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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 2013-02-28T19:05:24.359Z XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
JOAN WIDOW OF WILLIAM STURMY, KNIGHT
237 Writ. ‡ 29 May 1429. [Wymbyssh]. Regarding lands and tenements held of the king in dower and for life from the inheritance of Agnes, wife of John Holcombe and daughter and heir of William, and from the inheritance of John Seymour , son of Maud daughter of William and kin and other heir of William.
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Amesbury 14 June 1429. [Longe].
Jurors: William Wake ; Robert Bailly ; John Judde ; Thomas Saucer ; Thomas Hobbys ; John Appelby ; John Ivy ; Richard Umfray ; John Mermylle ; Richard Touker ; John Stokbryge ; and William Sampson .
She held the following for life by grant of Henry Sturmy, knight , William Bolhammeslonde, rector of Edington , John Fouke , and William Hankford to William Sturmy and Joan, and to the heirs of William, with reversion to Agnes wife of John Holcombe and to John Seymour. Tidcombe, the manor, and 20 a. and 2 virgates arable called ‘Olyvereslonde’, held of the earl of Warwick , service unknown. There are 100 a. land in the manor, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 100 a. sheep-pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 2 virgates of arable and 20 a. land, worth 10s. yearly; and 50s. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, delivered by various tenants. She held the following in dower from the inheritance of Agnes and John. Figheldean, 1/3 manor, held of the king in chief as 1/6 knight’s fee. There is 1/3 barn, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 croft called ‘Courtclose’, worth 20d. yearly; 25 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, worth 5s. 8d. yearly; pasture for 100 sheep, worth 9s. yearly; a several fishery, worth 2s. yearly; 4s. rent called ‘Tuthinpeny’, payable at Hockday and Martinmas by equal parts; and 42s. assize rent, payable at the four terms by equal parts, delivered by various tenants. Salisbury, 6s. 8d. rent-seck in the city, held of no-one. Cowesfield and Testwood, 3½ a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 13½ a. wood, worth nothing yearly as nothing can be sold, held of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , service unknown; and 10s. rent, payable as above, delivered by free tenants, held of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , service unknown. ‘Philepeshate’, 1/3 wood called ‘Philepeshate’, worth nothing yearly, held of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , service unknown. ‘Wodehousecrofte’, 1/3 croft called ‘Wodehousecrofte’, worth 12d. yearly, held of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , service unknown. Wootton Rivers, 1/3 croft called ‘Ywodescrofte’, and 1/3 virgate, worth 2s. 2d. yearly, held of the duke of Gloucester , service unknown.
She died on 20 February last. Agnes wife of John Holcombe , one of her daughters, and John Seymour , her kin as the son of Maud her other daughter, are her next heirs. Agnes is aged 40 and more, and John is aged 26 and more.
It is unclear from the manuscript whether this is ‘Olyvereslonde’.
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238 [ Writ: see 237 .]
HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Andover 15 June 1429. [Longe].
Jurors: Henry Wallopp ; William Loket ; William Boteler ; Thomas Dyer ; John Robis ; William Frestone ; Philip James ; William Bastard ; John Pyke ; John Shopper ; John Mulbury ; Richard Loket ; John Mason ; and John Mundy .
She held the following in dower as 237. Liss Turney, 40s., delivered by free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts, held of Joan, queen of England , as of her manor of Odiham, service unknown.
Date of death and heirs as 237.
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