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WILLIAM STOURTON

99 Writ ‡ 28 Sept. 1413. [Clerk].

HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Andover. 30 April 1414. [?Wodale.] [The date and the escheator's name have been altered. On the dorse of the writ the escheator is identified as William Warblyngon.]

Jurors: Nicholas Payn ; John ?Pystor ; Stephen Mafay ; William Payn ; John Durdent ; Thomas Foxcote ; John Kerdyf ; Thomas Basyng ; James Smyth ; Robert Lelye ; Peter Fugge ; and John Pouchemaker .

Jointly with John Frome , Richard Horne and Henry Macy deceased, and William Hurel, clerk , Robert Notyer and William, parson of Woodham , who are still living, he held 16 messuages, 2 carucates, 12 a. meadow and 8 a. wood in Ibsley and Gorley, by the grant of Thomas Strete to them and their heirs, described in his deed shown to the jurors as all his holdings in Ibsley, Gorley and Arnewood. They are held of Thomas Ponynges, knight , of his manor of Basing by fealty and a rent of 40d. payable at Michaelmas, annual value 10 marks. Jointly with William Wymond deceased and John Clyvedon and Thomas Bonham , who are still living, he held 13 messuages, 100 a. arable, 4 a. meadow and rents of 8s. and 1 lb. cumin in Hyde, Redbrook and Frogham in the parish of Fordingbridge by the grant of Maud widow of John Waryn , Thomas Belage , John Tannere, chaplain , and John Tannere, senior , to them and their heirs, described as all his holdings in these places and elsewhere in Fordingbridge hundred formerly held by John Chamberlayn , of John Halle of his manor of Nether Burgate by fealty and a rent of 6d. payable at Michaelmas, annual value 40s.

He died on 18 Sept. last. John his son and heir is aged 14 years and more.

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100 Writ ‡ 15 Nov. 1413. [Waker’]. Endorsed: certificate that the manor of Great Easton has been taken into the king's hand.

ESSEX. Inquisition. Dunmow. 5 June 1414. [Ingelfeld].

Jurors: Robert Lyndeselle ; William Dauy ; Thomas Marchall ; Thomas Waterman ; William Hynde ; Thomas Skynnere ; John Wolcy senior; John Gybbe junior; John Gybbe senior; John Turnour ; William Hierde ; John Wolcy junior; and Thomas Barbour .

John Moigne, knight , held the manor and advowson of Great Easton in his demesne as of fee and on 20 May 1398 granted them to Elizabeth his daughter then the wife of William Stourton and the heirs of her body, by royal licence [CPR 1396–9, p.356]. She was to render nothing for 4 1/2 years and then 40 marks yearly to John Moigne for life, by equal parts at the 4 usual terms, he having the right to distrain if it were in arrears. William and Elizabeth had issue John and Margaret. Elizabeth died, and William has since held by the courtesy of England of the king in chief in grand serjeanty, annual value nil beyond the 40 marks to John Moigne, who is still alive.

Date of death and heir as above.

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101 Writ ‡ 15 Nov. 1413. [Clerk Waker’]. Addressed to the escheator of Somerset and Dorset.

DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 30 Jan. 1414. [Warre].

Jurors: William Ponton ; John Dare ; Richard Fauntleroy ; John Leueden ; William Purye ; John Drapere ; Richard Goldwegge ; William Knaplok ; William Cole ; Walter Botelere ; Nicholas Sandon ; and William Keggel .

He held a 4th part of the manor of Buckhorn Weston in his demesne as of fee by the grant of Warin Lutyan, knight, and Katharine Spriggy, described as all their holdings in ‘Weston Maundeville’ otherwise called Buckhorn Weston, rendering 10 marks yearly to them during their lives, annual value nil beyond the rent, Katharine being still alive. He also held 2 other parts of the same manor with the advowson, annual value 10 marks. The 3 parts are held of Richard Courtenay, bishop of Norwich , of his manor of East Coker by a rent of 2s. or 1 unmewed sparrowhawk. Jointly with William Hankeford, knight , he held half the hundred of Coombs Ditch and the manor and advowson of Tarrant Rushton, of the earl of March of his manor of Cranborne, service unknown, annual value 12 marks; and jointly with the same 1 messuage, 3 carucates, 40 a. meadow, 200 a. pasture and 40s. rent in Broadway and half the manor of Broadway, of Robert Latymer of his manor of Dewlish by a rent of 1/2d. at Michaelmas, annual value 100s. He also held in his demesne as of fee 40d. assize rent from a messuage in Sherborne, formerly held by Philip Goldsmyth , of the abbot of Sherborne , service unknown; and 8s. rent in Motcombe from a tenement formerly held by John Ruddok , of Queen Joan of her manor of Gillingham in petty serjeanty.

Date of death and heir as above.

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102 [Writ: see 101.]

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Yeovil. 29 Jan. 1414. [Warre].

Jurors: Henry Hymerford ; Robert Peytevyn ; William Ponton ; William Veel ; John Virgyn ; John Neel ; William Trutte ; Roger Smyth ; John Bryce ; John Courteys ; William Malton ; and Robert Dogge .

He held in his demesne as of fee: West Perrot, the bailiwick or bedelry by which he and his ancestors have had the execution of all writs in the bailiwick directed to the sheriff, of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 20s. Frome, 22 a. enclosed meadow called ‘Somdyesmede’, of Edmund Leversegge of the manor of Frome, service unknown, annual value 6s.8d. Norton Ferris and Kilmington, 3 messuages and 1 carucate formerly of William Norton , of Lord Ferrers of Chartley of his manor of Norton Ferris, service unknown, annual value 40s. Othery, 4 messuages and 1 carucate, jointly with Thomas Bonham , who survives him, by the grant of William de Monte Acuto, late earl of Salisbury, lord of Man and of the Isle of Wight , to them and his heirs, of Thomas earl of Salisbury , service unknown, annual value 40s. Frome, 7 messuages, 9 a. arable and 16d. rent jointly with John Clyvedon , Thomas Bonham and John Gardener , by the grant of Robert Part and Edith his wife to them and his heirs, of Edmund Leversegge of his manor of Frome, service unknown, annual value 26s.8d. Little Marston, the manor with the advowson of the chapel jointly with William Hankeford, knight , by the grant of Reynold lord Grey of Ruthin to them and his heirs, of the duke of Clarence of his manor of Queen Camel, service unknown, annual value £10. Jointly with Thomas Bonham and John Gardener he held the manor of Marston Bigot by the grant of John Strete, rector of Kilmington , Walter Hert, chaplain , and John Bylleston to them and his heirs, of Thomas Lovell, knight , and William Beauchampe of their manor of Water, service unknown, annual value £20. Lye, 10 messuages and 10 a. arable, jointly with Gilbert Wykes and John Gardener , by the grant of Ralph Botreaux, knight , John Palton and others to them and his heirs, of William Karent of his part of the manor of Lye, annual value 60s.

Date of death and heir as above.

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103 Writ, melius inquirendo ‡ 8 July 1414. [Gaunstede]. Regarding 101, inquire by whose grant or how he and William Hankeford, knight , came to hold the premises in Coombs Ditch, Tarrant Rushton and Broadway described above.

DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 17 Sept. [Warre].

Jurors: Richard Fantleroy ; John Noblet ; Walter Goldsmyth ; William ... ; Walter Boteler ; Nicholas Saundon ; William Goldwegge ; Richard Houselay ; John Lyueden ; Nicholas Moull ; John Trutte ; and William Besonte .

He held half the hundred of Coombs Ditch and the manor and advowson of Tarrant Rushton jointly with William Hankeford, knight , by a fine of 25 June 1402 [CP 25/1/51/53, no. 10] by which William Roos of Helmsley, knight , granted these premises to them and to Robert Rugge, clerk , deceased, and the heirs of William Stourton . Similarly they held 1 messuage, 3 carucates, 40 a. meadow, 200 a. pasture and 40s. rent in Broadway and half the manor of Broadway by a fine of 3 Nov. 1400 [CP 25/1/51/53, no. 6] by which Gilbert Neburgh and Amice his wife granted these premises, which were held for life by Roger Betesthorne of the inheritance of Amice, to the same 3 persons, with remainder to the heirs of William Stourton . Roger Betesthorne attorned to them and died long before William, whereby William Stourton and William Hankeford held them.

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104 Writ ‡ 15 Nov. 1413. [Waker’].

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Amesbury. 22 April 1414. [Ovedale].

Jurors: John Chaddesle ; John Mermyll [?Meriuyll]; John Ivy ; William Sampson ; John Madyngton ; Robert Hunte ; John Harold ; John Appelby ; John Foulere ; Richard Toukere ; William Phelpotes ; and William Crouchestone .

He held the manor and advowson of Stourton with 2 carucates there jointly with Robert Rugge , deceased, William Hankeford, knight , Thomas Bonham , William Besylle , John Fauntleroy and Gilbert Wyke , to them and their heirs and assigns by purchase from Robert lord Poynings . They are held of Alice daughter and heir of Richard lord Seymour , under age in the king’s ward, of her manor of Castle Cary by homage and fealty, annual value 40 marks. In Stourton he also held 1 messuage in which he lived, 8 other messuages, 2 carucates, 10 a. meadow and 100 a. pasture in fee tail to himself and the heirs of his body by the grant of Richard Hylle, formerly rector of Penn , and Robert Riche, chaplain , to John Stourton , his father, William Hankeford , Thomas Bonham , William Besylle , John Fauntleroy and Gilbert Wyke and the heirs of the body of John, by fealty and a rent of 1 clove of gillyflower at Christmas, annual value 100s. He held in his demesne as of fee 6 messuages, 2 tofts, 107 a. arable, 11 a. meadow and 30s. rent in Mere, Woodlands, Over Zeals, Nether Zeals, and Wolverton; of which 3 messuages and 40 a. arable in Over Zeals and Nether Zeals are held in fee simple of John Clyvedon of his manor of Nether Zeals, service unkown; 20 a. in Mere and Woodlands of the dean of Salisbury of his prebend of Mere by a rent of 40d.; and all the rest of Hugh Mortymer of his manor of Mere, service unknown; annual value together 100s. Also in his demesne as of fee he held 2 messuages, 40 a. arable and 33 a. pasture in Maiden Bradley, Hill Deverill and ‘Fouleyate’ of John Westbury , service unknown, annual value 40s.; and 2 messuages and 16 a. arable in Maiden Bradley jointly with John Gardyner , who is still living, by the grant of Roger Stourton to them and his heirs, of the prior of Maiden Bradley , service unknown, annual value 20s.; and 7 messuages, 4 carucates, 40 a. meadow, 200 a. pasture and 40 a. wood in Little Langford, West Ashton, Steeple Ashton, Great Hinton and Bulkington with the advowson of a chantry in Little Langford jointly with Master Richard Puttus , John Chavedon , Walter Hert, chaplain , and John Gardyner , by the grant of William Don , John Mordon, rector of Steeple Langford and Richard Entrebusch, chaplain , to William Stourton , Master Richard Puttus , John Clyvedon , Walter Hert , John Gardiner and the heirs and assigns of William and of Master Richard, described as all the lands and tenements formerly of William Don and Katharine his wife. Jointly with William Hankeford, knight , John Chitterne, clerk and John Bathe, clerk , he held the manor of Poulshot and 8 messuages, 8 virgates and 8 a. meadow in Poulshot, Potterne, Marston and Worton by the grant of John lord Lovell , knight , to them and his heirs and assigns.

Date of death and heir as above.

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