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JOHN HUMBLETON, ESQUIRE
37 Writ. ‡ 1 July 1427. [Wymbyssh].
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. York Castle 22 September 1427. [Hayitfeld].
Jurors: Richard Santon ; William Crauncewyk ; William Rypplyngham ; Thomas de Thorp ; William Roweclyff ; William Downay of Hotham; Robert de Newton ; John Batell ; John Howsom of Elmswell; Thomas Robynson of Cottingham (C...yngham) [ms torn]; Richard Northfolke of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor; and John de Kyllom .
He was seised in demesne as of fee of the office of butler in the bedern of the college of St John , Beverley. From time immemorial, the officeholder has had a corrody, supplied by the provost of St John's, namely, 2 loaves daily and 2½ loaves of simnel bread on festivals, of form and weight according to the college’s charter of foundation and the same as customarily received by one vicar and one of the six servants of fee; 22 gallons of ale weekly, as received by one vicar and one of the six servants. In common with the six servants of fee, he may also have as much to drink as he wishes twice daily, at nones and at vespers; 7 dishes of food daily and 10 dishes on festival days, the same as received by one vicar and one of the six servants of fee; 2lb cheese daily in Advent; 4s. 10¼d. for times when undergoing phlebotomy and, at the same times, 2 loaves and 16 gallons of ale daily as received by one vicar and one of the six servants of fee. After collation and the psalm of de profundis for the soul of King Athelstan, he may also have ‘dodhis’ from the 40 candles burning in the bedern from the feast of All Saints until Candlemas; the remainder of two large candles in the bedern after Candlemas; and the principal seat at the dining table of the six servants of fee each day. According to the ordinance of ‪Athelstan, progenitor of the present king, and also from time immemorial, those seised of the office and corrody have held them of the provost of Beverley as of the provostship by service unknown. Robert Nevill is the current provost, and the annual value of the office and corrody is £8 6s. 8d.
John Humbleton died on 2 June 1426 without heir of his body. Philip Botiller is his kin and next heir as the son of Philip Botiller, chevalier , son of Elizabeth sister of John father of John father of John Humbleton . He was aged 13 on 29 May last and, because of certain manors held of the king in chief by knight service, he is in the king’s wardship.
C 139/33/27 mm.1–2
38 [ Writ not required.]
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition ex officio . York Castle 22 November 1427. [Haytefeld].
Jurors:Jurors as 37.
Findings as 37 supplemented by the following.
Robert Nevill, provost of St John ’s, Beverley , has taken the issues of the butlership and corrody since John Humbleton ’s death, for which he is answerable to the king.
The jurors are as 37, except that in neither E 149/139/9 m.1 nor E 152/6/260 m.20d. are their places of origin recorded, and ‘de’ is omitted from the names of Robert Newton and John Kyllom .
E 152/6/260 m.20d.