WARWICKSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Birmingham.
23 February 1434.
[
Porter].
‘Tuesday on the vigil of St Matthew
(Mathei) the Apostle’: date translated as for St Mathias
(Mathie).
Jurors:
Henry
Porter
of Solihull;
John
Bradewall
;
Thomas
Hawe
;
John
Mersch
of Birmingham;
John
Wareng
of Solihull;
John
Charleton
of Castle Bromwich or Little Bromwich;
William
Lench
of Duddeston;
William
Squyer
;
Richard
Orme
;
William
Phelipe
;
William
Smyth
of Solihull; and
John
Belle
of Birmingham.
He held the following in his demesne as of fee.
Erdington, the manor, of
Joan
Beauchamp, Lady Abergavenny
, and
Maurice
de
Berkeley, knight
, of the castle of Weoley, service unknown. In the manor there are the site, worth nothing yearly; 4 tofts, each worth 6d. yearly; 1/2 mill, worth
20s. yearly; 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 100 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; and £5 assize rent, at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally.
Hunscote, a messuage and a virgate of land, worth 13s. 4d. yearly, and Withybrook, a messuage and a virgate of land, worth 13s. 4d. yearly, of
Humphrey
de
Stafford
of Hooke, service unknown.
Date of death and heir, here styled esquire, as in [181](#CIPM-DOC-24-181).