556
Writ. †
28 January 1426. [Wymbyssh]
CUMBERLAND.
Inquisition.
Penrith.
9 April 1426. [
Leybourn]
Jurors:
John
Skelton
of Skelton;
John
Hoton, junior
;
Christopher
Camberton
;
John
Bost
;
John
Forster
;
Robert
Alanby
;
John
Alanby
;
William
Raubankes
;
William
Toppyng
;
William
Birde
;
Roger
Garth
; and
Thomas
Alanby
.
He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the following.
Skelton, 2 tenements, 30 a. land and 6 a. meadow, held of the king
in chief by homage and fealty, namely by service of 1/9 knight’s fee, annual value 20s.
Kirkandrews, 26s. 8d. annual rent from the lands and tenements of
Thomas
Petyngton, chaplain
, at Pentecost and Martinmas in equal portions.
He held jointly enfeoffed with Agnes his wife, who survives, 2 tenements, 3 cottages, 1/3 water-mill, 3 small wastes and a lodge by Skelton Wood called Scales, in Skelton, by enfeoffment by
William
Hoton, junior
, and
Richard
Wryght, chaplain
, for their lives, remainder to
William
de
Southayk
, Patrick’s son, and the male heirs of his body, with remainder in full to his heirs and assigns, as is apparent in the charter shown to the jurors and dated at Skelton, 31 July 1421. The tenements etc. are held of the king
in chief by homage and fealty, namely by service of 1/9 knight’s fee, annual value 20s.
He died on 18 January last.
John
de
Southayk
, son of
William
Southayk
his son, is his kinsman and next heir, aged 23 years and more.
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