Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 171

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 11, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1935.

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 171


340.	THOMAS DE HOTON.
	Writ, 20 January, 36 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle, Saturday before the Purification, 37 Edward III.
	Hoton in the Forest. The manor (extent given), with the office of launder of Plumpton (balliva laundarii de Plumpton) in the forest of Inglewod, held in virtue of a feoffment by Sir Henry de Staynwygges, parson of the church of Hoton, Adam del Chapele, chaplain, and Richard son of John de Hoton, who with the king’s licence gave the same (except 3 messuages, 15a. land and a close called ‘Langthwayt’) to him for life, with successive remainders to William his son, who survives, and the heirs male of his body, Richard brother of the said William, and the heirs male of his body, James brother of the said William, and the heirs male of his body, and the right heirs of the said William de Hoton. The manor is held of the king in chief by homage, the service of keeping the king’s lawn of Plumpton and the deer dwelling therein, and the service of rendering at the Exchequer of Carlisle 13s. 4d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county or elsewhere. He died on Tuesday after Michaelmas last. The aforesaid William de Hoton his son, aged 25 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (1.)
341.	THOMAS DE HETON.
	Writ, 28 September, 36 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Alnewyk, Sunday before St. Luke, 36 Edward III.
	Hertelawe. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by knight’s service and the service of rendering to the king 3s. 4d. yearly for ward of the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne by the hands of the sheriff at the two feasts of St. Cuthbert, and 7d. yearly at Midsummer for cornage. Hethepol. 200a. land, held of John de Coupland and Thomas de Muschaump by homage and service of 15d. yearly at Midsummer for cornage. They are in the hands of tenants at will rendering 100s. yearly. Dodyngton. Two husband-lands, held of Thomas de Gray in socage by service of 1lb. pepper yearly, worth 12d., at Christmas. They are in the hands of tenants at will rendering 40s. yearly. Chevelyngham. 16l. 5s. 5d. rent issuing from the manor. The manor is held of Henry de Percy by knight’s service. Hertlawe. A husband-land, held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, of Robert de la Vale by knight’s service. It is in the hands of tenants at will rendering 24s. yearly. Baumburgh. 8 burgages, held jointly with the said Joan of the king in burgage by service of 8d. yearly. They are in the hands of tenants at will rendering 73s. 8d. yearly. Alnewyk. 14a. land, held jointly with the said Joan of Henry de Percy by service of 12d. yearly. They are in the hands of tenants at will rendering 10s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday after St. Laurence last. Thomas de Heton his son, aged 11 years at the Purification last, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (2.)
342.	WILLIAM DE HOTON JOHAN.
	Writ, 2 March, 36 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Penreth, 6 May, 36 Edward III.
	Hoton Johan. The manor (extent given), held for life by gift of William Bowet, late parson of the church of Dacre, and Thomas de Perdishou, with remainder to Edmund his son, who survives, and his heirs. The manor is held of the heir of William late baron of Creistok, a minor in the king’s wardship, by homage and fealty and the service of 20s. 8d. yearly at the Assumption for cornage, and by suit to the baron’s court of Creystok every three weeks, and by a service called ‘witnesman’ and for food (putura) of the baron’s foresters of Flaschowe. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick, as the jurors understand. He died on Friday before the Purification last. The aforesaid Edmund his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (3.)
343.	WILLIAM DE HOTON of Haverisholm or Averisholm.
	Writ, 1 July, 36 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle, Saturday after St. Matthew, 36 Edward III.
	Haverisholm. A tenement so called, comprising a messuage and 30a. land, held for life by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Ellen, daughter and heir of William son of Arnold, deceased, who held the same of the king in chief by the serjeanty of coming once a year on the feast of St. Martin in the winter to Gaytskales in the forest of Ingelwod with a book to hear the oath of the agisters of swine of the said forest at the time of pannage. He died on Monday after Corpus Christi last. Joan, daughter of the deceased and of the aforesaid Ellen, aged 24 years and married to Robert son of Robert de Corkeby, is their heir by reason of her mother Ellen. Skiprigg in the forest aforesaid (fn. 1) [of Ingelwod]. 1a. land, held of Richard de Beaulieu by service of rendering 6d. yearly. Lynstok. 8a. land, held in form aforesaid of the bishop of Carlisle by service of rendering 4s. yearly. Sourby. 1a. 1r. land, held [in form aforesaid] of the king, as of ancient demesne, by service of rendering 10d. yearly. Skotby. 2 messuages and 5a. land, held [in form aforesaid] of the king, as of ancient demesne, by service of rendering 3s. 2d. yearly. Carlisle. A tenement in Botchergate in the suburb, held for life of the inheritance of William son and heir of John de Glenton, by demise of the said John, of the prior of Carlisle by service of rendering 19 1/2d. yearly. The reversion belongs to the said William. He held no other lands &c. in the county.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (4.)
344.	ROGER DE HOPWELL, the elder.
	(Writ missing.)
DERBY.	Inq. (indented) taken at Sandiacre, 17 April, 36 Edward III.
	Sandiacre. 11a. 1r. land, held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty, to wit, by rendering yearly 3s. 9d. at the Exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. Westhorp. A messuage and 30a. land, held of Simon Grenehull by service of 40d. yearly. Willesthorp. A messuage and 20a. land, held of ……….. He died on Friday before St. Andrew last. Roger his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. (indented) taken at Nottingham, 29 April, 36 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (5.)
345.	RICHARD HAYM.
	Writ, 12 March, 36 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Clyve, Thursday before Michaelmas, 36 Edward III.
	Wodemancote. A messuage, a virgate of land, 2a. meadow and 2a. pasture, held of Humphrey de Bohun, kinsman and heir of Humphrey de Bohun earl of Hereford, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Monday after St. Andrew last. Joan his daughter, aged 4 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (6.)
346.	JOHN HOUDLOO, or DE HOUDLOO, of Horndon.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said John, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 3 October, 36 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Reilegh, Thursday before All Saints, 36 Edward III.
	Horndon without the hundred of Rocheford. 14a. land, held of Philippa queen of England, as of the honor of Reilegh, by knight’s service. He died on 12 June, 23 Edward III. Richard his son, aged 15 years and more, is his heir. William de Bohun, late earl of Northampton, who then had the honor at farm from the queen for a term of years not yet ended, seized the premises into his hand by reason of the minority of the above heir, and kept them until Wednesday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 34 Edward III, when he died. William de Hinton, bailiff of the honor, immediately after the earl’s death seized them into the king’s hand and has received the issues until now, and accounts for them at the Exchequer, as the jurors understand.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (7.)
347.	JOHN DE HYNTON.
	Writ, 10 March, 36 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury, 20 April, (fn. 2) 36 Edward III.
	Hynton. The hamlet (extent given), held of John son of John le Straunge, a minor in the king’s wardship, by homage and service of 15s. yearly. Rugwardyn. The hamlet, held of the abbot of Shrewsbury by service of 12s. yearly. He died on 16 February last. Thomas his son, aged 3 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (8.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 21. (15.)
348.	GILBERT HEROUN. ELIZABETH WIFE OF GILBERT HEROUN.
	Writ after the death of the said Elizabeth, 12 April, 36 Edward III.
	Writ after the death of the said Gilbert, 12 April, 36 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, Wednesday before St. Laurence, 36 Edward III.
	Gilbert Heroun held no lands &c. in the county or elsewhere. Esselyngton, Whityngeham, Throunton and Barton. Elizabeth held two parts of a moiety of the manors (extents given), of the king in chief in drengage by fealty and by service of rendering yearly at the Exchequer of Newcastle upon Tyne by the hands of the sheriff 50s. at the two feasts of St. Cuthbert, and by service of a moiety of a sore sparrowhawk yearly at St. Peter’s Chains. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on Monday in the second week of Lent last. Isabel her sister, aged 23 years and more, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (9.)
349.	JOHN HACLUYT, or HAKELUT.
	Writ, 8 March, 36 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. (indented) taken Wednesday before Holy Thursday, 36 Edward III.
	Athelokeston. The manor (extent given), held of the prior of the hospital of St. John in right of Alice Nevyll his wife, who survives, by service of 3s. yearly. Within the manor is half a virgate of land held of Thomas Bakepuys by service of 6d. yearly. Halghton. A capital messuage, a carucate of land, 2 marks rent and a meadow, held in right of the same Alice of the heirs of Robert Peverel by service of 3d. yearly, and he owes suit to the court of Halghton twice a year. Carlton. A carucate of land lying fallow, held in right of the same Alice of Elizabeth daughter of Robert de Holand by homage and suit of court twice a year. He died on Friday after the Conversion of St. Paul last. William Hacluyt, son of the said John and Alice, aged 26 years and more, is their heir.
	Writ, 23 March, 36 Edward III.
RUTLAND.	Inq. taken at Uppingham, Wednesday after St. Ambrose, 36 Edward III.
	Stoke Drye. 42a. arable, held of the king in chief, service not known. Wardeleye. 4 1/2a. land, held of the right and inheritance of Alice his wife, who survives, of the heir of John de Orreby, said to be a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. Braunston. A capital messuage with buildings thereon, and 2 carucates of arable, held of the right and inheritance of the same Alice, with rents of 10l., 1lb. cummin and a clove from freemen and villeins. The premises are held of the lord of Ocham castle for the time being by knight’s service, amount not known, and by suit to his court of Ocham every three weeks. Each carucate contains fourscore acres, and one of them is uncultivated and fed over by the king’s deer, and worth nothing because within the forest. Lye. A capital messuage and 3 carucates of arable, held in right of the same Alice of the master of the chantry of Manton, rendering yearly to the said master 40s. with the king’s licence and 1lb. cummin, and to the king 4s. 8d. for sheriff’s aid. The carucates are uncultivated and fed over by the king’s deer. The deceased also held in right of the same Alice the office of keeper of the king’s forest [in Roteland], with the profits thereof, together with ‘wodesilver,’ ‘hegingsilver,’ wood from windfalls (de cabliciis), the appointment and removal of foresters at will, the profit of cheminage, the lawing of dogs, and perquisites of attachments of all ‘swainmotes,’ except indictments of vert and venison, which belong to the king. The office is held of the king in chief by rendering 40s. yearly at the Exchequer. Wardeleye. A messuage and a virgate of land containing 30a., worth 2d. an acre only because they are wasted by the king’s deer, held by knight’s service of the heir of John de Orreby, a minor in the king’s wardship. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Friday before the Purification, 36 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 25 years and more.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire by what service the 42a. land in Stoke Drie mentioned in the above inquisition are held. 2 December, 36 Edward III.
RUTLAND.	Inq. taken at Uppingham, 20 December, 36 Edward III.
	Stoke Drie. John Hackelut held 42a. of the king in chief by fealty only, and not by any other service. William Hacklut his son, of full age, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (10.)
350.	WARIN DE INSULA, knight.
	Writ, 26 October, 36 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. made at Schypton, 15 January, 36 Edward III.
	Oke by Ottemor. The manor, held of Robert de Insula, knight, by service of half a knight’s fee. He died on 16 August, 35 Edward III. Warin son and heir of his brother Gerard de Insula, aged 24 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (11.)
351.	WILLIAM DE KIRKELAND.
	Writ, 30 March, 36 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Inq. taken at Preston, Saturday after St. John before the Latin Gate, 36 Edward III.
	Kirkeland. He held no lands &c. in the county because before his death he gave all his lands &c. in Kirkeland to Roger de Gosenargh, William de Eccleston and Ralph de Knoll, chaplains, who after his death gave them to Margaret his wife, who survives, for her life, with successive remainders to Alice his daughter and the heirs male of her body, Joan her sister and the heirs male of her body, Katharine their sister and the heirs male of her body, and the right heirs of the said William de Kirkeland. The premises are held of a moiety of the manor of Wyresdale (which moiety belonged to William de Coucy, deceased, and is in the hand of John de Coupeland by the king’s commitment), in socage by service of 1d. yearly or 1/2lb. of cummin. William de Kirkeland had there before the gift aforesaid a messuage, 60a. land and meadow, and 10 marks rent from tenants at will. He held no other lands &c. at any time. He died on Wednesday the feast of the Conception of the Virgin, 35 Edward III. Of his heir the jurors know nothing yet, as he (or she) is in the womb of his (or her) mother Margaret, as they understand.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (12.)
LANCASTER.	Inq. taken at Lancaster, Friday after the Assumption, 39 Edward III, before William de Skipwyth, chief baron of the Exchequer, by virtue of a commission to him directed.
	Kyrkelond. William de Kyrkelond, who lately held the manor of the king, as of a moiety of the manor of Wyresdale, and as of the inheritance late of William de Coucy, then in the king’s hand, was ill and in extremis and extra bonam memoriam suam about the feast of St. Nicholas, 36 Edward III, at which time Margaret then his wife and others of his kindred made (ordinarunt et composuerunt) in his name charters of feoffment of the said manor to Roger de Gosenargh, Ralph de Knoll and William de Eccliston, chaplains, without the king’s licence or the consent of the said William, who died half a day later. After his death the feoffees gave the manor to the aforesaid Margaret, now the wife of John Boteler, for her life, with successive remainders to Alice, Joan and Katharine, daughters of the said William de Kyrkeland, and the heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of the said William. Alice was then 5 years old, Joan 3 years and Katharine 1 year, as the jurors understand. The moiety of the manor of Wyresdale was then held of the king by knight’s service, as of the honor of Lancaster. The services by which the manor of Kyrkelond is held of the said moiety are not known.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 25. (4.)
352.	JOAN LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM DE KYME.
	Writ, 16 October, 36 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Louth (Ludam), Saturday after St. Martin, 36 Edward III.
	Burwell. The manor, held of the king in chief by virtue of a fine made in the king’s court at York in the three weeks after Easter, 8 Edward III, between William de Kyme, deceased, and the aforesaid Joan his wife, and Gilbert de Umframvill earl of Angos, whereby the said William acknowledged the manor to be the right of the earl by his gift, and the earl in return granted it to William and Joan and the heirs male of their bodies, with reversion to the earl and his heirs. William and Joan died without heir male of their bodies. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Croft. The manor, held for life only of the aforesaid earl. Thorp by Waynflete. The manor, similarly held. Freskeneye. 100s. rent, similarly held. She held the above two manors and rent by service of rendering a rose at Midsummer. The earl holds the manor of Croft of Henry de Bello Monte by knight’s service, the manor of Thorp of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honor of the castle of Bolyngbrok, by knight’s service, and the rent of the earl of Lancaster, as of the fee of Ferar’, by knight’s service. Joan held them by virtue of a fine made at York in 8 Edward III between William and Joan and the aforesaid earl Gilbert, whereby William acknowledged them to be the right of the earl by his gift, and the earl in return granted them to William and Joan for their lives only at a yearly rent of a rose at Midsummer. Joan died on Sunday after St. Luke, 36 Edward III. John de Littelbiry, aged 30 years and more, is her heir, but not to the manors and rent contained in this inquisition.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (13.)
353.	JOHN SON OF WALTER DE LENCH.
	Writ, 20 June, 36 Edward III.
WARWICK.	Inq. taken at Marleclive, Wednesday before the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 36 Edward III.
	Marleclive. 2 messuages, half a virgate of land, 1a. meadow, a garden, and 25s. 3d. rent, held of the king in chief by service of 6s. 8d.; and a virgate of land and 2a. meadow, held of the heirs of the lord de Wake, service not known. He died on the feast of St. John before the Latin Gate last. Walter his brother, aged 21 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (14.)
354.	ADAM DE LONDON of Ampelford.
	Writ, 16 October, 36 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, Monday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 36 Edward III.
	Ampelford. A messuage, 7 cottages, 4 bovates of land, a water-mill and a little close of wood called ‘Lund,’ held of Ralph son and heir of William late baron of Craystok, knight, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of rendering 5s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Friday before Easter last. John his son, aged 2 years at the feast of St. Andrew last, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (15.)
355.	WILLIAM DE LAMBORNE.
	(Writ missing.)
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Copewold, 15 March, 36 Edward III.
	Copewold. William de Lamborne, son and heir of Thomas de Lamborne, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, held the manor of Copewold of the countess of Oxford by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. He died on the day of the Conception of the Blessed Mary last. Joan the wife of William Chene, his sister, aged 21 years and more, is his heir.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Polsted, 12 March, 36 Edward III.
	Polsted. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Reileghe, by service of four knights’ fees. Date of death and heir as above. William Chene and Joan have no issue. William de Leyre is bailiff of the said honor of Reileghe in fee, and claims to be escheator of the same in fee. William de Hinton is under-bailiff and lieutenant of William de Leyre, and has received all the issues and profits of the manor since the death of William de Lamborne.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (16.)
356.	THOMAS LOVEL.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Thomas, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 1 July, 36 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Wycombe, Monday before St. Margaret, 36 Edward III.
	Boveneye. The manor, held of the abbess of Burnham by homage and knight’s service, rendering yearly to the abbess a pair of gloves or 1d., the price thereof. He died in 22 Edward III. William son of his brother Richard Lovel, aged 18 years, is his heir. The abbess has been in possession and has received the issues since the death of the said Thomas by reason of the wardship of the said William his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (17.)
357.	RALPH LOVEL, knight.
	Writ, 1 July, 36 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. made at La Weo, Thursday the feast of St. Michael, 36 Edward III.
	Enham. The manor (extent given), held for life by demise of John Lovel, knight, of the inheritance of John Lovel son and heir of the said John, of the king in chief by knight’s service, amount not known. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in the month of February last. Heir not known. The reversion of the manor belongs to the aforesaid John son of John Lovel, who survives, aged 21 years and more. The said manor is charged with 10l. yearly to Peter de Bruges for his life, which rent he had by grant of the scholars of Queen’s Hall, Oxford.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (18.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 17. (8.)
358.	JOHN SON AND HEIR OF JOHN LOVELL, knight.
	Writ after the death of the said John, who died a minor in the king’s wardship. 8 May, 36 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Dockingg, 22 May, 36 Edward III.
	Southmere. The manor, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. He died about the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last, as the jurors understand. John his brother is his heir, age not known because he was born outside the bailiwick.
	Similar writ, 7 May, 36 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. (indented) taken at Wyncaulton, 19 May, 36 Edward III.
	Sparkeford. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the heir of Nicholas de Seymour, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. Chiryton. Two parts of the manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Upton Noble. The hamlet, held of Sir Edward le Despenser by a moiety of a knight’s fee. The premises are in the hands of the executors of Henry Pikard by grant of Richard Talbot, knight, to whom the king committed the custody thereof. He died on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last. John his brother is his heir, age not known because he was born outside the bailiwick.
	Similar writ, 7 May, 36 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Tharpston, 18 May, 36 Edward III.
	Tychemersh. The castle (extent given), with the advowson of the church and of a free chapel there, held of the fee of Peverell, which is in the king’s hand, by service of three knights’ fees. The extent mentions several pastures called ‘Halmark’ and ‘Litelmede,’ a water-mill, a wood of 80a. at Sudbourgh, a court every three weeks, and a several fishery called ‘le Neen.’ He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 18 June last. John Lovel his brother, age not known, is his heir.
	Similar writ, 7 May, 36 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. made at Andevere, 28 May, 36 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county. He died on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last. Heir not known.
OXFORD.	Inq. made at Mynstre Lovel, 31 May, 36 Edward III.
	Mynstre. 20a land in the fields of Mynstre, held of the king in chief by service of 22d. to be paid yearly at Oxford castle, which the sheriff there shall receive. Mynstre. The manor (extent given), held of the honor of Winchester, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the forfeiture of Roger de Quyncy, sometime earl of Winchester, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. [After the words ‘earl of Winchester’ the following interlineation is indicated:— which (que) Isabel Lovel, who died in 24 Edward III, held in joint feoffment with the aforesaid John Lovel her husband, and which Isabel the king’s daughter had of the king’s gift.] No other lands &c. in the county came into the king’s hand by the minority of the said John son of John. Date of death as last above. Heir as above, aged 21 years and more, but he was a minor at the time of his brother’s death.
WILTS.	Inq. made at Heyworth, 1 June, 36 Edward III.
	Ellecumbe. The manor (extent given), held of the honor of Winchester, which is in the king’s hand as above, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. This manor Gilbert Talbot, knight, had by the king’s grant by way of wardship of the aforesaid heir, and he still receives the profits of it. Offecote. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the honor of Winchester, which is in the king’s hand as above, as parcel of the manor of Ellecumbe. The carucate contains 70a. arable, and there is pasture for 2 horses, 4 oxen and 100 sheep, worth nothing because in common, tenants rendering 64s. 8d. yearly, but no profits of court because the tenants owe suit to the court of Ellecumbe. The aforesaid Gilbert receives all the profits. Blountesdone Gay. A messuage and 2 carucates of land, held of the prior of Bradenestok by service of 4s. yearly. The prior holds of the prince, service not known, and the prince of the king, service not known. The 2 carucates contain 100a., and there are there 20a. meadow, pasture for 4 horses, 12 oxen and 300 sheep, worth nothing because in common, and no rents because the tenements are decayed and the tenants dead. No other lands &c. in the county came into the king’s hand by the minority of the said John. Date of death and heir as last above.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (19.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 21. (4.) (Wilts.)
359.	ROGER DE LEUKENORE, or ROGER LEUQENORE, knight.
	Writ, 15 March, 36 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at West Smethefeld, 6 May, 36 Edward III.
	South Mimmes. The manor, held jointly by the deceased and Katharine his wife, who survives, by gift of Hugh de Walcote, clerk, and John Werry, clerk, to them and the heirs of the body of Roger, as appears by a fine levied in the king’s court. The manor is held of the heir of the earl of Hereford, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of one knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 14 March, 36 Edward III. Thomas de Leuqenore his son, aged 15 years and more, is his heir.
SUSSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Lewes, 7 April, 36 Edward III.
	The deceased and Katharine his wife, who survives, held jointly the following, by gift of William Bele, parson of the church of Ovyngdene, and William Serle, by a charter of feoffment, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Roger, viz.:— Bradhurst. The manor, held of Adam Waleys and Alice his wife, as of her right, of the tenement called ‘Wakehurst,’ by service of rendering 1/2lb. of pepper and 28s. yearly at Christmas. Horstede Kaynes, Selmeston and Iteford. The manors, held of Philippa, queen of England, as of the honor of Laigle (Aquila), by service of 2 1/2 knights’ fees. Southecton. 5s. rents of free tenants. Retherfeld, Alcheshorne and Bukkestede. 20s. rents of free tenants. Schyryngton. 10s. rent of free tenants. Cattesfeld. 20s. rents of free tenants. Est Grenstede. 20s. rents of free tenants. All these rents are parcel of the manors of Horstede Kaynes, Selmeston and Iteford. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (20.)
360.	ELIZABETH LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM LUCY, knight.
	Writ, 12 February, 36 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. (indented) taken at Bodenham, 22 February, 36 Edward III.
	Bodenham Fourches. A messuage, 2 carucates of land, a piece of pasture called ‘Whistonesmerssh’ and ‘Heye,’ 10a. meadow, a wood called ‘Ricardeswode,’ 4l. rents of free tenants, and pleas &c. of court worth 3s. 4d., held in dower by endowment of William, her late husband, of the inheritance of Thomas, son and heir of the said William, of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari late earl of March, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. She died on 25 July last. Thomas Lucy, aged 9 years, son of the said William and Elizabeth, is their heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (21.)
361.	CECILY LATE THE WIFE OF STEPHEN LAUNDEY.
	Writ, 3 May, 36 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. (indented) taken at Taunton, 10 May, 36 Edward III.
	Bykenhull. The hamlet (extent given), held in fee tail, to herself and the heirs of her body, of the king in chief by service of an eleventh part of a knight’s fee. The manor (sic) is charged with the maintenance of a lamp burning nightly in the chapel of Bykenhull, which is estimated to cost 2s. yearly. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on Friday, Christmas eve last. Maud her daughter, late the wife of Thomas Dodyngton, aged 26 years, Alice another daughter, married to Thomas Orchard, aged 22 years, and Cecily the daughter of Joan late the wife of Richard Childehey, sister of Maud and Alice, aged 10 years, are her heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (22.)
362.	JOHN DE LELUM, or LELOM.
	Writs, 8 May, 36 Edward III, and 12 October, 36 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, Sunday after St. Katharine, 36 Edward III.
	Eggeton. A messuage, 61a. waste and 20a. poor meadow in the hands of tenants at will rendering 20s. a year, held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by homage and fealty and by service of a hundredth part of a knight’s fee. Danby. A messuage and 2 bovates of land in the hands of tenants at will rendering 10s. a year, held of Sir William le Latymer by knight’s service; and 2 bovates of land, held of the same William le Latymer by service of 10s. yearly. Laisyngby. A messuage and 3 bovates of land, held jointly by the deceased and Agnes his wife, who survives, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the heir of Ralph de Bulmere, late a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday after St. Martin, to wit, 18 November, 35 Edward III. Robert de Lelum, son of the said John and Agnes, was their heir and died without heir of himself, so that Emma his sister, daughter of the said John, aged 27 years and more and married 8 years ago to William Playce of Scalby, is heir of the said John.
YORK.	Assignment of dower to Agnes late the wife of John de Lelum, made at Eggeton, … before SS. Philip and James, 37 Edward III.
	Eggeton. The east part of the hall with the doors and solar in that part and the kitchen, and three buildings, to wit, ‘le Haylaghe,’ ‘le Frerechaumbre’ and ‘le Heghchaumbre’; also ‘le Ovre Starethwayt’ with all the land formerly held by Robert Messager, and all the land east of the stream which flows from the end of Starthwayt to Smythgatesyk and the river Eske; also ‘le Ermytclos’ with part of the barn (grangia) there from the doors eastward, and a third part of two closes there towards the south.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (23.)
363.	JOHN DE LISLE of Kent.
	Writ, 28 January, 36 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. (indented) taken at Welle, 27 February, 36 Edward III.
	Strete. A moiety of the manor (extent given, including 81a. salt marsh pasture often inundated and 15a. several pasture worth only 1d. an acre because it lies among hills), held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 10s. every 7th day of March for ward of Dover castle, 6s. at Michaelmas to the bailiff of Merslond, and 6s. at the Purification to the keeper of Apuldrewall on Sea, and by doing suit to the king’s court called ‘Redleuet’ every three weeks. Strete. 18a. dry and stony pasture, 61a. salt marsh pasture, and a court worth nothing beyond the expenses of the steward, held in gavelkind of Robert de Passele by service of rendering to him 18s. 4 3/4d. yearly, and to the heirs of John Beauchamp of Somersete 5 1/2d., and to the heirs of Master Walter de Schorne 11d. He died on 10 August last, 35 Edward III. Alice de Lisle, his daughter, aged 22 years, is his heir. Welle and Losedale. A capital messuage and dovecot, 120a. arable, dry and sandy, of which 80a. may be sown every year, but this year only 31a. are sown and of these 8a. are sown with beans, peas, and vetches, 10a. several pasture for oxen, 30a. several heath with pasture, dry and very barren, 33s. 4d. rents of free tenants, rents of cocks and hens, a water-mill fallen down two years since, a windmill fallen down three years since, and 10a. wood cut down three years since. The premises are held by service of rendering 38s. 6d. yearly to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, doing suit to the abbot’s court every three weeks, and rendering 19s. 6d yearly at his manor of Litelbourn, and by service of rendering 5s. 6d. yearly to the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, at his court of Ikham, 3s. yearly to ……. de Bourn, 2d. at the feast of the Annunciation to the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, 2s. 1d. yearly to the parish church of Welle and 4d. for Peter’s Pence, 2 qrs. of barley at Michaelmas to the heirs of George de Bourn, 18d. yearly to the heirs of James de Hegham, 8d. yearly to Peter Fournivale, 9 hens at Christmas to the prior of Christchurch and the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, and 25 eggs to the same prior at Easter. These tenements are charged to the heirs of William de Sewans in 10l., payable at Christmas and Michaelmas. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and name of heir repeated.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (24.)
364.	ROBERT DE LANGETON.
	Writ, 20 November, 35 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Inq. taken at Neuton, Saturday before the Purification, 36 Edward III.
	Waleton in the Dale. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Lancaster by knight’s service in right of his wife. The extent includes two water-mills and a fishery. Neuton in Makerfeld. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Lancaster by knight’s service in right of his wife. The extent includes two water-mills, one ruinous, and a park enclosing a plot of moor, with deer. Goldeburn. 2a. land, held of the same earl by knight’s service in right of his wife. Erbury. Thomas de Shotheworth held the town of the deceased by knight’s service. The deceased held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Sunday before Michaelmas last. Ralph son of John de Langeton son of the deceased, aged 21 years and more, as the jurors understand, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (25.)
365.	ROBERT MORLE.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis &c., 18 May, 36 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Extent made 22 May, 36 Edward III.
	He held the following for life by the courtesy of England after the death of Hawise, late his wife, of the inheritance of William, their son and heir, of the king in chief:— Hengham. The advowson of the church. Brandon. The advowson of the church. Bergh Parva. The advowson of the church. North Todenham. A mediety of the advowson of the church. Folsham. The advowson of the church. Byntre. The advowson of the church. He held no knights’ fees and no other advowsons in the county.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (26.)
366.	ALINA LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE MANERS.
	Writ after the death of the said Alina, who held lands in dower and otherwise for life of the inheritance of the heir of the said Robert, a minor in the king’s wardship. 13 August, 36 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Alnewyk, Sunday before St. Luke, 36 Edward III.
	Etal. A carucate of land, held for life of the inheritance of the said heir, and a carucate of land and a third part of the manor (extent given), held in dower of the same inheritance. All the premises are held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Great Tossan. 4s. rent from a husband-land, held in dower of the same inheritance, of Joan de Heppale by fealty. She died on Thursday after St. Peter’s Chains last.
	Writ to Robert de Tughale, chamberlain of the town of Berwick upon Tweed, on the petition of Edward de Letham, who has the custody of two parts of the lands late of Robert de Malers (sic) by the king’s commitment, that he may also have custody of the third part, which was held in dower by Alina late the wife of the said Robert, lately deceased. The chamberlain is to value the lands &c. and commit them to the said Edward if he is willing to pay as much rent for them as any one else would. 12 August, 36 Edward III.
BERWICK.	Inq. taken at Berwick upon Tweed, 3 July, 37 Edward III.
	The said Alina held nothing of the king of England within the dominion and power of the said king in the parts of Scotland in chief, but she held for life of the inheritance of the heir of the said Robert, a minor in the king’s wardship:— Paxton. A third part of the lands of the manor, and a third part of a fishery in the water of Twede thereto belonging, held of the prior of Durham by homage and service of 22s. 2 1/2d. yearly. The third part of the lands of the manor used to be worth in time of peace 5 marks of silver yearly, but now is worth 40s. only; the third part of the fishery used to be worth 20 marks yearly, but now is worth 10l. only. Alina died on 3 August, 36 Edward III. John de Maners, son of the said Robert and Alina, aged 8 years, is her heir. John del More, sometime her husband, was in possession of the premises and received the issues due for the Martinmas term after her death. Since that feast Edward de Letham has been in possession by demise of Robert de Tughale, chamberlain of Berwick, by virtue of the king’s writ annexed to this inquisition.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (27.)
367.	MARGERY LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS MOIGNE.
	Writ, 28 June, 36 Edward III.
MARCH OF WALES [MONMOUTH].	Inq. taken at Gloucester, Monday after SS. Peter and Paul, 36 Edward III.
	Nuton by Martherne. The manor (extent given). Eodeton. The manor. Landegyn in Netherwent. 16s. rent. These she held in joint feoffment with John Knovill, sometime her husband, by gift and feoffment of Philip le Monk, vicar of the church of Martherne, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Bevis (Bogo) Knovill, father of John. She held them of Mary late countess of Norfolk, now deceased, as of her lordship of Strugull in Wales, in which lordship the countess had royal (realem) jurisdiction, so that the premises were seized into her hand after the death of the said Margery because John and Margery died without heir of their bodies, and by the death of the countess they are now in the king’s hand. She held no other lands &c. in the county of Gloucester or the march aforesaid. She died on the feast of St. Clement the Pope last. John de Verdon, son of Margaret one of the sisters of Bevis Knovill aforesaid, and John Mauduyt, son of Thomas son of Elizabeth his other sister, both of full age, are her heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (28.)
368.	THOMAS DE MYNSTEDE.
	Writ, 2 March, 36 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. made at Southampton, 7 April, 36 Edward III.
	Mynstede. A messuage and 9a. arable, with 1a. meadow, 40a. wood, of which the underwood and pasture are common, 40a. bracken and heath, tenants rendering 26s. 8d., of which 13s. 4d. has to be paid back to the king’s court of Lyndherst, and pleas &c. of court worth 3s. 4d. The premises are held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, to wit, by providing at his own costs an armed man for 40 days in the Scotch war. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Saturday before Michaelmas last. Isabel and Christina his daughters, aged 3 years and more and a year and a half and more respectively, are his heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (29.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 20. (15.)
369.	JOHN DE MOCKYNG.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said John, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 3 October, 36 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Reilegh, Thursday after All Saints, 36 Edward III.
	Horndon without the hundred of Rocheford. 2 1/2a. land, held of Philippa queen of England by knight’s service. He died on 10 March, 23 Edward III. John his son, aged 18 years and more, is his heir. William de Bohun, late earl of Northampton, who then had the honor of Reilegh at farm from queen Philippa, seized the premises by reason of the minority of the said heir, and remained in possession until Wednesday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 34 Edward III, when he died. William de Hinton, bailiff of the honor, then seized the premises into the king’s hand and has answered for the profits ever since, as the jurors understand.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (30.)
370.	WILLIAM MALENFAUNT.
	Writ, 16 July, 36 Edward III.
MARCH OF WALES [PEMBROKE].	Inq. taken at Pembr’, 12 September, 36 Edward III.
	Overash and Netherash. The manors, held of John Hastynges, son and heir of Laurence Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. Crychurche. A carucate and a half of land, held in joint feoffment with Margaret his wife, who survives, of the same John Hastynges by knight’s service. Landeshanke. The manor, held in joint feoffment, as above, of John Wogan and Isabel his wife by knight’s service. Milton. The manor, held of John Carreu by knight’s service. Cadyganeston. 4l. yearly rent, held of the bishop of St. David’s by service of doing suit to the bishop’s court of Cadyganeston. Dynant in Roos. 40s. yearly rent, held of the baron of la Roch by service of doing fealty. He held no other lands &c. in the county of Hereford or the march aforesaid. He died on Wednesday before St. Andrew last. William his son, aged 15 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (31.)
371.	ROBERT MICHEL.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Robert, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 12 June, 36 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Marleborgh, 10 August, 36 Edward III.
	Middelton Lilebon. A messuage, 45a. land, 1a. meadow, and 2s. rent of a free tenant, held of the king in chief by service of paying 12d. yearly at Michaelmas to the sheriff of the county at the castle of Old Sar’ for the king’s use. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Friday before Palm Sunday, 22 Edward III. One Simon his son, aged 23 years and more, is his heir. The king has received the profits in the meantime, and they are charged on the late (veteri) escheator.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (32.)
372.	WILLIAM DE MELTON, knight.
	Writ, Wyndesore, 20 August, 36 Edward III.
YORK.	LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday 9 March, 37 Edward III.
	Oustwyk. A messuage and 10 1/2 bovates of land, held of Isabel the king’s daughter, as of her manor of Brustwyk as of the honor of Aumale, by fealty, suit to the said Isabel’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks, and service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. within the liberty. He died on Sunday after St. Laurence last. William his son, aged 22 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, Yeshampstede, 20 September, 36 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, Monday after St. Wilfrid, [36 Edward III.]
	Killum. A ruined manor, 5 messuages, 24 tofts, 29 bovates in demesne, a rabbit warren, 22l. rent of 22 tenants holding 32 messuages and 220 bovates of land in socage, with 80 autumn works and other boonworks worth together 4l. from the same tenants, a water-mill, a windmill, 8a. meadow in demesne, a pasture called ‘Burrowe,’ a yearly (sic) market on Saturday, and a yearly fair on the eve and the feast and the morrow of St. Laurence. All the above were held jointly by the deceased and Joan his wife, who survives, of the king in chief by fealty and service of 13s. 4d. to be rendered yearly in the Exchequer at Michaelmas. Killum. 6 carucates in the hands of free tenants, held of the king in chief, as of the crown, as parcel of the manor of Skirkenbek, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. These render 16d. yearly as in fines of the wapentake. Toweton. A manor, 8 bovates of land in demesne, 24 messuages with 24 bovates thereto belonging, leased (affirmantur) to divers tenants at will rendering 12l. yearly, 9a. meadow, and 5a. underwood in one close, held of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honor of Pontefract, by knight’s service. Milforth. A messuage and 8 bovates of land leased to a tenant rendering 18s. yearly, held of Robert de Nevill of Hornby, as of his manor of Kirkeby on Qwerff, by fealty. Fenton. A messuage and 8 bovates of land leased to a tenant at will rendering 6l. yearly, held of the archbishop of York, as of his manor of Shirburne, by fealty. Colpithagh. A toft and 2 bovates of land let to a tenant for 10s. yearly, held of the same archbishop, as of the same manor, by fealty. Milford. A pasture called ‘Abholmlegh,’ held of the same archbishop, as of the same manor, by fealty. Wilton. A messuage and 2 bovates of land let to a tenant at will rendering 20s. yearly, held of the archbishop, as of his manor of Wilton, by service of 6d. yearly and fealty. Aston. A manor, 2 carucates of land in demesne, 10 messuages and 10 bovates of land let to tenants at will rendering 60s. yearly, 20s. free (libera) farm of 4 tenants holding freely certain messuages and certain bovates of him and his heirs, a several close containing about 60a., and another little several close called ‘Hopergrene,’ held of Thomas (?) de Fuurnivall, as of his manor of Wystan, by knight’s service. Cotenays. A messuage and a carucate of land let to a tenant rendering 5 marks yearly, held of the bishop of Durham, as of his manor of Houden, by fealty and service of rendering 3s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday after the Nativity of the Virgin, 36 Edward III. William de Melton his son, aged 23 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, Yeshampstede, 20 September, 36 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Kirketon in Lyndeseye, 15 October, 36 Edward III.
	Halton by Wyntryngham. A messuage and 3 bovates of land and a cottage, (fn. 3) held of Roger Lestraunge by knight’s service. Wilyngham by Stowe. The manor, held of the heirs of Hugh Olyfard by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 15 September, 36 Edward III. William de Melton, knight, his son, aged 22 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, Yeshampstede, 20 September, 36 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. made at la Weo, Michaelmas day, 36 Edward III.
	Kyngesclere. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 10s. yearly payable at Winchester castle by the hands of the sheriff. The extent includes pastures called ‘Oxenlese’ and ‘le Brodemede.’ Clere Wodelonde. A messuage, a virgate of land and 2a. meadow, held of the abbess of Godestouwe by service of 8s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday after the Nativity of the Virgin last. William de Melton his son, aged 23 years and more, is his heir. He also held the manor of Bynteworth of the king in chief by service of 6s. 8d. yearly payable at Winchester castle; but long before his death he demised it to William bishop of Winchester with the king’s licence for a term of years not yet expired.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (33.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 21. (9.) (Lincoln.)
373.	THEOBALD DE MOUNTENEYE, or DE MOUNTENEYNE, knight.
	Writ, 12 October, 36 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. made at Somerford Keynes, 4 January, 36 Edward III.
	Somerford Keynes. The manor (full extent given, with details of services), held of the king in chief for a term of 80 years not yet expired by the king’s demise by letters patent, on condition that if he should die within that term the manor should remain to the king. The extent includes 90a. meadow held of the abbess of Came by service of 20s. yearly payable at her manor of Munchenehampton, a rent called ‘larderselver’ and a custom called ‘churchs’. He died on 6 September, 35 Edward III. Heir not known. The reversion of the manor belongs to the king by virtue of the lease aforesaid.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Theobald, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 20 October, 37 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Aylesbury, Monday before Ascension day, 38 Edward III.
	Grendon. He held nothing in demesne or service in the escheator’s bailiwick at the time of his death, but Laurence de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, long after he had married Agnes daughter of Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wygemore, gave him the manor of Grendon for life. It is held of the king in chief by knight’s service. He died on Monday after St. Martin, 36 Edward III. The reversion of the manor ought to remain to John, son and heir of Laurence de Hastynges, a minor in the king’s wardship. The king has received the issues at the Exchequer except for the last two years, during which time the said John son of Laurence has received them by the king’s grant.
	Similar writ, 1 March, 38 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. made at Kreckelad, 10 June, 38 Edward III.
	Somerforde Kaynes. He held nothing in demesne as of fee, but he held for life of the king’s gift the manor of Somerford Kaynes, the reversion whereof belongs to the king. He died on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 35 Edward III. In the aforesaid manor there is a piece of meadow and pasture called Pyllesmet (?) held of the abbess of Caen, lady of Munchenehampton, by service of 20s. and a purse worth 1d. payable yearly at Munchenehampton on Michaelmas day before noon. The king has been in possession of the manor since the death of the deceased.
	C. Edw. III. File 171. (34.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 22. (14.) (Wilts.)