Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 22, 1422-27 Mapping The Medieval Countryside, a collaboration between the Department of History, University of Winchester, and the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
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 Kate Parkin (ed.), with introduction by Christine Carpenter, Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office XXII: 1-5 Henry VI (1422-27).Boydell & Brewer2003 2013-06-20T15:25:45.39+01:00 XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
ALICE DORLASTON
200 [Writ not required.]
STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisitionex officio. Stone. 12 October 1422. [Cotes]
Jurors: John Alot ; Thomas Gerveys ; Hugh Niclyn ; Robert Creswall ; John Wotton of Cowley ; William Hare ; John Wylot ; John Frenshe ; John Smyth ; John Wotton of Audmore ; Thomas Huchyns ; and Roger Haburley .
The manor of Darlaston with the advowson of the manor church and 12 a. land in Bentley came into the hands of ‪ Henry V owing to the death of Roger Dorlaston and the minority of his kinswoman and heir, namely [ Alice ] daughter of Thomas his son. Of these, 2/3 manor and land, with the advowson, remain in the hands of ‪ Henry VI , and 1/3 was assigned to Idony, Roger’s widow, who survives [CCR 1419–22, p.83]. Roger Dorlaston , father of this Roger, was formerly seised of the manor of Darlaston with the advowson and the 12 a. in Bentley in his demesne as of fee. He granted these, described as all lands and tenements which he had in Darlaston and Bentley, to William Benteley , Roger Basset, chaplain , John Merneham and Roger Elyngton, chaplain , their heirs and assigns. They were seised in their demesne as of fee, and regranted the manor, advowson and land, described as all lands and tenements which they had by gift and grant of Roger the father, to Roger the father and Anne his wife, now deceased, and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to Roger Hillary, knight , now deceased, his heirs and assigns. Roger and Anne were seised in their demesne as of fee tail, to themselves and the heirs of their bodies. Alice daughter of Thomas son of Roger, the son, died while a minor and without heir of her body. Roger the father and Anne died without heirs of their bodies. The kin and heirs of Roger Hillary, knight , are Elizabeth Lady de Clynton , daughter of Elizabeth one of his daughters and heirs; Margery who was the wife of Fratricius Tylney and one of the daughters and heirs of John Rocheford, knight , son of Joan the other daughter and heir of Roger Hillary ; Elizabeth Gibthorp , daughter of John son of Alice second daughter and heir of John Rocheford ; and Margaret Roos , daughter of Joan third daughter and heir of John Rocheford . Elizabeth Lady Clinton is aged 60 years, Margery 30 years, Elizabeth 1 1/2 years and Margaret 6 years. The 2/3 manor of Darlaston, held of John Sutton, knight , service unknown, annual value 40s., contain 40 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, and 10s. assize rents. The 2/3 of 12 a. land in Bentley, annual value 6s. 8d., are held of the king in chief by service of as 1/30 knight’s fee.
Alice died on 14 October 1421 [see also CIPM XXI, nos 795–6].
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