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 2013-06-20T15:26:21.676+01:00 XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
WILLIAM SON OF JOHN COMBERTON SON OF WILLIAM COMBERTON BROTHER OF JOHN NORTHAMPTON FATHER OF JAMES NORTHAMPTON
377 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 May 1425. [Smyth] Regarding lands held by James Northampton of ‪Henry IV. William son of John Comberton died a minor in ‪Henry V‬ ’s wardship as James’s kinsman and heir.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 28 June 1425. [Knygthley]
Jurors: William Store ; Roger Phelipsone ; John Burton ; William Sutton ; John Arnald ; William Balle ; Thomas Hordron ; John Smyth ; William Hert ; Roger Mason ; Robert Bride ; and William Warde .
A messuage and a quarter-virgate (quartrona) of land in Wellingborough came into the hands of ‪Henry IV owing to the death of James Northampton and the minority of William son of John Comberton , and are in those of ‪Henry VI. They are held of the abbot of Crowland and of Robert Mawdeby , service unknown, annual value 6s. 8d.
He died on 3 December 1421. Richard Comberton , his brother, is his next heir, aged 21 years and more.
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378 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 24 May 1425. [Smyth] As 377.
MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster. 28 June 1425. [Scot ]
Jurors: William Brokhurst ; John Edmond ; John Ingeland ; John Hert, junior ; Stephen atte Feld ; John Sannay ; William Child ; John Cheyr ; Richard Chercheman ; John Morys ; Thomas Howe ; and John Mordemore .
The 1/3 manor of Tottenham and lands and tenements in Shoreditch and Hoxton came into the hands of ‪Henry IV for the same reason as in 377. Anne widow of James holds 20 a. meadow and 30 a. underwood of this 1/3 in dower by assignment of ‪Henry IV [CCR 1405–9, p.459]. The 1/3 manor, except for the meadow and underwood, is still in the hands of ‪Henry VI, and is held of the king in chief by service of 1/9 knight’s fee, annual value £18, and the lands and tenements in Shoreditch and Hoxton are held of the dean and chapter of St Paul’s, London, service unknown, annual value £6 13s. 4d.
Date of death and heir as in 377.
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