LINCOLNSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Lincoln Castle
19 December 1429. [
Meres].
Jurors:
John
Blake
of Harmston; William Till and
William
Ekylsale
of Coleby;
Thomas
Fouler
of
Brughton
;
Thomas
Multon
of Bracebridge;
Richard
Tilly
of Raithby;
William
Dowes
of Whisby;
Thomas
Mores
of Harlaxton;
Robert
Tenman
of
Brughton
; Thomas
Gryme and
William
Adamson
of
Burton
;
William
Dike
of North Hykeham;
Martin
Andrewe
of Coleby; and
Robert
Hales
of South Hykeham.
He held the following conjointly with Hawise, lately his wife, by demise of
John
Barde
to them and the heirs of Thomas’s body, with remainder to the right heirs of Thomas in perpetuity.
[1]+Beelsby, the manor with appurtenances in Beelsby, Waltham, Bradley, Keelby, East or West Ravendale (Ravendale), and Thorganby, held of the
bishop of Lincoln
, service unknown. There is the site, dovecot, water-mill, 300 a. arable, and 40 a. meadow, worth nothing yearly above much-needed repair; and £10 assize rent, payable at Pentecost, St Peter in Chains, Martinmas, and Candlemas by equal parts.
Beelsby and ‘le Estgarthes’, a messuage called ‘Maundevylethyng’, annual value 4 marks above payment of rent, held of
Patrick
de
Langdale
in socage as of his soke of Waltham.
Laceby, a capital messuage, annual value 40s., held of the heirs of
John
Skypwyth
, service unknown.
Thorganby, a messuage, annual value 40s., held of the prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, service unknown.
Stickford, a capital messuage, annual value 4 marks, held of the king as of the duchy of Lancaster as of his honour of Bolingbroke, service unknown.
Immingham, 2 bovates of land, annual value 4s., held of the
prior of Kyme
, service unknown.
Horsington, a messuage, annual value 60s., held of the king
as of the said honour, service unknown.
Nocton and Dunston, 2 messuages, annual value 2 marks, held of the king
in chief as 1/2
knight’s fee.
Branston, a toft, annual value 6s. 8d., held of Lady Deincourt, service unknown.
Brauncewell, a toft, annual value 13s. 4d., held of the said prior of St John of Jerusalem, service unknown.+[1]
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail by enfeoffment by
John
Barde
to him and the heirs of his body, with remainder to the right heirs of Thomas in perpetuity.
[2]+Grimsby, a croft, annual value 4s., held of the king
in free burgage by 2s. yearly.
Stallingborough, 3 bovates, annual value 20s., held of
John
Taylboys
, service unknown.
Harlaxton, the manor called ‘Swynford fee’ that extends to Harlaxton, Woolsthorpe
or
Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth (Wolesthorp), and Colsterworth, annual value 40s.; and the manor called ‘Bronxfee’ that extends to Londonthorpe and Harlaxton, annual value 2 marks, each held of the
duke of York
in socage as of his soke of Grantham.+[2]
He died on 20 September 1415.
Thomas
Belesby
, his son, was then his next heir and aged
4 and more, but died a minor without heir of his body.
Elizabeth wife of
John
Pygot, esquire
, is sister and next heir of Thomas son of Thomas, and the daughter and heir of Thomas. She is aged 18 and more.
Godfrey
Hilton
married Hawise after the death of Thomas, and they occupied [+[1]+](#CIPM-XREF-23-380-1) above and took the issues until 24 March 1422 when Hawise died. Godfrey then occupied [+[1]+](#CIPM-XREF-23-380-1) and took the issues until 25 November 1429, title unknown. On 25 November, Thomas son of Thomas died, and [+[1]+](#CIPM-XREF-23-380-1) was seized into the king’s hands and is still there. Godfrey also occupied [+[2]+](#CIPM-XREF-23-380-2) after the death of Thomas, and took the issues, title unknown, until the said 25
November, when they also were seized into the king’s hands.