Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 40

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 40

534. WILLIAM DE VESCI of Kildare.
Writ, 10 July, 8 Edw. II.
YORK; WAPENTAKE OF PIKERING. Inq. Saturday after St. Michael, 8 Edw. II.
Brumpton. The manor and 6 carucates land and meadow in demesne, and a watermill &c., 6 carucates land and meadow in Saldene, 28 cottages, and a wood called Ayclif in Trucedale, all held of the fee of Sir John de Mubray by knight’s service; the site of 2 granges, 4 tofts, and 7 bovates land and meadow, held of the earl of Lancaster in socage and bondage, worth 7l. 14s. 11 1/2d. yearly besides 24s. which are assigned in dower to Isabel de Welle of Vescy, and 3 carucates and 7a. land and meadow in socage, held of the said earl, which render 52s. 5 1/2d. yearly, which the said William paid to the castle of Pikering; and 5 tofts.
Snaynton and Westhorp in Brumpton. 9 tofts and 9 bovates land and meadow in demesne, and 6 carucates and 6 bovates in the hands of free tenants, and a toft in Kekesgate, and the site of the church of Brumpton, held of the fee of Roger le Bygod by knight’s service; and 6 bovates land, of the dower of the church, are of the fee of Sir John de Mubray.
Roston. 1 bovate land held of Thomas son of Walter by service of 18d. yearly, of the fee of Peter de Brus.
That part of the wood of Trucedale (is) towards the south; of whose fee it is, is unknown to the jury at present, but all the tenants of the earl of Lancaster and of John de Mubray ought to have common there with their beasts, and estovers.
The said William did not die seised of the above lands in his demesne as of fee, but of fee tail, for Anthony sometime bishop of Durham enfeoffed William de Vescy thereof, to hold to him and the heirs of his body, with remainder to William de Vescy of Kildare and the heirs of his body, of the chief lords, and with further remainder to the right heirs of the said William the elder; and the said William de Vescy of Kildare died without heirs of his body, but who is the next heir of the said William the elder is unknown to the jury.
YORK; EAST RIDING. Inq. Thursday before St. Michael, 8 Edw. II.
Wyntringham. The manor (full extent given with names of tenants), held of Sir John de Moubray by homage and fealty and foreign service, of fee tail of the enfeoffment of Anthony de Bek, sometime bishop of Durham, with remainders as abovesaid.
Knapton. A messuage and 8 bovates land held by Nicholas de Snaynton rendering 8s. 8d. yearly and doing suit at the mill of Wyntringham and the court of Malton; a messuage and 3 bovates land, held by Hugh Burguloun rendering 2s. yearly and the like suits; and a messuage and 1 carucate land held by Robert de Colevill doing suit at the lord’s mill.
Dugelby. 4 bovates land in demesne, together with the lordship of Dugelby, of which 4 bovates Joan late the wife of Adam de Dugelby holds a third part in dower, service unknown, but the tenants do suit at the court of Malton. The manor of Wyntringham is charged with 6l. yearly for finding a chantry for ever in the chapel of Neusom, and with 8l. 19s. 3d. yearly as dower to Lady Isabel de Bello Monte.
The said William died without heir.
Endorsed with a memorandum that on Tuesday after St. Michael, 8 Edw. II. came into the chancery at York Gilbert de Aton and challenged this inquisition, asserting that the lands contained therein ought to remain to him as next heir of the said William de Vescy the elder by the form of the gift mentioned in the inquisition, and prayed that nothing might be done therein to his prejudice.
Writ, 10 July, 8 Edw. II.
LINCOLN. Inq. 20 Dec. 8 Edw. II.
Manneby, Grimolby, and Saltfletby. Certain lands &c. held to himself and the heirs of his body of John de Brittania, earl of Richemund, by service of 22s. 8d. yearly, viz.—Manneby, a messuage, 80a. arable, 6a. meadow, and 4 1/2a. pasture; Saltfletby, a toft; Grimolby, 34a. land and 6s. 8d. rent.
Manneby. A toft with a croft, 28a. land, and 2a. meadow, similarly held of the abbot of Welhogh, Grimesby, by service of 3s. yearly.
Manneby and Saltfletby. 3a. 3r. at Manneby, and 3 1/2a. land and 2 1/2a. meadow at Saltfletby, similarly held of the abbot of Louth Park by service of 19d. yearly.
Manneby. 2 1/2a. land similarly held of Thomas Cannelaie by service of 3 1/2d. yearly; 1a. meadow of Richard le Taillour by service of 1d. yearly; 10a. land of Peter Humfraie by service of 14d. yearly; 16d. yearly rent of William son of Robert de Manneby; 19a. land, and 6d. rent arising from land of Hugh son of John, similarly held of John de Tathewell by service of 14d. yearly; and 7a. land of Peter de Schadeworth by knight’s service.
Saltfletby. 4a. 1r. meadow similarly held of Walter son of Alan de Grimolby by service of 4d. yearly; and 4a. meadow of Elizabeth de Novo Mercato by service of 1d. yearly.
Grimolby. 2 1/2a. land similarly held of Walter de Apol by service of 2 1/2d. yearly; 1a. 1r. land of Alice daughter of Maud by service of 1d. yearly; 2a. land of Robert son of Robert by service of 2d. yearly; 4a. land of John son of Peter by service of a clove gillyflower; 2 1/2a. of William son of Walter by the like service; and a toft and 19a. land of the king as of the barony of Bayeux, which is in the hand of Isabel de Bello Monte, lady of Vescy, for life by the king’s grant, by service of 2s. yearly, and doing suit every six weeks at the king’s court, which is in the hand of the said Isabel, at Lincoln.
Lincoln City. Certain tenements held in his demesne as of fee, of Thomas earl of Lancaster as of the honour of Bolingbroke, by service of 14s. yearly; and certain other tenements similarly held of the king in chief as of his ancient demesne by service of 12d. yearly, and there are payable 5s. to the prior of St. Katherine’s.
The said William de Vescy was a bastard and died without heir of himself.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Wednesday after the octave of St. Michael, 9 Edw. II.
Tougale and Swynowe. The manor and the town of Alnewyk with the mill of North Charleton, held by Isabel late the wife of William de Vescy in dower, of the inheritance of Henry son and heir of Henry de Percy, who is in the king’s wardship; which Henry held them of the king in chief on the day he died by service of 1 knight’s fee.
And the jury well know John son of Arnald de Percy, aged 30, to be the next and lawful heir of William de Vescy.
With a memorandum as follows:—
This is a transcript of an inquisition taken before the escheator which was returned into the chancery without a writ.
Petition to the king and [council by John de Percy ?] to have the inheritance [of William de] Vescy of Kildare. (French, undated fragment.)
Petition of Thomas Wake to the king for delivery to him of the manor of Langeton, part of Melton, co. York, which was taken into the king’s hand after the death of William de Vesci, and which ought now to revert to the said Thomas as heir of Robert de Stutevile, who gave it to Eustace de Vesci and to Bourge his daughter in free marriage and to the heirs of their bodies, because William de Vesci heir of the said Eustace died without heir. (French, undated.)
Petition of Roger de Mortimer of Wyggemor to the king and council for delivery to him of the manor of Wyntringham, co. York, now in the king’s hand, as his escheat by reason of the death without heir of William de Vescy of Kyldare, who held it of him. (French, undated.)
Writ of amotus de plenius certiorari as to whether or not Gilbert de Aton, Robert de Hilton, and William de Chauncy are heirs of William de Vescy the elder as they assert, 24 Feb. 8 Edw. II.
YORK. Inq. 2 June, 8 Edw. II.
Gilbert de Aton is next heir of William de Vescy the elder, for, after the said William’s death without heir of himself, the right of his tenements resorted to one Warin de Vescy as kinsman and heir of his brother, one Eustace, grandfather of the said William the elder on the side of William his father, and from the said Warin the right descended to Margery his daughter and heir, and from her to William her son and heir, and from him to Gilbert his son and heir, and from him, who died without heir of himself, to one William his brother and heir, and from him to the said Gilbert de Aton his son and heir, who is of full age.
Writ of certiorari on the complaint of John Barde and Walter de Percehaie, executors of the will of William de Vescy of Kildare, that whereas he left two houses in the city of Lincoln to be sold, and the money to be received to be distributed for his soul amongst his poor and faithful servants, the escheator detains the same houses in the king’s hand, 2 May, 8 Edw. II.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken in the hall of pleas, Lincoln, on Wednesday in Whitsun week, 8 Edw. II.
The said William bequeathed the said messuages as abovesaid, and they are bequeathable (legabilia). There was no heir of the said William to be warned, because he was a bastard, and died without heir of himself.
Writ de melius inquirendo to enquire of whose gift the said William held his lands &c., and to whom they ought to revert, 11 June, 8 Edw. II.
LINCOLN. Inq. Tuesday the feast of St. Oswald, 9 Edw. II.
William de Vescy of Kildare held all his lands in co. Lincoln of the gift of his father, to him and the heirs of his body, and because he died without such heir all the lands which he thus held in fee tail ought to revert to Gilbert de Aton, as next heir of William de Vescy the father; for one William de Vescy had two sons Eustace the elder, and Warin, and from Eustace issued William, and from him John and William, who both died without heir of themselves, and the right of inheritance resorted to the said Warin, and from him descended to Marjory his daughter &c. (as above), and to Gilbert de Aton, who is 26 and more.
Writ de melius inquirendo to enquire whether the said William held the manor of Cathorp &c. of the king, or not, and who is his next heir, 24 June, 8 Edw. II.
LINCOLN. Inq. Tuesday the feast of St. Oswald, 9 Edw. II.
Caithorp. The manor with its appurtenances in Friston, Normanton, Sudbrok and Wyleghby (full extents given) including meadow in places called Wedenesse and Esthenges, and plots of pasture called Le Haye and Brademere, was held by the said William of the king in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee, of the gift and enfeoffment of William de Vescy his father, so that if the said William of Kildare should die without heir of himself the manor should remain to the right heirs of the said William the elder.
He was a bastard and died without heir of his body.
Writ of plenius certiorari whether or not William de Karliolo is the right heir of William de Vescy as he asserts, 1 Sept. 9 Edw. II.
Mandate from the escheator to the sub-escheator in Norfolk to make inquisition accordingly, reciting the above writ.
NORFOLK. Inq. 20 Oct. 9 Edw. II.
William de Karliolo is the next heir of William de Vescy, and not Gilbert de Aton nor John de Percy nor any other. For one William de Vescy the stock (stipes), ancestor of the said William lately deceased, had a son Eustace and a daughter Maud, and through Eustace the right of his inheritance descended to William his son, to John his son, and to William de Vescy, brother of the said John, who lately died without heir of his body; where-upon the right of inheritance reverted to the said Maud, sister of the said Eustace, who was married to Adam de Karliolo, from whom it descended to Eudo de Karliolo her son, to William his son, to William, the second, his son, and to William de Karliolo, the third, his son and heir who now claims it. The jury being demanded how they know this so openly, seeing that the late William de Vescy had no lands &c. in Norfolk, say they know it because William de Vescy, the stock, gave the manor of Saxlingham, co. Norfolk, in free marriage to the abovesaid Adam de Karliolo with Maud his daughter, to be held of himself and his heirs by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, and also certain lands and tenements in Saxlyngham to be similarly held by service of 3/4 knight’s fee, which Simon de Goseford and Peter de Narford now hold of the said William de Karliolo. This inquisition was delivered into the chancery at Lincoln, 12 Feb. 9 Edw. II.
Endorsed. Returned at the suit of William de Karl[iolo].
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Haltokston in the sheriff’s turn, on Saturday after St. Martin, 9 Edw. II.
William de Carliolo is not the next heir of William de Vescy the elder, but Gilbert de Aton and no other, of whom a full pedigree is given, as above.
Memorandum by the escheator. William de Karliolo has been warned to be in the King’s chancery on the quinzaine of St. Martin.
Writ to the escheator to make the above inquisitions without delay and have them in the chancery on the quinzaine of St. Martin next, the day given to the said Gilbert de Aton and John de Percy, and to give notice to the said William de Karliolo to be there also, 23 Oct. 9 Edw. II.
Writ of scire facias to the escheator, to warn Robert de Hilton, John de Percy, and William de Chauncy to be before the king in his next parliament at Lincoln on the quinzaine of St. Hilary next, the day given to Gilbert de Aton and William de Karliolo, each of whom claims to be next heir to William de Vescy the elder, 5 Dec. 9 Edw. II.
Writ of scire facias to the escheator, to warn Robert de Hilton, William de Karliolo, John de Percy and William de Chauncy to be in the chancery on the octave of St. Hilary next, to show cause why the manor of Wintringham and certain lands in Dukelesby, which William de Vescy of Kildare held in fee tail, should not be delivered to Gilbert de Aton as next heir of William de Vescy the elder, 16 Dec. 10 Edw. II.
Similar writ concerning the manor of Catthorp and certain lands &c. in Dukelesby, 17 Dec. 10 Edw. II.
Writ to the escheator to deliver to Gilbert de Aton, kinsman and heir of William de Vescy of Kildare, deceased, the manor of Malton which is of that inheritance, and which the escheator has detained, as is said, with the profits from 7 Nov. last, when the king took his homage, 6 June, 11 Edw. II.
Return by the escheator. On Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul he came to Meauton with a great assembly of people to deliver seisin of the manor to the said Gilbert, but he could not have entry, for Robert son of Richard Cursy professing to be keeper of the manor for Lady Joan de Comyn held it with force and arms. (French, undated.)
C. Edw. II. File 40. (1.)
535. ISABEL LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM DE VESCY.
Writ, concerning lands &c. held in dower of the inheritance of the said William, which is in the king’s hand, 25 June, 8 Edw. II, and duplicate.
YORK. Inq. Tuesday after St. Matthew, 9 Edw. II.
Malton. The manor, held in dower, of the inheritance of the said William, of Sir John de Moubray by knight’s service.
Langton. The manor, similarly held of the heir of John Wake by knight’s service.
Thorneton. A meadow called Edithmersch, similarly held of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Pikering, by service of 4s. free farm yearly.
Gilbert de Aton is next heir of the said William, and of full age.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Monday the feast of St. Michael, 9 Edw. II.
Toghale. The manor, held in dower of the inheritance of the said William, of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Swynhou. The manor, similarly held of the king by knight’s service.
Alnwyk. Certain land and rent, similarly held of the king in chief, by the same service.
Heir as above, aged 30.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 20 Jan. 8 Edw. II.
Faxton. Two parts of the manor (full extent given), held in demesne as of fee, which manor is held of John de Darntayne by service of 2 knights’ fees.
Her next heir is Robert, son of Adam de Welle deceased, who is in the king’s wardship, aged 19 on the day of the Circumcision, which Adam was her son and heir. And the said Isabel, long before her death, granted by indenture to Cecily and Aline de Welle her daughters, and the heirs of their bodies or of the survivor, for life, 20l. of yearly rent issuing from two parts of the same manor.
C. Edw. II. File 40. (2.)
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