736
Writ.
1 May 1417.
[Wymbyssh].
YORKSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Topcliffe.
17 May. [
Boynton].
Jurors:
William
Barkesworth
;
Richard
de
Dalton
;
William
Skelton
;
Robert
Topclyff
;
John
Wilkynson
;
Thomas
Catton
;
John
Wath
;
Alan
Jonson
;
John
Warde
;
William
Grysthwayte
;
John
Pokthorp
; and
Thomas
Kaa
.
By a fine of 1380 made with the king’s licence [CP 25/1/289/52, no. 34; CPR 1377–81, p.445]
Henry
earl of Northumberland
granted the manors of Tadcaster, Gristhwaite, Asenby and Throxenby to
Henry
Percy
the son, and Elizabeth then his wife, to hold to them and their heirs male. They had issue Henry, now
earl of Northumberland
, and aged 22 years and more.
Elizabeth, named in the writ, wife of Henry Percy,
granted to them and the heirs male of their bodies, with remainder to the earl and his heirs. Henry died; Elizabeth survived and held by virtue of the fine and died seised of such estate.
The manors are all held of the king in chief by knight service, annual values, Tadcaster, £75; Gristhwaite, £11; Asenby, £10; Throxenby, £8.
Elizabeth died on 20 April last.
C 138/26/33 mm. 1-2
E 149/110/3
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