Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 24, 1432-37

JOHN HILL OF SPAXTON

355 Writ. ‡ 26 October 1434. [Wymbyssh].

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Newbury. 13 February 1435. [Quatermayns].

Jurors: John Goutere ; John Byle ; Henry Cokkys ; John Hykkes ; John Botiller ; Robert Roose ; Roger Gouter ; John Whyte ; Robert Hayte ; John Sawyer ; John Elger ; and John Stake .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service, but held the following in his demesne as of fee. Inkpen, the manor, annual value 6 marks, held of John Sutton, knight , of his honour of Dudley in socage.

He died on 21 October last. John Hill, his son and next heir, was aged 10 years on 6 September last.

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356 Writ. ‡ 26 October 1434. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator of Devon and Cornwall .

DEVON. Inquisition. Modbury. 28 January 1435. [Burton].

Jurors: Richard Fortescu ; William Moun ; Thomas Stone ; William Langham ; Henry Marygg ; Geoffrey Cook ; William atte Trewne ; Richard Huchyn ; Hugh Forde ; William Weryng ; John Adam ; and Richard Chope .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service but held the following in his demesne as of fee. Dittisham, the manor, annual value £16, with advowson of the church there, of no annual value, held of the earl of Devon of his castle of Okehampton by knight service. Trill, 4 messuages, 200 a. land, 40 a. wood, and 6 a. meadow, annual value 40s., held of John Crukern , son of John Crukern of Childhay, service unknown. Chapelhaies (Chapellegh) and Cadeleigh, 12 messuages, 300 a. land, 12 a. meadow, and 6 a. wood, annual value 100s., held of Alice Halewyll , heir of Richard Pyperell , service unknown. King’s Tamerton, 3 messuages, 80 a. land, and 8 a. meadow, annual value 20s., held of John Vautort in socage. Warne, 1/3 messuage and 1/3 carucate of land, annual value 6s., held of Nicholas Tremayn in socage. Gratton, 1/3 messuage and 1/3 carucate of land, annual value 3s. 4d., held of Richard Mylaton in socage. Cobham Week, 1/3 manor, annual value 40s., held of the earl of Devon , service unknown. Hemborough, a messuage and carucate of land, annual value 35s., held of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England in socage by rent of 5s. yearly for all service. Plymouth, 3 messuages, 9 tofts, and 6 a. land, annual value 20s., held of John Vautort in socage. Witheridge, a messuage and 20 a. land, annual value 6s. 8d., held of John Botreaux , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 355.

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357 [Writ: see 356 .]

CORNWALL. Inquisition. Saltash. 29 January 1435. [Burton].

Jurors: Peter Eggecombe ; Stephen Trenewith ; Richard Chyket ; John Kynbeare ; Thomas Buttokishide ; Roger Kyngdon ; Richard Geade ; John Harry ; John Polmorkyn ; Thomas Wasek ; Thomas Benet ; and Thomas Martyn .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service, but held the following in his demesne as of fee. Hilton, 1/3 manor, annual value 50s., held of the king of his duchy of Cornwall, of his castle of Launceston, as of fee of vigil-land (t’r’ vigilia’), called ‘Waytesfee’, in free socage by 3s. 4d. rent, payable at Michaelmas for all service. Halton, the manor, annual value 50 marks, with advowsons of the churches of St Dominick and Pillaton belonging to the same manor, of no annual value, held of John Cornewaille, knight , of his castle and manor of Trematon by knight service. John Cornewaille holds, among other things, the castle and manor of Trematon, with knights’ fees of each and every part of the same, at farm by demise of the king, as fully apparent in letters patent exemplified under the great seal, shown to the jurors [CPR 1422–29, p. 59]. Gooseford, a messuage and 20 a. land, of no annual value, held of John Baret , service unknown. Exwell, a messuage and 30 a. land, annual value 6s., held of William Botreaux, chevalier , service unknown. Penpont, Trewint, Halvana, Tresmaine, Polglaze, and ‘Fowymore’, 5 messuages and 100 a. land, annual value 30s.; and Penpont, a mill for corn, annual value 3s. 4d., held of Agnes, lately wife of John Bevyle , service unknown. Boconnion by Bodmin, 3 messuages and 60 a. land, annual value 13s. 4d., and a mill for corn, annual value 5s., held of Eleanor, lately wife of William Talbot, knight , in socage. Bodmin, 15 burgages, annual value 6s. 8d., held of the prior of Bodmin in socage. Boskear, a messuage and 20 a. land, annual value 6d., held of the same prior in socage. Carlyon, a messuage and 10 a. land, annual value 6s. 8d., held of John Cheyndut in socage. Trenant, a messuage and 20 a. land, annual value 6s. 8d., held of Thomas Chedder in socage. Cannalidgey, Borlase, Retallack, Trelow, Tredinnick, Trevysythek, Bodellick, Trevisker, and Trelidgeon, 1/3 knight’s fee and 10 a. land, annual value 20s., held of the bishop of Exeter , service unknown. Tredis and Trewin, 2 parts of 1/2 knight’s fee, of no annual value, held of the earl of Devon , service unknown. Deviock, the manor, of no annual value, held of the bishop of Exeter , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 355. [Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 19 February.

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358 Writ. ‡ 26 October 1434. [Wymbyssh].

SOMERSET. Inquisition [indented]. Ilchester. 22 January 1435. [Bythemore].

Jurors: John Mauncell ; William Magot ; William Jurdan ; William Lombard ; Ralph Manston ; Stephen Houper ; Richard Smyth ; John Irlond ; John Wolrygge ; John Pupelpen ; Adam Burn ; and Richard Slade .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service but was lately seised of the following in his demesne as of fee. Spaxton, the manor and advowson, held of James Tuchet, Lord Audley , of his manor of Nether Stowey, service unknown; and Durland, the manor, held of James Tuchet, Lord Audley , of his manor of Nether Stowey, service unknown. Annual value of the manors of Spaxton and Durland, 24 marks. Postridge, the manor, annual value 8 marks, held of Avice, lately wife of Baldwin Malet, knight , service unknown. Aley, the manor, held of Robert, Lord Poynings , service unknown. Aisholt, the manor, held of Robert, Lord Poynings , service unknown. Fursyate, lands and tenements, held of Robert, Lord Poynings , service unknown. Annual value of the two manors and the lands and tenements, £10. Edington, the manor, annual value £16, held of Hugh Malet of his manor of Sutton Mallet, service unknown. He granted the manors and advowson, with all lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services in the manors and in Fursyate, to Edward Cullyford , John Southwode, rector of Spaxton , John Passeware , and William Bochell , and to their heirs and assigns. They were thus seised in their demesne as of fee. The grant was made by indented charter dated on 10 January 1430, in which he was described as John Hill of Spaxton, son and heir of Robert Hill and Isabel his wife. The charter was shown to the jurors. The grant was made on condition that Edward, John, John, and William re-enfeoff John Hill and Cecily his wife, still living, with the manors and advowson, to have to them and the heirs and assigns of John. Edward, John, John, and William therefore granted the manors and advowson, with all lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services in the manors and in Fursyate, to John Hill and Cecily his wife, and to the heirs and assigns of John, to hold of the chief lords of those fees by due service. The grant was made by indented charter dated on 24 January 1430, shown to the jurors. John was thus seised of the manors and advowson in his demesne as of fee, and Cecily was seised in her demesne as of free tenement. John died seised of this estate. He held the following in his demesne as of fee. Littleton, the manor, annual value 12 marks, held of James Tuchet, Lord Audley , of his manor of Nether Stowey, service unknown. Harnham, the manor, annual value 10 marks, held of Eleanor Hulle of her manor of Oake, service unknown. Yard, the manor, annual value 8 marks, held of Thomas Stowell, knight , of his manor of Cothelstone, service unknown. Perry Fichet, the manor, held – with the exception of 8 a. land in a close called ‘Stacyescroft’ – of Avice, lately wife of Baldwin Malet, knight , of her manor of Enmore, service unknown. Annual value of the manor, exception excepted, 10 marks. The 8 a. land, annual value 2s., parcel of the manor, are held of Edward Cullyford of his manor of Sampford, service unknown. Shurton, the manor, held of James, son and heir of John Luterell, knight , of the castle of Dunster , by knight service. James is a minor in the king’s wardship. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a garden containing 2 a. land, its pasture worth 2s. yearly; 40 a. arable, worth 20s. yearly, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, worth 8s. yearly, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, worth 10s. yearly, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a wood, its pasture worth 12d. yearly; 5 tenements, each consisting of a messuage and 10 a. land, worth 40s. yearly, each tenement worth 8s. yearly, payable by customary tenants at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; and perquisites of court, worth 20d. yearly. Fiddington, 4 a. land, worth 2s. yearly, each acre worth 6d. yearly, with advowson of the church there, worth nothing yearly, held of Robert Greyndour in socage. Bridgwater, 15 1/3 burgages in the borough, worth 18s. yearly, held of Richard, duke of York , and Lord Zouche, in free burgage. Cannington, a messuage, 4 a. land, and 6 a. meadow; and Cannington, 8 a. meadow, held of Robert, Lord Poynings , of his manor of Rodway in socage by 1/2d. rent for all service. Annual value 16s. Wembdon, 30 a. arable, worth 13s. 4d. yearly, held of William Powlet in socage. Salty, 2 1/2 a. arable, worth 12d. yearly, held of Leonard Tylly of his manor of Salty, service unknown. He held the following in right of Cecily his wife, still living. Raddington, the manor, annual value 100s., held of Joan Huwysshe of her manor of Huish Barton in socage. Radstock, the manor, annual value 20 marks, held of Richard, earl of Warwick , of his honour of Gloucester. Wheathill, the manor, annual value £10, held of John Howlond, earl of Huntingdon , of his manor of Blagdon in socage. East Lydford, the manor, annual value 4 marks, held of John Typtoft, chevalier , of his manor of Curry Mallet in socage. Wellesley, the manor, annual value 40s., held of John, bishop of Bath , of his manor of Wells by knight service. Woodford, the manor, annual value 5 marks, held of John, bishop of Bath , of his manor of Wells by knight service. Blakeryth, Mells, Lovington, Foddington, Wells, Dulcote, Hakedene, and Long Sutton, 8 messuages, 40 a. land, 20 a. meadow, and 200 a. pasture. The lands and tenements in Blakeryth and Mells, annual value 26s. 8d., are held of Richard, earl of Warwick , of his honour of Gloucester, service unknown; in Lovington and Foddington, annual value 5s., held of John Howlond, earl of Huntingdon , of his manor of West Lydford in socage; in Wells and Dulcote, annual value 4s., held of John, bishop of Bath , of his borough of Wells in socage; in Hakedene, annual value 4s., held of the abbot of Glastonbury in socage; and the lands and tenements in Long Sutton, annual value 3s. 4d., are held of the abbot of Athelney in socage. East Parrett, serjeanty and office of the bailiff, and office of county crier, annual value 6s. 8d., held of the king in socage. Wells Foreign, office of the bailiff, of no annual value, held of John, bishop of Bath , in socage. Raddington, Radstock, Wheathill, East Lydford, and Foddington, advowson of the churches there.

Date of death and heir as 355.

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