884
Shropshire and the Adjacent March of Wales.
Partition [
indented] of 2/3 lands and
tenements of
Edward
Charleton of Powis, knight, in the presence of
Walter
Lucy,
knight, and
Richard
Wygemore
, attorneys and next friends of his daughter Joyce, and of
John
Fitzpiers
, next friend of his other daughter Joan.
Welshpool castle.
4 Aug. 1421. [
Horde].
Joyce's purparty is described in C 138/61/80, Joan's in C 138/61/82. The former, which is indented (Joan's part is not), is headed 'Purparty of Joyce, one of the daughters and heirs of Edward Charleton of Powis, knight'. E 149/125/14, m. 2, is the writ.
The following were allotted to Joyce:
in the castle of Welshpool: the keep and the east part of the ward between a tower
called `le dortour' and the tower in which
Roger
Charleton
was accustomed to lodge on
the west; the moat next the town of Welshpool on the east, and all towers, chambers,
chapels, buildings and gardens within that area with free ingress and egress by way of the
castle gate next the town of Welshpool on the east;
in the manor of Welshpool: a dovecot, a barn, 3 messuages, 3 ponds, an orchard, a
garden and other lands and tenements extending in length between the great pond and
the castle moat on the west and the path which leads to a lane called `Castellone' on the
east and in breadth between a small park and the castle on the north and the demesne
lands on the south; all those demesne lands with meadows, pastures, woods, water,
ponds and paths which lie in length between the castle, park and `Castellone' on the
north and the river Severn on the south and in breadth between the path which leads
from the great pond to the wood called `le Fryth' and then by the upper end of the wood
to the river Severn on the west and the outer boundary of the demesne lands against the
town of Welshpool on the east, an old park called little park anciently enclosed with
ditches and a part of the great park as bounded by an oak and other marks on the west
and in breadth between a way over the farthest point of the great park on the south and
the field called `Kay Gobert' on the north;
in the commot of Machynlleth: the manor of `Grenehall' with its park;
the commot, lordships, townships and manors of Arwystli Iscoed and Arwystli
Uwchoed, Cyfeiliog, Llangurig, Llanidloes and Machynlleth with all regalian rights,
franchises, liberties, suit of court, wards, marriages and reliefs, and a knight's fee in
Lydham which
John
Fitzpiers
holds and the advowson of the prebend called `Davyd' in
the church of St. George, Pontesbury.
The following were allotted to Joan:
in the castle of Welshpool: the tower called `le dortour' and the tower in which
Roger
Charlton
was accustomed to lodge, and the entire wood west of the castle in length from
the keep on the east and the outer bridge of the castle on the west, with all towers,
chambers and buildings in the ward;
in the manor of Welshpool: a great pond on the south against the ward; all those
demesne lands with meadows, pastures, woods, water, ponds, mills, ways and paths
extending in length between the castle and the great park on the north and the river
Severn on the south and in breadth between a path which leads from the great pond to a
wood called `le Fryth' and then along the upper and western boundary of the wood to
the river Severn on the east and the outer boundary of the demesne lands on the west of
the great park except that part of the park from the small park as far as Joyce's portion
as bounded by an oak and other marks and ditches;
the commot, lordship, towns and manors of Caereinion with 13s. 4d. rent in
?Moughtrey, Mechain Uwchoed and Mechain Iscoed, Mochnant, Llanfyllin and
Pontesbury with the same liberties as above, except the manor of `Grenehall' with its
park, part of the commot of Machynlleth, and the prebend called `prebend Davyd' in the church of St. George, Pontesbury, both of which were assigned to Joyce. Joan's
purparty remained in the king's hand. By a writ of 20 July 1422 [CFR 1413-
22, p. 442] the escheator was ordered to put Joan and her husband
John
Grey,
knight, into possession.