Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 23, 1427-32 Mapping The Medieval Countryside, a collaboration between the Department of History, University of Winchester, and the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
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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 2013-02-28T19:05:31.53Z XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
JOHN DYNHAM, KNIGHT
257 Writ. ‡ 28 December 1428. [Wymbyssh].
HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Andover 21 January 1429. [Longe].
Jurors: William Darell ; Henry Wallop ; William Lylye ; Robert Mechell ; William Loket ; Stephen Clerk ; Geoffrey H...kyer [hole in ms]; Richard Loket ; John Farley ; William Hale ; William Fryston ; and John Shopper .
He held the following in demesne as of fee. Over Wallop, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 10 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates of land, worth 100s. yearly; 5 a. meadow, worth 10s. yearly; 200 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly; £8 assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, delivered by free tenants.
He died on 25 December last, at about the twelfth hour. John Dynham, esquire , is his son and next heir, and aged 22 and more.
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258 Writ. ‡ 28 December 1428. [Wymbyssh].
OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Henley-on-Thames 28 January 1429. [ Rede ].
Jurors: John Badby ; Thomas Queynton ; John Walkeleyn ; Thomas Derlyngton ; John Caradouce ; Thomas Baker ; John Blissot ; Adam Hastyng ; John Abselon ; John Hunte of Cuxham; Henry Drewe ; and John Shirfeld .
He held the following in demesne as of fee. Over Worton, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 16 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 53s. 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 6s. yearly; 40 a. pasture, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 100s. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, delivered by free tenants. North Stoke , ½ manor, held of Katherine, queen of England , as of her honour of Wallingford by knight service. There are 12 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 50s. yearly; 20 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly; 100 a. wood, its pasture worth 8s. 4d. yearly; and 26s. 8d. assize rent, payable as above, delivered by free tenants.
Date of death and heir as 257.
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259 Writ. ‡ 28 December 1428. [Wymbyssh].
SOMERSET. Inquisition. Queen Camel 25 January 1429. [Mylborne].
Jurors: John Lymyngton ; John Mylborne ; John Mavyell ; John Lyte ; John Weston ; John Brempton ; Thomas Knyght ; John Wayte ; Henry Rayny ; John Barbour ; Stephen Mondys ; and Thomas Thornebury .
He held the following in demesne as of fee. Buckland Dinham, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 20 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 2 dovecots, worth 6s. yearly; 2 carucates land, worth 53s. 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, worth 50s. yearly; 40 a. pasture, worth 4s. and no more as common pasture; one park without game-animals, its pasture worth 4s. yearly; 24 a. wood, its pasture worth 4s. yearly; 1 mill for grain and another for fulling, worth 16s. yearly; £10 2s. 4d. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, delivered by free tenants; and assize rent of 2lb pepper, payable at Michaelmas only. Corton Denham, a carucate of land, worth 53s. 4d. yearly, with advowson of the church there, worth nothing yearly, held of the king in chief by knight service. He died seised of the following in fee and by right. Blackford 1/24 knight’s fee, worth 25s. yearly when it falls, held of William Rous , service unknown. North Cheriton 1/32 knight’s fee, worth 3s. 3d. yearly when it falls, held of William Rous , service unknown. Compton Pauncefoot, ½ knight’s fee, worth 40s. yearly when it falls, held of William Fethrpayn , service unknown. He held no other nor more lands or tenements of the king or any other in demesne or service. [1]+Long before his death, by his charter dated Nutwell 1 June 1401 where he is described as John Dynham, knight , he granted the following, among other things, to James Aumarle , Robert Maynard , and John Bole , all now deceased, and to John Pole and Thomas Hertyscote , still living, to hold to James, John Pole , Robert, Thomas, and John Bole and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The charter was shown to the jurors. James, Robert, and John Bole afterwards died, and John Pole and Thomas Hertyscote continued in their estate during John Dynham ’s life by right of joint tenants in survivorship. They continue in this estate.+[1] Northover (Northome), the manor, held of the bishop of Bath , service unknown. Cricket Malherbie, the manor and advowson, held of Richard Nevell, knight , service unknown. Stoford, Bincombe (Bounecombe), Wellington, and Ilminster, lands, tenements, rents, services, and reversions, held of William Fethrpayn , service unknown. Dunkerton, Wanstrow (Wancestre), Mageryston , and Stathe, knights’ fees, held of Alan Harry . Maperton, advowson, held of John Rous , service unknown.
Date of death and heir as 257.
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260 Writ. ‡ 28 December 1428. [Wymbyssh].
DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter 10 January 1429. [Bamfild].
Jurors: John Crocker ; Henry Fraunceys ; William Werthe ; Nicholas Coterell ; John Pree ; Robert Salle ; Henry Beare ; John Bernhoue ; Richard Pyperell ; John Bolter ; John Crosse ; and John Bryton .
He held the following in demesne as of fee. Hartland, the manor with the hundred of Hartland pertaining to the same, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 34 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 2 parks with game-animals, the pasture worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 12 carucates of land, worth £29 6s. 8d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, worth 4s. yearly; 20 a. pasture, worth 40d. yearly; 3 corn-mills, worth 20s. yearly; 1 fulling-mill, worth 40d. yearly; a dovecot, worth nothing yearly; £40 5s. 1¾d. assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts, delivered by free tenants; 1lb pepper, payable at Michaelmas only; and perquisites of the hundred court, worth 30s. yearly. Nutwell, the manor with the hamlet of Coombe attached to the same, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 8 messuages in the manor, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates of land, worth £4 yearly; 8 a. meadow, worth 8s. yearly; and 40s. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, delivered by free tenants. There is a grange with a byre in the hamlet, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable, worth 20s. yearly; 12 a. waste, worth 2s. yearly; 16s. 8d. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, delivered by free tenants. Exton, 20s. 20d. rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts, held of Joan de la Hulle , service unknown; and 2½ a. meadow, worth 2s. 6d. yearly, held of Adam Serle by one grain of pepper. Woodbury, 30 a. furze in the manor, worth 12d. yearly, held of William Bonevyle, knight , by one grain of pepper. Littleham, 32s. rent from the manor, held of the abbot of Sherborne , service unknown. Southdon , the hamlet, held of William Bonevyle, knight , service unknown. There are 30 a. land, annual value 10s. Harpford, the manor, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty only. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, worth 12s. yearly; 60 a. pasture where free tenants have common pasture, worth 12d. yearly; 60 a. wood, the pasture worth 3s. yearly; and £9 11s. 9d. assize rent, payable and delivered as above. Simonsburrow, a carucate of land, worth 24s. yearly, held of Anne, countess of Devon , service unknown. Venn Ottery, a carucate of land, worth 10s. yearly; and 105s. 3d. rent, payable as above, held of the king as of his castle of Exeter in socage by rent of £4 4s. 8d. at Michaelmas. Kingskerswell, the manor, with the hundred of Haytor pertaining to the same, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 20s. yearly; a mill for grain, worth 20s. yearly; £20 6s. 4d. assize rent, payable and delivered as above; and perquisites of the hundred court, worth 40s. yearly. Wrey , Langford , Wodehous , £9 rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts, held of the king in chief in socage. Diptford, a mill, worth 12d. yearly, held of the king in chief in socage. Whiteheathfield Barton, the manor, held of Elizabeth wife of John Cheseldon by 1lb cumin yearly. There is a capital messuage and 5 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. land, worth 60s. yearly; 3 a. meadow, worth 4s. yearly; and 3 a. wood, its pasture worth 12d. yearly. Southbroke , the manor, held of Philip Courtenay , service unknown. There are 6 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 40s. yearly; and 40s. assize rent, payable and delivered as above. Offwell, ½ manor with advowson of the church there, held of Anne, countess of Devon , service unknown. There are 6 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 20s. yearly; 4 a. wood, its pasture worth 6d. yearly; and 13s. 4d. assize rent, payable and delivered as above. The advowson is of no annual value. Matford, the manor, held of Anne, countess of Devon , service unknown. There are 3 messuages, worth nothing yearly; ½ carucate land, worth 20s. yearly; and 13s. 4d. assize rent, payable and delivered as above. He held no other nor more lands or tenements of the king or any other in demesne or service. Continues as 259+[1] regarding the following. Hemyock, Clayhidon, Dunterton, the manors, with the hundred of Hemyock, held of Anne, countess of Devon , service unknown. Ilsington, the manor, held of Thomas Beaumond , service unknown. Woodhuish, Natsworthy, the manors, and lands, tenements, rents, services, and reversions in Stone, Twigbeare, Hatherleigh, Eveleigh, and Shortrug , held of Isabel Kendale , service unknown. Hemyock, Clayhidon, Dunterton, South Pool, Cotleigh, knights’ fees and advowsons of the churches, and advowson of the chantry of Hemyock, held of Anne, countess of Devon , service unknown.
Date of death and heir as 257.
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261 [ Writ: see 260 .]
CORNWALL. Inquisition. Saltash 15 January 1429. [Baunfyld].
Jurors: Richard Trelauny ; Stephen Trenewyth ; Peter Eggecomb ; Edmund Benet ; John Talkaron; John Lanewrannek ; William Bale ; Gilbert Trenok ; William Benet ; John Ponne ; John Bate ; Rule Toker; John atte Wotton ; and Richard Sparkewyll .
Findings as 259+[1] regarding the following except that the grant was made to James, John Pole , Robert, Thomas, and John Bole for their lives, to hold by rendering one rose to John Dynham and his heirs and assigns at Midsummer. They were thus seised in their demesne as of free tenement. Cardinham, Bodardle, Downinney, Gurlyn, Brygge, and Cross in Milton, the manors, with all lands and tenements in Roche and appurtenant knights’ fees and advowsons, held of the king as of his duchy of Cornwall by knight service. He died seised of the rent of a rose, with reversion of the manors, lands, tenements, fees, and advowsons.
Date of death and heir as 257.
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