Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 22, 1422-27

WILLIAM SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DEYNCOURT, KNIGHT, AND JOAN HIS WIFE

30 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Henley-on-Thames. 16 November 1422. [Wachett]

Jurors: Richard Lenglyssh ; William Padenhale ; John Toures ; William Logge ; John Myton ; Walter Fyssher ; John Chambre ; John atte Hawe ; William Deven ; Thomas Blakehalle ; Gilbert Tannere ; and William atte More .

The manor of Rotherfield Greys came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV and is still in those of ‪ Henry VI owing the death of Joan, late wife of John Deyncourt, knight , and the minority of William son and heir of John and Joan, who died a minor in ‪Henry V‬ ’s wardship. Rotherfield Greys.In the manor there are buildings, worth nothing yearly because exceedingly derelict; 12 cottages, each worth 20d. yearly; 260 a. barren land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 60s. rents of service paid by various tenants in the vills of Rotherfield Greys and Henley-on-Thames at Easter and Michaelmas; and a park, worth nothing yearly above enclosure and maintenance of the beasts of the chase. The advowson of the church of Rotherfield Greys pertains to the manor, annual value £10. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight service.

He died on 5 September last. Alice and Margaret his sisters are his next heirs; Alice was aged 18 years on 24 February last and Margaret 17 years on 21 September last. [The inquisition for Berkshire ordered in the writ is not extant.]

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31 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Northampton. 11 January 1423. [Compeworth]

Jurors: Thomas Jonesone , Henry Penne , John Bacholor , John Bronys , Thomas Herdewyk and John Freborn , of Duston; Nicholas Baronn and Thomas Mill , of Duddington; Thomas Buberham of Bulwick; Robert Coft and John Cost , of Corby; and John de Febyry of Duddington.

Owing to the death of John Deyncourt, knight , and the minority of William his son and heir, who died a minor in ‪Henry V‬ ’s wardship, 14 messuages, 4 tofts, 17 virgates of land and meadow and a water-mill in the vill of Duddington came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV and are still in those of ‪ Henry VI , John having died seised in them in his demesne as of fee. The messuages and tofts are worth nothing yearly; in the virgates there are 200 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly, sum 66s. 8d., and 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly, sum 40s.; and the water-mill is worth 33s. 4d. yearly: in total £7. Long before his death, William Deyncourt , father of John Deyncourt who was his heir, granted and confirmed by charter to Ralph de Neuyle, chevalier , and Robert de Wyclyff, clerk , who survive, and John Fayrefax , Richard de Outhorpe , Matthew de Torkeseye and John Deyncourt of Whalley, deceased, their heirs and assigns, an annual rent of 100 marks from these and other lands and tenements in Buckinghamshire and Derbyshire, and bound these lands as distraint for Ralph, Robert, John, Richard, Matthew and John, as is clear more fully in the charter. Thus the Duddington lands and tenements are worth nothing above this rent. They are held of the king of his duchy of Lancaster for a sore sparrowhawk. William son of John held the manor of Duston by demise and confirmation, with royal licence [CPR 1405–8, p.320], of Alice, Lady Deyncourt , John Alferton and Thomas Pensax , who survive, and William Leek , deceased, to himself and the heirs of his body, successive remainders for want of such heirs to Alice and Margaret his sisters and the heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of Joan [his mother]. He died without heirs of his body. Duston. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £20.

Date of death and heirs as in 30.

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32 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Grantham. 28 November 1422. [Denton]

Jurors: John Blake of Harmston; William Smyth of Kirkby; John Utlawe of Marton; Nicholas Mason of Metheringham; John Stokke of Cold or Potter Hanworth; John Brughton of Branston; John Gybon, senior , and John Nobull , of Burton ?Coggles (Byrton); and Thomas Norby , John Howet , Thomas Bell and Thomas Bete , of Bitchfield.

The lordship in Burton Coggles came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV and is still in those of ‪ Henry VI for the same reasons as in 31. Burton Coggles. In the lordship there are 24s. assize rents from tenants at Pentecost and Martinmas in equal portions with services from these tenants when they fall; and view of frankpledge held twice a year immediately after Easter and Michaelmas, worth nothing yearly above the fees and expenses of the steward and bailiff. The lordship is held of the manor of Blankney by knight service; the manor is held of the king in chief.

Date of death and heirs as in 30. No other lands or tenements came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV or are still in those of ‪ Henry VI through the death of John Deyncourt, knight , or that of his wife Joan, named in the writ and mother of Alice and Margaret, nor by reason of the minority of William their son and heir.

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33 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Bingham. 18 November 1422. [Goushill]

Jurors: Edmund Cranmere of Aslockton; John Marsshall of Whatton; William Porter of Elton; Norman Knyght of Wiverton Hall; Robert Ouerton of Thoroton; John Botes of Orston, junior ; William Arnall of Car Colston; John Saylgerd of Aslockton; William Harrop of Bingham; Richard Thoroton and William Hall , of Screveton; and John Ouerton of Hawksworth.

The manor of Granby came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV and is still in those of ‪ Henry VI for the same reasons as in 30. Granby. In the manor there are buildings, 28 messuages and 6 tofts, worth nothing yearly; 50 bovates, each worth 10s. yearly; 15 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 2 closes, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 2 dovecots, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; a pasture called ‘Aldfeld’, worth 6s.8d. yearly; a pasture called ‘le Welles’, worth 10s. yearly; a rabbit warren, worth nothing yearly above the warrener’s fee; and the advowsons of the priory of Thurgarton and the Hospital of St Leonard’s of East Stoke, which pertain to the manor, annual value of the advowson of the priory 100s. 5[d.] and the hospital 40s. There are knights’ fees in the manor: two in Aslockton and Knapthorpe, which Roger Deyncourt formerly held, £10; one in East Stoke which Peter de Widmerpole formerly held, 100s; and two in Staunton which the Lord Roos holds, £10. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight service. Exchequer copy has 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 20d. yearly. Exchequer copy has 100s. only.

Date of death and heirs as in 30.

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34 [Writ: see 33]

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Chesterfield. 20 November 1422. [Goushill]

Jurors: Thomas Fox of Coal Aston; Robert Shemyld of Cowley; Richard Guke of Chesterfield; Robert Owtreme of Dronfield Woodhouse; John Barbour of Chesterfield; Thomas Maynard of Dronfield; William Sadler of Chesterfield; William Boton of Unstone; Adam Whetecroft and Roger Poplyngton , of Chesterfield; Thomas Sutbury ; and Roger Harne of Chesterfield.

The following came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV and are still in those of ‪ Henry VI for the same reasons as in 31.

Holmesfield, the manor, in which there are various buildings and 18 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a close called ‘le Park’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a water-mill, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 28 bovates, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and... a. meadow [ms torn], each acre worth 16d. yearly. The annual rent of 100 marks granted by William Deyncourt as in 31, pertained to this manor among others. After William’s death, an annual rent of 55s. 8d. from the manor was assigned to Alice his widow as her dower both in Derbyshire and in other counties [CPR 1385–9, pp.59–60, 18 March 1386]. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value nil above the annual rents of 100 marks and 55s. 8d. Elmton, the manor, in which there are buildings, worth nothing yearly; 6 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a park, worth nothing yearly above the fee of the parker and pasturage of the beasts of the chase; and 200 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly. In the vill of Cresswell, which is part of the manor, there are 4 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and a water-mill, worth 20s. yearly. The mill of Brackenfield, worth 20s. yearly, also belongs to the manor. An annual rent of 36s. 6d. was assigned to Alice after the death of William her husband, in fulfillment of her dower concerning the manor of Elmton. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight service.

Date of death and heirs as in 30.

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35 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. High or West Wycombe. 24 November 1422. [Hampden]

Jurors: John Seymer ; Thomas Hampden ; John Priorus ; William Clerc ; John Hikkes ; John More ; Walter Cary ; John Coventre ; John Kene of Great or Little Marlow; John Shepwhassh ; William London ; and John Kene of Chisbridge.

The manor of Wooburn came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV and is still in those of ‪ Henry VI for the same reasons as in 31. Wooburn. In the manor there are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; a garden, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 3 tofts, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 140 a. pasture, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 6 a. demesne meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; a water-mill, worth 20s. yearly; a fishery called ‘Woubornlok’, worth nothing yearly because derelict and irreparable; £6 12s. assize rents from tenants there at Lady Day and Michaelmas in equal portions; 36 day-works in summer and autumn owed by various tenants there, worth 12s. yearly; 4 cocks and 4 hens from various tenants there at Christmas, worth 8d. yearly; a service called ‘Sherseluer’ from various tenants there at Midsummer, worth 2s. 1/4d. yearly; 1/2lb. of pepper from various tenants at the same feast, worth 7d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth nothing yearly above the fees of the steward and bailiff. The annual rent of 100 marks granted by William Deyncourt as in 31 pertained to this manor of Wooburn among others and the manor was bound as distraint. Annual value of the manor nil above this rent of 100 marks. The manor is held of the bishop of Lincoln by service of a knight’s fee and 2 parts of a knight’s fee as reasonable relief when it falls.

Date of death and heirs as in 30.

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36 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Doncaster. 18 November 1422. [Wyntworth]

Jurors: Thomas Chamberleyn ; Thomas Masyn ; John Pillay ; John Barbour ; Thomas Bate ; Robert Forester ; John del Grene ; Richard Stansall ; Richard Ingyll ; Richard Pykburn ; Thomas Vghtybrygg ; and John Sprentlawp .

No lands or tenements came into the hands of ‪ Henry IV or are still in those of ‪ Henry VI , owing to the death of John Deyncourt, knight , or of Joan his wife, or the minority of William their son and heir, who died a minor in ‪Henry V‬ ’s wardship. Date of death and heirs as in 30.

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37 Writ de partitione facienda. 8 February 1423. [Wymbyssh] Escheator of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to partition lands between Alice and Margaret sisters and heirs of William son and heir of John Deyncourt, knight , and Joan his wife [CFR 1422–30, p.31].

[Partition not extant.]

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