Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 64

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 64

293. THOMAS PHILIP, of Baldok.
Writ, 24 February, 15 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Waleden, 8 May, 15 Edward III.
Lebury. The manor held jointly with Isabel his wife, who still survives, of the king as of the honour of Boulogne, by knight’s service and suit at the court of the said honour every month, excepting only 6a. land, 1 1/2a. meadow, and 28s. 5d. rent in Chishulle and Arkesden, which are parcel of the said manor, and are held of the earl of Hertford and of divers other lords by divers services.
Elizabeth his daughter, aged 2 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (1.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
294. ROBERT DE SCALECROFT or DE SCARLECROFT.
Writ, 26 April, 15 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Witton, 10 May, 15 Edward III.
Little Plumpstede. A messuage, 10a. land and 1a. pasture (extent given), held of the king in chief as in socage by service of 2s. 6d. yearly at the castle of Norwich, by the hands of the bailiff of the hundred of Plumpstede.
Richard his son, aged 50 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (2.)
295. ROBERT DE SCHALECROFT or SCHARECROFT.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Witton, 21 May, 15 [Edward III].
Little Plumsted. A messuage, land &c. as above, held as above.
Heir as above.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
296. ALICE LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD LE CHAUMBERLAYN.
Writ, 30 March, 15 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 8 May, 15 Edward III.
Stokeneylond, Hextham, and Shelleye. A messuage, 80a. land, 10a. meadow, 25a. pasture, 3a. wood, and 40s. rent, held for life, of the inheritance of the said Richard, but not of the king in chief; whereof the messuage, 24a. land, 4a. meadow, 10a. pasture, 3a. wood, and 10s. rent, are held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the honour of Reyleigh, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of the said honour every month; and the residue is held of William Giffard and of divers other lords by divers services.
Roger Chamberleyn, his son, aged 24 years and more, is next heir of the said Richard.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (3.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
297. WILLIAM DE TWENGE.
Writ, 15 February, 15 Edward III.
LANCASTER. Inq. taken at Lancaster on Monday before the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 15 Edward III.
Skotford. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, by knight’s service, including a rent of 4d., which is held of the said earl by knight’s service and rendering the said 4d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Lancaster.
Stodaugh in Assheton. A fourth part of a water-mill and a fourth part of a fishery in the water of Lone; both held of the said earl by the said service of 4d. for the ward of the said castle.
Garstang. A plot of waste ground, called Solam, held of the said earl by knight’s service, viz.—by homage and fealty, without doing any service for the same.
Ellale. A rent of 10d. held of the said earl by knight’s service and rendering the said 10d. to him yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Robert de Twenge, his brother, aged 46 years, is his next heir.
Writ of certiorari de feodis &c. 14 February, 15 Edward III.
LANCASTER. Inq. taken at Lancaster on Monday before the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 15 Edward III.
Warton-in-Kendale. The advowson of the church held of the king in chief. There is there an acre of land, which is the glebe of the said church, and is parcel of the manor of Helsyngton, co. Westmoreland, and worth 4d. yearly. The said church is filled by Robert de Twenge by the presentation of the said William.
Ellale, Garstang, Skotford and Assheton. A quarter of a knight’s fee held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, rendering to him for the parcel of Skotford, Assheton and Garstang, 4d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Lancaster, and for the parcel of Ellale 10d. yearly for the said ward. The said William took no profit of the said quarter of a fee beyond the said rent to the said earl.
He held no part of a fee of the king in chief.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (4.)
298. BENEDICT DE COKFELD.
Writ, 12 July, 15 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Colcestre, 4 October, 15 Edward III.
Lalleford. The manor, and a toft, 40a. land, 10a. meadow, 30a. pasture, and 40a. marsh, in Lalleford, and the advowson of the church, held for life, of the grant of Roger Child, parson of the church of Stratford, and Robert de Boxstede, parson of the church of Mistelegh, who, by fine levied in the king’s court, granted the same to the said Benedict to hold for life, with remainder to Thomas de Cokefeld his son, who still survives, and to the heirs of the said Thomas’s body, to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services pertaining to the same; whereof the said manor and advowson are held of Gilbert de Lacy, as of his castle of Frome, by homage and by service of 9 marks yearly; and the said toft, land &c. are held of Robert de Burgherch by knight’s service.
Edmund his son, aged 36 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (5.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
299. JOHN DE BRIGHAM.
Writ, 5 December, 15 Edward III.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Hicche on Tuesday after the Epiphany, 15 Edward III.
Weyleye, Charleton and Dynesleyefournyval. A ruined messuage, 31 1/2a. land and 5s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of rendering to him 10s. yearly at his exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Hertford, and suit at the half-hundred (court) of Hicche every three weeks; and worth nothing beyond expenses.
Dynsleyefournyval. 1a. land held of William Gardyner by rendering 2d. yearly.
Charleton. 1a. land held of Laurence de Ayete by rendering 2d. yearly.
Dynsleyefournyval. 2a. land held of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 4d. yearly.
John his son, aged 11 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64 (6.)
300. WILLIAM CURZOUN.
Writ, 25 August, 15 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 15 September, 15 Edward III.
Estcarleton. A messuage and 24a. arable held of the king in chief by service of three parts of a grand serjeanty, viz.—that he, together with the tenants of the tenements sometime of Robert de Welleholm, who held a third part (sic) of the said serjeanty in the said town, should bring 100 fresh herrings in 24 pasties of the rent of the citizens of Norwich, at their own charges, from Norwich to the king wherever he might be in England.
Estcarleton and Hethille. 60a. arable, rents &c. (extent given), held of John de Segrave by service of a knight’s fee.
Hugh Curzoun, his brother, aged 16 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (7.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
301. THOMAS DANSEYE.
Writ, 13 June, 15 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. made at Hereford on Saturday the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 15 Edward III.
Kyngiston. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), 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, taking from the king 12d. daily.
He held no other lands &c.
Richard his son, aged 30 years at the feast of the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (8.)
302. THOMAS, SON OF EUSTACE DE SHENLE or DE SCHENELEE.
Writ, 10 November, 15 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Staunford, 16 December, 15 Edward III.
Casewyk. A capital messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee.
Thomas his son, aged 13 years, 22 weeks and 5 days at the feast of St. Clement last, is his next heir.
Writ, 10 November, 15 Edward III.
HERTFORD. Inq. 19 November, 15 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the bailiwick in demesne as of fee, but held certain tenements in Casewyk, co. Lincoln, value unknown.
Staundon. A messuage, lands, wood and rent (extent given), held of the earl of Gloucester and of Elizabeth late the wife of John de Burgo, as of the manor of Staundon, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, and suit of court at the said manor of Staundon every three weeks, and by a rent of 1d. yearly, and 10d. sheriff’s aid yearly; and the said tenements are charged with a yearly rent of 6l. 13s. 4d. to Nicholas le Blake of Ware, for his life.
Heir as above, aged 13 1/2 years.
Writ, 10 November, 15 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. taken at Westbury on Thursday before St. George the Martyr, 16 Edward III.
Shenlee. He held no lands &c. in fee in the bailiwick on the day he died, because he alienated a messuage, 100a. arable, 12a. wood, a wind-mill and 50s. rent, which he once held of the king in chief by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee, to Richard de Clare, his heirs and assigns, by the king’s licence and by fine levied in the said king’s court; which Richard, long after he had continued seisin of the said tenements, granted the same to the said Thomas and to Agnes his wife, who still survives, and to the heirs of their bodies, by the like licence and fine.
Heir as above, aged 13 years and more.
HERTFORD. Assignment of dower to Agnes, late the wife of the said Thomas, made at Staundon on Friday after the Circumcision, 15 Edward III, according to the tenor of the king’s writ, dated 15 December in the year abovesaid.
[Staundon] A chamber, chapel, grange, sheepfold, bakehouse, lands &c. (extent given with field names), including lands in the fields called Wenleye, Berewykfeld, Bradeleye, Efeld, Hungerfeld, Romhofeld &c. meadow in Thondermerssh, Langmede and Mullemede, pasture in Stokke and Prestesho, a grove called Sigeresgrove, and wood in Berewykwode; rents of divers tenants of the manor of Berewik (named); and a cottage which Richard Huchoun now holds to farm.
LINCOLN. Assignment of dower to the same Agnes, 26 February, 16 Edward III.
Casewyk. A third part of a waste close called Lachesmes and of various cultures (named), and of meadow and rents of free tenants and bondmen (named), and the third part of a custom called Haythesilver, and of the perquisites of a certain court and leet held yearly. If any lands &c. remain, from which the said Agnes has not at present been reasonably dowered, let her be dowered by the guardian of the two parts there or by the heir of the same parts when he shall come to full age.
C. Inq. p.m. File 64. (9.)
303. ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JAMES DAUDELE.
Writ, 6 August, 15 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. made at Aylesbury, 2 September, 15 Edward III.
Chyveray in Astonclyngton. The manor (extent given) held for her life of the heir of William son of James son of James Daudele; which manor is held of the king in chief by service of a pair of gloves at his exchequer at Easter.
Oke. A messuage and a carucate of land (extent given) held of Martin de Chaunceus by service of 2s.; and a wood held of the abbot of Mussundene by service of 6d.
The above William, aged 30 years and more, is next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (10.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 34.
304. JOHN TALEMACHE, knight (chivaler).
Writ, 30 October, 15 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 14 November, 15 Edward III.
Benteleve. The manor, of which he was enfeoffed jointly with Katherine his wife and Richard their son, and the heirs of the body of the said Richard, of the gift of Richard de Tendryng, parson of the church of Burgate, and of Thomas de Norton, by the king’s licence, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
The same Richard, his son, aged 14 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (11.)
305. HUGH BERNAK, clerk.
Writ, 24 October, 15 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 4 November, 15 Edward III.
Old Bukenham. The manor (extent given), except the park of the town in the said manor, held for his life, of the gift and feoffment of [Alice] Barnak, now deceased, and John son of William Barnak, by the king’s licence, with reversion to the said John and his heirs; which manor, together with the said park, is held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a third part of a quarter of the buttery (pincerne).
New Bukenham, Attleburgh, Elyngham and Wylby. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held for life in like manner of the gift of the said Alice and John of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a third part of a quarter of the buttery.
Denton. A messuage, 40a. arable, 2a. pasture and a sixth part of a water-mill, similarly held for life in like manner of the gift of the said Alice his mother, as of the inheritance of the said John, of the king in chief by service of a fortieth part of a third part of a quarter of the buttery.
John Barnak, his brother, aged 36 years and more, is next heir of the said Alice.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (12.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
306. JOHN AMORY or AMMORY.
Writ, 27 March, 15 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 8 May, 15 Edward III.
Little Maldon. The manor (extent given), including 100s. yearly rent from certain free tenants in Little Maldon and Great Maldon, out of which he pays (sic) to the bishop of London for the time being, and to John Fuitz-Water, 2s. 4d. on Monday after Easter, called Ropimoundai (?), for the tenements and their tenants of the borough of Maldon, and does suit at the four general courts there yearly, held of the king, as of the honour of Peverel, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Edmund his son, aged 16 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 1 April, 15 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Inq. made at Great Petlyng, 14 September, 15 Edward III.
Throllesworth. The manor (extent given) held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of Henry, earl of Lancaster, by service of 2s., 1lb. cummin, and two appearances at the court of the said earl at Leicester yearly.
Kerby. A messuage and half a virgate of land held of the same inheritance, of the said earl, as parcel of the aforesaid manor of Throllesworth.
Cosseby. A toft and a virgate of land, held of the same inheritance, of the said earl, as parcel of the aforesaid manor of Throllesworth.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Heir as above, aged 16 years and more at the feast of All Saints last.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (13.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
307. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM DE BASSYNGGE.
Writ, 20 November, 15 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 3 December, 15 Edward III.
Kenardynton and Kocryde. 18a. arable, 20a. marsh, 30s. rent and a moiety of a messuage, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and 40a. marsh and 60a. arable there held of the prior of Horton by service of a rose yearly at Tynton.
Natyndon. 40a. arable and 20a. pasture held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of 12 grains of pepper, to be paid yearly on Christmas Eve at Natyndon in the manor of the said prior; whereof, before the lands &c. were held of the said priors, the said Margaret was seised for her life, of the gift of John Godefrei and Stephen de Otryndene, by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainders to Ralph de Basyng’ and the heirs of his body, and to Thomas de Basyng’ in form aforesaid.
She died on Monday next before St. Luke, 15 Edward III. The said Ralph died without heir of his body, and the said Thomas is son and next heir of the said Margaret, and of full age.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (14.)
308. WILLIAM DE MULTON.
Writ, 30 September, 15 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. 18 October, 15 Edward III.
Laysingby. The manor (extent given) held for his life, of the inheritance of Margaret, late the wife of Ranulph de Dacre, of the grant of Thomas de Multon, sometime his brother, deceased, of the king in chief by homage and fealty and by service of rendering the king for cornage at his exchequer of Carlisle 2s. 4d. yearly, with reversion to the said Thomas and his heirs, by charter and licence of King Edward II.
He held no other lands &c. on the day he died.
The aforesaid Margaret, daughter of the said Thomas, aged 35 years and more, is the next heir of the said Thomas, of the manor aforesaid.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (15.)
309. EDMUND DE MORTON.
Writ, 26 October, 15 Edward III.
STAFFORD [and SALOP]. Inq. 6 November, 15 Edward III.
Wylbrytton. A messuage, half a virgate of land, a wood, and a fishpond, held of the king in chief by service of 20s. yearly, to be paid at his exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Stafford. The said tenements are worth nothing yearly beyond the said service, for the land lies uncultivated and in common, and the buildings are in ruins.
Wodecote. A messuage and half a virgate of land held of Sir Henry de Percy by service of 40d. yearly.
John his son, aged 26 years at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (16.)
310. WILLIAM QUYNTON.
Writ, 25 November, 15 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. made at Wilton, 4 December, 15 Edward III.
Great Wychford. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief, by the serjeanty of being the king’s forester of the forest of Grofle, and by service of 2s. yearly at the castle of Sarum.
Stoford and Suth Neuton. A messuage, a virgate and three-quarters of land, and 4a. pasture, held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, of the abbess of Wilton by service of 11s. yearly and by suit at the court of the said abbess thrice yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
William his son, aged 32 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (17.)
311. WILLIAM QUYNTON.
WILTS. Inq. made at Wylton, 24 November, 15 Edward III.
Great Wytford (sic). A messuage, land &c. as above, held as above.
Stoford and South Neweton. A messuage, land &c. as above, held as above.
William his son, aged 22 (sic) years and more, is his next heir.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 34.
312. AGATHA, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE ROUCEBY.
Writ of amotus concerning the lands &c. of the said Agatha who died on 26 April last, 24 October, 15 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Tweng, 10 November, 15 Edward III.
Octon. A waste toft and four bovates of land held for her life, of the inheritance of the aforesaid Robert, of Sir Robert de Tweng, lord of Octon, by fealty and by service of 40d. yearly; and a messuage held in like manner of the master and brethren of the hospital of St. Leonard by service of 2s. yearly.
Swathorpe. A bovate of land held in like manner of the said Sir Robert de Tweng by fealty and by service of 1d. yearly.
She held no other lands &c. on the day she died.
Margaret, aged 30 years, and Lucy, aged 28 years, daughters of the said Robert and Agatha, are their next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (18.)
313. WILLIAM DE PERVILL or DE PERVILE.
Writ, 30 December, 15 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 15 January, 15 Edward III.
Springefelde. A parcel of a quarter of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, by service of half a knight’s fee and suit at the court of Peverell, as befits a quarter of the manor.
Machinge. A moiety of a messuage, 26a. arable and 3s. rent, held of Maurice de Berkele, knight, and of Thomas de Enefeld, by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee.
Peter de Wendovere, kinsman of the said William, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (19.)
314. THOMAS DESCHALERS.
Writ, 10 July, 15 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Royston (Crucem Rosiam), 24 July, 15 Edward III.
Whaddon. A certain manor (extent given) held, together with the manors of Reed and Wydyahale, co. Hertford, of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees, doing the services of four armed men in the king’s army for forty days, at his own charges, as befits two fees; and a messuage and 100a. land, meadow, and pasture, held of the inheritance of Elizabeth his wife, who still survives, of the earl of Richemund by service of half a knight’s fee.
Thomas his son, aged 41 [or 30] years and more, is his next heir.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Royston, 23 July, 15 Edward III.
Wydyhale and Reed. The manors (extent given) held, together with another manor in Whaddon, co. Cambridge, of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees &c. as above.
Ansty. 100a. land held of the countess of Penebroch by service of 10s. yearly.
Wydyhale. 60a. land held of Hugh le Despenser in socage by service of 1d. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 42 [or 40] years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (20.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
315. NORMAN DARCY.
Writ, 8 May, 15 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Canewyk, 16 June, 15 Edward III.
Nocton. The manor (extent given) held with Isabel his wife, jointly enfeoffed by the king’s charter to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Philip his son, aged 10 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (21.)
316. WILLIAM DE LOGHMABAN.
Writ, 24 November, 15 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Wygton, 5 January, 15 Edward III.
Blencogow. The manor (extent given) sometime held by William de Blount, knight, of Margaret de Wygton, lady of Wygton, now the wife of Sir John de Weston, and daughter and heir of Sir John de Wygton, as of her manor of Wygton, by homage and fealty and suit at the court of Wygton every three weeks, and by service of 13s. 4d. yearly for cornage, which carries (attrahit) wardship and relief by the custom of the country; so that the said William le Blount and his ancestors held the said manor as above of the said Margaret and her ancestors from time out of mind; which William assigned a third part of the said manor of Blencogow to Joan, sometime the wife of Sir John le Blount, father of the said William le Blount, to hold in dower. And afterwards the said two parts and the reversion of the third part of the manor came to the hands of King Edward II by the forfeiture and rebellion of the said William le Blount, knight, who adhered to the Scots in time of war; which king gave the two parts and the reversion of the third part, which the said Joan held in dower, to the said William de Loghmaban and his heirs until he should provide him with 10l. of land in a fitting (competenti) place, to hold of the said king by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, rendering yearly for the same at his exchequer four marks, and doing the accustomed services to the other chief lords of that fee, if there should be any. The said Joan, by virtue of the said grant, attorned to the said William de Loghmaban, and died during his life-time.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
William his son, aged 8 years on the day of St. Martin in the Winter last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (22.)
317. JOHN DE WOLVERTON, chivaler.
Writ, 14 May, 15 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 20 May, 15 Edward III.
Wolverton. The manor (extent given), including the advowson of the priory of Bradewelle, held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by a whole barony, which is called the barony of Wolverton, rendering yearly for the same 7l. 10s. for the ward of the castle of Northampton; but the lord of the manor receives nothing from the priory save only that in time of vacancy he shall present as prior to the bishop of Lincoln a clerk by the monks of that place.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick on the day he died.
John his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (23.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No 34.
318. MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE SWYNBORN.
Writ to the escheator to enquire what lands &c. the said Margery held for her life of the inheritance of Robert, son and heir of the said Thomas, who held of the king in chief, a minor and in the king’s wardship, and who is her next heir &c. 10 October, 15 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 64. (24.)