Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 24, 1432-37 Mapping The Medieval Countryside, a collaboration between the Department of History, University of Winchester, and the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London. Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
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MARY WHO WAS WIFE OF THOMAS GRENE, KNIGHT
171 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1434. [Wymbyssh].
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Bunny. 20 May 1434. [Sutton].
Jurors: Lawrence Gadde ; Robert Soket ; William Helot ; John Clementson ; Roger Leycetur ; John Swypur ; William Fissher ; William Siluestr ; William Richemond ; Thomas Gardiner ; William Draper ; Richard Holgell ; William Scot ; William Somervyle ; William Estour ; and William Bevyle .
Mary Grene held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another in demesne or service or any other manner.
She died on 13 April last. Thomas Grene, knight , is her son and next heir, aged 34 years and more. [Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 15 June.
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172 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1434. [Wymbyssh].
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Stony Stratford. 24 May 1434. [Shyngelton].
Jurors: Nicholas Beek ; John Cok ; William Edy ; Thomas Mawdelyn ; Nicholas Bradwell ; Thomas Olyuer ; John Sharp ; John Dene, baker ; William Eyr ; Thomas Wodeward ; Thomas Hawkyn ; and Nicholas Cauersfeld .
She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee or service of the king in chief or another. She held the following of the inheritance of Thomas Grene, knight , son and heir of Thomas Grene, knight , lately her husband, by endowment by Thomas the father. Of whom the land and wood are held or by what service is unknown. ‘Haybarnfield’, 30 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Heywode, 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because recently felled and carried away.
Date of death and heir as in 171. Thomas Grene, knight , is also the son and next heir of Thomas Grene the father. [Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 15 June.
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173 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1434. [Wymbyssh].
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Doncaster. 7 May 1434. [Fitzwilliam].
Jurors: Roger Burges ; Thomas Bussell ; Robert Rayny ; John Turton ; Thomas West ; Edmund Janyn ; Richard Couwyk ; John Awger ; Thomas Toller ; William Felles ; Robert Garford ; and John Hudson .
She held no lands or tenements of the king or another in her demesne as of fee or in service. She held the following of the inheritance of Thomas Grene, knight , as in 172. West Ness, 12 bovates of land, lately those of John Newerk , Henry Rande , John Katerson , John Cravill , Richard Saundirson , John Dalton , Alice Sysson and John Watson, each bovate worth 6s. yearly, of whom held unknown; a cottage, worth 2s. yearly, and a pasture called Waterholmes enclosed by the river Rye on the north and the Holbeck on the south, with the wood and underwood growing in the pasture, worth £8 yearly, held of the heirs of Geoffrey Luttrell , service unknown. Muscoates, a messuage and 2 bovates of land, lately in the tenure of Roger Sullew , worth 5s., held of the heirs of James Bulford , service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 171. [Foot:] delivered by Roger Birn on 1 June 1434.
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174 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1434. [Wymbyssh].
LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Loughborough. 24 May 1434. [Porter].
Jurors: John Mallory ; Reynold Crumley ; John Hut ; John Nantyll ; Robert Barnewell ; Simon Blakfordby ; Robert Oseburn ; John Kendale ; John Bradgate ; John Hynton ; John Ellerton ; John Malynson ; William Mall ; and Thomas Ludlowe .
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another in her demesne as of fee or in service. She held of the inheritance of Thomas Grene, knight , as in 172, a messuage, worth 16d. yearly, and 4 bovates of land, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly, in Long Clawson, which Lawrence de Kegworth lately held and John Rolleys formerly held, held of the heirs of John Bosoun , service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 172. [Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 15 June.
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175 Writ. † 18 April 1434. [Wymbyssh].
HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Hitchin. 8 May 1434. [Stokdale].
Jurors: Thomas Beaufo ; Edward Auncell ; William Bardolf ; Thomas Boldro ; Henry Maihew ; Walter Wegon ; Geoffrey Fermour ; William Driell ; Lawrence Shepherd ; Thomas Killebeffe ; Robert Baron ; and William Tiler .
She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or another. She held 1/3 manor of Lilley in dower of the inheritance of Thomas Grene, knight , as in 172, of the king in chief, amount of service unknown. Lilley: in the 1/3 manor there are 2 1/2 a. land of the site, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth nothing this year; 24s. assize rent; a piece of pasture called ‘Burfordmylne’, worth nothing this year; 20 a. ?on ‘le Ouerhey’, each acre worth 2d. yearly; a toft with croft and 18 a. land which John Carpenter lately held, worth 3s. 4d.; a messuage lately in John Hwet ’s tenure, worth 12d.; a toft with croft and 36 a. land lately in Henry Bek ’s tenure, worth 3s.; a toft with croft and 30 a. land lately in Henry Maihew ’s tenure, worth 12d.; a messuage with 30 a. land which John Bek held, worth 3s. 4d.; a messuage formerly in Isabel Aleyn ’s tenure, worth 3s. 4d.; a toft with 30 a. land in Henry Maihew ’s tenure, worth 6s.; a messuage with 20 a. land in John Asshwode ’s tenure, worth 3s. 4d.; a messuage with 40 a. land, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and a messuage with 2 tofts and 60 a. land, worth 10s. yearly.
Date of death and heir as in 172. [Dorse:] memorandum: this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 14 May 1434.
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176 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1434. [Wymbyssh].
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Horncastle. 25 May 1434. [Meres].
Jurors: Simon Beseby of Maltby le Marsh; William Trauers of Woodthorpe; William Rowdesby and William Maydenwell , of Strubby; John Temper and John Nicoll , of Enderby; John Smyth , Robert Chamberleyn and William Bawdrek , of Beesby in the Marsh; William Lamson of Huttoft; John Scot and Thomas Fraunces , of Maltby le Marsh.
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne of service. She held the following in dower of the inheritance of Thomas Grene, knight , as in 172. Maltby le Marsh, 1/3 manor, with appurtenances in Maltby le Marsh, Markby, Bilsby, Ulceby and Wainfleet All Saints (Waynflete). In the 1/3 there is a there is chamber, grange, garden and 2 moats (fossata) called ‘Stewes’, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates of demesne land, each worth 5s. 2d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth nothing this year because not possible to fell for the next 4 years; and 40s. assize rent and farms, at the feast of St Botolph and Michaelmas equally. The 1/3 manor, with 2/3 manor, is held of Lord Welles of his manor of Withern by knight service, amount unknown. Beesby in the Marsh, 1/3 of 1/2 manor, in which there is a carucate of arable, worth 5s. 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 16d. yearly; and 60s. assize rent from tenements, at the same feasts. The 1/3 is held of Lord Welles , service unknown. Strubby, 8 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly, 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 16d. yearly, of whom or by what service unknown. Gayton le Marsh, 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, and 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 16d. yearly, of whom or by what service unknown. Mablethorpe, a carucate of land, worth nothing yearly because inundated by the flood-tide, and 15 a. meadow, worth nothing yearly for the same reason, of whom held unknown, and 100s. assize rent, as above, worth nothing yearly because the whole vill is submerged.
Date of death and heir as in 171. [Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 15 June.
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177 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1434. [Wymbyssh].
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Towcester. 22 May 1434. [Frebody].
Jurors: Thomas Chet of Foxley; William Precious ; William Wyken ; John Basyng and John Bacon , of Easton Neston; John Shepherd of Hulcote; John Smyth and Thomas Smyth , of Greens Norton’; William Hurre ; John Hegge ; John Hunte of Bradden; Thomas Benet of Heathencote; and Richard Crudde of Wappenham.
She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or another. She held the following in dower of the inheritance of Thomas Grene, knight , as in 172. Green’s Norton, 1/3 manor, with 1/3 hundred of Green’s Norton, of the king in chief, amount of service unknown. In 1/3 manor there are 2 high chambers, 2 low chambers, a parlour, chapel, barn, cook-house and garden, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates of land, each worth 20s. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each worth 20d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. wood and underwood, each worth 2s. yearly; and 100s. assize rent from tenants’ lands and tenements, at Easter and Michaelmas equally. Whittlewood forest, keeping of 1/3 forest, worth nothing yearly, held of the king in chief, service unknown. Mears Ashby, 1/3 manor called ‘Northhalfe’, held of the king in chief, service unknown., and 1/3 manor called ‘Southhalfe’, the other manor in the vill, held of Reynold, Lord Grey of Ruthin , of the honour of Huntingdon, service unknown. In the 1/3 parts there are 4 high chambers, 3 low chambers, 2 barns and a stable, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each worth 20d. yearly; 10 a. pasture, each worth 2d. yearly; and 10s. assize rent from tenants’ tenements, as above. Pitsford, 1/3 of 1/2 manor, in which there are 2 chambers, worth nothing yearly. The 1/3, with 2/3 manor, is held of the heirs of Richard Wildegraue, knight , service unknown. Easton Neston, 1/3 manor, entirely ruinous and worth nothing yearly. The 1/3, with 2/3 manor, is held of the king of his principality of Wales of the honour of Berkhamstead, service unknown. Heathencote, 1/3 manor, in which there is a chamber, worth nothing yearly, and 2 bovates of land, each worth 30s. yearly. The 1/3 is held of the heirs of John Seynt Jon, knight , of his manor of Paulerspury, service unknown. Bradden, 1/3 manor, in which all the buildings are entirely ruinous and worth nothing yearly, but there are 2 virgates of land, each worth 5s. yearly. The 1/3, with 2/3 manor, is held of the king , service unknown. Cottingham and Middleton, 2 cottages, worth nothing yearly, a carucate of land, worth 10s. yearly, and 6 a. meadow, each worth 12d. yearly, held of the abbot of Peterborough , service unknown. She held 1/3 manor of Boughton in her demesne as of fee tail, to herself and Thomas, lately her husband, and the heirs of their bodies, by enfeoffment of Robert Aleyn to them and their heirs. Boughton. In 1/3 manor there are 2 chambers, a stable, barn and garden, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each worth 20d. yearly; 6 a. pasture, each worth 2d. yearly; and 10s. assize rent from tenants’ tenements, as above. The 1/3 with 2/3 manor are held of the same Lord Grey of the honour of Huntingdon, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 172. [Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 15 June.
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