Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1363

Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1909.

'Close Rolls, Edward III: November 1363', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364, (London, 1909) pp. 508-509. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw3/vol11/pp508-509 [accessed 19 April 2024]

November 1363



1363. Nov. 7. Westminster.	To the mayor and bailiffs of the town of Newcastle upon Tyne. Order to deliver to William Nobbeson, son and heir of Agnes one of the daughters and heirs of Henry son of Alan de Byrum, and to Maud and Isabel, daughters and heirs of Maud wife of Alan Chapman deceased, the other daughter and heir of the said Henry, a messuage with appurtenances in Newcastle aforesaid in the wardship of the mayor and bailiffs, together with the issues thereof received from 20 June in the 19th year of the reign for which answer has not yet been made to the king; as lately at the suit of the said heirs, alleging that the said messuage, which was of the said Henry, after his death descended to his said daughters and was parted between them, that the said Alan and Maud his wife held one moiety by that partition and the other at farm by demise of the said Agnes at her will, that Alan Chapman had no other estate therein at any time, and that the said messuage was taken into the king's hand, and is in his hand, for that Alan was indicted for the death of John de Denton and put in exigents, and praying for livery to the said heirs, the king commanded John de Chaumbre mayor of the said town and escheator therein to make inquisition touching the premises; and now it is found, by inquisition so taken, that after the death of the said Henry son of Alan the said messuage descended to Agnes and Maud as his daughters and heirs, and was parted as aforesaid, that Alan Chapman held one moiety with his wife in her right and the other to farm at the will of Agnes, and had no other estate therein at any time save in right of Maud and Agnes, that he died on 20 June aforesaid, that the said Maud his wife and Agnes are likewise dead, that the said Maud and Isabel daughters of Maud wife of Alan are her next heirs, and the said William Nobbeson next heir of Agnes, and that they are of full age.