GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.
Inquisition [indented].
Gloucester
23 March 1431. [
Mulle].
Jurors:
Thomas
Harsfeld
;
John
Rogers
;
John
Skey
;
William
Bygge
;
John
Thommys
;
John
Noreys
;
William
Spenser
;
John
atte
Mulle
;
John
Seymour
;
Thomas
Bulgaston
;
John
Oswold
; and
John
Venne
.
He held the following in demesne as of fee in the March of Wales of Richard, late
Lord
le
Despenser, then a minor in the wardship of
Henry
IV
, as ½ knight’s fee.
St Fagans, the castle and manor. The annual value of the >castle is nothing, but the true annual value of the manor is £10.
Llysworney, the manor, true annual value 6 marks.
He died on 19 January 1411.
John
Veel
, his son and next heir, is aged 22 and more.
Edward, late duke of York
, was granted custody of all lands and tenements in the king’s hands that were of
Thomas
le
Despencer
during Richard’s minority, as shown by letters patent [CPR 1401–1405, p. 235]. He took the issues of the castle and manors after the death of John Veel.
Richard died a minor in the wardship of
Henry
V. Elizabeth
[recte
Isabel] his sister and heir was then of age and wife of
Richard
de
Bergevenny, earl of Worcester
. They sued the king for the lands and tenements that were of Thomas and in the hands of
Henry V owing to the minority of Richard, and took the issues of the castle and manors in her right for the life of
Richard, earl of Worcester
. After his death, Elizabeth [recte
Isabel] married
Richard, earl of Warwick
, still living, and they took and still take the issues in her right.