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 Claire Noble (ed.), with introduction by Christine Carpenter, Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office XXIII: 6-10 Henry VI (1427-1432). Boydell & Brewer2004 2013-02-28T19:08:22.207Z XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
WILLIAM DE LA VILLE
9 Writ mandamus . ‡ 10 February 1428. [Wymbyssh].
NORFOLK. Inquisition [indented]. Acle 10 June 1428. [Drury].
Jurors: John Kedman ; John Tytelove ; Edmund Rysyng ; Robert de Hoo ; John Paternoster ; John Buntyng ; John Deynes ; Laurence Oky ; Robert Cobbe ; Simon Hendy ; John Smyth ; and Robert Deryng .
He held the following in demesne as of fee. Letheringsett, the manor called ‘Villyes’. There are 40 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and Bayfield, 60 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly, held of the king in chief as 1/4 knight’s fee. Woodbastwick, the manor called ‘Villies’. There are 60 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 3s. 4d. assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts. Of whom the manor is held is unknown.
He died on 3 May 1425. John is his son and next heir, and aged 16 and more.
Nicholas Wychyngham, esquire , Edmund Bere and Katherine his wife, and Cecily Heylesdon have taken the issues since William’s death, title unknown.
C 139/32/8 mm.1–2 E 149/141/2 m.1