51
Writ.
‡
16 March 1406
[Waker].
KENT.
Inquisition.
Sittingbourne.
24 April. [
Roo].
Jurors:
Richard
Smyth
;
Stephen
Chilton
;
Thomas
Kemesle
;
Simon
Jon
;
Thomas
Geldwyn
;
William
Philpot
;
William
Smyth
;
William
atte
Pette
;
Philip
Mayhew
;
Roger
Querstedell
;
John
Bright
; and
Richard
Querstedell
.
John
Hadle
and Thomasia his wife held the manor of Milton by Gravesend in their demesne as of fee and granted it by charter to
Reynold
Cobham
of
Randall, knight
, by the name of
Reynold
Cobham, esquire
, and Elizabeth his wife. They had bought it jointly with
Arnold
Savage, knight
, and
John
Seint Germayn
, citizen and grocer of London
, from
William
Daubeney
,
William
Goldyngton
and
Peter
Taddelowe
, being formerly of
Simon
Beverle, knight
, in exchange for all those lands and tenements which Reynold and Elizabeth held in Stepney, Hackney, Stratford and Langthorns and elsewhere in Middlesex and Essex which were formerly held by
Thomas
Morice
, grandfather of Reynold. So he died seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Milton jointly with Elizabeth, who is still living.
Milton. It is held of the king
in chief as a member of the barony of Monchensy by the service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; annual value 100s.
He died on 12 Oct. last . Thomas his son and heir is aged 9 years and more.
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