LINCOLNSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Lincoln Castle
17 January 1428. [
Haltoft].
Jurors:
William
Bleseby
of Bleasby;
John
Spenser
of Grimoldby;
Michael
Rous
of Saltfleetby;
Robert
Bugg
of Grimoldby;
Nicholas
Burton
of Louth; William Hill of Tealby;
John
Phelipson
of Thoresway;
Peter
Ingram
of Tealby;
Henry
Cappe
of Welbourn;
Thomas
Warnere
of Heckington;
John
Pavy
of Edenham;
John
Gysburn
of Heckington;
William
Fairbarn
of Linwood; and
John
Jud
of Heckington.
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or any other.
She held the following in dower as [99](#CIPM-DOC-23-99).
Heckington, the manor with its members and appurtenances in Great Hale and Garwick, held of the king
in chief as ½ knight’s fee.
There are various buildings on the manorial site: a hall, 5 chambers, chapel, cook-house, bakehouse, haybarn, 2 barns for grain, granary, byre, 2 stables, and one malt-kiln, worth nothing yearly above repair. There is also a ruinous dovecot, worth nothing yearly; 2 separate, fenced enclosures called ‘Orsherte’, each containing 2 a. and worth 8d. yearly; 202 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 125 a. fallow, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 67 a. demesne meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 28 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 31 bovates, each worth 4s. yearly; and 14 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly.
The members of the manor of Heckington contain the following.
Garwick, a messuage, worth 12d. yearly; 12 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; and 8 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly.
Great Hale, 2 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 2 bovates, each worth 4s. yearly; a several fishery, worth 2s. yearly; a pasture called ‘Hekyngton Fen’, worth 24s. yearly; 62s. 3½d. assize rent, payable at Christmas,
Easter,
St Botulph, and Michaelmas by equal parts; and view of frankpledge held yearly in the month of Easter and Michaelmas and a court baron held every three weeks, together worth nothing yearly above the seneschals’ fees.
Stewton, the manor with its members and appurtenances in Saltfleetby, Grimoldby, and Skidbrooke, held of the king
in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There are the following buildings on the manorial site: a hall, 2 chambers, cook-house, a ruinous barn, byre, stable, and a malt-kiln, worth nothing yearly above repair;
16 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; a garden worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 493 a. and one rood of arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 50 a. and 3 roods of meadow, each worth 6d. yearly; and 300 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure and the keeper’s fee.
The members of the manor of Stewton contain the following.
Saltfleetby, a messuage, worth 2s. yearly; 126½ a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and
36½ a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly.
Skidbrooke, 3s. 4d. assize rent, payable at Martinmas and St Botulph by equal parts.
Grimoldby, 2 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 3 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 108½
a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 17 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 53½ a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 12s. 6d. assize rent, payable at Martinmas and St Botulph; and view of frankpledge held yearly in the month of Easter and Michaelmas and a court baron held every three weeks, together worth nothing yearly above the seneschals’ fees.
Thoresway, the manor, held of the king
in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There are no buildings on the manorial site which is worth nothing yearly above enclosure. There are also 23
messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; a cottage, worth 12d. yearly; 40 bovates held by tenants,
each bovate worth 12d. yearly; and 60 bovates lying fallow, each worth 6d. yearly, for all to use as pasture.
Linwood, advowson of the church that pertains to the manor of Linwood, taxed at 20 marks.
Grimoldby, advowson of the church that pertains to the manor of Stewton, taxed at 12 marks.
She held the following knights’ fees in dower.
Welton
, 1/7 fee held by the heir of
Simon
Pilet
.
Ulceby or Ulceby with Fordington (Ulseby), 1/10 fee held by
Ralph
Cromwell, chevalier
.
Burgh le Marsh
or Burgh on Bain (Burgh), ¼ fee held by
John
de
Well
, and ¼ fee held by
the heir of
Gilbert
Blaunchar
.
Well, Alford, and other places, 4 fees held by the said
John
de
Well
.
Barton-upon-Humber, a fee held by the
abbot of Kirkstead
.
Keisby, a fee held by Lord Marmion.
Irnham, ½ fee held by the heir of
Philip
le
Dispencer
.
Edenham, a fee held by the
abbot of Valle Crucis
, the
prior of Bridlington
, and
John
Trott
.
Ingoldsby, ¼ fee held by
John
Bussy
, and ½ fee held by
Robert
de
Wylughby, chevalier
.
Wilughby
, ¼ fee held by
John
Bussy
.
Morton
, 1/8 fee held by the heirs of
Thomas, late duke of Surrey
.
Pointon, ½ fee held by
John
Hagh
and
John
Bury
.
Birthorpe, 1/8 fee held by
Robert
Yarondale
.
Osbournby, ½ fee held by the
earl of Northumberland
and the
prior of Sempringham
, 1/5
fee held by Amandus Surdivale, and 1/6 fee held by the heir of
Robert
Colvyle
.
Haceby, ¼ fee held by
John
Bussy
.
Walcote
, 1/6 fee held by the heir of
John
de
Lymbery
.
Beckingham and Sutton, ½ fee held by Lady Latimer, and 1/3 fee held by the
prior of
Sempringham
.
Stragglethorpe, ½ fee held by the heir of
Walter
de
Burgh
, and a fee held by the brothers of Sempringham.
Brandon, two parts of a fee held by
Richard
Almet
and his parceners, and ¼ fee held by the prior of St John
of Jerusalem in England.
Cranwell, ½ fee held by
Alan
de
Cranwell
and the prior of St John
of Jerusalem in
England.
Pickworth, 1/10 fee held by
John
Gardyner
and
William
Pynder
.
Baston and Carlby, 1/3 of two fees held by the
abbot of Crowland
.
Kyrkeby
, ¼ fee held by
William
Smyth
.
Bulby and Stamford, ¼ fee held by
Thomas
de
Sancto Lando
.
Elsthorpe, ¼ fee held by
John
Bayous
.
Date of death and heir as [99](#CIPM-DOC-23-99).