WILLIAM
MITFORD, ESQUIRE
130
Writ. ‡
20 April 1423. [Wymbyssh]
VILL OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.
Inquisition.
12 June 1423
. [
Walle]
Jurors:
William
Midelton
;
William
Stowe
;
John
Cornay
;
John
Litster
;
Thomas
Lange
;
Thomas
Chamber
;
Henry
Barbour
;
Robert
Fletcher
;
Thomas
Erle
;
Thomas
Hautwysell
;
Henry
Smyth
, draper
; and
John
Barker
, chapman.
He held the following in the vill in his demesne as of fee: 4 adjacent tenements on ‘le Denebrigg’, now worth nothing yearly because derelict, of the king in burgage tenure; a messuage, lying on the west of the church of St Nicholas
next to ‘Dentonchare’, which
Thomas
Lincoln
last inhabited, now worth nothing yearly because derelict, of the king as before; 2 adjacent tenements in ‘le Ouerfleshnerrawe’, held separately at farm by
William
Flex
and
Robert
Flesshuer
, worth 5s. yearly, of the king as before; 16s. fee-farm at Martinmas and Pentecost in equal portions from the messuage in ‘le Melemerketgate’ which
Alan
Frost
now inhabits but over which
Robert
Penreth
has rights, the messuage held of the king
as before; and 20s. fee-farm at Martinmas and Pentecost in equal portions, the first term of payment being next Martinmas, from a tenement opposite the church of St Nicholas
on the west, which
Henry
Jonson
, ‘Barbour’, and Joan his wife now inhabit, the tenement held of the king
as before.
He died on 7 March 1422.
John
de
Mitford
, his son, is his next heir, aged 21 years on 8 April last because born on 8 April 1402.
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131
Writ. ‡
20 April 1423. [Wymbyssh]
NORTHUMBERLAND.
Inquisition.
Newcastle upon Tyne castle.
10 June 1423. [
Cerf]
Jurors:
John
de
Wedryngton, chevalier
;
Thomas
Gray, chevalier
;
William
de
Vrde
;
Laurence
de
Acton
;
Robert
de
Swynburne
of Newcastle upon Tyne;
Adam
de
Killingworth
;
John
de
Herle
;
Roger
Fenwyk
;
William
de
Benet
;
Robert
Langwath
of Newburn;
William
de
Yong
; and
Robert
de
Hawelay
of Bradford.
He died seised in his demesne as of fee tail to himself and the male heirs of his body, of the manor of Molesdon by enfeoffment by
David
de
Strabolgi, late earl of Atholl
.
MolesdonThe manor contains the capital messuage called ‘Molesdon place’, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. arable pertaining to the messuage, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 other messuages, each worth 8d. yearly, and 200 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 7 gardens, each worth 2d. yearly; and 100 a. pasture called ‘le comon more’, worth 40d. yearly.
He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the following.
Mitford, a close called ‘Isehagh’ containing 16 a. land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and 30 a. land called ‘le Castelland’, each acre worth 1d. yearly. The manor, close and land are held of the king
in chief by service of 1/40 knight’s fee and 6d. yearly to
Henry
Percy, lord of Mitford
.
Mitford, the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly because derelict; 28 other messuages including one called ‘Crystian Clok place’, and of these 21 lie waste and are worth nothing yearly and 7 are each worth 12d. yearly; and 178 1/2 a. land and 13 a. meadow, worth 13s. yearly after the rents and services due to the chief lord. All these are held of
Henry
Percy, lord of Mitford
, in socage.
Newton Park or Underwood, a waste messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 4 a. land and 2 a. meadow, worth nothing yearly because unoccupied, held of the same
Henry
Percy
in socage.
Ellole, a waste vill called ‘Ellole’, containing 2 husbandlands and held of the heirs of John son of Simon in socage, worth only 6s. 8d. yearly because it lies waste and uncultivated.
Espley, the manor, containing the capital messuage and 2 cottages, all waste, and 3 husbandlands, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, held of the same
Henry
Percy
in socage.
Benridge, a messuage, 10 a. land and 1/2 a. meadow, held of the same
Henry
Percy
in socage, worth nothing yearly because waste.
Corbridge, 4 burgages, of which 2 lie waste and worth nothing yearly, and 2 are each worth 9d. yearly, held of
Henry
Percy, earl of Northumberland
, in burgage tenure as part of that vill.
Ethewyk, 2 waste messuages, worth nothing yearly, and 2 husbandlands, each worth 20d. yearly, held of
Ralph
de
Nevile, earl of Westmorland
, in socage.
Cowpen, the waste capital messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 130 a. land, worth 5s. yearly, held of the heirs of
William
de
Whefyngton, chevalier
, by knight service; and a waste messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 140 a. land, worth 5s. yearly, held of
Robert
Raymes
and
Robert
Swynburn
in socage.
Bockenfield, 3 messuages, 80 a. land and 1 a. meadow, worth nothing yearly because waste, held of
Nicholas
Heron, lord of Bockenfield
, in socage.
Newbiggin by the Sea, 2 burgages, worth nothing yearly because waste, held of
John
Wydryngton, chevalier
, in burgage tenure.
Tranwell, 2 a. land, waste and worth nothing yearly, held of
John
Barone
of Grayston
in socage.
Ponteland, a messuage, 6 1/2 a. land and 1 1/2 a. meadow, worth 12d. yearly, held of
Henry
Percy
of his lordship of Mitford in socage.
‘Little’ Eland, a messuage, 7 a. land and 1 a. meadow, worth 12d. yearly, held as above.
He died seised in his demesne as of fee tail of 2 messuages and 2 husbandlands in Mason and 2 messuages and 2 husbandlands in High Callerton, jointly enfeoffed with Margery his wife, daughter of
Robert
de
Lisle, chevalier
, who survives, by grant of
John
de
Mitford
of Northumberland. By his indented charter, with close warrant, dated at Mitford, 11 March 1398, one part of which was shown to the jurors, John granted the above, described as all his lands, tenements, rents and services in those vills, to William and Margaret described as
William
de
Mitford
, his son, and Margaret daughter of
Robert
de
Lisle, chevalier
, and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the chief lords of those fees for the due services. The messuages and lands, worth 30s. yearly, are held of
Henry
Percy, lord of Mitford
in socage of his lordship of Mitford.
He died on 7 March last. Heir as in [130](#CIPM-DOC-22-130).
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132
Writ. ‡
20 April 1423. [Wymbyssh]
LINCOLNSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Gainsborough.
18 June 1423. [
Denton]
Jurors:
John
Hamson
,
William
Quyxley
,
Thomas
Bromflet
and
John
Walker
, of Gainsborough;
Thomas
Skydgate
;
William
Dounthetoun
;
John
Draper
of the same;
John
Asseby
;
John
Godus
;
John
Kelsay
;
Robert
Hertelpell
; and
Thomas
Rasyn
.
He held no lands or tenements of the king in demesne or in service. He held jointly with Margery his wife, who survives, in his demesne as of fee tail to himself and the heirs of their bodies, 6 messuages and 5 bovates 10 a. 4 selions of arable, by the enfeoffment described in [131](#CIPM-DOC-22-131), with the messuages etc. described as all John’s lands and tenements, rents and services in Gainsborough. These are worth 24s. 8d. yearly, held of
Henry
Percy of Atholl of his manor of Gainsborough in socage.
He died on 7 March 1423.
John
Mitford
is the son and next heir of William and Margery, aged 21 years on 8 April last.
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