Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 21, 1418-21 Mapping The Medieval Countryside, a collaboration between the Department of History, University of Winchester, and the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
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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 2013-06-19T09:54:00.265+01:00 XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
THOMAS SEMLEY
477 Writ ‡ 24 June 1420. [Haseley]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.
Wiltshire. Inquisition. Fisherton Anger. 25 Sept. [Parsons].
Jurors: William atte Legh ; William …; John P..rham ; Thomas Vellard ; William Wyke ; Walter James ; Robert Bruther ; John Wodehous ; William Elys ; John Coule ; John Coof ; and William ?Peryncok .
He held for his life by the law of England after the death of his wife Anstice[Anastacia], one of the daughters and heirs of Nicholas Berenger , in right of his wife of the inheritance of Robert Bodenham , her son and heir, a messuage and 12 a. arable in ?Grafton annual value 13s. 4d., held of the king in chief for 1/20 knight's fee. He also held for his life in right of Anstice, of the inheritance of Robert Bodenham , 12 a. arable in Ridge of the abbess of Wilton , annual value 6s., service unknown. He also held for his life, by grant of Robert Bodenham , to whom the reversion belongs, a carucate in ... Deverill, annual value 4 marks, of the abbot of `...teley' for 30s. yearly at Michaelmas, and ... 50 a. arable and 16s. rents of the prior of Maiden Bradley , service unknown, annual value... 8d. He also held a messuage and 40 a. pasture in Semley of Laurence Gowayn by knight service, annual value 46s. 8d.
He died on 27 March last. Thomas Semley is his son and next heir, aged 36 years and more. Robert Bodenham is the son and heir of his wife Anstice, aged... years and more.
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C 138/47/51 mm. 1-2
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