BERKSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Newbury
27 January 1429. [
Rede
].
Jurors:
John
Lydeyerd
;
John
Colley
;
Henry
Samon
;
Roger
Radeley
;
William
Wabrond
;
John
Chadelworth
;
Nicholas
Messenger
;
Robert
Croke
;
Thomas
Cokerell
;
Edward
Townesend
;
William
Croke
; and
William
Whyte
.
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail male.
Hurst, 200 a. wood, each acre worth nothing yearly.
Ashridge, the hundred, worth nothing above the seneschal’s fee, with rents and services pertaining to the hundred, parcel of the manor of Amesbury in Wiltshire.
[1]+
Edward
III
granted the manor of Amesbury to
William
de
Monte Acuto
. William had achieved the estate of
earl of Salisbury
and that he might more fittingly maintain his estate and discharge the duties carried by such a great honour, the prelates, earls, barons, and others of the king’s council assented to this grant, among other things, in Parliament in the same year. The grant was made by letters patent, shown to the jurors [CPR 1334–1338, pp. 426–7].
The manor, among other things, was then held for their lives by the king’s beloved and faithful
John
de
Warenna, earl of Surrey
, and Joan his wife, both now deceased, with reversion to the king and his heirs but, by the grant to
William
de
Monte Acuto
, it was to remain to
William, late earl of Salisbury
, and to the heirs male of his body, to hold with knights’ fees, advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, hospitals and chapels, with wapentakes, forests, chases, parks, woods, warrens, fairs, markets, liberties, free customs, wards, reliefs, escheats, services of tenants: free and villein, and reversions in dower or for terms of life, parcel of the manor, and all other things belonging to it.
William had issue of his body:
William
de
Monte Acuto
, late
earl of Salisbury
. William died, with
John
de
Warenna
and Joan both surviving. They then died and
William
de
Monte Acuto
, late
earl of Salisbury
, entered the manor in his remainder as son and heir male of
William
de
Monte Acuto
. He died without heir male of his body and the manor descended to
John
de
Monte Acuto
, late earl, kin and heir male of William son of William as the son of John brother of William son of William. John had issue of his body:
Thomas, late earl
. John died and Thomas, as son and heir male of John, was seised of the manor in demesne as of fee tail. He died seised of this estate without heir male of his body.+[1]
The manor of Amesbury, the manor of Canford Magna in Dorset, the castle and manor of Trowbridge and the manor of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, and the manors of Henstridge and Charlton Horethorne in Somerset are held of the king as a knight’s fee for all services and demands, as contained in the letters patent.
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail.
Crookham, the manor with advowson of the free chapel pertaining to the same, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
There is a site with various buildings, worth nothing yearly; 6 carucates of arable, demised at terms of years for 53s. 4d. yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; 8 messuages and 8 bovates, demised at terms of years for 40s. yearly, payable as above; 10 a. meadow, demised at terms of years for 20s. yearly, payable at Michaelmas; 8s. assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, and Michaelmas; perquisites of court, worth 5s. yearly; and 2 parks, worth nothing yearly above the parker’s fee, enclosure, and maintaining the game-animals. The advowson of the chapel is worth 13s. 4d. yearly when it falls.
He held the following parcels as of the castle of Christchurch in Hampshire in the same way.
Bisham, advowson of the priory, worth 40s. when vacant.
Hatford, 2 knights’ fees, lately held by
Robert
de
Hankford
, each worth 100s. when it falls.
Shaw, one knight’s fee, lately held by the heirs of
Henry
Pynkney
, worth 100s. when it falls.
Peasemore, ½ knight’s fee, lately held by
Richard
Abburbury
, each moiety worth 50s. when it falls.
Enborne, ½ knight’s fee, lately held by the heirs of
Nicholas
Wodecok
, each moiety worth
50s. when it falls.
Chaddleworth, ¼ knight’s fee, presently held by the
prioress of Amesbury
, worth 25s. when it falls.
[2]+
Edward
III
granted the manor of Crookham and the castle of Christchurch, among other things, to
William
de
Monte Acuto
and Katherine his wife, and to the heirs of William’s body, with knights’ fees, advowsons of churches, chapels, religious houses and hospitals, with hundreds, markets, fairs, chases, warrens, parks, woods, free fisheries, royal rights, liberties, free customs, and all other things pertaining to the manor and castle.
William was thereby seised in demesne as of fee tail, and Katherine was seised in demesne as of free tenement. After their deaths, the manor of Crookham with advowson of the chapel, advowson of the priory church, knights’ fees, and parts of knights’ fees descended to
William
de
Monte Acuto
, late
earl of Salisbury
, as son and heir of
William
de
Monte Acuto
. William son of William died without heir of his body and the above descended to
John
de
Monte Acuto
, late
earl of Salisbury
, kin and heir of William as the son of John brother of William. After the death of John, the above descended to
Thomas, late earl
, as son and heir of John. Thomas was seised in demesne as of fee tail, and died seised of this estate.+[2]
Date of death and heirs as [278](CIPM-#INQ-23-278), except
Richard
de
Monte Acuto
, knight, is aged 60 and more.