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JOHN DARCY, KNIGHT
973 Writ. ‡ 12 Dec. 1411 [Gaunstede].
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne castle. 2 June 1412 [Herbotell].
Jurors: John Maners ; John Fox ; Robert Hopyn ; Richard Crawcestre ; John Corbet ; Nicholas Turpyn ; John Strothere ; Simon Weltdene ; Richard Anesley ; John Rede ; William Buticome ; and William Sabraham .
He held in his demesne as of fee to himself and the heirs of his body of the king in chief by knight service 2 parts of a great waste called the forest of Cheviot with the reversion of the third part held by Elizabeth, his father’s widow, annual value nil because wasted by the Scots, and the advowson of the hospital of St. Mary Magdalen of Wooler. They were granted to John Darcy his grandfather and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies by Thomas de Swynford and John Charteray . After the deaths of John and Elizabeth they descended to Philip their son, and so to John his son. If John and Elizabeth should die without heirs the forest and advowson should remain to the king and his heirs. He held no more because, by an indenture dated at Temple Hirst on 4 Oct. 1411 and shown to the jurors, as John Lord Darcy and Meinill he granted to Thomas Darcy of Seamer, Simon Hoton , Thomas Crathorn , John Tomson and John Ripon of Eston in Cleveland all his lands, tenements, rents and services in Hadston, Belford, Easington, Lowick and Wooler for 4 years from the preceding Michaelmas, they rendering 20 marks yearly to him John Darcy. They held; by a charter dated at Hirst on 11 Oct. 1411 John Darcy released the premises to them and to John Tomson of Tanton and Thomas Crathorn of Crathorne and their heirs and assigns with the intention that they should enfeoff Philip son of John and Eleanor, Philip’s wife, daughter of Henry Lord Fitzhugh , and the heirs of their bodies.
He died on 9 Dec. last . Philip his son and heir is aged 14 years and more.
All the premises, which are held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 20 marks, were taken into the king’s hands because Thomas Darcy and the others were enfeoffed without licence.
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974 Writ. ‡ 28 Feb. 1412 [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the mayor and escheator
CALAIS. Inquisition. . 3 July [Orwell].
Jurors: William Kyllom ; John Sprot ; Nicholas Cross ; Robert Myce ; ?Nicholas Scot; John Piers ; Laurence Sutton ; William Noke ; Reynold Felow ; John Mauley ; Thomas Mirifeld ; and John Watford .
He held 2 tenements in the street leading from the market place to the castle of the king in chief by the service of providing 2 watchmen for the safeguarding of the castle, annual value beyond that 6 marks.
Date of death and heir, aged 13 years and more, as above.
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975 Writ. ‡ 12 Dec. 1411 [Gaunstede].
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. East Retford. 16 July 1412 [Ulkerthorp].
Jurors: Thomas Prat of Sturton le Steeple ; John del Wode of the same; Robert de Thoresby of the same; Philip Most of Dunham ; Richard Walley of Kirkby in Ashfield ; John Samon of the same; Robert Willesson of Stanley ; Robert Adkynson of the same; Roger Bryd of Skegby ; Robert Smyth of Walkeringham ; John Mawe of Clayworth ; and Robert Laundes of Everton .
He held the manor of Kirkby in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £10, and similarly, service unknown, 1 messuage in East Retford, annual value 40d. Elizabeth widow of Philip Darcy, knight , holds the advowson of Kirkby in dower of the inheritance of John, of the king in chief by knight service, annual value nil. Jointly with Margaret his wife, by the grant of Philip Lord Darcy and Meinill to them and the heirs male of their bodies, he held the manor of Sturton le Steeple of Joan Lady Beauchamp by knight service, annual value £8.
Date of death and heir as above [no.973].
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976 Writ. ‡ 12 Dec. 1411 [Gaunstede].
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Torksey. 1 Aug. 1412 [Westeby].
Jurors: Richard Maundevyle of Willingham ; Robert Goite of Marton ; John Walpole of Gate Burton ; Robert Grenake of Torksey ; John Saxilby of the same; William Graunt of Stowe in Lindsey , junior; John Grayve of Torksey ; Thomas Coupeland of Marton ; Thomas Pye of Gate Burton ; Nicholas Wodman of Torksey ; William Botyler of the same; and Richard Webster of the same.
He held in his demesne in fee tail of the king in chief to himself and his heirs male half the manor of Torksey and half the advowson except 4 marks 8s.6d. rent from that half for rents called ‘Twopound’, ‘Toftmole’ and ‘Landmole’, with the advowson of the priory of Torksey, with the reversion of the other half and of the rent which Elizabeth widow of Philip holds in dower. It is held as a quarter of a quarter of knight’s fee, annual value of his part 4 marks. He also held in his demesne as of fee a wood called ‘Hornbywode’ in Gainsborough of the prior of Thornholm , service unknown, annual value nil beyond the fee of the forester, and 1 messuage, 7 bovates and a and quarter of the passage of the river Trent in Gate Burton of John Phelyp of his manor of Lea , service unknown, annual value 10s. He held the reversion of the manor of Southorpe which Agnes widow of John Tourney holds for life by the grant of Philip his father. It is held of the king of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, annual value 40s.
Date of death and heir as above [no.973].
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977 Writ. ‡ 22 Jan. 1412 [Gaunstede].
MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster. 6 July. [Pympe].
Jurors: John Lyon ; Richard Coupere ; William Neel ; John Fynyngle ; Walter Bryd ; John Wyght ; Walter Mavesyn ; Adam Cok ; Robert Colwell ; Thomas Scherman ; John Glovere ; and William Routhe .
He held an annuity of £40 payable at the Exchequer by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas as son and heir of Philip brother and heir of John, son and heir of John Darcy the son, to whom Edward III granted it [CPR 1340–43, p.283].
Date of death and heir as above [no.974].
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978 Writ. ‡ 12 Dec. 1411 [Gaunstede].
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Yarm. 20 June 1412 [Gargrave].
Jurors: Thomas Surtas chivaler; Thomas de Routh chivaler; John Worsall of Eston ; John de Schippelay of Thimbleby ; Thomas Blawfront ; Robert Passelawe ; William Barkesworth ; John de Gyrlyngton ; John Maunsell of Notton ; John Dynys of Whorlton ; William Pawle of Yarm ; and Thomas de Laysynby .
He held in his demesne in fee tail the manors of Temple Hirst and Temple Newsam, except the vills of Newsam, Halton, Colton, Skelton and Osmondthorpe, parcels of the manor of Temple Newsam, which Elizabeth his father’s widow holds in dower. The two manors were granted to John Darcy, knight , his grandfather, and the heirs male of his body by Edward III with reversion to the king and his heirs. They are held of the king by knight service; annual values, Temple Hirst £6 and Temple Newsam except the vills £10. [Cf. CIPM XIV, no.339, pp.333, 337]. He also held in his demesne in fee tail by the grant of Thomas de Swynford, knight , and John Chartera to John his grandfather and his wife Elizabeth, and the heirs of their bodies with remainder to the king and his heirs, the manors of Yarm, Aislaby in Whitby Strand and Aldwark, and the under-mentioned knights' fee and advowsons. Yarm is held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £8; Aislaby of the heirs of Lucy Thwenge , service unknown, annual value 40d. because Philip Lord Darcy by charter dated 5 April 1399 granted a rent of £10 from the manor to Thomas his son, who still survives; Aldwark of the archbishop of Canterbury , service unknown, annual value £12. 10 1/4 knight’s fees in Yarm, Kildale, Normanby, Lazenby, Nunthorpe, Ayresome, Ormesby, Upsall, Crathorne, Acklam, Linthorpe, Thornton, Marton, Tollesby, Roxby, Tanton, Linton upon Ouse, Aislaby, Picton, Seaton, Skelton, Tocketts, Great Broughton, Moorsholme, Marske, Stainsby, Hemlington, Coulby, Pinchinthorpe, Boulby, Kirklevington, Lackenby, Barnaby, Ingleby Barwick and Kilnwick, and half the advowson of the priory of Gisburn are held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 5s. He also held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Notton with a park and wood called Bushcliff, of the king of the honour of Pontefract , service unknown, annual value £8 because by a deed dated at Temple Hirst on 10 Dec. 1410 he granted Simon de Hoton a rent of 100s. from it; 1 messuage and 4 a. arable in Newby, of the archbishop of Canterbury , service unknown, annual value 2s.; 3 bovates in Hutton Rudby of the same, annual value 12s.; a close called ‘le Newhause’ and 2 1/2 a. meadow in Temple Hirst formerly of John Birkyn , of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 8s.; lands in Upsall and Ormesby granted to him by John de Lofthouse by his deed dated at Gisburn on 15 April 1408 to him and his heirs and assigns on certain conditions for a rent of 46s.8d., held of Robert Conyers, knight , service unknown; and 8s. rent from a messuage and land in Temple Hirst which John Sotheron and Maud his wife hold for the term of their lives by his grant, of the king in chief by knight service. By a charter dated at Knaith on 14 Jan. 1395 Philip, his father, granted to Robert de Wicliff, clerk , who survives, and John de Lincoln, clerk , John Markham , John Woderofe and Hugh Mitford , now deceased, his manors of Whorlton, Seamer, Greenhow, Eston, Hutton Rudby, Middleton and Boynton, to the use of himself for life, and to Elizabeth his wife for her dower after his death.
Date of death and heir as above [no.973].
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[Commission not extant](?) Commission to William lord Roos, Richard Norton, Walter Askham, William Lesyngby, Nicholas Gower, and John Burton, to inquire into wards, marriages, reliefs and escheats concealed in Northumberland and Yorkshire. 15 July 1412. [CPR 1408-13, p. 431]
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Guisborough. 22 August 1412. Before William, lord Roos, William Lesyngby, Nicholas Gower, and John Burton, clerk, by letters patent to them and Richard Norton and Walter Askham.
Jurors: Thomas Darcy; Thomas Cloket; John de Chilton; Thomas Lounesdale; John ?Fery; Edmund ?Moubray of ?Stokes..ay; William Clyff of Clyff; John de Goweton; John de Tranholme; William Tranholme; John Mason; and John Nicholson.
He held the following in demesne as of fee: Temple Hirst, Temple Newsam, Kelyngton, Osgotby, Caldcotes, Kelyngbek, Newton and Allerton, Balne, and Yarm, the manors, and 10 ... knights’ fees in Yarm, Kildale, Normanby, Lazenby, Nunthorpe, Ayresome, Thormanby, Ormesby, Upsall, Crathorne, Acklam, Linthorpe, Thornton, Marton, Tollesby, Roxby, Tanton, Liverton, Aislaby, Picton, Seaton, Skelton, [Tocketts], [Great Broughton], Moorsholme, Marske, Stainsby, Hemlington, Coulby, Pinchinthorpe, Boulby, Kirklevington, Lackenby, Barnaby, Ingleby Barwick, and Kilnwick, and the advowson of ½ priory of Guisborough, all held of the king in chief by knight service. The jurors do not at present know ... or if they are to answer the king. Notton, the manor, of the king, of the duchy of Lancaster, of the honour of Pontefract, service and value unknown. Aislaby, the manor, of the heirs of Lucia de Thwyng, service and value unknown. Seamer, Newby, Eston, ..., Hutton Rudby, Tunstall, Middleton, Hilton, Gowton, and Aldewerk, the manors, of the archbishop of Canterbury in right of his church of Christ Church, by knight service, value unknown. Jointly feoffed with Margaret his wife, who survives, the daughter of Henry Gray, lord of ?Wilton, he held the following, by grant of Philip, lord Darcy and lord Menyll, chivaler, to John and Margaret and the heirs male begotten between them: Silkstone, the manor, of Robert Nevyll of Hornby, chivaler, service and value unknown. Elizabeth, who was the wife of Philip Darcy, chivaler, father of John, held the following in dower from the inheritance of John on the day of her death, viz. 11 August last, with reversion to Philip, son and heir of John, and his heirs by hereditary descent after the death of John. John died seised of the same reversion as of fee. Newsham, Halton, Colton, Skelton, and Osmondthorpe, the vills and hamlets, held of the king in chief by knight service, value and who is to answer the king for them, not known. She also held the following in dower from the inheritance of John: Wherlton, the castle, and Westlathes, Swaynby, ?Houthwayt, ?Pothowe, Tranholme, Rungton, Carleton, Magna Broghton, Orrow, Erghawe, Skudale, Heslerton, and Yhedyngham, the manors, held of the archbishop of Canterbury in right of his church by knight service, value unknown. She held the following in dower by assignment of John after the death of Philip, reversion to Margaret, late wife of John, who survives, for term of her life, then to Philip, son and heir of John, and the heirs male of his body, remainder to the right heirs of Philip father of John, by virtue of a grant by Philip father of John, to John while he lived and Margaret and the heir male begotten between them, reversion to Philip the father and his heirs. Boynton, the manor, held of the above archbishop in right of his church, value unknown.
He died on 9 December last. Philip the son of John is the next heir of John and Elizabeth and is a minor aged 14 and more in royal custody.
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