Close Rolls, Henry VI: November 1428

Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 1, 1422-1429. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1933.

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'Close Rolls, Henry VI: November 1428', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI: Volume 1, 1422-1429, (London, 1933) pp. 413-419. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen6/vol1/pp413-419 [accessed 26 March 2024]

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7 HENRY VI.

November 1428

1428. Membrane 19.
Sept. 8.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Surrey. Order for election of a coroner instead of William Kyrton of Suthwerke, who is dead.
Oct. 8.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Northumberland for election of a coroner instead of Simon Weltdoun, who is insufficiently qualified.
Oct. 7.
Westminster.
Like order, mutatis mutandis, to the sheriff of Surrey in regard to Richard Eton.
Oct. 14.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Cornwall. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the manor of Grogoyth, three messuages and 60 acres of land in Ponbelwartha, Pembeloles and Grugou excepted, delivering to John Trevaygnoun of Trevaygnoun any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that Joan who was wife of Robert Hulle and daughter and heir of Otho Bodrugan at her death held no lands in Cornwall in chief, but held that manor with the exceptions aforesaid in dower by endowment of John Trevaygnoun knight sometime her husband, with reversion to John Trevaygnoun of Trevaygnoun his cousin and heir, namely son of Robert son of Robert brother of the said knight, that he is of full age, and that the same is not held of the king.
Oct. 25.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Staffordshire. Order to take of Isabel who was wife of John de Bromley an oath etc., and in presence of William Hexstalle, who has taken to wife Margaret sister and heir of the said John, or of his attorneys, to assign her dower.
Nov. 16.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Berkshire. Order to give William Porter livery of two thirds of the manors of Wadele and Wykyngesham, and the issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that Thomas Erpyngham knight at his death held no lands in Berkshire in chief nor of any other in his demesne as of fee, but that the late king, learning that King Edward III by letters patent of 16 April 50 Edward III gave to Gilbert Talbot knight and to the heirs male of his body with reversion to the said king, by name of Gilbert Talbot of Richards Castle esquire, the manor of old called Worde but then called Wadele and Wykyngesham, late in the tenure of Richard de Pembrugge knight by gift of King Edward to him and the heirs of his body with reversion to that king and his heirs, the said Richard being dead without issue, with the knights' fees, advowsons of churches, fairs, markets, parks, warrens, liberties, royalties, services of tenants free and neif etc. as fully as the said Richard held the same, that Margaret who was wife of the said Gilbert held in dower by his endowment certain lands, parcel of those manors, and that the reversion thereof and the residue of the manors, whereof Richard son of Gilbert died seised came to the late king's hands for that the said Gilbert and Richard his son died without issue male, by letters patent of 20 November 1 Henry V gave all the said lands, parcel of the said manors, whereof Richard son of Gilbert died seised to Thomas Erpyngham his knight for life, further granting him for life the reversion of those which the said Margaret held in dower, as fully as Richard de Pembrugge or the said Gilbert held the same, with proviso that the reversion of all after the decease of the said Thomas and Margaret should be to the late king and his heirs, the said manors and appurtenances being of the value of 40l. a year, that the late king granted the reversion after the death of the said Thomas of the lands whereof Richard son of Gilbert died seised and those held in dower by the said Margaret to John Phelipp his knight and Maud his wife and to the heirs of the body of John Phelipp, with remainder to that king and his heirs, that John Phelipp and Maud died without issue, that by letters patent of 8 December 3 Henry V the late king granted to William Porter his knight, for good and unpaid service, and to the heirs male of his body the reversion after the death of the said Thomas of the lands whereof Richard son of Gilbert died seised and of those held in dower by the said Margaret by the same services as Richard de Pembrugge or the said Gilbert held them, with remainder to that king and his heirs, that the said Thomas died seised of the estate aforesaid in two thirds of the said manors, by virtue of the grant to him made by name of all lands parcel of the said manors whereof Richard son of Gilbert died seised, with remainder to the said William, and that the said manor (sic) is held in chief by fealty for all service; and the king has taken the fealty of the said William.
Nov. 9.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Wiltesir. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the manor of Tydecombe Husee, and with 20 acres 2 roods of land in Tydecombe Husee called 'Olyvereslonde,' delivering to Joan late the wife of William Sturmy knight any issues thereof taken; as it is found by inquisition, taken before Richard Assheley late escheator, that at his death William Sturmy held the said manor and lands jointly with her by gift of Henry Sturmy knight and others to them for their lives, and that the same are not held of the king.
Membrane 18.
Nov. 29.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Yorkshire. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with a tenement in Kyngeston upon Hull called Lyons and the issues thereof taken in the mean time; as it is found by inquisition, taken by virtue of his office before Robert Haytfelde late escheator, that on 1 May 10 Richard II contrary to the statute of mortmain without licence of the king the prior and convent of Gyseburne purchased of Richard Ravenser late archdeacon of Lincoln the tenement aforesaid, lying between a tenement of the archbishop of York on the north, then in the tenure of John Tutebery, and a tenement sometime of Adam Coppendale on the south, and abutting upon 'Hullstrete' towards the west and the river of Hull towards the east, and that the same is held of the king in burgage, and by reason of that trespass is taken into the king's hand; and by letters patent of 14 May 3 Henry V the late king made the prior and convent a pardon and release of all gifts, alienations and purchases of lands held in chief, and all made in mortmain without licence of the king, with the issues and profits taken in the mean time; and that inquisition being read in chancery, and the matter understood, proclamation was there made for any who would give the king or council information wherefore his hand ought not to be removed, and after deliberation with the justices, serjeants at law and others of the council learned in the law, by their advice it was determined that the king's hand should be removed.
Oct. 13.
Westminster.
Order to the sheriff of Essex for election of a coroner instead of John Hawe, who is insufficiently qualified.
Nov. 28.
Westminster.
Like order, mutatis mutandis, to the sheriff of Suthampton in regard to Thomas Haywarde, who is dead.
Nov. 12.
Westminster.
Like order to the sheriff of [Yorkshire] in regard to Marmaduke Shwenge (sic) one of the verderers in the forest of Galtres.
Like order, mutatis mutandis, in regard to Alexander Blenkansop one of the verderers there, who is insufficiently qualified.
Like order, mutatis mutandis, in regard to Robert Conestable.
Like order, mutatis mutandis, to the sheriff of Surrey in regard to William Kirketon one of the coroners, who is dead.
Membrane 17.
Nov. 12.
Westminster.
To the farmers, receivers, tenants and other the occupiers for the time being of the manor and town of Basyngstoke co. Suthampton, with the hundred and the rent of a tenement in that town sometime of Walter de Merton. Order to pay to John earl of Huntyngdoun, who has taken to wife Anne who was wife of Edmund earl of March and Ulster, and to the said Anne 11l. 17s. 1d. a year during her life, and the arrears since the death of the earl of March; as with advice and assent of the lords spiritual and temporal and at the special request of the commons in the parliament lately holden at Westminster the king by authority of parliament made a grant and order that after any inquisitions concerning castles, lordships, manors, lands, hundreds, commotes, fees, advowsons, liberties and possessions whatsoever whereof the earl of March was seised after their marriage in fee simple or fee tail in England, Wales, the march of Wales, Ireland and Calais, which by force of writs of diem clausit extremum or of commissions of that nature were then or after taken into the king's hand, and of which she was dowable, the said Anne might straightway make special and particular suit and have livery of dower thereof, and by the same authority should have all issues and profits of all possessions which should be so assigned to her from the death of her husband to the date of such livery; and among other manors etc. of the earl of March taken into the king's hand by his death and by reason of the nonage of Richard duke of York, who is son of Anne one of his sisters and heirs being daughter of Eleanor countess of March and is his cousin and one of his heirs, and in the king's hand by reason of the nonage of Henry Grey son and heir of Joan who was wife of John Grey knight his other sister and heir, with assent of William Garnet attorney of John duke of Bedforde, of William Acworth attorney of Humphrey duke of Gloucestre, and of William Morley attorney of Thomas duke of Exeter, to whom severally the king committed the ward of certain lands of the said earl of March, and assent of Nicholas Caldecote attorney of John Tiptoft knight and Joyce his wife the third sister and heir of the late earl, and of John Squery her attorney, the king assigned to the countess in dower a fee farm of 11l. 17s. 1d. of the fee farm of 80l. 15s. of the manor, town, hundred and rent aforesaid.
Et erat patens.
To the farmers, receivers, tenants and other the occupiers for the time being of the manor, town and hundred of Andevere co. Suthampton. Like order, mutatis mutandis, for payment of 57l. 4s. 0½d. of the fee farm of 104l. of the manor, town and hundred aforesaid.
Et erat patens.
Nov. 28.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Gloucestershire and the march of Wales adjacent. Order to take the fealties of John Merbury, Edward Brugge esquire and William Poleyne, and to give them livery of the manor of Dymmoke, and the issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that Elizabeth who was wife of Richard Ryall, otherwise called Elizabeth late the wife of Richard Ruyale, at her death held no lands in the said county and march in chief nor of any other in her demesne as of fee, but that the said John, Edward and William were seised of the said manor, holding the same of the late king in chief by fealty and the service of 1d. of rent a year for all services, that without obtaining licence of the king they made a demise thereof to Richard Oldecastelle and the said Elizabeth then his wife and to the heirs of their bodies, that by letters patent of 8 July 10 Henry V, reciting among other things that the said John, Edward and William entered the said manor by virtue of a gift thereof made by Edmund Ruyale to them and their heirs, and after made the demise aforesaid with reversion to themselves, and that Richard Oldecastelle and Elizabeth entered the same without his licence, the late king pardoned the trespasses therein committed, granting that they should hold the manor to them and the heirs of their bodies, that Richard Oldcastelle after died, and the said Elizabeth continued her estate therein all her life, and died thereof seised without issue by Richard Oldecastelle, and that at her death she was tenant thereof in fee tail with reversion to the said John, Edward and William, who are of full age.
To the escheator in Suffolk. Order to give John son and heir of William Shelton esquire seisin of his father's lands; as he proved his age before Henry Drury late escheator in Norffolk, and the king has taken his fealty, and for 1 mark paid in the hanaper has respited his homage until Whitsuntide next.
Dec. 8.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Oxfordshire. Order in presence of the farmers of the lands of William de Birmyngeham knight, tenant of the king as of the church of St. Mary Lincoln the see having lately been void and in the king's hands by reason of the temporalities of the bishopric, or of their attorneys, to assign dower to Joan who was the said William's wife, the said lands having been taken into the king's hand by the death of the said William and by reason of the nonage of William de Bermyngeham his son and heir.
Membrane 16.
Nov. 1.
Westminster.
To the sheriffs of the city of York for the time being. Order to pay to Thomas de Roos 40 marks a year for life, and the arrears since 11 December last; as it is found by inquisition, taken before Richard Russell late mayor of that city and the late king's escheator therein, that John lord Roos died seised of a yearly rent of 100l. to be taken by him and his heirs of the fee farm of the city to the king pertaining by the hands of the sheriffs, and that Thomas de Roos his brother, late within age and in ward of the king, was his next heir; and on 22 November 9 Henry V among other castles, manors, lands etc. of the deceased the late king assigned in dower to Margery who was his wife 76l. 6s. 8d. a year of the said rent; and after upon petition of the said Thomas presented in the last parliament, shewing that although by divers inquisitions taken after the said John's death before divers escheators, he came of age before Michaelmas then last, he might not prove his age nor sue for and have livery of his heritage before 15 August then next, because by another inquisition, taken before William Whaplode the late king's escheator in Bukinghamshire, it is found that he should not come of age until then, and praying for remedy, with assent of the lords spiritual and temporal in that parliament the king by authority of parliament granted that he should sue and have a writ de etate probanda and, if thereby it were found that he was of full age, upon the return of that writ the chancellor should have power by authority of parliament to give him livery of all castles, manors, lands etc. of his said brother whatsoever, notwithstanding that by the said inquisition or by others it was found that he was not yet come of age; and upon proof of his age before Henry Morlay escheator in Lincolnshire the king took his homage and fealty, and on 11 December aforesaid commanded livery to be given him.
Et erat patens.
To the sheriffs of the city of Lincoln for the time being. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning a yearly rent of 100l. of the fee farm of that city, upon the finding of an inquisition, taken before Thomas Teryng late mayor thereof and the late king's escheator therein, that John lord Roos died thereof seised to him and his heirs.
Nov. 19.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Sussex. Order to take the fealty of John Short, and to give him seisin of a messuage with other houses thereupon built and 24 acres of arable land in Westebourne; as it is found by inquisition, taken before John Burgh late escheator, that Hugh Short at his death held that messuage and land by knight service of Thomas Seintcler, brother and heir of John Seintcler son and heir of Philip Seintcler knight and Margaret his wife, lately a minor in ward of the late king, as of his manor of Notebourne, and that John Short is his son and next heir; and John Short proved his age before John Wyntershull late escheator.
Sept. 26.
Westminster.
To the sheriff of Suthampton. Order to give John Dabrigecourte esquire seisin of a messuage and appurtenances in Bromley held by Nicholas Gillot outlawed for felony; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the sheriff, that the premises were in hands of the king and of the late king from 31 May 10 Henry V to 1 October last, the date of that inquisition, and are yet in the king's hand, that the said Nicholas held them of John Dabrigecourte as of his manor of Stratfelde Say, that the king took all issues and profits thereof between the aforesaid dates, that the waste thereof is worth 6s. 8d., and that the said John had the waste, and ought to answer to the king for the same.
Nov. 29.
Westminster.
To all to whom etc. Notice that the king has appointed Hugh Dunne and John Thorp during pleasure as overseers of the search in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull and in singular the ports and places adjacent, taking in that office the fees and wages accustomed. By bill of the treasurer.
Vacated, because otherwise upon the Patent Roll for this year.
Dec. 7.
Westminster.
To all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, constables and other officers and ministers of the king to whom etc. Order to arrest brother Thomas Pouterell, otherwise called Robert Norton, of the order of Burton St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, and to deliver him to the master of that house or to his deputy for chastisement according to the rule of the order; as he is wandering about in secular habit, despising the habit of religion, to the peril of his soul and the scandal of that order, as the master has certified.
Nov. 29.
Westminster.
To the escheator in Somerset. Order to give John Forster livery of the manor of Bourton; as upon the finding of an inquisition, taken before John Twyneho late escheator, that William Grene esquire at his death held the said manor for life by demise of John Forster with reversion to the grantor and his heirs, licence of the king not having been obtained, that it is held in chief by the service of rendering yearly 1d. to the king and by suit of the court of Coryryvell twice a year for all services, and that by death of William Grene and by reason of that trespass it was taken into the king's hand, for a fine paid in the hanaper the king pardoned that trespass, and ordered the late escheator to give John Forster livery thereof; and the late escheator was removed from office before he had executed that writ.