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WILLIAM MOLYNS, KNIGHT
451 Writ. § 11 June 1425. [Wymbyssh]
OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Woodstock. 9 October 1425. [Danvers] [The ms is completely galled.]
Jurors: John Wightell ; Robert Crokkesford ; Robert Hyde ; Thomas Snareston ; William Coteller ; James S[?onwill] ; John Punter ; Thomas Urleton ; William Hornecastell ; John Tymmes ; John Abraham ; and Thomas Syre .
He held the following in his demesne as of fee. Broughton Poggs, the manor, of the king in chief by service of lending a goshawk or giving 13s. 4d. to the king and his heirs. In the manor there are buildings, worth nothing yearly but the fruit and herbage in the garden are worth...d. yearly; a broken and dilapidated dovecot, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. land lying on ‘le Wo[?lde]’, worth 10s. yearly; 20 a. water-meadow, worth 12s. yearly; £[?4] 8s. assize rents of free tenants on 30 November; and a three-weekly court, worth nothing yearly. Standlake, 1/4 manor, with the advowson of 1/4 Standlake church, held of the king in chief by knight service of the honour of Aumale. In the site of the 1/4 manor there are fruit and herbage worth 4d. yearly; 3 carucates, worth 100s. when demised to farm; 100s. assize rents of free tenants at the feast of St Philip and St James and Martinmas in equal portions; and a three-weekly court, worth nothing yearly. He was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Henley-on-Thames, held of the king in socage. By his deed shown to the jurors, he demised the manor to William Wyot , who survives, for life, saving reversion to himself and his heirs, William Wyot paying £8 at Lady Day and All Saints’ in equal portions to William Molyns and his heirs and assigns... all other charges pertaining to the manor. William Wyot was seised of the manor in his demesne as of his free tenement. He was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Aston Bampton, held of the heirs of Gal... [?Gilbert] late lord de Talbot, service unknown. By his deed shown to the jurors, he demised the manor to William Wyot and Elizabeth his wife, deceased, for their lives, paying to himself and his heirs and assigns... at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions on condition that if he die..., Margery [his wife] to recover her dower from the manor, then payment of 20 marks of the said £20 dower... providing always that the residual 10 marks... his wife or their assigns for the lives of William and Elizabeth are paid fully to William Molyns , his heirs and assigns in support... pertaining to the manor. William Wyot and Elizabeth were seised of the manor in their demesne as of their free tenement.
He died on 8 June last. William Molyns is his son and next heir, aged 19 years on 8 December last.
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452 [Writ: see 451 .]
BERKSHIRE. Inquisition.... [ms torn and galled]. 10 October 1425. [Danvers]
Jurors: Gilbert Hollewey ; Thomas Blankpayn ; Thomas Punchon ; Alfred Kent ; Henry Horner ; Thomas Rover ; John Geffrey ; Peter Grete ; John Elys ; Robert Croke ; Henry Barbour ; and John Whale .
He held in his demesne as of fee 7s. 3d. rents of service on the feast of St Thomas the apostle, from 5 tenements and 4 curtilages called ‘Oldehawes’ in New Windsor as part of the manor of Cippenham, Buckinghamshire. The rent is held of the bailiffs of Windsor, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 451.
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453 Writ. ‡ 11 June 1425. [Wymbyssh]
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Amesbury. 31 October 1425.[Fauconer] [The ms is worn and galled.]
Jurors: Robert Bailly ; John Mermylle ; John Carre ; Richard Daunse ; Nicholas Wattys ; William Edward ; Robert Tayllour ; Walter ... ; Robert Forster ; John Ivy ; John Appleby ; and John ...nge.
He held the following in his demesne as of fee. Whitley, the manor, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. In the manor there are buildings, worth nothing yearly but the fruit and herbage in the garden are worth 4d. yearly; 2 carucates, worth 50s. yearly demised to farm; 10 a. meadow, worth 10s. yearly, each acre 12d.; 73s. assize rents in the hands of free tenants at the Invention of the Cross and Martinmas in equal portions; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. Box, the manor, of the king in socage of his duchy of Lancaster, namely of his castle of Trowbridge. In the manor there are buildings, worth nothing yearly but the fruit and herbage in the garden are worth 8d. yearly; 2 carucates, worth 66s. 8d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, worth 30s. yearly, each acre 18d.; 30s. assize rents in the hands of free tenants at the feasts of St George and St Katherine in equal portions; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. Tisbury, Fontill Gifford and Farnell, the manors, of the abbess of Shaftesbury in socage in right of her church in Shaftesbury. In the manor of Tisbury there are buildings, worth nothing yearly but the fruit and herbage in the garden are worth 10d. yearly; 60 a. land, worth 60s. yearly; 24 a. arable, worth nothing yearly because it lies fallow and in common; 12 a. meadow, worth 12s. yearly, each acre 12d.; 13s. 4d. assize rents of free tenants at Martinmas only; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. In the manor of Fontill ?Gifford there are buildings, worth nothing yearly; 36 a. arable, of which 2/3 are worth 3s. yearly and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; 8 a. meadow, worth 10s. 8d. yearly; 6 a. pasture, worth 4s. yearly; 6s. 8d. assize rents of free tenants at Candlemas only; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. In the manor of Farnell there are fruit and herbage in the garden, worth 16d. yearly; 160 a. arable, of which 2/3 are worth £4 demised to farm and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; 12 a. meadow, worth 12s. yearly; 8 a. pasture, worth 4s. yearly; 2 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because there is no underwood; 13s. 4d. assize rents of free tenants at Easter and Martinmas in equal portions; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. Trow, the manor, of the abbess of Shaftesbury , service unknown. In the manor there are buildings, worth nothing yearly; 240 a. arable, of which 2/3 are worth 13s. 4d. yearly and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; 12 a. meadow, worth 10s. yearly; 10 a. pasture, worth 5s. yearly; 20s. assize rents of free tenants at the Invention of the Cross and Martinmas in equal portions; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. He held the manors of Little Somerford and Lea jointly with Margery his wife, who survives, by gift of John Barton, senior , John Barton, junior , William Wyot and Thomas Goldhop, clerk , to them and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to his right heirs, as is clear more fully in a fine of 1410 shown to the jurors [quin. Trin. CP 25/1/291/62 no.155]. Annual value of the manor of Little Somerford £20, and of the manor of Lea £20. He held both manors of the abbot of Malmesbury , service unknown. He was lately seised of the manor of Gore in his demesne as of fee, held of the prior of Lauyngton [sic] , service unknown. By his deed shown to the jurors, he granted and demised the manor to Thomas Cryklade , who survives, for life, reversion to himself and his heirs, Thomas paying £4 at the Invention of the Cross and Martinmas in equal portions to William and his heirs, and bearing all other charges with which the manor is encumbered. Thomas was seised of the manor in his demesne as of his free tenement.
Date of death and heir as in 451.
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454 Writ. § 11 June 1425. [Wymbyssh]
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Chipping Wycombe. 22 October 1425. [J Cheyne] [The ms is galled and faint.]
Jurors: Thomas Merston ; ... Pukstede ; John Hampden ; Nicholas Huchenden ; John Kyng ; William Breghton ; William Compton ; Thomas Huchenden ; John atte Forde ; William atte Yate ; Thomas Edrede ; and Hugh Aillewyn .
He held the following in his demesne as of fee. He held the manors of Stoke Poges and Ditton of the heirs of John Buttecourt of the manor of Newport Pagnell, service unknown Stoke Poges, the manor, in which there are buildings, worth nothing yearly but the fruit and herbage are worth 8d. yearly; a dovecot, worth nothing because derelict and not stocked; 420 a. land, of which 2/3 are worth 46s. 8d. yearly and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; 30 a. pasture, of which 2/3 are worth 3s. 4d. yearly and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; 5 a. wood in the park, worth nothing because there is no underwood; a stank, worth nothing yearly because not stocked; £13 6s. 8d. assize rents in the hands of free tenants at Martinmas and the Invention of the Cross in equal portions; rabbit warrens within and without the same park, worth 100s. yearly; and a three-weekly court and view of frankpledge twice a year, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. [For tenure see manor of Ditton.] Ditton, the manor, with a several pasture in Langley Marish lying in an enclosure called ‘le Parke’ of Ditton. In the manor there are buildings, worth nothing; 132 a. arable, of which 2/3 are worth 29s. 4d. yearly, each acre 4d., and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; ?7 a. meadow, of which 2/3 are worth 20d. yearly, each acre 5d., and 1/3 part nothing because it lies fallow and in common; a dovecot, worth nothing because derelict and not stocked; 76s. assize rents in the hands of free tenants at St Andrew and St Philip and St James in equal portions; [and a court held] every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. The several pasture in Langley Marish lying in ‘le Parke’ of Ditton is worth 2s. yearly and held in socage of Queen Joan of her manor of Langley Marish. Fulmer, the manor, in which there are 40 a. arable, worth ?3s. 4d. yearly; 1 a. meadow, worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because there is no underwood; 34s. 8d. assize rents in the hands of free tenants; and a court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly. He held the manor... [the manor] of Datchet of the heirs of Henry Pyngkeney by service of rose yearly. Ilmer, the manor, in which there are buildings, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. arable, of which 2/3 are worth 26s. 8d. yearly and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; 21 a. meadow, of which 2/3 are worth 9s. 4d. yearly and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; several pasture called ‘le Grove’, worth 12d. yearly; 18s. 2 1/4d. assize rents in the hands of free tenants at Martinmas only; 6 capons and a hen from the rents of customary tenants at Christmas, worth 14d. yearly, each capon 2d.; and customary services of the customary tenants and villeins, namely Lenten, summer, autumn and winter services worth 5s. 7d. yearly. [For tenure see manor of Aston Bernard.] Aston Bernard alias Aston Mullins, the manor, in which there are buildings, worth nothing yearly but the fruit and herbage in the garden are worth 12d. yearly; a dovecot, worth nothing yearly because not stocked; 300 a. arable, of which 2/3 are worth 16s. 8d. yearly and 1/3 nothing because it lies fallow and in common; ?18 a. meadow, worth...; 14s. [assize rents...] at Candlemas only; customary services of the customary tenants and villeins, namely Lenten, summer, autumn and winter services worth 2s. 8d. yearly; and a court held every three weeks and view of frankpledge twice yearly, worth nothing yearly. He held the manors of Aston Bernard and Ilmer of the king in chief by grand serjeanty as the king’s falconer. Seised of the manor of Stoke Poges, he enfeoffed Thomas Goldhoppe, late vicar of Burnham church , John Barton, senior , William Wyot , John Barton, junior , and John [also given as Thomas] Stokton. The feoffees were seised and by their deed, shown to the jurors and dated 16 February 1423, they granted an annual rent of £20 from the manor to Thomas Chaucer, esquire , and Maud his wife for their lives. Thomas and Maud are still seised. Afterwards, the feoffees enfeoffed William Molyns with the manor, to hold to himself and his heirs. He died seised in his demesne as of fee. Seised of the manor of Stoke Poges, he granted by his deed shown to the jurors and dated 8 March 1424, an annual rent of 60s. 10d. from the manor to John Clerk for his good service and keeping of the park, as is contained more fully in the deed. John is seised of the rent. Seised of the manor of Ditton, he granted by his deed shown to the jurors, an annual rent of 60s. 10d. from the manor to Thomas Tylle for life for his good service in the keeping of the park called ‘Dytton Parke’, as is contained more fully in the deed. Thomas is seised of the rent. Seised of the manor of Fulmer, he granted by his deed shown to the jurors and dated 7 June 1425, an annual rent of 60s. 10d. from the manor to John Thorpe for life for his good service, as is contained more fully in the deed. John is seised of the rent. He [held] the following jointly with Margery his wife, who survives, with their heirs by gift by the fine detailed in 453, shown to the jurors. Ludgershall, the manor, of the earl of Stafford by service of 13s. 4d. to the earl, annual value £13 6s. 8d. Chearsley, the manor, of the earl of Stafford of his manor of Great Pollicott, service unknown, annual value £6 13s. 4d. Cippenham, the manor, of the heirs of Margaret de Ferrarijs in socage by service of a pair of ?gloves worth 1d., annual value 13s. 4d. Seised of this manor, he granted by his deed shown to the jurors, an annual rent of 60s. 10d. [from the manor] to Henry Cobbe for life for his good service and for the keeping of a park called Cippenham Park. Henry is seised of the rent. Datchet, the manor, held with the manor of Fulmer of the heirs of Henry Pyngkeney rendering them a rose yearly, annual value £20 13s. 4d. He was lately [seised in his demesne as] of fee of the manor of Weston Turville held of the king in socage of his duchy of Lancaster. He demised this by his deed shown to the jurors, to Margaret Bedford , who survives, for life, reversion to himself and his heirs, Margaret paying £8 at Martinmas and Pentecost in equal portions to William and his heirs and bearing all other charges with which the manor is encumbered. Margaret was seised of the manor in her demesne as of her free tenement.
Date of death and heir as in 451, although heir’s age is not legible here.
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