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ROBERT BABTHORP, KNIGHT
573 Writ [not extant]. 12 October 1436. [CFR 1430–37, p. 297.]
HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Ware. 30 October 1436. [Santon].
Jurors: John Stetill ; Richard Rabet ; Roger Shepeney ; William Stubbe , ‘smyth’ ; S... [ms torn] Baker ; John Norwode ; John Lorde, junior ; Thomas Meryell ; Thomas Plum ; John Broke ; John Colt ; and William Martyn .
He held the following manor and advowson for life, as follows. Richard Holt, clerk , brother and heir of Hugh Holt, esquire , of Northamptonshire, was lately seised of the manor and advowson in demesne as of fee, which, by a charter of his dated on 11 December 1420 he gave to Robert Babthorp, knight , for life, successive remainders to Ralph Babthorp and Katherine his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and the right heirs of Robert Babthorp, knight . The king’s licence was not initially obtained, but Robert Babthorp subsequently obtained a pardon from ‪ Henry VI by letters patent dated on 20 July 1423 for his part in entering without this licence, which letters patent also conceded that Robert could hold the manor and advowson for life from the king and his heirs by due services, remainder wholly to Ralph and Katherine as above, to hold likewise [CPR 1422–29, p. 65]. Sacombe, the manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There is a hall, five high and low chambers, a cook-house, a stable, two barns, a cattle-shed, a vaccary, a dovecot, a house for making tiles, a tile-kiln (‘Tilkylne’) and a garden, worth nothing yearly; 700 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; 18s. rent and 4d. annual rent from tenants, payable at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally. The advowson of the church is worth nothing because filled, having been presented by Robert Babthorp, knight , but when vacant it is valued at 6s. He held the following for life, remainder to Ralph and Katherine as above. Epcombs, 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 10 a. wood, worth nothing yearly, not held of the king but of other lords. Standon, 80 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly, and 2 a. wood, worth nothing yearly, held as above.
He died on 22 August last. Ralph Babthorp , his son and next heir of his body, is aged 38 years and more.
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