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ELIZABETH WIDOW OF HENRY FITZHUGH, KNIGHT
81 Writ. ‡ Sonning. 30 December 1427. [Stopyndon].
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Chipping Campden 30 March 1428. [Blount].
Jurors: Robert Wynnesbury ; Thomas Austyn ; Thomas Chyld ; John Weley ; John Burne ; Thomas Bovy ; John Baylly of Farmcote; John Massynger of Moreton-in-Marsh; Henry Ayleworth ; John Jakes of Guiting Power or Temple Guiting (Guytyng); Walter Legat ; and Walter Frensshe .
John Marmyon, knight , was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Quinton, annual value £40, held of the heirs of Philip Marmyon by knight service, quantity unknown. He had issue: Robert, Joan, and Avice. Edmund Blount afterwards entered the manor, took possession of it during John’s possession of the same, and continued in this way for John’s life. [1]+ John Marmyon afterwards died. Robert his son then died without heir of his body. Avice married John Gray of Rotherfield Greys, and they had issue: John and Robert. Robert son of John Gray had issue: Elizabeth wife of Henry Fitzhugh, knight . Robert died and John son of John Gray afterwards died without heir of his body. After his death, Elizabeth entered the manor in the first year of ‪ Henry VI ’s reign and was seised of it in demesne as of fee. She continued her possession for her life. She had issue: William Fitzhugh, knight , still living, and died. Joan, other daughter and heir of John Marmyon , married John Barnak , and they had issue: Maud. Joan and John Barnak died, and Maud married Ralph Cromwell, knight . They had issue: Ralph Cromwell, knight . He had issue: Ralph Cromwell, knight , still living. Ralph, grandfather, died and Ralph, father, died. Maud afterwards died during the life of Elizabeth. After the deaths of John Barnak and Joan his wife, Ralph, grandfather, Ralph, father, and Maud, and during Elizabeth’s possession of the manor, Ralph Cromwell , son, still living, made uninterrupted claim to the manor sufficiently in law by his right of descent from Ralph son of Ralph. Ralph and William Fitzhugh, knight, still living, are kin and next heirs of John Marmyon .+[1]
Elizabeth died on 14 December last. William Fitzhugh, knight , is her son and next heir, and aged 30 and more. [Dorse:] Before the king in Chancery by John Blount, escheator .
Regarding the duplication of 81+[1] in 83 (only). This sentence is included in the Chancery version of 83 (an inquisition dealing with Lincolnshire), but omitted in its Exchequer versions (E 149/139/12 m.2 and E 152/6/260 m.30d.).
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82 Writ. ‡ Sonning. 30 December 1427. [Stopyndon].
SUSSEX. Inquisition. Lewes 28 February 1428. [Wyntereshull].
Jurors: Thomas atte Chambre ; Richard Warnet ; John Bynam ; Roger Ballard ; John Stydolf ; John Baker ; William Checcher ; John Saxpeys ; Andrew Heghlond ; John Boton ; Henry atte Lee ; and John Smyth .
By a fine in levied the first year of ‪ Edward III ’s reign, Robert Noreys of Wintringham and Simon atte Gatende of Wintringham, chaplain , deforc., granted the manor of Berwick to John Marmyon and Maud his wife, quer., and to the heirs of John, to hold of the chief lords of that fee by due service in perpetuity. John Marmyon and Maud had issue: Robert, Joan, and Avice. Robert Wynteryng and Simon Lyncoln afterwards entered the manor during John Marmyon ’s lifetime, and continued to have possession for the lifetime of John Marmyon and that of Maud. [2]+John and Maud died. Robert their son died without heir of his body. Joan married John Barnak , and they had issue: Maud. Joan and John Barnak afterwards died, and Maud married Ralph Cromwell, knight . They had issue: Ralph Cromwell, knight . He had issue: Ralph Cromwell, Lord Cromwell, knight , still living. Ralph, grandfather, died, and Ralph, father, died. Maud afterwards died. Avice, the other daughter and heir of John Marmyon , married John Gray of Rotherfield Greys, and they had issue: John Gray , alias John Marmyon , and Robert Gray . Avice and John her husband died. Robert son of John had issue: Elizabeth wife of Henry Fitzhugh, knight . Robert died and John Gray alias John Marmyon died without heir of his body. Elizabeth entered the manor of Berwick as kin and heir of John Marmyon in the first year of ‪ Henry VI ’s reign and was seised in demesne as of fee. She continued her possession and had issue: William Fitzhugh, knight , still living, and died seised of this estate on 14 December last.+[2] Berwick, the manor, held of John Pelham, knight , as of the honour of L’Aigle as 2 knights’ fees. The site is worth nothing yearly. There are 100 a. arable, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. 6d. yearly; pasture for 300 sheep, worth 16s. yearly; 30 harvest works yearly, each worth 3d. daily; and £20 assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts.
Date of death and heir as 81, except the heir is aged 21 and more.
William Fitzhugh, knight , has taken the issues since Elizabeth’s death.
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83 Writ. ‡ Sonning. 30 December 1427. [Stopyndon].
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Wragby 22 January 1428. [Haltoft].
Jurors: Thomas Bernard of Greetwell; John Nevell of Faldingworth; Edmund Edlyngton of West Barkwith; William Asshlyn of Reepham; John Hankok of Wragby; Walter Hanley of Hainton (Honton); John Norton of Dunholme; William Jamysson of Hainton (Honton); John Richardson of Faldingworth; William Hatton of Hatton; Roger Aubray of Panton; James Mustell of East or West Torrington (Tyryngton); and Thomas Ratheby .
John Marmyon was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Willingham alias Cherry Willingham by Greetwell. Emma wife of Ridley Pampeillon entered the manor during the lifetime of John Marmyon and continued her possession during his lifetime. John Marmyon had issue: Robert, Joan, and Avice. Continues as 81+[1]. Cherry Willingham, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service, quantity unknown. The site is worth 12s. yearly. There are 8 bovates of demesne land, each worth 9s. yearly; 32 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. 2d. yearly; 14 bovates held by various tenants, each worth 9s. yearly; and 7s. 9d. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas.
Date of death and heir as 81, except the heir is aged 31 and more.
See preceding note, regarding 81+[1]. E 149/139/12 m.2 and E 152/6/260 m.30d.: ‘10s. yearly’. E 149/139/12 m.2 and E 152/6/260 m.30d.: ‘8s. yearly’. E 149/139/12 m.2 and E 152/6/260 m.30d.: ‘2s. yearly’. E 149/139/12 m.2 and E 152/6/260 m.30d.: ‘8s. yearly’.
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84 Writ (Exchequer). † 3 May 1428. [Wymbyssh]. [Dorse:] Enrolled during the Easter term, in year 6, roll 7.
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition ex officio [indented]. Lincoln Castle 5 March 1428. [Haltoft].
Jurors: Thomas Multon of Bracebridge; Richard Freman of Faldingworth; Robert Wrangell of Saxilby; Roger West of Faldingworth; William Adamson of Burton ; William Saundreson of Owmby-by-Spital; Thomas Grym and Henry Adamson of Burton ; Thomas Symkynson of Thorp ; John Hykdon and John Pomfreyt of Scothern; John Maltby of Faldingworth; and John Swan of Stainfield.
Findings as 83, with exceptions relating to the manorial extent. There is the site, worth 10s. yearly; 8 bovates of demesne land, each worth 8s. yearly; 32 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 14 bovates, held by various tenants, each worth 10s. yearly; and 7s. 9d. assize rent from free tenants, payable yearly at Pentecost and Martinmas.
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85 [ Writ not required .]
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition ex officio . Wragby 22 January 1428. [Haltoft].
Jurors:Jurors as 84.
Findings as the Exchequer versions of 83.
Refer to the footnotes relating to 83 for the text of 85.
E 149/139/12 m.3
86 [This is a Chancery traverse relating to the Cromwell/Fitzhugh dispute over the manor of Cherry Willingham in Lincolnshire. Most of the traverse consists of the contents of a close writ, dated 16 March 1429 and directed to the sheriff of Lincolnshire. The manuscript is worn and galled: the text is therefore largely taken from its KB 27 duplicate.]
Pleas before the king in Chancery three weeks after Easter 1429. The king ordered a close writ dated 16 March 1429 to the sheriff of Lincoln because he had been entreated by the following people for the following reasons regarding the findings of CIPM XXIII 84, 83, and 288. These inquisitions were taken in 1428 and are recited in the writ. William Fitzhugh, knight , Geoffrey Fitzhugh, knight , Robert Fitzhugh, clerk , Christopher Boynton , William Foxholes, clerk , and William Catryk entreated the king that since the manor of Willingham specified in 84 and the manor of Willingham specified in 83 are one and the same, the following people are one and the same: Elizabeth, John Marmyon , Robert son of John Marmyon , Joan, Avice, John Gray of Rotherfield Greys, and John and Robert his sons. The following is also true. John Marmyon was seised of the manor in demesne as of fee, and had issue: Robert Marmyon , Joan, and Avice. He died seised of this estate and the manor descended to Robert Marmyon , his son and heir. A fine was afterwards levied at York on the octave of Candlemas 1338 between Robert, described as Robert son of John Marmyon, chevalier , and Maud his wife, quer., and George de Colevill , deforc., regarding, among other tenements, the manor, described as Willingham by Greetwell. George granted the manor to Robert and Maud, and to the heirs of Maud in perpetuity [CP 25/1/287/39 no. 224]. Robert was seised in demesne as of free tenement, and Maud was seised in demesne as of fee. Robert died so seised and Maud his widow married the said George. A fine was afterwards levied at Westminster three weeks after Michaelmas 1342 between George and Maud his wife, quer., and Simon de Wyntryngham, chaplain , deforc., regarding the manor, described as the manor of Willingham. Simon granted two parts of the manor to George and Maud his wife for their lives, with successive remainders to Maud widow of John Marmyon for life; and to John Gray and Avice, described as John Gray of Rotherfield Greys and Avice his wife, and the heirs of the body of Avice in perpetuity [CP 25/1/139/110 no. 2]. George and Maud were thus seised of two parts of the manor in their demesne as of free tenement, and Simon was seised of one part in demesne as of fee. By charter dated Willingham 11 November 1342, Simon, described as Simon de Wyntryngham, chaplain , granted, among other tenements, the third, described as 1/3 manor of Willingham, to Maud widow of John Marmyon , described as Lady Maud who was the wife of Lord John Marmion , for life, with successive remainders to George de Colevill and Maud his wife for their lives; and to John Gray and Avice, described as Lord John Gray of Rotherfield Greys and Avice his wife, and the heirs of the body of Avice in perpetuity. George died, and Maud widow of John Marmyon afterwards died. Maud widow of George entered the third in her remainder and was seised in free tenement by virtue of the said grant, together with the two parts of the same manor granted to her and George formerly her husband for life. She continued her possession of the entire manor for life. John Gray and Avice had issue: John and Robert, and John Gray died during the lifetime of Maud widow of George. Maud afterwards died seised of her estate and Avice entered the manor because it was entailed to her in remainder. After the death of Avice, the manor descended to John her son and heir, and he was seised of the manor in demesne as of fee tail. Robert, son of John Gray and Avice, had issue: Elizabeth, and he died. John son of Avice afterwards died seised of the manor in demesne as of fee tail without heir of his body. The manor descended to Elizabeth, kin and heir of John son of Avice, as daughter of Robert brother of John. She entered the manor and was seised in demesne as of fee tail and had issue: William Fitzhugh . Elizabeth afterwards enfeoffed William Fitzhugh , Geoffrey, Robert Fitzhugh , Christopher, William Foxholes , and William Catryk , still living, and John Pygot , now deceased, in the manor, to hold to them and their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. William Fitzhugh etc. [as above] continued their estate for the life of Elizabeth and afterwards, until they were unjustly expelled because of the said inquisitions and because of letters patent of ‪ Henry VI , made to William Eure, knight , and Thomas Tunstall, knight [CFR 1422–1430, p. 241]. These letters concerned the custody of all manors, lands, and tenements that were of Elizabeth, described as Elizabeth widow of Henry Fitzhugh, chevalier , and held of the king in chief on the day she died on 28 October last. William Eure and Thomas Tunstall were to hold the manors etc. according to the form of the letters. This was to no little damage to William Fitzhugh , Geoffrey, Robert Fitzhugh , Christopher, William Foxholes , and William Catryk on the following grounds. Emma, specified in 84 and 83, had not entered the manor or continued her possession during the life of John Marmyon ; Elizabeth had not died seised of the manor of Willingham, or any part of it, in demesne as of fee, nor had held anything at the time of her death; Ralph son of Ralph did not make his uninterrupted claim by authority of his right of descent during Elizabeth’s possession of the manor for her lifetime; and the manor of Willingham, or any part of it, was not held of the crown in chief by knight service, as supposed, nor by any other service. The king accordingly orders that the letters issued to William Eure and Thomas Tunstall regarding the manor be annulled, the king’s hands removed from the manor, and that William Fitzhugh , Geoffrey, Robert Fitzhugh , Christopher, William Foxholes , and William Catryk be restored to their possession of the manor along with any profits received since their expulsion. The sheriff of Lincoln is ordered to inform William Eure and Thomas Tunstall to come before the king in Chancery three weeks after Easter next, to say or show why the letters should not be annulled and the king’s hands not removed. The sheriff is also ordered to bring the names of those by whom William and Thomas were informed of this, as well as the writ. [End of close writ.] The sheriff returned to Chancery that William Eure and Thomas Tunstall had been informed by John Swynton , Robert Smyth , John Hert , and William Man . William and Thomas appeared by John Shawe , their attorney, in Chancery on the appointed day, as did William Fitzhugh , Geoffrey, Robert Fitzhugh , Christopher, William Foxholes , and William Catryk , by John Squery , their attorney. William Eure and Thomas Tunstall said that the letters should not be annulled for any of the reasons put forward by William Fitzhugh etc. [as above], nor should the hands of the king be removed from the manor because Elizabeth did die seised in demesne as of fee of the manor, and the manor is held of the king in chief by knight service. It was decided that all should come before the court of the king on the octave of Trinity. The sheriff of Lincolnshire was ordered to provide 24 knights and other honest men of the neighbourhood of Willingham who were not related to any individual in either of the opposing parties that, by their oath, the truth might fully be recognised.
KB 27/673 just. rot.7–8
87 Writ. ‡ Sonning. 30 December [1427]....
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Bulwick 29 March 1428. [ Barnard ]. [Writ: ms is half torn away; inquisition: ms is worn and galled.]
Jurors: John Chaterys , Robert Chaterys , Robert Ronbury , and John May of Lutton; William Neel of Woodnewton; John Rowlond and Simon Bryon of Apethorpe; Thomas Mylde of Yarwell; John Happe of Nassington; John Kyrkeby and John Smyth of Duddington; John Deyster of Collyweston (Coly...es...); and John Sutton of Rushton.
Rose de Dovorre was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Lutton alias ‘Ludyngton’, held of the king in chief of the crown as 1/10 knight’s fee. She gave it to William son of Robert Marmyon, junior , and Loretta his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies. William and Loretta had issue: John Marmyon . They died and John Marmyon entered the manor as their son and heir. He died and the manor descended to John as son and heir of John son of William who entered it. He died and the manor descended to Maud daughter of John Barnak , and to Elizabeth daughter of Robert Gray as kin and heirs of John Marmyon son of John Marmyon : Maud as daughter of Joan one of the daughters of John son of John, and Elizabeth as daughter of Robert son of Avice other daughter of John son of John. Long before 20 Richard II , therefore, Maud and Elizabeth entered the manor as kin and heirs of John son of John. The manor had been lawfully partitioned between the two, and the moiety allotted to Maud descended to Ralph Cromwell, knight , still living, kin and heir of Maud as the son of Ralph son of Maud. Elizabeth had issue: William Fitzhugh, knight , still living, and died seised of the other moiety of the manor in demesne as of fee tail. Lutton. In the moiety of which Elizabeth died seised, there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; 8 messuages and 8 virgates, parcel of the manor, each messuage with a virgate worth 10s. yearly; and 40s. assize rent taken from free tenants.
Date of death and heir as 83.
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88 Writ. ‡ 20 January 1428. [Thorelby]. The escheator is ordered to return the inquisition to Chancery.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition ex officio [indented]. Oundle 8 January 1428. [ Barnard ].
Jurors: John Duffyn of Islip; Walter Radburn of Finedon; William Wotton ; John Warner ; William Beby of Little Addington; Laurence Ploghwryght of Finedon; Thomas Cranford of Great Addington; John Taillour and William Fryday of Burton Latimer; William Nowell , John Wollaston , and Richard Irthyngburgh of Aldwincle; and Peter Bewmys of Barnwell.
Findings as 87.
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89 Writ. ‡ Sonning. 30 December 1427. [Stopyndon].
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. York Castle 3 September 1428. [Clarell].
Jurors: John Merkynfeld ; Roger de Ask ; Robert Haytfeld ; William Burgh ; John Haytfeld ; Richard Norton ; John Wyclyf ; William Huddeswell ; Thomas Fulthorp ; John Lasyngby ; Henry Girlyngton ; William Tanfeld ; William Burton ; and William Frankyssh .
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. She held the following in dower by assignment of William, Lord Fitzhugh , son and heir of Henry and Elizabeth. Scorton, the manor, annual value 100s.; West Applegarth, the manor, annual value 100s.; East Applegarth, the manor, annual value 40s.; Thorpe under Stone, the manor, annual value 26s. 8d.; Little Leeming, the manor, annual value 20s.; Richmond, 3 burgages, annual value 10s.; and Lartington, two parts of the manor, annual value £12, held of John, duke of Bedford , as of his castle and honour of Richmond, service unknown. Ingleby Barwick, the manor, annual value £10; and Ingleby Hill, 7 tofts and 7 bovates, annual value 40s., held of John Percy of Kildale, service unknown. Staveley, the manor, annual value £10, with advowson of the church, annual value £10, held of Katherine, queen of England , in socage as of the castle and lordship of Knaresborough, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster. Ingleton, the manor, £10 rent. She held the following, except ½ advowson of Burnsall church and ½ water-mill in East Tanfield with suit of the same, to her and her heirs by Henry, by grant of John Laton, rector of Romaldkirk . Cleasby, the manor, annual value £10, held of John, Lord Scrope , service unknown. Clow Beck, the manor, annual value £4; and East Tanfield, the manor, annual value 100s., held of John, duke of Bedford , as of his castle and honour of Richmond, service unknown. Airton, the manor, annual value £6 13s. 4d., held of the heirs of John, Lord Clifford , service unknown. She held no other nor more lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, nor did she die seised of any other lands or tenements in any other way because she granted the following to William, Lord Fitzhugh, knight , Geoffrey Fitzhugh, knight, master Robert Fitzhugh, Christopher Boynton , John Pygot , William Foxholes, clerk , and William Catryk , and their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. West Tanfield, the manor; Carthorpe, the manor; Wath, the manor; Leeming, the manor; and all other lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services that descended to Elizabeth by hereditary right after the death of John Marmyon, knight , and Elizabeth his wife in West Tanfield, East Tanfield, Thornborough, Binsoe, Nosterfield, Carthorpe, Wath, Leeming, Exelby, Manfield, Melmerby, Sinderby, and Ripon. With the exception of lands and tenements in Exelby, Sinderby, and Ripon, the manors of the above grant are held of the duke of Bedford as of his castle and honour of Richmond, service unknown. The lands and tenements in Exelby and Sinderby are held of John Wandesford of Kirklington, service unknown; and the tenements in Ripon are held of the chapter and canons of the college of SS Peter and Wilfred, Ripon, service unknown. The annual value of the manors of West Tanfield, Carthorpe, Wath, and Leeming is £80. She granted the following to John Pygot , Christopher Boynton , William Catryk , John Wencelagh , and William Foxholes , and their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. Brandesburton, the manor; Woodhall, the manor; Ellerby, the manor; Thirtleby, the manor; Mappleton, the manor; and all other lands, tenements, rents, and services that she held in the same places. The manors are held of Anne, countess of Stafford , as of her manor of Burstwick, service unknown. Their annual value is £60.
She died on 13 December last. Heir as 81, and described as the son of Elizabeth and Henry.
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90 Writ (Exchequer).....[Writ: largely torn away.]
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition ex officio [indented]. Sherburn in Elmet 9 January 1428. [Clarell].
Jurors: Alexander de Ledes of Barkston; William Seintpoull of Byram; John Otir , William Otir , and William Newby of Church Fenton; Baldwin Yonge of Scarthingwell; John Skargyll of Church Fenton; Nicholas Legh of Thorner; William Gatlyn of Cawood; John Meny of North or South Milford (Milford); John Yonge of Pontefract; and John Baron of Sherburn in Elmet.
By a fine levied in 1327, John de Appelby, parson of Wath , and Robert de Sourneton, parson of West Tanfield , quer., granted the manors of Tanfield and Carthorpe, and a messuage, 20 tofts, one carucate and 10 bovates of land, 10 a. wood, and ½ mill in East Tanfield, Nosterfield, Manfield, and Brough, and the advowson of the church of Wath by Tanfield to John Marmyon and Maud his wife, deforc., and to the heirs male of their bodies, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due service in perpetuity [CP 25/1/272/102 no. 8]. Failing such issue, the manors and tenements with advowson should remain to the right heirs of John Marmyon . John and Maud had issue: Robert, Joan, and Avice. Robert Noreys, parson of West Retford , and Simon de Wyntryngham, master of the hospital of St Giles by Catterick, afterwards entered the above during the lifetime of John Marmyon , and continued their possession for the lives of John Marmyon and Maud. Continues as 82+[2]. The manors of West Tanfield, annual value £38 4s. 4d., and Carthorpe, annual value £14 4s. 4d., are held of the earl of Richmond by knight service, and the messuage, 20 tofts, carucate and 10 bovates of land, 10 a. wood, ½ mill, and the advowson, annual value £43 10s., are also held of the same.
Date of death and heir as 81.
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