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ROBERT HEMENALE, KNIGHT
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SUFFOLK. Inquisition [indented]. Henhowe. 1 May 1405. [le Straunge]. [Authority not stated, probably ex officio.]
Jurors: John Norwich ; John Bray ; Robert Ser[geau]nt ; John B...er ; John ?Bele ; John ... ; ... Galyon ; John Bole son of Henry Bole; Thomas Fullere ; John Chynnory ; John ... ; and Richard Dun .
He formerly held in his demesne as of fee the manors of Gipswich, Campines and Champains in Cotton, of Thornham Magna called Hemenhall, of Wickham Skeith, and one called Boles in Yaxley. In all of them he enfeoffed Robert Ashfelde , John Moriell, clerk , and others, and notwithstanding took all the issues and profits. The enfeoffment was made on condition that they enfeoffed William his son and heir when he reached full age, as clearly appears in Robert’s will; so by fraud and collusion excluding and barring the king from the wardship and marriage of his heir. Champains in Cotton is held of John Knevet by knight service, annual value 20 marks; of whom the others are held and by what service is unknown; annual values, Gipswich in Cotton £10, Campines in Cotton 10 marks, Boles in Yaxley £10, Thornham Magna called Hemenhall otherwise ‘Gernowes’ 25 marks and Wickham Skeith £10.
He died on 15 Sept. 1391. William his son and heir was then aged 4 years and more. He died on 18 Dec. 1402. Ralph Hemenale is next heir, aged 40 years and more.
Robert Ashfelde , John Moriell, clerk , Hugh Lancastre, clerk , John Berton, clerk , and Simon Blyaunt took the profits from the death of Robert until the death of William to the use of William. Since then Hugh Lancastre, John Berton and Simon Blyaunt have received the profits, title unknown.
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155 [Writ not required.]
SUFFOLK. Inquisition ex officio [indented]. Stanton. 17 Dec. 1405. [Lestraunge].
Jurors: Thomas ?Balhod ; Adam atte Belle ; Adam de Geyton ; Geoffrey Barkere ; Edmund Kechote ; Thomas atte ?Hawe ; John North junior; John North senior; John Cook of Badwell Ash ; William Julyan ; John Prentys ; and Peter Sponere .
He formerly held in his demesne as of fee the manors called Gipswich, Campines and Champains in Cotton, the manor of Wickham Skeith in Wickham, and the manor of Boles in Yaxley called Hemenhall. In 1389 by his charter he enfeoffed George Felbrigg , Robert Asshefeld and John Meryel, clerk , in all these manors, and by his deed enrolled in chancery [CCR 1389–92, p.90] released all his rights therein to them. Nevertheless he took all the issues and profits all his life. The charter and release excluded the king from the wardship of his heir by fraud and collusion. Champains in Cotton is held of John Knevet by knight service, annual value 20 marks. Of whom and by what service the others are held is unknown; annual values, Gipswich in Cotton 20 marks, Campines in Cotton 20 marks, Boles in Yaxley £10 and Wickham Skeith £10. He also held in his demesne as of fee 2 messuages, 1 mill, 200 a. arable, 5 a. meadow, 15 a. pasture, 10 a. wood and 35s. rent called ‘Gernouns’ in Thornham Magna, Stoke, Gislingham, Wyverstone, Braiseworth and Yaxley, of whom and by what service is unknown, annual value 25 marks; and 1 messuage, 40 a. arable and 40s. rent in Old Newton and Dagworth of the king in chief by the service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee, annual value 5 marks.
Date of death, heirs and tenure since his death as above.
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156 Commission of inquiry. 6 Nov. 1406 [CPR 1405–8, p.304]. [Alderford]. Addressed to Ralph Shelton , John Ingoldesthorp , Hamo Lestraunge , Edmund Oldhalle , Henry Notyngham , William Walton and John Irmynglond . Regarding his holdings in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
SUFFOLK. Inquisition before Edmund Oldhalle and … commissioners. Brandon. 23 Nov.
Jurors: John Aas ; John Haras ; John Sped ; John West ; Adam Smyth ; Robert Martyn ; William Neve ; John Horn ; John Thorndon ; Nicholas .uff... ; ... ...; and William Maydewell .
He held in his demesne as of fee the manors called Champains, annual value £20, Campines, annual value 10 marks, and Gipswich, annual value 20 marks, all in Cotton; Thornham Magna manor, annual value 40 marks; Skeith manor in Wickham, annual value £20; and the manor called Boles in Yaxley, annual value 20 marks. Champains is held of John Knyvet by knight service. Of whom and by what service the others are held is unknown. Date of death as above. William his son and heir, an idiot from birth, was aged 4 years and more at his father’s death. He died on 18 Dec. 1402 . Ralph Hemenale of Ringsfield is next heir, aged 38 years and more. Hugh Lancastre and John Berton , clerks, and Simon Blyaunt have held the manors and taken the issues meanwhile, title unknown. Katherine Hemenale , the mother of Robert, held the manor of Stonham Aspal in her demesne as of fee and granted it in pure widowhood to Robert Asshefeld , Hugh de Lancastre, clerk , and Simon Blyaunt , on condition that they should enfeoff Robert Hemenale when he reached the age of 26 years, but if he died before that they should enfeoff William son of Robert when he reached 20 years, and if he failed to do so then they should enfeoff the right heirs of Katherine. She died on 14 Jan. 1390 . Joan her daughter and next heir is the wife of Edmund de Thorp, knight , aged 40 years and more. Of whom and by what service Stonham Aspal is held is unknown, annual value £40. Hugh Lancastre and John Berton , clerks, and Simon Blyaunt have held the manor since the death of Katherine by virtue of the conditional grant.
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157 [Commission: see 156 .]
NORFOLK. Inquisition, before John Ingoldsthorp , Hamo Lestraunge , Henry Notyngham , William Walton and John Irmynglond , commissioners. Snettisham. 20 Nov. 1406.
Jurors: Edmund Godefrey ; John Legges ; Thomas Norton ; John Richond ; Richard Berton ; Roland Smyth ; Roger Bay ; William Merton ; John Knout ; Geoffrey Breuster ; Nicholas Batele ; and John de Dokkyng .
Ralph Hemenale , father of Robert, held in his demesne as of fee of Edward III in chief 3d. rent from a messuage, 2 capons from a plot of land at ‘Crakkesmylle’ and 1d. rent from 1 a., all in Burnham Ulph and all formerly held by Robert Kevell . After the death of his father Robert was in the wardship of Edward III because these rents were held in chief. He held them all his life in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief.
Date of death as above. William his son and heir, an idiot, was aged 4 years and more at his father’s death. He died on 18 Dec. 1402. Ralph Hemenale is the next heir and aged 30 years and more.
John Curson and John Bradley have taken the profits since his death, title unknown.
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157A Writ, certiorari super causa capcionis. 13 June 1407. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to treasurer and barons of Exchequer, regarding the manor of Burnham in Norfolk, late of Ralph de Hempnale, knight, taken into the hand of Edward III by Thomas de Caus of Hocham, escheator. [Dorse:] enrolled Trinity term 1407, rot. 2. Certification in attached schedule.
NORFOLK. Certificate [Thresk].
It is found in the rolls of account of Thomas Caus of Hocham, escheator, from 11 Nov. 1371 to 10 Dec. 1372, that he took the manor of Burnham into the king’s hand, late of Ralph de Hempnale, knight, by a writ of 16 Dec. 1371 from the Chancery of which there is a transcript delivered on the account, in which it is stated that Ralph held the manor of the king of the honour of Dover and alienated it to certain persons in fee without royal licence, and the manor is extended particulariter at £13 17d as is stated in an inquisition before the escheator similarly delivered on his account.
The inquisition referred to was not extant when OBS 1/299 (a nineteenth-century calendar of escheators' records) was compiled. It is not in CIMisc, though CIMisc III.756 concerns the same unlicensed alienation.
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