547
Writ ‡
20 May 1420.
[Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.
Essex.
Inquisition.
Saffron Walden.
29 June. [
Hotoft].
Jurors:
John
Waryn
;
Robert
Porter
;
Roger
Conestable
;
John
Virby
;
John
Shymmyng
;
John
Page
;
John
Hereward
;
John
Robynet
;
Edward
Younge
;
Henry
Skynnere
;
Robert
Lucas
;
Robert
Laweney
; and
John
Stanesfeld
.
He held in his demesne as of fee tail the manor of Magdalen Laver and the advowson
of the church of the manor by a fine, shown to the jurors, levied quin. Mich. 1334
[CP 25/1/64/175, no. 322] between
Andrew
de
Walden
and his wife Joan, quer., and
Roger
de
Glanvulle
and
Simon
de
Hormade, parson of Magdalen Laver
, def., of the
manor and advowson. Andrew acknowledged them to be the right of Roger as those
which Roger and Simon had by Andrew's gift. For that acknowledgement Roger and
Simon granted the manor and advowson to Andrew and Joan and rendered them to
them and the heirs of their bodies. Andrew and Joan had issue Thomas named in the
writ and Alice, formerly wife of
John
Bataille, esquire
, and died. Thomas entered and
was seised by virtue of the fine. Alice had issue
Thomas
Bataille
and died.
Magdalen Laver. Annual value
of the site of the manor nil. There are in the manor 300 a. arable worth 4d. an acre
yearly; 60 a. pasture worth 12d. an acre yearly; 40 a. wood annual value nil; and 40s.
rent. The manor and advowson are held of
Edmund, earl
of March
, service unknown, annual value £10.
He held jointly in his demesne for life as of free tenement with his wife Margaret, who
survives, by feoffment of
John
Pensax
,
Thomas
Thorp
and
Robert
Aloxton
, the licence
of
Henry
IV
having been obtained [13 Feb. 1404: CPR 1401-5, p. 354], the manor of
Ongar Park, remainder to
Thomas
Bataille
and his wife Eleanor, daughter of
Thomas
Oudeby
, and the heirs of their bodies as appears by the letters patent and the charter of
John
Pensax
,
Thomas
Thorp
and
Robert
Aloxton
shown to the jurors.
Ongar Park. The manor
contains a messuage, annual value nil; 200 a. arable worth 4d. an acre yearly, and 80 a.
wood worth 3d. an acre yearly: total 20 marks. It is held of the king
in chief by knight service.
He died 9 May last without issue.
Thomas
Bataille
is his kinsman and next heir, i.e.
son of his sister Alice, aged 36 years and more.
C 138/49/80 mm. 1-2
E 149/120/6
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