Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 36

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 36

505. JOHN DE LA RYVERE alias de RIPARIIS.
Writ, 14 Sept. 8 Edw. II.
Writ, 14 Sept. 8 Edw. II.
SOMERSET. Inq. Sunday the morrow of St. Clement the Pope, 8 Edw. II.
Esthornyngdone by Welles. The manor held of the bishop of Bath and Wells by homage, scutage, and service of 1 knight’s fee. He held no lands &c. in the county of the inheritance of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester.
John his son, aged 2, is his next heir.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Wednesday before St. Lucy, 8 Edw. II.
Tormertone. The manor with the hamlet of Luttletone, held of John de Wylyntone, by service of 2 knights’ fees.
Actone Turvile. 1/2 knight’s fee held of the earl of Arundel. He held nothing in the county of the inheritance of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford.
Heir as above.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 14 Feb. 8 Edw. II.
Wormenhale. A messuage, 52a. arable, 4a. meadow, 4a. pasture, 40a. wood in the forest, a wind-mill, a fishery, rents, &c. held in chief of the earl of Gloucester by knights’ service.
Heir as above, aged two years and three weeks.
Writ, 14 Sept. 8 Edw. II.
WILTS; HUNDRED OF KYNEWARDSTON. Inq. 24 Dec. 8 Edw. II.
Wottone. Two parts of the manor (full extent given), including a pasture called Toteryg, held of the earl of Gloucester, and by him of the king, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
A third part of the manor is in the hands of Anabel, sometime the wife of Richard de Ripariis, in dower, with reversion to the said John’s heir.
Thomas his son, aged 6 on the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 35. (20.)
506. ROBERT DE WANSY alias DE WAUNSY.
Writ, 1 May, 8 Edw. II.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 14 May, 8 Edw. II.
Astwell. The manor (full extent given), including rents of free tenants in the king’s forest, held of the king in chief as of the barony of Pynkene by service of 1 knight’s fee, and 20s. yearly for the guard (ad custodiam) of Wyndesouere.
Robert his son, aged 28 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (1.)
507. ALICE DE BELLO MONTE.
Writ, 10 March, 8 Edw. II.
ESSEX. Inq. 28 April, 8 Edw. II.
Elmedone. 240a. arable, 1 1/2a. meadow, 12a. pasture, a wind-mill, and 27s. rent of assize, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Boulogne by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, and two suits yearly at the court of the honour at St. Martin’s le Grand, London; and a capital messuage held of Arnulph de Mounteny by service of 2s. 10d. yearly.
Crysteshale. 2a. wood held of the heir of John de Revers, who is in the king’s wardship, as of the manor of Aungre by knight’s service.
Her two daughters, Alice the wife of John de Daggeworth, knight, aged 30, and Iseult the wife of John de Belhous, knight, aged 24 and more, are her next heirs.
ESSEX. Inq. 21 April, 8 Edw. II.
Reylegh. A messuage, 24 1/2a. arable, 3a. meadow, 6 1/2a. wood, and 4s. 2d. rent of assize, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Reylegh by service of 1/14 knight’s fee, 3d. yearly for hidage, and doing suit at the hundred of Rocheford; 27a. arable held of the king as of the honour of Reylegh by service of serjeanty for the execution of the precepts of the court of the barony of Reylegh; and a messuage, 140a. arable, 8a. meadow, 4a. pasture, 8s. 5d. rent of assize, and a wind-mill, held of the heirs of John de Burgo by service of 6d. for scutage, when a general scutage shall run throughout England.
Heirs as above.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (3.)
508. ROGER SON OF RALPH.
Writ, 9 Aug. 8 Edw. II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Thursday the feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 8 Edw. II. (defective.)
Dycheburne West and Great Ryell. The manors, together with a moiety of Cartyngdon, of which moiety the said Roger and Joan his wife were enfeoffed by Ralph son of Roger, the said Roger’s father, in the time of King Henry, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee, 18s. 5d. rent to the castle of Bamburugh, and 31s. 7d. to the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne for rent of disafforested forest.
Richard son of Ralph, brother of the said Roger, aged 30, is his next heir.
Charelton North. The manor held, by the gift of his said father by charter of feoffment (transcript given) to him and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Richard son of the said Ralph and the heirs of his body, with remainder to the said Ralph’s next heirs of his own blood, of Sir Henry Percy by service of 1 knight’s fee; and because the said Roger died without heir ……. the manor remains to the said Richard.
Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c. 3 Aug. 8 Edw. II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Thursday the feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 8 Edw. II.
Togesden and Este Dycheburne. The manors held by Robert de Faudoun, knight, by service of 1 knight’s fee.
Great Ryell. The manor, held by Henry son of John, who is in the king’s wardship, by service of 1 knight’s fee.
He had no advowson of churches in the county.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (3.)
509. JOHN DE HERONVILL.
Writ, 25 Jan. 8 Edw. II.
STAFFORD. Inq. 7 Feb. 8 Edw. II.
Wodnesbury. The manor (full extent given), held of the king in chief in exchange for the manor of Stuntesfeld, co. Oxford, and because the manor of Wodnesbury is worth more than that of Stuntesfeld, it is taxed with 20s. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Stafford, and there is no other service. He held nothing of the heir of Hugh de Plessetis, who is in the king’s wardship.
Henry his son, aged 50 on the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
Memorandum by the escheator. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
STAFFORD. Assignment of dower made at Wednesbury, to Juliana late the wife of John de Herunvull of all his lands, &c. (full extent given with many field names and names of tenants), 10 March, 8 Edw. II.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (4.)
510. ROBERT BERTRAM.
Writ, 26 Sept. 8 Edw. II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Monday after St. Faith, 8 Edw. II.
Bothale. The manor with its hamlets, held of the king in chief by service of 2 knights.
Hyndemers and Wodeburn. Two tenements held of Robert de Umfrayvile, earl of Angus (Angoys), by service of a pair of gilt spurs.
Tyrwytschele, held of the barony of Merley by service of fealty.
Morpath. A tenement held of Sir Ralph son of William by service of 2s. yearly.
Robert his son, aged 7, is his next heir.
Writ de melius inquirendo, and to enquire whether Agnes late the wife of the said Robert was enfeoffed with him of the hamlet of Hebburn, or not, 16 Oct. 8 Edw. II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Saturday the feast of St. Clement, 8 Edw. II.
Bothale. The manor (extent given), held as abovesaid, including a wood called Cockhill and hamlets called Wheteworth, Peggisworth and Langhirst (extents given).
Hindemeres. A plot of pasture so called, held as abovesaid by service of 6d. yearly.
Morpath. A burgage held as abovesaid by service of 16d. yearly.
Tirwhiteley. 30a. arable held of Sir Roger de Somervyll by service of 1/3lb. cummin yearly, of which Agnes late the wife of the said Robert was enfeoffed, together with her said husband.
Hebourn. The hamlet (extent given), pertaining to the manor of Bothal, of which hamlet the said Agnes was enfeoffed together with her said husband by Sir Robert Bertram, grandfather of the said Robert, and this by the licence of the late King Edward.
Heir as above, aged 7 at Palm Sunday last.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (5.)
511. WILLIAM TRYVET.
Writ, 4 Dec. 8 Edw. II.
SOMERSET. Inq. 17 Jan. 8 Edw. II.
Crandone. The manor (extent given with names of tenants), held of the king in chief by service of 6s. 8d. yearly by the hands of the sheriff.
Puryton. A capital messuage, 24a. arable, 60a. meadow, rents &c. held of Philip de Columbar[iis] by service of 1/5 knight’s fee.
Thomas Tryvet, son of William son of William Tryvet, knight, aged 20 at the feast of St. Margaret last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (6.)
512. HENRY DE GREY.
Writ, 18 April, 8 Edw. II.
OXFORD. Inq. 14 May, 8 Edw. II.
Suthleghe. A messuage, 100a. land, and 2 cottars, held of John de Harecurt by service of 13d. yearly.
John, son and heir of John de Grey of Rutherfeld, who is in the king’s wardship, aged 14, is his kinsman and next heir.
GLOUCESTER. Extent, 5 May, 8 Edw. II.
Southrop. A messuage and 1 carucate land (extent given), held of John, kinsman and heir of Robert de Grey, who is in the king’s wardship, by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 14 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (7.)
513. ELIZABETH LATE THE WIFE OF MATTHEW DE BESILES alias DE BESILLIS.
Writ of amotus, 10 March, 8 Edw. II.
OXFORD. Inq. 20 March, 8 Edw. II.
Rettecote. The manor, which John Wogan holds for life rendering 9l. yearly, with reversion to the said Elizabeth and her heirs, held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Geoffrey de Besiles her son, aged 24 and more, is her next heir.
SOMERSET. Inq. 26 March, 8 Edw. II.
Braumpton Regis. The manor (full extent given with names of free tenants), including a fishery in the stream (rivulo) called Hadiho, and the priory of Berlich, which the prior holds in frank almoin owing suit at the court of the manor, held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (8.)
514. HENRY LE MOIGNE.
Writ, 26 March, 8 Edw. II.
ESSEX. Inq. 29 April, 8 Edw. II.
Eystan ad Montem. The manor, held jointly by the said Henry and Joan his wife, by the enfeoffment of Thomas de Cobham with the king’s licence, by fine levied in the king’s court, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in chief by service of being the king’s larderer.
John his son, aged 17, is his next heir.
WILTS. Inq. 20 April, 8 Edw. II.
Maidene Wynterborne. A messuage, 1 carucate land, and 20s. rent, held jointly by the said Henry and Joan his wife, by the enfeoffment of master Thomas de Cobeham, of the king in chief by service of being the king’s larderer if the king shall wish to receive (recipere) him for that office.
Bachamptone. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held, of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of John de Cobeham by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
John, son of the said Henry and Joan, aged 16 and more, is their next heir.
DORSET. Inq. Thursday after SS. Tiburcius and Valerian, 8 Edw. II.
Oure Moyngne. The manor (full extent given), held jointly with Joan his wife, to them and the heirs of the said Henry, of the king in chief by service of being the king’s larderer.
Heir as above, aged 18 and more.
GLOUCESTER. Extent, 19 April, 8 Edw. II.
Shiptone Moygne. The manor (extent given), held jointly by the said Henry and Joan, by the enfeoffment of Master Thomas de Cobeham to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty, doing the service of being larderer in the king’s household.
Heir as above, aged 16 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (9.)
515. THOMAS TUCHET alias TOCHET.
Writ, 1 May, 8 Edw. II.
SALOP. Inq. 22 May, 8 Edw. II.
Leye Combrey. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by serjeanty of finding a man with an unbarded horse at the castle of Montgomery whenever there shall be war in Wales, for forty days at his own charges.
Robert his son, aged 50 at Christmas last, is his next heir.
RUTLAND. Inq. 18 May, 8 Edw. II.
Aswelle. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief as of the honour of Chester, as of the pourparty of Robert de Bruys, now in the king’s hand by his forfeiture, by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 40.
Writ, 1 May, 8 Edw. II.
DERBY. Inq. 25 May, 8 Edw. II.
Derby. Seven messuages held of the king in chief as part of the said town, which town the men thereof hold of the king at fee farm for 45l. yearly.
Marketon. The manor (extent given), held of Sir John de Hastyng’ by service of 1 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 40 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (10.)
516. EDMUND DE MALO LACU.
Writ, 10 July, 8 Edw. II.
[YORK.] Inq. Sunday before the Assumption, 8 Edw. II.
Seton. The manor (extent given), held of Robert de Everingham and Lucy his wife of the fee of Brus, by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, and 5s. wapentake fines.
Hilderwell. 37s. 10d. yearly rent of free tenants, with the advowson of the church at every alternate vacancy, held of John Wyrfauk by service of 1/12 knight’s fee.
Rouceby. 69s. 8d., 1lb. cummin, and a root of ginger, yearly rent of free tenants, tenure unspecified.
Whyteby. 2s. 1d. yearly rent of free tenants, held of the abbot of Whyteby in free burgage.
Elredeby. 1d. yearly rent held of William de Elredeby by service of 1/2d. yearly for foreign service.
(Unspecified.) A water-mill, tenure unspecified.
Peter de Malo Lacu his kinsman, aged 33, is his next heir.
YORK. Inq. Sunday after the Assumption, 8 Edw. II.
Southbrunne. 6 messuages and 11 bovates land, held of Robert de Everingham and Lucy his wife, of the fee of Bruse, by knight’s service; and Ermina, late the wife of John de Seton, holds 2 messuages and 3 1/2 bovates land there in dower of the said Edmund.
Lutton. A messuage and 16 bovates land, held by John Barde for life of the said Edmund, service unspecified.
Heir as above.
Writ, 10 July, 8 Edw. II.
OXFORD. Inq. 28 July, 8 Edw. II.
Askote. The manor (full extent given), including a wood in the forest of Whichwode, held of Hugh, son and heir of Hugh de Plescetis, who is in the wardship of John de Segrave by the king’s grant, by service of 2 knights’ fees.
Peter de Malo Lacu his nephew, aged 30, is his next heir.
HERTFORD. Inq. 1 Sept. 8 Edw. II.
Staundon. Certain lands &c. called ‘Le Hethe,’ viz.—a capital messuage, 160a. arable, 8a. meadow, 5a. pasture, 10a. wood and 50s. rent, held of the earl of Gloucester by service of 1/10 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 24.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (11.)
517. MARGARET TALENATZ.
Writ, 4 June, 8 Edw. II.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 26 June, 8 Edw. II.
Shatisham, Baudeseye, Ramisholt, Aldirton and Sutton. A capital messuage, 40a. arable, 40a. pasture and heath, 40s. rent of assize, &c. (extent given), held of the king as of the honour of Eye by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Robert son of John Talenatz, kinsman of the said Margaret, aged 28 and more, is her next heir.
Memorandum by the escheator, that he has delivered the said lands &c. to William de Mandeville by the king’s writ, because he made fine with the king for holding them for his life of the enfeoffment of Thomas Talenaz. The said Margaret held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
C. Edw. II. File 36. (12.)
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