Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 24

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 24

336. John de Brunnyngfald.
Writ to the sheriff of Surrey to enquire whether Arnold (Ernaldus), son of Richard de Tangbeleye, who has arraigned an assize of morte d'ancestor against Richard de Exon' and Walter de la Haye, concerning certain lands in Ireland of which the said John, his uncle, was seised of fee on the day he died, is next heir of the said John, as he says, or not, 16 July, 7 Edw. I.
Inq. made at Guildford in full county (court), Wednesday after St. James the Apostle, 7 Edw. I.
Arnold, son of Richard de Tangelye his elder brother, is next heir of the said John, who died seised in his demesne as of fee of certain lands &c. in Ireland.
With a covering letter (from the sheriff ?) to J. de Kirk'.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (1.)
337. Robert le Forester alias Forestarius, of Welynton.
Writ, 24 Aug. 7 Edw. I.
Salop. Inq. The day of St. Michael, 7 Edw. I.
Welynton. ½ virgate land, held of the king in chief to support him in keeping the bailiwick of the forest of the Wrekin (monte Gylberti); and an assart held of the king, whence he rendered 8s. 4d. yearly to the sheriff.
Roger his son is his next heir, and of full age.
(See No. 293.)
C. Edw. I. File 24. (2.)
338. Herbert de Sumerbiry.
Writ to Ralph de Sandewyco, the king's steward, 7 Edw. I.
Inq. (missing.)
C. Edw. I. File 24. (3.)
339. Walter Surtays alias Surteys.
Writ (missing).
Northumberland. Inq. The day of St. Matthias the Apostle.
North Goseford. The manor (extent given, with names of tenants), including a messuage at Newcastle, held of the king in chief by service of two parts of 1 knight's fee.
[Durham.] Detinsalle in the liberty of the bishopric of Durham. The manor held of John de Baliol by service of 1 knight.
Morton. The manor, held of the same liberty, service unknown.
He died the day of St. Andrew in the winter, 7 Edw. I. Nicholas his son, aged 8 on that day, is his heir.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (4.)
340. Roger de Sancto Andrea, nephew and heir of Maud de Sancto Andrea.
Writ (missing).
Cambridge. Proof of age (undated and defective).
Ralph son of Fulk, knight, says that the said Roger is 22, which he knows by the relation of the said Maud, who died six years ago, and then told him the said Ralph was 16. He was born at Hengeston in co. Cambridge about the feast of All Saints.
John de Akeny, knight, says the same, and knows it because his brother Roger is of the same age.
Sayer de Rosey says the said Roger will be 22 the second or third day after All Saints, which he knows because he was in the wardship of the earl of Warenne, and received his land on the feast of St. Michael before, twenty-two years ago, and the said Maud who was his neighbour, gave him the report of the birth of the said Roger within eight days after.
Ralph de Dokeworth agrees, and knows it by the age of William his brother who was born the same week; and also through Walter, then vicar of Hensington, who has held the vicarage for twenty-two years.
Roger Barbedor agrees, for he was born in the same town on the feast of St. Martin in the same year, and they were always comrades; and he will be 23 on the feast of St. Martin next.
Robert Tristram agrees, and knows it because his sister Uriana had a son Robert who was 22 a little before St. Michael last.
William Erkebaud agrees, and knows it because ... he has a son Robert who was born on Sunday before the said feast of All Souls.
William de Exon', Robert Atteburi, Philip de Berkhamme, William Brun and Richard de Lammesse also agree.
Endorsed:—It is testified by the sheriff that James de Sancto Andrea as attorney for Alice de Sancto Andrea, sister and executor of Ralph de Sancto Andrea, to whom the king committed the wardship of the heir of the said Maud, said that the executors knew nothing why the king should not render the lands &c. to the said Roger.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (5.)
341. Joan Braunche.
Writ to Ralph de Sandwyco, the king's steward, 11 Dec. 8 Edw. I.
Somerset. Inq. The eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 8 Edw. I. (defective.)
Frome. The manor (held of the king) by 1 knight's fee.
Teumes. 1 virgate land, held of Sir Osbert Giffard by service ...
Radene. 2 virgates land, held of Godfrey, bishop of Worcester, by service of 1lb. ...
... Braunche her son, aged 28 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (6.)
342. Margery de Hokelton.
Writ to Bogo de Knoule, constable of Montgomery castle, 6 Oct. 8 Edw. 1.
[Salop.] Inq. (undated and much defaced.)
Hokelton. A third part held in dower of Walter her son, who holds of ... part of the same town together with two parts by service of ½ knight's fee.
Walcote. A third part held of the same ...
Wilinton. A third part held in dower of the heirs of ... de Brian ...
Her next heir of the dower in Hokelton and Walcot is the said Walter her son, and he is of full age.
... Margaret daughter of the said Walter de Brian and heir, and Thomas de Errebi son of Sibyl sister of the said Margaret; the said Margaret is of full (age and the said Thomas ?) 16 years of age.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (7.)
343. Margery Daughter of peter le Marescal, of Badue alias Badewe.
Writ to Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward, 24 Oct. 8 Edw. I.
Essex. Extent (undated).
Badue. A messuage, 37a. land, 2a. meadow, 3a. 1r. pasture, 3s. 10d. rent, and 9d. pannage in the hays around the fields, held of the king in chief by service of the serjeanty of aiding the keeping of the king's palfrey for forty days at the king's cost, and she ought to aid at a suit at the king's hundred (court) of Chelmerford, and owed 1½d. for sheriff's aid; and 1½r. land held of Thomas son of Warin by service of 2½d. yearly.
Peter her son, is her heir and of full age.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (8.)
344. John son of Walter de Abbreford.
Writ to Thomas de Normanvile, the king's steward, 3 Aug. 8 Edw. I.
Essex. Inq. Monday after the Assumption, 8 Edw. I.
(Unspecified.) A manor, containing 1 carucate land, whereof 9 carucates make 1 knight's fee (extent given), held of Gilbert de Nevill by service of homage and scutage when it shall happen.
Isabel his sister, aged 15 at Easter next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (9.)
345. John de la Mare, of Wenrich.
Writ to Ralph de Sandwyco, the king's steward, 27 July, 8 Edw. I.
Gloucester. Inq. Monday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 8 Edw. I.
[Wenrich ?] 3½ virgates land in demesne held of Lady Cecily de Muchegros in chief (service unspecified), and 1 virgate from which he had 1 lb. cummin, and ½ virgate from which he had 2s. yearly. He held nothing of the king in chief in the county.
Robert his son, aged 7½, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (10.)
346. Nicholas le Archer.
Writ 10 Aug., 8 Edw. I.
Hereford. Inq. Sunday after the Assumption, 8 Edw. I.
Tatinton, Bollinghope and Clehungre. 22l. 5s. 8½d. land held of the king in chief by service of a fourth part of a barony.
Nicholas le Archer his firstborn son, is his next heir and of full age.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (11.)
347. Bartholomew de Suleye alias de Sudleye, de Sutle, de Sutley.
Writ to the sheriff of Worcester, 29 June, 8 Edw. I.
Worcester. Inq. Monday the morrow of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr.
Forefeld. The manor, held of William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, without service because it was given in free marriage to his ancestors.
John de Sudleye, aged 22 and more from the feast of Easter, 8 Edw. I., is his next heir.
Writ to the sheriff of Warwick, 29 June, 8 Edw. I.
Warwick. Inq. Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 8 Edw. I.
La Greve. The manor.
Great Derset. The manor.
Both held of the king in chief, together with all the lands he held of the king in England, by service of 2 knights' fees when scutage runs.
John de Sutle, knight, aged 23 and more, is his next heir.
Writ to the sheriff of Gloucester, 29 June, 8 Edw. I.
Gloucester. Inq. Saturday before St. Kenelm, 8 Edw. I.
Suhtley alias Sutley. The manor with its members, held of the king in chief with other manors and lands in divers counties by service of 2 knights in the army and in battle (pugno).
Sir John de Sutley his son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (12.)
348. Geoffrey de Hechelmeton alias de Echelmeton alias le Blund.
Writ to Ralph de Sandwyco, the king's steward, 5 June, 8 Edw. I.
[Wilts.] Inq. 18 June, 8 Edw. I.
Echelhampton. 1 carucate land held of Sir Ralph de Wyleton in chief by knight's service for ½ fee, and he used to render at the castle of Divises for the said Ralph 10s. in time of peace for the guard of the said castle, and in time of war found a serjeant for forty days at the castle; 1½ virgate land, worth 15s., held of William Maleweyn rendering 4½d. yearly; 1 virgate, worth 15s., held of the fee of Roger Bussel rendering 4d. yearly; and a cottage and croft, worth 3s., held of Roger Luvel rendering 2s.
Poterna. ½ knight's fee and 2 virgates land in the manor, held of the bishop of Salisbury by knight's service.
Richard his son, aged 8 and entering his ninth year, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (13.)
349. John de Burgo.
Writ to Ralph de Sandwico, the king's steward, 3 March, 8 Edw. I.
[Northampton.] Inq. Thursday before the Annunciation, 8 Edw. I.
Wakerle. The manor, held of the king in chief with the barony of Launvaley by service of 1½ knight's fee.
Thingdene. The advowson of the church.
He had three daughters, Dervorguilla (alias Dulvergol, Delvergol, Derveregolia, Dervorgyld', Dervelgolia,) whom Sir Robert son of Walter married; Hawis, whom Sir Robert de Grelee (alias de Grelgh', de Gresley, Gredley, de Greyleye, Grethley) married, and Margery who is a nun at Chikessaunt, but whether professed or not is unknown to the jury, who are his next heirs and of full age.
Somerset. Inq. Monday after the Annunciation.
Halwenesheye. The manor, held of the king in chief pertaining to the barony of Waukerne.
Heirs, Hawis and Dulvergol, as above.
[Essex.] Inq. Saturday after St. Gregory, 8 Edw. I.
Lexedene. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by free socage.
Heirs Derveregolia aged 25, and Hawis aged 24, as above.
[Sussex.] Inq. Friday after St. Ambrose, 8 Edw. I. (defective).
Portesslad' in ... of Lewes. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church of Alryngton, held of Sir William Bardulf by service of 10 knights' fees, and doing suit at the court of John de Warenn, earl of Surrey, at Lewes.
Heirs as above aged 24 and 22.
[Essex.] Inq. Monday after St. Gregory, 8 Edw. I.
Hallingbery. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief of the barony of Lanvaleye, service unknown. One Geoffrey Hovyl (?) of London has five of the customary tenants (names given) in mortgage for 30 marks received from him, to be paid at Whitsunday, 8 Edw. I.
Heirs as above of full age.
[Hertford.] Inq. Wednesday before the Annunciation, 8 Edw. I.
Walkerne. The manor (extent given), held with the manor of Kinggestan, co. Somerset, and other manors, of the king in chief by service of 1½ knight's fee as the jury believe, of the barony of Launvaleya. Ralph de Hauvile has in mortgage twelve of the customary tenants, eleven holding ½ virgate each, and one holding 7a., with 12a. 1r. of the lord's demesne, for 100 marks received from him, to be paid to the said Geoffrey (sic) on Palm Sunday, 8 Edw. I, the bond whereof remains in the hands of the vicar of Walkerne, and if the money should be paid the lands, &c. should revert to the heirs of the said John de Burgo. Similarly one Geoffrey de Hauvile has in mortgage 2a. of the meadow for 60s. to be paid at the same day.
Heirs as above.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (14.)
350. Humphrey De Bassingburn.
Writ to Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward, 26 July, 8 Edw. I.
[Northampton.] Inq. The day of St. Peter ad Vincula.
Abindon. The manor and 3 virgates land in Hakelinton, held of the king in chief by service of ⅓ knight's fee.
Humphrey his son, aged 26, is his lawful heir.
[Northampton.] Inq. Wednesday the eve of St. Peter ad Vincula, 8 Edw. I.
Benifeud. A messuage, garden, ½ virgate land, and a wood called Banho in demesne, extending to a lane called Potteresweye, held of the king in chief.
Rokingham. A messuage, and a free tenant called Nicholas de Eketon holding 2 carucates land by doing 1/7 knight's fee; and he held that manor as aforesaid, and the manors of Abindon, Shenle, Cleyndon (and) Lillinston of the king for 1 knight's fee.
Benifeud. The manor (extent given), except the tenement held of the king as aforesaid, held of the abbot of Peterborough (de Burgo), for 4 knights' fees. And the said Humphrey long before his death seven years ago delivered to the queen, the king's mother, the whole manor of Benifeud wholly for her life.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (15.)
351. Robert De Creppinges alias De Crippellinges.
Writ to Thomas de Normanvill, the king's steward, 4 Jan., 8 Edw. I.
York; wapentake of Osegotecrosse. Extent (undated).
Snayt. 8 bovates land rendering 19s. 9d. yearly.
Goldale. 24 bovates rendering 49s. yearly.
Hethensale. 11 bovates rendering 22s. 5½d. yearly.
Hecke. 8 bovates rendering 16s. 4d. yearly.
Wytelay. 12 bovates rendering 22s. 5½d. yearly.
Berlay and Burton. 11 bovates rendering 11s. yearly.
Snayt. 50a. in a certain assart rendering 38s. yearly, and a court of suitors worth 21s.
He held the said soke (of Snayt) of the king in chief in serjeanty rendering ½ mark whilst he held the soke wholly, but the king has now in his hand 11 bovates in Hansay pertaining to the soke of Snayt.
John de Crippellinges his son, aged 28, is his heir.
York; wapentake of Hertehil. Inq. (undated.)
Yapom. 1 carucate land worth 6 marks yearly.
Barneby. 5s. rent.
Wappelington. 2s. rent.
Held of Robert le Chaumberleyn in chief by service of archery to be done at the gate of the castle of York in time of war by one man.
Heir as above.
Writ (of melius inquirendo) 20 Jan. 8 Ed. I.
York. Inq. (undated.)
The soke of Snayd [alias Sneyth]. He held 74 bovates land of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, rendering for all services 40d. yearly, because the king recovered from the said Robert 10l. land in Hansay of the said serjeanty.
Heir as above, aged 28 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (16.)
352. William de Hertlington.
Writ to Thomas de Normanvill, the king's steward, 20 Jan. 8 Edw. I.
York. Inq. Saturday after St. Peter in Cathedra, 8 Edw. I.
Hertlington and Appeltrewyc. 1 carucate and 6 bovates land, held of the tenure of Skipton, which sometime was of the earl of Albemarle and is now in the king's hand, for 16d. yearly, and it owes homage, and suit at the court of Skipton.
Hertlington. 3 carucates land held of Sir Robert de Nevile for 12s. yearly.
Agnlith (?) 3 carucates land held of William Mauleverer for 16s. yearly.
Rilleston. 1 carucate land held of Sir Roger Tempest, to whom it owes wardship and relief.
William his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (17.)
353. Walter de Langeley alias de Langele.
Writ to Richard de Holebrok, the king's steward, 3 March, 8 Edw. I.
Warwick. Inq. Monday the feast of the Annunciation, 8 Edw. I.
Mulcote and Dersinton. The manors (extent given), held of the king in chief by rendering a sore sparrowhawk yearly.
Athereston. 1 carucate land, &c., held of the king in chief by rendering a pair of gilt spurs yearly.
Pinnele. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Her(e)ford by service of 1/10 knight's fee.
Stivechale, viz.—4 virgates land, a mill, &c. held of the heirs of Margery de Nerb.. (?), by rendering a rose yearly.
Herteberg. 10l. 6s. (yearly) from the abbot of Cumbe for land held of the said Robert there, which he held of the heirs of Hasculph de Herteberg by rendering a rose yearly.
Coventre. 34s. 8d. rent from divers burgesses, of the fee of Robert de Monte Alto.
John his son, aged 22, is his next heir.
Writ to Ralph de Sandewyco, the king's steward, 3 March, 8 Edw. I.
[Gloucester;] hundred of Kiftesgate. Inq. Thursday after St. Gregory, 8 Edw. I.
Weston Maudut. The manor, worth 15l. 9s. 8½d. yearly, held of the earl of Warewik for ½ knight's fee.
Heir as above, aged 22 and more from the feast of St. Nicholas last.
Gloucester. Extent. Tuesday before the Annunciation, 8 Edw. I.
Suthinton Langele, held of Sir Geoffrey de Genevile for ½ knight's fee; 1/6 fee in the same town, held of the fee which was of Ralph Musard; and 15s. 6d. rent held of the prior of Monemwe.
Heir as above, aged 22.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (18.)
354. William de Perton.
Writ to Ralph de Sandwico, the king's steward, 4 Feb. 8 Edw. I.
[Salop.] Inq. (undated.)
Strichleg'. A messuage and 59a. land and meadow, held of the abbot of Buldewas doing 32d. for all services.
John his son, aged 17¾, is his next heir.
[Stafford.] Inq. (undated.)
Perton. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by serjeanty of finding one armed horseman with the king whenever he shall go into Wales with his army for eight days at his own cost, who afterwards shall remain for thirty-two days with the king and have 8d. daily, and his food in the king's guest house.
Heir his firstborn son John, as above.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (19.)
355. Roger Martel.
Writ to Ralph de Sandwico, the king's steward, 1 April, 8 Edw. I.
Dorset. Inq. (undated.)
Hyneton Martel. 8l. land in the manor held of the heirs of William de Fortibus of the honour of Chywton by service of ½ knight's fee.
Mayne Martel. The manor held of the heirs of Robert de Arkey in free socage rendering 1d. yearly.
Ilsynton within the manor of Pydeleton. 1½ virgate land held of Henry le Thrunt by service of 2s. 6d. yearly; and ½ virgate held of the prior of Christchurch by service of 12d. yearly.
He held nothing of the king in chief in the county.
His daughters, Ela aged 7, and Joan aged 4, are his next heirs.
[Dorset.] Inq. (undated.)
He died at Shireburne the eve of St. Peter in Cathedra, 8 Edw. [I] in the eyre of John de Reygate and his companions in co. Dorset.
C. Edw. I. File 24. (20.)