‹ E-CIPM 26-320: JOHN SPEKE, ESQUIRE ›
JOHN SPEKE, ESQUIRE n156
Inquisition Head
DEVON. Inquisition [indented]. Exeter. 20 October 1445. [Clerk].
Jurors
Jurors: Ralph Faryngdon ; John Floryer ; John Mirefeld ; Nicholas Colbroke ; Thomas Underdowne ; John Assh ; John Ipocras ; Walter ?L[unclear: a]wer [ms torn] ; John Jacob ; John Symond ; Robert Wode ; Richard Badwordy ; and William Clerk .
Holdings
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in fee or in service. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Wembworthy, 2/3 manor, with the advowson of the church. The manor is held of Thomas Courtenay, earl of Devon [service not specified], except as noted below. The following knights’ fees are parcel of the manor: a fee in Honeychurch; a fee in Brixton; and a fee in Higher or Lower Gorhuish. The following knight’s fees are parcel of the manor, but are held of John, duke of Exeter , service unknown: a fee in Sourton; and a fee in Thrushelton, Milford, Kimworthy, Newlands, and Thorn. In the 2/3 of the manor there is a capital messuage – except a house called ‘longehous’ – worth nothing yearly; 2 customary tenures, each worth 2s. yearly; 5 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 140 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly except the crop; 48 a. heath and gorse, each acre worth ½d. yearly; 4s. assize rent, payable at Michaelmas; and 2/3 of the above fees, worth 5 marks yearly when they fall.
He died on 31 October 1444. John Speke is his son and next heir, aged 2 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 9 November.
TNA reference
C 139/119/31 mm. 1–2
E 149/180/9
E 136/34/3 mm. 7–8
n156^: Styled esquire in writ only.
n157^: Marginal note in E 149: for the extent (pro exten’).
n158^: Marginal note in E 149: for the extent (pro ext’). In E 136/34/3 the two parts of all the properties in this section are extended at £6 7s. 1d.
n159^: Marginal note in E 149: how much meadow (quantum de prato)?
n160^: C 139 and E 149: ‘He held in demesne as of fee 3 messuages and 3 tofts in Plymouth, and was seised in fee and right,... and the said two parts are worth 2s. yearly.’ E 136: ‘[The escheator] does not answer for the issues of 3 messuages and 3 tofts in Plymouth, which he held in demesne as of fee, and of which he was seised in fee and right... extended at 2s.’.
n161^: ms: Joan.
n162^: C 139 and E 149: ‘in the 2/3 of the moiety’. E 136: ‘the moiety is extended at 37s. 7d.’.
Holdings
Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brushford | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Exeter | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Winkleigh ‘Keynes’ | ||||
Total: - | ||||
East Wonford | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Benley | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Bovacott | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Corstone | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Bradham | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Plymouth | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Brampford Speke | ||||
Total: - |
Extents
Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brushford | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Brampford Speke | ||||
Total: - |
People
- Stopyndon(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
- Ralph Faryngdon
- John Floryer
- John Mirefeld
- Nicholas Colbroke
- Thomas Underdowne
- John Assh
- John Ipocras
- Walter ?L[unclear: a]wer [ms torn]
- John Jacob
- John Symond
- Robert Wode
- Richard Badwordy
- William Clerk