LINCOLNSHIRE.
Inquisition [indented].
Lincoln Castle
15 October 1431. [
Tamworth].
Jurors:
William
Westfeld
of Fillingham;
Richard
Hardfyssh
of Kexby;
John
Smyth
of Stow;
John
Cletham
of Fillingham;
Thomas
Coupeland
of Marton;
William
Martyn
of Kexby;
John
Estgate
of Normanby;
John
Fychet
of Sturton;
Alan
Barker
of Springthorpe;
John
Wright
of
Neuton
;
Roger
West
of Faldingworth;
John
Argent
of Harpswell; and
John
Nevyll
of Faldingworth.
He held no lands or tenements of the king or any other in demesne or service.
Long before his death, he granted the following to
William
Tirwhit
, his brother,
Thomas
Cumberworth
, and
John
Gryffith
, knights,
Robert
Rolleston, provost of the college of St John of Beverley
,
John
Constable, esquire
,
Thomas
Tirwhit
of Wrawby, and
Thomas
Est
, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. They thus were seised in demesne as of fee and are still so seised. The grant was made by charter dated 16 December 1429, shown to the jurors.
Dunston, the manor, held of
Robert
Pedwardyne, knight
, and
Nicholas
Wymbyssh, clerk
, as of their manor of Nocton.
Anwick, the manor, held of
William
Fylypp, knight
, and Anne his wife as of their manor of Ruskington.
Harpswell, the manor, held of
Gerard
Sothill, esquire
, as of his manor of Redbourne.
Spital in the Street, a messuage and 2 bovates; and
Hemswell, 2 bovates of land and 20 a. meadow, held of
Katherine, queen of England
, as of the soke of Kirton in Lindsey.
Upton, a toft and 2 bovates, held of the
bishop of Lincoln
as of his manor of Stow.
He died on 29 December last. Margaret, Elizabeth, and Joan, his daughters and next heirs, are respectively aged 8 and more, 6 and more, and 2 and more.