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GILBERT DENYS, KNIGHT
933 Writ ‡ 1 May 1422. [Gaunstede]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.
Gloucestershire. Inquisition [indented]. Chipping Sodbury. 25 June. [Alderley].
Jurors: Robert Codryngton ; John Nyman ; Thomas Lypeyate ; Nicholas Veel ; Thomas Freman ; Thomas Wyrlok ; William Chestrow ; John Clyff ; Maurice Gregory ; John atte Rode ; John Doughton senior ; and Richard Jewell . In E 149: Coderyngton.
He held of the king in chief in his demesne as of fee by knight service the manors of Alveston and Earthcott and the hundred of Langley, total annual value £19 5s. There are in the manor of Alveston 40s. assize rents and £6 rents of tenants at will at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in equal portions, 300 a. pasture worth yearly 5d. an acre, and 20 a. meadow worth yearly 12d. an acre. There are in the manor of Earthcott 40s. rents of tenants at will. The hundred of Langley is worth 40s. yearly. By a charter dated at Olveston on 20 Jan. 1420, shown to the jurors, he held jointly in tail male with his wife Margaret, who survives, the manor and advowson of Olveston, reversion to Gilbert's kinsman Nicholas Denys for life, remainder to the right heirs of Gilbert, by feoffment of Robert Stanshawe , John Broune , Robert Coderyngton and John Vaghorn, vicar of St. Nicholas , Bristol . The manor is held of the bishop of Bath and Wells of the king, service unknown, annual value £20. He held 1/2 manor of Dyrham and the advowson of the church at the second turn of presentation [CIPM XX, no. 488] of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £10.
He died on 24 March 1422. Maurice Denys is his son and next heir, aged 14 years and more.
[The Exchequer copy has an apportionment calculation on the dorse.]
C 138/63/27 mm. 1-2 E 149/126/5 m. 1
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