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

HUMPHREY SON AND HEIR OF WALTER FITZWALTER, CHEVALIER , AND JOAN HIS WIFE

182 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 23 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪Henry IV .

SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Newmarket. 6 November 1422. [Wynter]

Jurors: Peter Fedelere ; John Seyntgeorge ; John Heigham ; Ralph Rawberd ; William Marham ; Thomas Goodale ; John Rous ; Edmund Tabour ; John Hurry ; William Hardegrey ; William Spete ; and John Rysyng .

Owing to the death of Joan late wife of Walter Fitzwalter, chevalier , who held of ‪Henry IV , and the minority of Humphrey, their son and heir, a minor in ‪Henry V‬’s wardship, 2 parts of the manor of Thurston came in to the hands of ‪Henry IV and are still in those of ‪Henry VI by reason of the minority of Walter Fitzwalter, chevalier , Humphrey’s brother and heir. They are held of the king of his duchy of Lancaster, service presently unknown. In the 2 parts there are 160 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 100 a. underwood which can be cut every 8th year, each acre then worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 32s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; and 16d. court perquisites yearly after the steward’s fee. No other lands came in to the hands of ‪Henry IV or are in those of ‪Henry VI through the deaths of Walter the father, and Joan, or by reason of Humphrey’s minority.

He died on 1 September 1415 [not in CIPM XX – XXI]. Walter his brother is his next heir, aged 21 years and more on 22 June last.

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183 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 23 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪Henry IV .

KENT. Inquisition. Sittingbourne. 27 November 1422. [Charryngworth]

Jurors: John Stopyngdon ; John Sumkyn ; Nicholas Bulbroke ; Richard Wybarn ; John Lamb ; Richard Denewey ; Nicholas de Dene ; Christian de Dene ; John Dawe ; Richard Bedyll ; John Herst ; and Thomas [Boke]lond.

For the same reasons as in 182, the following came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are still in those of ‪Henry VI by reason of the minority of Walter Fitzwalter, chevalier , Humphrey’s brother and heir. Murston, 2 parts of the manor, with appurtenances by Murston, Elmley, Luddenham, Graveney and Stone, and 2 parts of the advowson of Murston church and chapel of Swaynstree, held of the king of his castle of Dover by knight service. In the 2 parts of the manor there are the site, worth nothing yearly; 400 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly, namely 2s. an acre; pasture for 600 sheep pasturing in the salt-marsh and elsewhere, worth 13s. 4d. yearly for every 100 sheep; 18 a. seasonable wood of which 3 a. can be felled yearly, each acre then worth 4s. yearly; 30s. assize rents from tenants at the four annual terms and rents of 4 cocks and 16 hens from the same tenants at Christmas, each worth 3d.; and perquisites of the court, worth nothing after the steward’s costs. Hollingbourne, a tenement called Greenway, held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, of his manor of Hollingbourne in gavelkind, service unknown. In the tenement there are the site, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly after the lords’ services; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly. No other or more lands came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are in those of ‪Henry VI for the same reasons as in 182.

Date of death and heir as in 182.

See 191.

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184 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 23 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪Henry IV .

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Spalding. 24 November 1422. [Denton]

Jurors: John Tyryngton and John Couper , of Fleet ; Thomas de Derby and John in le Feld , of Holbeach; William Cowode of Whaplode; Robert Michell of Moulton; Lambert Hunnyng of Algarkirk; Thomas Claymond and Simon Poulyn , of Frampton; Richard Nuttyng and William Fokes , of Kirton; and John Trumpett of Algarkirk.

Owing to the death of Walter Fitzwalter, chevalier , and the minority of Humphrey his son and heir in ‪Henry V‬’s wardship, the following came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are still in those of ‪Henry VI by reason of the minority of Walter Fitzwalter , Humphrey’s brother and heir. Moulton, 1/3 and 1/2 of 1/3 manor, held of the prior of Spalding in socage by service of paying the prior 42s. 10d. yearly. In these parts there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; 20 carucates of arable, each worth 20s. yearly; 50 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 1,000 a. fen in a marsh called ‘le Fen’, each acre worth 2 1/2d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 5d. yearly; [at least] 20... assize rents; and perquisites of the court, worth 100s. yearly after the steward’s fee. Fleet, 1/3 and 1/2 of 1/3 manor, held of the king of his duchy of Lancaster by knight service. In these parts there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; 15 carucates of arable, each worth 27s. 4d. yearly; 30 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 800 a. fen, each acre worth 2 1/4d. yearly; £26 assize rents; and perquisites of the court, worth 40s. yearly after the steward’s fee. Algarkirk, 1/2 and 1/3 of 1/2 of 1/3 manor of ‘Beusolas’, held of the heirs of Stephen de Wygtoft by knight service. In these parts there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; 5 carucates of arable, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 400 a. fen, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 40s. assize rents; and perquisites of the court, worth 5s. yearly after the steward’s fee. Skirbeck, 1/3 and 1/2 of 1/3 manor, and the advowson of Skirbeck church every other presentation, held of Ralph earl of Westmorland of the earldom of Richmond by knight service. In these parts there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; 5 carucates, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 400 a. pasture and fen, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 23s. 4d. assize rents; and perquisites of the court, worth 5s. yearly after the steward’s fee. Annual value of the church £40. Scrivelsby, the rent of a sparrowhawk or 6s. 8d. yearly for lands and tenements to the heirs of Robert de Willughby, chevalier , held of Lord Hastyng ’s heirs, service unknown. No other or more lands came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are in those of ‪Henry VI‬ for the same reasons as in 182.

Date of death and heir as in 182.

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185 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 23 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪Henry IV.

HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Hereford. 28 November 1422. [Monyngton]

Jurors: John Yong of Almeley ; Richard Kynford ; William Hunte ; John Hoggekyns ; John Bro...ne [ms soiled] ; Thomas Pertrych ; John Carpenter ; John Garbay ; John Prat ; Howell ap Howell, senior ; Roger French ; and William Hulle .

For the same reasons as in 182, the following came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are still in those of ‪Henry VI by reason of the minority of Walter Fitzwalter, chevalier , Humphrey’s brother and heir. Lyonshall, the castle and manor, held of the earl of March of his manor of Stanton Lacy by knight service. In the castle and manor there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; 3 carucates of arable, each worth 20s. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 200 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because none are of underwood and they cannot be cut; £11 11s. 8d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; and 66s. 8d. in perquisites of the court after the steward’s fee. Dorstone, the castle and manor, held of the same earl of his lordship of Clifford by knight service. In the castle and manor there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; 3 carucates of arable, each worth 20 s. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 200 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because it cannot be felled; a water-mill, worth 26s. 8d. yearly at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; £4 4d. assize rents at the same feasts in equal portions; and 66s. 8d. in perquisites of the court after the steward’s fee. Bishopstone, 1/4 manor, with the advowson of Bishopstone church, held of the bishop of Hereford by knight service. In this part there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of arable, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 20s. 8d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Newton in the March of Wales, the manor, held of the same earl of March of the same honour of Clifford. In the manor there are a carucate of arable, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, and 13s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Whitchurch Maund, the manor, held of the same bishop, service unknown. In the manor there are a carucate of arable, worth 10s. yearly; 30s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; no wood; and pleas and perquisites of the court, worth nothing yearly after the steward’s fee and expenses... [ms worn]. No other or more lands came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are in those of ‪Henry VI for the same reasons as in 182.

Date of death and heir as in 182.

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186 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 23 October 1422. [Wymbyssh] Regarding lands held of ‪Henry IV‬ .

ESSEX. Inquisition. Chelmsford. 28 November 1422. [Kirkeby]

Jurors: John Semy ; Thomas Goware ; John Mereld ; Richard atte Hoo ; Sampson Thurkeld ; Roger Hamond ; Thomas Ralene ; Richard Stanstede ; John Skaunt ; John Molet ; John Welewes ; and William Langedale .

For the same reasons as in 184, the following came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are in those of ‪Henry VI. Great Tey, the manor and the advowson of the church. In the manor there are derelict buildings for the husbandmen, worth nothing yearly; a garden, its herbage worth 2s. in normal years; 1,331 1/2 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 25 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 92 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 102 1/2 a. ancient wood, worth nothing yearly because it is not possible to cut without waste; 40s. customary tallage from an ancient custom called ‘vuzeld’ at Michaelmas; pleas and perquisites from the court, worth 20s. after the steward’s fee and expenses; and £12 19s. 9d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Great Tey, the manor of Up Hall, in which there are a messuage and grange for the husbandmen, worth nothing yearly; 240 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 15 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 50 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; and 25s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas equally. Woodham Walter, the manor, in the vill. In the manor there are derelict buildings within the moat, namely in the park, worth nothing yearly; at ‘Hollemelle’ derelict buildings for the husbandmen, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; similarly 640 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 150 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; a park, its pasture worth 20s. yearly after the maintenance of the beasts, the parker’s fee and the park’s enclosure; pleas and perquisites of the court, worth 6s. 8d. after the steward’s fee and expenses; 2 water- mills, worth yearly 26s. 8d.; and £8 13s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Woodham Walter, a tenement called ‘Parkeres’ alias ‘Wrenches’, worth 30s. yearly; and a tenement called ‘Stubbares’, worth 40s. yearly. Lexden, the manor, in which there are buildings within the moat, namely in the park, worth nothing yearly; buildings at ‘le Shepenes’, worth nothing yearly; 400 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 30 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; a park, its pasture worth 13s. 4d. yearly after the maintenance of the beasts, the parker’s fee and the park’s enclosure; 2 water-mills similarly, one a corn-mill and the other a fulling-mill, worth 40s. yearly; pleas and perquisites of the court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly after the steward’s fee and expenses; and £6 13s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Lexden, a messuage and 40 a. called ‘Fraunceystenement’ in the vill, within the free borough of Colchester, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; and rents of 12d. and 1lb. cumin or 1d. yearly from lands and tenements formerly Clement Spice’s. Caidge, the manor, in which there are ?2 derelict buildings for the husbandmen, worth nothing yearly; 300 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 33s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Creeksea, the manor, in which there are 300 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 25s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Ashdon, the advowson of the church, worth £20 yearly, with the advowson of the priory of Little Dunmow, worth 40 marks yearly. Little Oakley, Little Baddow, Mowden, Tolleshunt Knights, and Boreham, 5 1/2 knights’ fees in these vills, worth £27 10s., of which John Walton holds 2 1/2 fees, John de Bohun, chevalier , a fee in Little Baddow, William Rikhild a fee in Mowden, Robert Neweport 1/2 fee in Tolleshunt Knights and the prior of Leighs 1/2 fee in Boreham. Cold Norton and Langford, 1 1/4 knights’ fees in these vills, formerly Oliver de Bohun’s, worth £6 5s. Little Baddow, 1/2 knight’s fee, which John Eldres now holds, worth 50s. Mundon, 1/2 knight’s fee, formerly James de Bures’, worth 50s. Chalvedon, 1/2 knight’s fee and 1/4 knight’s fee, which the prior of the hospital of St Mary outside Bishopsgate, London, now holds, worth 75s. Hanningfield, 1 1/2 knights’ fees, which William Hanyngfeld now holds, worth £6 5s. Burnham, 1/2 knight’s fee and 1/3 knight’s fee, formerly John Baynard’s and the prior of Newark’ s, and which the prior of Little Dunmow now holds, worth £4 3s. 4d. Little Stambridge, 1/2 knight’s fee, which John Snokeshull now holds, worth 50s. Wakes Colne, a knight’s fee, which the countess of Kent now holds, worth £5. Ramsey, Belchamp (Bevchamp) and Gosfield, 3 knights’ fees, formerly the earl of Oxford’ s, worth £15. Langenhoe, 1/2 knight’s fee, which John de Boys formerly held, worth 50s. Stanway, a knight’s fee, which John Doreward lately held, worth 100s. Feering, a knight’s fee, which the abbot of St John’s, Colchester, holds, worth 100s. Lexden, a knight’s fee, which Clement Spyce formerly held, worth 100s. North Fambridgeor South Fambridge, a knight’s fee, which the daughters and heirs of William Berland now hold, worth 100s. Mayland, 1/3 knight’s fee, which the prior of Bicknacre how holds, worth 33s. 4d. Great Braxted, a knight’s fee, which Reynold de Grey now holds, worth 100s. Chigwell, a knight’s fee, which Alexander de Goldyngham lately held, worth 100s. Roydon, 1/2 knight’s fee, which the prior of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England holds, worth 50s.; and 1/20 knight’s fee, formerly Robert Sharnebroke’s, worth 3s. 6d. Wenden Lofts a knight’s fee, formerly Benedict de Alneto’s, worth 100s. Wendens Ambo, a knight’s fee, which the abbot of Tilty and Robert de la Rokele hold, worth 100s. The manors of Great Tey, Up Hall and Woodham Walter, the tenements called ‘Stubbares’ and ‘Parkeres’, with all knights’ fees and advowsons are held of the king as parcel of the barony of Baynard’s Castle by knight service. The manor of Lexden, the messuage called ‘Fraunceystenement’ and rents are held of the king in burgage tenure as the vill of Colchester is held. The manor of Caidge is held of the bishop of London , service unknown. The manor of Creeksea is held of the duke of York ’s heir of his honour of Rayleigh, service unknown. For the same reasons as in 185, the following came into the hands of ‪Henry IV and are in those of ‪Henry VI. Roydon, the manor, in which there are derelict buildings for the husbandmen, worth nothing yearly; 800 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 160 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a park, its pasture worth 3s. 4d. yearly; pleas and perquisites of the court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 13s. 4d. from a custom called ‘vuzeld’ taken annually from customary tenants; and £4 14s. 6d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Henham, the manor, in which there are derelict buildings within the moat, worth nothing yearly; 4 granges and other buildings beyond the moat, for the husbandmen, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a garden, its pasture worth 12d. yearly; 800 a. arable, each acre worth 1 1/2d. yearly; 13 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a park, its pasture worth nothing yearly after the maintenance of the beasts and the park’s enclosure; pleas and perquisites of the court with 10s. from an ancient custom called ‘vuzeld’ paid annually by the customary tenants, worth 16s. 8d. yearly after the steward’s fee and expenses; 200 a. ancient wood, worth nothing yearly because not possible to cut without waste; a windmill, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and £6 9s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Little Dunmow, the manor, in which there are a grange, worth nothing yearly; 400 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 30 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 80 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because not possible to cut without waste; pleas and perquisites of the court with 6s. 8d. from an ancient custom called ‘vuzeld’ taken annually from customary tenants, worth 10s. yearly after the steward’s fee and expenses; and 75s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Ashdon, the manor, in which there are the site, without buildings, its pasture worth 12d. yearly; 300 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; pleas and perquisites of the court, worth 3s. 4d. yearly after the steward’s fee and expenses; 60a. wood, worth nothing yearly because not possible to cut without waste; and 72s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Burnham, the manor, in which there are derelict buildings, worth nothing yearly; a pasture called ‘le Park’, worth 10s. yearly; 1,200 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 600 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 30 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a fishery in a new lake (novo lacu) and the sea, worth 20s. yearly; pleas and perquisites of the court with 13s. 4d. from ‘vuzeld’ taken annually from the customary tenants, worth 40s. yearly after the steward’s fee and expenses; a water-mill, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and £15 assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. The manors of Roydon, Henham, Little Dunmow, Ashdon and >Burnham are held of the king as parcel of the barony of Baynard’s Castle by knight service.

Date of death and heir as in 182.

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