ROBERT
WALTON
595
Writ to the chancellor of the county
palatine of Lancaster
ordering an inquisition by
James
de
Radclyf, late escheator
, to be sent to the chancery.
†
6 Jan. 1402. [Spryngthorp].
LANCASHIRE.
Inquisition.
Wigan.
12 July 1400. [
Radclif].
Jurors:
Henry
del
Par
;
William
de
Bretargh
senior
;
William
de
Hirdilton
;
James
le
?Cropper
;
William
de
Laghok
;
Matthew
de
Pole
; John son of
Ralph
of
Bickerstaffe
;
Gilbert
de
Bekerstath of Aughton
; John son of
Adam
of
Bickerstaffe
;
Thurstan
del
Brokes
;
Henry
de
Pemberton
; and
Adam
de
Barker of Ormskirk
.
He held of the king
in chief as of the crown:
West Derby, 3 bovates, as a twentieth part of a knight’s fee by a rent of 6s.8d., and they were held of him by
John
de
Thengwall
in his demesne as of fee by knight service and a rent of 6s.8d.
Walton, 4 bovates now part of the manor of Walton, by the serjeanty of administering the king’s bailiwick in the wapentake of Derbyshire, annual value 20s.; and the manor, in his demesne as of fee by knight service, except the 4 bovates, annual value 20 marks.
Much Woolton, 20 a., in his demesne as of fee of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in Smithfield in socage, annual value 6s.8d. beyond the deduction of 10s.
He also held a place in Derby called Newsham of the king in chief of the duchy of Lancaster, annual value 4s.
He died on 15 March 1400. John his son and heir is aged 20 years and more.
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596 Writ to
the chancellor of the county
palatine of Lancaster
,
6 Feb. 1401 [
Kirkeby].
[
CFR
XII, p.120].
[Dorse:] Matthew de Kenyan, escheator, was ordered to execute the writ
LANCASHIRE.
Inquisition.
Upholland.
18 Jan. 1402. [
Kenyan].
Jurors:
William
de
Worthyngton
;
Thomas
del
More of Liverpool
;
John
de
Raynford
;
Robert
de
Derby
;
Laurence
de
Holcroft
;
Robert
del
Burgh
;
Nicholas
de
Rygby
;
Richard
de
Pemberton
;
Roger
de
Pemberton
;
John
de
Pemberton
;
Nicholas
le
Clerk of Liverpool
;
Richard
de
Hulme
; and
Hugh
de
Wynstanley
.
Long before his death he held the manor of Walton of the king in chief by knight service. It is also said to be held of
John
de
Lovell, knight
, in socage by a rent of 60s.
Robert
Walton
granted it to
John
de
Walton, chaplain
, and
Richard
de
Halsale
, their heirs and assigns. They granted it to
Henry
le
Norreys
of Speke and
Robert
Molyneux
of Melling, their heirs and assigns. Henry by his charter released it to
Robert
Molyneux
who then held it alone. He granted it to Helen daughter of
Robert
de
Walton
and the heirs of her body, with remainder to Margaret her sister and the heirs of her body, and failing them to remain as is fully set out in the charter. The annual value is 20 marks.
Robert did not hold it or any other lands in Lancashire when he died on 29 March 1400. Helen is next heir by virtue of the charter and aged 28 years.
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597 Writ to Gascoigne and Cokayn, enclosing the above inquisition [no. [595](#CIPM-DOC-18-595)] to assist their inquiry. Lancaster. 20 March 1403 .
Order to sheriff of Lancashire to have jurors at Lancaster for an enquiry before Gascoigne and Cokayn on Saturday next, 24 March.
20 March 1403 .
Jurors sworn for the king to enquire about the articles contained in the writ attached to this panel.
Ralph de Radclif, knight
Nicholas de Longford, knight
John de Assheton, knight—juror
John de Dalton, knight
—juror
Gilbert de Haydok, knight
Alan de Penyngton, knight
John de Radclif, knight
Thomas
Flemmyng, knight
Ralph de Langeton
John
de
Bothe—juror
John
de
Radclif
of Chadderton
Henry de
Eccleston—juror
Ralph
de
Clayton—juror
Robert
del
Holt—juror
Richard
de
Rixton
Ellis
de
Entwisell
John
de
Longton
of Hindley—juror
John Laurence of Poulton
—juror
John de
Croft
of Claughton
Hugh Warde—juror
William de
Hurleton—juror
Richard
Botiller
of Kirkland
John de
Oxclif
John
de
Thorneton
Roger de Etheleston, senior
Thomas de Hesketh
William de Heton
—juror
Ralph
de
Kerden—juror
Mainpernors:
John
Kent
,
Robert
Romayn
,
Henry
Pyke
,
Roger
?Roncorn
[Headed] ‘Der’.
LANCASHIRE.
Inquisition before Gascoigne and Cokayn
.
Lancaster
24 March.
Jurors:
John
de
Assheton
chivaler
;
John
de
Dalton
chivaler
;
John
del
Bothe
;
Henry
de
Eccleston
;
Ralph
de
Clayton
;
Robert
del
Holt
;
John
de
Langeton of Hindley
;
John
Laurence of Poulton
;
Hugh
Warde
;
William
de
Hurleton
;
William
de
Heton
; and
Ralph
de
Kerden
.
John
de
Thengwall
held in his demesne as of fee 3 bovates in Derby of
Robert
de
Walton
by knight service and 6s.8d. yearly, and Robert held them of the king in chief of the crown as a twentieth part of a knight’s fee and by 6s.8d. rent; annual value 6s.8d.
Robert
Walton
also held a place in Derby in this county called Newsham in his demesne as of fee of the king of the duchy of Lancaster in socage, service unknown, annual value 4s. He held no more, but long before he died he had held the manor of Walton in Derbyshire in this county and certain lands in Walton and Much Woolton. By his charter dated at Walton manor, 8 Jan. 1398 , he enfeoffed
John
de
Walton, chaplain
, and
Richard
de
Halsale
, their heirs and assigns on condition that they should regrant according to his will.
Afterwards he told them that his will was that after his death they should enfeoff Helen his daughter and the heirs of her body. If she should die without heirs the lands should pass to her sister Margaret and her heirs. Failing such heirs they should pass in turn to
Henry
de
Walton
,
Henry
le
Noreys
of Speke and Margaret the bastard daughter of Robert and their heirs.
John
de
Walton
and
Richard
de
Halsale
thus held these lands for the whole of Robert’s life, and afterwards supposing that they might become too poor and weak to maintain their status in various pledges which they had given, as might easily happen, enfeoffed
Henry
Noreys
of Speke,
John
de
Irland
and
Robert
Molyneux
of Melling, their heirs and assigns, on condition that they should fulfil the will of
Robert
de
Walton
.
They were accordingly seised, and afterwards Henry le Noreys released all his rights therein to
John
de
Irland
and
Robert
de
Molyneux
. They then enfeoffed Helen and her heirs, with successive remainders failing such heirs to Margaret her sister and her heirs,
Henry
le
Noreys
and his heirs, Margaret the bastard daughter of
Robert
de
Walton
and her heirs, and the right heirs of
Robert
de
Walton
.
The manor of Walton and the other holdings there are held of the king
in chief of the crown in socage and a rent of 60s., annual value 20 marks. The lands in Much Woolton are held of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England
in socage and a rent of 6s.8d., annual value 10s.
Robert
Walton
died on 15 March 1400 . John his son and heir was then aged 20.
He then, under age, claimed the manor and other lands. These were held by
John
de
Walton, chaplain
, and
Richard
de
Halsale
until they enfeoffed
Henry
le
Noreys
,
John
de
Irland
and
Robert
Molyneux
. From then Robert Molyneux and Helen the daughter of Robert took the profits until she married
Robert
de
Fasacreley
. Then they held until 12 July 1400 . Since then
Nicholas
de Atherton, knight
, has held and taken the profits, title unknown.
[Dorse: memorandum that on 20 January 1405 the tenor of these inquisitions and the fine ?for relief of the undernamed John de Walton were exemplified in due form.
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