BEDFORDSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Leighton Buzzard
14 September 1429. [
Sperlyng].
Jurors:
John
Clerk
;
William
Bagenhale
;
John
Hawkyns, senior
;
Thomas
Holynden
;
Henry
Skynner
;
William
Ballard
;
Hugh
Eywode
;
Thomas
Couper
;
Thomas
Ballard
;
Ralph
Tutford
;
John
Hawkyns, junior
; and
Richard
Glavinfeld
.
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Great Barford, a messuage, flanked by the messuages of
Stephen
le
Crenqer
and the
prior of Bushmead
on one side and the land of
John
de
Harwedon
on the other, worth nothing; 15 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly, held of the king
in chief in socage by rendering 6d. yearly to the king and his heirs, delivered by the sheriff at the four annual terms.
He died on 20 July 1400.
Christine
Oyldeboef
and Margaret wife of
Richard
Hukelegh
are his daughters and next heirs. They are respectively aged 50 and more, and 46 and more.
The lands and tenements have been occupied since his death and the issues taken severally.
Katherine
Bury
of Great Barford entered the messuage, and
John
Blok
, Joan his wife, Thomas their son and heir, and
William
Cubyll
of Great Barford entered the land and meadow. They intruded upon the possession of
Henry
IV
, and are thus answerable to the king.