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JOHN EARL OF SOMERSET
762 Writ ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
writ, precipimus, ordering return of the inquisition. ‡ 22 Nov. 1410 [Gaunstede].
LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Lutterworth. 10 June. [Oudeby].
Jurors: Thomas Fillyng ; John Norreys ; William Fylling ; William Gyles ; John Rose ; John Wauer ; John Curson ; Thomas ..k ; William Frebody ; Richard Freman ; John Ase ; and Richard Ingrith .
He held the manor of Enderby of the king in chief of the duchy of Lancaster and the honour of Leicester by knight service, annual value 20 marks.
He died on 16 March last . Henry Beauford , his son and next heir, was aged 9 years on 25 Nov. 1409 .
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763 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Shrewsbury. 11 Sept. [Holbache].
Jurors: William Betton of Berwick ; Richard Brome ; William Burleton ; Reynold Wolascote ; John Stokewall ; Roger Hugynesson ; Thomas Somenour ; William Bailly ; Thomas Shelnake ; Reynold Ive of ?’Keton’ ; David Gronowe ; and Richard Shelnake .
He held in his demesne as of fee the manors and lordships of ‘Glyndourdy’ in Edeirnion, and ‘Sawarth’ in ‘Kentilleth’ in North Wales, of Henry prince of Wales of the principality of North Wales , annual value nil because of the invasion of the rebels and the destruction of war.
Date of death and heir as above.
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764 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Wolverhampton. 4 Sept. [Lee].
Jurors: John Gunston ; Adam Werlascroft ; John P... ; John del Merssh ; Richard Gybons [or Gyvons]; Robert Unwyn ; John Barndeley ; William Bone ; Thomas Pyrye ; John Colyns ; Adam Wybaston ; and John Underhull .
Jointly with Margaret his wife who survives him he held a rent of £4 by the grant of Richard II to him as marquess of Dorset , confirmed by the present king [CPR 1399–1401 , p.404] to them and the heirs of their bodies. It is rendered by the earl of Warwick from the manor of Walsall and paid by the sheriff. The grant and confirmation were shown to the jurors.
Date of death and heir as above.
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765 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition. Orwell. 14 July. [Scotte].
Jurors: John Pynke ; Geoffrey Clopton ; William Gibbe ; Walter Kyng ; John Stenkyn [or Steukyn]; Henry Gibbe ; William Fithion ; William Sweyn ; John Broun ‘littester’ ; Henry Adam ; William Gerrard ; and Walter Borell .
He held the manor of Orwell in his demesne as of fee of the honour of Gloucester by knight service, except for 1 hide held of Henry Bekesworth in socage, annual value 66s. and no more because the following have annuities from the manor granted by the earl by letters patent: William Bowes, knight , £20, Reynold Curteys, esquire , 10 marks, Thomas Hardy 10 marks and John Hill 5 marks.
Date of death and heir as above.
[Dorse:] Before the king in his chancery.
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766 [Writ: see 767.]
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. West Deeping. 27 May 1410. [Dryby].
Jurors: John Warener ; William Gelous ; John Gutlak ; John Gelous ; Nicholas Gutlak ; John Wade ; Andrew Frende ; William Barefote ; John Ofton’ [or Oston]; Thomas Crunker ; John Wodeman ; and John Launder .
He held 1 messuage in Spalding in his demesne as of fee of the prior of Spalding , service unknown, annual value 2s. In right of the inheritance of Margaret his wife he held of the king in chief, service unknown, the manor of Market Deeping except for certain lands and tenements in Barholm and Stowe, a pasture called Cranmore, 3 watermills in Market Deeping and West Deeping, 48 a. and 2 1/2 roods of demesne lands in the parish of Deeping St. James, 81 a. and 1 1/2 roods of demesne lands in the parish of East Deeping, 20 a. demesne meadow in ‘Northmede’ there, 14 a. meadow in ‘Flodegatewong’ and 3 1/2 a. west of Lolham bridge, parcel of the manor, assigned to Lucy widow of Edmund earl of Kent in dower, with reversion to Edmund earl of March , Joan duchess of York , Margaret, Eleanor wife of Thomas earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth wife of John de Nevill, knight , as heirs of Edmund earl of Kent . Market Deeping: annual value of the manor beyond annuities 100 marks, the exceptions excepted.
Date of death and heir as above.
Probably duplicate of 767, despite different date.
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767 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. West Deeping. 16 June. [Dryby].
Jurors: John Warenere ; William Gelous ; John Gutlake ; John Gelous ; Nicholas Gutlake ; John Wade ; Andrew Frende ; William Barefote ; John Ofton’ ; Thomas Crunker ; John Wodeman ; and John Launder .
Findings as last.
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768 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster. 28 June. [Nottebeme].
Jurors: John Felynglay; John Wyggmore; John Lyon; John Mayhew; John Treluscan; Patrick Logh; John Cok; Richard Pyriford; Thomas Geues; John Chastu; Walter Bridd; and John Skynner.
On 12 Nov. 1404 with the assent of the parliament at Coventry the king granted him £1,000 yearly at the Exchequer to hold to himself and his heirs until he was granted lands of that value, despite any earlier grants of Richard II , John late duke of Lancaster or the present king. So he held until on 25 Oct. last by other letters patent the king granted him £500 from the petty custom in the port of London as part of this annuity [CPR 1401–5, p.477; 1408–13, p.142].
Date of death and heir as above.
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769 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank]. Addressed to Richard Merlawe, mayor and escheator.
LONDON. Inquisition. 12 June. [Merlowe].
Jurors: John Brystowe ; John Cook ; John Dauy ; Robert Chesterford ; Walter Mason ; John Mounde ; John Storme ; John Rous ; William Warde ; Nicholas Dyere ; John Brytte ; and Nicholas Wardale .
He held a mansion or place called ‘la Toure’ in the parish of All Hallows the Less of the king in free burgage. John earl of Huntingdon formerly held it by the grant of Alice de Wyndesore and forfeited it, whereupon the king granted it to him to hold for life. He also held by the two grants, as in the last, £500 from the petty custom in the port of London.
Date of death and heir as above.
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770 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 20 June. [Adam].
Jurors: John Elyot; Antony Kelum; Robert Ioye; John Hughson; William Crosse; John Lowke; John Robyn; William Staunton; John Herberd; Richard Russell; Thomas Odam; and Roger Bright.
He held in his demesne as of fee: Overstone, the manor, of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value 100s. and no more because Thomas Thorley and Isabel his wife have an annuity of 20 marks for life by letters patent of the earl, shown to the jurors. Little Brampton, half the manor, of the king of the honour of Leicester , service unknown, annual value 10 marks and no more because Robert de Frampton has an annuity of 20 marks for life by letters patent of the earl, shown to the jurors. Eydon, the manor, of the king of the same honour, service unknown, annual value £10. Maxey, the manor, half called ‘Delamaresfee’ of the abbot of Peterborough , service unknown, annual value £24, and the other half called ‘Arderesfee’ of the heir of the earl of Kent of his manor of Torpel , service unknown, annual value £16. In right of Margaret his wife, still living, he held the manor of Long Buckby of the king of the duchy of Lancaster , by the king’s grant to her for life, service unknown, annual value £60. He also held by right of the inheritance of Margaret the manor of Torpel of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £20.
Date of death and heir as above.
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771 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank].
DEVON. Inquisition. Sampford Peverell. 10 June. [Ralegh].
Jurors: Richard Mountesteuen ; Nicholas Okerford ; John Wheler ; John Puddyngton ; William Cutte ; Richard Franssh ; Robert Trussell ; William Chafe ; John Wresill ; Roger Hake ; Martin atte Forde ; and John Godewyn .
Jointly with Margaret his wife he held the manors of Sampford Peverell and Aller Peverell with all rents, services, profits and commodities in Sampford Peverell, Aller Peverell, Boehill, Leonard Moor , ‘Pratteslond’, Swandhams, Colyford, ‘Pechecroft’, Halsewood, the hundred of Halberton, ‘Prestonlond’, Shutelake, Bulealler, ‘Yee’, Shuffhayes, ‘Howyngham’ and Westcott, which were held by William de Asthorp, knight , by the grant of Henry bishop of Winchester and formerly of Lincoln, Edmund bishop of Exeter , Henry archbishop of York and formerly bishop of Bath, Thomas bishop of Durham and Henry Merston, clerk , to them for the term of their lives, with successive remainders to John his son, Thomas brother of John, Edmund their brother, the heirs of the body of each in turn and the heirs of the earl, by licence of the king [CPR 1401–5, pp.17, 95]. they are held of the king in chief, except for the hundred of Halberton of Lord Despenser, and all by knight service. The annual value, beyond a yearly rent of 40s. granted by William Asthorp, knight , to John Wresill for life from the manor of Aller and confirmed by the earl by letters patent, is 50 marks.
Date of death and heir as above.
In the Exchequer copy the date has been corrected from 4 Sept. 1410 (Thursday after Augustine, 11 Hen IV).
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772 Writ. ‡ 10 April 1410 [Frank]. Addressed to the escheator of Somerset and Dorset.
SOMERSET. Inquisition. Ilchester. 12 June. [Coker].
Jurors: John Gerrard of ‘Kyngton’; Gilbert Newburgh; Robert Geffray; John Brice; Richard Mauncell; Thomas Cooke; John Mascall; Richard ?Drewe; John ...ard; .... ...; Philip Halperton; and John Wascham.
He held to himself and the heirs of his body 2 parts of the following, with the reversion of the third part held in dower by Elizabeth widow of William earl of Salisbury , by the grant of Robert de Whitteby, clerk , and Thomas Skelton , with remainder to Thomas Beauford and the heirs of his body: Curry Rivel, the manor, of the king in chief by knight service, annual value beyond the cost of repairs £21 8s. Martock, the manor, of the king in chief by knight service, annual value beyond annuities £38 16s. Langport Eastover, the borough, annual value 10s., and Langport Westover, the borough, annual value 40s., of the king in socage. Abdick, the hundred, annual value 5 marks, and Bulstone, the hundred, annual value 40s., of the king in chief by knight service. He also held to himself and his heirs male a rent of £20 from the county payable by the sheriff, by letters patent of Richard II shown to the jurors [CChR 1341–1417 , p.368; CCR 1396–9 , pp.322–3]. He had granted a rent of 20 marks to Richard Boyton, esquire , from the manor of Martock by deed dated at London on 31 March 1409 , a rent of 66s.8d. to Thomas Waryn from the same manor, a tenement in Hinton in the manor of Martock, formerly of John Lovegay , to Henry Messager and Alice his wife for their lives, a rent of 100s. to Richard Bigg, chaplain , from the same manor to celebrate daily in the chapel of St. Mary there for the soul of himself and for those of his ancestors, a rent of 10 marks to John Burton from the manor of Curry Rivel, and one of 5 marks to John Strode from the same manor, all for the term of their lives, the deeds being shown to the jurors.
Date of death and heir as above.
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773 [Writ: see 772 .]
DORSET. Inquisition. Dorchester. 1 July 1410. [Coker].
Jurors: Robert Rampston ; Robert Cranford ; Walter ?Derneford ; John Estoke senior; William Chaldecote ; Brian Gerard ; William Talbot ; John Talbot ; William Clauyle of Arfleet ; William ?Knapp ; John Dolfyn of Stoborough ; and William Russell .
He held the castle and lordship of Corfe Castle of the king in chief by knight service by the king’s grant of 8 Jan. 1410 to him and his heirs male. He appointed William Tybenham to be his lieutenant there for life, taking £10 yearly [CPR 1408–13, pp.189, 198], annual value beyond that 20 marks.
Date of death and heir as above.
[Dorse:] Before the king in his chancery.
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