BERKSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Wantage.
26 May 1434. [
Drayton
].
Jurors:
John
Covyntre
;
John
Mortymer
;
Richard
Tanner
;
John
Basmore
;
Thomas
?Chareo [ms unclear]
;
William
Crowche
;
William
Folyet
;
Robert
Wethewell
;
Roger
Burymyll
;
William
Fesaunt
;
Thomas
Bokelond
; and
Nicholas
Wylmot
.
Margaret who was the wife of
Gilbert
Talbot, knight
, held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or another.
Edward
III
was formerly seised in his demesne as of fee of the manors of Wadley and Wicklesham formerly called the manor of ‘Worde’. By his letters patent dated on 16 April 1376 [CPR 1374–77, p. 259], he granted the manors with the knights’ fees, church advowsons, fairs, markets, parks, warrens, liberties, rights, services of tenants, free and neif, and all other appurtenances belonging to the manors, to
Gilbert
Talbot, knight
, described as
Gilbert
Talbot
of Richard’s Castle, esquire, and the male heirs of his body, reversion to the king and his heirs, to hold of the king and his heirs by the due and customary services, as
Richard
de
Pembrugg, chevalier
, who died without heirs of his body, had previously held by grant of
Edward
III
to him and his heirs. Gilbert, thus seised, married Margaret and they had issue Richard. Gilbert died without further male issue by her and the manors descended to Richard as his son and heir. The manors were seized into the king’s hand after Gilbert’s death; Richard prosecuted delivery of 2/3 manors from the king’s hand, had delivery and was seised in his demesne as of fee tail; and Margaret held 1/3 manors in dower and was seised. Richard died without male heir of his body, seised of 2/3 manors.
Henry V, by letters patent shown to the jurors [CPR 1413–16, p. 128], granted 2/3 manors, described as all lands and tenements as the parts of the manors of which Richard, son of Gilbert, died seised, with the rights described as above, to
Thomas
Erpyngham
for life, from the death of Richard, son of Gilbert. He further granted that the reversion of lands and tenements held by Margaret in dower remain to Thomas for his life, to hold of the king and his heirs with the other 2/3 by the due and customary services, in the same manner as
Richard
Pembrugg
and Gilbert had held by grant of his grandfather.
Henry V granted the remainder of both the 2/3 and 1/3 manors to his beloved and faithful knight
John
Philipp
and Maud his wife and the heirs of John’s body, to hold of the king and his heirs by the services by which
Richard
Pembrugg
and Gilbert held [CPR 1413–16, p. 132]. John and Maud died, John without heir of his body, and
Henry V, by his letters patent of 8 December 1415 [CPR 1413–16, p. 385], granted this remainder to his beloved and faithful knight
William
Porter
and the male heirs of his body, for his many good and agreeable services, to hold as above.
Thomas
Erpyngham
died seised of the estate in the 2/3 manors, which were seized into the king’s hand and William then had delivery out of the king’s hand.
Margaret thus held 1/3 manors of Wadley and Wicklesham in dower after the death of Gilbert her husband by his endowment and died seised of this estate, annual value 20 marks. The remainder to these belongs to
William
Porter, knight
. The manors are held of the king
in chief by fealty for all service.
She died on 25 March last.
John
Clyfton, knight
, is her son and next heir, aged 30 years and more.
Styled as knight in the inquisition only and not the writ.