July 28.
Havering, atte Bower. |
To Roger de Poley, escheator in cos. Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, Berks,
Bedford and Buckingham. Order to cause William de Ros and Margery
his wife, eldest sister and co-heir of Giles de Badlesmere, tenant in chief,
to have seisin of a third part of the manor of Preston, co. Buckingham,
which Elena de Brok lately held for life of the inheritance of Giles,
extended at 4l. 19s. 4½d. yearly, and to cause two parts of the manor of
Preston and 2s. 4¾d. rent in Couele, co. Buckingham, which Elizabeth late
Giles's wife holds in dower, and all the tenements in Couele which Robert
de Bradefeld holds for life, and all the tenements in Hamelden which
William de Parys holds for life, and the manor of Knouk, co. Wilts, which
Hugh Daudele, earl of Gloucester, holds for life, on the death of Elizabeth,
Robert, William and the earl, respectively, to be assigned to William de Ros
and Margery, as of the lands which belonged to Giles and which Elizabeth
holds in dower, and which ought at her death to revert to Margery,
Matilda, the second sister of Giles, whom John de Veer, earl of Oxford,
married, Elizabeth, the third sister, whom William de Bohun, earl of
Northampton, married, and Margaret the fourth sister of Giles, whom John
Tibetot married, and with the assent of the said earls, John, Matilda,
Elizabeth and Margaret, the king has assigned the following lands to
William and Margery, to wit: the manor of Bourn, co. Sussex, extended at
78l. 12s. 6d. yearly, the manor of Heyhyngton, co. Sussex, extended at
107s. 5½d. yearly, a wood called 'Waldern' in Laghton, in the same county,
extended at 18s. 2¾d. yearly, two parts of the manor of Preston, co.
Buckingham, extended at 8l. 9s. 6d. yearly and 2s. 4¾d. yearly in Couele in
the same county, the manor of Bokelond, co. Hertford, extended at
14l. 9s. 1d. yearly and 2s. 3¼d. rent issuing yearly from the manor of
Plessy, co. Hertford; and of the lands which are held for life of the said
inheritance, with reversion to the said heirs after the death of the tenants,
all the tenements in Couele which Robert de Bradefeld holds for life, extended at 50s. yearly; all the tenements in Hamelden, co. Buckingham,
which William de Parys holds for life, extended at 4l. 13s. 4d. yearly; the
manor of Knouk, co. Wilts, which the earl of Gloucester holds for life,
extended at 17l. 9s. 5d. yearly; the manor of Brendbradefeld, co. Suffolk,
which Thomas de Verdon holds for life, extended at 19l. 17s. 7½d. yearly;
all the tenements in Bokelond, co. Hertford, which Katherine
de Bokelond holds for life, extended at 50s. yearly; all the tenements
there which Matilda de Bokelond and Ellen her sister hold
for life, extended at 6s. 8d. yearly; a fourth part of the manor of
Thaxsted, co. Essex, which the earl of Gloucester and Margaret his wife
hold for life, extended at 30l. 3s. 8¼d. yearly, to wit, the manors of Bourn,
Heyhyngton and Bokland and the other tenements aforesaid after the
death of the tenants; and the king has also assigned to William de Ros and
Margery the said third part of the manor of Preston, 8l. 18s. 0¼d. rent to
be received yearly of the manor of Wells, co. Hertford, which William
Germyn and Ellen his wife lately held for Ellen's life and which is in the
king's hand until the reversion of the lands assigned to William de Ros
and Margery, except the lands assigned in dower to Elizabeth and a fourth
part of the manor of Thaxsted to the value of 8l. 18s. 0¼d. shall fall in. |
