Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 601-650

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 2, Henry VII. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1915.

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'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 601-650', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 2, Henry VII, (London, 1915) pp. 380-411. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol2/pp380-411 [accessed 26 April 2024]

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 601-650

601. WALTER OUDEBY, clerk.
Writ of Mandamus 29 November, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 1 November, 18 Henry VII.
He died 5 September, 14 Henry VII, seised of the under-mentioned messuages, land, &c. in fee. Richard Oudeby is his cousin and next heir, aged on the day of the taking of this inquisition 19 years.
DERBY. Three messuages, two cottages, two shops, three gardens, four virgates of land and meadow, in Derby, worth 8l., held of the king, by service of free burgage.
A toft, 16a. land, 4a. meadow, 100a. pasture, in Osmanston near (juxta) Derby, worth 15s., held of the king, as of his castle of Melburn, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, by 6s. rent yearly, fealty, and suit of court to the king’s court held at Melburn, other services unknown.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (50.)
602. ELIZABETH, sometime the wife of WILLIAM CHAWORTH, knight, and late the wife of JOHN DUNHAM, esquire.
Writ 23 March, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 20 October, 18 Henry VII.
One John, bishop of Lincoln, was seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee, and, being so seised, by fine levied at York in the octave of St. Michael and afterwards at Westminster in the octave of the Trinity, 16 Richard II, gave it to John la Zouche, knight, and Margaret his wife and the heirs of his body begotten, with remainder to one William la Zouche, knight, and his heirs for ever. They were seised thereof accordingly, John in his demesne as of fee tail and Margaret in her demesne as of free tenement, and died so seised, after whose death the manor descended to the said Elizabeth, named in the writ, as cousin and heir of the said John of his body begotten, viz. daughter of Elizabeth his daughter.
She entered accordingly and was seised of the said manor in fee tail by the form of the gift, and being so seised took to husband John Dunham, who survives, and they were seised thereof accordingly in fee tail, in her right, and being so seized had issue between them John. She died so seised, and the said John continued his possession, as tenant by the curtesy.
Death and heir, as in No. 577. Cf. Nos, 584, 603, 604, 612, 618.
HANTS. Manor of Kyngesworthye, worth 10l., held of the king, by service of a pair of gilt spurs, or 6d., at Michaelmas, by the hands of the sheriff of the county aforesaid, for all service.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (51.) E. Series II. File 960. (10.)
603. ELIZABETH, sometime the wife of WILLIAM CHAWORTH, knight, and late the wife of JOHN DUNHAM, esquire.
Writ 23 March, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 21 October, 18 Henry VII.
William Babyngton, Robert Clyfton, Richard Willughbye, esquires, William Gull, clerk, D.D., Thomas Babyngton and Ralph Reresby, were seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee, and, being so seised, by charter 12 October, 34 Henry VI, demised and confirmed it to Elizabeth, wife of William Chaworth, esquire, and Margaret, wife of John Chaworth, esquire, for the term of a year then next following, with remainder at the end of that term to the heirs of the body of John la Zouche, knight, with remainder to his right heirs.
By pretext of that charter seisin of the said manor was delivered to the said Elizabeth and Margaret, who were possessed thereof accordingly during the said term, and, after the end of the term, it remained to the said Elizabeth, named in the writ, as cousin and heir of the body of the said John la Zouch, viz. daughter of Elizabeth, his daughter and heir. She entered thereon accordingly, as into her remainder by the form of the gift, and was seised thereof accordingly in fee tail.
Other findings as in No. 602.
WILTS. Manor of Ambresburye, called ‘le Conyngar,’ worth 10 marks, held of the abbess of Ambresburye, by fealty only, for all serivce.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (52.)
604. ELIZABETH, sometime the wife of WILLIAM CHAWORTH, knight, and late the wife of JOHN DUNHAM, esquire.
Writ 23 March, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 20 October, 18 Henry VII.
Findings as in No. 602.
SUFFOLK. Manor of Alvynglegh, worth 100s., held of the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, service unknown.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (53.)
605. ROBERT THORP.
Writ 12 June, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 20 October, 18 Henry VII.
Henry Falke, doctor of decrees, Hugh Peyntwyn, doctor of the civil law (in civilibus doctor), Gregory Stalon, clerk, and Simon Bulwar, of Dallyng, were seised of the under-mentioned manors of ‘Myllers’ and ‘Copers’ in fee, and, being so seised, by charter enfeoffed the said Robert Thorp, Agnes, his wife, Thomas, earl of Surrey, Edmund Bedyngfeld, Henry Heydon, knights, Edmund Jenney, Thomas Jenney, gentlemen, John Wellys and Robert Rose, citizens and aldermen of Norwich, thereof, to the use of the said Robert. The survivors, viz. the said Agnes, earl of Surrey and Henry and Edmund Jenney, are still seised thereof in fee to the use aforesaid.
Henry Colett, knight, and citizen of London, William Knyvet, knight, William Paston, esquire, John Roossh, Thomas Jenney and Robert Colett, were seised of the under-mentioned manor called ‘le Grounge’ in fee, and being so seised, demised and confirmed it to the said Robert, Henry Heydon, knight, Edmund Jenney, gentleman, John Welles, citizen and alderman of Norwich, Richard Ferrour, Robert Aylemer, John Tyls, Richard Thorp, gentleman, and Ralph Pulvertoft, clerk, their heirs and assigns for ever, to the use of the said Robert and the performance of his last will. The survivors, viz. Henry, Edmund and Ralph are still seised thereof in fee to the use aforesaid.
By his last will he directed that his manors called ‘Copers’ and ‘Myllers’ should be sold by his executors and that the moneys coming therefrom should be disposed for the performance of his testament. Further he directed that Master Richard Wallour, chaplain of the chantry of the said Robert Thorp in the parish church of St. Michael the Archangel, Coslany, should have, to him and his successors, all his land, &c. in Honyngham, Honyngham Thorp, Eston, Weston, Est Tudenham, West Tudenham, Colton and Ryngelond.
He died 9 June last. Joan Thorp, aged 10 and more, is his cousin and heir, viz. daughter of Richard Thorp, his son. Cf. No. 457.
NORFOLK. Two manors, one called ‘Myllers’ and the other ‘Copers,’ with course of folds and faldages, in the towns and fields of Baldeswell and Sparham and other towns adjacent. The said manor called ‘Myllers,’ worth 5 marks, is held of George Grey, earl of Kent, as of his manor of Foxle, service unknown, and the manor called ‘Copers,’ worth 5 marks, is held of Thomas Curson, as of his manor of Byllyngford, service unknown.
Manor called ‘le Grounge,’ in Colton, Eston, Weston, Est Tudenham, West Tudenham and Ryngelond, worth 4 marks, held of the abbot of Sawtery, by fealty and a rose yearly.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (54.)
606. WILLIAM WYLBY.
Writ 28 October, inquisition 6 November, 18 Henry VII.
He died 26 October last, seised of the under-mentioned manors, &c. in fee, after whose death they descended to Thomas Wilbey, as his son and heir, aged 40 and more.
NORFOLK. Manor of Gunthorp, in Gunthorp and Sharyngton, with the advowson of the church of Gunthorp, worth 5l., held of the king, as of the honor of Clare, by service of 1/2 of a knight’s fee.
Manors of Hyndryngham and Pernowehall, or Pernowhall, in Hyndryngham, worth 6l., held of Thomas Astley, esquire, as of his manor called ‘Nowers,’ by service of 1/4 of a knight’s fee.
Manor called ‘Wilbeys,’ in Feildallyng, Bathele, Sharyngton, Byrnyngham, Bryston and Great (Magna) Snoryng, worth 40s., held of the king, as of the honor of Richmond, by service of 1/2 of a knight’s fee.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (55.)
607. WILLIAM KNOYLL, gentleman.
Writ 21 June, 17 Henry VII; inquisition taken at Schyrbourne, 3 November, 18 Henry VII, before William Bysley, escheator.
He died 18 June last, seised of the under-mentioned manors, &c. in fee. Peter Knoyell, aged 17 and more, is his son and heir.
DORSET. Manor of Purston, worth 10l., held of the king, as of the earldom of Salisbury, by service of 1/2 of a knight’s fee.
A messuage and 16a. land, in Tarrant Gunvyle, worth 13s. 4d., held of the queen, service unknown.
Two messuages in Schyrbourne, or Schirbourne, worth 6s. 8d., held of the bishop of Salisbury, in right of his church, service unknown.
A messuage and 20a. land, in Portlond, worth 26s. 8d., held of the queen, service unknown.
A messuage and 12a. land, in Motcombe, worth 6s. 8d., held of the abbess of Schaftysbury, in right of her house, service unknown.
Manor of Lulworthe St. Andrew, worth 6l. 13s. 4d., held of the queen, as of her manor of Mershwode, by service of 1/4 of a knight’s fee.
Sixty acres of pasture, in Gatmerston, worth 40s., held of Roger Neubourg, knight, service unknown.
Ten acres of pasture in Wynfrythe, worth 20s., held of the said Roger Neuburgh, knight, by 1d. rent yearly, for all service.
A messuage, in Burton, worth 6s. 8d., held of the abbot of Byndon, service unknown.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (56.) E. Series II. File 897b. (14.)
608. WILLIAM KNOYLL, gentleman.
Writ 21 June, 17 Henry VII; inquisition taken at Yevylchester, 3 November, 18 Henry VII, before William Bysley, escheator.
One John Huntley was seised of the under-mentioned land, &c. in Overadber, and, being so seised, demised them to one Alice Huntley for life at the rent of a red rose at Midsummer. The said John Huntley died, and John Huntley, his son and heir, by charter, 1 March, 17 Henry VII, reciting that the said Alice held the said land, &c. for life, with reversion to himself, in consideration of a certain sum of money, gave the said reversion to the said William Knoyell, his heirs and assigns; and afterwards one William Lucok, her husband, and the said Alice, tenants of the free tenement of the premises, in her right, attorned to the said William Knoyell, at Sampford Orkays. She is still seised of the said land, &c. with reversion expectant to the said William Knoyell, his heirs and assigns.
He died seised of the other under-mentioned manors, &c. in fee.
Death and heir as in No. 606.
SOMERSET. Moiety of the manor of Sampford Orkays, worth 4l., held of the king, as of the honor of Glocestre, by service of 1/4 of a knight’s fee.
Third part of the manor of Estlydford, worth 40s., held of the king, as of the manor of Cory Malett, by service of 1/3 of a knight’s fee.
Sixty acres of land, in Walys by Quene Camell, worth 26s. 8d., held of Henry Rogers, knight, service unknown.
Ten acres of land, in Quene Camell, worth 3s. 4d., held of the lady Margaret, countess of Richemund and Derby, service unknown.
A messuage and 30a. land, in Milton Podymer, worth 20s., held of the abbot of Glastonbury, service unknown.
Eight acres of pasture, in Suddon, worth 8s., held of Giles Dawbeney, lord Dawbeney, knight, service unknown.
Six acres of land, in Bayford, worth 3s. 4d., held of Thomas, earl of Arundell, service unknown.
Five acres of pasture, in Templecome, worth 6s. 8d., held of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, in right of his house, service unknown.
Twenty acres of pasture, in Wyncaulton, worth 33s. 4d., held of the said Giles Dawbeney, lord Dawbeney, knight, service unknown.
A tenement with a curtilage adjacent, 24a. land and a close of pasture, in Overadber, worth 13s. 4d., held of the king, as of the earldom of Salisbury, by 1/20 of a knight’s fee.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (57.) E. Series II. File 897b. (13.)
609. JOAN GILBERTE, widow.
Writ 13 March, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 28 October, 18 Henry VII.
Long before her decease one John Gilbert, late her husband, and herself, were seised of the under-mentioned manor of Wolveton in fee, in her right, and being so seised, by charter 22 October, 8 Henry VII, gave a third part thereof to John Lowen, James Ede, Thomas Eglender and William Myryfeld, their heirs and assigns, to the use of one Thomas Gilbert, their younger son, and of Agnes, his wife, for the term of their lives in survivorship, with remainder to the use of one Robert Gilbert, then son and heir apparent of the said Joan, and his heirs for ever. The said John and the others were seised thereof accordingly in fee; and afterwards the said Thomas Gilbert died, and the said Agnes survived him and is yet living; and afterwards the said John Gilbert died, and the said Joan survived him and continued her possession in two parts of the said manor, and was seised thereof in fee the day she died.
She died 26 December last, seised of the other under-mentioned land, &c. in fee. Robert Gilbert, aged 40 and more, is her son and heir.
HANTS. Two parts of the manor of Wolveton, in the Isle of Wight, worth 12l. 13s. 4d., held of Reynold Braye, knight, as of his castle of Caresbroke, in the said isle, by service of two parts of a knight’s fee.
A messuage, 300a. land, 300a. pasture, 4a. meadow, 2a. wood, in Upsombourne, Lytyll Sombourne, Netherden, Romsey, Crawley, Assheley and Okeley, worth 6l. 10s., held of Richard, bishop of Winchester, service unknown.
Three messuages, 20a. land, 20a. pasture, 4a. meadow, in Clyve, in the island aforesaid, worth 40s., held of the said Reynold Bray, as of his castle aforesaid, by service of 1/13 of a knight’s fee.
A third part of the manor of Wode, in the isle aforesaid, worth 3l. 6s. 8d., held of the said Reynold Braye, as of his castle aforesaid, by service of 1/3 of a knight’s fee.
Manor of Knyghton, in the isle aforesaid, worth 20l., held of the said Reynold Braye, as of the castle aforesaid, by service of three knight’s fees.
Six messuages, 14a. land, 20a. pasture, 4a. meadow, 3a. wood, in Chelingwode, or Chelyngwode, in the parish of Newchirche, in the isle aforesaid, worth 26s. 8d., held of the said Reynold Bray, as of the castle aforesaid, by service of 1/13 of a knight’s fee.
Moiety of the manor of Broke, and a moiety of twenty messuages, 40a. land, 50a. pasture, 20a. meadow and 10a. wood, in Broke and Uggeton, in the isle aforesaid, worth 100s., held of the said Reynold Bray, as of the castle aforesaid, by service of 1/2 of a knight’s fee.
A moiety of messuage and of 20a. land, in New Lymyngton, worth 8s., held of Hugh Conwey, knight, by fealty only, for all service.
Ten messuages, 40a. land, 100a. pasture, and 4a. wood, in Midilton, in the isle aforesaid, worth 6l. 13s. 4d., held of Nicholas Lysley, knight, service unknown.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (58.) E. Series II. File 960. (6.)
610. JOHN ISAAK and JAMBS ISAAK.
Writs 8 January, 17 Henry VII, the previous writs having been lost by accident; inquisition 13 January, 17 Henry VII.
CANTERBURY. John Isaak, named in one of the writs, died seised in fee of 15l. yearly rent, which he received from the farm of the city of Canterbury by the hands of the mayor and citizens yearly, viz. 7l. 10s. at Easter and 7l. 10s. at Michaelmas, as his part of 30l., which King Edward III, by letters patent, 1 October, 29 Edward III, granted to William son of John Condy and his heirs, in recompense for his bailliwick of Sandwich; the said John Isaak being cousin and one of the heirs of the said William Condy, viz. son of John Isaak, son of Agnes, daughter of Margaret, one of the sisters and heirs of the said William. The said 15l. are held, together with the residue of the said 30l., of the king in chief, by fealty only, for all service. The said John Isaak died 13 August, 16 Henry VII, after whose death the said 15l. descended to James Isaak, as his son and heir then aged 40.
James Isaak, named in the other writ, son and heir of the said John, was seised by descent of the said 15l. yearly in fee. He was also seised in fee at the time of his death of 7l. 10s. received from the said farm, 50s. at Easter and 100s. at Michaelmas, as one Richard Mayhewe’s part of the said 30l., which by the king’s letters patent of licence he lately bought, to him and his heirs, of the said Richard, the said Richard Mayhewe being the other (alter) of the cousins and heirs of the said William Condy, viz. son of Thomas, son of Henry, son of Joan, daughter of Constance, the other of the sisters of the said William. The said James Isaak died 3 October, 17 Henry VII, after whose death both the 15l. and the said 7l. 10s. descended to William Isaak, as his son and heir, aged 18 and more. Cf. Nos. 642, 665.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (59.)
611. JAMES CALDECOTE.
Writ 25 January, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 20 October, 18 Henry VII.
Long before his decease he was seised of the under-mentioned manor of ‘Dales’ in fee, and, being so seised, by charter indented gave it to William Fyndern, knight, Edward Burgh, knight, John Grene, knight, Geoffrey Downes, gentleman, John Fitz Gefferey, Robert Castell, John Asplond and Thomas Castell, their heirs and assigns, to the use of himself and Dorothy Castell, daughter of the said Robert, and his heirs.
Date of death not given. Thomas Caldecott, aged at the time of the taking of this inquisition 17 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. No. 624.
ESSEX. Manor of Dales in Thunderley, worth 10 marks, held of John, earl of Oxford, by knight-service.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (60.)
612. ELIZABETH, sometime the wife of WILLIAM CHAWORTH, knight, and late the wife of JOHN DUNHAM, esquire.
Writ 23 March, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 19 December, 18 Henry VII.
She died 29 March, 17 Henry VII. Other findings as in No. 584.
KENT. Manor of Eynesford, worth 6l., manor and advowson of Ightham, worth 10l., held of the archbishop of Canterbury, service unknown.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (61.)
613. WILLIAM TEY.
Writ 14 June, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 15 October, 18 Henry VII.
John Newdegate, gentleman and Henry Formby, were seised of the under-mentioned manors of Leyr and Badcockes in fee, and, being so seised, gave them, with the king’s licence, to the said William and Isabel, his wife, and the heirs of his body. He was seised thereof accordingly in fee tail and died so seised and she survived him and is still seised thereof in her demesne as of free tenement.
He was seised of the under-mentioned manors of Aldeham and Bedyngham and land, &c. in Great Byrche, in fee, and, being so seised, took to wife the said Isabel, and afterwards enfeoffed Henry Merney, William Breton, Alexander Culpeper, Robert Morley, esquires, and Matthew Kelbury, thereof, to the use of himself and his heirs and the performance of his last will. They were seised thereof accordingly in fee, and they being so seised, by his last will he directed that they should make a sufficient grant of 10 marks annuity from the manor of Aldeham to the said Isabel, his wife, for life, with clause of distraint, and further directed that, immediately after his death, she should take the issues and profits of the said manors and land, &c., over and above the said annuity, till all his sons (filii sui) came to their full age, for their reasonable exhibiton, any residue over and above such exhibition to be disposed for the marriage of his daughters at the discretion of the feoffees and the supervisors of his testament.
The said William and Isabel were seised of the under-mentioned land, &c. in Copford, &c. in fee, and being so seised he died and she is still so seised by survivorship.
He died 8 June, 17 Henry VII. Thomas Tey is his son and heir, and was aged 13 on All Hallows eve next before his decease.
ESSEX. Manor of Leyr del Hay, worth 25l., held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Boulogne, by 1/2 of a knight’s fee.
Manor of Badcockes, worth 9l., held of Robert Peyton, knight, and Robert Suthwell, esquire, service unknown.
Manor of Aldeham, worth 16l. 16s. 8d., held of John, earl of Oxford, service unknown.
Manor of Bedyngham, worth 9l. 13s. 4d., held of William, bishop of London, service unknown.
A messuage, 160a. land, called ‘William a Byrches,’ in Great Byrche, whereof the messuage and 80a. land, worth 60s., are held of the king by service of 1/4 of a knight’s fee and service of rendering to the king for castleguard of Dover 10s. yearly, and 80a. the residue, worth 60s., are held of the king in chief.
Forty acres of land and 1a. meadow, in Coppeford, Great (Magna) Byrche, Little (Parva) [Byrche] and Stanwey, worth 33s. 4d., held of John Bardefeld, service unknown.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (62.)
614. THOMASINE, late the wife of RICHARD CHICHESTRE.
Writ 18 October, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 30 October 18 Henry VII.
One Richard Chechestre, esquire, and Henry Boughdon, clerk, were seised of the under-mentioned messuages, &c. in fee and, being so seised, by charter demised them to Richard Chechestre, of Hall, son of the said Richard Chechestre, esquire, and to the said Thomasine, wife of the said Richard, the son, and the heirs of their bodies begotten, with remainder in default to her right heirs. They were seised thereof accordingly in fee tail and had issue John Chechestre, who is living. She died so seised, and the said Richard, the son was, and still is, solely seised thereof in fee tail by survivorship.
She died Tuesday, the feast of St. Margaret, the Virgin, 17 Henry VII. The said John Chechestre, aged 20 and more, is her son and heir.
DEVON. Forty messuages, three tofts, 300a. arable, 300a. pasture, 50a. meadow, 20a. wood, 40a. furze and heather and 10s. rent, in Hall, Bishops Tawton (Tawton episcopi), Ackote, Hereston, Combemartyn, Pryckesworthy, Saccamton, Rythelcomb, Ifardecomb, Barnestaple, Exeter, and the suburbs of Exeter, whereof:—
Land, &c. in Hall, held of John Arundell, bishop of Exeter, as of the manor of Bishops Tawton, by fealty, suit of court and 20s. rent, for all service; worth 100s.
Land, &c. in Beare, parcel of the land, &c. in Bishops Tawton, held of the said bishop of Exeter, by 1/10 of a knight’s fee, and 40s. rent yearly; worth 20s. 6d.
The residue of the land, &c. in Bishops Tawton, called Ackote, Herston and Fyssherton, held of the said bishop of Exeter, as of the manor of Bishops Tawton, viz. Fyssherton, by fealty and 10s. rent, for all service; land, &c. in Herston by the rent of 2lb. pepper, for all service; land, &c. in Ackote, by fealty and suit of court, for all service; the said land, &c. in Ackote, Herston and Fyssherton are worth 4 marks.
Land, &c. in Combemartyn, held of the lady Margaret, countess of Rochemond and Derby by fealty and 10s. rent, as of the borough of Combemartyn, for all service; worth 32s.
Land, &c. in Pryckesworthy, held of the abbot of Clyve, by fealty only, for all service; worth 8s.
Land, &c. in Saccamton, held of John Copleston, esquire, as of the manor of Bukyngton, in free socage, by fealty and 4s. 9d. rent; worth 5s. 9d.
Land, &c. in Rythelcomb, held of Giles Dawbeney, knight, lord Dawbeney, as of the manor of Rythelcomb, service unknown; worth 3s. 4d.
Land, &c. in Ilfardecomb, held of John, lord Fitzwaren, as of the borough of Ifardecomb, in free socage; worth 20s.
Land, &c. in Exeter and the suburbs of Exeter, held of the dean and chapter of Exeter, service unknown, worth 15s.
Land, &c. in Barnestaple, held of the prior of St. Mary Magdalen of Barnestaple, in socage; worth 12d.
The 10s. yearly rent of no value beyond outgoings.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (63.)
615. JOHN FORTESCU, of Were, esquire.
Writ 7 June, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 10 November, 18 Henry VII.
One John Fortescu, knight, and Isabel, his wife, by fine levied from Michaelmas into one month, 34 Henry VI, granted to Martin Fortescu, and Elizabeth, his wife, the under-mentioned manor of Combe and land, &c. in Holbeton, Overcombe, &c. for her life, with remainder to Martin and the heirs he should beget of her body, with reversion in default after his decease to the said John and Isabel and John’s heirs. The said Martin and Elizabeth were seised thereof accordingly, and afterwards had issue John Fortescu, esquire, named in the writ; and afterwards the said Martin died so seised and she was seised of the premises in her demesne as of free tenement by survivorship, and being so seised took to husband Richard Pomeray, knight; which Richard and Elizabeth afterwards by their writing, dated at Combe, 23 April, 20 Edward IV, demised to Thomas Seyntleger, knight, James Seyntleger, Bartholomew Seyntleger, and John Brokeman, esquires, all their estate in the said manor of Combe and in land, &c. in Holbeton aforesaid, to hold for the term of her life. The said Thomas Seyntleger and the others, were seised thereof accordingly in their demesne as of free tenement; and afterwards the said Thomas Seyntleger and John Brokeman died so seised, and the said James and Bartholomew were seised thereof by survivorship, and the said John Fortescu, by his writing, 8 September, 17 Henry VII, ratified and confirmed the estate of the said James and Bartholomew therein, and by the same writing released to them, their heirs and assigns, all the right which he then had therein; by virtue whereof the said James and Bartholomew were seised of the said manor, &c. in fee, and, being so seised. by their writing, 12 December, 17 Henry VII, demised the said manor of Combe in the parish of Holbeton and all their land, &c. in the said parish to Richard Gylforde, knight, Ralph Seyntleger, George Seyntleger, esquires, and John Martyn, to hold for the term of the life of one Jacquette (Jacobe) Fortescu, the wife of the said John Fortescu named in the writ, and to her use, with remainder after her decease to the said John Fortescu, esquire, his heirs and assigns for ever; by virtue whereof the said Richard, Ralph and the others were, and still are, seised thereof in their demesne as of free tenement to the use aforesaid.
One John Denys, of Orlegh, John Orchard, Walter Southcote, William Chaunterell, Richard Hylton, otherwise styled Richard Mattez, and John Wyet, were seised of the under-mentioned land in Hamme St. George, Westdowne, Kyntesbery, Cholecomb, Merwode and Braunton, in fee, and, being so seised, by their writing, 23 April, 20 Edward IV, demised them to the said Thomas Seyntleger, knight, Richard Pomeray, knight, James Seyntleger, Bartholomew Seyntleger, and John Brokeman, esquires, their heirs and assigns for ever. They were seised thereof accordingly in fee, and, being so seised, the said Thomas, Richard and John died, and the said James and Bartholomew were seised thereof in fee by survivorship, and, being so seised, by their writing, 12 September, 17 Henry VII, demised them to Richard Gylford, knight, and the others, and to the use above specified.
Robert Troytt was seised of the under-mentioned land, &c. in Brigge Ruell in fee, and, being so seised, by his writing, 6 December, 9 Henry VII, gave them to the said John Fortescu, esquire, and Jacquette, his wife, and John’s heirs. They were seised thereof accordingly in their demesne as of fee and of free tenement respectively, and afterwards he died and she is still solely seised thereof by survivorship.
He died 2 June last. George Fortescu, aged 19 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. No. 588.
DEVON. Manor of Combe, in the parish of Holbeton, worth 10 marks, held of the lady Margaret, countess of Richemond and Derby, the king’s mother, as of her manor of Holbeton, by knight-service and 13s. 4d. rent.
Four messuages, a dovecot, three gardens, six ferlings of land, 5a. meadow, 12a. wood, 27s. 8d. rent, and a rent of a cierge of wax, price 12d. and of 1lb. of wax, in Holbeton, Overcombe, Nethercombe, Battokysburgh, Efford and Alston; whereof one messuage, a garden, 60a. land and 3a. meadow, in Holbeton called ‘Hyerborowgh,’ are held of the said countess, as her said manor, by knight-service, and 14s. rent yearly only, and are worth, beyond outgoings, 26s. 8d.; twenty acres of land in the parish aforesaid called ‘Netherborough,’ are held of the said countess, as of her manor aforesaid, by knight-service, and 5s. rent yearly, and are worth 10s. yearly beyond outgoings; a moiety of a messuage of the said four messuages and a moiety of 60a. land and of 2a. meadow, in the parish aforesaid, are held of the said countess by knight-service and 7s. rent yearly only, for all service, and the other moiety thereof is held of John Northebury, knight, by knight’s service and 9s. rent yearly only, as of his manor of Holbeton; the said messuage and 80a. (sic) of land, 2a. meadow, are worth yearly 40s.; the other two messuages, two gardens, 12a. land, in the parish aforesaid, are held of the said John Northbery, as of his manor aforesaid, by knight-service, and are worth 20s.; and the said messuage (sic), 20a. land, and 12a. wood, in Efforde, are held of the said John Northebury, as of the manor aforesaid, by knight-service and 11s. 8d. rent only, and are worth 10s. yearly beyond outgoings; the above-mentioned rents are of no value beyond outgoings.
Two messuages, a garden, 60a. land, 12a. furze and heath, in Hamme St. George, 40a. land, called ‘Crakewey,’ in the parish of Westdowne, and 12a. land called ‘Burford,’ or ‘Burforde,’ in the parish of Hamme St. George, held of Elizabeth Wadham, as of the manor of Pokewyll, by fealty and 5s. rent yearly only, worth beyond outgoings clearly 20s.
Forty acres of land called ‘Doddecote,’ or ‘Doddecot,’ in the parish of Hamme aforesaid, held of John Champernon, as of the manor of Bokelond Dynham, by fealty only; worth 10s.
Fifty acres of land, called ‘Brodewyk,’ or ‘Brydewyk,’ in the parish of Kyntesbery, 50a. land, called ‘Yerd,’ or in Yeard, in the same parish, 40a. land called ‘Bykeworthy,’ or in Bykeworthy, in the same parish, 40a. land, called ‘Fen,’ in the parish of Cholecomb, and 40a. land called ‘Pattysforde,’ in the same parish, held of John Chechestre, as of the manor of Ralegh, service unknown; worth 20s.
Twenty acres of land, 12a. wood, called ‘Medcomb,’ or ‘Meddecomb,’ in the parish of Merwode, held of John Ackelane, by 3s. rent, other service unknown; worth 5s.
One hundred acres of land in Braunton Abbots (Abbitis) and Braunton Gourges, whereof 50a. land in Braunton Abbots, worth 20s., are held of the abbot of Clyfe, as of the manor of Braunton Abbots (Abbat’), by fealty and 3s. 2d. rent only, for all service; and 50a. land in Braunton Gourges, worth 20s., are held of Edmund Gourges, knight, as of the manor of Braunton Gourges, by fealty and 2s. 4d. rent only, for all service.
A rent of 2s. 6d. from lands and tenements called ‘Bremelonde,’ in the same parish [? Braunton], of no value beyond outgoings.
A messuage and 30a. land, in Brigge Ruell, worth 20s., held of the prior of Lanceston, as of the manor of Brigge Ruell.
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616. JOHN SKLYKARD.
Writ 17 April, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 20 November, 18 Henry VII.
He died 20 March, 17 Henry VII, seised of the under-mentioned moiety in fee. John Sklykard, aged 30 and more, is his son and heir. See No. 829.
CORNWALL. Moiety of the manor of Trenoda, worth 40s., held of the king, as of the manor of Lantean, by knight-service.
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617. JOHN HALYWELL.
Writ 17 April, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 20 November, 18 Henry VII.
The said John Halleghwell, knight, died 24 April, 15 Henry VII seised of the under-mentioned moiety in fee. Richard Halleghwyll, aged 30 and more, is his son and heir. See No. 828.
CORNWALL. Moiety of the manor of Trenoda, worth 40s., held of the king, as of the manor of Lantean, by knight-service.
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618. ELIZABETH, sometime the wife of WILLIAM CHAWORTH, knight, and late the wife of JOHN DUNHAM, esquire.
Writ 23 March, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 29 October, 18 Henry VII.
Findings as in No. 584.
NOTTINGHAM. Manor of Kyrtlyngton, worth 20l., held of the archbishop of York, by fealty only, for all service.
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619. ALAN STANWARDYNE.
Writ 2 November, inquisition the last day but one of October, 18 Henry VII.
He died 13 September last, seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee. Thomas Stanwardyn, aged 10 and more, is his son and heir.
SALOP. Manor of Ledewych in the parish of Bytterley, near Ludlowe, worth 60s., held of Thomas, earl of Arundell, by knight-service.
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620. ELIZABETH MUSCHAMP, widow.
Writ 3 May, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 17 November, 18 Henry VII.
The said Elizabeth Muschamp, late the wife of Thomas Muschamp, of Pecham co. Surrey, held no lands, &c.; but the said Thomas Muschamp was seised of the under-mentioned moiety of a manor in fee, and, being so seised, by charter, 5 November, 1 Henry VII, enfeoffed Richard Higham, late serjeant-at-law, by the name of Richard Higham, John Legh, of Stokwell, knight, by the name of John Legh, of Stokwell, esquire, Thomas Fitzwilliam, recorder of London, by the name of Thomas Fitzwilliam, recorder of the city of London, John Holgrave, one of the barons of the Exchequer, by the name of John Holgrave, one of the barons of the Exchequer, William Welbek, by the name of William Welbek, citizen and haberdassher of London, and Richard Welbek, thereof, to the use of himself and the said Elizabeth, for the term of their lives in survivorship, with remainder to the use of their heirs. The survivors, John Legh and William Welbek are still seised thereof in fee to the use aforesaid.
She died 27 March, 17 Henry VII. William Muschamp, aged 22 and more, is their son and heir.
SURREY. Moiety of the manor of Bredynghurst, in the parish of Pecham, worth 4l., held of Edward, duke of Bukingham, as of the manor of Pecham, by fealty, and 12d. rent payable yearly to the same duke at the manor aforesaid.
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621. WILLIAM LANE.
Writ 12 November, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 28 October, 18 Henry VII.
He was seised of the under-mentioned manor, &c. in fee, and, being so seised, by divers charters enfeoffed John Mulsho, esquire, Henry Duraunt, John Hanneslap, Robert Aleyn, clerk, Richard Flore, William Bucland and Robert Bruester, thereof, to the use of himself and his heirs. They were seised thereof accordingly in fee, and afterwards the said Aleyn, Flore and Brewyster died, and the survivors Mulsho, Duraunt, Haneslap and Bucland are still so seised to the use aforesaid.
He died 25 October, 17 Henry VII. Ralph Lane, aged 36 and more, is his son and heir.
NORTHAMPTON. Manor of Orlyngbere, called ‘Beavers’ Maner,’ held of Anne Trussell, by fealty and 12d. rent yearly, for all service; a messuage and a virgate of land in Orlyngbere, called ‘Blakys’ and ‘Monkys,’ held of Nicholas Vaus, knight, by fealty and 4 1/2d. rent yearly, for all service; the said manor and lands are worth 8l.
A messuage and a virgate of land and a close called ‘le Breche,’ in Little (Parva) Harowedon, worth 13s. 4d., held of the said Nicholas Vaus, knight, By the rent of 1d. and 1/2lb. cummin, for all service.
Three messuages, six virgates of land, in Arthyngworth 20s., held of John Freman, by fealty and the rent of a peppercorn (unius gariofoli piperis), for all service.
A messuage and three virgates of land, in Sutton, worth 20s., held of John Urmond, esquire, as of his manor of Weston on Welond, by fealty and 8d. rent yearly.
A messuage and a virgate and a half of land, in Assheley, worth 10s., held of Dame Elizabeth Tanfeld, widow, as of her manor of Assheley, by fealty and 12d. rent yearly.
A moiety of a messuage and of a virgate and a half of land, in Little (Parva) Addyngton, worth 6s. 8d., held of Edward, duke of Bukingham, by fealty only, for all service.
Eighty acres of land, meadow and pasture, in Thyngden, worth 13s. 4d., held of John Mulsho, esquire, by the rent of 1d. yearly.
A toft and a virgate of land, in Isham, worth 6s. 8d., held of Nicholas Vaus, knight, as of the manor of Harowedon, by fealty and the rent of two hens, for all service.
A messuage and two virgates of land, in Broughton, worth 10s., held of George Dalyson, by fealty and 2s. rent.
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622. WILLIAM WYNNESBURY.
Writ 14 June, inquisition 2 July, 17 Henry VII.
He died on Tuesday after Whitsuntide last, seised of the under-mentioned manor, &c. in fee. Alice Lyttelton, wife of Richard Lyttelton, is his daughter and heir, aged 40 and more. Cf. No. 537.
SALOP. Manor of Hokulton, worth 40s., held of the king, as of the lordship, of Momgomery, parcel of the earldom of March, by fealty and service of rendering to the king a steel needle (acum calibum) and a red rose at Midsummer, if demanded, for all service.
Two messuages, a nook of land, 8a. meadow, in Wynnesbury, worth 13s. 4d., held of William Pursell, by fealty and 1d. rent, for all service.
Two messuages and a shop, in Ludlowe, worth 16s., held of the king in burgage, viz. by fealty and 8d. rent yearly, for all service.
Rent of 8s. 3d. in Whittyngeslowe, held of William, earl of Arundel by fealty, for all service.
A toft and a nook of land, 4a. meadow and 4s. rent, and two water-mills, in Actonscott, Henley and Whitcote, worth 26s. 8d., held of the said earl, by fealty only, for all service.
Moiety of the manor of Norbury in Bysshop Lond, worth 26s. 8d., held of the bishop of Herford, as of his castle, or lordship, of Bysshop Castell, by fealty and two appearances yearly at the great court of the bishop held twice a year at the castle aforesaid, for all service.
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623. JOHN MATHEWE.
Commission 14 February, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 31 October, 18 Henry VII.
He was seised in fee, the day he died, of the under-mentioned tenements, &c. in ‘Hilstrete,’ &c.
He held, the day he died, jointly with Robert Grene, John Padland and Roger Sutton, in fee, to them and their heirs, the under-mentioned messuages, &c. in ‘Darby lane,’ &c. The said Robert, and the others, survived him and are still living.
He held the day he died, jointly with Richard Coke, in fee, to them and their heirs, the under-mentioned messuage between bridges, &c. The said Richard survived him and is still living.
He held, the day he died, jointly with Henry Smyth and Thomas Bounde, in fee, to them and their heirs, the under-mentioned messuages, &c. in ‘Litilparkestrete,’ &c. They survived him, and are still living.
The said Robert Grene, John Padland, Roger Sutton, Richard Coke, Thomas Bounde and Henry Smyth, were jointly enfeoffed with him in all the lands and tenements abovesaid, to the use of him and his heirs and the performance of his will.
By his will he directed inter alia that Agnes his wife should have an annuity for life of 10l. from all his lands and tenements; that Margaret Sedwall, his sister, should have for life a house in ‘Greyfrerlane,’ worth 8s. yearly; that from the issues &c. from a messuage in ‘Litilparkestret,’ worth 33s. 4d. yearly, his executors should keep his anniversary or ‘obbit,’ and that they should so order that the said ‘obbit’ should forever be kept therefrom; that from the issues of all his other lands and tenements in Coventry or elsewhere, 20l. should be raised in cash (in pecuniis numeratis) to be expended in repairs of the ways round Coventry, and the marriage of maidens, at his executor’s discretion; that, after the performance of his will, George his son should have all the lands and tenements which were his in his lifetime, and that, if the said George died without heir of his body, six needy poor people should have six houses for their dwellings, and 8d. a piece weekly for their keep from the issues and profits of the lands and tenements aforesaid; and that Agnes, his wife, while sole, and Roger Sutton, or, if she married, the said Roger and Richard Coke, the supervisor of his testament, should have the custody and governance of the said George and his goods, till of age.
He died 13 December, 13 Henry VII. George Mathewe is his son and heir and is 15 years old.
COVENTRY. A tenement in ‘Hilstrete,’ worth 26s. 8d., two tenements in ‘Vicarslane,’ worth 8s., a tenement in the street called ‘Smythford,’ worth 14s., three tenements, whereof two in ‘Greyfrerlane’ and the third in ‘Erlestrete,’ worth 3s. 4d.; held of the king, in free burgage, rent unknown.
Four messuages, six cottages, a barn, a stable and a garden, whereof one messuage lies in ‘Darby Lane,’ worth 30s., another, with the barn, stable and garden, together, in ‘Dedelane,’ worth 10s., the third and three cottages, together, in ‘Sponstrete,’ worth 20s., the fourth in ‘Litilparkestrete,’ worth 33s. 4d., and the remaining three cottages, together, in ‘Gosfordstrete,’ worth 26s. 8d.
A messuage, between bridges, opposite the hospital of St. John the Baptist, worth 20s.
Two messuages and two gardens, whereof one with garden adjacent in ‘Litilparkestrete,’ worth 40s., the other with garden adjacent in ‘Mich[e]parkestrete,’ worth 20s.
All the said lands and tenements are held of the king in free burgage, rent unknown.
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624. JAMES CALDECOTE.
Writ 25 January, 17 Henry VII; inquisition Saturday, 20 September, 18 Henry VII.
He died Tuesday before the Purification last, seised of the under-mentioned manor, &c. in fee. Thomas Caldecote, aged 19 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. No. 611.
CAMBRIDGE. Manor called ‘Veysys,’ which extends itself in Melreth, worth 15l., held of Ralph Chamberleyn, esquire, and Elizabeth, his wife, late the wife of William Alyngton, esquire, in her right, as of her manor called ‘Argentyns’ in Melburn, service unknown.
Tenement called ‘Baburhams,’ and 14a. land in Melreth, called ‘Spaynard Croft,’ worth 26s. 8d., held of the prior of Shene, service unknown.
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625. HENRY BROUN.
Writ 1 July, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 24 January, 18 Henry VII.
Henry Broun, of Napton, co. Warwick, gentleman, died 21 July, 16 Henry VII, seised of the under-mentioned land, &c. in fee. Joan, wife of John Cranowe, and Margaret, wife of John Farndon, are his daughters and heirs; Joan is aged, on the day of the taking of this inquisition, 44 and more, and Margaret is aged 40 and more.
WARWICK. Eight messuages, 308a. land, 30a. meadow, 10a. pasture, 3s. 5 1/2d. rent, in Napton on the Hill; whereof two messuages, 63a. land, 5a. meadow and 10a. pasture, worth 30s., are held of Nicholas Vaus, knight, by fealty and the rent of 8d. and 1lb. pepper yearly, for all service; two messuages, 80a. land, 10a. meadow, worth 40s., of Richard Badby, by fealty and 16d. rent yearly, for all service; two messuages, 60a. land, 4a. meadow, worth 26s. 8d., of Thomas Shukburgh, esquire, by fealty and 6 1/2d. rent yearly, for all service; a messuage, 8a. land, 1a. meadow, worth 10s., of Thomas Heyton, by fealty and 1d. rent yearly, for all service; and a messuage, 100a. land, and 10a. meadow, the residue, worth 60s., of the king, as of his lordship of Warwyke, co. Warwyke, by fealty only, and 4s. for marrying the eldest daughter of the earl of Warwyke for the time being, and their heirs, sometime lords of the said manor of Warwyke, for all service; of which lordship of Warwyke, Anne, late countess of Warwyke, was seised in fee, and, being so seised, by fine levied in the quinzaine of Hilary, 3 Henry VII, gave the said lordship to the king, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body issuing, by virtue of which fine the king was, and at the time of this inquisition is, seised of the same lordship in his demesne as of fee tail in form aforesaid.
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626. JAMES TYRELL, knight.
Commission 4 December, inquisition 4 February, 18 Henry VII.
The letters patent direct the commissioners to enquire concerning the lands, &c. whereof the said James, who was attainted of high treason, was seised, which lands &c. by reason of his forfeiture ought to belong to the king; their value; who has taken the issues and profits of them; and to seise and take the same lands, &c. into the king’s hands.
James Tyrell, knight of the body of the king, was seised, 11 December, 7 Henry VII, of the under-mentioned messuage, &c. in fee, and, being so seised, thereof enfeoffed Thomas Mongomery, knight, Thomas Tyrell, knight, and Robert Rochestre, gentleman, to the use of himself and his heirs.
Afterwards the said Thomas, Thomas and Robert Rochestre, being so enfeoffed thereof to the use of the said James and his heirs (sic), and the said James, 26 July, 16 Henry VII, by indenture sold (vendidit) the said messuage, &c., to Cecily Whitney, widow, and by charter of even date gave (dederit et concesserit) the same to Richard Mayowe, John Batemanson, clerk, John Brugez, Edmund Brugez, citizens of London, and William Thursby, gentleman, their heirs and assigns, to the use of the said Cecily and her heirs.
After the said 11 December, 7 Henry VII, and before the said 26 July, 16 Henry VII, the said James took the issues and profits of the premises, to his own use. After the said 26 July the said Cecily took the issues and profits to her own use.
SURREY. A great messuage lying in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen by (juxta) Bermondesey, and ten other small tenements to the same great messuage contiguously adjacent, also eleven gardens, containing 3a. land, to the same great messuage and tenements adjacent, to the yearly value of 8l. 8s., held of the abbot of St. Saviour, Bermondesey, by fealty, suit of his court there every three weeks and 2s. rent yearly.
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627. RICHARD BULSTRODE, esquire.
Writ 11 June, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 3 December, 18 Henry VII.
By charter indented, 7 July, 11 Henry VII, he and Alice, his wife, enfeoffed John Mordaunt, gentleman, and Thomas Hawtre, who survive, and John Browne, barrister at law (apprenticium juris), Thomas Ramsey, the elder, Roger Bulstrode, and John Parsone, clerk, since deceased, of the under-mentioned manors, &c. by the name of all [their] manors, &c. in the county of Buckingham, with the advowson of the church of Horton when it happen, to the use of divers covenants in certain indentures between Richard Emson, gentleman, of the one, and the said Richard Bulstrode, of the other part, upon a marriage between Edward Bulstrode, son and heir of the said Richard Bulstrode and Mary daughter of the said Richard Emson, specified.
He died 19 May last. Edward Bulstrode, aged 28 and more, is his son and heir.
BUCKS. Fourth part of the manor of Horton, worth 6l., held of Andrew Wyndesor, as of his manor of Stanwell, co. Middlesex, by fealty and 13s. 8d. rent yearly, for all service; with the advowson, as above.
Manor of Chalvey, with land, &c. there, worth 8l., held of Worley of Upton (sic) by fealty and 1d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Wyrardesbury, worth 5l., held of Elizabeth, queen of England, by fealty and 40s. 3d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Langeley and Colbroke in the parish of Langeley, worth 10l., held of the queen by fealty and 4l. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Upton, worth 10l., some of them held of the prior of Marten, by fealty and 40s. rent, for all service, and the residue of the prior of Bustylsham, by fealty and 9s. rent, for all service.
Land, &c. in Dachett, Fulmer, Stoke and Wexham, worth 10l., held of Edward Hastynges, knight, lord Hastynges, by fealty and 53s. 2d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Chalfont St. Peter, worth 13s. 4d., held of the wardens of the chantry there, by fealty and 16d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Denham, worth 12s., held of Thomas Duredant, by fealty and 6s. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Farneham and Hugeley, or Hugele, worth 20s., some of them held of the earl of Shrewsbury by fealty and 10d. rent yearly, for all service, some of them of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England by fealty and 4d. rent yearly, for all service, and the residue of John Buteler, esquire, by fealty and 9d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Burneham, worth 6s. 8d., some of them held of the abbess of Burneham, by fealty and 4d. rent, for all service, some of them of Reynold Bray, knight, by fealty and 13d. rent yearly, for all service, and some of them of John Skydmor, by fealty and 4d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Bekenesfeld, worth 6s. 8d., held of William Michell, by fealty and 10d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Great (Magna) Missenden, worth 12s., some held of the abbot of Missenden, by fealty and 6s. rent yearly, for all service, and some of William Elmes and Elizabeth, his wife, in her right, by fealty and 15d. rent yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Asshenden, worth 40s., held of the lord of Wodesdon, by fealty and the rent of 1lb. pepper yearly, for all service.
Land, &c. in Sutton, Thorney and Ever, not specified.
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628. THOMAS MEVERELL.
Writ 14 November, inquisition 11 January, 18 Henry VII.
Long before his decease he was seised of the manors of Throley and Froddeswall, co. Stafford, and of the under-mentioned manor of Tyddeswell, in fee, and, being so seised, by indentures, 28 July, 13 Henry VII, for the sum of 250 marks which Thomas Babyngton, of Dethyk, co. Derby, esquire, granted him, to be paid at certain days since past, and payment made, among other covenants granted that George, his son and heir apparent, should before the feast of St. Lawrence then next marry Joan, daughter of the said Thomas, which George accordingly on 5 August following married the said Joan and so married they are now living. He further granted that he, or his feoffees, before the said feast should make estate to John Mountgomery knight, Henry Babyngton, D.D., John Fytzherberth, of Norbury, esquire, Thomas Fitzherbert, doctor of decrees, Ralph Pole, of Wakebryge, Anthony Babyngton, Robert Eyre, of Padley, esquire, Philip Eyr, clerk, Thomas Thorley, clerk, and Nicholas Meverell, esquire, in fee simple, of lands and tenements in the counties of Derby and Stafford, or one of them, to the value of 20 marks yearly, to the use and intent that the issues and profits thereof be received by the said Thomas Babyngton and his assigns, for the exhibition and maintenance of the said George and Joan till George come to the age of twenty-one, and that after he attain that age the said John Fitzherbert and his co-feoffees or the survivors of them shall make estate thereof to the said George and Joan and the heirs male of George’s body, with remainder in default to the right heirs of Thomas Meverell, or to such person or persons as the said Thomas shall assign. If George die under age, or will not assent to the marriage, the said John and his co-feoffees or the survivors of them shall at the request of the said Thomas Babyngton, his heirs or executors, make estate thereof, to the said Joan and her assigns for life, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Thomas Meverell or otherwise at his will. Further the said Thomas Meverell granted to the said Thomas Babyngton that before the said feast of St. Lawrence he shall make or cause to be made, estate to the said John and his co-feoffees of lands and tenements in the counties of Stafford and Derby, or one of them, to the value of 40 marks yearly to the intent that they should remain so enfeoffed thereof to the use of the said Thomas Meverell and his assigns during his life, and after his decease to the use of the said George and Joan and of the heirs male of their body (corpore suo) begotten, with remainder in default to the right heirs of the said Thomas Meverell and at his will; and that the said feoffees, or the survivors of them, after the decease of the said Thomas Meverell, if required by the said Thomas Babyngton, his heirs or executors, shall make estate of the lands and tenements aforesaid to the value of 40 marks to the said George and Joan and the heirs male of their body (corpore suo) begotten, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Thomas Meverell. Further the said Thomas Meverell granted to the said Thomas Babyngton that if it happen the said George to die or not to consent to the marriage before estate made in form aforesaid to the said George and Joan, the said feoffees are to make estate of the said lands and tenements to the value of 40 marks to the said Joan for term of her life. Further the said Thomas Meverell granted to the said Thomas Babyngton that if it happen the said Joan do die before she come to the age of 18 without heir male by the said George of her the said Joan begotten then surviving, the said John and his co-feoffees are to remain seised of all the lands and tenements aforesaid to the use of the said Thomas Babyngton until he have received from the issues and profits thereof 200 marks parcel of the said sum of 250 marks which the said Thomas Babyngton before paid to the said Thomas Meverell for the said marriage.
Further it was agreed between the parties aforesaid that it shall be lawful for the said Thomas Meverell to make estate to the said John and his co-feoffees of lands and tenements to the value of 20 marks yearly in the counties aforesaid or one of them, to the use and intent that the issues and profits thereof be received by the said feoffees, or by such persons as the said Thomas Meverell shall assign, for the marriage of his daughters, viz. for each of them 40l. beyond their reasonable exhibition from the said issues and profits.
The said Thomas Meverell being seised of the manors aforesaid in form aforesaid, by charter indented dated at Thoroley, 28 July, 13 Henry VII, by the name of Thomas Meverell, of Thoroley, together with Christopher Dawkyn, vicar of Broughton and Thomas Smyth, otherwise styled Thomas Wardyll, chaplain, demised to the said John Mountgomery, knight, and the others, as above, the manors of Thoroley and Froddeswall, co. Stafford, and the manor of Tyddeswell, co. Derby, and all other his lands and tenements therein, or elsewhere in the counties aforesaid, to hold to them, their heirs and assigns for ever. The intent of which feoffment is for the performance of the covenants in the said indentures specified, as in a schedule to the said charter indented annexed appears, as follows: “The cause [and intent] of this feoffement whereunto thys sedule ys annexed ys,” &c., for the marriage of the said George and “Jane,” &c.
By his last will, dated the last day of September, 18 Henry VII, the said Thomas Meverell directed that his executors immediately after his decease are to receive the issues and profits of lands and tenements, parcel of the manors, &c. aforesaid, to the value of 100s. yearly to the intent a fit chaplain be maintained from the issues and profits aforesaid to celebrate daily for the health of the souls of himself, his wife and his parents for seven years then next following; of lands, &c. parcel as above, to the value of 10l., by the space of three years for the payment of the arrears of a debt of 60l. due by him to Sampson Meverell, clerk, executor of the testament of Thomas Meverell, esquire, his father.
He died 4 October, 18 Henry VII. The said George Meverell, aged 15 and more, is his son and heir. The said George is in the custody of the said Thomas Babyngton by reason of the covenant, bargain and marriage aforesaid. See No. 639.
DERBY. Manor of Tyddeswell, or Tyddeswall, worth 20l., held of the king, as of the castle of High Peak (Alto Pekko), parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, at fee farm, by rendering the ancient farm, viz. 60s. yearly at Michaelmas, for all service.
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629. MARGERY GARTHE, late the wife of JOHN WODE, knight.
Writ 24 November, inquisition 30 January, 18 Henry VII.
John Wode, the elder, was seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee and, being so seised, by charter gave it to Thomas Lewknore, esquire, John Fitzherbert, John Brame and William Forde, their heirs and assigns, to the use of himself and his heirs and the performance of his last will. They were seised thereof accordingly in fee to the use aforesaid, and, being so seised, by charter indented gave it to the said John Wode and the said Margery, then his wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies begotten, by virtue of which gift the said John and Margery were seised thereof in fee tail.
Afterwards the said John Wode, the elder, by his last will willed that, if he and the said Margery died without issue between them begotten, the said manor should remain to John Wode, the younger, brother of him the said John Wode, the elder, to hold to him and the heirs of his body begotten, with remainder in default to Isabel, wife of Edmund Dawtre, and the heirs of her body begotten.
Afterwards, 20 August, 2 Richard III, the said John Wode, the elder, died, without issue between him and the said Margery begotten, and she continued her possession by survivorship, and was seised thereof as tenant after possibility of issue extinct.
Afterwards, 4 October, 1 Henry VII, the said John Wode, the younger, died without heir of his body begotten.
Afterwards, 20 November, 18 Henry VII, the said Margery died so seised. Roger Lewknore, knight, is her cousin and heir, viz. son of Thomas her brother, and is aged 34 and more.
ESSEX. Manor of Revershall, worth 10l., held of Henry Fynderne, knight as of the manor of Horkesle, service unknown.
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630. WILLIAM COLEPEPER.
Writ 14 July, 16 Henry VII; inquisition 30 January, 18 Henry VII.
William Colepeper, esquire, named in the writ, being seised of the under-mentioned manor, in fee, by charter 10 March, 21 Edward IV, gave it to Edward Colepeper, his son, and all his lands and tenements in Shenfelde, to hold to him his heirs and assigns, which Edward then was and still is seised thereof accordingly in fee. By letters patent, 28 February, 1 Richard III, the king pardoned the said Edward all gifts, &c. of lands, &c. held in chief.
He died 5 March, 16 Henry VII. The said Edward, aged 30 and more, is his son and heir.
ESSEX. Manor of Shenfelde, alias the manor of Fitzwalters in Shenfelde, worth 100s., held of the king in chief, by service of 1/20 of a knight’s fee.
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631. JOHN FITZHERBERT, ‘gentilman.’
Writ 29 November, inquisition 11 January, 18 Henry VII.
Henry, prior of the monastery of the Holy Trinity of Repyngdon, William Fitzherbert, John Chaunterell, clerks, Thomas Cokayn, esquire, John Porte, and Henry Fyppe, clerk, were seised of the under-mentioned manor of Assh and land, &c. in Asshe, in fee, and, being so seised, by charter enfeoffed the said John Fitzherbert by the name of John Fitzherbert, remembrancer of the king in the exchequer, and Joan, his wife, thereof, to hold to them and the heirs male of his body, with remainder in default to John Fitzherbert of Norburi, esquire, and his heirs for ever. The said John, the king’s remembrancer, and Joan, were seised thereof accordingly he in fee tail and she in her demesne as of free tenement.
He was seised of the other under-mentioned land, &c. and, being so seised, by charter gave them to Walter Odeby, John Chanterell, clerk, Randal (Ranulpho) Billyngton, John Porte, John Copwode, John Yorke and John Yoman, by the name of all the lands, &c. which he then had in the towns of Etwall, &c., to hold to them, their heirs and assigns for ever, for the performance of his last will, by virtue of which feoffment they were seised thereof in fee.
By his charter indented, dated 21 May, 10 Henry VII, he sold the said lands, &c. in Etwall, Burnaston, Trusley and Hilton to the said John Porte, for 200l., to hold to him and his heirs for ever, and by the same charter willed that the said feoffees should stand enfeoffed thereof to the use of the said John Porte and of his heirs for ever; and afterwards by certain indentures he willed and made his last will both by the same and by word of mouth (vivo vocis oraculo) publicly declared, that the said John Porte should have all the aforesaid lands, &c. to him and his heirs for ever.
He died Friday, 18 November, 18 Henry VII. Eustace Fitzherbert is his cousin and heir, viz. son of Henry, his son, and was 11 years old on the feast of All Hallows last.
DERBY. Manor of Assh, or Asshe, three messuages, 100a. land, 60a. pasture, 40a. meadow, in Asshe, worth 8l., held of the king, as of the honor of Tutbury, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, by service of three parts of one knight’s fee.
Five messuages, 100a. land, 60a. pasture, 20a. meadow, a wind mill and horse mill, in Etwall, worth 5 marks, and a messuage, 50a. land, 20a. pasture and 6a. meadow, in Burnaston, worth 30s., held of the prior of Beauvale (de Bella Valle), by fealty and suit of court, other services unknown.
A messuage, 30a. land, 2a. pasture and 4a. meadow, in Trusley, worth 10s., held of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, as of his commandery [of] Styd, co. Derby, by fealty and 5s. rent, for all service.
A messuage, 40a. land, 20a. pasture, 2a. meadow and 12d. quit rent, in Hilton, held of the said prior, as of his said commandery, by fealty, other services unknown.
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632. MARGARET late the wife of RALPH SHELTON, knight.
Writ of Mandamus 3 January, inquisition 23 January, 18 Henry VII.
Thomas Beklys and William Kynge, clerks, were seised of the under-mentioned manors, &c. in fee, and, being so seised, thereof enfeoffed the said Ralph and Margaret for the term of their lives in survivorship, with remainder to John Selot, Thomas Marke, Thomas Brewys, John Hevenyngham, William Brewys, Robert Clere, Richard Suthwell, Edmund Clere and John Jermyn the younger, their heirs and assigns for ever, to the use of the said Ralph and his heirs and the performance of his last will.
The said Ralph and Margaret were seised thereof accordingly in their demesne as of free tenement, and being so seised, the said Ralph by his last will directed that John Shelton, his son and heir, after the death of the said Margaret his mother, should have to him and the heirs male of his body the manor of Shelton called ‘Ovyrhall’ and ‘Netherhall,’ land in Hardwyk with the advowson of Hardwyk, the manor of Bedyngham, called ‘Shelton Hall,’ with the advowson of Shelton and the manor called ‘Burglyons,’ with remainder in default to Ralph Shelton, son of him the said Ralph Shelton, knight, and the heirs male of his body begotten, with remainder in default to Richard Shelton, son of the said Ralph Shelton, knight, and the heirs male of his body, with remainder in default to his own right heirs.
Afterwards he died and the said Margaret was solely seised of all the manors aforesaid and other the premises in her demesne as of free tenement by survivorship, and died so seised, 16 January, 15 Henry VII. John Shelton, aged 24 and more, is her son and heir. Cf. No. 225.
NORFOLK. Manor of Shelton called ‘Ovyrhall’ and ‘Netherhall,’ 40a. land in Hardwyk, called ‘Barettes,’ with the advowson of the church of Hardwyk, and the manor of Bedyngham called ‘Sheltonhall,’ with the advowson of the church of Shelton, worth 20l., held of Elizabeth, duchess of Norfolk, as of her manor of Fornesett, service unknown.
Manor of Thyrsford or Thyrford, called ‘Sheltons,’ with the advowson of the church of the same town of Thyrsford, worth 6l. 13s. 4d., held of the lord Beamont, by fealty and service of 20s. yearly.
Manor called ‘Burglyons’ in Refham, worth 4l., held of the heirs of the lord Saye, service unknown.
A tenement called ‘Goodwyns,’ 100a. land and 10a. marsh, in the towns of Freton and Moryngthorpe, worth 5 marks, held of the prior of the monks of Thetford, by fealty, other services unknown.
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633. MARGARET late the wife of RALPH SHELTON, knight.
Writ of Mandamus 3 January, inquisition 26 January, 18 Henry VII.
Thomas Beklys and William Kynge, clerks, gave the under-mentioned manor and advowson to the said Ralph and Margaret, with remainder to John Selot, Thomas Marke, Thomas Brews, and others, for the performance of Ralph’s last will, as in No. 632.
Death and heir as in No. 632. Cf. No. 226.
SUFFOLK. Manor and advowson of Wangford, worth 10 marks, held of the abbot of St. Edmund of Bury, by fealty, other services unknown.
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634. ELIZABETH late the wife of RICHARD FENYS, esquire.
Writ 8 September,
assignment of dower 22 September, 18 Henry VII. Cf. No. 678.
OXFORD. Thomas Rokes, the escheator, in the presence of Hugh Crofte, esquire, Geoffrey Dormer, gentleman, William Tiler and others, next friends of Edward Fenys, son and heir of the said Richard, being under age, assigned her a third part of the manor of Broughton, a third part of the manor of North Neuton, a third part of the manor of Bloxam, a third part of the hundred and view of frank pledge of Bloxam, and a third part of a fourth part of the manor of Stanlake, called ‘Wykhams Courte’; to hold yearly in dower in allowance of her whole dower of all his lands, &c. in the said county.
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635. JOHN ARTHUR.
Writ of Amotus, 7 May, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 4 February, 18 Henry VII.
He died 13 January, 16 Henry VII, seised of the under-mentioned manors, &c. in fee. John Arthur, aged 18 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. No. 594.
SOMERSET. Manor of Clopton, worth 9l. 13s. 4d., manor of Asshecombe, worth 16l., manor of Weston, worth 8l. 6s. 8d., and manor of Wyke, worth 53s. 4d., held of the king, as of the honor of Gloucester, by knight service.
Six messuages, 260a. land, 20a. meadow and 40a. pasture, in Northeweston, or Northweston, Porteshed, Milton and Longassheton, whereof the land, &c. in Northweston and Porteshed, worth 40s., are held of Edmund Gorges, knight, in right of Elizabeth his wife, by fealty only, and the land, &c. in Longassheton and Milton, worth 30s., are held of John Chocke, knight, by fealty only.
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636. JOHN INGILBY, esquire.
Writ 14 October, inquisition 30 January, 18 Henry III.
He was seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee the day he died.
Death and heir as in No. 561. Cf. No. 658.
ESSEX. Manor of Chaldewell called ‘Ingilbyes Maner’ in Chaldewell, worth 9l. 14s. 1d., held of the duke of Bukingham, as of his manor of Fobbyng, service unknown.
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637. RICHARD COLVYLE son and heir of FRANCIS COLVYLE.
Writ 1 June, 17 Henry VII; proof of age 22 October, 18 Henry VII.
NORFOLK. He was born at Bishops Lynn (Lenn’ Episcopi) and baptized in the church of St. Margaret of the same town, and was 21 years old, 20 October, 17 Henry VII. Thomas Danyell, gentleman (aged 60 and more) remembers this because on the same day that Richard was born and baptized one Robert Berney was elected prior of the priory of Lynn and stalled (stallatus) in the church aforesaid. Humphrey Kervyle, gentleman (aged 50 and more) was sent to ask Katharine Welby to be godmother. William Gatisend (aged 60 and more) began a pilgrimage to St. David’s (Meneviam) in Wales. William Cobbe (aged 56) was sent to ask Richard Danyell, clerk, doctor of laws (utriusque juris) to be godfather. Alfred Wycherley (aged 53 and more) destroyed to rebuild (de novo fabricare exinnanivit) a certain chapel of the Holy Trinity within Lynn, &c.
His lands were in the custody of James Hobert by the king’s grant.
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638. ROBERT WILLOUGHBY, knight, LORD DE BROKE.
Writ 28 September, inquisition 30 February, 18 Henry VII.
Robert Broke, knight, lord de Broke, named in the writ, died 23 August, 17 Henry VII, seised of the under-mentioned manors in fee. Robert Broke, now lord de Broke, aged 30 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. Nos. 595, 641, 785.
STAFFORD. Manor of Penkeryche, with lands and tenements there, worth 34l. 9s. 8 1/2d., held of John Hussy, by fealty.
Manor of Bromeshulf and Crakemershe, with lands and tenements in Bromeshulf and Crakemershe; the said manor of Bromeshull is held of the duke of Bukyngham, by fealty, and is worth 30l. 16 1/2d.
Manor of Lyttewoode, or Lyttewode, with lands and tenements, there, worth 7l. 6s. 8d., held of the duke of Bukyngham, by fealty.
Manor, or manors, of Fossebroke and Dylren, with lands and tenements there, worth 12s. 10d., held of the earl of Stafford by fealty.
Manor of Hydecopynhall, with lands and tenements there, worth 7l. 7s. 4d., held of the earl of Stafford, by fealty.
Manor of Parton, with lands and tenements there, worth beyond outgoings 19l. 6s. 8d., held of the king, service unknown. The abbot, prior and convent of St. Peter of Westminster have 100s. yearly rent out of the said manor at Michaelmas and Easter equally, by the grant of John de Parton, knight, made to one ——, sometime abbot of the monastery aforesaid, predecessor of the now abbot, and to his successors, the licence of the then king having been previously obtained, with clause of distraint for non-payment, as appears by a writing under the seal of the said John shown to the jurors.
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639. THOMAS MEVERELL.
Writ 17 October, inquisition 30 (sic) February, 18 Henry VII; delivered to the court 16 March, in the said year.
Findings as in No. 628.
STAFFORD. Manor of Throley, or Thoroley, and land, &c. there, worth 20l., held of William, prior of Tutbury, as of his manor of Mathrefeld by fealty and 6s. 8d. rent yearly, for all service.
Manor of Froddeswall, and land &c. there, worth 10l., held of John, prior of St. Thomas, the Martyr, next Stafford, as of his manor of Froddeswall, by service of 1/10 of a knight’s fee, for all service.
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640. RALPH WESTHORP son and heir of RICHARD WESTHORP.
Writ 27 January,
proof of age 20 March, 18 Henry VII.
YORK. He was born at Hovyngham and baptized in the church of the same town, and was 21 years old 24 January last. John Hastynges, esquire (aged 60 and more), was sent to ask Ralph Assheton, knight, to come and be godfather; John Amyle (aged 50 and more) was sent to ask John Fonse, clerk, to come and be godfather; Richard Bovile (aged 60 and more) was sent to ask Dame Margery Bygot to come and be godmother; Richard Scheperd (aged 50 and more) began a pilgrimage to St. Ninian in Scotland; Richard Walker (aged 48 and more) began a pilgrimage to St. Thomas in Kent; Richard Williamson (aged 60 and more) married Elizabeth Johnson at Hovyngham; &c.
The lands of his inheritance were in the custody of Robert Hunter by the king’s grant. Cf. No. 167.
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641. ROBERT WYLLOUGHBY, knight, LORD DE BROKE.
Writ 7 September, inquisition 30 January, 18 Henry VII.
Robert Willughby, named in the writ, died seised, &c.; Robert Willughby, now lord de Broke, &c. as in No. 638. Cf. Nos. 595, 785.
SOMERSET. Manors of Farnebrough, Poynttyngton and Castell Caree, one hundred messuages, 1,000a. land, 500a. pasture, 100a. meadow, 200a. wood, 200a. furze and heath, 20s. rent, in Farnebrough, Poynttyngton, Castill Cary in Caree, Almesford, Honywyke, Hattespenne, Stoke, Galamton and Thorne, whereof:—
The manor of Farnebrough, twenty messuages, 400a. land, 200a. pasture, 40a. meadow, 50a. wood, 60a. furze and heath and 5s. rent, in Farnebrough, are held of the king, as of the honor of the duchy of Lancaster, by 3s. 4d. rent yearly, for all service, and are worth 13l. 3 1/2d. beyond outgoings.
The manor of Poynttyngton, thirty messuages, 200a. land, 150a. pasture, 20a. meadow, 40a. wood, 40a. furze and heath and 5s. rent, in Poynttyngton, are held of Hugh Lutterell, knight, as of his barony of Dunster, by suit of court only, for all service, and are worth 17l. 12d. beyond outgoings.
The manor Castell Cary, fifty messuages, 400a. land, 250a. pasture, 40a. meadow, 100a. wood, 100a. furze and heath and 10s. rent, in Castill Cary in Caree, Almesford, Honywyke, Hattespenne, Stoke, Galamton and Thorn, being the whole residue, are held of the king, service unknown, and are worth 100l. beyond outgoings.
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642. JAMES ISAAK.
Writ 14 October, inquisition 11 November, 18 Henry VII.
Long before the death of James Isaak, esquire, named in the writ, and in the lifetime of John Isaak, esquire, his father, one John Dygges, Nicholas Sheldwyche, Thomas at Wode, James Dyggez, Thomas Roper, John Crypse, John Aldey, Stephen Baret, William Berton, Nicholas Aldey, Thomas a Breg, Henry Staple and Thomas Davy, were seised of the under-mentioned manors, &c. and land in Sturrey in fee, to the use of the said John Isaak and his heirs, and the performance of his last will; and, they being so seised, the said John Isaak upon a treaty and conclusion of spousals and marriage between the said James Isaak, his son and heir apparent, and Benedicta, daughter of John Guldeford, knight, covenanted under a large sum to make estate to the said Benedicta, after marriage for her jointure for life, of three parts of the manor of Ratlyng, with other lands to the yearly value in all of 40 marks.
The surviving feoffees, viz. John and James Dyggez, John Crypse, Stephen Baret, Nicholas Aldey, Henry Staple and Thomas Davy, were seised thereof accordingly at the time of the death of the said John Isaak in fee, and are still so seised, for the performance of the said covenant.
One Richard Guldeford, knight, James Crowmer, knight, John Darell, knight, Robert Wotton, Edward Guldeford, John Crafford and John Crowmer, esquires, and John Man, were seised of the other under-mentioned land, viz. a quarter of the manor of Ratlyng, &c. in fee to the use of the said James Isaak and his heirs and the performance of his last will.
He died 3 October, 17 Henry VII. The said Benedicta still survives. William Isaak, aged 19 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. Nos. 610, 665.
KENT. Four messuages, 160a. land, meadow and pasture, in Patrykesborn, worth 8l., whereof the messuages and 76a. land are held of the prior of Merton by fealty and 5s. 4d. rent; 4a. land of Thomas Hawte, knight, by fealty and 16d. rent; 48a. land of William Cheyne, esquire, by fealty and 15s. 10d. rent; 22a. land of Alan Propegeant, by fealty and 22d. rent; and 10a. land, the residue, of Roger Clement, by fealty and 5s. rent yearly.
A messuage, 134a. land, meadow and pasture, called ‘Hoth,’ in Patrykesborn and Bekesborn, worth 5l., whereof the messuage and 52a. land are held of the prior of Merton, by fealty and 17s. rent; 17a. land of the heirs of Nicholas Petyte, by fealty and 17s. rent; 21a. land of the lord Cobham, by fealty and 7s. rent; 44a. land of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by fealty and 14s. rent.
Manor of Yeldyng, a messuage and 237a. (sic) land in Addesham, worth 5l., whereof the said manor of Yeldyng and 120a. (sic) land are held of the abbot of St. Augustin by fealty and 20s. rent; 9a. land of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by fealty and 3s. rent; and the said messuage and 8a. land of Elizabeth Wode, widow, by fealty and 6s. 8d. rent.
A messuage and 34a. or 41a. land, meadow and pasture in Well, worth 26s. 8d., whereof the messuage and 30a. land are held of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by fealty and 10s. rent; 4a. land of Robert Rede, knight, by fealty and a rent of twelve bushels of barley and 7a. land, the residue, of the said Robert Reede, by fealty and 7d. rent.
Three parts of the manor of Ratlyng, with their appurtenances, in Nonyngton, worth 6l., held of the archbishop of Canterbury, by knight-service and by rendering therefore to the archbishop yearly, in his manor of Wyngham, 12d.
A messuage and 140a. land, called ‘Grove,’ in the parish of Wykham Breux, worth 8l., held of the heirs of the lady Ingelthorp, by fealty and 32s. rent.
Forty-eight acres of land, called ‘Heysted,’ in Chisselet and Reculver, worth 40s., whereof 30a. land and a croft of land called ‘Merley,’ containing 4a. land, are held of the said abbot of St. Augustin, by fealty and 5s. rent yearly; 11a. land of the said archbishop of Canterbury by fealty and 15d. rent; and 3a. land, the residue, of Thomas Hawte, knight, by fealty and 4s. rent.
A messuage and 86a., or 87a., land, called ‘Port,’ in Chisselet, worth 4l., held of the said abbot of St. Augustin, by fealty and 22s. rent.
Twenty-five acres of wood, at Penycrek, or Penecrek, in Byshoppesborn, worth 10s., held of the said archbishop of Canterbury by fealty and 2s. 4d. rent.
A messuage and 17a., or 9a., land, in Chilham, worth 13s. 4d., whereof the messuage and 7a. land are held of the lord Roos, by fealty and 2s. 4d. rent; and 2a. land, the residue, of Christopher Elynden, by fealty and 7d. rent.
Manors of Dene and Dane and 300a. land and wood, in Chilham, worth 8l., whereof the said manors of Dane and Dene and 200a. land are held of the lord de Ros, by fealty and 13s. 10d. rent; 60a. land and wood of the abbot of Battle by fealty and 3s. rent; 30a. land of Thomas Beverley by fealty and 20d. rent; and 10a. the residue of Reynold Chease, by fealty and 8d. rent.
Manors of Hopeland and Hersyng, in the hundred of Blengate, worth 16l., held of the said abbot of St. Augustin, by knight-service and 26s. 8d. rent yearly.
A messuage and 114a. land, in the parish of St. John in the isle of Thanet, worth 5 marks, held of the abbot of St. Augustin, by knight-service and 26s. 6d. rent.
Two hundred and forty acres of land and marsh, called ‘Fresshe Neyland,’ or ‘Fresshe Eyland,’ and ‘Salt Neyland,’ or ‘Salt Eyland,’ and ‘Leysterdes,’ in Chisselet, worth 14l., held of the abbot of St. Augustin, by knight-service and 3s. 4d. rent.
Fifty acres of land and marsh, called ‘Knoll’ and ‘Pyrtye,’ in Sturrey, worth 4 marks, held of the abbot of St. Augustin, by fealty and 6s. 8d. rent.
A fourth part of the manor of Ratlyng, which lately was John Hall’s, worth 43s. 4d., held of the archbishop of Canterbury, by knight-service, and by rendering to the said archbishop yearly in his manor of Wyngham 12d.
A messuage and 40a. land, late Roger Clement’s, in Patrykesborn, worth 33s. 4d., held of the prior of Merton, by fealty and 10s. rent.
A messuage and 16a. land, at Herynden in Estre, late Nicholas Merlowe’s, worth 12s., held of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by fealty, and 5s. 4d. rent.
A messuage [and a half messuage] and 93a. land and pasture in Tylmaston, late Richard Hervy’s and John de Wylmyngton’s, worth 30s., whereof the messuage and half messuage and 60a. land are held of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, by fealty and 12s. rent; 8a. land of Michael Cokes, gentleman, by fealty and 4s. rent; and 25a. land, the residue of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, by fealty and 4s. 4d. rent.
A messuage and 4a. land, in Breg, late William Elford’s, worth 8s., held of the prior of Merton, by fealty and 16d. rent.
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843. JOHN BEAUMONT, esquire.
Writ 21 September, inquisition 11 January, 18 Henry VII.
Thomas Erdyngton, knight, John Hampton, esquire, Hugh Wrottesley, esquire, and Thomas Everton were seised of the under-mentioned part of a manor in fee, and, being so seised, by charter enfeoffed Henry Beamount, esquire, and Eleanor, his wife, thereof, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies begotten with remainder in default to Joan Beamount, mother of the said Henry and her heirs.
The said Henry and Eleanor were seised thereof accordingly in fee tail and had issue between them John Beamount, named in the writ. And afterwards the said Joan Beamount died, after whose death the fee and right of the said remainder descended to the said Henry as her son and heir. And afterwards the said Henry died seised thereof as aforesaid, and the said Eleanor survived him, and was, and still is, in possession thereof by survivorship, and the remainder thereof, after the death of the said Henry, descended to the said John, named in the writ, as his son and heir.
He died 13 September, 18 Henry VII, seised of the fee and right of the said remainder. Joan Beamount, aged 6 and more, Dorothy Beamount, aged 4 and more, and Eleanor Beamount, aged 3 and more, at the time of their father’s death, are his daughters and heirs. Cf. Nos. 582, 583.
DERBY. A fifth part of the manor of Egynton, worth 10 marks, held of the king, as of the honor of Tuttebury, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, by service of 1/8 of a knight’s fee.
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644. THOMAS WELBY.
Writ of Amotus 12 February, inquisition 24 April, 18 Henry VII.
Long before his decease he was seised of the under-mentioned manors, and the manor of Multon (sic), and of fifty-two messuages, 400a. land, 400a. meadow, 1,000a. pasture, 300a. wood, three salt cotes (salinis) and 12s. 1/2d. rent there, and in the other under-mentioned places, in fee, and, being so seised, by charter, 9 December, 6 Henry VII, gave them to Edward Borough, knight, George Tailboys, knight, Robert Welby, clerk, Geoffrey Paynell, John Tamworth, John Sargeant and Richard Cok, their heirs and assigns, for the performance of his last will; and they were and still are seised thereof accordingly.
By his last will he directed that his said feoffees should permit his executors to take the issues and profits of his manors, lands, &c. in the said places for the term of eight years, for the performance of his will.
He died 16 October, 12 Henry VII. Thomas Welby, aged 19 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. No. 668.
LINCOLN. Manor of Sutton and land, &c. there, worth 60s., held of the king, by reason of his duchy of Lancaster, by fealty and 11s. 7 1/2d. rent.
Lands and tenements in Gedney, worth 10l., held of the abbot of Croyland, by fealty and 4d. rent.
Manor of Halstede and land, &c. there, worth 11l., held of the king as of the fee of ‘le Haya,’ by fealty and 12d. rent.
Manor of Freston, called ‘Poynton Hall,’ and land, &c. in Freston, worth 60s., held of the king, by fealty of 5s. 7d. rent.
Lands and tenements in Butterwyke, Boterwyk, or Boterwyke, worth 40s., held of the prior of Freston, by fealty and 10d. rent.
Manor of Farlesthorp and land, &c. there, worth 10l., held of John Forsett, by fealty and 2d. rent.
Lands and tenements in Anderby, worth 28s., held of John Skypwyth, knight, service unknown.
Lands and tenements in Hoggysthorp, Hogesthorp or Hoggesthorp, worth 20s., held of the lady Cecily, countess (sic) Welles, service unknown.
Lands and tenements in Wynthorp, worth 6l., held of the warden of ‘Tatteshale College,’ by fealty and 15s. 2 1/2d. rent.
Lands and tenements in Hotofte, worth . ., held of the lord Wyllughby, service unknown.
Lands and tenements in Cumberworth, Billesby or Byllesby, Borough, Reston, Gayton and Salfletby, or Saltfletby, worth 6l., held of John Skipwyth, service unknown.
Lands and tenements in Mydelcarleton, or Middelcarleton, Oxcombe, and Ruklande, or Rokeland, worth 40s., held of the earl of Northumberland, service unknown.
Lands and tenements in Spaldyng and Weston, worth 6l., held of the prior of Spaldyng, by fealty and 24s. rent.
Lands and tenements in Multon, worth 10l., held of the king, as of his manor there, by reason of the attainder of John Ratclyff, knight, late lord Fitzwater, by fealty and 19s. 6d. rent.
Lands and tenements in Whaplode, or Quaplode, worth 8l., held of the earl of Surrey, as of his manor there, in right of his wife, by fealty and 2s. rent.
Lands and tenements in Holbech, worth 4l. 13s. 4d., held of the lord Dacre, as of his manor there, by fealty and 19s. 5d. rent.
Lands and tenements in Flete, worth 10s., held of Robert Wyttelbury, by fealty and 19d. rent.
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645. RICHARD LEWEKENORE, esquire.
Writ 28 March, inquisition Friday after Low Sunday (dominicam in Albis), 18 Henry VII.
Elizabeth, late the wife of Richard Lewkenore, named in the writ, was seised inter alia of the under-mentioned manor and advowson in fee, and seised of the under-mentioned messuages, &c. and, being so seised, took to husband the said Richard, and died so seised, after whose death the said manor, &c., descended to Elizabeth and Agnes, as her cousins and heirs, viz. daughters of Henry her son. The said Elizabeth is aged 13, and the said Agnes 8, and more.
He died 13 February last.
SUFFOLK. Manor and advowson of Wythersfeld, six messuages, 200a. land, 200a. pasture, 30a. meadow, 100a. wood, 100s. rent, in Withersfeld and Horshed, worth 10l., held of the king in chief, by knight-service.
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646. MARTIN FERRES.
Writ 16 March, inquisition 27 April, 18 Henry VII.
He died 16 March last, seised of the under-mentioned manors and of twenty-seven messuages, two gardens, 800a. land, 50a. meadow, 200a. pasture, 20a. wood, 200a. furze and heath in the under-mentioned places, in fee. Richard Ferrers, aged 30 and more, is his son and heir.
DEVON. Manor of Kyngeston Vacy by Kyngeswere, in the parish of Brixham, worth 6l., held of the heirs of William Ayssheford, by fealty and the rent of a red rose yearly for all service.
Manor of Langelegh, worth 30s., held of the heirs of John Beamound, by fealty only, for all service.
Two messuages, 100a. land, 20a. meadow, 60a. pasture, 12a. wood, 20a. land, in Crosse within the parish of Alyngton, worth 5 marks, held of John Predeaux, by fealty and 2s. 6d. rent, for all service.
A close of land, called ‘xij. acres,’ in Flere, worth 2s., held of the prior of Plympton, by fealty only, for all service.
A messuage, 60a. land, 10a. meadow, 20a. pasture, 40a. furze and heath, in Fenne, worth 20s., held of the said prior of Plympton, by fealty and 2s. rent, for all service.
A messuage, 40a. land, 5a. meadow, 10a. pasture, 20a. furze and heath, in Nythercomb’, or Nytherton, and Modocomb, worth 15s., held of the heirs of Walter Raynell, by fealty only, for all service.
A messuage, 60a. land, 8a. meadow, 20a. pasture, 20a. furze and heath, in Churstowe, worth 20s., held of the abbot of Bukefaste, by fealty only, for all service.
A messuage, 40a. land, 3a. meadow, 20a. furze and heath, in Galmeton, worth 6s., held of the heirs of John Carewe, service unknown.
A messuage, a garden, 10a. land, 5a. meadow, in Salcomb, worth 7s., held of William Courtenay, knight, by fealty only.
Ten messuages, a garden and 10a. land, in Kyngiswere, or Kyngeswere, worth 10s., held of the heirs of John Sapcot, by fealty and 1d. rent.
One acre of wood, in Ledwill, worth 6d., held of John Walrond, by fealty and 2 1/2d. rent, for all service.
Three messuages, 2a. land, in Brixham, worth 3s., held of the heirs of Gilbert Yearde, by fealty only.
A messuage, 30a. land, 5a. meadow, 10a. pasture, in Aller, worth 20s., held of the heirs of John Chechestre, by fealty and 18d. rent, for all service.
A messuage, 40a. land, 5a. meadow, 10a. pasture, 2a. wood, in Ilsyngton, worth 20s., held of the heirs of John Dynham, by fealty and 20d. rent, for all service.
A messuage, 30a. land, 5a. meadow, 10a. pasture, in Slade and Poledowne, worth 10s., held of the prior of Merton, by fealty and 3s. rent.
A messuage, 20a. land, 10a. pasture, 20a. furze and heath, in Gorhuysshe, with common of pasture there, worth 6d., held of the heirs of Walter Esseley, by fealty and 1 1/2d. rent yearly, for all service.
A messuage, 200a. land, 20a. meadow, 5a. wood, 40a. furze and heath, in Haywode, worth 40s., held of the prior of St. Nicholas, Exeter, in socage, by fealty and 5s. rent, for all service.
A messuage, 30a. land, 20a. furze and heath in Godyford, with common of pasture there, worth 16s., held of the heirs of John Kyllegrewe by fealty only.
One acre of land, in Codyford aforesaid (sic), worth 6d., held of the heirs of Nicholas Whytyng, service unknown.
A messuage in Exeter, worth 20s., held of the mayor and commonalty of the city, by fealty only.
Twenty-four acres of land in Cowyke, worth 14s., held of the prior of Cowyke, by fealty and 2s. rent.
Ten shillings rent and the rent of a pair of gilt spurs, in Tottenes, to be received of the abbot of Buckefast for his lands and tenements there, worth nothing beyond outgoings, held of the mayor and commonalty of Tottenes, service unknown.
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647. THOMAS LEDER.
Writ 13 February, 17 Henry VII; inquisition 20 April, 18 Henry VII.
He died 5 January, 17 Henry VII, seised of the under-mentioned messuages. Stephen Leder, aged 25 and more, is his son and heir.
HUNTINGDON. A messuage in Great Stokton, worth 5 marks, held of the prior of Huntyngdon, in right of his house, by 6s. rent, for all service.
Two messuages in ‘le More’ in the parish of Stokton, worth 40s., held of Robert Wauton, esquire, by fealty only, for all service.
A messuage in Hayle Weston, worth 13s. 4d., held of Robert Bulkeley, esquire, by fealty only, for all service.
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648. JOHN PHYLPOT, knight.
Writ 12 August, 17 Henry VII; inquisition the last day of April, 18 Henry VII.
He died 15 June last, seised of the under-mentioned manor, &c. in fee. Piers Phylpott, aged 14 and more, is his son and heir. Cf. Nos. 692, 718, 721, 777, 779, 780, 781.
HANTS. Manor of Compton Wasselyn, worth 7l., held of the prior of the cathedral church of St. Swythun of Winchester, in right of his church, by fealty and 10s. rent, for all service.
A messuage with garden adjacent, a carucate of land, 6a. meadow, 20a. wood and 20a. pasture in Dyrle by Bishops Waltham (Waltham Episcopi), worth 13s. 4d., held of the bishop of Winchester, by fealty and 15s. 3d. rent, for all service, except heriots and reliefs, when they happen, and suit of court to the bishop’s court of Waltham twice a year.
A garden in Sparkeford by Winchester, worth 20d., held of the said bishop, by 1d. rent, for all service.
One hundred acres of pasture in Bishopstoke (Stoke Episcopi), worth 20s., held of the said bishop, in right of his church, by fealty only.
Third part of the manor of Penyton, worth 6l. 13s. 4d., held of the king in chief, by knight-service, viz. 1/3 of a knight’s fee, 4s. for a relief, and suit of his court of Ryngwood twice a year.
Two messuages, three carucates of land, 12a. meadow, in Estebford and Penyton, or Peniton, by Lemyngton within the parish of Milford, with the advowson of the chapel of St. Mary Magdalen of the same town, worth 7l. 12d., held of the king, as of the earldom of Salisbury, service unknown.
Forty acres of land in Pytte and Dane, worth 10s., held of the bishop of Winchester, as of his manor of Wardon, in right of his church, by 11d. rent and suit of his court twice a year, for all service.
Twelve acres of wood, 20a. land, 12a. pasture in Oterborne, or Oterbourne, worth 20s., held of the bishop of Winchester, by fealty and 2d. rent.
Six acres of meadow in Compton aforesaid, and a messuage and 12a. land, late ‘Hunteslondes,’ in Compton aforesaid, worth 6s. 8d., held of the said prior, by fealty and 4d. rent.
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649. WALTER DAUNCY.
Writ 29 January, inquisition the last day of June, 18 Henry VII.
Walter Daunsy, of Trobruge, gentleman, named in the writ, died 23 December last seised of the under-mentioned manor, &c. John Daunsy aged 23 and more, is his son and heir.
WILTS. Manor of Wolmer, worth 10l., held of the prioress of Ambresbury, by fealty and 35s. rent.
Twenty-two messuages, or burgages, a water-mill (molendinum aquaticum … . molendinum molare), 60a. land, 40a. pasture, 20a. meadow, 10a. wood, in the borough of Trobruge, Studley and Staverton, worth 13l. 13s. 4d., held of the king, in free burgage, as of the manor of Trobruge, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, determinable (determinabilia) within the said manor by writ of right close according to the custom of the same manor, and by fee-farm, to wit by rendering therefore yearly to the bailiff of the king there, for the fee-farm (ad ejus feodi firmam), 7l. yearly, for all service.
A meadow in Westwoode, worth 10s., held of the prior of St. Swithun in Winchester, in right of his church, by fealty and 2s. rent yearly, for all service.
A toft, 16a. land, 8a. pasture, 4a. meadow, in Bradfordystroll, worth 10s., held of the abbess of Shaftesbury, in right of her church of Shaftesbury, by fealty, other services unknown.
Seven acres of pasture, 4a. meadow, or 6a. land, 4a. meadow, in Lonemedes or Lonemendes, worth 12s., held of the abbess of Romsey, co. Hants, in right of her church, by fealty, other services unknown.
Two fulling mills, six messuages, 120a. land, 50a. pasture, 20a. meadow in Sendhede and Sendrew, worth 100s., held of the prioress of Ambresbury, in right of her church, by fealty, other services unknown.
Two messuages, 26a. land, 20a. pasture, 10a. meadow, in Woderewe, two cottages, 40a. land, 12a. pasture, 10a. meadow, in Milkesham, 60a. land, 20a. pasture, or 22a. pasture, and 10a. meadow, in Schawe, worth 6l., held of the prioress of Ambresbury, in right of her church, service unknown.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (101.) E. Series II. File 960. (7.)
650. ROBERT WORTHE.
Writ 12 March, inquisition 26 April, 18 Henry VII.
He was seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee, and, being so seised, by charter, 18 January, 17 Henry VII, gave it to Thomas, archbishop of York, Richard Charnok, prior of Christchurch, London, Richard Sutton, gentleman, John Moreton, gentleman, John Broket, gentleman, and Humphrey Worthe, his son and heir, to hold to them, their heirs and assigns, for the performance of his last will.
He died 8 November last. The said Humphrey Worthe, aged 16 and more, is his son and heir.
HERTS. Manor of Westbury, in Great Offeley, Lyngley and Little Offeley, worth 12l., held of the king, as of the manor of Hychen, parcel of the duchy of York, by service of 1/2 a knight’s fee.
C. Series II. Vol. 16. (102.)
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