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JOHN BRYNNESLEY

487 Writ mandamus . ‡ 24 June 1415. [Maupas]. Addressed to the escheator in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, but endorsement of execution refers to only one inquisition.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Inquisition Annesley 5 Aug. [Rygmayden].

Jurors: John Repdon of Trowell ; John Baker of Awsworth ; Robert ?Faukenber.. of ?Holemile’ ; John Barker of the same; John Worthyngton of Watnall ; Thomas Epurston of the same; Robert ?Rysschall of ?Selston ; John Arnall of the same; John Wodehous of Annesley ; Robert Mathewson of Hardwick ; William del Grene of Linby ; and Thomas de Lyndeby of the same.

He held in demesne as of fee, of Henry IV, the manors of Brinsley and Trowell, by service of ... a horse worth 5s., a sack, and a ‘pryk’, at his own costs, in time of war in the king’s army in Wales for forty days, and rendering for the manor of Brinsley at the Exchequer 3s. 4d. at Lady Day and the nativity of the Virgin, by the hands of the sheriff, and for the manor of Trowell ....6s. 8d. at the said terms. The manor of Brinsley is worth 8m. 6s. 8d. and [the manor of Trowell] is worth 40s.

He died on the vigil of All Saints, 7 Henry IV, and ?William Brynnesley is his son and next heir, aged 21 and more.

John Broun ?late servant of Richard, lord de Grey, and Edmund Lancastre, esquire, occupied the manors and received the issues from the time of John’s death, and Edmund still occupies and receives them. Details of the findings are also printed in CCR 1413–19, p.247, and CFR 1413–22, pp.405–6. Cf. CIPM XIX, no. 160.

C 138/17/60 mm. 1-2

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XX has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. His surname and the location of the inquisition have also been corrected (from Brymesley and Nottingham), and the findings are entirely new.