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Writ ‡
17 Dec. 1419.
[Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.
Devon.
Inquisition.
Exeter.
9 Jan. 1420. [
Foleford].
Jurors:
Edward
Pomeray
;
John
Cole
of ‘Nytheway’;
William
Gilberd
;
William
Helbeme
;
Robert
Litelton
;
John
Jaycok
;
Richard
Pyperell
;
William
Beaumont
;
John
Sayer
;
William
Werthe
;
John
Holecombe
; and
John
Stapilhyll
.
John
Busshell
held in chief the manor of Highweek with the hundred of Teignbridge
belonging to it; a messuage, 2 mills, a carucate, 10 a. meadow and £8 rent in Highweek,
Newton Bushel
and Bradley. By his charter indented shown to the jurors, dated at
Highweek
17 April 1379, he granted to
John
de
Copleston
,
William
de
Ferrers
and
John
Holebeme
the manor of Highweek and its appurtenances in Highweek, Bradley and
Newton Bushel. Copleston, Ferrers and Holebeme entered without the king's licence
having been obtained and it was taken into the king's hands. By letters patent of 20 July
1379 [CPR 1377-81, p. 375] they were pardoned and were licensed to grant it to John
son of
John
Busshell
and his wife Joan in tail with remainder to John's right heirs. By charter dated at Highweek
8 Aug. 1379 they granted to John son of John Busshell and
his wife Joan and the heirs of their bodies the manor of Highweek with the hundred of
Teignbridge and all the messuages, mills and lands in Highweek,
Newton Bushel and
Bradley held in chief. After the death of John son of John without issue,
Joan married
John
Isak
and the manor reverted to
Thomas
atte
Yeord
as kinsman and heir of
John Busshell, senior
, i.e. son of [illegible], sister of John Busshell, senior. By charter dated at
Churston Ferrers
25 May 1402, and without having obtained the king's licence, Thomas
granted the reversion of the manor to
John
Isak
and Joan for Joan's life, reversion of the
manor of Highweek, the borough of Newton Bushel
and 1/3 of the hundred of Teignbridge
to his son Richard and Joan, daughter of
William
Ferrers
, and the heirs of their bodies,
reversion to
William
Ferrers
and the heirs of his body, remainder to William's right
heirs. By virtue of that grant John Isak
and Joan attorned to Richard and Joan in the
lands except in 1 a. arable in the manor of Highweek. By letters patent of 4 July 1402
[CPR 1401-5, p. 100]
Henry IV
pardoned Richard, son of
Thomas
Yeord
, Joan,
daughter of
William
Ferrers
, and
William
Ferrers
for acquiring in fee from Thomas
Yeord the reversion of the manor of Highweek, except 1 a. arable, the borough of
Newton Bushel
and 1/3 hundred of Teignbridge, held in chief, which John Isak and his
wife Joan hold for her life without licence, and licensed Richard and Joan to enter on the
death of Joan wife of John, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies with remainder
to William, the heirs of his body and his right heirs.
John Isak died and Joan by her
charter shown to the jurors quitclaimed to Richard, Joan and William Ferrers,
lord of
Churston Ferrers
, the manor of Highweek, Bradley, part of the manor from time
immemorial, the borough of Newton Bushel
and the hundred of Teignbridge, with suit
of court at the hundred, by virtue of which Richard and Joan, who survive, were seised.
Joan, wife of John Isak, afterwards married
John
Bernehous
. The manor of Highweek is
held of the king
in chief by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 40d., annual value 40 marks.
Joan wife of John died without issue on 10 Dec. last.
William
Ferrers
of Churston
Ferrers is her brother and next heir, aged 50 years and more.
C 138/42/71 mm. 1-2
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