Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 500-550

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 500-550

500 ELEANOR WIDOW OF IVO HARLESTON
Writ 24 Oct. 1416.
CAMBRIDGE. Inquisition. West Wickham. 2 Nov.
She held nothing in Cambridgeshire.
She died on 15 Feb. [sic] last. John son of Ivo and herself is heir, aged 13 years and more.
501
ESSEX. Inquisition. Saffron Walden. 3 Nov. 1416.
She held 1 toft and 15 a. in Steeple Bumpstead of the king in chief as a 25th part of a knight’s fee, and by a rent of 3s. payable by the sheriff, annual value 6s.8d.
She died on 15 March [sic] last. John her son and heir is aged 13 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 3
E 149/107, no. 8
502 HENRY FETYPLACE
Writ 26 April 1416.
BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Hungerford. 5 June.
He held the manor of Denchworth of Queen Joan by knight service, of the honor of Gloucester, in her hands owing to the minority of Humphrey son and heir of Edmund late earl of Stafford.
He died on 29 June 1411. John his son and heir was aged 20 years on that day. He has held the manor since then, title unknown.
C 138/18, no. 4
503 MARGERY SYMPRYNGFORD
Commission to John Northwych, John Gray, William Waller and John Dam to inquire what she held of Richard II. 4 Feb. 1417 [CPR 1416–22, p.84].
Writ to the sheriff to summon jurors 4 Feb. 1417. John Northwych and William Waller to the sheriff, Woodbridge, 22 April. Panel of jurors.
SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Ipswich. 6 May.
She held nothing in Suffolk.
She died on 27 June 1415. John Holand son of John Holand and Margery his wife is her next heir, aged 28 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 5
504 WILLIAM BEAUMOND
Writ, plura, 5 Nov. 1414.
DEVON. Inquisition. Barnstaple. 30 Sept. 1416.
He held more than was found in the former inquisitions [CIPM XIX. nos.268–70], namely 1 messuage, 1 carucate and 3 a. meadow in Mortehoe in his demesne as of fee, of the dean and chapter of Exeter by knight service and a yearly rent of 10s., annual value 42s.
Thomas his son and heir is aged 15 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 6
E 149/106, no. 5
505 JOHN DALSTON
Writ 28 March 1416.
CUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Penrith. 26 May.
He held 1/2 messuage, 1/2 carucate and 1 1/2 a. meadow in Salkeld for life by the courtesy of England after the death of Isabel his wife, of the king in socage by a rent of 3s.4d. payable at the exchequer of Carlisle at Michaelmas, annual value 10s.
He held in his demesne as of fee 16 bovates in Dalston of the bishop of Carlisle by homage, fealty and a cornage rent, annual value 20s.
He died on 9 March last. Joan and Mary his daughters and next heirs were aged 11 years and more and 6 years and more when he died.
506 MARY DAUGHTER OF JOHN DALSTON
Writ 16 Oct. 1416.
CUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Penrith. 28 Nov.
She held half of 1/2 messuage, 1/2 carucate and 1 1/2 a. meadow in Salkeld which John Dalston held by the courtesy of England after the death of Isabel his wife of the inheritance of Joan and Mary. The halves are in the king’s hands owing to the minority of Mary.
She also held half of 16 bovates in Dalston, as above [no. 505].
Mary died on 31 Aug. last. Joan her sister and heir was aged 11 years on 9 March last.
C 138/17, no. 7
507 JOHN DURCOTE
Writ 5 July 1416.
SOMERSET. Inquisition. Frome. 13 Aug.
He held 1 messuage with curtilage, 1 watermill and 20 a. in Cameley in his demesne as of fee of the earl of Ormond, formerly in the ward of Richard II and Henry IV, by a yearly rent of 10s., annual value beyond that 5s.
He died on 1 Sept. 1398. Richard his son and heir is aged 22 years and more. The escheators have taken the profits and are answerable to the exchequer owing to the minority of the earl.
C 138/18, no. 8
508 HENRY HERYNG OF THOMPSON, CLERK
Writ 20 Sept. 1416.
NORFOLK. Inquisition. Ingham. 29 Oct.
He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief 15 a. in Snetterton, annual value 15d., and 46s.8d. rent from various free and customary tenants in Shropham, Snetterton, Wilby, Hargham, Larling, Brettenham, Illington, Rockland and Stow Bedon, as a 200th part of the barony of Tattershall.
He died on 12 July last. Henry Pakenham of Shropham, son of Henry, son of Agnes, sister of Letitia, Henry’s mother, is his next heir, aged 40 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 9
E 149/108, no. 4
509 EDMUND BARNAK
Writ 20 May 1416.
LEICESTER. Inquisition. Leicester. 2 Oct.
Owing to the death of John Barnak, knight, and the minority of Edmund brother and heir of John his son, the manor of Hallaton came into the hands of Henry IV and remains in the present king’s hands. It is held of the king in chief by knight service of the honor of Peverel, annual value £20.
Edmund died on 19 Aug. 1415. Mary and Joan, daughters of John, are his sisters and heirs, aged 14 years and more and 10 years and more.
510 JOHN SON AND HEIR OF JOHN BARNAK, KNIGHT
Writ 20 May 1416.
LEICESTER. Inquisition. Leicester. 2 Oct.
Findings as last.
John the son died on 17 Aug. 1415. Edmund was his brother and heir aged 11 years and more.
511
Writ 20 May 1416.
ESSEX. Inquisition. Fordham. 7 Sept.
The manor of Colne Engaine came into the king’s hands owing to the death of John Barnak, knight, and the minority of John his son. It is held of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value 12 marks.
John the son died on 17 Aug. 1415. Edmund his brother and heir on 19 Aug. Mary and Joan their sisters and heirs are aged 13 years and more and 10 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 10
E 152/461
512 JOHN ATTE WODE, KNIGHT
Writ 11 Nov. 1416.
SHROPSHIRE. Inquisition. Shrewsbury. 16 Nov.
Thomas Cherlton of Apley granted by indenture to John atte Wode, the manor of Apley, a 4th part of the manor of Preston upon the Weald Moors, 4 messuages, 1 toft, 60 a. arable, and 10 a. meadow in Wellington, 1 messuage and 1 virgate in Wappenshall, 1 messuage and 1 carucate in Kenley and 1 messuage, 1 carucate in Haughton and Trilwardyne, which he held in his demesne as of fee, to hold to John for his life and to his executors for 1 year more, with reversion to Thomas himself.
He died on 20 Nov. 1412. His heir is unknown.
C 138/18, no. 11
513 MAUD WIDOW OF JOHN DAYVELL OF BILTON
Writ 5 July 1416.
YORK. Inquisition. Tadcaster. 2 Sept.
She held in her demesne as of fee: 1 messuage, and 10 1/2 bovates in Bishopthorpe, by fealty and 2 marks yearly rent, annual value 13s.4d.; a tenement in Middlethorpe of the abbot of Whitby by 10s. rent, annual value 12s.; and a tenement called Bustardhall of Robert de Thornton by fealty and 7s. rent, annual value 20s.
She died on 8 June last. William her son and heir is aged 40 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 13
E 149/107, no. 5
514 JOHN DYMMOK, ESQUIRE
Writ 5 Dec. 1415.
SURREY. Inquisition. Tooting Graveney. 21 Oct. 1416.
On 26 July 1415 long before his death he granted with royal licence [CPR 1413–16, p.366] to John Norton, William Richardeson and John Flyxburgh, chaplains, 32 a., and rents of 110s.8d., 3 cocks and 3 hens in Walton on the Hill, Carshalton, Ewell, Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames, Coombe and Hartington, to hold to them and their heirs of the king in chief. He also granted them the manor of Tooting Graveney, held of the abbot of Chertsey in socage by the rent of a red rose at Midsummer.
He died on 31 Oct. last. John his son and heir is aged 18 years and more.
515 ISABEL WIFE OF JOHN DYMMOK
Writ 14 June 1416.
BEDFORD. Inquisition. Bedford. 22 June.
She held the manor of Clapham called Greenacres for life of the king of the honor of Wallingford as half a knight’s fee, annual value £20, by the grant of John de Buckyngham, late bishop of Lincoln, Robert de Morton, John Holt, William Humberstayn, clerk, William de Gretewell, clerk, and John Park, to Richard son of Richard [Grenacre] and herself formerly his wife, by the name of Isabel daughter of Isabel, wife of Thomas de Fryskeneye, knight, and heir of Richard son of Richard, and his son by Isabel daughter of Isabel.
She died on 17 Oct. last. John Grenacre, clerk, is the son and heir of Richard son of Richard by Isabel daughter of Isabel, aged 28 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 15
E 149/103, no. 3
516 NICHOLAS GOWER, ESQUIRE
Writ 26 Dec. 1416
YORK. Inquisition. Selby. 9 Jan. 1417.
He held of Philip, son and heir John late Lord Darcy, who held of Henry IV, and who, as stated in the writ, is in the king’s ward:
Stainsby, the manor, in his demesne as of fee by knight service and a rent of 10s., annual value 8 marks.
Pickton, the manor, jointly with Joan his wife, by the grant of Thomas Ellerbek and William Gentilman, chaplains, to them and the heirs of their bodies, annual value 40s.
Yarm, 4 bovates, in demesne and service, annual value 13s.4d.; and Hutton, 1 messuage and 2 bovates, of the manor of Hutton by knight service, annual value 13s.
He died on 21 Nov. last. John Gower, his son and heir, is aged 17 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 16
E 149/107, no. 6
517 EDWARD BURNELL, KNIGHT
Writ 18 May 1416.
NORFOLK. Inquisition. Felsham. 12 Sept.
He held the manors of Billingford, Thurning and East Ruston with the advowsons of Billingford and Thurning in fee tail to himself and the heirs of his body by the grant of Hugh Burnell, knight, his father, with reversion to himself and his heirs. Hugh holds Billingford and Thurning of the earldom of Richmond, services unknown, annual values 100s. and 10 marks, and East Ruston of the earl of Stafford, service unknown, annual value 12 marks.
He died on 23 Sept. 1415. Joyce wife of Thomas Erdynton, junior, Katharine and Margery are his daughters and heirs, aged 20, 9, and 6 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 17
518 RALPH FRECHEWYLL OF STAVELEY, KNIGHT
Writ 21 Sept. 1416.
DERBY. Inquisition. Derby. 16 Oct.
He held 2 parts of the manor of Staveley in his demesne in fee tail to himself and the heirs of his body of the king in chief by the service of half a knight’s fee, annual value 10 marks.
He held various parcels of land in Elvaston, Thulston and Ambaston in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 10 marks.
He died on 10 Aug. last. Gervase Frechewyll is his brother and next heir, aged 30 years and more.
C 138/18, no. 18
519 RICHARD DE CRAWCESTRE
Writ 20 Sept. 1416.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Corbridge. 1 Oct.
He held the manor of Dilston and 1 waste messuage, 60 a. arable and 3 a. meadow in Corbridge, and also 2 burgages there by the courtesy of England, in right of Emma his late wife, daughter and heir of Walter de Tyndale, with reversion to William de Claxton, knight, kinsman and heir of Emm a. The manor is held of the king in chief as a 3rd part of a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks, the messuage and land of the king in socage by a rent of 10s., annual value 20s., the burgages of Henry earl of Northumberland in socage, annual value 12d.
He died on 12 Sept. last. Henry Crawcestre is his brother and heir.
William Claxton, knight, is the heir of Emma, being the son of William de Claxton, knight, son of Lionel de Claxton, son of Denise, sister of William de Tyndale, father of Thomas de Tyndale, father of Walter, father of Emma, aged 34 years and more.
C 138/19, no. 19
520 HENRY LONDON
Writ 14 May 1416.
KENT. Inquisition. Canterbury. 26 Aug.
He held an annuity of 100s. from the farm of the city of Canterbury by the courtesy of England after the death of Margaret his wife, one of the daughters of Constance Watership, 3rd sister of William Cundy, that is a 6th part of £30 fee farm which Edward III granted by letters patent in recompense for the bailiwick of Sandwich to William son of John Cundy, uncle of Margaret whose heir she was.
Henry London and Margaret had issue Henry and John, his next heirs by gavelkind, aged 12 years and more and 10 years and more.
He died on 22 Jan. last. Robert son of Robert Fygge, 1st husband of Margaret is her next heir, aged 18 years and more.
C 138/19, no. 20
E 149/107, no. 15
521 THOMAS STABBER
Writ 24 Oct. 1416.
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Salisbury. 6 Nov.
He held 1 messuage, 1 1/2 carucates except 1/20 a. and 10s. rent in Great Wishford by a rent of 2s. payable to the king at the castle of Old Sarum at Michaelmas, annual value 40s.
He died on 16 Sept. last. Joan, aged 14 on 29 Sept. last, and Elizabeth aged 12 years on 1 Nov. last are his daughters and next heirs.
C 138/19, no. 21
522 JOHN WALLEWEYN, ESQUIRE
Writ 21 Jan. 1417.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Hereford. 27 Feb.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Stoke Edith, the manor and advowson, of the king in chief as a 4th part of a knight’s fee, annual value 53s.4d.
Hereford, 1 messuage, jointly with Thomas his son, who survives him, of the king in chief by a rent of 12d. payable by equal parts at Lady Day and Michaelmas, annual value 12d.
Tidnor, 1 messuage, 2 carucates and 2 watermills, of John Chaundos, knight, of the manor of Lugwardine by a rent of 7 marks, 17d. payable similarly and suit of court at Lugwardine every 3 weeks, annual value 3s.4d.
Tafolwern Moor, 1 toft and 1 carucate of Richard de la Bere of the manor of Dynedor by suit of court there, annual value 10s.
He died on 19 Dec. last. Thomas his son and heir is aged 30 years and more.
C 138/19, no. 22
E 152/472
523 ROBERT BUSSEBRIGG
Writ 1 Oct. 1416.
SURREY. Inquisition. Guildford. 17 Oct.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Ewhurst in Gomshall, 1 messuage, 1/2 virgate and 20s. rent from various tenants, payable by equal parts at the 4 terms, of the king in socage by a rent of 14s. payable by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas, and suit of court at the sheriff’s tourn at the same terms, annual values, the messuage nil, the 1/2 virgate 20s.
Gomshall, 20 a. of the abbot of Netley, service unknown, annual value 10s., and 40 a. of the abbot of St. Mary Graces by the Tower, service unknown, annual value 12s.
Shere, 40 a. of the earl of Ormond, service unknown, annual value 20s.
Godalming, 1 messuage and 1 carucate of the bishop of Salisbury, service unknown, annual value 66s.8d.
He died on 7 Sept. last. Thomas his son and heir is aged 21 years and more.
C 138/19, no. 23
E 152/468
524 ALICE WIDOW OF WILLIAM PAPPEWORTH, KNIGHT
Writ 8 July 1416.
CAMBRIDGE. Inquisition. Papworth St. Agnes. 6 Oct.
William Pappeworth, knight, deceased, once held the manor of Papworth St. Agnes of Henry IV in his demesne as of fee. By royal licence [CPR 1405–8, p.452] he granted it to Henry Malpas, clerk, Roger Flore, and John Boteler of Yelling and their heirs. They regranted it to William and Alice and the heirs of his body with successive remainders to William son of Anketin Malore, the heirs of his body and the right heirs of William Pappeworth. The annual value is 100s.
William Pappeworth died without heirs of his body, William Malore is now aged 30 years and more.
Alice died on 7 July 1416. Who is her heir is unknown.
C 138/19, no. 24
525 THOMAS SEYNTCLER, ESQUIRE
Writ 24 Oct. 1416.
KENT. Inquisition. Kemsing. 11 Nov.
He held in his demesne as of fee in gavelkind:
Kemsing, a 4th part of 116 a., of William Hankford, knight, Robert Hille and William Cheyne of the manor of Kemsing by fealty, a yearly rent of 7s.6d. and suit of court.
Woodlands, half of 80 a., of the archbishop of Canterbury of his manor of Otford by fealty, a yearly rent of 14s.2d. and suit of court, annual value with the land in Kemsing, 24s.10d.
He died on 15 Oct. last. Philip, John and Thomas are his sons and heirs, aged 21 years and more, 19 and more and 17 and more.
526
Writ 24 Oct. 1416.
SURREY. Inquisition. Lingfield. 8 Nov.
Jointly with Margaret his wife he held 1 messuage, 192 a. arable, 8 a. meadow, 20 a. wood and 16s.2d. yearly rent in Lingfield, payable by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas, by the grant of John Brook, Thomas Joop and John Alfray to them and his heirs and assigns by a charter shown to the jurors. Of the 192 a. 32 are held of John Hadresham, esquire, by a yearly rent of 6s.1/2d., all the rest of Reynold Cobbeham, knight, service unknown, annual values, messuage nil, the arable 2d. the a., meadow 2s. the a., and wood nil.
He died on 15 Oct. last. Philip his son and heir is aged 21 years and more.
527
SUSSEX. Inquisition. East Grinstead. 7 Nov. 1416.
Jointly with Margaret his wife he held 1 toft, 80 a. arable, 8 a. wood and 6s.4d. yearly rent in East Grinstead, payable by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas, by the grant of John Brook and others, as above [no. 526], The toft and 6 a. are held of Joan de Aske by a yearly rent of 10d., 2 a. of Reynold Cobbeham, knight, by 2d. rent, 12 a. of Thomas Wallere and William Bernes, service unknown, 60 a., 8 a. wood and 6s.4d. rent of William Haseldene and John Mason, service unknown; annual values the toft 2d., the arable 2d. the a., the wood nil.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 526].
528
Writ 24 Oct. 1416.
NORTHAMPTON. Inquisition. Northampton. 2 Nov.
Jointly with Margaret his wife he held the manors of Little Preston and Old, by the grant of John Weston, citizen of London, to them and his heirs and assigns as appears by his charter shown to the jurors. Little Preston is held of the king in chief as half a knight’s fee, annual value 100s., Old of the earl of Oxford, service unknown, annual value 40s.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 526].
C 138/19, no. 25
E 149/107, no. 14
529 ROBERT HIBBURNE
Writ 1 July 1416.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne. 29 Oct.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Newton by the Sea, 2 parts of half the manor, annual value 40s., and the reversion of the 3rd part which Christina widow of John Wendout holds in dower of his inheritance; Hebburn, 2 parts of the manor, annual value 26s.1d., and the reversion of the 3rd part, similarly held; and Earle, 3 husbandlands, 6 a. arable, 3 a. meadow and 1 watermill, annual value nil because wasted by the Scots; all held of the king in chief of the crown as a 3rd part of a knight’s fee.
Earle, 2 carucates, 40 a. arable, and 5 a. meadow of the king in socage of the barony of Wark by the rent of a rose at Midsummer, annual value nil for the same reason.
East Ditchburn, 8 husbandlands and a watermill, of the lord of Bello Monte in socage by rent of a rose at Midsummer, annual value nil.
Ellington, 1 messuage, 18 a. arable and 3 a. meadow, of Lord Welles in socage by a rent of 1 lb. of pepper, annual value 3s.4d.
Alnwick, 1 cottage, of the earl of Northumberland by knight service, annual value 6d.
Wooler, 1 toft, 1 croft, 30 a. arable of the barony of Wark in socage by rent of a rose at Midsummer, annual value nil.
He died on 3 Aug. 1415. Thomas his son and heir is aged 27 years and more.
C 138/19, no. 26
E 149/108, no. 8
530 WILLIAM NEWPORT, KNIGHT
Writ 3 Aug. 1416.
STAFFORD. Inquisition. Lichfield. 20 Aug.
Aymer de Lychefeld alias Aymer Taverner, deceased, held 8 messuages, 15 cottages, 7 tofts, 200 a. arable, 30 a. meadow and 100 a. pasture in Lichfield, Pipehill, Edial, Curborough, Elmhurst, ‘Stychebrok’, Aldershaw, Shenstone and Whittington in his demesne as of fee and granted them to Henry earl of Derby, before he became king, William Bagot, John Cheyne, John Mannsfeld, chaplain, deceased, on condition that they regranted them to him Aymer, but they held and did not regrant before he died. On the petition of William Newport they granted the premises to him. They are held of John bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in socage. … is the son and heir of William Newport, aged 24 years and more. William Lychefeld is next heir of Aymer being the son of Thomas, son of William, brother of Thomas, father of Aymer, aged 28 years and more, [damaged, partly illegible].
C 138/19, no. 27
531 THOMAS WEST, KNIGHT
Writ 5 Oct. 1416.
LINCOLN. Inquisition. Glanford Brigg. 28 Oct.
He held the manor and advowson of Bloxham in Kesteven in his demesne as of fee of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, annual values, manor £6, advowson nil.
He died on 30 Sept. last. Reynold West, knight, his brother and heir was aged 21 years and more on that day.
532
Writ 5 Oct. 1415.
DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 27 Oct.
He held the manor of Broadhempston in his demesne as of fee of Lord le Zouche of the castle of Totnes as a 40th part of a knight’s fee, annual value £20.
He died on 30 Sept. Reynold his brother and heir was aged 21 years on 7 Sept. last.
533
Writ 5 Oct. 1416.
WARWICK. Inquisition. Stratford on Avon. 24 Oct.
He held the demesne as of fee of others than the king a rent of £10 from the manor of Snitterfield, payable by equal parts at Christmas and Midsummer.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 532].
534
LEICESTER. Inquisition. Dalby. 26 Oct.
He held in his demesne as of fee: the manor of Burstall of the honor of Leicester of the duchy of Lancaster as a 4th part of a knight’s fee, and 40s. rent payable by equal parts at the 4 terms, annual value 100s.; ana the manor of Harby of Lord Roos as half a knight’s fee, with 40s. in rents, annual value £4.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 532].
535
Writ 5 Oct. 1416.
DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 23 Oct.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Compton Valence, the manor and advowson, of the king in chief by knight service, annual values, the manor 20 marks, the advowson £10.
Hinton Martell, the manor, of the lord of Chewton Mendip, of the manor of Chewton Mendip in Somerset by knight service, annual value £20.
Bere Regis and Newton Peveril, the manors, of the heir of the earl of Norfolk of the castle of Chepstow, service unknown, annual value 20 marks.
Mappowder, half the manor with the advowson at alternate presentations, of the earl of March by knight service, annual values, manor 5 marks, advowson £10.
He died on 29 Sept. Reynold his brother and heir is aged 22 years and more.
536
SOMERSET. Inquisition. Ilchester. 22 Oct. 1416.
He held in his demesne as of fee half the manor of Midsomer Norton with half the Midsummer fair there, of the king in chief as a 20th part of a knight’s fee, annual value 100s.
He died on 29 Sept. Reynold his brother and heir was aged 21 years on 5 Sept. last.
537
Writ 5 Oct. 1416.
HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Lymington. 16 Oct.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Barton Peverel, the manor, of the king in chief as a 6th part of a knight’s fee, except for 1 a. called ‘Crondelacre’ which he held of the king in chief as assart by a yearly rent of 12d. payable at Michaelmas at his castle of Southampton, annual values, the manor £10, 1 a. nil.
Oakhanger, the manor, of the king in chief as a 4th part of a knight’s fee, annual value 100s.
Newton Valence, the manor, of the abbot of Hyde by knight service, annual value £20.
Testwood, the manor, of the abbess of Romsey by a rent of £6, annual value £10.
Winkton, the manor, of the heir of Miles de Stapelton, knight, service unknown, annual value 10 marks.
He died on 29 Sept. last. Reynold his brother and heir was aged 21 years on 7 Sept. last.
538
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Downton. 14 Feb. 1416.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Stratford Tony, the manor, of the alien abbey of Lire by knight service, annual value 20 marks.
Newton Tony, the manor and advowson, of the heirs of Humphrey de Bohoun, late earl of Hereford, by knight service, annual values, the manor 20 marks, church £10.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 537].
539
SUSSEX. Inquisition. Bramber. 24 Oct. 1416.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Ewhurst and Sompting, the manors, of John Mowbray, Earl Marshal, of the honor of Bramber by knight service, annual values £10 and £13 6s.8d.
Offington, the manor, of Maud Halsham of the manor of Applesham, service unknown, annual value £4.
Blatchington, the manor and advowson, the manor of Ripe and 100 a. arable and 8 a. meadow in Selmeston and 20s. rent from various tenements in Chalvington, of John Pelham, knight, of the lordship of the duchy of Lancaster, honor of the Eagle, by knight service, annual values, Blatchington manor £10, advowson 10 marks, Ripe manor with 100 a. and 8 a. meadow and 20s. rent, £13 6s.8d.
Heathfield, lands and tenements called Sapperton in various fields, 100 a. pasture at 1d., 150 a. formerly enclosed at 2d., of the prior of Lewes and Robert de Ponynges, knight, in socage.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 537].
C 138/19, no. 28
E 149/107, no. 2
E 152/468
540 IDA WIDOW OF THOMAS WEST, KNIGHT
Writ 6 Nov. 1416.
BEDFORD. Inquisition. Ampthill. 17 Nov.
She held a 3rd part of the manor of Harlington, and the reversion of half of a 3rd part which Eleanor widow of Amery de Sancto Amando, knight, holds in dower for life. The 3rd part is held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 10 marks.
She died on 15 Sept. last. Gerard Braybrok, junior, is her kinsman and heir, being the son of Eleanor, one of the daughters of Amery and sister of Ida, aged 23 years and more.
541
Writ, melius sciri, as to her estate in the 3rd part of the manor of Harlington. 16 Feb. 1417.
BEDFORD. Inquisition. Ampthill. 23 Feb.
She held in her demesne as of fee a 3rd part of the manor of Harlington and the reversion of half of a 3rd part which Eleanor de Sancto Amando holds in dower.
542
Writ 7 Nov. 1416.
BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Reading. 16 Jan. 1417.
She held a 3rd part of the manor of Basildon in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, and also the reversion of half of a 3rd part which Eleanor de Sancto Amando holds in dower, annual value of the 3rd part £3.
She died on 15 Dec. [sic] last. Gerard Braybrok is her heir, aged 23 years and more.
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E 149/108, no. 12
543 JOAN WIDOW OF THOMAS WEST, KNIGHT
Writ for fees held of Henry IV, 1 April 1416.
DEVON. Inquisition. Barnstaple. 3 Oct.
Joan widow of Thomas West, knight, [who died in 1405] and formerly wife of Ralph de Welyngton, who died under age in the king’s ward, held no knight’s fees as appeared by an inquisition taken by Robert Frensshe [CIPM XVIII, no. 1097]; but she held the advowson of Huntshaw at the 3rd turn in dower, annual value 10 marks.
Isabel widow of William Beaumond is her heir, being the sister of Ralph son and heir of John de Welyngton, knight.
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544 JOHN PLECY
Writ 13 May 1416.
NORTHAMPTON. Inquisition. Wellingborough. 29 May.
He held the manor of Burton called ‘Plecymanor’ in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £12.
He died on 4 May last. John Cammell is his next heir, being the son of Joan, sister of John, father of John, father of John Plecy, aged 30 years and more.
545
Writ 13 May 1416.
SURREY. Inquisition. Leatherhead. 22 May.
He held 3 parts of the manor of Headley in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief of the honor of Boulogne as 3 parts of a quarter of a knight’s fee, comprising 60 a. arable at 6d. the a., 30s.; 24 a. wood at 1/2d., 12d.; 42 a. pasture at 1d., 3s.6d.; £6 6s.8d. in assize rents from various tenants payable at the 4 terms; and at Christmas 3s.4d. rent called ‘Shershut’.
Date of death and heir as above.
546
Writ 13 May 1416
HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Fordingbridge. 13 June.
On 3 May last by his deed shown to the jurors he granted all his lands, tenements, rents and services in Christchurch to William Anketyll, junior, son and heir of William Anketyll, senior, John Baret, senior, and William Walche, chaplain, to hold to them and their heirs and assigns. They are held of the earl of Salisbury of the castle of Christchurch, service unknown, annual value 16s.6d.
Date of death and heir as above.
547
Writ 13 May 1416.
DORSET. Inquisition. Shaftesbury. 10 June.
He held in his demesne as of fee:
Sturminster Marshall, a 3rd part of a messuage of the heirs of Thomas Gorges, under age in the king’s ward, in socage, annual value 12d.; and 12 a. arable and 1 a. meadow, of the heir of William Stourton, also under age in the king’s ward, of the manor of Tarrant Rushton, service unknown, annual value 2s.
Wimborne St. Giles, Sutton and Romford, 1 messuage, 40 a. arable. 10 a. meadow, 10 a. wood and 40 a. pasture, of Thomas Tyrwyn and Elizabeth his wife of the manor of Wimborne St. Giles, service unknown, annual value 13s.4d.
He also held to himself and his heirs the reversions of the following which Robert Derby and Michaela his wife hold in her dower from John Plecy the father of John: the manor of Shapwick of the king of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, annual value 10 marks; the manor of West Parley, of the earl of March by knight service, annual value 100s.; 1 carucate in Marnhill and Kentlesworth, of the abbot of Glastonbury by knight service, annual value 60s.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 545].
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548 JOHN WYKES, ESQUIRE
Writ 6 Oct. 1416.
KENT. Inquisition. Minster in Thanet. 22 Oct.
He held nothing in Kent.
He died on 8 Sept. last. John his son and heir is aged 4 years and more.
549
Writ 6 Oct. 1416.
CAMBRIDGE. Inquisition. Newmarket. 20 Oct.
He held nothing in Cambridgeshire.
Date of death and heir as above.
550
Writ 20 Oct. 1416.
MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster. 5 Nov.
On 16 Oct. 1391 Richard II granted him the office of the marshalsea of the King’s Bench for life with all fees etc., and on 10 Feb. 1397 by assent of parliament he granted the remainder to Thomas earl of Nottingham and the heirs of his body. He had issue Thomas, late Earl Marshal and Nottingham, and John, now earl.
John Wykes died on 13 Sept. last. John his son and heir is aged 5 years and more. John Earl Marshal is aged 24 years and more.
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