HUGH
LA
ZOUCH, KNIGHT
53
Writ.‡
23 Oct. 1399. [Shelford].
CAMBRIDGESHIRE .
Inquisition .
Cambridge .
27 Jan. 1400. [
Parys].
Jurors:
William
Pollard
;
John
Rook
;
John
Thorp
;
John
Crouch
;
Stephen
Baker
;
John
Lecote
;
John
Jekell
;
?Thomas
Netherstrete
;
John
Netherstrete
;
Nicholas
Treue
;
Henry
Kyng
; and William 'of Eye'.
He held by the feoffment of
William
Forde, clerk
,
John
Knyghteleye
,
Thomas
de la
Lee
,
Thomas
Skynnere
of Shrewsbury,
Robert
Rikedon
,
John
de la
Hide, clerk
,
William
Halle, clerk
,
William
Corleygh, clerk
,
Thomas
Cru
,
Robert
Russell
,
Brian
de
Harleye
,
Thomas
Shabdon
, and
William
de la
Lee
, to himself and the heirs of his body, the manor of Swavesey with the advowsons of the priory and chapel there, and the manor called ‘Zouchesfee’ in Fulbourn. Both manors are held of the
earl of Richmond
: Swavesey in socage, annual value 40 marks; ‘Zouchesfee’, service unknown, annual value 20 marks.
By the feoffment of
Thomas
Morys
,
William
Crouch
,
William
Aleyn
and
Richard
Leverer
, he held the manor called ‘Manersfee’ in Fulbourn for life with remainder to
John
Hyde, parson of Handsworth
,
William
Corlegh, parson of Great Cheverell
,
John
Stratton by Westbury, chaplain
,
Thomas
Lee
,
Thomas
Skynnere
,
John
Borley
and
William
Lee
, and their heirs and assigns. It is held of the bishop of Ely
by knight service, annual value 10 marks.
He died on 4 July last without heirs of his body. Joyce wife of
Hugh
Burnell, knight
, is his kinswoman and heir, being daughter of
John
Botourd
, son of Joyce, sister of Alan, the father of Hugh, and aged 30 years and more.
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54
Writ.
23 Oct. 1399. [Shelford].
LEICESTERSHIRE .
Inquisition .
Ashby de la Zouch .
17 Dec. [
Wychard].
Jurors:
John
Pymme
;
William
Heywode
;
Robert
Stone
;
William
Dalton
;
John
Luceson
;
Adam
Hunte
;
Ralph
Rogeresson
;
John
Cook
;
Thomas
Wadkynsson
;
Henry
Dalcroft
;
Roger
Raulynsson
; and
Richard
de
Barkeby
.
He held the manor of Ashby de la Zouch in his demesne as of fee to himself and the heirs of his body by the feoffment of
William
Forde, clerk
, and others [as in last]. Except for 7 1/2 virgates in Kilwardby, parcel of the manor, it is held of Lord Beaumont
, service unknown. The 7 1/2 virgates were held of
Richard
II
in chief of the crown as a quarter of a knight’s fee, annual value 57s.4 3/4d.
In the manor are 1 capital messuage, annual value nil; 120 a. arable in the common fields, annual value 24s., and no more because one third lies fallow each year; 12 a. meadow in the common fields, 20s.; a park with pasture, nil beyond the sustenance of the game; a dovecot nil because ruinous; a pond nil because unstocked; rents of the town of Ashby, £4 2s.1 3/4d. payable by equal parts at St. Thomas the Apostle, Easter and Midsummer; rents of free tenants and villeins, £11 7s.5 1/2d. payable at Martinmas,
Lady Day and Midsummer; 1 watermill and 1 windmill, 53s.4d.; a common oven 13s.4d.; tolls of the market every Saturday, with a fair of 5 days at Holy Rood Day, 26s.8d.; and pleas and perquisites of court 13s.4d.
Date of death and heir as above.
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55
Writ.‡
23 Oct. 1399. [Shelford].
SUSSEX.
Inquisition .
Midhurst.
5 Apr. 1400. [
Weston].
Jurors:
Thomas
Newtymber
;
John
Dorkyng
;
Thomas
Porter
;
John
Holte
;
Henry
Tylye
;
Thomas
Husey
;
William
Bedell
;
Thomas
Westlond
junior;
John
Smyth of Stedham
;
William
atte
Felde
;
William
Perkyn;
and John
Swayn.
He held the manors of River and Nutbourne with the advowson of the chapel of River jointly with Joan his wife, who survives him, to them and the heirs of his body, by the gift of
William
Forde, clerk
, and others [as above].
In River there is a capital messuage, annual value nil; 180 a. arable at 3d., 45s.; 10 a. meadow at 10d., 11s.8d. [ sic ]; 18 a. several pasture, 4s.; a watermill, 13s.4d.; a park, nil beyond the keeping of the game and wages of the parker; assize rents of free tenants, villeins and cottars, £10 1 3/4d. payable at the four terms; and pleas and perquisites of courts, 6s.8d. It is held of
Henry
Percy, earl of Northumberland
, of the manor of Petworth, service unknown.
In Nutbourne
£12 6s.8d. in rents of free tenants and villeins at the four terms; 3 ruinous watermills, nil; and pleas and perquisites of court, 4s. It is held of the heirs of
Robert
de
Tateshale
, as the jurors understand.
He also held to himself and the heirs of his body, by the gift of the same
William
Forde, clerk
, and others, the advowson of West Chiltington; 100s.8d. rent from free tenants and villeins there at the four terms, of the king in chief by the service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and pleas and perquisites of court there, annual value 12d. The rent of 100s.8d., except for wards, marriages, reliefs and escheats, he granted long before his death to
Thomas
Monerpilers
for life for the rent of a rose, with reversion to himself and his heirs.
The following knight’s fees are held of the manor of River: Stopham, Linch, Barecourt and Yapton, 2 1/2 fees by the heirs of
John
Darundell, knight
; West Marden, 1/2 fee by
Thomas
de
Arundell
; Lurgashall and Coates, 1 fee by
Alice
Seynt Johan
; Rumboldswyke, 1 fee by
John
Loghteburgh
.
Date of death and heir as above.
[ Cf. CCR 1399–1402 , p.144].
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