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JOHN LELY OF DRAX
561 Writ. ‡ 17 January 1426. [Wymbyssh]
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Wakefield. 28 January 1426. [Scargyll]
Jurors: Robert Waylard ; Thomas Northorp ; Thomas Walker ; William Carlynghawe ; John Machon ; Thomas Milner ; Robert Nowell ; John Strynan ; John Couper ; William Jonson ; Robert Belhows ; and John Walker .
He died seised in his demesne as of fee of 2/3 of 1/3 of the manor and lordship of Drax. These 2/3, together with the 1/3 held in dower by Isabel widow of Richard Lely , his father, with reversion to himself and his heirs, are held of the king in chief by service of 1/3 knight’s fee. In the 2/3 there are derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 2 cottages totally demolished and a demolished mill, worth nothing yearly; 99 a. 1 rood of land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; £6 18s. 10d. assize rents in the vill of Drax and its soke, namely in Drax, Newland, Airmyn, Rusholme, Scurff and Long Drax; rents of 21 hens and 80 eggs from free tenants in these vills, price of each hen 2d. and of every 20 eggs 1d.; and 10s. 7 1/2d. annual rent called ‘milnis male’ in Drax, Scurff, Rusholme, and Airmyn. He died seised in his demesne as of fee of a toft, totally wasted, in the vill of Snaith, worth nothing yearly, held of John Wariner ’s heirs, service unknown.
He died on 7 December last. Joan his daughter is his next heir, aged 1 year and more.
C 139/22/16 mm.1–2