Nov. 14. Westminster. |
To the bailiffs of the city of Cicestre for the time being. Order
to pay to Edmund earl of March the fee farm of 36l. a year which
Edmund earl of Kent at his death held in fee tail, and which
(among other things) remained in the king's hand in name of his
purparty, and the arrears since 9 June 1 Henry V; as at the
prayer of the said Edmund, being son and heir of Roger earl of
March tenant in chief of King Richard II, nephew and one of
the heirs of the said earl of Kent, namely son of Eleanor late
countess of March one of his sisters, and cousin and one of the
heirs of John earl of Kent, namely son of the said Eleanor one of
the sisters of Edmund brother of Thomas son of Thomas son of
Joan sister of the said John, by his petition presented in the
parliament lately holden at Westminster, shewing that by some of
the inquisitions taken by writ of diem clausit extremum after the
said Roger's death in divers counties and in the March of Wales he
was of age, and by others likewise so taken he was not, and that
by all inquisitions taken after the death of earl Edmund, and after
that of Elizabeth late the wife of earl John, who held in dower
and for life certain lands of her husband's heritage in chief, he
was then of full age, and submitting that some of the inquisitions
after the death of the said Roger were not full and sufficient,
and that none were taken after the death of the said Eleanor
concerning lands, fees and advowsons of his heritage which she
held in dower or for life, and that so by the course of chancery he
might not prove his age nor sue livery of his heritage, being fully
informed that he was of full age, and for that he did gladly of
his own motion offer himself in parliament to do his homage,
the king did there openly take his homage, affirming him to be of
age, and by authority of parliament did grant him livery of all
castles, lordships, manors, lands, rents, services, knights' fees,
advowsons etc., views of frankpledge, courts, offices, liberties,
possessions etc. in those inquisitions contained, and of all others
which did descend to him by death of earl Roger, earl Edmund
and of the said Elizabeth, and were or ought to be seized into the
king's hands by reason of his nonage, without that that he should
be bound to prove his age or sue for other inquisitions; and it is
found by inquisition, taken before Robert Oxenbregge the late
king's escheator in Sussex, that Edmund earl of Kent at his death
held in fee tail the fee farm aforesaid, to be taken of the said
bailiffs. |