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ALICE WIDOW OF WILLIAM PAPPEWORTH, KNIGHT

524 Writ. ‡ 8 July 1416. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, but endorsement of execution refers to only one inquisition.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE Inquisition Papworth St. Agnes 6 Oct. [Alyngton].

Jurors: John Leffyn ; John Kent ; John Preston ; John Berton ; Gilbert Darnell ; Hugh Hardyng ; Henry Smyth ; John Warde ; Robert Darnell ; Walter Bole ; Henry Hobbesson ; and John Hacumby .

William Pappeworth, knight , deceased, once held the manor of Papworth St. Agnes of Henry IV in his demesne as of fee. By royal licence [CPR 1405–8, p.452] he granted it, excepting 1a., to Henry Malpas, clerk , Roger Flore , and John Boteler of Yelling and their heirs. They regranted it, less the excepted 1a., to William and Alice and the heirs of his body with successive remainders to William son of Anketin Malore, knight, the heirs of his body and the right heirs of William Pappeworth . The annual value, less the excepted 1a., is 100s. William Pappeworth died without heirs of his body, William Malore is now aged 30 years and more.

Alice died on 7 July 1416. Who is her heir is unknown.

C 138/19/24 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. References to 1a. excepted from grants of the manor have also been added, as has Anketin Malore' status as a knight.