Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 21, 1418-21
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J.L. Kirby and Janet Stevenson (eds), Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office XXI: 6-10 Henry V (1418-1422).Boydell & Brewer2002
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JOHN
DE
HOLAND
, BROTHER AND HEIR OF
RICHARD
DE
HOLAND
SON AND HEIR OF
JOHN, LATE EARL
OF HUNTINGDON
149
Writ for proof of age.
‡ 20 July 1418.
[
Wymbyssh].
Teste John, duke of Bedford.
He claims to have been born and baptized at Dartington. His brother Richard died a minor in the king's ward.
Devon.
Proof of age.
Dartington.
26 Aug. [
Talbot].
He was 21 years old on 29 March 1416. He was born at Dartington and baptized in the church there on 29 March 1395. The jurors remember for the following reasons:
Peter
Eggecomb
, aged 46 years, was present at the baptism. His uncle
Thomas
Cullyng, then
abbot of Tavistock, was one of the godfathers and immediately after the baptism gave a gold cup decorated with gold latticework containing £10 to John and 20s. to John's nurse.
William
Rider
, aged 52 years, was the servant and receiver of
John
de la
Pomeray, knight
, who after John's baptism acquitted William of his actions [by deed] under his seal of arms.
William
Gibb
, aged 60 years,
John
Falewill
, aged 65 years, and
John
Symon
, 54 years, were present in the church and saw
John
Shealdon, prior of Plympton
, John's other godfather, give him £20 after his baptism.
John
Helston
, 52 years, and Warin Berkelegh, 50 years, servants in his house at Dartington of
John
de
Holand
father of
John
de
Holand
brother of Richard, saw Joan, wife of
John
de la
Pomeray, knight
, carry John to church to be baptized, and
John
de la
Pomeray, knight
, Joan's husband, and
John
Dynham, knight
, ... of Joan, also saw her carry John to church and saw 24 large unlit candles carried before him by 24 men, including John and Warin, which were lit immediately after John's name was given.
John
Hugh, senior
, 46 years, said that his wife Isabel was John's nurse for three years afterwards and that on the day of John's baptism he left Dartington for Guernsey because
John
de
Holand
, the father of John brother of Richard, forbade him to have marital relations with Isabel during that time.
Walter
Redcliff
, 48 years, William Rogger, 60 years, and
John
Serle
, 48 years, saw a large ash tree near the church burnt and
John
Hulle, esquire
, and many others there were badly burned.
Gilbert
Bysschop of Bondleigh, 50 years, said that immediately after John's baptism a son was born to him and his wife.
C 138/35/58 mm. 1-2
ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. One previously illegible name has also been added.