180
Writ. ‡
3 November 1422. [Shelford]
ESSEX.
Inquisition.
Rayleigh.
19 December 1422. [
Kirkeby]
[The ms is worn.]
Jurors:
Thomas
Lok
;
Richard
Geffrey
;
John
A...
;
Richard
Masonn
;
Thomas
Ivotte
;
Edmund
Bover
;
John
Wylls
;
Gilbert
Derman
;
John
Peytvyn
;
Nicholas
Moppes
;
John
Poleyn
; and
Thomas
Vannyng
.
He held no lands or tenements of the king or others in his demesne as of fee. He held the following by curtesy after the death of Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of
William
Berland, knight
, of her inheritance by reason of their offspring, reversion after his death to
William
Baud
, their son and heir, and his heirs.
[Latton], the manor of Mark Hall, in which there are the site containing 2 a. land with 5 derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 12 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because it is not possible to cut without making waste, there being only large trees; 100s. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; and an annual fair held at the Decollation of St John the Baptist, worth 2s. yearly. The manor is held of the king
in chief of the honour of Boulogne by 1/4 knight’s fee.
Goldhanger, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 40 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly. The messuage and 20 a. of the 40 a. are held of the
abbot of Beeleigh
by service of 1d. at Easter; the other 20 a. are held of
John
Heuenyngham, knight
, by service of 2d. at Easter.
Rawreth, the manor of Beeches, aggregated from various parcels. The following are held of
John
Rotour
in socage, by service of 10d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – the site and... 2 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. land in the field called ‘Perynfeld’, each acre worth... yearly; 42 a. arable in the field called ‘Cweypettefeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. land in ‘Bradfeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 3 1/2 a. land in ‘le Brook’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 21 a. arable in ‘Middelfeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. land in the field against ‘le Fan’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 15 a. land in ‘Stonydowne’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow beside the church of Rawreth, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 4 a. pasture in ‘Busshelese’, worth nothing yearly because overgrown with thorns; 1 1/2 a. land in ‘le Carthous croft’, the acre worth 4d. yearly and the 1/2 acre 2d.; 80 a. seasonable wood, of which 4 a. can be cut yearly and then each acre worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 4 marks 2s. 4 1/2d. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. The following are held of the
prior of Prittlewell
in socage, by service of 5s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 10 a. land in a croft called ‘Stystedeland’ beside Rawreth church, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 14 a. arable in another croft called ‘Jurdanes’ in Hockley, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 8 a. land in another croft called ‘Coleslond’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow in the vill of..., each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 6 a. wood in Hockley, worth nothing yearly because not possible to cut without waste. The following are held of
John
Doreward, esquire
, in socage of his manor of Ra...,... paying ... at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 15 a. land in the fields called ?‘Conyngeseresgette’ and..., each acre worth 4d. yearly; a croft with attached toft, formerly Ivone Gale’s, the croft and toft containing 3a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and a messuage and 3 a. land called ‘Kebbeles’, the messuage worth nothing yearly, each acre with 2 crofts of land in the adjacent field worth 4d. yearly. The following 27 a. are held of
John
Ty...
of his manor of North Benfleet in socage, by service of 10d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 20 a. land..., each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 7 a. land in ‘Brookefeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly.
Rayleigh, a messuage called Harberts, in which there are 2 derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 5 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly;... a. wood, worth nothing yearly because there is no underwood; and 3s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. These are held of the
duke of York
's heir of the honour of Rayleigh by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
Rayleigh and Rawreth, a toft called ‘Ekkemed’, in which there are 2 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and [?80] a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly. These are held of Augustine Waleys in socage, by service of a pair of gloves, worth 2d. yearly, at Easter.
South Fambridge and Ashingdon, a tenement called ‘Fosteres’ in the vills, in which there are derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and [at least] 10 a. salt-marsh, each acre worth 2d. yearly. These are held of the Master of the college of Pleshey of his manor of South Fambridge in socage by service of 5s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions.
Milton and Southchurch, a tenement called ‘Porteres’ in the vills, in which there are derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 4 a. wood in a wood called ‘Berlondeswode’, worth nothing yearly because there are only large trees. The tenement and land are held of the prior
of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of 10s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, and the wood called ‘Berlondeswode’ is held of
Robert
Darcy
and other feoffees of
Joan, late countess of Hereford
, of her manor of Leigh by service of 1d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions.
Prittlewell, a toft and 40 a. land called ‘Serleslond’, the toft worth nothing yearly and each acre worth 4d. yearly. They are held of the
duke of York
’s heir of the honour of Rayleigh by service of 1/30 knight’s fee.
He died on 27 November last.
William
Baud
is the son and heir of Elizabeth and the son and next heir of John, and was aged 18 years and more on 24 March last.
William was married during his father’s lifetime to Elizabeth daughter of
William
Rokesburgh
of Stanstead Abbots in Hertfordshire.
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