689 Writ to assign dower. 10 Dec. 1420. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester. The prior of Breamore has been ordered to take her oath not to marry without royal licence. The escheator of Hampshire and Wiltshire ordered to assign dower from the lands taken into the king’s hand owing to the death of her husband and the minority of his daughter and heir Joan, in presence of the daughter's next friends. [CCR 1419-22, p. 94]

Hampshire. Assignment of dower [indented]. [Unlocated.] 20 Jan. 1421. [Wayte]. In the form of a deed between the escheator (1) and Joan Romesey (2).

In the presence of John Parson , Nicholas Peytevy , John Payn and Richard Wygmore , next friends of Thomas's daughter and heir Joan, the following were assigned in the manor of Vernham with its appurtenances in Wiltshire: a chamber with solar on the east side of the capital messuage; a building called the `bachous'; 1/3 barn extending from the middle of the door southwards to the end of the barn; a little dovecot; 1/2 a. arable called `Blaclond' on the east side of the north field; 5 a. arable next `Mullesforlong'; 3 a. called `Orcherdforlong'; 5 a. called `Longforlong'; 3 a. called `Berforlong' in the south field; 3 a. arable at `Hedesputte'; 1 a. `Bicc[?t]ant' on `Ashelunes'; 2 a. [?arable] called `Roylond'; 1 a. [?arable] called `Pykedacre'; 1 a. meadow in the north and 4 a. at the north end of that meadow on the south side of `Hamgrove'; an orchard, 1 1/2 a., on the north side of the capital messuage; a wood, 4 a., called `le Hulle'; a messuage and 1/2 yardland; a messuage and a `ferthynglond'; a toft and a `ferthynglond' which John Ferour holds; 3s. free rent from a messuage and a `ferthynglond' which Henry Janek holds freely by charter; and 1/3 croft called `Feldecroft'.

[Margin:.] Robert Thwayt, deputy escheator, delivered [this] into court.

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690 [Writ: see 689.]

Wiltshire. Assignment of dower [indented]. 20 Jan. 1421. [Wayte]. In the form of a deed between the escheator (1) and Katherine Boydell (2).

In the presence of Peytevyn, Payn and Wygmore as in 689, the following were assigned in the manor of Coombe Bissett, of which Thomas the father was formerly seised in his demesne as of fee: an upper chamber with 2 solars at the east end of thehall of the capital messuage; a building called `le shepyn'; 4 a. arable in the north field on `Chaverhille'; another 2 a. arable there; 10 a. arable on the west part of `le Dene super le Rotor'; 6 a. at `Roser'; 2 a. arable extending to the road to Wilton; 4 a. arable at `le Heggeende'; 5 a. arable in `Brokeforlong'; 3 a. arable in `Shortecombe'; 3 a. arable at `Netelbedd'; 7 a. arable at `Roscombe'; 3 a. arable behind a croft in the south field; 2 a. arable on `le Rugge'; another 3 a. arable there; 3 a. arable at `Longgebergh'; another 2 a. arable there; 1 a. arable at `Ferebergh'; 5 a. arable at `Gardlond'; 6 a. arable in `Wollond'; the profits of 1/3 hay each year from 1/2 meadow called `Westmede'; an `orcherd' extending from the south end of a barn by way of a hedge, a willow-bed and a little garden as far as the east end of the hall; the profits of 1/3 courts held there yearly with view of frankpledge; a messuage and a virgate held by Alice Peytevyn ; a messuage and a virgate held by Alice Wygmore ; a messuage and a virgate held by John Chubbe ; a messuage and a virgate held by John Dremory ; a toft and a virgate held by Nicholas Peytevyn ; a cottage and 2 a. arable held by John Morowmete ; a cottage and 3 a. arable held by Nicholas Dycon ; a cottage and 2 a. arable held by John Ters ; a several close containing 1 a. and 1 rood held by John Collyng ; a rent of 6s. 8d. yearly from the tenement and lands of Richard Rede ; a rent of 4d. yearly above 6d. paid to the king from a messuage and land held by Richard Rede ; a messuage in Catherine Street in Salisbury in which William Colyn, `beker', lives opposite Thomas Upton 's tenement; a shop on the north side of John Colyn 's tenement; a shop on the south side of William's tenement; a shop next to it in which William Whitford lives; annual value of all the messuages, cottages, tofts, arable, meadow, pasture, wood, rent and shops, 6 marks.

[The assignment for Somerset may be found at 879..]

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