Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 156

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 156

1. AGNES LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM ATTE WELLE of Sandwich.
Writ, 11 February, 35 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Canterbury, 4 March, 35 Edward III.
Grove. A third part of the manor, held for life in dower of the king in chief as parcel of the manor. The whole manor is held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Ledes Castle, by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee and by doing suit to the court of the door (janue) of the said castle every three weeks.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on 6 February, 35 Edward III. William atte Welle, her son, aged 18 years and more, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (1.)
2. PETER ATTE COK.
Writ, 12 November, 35 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. (indented) taken at Lesnes, 23 January, 35 Edward III.
Lesnes. A messuage and 20a. land, held for life in gavelkind of the inheritance of John son of John Malwayne, a minor in the king’s wardship, of the abbot of Lesnes by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly and doing suit to the abbot’s court every three weeks. The premises were alienated by the deceased to John Malwayne, the elder, seven years ago, as the jurors understand.
Lesnes. The deceased and Agnes his wife, who survives, held jointly a messuage and 12 1/2a. land of the gift of Richard de Stonner (?), Walter Gyles, Thomas Schaddar (?) and others by divers feoffments. The premises are held of the abbot of Lesnes by service of rendering 4s. 2d. yearly and doing suit to the abbot’s court every three weeks.
The deceased held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 23 August last without heir of his body.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (2.)
3. ROGER DE ACTON.
Writ, 12 November, 35 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Alweston, Wednesday after the Purification, 36 Edward III.
Auste. A messuage, a carucate of land, 6a. meadow and a dovecot, held of the bishop of Worcester in chief by knight’s service.
Fydynton. A messuage, a carucate of land, 8a. meadow and a several pasture, held of Edward le Despenser in chief by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Thursday after Michaelmas. John de Acton his brother, aged 40 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (3.)
4. JOHN DE ASSHEBY.
Writ, 6 October, 35 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. (indented) taken at Northampton, 22 October, 35 Edward III.
Assheby Mares. A messuage, a dovecot, 36a. land, 6a. wood and 56s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of raising his right hand on Christmas day towards the king, wherever he may be in England; and 21a. arable and 7s. rent, held of Henry Grene by service of 2s. 1d. yearly.
Ecton. 10s. rent by the hands of a free tenant.
Malveslee. 3s. rent.
Hanging Houghton. 3s. 6d. rent.
Earls Barton. 31s. rent issuing from 2 messuages and 1 1/2 virgates of land.
The premises in Ecton, Barton, Hanging Houghton and Malveslee are held of divers lords by knight’s service.
Assheby (?). A windmill.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 5 September. Robert de Wyloughby, clerk, aged 25 years and more at Michaelmas last, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (4.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 18. (3.)
5. THOMAS DE ALVYDELEYE.
Writ, 2 March, 35 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Alvydeleye, 12 March, 35 Edward III.
Alvydeleye. A chief messuage, 18a. arable, a several pasture called ‘le Hawyngge,’ 2a. meadow, and 13s. rent of free tenants, held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 25 February last. Thomas, son of Thomas son of the deceased, aged 13 years and more, is his heir.
The premises are charged with an annuity of 20 marks to Pernell late the wife of Thomas son of the deceased, by grant of the deceased.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (5.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 18. (24.)
6. THOMAS DE ALRESFORD of Hardene.
Writ, 30 October, 35 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Basyngestoke, 4 December, 35 Edward III.
Roppele. A messuage, a carucate of arable containing 100a., 8a meadow, 10a. wood and 30s. rent, held of the bishop of Winchester, service not known. There is also pasture for 2 horses, 4 oxen and 200 sheep, which has no yearly value because it lies in common.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on the feast of St. Denis last. Robert his son, aged 22 years and more, is his heir.
WILTS. Inq. made at Ambresbury, 29 November, 35 Edward III.
Harden. A messuage, 2 carucates of land, 8a. meadow and 30s. rent, with the bailiwick of the ‘Broyl’ in the forest of Savernak, held of the king in chief by service of keeping a part of the forest of Savernak called the ‘Broyl of Bedewynd,’ rendering 10s. yearly at queen Philippa’s castle of Marleberwe, and doing suit to the king’s court of Mourle in the said forest every three weeks. There is also pasture for 4 horses, 12 oxen and 300 sheep lying in common, and 6a. common waste.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (6.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 17. (2.) (Hants.)
Do. File 16. (18.) (Wilts.)
7. PETER ACHARD.
Writ, 30 October, 35 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. made at Thacham, 10 November, 35 Edward III.
Aldermanston. The manor (extent given, including a park, 2 woods containing 60 acres, and a several fishery).
Spersholte. The manor (extent given).
Both manors were held of the king in chief in fee-tail by service of a knight’s fee by virtue of a fine levied in 16 Edward III. between Robert Achard and Agnes his wife, querents, and Master Walter de Stratton, parson of the church of Shalyngford, and Thomas de Annewyl, deforciants, concerning those manors (except the advowson of the church of Spersholte), whereby Robert recognized the premises to be the right of Walter and Thomas, who then granted the manor of Spersholte to Robert for life and the manor of Aldermanston to Robert and Agnes for their lives, with remainder in both cases to the aforesaid Peter Achard and Elizabeth his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, and failing such heirs to Peter de la Mare, knight, and Joan his wife, for their lives, with remainder to Thomas son of the said Peter de la Mare and the heirs of his body.
Estmanton. The manor, held of Robert Frechevill by knight’s service in fee-tail, in the same form as above, by a fine levied in 16 Edward III.
The said Peter died on 29 October last. Richard, son of his uncle Thomas de Coleshull, aged 22 years, is his heir, but the aforesaid manors ought to remain to Thomas son of Peter de la Mare by virtue of the fines, because Robert Achard and Agnes, his wife, and Peter de la Mare and Joan his wife, are dead, and Peter Achard and Elizabeth his wife have died without heir of their bodies.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (7.)
8. JOHN ALEYN.
Commission to John de Berland and Simon de Kegworth to enquire as to the lands of the said John Aleyn, the date of his death, the name and age of his heir, and the name of the person who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 14 April, 35 Edward III.
Writ to the sheriff of Kent ordering him to summon a jury. 15 April, 35 Edward III.
Precept by the commissioners to the sheriff to summon the jury at Derteford on Wednesday after St. Mark. Westminster, Wednesday before St. George, 35 Edward III.
Fragment of jury panel.
KENT. Inq. taken before the commissioners at Derteford, Wednesday after St. Mark, 35 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in Kent at the time of his death, but before his death he gave by charter all his lands &c. in Derteford, Stone and Wylmynton to William Claptus, John Byllok and John Whitlok, in fee, who after his death enfeoffed his sons John, Thomas, William and Edward thereof. William died a minor. John demised his share to John Costantyn, citizen of London, for a term of years, no division of the premises having been made between him and his brothers. John Costantyn thereupon seized the wardship of John, Thomas and Edward as next friend of the blood of Idonea, his wife, to whom no right could descend by inheritance, alleging that the tenements were gavelkind, whereas he could claim no right on this account because the premises did not descend by inheritance but by the feoffment.
Thomas, while under the age of 15 years, enfeoffed John Costantyn of his share, no division having been made, on condition that John should render to him yearly for life 10 marks and a gown, and make him his apprentice draper according to the custom of the city of London. John Costantyn never paid Thomas the said rent and would not make him his apprentice, but maliciously prosecuted him and his brothers John and Edward on a writ of trespass in the King’s Bench, so that they were put in exigent in the city of London and outlawed in the husting there on Monday after the Conception of the Virgin Mary, 33 Edward III. This was to exclude them from any action against him concerning the premises. To avoid his malice the said John, Thomas and Edward left England.
John and Thomas are now dead and Edward survives.
William de Hatton, escheator, seized a third part of the premises into the king’s hand by reason of the outlawry. Whether the king ought to answer for this part the jury know not.
The premises are held of divers lords, to wit, some of the earl of Pembroke, a minor in the king’s wardship, and some of Thomas de Grandissono, knight. But whether the king or the said Thomas is the true chief lord the jurors know not, because the rent which the said Thomas holds in the aforesaid towns belonged in the time of king Edward the king’s grandfather to the crown of England, and was given by that king to the ancestors of the said Thomas to be received from certain lands &c. in Derteford and Wylmyntone in exchange for lands &c. in Ihamme and Idenne by Wynchelse. Others of the premises are held of the bishop of Rochester, but whether the king or the bishop is chief lord the jurors know not; and others of divers other lords by gavelkind services.
One Nicholas atte Welle, by pretext of a recognizance made to him by John Costantyn in the king’s court, sued execution of the tenements aforesaid, by virtue of which execution the said Nicholas and John, his son, have been in possession of the premises since the aforesaid outlawry.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (8.)
9. THOMAS DE ALDON, or DALDON, knight.
Writ, 25 June, 35 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. made at Uphavene, 3 August, 35 Edward III.
Manyngford Bohun. The manor (extent given, including a broken down water-mill charged with 40s. yearly to the perpetual chantry of the chapel of Wokesseye), held for life by demise of Edward de Bohun, knight (with reversion to the said Edward and his heirs), of the earl of Hereford, who holds it of the king in chief by knight’s service.
The reversion belongs to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, brother and heir of the aforesaid Edward, aged 40 years and more.
Thomas de Aldon died in the county of Kent, not in the county of Wilts; date of death and heir not known.
Writ, 25 June, 35 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. (indented) taken at Burghersh, 5 July, 35 Edward III.
Burghersh. All his lands &c. there he gave to Thomas de Aldon, his son, and Elizabeth his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, fifteen years ago. They are held of the earl of Richmond and other lords; service not known.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 25 June last. Thomas de Aldon, knight, his son, aged 26 years and more, is his heir.
KENT. Inq. taken at Wy, 4 July, 35 Edward III.
Hugham. The manor, held jointly by the deceased and Maud his wife, who survives, of her inheritance, of the heir of John Typetot, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of the manor of Kynggeston, by service of two parts of a knight’s fee.
Dene. The manor, similarly held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of rendering 10s. yearly to him and 8s. yearly to the abbot of St. Augustine, Canterbury.
He held no other lands &c. in the county of the inheritance of Maud his wife.
Date of death and heir as above.
KENT. Inq. (indented) taken at Wy, 3 July, 35 Edward III.
Bocton Alulph. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Boulogne which is in the king’s hand, by service of one knight’s fee.
Betricisden. Tenements at Hecchisdenn, to wit, 200a. pasture and heath, parcel of the manor of Bocton Alulph.
Easture. 30a. arable, 15a. meadow, 7s. rent of free tenants, and a court worth nothing because the tenants do not owe suit, held of the countess of Huntingdon, as of her manor of Esforde, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee and a rent of 5s. yearly.
Stoutyng. The manor (extent given), held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of one knight’s fee.
Stotyng. A hundred and a fair (nunden’) on the feast of St. James the Apostle, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 20s. yearly by the hands of the sheriff.
Syffleton. The manor of Syffleton (extent given), in Aylsford and Ditton, including a wharf at Melehale on the water called ‘Medeway,’ held of the earl of Stafford by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in fee in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (9.)
10. THOMAS DE BERKELE of Ule.
Writ, 22 October, 35 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. (indented) taken at Welles, 35 Edward III.
Kynggeston Seymour. The manor, held jointly by the deceased and Katharine his wife, who survives, and the heirs of the deceased, by gift of Robert, parson of the church of Ule. It is held of the heirs of Thomas de Berkele, sometime lord of Berkele, by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Friday before Michaelmas last. Maurice his son, aged 3 years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 22 October, 35 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. made at Salisbury, 7 January, 35 Edward III.
Bryghtmanneston and Mileston. The manors, with the advowson of the church (of Mileston), held of the earl of Salisbury by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. Nine days before his death the deceased gave these to Maurice de Berkele, Edward de Berkele, Simon Basset, knights, John de Coggeshale, John Cherlebury, John Clavyll, William Fiz Waryn and Thomas Eyluf for their lives, with reversion to his own heirs.
He held no other lands in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Basingstok, 10 January, 35 Edward III.
Rutherwyk and Stratfeld. All his tenements in these places within the lordship of Greywell, to wit, a messuage and a carucate of land held of Bartholomew de Burghassh in socage by service of 6s. yearly, the deceased, on Sunday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary before his death, gave to Simon Basset, knight, William Filz Waryn the younger, Thomas Eylof and John Clavill, chaplain, their heirs and assigns.
Date of death and heir as above.
Writ, 22 October, 35 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Ule, 25 November, 35 Edward III.
Kynges Weston. The manor.
Aileberton. The manor.
Both held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Ule. The manor, held of Maurice de Berkele by knight’s service.
All three manors he held jointly with Katharine his wife, who survives, by gift of Robert, parson of the church of Ule.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (10.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 16. (10.) (Wilts. and Hants.)
11. THOMAS DE BERKELE, or DE BERKLE, lord of Berkle, knight.
Writ, 30 October, 35 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. (indented) taken at Welles, 35 Edward III.
Bedmistre. The manor, held of Edward le Spencer by knight’s service, as of the honor of Gloucester.
Cheddre. A messuage, a carucate of land and 66s. 8d. rent, held for life of the bishop of Bath (service not specified) by gift of John Dacton, knight, with remainder to Edmund, son of the deceased, now dead, and John, his brother, who survives, and the heirs of their bodies, and failing such heirs to the right heirs of the deceased.
Stocke. A moiety of the manor, held for life of the heirs of John de Bello Campo of Somerset by knight’s service, as of the manor of Stocke under Hameldon (which is in the king’s hand by reason of the death of the said John), by gift of Grimbald Paunchevout, with remainders to the aforesaid Edmund and John as above; and a messuage, 40a. land and 10a. meadow, held for life of Andrew Basshet by knight’s service, by gift of John le Vere, with the same remainders.
Baurwe Gournay. The manor, held for life of Edward le Spencer, as of the honor of Gloucester (service not specified), with the same remainders.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Wednesday the eve of SS. Simon and Jude last. Maurice de Berkele his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (11.)
12. HUGH BLOUNT, knight.
Writ, 13 October, 35 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmisford, Friday after St. Martin, 35 Edward III.
Gyngejoyeberdlaundre. The manor, held jointly with Joyce (Jocosa) his wife, who survives, by a fine levied in the king’s court. It is held of William Fereris, knight; service not known.
Ledenerothyngg. The manor, held in fee of the earl of Arundel; service not known.
He died on 20 September last. John his son, aged 23 years and more, is his heir.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Hicche, Tuesday after St. Leonard, 35 Edward III.
Hicche. The manor (extent given), held of Robert de la Mare by service of rendering 1lb. cummin and 1lb. pepper yearly.
Date of death and heir as above.
Writ, 13 October, 35 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Pencrich, Friday after St. Luke, 35 Edward III.
Pencrich. The manor (extent given, including a fair at Michaelmas), held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Monday before the feast of St. Matthew. (fn. 1) Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (12.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 18. (23.) (Stafford.)
13. PETER SON OF THOMAS BLOUNT, or LE BLOUNT.
Writ, 24 April, 35 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. (indented) made at Marlebergh, 29 July, 35 Edward III.
Hiwyssh. The manor (extent given), including 66s. rent of twelve free tenants in Ore and Shawe, held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, with the advowson of the church.
Erdescote and Wambergh. A messuage and 2 carucates of land (containing 120a. arable, 12a. meadow, and pasture for 4 horses, 8 oxen, and 200 sheep), held of the earl of Hereford by knight’s service.
He held nothing more in fee. All the aforesaid ought to remain to John de Cotteleye, son and heir of Nicholas de Cotteley, by virtue of a gift lately made by Peter Doignel with the king’s licence to Patrick, parson of the church of Yatesbury, John de la Roche and John Wheteleye, vicar of the church of Yatesbury, of the manor and advowson of Hiwyssh and the reversion of the premises in Erdescote and Wambergh expectant on the demise of John Goudhyne, tenant for life by lease of the said Peter Doignel. The said Patrick, John and John, having received the attornment of John Goudhyne, gave the manor, advowson and reversion to Peter and Agnes his wife for life, with successive remainders to Thomas son of Thomas le Blount and Margaret [his wife], daughter of the aforesaid John de la Roche, and the heirs of their bodies, Peter brother of the said Thomas son of Thomas and the heirs of his body, Nicholas de Cotteleye and his heirs male, and the right heirs of Peter Doignel. Peter Doignel, Agnes his wife, and John Goudhyne are dead; Thomas son of Thomas Blount, and Margaret his wife, died without heir of their bodies; Peter le Blount, brother of Thomas son of Thomas, has now died without heir of his body; and Nicholas de Cotteleye, whose heir is John de Cotteleye, is also dead.
The said Peter brother of Thomas son of Thomas died on Wednesday before the Annunciation last. Silvester Doynel, brother of Anastasia mother of the aforesaid Peter le Blount, aged 40 years and more, is his heir, but the premises aforesaid ought not to descend to him, but to the aforesaid John de Cotteleye, aged 30 years and more, by virtue of the gift aforesaid.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (13.)
14. HENRY BRADEWAYE, or DE BRADEWEYE.
Writ, 24 November, 35 Edward III.
WORCESTER. Inq. taken at Persshore, 7 January, 35 Edward III.
Bradeweye. A messuage with dovecot, a carucate of land and 2a. meadow, held of the abbot of Persshore by socage, rendering 38s. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Monday after St. Laurence last. John his son, aged 2 years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 24 November, 35 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Andevere, 9 December, (fn. 2) 35 Edward III.
Little Sombourne. A messuage and a carucate of arable, held of the earl of Hereford by service of a red rose yearly at Midsummer and charged with yearly payments of 70s. to the lords of the hospital of St. John of Winchester, 18d. to the earl of Lancaster, 7s. to Edward le Spencer and 1lb. pepper to John Talemach. The carucate contains 80a. There are also 16a. meadow, worth 5s. 4d. only because it is hilly and impossible to mow; and 6s. 8d. rent of tenants.
Whydehay. A messuage and 20a. arable, held of the bishop of Winchester, as of his manor of Whydehay, by service of 3s. yearly and suit of court twice a year.
Butesthorn, Mynstede, Tuderle, Testwod, Totton, Berkele and Natele. A third part of the lands &c. late of Richard de Buthesthorne, held of the king in chief by service of a third part of the grand serjeanty of providing a man with a habergeon (habergell’) in time of war in the realm of England in conjunction with the heir of Thomas de Mynstede, deceased, for forty days, descended to John, son and heir of the deceased, of the inheritance of Agnes his mother, late the wife of the deceased, she having survived the deceased 15 days.
Okle. A third part of the lands &c. late of the same Richard, held by him, with the other two parts, of Philippa, queen of England, the prior of St. Denys, the prior of St. Swithun, the prior of the Maison Dieu of Portesmuth, the prior of Motesfonte, the prioress of Ambr’, John de Boklonde and the heirs of William de Overton by service of 6l. 10s. yearly, (but how the tenure is parcelled among these the jurors know not), descended in the same manner.
Bokhampton. A third part of the lands &c. late of the same Richard, held of Henry Goundevyll by service of 11d. yearly, descended in the same manner.
The deceased held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 16 August last. Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (14.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 131 (d.) (Worcester.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 16. (23.) (Hants.)
15. RICHARD DE BENHAM.
Writ, 23 November, 35 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Basyngestoke, 4 December, 35 Edward III.
Kyngesclere. A messuage, 64a. arable, 2a. meadow, 2a. wood and 9s. 2d. rent, held of the king in chief by the serjeanty of keeping the king’s forest of Fremantel, and by paying 2d. yearly to the king at Winchester castle; a virgate of land, held of William de Melton, knight, by service of 13s. 4d. yearly; and a messuage and a virgate of land, held of John atte Hyde by service of 13s. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 14 November last. John his son, aged 23 years and more, is his heir.
BERKS. Inq. made at Compton, 14 December, 35 Edward III.
Estgenge. A messuage and 100a. arable, with 2 1/2a. meadow, pasture for 2 horses, 6 oxen and 200 sheep, 5 free tenants rendering 20s. 6d. yearly, 3 virgaters whose rents and services are worth 6s. 6d. each, and pleas &c. of court worth 12d., held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (15.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 17. (3.) (Hants.)
16. MARGARET LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE BENTON.
Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Margaret, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. Clere, 13 August, 35 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. made at Salisbury, 18 September, 35 Edward III.
Fallardeston. Two parts of the manor (extent given), held of John Moubray, as of his barony of Brembre, by knight’s service.
Croucheston and Throp. A carucate of land and 30s. rent, held of the bishop of Winchester by knight’s service.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on 4 (?) July, 14 Edward III. Nicholas de Benton her son, aged 24 years and more, is her heir.
Thomas de Benton, late her husband, had possession of the premises for 19 years after her death by the courtesy of England by reason of issue between him and her, and since then Nicholas, her son and heir, has been in possession until now.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (16.)
17. (fn. 3) [MARGARET WIFE OF JOHN BACON.
ESSEX. Wedeford. The manor]. (fn. 3)
18. MARGARET LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN BACON.
Writ not enrolled.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmersford, 6 February, 35 Edward III.
Wedeford. Two parts of the manor (extent given), held for life by gift of John Bacon, knight, to her and her husband and her husband’s heirs; 20a. land and 4a. pasture are held of the heir of Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of 15s. yearly, and the residue of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, also a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service.
She died on 15 October.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 132. (5th entry.)
19. EDMUND BACON.
Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Edmund, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 16 April, 35 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Dorchestre, Monday the morrow of St. James, 35 Edward III.
Ewelm. The manor called ‘Spenseresfee,’ with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by knight’s service; also the manor late of Robert Pipard, knight, held of Gerard de Insula, service not known; also a rent of 50s. 6d., which by a fine levied at Westminster a month after Easter, 24 Edward I, William Thalemache and Cecily, his wife, quitclaimed to the said Edmund and his heirs, but whether this rent is parcel of one manor or of the other, or a parcel by itself, the jurors know not.
The said Edmund died about the feast of the Annunciation, 10 Edward III, exact day not known.
He married one Joan de Brewes, by whom he had a daughter Margery, who was married to William de Kerdeston and had a daughter Maud, who was married to John Burghwash and had a son John de Burghhaissh. He also married Margery Pounynges, by whom he had a daughter Margery, who was married to William de Molyns. This Margery and John de Burghwasch aforesaid are his heirs. She is 21 years of age and more, and he is 18 years of age. The lady de Mohon has the custody of the premises by the king’s grant, and has received the issues thereof.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (17.)
20. DENISE BACOUN.
Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Denise, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. 10 February, 35 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. (indented) taken at Cambridge, Monday after St. Barnabas, 35 Edward III.
Brune. 120a. arable, 2a. meadow and 40s. rent, held to herself and the heirs of her body by a fine levied at Westminster on the morrow of All Souls, 34 Edward I, by which the premises, by the name of 8l. rent, were granted to Thomas Bacoun and Denise his wife, and the heirs of her body, and, failing such heirs, to Edmund Bacoun and the heirs of his body. The premises are held of the countess of Pembroke by fealty and service of a pair of gloves worth 1d., or by service of 1d.
She held nothing of the king in chief in the county.
She died without heir of her body about the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 23 Edward III.
Emery (Almaricus) de Welyngton, knight, and William Clopton, knight, have been in possession of the issues of the premises since her death, by what title the jurors know not, during two years of which time William de Clopton was in possession of the premises.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (18.)
21. ELEANOR DE EWELLE.
Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands which the said Eleanor held of the inheritance of Edmund Bacon, deceased, and of others, as to the heir of the said Edmund, and who has been in possession of the lands of the said Eleanor since her death and received the issues. 16 April, 35 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. (indented) taken at Buckingham, Thursday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 35 Edward III.
Kyngeseye and Toureseye. A moiety of a messuage, 56a. land, 12 1/2a. meadow, 5 1/2a. pasture, 5s. rent, a pasture called ‘Melshameslese,’ a parcel of meadow called ‘Puttes,’ pasture in all the lands and tenements of the lord of the town of Kyngeseye for all the beasts (averia) of one plough, and 1a. 3r. meadow in a place called ‘Wildemor,’ all held for life of the inheritance of Edmund Bacon.
By a fine levied at Westminster in the octave of Hilary, 2 Edward II, before Ralph de Hengham and other justices, Edmund Bacon acknowledged a messuage, 67a. 1 1/2r. land, 17a. 1r. meadow, 3a. pasture and 14s. 2d. rent in Kyngeseye, Twithorp and Toureseye, and pasture for 10 cows and all the beasts of a plough in all the lands &c. late of Gilbert son of Herbert in those towns, all held for life by Eleanor de Ewell at a yearly rent of 10l., to be the right of John Bacon, who thereupon granted the reversion of the premises after the death of Eleanor to Edmund and the heirs of his body, to hold of him and his heirs. Parts of Kyngeseye and Twithorp are in co. Oxford, and a moiety of the said messuage and part of the land &c. aforesaid are in that county, about which the jurors can have no information (noticiam). By virtue of the fine the premises must remain to the heirs of the body of Edmund Bacon. They are held of the manor of Kyngeseye, service not known.
Eleanor held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on Thursday before Palm Sunday, 21 Edward III. Margery wife of William de Molyns, knight, aged 21 years and more, is daughter and heir of the aforesaid Edmund, and the jurors do not know of another co-heir.
Robert de Marny, knight, has been in possession of the premises, except 10a. meadow, from the death of the said Eleanor until now; and the lady Joan de Moun has been in possession of those 10a., by what title the jurors know not.
Similar writ, 16 April, 35 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Dorchestre, Monday the morrow of St. James, 35 Edward III.
Kyngeseye and Tythorp. A moiety of a messuage, 40a. arable, 2a. 3r. meadow, 2 1/2d. rent of free tenants, and 4s. 9d. rent of 2 cottars, held of the aforesaid inheritance.
By a fine levied at Westminster in the octave of Hilary, 2 Edward II, Edmund Bacon acknowledged 39 1/2a. land, 3 1/2a. meadow and 11s. rent in Kyngeseye and Tythorp, held for life at a rent of 10l. by Eleanor de Ewelle with other lands &c. in co. Buckingham, to be the right of John Bacon, who thereupon granted the reversion of the premises after the death of Eleanor to Edmund and the heirs of his body. A moiety of the messuage was then in service. The premises aforesaid are parcel of the lands &c. dealt with in the fine, and ought therefore to remain to the heirs of the body of Edmund. It is not known of whom they are held.
She held no other lands in the county of the inheritance of Edmund.
She died on Thursday before Palm Sunday, 21 Edward III. Edmund Bacon married Joan de Brewes, by whom he had a daughter Margery, who was married to William de Kerdeston and had a daughter Maud, who was married to John Burgherssh and had a son named John de Burgherssh. Edmund Bacon also married Margery Ponyngs, by whom he had a daughter Margery, who was married to William de Molyns. This Margery, aged 21 years and more, and John de Burgherssh, aged 18 years, are the heirs of the aforesaid Edmund.
Sir John de Mohun and Joan his wife have been in possession of the issues of the premises since the death of the said Eleanor, by what title the jurors know not.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (19.)
22. ROBERT BILKEMOR, knight.
Writ, 20 September, 35 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Bartoun, Thursday the feast of SS. Simon and Jude, 35 Edward III.
Kechyng. The manor, held for life by virtue of a fine levied at Westminster in the octave of St. Martin, 22 Edward III, before John de Stonore, William de Schareshull and others, whereby David son of Bartholomew de Flittewyk and William Savage granted the manor to Robert de Bilkemor, knight, and Anastasia his wife, for life, with remainder to John de Lillebon and Sibyl his wife and the heirs of their bodies; the said David and William having previously had the manor by grant of Robert and Anastasia by a fine levied on the morrow of St. Martin, 22 Edward III (Michael Skillyng is mentioned as attorney of Anastasia). The manor contains a capital messuage and dovecot, 70a. arable, 8a. meadow, a garden, 3a. pasture, 16s. 10 1/4d. rent of free tenants and 9s. rent of bondmen, held of the abbot of St. Albans by service of 10s. yearly and suit of court; a messuage and 20a. land in Pusell, held of the abbot of Woborn by service of 6s. 4d. yearly; a messuage and 20a. arable in the same, held of the prior of Dunstaple by service of 6s. 4d. yearly; and a dovecot and pleas of court worth 12d. yearly. The manor ought to remain to John, son of the aforesaid John Lillebon and Sibyl, by virtue of the fine, because Robert de Bilkemor and John Lillebon and Sibyl are dead.
Robert Bilkemor died on Thursday after St. Peter’s Chains last. Ralph Snow, aged 30 years and more, son of Alice Snow, sister of the said Robert, is his heir.
Writ, Beaulieu, 30 August, 35 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. made at Cherlton by Hungerford, 6 September, 35 Edward III.
Estwyke. The manor (extent given), held for life of the inheritance of John son and heir of John Lillebon, in the custody of the executors of John Malwayn deceased, to whom Philippa queen of England demised the wardship and marriage of the said heir, the king having granted her the same, with any reversions belonging to the heir. Two virgates of the manor are held of the king in chief by the grand serjeanty of keeping the west bailiwick of the forest of Savernak and rendering 52s. yearly at the Exchequer by the hands of the constable of Marlebergh castle; a messuage and 2 carucates are held of Thomas de la Ryvere, as of his manor of Wotton, by service of 9s. yearly; a messuage, half a virgate of land and a watermill are held of the abbot of Hyde by Winchester by service of 11s. yearly; three parts of a carucate are held of the abbot of Battle by service of 12s. 6d. yearly, the fourth part of the same carucate being held of John le Eir of Clenche by service of 8s. 8d. yearly; and a virgate is held of John Vyns by service of 6s. 6d. yearly.
Shaldebourn and Harden. Two parts of a messuage and of 2 carucates of land, held for life of the same inheritance, of which two parts of the messuage and of one carucate are held of John Driweys by service of 6s. and 1lb. cummin yearly, and two parts of one carucate are held of Thomas de Harden by service of 7s. 6 3/4d. yearly. The two parts of the 2 carucates together contain 110a., each acre worth 2d. only because the pasture is common. There are also a decayed wind-mill, 3a. meadow, 10a. wood in common, 4 free tenants, 8 half-virgate bondmen, 4 ‘cotsetles’ of bond-land, and pleas &c. of court worth 3s. 4d.
Mary late the wife of William de Harden, knight, holds for life in Shaldebourn and Harden of the inheritance of the aforesaid John son of John a messuage, a third part of a messuage, a carucate of land and a third part of 2 carucates of land, whereof she holds the third part of the messuage and 2 carucates in dower, and the messuage and carucate in joint feoffment with William de Harden, her late husband, with reversion to the same John son of John.
Covenholte. The deceased also held for life of the same inheritance 5 virgates of land in the hands of three bondmen, worth 40s. a year, held of the abbot of Hyde by service of 20s. yearly.
He died on Thursday after St. Laurence last, heir not known. The said John son of John, to whom the above lands and reversion belong, is 18 1/2 years of age and more.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (20.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 15. (16.) (Wilts.)
23. RICHARD DE BUTTESTHORN.
Writ, Clere, 16 August, 35 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Rodebrugg, 15 September, 35 Edward III.
Buttesthorn. A messuage, a carucate of land and 40s. rent. The carucate contains 120a. land, and there are 10a. meadow, pasture for 2 horses, 6 oxen and 200 sheep, an acre of wood, and pleas &c. of court worth 12d. a year.
Totton, Terstewode, Berkele and Natele. 4l. 7s. 2d. rent, with pleas &c. of court worth 12d. a year.
Mynstede. A messuage, 6a. waste land and 30s. rent, with pleas &c. of court worth 6d. a year.
All held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, to wit, by service of providing a man with a habergeon in time of war in the realm of England, in conjunction with Thomas de Mynstede, deceased, for forty days.
Tuderle. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the king in chief as parcel of the grand serjeanty late of Roger de Langeford. The carucate contains 80a., and there are 3a. meadow, pasture in common for 2 horses, 6 oxen and 200 sheep, two free tenants, one rendering 4 capons at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross and the other rendering 3s. 4d. at Easter and 3s. 4d. and 1/2lb. cummin at Michaelmas, 31s. 4d. rent of bondmen, of which 2s. 6d. yearly have to be paid to the king, and pleas &c. of court worth 18d. a year.
Okle. A messuage, a third part of a watermill, a third part of a fulling-mill, 40a. land and 2a. meadow, held of Philippa, queen of England, the prior of St. Denys, the prior of St. Swithun, the prior of the Maison Dieu of Portesmuth, the prior of Motesfont, the prioress of Ambr’, John de Bokeland and William de Overton by service of 6l. 10s. yearly, but how the tenure is parcelled among these the jurors know not.
Bokhampton. A messuage and 40a. land, held of Henry de Goundevill by service of 11d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Sunday before St. Laurence last. Joan his daughter, aged 30 years and more, Margaret his daughter, aged 24 years, and John, son of Agnes his daughter, aged 1 1/2 years, are his heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (21.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 124. (1.)
24. JOHN BRYMMORE.
Writ, 20 October, 35 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. made at Salisbury, 25 October, 35 Edward III.
Chesyngbury. A messuage, 3 carucates of land, 12a. meadow and 20s. rent, held of Humphrey de Bohun, son and heir of William de Bohun, late earl Northampton, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. Each of the carucates contains 80a. There is also common of pasture for 6 horses, 20 oxen and 400 sheep, and pleas &c. of court worth 12d. yearly.
Enford and Lytlekote. A messuage, 80a. land, 8a. meadow and 10s. rent, held of the prior of St. Swithun, Winchester, by service of 6s. 8d. yearly. There is also common of pasture for 2 horses, 10 oxen and 200 sheep.
Elcombe. A messuage, 140a. arable and 7a. meadow, held of the heir of John Lovel, knight, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. There is also common of pasture for 4 horses, 12 oxen and 200 sheep.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Thursday before Michaelmas last. Avice his daughter, aged 10 years and more, is his heir.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Winchester, 26 October, 35 Edward III.
La Folde in the New Forest. 50a. arable, 50a. pasture, 20a. meadow and 10a. moor and woodland, held of the king in chief by knight’s service and charged with payment of 2s. 1d. yearly to the king by the hands of the keeper of the New Forest at the manor of Lindhurste.
Forde. A messuage, a watermill, 30a. arable, 5a. meadow and 30a. heath, held of the heirs of Thomas Langele by knight’s service and by rendering 6d. yearly; 10a. land and 30a. heath, held of John Harneys by service of a rose yearly; and 19s. 9d. rent, held of William de Bruyn by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (22.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 17. (9.)
25. THOMAS BELNE, or DE BELLENE, of Kyngesnorton.
Writ, 10 November, 35 Edward III.
WORCESTER. Inq. taken at Alvechirch, 10 January, 35 Edward III.
Kyngesnorton. Lands and tenements called ‘Blakegreve’ (extent given), held of the king in chief by socage, rendering 22s. yearly at the Exchequer; and 2 messuages, 12a. land, 2a. meadow, and 8s. 10d. rent, held of William, bishop of Winchester, Ralph Spygornel, knight, John de Bisshopesdon and John Gour by service of 10s. yearly and suit to their court of Lekhey twice a year.
Alvechurch. 4a. land, held of the bishop of Worcester by service of rendering 40d. yearly.
Bellene Brokton. 8s. yearly rent, held of Robert de Bellene by service of rendering a pair of gloves yearly at Easter.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Tuesday after SS. Simon and Jude last. William his son, aged 12 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (23.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 19. (3.)
26. MATTHEW BESILS.
Writ to the escheator in co. Wilts, 5 February, 35 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Kyngisbrigge, Thursday before St. Gregory, 35 Edward III.
He died on Thursday after the Purification last. (fn. 4)
Alvyngton. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief in free socage. The rents of free tenants in the manor are 34s. yearly, and of tenants in bondage 8l. 2s. 2 1/2d., whereof 36s. yearly are due to Thomas de Courtenay for his share of the manor of Dupeford on account of the release of the tithingmen of the said Matthew from the attendances and services of presentment whereof the lords of Dupeford were formerly seised.
Peter de Besils, his son, aged 14 years and more, is his heir.
WILTS. Inq. made at Marlebergh, 13 February, 35 Edward III.
Wodhull. The manor (extent given, including a yearly rent of 5s. paid by the prioress of Ambresbury for a tithe there), held of the king in chief by service of four barbed arrows at the Exchequer at Easter.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Sunday before the Purification last. Peter his son, aged 16 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (24.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 127. (Devon.)
27. WILLIAM DE BLESEBY.
Writ, 16 January, 35 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Lincoln, Monday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 35 Edward III.
Caylesthorp. A messuage and 2 carucates of land, held of the king in chief by knight’s service, which were charged with 30s. yearly for the dower of the lady Elizabeth, late the wife of Peter Rabayn, before Thomas de Bleseby, father of the deceased, acquired them.
Walesby. 23s. rent, held jointly with Katharine his wife, to them and their heirs and assigns, of the abbot of Louth Park (de Parco Lude) by knight’s service.
Bleseby. He held no other lands &c. in the county, because long before his death he alienated to Thomas, vicar of the church of Leggesby, Thomas Wace and Thomas de Croxby, chaplain, all his lands &c. in Bleseby. These are held of the abbot of Louth Park and the prior of Sixill by knight’s service.
He died on Wednesday after the Circumcision, 35 Edward III. William, son of John de Touthorp and Joan his wife, daughter of the deceased, aged 6 years on Friday after the Purification, 35 Edward III, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (25.)
28. JOAN LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM DE BOKELOND.
Writ, Wyndesore, 26 September, 35 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Gloucester, Friday after Michaelmas, 35 Edward III.
Pychenecombe. A messuage, a carucate of land and 22s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of 5s. yearly at the Exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
Harsecombe. A six-acre parcel of land, held of Giles de Avenebury in chief by service of a clove yearly.
Wyke. A parcel of arable, held of the lord of Payneswyk by service of 14d. yearly.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on 10 September, 35 Edward III. John de Wolfurton, son of Alice her daughter and heir, aged 3 years on 2 August last, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (26.)
29. THOMAS BAKWELL.
Writ, 3 October, 35 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Le Lee, 16 October, 35 Edward III.
Modyngham and Chesulhurst. Tenements worth 20s. 4d. yearly, held by the deceased and Katharine his first wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in gavelkind, as of the manor of Eltham, by service of rendering 14s. 11 1/2d. yearly and doing suit to the king’s court of Eltham every three weeks.
Leuesham. The manor of Shrofholt, including 21s. 9d. rent of free tenants, held jointly as above of the alien abbot of Gaunt in gavelkind by service of rendering 18s. yearly.
Bromley and Shrofholt. Tenements worth 8s. 4d. yearly, held jointly as above of the bishopric of Rochester, now in the hands of the archbishop of Canterbury during voidance, in gavelkind by service of rendering 2 1/2d. yearly and doing suit to the court of the bishopric held on the bridge of Rochester.
Lee. The manor, held jointly as above of Nicholas Burnel in gavelkind by service of rendering a rose yearly at his manor of Wykeham.
Bankers. A sixth part of the manor, held jointly as above of the alien abbot of Gaunt in gavelkind by service of rendering 9s. 11 3/4d. yearly and doing suit to the court of the abbot’s manor of Leuesham every three weeks.
Dettelyng. A moiety of the manor, held jointly as above of the archbishop of Canterbury in gavelkind, as of his manor in Canterbury, by service of rendering 14s. yearly and doing suit to the archbishop’s court of Canterbury every three weeks.
The said Katharine died on 9 December, 22 Edward III; and Thomas died at Le Lee on 20 June last. John de Bauquell, aged 16 years, their son, is heir to the foregoing lands &c.
Bankers. Five parts of the manor, held by the deceased and Elizabeth, his second wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the alien abbot of Gaunt in gavelkind by service of rendering 46s. 7 3/4d. yearly and doing suit as above.
Longesshote and Leuesham. 20a. land, held jointly as above in gavelkind of the master of St. Laurence, London, by service of rendering 11 1/2d. yearly.
Litelcroft in Le Lee. 4a. land, held of Joan late the wife of Simon de Lee by service of rendering 6d. yearly.
The said Elizabeth died on 2 August in the same year (35 Edward III). William and Robert de Bauquell, aged 10 and 7 years respectively, sons of Robert and Elizabeth, are heirs to the premises held jointly by them.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (27.)
30. JOHN BISSHOP of Abyndon.
Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands of the said John. 15 November, 35 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. made at Abyndon, 5 January, 35 Edward III.
Abyndon. 2 messuages and 2 carucates of land, held of the abbot of Abyndon in socage by service of 46s. 2d. yearly, and by suit to the court of Berton every three weeks and suit to the court of ‘portemote’ every fortnight. The carucates contain 140a. arable; and there are 10a. meadow, a pasture called ‘Bisshopeshamme,’ pasture for 20 beasts, and 20s. rent of free tenants.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 17 July last.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (28.)
31. ELIZABETH BURDELEYS, or DE BURDELEYS.
Writ, 20 November, 35 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Cambridge, 23 November, 35 Edward III.
Madynglee. A messuage, 100a. land, 4a. pasture and 6a. wood, held of the king as of the honor of Pecche by service of 1lb. cummin.
Cotenham. 100a. land, 3a. pasture and 20s. rent (apparently included in the above service though not expressly stated to be).
She died on 10 September last without heir of her body. Joan her sister, married to John le Fitz Johan, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (29.)
32. MAUD LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN BURDELEYS.
Writ, 30 October, 35 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. [taken at Sculton, 6] (fn. 5) November, 35 Edward III.
Scultone. The manor (extent given), held for life by way of dower after the death of John Burdeleys, formerly her husband, of the inheritance of Joan, sister of the said John. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of being the king’s lardener at his coronation.
She died on 3 August last. The said Joan, wife of John [Fitz Johan], (fn. 5) aged [36 years and more], (fn. 5) is heir of John Burdeleys.
C. Edw. III. File 156. (30.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 132. (18.)
33. JOHN SON OF GEOFFREY ATTE MARCHE, of Bromham.
Writ, [12 November, 35 Edward III], (fn. 6) missing.
BEDFORD. Inq. made at Bromham, Thursday, the feast of St. Katharine the Virgin, 35 Edward III.
Bromham. A messuage, 29 1/2a. [1r.] land, 1a. meadow and 5s. 2 1/4d. rent came into the king’s hand after the death of the said Geoffrey by reason of the minority of the said John, his son and heir, and are still in the king’s hand. Of the premises 1/2a. land is held of Katharine le Botiller, 1r. land is held of Robert Parentyn, and 1r. land of William Passelewe, by knight’s service, and the remainder is held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
He held no other lands in the county.
The said John died on Sunday, the feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist last. Alice daughter of Stephen atte March, Geoffrey’s brother, of full age, is his heir.
Cf. Calendar of Fine Rolls, Vol. VII, p. 187.)
C. Edw. III. File 156. (31.)

Footnotes

  • 1. The Exchequer copy gives the date as Monday before Michaelmas.
  • 2. The Exchequer inquisition is dated 9 April, presumably in error.
  • 3. So given in the folio Calendar published in 1808 (p. 229), but now missing.
  • 4. The Exchequer enrolment gives Monday after the Annunciation as the date of death.
  • 5. The words in brackets are supplied from the Exchequer enrolment.
  • 6. The date is supplied from the enrolment on the Fine Roll.