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 2013-02-28T19:07:01.543Z XML generated from GATE information extraction pipeline
CECILY DAUGHTER OF EDMUND CHEYNE, KNIGHT
563 Writ devenerunt . ‡ 21 June 1431. [Wymbyssh].G Regarding Cecily one of the daughters and heirs of Edmund Cheyne, knight , who held of ‪ Henry VI in chief. Edmund was son of Cecily wife of William Cheyne, knight , who also held of ‪ Henry VI in chief. Inquire after the lands and tenements that came to the king’s hands owing to the deaths of Edmund and Cecily wife of William, and the minority of Cecily.
SOMERSET. Inquisition [indented]. Ilchester 30 July 1431. [Pauncefot].
Jurors: William Ford ; Henry Sherard ; John Gilden ; Hugh Kene ; John Lymyngton ; John Milborn ; John Pipelpenne ; John Mayn ; John Brympton ; Ralph Manston ; Thomas Daunce ; and Richard Smyth .
Owing to the death of Cecily who was wife of William Cheyne, knight , the minority of Cecily one of the daughters and heirs of Edmund Cheyne, knight , and the minority of Elizabeth and Anne, daughters and heirs of Edmund and sisters of the same Cecily, the following came to the king’s hands and is still there. Seavington-Vaus, the manor, annual value £10, held of Lord Zouche as of his manor of Castle Cary in socage by rendering 1d. yearly to him at Michaelmas for all services.
She died on 9 June last without heir of her body. Elizabeth and Anne are her sisters and next heirs, and Elizabeth is aged 8 years, and Anne is aged 6 and more.
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564 Writ devenerunt . ‡ 21 June 1431. [Wymbyssh].G As 563.
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Swanborough 15 October 1431. [Bernard].
Jurors: Robert Beste ; John Burdon ; William Walrand ; Simon Eyr ; John Stamford ; John Godman ; John Bryd ; John Provender ; Thomas Hogyn ; Robert Bartlot ; John White ; and John Sparwe .
The following came to the king’s hands and is still there for the same reasons as 563. Brook, the manor, annual value £22, held of the king in chief as ½ knight’s fee.
Date of death and heirs as 563. Elizabeth and Anne were of these ages on 27 January last.
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565 Writ devenerunt . ‡ 21 June 1431. [Wymbyssh].G As 563.
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Louth 8 October 1431. [Tamworth].
Jurors: William Dughty and John Ratheby of Withern; John West of Claythorpe; John Gentill , Robert Stewarde , and John Wygot of Gayton le Marsh or Gayton le Wold (Gayton); William Drowry of Saltfleetby; Nicholas Burton and Robert Caillesthorp of Louth; John Langton and William Chepynge of North or South Somercotes (Somercotes); and Stephen Parkehowse of Grainthorpe.
The following came to the king’s hands and is still there for the same reasons as 563. Tothill, the manor with appurtenances in Gayton le Marsh or Gayton le Wold (Gayton), North or South Reston (Reston), Carleton , Theddlethorpe, and Tathwell, with advowson of the church of Tothill, annual value £30, held of the earl of Chester , service unknown. Carleton , a croft-pasture, annual value 16s., held of the heirs of William Perte by 10½d. rent yearly.
Date of death and heirs as 563, except Elizabeth is aged 9 years, and Anne is aged 4 and more.
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566 Writ devenerunt . 21 June 1431. [Wymbyssh].G As 563.
DEVON. Inquisition [indented]. Exeter 1 October 1431. [Cokworthy].
Jurors: William Somaister ; John Orchard ; John Aysshe of Clist ; Ralph Cruwes ; William Norton ; John Forde ; John Germyn ; Ralph Faryngdon ; Ellis Beare ; Thomas Beare ; John Aysshe of Escot; and Richard Colman .
The following came to the king’s hands and is still there for the same reasons as 563. Littlehempston, the manor except a messuage, carucate of land, and 6 a. meadow, parcel of the manor, granted by Cecily wife of William Cheyne, knight , to William Wenard for life without rendering anything to Cecily or to her heirs. The annual value of the manor, exceptions excepted, is £7 4s. Aside from 3 ferlings of land, the manor is held of the king as of his duchy of Cornwall as of his castle of Launceston in socage by 40s. rent yearly; and the ferlings are held of Edward Pomeray by 6d. rent yearly.
Date of death and heirs as 564.
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