Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 22, 1422-27 Mapping The Medieval Countryside, a collaboration between the Department of History, University of Winchester, and the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
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 Kate Parkin (ed.), with introduction by Christine Carpenter, Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office XXII: 1-5 Henry VI (1422-27).Boydell & Brewer2003 2013-06-20T15:27:14.453+01:00 XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
HUGH CAMOYS SON OF RICHARD CAMOYS, CHEVALIER , SON OF THOMAS DE CAMOYS, CHEVALIER
727 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 3 September 1426. [Wymbyssh] Hugh is the kinsman and heir of Thomas who held of ‪Henry V .
HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Odiham. 12 February 1427. [Assheley]
Jurors: William Graunt ; Richard Lynchere ; Robert atte Dene ; William Frye ; Simon Webbe ; Stephen Monstede ; Richard atte Nasshe ; Thomas Prat ; John Spycer ; John Laurence ; John West ; and Robert Knaptoft .
Owing to the death of Thomas de Camoys, chevalier , and the minority of Hugh, the following lands and tenements in Lasham came into the hands of ‪Henry V‬ and are in those of ‪Henry VI: a messuage, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, a garden, worth 3s. 4d. yearly after enclosure, 50 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and 40 a. wood, each acre worth 12d. yearly. They are held of the king in chief by service of 9d. paid to the castle of Winchester at Michaelmas and suit to Odiham hundred.
He died on 18 June last. Margaret wife of Ralph Rademelde, esquire , and Eleanor wife of Roger Leukenore, esquire , are his sisters and next heirs, Margaret is aged 24 years and more and Eleanor 18 years and more.
C 139/28/26 mm.1–2
728 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 28 January 1427. [Wymbyssh] As 727.
BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Dunstable. 5 February 1427. [Manyngham]
Jurors: John Hardyng ; John Baldok ; John Mason of Stanbridge, senior ; Nicholas Boyun ’; Thomas Hankyn ; John Agas ; John Frankleyn ; John Carpenter ; John Morys ; John Person ; Thomas Holenden ; and William atte Well ’.
For the same reasons as in 727, the manor of Honeydon came into the hands of ‪Henry V‬ and is in those of ‪Henry VI. It is held of Laurence Cheyne by service of performing suit to Laurence’s three-weekly court at Eaton Socon. Annual value and extent as in 723, with the free tenants’ assize rents and 3s. 4d. [sic] rents of tenants at will both paid at Michaelmas and Easter equally. Both Exchequer copies have each acre of meadow worth 16d. yearly not 12d. and E 152/6/260 m.2 no. 4 has 160 a. arable rather than 80 a.
Date of death and heirs as in 727.
C 139/28/26 mm.3–4
729 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 3 September 1426. [Wymbyssh] As 727.
HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition. Huntingdon. 21 September 1426. [Burgoyne]
Jurors:as in 726 with surname variations for Thomas Bisshop , John Dekon , John Clerk and John Curreour .
For the same reasons as in 727, a manor in Great Stukeley called ‘Camoys manere’ came into the hands of the king. The manor is held of the king of the honour of his castle of Huntingdon by service of performing suit to the king’s castle court annually the Monday after Michaelmas. The site of the manor is worth 20d. yearly. The following pertain to the manor: villein tenants who hold severally between them 11 1/2 virgates and between them pay 5 1/2 marks at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; a several pasture, worth 2s. yearly; 180 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 10 a. wood, worth 3s. 4d. yearly.
Date of death and heirs as in 727.
C 139/28/26 mm.5–6
730 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 1 November 1426. [Wymbyssh] As 727.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Oundle. 1 December 1426. [Compworth]
Jurors: Walter Radbourne ; William Clerk ; John Gardyner ; John Fesaunt ; Robert Roo ; William Mortymer ; John Littester ; John Tr angrs [ms soiled]; Simon Eydon ; Richard Couper ; John Halywell ’; and John Carter .
For the same reasons as in 727, the lands and tenements in Tansor, as detailed in 725, came into the hands of ‪Henry V‬ and are still in those of ‪Henry VI, with the additional information here that the fishery is worth 12d. yearly and the messuage, toft and 2 virgates that John Warde holds are worth 18s. 8d. yearly (and the two 40d. payments are given as 3s. 4d.). Margaret widow of Hugh de Holt has 20s. annual rent from these lands and tenements at the same terms of Annunciation and Michaelmas, of which Hugh de Holt and all his ancestors were seised time out of mind.
Date of death and heirs as in 727.
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731 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 3 September 1426. [Wymbyssh] As 727.
OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Dorchester. 7 October 1426. [Danuers]
Jurors: Peter Shotesbroke ; John Warfeld ; Thomas atte Hyde ; John Dyer ; John Courteour ; Walter Bocher ; John Kyng ; William Hethe ; John Forde ; Thomas Honchyld ; Roger Webbe ; and Nicholas atte Nasshe .
For the same reasons as in 727, the following manor, lands, tenements, rents and parcel came into the hands of ‪Henry V‬ and are still in those of ‪Henry VI. Combe, ‘Great’ Chilworth and ‘Little’ Chilworth, a messuage and 2 carucates, held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, annual value 100s., that is, the site of the messuage with garden worth 6s. 8d. yearly; of the 2 carucates, namely 200 a., each acre is worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and a several fishery in the river Thame, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Wheatley, a manor called ‘Camoys maner’, held of the abbot of Abingdon by knight service, annual value 100s., that is, the site with garden worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 90 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 60 a. several pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 3s. 4d. rents of free tenants at will [sic]; and 20s. rents of tenants at will. Toot Baldon, 2 messuages and 3 carucates, of which a messuage and 2 carucates are held of the king of the honour of St Valery by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, and the other messuage and carucate are held of John Willecottes, knight , of the manor of Headington by service of 1/4 knight’s fee. The messuages and carucates are worth £10, that is, the site of the messuages with gardens is worth 10s. yearly; of the 3 carucates, namely 300 a., each acre is worth 6d. yearly; and 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly. Great Milton, a manor called ‘Camoys maner’, held of the bishop of Lincoln by knight service, annual value 20 marks, that is, the site with garden worth 2s. yearly; 180 a. demesne lands, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 20s. rents of free tenants; and 11 marks 4s. 8d. rents of tenants at will. Exchequer copy has a knight’s fee.
He died on 13 August last. Heirs as in 727.
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732 Writ de partitione facienda. 17 February 1427. [Wymbyssh] Escheator of Huntingdonshire to partition lands in 2 equal parts between Ralph Rademelde, esquire , and Margaret his wife, one of the sisters and heirs of Hugh Camoys son of Richard Camoys, chevalier , son of Thomas de Camoys, chevalier , and Roger Leukenore and Eleanor his wife, other sister and heir of Hugh Camoys , for the shares of Margaret and Eleanor according to the partition made by the Oxfordshire escheator [CFR 1422–30, p.167].
[Partition not extant.]
E 149/137/5 m.3