Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 53

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'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 53', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 2, Edward I, (London, 1906) pp. 435-441. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol2/pp435-441 [accessed 17 March 2024]

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 53

702. Richard son of Stephen.
Writ of plenius certiorari, on the complaint of Gilbert, son and heir of the said Richard, that the escheator had taken certain lands held by the said Richard of Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemarle, Oliver de Dyneham, William Crispyn, and Milicent de Monte Alto, into the king's hand, on the assertion of certain rivals of his that they were held of the king in chief, 10 March, 17 Edw. I.
[Devon.] Inq. Tuesday after St. Benet, 17 Edw. I.
The said Richard held nothing of the king in chief on the day he died.
Gilbert his son, is his next heir, and of full age.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (1.)
703. Henry de Lee.
Writ, 25 Nov. 17 Edw. I.
[Lancaster.] Extent, Monday before the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 17 Edw. I.
Chernoch. The manor with the park (extent given), held of the heir of William de Ferariis (now in the king's wardship), rendering 5s. yearly for all service.
Quelton. 1 bovate land held of Edmund Fiton in demesne for 2d. yearly.
Meles. The manor (extent given) held of Sir Edmund, the king's brother, for 16s. 8d. yearly.
Lee. The manor (extent given) held of the said Sir Edmund by service of 40d. yearly.
William his son, aged 30, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (2.)
704. John son of John de London.
Writ, 28 June, 17 Edw. I.
[York.] Inq. Sunday after St. Wilfrid, 17 Edw. I.
Besewyk. A capital messuage, 8 tofts, 7 bovates land, and a fourth part of a water-mill, held of the heir of Sir Robert de Everyngham (now in the king's wardship), by homage and service of 10s. and 1lb. cummin yearly ; 8 tofts and 2½ bovates held of John de Hunkelby for 2 marks yearly; and a toft and 1 bovate held of John de Hothum for 4d. yearly.
Northburton. A toft and 2 bovates held of the provost of Beverle for 2s. yearly and suit of court; and a water-mill held of Robert de Raventhorpe for 1lb. cummin.
Neuton. 4 bovates held of Laurence de Etton for 2s. 6d. yearly.
Geoffrey his son, aged 3½, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (3.)
705. Thomas de Welleslegh alias de Wellesle.
Writ, 23 Aug. 17 Edw. I.
Somerset. Extent, Monday before the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 17 Edw. I.
Estperet. The bailiwick, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of rendering a mewed sparrowhawk yearly or 4s., and it is worth 26s. 8d. yearly by receiving an ox or 5s. 4d. from disseisors convicted by assize of novel disseisin in the bailiwick.
Wellesle. A messuage with garden, 45a. arable, 5a. meadow, and the foreign hundred of Welles', held of the bishop of Bath and Wells, service unspecified.
Thomas his son, aged 28, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (4.)
706. Robert Tristram, of Badburgham.
Writ, 14 June, 17 Edw. I.
Cambridge. Inq. The morrow of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 17 Edw. I.
Badburgham. A capital messuage, 140a. land, 2a. meadow, pasture, 14s. rent, &c. (extent given) held of Sir Edmund de Hemegrave, and by him of the earl of Lincoln for ¼ knight's fee.
Henxton. A messuage, 80a. land, 1a. meadow, &c. held of Sir John de Cammieis by service of ½ knight's fee, and Sir John de Lovetoft purchased the lordship of the said tenement of the said Sir John de Cammeis in fee.
John his son, aged 2, is his heir, and is in the wardship of Sir John de Lovetoft.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (5.)
707. John Musard.
Writ, 7 Feb. 17 Edw. I.
Gloucester. Extent, Monday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 17 Edw. I.
Seynebury. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief for ¼ knight's fee.
Nicholas Musard, his uncle, is his next heir, and of full age.
[Gloucester.] Inq. Sunday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 17 Edw. I.
La Musardere. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief for ½ knight's fee.
Nicholas Musard, his uncle, aged 40 and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 7 May, 17 Edw. I.
Derby. Inq. Sunday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 17 Edw. I.
Staveleg. The manor (extent given) with a moiety of the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief in barony by finding two knights with the king in his army of Wales, for the said manor and his other manors.
Lady Christiana Musard is dowered of a third part of the whole manor, and Maud Musard of a third part of two parts of the manor.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (6.)
708. William de Stainesby alias de Steynisby, de Steynesby.
Writ, 20 March, 17 Edw. I.
Nottingham. Inq. Tuesday after the Close of Easter, 17 Edw. I.
Mamesfeld alias Maunsfeld.¼ bovate with a toft held of the king in socage rendering 10d. yearly ; and a toft with 2 roods land, owing no service to the king.
Maunsfeld Wodehus. A toft and three parts of a bovate, rendering 3s. 5d. yearly to the king, and doing suit and service to the king according to the custom of the manor of Maunsfeld, and it ought to be shared (partiri).
His two sons, Jocelyn aged 19, and John aged 14, are his next heirs, and of full age according to the custom of the manor.
Derby. Inq. Wednesday in Easter week, 17 Edw. I.
Le Herdewyk. The manor (extent given) held, with all his lands in the soke of Steynesby, of John le Sauvage lord of Steynesby in chief by service of 3lb. cummin, and 1lb. pepper, and by service of 4d. only.
Sutton en Dal. An assart held of Richard de Grey by service of 1 mark; 1 bovate land held of William Swetmylke by service of 1lb. pepper and 1d.; and a meadow, which he bought of Simon de Glapwelle, doing service of 1lb. pepper to the lord of Steynesby.
Jocelyn his son, aged 19½, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (7.)
709. Baldwin de Frevill alias de Fryvill.
Writ to Henry de Bray or his sub-escheator in co. Norfolk, 10 Sept. 17 Edw. I.
[Norfolk ;] Hereford. Inq. Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 17 Edw. I.
[Norfolk.] Welyngham. A manor (extent given) held of Sir Jordan Foliot by service of 3s. yearly and scutage when it shall happen.
Hereford. Tatington. The manor held of the king in chief, service unknown.
He died on Monday before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Alexander de Frevill his brother, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
Mandate from H. de Bray to his sub-escheator in co. Hereford, reciting writ dated 12 Sept. 17 Edw. I.
[Hereford.] Inq. Wednesday before SS. Simon and Jude, 17 Edw. I.
Tadinton. A messuage, 2 carucates land, and 64s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of ⅓ knight's fee of the barony of Cormailes; and 12a. land which he bought of the fee of Monesleye.
Lady Maud de Ebroicis and Baldwin her son and Alexander brother of the said Baldwin were jointly enfeoffed by a charter of the said land &c., excepting the said 12a.
The said Alexander is his next heir, and of full age.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (8.)
710. John son of Nigel.
Writ, 20 March, 17 Edw. I.
Buckingham. Extent, Sunday after the Annunciation, 17 Edw. I.
Borstall. A capital messuage; a hide of land called Derhyde, containing 60a. arable and a view, rendering to the king 10s.; a plot of meadow called Quechenewell; 6¾ virgates arable in Borstalle, Brehull and Accle, rendering 48s. 5d. yearly to the king at his manor of Brehull, and doing service there with a man for each virgate 5 works for one day, the whole worth 3s. 4½d.; 3½a. and 1r. land held of Nicholas des Esses; 15a. land held of the heirs of William son of Elias; 6a. land in Hykeford held of John de Aqua; 40s. rent of assize; and the bailiwick of the forest of Bernewod held of the king in chief, for which 40s. are due at the exchequer.
John his son, is his next heir, and of full age, and a knight.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (9.)
711. Roger de Trumpeton alias de Trompeton, de Trompinton, de Trounppeton.
Writ, 9 Aug. 17 Edw. I.
Bedford. Extent, Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 17 Edw. I.
Mogerhanger alias Mouerhanguer. A capital messuage, 176a. arable, 6a. meadow, 1a. pasture, 30a. wood, a fourth part of a water-mill with fishery, customs &c., part held of the heir of Sir William de Ferariis by service of 1/8 knight's fee, and the residue of Sir Ralph Pyrot, Sir William le Latemer, Richard de Budenho, and other lords, to whom there are due 34s. 3d., and to the church for waxscot (ciragio) 6d.
Giles his son, aged 22 at the feast of the Purification in the said year, is his next heir.
Cambridge. Inq. The morrow of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 17 Edw. I.
Trompeton. A capital messuage with a little vineyard &c., 280a. land, 26a. meadow, pasture, 39s. 10½d. rent of free tenants, 60s. 5d. rent of bondmen, 1lb. pepper, 2½lb. cummin, customs &c. held of the heir of Sir William de Ferrariis, now in the king's wardship, by service of 1 knight's fee; a water-mill and 4a. land held of Simon de Cayli, rendering 40s.; and 6a. land held of John Bernard, rendering 4d. and sheriff's aid.
He died in the week before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in this year, as the jury believe. Heir as above.
Suffolk. Inq. Tuesday after the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 17 Edw. I.
Tudeham. A manor (extent given) held of William de Ferrers, whose heir is in the king's wardship, by service of ½ knight's fee, and 30d. yearly for the guard of the castle of Norwich.
Heir as above.
Cambridge. Inq. Friday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 17 Edw. I.
Cretton alias Gretton. A capital messuage, 160a. land, 3a. meadow, 52s. rent, a windmill, customs &c. held of the heir of Sir William de Ferariis, now in the king's wardship, by service of three parts of 1 knight's fee; 80a. land, 3a. meadow, 88s. 10½d. rent, and 100 works of bondmen, held of the fee of Leycestre, by service of rendering 50s. yearly to the earl of Leycestre ; and a pasture held of the prior of Bernewell, rendering 5s. yearly.
Date of death, and heir, as above.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (10.)
712. Euphemia, late the wife of William Comin alias Comyn, of Kilbride.
Writ, 1 Jan. 17 Edw. I.
[Northumberland.] Inq. Monday after the Purification, 17 Edw. I.
Neuham. 12l. 14s. 4d. of land, held in dower of the lands &c. which were of the said William, assigned to her by the king ; and she held nothing in the escheator's bailiwick of her own inheritance.
John Comyn, son and heir of the said William, aged 23 and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 1 Jan. 17 Edw. I.
[Hertford.] Inq. Thursday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 17 Edw. I.
Seuecaump. A third part of the manor (extent given), whereof she was dowered after the death of the said William, but which the king afterwards took into his own hand and retained, because she had married without his licence. The whole manor is held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight's fee.
Heir as above, son of the said William and Euphemia.
Suffolk. Inq. Thursday before St. Gregory the Pope, 17 Edw. I.
Fakeham Aspes alias Fakenaspes. A third part of the manor (extent given) held in dower as above of the king in chief, rendering 15d. yearly at the castle of Norwich; and the king held the same in his own hand because she married without his licence.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (11.)
713. John son of Juliana of Barton by Humbre alias Hombre.
Writ, 5 Feb. 17 Edw. I.
Lincoln. Inq. Wednesday before Easter, 17 Edw. I.
Bondeby. 1 bovate land, 54s. 6d. rent of free tenants, and 15s. 11d. rent of bondmen, which he purchased of John son of John de Mares of Kent, rendering to him and his heirs 2d. rent.
Wlricby. A messuage, 4½ bovates land, 3a. meadow, and 6s. rent of 2 tofts, held of Joan late the wife of Nicholas de Ry by service of ¼ knight's fee ; and 1 bovate held of Richard de Boselingthorp by service of 12d. yearly.
Peter his son, aged 10 on the day of St. Gregory the Pope, 17 Edw. I, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (12.)
714. William son of Thomas de Creystok alias de Craistok, de Craystock, de Greystok.
Writ, 28 April, 17 Edw. I.
[York.] Inq. Monday before the Ascension, 17 Edw. I.
Crost Schayt. The manor (extent given) held in chief of Hugh son of Henry by service of 2s. for all service.
John de Craistoc his son, aged 25 and more, is his next heir.
Westmoreland. Inq. Monday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 17 Edw. I.
Dufton. The manor with the advowson of the church, held of his own inheritance of Lady Idonea de Leyburn, daughter and an heir of Robert de Veteri Ponte, by service called cornage, worth 25s. 6d. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 25 at the feast of St. Michael, 16 Edw. I.
Cumberland. Inq. Wednesday after St. John ante Portam Latinam, 17 Edw. I.
Craistok. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service called cornage worth 4l. yearly, which he rendered at the king's exchequer at Carlisle, and doing suit at the county (court) monthly.
Heir as above.
Northumberland. Inq. 6 May, 17 Edw. I. (defective.)
Morpathe. The whole manor with the advowson of the church.
Stanyngton. A moiety of the manor.
Hebbescotes. A moiety of the manor.
Horseley and le Scheles. Land and rent worth 4l. 5s. 5d. yearly.
Tranewell. Land and rent worth 11s. 2½d. yearly.
Horseley. The advowson of the church held in common with Robert de Somervyll and Isabel his wife.
All held of the king in chief, together with a moiety of the dower of Margery de Merley in Ulcham, Great Benton, Killyngworth, and Horseley, which is now in the hand of the said Marjory, by service of 2 knights' fees.
John his son, aged 24 and more, is his next heir.
Mandate to R. bishop of Bath and Wells, the king's chancellor, to cause the said John to have letters under the great seal for restitution of the lands &c. which were his father's, according to the enclosed inquisitions, the king having taken his homage, 25 June, 17 Edw. I.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (13.)
715. John de Creck alias de Crevk, de Crek.
Writ, 24 Jan. 17 Edw. I.
Norfolk. Inq. Friday after St. Valentine, 17 Edw. I.
Nortcreyk. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church of St. Mary, and customs called 'maltsilver' and 'hirdelsilver,' held of Roger Bigot, earl Marshal (Marscall'), by service of 2 knights' fees.
Sarra his sister, wife of Sir Roger son of Peter, son of Roger son of Osbert, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
[Suffolk.] Inq. Thursday after the Purification, 17 Edw. I.
Combes. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief at fee farm by service of 23l. 10s. yearly; 3a. meadow held of the lord of Baddele by service of 4s.; and 1a. pasture, held of Richard de Bosco by service of 6d.
Sarra his sister, wife of Roger son of Peter son of Osbert, aged 40, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (14.)
716. John son of Robert L'estrange (Extranei).
Writ to Reginald de Grey, Justice of Chester, 18 June, 17 Edw. I.
Chester. Inq. Sunday before St. Margaret, 17 Edw. I.
Merbury. The manor held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight's fee; whereof Eleanor late the wife of Robert L'Estrange is dowered of a third part.
Fulk, son of the said Robert and brother of the said John, aged 22, is his next heir.
Writ, 18 June, 17 Edw. I.
Southampton. Extent, Saturday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 17 Edw. I.
Chawton. The manor (extent given) including a pasture called Estdone, and a wood in the forest containing 200a. worth no more than 5s. on account of the dues of the foresters (dangerium forestariorum), held of Sir Edmund earl of Leycestre the king's brother, by service of 3 knights' fees. Eleanor mother of the said John is dowered in this manor.
Heir as above, aged 21.
C. Edw. I. File 53. (15.)