Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 23, 1427-32

RICHARD HANKEFORD, KNIGHT

567 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G Addressed to Nicholas Wotton, mayor and escheator of London .

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall 24 May 1431. [Wotton].

Jurors: Martin Nanseglos ; Richard Snokeshill ; William Fyssh ; Richard Perys ; Thomas Southcote ; John Brunne ; John Fuller ; William Farnham ; William Baker ; John Berfair ; Hugh Roberd ; John Nicoll ; John Grymsby ; William Clerk ; and John Tose .

[1]+He held the following conjointly with Anne his wife, still living, by demise of James Gascoigne , John Dabernoun , William Blenche , and Thomas Cowyke to Richard and Anne and to Richard’s heirs. The grant was made by indented charter, where they are described as Richard Hankeford, esquire , and Anne his wife. The charter was shown to the jurors.+[1] Holborn, a messuage, 4 shops, and a garden attached to the messuage, in the suburb of London within the liberty of the city, annual value £6, held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held.

He died on 8 February 1431. Thomasia, Elizabeth, and Anne are his daughters and next heirs, and respectively aged 8 and more, 7 and more, and 12 weeks and more.

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568 [ Writ not extant.]

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Doncaster 19 May 1431. [Thwaytes].

Jurors: Richard Bosvell ; Robert Barker ; Thomas Vessy ; William Vyle ; Thomas Philip ; William Gilmyn ; John Cartwryght ; William Bonour ; William Thomson ; Richard Dalton ; Thomas Chaumberlayn ; and Richard Kyng .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. He and Elizabeth his wife, now deceased, granted the following to James Gascoigne , still living, for life. The grant was made by indented charter dated 10 February 1426, where Richard and Elizabeth are described as Richard Hankeford, esquire , and Elizabeth his wife. The charter was shown to the jurors. Edlington, the manor, held of Henry Vavasour , as of his manor of Hazelwood, service unknown. Elizabeth died, and Richard then died seised of the reversion.

Date of death and heirs as 567, except Anne is aged 16 weeks and more.

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569 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster 31 May 1431. [Feerby].

Jurors: John Moris ; Robert Herward ; William Terell ; John Querne ; William Erlych ; John Twyford ; John Eustace ; Thomas Frankelyn ; Thomas atte Downe ; John Robard ; John Lyncolne ; John Clerk of Westminster; and Robert Nyk .

He held the following as 567+[1]. Holborn, 3 a. land outside the bar, annual value 10s., held of John Souman , service unknown.

Date of death and heirs as 567.

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570 Writ. 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Hereford 21 April 1431. [Whyteney].

Jurors: Walter Hakeluys ; Philip Dombelton ; Richard Walleweyn of Little Marcle or Much Marcle (Marcle); Roger Bodenham ; Robert Assche ; Thomas Bromwyche, junior ; Ralph Lyngeyn ; John Comyn of Putley; William Gervous ; Hugh Hergest ; Richard Ravenhill ; and Thomas Myntryche .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or any other in demesne as of fee. [2]+He held the following by curtesy after the decease of Elizabeth his wife from the inheritance of Thomasia and Elizabeth, her daughters and heirs.+[2] Dilwyn, 1/3 manor, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster by knight service. There is a ruinous messuage, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. arable, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 9 a. meadow, worth 2s. yearly; 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 120 a. pasture, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 30s. assize rent, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas by equal parts; and 8 cottages and 36 a. land pertaining to the same, worth 16d. yearly and no more because the cottages are ruinous and totally destroyed.

Date of death as 567. Thomasia and Elizabeth are his daughters and next heirs, and they are also the daughters and next heirs of Elizabeth his late wife. Thomasia is aged 8 and more, and Elizabeth is aged 6 and more. [Head:] Nothing requires melius inquirendo.

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571 Writ. † 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Marlborough 5 May 1431. [Bernard].

Jurors: Robert Blake ; John Sturmy ; Thomas Stokke ; Thomas Keche ; William Webbe of Milton Lilbourne ( Milton ); Richard Waryn ; Thomas Mychell ; Hugh Luyde ; William Dymers ; John Hows ; Henry Clerk ; John Merden ; and John Clenche .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. He held the following as 570+[2]. Staunton, ½ manor with advowson of the church there at every other presentation. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 90 a. demesne arable, annual value 22s. 6d., each acre worth 3d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 6s. yearly; 90 a. pasture, annual value 7s. 6d., each acre worth 1d. yearly; 10s. 6d. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts, and delivered by various free tenants; and 6 messuages with 6 virgates pertaining to the same, demised to various tenants and held at the will of the lord, rendering 24s. yearly at the four terms by equal parts. Crofton, ½ manor. There is a toft, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. demesne arable, annual value 10s., each acre worth 3d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, worth 4s. yearly; 120 a. pasture, worth 5s. yearly; 60 a. dense, timber wood, its pasture worth nothing yearly; 6 messuages with 6 virgates pertaining to the same, demised to various tenants and held at the will of the lord, rendering 20s. yearly at the four terms by equal parts; and 8s. assize rent, payable as above and delivered by various free tenants. The moieties and advowson are held of the heirs of the earl of Hereford in free socage. He held the following as 567+[1]. Haxton, a third of a messuage, 3 cottages, 2 carucates of land, 6 a. meadow, and of 200 a. pasture, annual value £4, held of the heirs of Lord St Amand, service unknown. Netheravon, 7 messuages and 7 virgates, annual value 100s., held of David Cernyngton , service unknown.

Date of death and heirs as 567. Thomasia and Elizabeth are the daughters and next heirs of Elizabeth his late wife, and Anne is the daughter of Richard and Anne his wife, still living.

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572 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Gloucester 17 April 1431. [Mulle].

Jurors: John Thorndon ; John Stafford ; John Born ; Thomas Reme ; John Kyngton ; John Fermour; John Felde ; John Seymour ; Edward Benet ; Richard Williams ; Walter Dore ; and John Motsont .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne as of fee. He held the following as 570+[2]. Bentham, the manor called ‘huntecourt’. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair; 102 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 6s. yearly; 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 30s. assize rent, payable by various tenants at the four terms of the year by equal parts; and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Of whom the manor is held is unknown.

Date of death and heirs as 571.

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573 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Stone 2 August 1431. [Lee].

Jurors: Robert Marchall ; Thomas Howton ; Richard Snede ; Richard Nowell ; Roger Bagenald ; John Fernyhalgh ; John Vuet ; John Fernyhalgh, junior ; William Countour ; William Hare ; William Wyse ; and John Willyngton .

He held the following as 570+[2]. Betley, 1/3 vill. There is 20s. rent service, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 2 water-mills of which one is decayed, a third of the same two mills is worth 10s. yearly, payable as above; a pond called ‘Bettileymere’, a third of the same is worth 12d. yearly; pleas and perquisites of court, worth nothing yearly; and a fair, worth nothing yearly. Heighley, 1/3 park. There is 1/3 parcel of land called ‘Bulthornes’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a third of another parcel of land called ‘le Brode dole’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, payable as above; and the rest of the third of the park is worth 13s. 4d. yearly, payable as above. The thirds of the vill and park are held of the heir of John de Bettiley , service unknown. Tunstall, 1/3 manor, held of the heir of Alan de Gresley , service unknown. There is 1/3 site, lately the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth ½d. yearly; £10 assize rent from customary tenants, payable as above; 29s. rent from the works of various tenants, payable at St Peter in Chains and Candlemas equally; 46s. 7d. rent from tallage of tenants, payable at Martinmas only; and £4 rent called ‘Stuth’ from customary tenants every third year, payable at Martinmas only, this being year 3. There is an iron-ore mine, a third worth 20s. yearly, payable at Midsummer and Martinmas equally; 2 water-mills, a third worth nothing yearly; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth nothing yearly. Horton, 1/3 manor. There is 40s. 16d. assize rent, which descended to Elizabeth late wife of Richard after the death of Fulk Fitzwaryn, her father; 30s. assize rent, which descended to Elizabeth after the death of Elizabeth widow of Nicholas de Audeley , who held it in dower; and 30s. assize rent, which descended to Elizabeth after the death of Elizabeth wife of Hugh Courtenay , who held it in dower after the death of Fulk Fitzwaryn, her late husband, which rent is payable at the Ascension and Martinmas equally. There is also a pasture called ‘Hortonhay’, a third of its agistment worth 13s. 4d. yearly, payable at Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 2 water-mills, a third worth 6s. 8d. yearly, payable as above; 11s. 5d. rent from tallage of customary tenants, payable yearly at the feast of St Peter in Chains only; and 3s. 4d. rent called ‘Stuth’ from tenants every third year, payable at Martinmas only, this being year 3. Over Longsdon, a third of 30s. rent, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally. The third of the manor of Horton and the third of the rent in Over Longsdon are held of the earl of Stafford , service unknown.

Date of death and heirs as 570, although without reference to Elizabeth his late wife.

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574 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

SOMERSET. Inquisition [indented]. Taunton 19 May 1431. [Pauncefot].

Jurors: Thomas Hugyn ; John Dodyngton ; John Wydecombe ; William Magot ; Robert Cross ; William Housewell ; John Parson ; William Speke ; Robert Pytte ; Nicholas Walrond ; Thomas Hurd ; and John Magot .

He held the following as 570+[2]. Huntspill, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of the king in chief as ½ knight’s fee. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 2s. yearly; a garden containing 3 a. land, its pasture worth 3s. yearly; 309 a. arable, annual value £9 3d., each acre worth 7d. yearly; 201 a. meadow, annual value £6 14s., each acre worth 7d. yearly; 129 a. pasture, annual value 75s. 3d., each acre worth 7d. yearly; 6 a. thatching reed, a crop worth 6s. yearly; 54 tenements, that render £37 16s. yearly, payable by customary tenants at the four terms of the year equally, each tenement worth 14s. yearly and comprised of a messuage and 16 a. land; 6 cottages that render 30s. yearly, payable by customary tenants as above, each cottage worth 5s. yearly; a pasture that renders 60s. yearly, payable by customary tenants as above; 9s. 6d. assize rent, payable as above and delivered by various free tenants; perquisites of court, commonly worth 10s. yearly; and a windmill, worth 13s. 4d. yearly. Wigborough, the manor, held of the king in chief as ¼ knight’s fee. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a garden containing 1½ a. land, worth 12d. yearly; 100 a. arable, annual value 50s., each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, annual value 26s. 8d., each acre worth 8d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, annual value 10s., each acre worth 6d. yearly; 60s. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts and delivered by various free tenants; and 18 tenements, rendering 54s. yearly, payable by customary tenants as above, each tenement worth 3s. yearly. Huntstile, the manor, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There is a toft, worth nothing yearly; 34 a. arable, annual value 11s. 4d., each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, annual value 12s., each acre worth 12d. yearly; 6 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 4 tenements, each containing a messuage and 20 a. land, rendering 12s. yearly, payable by customary tenants at Easter and Michaelmas equally, each tenement worth 3s. yearly; and 4 cottages, each containing a messuage and 10 a. arable, rendering 4s. yearly, payable by customary tenants at the four terms of the year equally, each cottage worth 12d. yearly. He held the following as 567+[1]. Norton, the manor, annual value £60, held of Thomas Seyntclere , service unknown. Nunnington, the manor, annual value £10, held of the heirs of John Lutrell , service unknown. John Sherrefe , John Phelpes of Langford, and Beatrice his wife granted the following to Richard, William Foleford, clerk , still living, and Thomas Kyngeston , still living, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter dated 2 April 1428, in which Richard was described as Richard Hankeford, esquire . The charter was shown to the jurors. Taunton, a messuage, annual value 12d., held of the bishop of Winchester in free burgage. Pyntele, a messuage, 40 a. land, and 6 a. meadow, annual value 13s. 4d., held of the heirs of John Lutrell , service unknown. Grasecrofte, a messuage, garden, and 3 a. meadow, annual value 20d., held of the above bishop, service unknown. Cokkestrete, a messuage, garden, and 2 a. land, annual value 2s., held of the above bishop, service unknown. Richard, William, and Thomas were thus conjointly seised in demesne as of fee, and Richard died seised of this estate.

Date of death and heirs as 568. Thomasia and Elizabeth are the daughters of Richard and Elizabeth his late wife and thus her next heirs too.

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575 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Shrewsbury 11 April 1431. [Mordeford].

Jurors: Richard Laken, chevalier ; William Hord ; Richard Hord ; John Ouneslowe ; John Gamell ; William Coton ; Richard Gery ; John Parys ; Robert Radyngton ; Richard Skotte ; William Burleton ; and William Beiston of Bayston.

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or any other in demesne as of fee. He held the following as 570+[2]. Whittington, the castle and lordship with advowsons of the churches of Whittington and Selattyn adjacent, and two members pertaining to the castle, Ebnal and Welsh Frankton, held of the king in chief as 1/16 knight’s fee. The castle is worth nothing yearly. In the lordship of the same, there are 389 a. arable, now worth 30s. yearly; 100 a. meadow, worth 60s. yearly; 1,600 a. waste of a forest called ‘Gylvelyn’ and ‘Mecheyate’ super montem, worth nothing yearly above fee and wages of the forester and pasture for animals; 1,600 a. forest called Babbinswood, worth nothing yearly above fee and wages of the forester and pasture for animals; 1,300 a. moor called Perrymoor, worth nothing yearly because the tenants have common pasture without rendering anything to the lord; £16 assize rent, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 45 cottages with 50 a. arable and 30 a. meadow pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 70s. yearly, payable as above; 70 cottages with 150 a. arable pertaining to the same, the cottages worth nothing yearly because of devastation by Welsh rebels and not yet repaired, and the arable is in the lord’s hands through lack of tenants; perquisites of the court of the lordship, commonly worth 40s. yearly and no more; 2 water-mills, worth 50s. yearly; and 2 fulling-mills, worth 40s. yearly. Ebnal. There is a ruinous capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable adjacent to the same, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 10 a. meadow adjacent to the same, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Welsh Frankton. There are 12 ruinous cottages, worth nothing yearly; and 12 virgates pertaining to the same, worth 12s. yearly. Red Castle, 1/3 castle and lordship with thirds of members adjacent to the castle, held of John Harecourte by 1d. for all services. The third of Red Castle is worth nothing yearly. In the third of the members are 3 virgates of arable, worth 15s. yearly, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 15 a. meadow, worth 15s. yearly, payable as above; 50 a. wood called Northwood, its pasture worth 5s. yearly; 9 a. wood called Marchamley, worth nothing yearly; 40s. assize rent, payable as above; 9 cottages with 20 a. arable pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 20s. yearly and payable as above; a water-mill, worth 12s. yearly; and 8 cottages, destroyed by Welsh rebels and not yet repaired, worth nothing yearly. Edgmond, 1/3 manor with thirds of its adjacent members. There is a ruinous capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 3 virgates arable, worth 15s. yearly, payable as above; 9 a. meadow, worth 9s. yearly; 40 a. marsh, worth nothing yearly because manorial tenants have common pasture all year without rendering anything to the lord; 60s. assize rent, payable as above; and 9 cottages with 30 a. arable pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 60s. yearly, payable as above. The whole manor of Edgmond with the vill of Newport is held of the king in chief by provision of a mewed sparrow-hawk.

Date of death and heirs as 570. [Head:] Nothing requires melius inquirendo.

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576 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Wantage 2 May 1431. [Perkyns].

Jurors: John Fetyplace of Ardington; John Rokys ; Thomas Lyford ; William Latton ; Thomas Porter ; William Logge ; Richard Tubbe ; John Sextayn ; John Colyns ; John Mortymer ; William Pleystowe ; and Peter Man .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. He held the following as 570+[2]. Wantage, the manor with the hundred pertaining to the same, held of Joan, queen of England, as of her manor of Hamstead Marshall as a knight’s fee. There is a ruinous capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a run-down dovecot, worth nothing yearly because there are no doves; 6 carucates of arable, worth £4 yearly; 75 a. meadow, worth 75s. yearly; 300 a. hilly pasture, annual value 62s. 6d., each acre worth 2½d. yearly; 3 a. pasture in two closes called ‘mores’, worth 3s. yearly; £16 rent assize, 60s. payable at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle, and the rest payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas by equal parts, delivered by various free tenants; 18 cottages with 54 a. arable pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 60s. yearly, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas by equal parts; 9 tofts with curtilages pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 9s. yearly at the feast of St Peter in Chains; a market held every Saturday, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 2 fairs, commonly worth 5s. yearly; perquisites of court, commonly worth 13s. 4d. yearly; issues of the hundred court, commonly worth 20s. yearly; £6 from various works: harvest, ploughing, mowing, and carting, payable yearly at the feast of St Peter in Chains and delivered by tenants-at-will; and a water-mill, worth 20s. yearly. He was lately seised in demesne as of fee, with certain exceptions, of the manor of Eastbury, annual value £20, held of the heirs of John de Wantynge , service unknown. The exceptions are parcels called Hoppeshortland and a wood, of which William Wynard and John Dabernoun are seised in demesne as of fee. He demised the manor, exceptions excepted, to William Floyer and Thomasia his wife, both still living, for their lives, to hold by rendering £10 yearly to Richard and his heirs during William’s life and by rendering £20 yearly after his death at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts. The grant was made by indented charter, shown to the jurors. William and Thomasia are still so seised. He afterwards granted the £10 rent with reversion of the manor, exceptions excepted, among other things, to James Gascoigne , John Dabernoun , William Blenche , and Thomas Cowyke , and to their heirs in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter in which Richard is described as Richard Hankeford, esquire , and the manor is described as his manor of Eastbury in Berkshire, except lands and tenements that are held of the king in chief. The charter was shown to the jurors. William attorned to James, John, William, and Thomas who subsequently demised the £10 rent with reversion, exceptions excepted, to Richard and Anne his wife, still living, and to Richard’s heirs in perpetuity. The demise was made by indented charter shown to the jurors. William attorned to Richard and Anne, and Richard died conjointly seised of the rent and reversion with Anne. John Dabernoun and William Perkyns granted the following to Richard, John Mulys , still living, and William Floyer , still living, and to Richard’s heirs in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter in which Richard is described as Richard Hankeford, esquire , and the toft and land are described as their messuages, lands, and tenements in Revers in the manor of Eastbury in the parish of Lambourn. The charter was shown to the jurors. Richard died conjointly enfeoffed of this estate with John and William. Revers, a toft and 20 a. land, annual value 6s. 8d., held of William son of John Floyer, service unknown.

Date of death and heirs as 567. Thomasia and Elizabeth are also the daughters and next heirs of Elizabeth his late wife.

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577 Writ. ‡ 28 February 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter 17 April 1431. [Cokeworthy].

Jurors: William Wyrthe ; Richard Pyperell ; John Bolter ; John Floyer, junior ; John Henstecote ; Nicholas Coterell ; Henry Person ; Richard Whitlok ; Ralph Bussh ; Nicholas Tyrant ; Thomas Bonde ; and John Aysshe .

He held the following as 570+[2]. Tawstock, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of the king in chief as 1/18 barony of Barnstaple. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a garden containing ½ a. land, worth 12d. yearly; a park for game-animals, worth nothing yearly after pasturing them; 300 a. arable demesne, annual value £7 10s., each acre worth 6d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, annual value 12s., each acre worth 12d. yearly; 80 a. pasture, annual value 26s. 8d., each acre worth 4d. yearly; 62 messuages with 62 ferlings of land pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering £31 yearly at the four terms of the year by equal parts, each holding worth 10s. yearly; 30 cottages with 30 a. land pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 30s. yearly as above, each cottage with an acre of land worth 12d. yearly; £19 aid from villeins, payable as above; 26s. from a custom called ‘Reueuebyggyng’, payable as above; 10s. from a custom called ‘Childernesilver’, payable as above; 18s. plough-works, payable as above; 3 water-mills, worth 30s. yearly; 23s. 6d. assize rent, payable as above and delivered by various free tenants; perquisites of court, commonly worth 10s. yearly; and a dovecot, worth nothing yearly because there are no doves. The advowson is worth nothing yearly. Richard Hankeford and Elizabeth, lately his wife, appointed Thomas Warsaille as bailiff of their manor of Tawstock and keeper of the park there for life, [3]+taking 12d. weekly at the four terms of the year by equal parts from the reeve of the manor, with all fees and profits pertaining to the office, without damage in the manor and park.+[3] The grant was made by their letters patent, sealed with the arms of Richard and dated Tawstock 2 February 1426. The letters were shown to the jurors. Bow, the manor with advowson of the church there. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 210 a. demesne arable, worth 10s. yearly; 10 a. meadow, worth 8s. 10d. yearly; 104 a. pasture, annual value 17s. 4d., each acre worth 2d. yearly; 60 a. wood, its pasture worth 3s. yearly; a water-mill, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; £4 10s. assize rent, payable yearly at the four terms of the year equally, and delivered by various free tenants; 9 messuages with 212 a. arable pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 54s. yearly as above, each holding worth 6s. yearly; perquisites of court, commonly worth 20s. yearly; and 2 fairs yearly, one at the Ascension and the other at Martinmas, their issues commonly worth 26s. 8d. yearly. The advowson is worth nothing yearly. Holne, the manor. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 3 a. meadow, annual value 6s., each acre worth 2s. yearly; a water-mill, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 110 a. timber wood, in the park called ‘Derparke’ where game-animals are enclosed, its pasture worth nothing yearly above keeping the animals; 300 a. dense, timber wood outside the park, its pasture worth 5s. yearly; 23s. assize rent, payable yearly at the four terms of the year equally and delivered by various free tenants; and 30 messuages with 800 a. arable pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering £8 5s. yearly, each holding worth 5s. 6d. yearly. The manors of Bow and Holne are held of the king in chief as 1/30 of a barony. Richard Hankeford and Elizabeth, lately his wife, appointed Ambrose Langedon as bailiff of their manor of Holne and keeper of the park there for life on the same terms as +[3]+ above. The grant was made by their letters patent, sealed with the arms of Richard and dated Tawstock 11 February 1426. The letters were shown to the jurors. Bampton, the manor with the hundred and borough, and advowson of the free chantry of Ford pertaining to the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 166 a. arable, annual value £4 3s., each acre worth 6d. yearly; 26 a. meadow, annual value 26s., each acre worth 12d. yearly; 86 a. pasture, annual value 21s. 6d., each acre worth 3d. yearly; 2 water-mills, worth 40s. yearly; £11 18s. 11d. assize rent, payable at the four terms of the year equally and delivered by various free tenants; and perquisites of the hundred court, commonly worth 40s. yearly. In the borough, there is £6 13s. 4d. assize rent, payable as above and delivered by various free burgess tenants. The advowson of the chantry is worth nothing yearly. Uffculme, the manor, held of the king in chief as ¼ knight’s fee. There is a ruinous capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 156 a. demesne arable, annual value 52s., each acre worth 4d. yearly; 42 a. meadow, annual value 28s., each acre worth 8d. yearly; an ancient park, its pasture worth 27s. yearly; 42 a. pasture on a certain hill, worth 7s. yearly; 2 fulling-mills and one water-mill, worth 16s. yearly; 21 messuages with 420 a. arable pertaining to the same, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 119s. yearly at the four terms equally, each holding worth 5s. 8d. yearly; 21 cottages, demised and held at the will of the lord, rendering 42s. yearly as above, each cottage worth 2s. yearly; £7 4s. assize rent, payable as above and delivered by various free tenants; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 10s. yearly. Totnes, the manor, held of William Bonevyll, knight , as ½ knight’s fee. There are 3 a. wood, the pasture worth 8d. yearly; £9 assize rent, payable as above and delivered by various free tenants; and a water-mill, worth 20s. yearly. Shillingford, a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value 13s. 4d., held of the abbot of Torre in free socage. Crediton, a toft, annual value 12d., held of the bishop of Exeter in free socage. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Milton Damerel, a messuage, a water-mill, a carucate of land, and 20 a. wood, annual value 40s., held of the king in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee. Exeter, 2 messuages and 2 gardens in the city, annual value 40s., held of the king in free burgage. Roborough, 2 a. land, worth 2d. yearly, with advowson of the church there pertaining to the land, worth nothing yearly, held of the abbot of Tavistock in free socage by rent of one rose yearly. North Tawton, a messuage and 10 a. land, worth 3s. yearly, with advowson of the church there, worth nothing yearly, held of the heirs of Otes Chambernoun in free socage. He held the following as 567+[1]. Rolleston, the manor, annual value £4, held of John Harundell, chevalier, service unknown. Combeinteignhead, the manor, annual value £18, held of Katherine, queen of England, service unknown. Cookbury, the manor, annual value £12, held of Philip Courtenay, chevalier , service unknown. Heghen, the manor, annual value £10, held of the bishop of Exeter, service unknown. Huish, the manor, annual value £10, held of John Gambon of Moorstone Barton, service unknown. Instow, the manor, annual value £12, held of the heirs of John Frauncyis , service unknown. Harford, the manor, annual value £12, held of the bishop of Exeter , service unknown. Yarnscombe, the manor, annual value £8, held of John, earl of Huntingdon , and Henry Person and Avice his wife, in right of Avice, by knight service. West Down, the manor, annual value £4, held of the prior of St John the Baptist, Bridgwater, service unknown. Holywyll, the manor, annual value £4, held of Nicholas Speccote , service unknown. Clifford, the manor, annual value £4 8s., held of Robert Lytelton, service unknown. Shestrigge, the manor, annual value 40s., held of John Spencer , service unknown. Hankford, the manor, annual value £4, held of Thomas Beamount, knight , service unknown. Horton, the manor, annual value 40s., held of John, earl of Huntingdon , service unknown. Yedbury, the manor, annual value £4, held of Edward Pomeray , service unknown. Annery, the manor, annual value 100s., held of John Gay of Goldworthy, service unknown. He held the following as 567+[1]. Rashleigh Barton, £6 13s. 4d. rent from 17 messuages, 7 carucates of land, 40 a. meadow, 60 a. wood, and 60 a. furze and heath, taken at the four terms of the year by equal parts. The messuages etc. are held of John Stacy, senior , service unknown. He held the following as 567+[1]. Bucks Mills, Stroxworthy, Almiston, Huddisford, Meddon, Hollacombe, West Hole, Upcott, Halsdon Barton, Witheridge, Langtree, Ashridge, and Petticombe, 111s. 5d. rent from 13 messuages and 13 ferlings of land, taken as above. The messuages and land are held of Baldwin Foleford , John Gogh , Philip Courtenay, knight , Richard, earl of Warwick , John Paslewe , and the prior of Montacute , service unknown. He held the following as 567+[1]. Instaple, 2 messuages and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 26s. 8d., held of Thomas Stowell, chevalier , service unknown. Stapledon (Stapeldon), 2 messuages and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 53s. 4d., held of John Cole , service unknown. Westcombe and East Combe, 2 messuages and 3 ferlings of land, annual value 40s., held of the prior of Bodmin , service unknown. Virworthy, 5 messuages and 6 ferlings of land, annual value 100s., held of William Palton, knight , service unknown. North or South Molton (Molton), 1 toft and 4 ferlings of land, annual value 53s. 4d., held of Thomas Stowell, chevalier , service unknown. Newland, 1 messuage and 3 ferlings of land, annual value 40s., held of the heirs of Edmund de Horton , service unknown. Lutson, 1 messuage and 3 ferlings of land, annual value 40s., held of William Palton, knight , service unknown. Slade, 2 messuages and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 30s., held of the heirs of Edmund de Horton , service unknown. Eastacott and Bower, 1 toft, 1 messuage, and 4 ferlings of land, annual value 66s. 8d., held of the prior of Frithelstock , service unknown. Haytown, 1 messuage and 1 ferling of land, annual value 8s., held of Thomas Beamount, knight , service unknown. Beveshill, 1 messuage and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 30s., held of John Spencer , service unknown. Poughill and Penhay, 2 messuages and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 17s., held of the heirs of Robert Hakeworthi , service unknown. Patchacott, 1 messuage and 3 ferlings of land, annual value 40s., held of the heirs of William Hydon , service unknown. Mullingar, 1 messuage and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 26s. 8d., held of John, earl of Huntingdon, service unknown. Venton, 1 messuage and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 20s., held of the heirs of William Were , service unknown. Hille, 1 messuage and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 13s. 4d., held of the above earl, service unknown. Barnacott, 1 messuage and 1 ferling of land, annual value 10s., held of the above earl, service unknown. Langtree, 1 messuage, 1 toft, and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 40s., held of Richard, earl of Warwick, service unknown. Great Torrington, 3 messuages and 8 a. land, annual value 40s., held of the earl of Huntingdon, service unknown. Beam, 1 toft and 1 carucate of land, annual value 11s. 8d., held of the above earl, service unknown. Uppecote, Hals, and Bideford, 3 messuages and 2 carucates of land, annual value £4, held of William Greynevill , service unknown. Annery, 1 toft and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 20s., held of John Gay , service unknown. West Heanton, 3 messuages and 3 ferlings of land, annual value 40s., held of the abbot of Tavistock, service unknown. Peters Marland , 2 messuages and 3 ferlings of land, annual value 40s., held of Nicholas Speccote , service unknown. Hillashmoor, 2 messuages and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 26s. 8d., held of the earl of Warwick, service unknown. Almiston, 10 a. land, annual value 12d., held of the earl of Huntingdon , service unknown. Cudworthy, 1 toft and 2 ferlings of land, annual value 16s., held of Thomas Stoford , service unknown. Thomas Soche , Rose his wife, and John their son, still living, lately held the following of Richard for their lives by rendering 13s. yearly to him and his heirs, with reversion to him and his heirs. Braundsworthy, a messuage and certain lands and tenements, in the parish of Black Torrington, held of William Danyll , service unknown. John Okhampton and Joan his wife, still living, lately held the following of Richard for their lives, by rendering 15s. 6d. yearly to him and his heirs, with reversion to him and his heirs. Stadson, a messuage and certain lands and tenements, in the parish of Bradford, held of John Speke and Joan his wife, in right of Joan, service unknown. He granted the rents and services of Thomas and Rose, John their son, and of John Okhampton and Joan his wife, with reversions of the messuages, lands, and tenements when they fall, to John Dabernoun , still living, for life, to hold by rendering a grain of wheat yearly to him and his heirs at Michaelmas. The grant was made by indented deed dated 25 July 1424 in which he is described as Richard Hankeford, esquire . Thomas and Rose, John their son, and John Okhampton and Joan his wife attorned to John Dabernoun . Richard died seised of a rent of one grain of wheat, with the reversions. John Adam and Joan his wife, still living, lately held the following of Richard for their lives, by rent of 26s. 8d. yearly, with reversion to him and his heirs. Bountisthorne, certain messuages, lands, and tenements in the parish of East Putford, held of Walter Pollard , service unknown. He granted the rent and service with reversion of the messuages, lands, and tenements when it falls, to John Wydeslade , still living, for life, to hold by rendering a grain of wheat yearly to Richard and his heirs at Michaelmas. The grant was made by indented deed in which he is described as Richard Hankeford, esquire . The deed was shown to the jurors. John Adam and Joan his wife attorned to John Wydeslade , and Richard died seised of the rent with reversion. John Flory and Philippa his wife lately held, for Philippa’s life, the manor of Littleham with advowson of the church there, with reversion to William Whytefild . William granted that, after Philippa’s death, the manor with advowson should wholly remain to the late Richard Hankeford, knight , and to John Copleston , John Mulys , and John Dabernoun , all still living, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by indented deed shown to the jurors. John Flory and Philippa attorned to Richard Hankeford , John Copleston , John Mulys , and John Dabernoun . He granted the following to John Kempe , still living, for life, to hold by rendering a grain of wheat yearly to Richard and his heirs at Michaelmas. The grant was made by indented deed dated 22 April 1428 in which he is described as Richard Hankeford, esquire . The deed was shown to the jurors. Great Torrington, a tenement in New Street, held of the earl of Huntingdon , service unknown. Richard died seised of the rent of one grain of wheat, with the reversion. He held no other nor more lands or tenements of the king or any other in demesne or service because, long before his death and during the lifetime of Elizabeth his late wife, he granted the following, from her inheritance, to William Hankeford, knight , now deceased, and to William Cheyny , John Hals , John Copleston, junior , John Dabernoun , William Blenche , and John Wydeslade , all still living, and to their heirs in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter dated 12 April 1422 in which he is described as Richard Hankeford, esquire . He bound himself and his heirs to guarantee the following to William, William, John, John etc., and their heirs in perpetuity. The charter was shown to the jurors. Up Exe, the manor, annual value 100s., held of the earl of Huntingdon , service unknown. Lower Creedy, the manor, annual value 40s., held of Edward Pomeray , service unknown. St Marychurch, the manor, annual value 100s., held of John Dynham, knight , service unknown. Spitchwick, the manor, annual value £4, held of John Ponyngns , service unknown. Worlington, the manor, annual value 40s., held of the earl of Huntingdon , service unknown. Beer Charter Barton, the manor, annual value 40s., held of the above earl, service unknown. Marwood, the manor with advowson, annual value 26s. 8d., held of Anne, countess of Devon, service unknown. Warkleigh, the manor with advowson, annual value £4, held of John Ponyngns , service unknown. Ilfracombe, the manor, annual value 40s., held of John Herle, knight , service unknown. Kingston with Marwell, the manor, annual value £10, held of the above countess, service unknown. They were thus seised in demesne as of fee. William Cheyny , John, John, John, William Blenche , and John continued to be so seised during Richard’s life, and are still so seised.

Date of death and heirs as 576.

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578 [ Writ: see 577 .]

CORNWALL. Inquisition. Launceston 20 April 1431. [Cokeworthy].

Jurors: Robert Pyne of Ham; John Page ; John Palmer ; Richard Morton ; Richard Penfoun ; Nicholas Leghe ; John Stephen ; William Deer ; William Goldsmyth ; Robert Shurte ; William Baunton ; and John Trevysek .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. He held the following as 567+[1]. Kelynack, the manor, annual value £16, held of Alexander Champernoun , service unknown. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Menheniot, an English acre of land, worth 6d. yearly, with advowson of the church there at every third presentation, worth nothing yearly., held of the heirs of John Helygan in free socage by rent of one rose yearly. Knowl, a messuage, a Cornish acre of land, and 5 a. wood, annual value 13s. 4d., held of the heirs of John Bevyle in free socage by 2s. rent, payable at Michaelmas and Easter by equal parts. Trethevy, a messuage and a Cornish acre of land, annual value 13s. 4d., held of Philippa, countess of Oxford, in free socage by 3s. rent, payable at Michaelmas and Easter by equal parts. He granted an annual rent of 26s. 8d. from the 2 messuages, 2 Cornish acres of land, and 5 a. wood in Knowl and Trethevy, taken and distrained yearly at Michaelmas, to Robert Shorta , still living, for life. The grant was made by charter dated 12 March 1420 in which he is described as Richard Hankeford son of Richard Hankeford , and the messuages etc. described as all his messuages, lands, and tenements in Knowl and Trethevy. The charter was shown to the jurors.

Date of death and heirs as 567.

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