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Writ mandamus. ‡. 28 March 1425. [Wymbyssh]
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Whitchurch.
14 May 1425. [
J Cheyne]
Jurors:
John
Motte
;
Thomas
Birstowe
;
John
Burdon
;
Stephen
Smyth
;
Richard
Maunderville
;
Robert
Colyn
;
John
Lumbard
;
John
Fitzthomas
;
John
Gurney
;
Walter
Neweman
;
John
Skidemore
; and
Richard
Symeon
.
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief. He held the manor of Ham and 3s. 4d. assize rents from lands and tenements in Wotton Underwood for life by demise of
William
le
Zouche, chevalier
, reversion to William and his heirs.
William
le
Zouche, chevalier
, is the son and next heir of this William, and is aged 23 years and more. In the manor there are the [?site]... 4 cottages, worth nothing yearly because the ?houses and cottages were... [ms galled]; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 15 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, worth 10s. yearly; and the 3s. 4d. assize rents from lands and tenements in Wotton Underwood. The manor and assize rents are held of
Simon
Darches
, service unknown.
He died on 31 March 1424.
Robert
Isham
is his son and next heir, aged 22 years and more the day of his father’s death.
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