Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 58

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J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 58', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III( London, 1913), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol8/pp150-155 [accessed 3 December 2024].

J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 58', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III( London, 1913), British History Online, accessed December 3, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol8/pp150-155.

J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 58". Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III. (London, 1913), , British History Online. Web. 3 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol8/pp150-155.

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 58

186. EDWARD LE HAUBERGER, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN LE HAUBERGER.
Proof of age, 27 March, 12 Edward III (fragment).
MIDDLESEX. John Martyn, knight, aged 40 and more, says that the said Edward was 22 years of age on 31 January last, for he was born at Feltham in the said county, and baptized in the church there on the said day, 8 Edward II; and this he knows because on the same day that the said Edward was baptized he saw king Edward II come to the said church at Feltham to lift the said Edward from the sacred font, and to place his name upon him; which fact the said John caused to be written in a certain calendar, and so the said Edward’s age is sufficiently certain to him.
Geoffrey Pellam, aged 56 years and more, agrees, and knows it because, in the said church on the same day, after the baptism of the said Edward, at the request of certain of his friends he had pardon from king Edward II for a certain outlawry for the death of John le Ferour, for which he was indicted, and by the date of his charter the truth of the said Edward’s age is sufficiently evident to him.
William le Hale, aged 47 years and more, agrees, and knows it because on the said day he was in the town of Feltham with the said John Martyn and several others, when king Edward II came to the church to lift the said Edward from the sacred font …. and he asked the said John to cause the said day of birth to be written in his calendar.
John Cosyn, aged 50 years and more, agrees, and knows it because on the same day he was at Westminster before Sir William de Bereford, then a justice ….. common bench, in an inquisition between Gilbert Binorth and John Bile, and then in the night, when he had come to his house, he heard from [his] wife that John le Ha[uberger] had a son, to whom king Edward II had given (imposuerat) his name, and by the verdict and record of the inquisition …..
Robert de Erllesdon (?), aged 53 years and more, says the like, and knows it because, on the same day, he …. with the archdeacon of Middlesex …. John Bisshop, whose executor he was, and there …. lift the said Edward from the sacred font ….
…., aged 45 years and more …. says that he [was] present …. from the sacred font ….
C. Edw. III. File 58. (1.)
187. THOMAS DE SAUNDERVILL.
Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator, on the petition of Thomas, son and heir of the said Thomas, showing that whereas upon its being found by an inquisition, made after his said father’s death and returned into the chancery, that the said Thomas the father did not hold any lands &c. of the king in chief in the escheator’s bailiwick, the king ordered him not to intermeddle further with the said lands &c., and the said Thomas the son for a long time held them peacefully; but some, alleging in the king’s chancery that the said Thomas the elder did hold of the king in chief, the truth having been concealed, procured a writ of diem clausit extremum by pretext whereof the escheator again took the said lands &c. into the king’s hand and still detains them, and praying the king to remove his hand from the same; 6 October, 12 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. made at Hildesle, 12 October, 12 Edward III.
Mourtone and Enedeborne. A messuage, two carucates and two virgates of land, which by his death were taken into the king’s hand, and delivered afterwards to Thomas, his son and heir, by the king’s writ de non intromittendo dated 28 May, 6 Edward III. The said Thomas (the father) held no lands &c. of the king in chief in Berks, or elsewhere, as the jury understand. The said Thomas the son, after the removal of the king’s hand from the said lands &c. held them peacefully until the escheator, by pretext of the king’s writ, and for no other cause, took them into the king’s hand. No one else had any estate in the said lands &c. which are held of Robert de Clyfford, lord of the honour of Skryptone (sic) in Cravene, by service of three parts of a knight’s fee.
He died in April, 6 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 58. (2.)
188. JOHN DE MULTON, of Egremont.
Tripartite indenture made between Joan late the wife of Robert son of Walter, eldest sister and heir of John de Multon of Egremound, who held of the king in chief, Walter de Byrmyngham and Elizabeth his wife, second sister and heir, and Thomas de Lucy and Margaret his wife, third sister and heir of the said John, witnessing that the following castle &c. are assigned to the said Joan [6 July, 12 Edward III] (much faded).
[CUMBERLAND.] The castle of Egremound and land &c. (full extent given).
[LINCOLN?] Small fragment (perhaps of an indenture of assignment to the said Joan of a share of the manor of Flete &c. 6 July, 12 Edward III).
Pourparty of the above lands &c. co. Cumberland assigned to the said Walter and Elizabeth (small slip for a heading apparently).
CUMBERLAND. Tripartite indenture between the same parties, witnessing that the following are assigned to the said Walter and Elizabeth (defective and defaced), viz.:—
Goseford. All the lands of John de Multon in Goseford &c.
Pourparty of the said Walter and Elizabeth of the lands of the said John in co. Lincoln (small slip for a heading apparently).
LINCOLN. Tripartite indenture between the same parties, witnessing that the following are assigned to the said Thomas and Margaret, 6 July, 12 Edward III.
Flete. A third part of the manor (full extent given).
Beausolaz. A third part of the manor (full extent given).
Sotirton and Algarkirk. Free tenants (extents given), knights’ fees &c.
ESSEX. Kelveden. A third part of a quarter of a fee which Juliana de Welebegh holds.
LINCOLN. Algarkirk. The advowson of the church.
[CUMBERLAND.] Tripartite indenture between the same parties, witnessing that the following are assigned to the said Thomas and Margaret (defective and defaced).
Distington. All the lands of John de Multon in Distyngton &c. (full extent given).
LINCOLN. Tripartite indenture of assignment between the same parties, being the pourparty assigned to the said Thomas and Margaret, 6 July, 12 Edward III.
Beusolace. A third part of the manor (full extent given).
Soterton and Algarkirk. Free tenants (extent given).
Flete. A third part of the manor (full extent given).
Knights’ fees, &c:—
Kirketon in Holand. A third part of a fee, which the heir of John Bosoun holds.
Multon. A quarter of a fee, which the heirs of John Bussy hold.
Wadingham. A tenth part of a fee, which John de Wadingham holds.
ESSEX. Kelveden. A third part of a quarter of a fee, which Juliana de Welby holds.
LINCOLN. Wadyngham. The advowson of the church, with the chapel of Sniterby.
Fragment of a slip. (Apparently for a heading for one of the pourparties.)
(See Calendar of Close Rolls, 1337–1339, pp. 468–496, where the enrolments of these assignments are calendared at length.)
C. Edw. III. File 58. (3.)
189. MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM SON OF HUGH DE GARTHORP.
Writ to the escheator commanding him, after he has taken the oath of the said Maud not to marry without the king’s licence, to assign her dower out of the lands &c. of her said husband, who held of the king in chief, lately a minor and in the king’s wardship, in the presence of Richard Ty to whom the king has committed the wardship of the said lands &c. and to return the assignment with this writ, to be enrolled in the chancery, 10 March, 12 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM. Dower assigned to the said Maud in the presence of the the said Richard, her oath having been accepted, Tuesday after the Annunciation, 12 Edward III, viz.:—
Wyverton and Berneston. A third part of a messuage, 21a. and a half and a third part of a moiety of an acre in Wyverton, with the adjacent headrigs (cheviciis) there and in Berneston, and 4a. meadow in the same towns; also 4s. 10 1/4d. assised rent from Margery Kynt, William Quenild, and Richard Knollere.
C. Edw. III. File 58. (4.)
190. BEATRICE, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE MILHAM.
Writ, 10 November, 12 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Toftes on Thursday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 13 Edward III.
Ketleston and Little Snoryng. Fifteen messuages, lands, rents &c. (extent given), held for her life of the king in chief by service of 2s. 6d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Norwich, by fine levied in the court of king Edward II, as of the inheritance of William de Milham, son and heir of the said Thomas de Milham.
The said William, aged 28 years, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 58. (5.)
191. NICHOLAS DE HALUGHTON.
Writ, 19 August, 12 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmersford, 19 March, 13 Edward III.
Little Braxstede. A third part of the manor held of the bishop of London by knight’s service, but for how much is unknown.
Terlyng. Five marks rent from twenty-one free tenants yearly, held of the earl of Her(e)ford, as of the manor of Wrytele, by knight’s service, but for how much is unknown.
Wokendon Powel. The manor held jointly with Margery his wife, who still survives, of the bishop of London by knight’s service.
Chaldewell. The manor held jointly as above of the bishop of London by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county or elsewhere, as the jury understand.
His daughters, Margaret, aged 2 years, and Joan, aged 1 year, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 58. (6.)
192. JOHN DE GATISDEN or GATESDEN.
Writ, 6 January, 12 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 8 March, 13 Edward III.
Great Houghton by Northampton. The manor (extent given) held for his life jointly with Christiana his wife, who died twenty years ago, of the grant of Roger de Dufton, to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services which pertain to that manor; with remainders to Edith, daughter of the said John, and the heirs of her body, and to the right heirs of the said Christiana. The manor is held of Laurence de Hastyng’ (heir of John de Hastyng’), a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
The said Edith and Christiana died without heir of their bodies. Thomas de Norton, knight, aged 30 years, Brian de Saffray, aged 26 years, and John de Bedik, aged 25 years, kinsmen of the said Christiana, are her next heirs, after the death of the said John de Gatesden.
C. Edw. III. File 58. (7.)
193. HENRY, KINSMAN AND HEIR OF PETER LE FITZ RENAUD.
Writ to the escheator in Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall to take the proof of age of the said Henry, who was born at Cori Rivel, co. Devon, and baptized in the church there, and says that he is of full age and seeks the lands &c. of his inheritance, which are in the wardship of the executors of Hugh Poyntz, deceased, to whom the king’s father committed them, 6 November, 12 Edw. III.
C. Edw. III. File 58. (8.)
194. JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF ……
Writ to William Trussel, escheator, to take the proof of age of the said John, who was born at Conyngton, co. Huntingdon, and baptized …., as is said, and says he is of full age and seeks the lands &c. of his inheritance, which are in the wardship of Master William …. Teste Edward duke of Cornwall &c. keeper of England, at Northampton, 30 [ (fn. 1) July, 12 Edward III] (fragment).
C. Edw. III. File 58. (9.)
195. THOMAS EARL MARSHAL.
LONDON. Inq. taken before Henry Darci, mayor of London and the king’s escheator there, on Tuesday before the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 12 Edward III.
Parish of St. Mary Somersete. A ruinous messuage with a void plot of land, wherein no one dares to dwell, nine shops, and eight solars, from whence there are paid to the abbot of Messyngdene 8s. quit rent yearly, held of the king in chief, as the whole city is.
Margaret the wife of John de Segrave and Alice the wife of Edward de Monte Acuto are his next heirs.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 25.
196. THOMAS EARL OF NORFOLK AND MARSHAL OF ENGLAND.
Writ to the escheator to deliver to John de Segrave and Margaret his wife, the elder of the daughters and heirs of the said earl, certain knights’ fees (specified) which the king has assigned to them with the assent of Edward de Monte Acuto, and Alice his wife, one of the daughters and heirs of the said earl, viz. in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertford, Cambridge, Northampton, Leicester and Essex, 12 March [13 Edward III].
Writ to the same to deliver to the same John and Margaret certain advowsons of priories and churches &c. in Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk, 12 March [13 Edward III].
Writ to the same to deliver to the aforesaid Edward de Monte Acuto and Alice his wife certain knights’ fees, &c. in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertford, Bedford and Essex, 12 March [13 Edward III].
Writ to the same to deliver to the same Edward and Alice certain advowsons of priories and churches &c. in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Memorandum that these partitions were made in the chancery by the heirs and parceners by common consent, and not according to the extents made after the earl’s death.
(See Calendar of Close Rolls, 1339–41, pp. 37–40, where these writs are calendared at length.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 23.
197. JOHN BUNNYNG.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. 30 October, 12 Edward III.
Alnewik. Three ruinous messuages and 8a. land, which sometime were of William de Rodom, the elder, the king’s enemy and rebel, held for life by the king’s grant.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 26.

Footnotes

  • 1. He was at Northampton at this date.