LINCOLNSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Lincoln, the castle.
11 March 1437. [
Langholm].
Jurors:
Thomas
Seyvyll
of Sempringham;
John
Trygge
of Hanthorpe;
John
Gerner
and
Richard
Ryche
of Morton;
Robert
Cosyn
of Stainfield;
Robert
Fraunches
of Haconby;
John
Bocher
of Morton;
Richard
Sely
of Ringstone;
Thomas
Stokes
of Folkingham;
William
Pynchebek
of Osbournby;
Thomas
Walcote
of Walcot;
William
Chapman
of Folkingham;
John
Tilleson
of Heydour; and
Henry
Scherman
.
She did not hold any lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or of any other. But
John
Bate
, brother of Elizabeth, was seised in demesne as of fee of the following lands, etc., which, by licence of
Richard
II
in letters patent dated at Westminster on 12 November 1385 [CPR 1385–89, p. 54], relating to the tenements held of the king
in chief, and by John’s charter dated at Haconby on 12 September 1396, relating to the lands held in chief and the other lands, he gave to
John
de
Thorneton
and
John
Moy, chaplain
, and their heirs and assigns to hold of the king in chief and his heirs, and the chief lords of the fees, respectively, by due services.
Having full and peaceful seisin,
John
de
Thorneton
and
John
Moy
, by an indented deed of theirs dated at Haconby on 21 September 1396, as regards the same licence, granted the lands held in chief to
John
Bate
and Agnes his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the king in chief and his heirs by due services, remainder wholly to the said Elizabeth, daughter of
Robert
Bate
, and the heirs of her body to hold as above. By the same deed they also granted all the other lands not held of the king
in chief to John and Agnes, and John’s heirs and assigns, to hold by due services. All this fully appears in the letters patent, charter and indented deed, shown to the jurors. Because
John
Bate
and Agnes died without an heir of their bodies and because of the said grant, the lands in Haconby
held of the king
in chief now belong to Margaret, wife of
William
Theker
, as daughter and heir of Elizabeth. Similarly, all the other lands not held of the king
in chief belong to the same Margaret, as daughter and heir of Elizabeth, sister and heir of
John
Bate
.
Haconby, a messuage, 22 a. land and 3 a. meadow, true annual value 6s. 8d. and no more because of the waste and destruction done by
William
Gregory
, lately husband of Agnes, after the death of
John
Bate
her former husband, held of the king
in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee; and 23 a. land and 5 a. meadow, annual value 6s. 8d., and no more because of flooding there from year to year, held of
Thomas
Repinghale
as of his manor of Haconby for 3d. rent yearly.
Morton by Bourne, a messuage and 22 a. land and meadow, which, except for an acre of land, held of
Robert
Arnold
for 12s. 6d. rent yearly, and worth nothing beyond this rent and other reprises because of the waste that
William
Gregory
similarly made there. The other acre of land, annual value 2d., held of the
abbot of Vaudey
for 1 1/2d. rent yearly.
She died on 12 January last. Margaret, wife of
William
Theker
, is her daughter and next heir, aged 26 years and more.