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ALICE WIDOW OF WILLIAM BONEVILE, CHEVALIER
620 Writ. ‡ 30 March 1426. [Wymbyssh]
DORSET. Inquisition. South Perrott. 7 May 1426. [Flory]
Jurors: Roger Crogge ; John Milborne ; John Tynan ; William Forde ; John Bailly ; Thomas Dare ; Richard Baker ; John Belle ; William Serle ; John Neell ; Laurence Elleworthy ; and John Brympton .
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. She held lands and tenements in ?Wyld or Monkton Wyld and Burgh in Dalwood in her demesne as of fee tail by gift of John Strecch and other feoffees, as is clear in a tripartite charter dated at Shute, 6 June 1402 and shown to the jurors. By this charter the lands and tenements were granted to William Bonevylle, knight , now deceased, and Alice his wife and their heirs, remainder to William Bonevylle , son of John Bonevylle , deceased, and his male heirs. Alice died seised of this estate without heir by William Bonevyle her late husband. William Bonevylle son of John, now knight, survives and has right to the tenements by virtue of the gift and remainder, and is aged 30 years and more. The lands and tenements comprise the following. ?Wyld or Monkton Wyld, 6 messuages, 2 carucates of land, 10 a. meadow, 200 a. pasture, 8 a. wood and 15s. rent, held of John Arundell ’s heir of his manor of Wootton Fitzpaine, service unknown, annual value 53s. 4d. Burgh in Dalwood, a messuage, 2 carucates of land, 15 a. meadow and 10 a. wood, held of John Warre by service [not given], annual value 40s. She was lately seised of the manor of Colway in her demesne as of fee. Long before her death she granted the manor to Thomas Carmynowe, esquire , John Holcote and Walter Lybet , clerks, their heirs and assigns. They are still seised. The manor is held of Lord de Ponynges , service unknown, annual value £10.
She died on 27 March last. William Bonevyle, knight , is her kinsman and next heir as son of Elizabeth her daughter, and is aged 30 years and more.
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621 [Writ: see 620 .]
SOMERSET. Inquisition. Crewkerne. 7 May 1426. [Flory]
Jurors: John Gylden ; John Bailly ; John Welweton, junior ; John Neel ; William Forde ; John Milborne ; John Holbene ; John Smert ; Thomas Sympmet ; William Seyntclere ; John Vyrgyn ; and John Brympton .
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. She held for life the manor of Puckington with the advowson of Puckington church. John Strecche , Thomas Modeflegh, clerk , and Andrew Rydon were seised in their demesne as of fee of the manor and advowson and granted them to William Bonevile , Alice’s late husband, and Alice, and the heirs of William’s body. William and Alice were seised. William died and Alice held the manor and advowson for life by virtue of the gift and died seised of this estate. William Bonevile, knight , son of John Bonevile , is the kinsman and next heir of her late husband, as son of John Bonevile , his son, and is aged 30 years and more. The manor and advowson are held of the bishop of Bath [and Wells] , service unknown, annual value 100s. She held 1/3 manors of Backwell, Stoke Gifford, Saltford, Twerton, Dinder and Lamyatt and 1/3 of 2 messuages in Hallatrow, in dower of the inheritance of Walter Rodenay , son and heir of John son of Walter son of John Rodenay, knight , her late husband, by endowment of this John Rodenay, knight , reversion to Walter the heir, who survives a minor in the wardship of Walter Lord de Hungerford . The manors of Backwell, Stoke Gifford, Saltford and Twerton and the tenements in Hallatrow are held of the earl of Warwick in right of Isabel his wife of the honour of Gloucester, service unknown. Annual values of the manors: Backwell £20; Stoke Gifford £10; Saltford 100s.; and Twerton £10. Annual value of 1/3 of 2 messuages in Hallatrow 5s. The manor of Dinder is held of the bishop of Bath and Wells , service unknown, annual value 100s. One part of the manor of Lamyatt is held of the earl of Hereford ’s heir in socage by 13s. 4d. rent, annual value 40s.; another part is held of the prior of St John of Jerusalem , Templecombe in socage, service unknown, annual value 40s.; and the residual part is held of the bishop of Bath [and Wells] in socage, annual value 20s.
Date of death and heir as in 620. Walter Rodenay , son and heir of John son of Walter, is aged 10 years and more.
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622 Writ. ‡ 30 March 1426. [Wymbyssh]
DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 18 June 1426. [Copleston]
Jurors: William Jewe ; Edmund Pyne ; Richard Holand ; John Holand ; John Marshall ; Roger Baronn ; John Wylshe ; John Aisshe of Escot; Gilbert Bysshop ; John Hippegras ; John Dennyng ; and Ralph Faryngdon . Names of 2 jurors scored out.
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service, but she held the following. Shute, the manor, of the earl of Devon by knight service, annual value £20. Wiscombe, the manor, of the prior of Otterton , service unknown, annual value 100s. Uphay, the manor, of the abbot of Newenham , service unknown, annual value 100s. Northleigh, 2 messuages, a carucate of land, 5 a. meadow, 10 a. wood and the advowson of the church, of the king of his duchy of Lancaster, service unknown, annual value 100s. Southleigh, a messuage, a carucate and the advowson of the church, of the earl of Devon , service unknown, annual value 5 marks. Dulshayes, a messuage, a carucate of land, 5 a. meadow and 20 a. wood, of Richard de Merton ’s heir, service unknown, annual value 10 marks. Brays, a messuage, of John Warr ’, service unknown, annual value 20d. Borcombe, 40 a. land on the mountain and 20 a. wood, of the dean and chapter of the cathedral church of St Peter, Exeter, service unknown, annual value 20s. Blackley, a messuage and 1/4 carucate of land, of the prior of Otterton , service unknown, annual value 20s. Moorcox in the manor of Whitford, 3 messuages, 100 a. land and 8 a. meadow, of the same earl [of Devon], service unknown, annual value 20s. Painter’s Cross, a messuage, 1/2 carucate of land, 5 a. meadow and 6 a. wood, of the same earl, service unknown, annual value 20s. Pacehayne, a messuage and 40 a. land, of the same earl, service unknown, annual value 5s. Nower, a messuage and 1/4 carucate, of the prior of Merton , service unknown, annual value 4d. Lexhayne, 2 messuages and a carucate, of the earl of Devon , service unknown, annual value 8 marks. Sidbury, a messuage, 40 a. land, 4 a. meadow and 10 a. pasture, of the same dean and chapter, service unknown, annual value 13s. 4d. Membury (Estmembury), a messuage, 100 a. land, 6 a. meadow and 10 a. wood, of the abbot of Newenham , service unknown, annual value 26s. 8d. Waringstone, 7 messuages, 100 a. land, 10 a. meadow and 10 a. pasture, of John Crukern , service unknown, annual value 40s. Axminster, 12 messuages and a carucate, of Queen Katherine of her manor of Bradninch which is part of the duchy of Cornwall, service unknown, annual value 50s. Challenger, 60 a. land, of the abbot of Newenham , service unknown, annual value 40s. John Strecch , John Passeware, clerk , John Churchille , John Bevyn , Thomas Brokampton , Walter Walissh and Andrew Rydon were lately seised in their demesne as of fee of these manors, lands, tenements and advowsons. They granted them to William Bonevyle, knight , and Alice his wife, by the tripartite indented charter detailed in 620, with the additional successive remainders, if William Bonevyle son of John Bonevyle died without male heirs, to Thomas his brother and his male heirs; to William Bonevyle son of William Bonevyle, knight , and his legitimate male heirs; and to the male heirs of William Bonevyle, knight . If the male heir of William Bonevyle, knight , failed completely, then a moiety remained to Katherine wife of John Wyke and the male heirs of her body, and the other moiety to Elizabeth wife of Thomas Carreu, knight , and the male heirs of her body; remainder to the right heirs of William Bonevyle, knight , each tenant to hold of the chief lords of the fees. William Bonevyle, knight , and Alice were seised and she died seised of this estate. William and Alice died without heir by one another. William Bonevyle son of John Bonevyle survives, aged 30 years and more; he has right to all the manors, lands, tenements and advowsons by virtue of the gift and remainder. She held 2 messuages, 120 a. land, 17 a. meadow, 4 a. wood and 4 a. alder timber in Whitford by grant of Edward Courtenay, late earl of Devon , and Maud his wife, to Alice and William her late husband, described as William Bonevyle, knight , and Alice his wife, for their lives, to hold of, and rendering 34s. 5d. yearly to, the late earl and Maud and the earl’s heirs, successive remainders to the following and their respective male heirs: William son and heir of John Bonevyle ; Thomas brother of William son of John; William son of Thomas son of William Bonevyle, knight ; John brother of William son of Thomas; William son of William Bonevyle, knight ; and then to the heirs of William Bonevyle, knight , to hold as before. Alice held the tenements in this form for life, as is clear in part of a fine shown to the jurors [oct. Mich. 1403, CP 25/1/45/71 no.43]. The tenements are held of Hugh Luterell, chevalier , and others enfeoffed by Hugh, late earl of Devon , son and heir of this Edward, late earl of Devon , by the same rent, annual value 26s. 8d. William Bonevyle and Alice are both dead and William son and heir of John Bonevyle , named in the fine, still survives, aged 30 years and more.
Date of death as in 620. William Bonevyle, knight , son of John Bonevyle , is her kinsman and next heir as son of Elizabeth her daughter, and is aged 30 years and more. [The Cornwall inquisition ordered in the writ is not extant.]
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