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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 2013-02-28T19:05:22.142Z XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
ELIZABETH WIDOW OF RICHARD RYALL
228 Writ. ‡ 12 October 1428. [Wymbyssh].
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Gloucester 5 November 1428. [Blount].
Jurors: Walter Toky ; Thomas Hooke ; John Pershale ; John Wyntyr ; Robert Solans ; Richard Brugge ; John Mile ; John Kynget ; Walter Chedworth ; Thomas Purlewent ; John Andrew, mercer ; and Richard Langeford .
She held no lands or tenements in demesne or service in demesne as of fee of the king in chief or any other. John Merbury , Edward Brugge, esquire , and William Poleyn were seised in demesne as of fee of the following, which they held of ‪ Henry V in chief by fealty and 1d. rent. Dymock, the manor, annual value £10. They demised the manor to Richard Oldcastell and Elizabeth his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies in perpetuity, with reversion to John, Edward, and William, to hold of the king and his heirs by due service. The demise was made by a charter dated Dymock 7 June 1421, shown to the jurors. Royal licence was not obtained. By letters patent dated Westminster 8 July 1422, shown to the jurors [CPR 1416–1422, pp. 439–40], reciting, among other things, that John Merbury , Edward Brugge , and William Poleyn had entered the manor by a gift made to them and their heirs by Edmund Ryall , and then demised the manor, as above, to Richard Oldcastell and Elizabeth who entered it without royal licence, ‪ Henry V pardoned them and granted to them and their heirs as much in the same manor as they already had. Richard died and Elizabeth continued her estate for life. She died seised without an heir by Richard. The manor was held with reversion to John Merbury , Edward Brugge , and William Poleyn , all still living. Each is aged 40 and more.
She died on 3 October 1428. John Philipot is her son and next heir, and aged 21 and more.
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229 Writ amotus . ‡ 10 January 1429. [Wymbyssh]. Previous writ diem clausit extremum sent on 12 October 1428.
WORCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Upton upon Severn 20 February 1429. [Wollashull].
Jurors: Robert Hanley ; Clement de Mytton ; John Estynton ; Thomas Waxmon ; John Fewkener ; John Byssheley ; Nicholas Grove ; John Buylar ; William Bady ; Robert Spenser ; John Pendok ; and Thomas Newnton .
As 228, except regarding the following manors, and the first deed was dated Birtsmorton 7 June 1421. Ryall, the manor, annual value 100s., held of the bishop of Worcester in socage; and Queenhill, ½ manor, annual value of the moiety £4, held as a whole of the king in chief by rendering at the Exchequer a pack-hound at Michaelmas. Royal licence regarding ½ manor of Queenhill was not obtained, and this was pardoned [CPR 1416–1422, pp. 439–40].
Date of death and heir as 228, except the heir is aged 22 and more.
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