Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 116

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 116

250. THOMAS DE CRUE.
Writ from Edward prince of Wales &c. to William Trussel his justice of Chester, 15 Sept. 32 Edw. I.
CHESTER. Inq. taken in the full county at Chester on Wednesday after St. Michael, 32 Edw. I.
Crue, Chelmundeston, Nantwich (Wyco Malbanc), Aston and Leyghton. 1 knight’s fee held of the king in chief, then earl of Chester, by service of 1 knight’s fee, finding a man with barded horse in time of war in Wales and a horseman (hominem ad equum) to do guard (wardam) at the two fairs of Chester on the feasts of St. John the Baptist and St. Michael, and doing suit at every county (court) of Chester.
He died at Crue on Sunday after St. Martin, 20 Edw. I. His daughters, Joan aged 34, whom Richard de Preers, aged 36, married with the licence of the king then earl of Chester, and Avice, aged 17, whom Thomas de Preers, aged 30, married with the king’s licence, which the king’s commission testifies, are his next heirs. There is nothing else to be enquired according to the custom of Chester.
Mandate from the said prince to his justice and chamberlain of Chester requiring them to cause execution to be done to Thomas de Praers and Avice his wife according to the inquest herewith remitted, taking their oath of fealty &c. 19 Dee. 32 Edw. I. (French.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 7. (4.)
251. EDMUND DE MULFORD alias DE MULEFORD.
Writ, 12 April, 33 Edw. I.
WILTS. Inq. made at Salisbury (Sarr’), 4 May, 33 Edw. I.
Muleford. A messuage and a virgate of land held of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s forest of Clarindon by one man on foot. The king gave to Lady Eleanor his mother, sometime queen of England, the wardship of the said lands with the marriage of the heir, who gave the same to James Daubeney her yeoman, and he sold them to William le Noble.
Agnes his daughter, aged 24, is next heir of the said Edmund, and has satisfied William le Noble for her marriage, and is not yet married, but wholly free.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (1.)
252. HENRY DE WYVETON.
Writ, [ (fn. 1) 26] April, 33 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. made at Hedon in Holderness, 22 Sept. 33 Edw. I.
Wyueton. A messuage and 1 1/2 carucate of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by service of 1/36 knight’s fee, doing suit at the wapentake of Holderness every three weeks, and rendering 2s. for the guard of the king’s castle of Skipse.
John his son, aged 19 at the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (2.)
253. JOHN DAMMARTYN alias DAUMARTIN, DAMARTIN.
Writ, 10 March, 33 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. 6 July, 33 Edw. I.
Beuchamp alias Belchamp St. Ethelbert (Bellum Campum Sancti Athelberti). A messuage, 7 1/2a. land and 1a. pasture, held of the king, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of doing suit at the king’s court of Witham every month.
William his son, aged 24 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (3.)
254. REGINALD LE MOYL, of Bodmalgan, alias LE MOEL.
Writ, 12 April, 33 Edw. I.
CORNWALL. Inq. 27 April, 33 Edw. I.
Bodmalgan. A messuage &c. 8a. arable, 9a. pasture, a little grove containing 2a. and 3 tenants by agreement (convencionarii) who render 6s. yearly, held of the king in chief by service of 1/40 knight’s fee, rendering 3d. yearly at the king’s manor of Penlym, and doing suit at the court of the said manor every month.
William his son, aged 18, is his next heir.
C. Edw I. File 116. (4.)
255. JOHN LE TAILLUR, of Little Badwe.
Writ, 27 Aug. 33 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Danyghebury on Sunday the morrow of St. Edmund the King, 34 Edw. I.
Little Badewe. A messuage, 17a. arable and 1/2a. meadow, held of Richard Basset by service of 3s. yearly; and 11 1/2a. arable held of Robert Vydelu by service of 18d. yearly.
John his son, aged 13, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (5.)
256. JOHN DE KYRKEBY.
Writ, 8 Oct. 33 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. Monday the feast of St. Luke, 33 Edw. I.
Tocwyd. A messuage, 5 bovates of land, 8a. wood, 2a. meadow, and 5 cottages, held of Nicholas heir of Laderana late the wife of John de Bella Aqua, [a minor and] in the king’s wardship, by service of 1/12 knight’s fee.
Andrew his son, aged 30, is his next heir.
Kyrkeby. The manor held of the abbot of Fountains by service of 4s. yearly.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (6.)
257. JOHN COLEMAN.
Writ, 1 Feb. 33 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. Saturday after St. Matthias, 33 Edw. I.
Pritelewell. A messuage and 120a. arable.
Estwode. 14a. arable and 2a. wood.
Both held of Margaret Grapinel by service of 1d. yearly.
Pritelewell. 20a. arable held of the countess of Oxford, as of the manor of Pritelewell, which she holds in dower, by service of 12s. 6d. yearly, and doing suit for her at the hundred of Rocheford, which is in the queen’s hand, every three weeks, and at the court of the barony of Reylegh, which is in the king’s hand, every month.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
John his son, aged 10 at Easterday next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (7.)
258. WILLIAM DE HAVERBERGHE alias DE HAREBERG.
Writ, 12 May, 33 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. Saturday the eve of Holy Trinity, 33 Edw. I.
Reylegh. A capital messuage, 40a. arable and 2a. meadow, held of the king, as of the honour of Reylegh, of the inheritance of Alena his wife who survives, by service of 4d. yearly rent for the king’s hidage.
He held no other lands &c.
Heir unknown, because he was born in co. Leicester.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (8.)
259. NICHOLAS LE CONVERS.
Writ, 21 July, 33 Edw. I.
DERBY. Inq. made at Longesden, 7 Sept. 33 Edw. I.
Hope. A bovate of land held of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s forest in Eydale, Assop and Derw(en)t in person.
Castelton. Five little messuages held of the king in chief, as of the honour of the castle of the Peak, by service of rendering the king 20d. yearly by the hands of the bailiff of the said castle; and 4 bovates of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of rendering 4s. yearly to the king by the hands of his said bailiff.
Thomas his son, aged 25 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (9.)
260. WILLIAM GOCELYN alias GOSCELYN.
Writ, 14 Feb. 33 Edw. I.
HEREFORD. Inq. made at Wystempston, 12 Oct. 33 Edw. I.
Westempston. A messuage and 20a. arable, held of the king in chief by service of conducting the king’s treasure from the castle of Hereford to London at the king’s charges; and 3a. meadow held of Roger de Mortuo Mari by service of rendering to him 2s. 6d. yearly and doing suit at his court of Mauwardyn every three weeks.
He died on Monday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 33 Edw. I.
Walter his son, aged 28 and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 12 Oct. 33 Edw. I.
HEREFORD. Inq. made at Mauwardyn on the eve of All Saints, 33 Edw. I.
Wystemston. To the same effect as above.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (10.)
261. WILLIAM, alias WILLIAM son of WILLIAM, DE LASCELES.
Writ concerning the lands &c. of the said William, who died under age, holding by knight’s service of the heir of Roger de Moubray, a minor and in the king’s wardship, 22 Nov. 33 Edw. I.
Similar writ concerning lands &c. held by him by knight’s service of the heir of Robert de Tateshale, a minor and in the king’s wardship, 22 Nov. 33 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. Wednesday after St. Andrew, 33 Edw. I.
Soureby. The manor (extent given) held of William de Vescy of Kildare, lord of Malton, by service of two parts of a knight’s fee, which service is assigned to Isabel late the wife of William de Vescy in dower.
Brakenberh. The manor (extent given) held of the said William by service of 1/3 knight’s fee, which service is assigned to the said Isabel in dower.
Harlauthorp. The manor (extent given) held of Lady Joan, late the wife of Robert de Tatessale the elder, and daughter and one of the heirs of Ralph son of Ranulph, by service of 1/10 knight’s fee.
Thexton. Two bovates of land held of the said Lady Joan ….
John de Lasceles his brother, aged 17 at the feast of the Inven(tion of the Holy Cross?), 32 (Edw. I), is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (11.)
262. PAUL DE LA METTYN.
Writ, 16 Sept. 33 Edw. I.
CORNWALL. Extent made at Liskeret, 8 Oct. 33 Edw. I.
La Mettyn. The hamlet (extent given) held of the king in chief, as of his castle of Launceveton, by service of finding him a man with linen armour (linea armura), cap and lance, in the said castle whenever war shall happen in those parts for forty days at his own charges.
Philip his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (12.)
263. PHILIP DE WYLGHEBY alias DE WILEBY, DE WILEBI, DE WYLUBY.
Writ, 23 Aug. 33 Edw. I.
KENT. Inq. made at Tenham, 14 Oct. 33 Edw. I.
Boclond. A messuage &c., 44a. arable, and 10s. 11d. rent, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Crevquer, by homage and service of 1/4 knight’s fee; 22a. arable held of Hugh de Gerunde by homage and service of 1/9 knight’s fee; 132a. arable, 7a. wood, and 37s. rent of free tenants, held of Henry de Leybourne, as of his manor of Biflete, by homage and service of 1/2 knight’s fee; and pleas &c. worth 2s.
William his brother, aged 80 and more, is his next heir.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. (undated and defective).
Edelmeton. A messuage, 84a. arable, 80a. wood, 25a. meadow, and 28s. rent, held of Geoffrey de Say by service of rendering 6s. 9d. yearly and doing suit at his court of Edelmeton every three weeks, of the prior of Holy Trinity, London, rendering 3s. 1d. and 1lb. pepper yearly, of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England rendering 4s. yearly, and of Richard le Keu rendering 4d. yearly.
Totenham. A messuage, 80a. arable, 2a. wood, . . a. meadow and 12a. pasture, held of John de Britannia by service of 15s. and 1lb. pepper and doing suit at his court of Totenham every three weeks.
Heir, Sir William de Wylgheby as above, aged …..
Writ, 23 Aug. 33 Edw. I.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. taken at Nottingham, 8 Aug. 34 Edw. I. (defaced).
Bolewell. [ (fn. 2) A toft] and 2 bovates of land, held of the king in chief by service of being forester in Beskewod in fee, and 80a. pasture in Bolewell [*‘ground’].
Heir as first above, aged 50.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (13.)
264. WILLIAM DE BOYVILL.
Writ, 12 June, 33 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. made at Skipton in Craven on Saturday the eve of St. James, 33 Edw. I.
Collyngge. A hamlet held of the king in chief, as of the honour of the castle of Skipton, by homage and service of 1/6 knight’s fee, and doing suit at his court of Skipton every three weeks.
Sutton in Ayrdal. The manor held of William le Vavasour by homage and service of 1/7 knight’s fee, and rendering to him and his heirs 10s. yearly.
John his son, aged 22 on the day of St. Laurence next, is his next heir.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Carlisle on Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 33 Edw. I.
Ireby. The manor held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Cokermue, by homage and service of 1/6 knight’s fee; which manor Adam de Midilton held of the said William by homage, rendering him a sparrow-hawk yearly at the [feast of the] Assumption.
Forest of Engylwode. A forestership held of the king in chief in fee.
Thorisby. 5 marks of land and rent held of Thomas de Multon of Gyllisland by homage and service of doing suit at his court at Burg every three weeks.
Aynstaplyt. The manor held of Richard de Nevill by service of 4d. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 22 and more.
Writ of certiorari to the escheator to enquire what forestership the said William held in the forest of Inglewode &c. 5 Aug, 33 Edw. I.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Wygeton on Wednesday before SS. Simon and Jude, 34 Edw. I.
Forest of Englewode. A forestership in the ward of Alerdale held of the king in chief by service of keeping the venison and the forest in the ward aforesaid.
Heir as above, aged 23 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (14.)
265. HUGH DE BEAUMEYS alias BEAUMEYS, DE BEUMEYS.
Writ, 20 May, 33 Edw. I.
LINCOLN. Inq. 2 June, 33 Edw. I.
Linnebergh. A capital messuage &c., 60a. arable, 22 free tenants rendering 4l. yearly, 3s. yearly toll of the market and 2s. pleas &c. of court, held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Henry his son, aged 28 and more, is his next heir.
HEREFORD. Inq. Tuesday after Holy Trinity, 33 Edw. I.
Lude Muchegros. A moiety of the town (extent given) held for life, of the inheritance of Iseult sometime his wife by the courtesy of England, of Gerard de Henesford by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Henry, son of the said Hugh and Iseult, aged 28 and more at the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle last, is their next heir.
SALOP. Inq. made at Albriton on Saturday the morrow of St. Barnabas, 33 Edw. I.
Doniton. A capital messuage &c. 30a. arable and 1a. meadow, held of John de Beumeys by service of 18d. and 1lb. cummin yearly; and 40a. arable held of John de la Warre, lord of Albriton, by service of 8d. yearly.
Heir as last above.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (15.)
266. MARGERY, THE WIFE OF JOHN DE GYZORS alias MARGERY DE JESORS.
Writ, 2 Feb. 33 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Dunmawe on the feast of St. Matthew, 33 Edw. I.
Neweton halle by Dunmawe. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of Edmund de Berners by service of 1/8 knight’s fee; and 35a. arable, 1 1/2r. pasture, and two free tenants of the fee of Albemarle, rendering 2s. 6d. yearly, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle now in the king’s hand, by service of 1/16 knight’s fee.
John, son of John de Jesors deceased and the said Margery, aged 26 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (16.)
267. PHILIP LE LARDINER alias LE LARDENER, LA LARDENER.
Writ, 16 June, 33 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. Tuesday before the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 33 Edw. I.
York. A house called the prison of the Lardery (prisona Lardinar(ie (fn. 3) )) where he had the custody of trespassers in the king’s forest of Galtres, and a rent of 7l. 12s. 1d. which he used to receive from the king’s rent (firma) by the hands of the bailiffs of York.
Thorp Andreu. 7s. rent.
All held of the king in chief by service of keeping the prison aforesaid.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
His daughters, Margaret aged 20 at Whitsunday last, and Helen aged 18 at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (17.)
268. GEOFFREY ATTE PUNFOLD alias DE LA PUNDFAUDE.
Writ, 3 Oct. 33 Edw. I.
SUSSEX. Inq. made at Cicestre, 21 Dec. 34 Edw. I.
Waleton by Boseham. A capital messuage and 8a. arable; which, before the last eyre of Salomon de Roff’ and his associates in Sussex, he held of Roger Papillon and his ancestors by service of rendering 2s. yearly, but in the said eyre it was presented that that tenement was at one time a member of certain lands &c. in Bradebrigge by Bosham which the said Roger now holds of the king by serjeanty of rendering him two white capons whenever the king shall pass the said Roger’s gate; wherefore the said Geoffrey’s tenement was taken into the king’s hand by reason of the dismemberment of the said serjeanty, and the said Geoffrey had it back to hold of the king for 4s. yearly at the exchequer.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
John his son, aged 22, in his next heir.
Petition of Roger Papilun that he may not be disinherited but may have his tenant aforesaid, as he and all his ancestors have had before the last eyre in Sussex, for the alienation was made before their seisin, when no man was accustomed to seek licence. (French. Undated.)
Endorsed. Let the inquisition come before the treasurer and let him do what of right ought to be done.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (18.)
269. ROBERT BARDOLF alias BARDULF.
Writ, 18 March, 33 Edw. I.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Wednesday after St. Gregory the Pope, 33 Edw. I.
Adestok. The manor (extent given) held of the earl of Ulster (Hulvister) by service of 1/4 knight’s fee; which manor he acquired from Roger son of Ralph Bozun, to himself and Lora his wife and his heirs, by fine levied in the king’s court.
Avice his daughter, aged 30, is his next heir.
SUFFOLK. Inq. Friday before St. Dunstan, 33 Edw. I.
Shellaund, Elmeswell, Haweley, Buxale, Finberwe and Ratlisden. Certain tenements held for life by the demise of Ingram Belet and Avice his wife, rendering to them 10l. yearly, with reversion to them and the heirs of their bodies.
He held nothing in his demesne as of fee in the county.
LEICESTER. Inq. 17 July, 33 Edw. I.
Claxton. The manor (extent given) held, of the inheritance of Lora his wife, of William de Ros by service of a knight’s fee.
(Unspecified.) Thirteen bovates of land and 4s. yearly rent, acquired jointly by the said Robert and Lora to themselves and their heirs, of the fee of William de Ros; and 9 bovates of land and 6s. rent, by the hands of Luke the marshal similarly acquired from divers men, of the same fee.
Heir as above.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. 20 July, 33 Edw. I.
Skerington. The soke, acquired jointly by the said Roger and Lora from Roger Bosun (?) to them and the heirs of the said Robert, and held of William de Ros by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Kyrketon. A messuage and a bovate of land similarly acquired from William de Kyrketon; and 20s. yearly rent similarly acquired from William de Hotot, with the advowson of the church of Kyrketon every second vacancy.
[Skerrington.] 12a. land and 2a. meadow in the soke aforesaid, acquired to himself and his heirs from divers men.
Heir as above.
NORFOLK. Inq. made at Stokeferie, 15 July, 33 Edw. I.
Wyrham. A capital messuage containing 4a., 100a. arable, 5a. meadow, and 14s. assised rent yearly.
Crymplesham. A fourth part of a capital messuage, 12a. arable, 1/2a. meadow, and a villein holding 7a. land and rendering 23d. yearly.
All held of the earl of Gloucester by service of 1/8 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, the wife of Ingram Belet, aged 30 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (19.)
270. JOHN SON OF HUGH.
Writ, 28 Sept. 33 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. Wednesday after the Epiphany, 34 Edw. I.
Ingelton. The manor (extent given) held, by the gift of Hugh son of Henry to himself and the heirs of his body, of the said Hugh and his heirs by service of rendering them 10l. yearly, and doing for them to the lord of Burton in Lonesdale, chief lord of that fee, 22s. yearly for a rent (firma) called Burton Male, 17s. for wapentake fine yearly, and the foreign service pertaining to 6 carucates of land whereof 17 make a knight’s fee; which said Hugh, before the said gift, held the said manor with other tenements of the said lord of Burton by homage and service, and suit at the court of Burton every three weeks.
Bentham hamlet. 3 1/2 bovates of land 4 tofts, 2 assarts, and a water-mill.
Free tenants of the manor, viz.:—
Caldecotes. The hamlet held by Geoffrey de Upsale by service of 3s. yearly and doing foreign (service).
Twyselton. The hamlet held by Master William de Twyselton by service of 1d. yearly and doing foreign (service).
(Unspecified.) A bovate of land held by Adam de Mirewra by service of 3s. 1d. yearly and doing foreign (service).
Bentham. A moiety of the hamlet held by John de Bentham by foreign service only.
Henry his son, aged 3 at the feast of St. Edmund the King and Martyr last, is his next heir.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Monday the eve of St. Andrew, 34 Edw. I.
Wytingham. Two parts of the manor (extent given with names of tenants), including a moiety of the town of Glanton held by John de Glanton, a free tenant, rendering 40s. yearly, held of the inheritance of Isabel his wife, daughter and heir of Michael de Ryhill, of the king in chief in serjeanty, by service of a sparrow hawk for the whole manor, and there is rendered at the exchequer of Newcastle upon Tyne for the said sparrow hawk 1/2 mark yearly, whereof the said Isabel renders two parts.
The aforesaid Isabel, aged 24 at the feast of the Assumption last, is next heir of the lands &c. aforesaid.
Writ (ad melius inquirendum) because in the above inquisition for co. York it is not stated who is the lord of Burton, 6 March, 34 Edw. I.
[YORK.] Inq. taken at Setel on Friday the octave of the Annunciation, 34 Edw. I.
John son of Roger le Moubray is lord of Burton, and is a minor and in the king’s wardship; and Rose (Roysia) late the wife of the said Roger, is dowered by the king of the manor of Burton.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (20.)
271. ALICE DE MUCEGROS alias DE MUSSEGROS, DE MUSEGROS, DE MUSCEGROS, DE MUCHEGROS.
Writ, 4 Sept. 33 Edw. I.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Cambridge on Saturday before St. Michael, 33 Edw. I.
Henxton. A sixth part of the town (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Arnington. The manor (extent given) held of the earl of Gloucester by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
John de Ratingden son of Agatha de Ratingden, her kinsman, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
ESSEX. Inq. Thursday after St. Matthew, 33 Edw. I.
Brich. A curtilage, 5a. arable, and 31s. 1 1/2d. yearly rent of free tenants, held of William Gernoun by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, son of Agatha sister of the said Alice.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Daventre, 24 Sept. 33 Edw. I.
Esthaddon. A manor (extent given) held of the earl of Leicester by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
John de Ratyngden is her next heir, and of full age.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (21.)
272. ROBERT DE DODEMANSTON alias DE DODEMASTON.
Writ, 1 Feb. 33 Edw. I.
SALOP. Inq. made at Bruges on Saturday the eve of Easter, 33 Edw. I.
Dodemaston. Two parts of the town (extent given with names of tenants, including the prior of the hospital of Bruges) held of the heir of Philip Burnel, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a knight’s fee.
Hugh his son, aged 15 on the feast of the Assumption last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 116. (22.)

Footnotes

  • 1. So given in the Calendar printed in 1806, but now illegible.
  • 2. See Fine Roll.
  • 3. So given in the Calendar printed in 1806, but now torn away.