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Membrane 20. |
Feb. 6.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Cumberland and Westmerland. Order to
take of Mary who was wife of William Stapilton the elder an
oath etc., and in presence of William Stapilton, son and heir of
William the elder, or of his attorneys, to assign her dower. |
Feb. 5.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Derbyshire. Order to remove the king's
hand and meddle no further with the manors of Shirlonde and
Stretton, 100 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow and 4 acres of
pasture called 'Folwote' and 'Hallerlonde,' delivering to
Margaret who was wife of Richard Grey of Wilton knight any
issues thereof taken; as it is found by inquisition, taken before
the escheator, that at his death the said Richard held no lands
in Derbyshire in chief, but long before his death was seised of
the manors, lands etc. aforesaid, and by charter dated 8 June
20 Henry VI gave the same, by name of the manors of Shirlonde
and Stretton and all lands etc. called 'Folwode' and 'Hallerlande,' to Richard Henbarowe, John Clubbewell and Richard
Coppe chaplain, that they by charter, dated Shirlande 10 July
20 Henry VI, by name of the manors and lands etc. which they
had by his feoffment, gave the same to the said Richard and
Margaret and to the heirs of their bodies, by name of Richard de
Grey lord of Wylton knight and Margaret his wife, and that they
are held of others than the king. |
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To the escheator in Lincolnshire. Like order, mutatis mutandis,
concerning the manor of Hemmyngby; as it is found by inquisition, taken before the escheator, that Richard Henbarowe, John
Clubbewell and Richard Coppe chaplain were thereof seised, and
by charter, dated Shirlande 10 July last, made a demise thereof,
with manors and lands in other counties, to Richard de Grey
lord of Wilton and Margaret his wife and to the heirs of their
bodies, that Richard Grey died thereof jointly so seised, and
that the manor is held of another than the king. |
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To the escheator in Bukinghamshire. Like order, mutatis
mutandis, concerning the manors of Shenley, Aston Clynton and
Morton; as it is found by inquisition, taken before John Derham
late escheator, that long before his death Richard Grey of Wilton
knight was seised of the manors of Shenley and Aston Clynton,
and gave the same to Richard Henbarowe, John Clubbewell and
Richard Coppe chaplain, their heirs and assigns, that they by
charter, dated Shirlonde 10 July last, made a demise thereof,
among other things, to Richard de Grey lord of Wylton and
Margaret his wife and to the heirs of their bodies, that the said
Margaret is thereof seised by right of survivorship, that Robert
Darcy, John Aburhale, John Borham and William Parker of Eton
were seised of the manor of Morton, and made a demise thereof,
among other things, to Richard Henbarowe, John Clubbewell and
Richard Coppe, their heirs and assigns, that they made a demise
thereof, among other things, to the said Richard Grey and
Margaret and to the heirs of their bodies, that the said Margaret
is thereof seised by right of survivorship, and that those manors
are held of others than the king. |
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To the escheator in Essex. Order to give (the said) Margaret
livery of the manors of Purle, Seyres, Southous and the Hyde,
but to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the
manors of Snorham, 'Weldebernes, Lachyngdenbernes' and
Acresflete, delivering to her any issues thereof taken; as it is
found by inquisition, taken before John Thornbury late escheator,
that Robert Darcy, John Aburhale, William Ulgarthorp esquires,
William Eton, John Bouer clerks, John Horewode, John Boreham
and William Parker of Bleccheley were seised of the whole manor
of Purle, and by charter indented gave the same to dame
Margaret wife of Richard Grey of Wilton knight for her life, with
remainder to Richard Grey and to the heirs of her body by him,
that he was seised of the manors of Seyres, Southous and the
Hyde as parcel of the manor of Purle, and of the manors of
Snorham, 'Weldebernes, Lachyngdenbernes' and Acresflete, and
by charter gave the same to Richard Henbarowe, John Clubwell
and Richard Coppe chaplain, their heirs and assigns, that they
made a demise thereof by charter to the said Richard de Grey
lord of Wilton and Margaret his wife and to the heirs of their
bodies, that Richard de Grey died thereof so seised, that licence
of the king was not obtained, and that the manors of Purle,
Seyres, Southous and the Hyde are held in chief by knight service,
the other manors of others than the king; and for a fine paid in
the hanaper the king has pardoned the trespasses herein committed, and for another fine therein paid has respited until a day
yet to come the homage of the said Margaret due for the manors
of Purle, Seyres, Southous and the Hyde and for the manor of
Aston Grey co. Wiltesir, and has commanded the escheator in
Wiltesir to take her fealty. |
April 1.
Westminster. |
To the escheator in Herefordshire and the march of Wales
adjacent. Order to take the fealty of Thomas Welynton, and
to give him and Agnes his wife seisin of her purparty of the lands
hereinafter mentioned, keeping in his hand the purparty of
Elizabeth daughter of John Walweyn until further order, as upon
proof of the age of Ellen one of his daughters and heirs, whom
Richard Monyngton took to wife, before John Wygemore late
escheator, the king ordered that escheator to take the fealty of
the said Richard, in presence of the said Richard and Ellen and
of the next friends of the said Agnes and Elizabeth, or of their
attorneys, to make a partition into three equal parts of all the
lands held by their father in fee tail, and of all those of their
heritage held in dower by Ellen who was his wife, and to give
the said Richard and Ellen seisin of her purparty, keeping the
purparties of the said Agnes and Elizabeth in his hand until
further order, with proviso that each of the heirs and parceners
should have a share of the lands held in chief and be a tenant of
the king; and Thomas Welynton proved the age of the said
Agnes before the said late escheator. |
March 18.
Westminster. |
To the sheriff of Notyngham. Order to give John viscount
Beaumont, John la Zouche, Thomas Rempston knights, Bartholomew Brokesby, John Cokfelde esquires, John Bowes,
William Babyngton, Robert Clifton, both esquires, Richard
Byngham, Ellen his wife and Richard his son seisin of a croft in
Watnowe, 9s. 4d. of rent in Brokrestynge and 6s. 4d. of rent in
Watnowe which were of John Brokstowe outlawed for felony;
as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator,
that the premises were in his hand from 4 September 20 Henry VI
to the date of that inquisition, that on the day of his outlawry
John Brokstowe held them of the said viscount and the others as
of their manor of Watnowe Chaworth by homage and fealty and
by the service of 1d. a year at Whitsuntide and suit of their
court there every three weeks, that John Cursoun late escheator
had all the issues and profits thereof to the king's use from
4 September aforesaid until the feast of St. Martin following, and
Ralph Pole late escheator from that feast to the feast of St.
Martin last, and have answered or ought to answer for the same,
and that long before the outlawry the said croft was utterly
wasted, wherefore he may not answer for the waste thereof. |
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Membrane 19. |
Feb. 8.
Westminster. |
To the warden of the Flete prison. Order, for particular
causes laid before the king in person, to deliver to Humphrey earl
of Stafforde captain of Calais, or to his deputy, John Curteys
who is in the warden's custody by command of the king. By K. |
