Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 23, 1427-32
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WILLIAM SON OF
JOHN
VYLERS
308
Writ de etate probanda
.
‡
8 October 1428. [
Wymbyssh].
Regarding his inheritance as son of
John
Vylers
son of
Richard
Vylers
son of Joan, one of the sisters and heirs of
Simon
Pakeman
who held of
Henry
IV
in chief. The lands and tenements are in the king’s custody.
LEICESTERSHIRE.
Proof of age [indented].
Leicester
26 October 1428. [
Hotoft].
William
Assheby
of Welby, 60 and more, swears that William was aged 21 on 1
September 1426, and was born at Brooksby and baptised in the church of St Michael
there on
1 September 1405. Asked how he knows, he says that he stood as godfather. He also had a son called Thomas who was born on the same day and baptised in the same church. On 1
September 1426, 21 years had passed since then.
John
Lathom
of Ab Kettleby, 62 and more, was with
William
Assheby
at Welby and William told him that Elizabeth wife of
John
Vylers
, god willing (deo dante) , had given birth to a son. William was to raise him from the font and asked
John
Lathom
if he would witness the baptism.
John
Lathom
did so, and thus saw William raised from the font at Brooksby.
Nicholas
Joye
of Stathern, 50 and more, married Isabel in the church of St Michael
of
Brooksby.
Walter
Ruskyn
of Melton Mowbray, 60 and more, says that Alexander his first-born son was born on the same day as William, and baptised the following day. The godfather was
Alexander
Boyvill
.
John
atte
Vicairs
of Belton, 62 and more, performed homage to Henry, then Lord Beaumont, for a tenement in Loughborough. He had a letter of homage.
Simon
Breton
of Loughborough, 60 and more, purchased 3 messuages in Loughborough from
Thomas
Pegge
for £20, payable at Christmas then next following.
John
Petymore
of Thorpe Arnold, 64 and more, broke his right arm in a fall while going from the church of Thorpe Arnold to his house.
John
Chaumberleyn
of Hathern, 54 and more, says that
John
Burton
, then king’s bailiff, arrested
Geoffrey
Normanvyle
at Brooksby under suspicion of a felony. Geoffrey was taken to the royal gaol at Leicester and afterwards hung.
William
Cok
of Hinckley, 54 and more, says that
Thomas
Derby
gave a messuage in Brooksby to
John
Assheby
and Agnes his wife, daughter of Thomas, in the presence of William and many others.
Richard
Byrchesley
of Hinckley, 50 and more, says that Ellen his sister was buried in the priory of Launde and that he was executor of her will.
John
Shepey
of Osbaston, 48 and more, bought 20 a. wood from the
abbot of Leicester
, at
40s. an acre, for which he had an indenture sealed with the common seal of the house.
Henry
Jakes
of Wellsborough, 54 and more, apprenticed Richard his son with
Ralph
Humberston
of Leicester, ‘wolman’, and, in the presence of the
mayor of Leicester
and many others, delivered £10 silver to Ralph for Richard’s use.
C 139/42/74 mm.1–2