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 2013-02-28T19:06:14.058Z XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
CHRISTINE WIFE OF JOHN ROUS
386 Writ (Worcestershire). ‡ 12 October 1429. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to Robert Wollushull, lately escheator . Order to return the inquisition to Chancery. [Dorse:] By John Mapilton .
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387 Writ mandamus . 20 April 1425. [Wymbyssh]. Regarding lands and tenements held of ‪ Henry V in chief.
WORCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Evesham 28 October 1426. [Wolashull].
Jurors:Jurors as 384.
She held no lands or tenements of ‪ Henry V in chief in demesne or in service. As 384+[1].
[3]+ She died on 6 February 1416. William Rous was then her kin and next heir, as the son of Robert son of Christine, and aged 6 years and 30 weeks. He was in the wardship of ‪ Henry V because she died seised in demesne as of fee of various lands and tenements in Warwickshire that were held of ‪ Henry V in chief by knight service. William died on 3 October 1420. John Rous is his brother and next heir, and aged 17 years, 15 weeks, and more.
After Christine’s death, Robert Babthorp, knight , occupied the said messuages, lands and tenements. He still occupies them and has taken their issues by letters patent issued by Henry V regarding the wardship and marriage of William son and heir of Robert Rous [CPR 1416–1422, p. 3].+[3]
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388 Writ mandamus . ‡ 1 April 1429. [Wymbyssh]. Regarding lands and tenements held of ‪ Henry V in chief.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Gloucester 24 September 1429. [ Gilbert ].
Jurors:Jurors as 385.
She held no lands or tenements of ‪ Henry V in chief in demesne or in service, but she was seised in demesne as of fee as 385+[2].
The inquisition continues as 387+[3], except that John Rous , his brother and next heir, is now aged 20 years, 12 weeks, and more.
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