Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 184

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1938.

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 184


1.	WILLIAM AUDELE, or DE AUDELE.
	Writ, 8 January, 39 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. made at Burcestre, 23 January, 39 Edward III.
	Chalgrave. A fourth part of the manor, held of the duke of Cornwall by knight’s service. Herdewyk. The manor, held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, of Elizabeth late the wife of Hugh de Plesy, as of the manor of Cudlyngton, by knight’s service. Cotesford. A virgate of land, held jointly as above of the prior of Okebourne by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 11 November last. Thomas Audele, his brother, aged 40 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 8 January, 39 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Northampton, Wednesday after St. Hilary, 29 (sic) Edward III.
	Wolde. A toft and 13 virgates of land and meadow, held jointly with Joan his wife, in fee tail, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to his right heirs, by gift of William de Stafford. The premises are held of the earl of Oxford by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, and are charged with a yearly rent of 100s. to William de Stretton. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Tuesday before St. Edmund the King last. Heir as above, of full age.
	Writ, 3 January, 39 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Newmarket, Monday after St. Hilary, 39 Edward III.
	Horsethe. The manor, held of the earl of Oxford by service of a twelfth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Heir as above, aged 40 years and more. Date of death as last above.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. (indented) taken at Aillesbury, Saturday after St. Hilary, 39 Edward III.
	Aston Clynton. The manor, held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, in fee tail, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to his right heirs, by gift of John de Wroxstan, chaplain, with the king’s licence. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of a moiety 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 184. (1.)
2.	JOHN ATTE BEEK of Aslakby.
	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. 20 October, 39 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Aslakby, Friday after the Conception of the Blessed Virgin, 39 Edward III.
	Aslakby. A messuage standing empty and ruinous, and two bovates of land each containing 16a., held of the king in chief by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. The deceased died on Monday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III, at Aslakby. Robert son of John de Mylnethorp, aged 40 years and more, is his heir. A certain Peter de Mylnethorp had two sons, Geoffrey and William. Geoffrey had issue John, who had issue John and Robert. The last John had issue John. William, the other son of Peter, had issue John, otherwise called John atte Beek of Aslakby, the above named deceased. He died without heir of himself, and from him the right to the premises went back to Geoffrey his uncle, from whom it descended through his son John to his grandson John, and from him to his son John. The last named John died without heir of himself, and from him the right went back to his uncle Robert named above. John de Roos of Diryngton, who then held the manor of Aslakby at farm of William de Morle, knight, for a term of years, had possession of the premises from Michaelmas, 34 Edward III, until Michaelmas last, and received the profits, by what title the jurors know not. From the time of the death of John atte Beek until Michaelmas, 34 Edward III, the messuage was unoccupied and the land uncultivated.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (2.)
3.	WILLIAM SON OF ALAN of Boltteston.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said William, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 12 August, 39 Edward III.
WESTMORLAND.	Inq. taken at Kirkeby in Kendale, Saturday before the Invention of the Holy Cross, 40 Edward III. (The deceased is described as William son of Alan lately dwelling in Boltteston.)
	Stirkeland Ketel. A moiety of a messuage and 15a. land (described in an interlineation as containing a moiety of a messuage and a moiety of a bovate), held of William de Cuucy, sometime baron of Kendale, by homage and fealty and by suit to the court of Kirkeby in Kendale every three weeks, and by rendering 12d. yearly and a pair of spurs or 3d. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in the first pestilence, about the feast of St. Peter’s Chains, 17 years ago, at which time the king had in his hand the knights’ fees and advowsons belonging to William de Cuucy by reason of the latter’s death, so that he held the premises of the king in chief by reason of those fees. Afterwards the king gave the land of Kendale, with the fees and advowsons pertaining to them, to John de Coupland and Joan his wife for their lives, so that the premises are now held of Joan de Coupland. Sibyl daughter of Christiana daughter of the deceased, aged 20 years and more, is his heir. The king by his escheator has been in possession of the premises since the death of the said William son of Alan until now.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (3.)
4.	JOHN DE BRAKENBURGH, knight.
	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. 16 December, 39 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Walmesford, Thursday the feast of St. Gregory, 40 Edward III.
	Stebyngton. A messuage, a carucate of land and 10s. rent, held in right of Maud his wife, of the inheritance of Giles Bassyngbourn, of his manor of Benyfeld, by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Monday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 37 Edward III. Joan de Folkesworth, his daughter, aged 30 years and more, is his heir. The aforesaid Maud has been in possession of the premises since his death in her own right, and has received the issues.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Norhampton, Thursday after St. Gregory, 40 Edward III.
	Rothewell. A messuage broken down and decayed, held of Ralph earl of Stafford by service of 2d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county except those mentioned in the preceding inquisition. Date of death and heir as above. Thomas de Mussenden of the county of Buckingham has been in possession since 1 March, 37 Edward III, by virtue of a grant made to him by the aforesaid Joan, daughter of John, of the said messuage and other lands in Aquitaine in the towns of Cherroye and Chateron in the Isle of Oleron which descended to her by inheritance after the death of John her father, as appears in her charter shewn to the jurors. She was present at the taking of the inquisition and acknowledged the said charter as made by her in her widowhood, and also that she appointed Gerard Braybrok, knight, Reynold Hampden and John Kentwode as her attorneys before Master John de Stretele, then chancellor of the prince in Aquitaine, to sue her right in the premises in Aquitaine and deliver seisin thereof to Thomas de Mussenden.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (4.)
5.	ADAM BERNARD of Hilton.
	Writ to William de la Vale, chamberlain of the town of Berwick upon Tweed, to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Adam, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 27 January, 39 Edward III.
[BERWICK.]	Inq. taken before the chamberlain, 22 April, 39 Edward III.
	Hilton. A messuage and 2 carucates of land, held of David Marchel, knight, as of his manor of Hilton, by knight’s service and the service of rendering 4s. yearly. He died on the day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, 8 Edward III. Adam de Hilton, aged 30 years and more, is his heir. Edward de Letam, knight, has been in possession of the premises since his death by the king’s grant, whether for life or otherwise the jurors know not.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (5.)
6.	ROBERT DE BIKENORE.
	Commission to Michael Skillyng, Thomas de Thorp and Simon de Kegworthe to enquire in the counties of Kent and Essex 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. 20 May, 39 Edward III.
	Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Kent to provide a jury. 20 May, 39 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. taken at Derteford, Saturday after Ascension day, 39 Edward III.
	Portebrigge. The manor, tenure not known. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 3 May last. John Bykenor of Claveryng, called ‘la Vele,’ lord of the manor of Coldham, co. Essex, aged 30 years, is his heir, being son of John son of Peter brother of John, his father. The king’s ministers have been in possession since the death of the deceased and have received the issues for the use of the abbey of Derteford recently founded by the king, by virtue of a feoffment made by Andrew Haukyn to the king. Andrew Haukyn claimed the manor as kinsman and heir of Robert de Bikenore, and Simon de Kegworth received the feoffment on behalf of (?) the king.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (6.)
7.	WILLIAM SON OF JOHN BERNAK. ROBERT DE BROME. ROGER DE BROME.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heirs of the said William, Robert and Roger, and who has been in possession of their lands since their respective deaths and received the issues. 1 December, 39 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. (indented) concerning Roger de Brome, taken at Weston Markette, Monday before Christmas, 39 Edward III.
	Hopton, Thelnetham, and Weston Markette. 92a. 1r. land, of which 77a. 1r. are held in free socage of the abbot of St. Edmund by service of paying 3d. yearly called ‘wardeschot’ at St. Peter’s Chains, ploughing for one day at the time of the sowing (sesonis) of oats, and doing one autumn work in Hopton; 7 1/2a. are held of John Thelnetham by service of 2s. 4d. yearly and suit to his court in Weston Markette; 2 1/2a. in Hopton are held of William Bourcher by service of 4d. yearly and suit to his court; and 5a. in Hopton are held of the barony of Tateshale by knight’s service, amount not known. The said Roger on the day of his death at Brome, co. Norfolk, made a charter of feoffment of the premises and other lands &c. in Norfolk to William Elys and William de Blomvill a little while before his death, and made John Fisshele his attorney to deliver seisin. He died at Brome on 29 July, 35 Edward III at high noon (hora alte none). John Fisshele delivered seisin at the third hour after his death. William Elys was in possession from the time of Roger’s death until the king took seisin by the escheator, except for the abovesaid three hours, but by what title the jurors know not. Robert son of the deceased, aged 10 years and a little more, is his heir.
NORFOLK.	Inq. (indented) concerning the same Roger, taken at Kenynghale, Tuesday before Christmas, 39 Edward III.
	Blonorton. The manor, with the advowson of the church of St. Margaret there, held of the barony of Tateshale by knight’s service, amount not known. Date of death and heir as above. William son of John Elys of Great Yarmouth was in possession of the manor from the time of the death of Roger until the king took seisin by the escheator, but by what title the jurors know not. The deceased on the day of his death at Brome made a charter of feoffment of the manors of Brome and Blonorton to William de Blomvill, the aforesaid William son of John Elys, and others, and took from the ground by his bed straw and dust [and put them on] the charter of the manor of Brome by way of seisin, and, having done so, incontinently died.
NORFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Kenyngehale, Tuesday before Christmas, 39 Edward III.
	William Bernak, deceased, brother and heir of John son of John Bernak, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, was seised in demesne on the day of his death of:— Hethirsete and Besthorp. Two-thirds of the manors. The manor of Hethirsete (extent of two-thirds given) is held of Ralph Newyll, knight, service not stated. The extent includes a custom called ‘Cukkoushot’ and a leet held on the feast of St. Peter’s Chains. The manor of Besthorp is held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Tateshale, service not known. Wymondham. Two-thirds of certain lands and tenements, held of the king in chief as parcel of the same barony, service not known, to wit, a messuage, 50a. land, 5a. 1r. pasture, a park of 60a., rents of money, works and fowls, and a leet held at St. Peter’s Chains. Bokenham. Two-thirds of certain lands &c., held as above by knight’s service, to wit, a messuage, 200a. land, underwood, 7a. pasture, 60s. 4d. rent, and a court worth as to two-thirds 10s. yearly. Denton. Two-thirds of certain lands &c., held as above by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, to wit, a messuage, 80a. land, 2a. meadow, rents, works, and a court worth as to two-thirds 18d. yearly. He also held the following tenements of the king in chief, as of the same barony, by knight’s service, to wit:— Wymondham. Belonging to the aforesaid two-thirds of the town, 130a., two-thirds of a watermill, two-thirds of a market, and 200a. parcel of the park. Rokelond. 5s. yearly rent issuing from half a quarter of a knight’s fee. Great Elyngham, Thaxthorp, Kesewyk and Baldeswell. 113s. 4d. yearly rent. Great Elyngham. 100a. land. [Illegible.] Two-thirds of a marsh. Dykehous. A third part of a tenement so called. Attelbourgth. 9a. pasture; and 100a. land belonging to Plasshynghall. Wymondham. 300 autumn works and a mill belonging to the same manor of Plassynghall. Bokenham. A third part of a court called ‘Knygthtencourt’ of divers tenants holding of the aforesaid barony by knight’s service, who of old …… Knight’s fees:— Holcham, Melton, Wramplyngham, Bliforde, Elyngham, Garboldesham, [Reue]shale, Apeton, Quidenham, Saxlyngham, S[tive]keye, [Little Melton], Besthorp, ……., Snetesham, Cangham, Tichwell, Barwyke, Sandryngham, Herlyng and Brigham. Roger son of Robert de Brome held by hereditary right on the day of his death:— Brome. A moiety of the manor, with the advowson of the church. Blonorton. The manor, with the advowson of the church of St. Margaret there. Of these he made a charter of feoffment to William de Blomvill, William Elys and others on his death bed, and took straw and dust from near his bed and put them on the charter of feoffment by way of seisin of the moiety of the manor of Brome, and incontinently died. Before his death he made John Fisshele his attorney to deliver seisin of the manor &c. of Blonorton; and the latter delivered seisin to the feoffees four hours after the death of Roger. Robert de Brome, father of Roger, died seised …… on 28 July, 35 Edward III. The aforesaid Roger, son and heir of Robert, died on 29 July, 35 Edward III. Robert his son, aged 10 1/4 years, is his heir. ……….. the manor of Blonorton is held of William son of John de Bernak by knight’s service. Blonorton. The said Roger also held 30a. land in Blonorton of the earl of Arundell by knight’s service. William Elys was in possession of the manor of Blonorton and the said 30a. land from the time of the death of Roger, except for the aforesaid four hours, until the king seized them by his escheator, but by what title the jurors know not. [Ralph] (fn. 1) de Crumwell has had possession of (?) all the lands &c. of which William son of John Bernak died seised from 4 February, 35 Edward III, until now, but by what title the jurors know not. Maud, sister of the aforesaid William, wife of the aforesaid Ralph de Crumwell, aged 29 years and more, is heir of the said William, who died on 17 December, [34 Edward III (fn. 1) ]. Note (undated). Whereas William Elys of Yarmouth was commanded by the king’s writ (fn. 2) to have the body of Robert son and heir of Roger de Brome in Chancery on a day specified, and did not do so, whereupon another writ issued, dated 6 March last and returnable a month after Easter then following, which recited the said contempt and ordered him to produce the heir in order that whatever the council should award might be done with him, to which writ he has answered that when it was procured, and for a long time before and after, he had nothing in the wardship of the said heir; it seems that he has not answered the king sufficiently, since he has not denied that the heir was in his wardship when the first writ came to him, &c. Thereupon John de Chilterne, who sues for the king, prays that, as the said William has not produced the said heir, he may be charged with the body and attainted of the contempt towards the king, as the writ wills. [French.]
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (7.)
8.	KATHARINE LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BOLTON.
	Writ, 20 January, 39 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Malton in Rydale, Friday in Easter week, 40 Edward III.
	She held the following jointly with John her husband, deceased, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by grant of Thomas de Bolton, knight, with the king’s licence, with remainder to the right heirs of the grantor:— Carleton, Sandburn and Whytker. A waste messuage, 7 waste tofts, 20 bovates of land, waste and untilled, 12a. meadow, the site of a ruined watermill, and the lawns of Carleton, Sandburn and Whytker, which, with the lands &c. now held by Thomas son of Thomas de Bolton and William de Bolton, are held of the king in chief by homage and fealty and by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. They are worth nothing because they lie utterly waste on account of their poorness and the abundance of pasture in those parts. Stokton. 40a. land in the moor, between Sandburn and Whytker, held of the king in chief by fealty and service of rendering 53s. 4d. yearly by the hands of the sheriff. She held no other lands &c. in the escheator’s bailiwick. She died on Thursday the feast of SS. Philip and James last, without heir of her body and the body of the aforesaid John, her late husband. Thomas de Bolton, son of Thomas son of Thomas de Bolton, knight, aged 30 years and more, is heir in reversion.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (8.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 140. (5.)
9.	ROBERT DE CORBY.
	Writ, 22 August, 39 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Newmarket, Tuesday after St. Andrew, 39 Edward III.
	Swafham Priors. The manor. West Wrattyng. The manor. Both late of John de Bregham, and held by the deceased, by the king’s grant to him and Joan his wife and his heirs, of the king and the chief lords of the fee. He died on Sunday after the Nativity of the Virgin Mary last. Robert his son, aged 18 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 22 August, 39 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Holt, Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 39 Edward III.
	Holt. 16l. of silver for the farm of the hundred of Holt, receivable by the hands of the sheriff or others who shall happen to hold the hundred in future, held for life jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, by the king’s gift. Hempstede by Holt. A carucate of land, held jointly with Joan his wife by gift of Thomas, parson of the church of Lyndon, and Thomas Tyngewyk, chaplain, to them and their heirs. It is held of the bishop of Norwich [and] the prior of Norwich, services not known. He died on Sunday after the Assumption of the Virgin Mary last. Heir as above.
	Writ, 22 August, 39 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. (indented) taken at Bocton Malherbe, 24 September, 39 Edward III.
	Bocton Malherbe by Lenham. The manor, with the advowson of a mediety of the church, held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, by demise of Thomas atte Chruche and others to them and the heirs of Robert. The said Thomas and the others had it of the gift of Elizabeth late the wife of John de Gosehale, knight. It is held of Nicholas Lovane, as of the manor of Ospryng, by knight’s service, amount not known. Hoo. Tenements called ‘Scherreviscourt.’ Menstir and Chestelet. Tenements (unnamed). Both the above were held jointly by Robert and Joan, by gift of Martin Sherrue, of the abbot of St. Augustine, Canterbury, by service of rendering 8 marks yearly. Morston. Tenements (unnamed), held jointly as above of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, in gavelkind, by service of rendering 12s. yearly. Merden. Tenements at Wygehest, held jointly as above, to them and their heirs, by gift of Richard Lacer, of the prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, in gavelkind, by service of 12s. yearly. Childeston. The manor, held jointly as above, to them and the heirs of Robert. It is held of the archbishop of Canterbury in gavelkind by service of rendering 10s. yearly, and of Robert Venetter by knight’s service and by rendering 4s. yearly at his manor of Schotford. Stourmoth. The manor, held jointly as above of the archbishop of Canterbury by knight’s service and by service of rendering a pair of spurs every third year. Dene. The manor, held jointly as above, by gift of Richard Revennishere and others, of the abbot of Battle by service of 8s. yearly at his manor of Wy. He died on 18 August, 39 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 16 years.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (9.)
10.	WALTER COBBE of London, ‘bocher.’
	Writ to the mayor, 20 May, 39 Edward III.
	(Endorsed.) The mayor on 19 June took the two tenements into the king’s hand.
LONDON.	Inq. taken 28 June, 39 Edward III.
	The said Walter died at Whitsuntide, 23 Edward III, seised of:— Parish of St. Botolph without Alegate in the suburb of London. Two small adjoining tenements with two small gardens, held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city. He has no heirs.
	Writ to the same to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Walter, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 20 October, 39 Edward III.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken 4 December, 39 Edward III.
	He died on Monday after the Annunciation, 23 Edward III, holding as above. The premises were unoccupied for a whole year after his death. Then came a certain Alice, daughter of his brother Wilham atte Hull, who entered and took possession of them and received the profits for a year; after which she gave one of the tenements with its garden to Robert Greylond, fishmonger of London, by charter. He was in possession and received the profits until 19 June, 39 Edward III, when the tenement was seized into the king’s hand. The other tenement with its garden Alice gave to Thomas Clerc, who was in possession for a year and then gave it to William Cousyn, who was in possession for half a year and then gave it to John Ferthyng, who was in possession and received the profits until 19 June, 39 Edward III, when the tenement and garden were seized into the king’s hand. The king by his charter gave the premises to William Rattescroft and Maud, his wife, who have been in possession since 19 June aforesaid and are now in possession. The aforesaid Alice, donor of the premises as above, survives and is heir of the aforesaid Walter. She is 40 years of age.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (10.)
11.	HUGH LE CARPENTER of Greote.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Hugh, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 18 November, 39 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Lodelowe, 20 December, 39 Edward III.
	Greote. A fourth part of a messuage and of 13a. land, held by knight’s service as of the manor of Borford, which manor Margaret de Cornubia held at the time of her death of the king in chief by service of one knight’s fee. The said manor was then in the king’s hand by the death of the said Margaret and the minority of Geoffrey de Cornubia, her kinsman and heir, Hugh’s heir being then a minor. Hugh died on 18 July, 23 Edward III. Alice his daughter, of full age, is his heir. John de Stoke, by the king’s commitment under his ‘Griffon’ seal, was in possession of the premises and received the issues from the aforesaid 18 July, 23 Edward III, until the morrow of Michaelmas, 36 Edward III, when by writ of the king he delivered them to Philip de Lutteleye, now escheator. The said John has accounted in full at the Exchequer for the issues of the premises during his possession thereof, as has Philip de Lutteleye for his time.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (11.)
12.	GEOFFREY DE CORNUBIA, or DE CORNEWAILL, knight. (fn. 3)
	Writ, 23 October, 39 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. taken at Rachford, 2 December, 39 Edward III.
	Rachford. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a barony. The extent includes a moiety of a park. He died in parts beyond seas on 18 May last, as the jurors understand. Brian his son, aged 10 years at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross last, is his heir.
SALOP AND HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.	Inq. taken at Stepelton, 3 December, 39 Edward III.
	Stepelton. The manor (extent given, including a castle and works of tenants of other lords for the easement of common of pasture there), held of the king in chief by service of a barony. Leyntwardyn. 4l. 16s. rent of free tenants, held of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, by knight’s service. Date and place of death and heir as above.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Borford, 1 December, 39 Edward III.
	Borford. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a barony. The extent includes a park. Overes. The hundred, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly at the Exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 18 May last, as the jurors understand. Heir as above.
	Writ, 23 October, 39 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Neuport, 10 February, 40 Edward III.
	Amberden. The deceased demised his manor of Amberden to John de Depeden, John Kempe, Richard Fifhide and William Michel for their lives, by an indenture between him and them dated at London, Friday after the quindene of Easter, 31 Edward III. John de Depeden died, and John Kempe, Richard Fifhide and William Michel granted all their estate in the manor to John Berners the elder and his heirs, by virtue of which grant the same John was seised in form aforesaid; and after his death John his son entered and had possession. During his possession Geoffrey de Cornewall released to him and his heirs and assigns all his right in the manor by a deed dated at Depeden, 12 April, 38 Edward III. The manor is held of the king, as of the honor of Peverel, by service of one knight’s fee and suit to the king’s court of Hatfeld Peverel every month. Geoffrey de Cornewaill held no other lands &c. [in the county]. He died about the feast of St. Luke last. Geoffrey (sic) his son is his next heir in blood, age not known because he dwells outside the neighbourhood (patria) in the county of Salop.
	[Commission (fn. 4) to Richard Sholl and Richard Waryn to enquire as to the lands and heirs of Geoffrey de Cornubia, knight, and Marmaduke de Lomley, knight, &c. 22 November, 39 Edward III] (missing).
[HEREFORD],	Inq. taken before Richard Sholl and Richard Waryn at Racheford, Monday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Geoffrey Cornuayle, knight, held of the king:— Rachefford. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held as a member belonging to the manor and barony of Borfford. He held nothing of any others. He died on Friday in Whitsun week, 39 Edward III. Brian his son, aged 10 years at the feast of the Holy Cross next, is his heir. Philip Lotteleye, the escheator, Hugh de Boraston and John Aboveton, reeve of Borforde, have been in possession since his death until to-day, and have received the profits, together with the executors of Geoffrey and also with the king’s escheator.
[HEREFORD],	Inq. taken at Stepulton before the same, Thursday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Geoffrey de Cornuayll, knight, held of the king:— Stepulton. The manor with the castle (extent given). Date of death and heir as last above. Philip Lotteleye, the escheator, has received all the profits since Geoffrey’s death until the present day.
[HEREFORD].	Inq. taken at Leyntwardyn before the same, Wednesday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Geoffrey Cornuayle, knight, held of the king in chief:— Leyntwardyn. Lands and tenements. Date of death and heir as last above. Philip Lottell’, the escheator, has taken all the profits since Geoffrey’s death until the present day.
[WORCESTER].	Inq. taken at Hommecastel before Richard Sholl, Monday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 40 Edward III.
	Geoffrey Cornuayle, knight, held:— [Hommecastel and Karkedon]. A garden, 30a. demesne land, 7a. meadow, pasture, underwood and 77s. 5d. rents, held of the king in chief. Date of death as last above. Brian, his son, is his heir. Leo de Perton, the escheator, and Hugh de Boraston have received all the profits of the manors of Hommecastel and Karkedon since his death until the present day.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Northamtone, 21 February, 40 Edward III, before Richard Sholl and Richard Waryn, concerning the lands &c. late of Geoffrey Cornuayle, knight, and Marmaduke Lomeleye.
	Geoffrey de Cornuayle, knight, held:— Throp. The manor, held of the king in chief of the fee of Chokes. Norton by Davintre. The manor, held of Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick. These the said Geoffrey gave to Geoffrey Cornuayll, his uncle, John Gour, William atte More, chaplain, and Hugh de Boraston, without the king’s licence, to the disinheritance and defrauding of the king of the wardship of his heir. Afterwards he came and re-entered the said manors, and received all the rents &c. and died in seisin. He died on 1 September in the aforesaid year (sic), as the jurors understand. Brian his son is his heir. Robert Gyll held the manors at farm of the aforesaid Geoffrey for a term of years, and so from him one Hugh de Boraston received all the profits of the same manor (sic) from the day of Geoffrey’s death until the present day.
DEVON.	Inq. taken before the same at South Molton, 20 December, 39 Edward III.
	Geoffrey de Cornwaille, knight, held:— Kyngesnemeton. The manor, held of the king in chief, which he gave to his uncle Geoffrey Cornwaille and others (as above), and afterwards resumed as in the last inquisition. He died on 1 September, 39 Edward III, as the jurors understand. Heir not known, because not in the county. Walter de Wodelonde, knight, held the manor at farm of the said Geoffrey, and so has had possession and taken all the profits since the said Geoffrey’s death until the present day.
SALOP.	Inq. taken before the same at Borford, Saturday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Geoffrey Cornuayle, knight, held:— Boreforde. The manor (extent given, including a park and the hundred of Overes), held of the king in chief. He held nothing of other lords in the county. He died on Friday in Whitsun week last. Brian his son, aged 10 years on the feast of the Holy Cross next, is his heir. Hugh de Borastone, Philip de Lotteleye, the escheator, and John Aboveton have taken and possessed all the profits of the manor since the death of Geoffrey until the present day. The following were held of him:— Putelesden. The manor, held by John Gour, services not known. Wyle. The manor, held by John Herle, service not known. Sottone Stormy. The manor, held by the lady de Cokes’. Sheldesleye. The manor, held by the lady de Sheldesleye. Grote. The manor, tenure not stated. Achford and Overtone. The manors, held by Richard Estham. Hull. An eleventh part of a knight’s fee, held by William Hull.
	C. Edw. III. File 184. (12.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 24. (15.)
WORCESTER.	Inq. taken at Worcester before the escheator, 36 (sic) November, 39 Edward III.
	Geoffrey de Cornubia held the following of the king in chief by service of the barony of Boreford:— Homme. A messuage, a garden, a moiety of a carucate of land, 16a. meadow, 30s. rents of assise of free tenants (there are no bondmen there), 6a. thick wood, and pleas of court worth 12d. yearly. Carkedone. A toft, a moiety of a carucate of land, 2a. meadow, and 13s. 4d. rents of assise of free tenants. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in parts beyond seas on 18 May last. Brian his son, aged 11 years, is his heir.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 24. (15.)