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JOHN, LORD ROOS In 840 he is styled John Roos, lord of Helmsley (Hamlake), and in 843 as John Roos of Helmsley (Hamlak), knight.
836 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley]. Addressed to William Caumbrigge, mayor and escheator of the city of London. Endorsement certifying that his shops and gardens taken into the king's hand.
London. Inquisition. Guildhall. 2 Aug. [Caumbrigge].
Jurors: Richard de Croft ; Phillip Carpenter ; John Graunt ; John Rosewaryn ; William Hatton ; Simon Tokyngton ; Robert Knolles ; John Ballard ; John Pegrom ; Walter Potnam ; John Bright ; and Henry Payn .
He was seised in his demesne as of fee of 3 shops with gardens in the parish of St. Katharine Coleman in Aldgate ward, annual value 66s. 8d., held of the king in free burgage as the entire city is held.
He died on 22 March last. Thomas de Roos is his brother and next heir, aged 15 years and more.
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837 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley].
Buckinghamshire. Inquisition. Barton Hartshorn. 15 Aug. [Whappelode].
Jurors: Richard Barton ; John Banastre ; John Bouucher ; Richard Saltmerssh ; John Hopkyns ; William Hopkyns ; John Robyns ; Stephen Taylour ; Roger Phelypp ; William Knyght ; John Smyth ; and Ralph Mosse .
He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by ward of the castle of Rochester for 6d. yearly the manor of Preston Bissett and a close of 10 a. in Cowley belonging to it. Annual value 5 marks: i.e. the site 40d.; 30 a. demesne arable worth yearly 3d. an acre; 13 1/2 a. demesne meadow worth yearly 8d. an acre; a close of underwood containing 1 a., 12d.; 1 a. underwood lying in common, 4d.; 5 virgates each containing 24 a. and worth yearly 8s.; the 10 a. in Cowley worth yearly 6d. an acre; and a small enclosed toft, 6d.
Date of death as in 836. Thomas Roos is his brother and next heir, aged 14 years and more.
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838 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley]. Addressed to the escheator in Essex and Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire. Inquisition. Royston. 22 Sept. [Darcy]. The Chancery version is a corrected copy in which the original, struck-through, date was 23 July 1421.
Jurors: John Horne of Buckland ; John Kneuett ; Thomas Boucher ; John Chapman ; Thomas Forester ; William Smyth ; John Kempe ; William Lister ; Thomas Elman ; William Bacon ; John Gayton ; and William Reueson .
He held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Buckland of the king in chief by knight service. There are in the manor the site and its herbage, annual value 5s., 80 a. demesne arable worth yearly 8d. an acre, and 10 a. underwood, annual value 8s. 4d.
Date of death as in 836. Thomas Roos is his brother and next heir, aged 14 1/2 years and more on 22 March last.
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839 [Writ: see 838.]
Essex. Inquisition. Brentwood. 24 Oct. 1421. [Darcy].
Jurors: John Elde ; William Kyng ; William atte Cherche ; John Duche ; William Lone ; Thomas Goldman ; John Kyng ; Thomas Shelley ; John Cok ; John Bolle ; Richard Gilot ; and Alan Pepes .
He held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Chingford of the heirs of John Monfichet , service unknown. There are in the manor a site with a hall, a ruinous chamber, a kitchen, a grange and a cattle-shed, annual value nil. The site with herbage, apples and pears is worth 3s. yearly, and there are also 34s. 2d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, 40s. rent from tenants at will at the same terms, 200 a. demesne arable worth yearly 4d. an acre; 35 a. meadow for hay which is mown each year and worth yearly 18d. an acre, 19 a. pasture worth yearly 12d. an acre, and a water-mill worth yearly 13s. 4d.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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840 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley]. Addressed to Richard Russell, mayor and escheator of the city of York .
York. Inquisition. York. 4 July. [Russell].
Jurors: Andrew Neuby ; John Neuland ‘armourer’; Richard Hedown ; John Kardmaker ; John Neuland junior ; Thomas Bryght ; John Osmond ; John Hexham ‘cordewaner’; Richard Dunford ; Henry Rigton ; John Garrard ‘lister’; and Robert Pulter .
John Roos, lord of Helmsley , was seised in his demesne as of fee of a yearly rent of £100 by the sheriff at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions from the fee-farm of the city of York, which pertains to the king.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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841 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley]. Addressed to John Teryng, mayor and escheator of the city of Lincoln .
Lincoln. Inquisition. Lincoln guildhall. 19 June. [Teryng].
Jurors: Richard Wynluff ; John Gryssyngton ; James Staynton ; William Walsh ; Thomas Reue ; John Doket ; William Hawardby ; Henry Belcheford ; Robert Brampton ; John Neucom ; John Brewe ; and Thomas Skypwyth .
He was seised in his demesne as of fee of a yearly rent of £100 by the sheriff at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions from the fee-farm of the city of Lincoln, which pertains to the king.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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842 Writ, certiorari de feodis ‡ 18 Nov. 1421. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford . Certify the value and extent of the knight's fees and advowsons which he held in the county.
Lincolnshire. Inquisition. Market Rasen. 23 Nov. [Feriby].
Jurors: John Chaumberleyn ; John Grenok ; William Hatton ; Roger Panton ; Thomas Sleford ; John Baskerville ; William Almotson ; John Ledes ; John Tryppok ; Richard Grey ; John Welby ; and Ralph Freman .
He held in his demesne as of fee 1/2 knight's fee in Messingham formerly held by Michael de la Pole and which the heir of Gerard Sothill, knight , held of him, annual value 50s.; 1/16 knight's fee there which the prior of Thornholme held of him, worth nothing because held in frankalmoign; 1/16 knight's fee there which the abbot of Louth Park held of him, worth nothing except the prayers of the monks; and the advowsons of the churches of Gunby, Holton Beckering and Ropsley, each worth yearly 10 marks when a vacancy occurs.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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843 Writ 14 May 1421. [Haseley].
Leicestershire. Inquisition. Leicester. 3 July. [Burgh].
Jurors: Nicholas Joye of Stathern ; John Latham of Ab Kettleby ; John Fenton of Waltham on the Wolds ; Nicholas Rouse of Hose ; Roger Scharpe of Melton Mowbray ; Richard Huntyngdon of Barkestone ; John Chaveney of the same; Nicholas Porter of Redmile ; William Cowpeland of Harby ; William Dalby of Bottesford ; William Elliston of the same; and John atte Townysende of Sysonby . In E 149: Ellyston.
He held in his demesne as of fee: in Redmile, 2/3 manor, 2/3 carucate, 15 messuages, a windmill and 25 bovates held of William Babyngton , Simon Leeke and other feoffees of William de Roos . Annual values: the manor and carucate, 22s. 2 1/2d.; the 15 messuages nil; the 25 bovates £10 2s. The 2/3 manor, 2/3 carucate, and the remaining 1/3 of each which Margaret widow of William de Roos holds in dower, and the 15 messuages, windmill and 25 bovates which make up the manor, are worth only 9s. 4d. because of Margaret's dower. John de Roos, knight , by his letters patent dated 1 Oct. 1419, sealed with a seal of arms and shown to the jurors, granted £10 yearly from the manor to William Heton ; the manor of Barkestone called `Belhouse Plat' and 2 carucates, annual value 4 marks, and 6 marks assize rents in Barkestone at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in equal portions. There are in the manor a hall, barn, and dovecot, annual value 3s. 4d. He held no other lands because his father William de Roos and his wife Margaret, who survives, were jointly seised in demesne as of fee tail of the manor of Bottesford, the advowson of the church and a chantry in it by grant of William de Rempston and William Berford ; a carucate and 100s. rent in Normanton which John's father William de Roos by fine of 1408-9 [not found] made with the king's licence [7 Nov. 1408: CPR 1408-13, p. 25] and shown to the escheator and jurors, granted for life to Simon Leek , William Babyngton and William Heton , who survive, and Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Schropschyre and others, deceased; the castle and manor of Belvoir, reversion to William de Roos and his heirs.
Date of death as in 836. Thomas de Roos , his brother and next heir, was aged 14 years on 27 Sept. 1420.
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844 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley].
Northamptonshire. Inquisition [indented ]. Northampton. 11 Oct. [Compeworth]. Only the Exchequer version is indented.
Jurors: Thomas Mulso ; Simon Kynnesman ; John Pulton ; Thomas Drayton ; William Mayhewe ; John Langeport ; John Croft ; Roger Stratton ; John Dawes ; John Herry of Rushton ; William Mayn ; and John Brakle .
He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service the manor of Stoke Albany with its members in Wilbarston and Ashley and the advowson of the church. Annual values: the site of the manor nil; a dovecot within the site, 3s. 4d.; the herbage and fruit of an orchard, 3s. 4d.; the herbage of a garden called `le vyneyerd', 4s.; 161 a. demesne arable worth yearly 4d. an acre; 71 a. meadow worth yearly 18d. an acre; a pasture called `Madecroft', 20s.; a pasture called `Dryadam', 5s.; a water-mill, 13s. 4d.; a windmill, nil because `le milne post' is broken and the mill cannot grind; 29s. 4d. assize rents at Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Michaelmas and Christmas in equal portions; £20 12s. 8d. rents of tenants in socage, customary tenants and tenants at will at the same terms; and a rent of 1/2 lb. pepper at Christmas. A rent of 10 capons at 2d. each is paid at Christmas from Ashley. He held similarly the manor of Braunston called `Braundestonbury' with the advowson of the church. Annual values: the site of the manor 3s. 4d.; 104 a. demesne arable worth yearly 6d. an acre; 24 a. demesne meadow worth yearly 2s. an acre; and £6 3s. 8d. rents of tenants in socage and tenants at will at St. Martin in winter and Whitsun in equal portions.
Date of death as in 836. Thomas de Roos is his brother and next heir, i.e. son of William de Roos father of John, aged 14 1/2 years and more on 22 March last.
[Exchequer copy, margin:.] Examined by Selby.
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845 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley].
Lincolnshire. Inquisition. Lincoln castle. 6 June. [Feriby].
Jurors: Richard Barnby of Great Gonerby or Little Gonerby ; Robert Flemmyng of Grantham ; William Mysterten of Witham ; Robert Jurdan ; John Quykerell of Boston ; Stephen Baxster of the same; Thomas Belle of the same; John Horn of Freiston ; John Hare of Wragby ; William Bele of the same; Thomas Marchall of Elsham ; and John Blow of the same.
He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service for a whole Barony 2/3 manor of Wragby with its members and the reversion of 1/3 after the death of his mother Margaret. Annual value of 2/3 £12 as follows: 2/3 waste site of the manor demised at farm, 6s. 8d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; 6 demesne bovates demised at farm, 45s. at the same terms; 7 1/2 a. meadow in Wragby and 2 a. meadow in Kingthorpe demised at farm, 9s. 6d. at the same terms; 9 bovates held for life or a term of years by tenants at will, annual value £4 10s. at the same terms equally; 10 cottages, annual value 30s. at farm at the same terms equally; 19s. 6d. assize rents from tenants in fee at the same terms equally; 1 lb. pepper yearly on the feast of St. Botolph; 2/3 demesne wood, annual value of the underwood 20s.; 2/3 ruinous windmill, annual value nil; 2/3 perquisites of 2 views of frankpledge held immediately after Easter and Michaelmas, and of another court held every three weeks, annual value 13s. 4d.; and 2/3 fair in Wragby on the feast of the Ascension and 2/3 market held weekly on Wednesdays, annual value 5s. above the variable income. The 2/3 are worth no more because John, Lord Roos , by letters patent gave the keeping of his warren and woods in Wragby for life to John Hancok , who survives and pays 60s. 8d. yearly at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. He also held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, 2/3 manor of Elsham in Wrawby, annual value 40s., with the reversion of 1/3. There are in the 2/3 6 bovates with messuage, toft and croft adjoining, 40s., 2 views of frankpledge held immediately after Easter and Michaelmas, and a three-weekly court, annual value nil. He held nothing more because, as John Roos, lord of Helmsley and Belvoir , by his charter dated 28 Sept. 1419, sealed with a seal of arms and shown in evidence to the jurors, he granted to Thomas, bishop of Durham , William, earl of Suffolk , John, Lord Clifford , Robert, Lord Willoughby , Thomas Rempston , Robert Roos of Gedney , and William Meryng , knight s, William Kynwoldmerssh , John Wodehouse , William Babyngton , Nicholas Conyston , Simon Leek , William Heton and Peter Horneby , who survive seised, and Thomas Lelhome , deceased, the manors of Freiston, `Goddesfeldhall' in Freiston, and Boston, held of Robert Pedwardyn, knight , of his manor of Burton Pedwardine by knight service.
Date of death as in 836. Thomas de Roos is his brother and next heir, aged 14 1/2 years and more on 22 March last.
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846 Writ 14 May 1421. [Haseley]
Sussex. Inquisition [indented]. Eastbourne. 3 June.. [Bekke].
Jurors: Robert Motard ; Walter Campion ; Robert ?S …; William Sabyn ; John Courtvile ; John Frenshe ; John atte Chambre ; Richard Burton ; John Roghberd ; Richard Monk ; John ?Lovell ; and Richard ….
He held in his demesne as of fee by knight service the manor of Eastbourne. There are in the site of the manor 2 chambers, a pantry, a kitchen, a stable, 2 granges and a dovecot, annual value nil; £36 assize rents on the feast of St. Thomas the apostle, Palm Sunday, St. Peter's Chains and at Michaelmas in equal portions; 80 a. arable, annual value 4 marks at the same terms; 30 a. meadow, annual value 45s. at 18d. an acre; pasture on `les Downes' for 50 sheep, annual value 40s.; 30 customary works, annual value £11 15s.; the courts there with 2 views of frankpledge, annual value 100s. There is a warren at Beachy Head, and wreck of the sea along all the coasts within the lordship, annual value nil at present. He also held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Eckington of the king of the duchy of Lancaster and the honor of the Eagle , service unknown. There are there the site of the manor with a grange, annual value nil, and 50s. assize rents at the above terms in equal portions.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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847 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley].
Yorkshire. Inquisition. Market Weighton. 21 Sept. [Barton].
Jurors: Thomas Santon ; Richard Thweng ; Richard Santon ; Richard Weton ; Richard Forester ; Richard Hayton ; Thomas Westhorpe ; Richard Esyngwald ; William Hoton ; Thomas Pokthorpe ; William Westby ; and John Bosuyle .
He held in his demesne as of fee the castle and manor of Helmsley with its members in Pockley, Carlton, Beadlam and Oswaldkirk of the king in chief by service of a whole barony. Annual value of the site of the castle and manor nil. There are in the manor 2 demesne carucates, i.e.... a. worth yearly 12d. an acre; 20 a. meadow for hay each year worth yearly 12d. an acre; 2 parks, annual value of the underwood nil and of the pasture nil above the sustenance of the beasts there and the gage of 2 parkers; 2 water-mills and a common farm, annual value £10 at the Purification and St. Peter's Chains equally; £11 assize rents from free tenants holding in burgage at the same terms; and 30 cottages held at will, annual value 10s. each. There are in the hamlet of Pockley 20s. assize rents from free tenants and £4 3s. 4d. rents of 8 cottages held at will. He held no more because his father William, Lord Roos , by his letters patent gave 26s. 8d. yearly rent from the castle and manor to his servant Thomas de ...orton , who survives. There are in Beadlam 3s. assize rents from free tenants and 10 cottages held at will, annual value 8s. each. There are in the hamlet of Oswaldkirk 10 cottages held at will, annual value 8s. each. By other letters patent William, Lord Roos , gave 2d. a day for life from the castle and manor to his servant Richard Marchall, gatekeeper of Helmsley castle . Annual value of the perquisites of the three-weekly court 20s. He was seised in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief as part of the same barony of: the manor of Harome. There are in it the site of the manor with a grange and a sheepfold, annual value nil; 80 a. demesne arable worth yearly 12d. an acre; 50 a. meadow for hay which is mown each year and is worth 2s. an acre; 80 a. pasture worth 18d. an acre; 10 cottages held at will and worth yearly 8s. each; and a water-mill, annual value 20s. yearly at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; the manor of Hagg. There are in it the site with a grange, annual value nil; 100 a. demesne arable worth 12d. an acre; 50 a. meadow which is mown each year and is worth 2s. an acre; and 100 a. pasture worth yearly 12d. an acre. He was seised in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service of the manor of Turnham Hall. There are in it the site with a hall and 2 chambers annexed, a kitchen, a bakehouse and various other offices, annual value nil; £8 assize rents there at Easter and Michaelmas; 20 a. meadow for hay worth 2s. an acre yearly; a pasture called `le Karr', 40 a., worth 12d. an acre; perquisites of a three-weekly court, annual value nil; and a weir and a fishery in the river Ouse, annual value 20s. He was seised in his demesne as of fee of the following: the manor of Seaton, held of the earl of March , service unknown. There are in it the site, a hall with 2 chambers, a kitchen, a bakehouse and other offices, a stable and a grange, annual value nil; 63 a. demesne arable worth 12d. an acre; 10 cottages held at will worth yearly 6s. 8d. each; a pasture of 6 a. worth yearly 13d. an acre; the manor of Storthwaite with its appurtenances in Melbourne and `Landrykmose'. There are in it the site with a grange and a stable, annual value nil; 80 a. demesne arable worth 12d. an acre; 30s. assize rents at St. Martin and Whitsun; 80 a. meadow for hay which is mown each year and worth 2s. an acre; 20 cottages held at will worth yearly 10s. each; a park, annual value of the underwood nil, of the agistment of the herbage and pasture, 100s. at the same terms; a moor called `Landrykmose' with turbary, annual value £10; and perquisites of a three-weekly court nil. By letters patent dated 17 Jan. 1421 shown to the escheator and jurors he granted an annual rent of £10 from the manor of Melbourne for life to his shield-bearer Peter de Hornby , and by other letters patent dated 12 Oct. 1419 he granted 3d. daily from the manors of Seaton, Melbourne and Storthwaite to Robert Skete, a servant in his forest or warren; the manor of Linton upon Ouse. There are in it the site, 2 chambers and a grange, annual value nil; 4 closes of demesne arable, annual value 100s.; 40 a. of meadow for hay which is mown each year and worth yearly 2s. an acre; a water-mill, annual value 3s. 4d.; 18 bovates formerly demesne arable, worth yearly 10s. each; 20 bovates held at will worth yearly 10s. each; 3s. 3d. assize rents at the same terms as above in equal portions; and perquisites of a three-weekly court, annual value nil. By his charter dated 8 Sept. 1419 he granted to the feoffees named in 845 the manor of Thornton in Craven, held by knight service of the earl of Northumberland of his manor of Spofforth , and the manor and lordship of Roos, the site of which is held by knight service of Lord Fitzhugh , the remainder by knight service of the earl of Aumale of the honor of Burstwick .
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
[Sewn to the Exchequer version is a writ, dated 4 July 1421 (prepared by Wymbyssh, attested at Westminster by John, duke of Bedford), for delivery of his lands to William Heton , to whom their stewardship during the minority of his son and heir Thomas had been granted by letters patent dated 17 May 1421 [CPR 1416-22, 341].]
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848 Writ, que plura ‡ 23 Oct. 1421. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford .
Yorkshire. Inquisition. Doncaster. 15 Nov. [Barton].
Jurors: William Lord ; John Hayncok ; John Maltby ; John Tykhull ; Robert Bawtry ; Hugh Rosyngton ; Peter Luterell ; William Hilt ; John Mathersey ; Richard Mareschall ; Robert Fyssher ; and John Gibson .
He held more lands and tenements in the county than was stated in the previous inquisition, i.e. £20 rent from various lands and tenements in Warter which the prior of Warter holds by knight service of the Earl Marshal .
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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849 Writ 14 May 1421. [Haseley].
Shropshire. Inquisition. Shrewsbury. 20 Sept. [Hord].
Jurors: Simon Waryng ; William Wemme ; Thomas Leycestre ; Roger Lye ; Thomas Grantham ; John Ins ; Richard Lunches ; Roger Pym ; Richard Parker ; William Philippys ; John Wandley ; and Richard Hodnet .
He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service the manor of Adderley and the advowson of the church there. There are there the site, the herbage of which is worth 10s. yearly; 100s. assize rents at the Annunciation and Michaelmas in equal portions; 10 cottages held at will worth yearly 6s. 8d. each; 20 a. meadow for hay which are mown each year and worth 3s. an acre; 30 a. arable worth yearly 12d. an acre; 6 cottages in Spoonley held at will worth yearly 3s. each; and a park, the herbage of which is worth nothing this year but agistment for beasts is worth 10s. yearly.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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850 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley]. Addressed to the escheator in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Nottinghamshire. Inquisition [indented]. Whatton. 8 July. [Wilbram].
Jurors: John Gloucestre of Car Colston or Colston Basset junior ; Richard Thurveton of Thoroton ; Robert Rogesson of Sutton ; Robert Blythworth of Maplebeck ; John Barnard of Eakring junior; Richard Sayberd of Scarrington ; John Thurveton of Thoroton ; John Botes of Orston junior ; Thomas Large of the same ; John Marsshall of Whatton ; Adam Geffray of Dallington ; and Robert Humburston of Thoroton .
He held the manor of Orston with the soke in his demesne as of fee of the king in socage. There are there 12 bovates worth yearly 20s. each, £22 16s. 6d. assize rents at the Annunciation and Michaelmas in equal portions, and fines and perquisites of courts, annual value 100s. He held the manor of Sutton on Trent in his demesne as of fee of the earl of Richmond in socage by service of 1/2d. yearly. There are there 80 a. arable worth yearly 4d. an acre; 15 a. meadow worth yearly 20d. an acre; and 108s. 4d. from free tenants and cottars at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions. He also held 2/3 manor of Eakring of the king in chief, service unknown. There are there 8 bovates worth yearly 10s. each; 20 a. meadow worth yearly 16d. an acre; 83s. 4d. rent of free tenants, customary tenants and cottars at Whitsun and St. Martinin equal portions. He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in socage 2/3 manor of Warsop. Annual value of the 2/3, and a £10 rent granted to Geoffrey Paynell, esquire , for life by Richard Shropshire and William Danby , who were formerly seised of the manor in their demesne as of fee for the life of Geoffrey, 5s. 4d.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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851 [Writ: see 858.]
Derbyshire. Inquisition [indented]. Derby. 12 July 1421. [Wilbram].
Jurors: William Tochet of Mackworth ; Richard Futch of Markeaton ; Edward Masse of the same; John Bate of Allestree ; John Smyth of the same; John Spencere of Alvaston ; William Taberere of Allestree ; John Mapulbek of the same; Richard Williamson of Aston on Trent ; John Taburere of the same; John Coke of ?Allestree ; and Robert West of Markeaton .
He held a messuage and 2 bovates in Shirebrook in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value 8s. There are there 2/3 pasture called `le Storth', annual value 4s. 5d.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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852 Writ, melius inquirendo ‡ 23 Oct. 1421. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford . Inquire as to his interest in 2/3 manor of Eakring.
Nottinghamshire. Inquisition [indented]. Blyth. 17 Nov. [Wolbram].
Jurors: Thomas Meryng ; John Leek ; Robert Sutton ; John de Arom ; William Musham ; Nicholas Byntry ; John Knyght ; Robert Proktour ; Thomas Peronell ; Andrew Dey ; Robert Wynloue ; and William Mathersey .
He held in his demesne as of fee 2/3 manor of Eakring.
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853 Writ ‡ 14 May 1421. [Haseley]. Addressed to the escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Suffolk. Inquisition. Henhowe. 13 June. [Lexham].
Jurors: John Toll ; Nicholas Ingram ; John Walsyngham ; Hugh Wolpyt ; Simon Dereham ; William Palgenam ; Richard Drynkeston ; John Rougham ; Ralph Fernam ; William Bacon ; Robert Draper ; and Simon Sparke .
He held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Bradfield Combust of William Rokewod by service of 3s. 5d. yearly. There are there the site with a barn in it, annual value nil; 26s. 8d. assize rents from free tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; 60 a. demesne arable worth yearly 6d. an acre; 6 a. meadow for hay which can be mown each year when each acre is worth 2s.; 6 a. underwood, the crop of which is worth yearly 2s.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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854 [Writ: see 853.]
Norfolk. Inquisition. Little Walsingham. 16 June 1421. [Lexham].
Jurors: John Broun ; Nicholas Leche ; John Gresham ; Hugh Whyte ; Simon ?W..hrap.. ; William Bucle ; Richard Louyke ; John Lynge ; Ralph Spyser ; William atte Hill ; Robert Bloger ; Simon Bradley ; and John Whyn .
He held in his demesne as of fee: 1/2 manor of Holt and Cley next the Sea called `Roos' and the advowson of Cley next the Sea of the king in chief of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, annual value £13. There are in it the site at Holt with a chamber and a building called `dayry', annual value nil above the enclosure of the site; 18s. 4d. assize rents at Christmas, Purification, Whitsun and Michaelmas; 60s. rent of customary tenants at the same terms; 1 lb. pepper, annual value 10d.; 1 1/2 lb. cumin, annual value 1 1/2d.; 1/2 ploughshare, 3d.; 11 capons, annual value 2s. 9d.; 14 hens, annual value 21d.; a water-mill at Holt and a windmill at Cley next the Sea, annual value nil because out of repair; 100 carrying services in autumn, annual value 25s.; 100 a. arable in Holt, annual value 33s. 4d.; 118 a. arable in Cley next the Sea, annual value 40s.; 36 a. arable in Blakeney, annual value 12s.; perquisites of court and a leet there, annual value 40s.; a pasture called `le Eye', annual value 4s.; 1/2 perquisites of the court and profits of the port of Blakeney called `Blakeneyhaven', annual value 10s.; 1/2 wreck of the sea from the mill of `Carewell' near Salthouse as far as `Aggisgate' near Morston, annual value nil; heath growing in the manor of Holt, annual value 6s. 8d.; heath growing at Cley next the Sea, annual value 20d.; and 5 a. underwood at Holt, annual value 3s. 4d.; the manor of Hackford and the advowson of the church of William Calthorp by service of 1/2 knight's fee. There are in the manor the site, a hall with a chamber annexed, a bakehouse, a building for heifers and dairy cows, annual value nil; 40s. assize rents from free tenants; Reepham market held weekly on Tuesdays, annual value 40s.; 60 a. arable worth yearly 6d. an acre; 12 a. pasture called `Leyes' worth yearly 3d. an acre; 11 a. meadow for hay which can be mown each year and is worth 2s. an acre; 5 a. pasture called `Marresse' worth yearly 2s. an acre; 5 cottages held at will, each containing 3 a. and worth yearly 6s. each; 14 a. in 2 woods, the underwood of which is worth yearly 6s. 8d.; a leet and a court every three weeks, annual value 20s.; the manor of Whitwell of John Geneye for 1 knight's fee. There are there a site with 2 granges, annual value nil; 40s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas; 119s. rent from bond tenants at the same terms; 63 autumn works each worth 3d. yearly; 63 winter works between Michaelmas and Easter each worth 3/4d.; 60 a. demesne arable worth yearly 6d. an acre; 7 a. meadow for hay worth yearly 2s. an acre; 7 a. pasture worth yearly 6d. an acre; an old water-mill, annual value nil; and perquisites of a three-weekly court, 10s.; the manor of Watton of the Earl Marshal for 1 knight's fee. There are there a site with a hall, a kitchen, a building for steers, annual value nil; 20s. assize rents at the sameterms as above in equal portions; 12 cottages held at will and worth yearly 3s. 4d. each; rents of 4 capons, annual value 12d., and 12 hens, annual value [?18]d.; [?100] a. demesne arable worth yearly 4 1/2d. an acre; 20 a. meadow for hay worth yearly 2s. an acre; 3 fairs held yearly at St. Philip and St. James, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and St. Peter's Chains, annual value 26s. 8d.; a fishery called `Watton mere', annual value 18d.; and a leet and a three-weekly court, annual value nil; ... parts of the manor of `Wodhows' in Saham Toney of the earl of Warwick , service unknown. There are there a site...a barn, annual value nil; 26s. 8d. assize rents from free tenants at St. Martin and Whitsun in equal portions; 60 a. demesne arable worth yearly... an acre; 6 a. meadow for hay which can be mown each year worth yearly 2s. an acre; and 6 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 2s. yearly; 1/2 manor of Houghton on the Hill called `Roos' of the honor of Eye , service unknown. There are there the site and a grange, annual value nil; 22s. 10d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; 6 cottages held at will, annual value 5s. each at the same terms; a rent of 12 hens from tenants at will, annual value 18d.; 16 autumn works each worth 3d. yearly; 24 a. demesne arable worth yearly 6d. an acre; 12 a. meadow for hay which can be mown each year and are worth 2s. an acre; and perquisites of court, 11s.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838.
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854A [Writ not extant. 14 May 1421, CFR 1413-22, 378.]
Kent. Inquisition. Chilham . 09 June 1421. [Charryngworth].
Jurors: John Andrew and others.
He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the castle and manor of Chilham with the advowson of the church at every third presentation, and the manors of Hothfield and Wilderton with the advowson of the church of Hothfield on every … presentation [ms worn] and the advowson of the church of Old Romney at every third presentation. The castle and manor of Chilham are held of the king in chief by service of 2 knight’s fees and 52s. for ward of the king’s castle of Dover , paid at the castle at 20s. every 20 weeks, annual value of the castle and the site of the manor nil. To the manor pertain £22 rents of assize, paid at the usual four terms, and rents of 200 hens at Christmas and Michaelmas and 200 eggs at Easter from the tenants of the manor, value of a hen 2d., of 100 eggs 5d. Customary ploughing in winter and reaping in autumn on the demesne land by the tenants there, annual value … [ms worn]. Two watermills, of which one is dilapidated, annual value nil because..., the other working, annual value 13s. 4d. ?100 a. arable, annual value 6d. per acre. 12 a. meadow, annual value ?2s. per acre. 60 a. pasture, annual value ?5d. per acre. The pasture in the park there and elsewhere, annual value 6s. 8d. ......, annual value 8s. 4d. The wood there, annual value nil, because decayed (?debil’). In the park and other places called …y..., ?Rok….e, Sh[ety]ndon and S[te… eld] are trees and timber which are not extended or valued. Profits of the court and view of frankpledge there, annual value 20s. after the steward’s fee and expenses. All his arable, pasture … … plough and reap customs aforesaid … before John, lord Roos’ death, ?[he granted] to a certain William Rolle of Chartham at lease for a term not yet ended for £20 yearly rent, payable at ?Easter and Michaelmas by equal portions or … … The manor of Hothfield with the advowsons of the churches of Hothfield and Old Romney are held of the archbishop of Canterbury by right of his archbishopric by service of a knight’s fee and by service of ?being the chamberlain at the archbishop’s installation and suit of court at the archbishop’s … … every three weeks, annual value ?20 marks. The manor of Wilderton is held of the abbot of St Augustine’s, Canterbury , service unknown. There is there the site of the manor, with a sheepfold (barcar’) built on it, annual value nil, 40s. rents of assize paid by the tenants there at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, 10 cottages held at the will of the lord, for each of which 5s. is paid [sic], at the same term days, and 20 a. of demesne arable, annual value 6d. per acre.
Date of death as in 836, heir as in 838, but aged 14 1/2 years and more on 22 March last.
[Margin:] Examined.
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