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BALDWIN FREVILL, KNIGHT , SON OF BALDWIN FREVILL, KNIGHT
130 Writ mandamus. ‡ 15 July 1418. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. Inquire into the lands of Baldwin Frevill, knight, who held in chief of Henry IV.
Leicestershire. Inquisition [indented]. Leicester. 20 Oct. [Babthorp]. [This inquisition relates to Baldwin Frevill the father only.]
Jurors: William atte Parsones ; Richard Onley ; John Denton ; William Peyle ; John Pare ; John Molde ; John Ketill ; Thomas Brounknaue ; Richard Bate ; Thomas Wattesson ; John Kynge ; and John Pynson .
He held in fee simple of ‪ Henry IV by knight service, amount unknown, the following knight's fees and 1/3 fee, part of the castle of Tamworth in Warwickshire, extended at 100s. each: 3 fees in Snarestone, Congerstone, Shackerstone, Odstone, Barton in the Beans, Sutton Cheney, Stapleton, Leire, Wistow and Fleckney, held by the earl of Pembroke ; 1 fee in Elmersthorpe, Sharnford, Frolesworth, Shearsby, Mowsley and Somerby, held by William Maureward ; Stanton under Bardon, 1 fee by the heir of Ralph Bassett of Sapcote; Burrough on the Hill, 1 fee by Robert de Burgh ; and Ratcliffe Culey or on the Wreake, 1/3 fee by Roger Arderne .
He died on 4 Oct. 1400. The fees descended to Baldwin Frevill , his son and heir under age, and they were taken into the king's hands. Baldwin, the son, died aged 19 on 3 March last. They descend to Elizabeth and Margaret, sisters of Baldwin, and Robert son of Roger Aston, knight, and his late wife Joyce, the other sister. Elizabeth is aged 24 years and more, Robert was aged 4 on 6 Jan., Margaret is aged 17 years and more and married Hugh Wylygby after the death of Baldwin the son.
Thomas, duke of Exeter , has held since the death of Baldwin, and still holds and takes the profits by the grant by letters patent of ‪ Henry IV to Thomas Beauford, knight [26 Oct. 1400: CPR 1399-1401, p. 393].
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131 Writ ‡ 3 Nov. 1418. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. Inquire into the lands of Baldwin Frevill, knight, who died while a minor in the king's ward, son of Baldwin Frevill, knight, who held in chief of Henry IV.
Leicestershire. Inquisition. Leicester. 12 Nov. [Babthorp].
Jurors: William Somervyle ; Geoffrey Asceleyn ; William Bateman ; John Bylle ; John Grage senior ; Robert Rudde ; John Grove ; John Weller ; Roger Routhorne ; John Grage junior ; Roger Bygge ; and John Wysowe .
[Partly illegible. Similar findings to 130.]
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132 Writ ‡ 20 April 1418. [Robroke]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. Inquire into the lands of Baldwin Frevill, who died while a minor in the king's ward, son of Baldwin Frevill, knight, who held in chief of Henry IV.
Warwickshire. Inquisition. Henley in Arden. 1 June. [Babthorp].
Jurors: John Yve ; Thomas Pulton ; Simon Felton ; Thomas Cokkes ; William Hichecok ; Richard Cockes ; Thomas Shyngey ; John Cokkes ; Thomas Purrey ; John Yvoton ; Thomas Herford ; and John Stokes . Same jury as 133. In E 149: Cokkes. In E 149: Yveton.
The castle of Tamworth with the court and warren of Stipershill, parts of the castle, and 1/3 manor of Middleton came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV owing to the death of Baldwin Frevill, knight, and the minority of Baldwin his son and heir, and remain in the present king's hand. Ten messuages, 3 tofts, 5 virgates of arable and meadow and a dovecot in Warton came into the king's hand by the death of Adam Senclere, esquire, in right of Baldwin Frevill the son, because Adam was a bastard, held in his demesne as of fee, died without heirs of his body and held of Baldwin the son, of the castle of Tamworth. A 1/2 manor of Beaudesert came into the hand of ‪ Henry IV and remains in the king's hand owing to the death of William de Bello Campo , who held for life with reversion to Baldwin Frevill the father by a fine of 1394 [CP 25/1/248/66, no. 12] between Thomas Botiller of Sudeley and Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick , def., and Baldwin Frevill , quer. The castle of Tamworth and the court and warren of Stipershill are held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value..., the 1/3 of Middleton of the dean and chapter of the college of Tamworth, service unknown, the holdings in Warton of the king as part of Tamworth castle, service unknown, and Beaudesert, 1/2 manor to remain to Thomas Botiller , and 1/2 to Baldwin Frevill , of Richard, earl of Warwick , service unknown.
Date of death of Baldwin the son and heirs as in 130.
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133 Writ, melius inquirendo. ‡ 8 Nov. 1418. [Smyth]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. Recites findings of inquisitions taken after the death of Baldwin Frevill, knight, who held in chief of Henry IV, before Alan Waldeyes, late escheator of Warwickshire [CIPM XVIII, nos 424-5]. Inquire into the service by which he held.
Warwickshire. Inquisition. Henley in Arden. 17 Nov. [Babthorp]. [This inquisition relates to Baldwin Frevill the father only.]
Jurors: John Stokes ; Thomas Herford ; Thomas Porey ; John Cokkes ; Thomas Shyngey ; John Ivoton ; Thomas Cokkes ; William Hichecokes ; Simon Felton ; Richard Cokkes ; John Ive ; and Thomas Pulton . Same jury as 132.
He held the court and warren of Stipershill in his demesne as of fee. The 1/3 of Middleton is a 1/3 of the manor.
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134 Writ ‡ 20 April 1417 [recte 1418]. [Robroke]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. Inquire into the lands of Baldwin Frevill, who died while a minor in the king's ward, son of Baldwin Frevill, knight, who held in chief of Henry IV.
Nottinghamshire. Inquisition [indented]. Newark. 12 Oct. 1418. [Gawsyll].
Jurors: William Jonson ; John Cromwell ; John Ledneham ; William Hode ; Thomas Whyte ; William Clerke ; Robert Howes ; Robert Spondon ; John Danett ; Roger Braseby ; Thomas Chylde ; and John Ferrour .
No lands came into the king's hand owing to the death of Baldwin Frevill and the minority of his heir.
Baldwin the son died on 3 April [sic] last. Margaret wife of Hugh Wylughby , Elizabeth Frevyll , sisters of Baldwin, and Robert Aston son of Joyce Aston , another sister of Baldwin, are next co-heirs, aged 26 years and more, 16 years and more, and 4 years on 6 Jan. last.
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135 Writ ‡ 20 April 1418. [Robroke]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. Inquire into the lands of Baldwin Frevill, who died while a minor in the king's ward, son of Baldwin Frevill, knight, who held in chief of Henry IV.
Wiltshire. Inquisition. Marlborough. 25 June. [Bryd].
Jurors: William More ; Richard Malewayn ; John Weston ; William Bayly ; John Lange ; William Arnold ; John Blake ; John Justice ; Thomas Blake ; Hugh atte Mere ; Richard Child ; and ... Scalerne.
No lands came into the king's hand owing to the death of Baldwin and the minority of his heir; but a messuage and 3 virgates of arable and meadow in Yatesbury by the death of Thomas Preston, who held for life, by the grant of Baldwin the grandfather of Baldwin the son, with reversion to the grandfather and his heirs, came into the hand of ‪Henry IV owing to the minority of the son, and remain in the king's hand. They are held of Queen Joan of the castle of Devizes, service unknown, annual value 20s.
Baldwin the son died on 3 March 1418. Elizabeth Frevill, 24 years and more, Margaret, 17 years and more, Robert the son of Roger Aston, knight , and his wife Joyce, 4 years on 6 Jan. last, are his heirs.
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