LINCOLNSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Lincoln Castle
23 April 1431. [
Tamworth].
Jurors:
Henry
Botheby
and
Ralph
Caylesthorp
of Louth;
Richard
Edward
of Friskney;
John
Nevill
,
Roger
West
,
Richard
Freman
, and
John
Coupeland
of Faldingworth;
Robert
Ray
;
Walter
West
of the same place;
John
Bryan
of Bradley; and
John
Broklesby
and
John
Wate
of Louth.
Owing to the death of
John
Godard, chevalier
, and the minority of John his son and heir, the following came to the hands of
Henry V and is still in the king’s hands.
Conisholme, 3s. 7½d. rent from 2 messuages, 3 tofts, 30 a. land, 4 a. meadow, and 10 a. pasture, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas by equal parts. The rent is held of the king
in chief in mesne between the king and the tenants as 1/30 knight’s fee.
He died on 23 August last. Agnes who was the wife of
Brian
Stapilton, knight
, Maud wife
of
Robert
Waddesley, esquire
, and
Robert
Ughtred, chevalier
, are his kin and next heirs. Agnes is one of the sisters of
John Godard, chevalier, Maud is another sister, and Robert is the son of Margaret, his third sister. Each is aged 24 and more.