Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 21, 1418-21

WILLIAM SHELTON, ESQUIRE

806 Writ 9 Oct. 1421. Addressed to the escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Suffolk. Inquisition. Henhowe. 15 Nov. 1421. [Lexham].

Jurors: John Manwod ; Thomas Bogeys ; John Barker ; Robert Fuller ; John Debenham ; William Pepir ; William Thurston ; John Heriot ; William Bover ; Thomas Grome ; John Harcourt ; and John Brette .

He held in demesne as of fee the manor of Brent Eleigh of the king of the honor of Ely for 1 1/2 knight's fee, annual value £8.

He died on 20 July 1421. John Shelton is his son and next heir, aged 17 years and more on 7 July last.

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807 [Writ: see 806.]

Norfolk. Inquisition. Great Walsingham. 30 Oct.

Jurors: William Goldyng ; Robert Roper ; John Wether ; Robert Blogge ; Thomas Caunteler ; John Leenge ; Reynold de Barsham ; William Buttley ; John Neweman ; Thomas Palmere ; William Prynce ; and Thomas Pope .

He held in his demesne as of fee the manors of Great Snoring, Thursford, and Shelton called `Overhall' and `Netherhall', the advowsons of Great Snoring and Thursford, and 40 a. arable in Hardwick called `Barett' and the advowson of the church of Hardwick jointly with his wife Katharine, daughter of Simon Baret of Heacham , for life by demise of John Howard , Edmund Berry , Roger Drury senior, knight , John Berneye of Great Witchingham , Edmund Bedyngfeld , Thomas Lovell senior , Ralph Midelton, esquire , Simon Baret , John Irmynglond , Thomas Frenge, clerk , William Narburgh junior , William Daubenay, esquire , Richard Baret of Heacham , William Lexham , John Wythe , burgesses of King's Lynn , and John Lynford of Stalham . The manor of Great Snoring, annual value £23 6s. 8d., and the advowson of the church are held of William Bardolf for 20s. yearly; the manor of Thursford and the advowson of the church are worth yearly 66s. 8d.; the manor of Shelton called `Overhall', annual value 10 marks, is held of the Earl Marshal , service unknown; and the manor of Shelton called `Netherhall', annual value 100s., is held of John Clifton, knight , service unknown. Of whom the lands and tenements in Hardwick, annual value 33s. 4d., and the advowson of Hard- wick, are held is unknown. Annual values of the churches: Great Snoring, £20; Thursford, £10; and Hardwick 10 marks. He formerly held in demesne as of fee the manor of Kerdiston called `Burgoliones' and by his charter shown to the jurors, as William son and heir of Ralph Shelton, knight , granted it to the feoffees named above to hold to the uses of his will. By his last will, also shown to the jurors, he devised the issues of the manor to them for payment of his debts and legacies that could not be met from his goods and chattels. If John Shelton or others impeded the feoffees they were to sell the manor for the best price and to apply the proceeds in pious uses for William and his ancestors, provided always that they make a deed to William's bastard daughter Amice of 40s. yearly from the manor for life with power of distraint for arrears.

Date of death and heir as in 806.

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808 Writ, melius inquirendo, ‡ 24 Nov. 1421. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford . Inquire of whom and by what service the 40 a. arable in Hardwick called `Barett' and the advowson of the church of Hardwick are held.

Norfolk. Inquisition. Long Stratton. 1 Dec. [Lexham].

Jurors: John Intewode ; John Storour ; David Heitenale ; Edmund Goodewyn ; Robert Stoneham ; Edmund Yonghusband ; John Sweyne ; Stephen Bernard ; John Benslyn ; Ralph Gery ; William Baxster ; and Thomas Lyncolne .

They are held of the Earl Marshal , service unknown.

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809 Writ, melius inquirendo, ‡ 24 Nov. 1421. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford . Inquire of whom and by what service the manor of Kerdiston called `Burgoliones' is held, its annual value, and whether John Howard and his co-feoffees mentioned in 807 were seised of the manor by charter of William Shelton .

Norfolk. Inquisition. Reepham. 10 Jan. 1422 [Lexham]..

Jurors: Robert Herte ; John Colte ; John Clerk ; Geoffrey Pope ; John Cartere ; William Cook ; John Hakon ; Thomas Caldewell ; William atte Wynd ; William Jeckys ; John Athewald ; and John Burre .

The feoffees were seised of the manor by charter of William, shown to the jurors. The manor is held of Lord Say , service unknown, annual value 10 marks.

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810 Writ, melius inquirendo, ‡ 5 Jan. 1422. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford . Inquire of whom and by what service the manor of Thursford is held.

Norfolk. Inquisition. Foulsham. 1 Feb. [Lexham].

Jurors: Edmund Ive ; Adam Southgate ; John Jerveys ; Roger Beteryng ; John Cady ; Geoffrey Kyng ; Walter Lyghtfoot ; John Frenge ; John Touneshende ; John Wegge ; Hugh de Akyr ; and Simon Beteryng .

The manor is held of William Bardolf, knight , service unknown.

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