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AMICE WIDOW OF ROBERT BARDOLF [AND OF JOHN BEVERLEY ]

584 Writ. ‡ 26 Oct. 1416. [Wymbyssh].

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Amersham. 3 Nov. [James].

Jurors: William Brook ; Henry Brudenell ; John Thorne ; John Wedon ; William Portrefe ; Henry Wodard ; William Wodehouus ; John Southende ; John Dounesmore ; John Blakwelle ; John Chapman ; and John Scot .

She held the manor of Chesham called Chesham Bury in Chesham for life by the grant of John Dabryggecourt, knight , Henry Bryt, clerk , and Richard Merlawe, clerk , by their charter shown to the jurors, with remainder to William Lynde and his heirs male. It is held of John Cyfrewast of Clewer by the service of half a knight’s fee and 10s. rent, annual value £20. She held the manor of Blackwell Hall in Chesham in her demesne as of fee of the earl of Oxford , service unknown, annual value 100s.

She died on 2 Oct. last. Robert Langeford and Walter Daundessey, knight , are her kinsmen and heirs, Robert being the son of Anne her daughter, and Walter the son of Elizabeth her other daughter [by John Beverley ], aged 24 years and more and 21 years and more.

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585 Writ. ‡ 24 Oct. 1416. [Wymbyssh].

HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Hertford. 24 Nov. [Godston].

Jurors: Thomas Bekke ; Edward atte Hoo ; Richard Saly ; John Syward ; John Syluestre senior ; William Bedford ; John Brodee ; Robert Brodee ; John Parkere ; John Rande ; Robert Heyle ; John Bokeney ; John Warde ; and Walter Ropere .

She held a 3rd part of the manor of Minsden in dower from John Beverlee , her first husband, with reversion to Robert Langeford and Walter Daundeshey, knight , sons of her daughters by John Beverlee , as above. It is held of the king in chief as a 9th part of a knight’s fee.

Date of death and heirs, aged 23 years and 22 years and more, as above.

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586 Writ. ‡ 6 Nov. 1416. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to Henry Barton, mayor.

LONDON Inquisition. 25 Nov. [Barton].

Jurors: Walter Evesham ; John Fenne ; Nicholas Prat ; Richard Balman ; John Tetford ; Alexander Hede ; Thomas Langton ; John Pirye ; Thomas Dewy ; Richard Whitbrede ; John Valentyn ; and John Forster .

She held for life of the king in free burgage in the parishes named: St. Peter the Poor in Broad Street ward, a tenement with garden including 2 mansions, annual value when let 40s. All Hallows London Wall in the same ward, 1 tenement with garden and 5 shops, annual value when let 40s; 1 tenement with garden and 8 shops, annual value 4 marks; and 1 tenement with garden and 4 shops, formerly of Nicholas Rumbald , white tawyer of London, and which Edward III granted by letters patent [CPR 1374–7, p.78] to John Beverlee her late [first] husband and herself and his heirs, when they had escheated, annual value when let, 6 marks. All Hallows the Great in Dowgate ward, 1 tenement in Cousin Lane with adjacent quay to the east, annual value when let 6 marks; another tenement next to it, when let 50s.; and another tenement with quay in the same lane to the west, when let 2 marks.; all of which Richard de Preston , Richard Toky and John Rauff, chaplain , gave to John Beverlee and Amice and his heirs. The reversion of all is to Robert Langford and Walter Daundesey, knight , as above.

Date of death and heirs as above. Statement by Henry Barton, mayor and escheator , that on 25 Nov. 1416 he took all the London premises into the king’s hands, to hold until otherwise ordered by the king.

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587 Writ. ‡ 24 Oct. 1416 [Wymbyssh].

Order to send the inquisition to the Chancery. 10 Nov.. [Wymbyssh]. [Dorse;] Per S. Gaunstede.

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Bicester. [Bekyngham].

Jurors: Richard Aston ; John Spore ; Richard fitz Water ; John Baleff ; Thomas Webbe ; Henry Frankeleyn ; John Bouedon ; John Hende ; John Lake ; Thomas Pytham ; Robert Walsshef ; and John Collys .

She held for life: Bucknell and Godington, the manors, by the grant of Edward III to John Beverle , her first husband, and herself and his heirs with reversion to Robert Langeford and Walter Daundesey, knight . Bucknell is held of Thomas Chaucer, esquire , of the manor of Kidlington, service unknown, annual value 40s., Godington of the king at fee farm of £10, no annual value beyond that. Stoke Lyne and Caversfield, the manors, by the grant to her of John Daubrigthecourt, knight , John Boteler and John Note , with remainder to James Lynde and his heirs and assigns by their charter shown to the jurors. They are held of the earl of Oxford by fealty, annual values, each 20s. Mapledurham, the manor, by the grant by a fine of 1396 [CP 25/1/191/24, no. 46] of Nicholas Chausy and Margaret his wife to Roger Marchall , John Cook of High Wycombe , John Lynde , now deceased, and Amice and the heirs of John Lynde , with remainder to William Lynde , brother of John. The manor is held of the earldom of Warenne, service unknown, annual value £10. William is aged 30 years and more.

She died on 2 Oct. Robert Langeford and Walter Daundesey are her heirs, as above, aged 28 years and more and 26 years and more.

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588 Writ. ‡ 24 Oct. 1416. [Wymbyssh].

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Rodbaston. 30 Oct. [Knyghtley].

Jurors: Thomas Mundynham ; William Gormond ; Thomas ?Evesham ; Thomas Somerton ; Simon Porter ; Thomas Bonyngton ; Henry Lymner ; Edmund Symson ; Roger Somerton ; Robert Hervy ; William Bernyngham ; and Thomas Chambre .

She held the manor of Penkridge for life of the king in chief as 1 knight’s fee by the gift of Alan de Buxhull, knight , and Thomas Cheyne to her and John de Beverle , her late husband and his heirs, annual value £20. Also for life she held the manor of Rodbaston of the king in chief as a 5th part of a knight’s fee, by the grant of John de Peyto, knight , and Eleanor his wife, to her and John de Beverle and his heirs, annual value 40s. The heirs are Robert Langeford and Walter Daundesey, knight , as above [no. 584]. Robert Langeford granted his half of the reversion of the manors to Humphrey Stafford, knight , and his heirs by a fine [CP 25/1/211/22, no. 8]. Edward III on 27 April 1364 granted to John Beverle , then his servant, that he might have a weekly market on Thursday at Penkridge and a fair for 3 days on the eve of Michaelmas each year. He died on 29 July 1380, when the market and fair descended to Anne and Elizabeth his daughters, aged 10 and 9 years. From them they descended to Robert Langeford and Walter Daundesey , annual value £20.

Date of death and heirs as above.

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