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JOHN, DUKE OF NORFOLK
92 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Salisbury. 3 April 1433. [Veere].
Jurors: Robert Bodenham ; John Bromeley ; William Pakyn ; John Newman ; Richard Ameros ; Peter Duyke ; Thomas ?Vellard [ms stained] ; Thomas Lyngever ; William Russell ; ?William ?Pe...te ; John Quarley ; and Richard Partriche .
He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king or others. By his deed dated at London on 9 May 1415 and shown to the jurors, and described as John, earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , marshal of England, Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, he granted remainders to the manor of West Hatch, among other things, to Henry, bishop of Winchester , Thomas, bishop of Durham , Simon Felbrigge, chevalier , John de Preston , Richard Steresacre and Robert Southwell , who survive, and Thomas, lately earl of Arundel , Richard Norton , William Ludyngton , John Rome, clerk , John de Aske , John Lancastre and Thomas Brommeham , deceased, and their heirs and assigns. John Hilton and Margaret his wife held 2/3 manor for her life of the duke’s inheritance with reversion to him and his heirs, and Elizabeth, lately duchess of Norfolk , his mother, held 1/3 manor in dower of his inheritance with remainder to John Hilton and Margaret for her life and reversion to the late duke and his heirs. The late duke therefore granted the remainders of these parts after the deaths of the duchess and Margaret, and Elizabeth and John Hilton and Margaret separately attorned to the bishops and fellow grantees. Elizabeth and Margaret died and the survivors entered and remain seised in their demesne as of fee. West Hatch. The manor is held of the abbess and convent of Shaftesbury at fee-farm, service unknown.
He died on 19 October last. John de Moubray, knight , now duke of Norfolk , is his son and next heir, aged 17 years on 12 September last.
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93 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to John Perneys, mayor .
CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 27 November 1432. [Perneys].
Jurors: Robert Husbond ; Simon Frank ; John Lacy ; Thomas White ; John Thorne ; John Mordon ; Thomas Soler ; John Walsh ; William Boteler ; John Takele ; Simon Whitehede ; Peter Hoke .
He held the following in his demesne as of fee tail by grant of Edward [II] to Thomas de Brotherton, lately earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, and the heirs of his body [CChR 1300–26, p. 205]. St Mary Somerseta messuage and a vacant plot of land in the parish, at Broken Wharf in Queenhithe ward, held of the king in free burgage, as the whole of the city is held, annual value 4 marks. The earl was seised in his demesne as of fee tail and the messuage and plot descended successively to the following heirs: Margaret, lately duchess of Norfolk , as his daughter; Thomas de Moubray, lately duke of Norfolk , as her kinsman as son of Elizabeth her daughter; Thomas de Moubray, lately earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , as his son; and John, lately duke of Norfolk , named in the writ, as his brother, because he died without heir of his body.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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94 Writ. 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Banbury. 20 January 1433. [Restwold].
Jurors: John ?Wauer [ms faint and worn] ; Henry Frebody ; John Draper ; John Aylesworth ; Richard Harpour ; William Capron ; Thomas Hampton ; John Persons , Baker; John Persons , Porter; John Blakwell ; John ?Eddon [ms torn]; John Davers of Wardington; John Densy ; and William Trolle .
He held 4 marks rent in Henton in his demesne as of fee simple, to himself and his heirs. The rent is taken at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally from a hide of land with adjacent watermill, pond and stank, and all lands and tenements that were formerly Aumaury de Suleham’s in that vill. He granted a remainder to the manor of Moreton in Moreton by the grant in 92. Nicholas Halle , who survives, held the manor for life of the duke’s inheritance with reversion to himself and his heirs, and the manor was described as all lands, tenements, rents and services in Moreton which Nicholas then held for life of the late earl’s inheritance with reversion to the late duke and his heirs. Nicholas attorned to the bishops and fellow grantees. Moreton. The manor is not held of the king but of whom and by what service is unknown. He further granted the following members and parts of the manor of Chacombe in Northamptonshire, to the same; of whom they are held is unknown. Banbury, a messuage. Wardington, 1/4 knight’s fee which William Smart lately held; and 2 parts of a knight’s fee which William Ilger formerly held. Westcot Barton, 1/3 knight’s fee which Robert Danvers formerly held.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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95 Writ. † 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
WORCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Worcester. 22 January 1433. [Forthey].
Jurors: John Coby ; William Wyntour ; William Specheley ; John Walssh ; John Bole ; Richard Midenham ; Thomas Clent ; Richard With ; William Smyth ; Richard Furnyng ; Thomas Chirche ; and John Brace .
He held the manor of North Piddle and the advowson of its church in his demesne as of fee tail by a fine levied [on the octave of Michaelmas] in 1344 [CP 25/1/287/41, no. 339], and shown to the jurors, between John de Seygraue, chevalier , and Margaret his wife, querents, and William de Newton, parson of Seagrave church , William de Loughton, parson of Witherley church , and John de Repyngdon, parson of Cold Overton (Ouerton) church, deforciants , John de Seygraue recognised the manor and advowson, which the deforciants had by his grant, to be the right of William de Newton , and the deforciants therefore granted the manor and advowson to John and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to his right heirs. John and Margaret were seised of the manor in their demesne as of fee tail and of the advowson in right and fee tail, and died seised of this estate. Right descended successively to the following: Thomas de Moubray, lately duke of Norfolk , their kinsman and heir as son of Elizabeth their daughter; Thomas de Moubray, lately earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , as his son and heir; John, lately duke , named in the writ, as his brother and heir because Thomas died without heir of his body. North Piddle, the manor and advowson, held of the earl of Warwick , service unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; 4s. 8d. assize rent at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 13 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly, and 8 1/2 virgates of land, each worth 3s. 4d. yearly and the 1/2 virgate 20d. yearly; a cottage and a virgate of land, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 6 cottages, each worth 6d. yearly; 80 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; herbage of the meadow called ‘Wildemormedow’, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and herbage of the meadow of ‘Grenemedow’, worth 3s. 9d. yearly. The advowson is extended at 5 marks yearly when it falls.
Date of death as in 92.
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96 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Lincoln, the castle. 9 December 1432. [Haltoft].
Jurors: Thomas Beltoft , Richard Garner and Ralph Dodithorp , of Belton; William Cutwolfe of Owston; John Beltoft and John Cole , of Belton; John Grenef...ld of East Ferry [ms worn]; William Patryke of East Lound; Robert Jakys of Westwoodside (Westewode); William Qwoylay of Gainsborough; Thomas Feriby of Gate Burton (Burton); John Euerard of Gainsborough; Richard Chipsay of Kirton in Lindsey; Richard Partenay of Northorpe; and John Norton of Dunholme.
He died seised of the advowson of the Carthusian house founded in honour of St Mary [at Epworth] in the Isle of Axholme, in his demesne as of fee, of whom held unknown, annual value nil after prayers. He granted 2/3 manor of Epworth and the remainder of 1/3 manor, which Elizabeth, lately duchess of Norfolk , his mother, held in dower of his inheritance, reversion to himself and his heirs, to Henry, bishop of Winchester , Thomas, bishop of Durham , Thomas, earl of Arundel , Simon Felbrigge, chevalier , Richard Steresacre , William Ludyngton , John de Preston , John Rome, clerk , John de Aske , John Lancastre , Richard Norton , Thomas Brommeham and Robert Southwell as in 92, royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, pp 319–20]. The grantees were seised of 2/3 manor in their demesne as of fee and Elizabeth attorned to them for the 1/3 manor; the survivors entered the 1/3 after her death and remain seised of this in their demesne as of fee. Epworth. The manor is held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
John de Preston ’s name is not recorded in either the CPR reference or the patent roll ms ( C 66/397, m.22).
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97 Writ. § 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Northamptonshire and Rutland .
RUTLAND. Inquisition. Uppingham. 24 September 1432. [Sutton]. ‘Wednesday after the feast of St Matthew (Mathei) the Apostle’, but if St Mathias , the date would be 24 February 1433, after the date of the writ and nearer to the date of the Northamptonshire inquisition post mortem (98).
Jurors: Richard Molet of Uppingham; William Grene and Thomas Thomson , of Ayston; William Assheley and John Penteney , of Wardley; Thomas Dawes and John Warde, junior , of Belton; Thomas Luffenham and Roger Webster , of Wing; William Toly of Uppingham; John Bemond of Ridlington; John Coke of Barrowden; and Richard Bridde of Preston.
He held a messuage and 2 virgates of land in Alsthorpe in his demesne as of fee simple, to himself and his heirs, of whom or by what service unknown, annual value 8s. He granted 2 knights’ fees in Empingham which the heirs of Richard de Basynges now hold, by the grant in 92, royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, pp. 319–20], and the grantees were seised in right and fee simple, to themselves and their heirs. The fees are members of the manor of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, and are held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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98 [Writ: see 97 .]
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Chipping Warden. 9 February 1433. [Sutton].
Jurors: William Pegge ; Thomas Warde ; John Hynton ; John Joy ; Robert Peryn ; William Langton ; Thomas Baker ; John Barry ; William Gerves ; John Stone ; Thomas Brakley ; Thomas Geffray ; and Richard Smyth .
He granted 2/3 manor of Chacombe and remainder of 1/3 manor and remainder of the manor of Crick by the grant in 92. Elizabeth, lately duchess of Norfolk , his mother, held 1/3 manor of Chacombe in dower of his inheritance, reversion to himself and his heirs, and Richard Steresacre, esquire , who survives, held the manor of Crick for life of his inheritance, reversion to himself and his heirs. The grantees were seised of 2/3 manor of Chacombe in their demesne as of fee and Elizabeth and Richard attorned separately for their parts to them. Elizabeth died and the survivors entered the 1/3 manor and remain seised in their demesne as of fee. Chacombe and Crick. The manors are not held of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown. Thomas, earl of Nottingham and marshal of England, Lord Mowbray and Segrave, his father, by his letters patent shown to the jurors and dated at London on 12 February 1397, granted Hugh Dalby an annual rent of £10 for life from the manor of Chacombe, at Easter and Michaelmas equally, with right of distraint if payments be in arrears, in total or part, by a month after any of these terms. By their letters patent separately dated at London on 9 February 1404 and 13 April 1413 respectively, and shown to the jurors, Thomas, earl marshal, earl of Nottingham , Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, son of this Thomas, lately earl and brother of John, late duke , and John, earl marshal, earl of Nottingham , Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, lately duke of Norfolk , both confirmed this grant in the same form. Hugh was seised from the time of the first grant and is still seised for life. Thomas, earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , Lord Mowbray and Segrave, granted the castle of Barton Seagrave to Nicholas Colfox for life without any payment, remainder to John, lately duke and his heirs, annual value 10 marks. Nicholas died on 6 January last and held no other lands or tenements in the county. Barton Seagrave . The castle is not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
See 120.
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99 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Middlesex and Kent .
MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster. 26 January 1433. [Aune].
Jurors: John Clerk ; Richard Petham ; William Westlond ; Henry Fenyngle ; Matthew Clerk ; John Lyncoln ; William Ingelond ; Peter Harry ; Richard Johnson ; William Child; John Drayton ; John Danyell ; and John Dewdeney .
He held the following in his demesne as of fee tail by grant of ‪ Richard II : the office of marshal of England and the name, style, title, estate and honour of earl marshal of England ; and remainder to the reversions due to the king and his heirs of the office of marshal in the King’s Bench which John Wykes then held for life by grant of ‪ Richard II , the office of marshal in the Exchequer which Richard Gascoyne then held for life by grant of Thomas, lately earl of Kent , former earl marshal of England , by confirmation of ‪ Richard II , and of the office of the marshal’s crier before the steward and marshal of the marshalsea of the king’s household which Guy de Alesley then held for life by grant of ‪ Edward III . By letters patent with the assent of parliament, dated at Westminster on 10 February 1397, ‪ Richard II granted the office – with all offices and profits belonging in the king’s courts and elsewhere, fully and freely as Thomas de Brotherton, lately earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, or Roger le Bygod, former earl of Norfolk and marshal of England or others after their deaths had had the office, as is contained more fully in the letters patent – with the remainder of the above reversions, to Thomas de Moubray, lately duke of Norfolk , described as Thomas, earl of Nottingham , and marshal of England , and the male heirs of his body, the deaths, retirements, resignations, surrenders or other vacating by John Wykes , Richard Gascoyne and Guy, or other grants contrary to the letters patent not withstanding [CChR 1341–1417, pp. 301, 368]. It was granted further that Thomas de Moubray and his heirs have and bear, both in the presence of the king and his heirs and in their absence, a gold staff enamelled in black at each end, and ornamented with the king’s arms at the upper end and the arms of the late earl at the lower end, more fully contained in the letters patent shown to the jurors. Thomas, lately duke was seised in his demesne as of fee tail and right descended to Thomas de Moubray, lately earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , as his son and heir, and then to John, lately duke , named in the writ, as brother and heir of Thomas, lately earl . John Wykes , Richard Gascoyne and Guy died and John, lately duke was seised of the offices separately in his demesne as of fee tail. He held the title, style, name and honour of the duke of Norfolk in his demesne as of fee tail, by grant of ‪ Richard II . By his letters patent, with the assent of parliament, ‪ Richard II granted these to the same Thomas, lately duke , and the male heirs of his body, and 40 marks yearly from the king and his heirs from the Exchequer at Easter and Michaelmas equally, with parliamentary assent to maintain their name, estate and honour, as is clear more fully in the letters patent dated at Westminster on 29 September 1396 [recte 1397] and shown to the jurors [CChR 1341–1417, p. 369].53 Thomas was seised in his demesne as of fee tail, and right descended as before.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
There are discrepancies in dating across different sources. Recorded as 10 February 20 ‪ Richard II (1397) in C 139 ms, Report on the Dignity of a Peer, v, pp. 112–13, and the charter rolls ms, C 53/166 m.1 . Recorded as 10 February 1396 in CChR reference (p. 368). The CChR reference dates the grant to 10 February 1396. See also Dignity of a Peer, v, pp. 79, 112–3 (grant dated 10 February 1397). See also Dignity of a Peer, v, p. 118.
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100 [Writ: see 99 .]
KENT. Inquisition. Dartford. 16 February 1433. [Aune].
Jurors: Nicholas atte Freth ; Simon Gold ; Richard Smyth ; John Hardys ; William Wrenne ; Nicholas Gyrgh ; Richard Munde ; John Shirwode ; Richard Lundenyssh ; Thomas Danyell ; Thomas Shadde ; William Stonhyll ; Roger Asshcombe ; and John Okeherste .
He held no lands or tenements in his demesne as of fee or in service of the king or others. He granted 2/3 manor of Ryarsh and the remainder of 1/3 manor which Elizabeth, lately duchess of Norfolk , held in dower of his inheritance, reversion to himself and his heirs, by his deed as in 92, royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, pp. 319–20]. The grantees were seised of 2/3 manor in their demesne as of fee simple, to themselves, their heirs and assigns, and Elizabeth attorned to them for the 1/3 manor; the survivors entered the 1/3 after her death and remain seised of this in their demesne as of fee. Ryarsh. The manor is held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
The lower edge may be partly indented.
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101 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Northallerton. 15 December 1432. [Mauleuerer].
Jurors: Robert Wadesley ; John Laton of Melsonby; John Laton of Sproxton; John Gower of Picton; William Barkesworth ; John Crathorn ; William Hudeswell ; Thomas Gray ; William Fraunk ; John Grenewod ; Thomas Brandesby ; and John Newton .
He held the manor of Dinnington in his demesne as of fee tail by the fine in 95. Dinnington. The manor is not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 46s. 8d. assize rent at Martinmas and Pentecost equally; 22 messuages and 22 virgates of land, each messuage with virgate worth 6s. yearly; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth nothing yearly above the steward’s fee. He held the manor of Thwaite and the advowson of the church of Armthorpe in his demesne as of fee, not of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly. The advowson is worth 100s. yearly. He granted the manor of Newsham, 2/3 manors of Thirsk, Hovingham and Kirkby Malzeard and remainder of 1/3 manors which Elizabeth, lately duchess of Norfolk , his mother, held in dower of his inheritance, by his deed as in 92 [except that John de Aske appears at the end of the list of names], royal licence previously obtained for the 2/3 manors and reversion to the 1/3 [CPR 1413–16, pp. 319–20]. The grantees were seised of the manor of Newsham and 2/3 manors in their demesne as of fee, and the survivors remain seised, and Elizabeth attorned to the grantees by payment of 1d. After her death the survivors entered the 1/3 manors and remain seised in their demesne as of fee. The manor of Newsham is not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. The manors of Thirsk, Hovingham and Kirkby Malzeard are held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
Valuation of the church appears here as an interlinear insertion, and is missing from the Exchequer copy.
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102 Writ. † 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Much Wenlock (Wenlok). 22 January 1433. [Boreley].
Jurors: Richard Horde ; William Poynour ; Richard Husee ; Thomas Frensshe of Wellington; Richard Paslour ; Thomas ?Laweley [ms torn and galled]; R... ... ; John Forster of Madeley; William Kynnesley ; Richard Hawelyn ; Nicholas Crofte ; and Walter Brydde of Much Wenlock (Wenlok).
He held the following in his demesne as of fee tail, to himself and the heirs of his body. The manors are not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. Stottesdon, the manor, except for 1/20 manor, by a fine of the same date, between the same parties and with the same terms as in 95. In the manor there is the site, worth 4d. yearly; £10 assize rent at Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. demesne land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 6s. 7 1/4d. yearly. Kingswood, the manor, except for 1/20 manor, by the fine detailed in 95, shown to the jurors. In the manor there is a chase containing a park, worth nothing yearly above enclosure and the maintenance of the beasts. Dinas Bran and Holt, 1/3 of 2 parts of the castles, in which there is 55s. 7d. assize rent at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 300 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 48 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 11s. 2d. poultry rent at Christmas; 64 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 38s. 2d. yearly. Bromfield [and] Yale, 1/3 of 2 parts of the lands and lordships, in which there is 13s. 4d. assize rent at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 1,024 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 400 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 82 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; £9 10s. farm of the watermill; and perquisites of the court, worth £4 3s. 4d. yearly. The 1/3 of 2 parts of the castles, lands and lordships are held of the king in chief by knight service. Sandford and Woolston (Osleston), 1/3 of 2 parts of the manors, in which there is 13s. 5d. assize rent at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 240 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 100 a. pasture of ‘Hethlond’, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 10s. 8d. farm of the watermill; and perquisites of the court, worth 5s. 4d. yearly. He granted 1/20 of the manors of Stottesdon and Kingswood by his deed as in 92. The 1/20 of the manors is not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
The lower edge may be indented. A third place may have been erased. See CIPM, xxii, no. 433 for Wrexham.
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103 Writ. 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire .
HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition. Huntingdon. 24 January 1433. [Ansty].
Jurors: John Gyllour ; Thomas Bowlast ; William Judde ; Thomas Judde ; John Orewell ; Thomas Kyng ; John Neve, junior ; William West ; Thomas Joynour ; Richard Wryght of Eynesbury (Erymsbury); John Bayly ; and Thomas Michell .
He held the manor of Fenstanton in his demesne as of fee tail, to himself and the heirs of his body, by a fine of the same date, between the same parties and with the same details as in 95 – except for 1/20 manor, the advowson of its church and 40s. annual rent from the manor at Easter and Michaelmas equally, which John Grey [of] Ruthin, chevalier, and Constance, countess marshal , his wife, and lately the wife of Thomas de Moubray, lately earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , son and heir of Thomas, lately duke of Norfolk , father of John, lately duke , named in the writ, held in dower of his inheritance. Fenstanton, the manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There is the site, worth 4d. yearly; £50 assize rent from Fenstanton at Candlemas, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; £30 assize rent from Hilton at the same terms; 20s. farm of lands in the hands of the lord when escheat; 50 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 160 a. meadow and marsh, worth nothing this year because submerged but each acre worth 4d. yearly when not submerged; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 40s. yearly. There is also a river called Ouse, within both the manor and lordship of Fenstanton and the abbot and convent of Ramsey’s lordship of St Ives and Holywell. It stretches from the southern corner of the chapel of St Leger on the bridge of St Ives , on the north in a straight line to the next bend of the meadow of the abbot and convent of Ramsey, called ‘Litylholme’, and on the south to the bend of ‘le Willerne’ opposite this bend of the ‘Litylholme’ meadow; and from these bends of ‘Litylholme’ and ‘Willerne’ along the whole course of the river to ‘Halywelle Stake’ within the lordship of Fenstanton on the south and that of the abbot and convent on the north. In this river and at each of its places within these metes and bounds, both the late duke, lord of the manor of Fenstanton and all his ancestors, and the abbot and convent and all their predecessors, have severally had for time out of mind a fishery at will whenever they pleased with draw-nets (‘dragges’) only. Similarly, from time out of mind they have each had a several fishery in the halves of the river facing their respective manor and lordship, from the same bridge as far as ‘Halywelle Stake’, within these metes and bounds, with sluices (‘flewes’), wicker fishtraps (‘bowenettes’), wicker baskets (‘lepes’) and all other things and contrivances as part of their respective manor and lordship. The fishery belonging to the lordship of Fenstanton is worth 6s. 8d. yearly. He granted 1/20 manor of Fenstanton by his deed as in 92 [except that John de Aske appears at the end of the list of names], royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413– 16, pp. 319–20]. Fenstanton. The 1/20 manor is held of the king , service unknown. He held the following knights’ fees in Everton in right and fee, extended as shown: 2 1/2 fees which John Harpeden, knight , now holds, £12 10s.; and a fee which the prior of St Ives now holds, 100s.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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104 [Writ: see 103 .]
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition. Caxton. 26 January 1433. [Ansty].
Jurors: John Bate ; Thomas Russell ; John Thiknesse ; John Nicolas ; John Howeson ; Thomas Burgoyn ; John Treveleff ; John Pachet ; John Michell ; John Sparage ; Robert Gylberd ; and Richard Wayte .
He held the manor of Kennett with Kentford in his demesne as of fee tail by grant of ‪ Edward II , among other things, to Thomas de Brotherton, lately earl of Norfolk and marshal of England , and the heirs of his body. The manor was described as all the castles, vills, manors, boroughs, honours, lands and tenements that were Roger le Bygod ’s, former earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, in England and Wales, with knights’ fees, advowsons of churches, religious houses and hospitals and all other liberties in the name of payment of rent [CChR 1300–1326, p. 205]. The late earl died seised in his demesne as of fee tail and the manor descended as in 93. Kennett with Kentford, the manor, is not held of the king , but of whom and by what service is unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 110s. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a dovecot, worth 100s. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 26s. 8d. yearly. He held £18 rent in Wisbech and Chatteris in his demesne as of fee tail, to himself and the heirs of his body, by a fine of the same date, between the same parties and with the same details as in 95 [CP 25/1/287/41, no. 341]. The rent is not held of the king , but of whom and by what service is unknown. He held the following knights’ fees and parts of fees in right and fee, extended when they fall as shown. Duxford, 1/2 fee which John Brabon held, 50s. Cheveley, a fee which Gilbert Pecche held, 100s. Fulbourn, a fee which John Sherdelowe, chevalier , held, 100s. Trumpington, 1/2 fee which Walter de Russhey ?held, 50s. Burdon, 2 1/2 fees which the abbot of Warden held, £12 10s.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
It appears that the uit in tenuit has been scored from the ms.
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105 Writ [not extant]. 9 November 1432. Addressed to the escheator of Warwickshire and Leicestershire [CFR 1430–37, p. 103].
LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Leicester. 12 January 1433. [Payn].
Jurors: William Assheby ; Alexander Vilers ; John B... [ms galled]; John Pakenham ; Thomas Penell ; Nicholas Joy ; John Lathom ; Walter Ruskyn ; John Fenton ; Robert Bateman ; John German ; William Somervyle ; and Richard Prat .
He held the following in his demesne as of fee tail, to himself and the heirs of his body, by the fine in 104. Sileby, the manor, not held in whole or in part of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; ... [ms faint and galled] assize rent at Candlemas, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; £27 3 1/4d. rents of tenants-at-will according to the customs of the manor, at the same terms; ... a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly, at the same terms; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly, at the same terms; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly, at the same terms; a watermill, worth 30s. yearly, at the same terms; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 10s. yearly. The following knights’ fees and parts of fees are part of the manor, extended when they fall as shown; 1/2 fee in Wymeswold which Hugh de Willouby, chevalier , now holds, 50s.; 1/2 fee in the same vill which the heirs of John Nevyle, chevalier , now hold, 50s.; a fee in Cossington which Hugh de Willouby, chevalier , and John ?Germanb... now hold, 100s.; and 1/2 fee in Gaddesby which Reynold Lathbury ’s heirs now hold, 50s. Witherley, the manor, held of the heir of Hugh de Bygode , service unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; £9 10s. 2 1/2d. assize rent at Candlemas, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; a watermill, worth 40s. yearly, at the same terms; and perquisites of the court, worth 39s. 7d. yearly, at the same terms. Mountsorrel, the manor, not held in whole or in part of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown.. There is 50s. 8 1/2d. assize rent at Mountsorrel South End (superior), 16s. at Candlemas, 17s. at Pentecost and 17s. 8 1/2d at Michaelmas; £4 10s. assize rent at Mountsorel North End (inferior), at the feasts of St Andrew, Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 14s. 2 1/2d. yearly. Cold Overton, the park, part of the manor, worth nothing yearly after its keeping and enclosure. The manor is not held in whole or in part of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown. Goscote, the hundred, held of the king by service of 100s. sterling yearly to the Exchequer for all service, at Easter and Michaelmas equally, annual value 40s. Sileby, the advowson of the church, annual value £10. Kegworth, the advowson of the church, annual value 20 marks. He held the following in fee and right. The advowsons are not held in whole or in part of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown. Croxton, the advowson of the abbey, annual value £20. Hoby, the advowson of the church, annual value 10 marks. He held the following knights’ fees in right and fee tail, to himself and the heirs of his body, as part of the castle of Framlingham in Suffolk, of whom held is unknown, valuations when they fall as shown. Evington, a fee which Henry, Lord Grey , now holds, 100s. Ingarsby, 1/2 fee which the abbot of Leicester now holds, 50s. Willoughby Waterleys, a fee which Reynold, Lord Grey of Ruthin , now holds, 100s. He granted 2/3 manor and remainder to 1/3 manor of Melton Mowbray, remainder to the manor of Diseworth, and remainders to 2/3 manor and 1/3 manor of Whetstone, Leicestershire, by his deed as in 92 [except that John de Aske appears at the end of the list of names], royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, pp. 319–20]. Elizabeth, lately duchess of Norfolk , his mother, then held 1/3 manor of Melton Mowbray in dower of his inheritance with reversion to himself and his heirs; John Lancastre, esquire , then held the manor of Diseworth for life of his inheritance with reversion to himself and his heirs; Roger Jondrell, esquire , then held 2/3 manor of Whetstone for life of his inheritance with reversion to himself and his heirs; and the same Elizabeth then held 1⁄3 manor of Whetstone in dower of his inheritance with reversion to the same Roger Jondrell for life and then to himself and his heirs. The grantees were seised of 2/3 manor of Melton in their demesne as of fee and Elizabeth, Roger and John separately attorned to them by payment of 3d. for their parts. Elizabeth, Roger and John died and the survivors entered the manors of Whetstone and Diseworth and 1/3 manor of Melton Mowbray and remain seised in their demesne as of fee. The manor of Melton Mowbray is held of the king , service unknown; the manors of Whetstone and Diseworth are not held of the king , but of whom or by what service is unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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106 [Writ: see 105 .]
WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition. Coventry. 16 January 1433. [Payn].
Jurors: William Shucborgh ; William Derset ; John Huet ; Henry Aunsell ; Thomas Derset ; Richard Swynford ; John Boydell ; Henry Faryngdon ; Henry Colyns ; Roger Ruse ; John Colyns ; William Flawnny ; John Gerveys ; and William Smyth .
He held the manor of Thurlaston in his demesne as of fee tail, to himself and the heirs of his body, by the fine in 95. The manor is not held of the king in chief, but of whom or by what service is unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 10s. assize rent, at Candlemas, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 10 messuages and 10 virgates of land, worth £4 yearly, at the same terms equally; and perquisites of the court, worth 3s. 9d. yearly. He held the advowson of the abbey of Combe in right and fee simple, to himself and the heirs of his body, of whom unknown, annual value 40 marks. He granted 2/3 manors and remainder to 1/3 manors of Caludon and Weston by his deed as in 92 [except that John de Aske appears at the end of the list of names], royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, pp. 319–20]. Elizabeth, lately duchess of Norfolk , his mother, then held 1/3 manors in dower of his inheritance with reversion to himself and his heirs. The grantees were seised of the 2/3 manors in their demesne as of fee and Elizabeth attorned to them for 1/3 manors. After her death, the survivors entered the 1/3 manors and remain seised in their demesne as of fee. The manor of Weston is held of the king in chief, service unknown, the manor of Caludon is not held of the king , but of whom or by what service is unknown. By his charter, sealed under his armorial seal and shown to the jurors, and described as John, earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, he granted 10 marks annual rent from the manor of Weston, described as the manor of Weston by Cherington, at Easter and Michaelmas equally, to Nicholas Ledewych for life for his good service. This is contained more fully in the charter to Nicholas [tenor of charter given in French], referring to Nicholas as his esquire, payment by the hands of his receiver, bailiff, farmer or other occupier, right of distraint for arrears after 40 days, and to these letters patent dated at his townhouse in London on 18 March 1413. Nicholas was seised as of free tenement and continues in his possession; reversion of the annual rent should remain to the same surviving bishops, Simon, John de Preston , Robert Steresacre and Robert Suthwell , their heirs and assigns, as in 92. Described as above and by his indented charter, dated on 13 July 1417 and shown to the jurors, he granted the manors of Aspley, Alspath and Flecknoe to Henry Ferrers , son of William Ferrers, Lord Ferrers of Groby , and Isabel his wife, sister of the late duke. Henry and Isabel were seised as of their free tenement. Henry died and Isabel married James Berkeley, Lord Berkeley , and they were seised in Isabel’s right as of their free tenement. Described as James, Lord Berkeley , and Isabel his wife, and by their indented charter shown to the jurors and dated on 31 May 1429, they granted the manor of Flecknoe – described as that manor with all lands, tenements, rents, services and reversions that they had there – to Nicholas Stanschawe for his good counsel, to hold for Isabel’s life of the chief lords of the fee by the due and customary services. Nicholas was seised as of his free tenement and continues in his possession. James and Isabel continue in their possession of the manors of Aspley and Alspath. The manors of Aspley, annual value £4, Alspath, annual value 40s., and Flecknoe, annual value 10 marks, are not held of the king , but of whom is unknown. The manors should remain to John, now duke of Norfolk , son and heir of John the late duke.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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107 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire .
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Nottingham. 19 January 1433. [Babyngton].
Jurors: John White of North Collingham or South Collingham; John Muston of Cropwell Bishop or Cropwell Butler; Thomas Barker and Richard Beynton , of Newton; John Wright of Sneinton; John Criche of Radford; John Spur , Thomas Wortley and Thomas Jeffeson , of Sutton; John Pantlion and William Bevis , of Lenton; John Persons of Sneinton; Thomas Jebbe , Richard Jebbe and John Dalbury , of Colwick; John Mable of Sneinton; and John Martyn of Colwick.
He held the name and honour of earl of Nottingham and £20 annual rent in support of these from the issues of the county by the hands of the sheriff, at Easter and Michaelmas equally, in fee tail and right, to himself and the male heirs of his body, of the king. He held by a grant of ‪ Richard II to Thomas, lately duke of Norfolk , his father, and the male heirs of his body, Thomas described as Thomas de Moubray of Axholme, earl of Nottingham [ CChR 1341–1417, p. 281 (honour); CClR 1381–85, pp. 331, 493 (rent)]. Thomas died seised of the name and honour as of right and fee tail and of the rent in his demesne as of fee tail. From him they descended to Thomas de Moubray, lately earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , as his son and male heir, and to John as the latter’s brother and male heir because he died without such heir of his body. He held the following in right and fee simple, to himself and his heirs, extended annually when they fall as shown. The advowsons are not held of the king but of whom is unknown. Thorpe in the Glebe, advowson of the church, 10 marks. Sutton Bonington, advowson of the church, £10. Armthorpe, advowson of the church, 100s.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
See also Dignity of a Peer, v, p. 63.
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108 [Writ: see 107 .]
DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition. Derby. 20 January 1433. [Babyngton].
Jurors: John Abell of Stapenhill; John Marreys of Rosliston; Thomas Calengwode and Thomas Wilkynson , of Caldwell; Robert Thurmond and Ralph Blacgrene , of Linton; Robert Sabeney , Robert Dauber and Richard Trusseley , of Repton; John atte Wall of Rosliston; John Smalley of Boulton; and William Blawehorne of Litchurch.
He held the following in his demesne as of fee tail by the fine in 104. Bretby, the castle and manor, held of the king in chief of his honour of Tutbury, part of his duchy of Lancaster, by 1/4 knight’s fee. In the castle there is the site, worth nothing yearly; of the demesne lands 40 a. arable, each acre worth 12d. yearly, at Martinmas, Lady Day and Midsummer equally; 22 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. 4d. yearly, at the same terms; 22 messuages, each worth 12 [sic] yearly, similarly; 22 virgates of land, each worth 6s. 7 1/4d. yearly, similarly; 23 cottages, each worth 20d. yearly, similarly; a watermill, worth nothing yearly because destroyed and totally waste; and a park, worth nothing yearly above maintenance of the beasts. In the castle and manor, and belonging to either, there is 1/3 knight’s fee which Henry de Shepay ’s heirs now hold, extended at 33s. 4d. when it falls. Rosliston, the manor, held of William, Lord Ferrers , service unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates of arable of the demesne lands, each worth 40s. yearly, at Michaelmas and Easter equally; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly, at the same terms; and 22 messuages and 22 virgates of land, each messuage with virgate worth 6s. 6d. yearly, similarly. Repton, Linton, Milton, Willington, Ashbourne and Howes, 12 messuages,each worth 5s. yearly and 14 bovates of land, each worth 9s. 11d. yearly, at Michaelmas and Easter equally, held of the king in chief of his duchy of Lancaster, service unknown, and £10 rent. He held the manor of Coton in the Elms in his demesne as of fee tail by another fine of the same date between the same parties, details and descent of the manor as above. The manor is held of the king in chief of his honour of Chester, by service of 1/40 knight’s fee. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; and 30 messuages and 30 virgates of land, each messuage and virgate worth 9s. 1 1/2d. yearly, at Michaelmas, the feast of St Andrew, Lady Day and Midsummer equally. By his letters patent [wording given], affixed with his seal and dated on 12 July 1432, and described as John, duke of Norfolk , earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, he granted to his servant Richard Broun of Repton custody of his park of Bretby for life for his good service, with all fees which the office had of old, and for the keeping of the park 2d. daily from the manor of Bretby, annually at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions by the hands of the receivers, farmers or other occupiers. Richard remains seised.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
Exchequer copy similarly lacks an indication of shillings or pence, and above xij and in the margin are inserted two crosses.
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109 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Essex and Hertfordshire .
ESSEX. Inquisition. Chelmsford. 12 January 1433. [Rokell].
Jurors: Robert de Bury ; John Rouchestre ; Alan Bussh ; John Chambre ; John Grey ; John Wormeley ; Richard Osbarn ; Richard Marion ; John Osbarn , forester; Thomas Chamberleyn ; John Kynge of Moreton; and Richard Reynold .
He held the manors of Great Chesterford, Dovercourt and Romford and the borough of Harwich, with their members, as follows, in his demesne as of fee tail by grant by letters patent of ‪ Edward II to Thomas de Brotherton as in 104. Great Chesterford, the manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; £12 8 3/4d. assize rent at the feast of St Andrew , Candlemas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 100s. rents of tenants-at-will, at the same terms; 403 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 8d. yearly – £13 20d.; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly – 48s.; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 18d. yearly – 30s.; rents of customary services worth £4 yearly; farms of mills, worth £6 yearly; farm of the fishery with farm of the warren, worth 20s. 1d. yearly; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 18s. 10d. yearly. As part of the same manor there is the advowson of the church of Great Chesterford, the church worth 20 marks yearly. He died seised in his demesne as of fee tail and right of the following knights’ fees and parts of fees as part of the manor, extended when they fall as shown. Great Chesterford (Chestreford), 1/20 fee which John B...de [ms galled] formerly held, 5s. Doddinghurst, 1/4 fee which the earl of Oxford now holds, 25s. Easthorpe, 1/2 fee which William Gernon ’s heir now holds, 50s.; 1/4 fee in the same vill which the bishop of London now holds, 25s. Mountnessing and Geddyng, ?1/2 fee which Hamond Chever formerly held [value not given]. Great Slamseys, 1/3 fee which the prior of Leighs now holds, 33s. 4d. Gosfield and Bocking, a fee which Ralph de Monte Hermeto formerly held, 100s. Little Yeldham, 1/2 fee which the heirs of Humphrey, son of Walter, formerly held, 50s. Great Burstead or Little Burstead, 2 1/2 fees which Geoffrey Benhale formerly held, £12 10s.; 1 1/2 fees in the same which Ralph Syward formerly held, £7 10s. Thorpehall (Thorp) in Rochford hundred, 2 1/2 fees which Ralph ?Tyvden formerly held, £12 10s. Stondon Massey, 2 1/2 fees , of which the abbot of Waltham holds 1/2 fee which William Pagani formerly held, £12 10s. Gyngelambard and Marchies, 1 1/2 fees which Simon, son of Simon, formerly held, £7 10s. White Colne, 1/2 fee which Roger Reymes formerly held, 50s. Ovington, a fee which Roger Swynbourne, knight , formerly held, 100s. Westend and Foxearth, 1/2 fee which the earl of Oxford formerly held, 50s. Ovington, 1/2 fee which William Pyrhowe formerly held, 50s. Finchingfield, 1/2 fee which John, son of Richard, formerly held, 50s.; a fee in the same vill which Geoffrey Pecche formerly held, 100s.; a fee which William Northtoft formerly held, 100s.; a fee which the heirs of Ouerhall formerly held, 100s.; and a fee which John de Clauerynge formerly held, 100s. Birdbrook, a fee which Simon de Glaueney formerly held, 100s.; a fee which Gilbert Pecche formerly held, 100s. White Colne, a fee which John Dengayne formerly held, 100s. Westend, a fee which Simon de Condelent ’s heirs formerly held, 100s. Ramsden Crays (Rammesden), a fee which Simon Grey formerly held, 100s. Pebmarsh, 1/2 fee which Peter de Nerforth formerly held, 50s. White Colne (Coln...) [ms galled], 1/2 fee which Robert Reymes ’ heir formerly held, 50s.; and 1/2 fee which Hamond Leuveysy formerly held, 50s. Westend (the same), 1/2 fee which Roger Reymes formerly held, 50s. Dovercourt, the manor, held of the earl of Oxford , service unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth 6d. yearly; £7 3s. 10 1/2d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 400 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 10d. yearly – £16 13s. 4d.; 60 a. in the marsh, each acre worth 10d. yearly – 50s.; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly – 18s.; customary services and dues with hens and eggs, worth £4 yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; herbage from ‘Herboldewode’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 10s. yearly. Romford, the manor, held not of the king in chief, but of whom or by what service is unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 3s. 4d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew, Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 300 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 3d. yearly – 75s.; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly – 13s. 4d.; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly – 6s. 8d.; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 20d. yearly. Harwich, the borough, in which there is 20s. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 13s. 4d. rents of weirs, at the same terms; 40s. farm of weirs, at the same terms; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 12s. 1d. [at least: ms galled] yearly. He held the following in his demesne as of fee simple. High Roding, 1/3 of 2 parts of the manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. In this part there is 30s. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 6d. yearly – 100s.; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly – 16s.; customary services and dues, worth ?4s. 2 1/4d. yearly; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. The advowson of 1/3 of 2 parts of the church is part of the manor, annual value of the church unknown. Housham, 1/3 of 2 parts of the manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. In this part there is the site, worth 4d. yearly; 17s. 6d. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly – 20s.; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly – 12s.; and 5 a. pasture, each acre worth 10d. yearly – 4s. 2d. Little Canfield, 1/3 manor of Langthorns, held of the king in chief, service unknown. In this part there is 27s. 4d. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 60 a. demesne arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly – 30s.; 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly – 6s.; and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 10d. yearly – 16s. 8d. Gerard Vsflete, chevalier, and Elizabeth his wife, John’s mother, were seised in her right in their demesne as of fee of the manor of Prittlewell, which they gave to Henry Ferrers , son of William, Lord Ferrers of Groby , and Isabel his wife, daughter of Elizabeth, for life in survivorship, of the chief lords of the fee by the due and customary services. Henry and Isabel were seised in their demesne as of free tenement. Henry died and Isabel married James Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, knight , and they remain seised in Isabel’s right as above, and continue in possession. Elizabeth died long before John and the reversion descended to him as her son and heir and to John de Moubray, knight , now duke of Norfolk , as his son and heir. Prittlewell. The manor is held of Richard, duke of York , of his honour of Rayleigh, service unknown. He granted a remainder to the manor of Upper Hall alias Lady Hall in Moreton, which John Ledes, esquire , who survives, then held for life of his inheritance with reversion to the duke and his heirs, by the grant in 92, royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, pp. 319–20]. John Ledes attorned to the grantees. Upper Hall alias Lady Hall. The manor is held of the king in chief, service unknown. Described as John, duke of Norfolk , earl marshal , earl of Nottingham , marshal of England, Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, and by his letters patent dated at London on 5 November 1427, shown to the jurors, he granted the offices of parker and warrener of his park and warren of Great Chesterford to his esquire Edmund Filtz William , who survives, for life, with all fees, wages, profits and easements belonging to the offices yearly from the issues and profits of the manor and lordship of Great Chesterford at Easter and Michaelmas equally. Described as John, earl marshal, earl of Nottingham , Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, and by his letters patent dated on 13 March 1413, shown to the jurors, he granted the office of bailiff of Harwich with the keeping of his warren of Dovercourt to his varlet and servant John Kelet , who survives, for life with the due and customary profits and easements. John Kelet remains seised of the office and of 2d. daily wage for the office, taken yearly by his own hands.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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110 [Writ: see 109 .]
HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Hertford. 29 January 1433. [Rokell].
Jurors: John Cook of Great Amwell or Little Amwell; Christopher Stalworth ; Robert Dryuere ; John Loue ; John Jakelyn ; Lawrence Besevill ; John Bek ; William Redesdale ; William Liffyng ; William White ; John Clerk ; and John Kent .
He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or another.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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111 Writ [not extant]. 9 November 1432. Addressed to the escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire [CFR 1430–37, p. 103].
BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Bedford. 20 January 1433. [Iwardby].
Jurors: Walter Kyrton ; William Fitzhugh ; Thomas Spencer ; Thomas By ; John Burre, senior ; John Maryon ; William Bocher ; Robert Boton ; Richard Pekke ; John Kyng ; John Plott ; and John Decon .
He held the castle of Bedford with its members, and the manors of Haynes, Willington and Stotfold – except for £6 6s. annual rent from Stotfold manor assigned in dower to Constance, countess marshal – in his demesne as of fee tail by grant of Henry, son of Henry, earl of Lancaster , and William de Burton, parson of Great Hallingbury or Little Hallingbury church , with other things, to John Moubray and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, royal licence previously obtained. John and Joan were seised in their demesne as of fee tail and died seised of this estate. The castle and manors descended successively to the following heirs, who were all seised as above: John Moubray their son; John Moubray, earl of Nottingham , his son; Thomas Moubray, duke of Norfolk , his brother, because the late earl died without heir of his body; Thomas Moubray, earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , his son; and John named in the writ, his brother, as Thomas died without heir of his body. The castle and manors are held of the king in chief as part of the barony of Bedford by service of being the king’s almoner at his coronation. Bedford. The site of the castle is worth 26s. 7d. yearly. The following are parts of the castle: a several fishery in Goldington in the river Ouse, worth 16s. 8d. yearly; the court baron of Bedford , held at Bedford every three weeks, worth 40s. yearly; 1/4 carucate of land in the hands of tenants-at-will in Bromham, worth 60s. yearly; and 37s. rent in the vills of Cople, Cardington, Great Barford (Bereford), Southill, Mauldon, Wootton, Ickwell and Salph End. He died seised in right and fee tail of the following knights’ fees and parts of fees and advowsons, parts of the castle, extended when they fall as shown. Arlesey, 2 fees which John Harpedene, chevalier , holds, £10. Stratton, Dunton and Millow, a fee which the abbot of Warden holds, 100s. Millow, a fee which the abbot of Waltham holds, 100s. Pavenham, 1/2 fee which Richard Fyssher holds, 50s. Toddington, a fee and 1/5, 1/6 and 1/8 fee which John Broughton holds, £7 9s. 2d.; and 1/2 fee which Philip de Wyke holds, 50s. Dean, 3/4 fee which the archbishop of Canterbury holds, 75s. Bletsoe, Radwell, Thurleigh or Lee (Lieghe), Sharnbrook, Keysoe and Haynes, 4 fees which Robert Shotesbroke, chevalier , holds, £20. Chalgrave, a fee and 1/4 and 1/10 fee which John Broughton holds, £6 15s. Cockayne Hatley, Wrestlingworth and Eyeworth, 1 1/2 fees which Reynold Cokeyn holds, £7 10s. Aspley Guise, 2/3 fee which Giles Brigge holds, 66s.8d. Cople, 2/3 fee which John Pekke holds, 66s. 8d. Wootton and Wootton Pillinge, 1/2 fee which William Gynore holds, 50s. Little Staughton, 1/2 fee, and 1/30 fee in Keysoe, which the prior of Bushmead holds, 53s. 4d. Wrestlingworth, 1/4 fee and 1/3 of 1/4 fee which John Bekeswell , John Burgeys and Nicholas Hervy hold, 33s. 4d. Goldington, 1/2 fee which Hugh Hasilden holds, 50s. Cople, 1/2 fee and 1/8 fee which John Launceleyn holds, 72s. 6d. Cardington, 1/4 and 1/8 fee which Richard Baudewyn holds, 37s. 6d. Cardington and Keysoe, 3/4 of 1/4 fee which John Smyth , Agnes Freloue , Thomas Cardenall and John Boynon hold, 18s. 9d. Ravensden, 1/2 fee which Stephen Crewker holds, 50s. Cardington, 1/10 fee which John Fylle holds, 10s. Ravensden, 1/4 fee which Robert Whetehull holds, 25s.; and 1/4 of 1/4 fee which Thomas Frankeleyn holds, 6s. 3d. Milton Bryan , 1 1/2 fees which the abbot of Woburn holds, £7 10s. Upper or Lower Gravenhurst, 1/2 and 1/8 fee, and 1/2 fee in Henlow, which Reynold, Lord Grey , holds, 112s. 6d. Stotfold, 1/4 fee which John Gloue , William Pekke and Thomas Pekke hold, 25s. Ravensden, 1/8 and 1 and /16 fee which Thomas Ragon and John Malyns hold, 18s. 9d. Cardington, 1/4 fee which James Gascoyne holds, 25s. Southill, 3/4 of 1/4 fee which John Coke holds, 18s. 9d. Harrowden, 1/4 fee which the abbess of Elstow holds, 25s. Haynes, 1/4 fee which the abbot of St Albans holds, 25s. Stotfold, 1/4 of 1/4 fee which the prior of Merton holds, 6s. 3d. Holme, 1/4 of 1/4 fee which the abbot of Westminster holds, 6s. 3d. Keysoe, 1/6 of 1/4 fee which John Reyner holds, 4s. 2d. Ravensden, 1/4 of 1/4 fee which John Malyns holds, 6s. 3d.; and 1/12 of 1/4 fee which Henry Joyes holds, 2s. 1d. Cople, 1/6 of 1/4 fee which John Passewater and Ralph Pelter hold, 4s. 2d.; and 1/2 fee which Matthew Stepyng holds, 50s. Cardington, 3/4 of 1/4 fee which John Pekke holds, 18s. 9d. Chicksands, Cople, Campton, Southill, Upper or Lower Stondon, Houghton Conquest or Regis, Haynes and Keysoe, 3 fees and 1/2 of 1/4 fee which the prior of Chicksands holds, £15 12s. 6d. Stotfold, Willington, Cardington, Ravensden and Salph End, 23⁄4 fees which the prior of Newnham holds, £14 15s. Tilwick, Ravensden, Mauldon, Putnoe, Southill, Bromham, Renhold, Stanford, Warden and Haynes, 6 fees which the abbot of Warden holds, £30. Priestley, 1/4 fee which William Jurdan holds, 25s. Bromham and Shelton, 3/4 fee which the prior of Cauldwell holds, 75s. Turvey, 1/4 and 1/8 fee which the prior of St Neots holds, 37s. 6d. Edworth, 1/2 fee which Robert Bullok holds, 50s. Newnham, advowson of the priory, annual value £40. Chicksands, advowson of the priory, annual value £20. Haynes, the manor. In the manor there is £6 assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 40s. rents of tenants-at-will, at the same terms; 100 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; a park, worth nothing yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 16s. 3d. yearly. As part of the manor there is the advowson of the free chapel of Haynes, of which he died seised in right and fee tail in the form above, annual value of the chapel when vacant 40s. Willington, the manor. In the manor there is 5s. assize rent, at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; £12 13s. 4d. rents of 28 messuages; 34 1/2 half-virgates of land lately held in bondage, worth £6 3s. 4d. yearly; rents of acre-men and cottagers, worth 40s. yearly; 100 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 27 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 32 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; a watermill, worth 40s. yearly; a several fishery with ‘le Holme’, worth 19s. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 20s. yearly. Stotfold, the manor. In the manor there is the site, worth 10d. yearly; £4 6s. 8d. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; £7 13s. 4d. rents of tenants-at-will; 160 a. demesne land, each acre worth 5d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly. By his letters patent dated on 1 May 1414, he granted to John Woketon , who survives, for his good service to Thomas his father and himself, the custody of Bedford castle and its moat and all fees and issues of the castle, for life, as is contained more fully in the letters patent. By his letters patent dated on 12 June 1427, shown to the jurors, he granted to Roger Hunte , who survives, for his counsel to him, £10 sterling yearly for life from the manor of Willington at Easter and Michaelmas equally, as is contained more fully in the letters patent. By his letters patent shown to the jurors, he granted to Robert Wylton , ‘surgyen’, who survives, for his good service to him, 4d. daily for life from the manor of Willington, as is contained more fully in the letters patent. By his letters patent, similarly shown, he granted Thomas William , parker of Haynes park, who survives, 2d. daily for life from the manor of Haynes for his good service, as is contained more fully in the letters patent.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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112 [Writ: see 111 .]
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Ivinghoe. 22 January 1433. [Iwardeby]. [The Chancery ms is completely galled; the Exchequer copy is largely soiled and illegible.]
Jurors: Thomas Porter ; William Hyde ; Simon Edward ; William Emberton ; Richard Aleyn ; Richard Pienge ; Richard Elyot ; John Salcok ; Richard Dawners ; William atte Fewe ; John Messenger ; and Richard Merston .
He held the following in his demesne as of fee tail by the fine in 95. They are not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. Penn, the manor. In the manor there is the site, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; ?73s. 3d. assize rent of free tenants, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 63s. 4d. rents of tenants of will of 6 virgates of land; 100 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 40 a. underwood, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Moreton or Maids’ Moreton (Morton) and Smethmere, 6 messuages, a carucate and 5 virgates of land, worth 23s. 3d. [or 4d.] yearly. He held the manor of Wing in his demesne as of fee tail by grant of Richard, lately earl of Arundel , to Thomas, lately duke of Norfolk , and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Richard, and the heirs of their bodies. Thomas and Elizabeth were seised in their demesne as of fee tail and died seised of this estate, and the manor descended to John named in the writ as their son and heir. Wing. The manor is not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. In the manor there is the site with garden, worth 20s. yearly; £11 13s. 4d. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; £8 12s. rents of tenants of 17 virgates; a small close called ‘Litelgardyn’, worth 16d. yearly; 160 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 30 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; several pastures called Cottesloe, worth £4, and ‘Oxlesne’, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; a horse-mill, worth 20s. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 20s. 4d. yearly. He held 1/3 of 2 parts of the manor of Medmenham in his demesne as of fee simple, of whom is unknown. In this part there is 20s. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 60 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 15d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; and an underwood, worth 10s. yearly. He held the following knights’ fees and parts of fees of the king in fee tail and right, extended when they fall as shown. Lathbury, a fee which Lady Thirning holds, 100s.; and a fee which the abbot of Lavendon holds, 100s. Walton, a fee which James Boteler, earl of Ormonde , holds, 100s. Dunylhall [ms unclear] 2 3/4 fees which Matthew de Ruffys holds, £13 15s. Debache, 1 1/4 fees which William, son of Ralph, holds, £6 5s. Knoteshill [ms unclear], Radell and Hull, 4 fees which Alan Waleys holds, £20. Grannesacre, 1 1/2 fees which John Takelet holds, £7 10s. Linslade and Chelmscott, 3 3/4 fees which Walter Lucy, knight , Roger Bagenale , William de Leyghton , John Archer , John ?F...es, Richard de Southcote , ?Roger W..., Hugh, son of Miles, John Perteseill , John Child, William le Prestr and William, son of Ralph, hold, £18 15s.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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113 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Thornbury. 20 January 1433. [Hattfeld].
Jurors: John Poleyn ; Richard Venables ; William Payn ; John Fort ; Simon Cotesbroke ; William Hulle ; John Burnell, junior ; Henry Parmynter ; Walter Werkesburgh ; Thomas Doddes ; Gilbert Somerset ; and William Knyte .
He held the castle, manor and borough of Chepstow with their members and the manor of Tidenham in the March of Wales in his demesne as of fee tail by grant of ‪ Edward III by letters patent to Thomas de Brotherton, lately earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, and Mary his wife and the heirs of his body [CChR 1300–26, p. 205; CChR 1327–41, pp. 3–4; CPR 1338–40, pp. 93, 506 (Chepstow)]. Thomas and Mary were seised, Thomas in his demesne as of fee tail and Mary as of free tenement, and died seised of this estate. Title descended as in 93. The castle, manors and borough and their members are held of the king in chief by knight service. Chepstow: the castle site is worth nothing yearly. In the area of jurisdiction of the beadle of Chepstow (Bedellaria) are 100s. assize rent, at Hockday and Michaelmas equally; a watermill called ‘Wontewodesmylle’, worth nothing yearly because in decay; annual rents of 20 hens called ‘Wodehennes’, worth 20d.; and perquisites of the great court, worth £6 yearly, and of the court called ‘Wodespeches’, worth £4 yearly. In the hamlet of Berton, part of the castle and manor, there is 60s. assize rent of free tenants, at Christmas, Easter, Invention of the Cross and Michaelmas equally; 4 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 60 a. land come into the lord’s hands after the deaths of the tenants, each acre worth 6d. yearly; garden, meadow and pasture called ‘Erlesmede’, worth 20s. yearly; 160 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 4 a. meadow called ‘Piersmede’, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 7 a. meadow called ‘le Posterne’, each acre worth 12 1/2d. yearly. The following knights’ fees, parts of fees and advowsons are part of the castle and manor, extended when they fall as shown. Lanvair-Discoed, a fee which Ralph de Monte Hermer formerly held, 100s. Mathern, a fee which Roger de Knouyll formerly held, 100s. Penhow, a fee which Ralph de Seymour formerly held, 100s. Portskewett and Harpston, a fee which Matthew Beneland formerly held, 100s. Crick, 1/2 fee which William de Depeford formerly held, 50s. Dinham, 1/2 fee which Andrew de Bello Campo formerly held, 50s. Maes-gwenith, 1/2 fee which Aumary Lace formerly held, 50s. Ederton, 1/2 fee which Henry Beudenhull formerly held, 50s. St Arvans, 1/4 fee which Lleision (Leisianus) ap Morgan formerly held, 25s. Llanmartin, 1/4 fee which Walter de Bemmys formerly held, 25s. Henriw, 1/4 fee which Roger Seymour and William Adam formerly held, 25s. St Wormet, 1/4 fee which John de Bleccher formerly held, 25s. Daglingworth, a fee which James, Lord Berkeley , now holds, 100s. Perysfeld, 1/10 fee which Nicholas Taillour formerly held, 10s. Tintern, advowson of the abbey, annual value £40. Chepstow, advowson of the priory, annual value £20. Lancaut, advowson of the church, annual value 40s. Chepstow: in the borough there are 260 burgages, each worth 12d. yearly, at Christmas, Hockday, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 2 watermills called ‘Pulmerykmylles’, one worth 13s. 4d. yearly and the other nothing because in decay; prise of ale with toll of the borough, worth £15 yearly; and perquisites of the hundred, worth £8 yearly. Tidenham: in the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; £16 10s. assize rent of free tenants, at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 100 a. land come into the lord’s hands after the deaths of the tenants, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 200 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. 6d. yearly; a weir called ‘Ledpole’, worth 6d. yearly; advowry rent, worth 16d. yearly; a park, worth 40s. yearly; customary services and hens and eggs, worth 2s. yearly; and pleas and perquisites of the court, worth 66s. 5d. yearly. As part of the manor there is 1/4 knight’s fee in Tidenham which Walter Waldyng formerly held, extended at 25s. when it falls, and the advowsons of the chapel of St Twrog, worth 5 marks yearly, and the chapel of St David in Tidenham, worth 40s. yearly. He held the manor of Upton St Leonards in Gloucestershire jointly with Henry, earl of Northumberland , Joan de Beauchamp, Lady Abergavenny , Ralph Cromewell, Lord Cromwell, knight , John de Scroop, Lord Scrope, knight , Robert Darcy, esquire , John Bathe, clerk , Bartholomew Brokesby, esquire , Thomas Mollesley , Walter Kebell , Robert Suthewell and John Massy , who survive. They held by grant of John Bohun , John Wilteshire , knights, Robert Hulle , William Cheyne , Nicholas Carve , William Ryman , John Bartlot and Robert Ingelere , to them and Thomas Godere now deceased, as is contained more fully in the charter regarding this manor among other things, with John described as John, earl marshal . Upton St Leonards. The manor is not held of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. Described as John, earl marshal, earl of Nottingham , Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Gower, and by letters patent dated at his London townhouse on 16 March 1413, as is clear in full in his charter bearing his armorial seal and shown to the jurors [tenor of charter given in French], he granted to his good friend and esquire Nicholas Ledewych the offices of constable of his castle of Chepstow and master forester of his forests, chases, parks and warrens belonging to his lordships and lands of Chepstow and Tidenham for life, to occupy by himself or sufficient deputy responsible to the duke, with the daily wage of 2d. as constable from the issues of the lordships by the hands of his receivers or farmers at Easter and Michaelmas equally, and 3d. as master forester daily from the manor at the usual terms, with all other profits and easements belonging to the offices. He also granted Nicholas the offices of coroner in his lordships and ranger of his forests, chases and parks for life with the due and customary profits and easements. Nicholas remains seised as of his free tenement.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
Exchequer copy has assize rent of free tenants. Exchequer copy has 58s. 71⁄4d. Exchequer copy has 6d. Exchequer copy has 320 burgages. Exchequer copy has 66s. 8d. It is possible that viijd. has been changed to vd. in the Chancery version. Exchequer copy has 66s. 8d. It is possible that viijd. has been changed to vd. in the Chancery version. Exchequer copy does not contain details of this grant of offices.
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114 Writ. † 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh].
HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Hereford. 24 January 1433. [ Russell ]. [The ms is almost entirely galled, and incomplete.]
Jurors: Thomas Bromwych, junior, esquire ; John Shelwyk, esquire ; Richard Russell, esquire ; William Buryton, esquire ; Roger Amondesham, esquire ; William Huntyndon, esquire ; ?Robert ...; ?John ...varth; Richard Gambon ; Thomas ?Myntrych; James Thomkyns ; and Richard Howton .
He held the castle of Swansea and the lands and lordships of Gower and Kilvey in the March with their members, in his demesne as of fee tail by grant of lord William de Braose to John de Moubray and Aline his wife, daughter of William, and the heirs of their bodies, royal licence previously obtained. John and Aline died seised in their demesne as of fee tail. The castle, lands and lordships descended successively to the following heirs who were seised similarly: John de Moubray , their son; John de Moubray , his son; John de Moubray, earl of Nottingham , his son; Thomas de Moubray, duke of Norfolk , his brother, because the earl died without heir of his body; Thomas de Moubray, earl marshal and earl of Nottingham , his son; and John named in the writ, his brother, because he died without heir of his body. The castle, lands, lordships and their members, parcels and knights’ fees are held of the king in chief by knight service. Swansea: in the castle there is the site, worth nothing yearly; a borough or vill, part of the lordship of Gower, called Swansea, in which there is £7 2s. 2 1/2d. assize rent, from... borough [or burgesses] at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 2 watermills called ‘Brynmylles’, worth 60s. yearly; a fulling-mill, worth... yearly; a watermill called ‘Grenemylle’, worth 20s. yearly; an orchard, worth 6s. yearly; ?ferry[-toll] over the river Tawe, worth 10s. yearly; a meadow called ‘Iselond & Redmede’, worth 6s. yearly; another meadow called ‘Portemanmede’, worth 8s. yearly; 3 weirs in the river Tawe, worth 5s. 4d. yearly; revenue from market-tolls, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; perquisites of the fair (nundinarum), worth 18d. yearly; burgage rent paid by non-burgesses (chensura), worth 12d. yearly; prise of ale, worth £10 yearly; and perquisites of the hundred, worth £7 8s. 8d. yearly. Gower and Kilvey: in the lordships, as the part [of Gower Wallicana] called the Welshry (Gallessheria) of Gower Supraboscus [Uwch Coed], there are 60s. rents of the Welsh, at Michaelmas; 40s. rents of serjeanty; ?24s. fixed customary due called commorth (Comortha) every third year; 6s. 8d. rent in Athelbolden, at Michaelmas; a fulling-mill and a grain-mill in Clydach (Cludagh), worth 20s. yearly; 1/2 fishery in the river Tawe on the Gower side worth 3s. 4d. yearly; escheat land with tolls of the locality (patria), worth 20s. yearly; rents of advowry, worth 6 1/2d. yearly; lands and tenements in the hands of the lord in ?Pennewedne, worth... yearly; 80 a. demesne land, worth 40s. yearly; 200 a. pasture, worth 66s. ?8d. yearly; and perquisites of the county court, worth £6 yearly. Gower and Kilvey: in the lordships, as the part [of Gower Wallicana] called the Welshry of Gower Subboscus [Is Coed], there are 20s. rents of the Welsh, at Michaelmas; 13s. 4d. increment rent, at the same feast; 20s. rents of serjeanty; 4s. fixed customary due called commorth every third year; escheat with toll of the Welshry, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and perquisites of the countycourt, worth 38s. 4d. yearly. Oystermouth: in the castle, within and a member of the lordships, there is the site, worth nothing yearly; £4 assize rent, at Michaelmas; lands in the hands of the lord, worth 100s. yearly; a watermill, worth 46s. 8d. yearly; a fulling-mill, worth 6s. ?8d. yearly; agistment of beasts in Clyne, worth 3s. 1/2d. yearly; 100 a. demesne land, worth... yearly; ?80 a. pasture, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; perquisites of the court, worth 15s. 4d. yearly; 7s. 2d. assize rent in Trewyddfa, at Michaelmas; agistment of cattle on the salt meadow after the hay has been carried away, worth 2s. yearly; a meadow called ‘Islond’, worth... yearly; 19 a. ?hill meadow, worth 9s. 6d. yearly; agistment of the animals in ‘Longweldych’ and ‘Millewode’, worth 12d. yearly; ... a. land formerly of Meurig (Meyreck) ap David W...,... worth 8d. ; 2s. rent of a sparrow-hawk, at Michaelmas; 6d. rents of advowry; and 9 a.... in the higher part of Trewyddfa, worth 12s. yearly. Pennard: in ?[the manor], within and a member of the lordships, there is the site, worth ?nothing yearly; ?£... assize rent from tenants free and neif, at Michaelmas; a meadow called ‘He...ard’, worth ?13s. 4d. yearly; a pasture called ‘Pen...[?smore]’, worth... yearly; ?9 1/2 a. meadow, worth 4s. 3d. yearly; 4d. rents of advowry; 16... increment rent; and perquisites of the court, worth... yearly. Llandimore, in the manor, within and a member of the lordships, there is the site, worth nothing yearly; [?£7] assize rent, at Michaelmas; 20s. rents of serjeanty; lands of the new renting, worth 40s. yearly; ?30 ... in the hands of the lord after the death of the tenants, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; [?16] a. pasture, worth ?16s. yearly; ... a. demesne land, worth [at least] 13s. 4d. yearly; a watermill, worth 27s. 1d. yearly; and [at least] 10s. 11 3/4d. assize rent in Kittlehill, at Michaelmas. Lunnon, in the manor, part of the lordships, there is the site, worth nothing yearly; ?£6 3 3/4d. assize rent of tenants free and neif, at Michaelmas; a watermill, worth 40s. yearly; another watermill called ‘le Parkemylle’, worth 40s. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 3s. yearly; ... assize rent in ?Athelbolden, at Michaelmas; a pasture called ‘...eresmore’, worth 10s. 6d. yearly; 1 a. meadow and ?3 roods of waste land at ?Northales, worth... yearly; and the park of Parc le Breos (Brux), worth 35[?s.] yearly; ... assize rent, at Michaelmas, in Loughor (?Logh), part of the lordships; a fulling-mill, worth 4s. yearly; tolls of the market (for’) and fair (nundinarum), worth 3 1/2d. yearly; perquisites of the ?hundred, worth... yearly; 109s. assize rent in Kilvey, at Michaelmas; a watermill of M..., worth 50s. yearly; a fishery in the river Tawe on the Kilvey side, worth 5s. yearly; a fishery ?below the mountain with tolls of the Welshry, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; the forest of Wagh..., worth 20s. yearly; a pasture called ‘Penberth’, worth 12d. yearly; ?6 a. meadow called ?‘Manrodemede’, worth 12s. yearly; rents of [at least] 1 quarter 4 bushel oats, worth 2s. 8d. yearly; and perquisites of the county court, worth 40s. yearly. Gower Anglicana: in the county called Gower Anglicana, as [the English Gower] part of the lordships, there is 40s. assize rent, at Michaelmas; 80 a. land at Bar...d, worth 40s. yearly; agistment of the forest of Clyne, worth 6s. yearly; pannage of pigs there, worth ?4s. yearly; ... of the wood coming from the stray/right to impound, worth 5s. 3/4d. yearly; tolls of the ?Englishry, worth 30s. yearly; and perquisites of the county court, worth ?£12 yearly. At Lunnon there are also 9 a. land at Morles, worth... yearly. He held the following knights’ fees and parts of fees, ?belonging to the castle, lands and lordships, extended when they fall as shown. Penrice, a fee which John Penrys , ?chevalier, lately held, 100s. Port-Eynon, a fee which the same John lately held, 100s. Llangennith, 1/2 fee which ? John de Lamare lately held, 50s. Weobley, 1/2 fee which John de la Bere lately held, 50s. ..., 1/4 fee which ... Wyngham lately held, 25s. Reynoldston, a fee which Richard Vernon, chevalier , lately held, 100s. ?La...re, 1/2 fee which Thomas Denys, chevalier , lately held, 50s. Knelston (Netleston), 1/2 fee which Richard Mauncell lately held, 50s.
Date of death and heir as in 92. [Foot:] the inquisition was returned to Chancery on 10 February 1433.
See CClR 1318–23, pp. 268, 342, 464, CPR 1317–21, pp. 547–8, CPR 1321–24, p. 21, CFR 1319–27, pp. 40–41, for selected references to acquisition of the land of Gower by Moubray without royal licence.
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115 Writ [not extant]. 9 November 1432. Addressed to the escheator of Norfolk and Suffolk [CFR 1430–37, p. 103].
SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Beccles. 16 January 1433. [Roys]. [The Chancery ms is worn, faint and completely galled. The calendar entry is based on the Exchequer copy which omits the jurors.]
Jurors: William Coue ; Roger Borh... ; ? Thomas Austyn ; Richard Dunmowe ; Godfrey Kempe ; Alexander Reydon ; William ... ; John ?K...che; Geoffrey Ketyll ; Robert Monke ; Alexander Loue ; Geoffrey Weston ; and John Notyngham .
He held the castle and manor of Framlingham and manors of Walton and Earl Soham, with their members and parcels, in his demesne as of fee tail, by ‪ Edward III ’s grant by letters patent to Thomas de Brotherton and Mary his wife as in 113 [CChR 1300–26, p. 205; CChR 1327–41, pp. 3–4; CPR 1338–40, pp. 61, 506 (Framlingham, Walton)]. The castle and manors are held of the king in chief, service unknown. Framlingham: the site of the castle is worth nothing yearly. In the manor there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; £27 19s. 6d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew, Lady Day, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; winter, summer and autumn works, and hens and eggs, worth 60s. yearly, at Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; and lands called ‘Decaylondes’ both here and in Saxstead, worth 20s. 5d. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally. The hamlets of Saxstead and Hacheston are members of the castle and manor. In Saxstead there are winter, summer and autumn works, and hens and eggs, worth 79s. 10 1/2d. yearly, at the same terms. In Hacheston there is £6 assize rent, at the same terms; lands called ‘Decaylondes’, worth 40s. yearly, at the same terms; winter, summer and autumn works, and hens and eggs, worth 5s. 10 1/4d. yearly, at Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; 400 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; herbage in the great park and in ‘Botenhawe’, ‘Olde Frith’ and ‘Bradelhawe’, worth £4 yearly; 5s. assize rent, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; and underwood, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. In the borough there are 20s. rents of burgesses, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; profits of the market and fair (nundinarum) held at Michaelmas, worth 10s. yearly; perquisites of the court with view of frankpledge of Asshe, worth 40s. yearly; and perquisites of the borough’s market court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. The following knights’ fee, parts of fees and advowsons are part of the castle and manor, each whole fee worth 100s. when it falls and annual values of the advowsons as shown. Flixton, a fee which William Butvilleyn holds. Great Bradley or Little Bradley, 4 fees which John, son of Thomas Dencourt , lately held and now Joan, Lady Abergavenny , holds. Shadingfield, Thorndon, Bruisyard, Swefling and Ryngstede, 4 fees which John de Brusyerd lately held and now Robert Duke, the abbess of Bruisyard , the prior of Leighs and John Straunge hold. Scarveston and Burstall, 3 3/4 fees which Joan de Rycheford , Bartholomew de Elyngham and Alice who was the wife of John de Holbroke formerly held and now Robert Crane holds. Heveningham, Yoxford and Middleton, 3/4 fee which John de Thorp and William Swillyngton and his parceners formerly held and now John Hopton, esquire, holds. Yoxford, Heveningham, Stickingland (Stykeslond) and Burgh, 3/4 fee which William Swyllyngton and Edmund de Vfford formerly held and now the same John Hopton holds. Akenham, Whittingham [or Worlingham], Clopton and Hasketon, 3 3/4 fees which Giles Brews formerly held and now Ella de Brews holds. Gosbeck and Easton, 2 fees which Richard de Gosbek formerly held and now Margaret who was the wife of John Germyn holds. Newton, Parham and Wherstead, 1 1/4 fees which Oliver de Todenham formerly held and now Thomas Todenham, knight, holds. Wiklowe, a fee which John de Wiklowe formerly held and now Agnes Botiller holds. Monewden, 1/2 fee which John Adam formerly held and now Lord Edward Hastynges, chevalier , holds. Kettleburgh, 1/2 fee which the heirs of Thomas de Ketelber formerly held and now Thomas Mulso holds. Cookley, 2 fees which John de Fresyngfeld , John de Boylond and Thomas de Bauent formerly held and now John Loudham holds. Charsfield, 1/4 fee which Nicholas Weylond formerly held and now Joan Strech holds. Hacheston and Easton, a fee which Thomas Bauent formerly held and now Ella Shardelowe holds. Cransford, 1/4 fee which Adam Tascard and William Hoo formerly held and now Ella de Shardelowe holds. Framlingham, 1/10 fee which Simon Taillour formerly held and now Martin Stowe holds in his wife’s right; 1⁄4 and 1/6 fee which Thomas Ketilber formerly held and now John Framlyngham holds. Kelsale, 1/25 fee which Nicholas de Kelishale formerly held and now Thomas Torell holds in his wife’s right.70 Saxmundham, a fee which Robert Swan holds. Framlingham, 1/20 fee which John Austyn holds. Crowfield, a fee which Philip Harneys formerly held and now John Wodhous holds. Outchale, 4 fees which Roger, son of Osbert, formerly held and now Thomas Soterle holds. Denham, a fee which John de Denham formerly held and now John Stratton holds in his wife’s right. Syleham, a fee which John de Sancto Mauro formerly held and now the earl of Suffolk holds. Asshe, 1/2 fee which Margery Moysy formerly held and now the earl of Warwick holds. Brampton, 1/2 fee which John Randolf holds. Colneis, 1/2 fee which William Ewdyn lately held and now William Onhand holds. Stonham Aspall, a fee which Roger Aspale formerly held and now Lady Savage holds. Ringshall, Baylham, Cow Hall, Kenbrook, Darmsden and Levington, 4 fees which the heirs of ? Robert Burnauille and of John Rokeland formerly held and now Richard Steresacre, Hugh Fastolf and others hold. Offton, 2 fees which Richard Leueday formerly held and now Queen Katherine holds. Plomesyerd, 1/10 fee which John de Peyton holds. Colneis, 1/2 fee which Alexander de Prato holds. Lestanton, 1/2 fee which Robert de Scales and William Caldecote hold. Caldecote and Gislingham, 1/2 fee which Fulk de Goldyngham formerly held and now Thomas ?Assheman holds. Higham, 1/4 fee which John Reymes formerly held and now John Reymes, esquire, Richard Walgraue, knight , John Manfeld and Richard Doget hold. Weston Coney or Market Weston (Weston iuxta Hopton), a fee which Hugh Houille formerly held and now William Drury, chevalier, holds. Peasenhall, Falkenham, Waldryngham, Sternfield and Farnham, 4 fees which Nicholas Segraue and Guy Ferrers formerly held and now William Hoo, William Deuyle and John Glemham hold. Alueley, 2 parts of a fee which William Yng holds. Mickfield, 1/4 fee which Roger Aspale formerly held and now William Mikelfeld holds. Stonham, 1/4 fee which John Money formerly held and now Guy Crowe holds. Freston and Holbrook, a fee which Alice Holbroke formerly held and now Thomas Wolferston and Isabel Tenderyng hold. Stonham, 1/4 fee which Robert de Vpston formerly held and now Thomas de Sengilton holds. East Lexham or West Lexham and Acton, 2 fees which Robert de Reydon and Richard de Broughton formerly held and now Alice, Lady Briene , holds. Sproughton, a fee which Richard de Leueday formerly held and now William Drury, chevalier, holds. Coddenham, 1/20 fee which the prior of Holy Cross , Royston , holds. Brok, 1/10 fee which Alice de Holbroke formerly held and now John Howard, chevalier , holds. Baylham and Colneis, a fee which John de Rothyng formerly held and now John Howard and Robert Wyngefeld hold. Ilketshall, 1/20 fee which William Rous formerly held and now John Mannyng holds; and 1/20 fee which Walter Tolle and his parceners formerly held and now the master of Mettingham holds. Burgh, 2 1/2 fees which Katherine Gyfford formerly held and now John Wentworth holds in his wife’s right. Offton, 2 fees which Robert de Stutvyle formerly held and now Queen Katherine holds. Grimston and Blofield, 1 1/2 fees which John Bemond formerly held and William Loueney and Thomas Caundyssh now hold. Colneis, 1/4 fee which Maud de Langeley holds. Tunstall (Tunstall iuxta Netelistede), 1/2 fee which John Typtoft formerly held and now John Wenteworth holds in his wife’s right. Dodnash, advowson of the priory, 20 marks. Theberton, advowson of the church, £20. Shadingfield, advowson of the church, 5 marks. Iken, advowson of the church, 100s. Trimley St Mary , advowson of the church, 4 marks. Kirton, advowson of the church, 40s. Hemley, advowson of the church, 100s. Blaxhall, advowson of the church, 10 marks. Framlingham, advowson of the church, £20. Asshe, advowson of the church, 40s. Bromeswell, advowson of the church, 40s. Eyke, advowson of the church, 10 marks. Tunstall, advowson of the church, £10. Clopton, advowson of the church, £10. Walton: in the manor there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; £42 10s. 6d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £12 yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 300 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; meadow and pasture called ‘le Holme’, and others, several, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; profits of ‘Heywardespound’, worth 9s. yearly; profits of the passage from Gosford, worth 12s. 6d. yearly; profits of the office of beadle, worth 20s. yearly; profits of the fair (nundinarum) held at the feast of St Felix , worth 2 1/2d. yearly; issues and profits of the court, worth 29s. 6d. yearly; and 8s. rents of eggs. The following knights’ fees are members of the manor of Walton, extended when they fall as shown. Trimley, 1/2 fee which Guy de Vedeleu formerly held, 50s. Burgate, 1/3 fee which Katherine, wife of John Tyrell , holds, 33s. 4d. Langston’s, 1/4 fee which John de Langeston holds, 25s.; and 1/2 fee which Henry Caldecote formerly held, 50s. Earl Soham : in the manor there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; £11 12s. 3/4d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew, Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £10 4s. 8 1/4d. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; lands called ‘Decaylondes’, worth 16s. 8d. yearly, at the same terms; 200 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; a windmill, worth 20s. yearly; a park, worth 40s. yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth 20s. yearly. The advowson of the church of Earl Soham is a member of the manor, worth £10 yearly. He held the castle, manor and borough of Bungay, the manors of Kennett, Earl Stonham , Dunningworth, Kelsale, Staverton, Hollesley and Hoo with the hundred of Loes, and 1/3 manors of Cratfield, Stow Park and Berwick, with their members, in his demesne as of fee tail by grant by letters patent of ‪ Edward II to Thomas de Brotherton as in 104. Constance, who was the wife of Thomas de Moubray, earl marshal , holds the remaining 2/3 manors of Cratfield, Stow Park and Berwick in dower, among others, by endowment of the same Thomas her husband, with reversion to John de Moubray , now duke of Norfolk , son and heir of John, lately duke , and the heirs of his body. The castle, manor and borough of Bungay and the manors of Staverton and Hoo with the hundred are held of the king in chief, service unknown. The manors of Kennett, Earl Stonham , Hollesley, Kelsale, Cratfield, Stow Park and Berwick are not held of the king in chief, but of whom or by what service is unknown. The manor of Dunningworth is held of William, earl of Suffolk , of his honour of Eye by service of 5 knights’ fees in Dunningworth, Tunstall, Wyke, Theberton, Hacheston, Carlton, Wantisden, Blaxhall, Hollesley, Ramsholt, Iken, Ufford, Little Glemham and elsewhere in Suffolk. Bungay: the site of the castle is worth 2s. yearly. In the manor there is £19 13s. 4d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew, Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £6 7s. 11d. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 30 a. meadow, each acre worth 15d. yearly; 30 a. pasture, each acre worth 7d. yearly; 220 a. land called ‘Decaylondes’, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a watermill, worth 40s. yearly; 11d. faldage, at Christmas; underwood, worth 3s. yearly; a fishery, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and profits of the soke court, worth 40s. yearly. The following are members of the castle and manor: a knight’s fee in Ilketshall which the heirs of Morgan de Ilketishale formerly held and now the master of Mettingham holds, extended at 100s. when it falls; and the advowson of the priory of Bungay, worth 40 marks yearly. Bungay: in the borough there are 20s. rents, as before; customary dues and profits of the borough’s market, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; profits of the borough court, worth 2s. yearly; and profits of the fairs (nundinarum) held on the Invention and Exaltation of the Cross, worth 20s. yearly. Kennett: in the manor there is the site, worth 6d. yearly; 26s. 8d. assize rent, as before; rents of lands called ‘Decaylondes’, worth 20s. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 20 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth 30s. yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth 8s. 8d. yearly. The following are members of the manor. Elveden, 1/2 knight’s fee which the heir of John de Golham formerly held and now the master of the chantry of Rushford holds, extended at 50s. when it falls. Berton and Hadryngwell, 1/2 fee which the heirs of Stephen de Berton formerly held and now Edmund Gerveys, Henry Strace , Thomas Loue and John Wiseman hold, extended as before. Kennett, the advowson of the church, worth 5 marks yearly. Earl Stonham : in the manor there is the site, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; £14 13s. 1 1/4d. assize rent, as before; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £9 13s. 10d. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 400 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 30 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a windmill, worth 10s. yearly; woods, worth 12s. yearly; and profits of the court, worth 16s. 1 1/2d. yearly. The advowson of the church of Earl Stonham is a member of the manor, worth 100s. yearly. Dunningworth: in the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 60s. assize rent, as before; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £4 yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 80 a. salt marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 400 a. heath for pasturing sheep, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; a wood, worth 2s. yearly; a rabbit-warren, worth 10s. yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth 7s. 4d. yearly. The following knights’ fees, parts of fees and advowsons are members of the manor, extended when they fall as shown. Wantisden, 1/4 fee which the prior of Butley now holds, 25s. Iken, 1/2 fee which John Fawsebrom holds, 50s. Hacheston, 1/2 fee which Godfrey de Hilton formerly held and now Katherine, lately wife of Andrew Botiller, chevalier , holds, 50s. Blaxhall, a fee which Thomas de Weylond formerly held and now Richard, earl of Warwick , holds, 100s. Ramsholt, 1/2 fee which Walter de Rammesholt formerly held and now Robert Caundyssh holds, 50s. Carlton, 1/2 fee which the master of the chantry of Carlton holds, 50s. Theberton, 1/2 fee which Emma de Norwico formerly held and now Robert Codon holds, 50s. Ufford, a fee which Robert de Vfford, Lord Ufford , formerly held and now the lord Robert de Wilby , chevalier , holds, 100s. Iken, a fee which William Sturmyn formerly held and now Robert Wyngefeld, chevalier, holds, 100s. Little Glemham, 1/4 fee which Richard Phelipp formerly held and now John Glemham holds, 25s. Hacheston, a fee which Roger de Wyklowe formerly held and now John Wodehous holds, 100s. Theberton, a fee which John le Bygot of Stockton formerly held, 100s. Dunningworth, the advowson of the church, worth 40s. yearly. Kelsale: in the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; £19 10s. 9d. assize rent, as before; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £10 yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; profits of faldage, worth 8s. yearly, at the same terms; rents of lands called ‘Decaylondes’, worth £4 5s. 2d. yearly; 300 [or 400] a. arable demesne, each acre worth 8d. yearly; ?24 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 18d. yearly; a park, worth £4 yearly; a windmill, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 20s. yearly. The advowson of the church of Kelsale is a member of the manor, worth £20 yearly. Staverton: in the manor there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; £9 18s. 6d. assize rent, as before; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £6 yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 300 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; ?600 a. heath for pasturing sheep, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a park, worth 40s. yearly; lands called ‘Decaylondes’, worth 27s. 4 3/4d. yearly; a watermill, worth 70s. yearly; a rabbit-warren, worth 38s. yearly; herbage of the old moor, worth 8s. yearly; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 18s. 8d. yearly. Hollesley: in the manor there is the site, worth 10s. yearly; £17 10s. 8d. assize rent, as before; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth 14s. 4 1/2d. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; a meadow called ‘Parismede’, worth 2s. 4d. yearly; 80 a. marsh, each acre worth 7d. yearly; a pasture called ‘Halleyerd’, worth 10s. yearly; a fulling-mill, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; lands called ‘Decaylondes’, worth 37s. yearly; a rabbit-warren, worth 9s. 4d. yearly; and profits and perquisites of the court, worth 20s. 11d. yearly. The advowson of the church of Hollesley is a member of the manor, worth 40s. yearly. Hoo: in the manor there is 100s. assize rent, as before; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £4 yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. demesne arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 30 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; herbage of the wood of Snetesle, worth 20s. yearly; and profits of the court, worth 13s. 4d. yearly. The advowson of the church of Hoo is a member of the manor, the church worth 5 marks yearly. The issues and profits of the hundred of Loes are worth 60s. yearly. Cratfield: in the 1/3 manor there is 20s. assize rent, as before; 20 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; and 8 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. As a member of the manor there is 1/40 knight’s fee in Battisford which William Wrangyll holds in his wife’s right, extended at 2s. 6d. when it falls. Stow Park: in the 1/3 manor there is 20s. assize rent, as before; 20 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; and 8 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Berwick: in the 1/3 manor there is 20s. assize rent, as before; 20 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; and 8 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. He held the manor of Peasenhall in his demesne as of fee tail by the fine in 95. The manor is not held of the king in chief, but of whom or by what service is unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; £6 6d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Midsummer and Michaelmas [sic] equally; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £4 yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 100 a. demesne land, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 4 woods, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; lands called ‘Decaylondes’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, at the same terms; and profits of the court, worth 20s. 10d. yearly. The following knights’ fees and parts of fees are members of the manor, extended when they fall as shown. Heveningham, 1/2 fee which Cecily de Hereford lately held and now John Heuenyngham, knight, holds, 50s. Ufford, 1/10 fee which William Ambervile formerly held and now Robert Otley of London holds, 10s. Bradwater, 1/4 fee which John Longeston holds, 25s. Sternfield, 1/2 fee which the same John holds, 50s. Farnham, a fee, and Toteham, Playford, Little Waldingfield and Tythebrom, 1/2 fee, and Falkenham, 1/2 fee, all of which William Russell formerly held, £10. Great Waldingfield or Little Waldingfield, 1/2 fee which William Brus formerly held, 50s. By his letters patent dated at Rouen on 31 January 1419, and shown to the jurors, he granted to Thomas Caundyssh , who survives, the office of parker and custody of the park with the warren of the lordship of Framlingham, for life, to occupy by himself, or his deputy, taking 4d. daily for his wage at the usual payment terms, with all other fees and profits belonging to the office, by the hands of the bailiff, receiver, farmer or other occupiers, as is contained more fully in the letters patent.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
Exchequer copy has Wytyngham; Chancery copy has Welyngham. Exchequer copy has ‘in right of [crossed out: Katherine] his wife’. Altered from ‘and now William Phelipp holds’. Exchequer copy has pasture, probably in error.
C 139/60/43 m.40 E 149/150/2 m.9
116 [Writ: see 115 .]
NORFOLK. Inquisition. Wymondham. 18 January 1433. [Roys]. [The Chancery ms is incomplete and faint and galled in large parts; the Exchequer ms is incomplete.]
Jurors: John Cros ; Richard Wode ; Alexander Payn ; John Roberd ; John Sturmyn ; Robert Collowe ; John Tyllys ; William Deye ; Robert Gamyn ; William Dunnyng ; Robert Baret ; John Cordebowe ; and Thomas Sweyn .
He held the manors of Forncett, Lopham, Suffield, Earsham, Hanworth and Framingham Earl in his demesne as of fee tail by ‪ Edward II ’s grant by letters patent to Thomas de Brotherton as in 104. Title descended as in 93. The manors of Forncett, Suffield, Earsham, Hanworth and Framingham Earl are held of the king in chief, service unknown. The manor of Lopham is held of not the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. Forncett: in the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; £12 assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, Lammas and Michaelmas; £10 rents of lands called ‘Decaylondes’ come into the hands of the lord after the deaths of their tenants, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; lands in Redlingfield [in Suffolk] belonging to the manor, worth 2s. yearly; 160 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; a warren, worth 20d. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £6 11s. 2 1/4d. yearly, at Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; annual rents of 2 quarters oats, each quarter worth 2s., at Michaelmas; and issues and profits of the court, worth 30s. 3d. yearly above the steward’s fee. He died seised in right and fee tail in the above form of the following knights’ fees and parts of fees in the manor, as members of it, each fee worth 100s. yearly when it falls. Watton, 11 fees which William de Roos lately held and now William Hoton and William Heton hold. Surlingham, Kirby Bedon (Kirkeby), Hellesdon, Cringleford and Keswick, 4 fees which Ralph Dacre lately held and now Thomas Dacre holds. Narborough, 2 fees which John Bardolf holds. Flordon, a fee which William Butveleyn now holds. Newton Flotman and Swainsthorpe, 1/2 fee which John de Sweynesthorp holds. Mundford, 1/2 fee which the bishop of Ely holds. Hethel and Carleton, 1/4 fee which William Curson holds. Haddiscoe, a fee which the heirs of the son [or daughter] of Osbert lately held and now the master of the college of Mettingham holds. Fersfield, 2 1/2 fees which the heirs of Robert de Bosco lately held and now John Howard, knight , holds. Billingford, a fee which Ella de Botell and John de Peyton formerly held and now Thomas Hopton holds. Hethel, 1/1000 fee which John le Warde lately held and now Walter Orlager holds. Shelton, a fee which Robert Shelton lately held and now is in the hand of the king during the minority of Ralph, son and heir of John Shelton . Hardwick and Shelton, 1/4 fee which Herman (Hermanus) de Shelton now holds, 25s. Forncett St Mary or St Peter, 1/4 fee which the heirs of John de Claueryng lately held and now Thomas Brampton holds. Ovington, a fee which the heirs of Peter de Boson held and now John Boson holds. Fundenhall, 4 fees, and Fundenhall and North or South Creake, 1/2 fee, all of which Philip Tylney now holds. Burnham and Ellingham, 1/2 fee which the heirs of Baldwin de Bosco now hold. Palling, 1/2 fee which Simon de Felbrigge lately held and now the prior of Hickling priory holds. Hethel, 1/2 fee which the heirs of Robert de Nevyll lately held and Nicholas Applizerd now holds; and a fee which Peter de la Penne lately held and now Nicholas Appliyerd holds. Broomsthorpe and Hethersett, 1/2 fee which the heirs of Hugh de Pynkeney lately held and now Humphrey, duke of Gloucester holds. Moulton, 1/2 fee which the heirs of Guy de Verdon lately held and Thomas Torell now holds in right of Katherine his wife. Swainsthorpe, 1/2 fee which the heirs of John Curson held and now John Peuerell holds. Runcton [North, South, or Holme] and Weston Longville (Weston), 1/10 fee which Clement de Plomstede lately held and now John Agges holds. East Harling and Little Massingham, 3 fees which Simon de Felbrig lately held and now Robert Herlyng, knight, Oliver Groos, esquire , John Kyrtelyng, clerk , and John Intewode hold. Tharston, a fee which Robert Clere now holds. Watton, 11 fees which William Roos lately held and now William Hoton and William Heton hold. Wacton, Thorp, Hales, Dickleburgh and Loddon, 3 fees which John de Segraue of Fullestan lately held and now Robert Gauell holds. North or Town Barningham and Erpingham, 1/2 fee which Robert Broun lately held and now Edmund Wynter and John Wenteworth hold. Stockton, 1/20 fee which John Pygot lately held and now Ralph Garueys holds. West Dereham, 1/2 fee which Peter de Tamworth lately held and now the abbot of West Dereham holds. Bressingham, a fee which John Verdon lately held and now Joan, lady of Pilkington, holds. Starston, a fee which John de Herwestok lately held and now Robert Wyngefeld, knight, holds. Hethel, 1/20 fee which the master of the hospital of St Giles now holds. Roughton and Weston Longville (Weston), 5 fees which the heirs of Thomas de Merton hold. Starston (Streston), a fee which the heirs of William de Bonyle lately held and now Thomas Pygot, esquire, holds. Seething, 1 1/4 fees which William Calthorp now holds. Poringland, 1/2 of 1/4 fee which the abbot of Langley now holds. Fundenhall and North or South Creake, 4 1/2 fees which Philip Tylney, esquire , holds. Yaxham, a fee which John Curson held and now Henry Sturmer and Katherine his wife and John Dockyng hold. Seething, a fee which the abbot of Sibton , the master of the hospital of St Giles , Norwich, and Henry Stanhawe now hold. Pirnhow, 1/2 fee which the heirs of James de Creyk lately held and now John Hopton holds. Seething, 1/4 fee and 1/40 fee which Robert Hedyngham lately held and now William Calthorp holds. Roughton and Merton, a fee which Roger de Halis lately held and now John Sampson, esquire, holds in his wife’s right. North or Town Barningham, Whitlingham, Smallburgh, Bessingham, Ermeswell, Ringland, Katteringham, Burgh St Margaret and Baconsthorpe, 5 fees and 3 parts and 1/8 of a of fee which William Rokell lately held and now John Copuldyk holds. Beighton, 1/2 fee which William Lyncolne lately held and now Henry Inglose, John Fastolf , knights, and John Fastolf, esquire , hold. Oby (Oudby), Ingham, Barnham Broom (Bernham) and Burgh St Margaret, 3 fees which John Caly lately held and now John Clippesby holds. Mauton, 1/4 fee which Nicholas de Stradecete lately held and now Nicholas Wychingham holds. Colney and Carleton, a fee which Elizabeth de Colney lately held and now Anne ?Lamode holds. North or South Creake and Fundenhall, 4 1/2 fees which the heirs of Robert Creyk lately held and now Philip Tylney, esquire, holds. Bedingham and Seething, 1/5 fee which Robert Sethyng now holds. Claxthorp, 1/4 fee which the prior of Butley and his parceners now hold. Bixley, a fee which the prioress of Carrow and the master of Mettingham now hold. Fritton, 1/20 fee which Roger Benet lately held and now John ?Storour holds. Shotesham and Tharston (Threston), 1/3 fee which Agnes who was the wife of John Ma...trauers lately held and now Simon Felbrig, knight, Oliver Groos and Henry Gray, esquire , hold. Hockham, Sutton and Gooderstone, 7 fees which the heirs of Denis de Monte Camiso lately held and now Lady Joan Abergavenny holds. Garboldisham, 1/2 and 1/8 fee which the heirs of Robert de Bosco formerly held and now John Howard, chevalier , holds. The following advowsons are in the manor of Forncett, as members of it, annual values as shown. Thetford, advowson of the priory, £40. Weybridge, advowson of the priory, 100s. Thorpe next Haddiscoe, advowson of the church every other presentation, 40s. Westwick, advowson of the church, £10. Gillingham [All Saints], advowson of the church, 40s. Rockland [St Mary], advowson of the church, 40s. Holverston, advowson of the church, 40s. Alburgh, advowson of the church, 10 marks. Starston (Streston), advowson of the church, 100s. Forncett St Mary (Fornesete), advowson of the church, £20. Hethel, the advowson of the church, 10 marks. Long Stratton St Peter , advowson of the church, 40s. Wacton Parva, advowson of the church, 40s. Wacton Magna, advowson of the church, 100s. Fritton, advowson of the church, 100s. East Harling, advowson of the church, £20. Colby, advowson of the church, ?40 [or 15]s. Alby, advowson of the church, 100s. Aldborough, advowson of the church, 100s. Winston, advowson of the church, 40s. Wyndale, advowson of the church, 40s. Ellingham, advowson of the church, £10. Stockton, advowson of the church, 100s. Redenhall, advowson of the church, 10 marks. Bixley, advowson of the church, 40s. Brockdish, advowson of the church, £10. Banningham, advowson of the church, 10 marks. Antingham, advowson of the church, 100s. Poringland, advowson of the church, 40s. Denton, advowson of the church every other presentation, £20. Lopham: in the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; ?£8 3s. 4d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Candlemas, Easter, Lammas and Michaelmas equally; 60s. from farms of tenants’ lands come into the lord’s hands, called ‘Decaylondis’, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 232 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 26 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £9 7s. 11d. yearly, at Easter, Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; toll of flax and hemp, worth ?3d. yearly; a windmill, worth ?10s. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; rents of 10 quarters oats at Michaelmas, price of each quarter 18d.; underwood, of which faggots can be sold yearly to the value of ?6s.; a park, its agistment worth nothing yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth ?20s. yearly. The advowson of the church of Lopham is a member of the manor, worth 20 marks yearly. Suffield: in the manor there is the site, worth 6d. yearly; ?£15 10s. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Candlemas, Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; a watermill, worth 40s. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 6s. 8d. rents of lands come into the lord’s hands after the tenants’ deaths, at the same terms; [?130] a. arable demesne, each acre worth ?3d. yearly [at least: possibly 8d.]; 24 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; ?22 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £6 yearly, at Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; issues of the heath with..., worth [?8d.] yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth 11s. 10d. yearly. The advowson of the church of Suffield is a member of the manor, worth 10 marks yearly. Earsham: in the manor there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; 66s. 5 1/2d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew, Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; [?at least] 300 a. land come into the lord’s hands after the tenants’ deaths, each acre worth ?2d. yearly; [at least] 100 a. demesne land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 46 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; a watermill, worth 60s. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £4 10s. 6 1/4d. yearly, at Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; agistment of the park, worth 60s. yearly; it is possible to sell underwood to the value of 8s. 4d. yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth 22s. 3d. yearly. The advowson of the church of Earsham is a member of the manor, worth 20 marks yearly. Hanworth: in the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; £22 assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Christmas, Candlemas, Easter, Pentecost, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; a watermill, worth 30s. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 60 quarters barley from the annual rent of ?tenancies come into the lord’s hands after the tenants’ deaths, at Martinmas, price of each quarter [?at least] 2s.; a park, its agistment worth 100s. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth 110s. yearly, at Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; [at least] 150 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; a warren, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, at the beginning of Lent; profits of the fair (nundinarum) of Aldborough on the feast of St Peter and St Paul , worth 12d. yearly; profits of the fair (nundinarum) on the feast of St Bartholomew , worth... yearly; issues of the heath with frith and turbary, worth 6d. yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth 23s. 2d. yearly. Framingham Earl: in the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; £14 18s. ?7d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Candlemas, Easter, Pentecost, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 6s. 8d. rents of lands come into the lord’s hands after the tenants’ deaths, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 200 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 6 quarters barley at Martinmas, each quarter worth 2s. yearly; a wood, from which it is possible to sell to the value of 10s. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth 100s. yearly; and issues and profits of the court, worth 20s. 8d. yearly. He held 1/3 of 2 parts of the hundreds of Launditch and South Greenhoe in his demesne as of fee simple, their issues and profits worth 13s. 4d. and 6s. 8d. yearly respectively. The hundreds are held of the king in chief, service unknown. He held 2 parts of the manor of Loddon in his demesne as of fee simple, not of the king but of whom or by what service is unknown. In these parts there is 66s. 3d. assize rent, at the feast of St Andrew , Pentecost, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 25s. rents from lands come into the lord’s hands after the tenants’ deaths, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 80 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. pasture, each acre worth [at least] 10d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; and underwood, which can be sold to the value of 3s. ?4d. yearly.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
Exchequer copy has Thomas, duke of Norfolk , kinsman and heir of Margaret, duchess of Norfolk , being son of Isabel [recte Elizabeth] her daughter.
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117 Writ. ‡ 9 November 1432. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Surrey and Sussex .
SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Horsham. 24 January 1433. [Hexham]. [The Chancery ms is faint, worn and completely galled, and the Exchequer copy largely illegible and incomplete.]
Jurors: Richard Okyngden ; John Covert ; Ralph Veske ; John Veske ; Thomas Bartlot ; Stephen Payn ; William Stowte ; William Merwe ; Richard Ede ; Robert Pytknoll ; John Pyke ; and John Trycche .
He held the following castle and manors in his demesne as of fee tail. He also died seised of the following knights’ fees and advowsons, as part of the castle and manors, extended when they fall as shown. These are held of the king in chief, service unknown. He held them by fines levied [on the octave of Michaelmas] 1316 and [the octave of Candlemas] 1317 with royal licence [CPR 1313–17, pp. 467, 562–3], between William de Brewosa, senior, querent , and Richard Hakelut and William Moigne, deforciants [CP 25/1/236/47, nos 14, 17]. The querent recognised the holding to be the right of the deforciants, which they had by his grant, and the deforciants granted the holding to him for life to hold of the king, remainder to John de Moubray and Aline his wife and the heirs of their bodies. William de Brewosa was seised as of free tenement. John and Aline entered after his death and were seised in their demesne as of fee tail. The castle and manors then descended as in 114. Bramber, the castle and manor, in which there is the site, worth nothing yearly; [rents ?from Bramber]... at the four principal annual terms; 3s. rents from Steyning at the same terms; rent of 2 1/2lb. pepper at Christmas; 3s. 1/2d. rents from burgages in the hands of the lord, at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle and... equally; 40s. assize rent in the office of the bailiff errant, at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle, Lady Day, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 30s. farm of a meadow of Sentwassh, at Michaelmas; 3s. farm of serjeanty land come into the lord’s hands after the death of John Fauconere , at the four principal annual terms;... 50s. at the same terms;... 6s. 8d. at the same terms;... [at least] £13 within the barony of Bramber, at Easter and Michaelmas; perquisites of the hundred within the barony, worth 60s. yearly; perquisites of the barony court within the castle, worth 60s. yearly; and profits of the fair (nundinarum) held... St Mary Magdalene, worth ?3s. 4d. yearly. Knepp, the manor, in which there is the site, worth nothing yearly; £4 assize rent at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle, Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; customary services and dues, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; [more than] 60 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; [more than] 40 a.... called ‘Sid...k’, worth... yearly;... each acre worth ?6d. yearly; [?at least] 160 a. wood and pasture called ?‘Hokeland’, each acre worth ?3d. yearly;... called ?‘Blakestode’, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a park, worth nothing yearly; a ?watermill, worth [at least] 20s. yearly;... meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and... worth 3s. 4d. yearly. Shoreham, the manor, in which there are [?£10] rents at the four feasts as above. Horsham, the manor, in which there is ?52s.... assize rent at... Midsummer...;...?20s. tolls of the ?market and fair (nundinarum) on the feast of the translation of St Thomas the Martyr; and perquisites of the court, worth... yearly. Bewbush, the manor, in which there is the site, worth nothing yearly...; and [?herbage of a pasture called ‘Garston’, worth 20s. yearly... Easter and Michaelmas equally]. Findon, the manor, in which there is the site, worth nothing yearly; £6 assize rent, at the four feasts as above; [?at least] 370 a. demesne land, each acre worth ?4d. yearly; 300 a. hill pasture, each acre worth ?1d. yearly; ?7 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. 6d. yearly; customary services and dues, worth 100s. yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; a windmill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; tolls of the market, worth 2s. yearly; perquisites... worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and the advowson of Findon church, as part of the manor. Washington, the manor, in which there is the site, worth 6d. yearly; £4 assize rent, at the four feasts as above; 5s. rent of lands in the lord’s hands, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 3s. 4d. rent of cottage(r)s, at the same terms; 160 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; customary services and dues, worth £8 yearly; demesne lands called ‘Wylymoteslond’, worth 10s. yearly; and perquisites of the halimote, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. Beeding, the manor, in which there is the site, worth 6d. yearly; £11 10s. assize rent, at the four feasts as above; 30s. rents from Cowfold, at the same terms; rents of hens and eggs, both in Upper or Lower Beeding and Cowfold, worth 2s. 4 1/2d. yearly at the same terms; rent of 5 quarters salt in Upper or Lower Beeding yearly, price per quarter 3s.; rent of 6 quarters oats yearly in Cowfold, each quarter worth 18d. yearly; customary services and dues in Upper or Lower Beeding and Cowfold, worth 10s. yearly; a windmill, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; 200 a. demesne land, each acre worth 8d. yearly;... a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 200 a. several pasture for sheep, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and perquisites of the halimote, worth ?10s. yearly. West Grinstead, the manor, in which there is... assize rent at the four feasts as above; ?80 a. demesne ?land, each acre worth ?4d. yearly; ?23 a. meadow, each acre worth... yearly; and... ?[customary dues]. The advowson of the church of West Grinstead is part of this manor. King’s Barn, the manor, in which there is the site, worth nothing yearly; £4 assize rent, at the four feasts as above; 260 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; ?16 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 24 a. marsh, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 298 a. pasture for sheep, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Broadwater, 8 fees which Thomas de Camoys, chevalier , lately held, £40. Sompting and Ewhurst, 4 1/2 fees which Thomas West, chevalier , lately held, £20 50s. ?Combeg, 4 fees which John Halsham lately held, £20. Lancing, 2 fees which Richard Redemelde lately held, £10. Michel Grove and Heene, a fee which John Mechelgrove and Thomas, earl of Arundel , lately held, 100s. Sheep Combe, 1/4 fee which Maud Joop lately held, 25s. Clapham, 2 fees which Thomas Seyntoweyn lately held, £10. Sullington, 2 fees which Thomas, lately earl of Arundel , held, £10. Wiston, 4 fees which John Brewes, knight , lately held, £20. West Grinstead, a fee which Thomas Moubray, knight , lately held, 100s.; and 2 parts of a parts of fee which John Clothale lately held, 66s. 8d. Morley and Woodmancote, 4 fees which William Percy, knight , lately held, £20. ?...ston, 4 fees which John Skelton and Joan his wife lately held, £20. Horton, 1 3/4 fees which John Mabank lately held, £8 15s. Washington and Findon, 1/10 fee which John Arundell lately held, 10s. Coltstaple and Langeford, 1/10 fee which Thomas, lately earl of Arundel , held, 10s. Bookham Hansard, a fee which William Heron, knight , lately held, 100s. Warnham, a fee which Walter Vrry and John Bartlot hold, 100s. Wappingthorn, Tottington and Ifield, 1 1/2 fees which John ?Lodes and Lord Poynings hold, £7 10s. Shipley (Sheple), 1/20 fee which John Preston holds, 5s. Annington, 2 parts of a fee which Stephen, prior of Sele , holds, 66s. 8d.; and 1⁄/ fee which John ?Rokart [possibly Robart] holds, ?32s. 3d. [sic]. Southwick,... parts of a fee which the prior of Reigate holds, 18s. Erringham, 1/5 fee which John Breuz, knight , holds, 20s. Hazelholt, 1/10 fee which John Colpeper holds, 10s. Lower or Upper Beeding (Bedyng), 1/5 fee which Alice, wife of ?Edward S... Johannis, knight, holds, 20s. Lower or Upper Beeding (Bedyng), 1/20 fee which Richard Bernard and Beatrice his wife hold, 5s.; 1/20 fee which Henry Palmere and William ?Epsle and Joan his wife and others hold, 5s.; and 1/20 fee which Robert Palmere and others hold, 5s. Ham, 1/10 fee which Lucy Michell and others hold, 10s.; and 1/20 fee which Robert ?Jourdan and others hold of the Swetman lands, 5s. Stamford, 1/20 fee which the prior of Sele , John ?Assh... and others hold, 5s. Slaugham 1/40 fee, but held by whom is unknown, 2s. 6d. Stamford, of the ‘Beechele’ lands, 1/40 fee which John B... holds, 2s. 6d. Findon, Wiston and Shipley, a fee which John Breux, knight , holds, 100s. Findon, of the ‘Fraunceys’ lands, 1/20 fee which Agnes atte ?Welle holds, 5s.; and 1/20 fee which Richard Fauconere holds, 5s. Washington, 1/20 fee which John Cambray holds, 5s. Wiston, 1/20 fee which John Breux, knight , holds, 5s. Shipley, 1/20 fee which the prior of the hospital of St John [of Jerusalem] holds, 5s. Findon, 1/10 fee, but by whom held is unknown, 10s. Horsham, 1/40 fee which Roger Terry holds, 2s. 6d. Isfield, 1/4 fee which Thomas, earl of Arundel , holds, 25s. Horsham, 1/20 fee which the prioress of Rusper holds, 5s. Weston (Weston apud Isfeld), 1/20 fee which John Be...wyk holds, 5s. In...[?ld], 1/20 fee which Thomas Blast and others hold, 5s. West Grinstead (Grenstede), 1/20 fee which John ?Need holds, 5s. B..., [1]/5 fee which Joan, lately wife of James de Byne , holds, 20s. Wyckham, 1/5 fee which Hugh Queche , Richard atte ?Somere and Simon ?Benfeld hold, 20s. Steyning, 1/20 and 1/1000 fee which Hugh Queche holds, 6s.; and 1/20 and 1/50 fee which the same Hugh and others hold, 7s. le Combe, 1/10 fee which Thomas, earl of Arundel , holds, 10s. Steyning, 1/20 fee which John ?Lychepenle holds of the lands in Frye, 5s. Horsham, 1/40 fee which Henry Frenssh holds, 2s. 6d. Wiston, of the ?‘Lyons’ lands, 1/20 and 1/100 fee which Henry Tutbury holds, 6s. Buddington, 1/10 fee which the abbess of Godstow holds, 10s. Steyning, 1/15 fee which Hugh Queche and John atte ?Beme hold, 6s. 8d. Shipley, 1/15 fee which William Epsle, junior , holds, 6s. 8d. Storrington at Thornwick, 1/10 fee lately John Bartilmowe’s, which Thomas, earl of Arundel , lately held, 10s. Sele, advowson of the priory. Rusper, advowson of the priory. St Leonards, advowson of the free chapel in the forest of St Leonards. Bramber, advowson of the hospital of St Mary Magdalene. By his letters patent dated at London on 13 March 1413, he granted to John ?Ledes, for his good service, the offices of constable of Bramber castle and of master forester of all his chases, parks and warrens in the county, for life, as is clear more fully in the letters patent. John Ledes survives. He held the manors of Bosham and Stoughton, with their members and adjacent parts, in his demesne as of fee tail by ‪ Edward II ’s grant by letters patent to Thomas de Brotherton as in 104. Title descended as in 93. Bosham: in the manor there is the site, worth 2s. yearly; £26 13s. 4d. assize rent, at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle, Candlemas, Lady Day, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 400 a. demesne land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 20s. rents of lands come into the lord’s hands through the deaths of the tenants; 2 watermills, worth 100s. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £24 13s. 4d. yearly; pasture of the old park, worth 10s. yearly; perquisites of the court, worth 40s. yearly; and a park, worth nothing yearly. The following are part of the manor. ..., a knight’s fee which the heirs of [ms blank] Jardyn now hold, worth 100s. when it falls. Funtington, the hamlet, in which there are £8 assize rent, at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle, Lady Day, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 30s. rents of lands in the lord’s hands through the deaths of the tenants, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 100 a. demesne land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 60 a. several pasture for sheep, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; and winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £6 yearly. West Stoke, the manor, £4 assize rent, at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 45s. rents of the lands of the new renting, at the same terms; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth ?9s. yearly; ?104 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 200 a. several pasture for sheep, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a warren, worth nothing yearly; and the advowson of the church of West Stoke, as part of the manor. Thorney, the manor, in which there is 20s. assize rent, at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle, Lady Day, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 130 a. demesne land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth ?12d. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth 16s. 8d. yearly; and the advowson of the church of West Thorney, the third time of presentation, as part of the manor. Stoughton, the manor, in which there is £6 assize rent, at the feast of St Thomas the Apostle, Lady Day, Hockday (‘hokeday’), Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 30s. rents of lands in the lord’s hands through their tenants’ deaths, at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; ?47 a. demesne land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a meadow called ?‘Iryngmede’, worth 18s. yearly; agistment of beasts in ‘Wil...wode’, worth 20[?s.]. yearly; winter, summer and autumn works, with hens and eggs, worth £4 yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 13s. 4d. yearly.
The condition of the ms leaves confusion over the extents for the manors of Shoreham and West Grinstead. The condition of the ms leaves confusion over the extents for the manors of West Grinstead and Shoreham.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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118 [Writ: see 117 .]
SURREY. Inquisition [indented]. Southwark . 10 February 1433. [Hexham].
Jurors: Peter Swyft ; John ?Lethenard; William Samon ; Thomas Russell ; James ... [ms torn and galled]; William Mayle ; Richard Knyght ; Richard Ode ; Richard Depeham ; Peter Saverey ; William Horne ; and John Byngley .
He held in his demesne as of fee 1/3 of 2/3 of 40s. from the customs duty of Guildford market, from the bailiffs of the vill at Michaelmas, of the king in chief by service of 1/30 knight’s fee, annual value 8s. 10 1/2d. By his letters patent dated at London on, 22 November 1431, he granted to John Alman , keeper of his wardrobe, who survives, the office of bailiff of his liberty in the borough and vill of Southwark and all lands, tenements, rents and services that he had in the borough and vill, with all dues and profits belonging to the office, for life, as is contained more fully in the letters patent.
Date of death and heir as in 92.
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119 Writ certiorari de feodis militum et advocationibus ecclesiarum [not extant].
SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Horsham. 28 April 1433. [Hexham].
Jurors: Stephen Payn ; Reynold Blast ; Roger Dunstall ; Thomas atte Lynde ; John Tricche ; John Skynnere ; John Purier ; John Blast ; John Barbour ; Hugh Foys ; John Pechard ; and William Batte .
It is not possible to value his knights’ fees beyond the extent otherwise made, namely the annual value of fees only on the death of tenants of whom the heir is a minor. The following advowsons are extended annually. West Grinstead church, part of his manor of West Grinstead, 100s. Findon church, part of his manor of Findon, £10. West Stoke church, part of his manor of West Stoke, 100s. West Thorney church, third time of presentation, part of his manor of Thorney, 100s. Sele priory, £10. Rusper priory, 66s. 8d. St Leonards, the free chapel in the forest of St Leonards, 26s. 8d. Bramber, the hospital of St Mary Magdalene, 13s. 4d.
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