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

EDMUND FERRERS OF CHARTLEY, KNIGHT

480 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. [Bate].

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 14 January 1436. [Wylughby].

Jurors: Richard Holwell ; William Wareyn ; John Cotesbrok ; John Jones ; Henry Spencer ; William Colyn ; Richard Raulyn ; John Kyng ; Henry Symond ; William Gamage ; Richard Terry ; and Stephen Bone . E 149/157/2 m.3 . provides a longer list of jurors, as follows: Richard Holwell ; William Wareyn ; John Cotesbrok ; John Jones ; Henry Spencer ; William Colyn ; Richard Raulyn ; John Kyng ; Henry Symond ; John Smyth ; William Gamage ; Robert Barton ; John Robyns ; John Pesevall ; Thomas Herryes ; Richard Terrys ; and Stephen Bone .

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Bugbrooke, the manor, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster as 1/20 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 40 messuages and 20 cottages, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; a watermill, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; £21 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; a court baron, held every 3 weeks; and a court of view of frankpledge, held twice a year, once after Easter and once after Michaelmas.

He died on 17 December last. William Ferrers, esquire , his son and next heir, is aged 23 years and more.

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481 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. [Bate]. Addressed to the escheator of Berkshire and Oxfordshire .

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Reading. 20 January 1436. [Hyde].

Jurors: Richard Myryvale ; Richard Cressell ; Thomas Cressell ; Richard Waleys ; John Ludlowe ; Matthew Tayllour ; John Fykeys ; William Keche ; John Hedach ; John Elys ; Thomas Brasyer ; and Thomas Kent .

He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Hampstead Norris, the manor, with appurtenances in Hampstead Norris and Aldworth, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 300 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; a dovecot, worth 18d. yearly; 30 messuages and 8 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 500 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; £10, 1 lb cumin and 1 1/2 lb pepper assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; and a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fees and expenses of the steward and bailiff. He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Crookham, a meadow, containing 12 a., each acre worth 6d. yearly, held of Richard, earl of Salisbury , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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482 [Writ: see 481 .]

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Thame. 22 January 1436. [Hyde].

Jurors: John Goldsmyth ; Walter Thomas ; Thomas Stevens ; William Henton ; John Est ; Thomas Est ; John Jaket ; Nicholas Chapman ; Thomas Okeley ; John Orchard ; William Walsthef ; and John Skynner .

He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Chinnor, the manor, held of the king as 1/100 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 22 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 3 cottages, worth nothing yearly; an orchard, worth 12d. yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 1 1/2d. yearly; 9 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 200 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; £10 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; assize rent of 4 capons, payable at Easter and Midsummer equally; rent of 1lb pepper, payable at Easter; and a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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483 Writ. † 29 December 1435. [Bate]. Addressed to Henry Frowyk, mayor .

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 31 January 1436. [Frowyk].

Jurors: Thomas Otehill ; John Coly ; John Kyrton ; Thomas Brekenham ; John Clerk ; John Fysshwyk ; John Brumpton ; William Clerk ; Thomas Harneys ; Robert Kyng ; Thomas Chapman ; and Richard Curteys .

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Shoelane and Fartirlane in the ward of Farringdon Without, in the suburbs of London, 5 cottages, worth nothing yearly, and 19 gardens, held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held. 5 of the 19 gardens, in Fartirlane, are each worth 4s. yearly, and the remaining 14 gardens are each worth 3s. 4d. yearly.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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484 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. [Bate].

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition. Derby. 28 January 1436. [Curson].

Jurors: Robert de le West , Robert Shyrewod , and Henry Fucche , of Markeaton; Henry Cooke of Normanton; Gilbert Kays of Spondon; Robert Bradshagh ; Thomas Shardlawe of Boulton; John Bate of Allestree; Thomas Jankynson of Thulston ; Robert Knyght and Nicholas Ireland of Breadsall; William Blawhorne of Osmaston; Henry Peek of Chaddesden; and Roger Fyssher of Weston.

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Breadsall, the manor called ‘Nethirhall’, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster as 1/20 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 16 messuages and 8 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 30 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, worth nothing yearly because it lies in common; 4 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; a several fishery in the Derwent, worth 8d. yearly; £8 assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; rent of 1lb pepper and 1lb cumin, payable at Michaelmas; and court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fees and expenses of the steward and bailiff.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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485 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. [Bate].

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Milborne Port. 24 January 1436. [Husee].

Jurors: William Brayn ; John Westwod ; David Draper ; William Smyth ; John Farchet, senior ; Robert Dirdaunt ; Richard Mychell ; Nicholas atte Mille ; William Geffrays ; Thomas Lovell ; John Farchet, junior ; and William Gunt .

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Charlton Musgrove, the manor, held of the duchess of Clarence as of her manor of Queen Camel, service unknown. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 20 messuages and 9 cottages, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a watermill, worth 30s. yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 200 a. pasture lying in common, worth nothing yearly; a park containing 30 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 200 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; £26 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; rent of 1lb pepper, payable at Michaelmas; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing beyond the fees and expenses of the steward and bailiff; and a court of view of frankpledge, held after Easter and Michaelmas, worth nothing yearly beyond the fees and expenses of the steward and bailiff. Norton Ferrers, the manor, held of the king as 1/5 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 20 messuages and 10 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 100 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; £13 assize rent, payable at Midsummer and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; the office of woodward in Selwood forest, kept by one of Edmund’s servants, worth nothing yearly; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff; a court of view of frankpledge, held after Easter and Michaelmas, worth nothing beyond the same fees and expenses; and a hundred called ‘Norton Hundrith’ [Norton Ferris], held every three weeks, with 3 great tourns yearly, after Easter, Michaelmas and the Epiphany, worth 11s. yearly.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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486 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. [Bate].

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Stafford. 25 January 1436. [Hexstall].

Jurors: Nicholas Norman ; Thomas Hampton ; William Wakefeld of Salt; William Grenley of Grindley; Thomas Clerk of Bold; William at Yate of Blithbury; Edmund Barkar and Thomas Orgrave of King’s Bromley (Bromley); Richard Hygges of Weston-upon-Trent; John Baxster of Amerton; William Baxster of Hixon; and William Porter of King’s Bromley (Bromley).

He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Chartley, the manor, held of the king as of his honour of Chester as 1/4 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 30 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a watermill, worth 8s. 8d. yearly; a park called ‘Michilparke’, its herbage worth £3 yearly beyond the sustenance of the beasts; 6 ponds in the same park, worth nothing this year because fished last year and nothing remains beyond the permanent stock; a park called ‘Litilparke’, its herbage worth 20s. beyond the sustenance of the beasts; 100 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; £22 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff; and a court of view of frankpledge, held twice a year, once after Easter and once after Michaelmas, worth 10s. yearly. He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Hardwick now Pipehill, the manor, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster by fealty and by service of 2d. at the feast of St Andrew the Apostle. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 4 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. land, each acre worth 1 1/2d. yearly; and £4 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and at the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Rugeley, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 9d. yearly, held of the bishop of Chester , service unknown. He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Morton, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, 40 a. land, each acre worth 1d. yearly, 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly, and 3 a. pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly, held as above of the bishop of Chester , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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487 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. [Bate].

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Gloucester. 21 January 1436. [Brounyng].

Jurors: John de Aune ; Richard Kemell ; William Dansey ; Thomas Hoke ; Richard Colwall ; Stephen Myle ; William Dobyn ; John Wyntyr ; John Boure ; Robert Solans ; John Felpes ; and Nicholas Kynyet .

He held the following in demesne as of fee. English Bicknor, the manor, with the advowson of the church belonging to it, held, with the manor of Taynton, of the king as 1/30 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 20 messuages, worth nothing yearly; a watermill, worth 10s. yearly; 40 a. land, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, worth nothing yearly because it lies in common; a weir, its fishing worth 3s. 4d. yearly; £20 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and at the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; the office of woodward in the forest of Dean, kept by one of Edmund’s servants, worth nothing yearly; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing beyond the fees and expenses of the steward and bailiff; and a court of view of frankpledge, held after Easter and Michaelmas, worth nothing yearly beyond the same fees and expenses. Taynton, the manor, held as above of the king as 1/30 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 20 messuages and 10 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; £10 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, and a court of view of frankpledge, held after Easter and after Michaelmas, which courts worth nothing yearly beyond the same fees and expenses. Boddington, 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly, a watermill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, 1/2 virgate of land, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, and 8 a. land, each acre worth 1d. yearly, held of Lord le Despenser , service unknown. Little Compton, 4 marks assize rent, held of the bishop of Worcester , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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488 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. [Bate].

HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition. St Neots. 24 January 1436. [Stuycle].

Jurors: Thomas Warner ; William Boteler ; Thomas Crowe ; John Stevens, senior ; Richard Wryght ; John Stevens, junior ; Robert Gyles ; Thomas Joynour ; Richard Sexten ; John Smyth of Great Staughton; John Hochon ; and John Taillour of Hamerton.

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Keyston, the manor, held of the king in chief as a knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 32 messuages and 24 cottages, worth nothing yearly; a windmill, worth 10s. yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 305 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 14 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; £6 assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; £4 rent called ‘le mycheyelderent’, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; rent of 2lb pepper, payable at Michaelmas; a court of view of frankpledge, held twice a year, once after Michaelmas and once after Easter, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Southoe, 2/3 manor called ‘Ferrers Maner’ [also known as Southoe Winchester], held of the king in chief as 2/3 knight’s fee. In this 2/3 manor is a site, worth nothing yearly; 7 messuages and 10 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 200 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; a several fishery, worth 12d. yearly; 100s. assize rent, payable at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, and a court of view of frankpledge, held twice a year, once after Michaelmas and once after Easter, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Little Paxton, the manor, held of the king as of his honour of Huntingdon as 1/20 knight’s fee. There are 8 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 80 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and a court of view of frankpledge, held twice a year, and a year, and court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing beyond the fees and expenses of the steward and bailiff. Great Paxton, a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and a tenement called ‘Mawgryth’, held of the king as 1/600 knight’s fee. He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Eynesbury, 2/3 manor, together with the advowson of the church, which belongs to this 2/3 manor, held of the king in chief as 1/100 knight’s fee. In this 2/3 manor is a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 8 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 4 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a court of view of frankpledge, held twice yearly, worth nothing beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff; assize rent of 3d., 1lb pepper, a pair of gilt spurs, pair of white gloves and pair of silver spurs, payable at Michaelmas only.

Date of death and heir as 480.

E 149/157/2 m.1 reads differently. Edmund is described as ‘chevalier’ and the inquisition runs as follows: ‘he held the following in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief: the manor and advowson of Keyston, held as a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks; 2/3 manor in Southoe (Southogh Wynchestr) [not called ‘Ferrers Maner’] held as knight’s fee, annual value, £4; the manor of Little Paxton, held as of the honour of Huntingdon as 1/20 knight’s fee, annual value 4 marks; 2⁄3 manor of Eynesbury and the whole advowson, held by knight service, annual value of 2⁄3 manor, 15s. He died on 17 December last. William Ferrers , his son and next heir, is aged 24 years and more’.

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489 Writ. ‡ 29 December 1435. Bate].

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Warwick. 18 January 1436. [Bateman]. The Chancery ms records the date as the Wednesday after the feast of Hilary 14 ‪ Henry VI (18 January 1436, as noted here). The Exchequer ms records it as the Wednesday after the feast of Hilary 13 ‪ Henry VI (19 January 1435), but Thomas Bateman was not escheator of Warwick at this time.

Jurors: Thomas Porter, esquire ; Richard Cull ; William Gerveys ; Henry Porter ; Thomas Mason ; John Dolfyn ; John Upton ; John Mayell, senior ; William at Lowe ; Thomas Esthop ; William Shoteswell ; and Henry Shukburgh .

He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Bordesley, 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly, held of the heir(s) of John Boturt, chevalier , service unknown. He held the following from the inheritance of Ellen his wife, who is still living, as of her right. Castle Bromwich, the manor, held of the heir(s) of John Boturt, chevalier , service unknown. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 12 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 30 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; £10 assize rent, payable at Lady Day, Midsummer, Michaelmas and the feast of St Andrew the Apostle equally. Whitacre, a moiety of the manor, the whole manor being held from the heir(s) of Baldwin Frewyll , service unknown. There is a moiety of a site, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Perry Croft, a moiety of the pasture of this name, the whole pasture being held from the heir(s) of Baldwin Frewyll , service unknown. This moiety comprises 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly. Birmingham, a moiety of the manor. In the manor, there is a site, worth nothing yearly; 10 messuages, each worth 4s. yearly; 4 cottages, each worth 3s. yearly; 60 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; a close called ‘Grenemede’, containing 8 a. land, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a close called ‘Michelhay’, containing 10 a. land, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a close called ‘Homparke’, containing 13 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 30 a. meadow, each acre worth 11d. yearly; £26 8d. assize rent, payable at Candlemas and Midsummer equally; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth 4s. yearly; a court of view of frankpledge, held twice a year, after Easter and after Michaelmas, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; advowson of the church of Birmingham and advowson of the priory of St John of Birmingham; a market, held every Thursday, worth 40s. yearly; 2 fairs, held at the Ascension and Michaelmas, worth 20s. yearly; 2 watermills, worth £3 yearly; a close called ‘Dudwall’, containing 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 300 a. heath, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; a messuage called ‘le Drapery’, worth 4s. yearly; a messuage called ‘le Bochery’, worth 4s. yearly; and a messuage called ‘le Mercery’, worth 4s. yearly. Also in Birmingham, a moiety of the following: 30 messuages, each worth 5s. yearly; 10 cottages, each worth 3s. yearly; a pasture called ‘Rotenparke’, containing 13 a. land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Yoldbiygfeld’, containing 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Sholdewollyng’, containing 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Colbrondfeld’, containing 8 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Hyncleyfeld’, containing 4 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Hungurhill’, containing 11 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Shawfeld’, containing8 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Styfeld’, containing 8 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a close called ‘Whetefeld’, containing 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and a close called ‘Netherfeld’, containing 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. At the time of his death, he held these moieties of the manor of Birmingham and of the messuages, cottages, lands, closes and pastures in Birmingham in common and jointly with George Longvile, esquire , who holds the other moieties of the manor and of the messuages, cottages, lands, closes and pastures by curtesy, from the inheritance of Elizabeth, lately his wife, in common and jointly with Edmund and Ellen his wife, who is Elizabeth’s sister. George held these other moieties because he had a son by Elizabeth, Richard Longvile , who is still living. The whole manor and the other messuages, cottages, land, closes and pastures in Birmingham are held of the king as 1/100 knight’s fee.

Date of death and heir as 480.

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