Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 14

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 14

184. John Paynel alias Paganell.
Writ of extent that Katherine late his wife may be assigned her dower, 28 Dec. 4 Edw. I.
Dorset. Extent, the day of St. Vincent, 4 Edw. I.
Combe alias Cumbe. A court, 240a. arable, 9a. 1r. meadow, and 52s. 8d. rents &c. held of Robert de Kaynnes for ½ knight's fee by service of a pair of gilt spurs; and he held nothing of the king in the county.
John his son, aged 14 at the feast of St. James the Apostle, 3 Edw. I. is his next heir.
Similar writ, 28 Dec. 4 Edw. I. (defective.)
Lincoln. Extent, the feast of the conversion of St. Paul, 4 Edw. I.
Westras[en]. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of finding 2 knights in the army with the king at his own cost for forty days.
Knights' fees:—
Stretton. 2 fees held by service of scutage, for which lady Lucy de Chauncy owes homage and relief when they happen.
Scalleby. ½ fee similarly held by the same.
Westras[en]. ½ fee similarly held by William de Well.
Dower of Lady Lettice de Kaaynes:—
Westras[en]. Dower (extent given).
Knights' fees:—
Middle Rasen (Med' Ras').½ fee rendering scutage when it shall happen.
Haynton. 1 fee, held by the same service.
Scalleby. 1 fee, held by the same service.
Dower of Lady Joan Paynell:—
Westras[en]. Dower (extent given).
The said Lettice and Joan were dowered before the said John had land in Westras[en] and Middle Rasen.
York. Extent, Tuesday before St. Katherine, 4 Edw. I.
Drax. The manor (extent given), including the ferries of Langerack and Ayrminne, rents of the men of Armine for Westefeld, a farm at York and rents in Langerack, with the whole soke, the new Hay, Stangrave and Nonyngton in Ridale, which Sir J. de Stangrave held of him in fee, containing 2¾ fees, held by Sir J. Paganell of the king in chief.
Ridale. ¼ fee held of Sir J. Paganell by Thomas de Lincoln.
Bilkeburg and Munketon. 1 fee held of the same by Roger de Mortun.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (1.)
185. John de Hardreshull.
Writ, 25 July, 4 Edw. I.
[Lincoln.] Extent (undated and defective).
Cokewalde. A toft where formerly (there was) a manor, 22 bovates land whereof 12 are held of the king in chief by serjeanty of finding a man with an axe (hachia) when the king shall go into Wales, 7½a. meadow, 5s. 11d. rent of assize, 15s. from a villein holding 3 bovates, and 10s. from 2 bovates held in villenage; the whole worth 105s. 11d., whereof a third part is in dower; and the whole tenement gives 6s. yearly rent to John Dalenzun and Margery Malet.
[Lincoln.] Extent (undated).
Nortkellesheye. A capital messuage, 120a. arable in demesne in one part of the field and 140 in another, 151 perches meadow in a place called Lamcotes, and meadows called Netker, Blachou, and Dodeker, two water mills, 75s. rent of assize, 82s. 10d. rent of natives and cottars, 2½lb. pepper, 1lb. cummin and a pair of gloves, and a fishery worth 2s. yearly, rendering 20s. to the mother church of Lincoln.
Sudkellesey. 2 bovates land held of the king's soke of Castre, rendering to the king 16d. rent.
Writ to the sheriff of Warwick, 25 July, 4 Edw. I.
Warwick. Inq. Sunday the morrow of the Assumption, 4 Edw. I.
Hardredeshull. The manor (extent given), including woods called Suthheye, le Hokehaie and le Neuhaye, and the pasture of Wolstancsleye, held of Ralph Basset of Sapecote by service of 1 knight's fee.
The whole worth 19l. 18s. 11½d., of which 10l. is assigned to Joan late the wife of the said John, to be held in tenancy of the king's special grace and by his writ.
William his son, aged 5, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (2.)
186. Peter le Bastard of Wymundewold.
Writ of plenius certiorari, on the complaint of Stephen de Neyvill that the subescheator had taken into the king's hand the wardship of the heir and lands of the said Peter which pertained to him, 23 Nov. 4 Edw. I.
Leicester. Inq. Sunday after St. Hilary, 4 Edw. I.
Wymundewold. A messuage held by the feoffment of William son of Warin, rendering 16d. yearly to Stephen de Neyvill, the chief lord of that fee, and doing to him foreign service and suit of court; 1 virgate land and 2 messuages afterwards acquired of Peter de Neyvill doing a rose yearly and foreign service; and 1 bovate land afterwards acquired of the said Stephen doing foreign service only.
Whereof Emma late his wife is dowered of a third part by the king's command; and the wardship with the marriage was sold to the said Emma and one Master William de Shambrock for 6½ marks, by order of the late escheator.
John his son, aged 11, is his heir.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (8.)
187. John L'estrange (Extraneus) alias Le Estraunge.
Writ, 26 Feb. 4 Edw. I.
Norfolk. Inq. (undated and defective.)
Hunstanton. The manor (extent given), held on one side of the water of the heirs of the earl of Arundell by service of 5 knights' fees, and on the other side of the water ... de Milham by service of 1 knight's fee.
John his son, believed to be 22 and more, is his next heir.
[Salop.] Inq. (undated.)
Kinton and Nesse. 4 carucates land, held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight.
Knokin. The manor, held of the heirs of Robert de Halhtone, service unknown.
Ruton and Mudle. The manors, held of the heirs of John son of Alan by service of 2½ knights; but Isabel late the wife of the said John son of Alan is dowered of that service.
Heir as above, aged 22½.
Writ, 26 Feb. 4 Edw. I.
[Northampton.] Inq. (undated.)
Botindone. A messuage, 1 carucate land with meadow and pasture, 10 virgates land in villenage, and 30s. 7d. and a barbed arrow of free rent, held of the heirs of Roger de Sumery through free marriage, rendering nothing.
Heir as above, his firstborn son and aged 23.
Writ, 26 Feb. 4 Edw. I.
Gloucester. Inq. (undated.)
Caumpeden. A messuage, 2 carucates arable with meadows and pastures, and in the borough of Caumpeden 23s. 11½d. rent of assize, 14 virgates and 12a. land in villenage, and his share of four mills, held of the king in chief by barony in pourparty with the heirs of Arundel; and he and his three coparceners held a fourth part of all the lands &c. which were of the earl of Arundel, but how much service pertains to his pourparty is unknown to the jury.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (4.)
188. John de la Mare.
Writ (missing).
[Hertford.] Inq. (undated.)
Walden Regis. 60a. land and a messuage, held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight's fee.
Hich[in]. 12a. land held of Lady Thervergoyl de Baylol for 16s. 11d. yearly rent.
John de la Mare, son of John his eldest son, aged 15, is his next heir.
(See No. 233 and Rot. Fin. 4 Edw. I. m. 3.)
C. Edw. I. File 14. (5.)
189. Ralph le Fauconer.
Writ of certiorari, 13 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Lincoln. Inq. (undated.)
Keleby. 4l. 2d. rent, held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty, carrying one lanner falcon at the king's charges.
Grimesby. 9s. rent, held by service of 6d. to the mayor and bailiffs of the town.
[Humberstan, Hole and Thirnesco.] A messuage and windmill, and 9 bovates land, held of Sir Henry de Lacy by service of 9s. 10d. and suit at his court at Scarthowe.
Itterby. 2 bovates land, held of Peter de Arderne by service of 5s. yearly.
Hole. 1 bovate land, held of Richard de Hole by service of 16d.; and 1 bovate land, held of Robert de Sancto Paulo by service of 16d. yearly.
[Hole.] 3s. rent held of William de Funtayns by service of 2s. 4d. yearly.
The wardship is worth 10l. 12s. 5d. alias 10l. 15s. 5d., saving the service of the lords, but Clemence late the wife of the said Ralph is dowered of a third part thereof.
Maud, aged 12, and Joan aged 2½, his daughters, are his next heirs.
(See No. 36.)
C. Edw. I. File 14. (6.)
190. William Bardolf.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Leicester. Inq. Monday after St. Hilary, 4 Edw. I.
Haluton. A messuage, 12 virgates land in demesne, 64s. 5½d. rents, and 3 virgates land in villenage, held of the king in chief by knight's service.
Billisdon, Rolliston, Goutby and Haluton. 2 knights' fees pertaining to the barony of Scelford.
William his son, aged 30, is his next heir.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Sussex. Inq. Thursday before the Conversion of St. Paul.
Plumptone. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church.
Berecompe. The manor (extent given).
Pydingho. The manor (extent given).
All held of Sir J. de Warren, earl of Surrey, service unspecified.
Flessinges. 40s. rent held of the prior of Lewes, service unspecified.
Heir as above, of full age.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Lincoln. Inq. Friday before the Purification, 4 Edw. I.
Westburg. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief as member of a moiety of the barony of Schelford.
Brandon. A toft and ½ bovate land held of Alan Almot of Brandon for 3s. yearly.
Knights' fees held of the king in chief pertaining to the said moiety of a barony, viz.—
Wraweby. 2 fees held by Richard de Boselingtorp.
Claypol. ½ fee held by Sir Adam de Sancto Laudo.
Westburg. The advowson of the church.
Brinkel. The advowson of the church.
Heir as above.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Nottingham. Inq. The octave of St. Hilary, 4 Edw. I.
Schelford. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including a messuage in Stok which is a member of Schelford, held of the king in chief for half a barony.
Stok with its members, viz.—Scheldford, Gedelyng and Karleton, and tenements in Notingham. 49s. 4d. and 1lb. cummin from free tenants who owe suit of court, 12l. 4sd. rent from villeins, 1 mark from a boat which carries men across the Trent, 12d. from a fishery, and 20s. perquisites of court.
Knights' fees held of the king in chief pertaining to the said half barony, viz.—
Karleton.½ fee held by Roger Millot.
[Derby.] Thurleston.½ fee held by Peter de Thurleston.
[Derby.] Aylwaston alias Aywaldeston. 2 fees held by the heir of Ralph de Freschevile; 1 fee held by John Fauvel; and ½ fee held by Robert de Haregrave.
Nottingham. Gedelyng. A moiety of the advowson of the church.
Heir as above.
Writ, 5 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Norfolk. Inq. Saturday the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 4 Edw. I.
Fineberge. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief as member of Wyrmegeye, which is held of the king by a whole barony; and 60a. arable, 3a. meadow, and a windmill, held of Sir Ralph de Kameys by service of 1 mark yearly.
No knight's fee pertains to this manor.
Fineberge and Gervestone. The advowsons of the churches were held of the king.
Heir as above, aged 45 and more.
Norfolk. Inq. Monday before the Purification, 4 Edw. I.
Wirmegeye. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by a whole barony.
15 knights' fees pertain to this barony, doing scutage when it happens.
Tilneye and Northrungetone. The advowsons of the churches.
Stowe. The manor, a member of Wermegeye (extent given).
Northrungetone, pertaining to the manor of Wermegeye (extent given).
Tilneye. 30 acres land pertaining to the said manor.
The above tenements were held by service of 7s. monthly for the guard of the castle of Norwich, and ½ mark yearly there for 'waytefe.'
(Unspecified.) 4 knights' fees held of the earl of Warenne by foreign service and homage; 9 knights' fees similarly held of the bishop of Norwich; and 2 knights' fees similarly held of the earl Marescall.
Morle. The advowson of the church similarly held of the earl of Warenne.
Heir as above, aged 45 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (7.)
191. Isabel late the wife of Reginald Gacelin.
Writ (missing).
Surrey. Inq. Sunday after the Purification (year unspecified).
Bedinton. The manor, held of the king in chief by service of a wooden crossbow (balista) yearly; whereof Lady Elisa de Lucas has a third part in dower through Reymund de Lukes.
She died fourteen years ago at Whitsuntide next: Sir John de Tudemersse after her death held her tenement for three years after the battle of Lewes, and Geoffrey Gacelin had it for eleven years following until Wednesday after St. Andrew, when Ralph de Sandewyco took the issues to the king's use until the octave of the Purification, 4 Edw. I. and still has seisin together with the escheator of Surrey. The said Geoffrey brought up a boy and used to say that he was the son of the said Isabel, but the jury know not whether she bore any child (puerum) in a county of England (in Comit' Anglie); if she had no child (filium), the jury give Arnold de Clarak, aged 30 and more, as her next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (8.)
192. Richard Basset of Weledon.
Writ, 1 July, 4 Edw. I.
Stafford. Inq. The morrow of St. Barnabas, 4 Edw. I. (defective.)
Maddele. The manor, held of the baron of Stafford by service of 1 knight of the small fees of Mortain (Mortoen).
[Ralph] his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 1 July, 4 Edw. I.
Northampton. Inq. (undated.)
Weledon. A messuage, 15 virgates land in demesne, 13a. meadow, a water-mill, 6½ virgates land held in villenage, 35s. 2d. rent of free tenants, 4l. 6s. 2d. from 17 cottars, a quarry, 15a. wood in the king's forest &c., held of the king in chief by barony.
Weston. A messuage, 76s. 10d. rent of free tenants, a watermill, 26 virgates land held in villenage &c. held of the said barony.
Sutton. 2½ virgates land held in villenage, held of the king in chief by barony.
Pitesle. The manor (extent given) held of the abbot of Peterborough, rendering 10 marks yearly.
Ralph his son, aged 32 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 14. (9.)
193. Thomas de Audeham alias de Waudeham, de Aldeham.
Writ, 11 Dec. 4 Edw. I.
Somerset. Inq. Sunday the morrow of St. Thomas the Apostle.
Cisilberg. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held through Isabel his wife of the inheritance of the said Isabel, who now holds the same of the king in chief by barony.
The said Isabel had not any land of the gift of Ralph de la Haye her first husband, nor was enfeoffed of any lands with the said Thomas in the county.
Baldwin, son of the said Thomas and Isabel, aged 16, is their heir.
Writ, 11 Dec. 4 Edw. I.
Kent. Inq. Wednesday after Palm Sunday, 4 Edw. I.
Eldeham. A moiety of a knight's fee, held of Sir Nicholas Poynz by doing scutage pertaining thereto when it shall happen.
(Unspecified.) 36a. land and 2s. rent, held of Acard de Audeham, rendering 3s. 2s. (sic) yearly and doing suit of court; 17a. land held of one Waldere, rendering 41d. yearly; 7a. land held of the heirs of Richard Werstan, rendering 10d. yearly; and a wood held of Sir William de Valenc' of the fee of Kemesyng, rendering 4s. yearly and doing suit of court.
Baldwin his son, aged 16½, is his next heir of the knight's fee, and the said Baldwin and William his brother, aged 14, of the socage land.
He held no lands &c. in the county of the inheritance or dower of the said Isabel or jointly with her.
Writ, 11 Dec. 4 Edw. I.
Northampton. Inq. (undated.)
Little Preston. 12 virgates land in demesne, 10 virgates in villenage, and 4 virgates land rendering 17s. yearly free service.
Snotescumbe. 1 carucate rendering ½ mark yearly.
Taffeld and Forho. 2 carucates rendering 15s. 4d. yearly.
Heyford. 2 virgates rendering 3s. yearly; and a wood one league (leuca) in circuit worth 23s. 4d. yearly.
All held of the inheritance of Isabel his wife, of the honour of Laigle for ½ knight's fee, doing 40d. yearly for the keeping (custodiam) of the castle of Pevenese.
Heir as above, aged 15.
Writ, 11 Dec. 4 Edw. I.
Gloucester. Inq. Tuesday before St. Edward the King and Martyr, 4 Edw. I.
Oxindon. 30l. land of the dower of Isabel de la Haye his wife from Ralph de la Haye her first husband, held of the inheritance of John de la Haye, who held of the earl of Gloucester in chief by one knight's fee; and the said Isabel holds ½ knight's fee with the advowson of the church of Longebar of the king in chief of her own inheritance.
Heir unknown.
Writ, 11 Dec. 4 Edw. I.
Sussex. Inq. (undated and defective.)
Torringes. A messuage, 60a. arable in demesne, 46s. 8d. and 11 hens rent, a windmill, pasture, a third part of the advowson of the church, and 9½a. meadow, one moiety held of the heirs of John de Samford by service of a cap of peacock's feathers or 18d. yearly, and the other moiety held of Roger de Tylemastone by service of a sore sparrowhawk yearly.
Flechynge. 80a. land in demesne, 16s. rent of assize, and 6a. meadow, and 10a. wood in Hassedone Forest, of which the soil is the queen's pertaining to the honour of L'Aigle (Aquila), held of John de la Haye by service of 1d. yearly, and of Richard le Wevere (?) by service of 5 grains of pepper.
Gyvintone, Brambeltye and Laverketye. The manors with marshes &c. held of the inheritance of Isabel his wife.
Middeltone and Nywenham. 5 marks rent held in dower of the said Isabel of the gift of Ralph de la Haye her first husband.
E (?) ... A messuage and 1 carucate land, of which the said Thomas and Isabel were jointly enfeoffed.
Heir as above, aged 16.
Writ of plenius certiorari, on the complaint of Hugh Poynz that the escheator had taken into the king's hand the wardship of the lands in Audeham and of the heirs of the said Thomas which pertained to him, 17 Jan. 4 Edw. I.
Kent. Inq. (undated.)
Audham. The manor (see above) has been held by the said Thomas and his ancestors of the said Hugh and his ancestors in chief of the manor of Lullingeston, by service of ½ knight's fee, from the time of king Richard; and the said Thomas held no lands in the county of the king in chief.
(See No. 571.)
C. Edw. I. File 14. (10.)