rendering 4l. 13s. yearly.
Flor. 4l. 12s. yearly rent for a water-mill and other lands arrented of old, held of John Keynes, knight, by service of 5s. yearly.
Westhaddon. 60s. rent from three virgates of land arrented of old, held of the prior of Daventre by service of 4d. yearly.
He died on Wednesday before St. Margaret last. Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
Writ, 8 August, 24 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 23 September, 24 Edward III.
Elstanewyk. 21 tofts and 20 bovates of land held of John, earl of Kent, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of the inheritance of Nicholas Stutevill of Cottyngham, by knight’s service, whereof 48 carucates of land make a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. within the liberty of Holderness.
He died on 14 July, 23 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 38 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 102. (37.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 11. (17.)
351. JOHN DE PATESHULL.
No writ.
LINCOLN. Extent made at Lincoln, 20 September, 23 Edward III.
Frysby. Fifteen bovates of land and a court every three weeks.
He had no other lands in the county.
He died on 20 August, 23 Edward III.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No 64.

Footnotes

  • 1. The word nisi is perhaps omitted before totum manerium.