Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 51

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 51

120. EDMUND GACELYN or GASCELYN.
Writ, 14 September, 11 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 23 September, 11 Edward III.
Estwell. The manor held, for the lifetime of Eleanor his wife who still survives, of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees.
Eschmerysfeld. The manor, similarly held, of Giles de Badlesmere by service of half a knight’s fee.
The reversion of the said manors, after the death of the said Eleanor, pertains (spectat) to Joan and Agnes, daughters and heirs of Richard de Rokesle, who are of the age of 30 years and more.
BERKS. Inq. made at Ildesle, 25 September, 11 Edward III.
Catmere. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Eleanor his wife, who still survives, by fine levied in the king’s court, 4 Edward III, of the earl of Lancaster by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Geoffrey his firstborn son, aged 24 years, is his next heir.
WILTS. Inq. 26 September, 11 Edward III.
Schuldone and Chippham. The manor (extent given), including a market on Wednesday and Saturday every week, and four fairs, on the feasts of St. Luke, St. Andrew, St. John ante Portam Latinam, and St. Barnabas, with the hundred of Chippham, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He died on 1 September, 11 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 26 years.
Great Cheverel, Lolledone, and Budesdone. Two messuages, land, and rent, held jointly with Eleanor his wife, who still survives, by fine levied in the king’s court, by the grant of John Twynyng, to hold to the said Edmund and Eleanor for their lives of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereto pertaining. The said tenements in Great Cheverel are held of Thomas Burnel, by service of doing suit at his court there twice a year; those in Budesdone are held of the said Thomas at fee farm by service of rendering to him and his heirs twenty marks yearly; and those in Lolledone are held of Reginald de Pavely by service of a pair of gilt spurs yearly.
Chippham and Schuldone. A messuage and a carucate of land, held jointly with the said Eleanor, by another fine levied in the king’s court, by the acknowledgement of John atte ʒate, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Edmund, of Peter de la Heose by service of 6s. yearly and doing suit at the said Peter’s court of Chippham.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (1.)
121. EDWARD CHARLES.
Writ, 16 November, 11 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Wicham, 21 November, 11 Edward III.
Ketlebergh. The manor (extent given), including a custom called ‘mootfee,’ held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
Robert his son, aged 2 years, is his next heir.
Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c. 8 December, 11 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 14 December, 11 Edward III.
He held no knights’ fees in the bailiwick.
Ketlebergh. The advowson of the church.
Eston. The advowson of the church.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (2.)
122. HUGH DE PLECY, DE PLECI, DE PLEYCY, or DE PLESCY.
Writ, 28 April, 11 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 26 May, 11 Edward III.
Westwittenham. A messuage and two carucates of land (extent given), including pastures called ‘le Newemede,’ ‘le Hurst,’ ‘la Hethe,’ and Inlond, held of Hugh de Audele, as of the inheritance of Margaret his wife, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Hugh his first-born son, aged 17 years, is his next heir.
WILTS. Inq. taken at New Salisbury on Tuesday the morrow of St. Augustine, 11 Edward III.
Coumbebyset. The manor held, jointly enfeoffed with Millicent his wife, of the king in chief, by fine levied in the king’s court and by the king’s charter of licence, as parcel of the barony of Byset, by homage and an eighth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Heir as above, son of the said Hugh and Millicent.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Oxford, 21 May, 11 Edward III.
Cudelynton. The manor (extent given), including pastures called ‘la More’ and ‘le Renegore,’ and a gift called ‘Gyldʒyfʒt,’ from bondmen, held of the king in chief, by service of a knight’s fee.
Hoggenortone. The manor (extent given), held jointly with Millicent his wife, who still survives, by fine levied in the king’s court, with the king’s licence, dated 30 March, 9 Edward III, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Heir as first above, aged 17 years and more.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 1 June, 11 Edward III.
Great Mussinden. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of Hugh Daudele, as of his pourparty of the earldom of Gloucester, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and by service of 10s. yearly. He held nothing else in the counties of Bedford and Buckinghm.
Heir as above, aged 17 years at the feast of St. Michael last.
Extent or summary of the above lands, &c. in Westwittenham, Cudelynton and Great Mussinden.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (3.)
123. HENRY DE SOMERBURY.
Writ, 21 August, 11 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Gildeford, 28 August, 11 Edward III.
Somerbury. A messuage, 40a. land, price 2d. per acre only because it is ‘waklach,’ and 20s. rent, held of the king by service of 14s. yearly, and by doing suit at the sheriff’s turn twice a year.
Gostrode in Wodeton. A messuage, 80a. land and 2s. rent, held of Nicholas Malemeyns by service of 10s. yearly.
Gumssholne. A messuage and 40a. land held of John de Polyngfeld by service of 17d. yearly; and 10a. land held of Walter Deys by service of 4s. 1d. yearly.
Chynthirst. A messuage, &c. land and rent, held of Thomas de Brewose by service of 3d. yearly.
Codyngtone. A messuage &c. and 37a. land, held of Thomas de Codyngton by service of 4s. yearly; and 6a. land held of John de Hayton by service of 3s. 6d. yearly.
Ewelle. 7a. land held of the prior of Merton by service of 4s. yearly.
Neudegate. A messuage and 80a. arable, held of the earl of Warrenne by service of 3d. yearly; and a messuage and 8a. land, held of the master and scholars of the hall of Merton, Oxford, by service of 6d. yearly.
He died 15 August, 11 Edward III. Richard his son, aged 16 years and more is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (4.)
124. LORA DE FLETEWYK.
Writ, 3 October, 11 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 14 October, 11 Edward III.
Ryngesdone. The manor (extent given) held for her life of the bishop of Lincoln by service of a knight’s fee.
Levesyngham. The manor (extent given) held for her life of the bishop of Lincoln by service of a knight’s fee.
Kylingholm. Eight bovates of land held of William de Funteyns by knight’s service, but for what part is unknown.
David de Fletewyk, knight, her son, aged 40 years and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (5.)
125. JOHN DE GLAMORGAN.
Writ, 30 December, 11 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON (ISLE OF WIGHT). Inq. taken at Brerdynge, 11 February, 12 Edward III.
Wolveton. The manor, and two messuages, a water-mill, lands and rent (extent given), in Hardeleghe, Stanewelle, Northsandham, Suthsandham, Langrede, Leghe, and Scotteford, and the advowson of the chapel of the manor of Wolveton, held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, for their lives, of the gift of Walter de Peuesye, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king in chief, as of the honour of the castle of Caresbrok, by service of a knight’s fee, and suit at the king’s court of knights of Newport, of the right of Eleanor daughter of Theobald Russell for life, as of the inheritance of Peter, son of the said John de Glamorgan.
Moderstone. The manor and the advowson of the church, held jointly with the said Alice for their lives, of the gift of Peter de Hoo, of the king in chief, as of the honour of the castle of Caresbrok, by service of a knight’s fee, as of the said inheritance, and by doing suit at the king’s court at Newport.
Staundenewode. The manor (extent given), and the advowson of the chapel of the same, held by the courtesy of England, after the death of Anne his wife, of the inheritance of Peter their son, of the king in chief, as of the honour of the said castle, by service of a knight’s fee.
He died on the feast of St. Stephen last. Peter his son, is his next heir as of the manor of Moderstone, and son and next heir of the said Anne, sometime the said John’s wife, as of the manor of Staundenewode, and was 21 years of age on the morrow of the Purification last.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (6.)
126. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF EDMUND DE STAFFORD.
Writ, 18 March, 11 Edward III. And duplicate.
WARWICK. Inq. 10 April, 11 Edward III.
Tisho. The manor (extent given) held for her life of the king in chief, as a member of the barony of Stafford, the whole of which barony is held of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees and a half. The pleas and perquisites of court are worth yearly 5s. and no more, because the king has view of frankpledge within the said manor.
Wauwayneswotton. The manor (extent given), including a great wood, held for her life of the king in chief, as a member of the said barony.
She died on 17 March last. Ralph her son, aged 40 years on 17 March last, is her next heir.
STAFFORD. Inq. made at Stafford, 10 April, 11 Edward III.
Bradeleye and Madeleye. The manors (extents given) held jointly with the said Edmund, of the gift of Roger de Clongonford, chaplain, who enfeoffed the said Edmund and Margaret thereof together with other members and manors of the barony of Stafford, by the king’s licence, and by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the said Edmund, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Edmund for ever, of the king, as members of the barony of Stafford, in form aforesaid, the whole of which barony is held by service of two knights’ fees and a half.
Ralph de Stafford, knight (chivaler), aged 30 years and more at the feast of St. Denis last, is son and next heir of the said Edmund, and did homage and fealty to the king for the whole barony during the lifetime of the said Margaret.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (7.)
127. HUGH DE POYNTZ.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Iateminstre, 2 May, 11 Edward III.
Stoke St. Edwald and Badecombe. The manor (extent given), including two parks, held of Elizabeth de Burgh by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee; and 10l. ought to be paid yearly to Joan the said Hugh’s daughter.
Nicholas his son, aged 17 years and more, is his next heir.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 24.
128. HUGH POYNTZ or DE POYNTZ.
Writ, 4 May, 11 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 15 June, 11 Edward III.
Hoo. He held no lands &c. in the county in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, for on 13 October, 7 Edward III, with the king’s licence, he demised to Nicholas Poyntz and Eleanor his wife a moiety of the manor of Hoo, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the king and his heirs by the accustomed services, with reversion to the said Hugh and his heirs. The said moiety is held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
Nicholas his son, aged 17 years and more, is his next heir.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 10 June, 11 Edward III.
Tokynton. The manor (extent given) held for his life by the gift of Nicholas Poyntz, parson of St. Mary’s, Hoo, and Hugh de Meliplash, parson of the church of Corymalot, by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to the said Hugh Poyntz of the chief lords of that fee by the service thereto appertaining, with remainder to Nicholas Poyntz his son, and the heirs of his body. The said manor is held of Hugh Daudele, as of his manor of Thornburi which is parcel of the earldom of Gloucester, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 17 years.
Writ, 4 May, 11 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Shireburn, 4 August, 11 Edward III.
Stoke St. Edwald. The manor (extent given) held of Elizabeth de Burgh by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee; and it is charged with 10l. yearly to Joan, daughter of the said Hugh Poyntz, and with 49s. 2d. yearly to Hugh Meleplash.
Heir as above, aged 17 years and more.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Somerton, 2 August, 11 Edward III.
Corimalet. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Ile Abbots. A messuage, land and rent, held for his life, of the grant of Nicholas Poyntz, parson of St. Mary’s, Hoo, and Hugh de Meleplash, parson of the church of Corymalet, by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereto belonging, with remainder to Nicholas his son, and the heirs of his body. The said tenements are held of John de Staunton in chief, by service of a sixteenth part of a knight’s fee, and are charged with 40s. yearly to Petronilla de Northom, and 100s. yearly to Henry, son of Hugh Poyntz.
Heir as above.
Writ of certiorari touching the aforesaid rent of 10l. to Joan, daughter of the said Hugh de Poyntz, 21 October, 11 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Yatmynstre on Wednesday after St. Martin, 11 Edward III.
On 1 April, 10 Edward III, the said Hugh granted to Joan his daughter 10l. of yearly pension, to be received for her life from his manor of Stoke St. Edwald, and Batecombe which is parcel thereof; and he granted for himself and his heirs that the said Joan could distrain in the said manor for the said rent, whenever it should be in arrear; by virtue whereof she was seised of the said rent at Easter following the date of the said writing, and she never remitted her claim thereto to any one.
Writ to the escheator to enquire touching the aforesaid rent of 49s. 2d. to Hugh de Meleplash, 10 November, 11 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Shirbourne, 25 November, 11 Edward III.
On Sunday next after St. Valentine, 10 Edward II, Hugh de Poyntz gave to Hugh de Meleplash 49s. 2d. of yearly pension, to be received, for the lifetime of the said Hugh de Meleplash, from his manor of Stoke St. Edwald, co. Dorset, viz. 22s. 6d. at the feast of All Saints, for a robe with fur, and 26s. 8d. at Michaelmas and Easter in equal portions; and he was seised of the same until the death of the said Hugh de Poyntz, and never quitclaimed his right therein to any one.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (8.)
129. AUFRIDUS DE STAUNTON.
Writ, 3 January, 11 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. Saturday after the Epiphany, 11 Edward III.
Wyleye. Four messuages, lands and wood, held jointly with Margery his wife, who still survives, by fine levied in the king’s court, and by the king’s charter of licence, of the king in chief, by service of rendering at his exchequer 12d. yearly.
Bentleye, Chicche, and St. Osyth. Lands held jointly as above, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the earl of Oxford by service of 6d. yearly.
Alesford. The manor, with the advowson of the church there, held jointly as above, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the bishop of London by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and a messuage, lands and rent, held jointly as above, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Wikes. Four messuages, lands and rent, held jointly as above, of the heir of Robert de Kendale, knight, by service of 13s. 4d. yearly.
Tendryngg. Two messuages, lands, wood and rent, held jointly as above, of the bishop of London by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
After the death of the said Margery, the aforesaid lands, &c. in Wyleye, Bentleye, Chicche, and St. Osyth, ought to remain by the said fine to Mabel, sister of the said Aufridus, who is 30 years of age and more, to hold to her and the heirs of her body; the manor, advowson and lands &c. in Alesford, to John de Coggeshale, knight, who is 30 years of age and more, and his heirs; and the lands &c. in Wikes and Tendryngg, to Hugh le Gros, who is 40 years of age and more, and his heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (9.)
130. ROGER DE KERDESTON or DE KERDISTONE, knight.
Writ, 20 July, 11 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Hengham, 30 August, 11 Edward III.
Neutone. The manor (extent given) held of Robert de Morle by service of half a knight’s fee.
Kerdistone. The manor (extent given), including 14l. rent with the rent of Swantone, held of Maud Banyard, as of the manor of Haddistone, by service of a knight’s fee, and 13s. 4d. yearly to be paid at the said manor.
Claxtone. The manor (extent given) held of William de Ros by service of half a knight’s fee.
Helgetone. The manor (extent given) held of William de Clyntone by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Cysterne. The manor (extent given) held of Bryan son of Alan by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
William his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Parteneye, 1 September, 11 Edward III.
Skendelby. Six bovates of land, &c. (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Iwardby. A capital messuage, lands and rent (extent given) held of the prioress of Grace Dieu by service of 5s. yearly.
William de Kerdeston, knight, his son, is his next heir and of full age.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Beckles, 6 September, 11 Edward III.
Bulcamse. The manor (extent given) held of William de Roos and of the lady of Claveryngg, by service of a knight’s fee.
Heenham. The manor (extent given) held of John Fuitz Water by service of half a knight’s fee.
Stratford. The manor (extent given) held of William le Roos by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee.
William his son, aged 30 years, is his next heir.
Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c. 18 August, 11 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Extent 25 August, 11 Edward III.
Stratford. The advowson of the church.
He held no knights’ fees in the county.
NORFOLK. Extent 30 August, 11 Edward III.
Neutone. The advowson of the church.
Kerdistone. The advowson of the church.
Refham. The advowson of the church.
Helgetone. The advowson of the church.
He held no knights’ fees in the county.
Extent or summary of the above manors, tenements, and advowsons of churches, excepting the manor of Helgetone.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (10.)
131. ROGER DE HUNTYNGFELD or DE HUNTINGFEL, knight.
Writ, 2 May, 11 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 16 June, 11 Edward III.
Estbradenham. The manor (extent given) held of the earl of Lancaster by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
William his son, aged 7 1/2 years, is his next heir.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Cambridge, 25 June, 11 Edward III.
Bokesworth. The manor (extent given) held of the heirs of Robert Picot, as of the barony of Picot, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and the said Roger demised the said manor to Thomas le Cheyne for the term of twelve years, of which two years have elapsed.
Littlyngton. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given) held of the earl of Gloucester by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He held nothing of the king in chief in cos. Cambridge and Huntingdon.
Heir as above, aged 8 years and more.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Branketre on Wednesday after the Nativity of the St. John the Baptist, 11 Edward III.
Mokelyngtone. The manor (extent given) held of Margery, sometime the wife of John Filol, knight, by service of a knight’s fee, as of his manor of Badwe.
Hatfeld Peverel. Lands, &c. (extent given) held of John Fitz Wauter by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee; lands and rent (extent given) held of Thomas de Ponyngges, knight, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee; a water-mill for fulling, and 1r. meadow, held of John de Haudlo, knight, by service of 9s. yearly; a water-mill, 10a. meadow and 2s. rent, held of Robert Vedeleu by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, and 12s. 6d. of assised rent; 3a. arable held of Thomas atte Mersh by service of 10d. yearly; 2 1/2a. meadow held of John de Ultyngge by knight’s service; 1/2a. 1r. meadow held of Thomas Fabel by knight’s service; and 2a. land held of John de Crek by service of 4d. yearly.
Heir as last above.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Haleswrth, 6 June, 11 Edward III.
Huntyngfeld, Benges and Horham. The manors (extents given) held of Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, as of the honour of Eye, by service of five knights’ fees.
Mendham. The manor (extent given) held of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Lancaster, by service of a knight’s fee, and 10s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Lancaster.
Heir as above, aged 7 years.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Spaldyng, 18 June, 11 Edward III.
Toft, Frampton, Byker, and Sutthorp. The manors (extents given) held of Roger Padewardyn, knight, by knight’s service; whereof the manor of Toft pays 25s. 1d. yearly to the said Sir Roger, and 6s. 8d. for sheriff’s aid; the manor of Frampton pays 4s. 8d. for sheriff’s aid; and the manor of Sutthorp pays 2s. for sheriff’s aid.
Pyncebek. 3a. arable and 30s. rent, held of Roger Pedewardyn by knight’s service; and the reversion of a messuage, which Joan Rybold holds for her life of the prior of Spaldyng, service unknown.
Heir as above, aged 7 1/2 years.
Memorandum. In the memoranda of 33 Edward I, among the fines of Michaelmas term, it was found thus:—
NORFOLK, CAMBRIDGE. William de Huntyngfeld, son and heir of Roger de Huntyngfeld, gives to the king 25s. for his relief of all the lands and tenements, which the said Roger held of the king in chief, viz. of a quarter of a knight’s fee in Bokesworth, co. Cambridge, as he acknowledged, and as it was found in the book of fees.
The same William gives to the king other 25s. for relief of the said Roger his father, nephew and heir of Joan de Huntyngfeld, of all the lands and tenements which the said Joan held of the king in chief, viz. of the said quarter of a knight’s fee. Afterwards he paid 25s. for his own relief. And for the remaining 25s. he has a day, the morrow of St. Hilary; on which day he paid by a tally of the exchequer.
And in the book of fees of the exchequer, for co. Cambridge, it is found thus:—Roger de Huntyngfeld holds in Bokesworth a quarter of a knight’s fee of the king in chief.
On consideration of the above let a writ be made to the escheator to seize into the king’s hand all the lands of the lord of Huntingfeld, or the king will lose.
Endorsed:—Be it remembered that this information was sent into the chancery by the treasurer &c. for the king, in case any should wish to sue by writ of diem clausit extremum to have the lands &c. which were of William, son and heir of Roger de Huntyngfeld, out of the king’s hand.
Writ of plenius certiorari, whereas by evidences remaining in the chancery it appears that Roger de Huntyngfeld held in Bokesworth a quarter of a knight’s fee of the king in chief, and that William his father whose heir he is, son and heir of Roger de Huntyngfeld sometime deceased, paid relief at the exchequer for the same, and that by a certificate of the treasurer &c. sent into the chancery in the time of King Edward II, it is found in the book of fees under the barony of Picot that Roger de Huntyngfeld held in Bokesworth a quarter of a knight’s fee of the king in chief, and in the book called Domesday it is noted that Picot holds in Bokesworth three hides and a half by the service due for the said manor, the treasurer &c. of the exchequer are commanded to examine the books of Domesday and of fees, and other memoranda of the exchequer, and certify the king in three weeks from St. Michael next, whether the said Roger held the above of the king in chief as of the crown, or otherwise, 26 August, 11 Edward III.
Endorsed, the certificate appears in the schedule annexed.
Schedule. Having examined the books of Domesday and of fees, and other memoranda of the exchequer, upon the contents of the writ returned enclosed, they (the treasurer &c. of the exchequer) find in the book of Domesday under the rubric—Lands of Robert Gernon—as follows:—
In Papesword h[undre]d. In Coutone holds Picot of Robert 1 hide and 1 virgate (extent given).
In Bochesuuorde holds Picot of Robert 2 1/2 hides (extent given).
In Swavesy holds Picot of Robert 1 hide (extent given).
These lands holds Picot the sheriff of Robert Gernon on the marriage of his wife.
In the books of fees in Cambridge, they find:—
Barony of Pycot. Roger de Huntingfeld holds in Bokeswrth a quarter of a knight’s fee of the king in chief.
Many other particulars given of fees held of the king in chief and of other honours in cos. Cambridge and Lincoln. (See Testa de Nevill.)
In extracts from rolls of the chancery, 22 Henry III, delivered at the exchequer, it is found thus:—
The king has taken the homage of Roger de Huntingfeld and William de Picheford, who married two of the daughters and heirs of William de Hobrugg, for the lands which the said William held of the king in chief, and which belong to the said wives by inheritance, so that if Hillaria, the third daughter of the said William, to whom it is imputed that she is at Kampes[y] in the habit of religion, should come to seek her share of the said lands, the said Roger and William should render to her her reasonable part; and the sheriff of Cambridge is commanded to take security from them of 50s. and two palfreys.
In similar extracts of 25 Edward I, (it is found) thus:—
Because Joan de Huntingfeld, who held of the king in chief, has died, the king’s escheator is commanded [to take into the king’s hand] all her lands and tenements, &c.—7 September.
In similar extracts of 26 Edward I, thus:—
The king has taken the fealty of Roger de Huntingfeld, grandson and heir of Joan de Huntingfeld, of Norfolk, for all the lands &c. which the said Joan, grandmother of the said Roger, held of the king in chief, and has restored them to him, and commanded his escheator to take security from the said Roger for payment of his reasonable relief at the king’s exchequer, and that he should come before the king, on his next arrival in England, to do homage.—28 November.
In similar extracts of 31 Edward I, thus:—
Because Roger de Huntingfeld, who held of the king in chief, has died, the king’s escheator is commanded to take all his lands &c. into the king’s hand.—5 December.
And in the same extracts, thus:—
The king has taken the homage of William, son and heir of Roger de Huntingfeld, of all the lands &c. which the said Roger, his father, held of the king in chief, and restored them to him, and the king’s escheator is ordered to take security from the said William for payment of his reasonable relief, and to give him full seisin, saving every one’s right, and to Joyce (Jocosa), late the wife of the said Roger, her reasonable dower.—4 March.
In the roll of memoranda 33 Edward I, among the fines of Michaelmas term, they find that the said William de Huntingfeld is charged with divers reliefs for the lands which were of his ancestors, thus:—
William de Huntingfeld, son and heir of Roger de Huntingfeld, gives to the king 25s. for his relief, for all [the lands &c. which] his father held of the king in chief, viz. for a quarter of a knight’s fee in Bokesworth, co. Cambridge, as acknowledged, and as found in the book of fees. And he gives to the king other 25s., for the relief of the said Roger his father, grandson and heir of Joan de Huntingfeld, for all the lands &c. which the said Joan held of the king in chief, viz. the said quarter of a knight’s fee in Bokesworth, as acknowledged, and as found in the said book of fees.
In the account of Walter de Gloucester for the escheatry on this side Trent, 31 Edward I, they find that he is charged, amongst other things, for 8l. 5s. 1 3/4d. of assised rent, and other issues of the manor of Bokesworth, co. Cambridge, which was of Roger de Huntingfeld, and which he held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; the manor of Mokelyntone, co. Essex, which was of the same Roger, and which he held of John Filiol by knight’s service; the manor of Bradenham, co. Norfolk, which was of the same Roger, and which he held of the earl of Lincoln by service of a third part of a knight’s fee; and the manors of Fremton and Toft, co. Lincoln, which were of the said Roger, and which he held of Roger de Pedewardyn and Alice his wife, by service of three knight’s fees; from 20 November, 31 [Edward I], on which day he died, to 5 March next following, before the livery, by the king’s writ, of the said manors to William, son and heir of the said Roger.
Whereupon after diligent consultation with the king’s justices of the bench, serjeants, and others of the council, they do not know how to put any interpretation on the words in Domesday Book except as they sound, but after consideration of the premises, it does not seem to them that the king should remove his hand from the aforesaid lands, unless any other matter shall be shown by the parties suing, who should be heard thereon.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (11.)
132. ELEANOR, LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH LE DESPENSER.
Writ, 9 July, 11 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. 19 July, 11 Edward III.
Bureford. 18s. 1 3/4d. rent from certain free tenants, a market, a fair on the feast of St. John the Baptist, and a view of frankpledge held on le Hockeday &c. held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Gloucester, service unknown.
Hugh [le Despenser] her firstborn son, aged 29 years and more, is her next heir.
WORCESTER. Inq. taken at Worcester, 16 July, 11 Edward III.
Hanleye. The castle, lands &c. (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Bysseleye. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 18 July, 11 Edward III.
Teukesburi. The manor (extent given), including a fishery and a custom called ‘fulstale,’ held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Archerestoke. A hamlet (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 28 years and more.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 20 July, 11 Edward III.
Fayreford. The manor (extent given), including toll of the market, held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Sobburi. The manor (extent given), including a park with deer, fairs at the feasts of the Ascension and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and toll of the market, held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
She died on 30 June, 11 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 26 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 51. (12.)
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