BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Whaddon.
30 October 1436. [
Rokes].
Jurors:
Robert
Brynkelowe
;
John
Graunt
of Woolstone;
Thomas
Newman
;
Robert
Lamburne
;
John
Haukyn
;
Thomas
Hert
;
John
Rewes
;
Richard
Fraunceys
;
John
Hendys
;
William
Wymond
;
William
Harreys
;
Alan
Dalowe
.
She held the following in dower by endowment of
Thomas
de
Aylesbury, knight
, formerly her husband, reversion to Thomas’ heirs.
Milton
Keynes
, 1/3 manor, held of the king
in chief as 1/3 knight’s fee. There are 67 a. land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 13 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; 67 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 7 virgates of land, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and 7 messuages, 3 cottages and 1/3 manorial site, worth nothing yearly.
Isabel, wife of
Thomas
Chaworth, knight
, and Eleanor, wife of
Humphrey
Stafford of Grafton Manor, knight
, daughters and next heirs of
Thomas
de
Aylesbury
, are both aged 30 years and more.
Roger
de
Somery, knight
, was formerly seised of the manor and mills of Newport Pagnell in demesne as of fee and, thus seised, he granted to
Walter
de
Aylesbury
and his heirs an annual rent of 10 marks from the mills and manor, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally. This was done by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, which described it as a yearly rent of 10 marks of silver from the farms of his mills of Newport Pagnell or from other issues of the same manor if the farm of the mills does not come to 10 marks, payable by the reeve of the manor, 5 marks at Lady Day and 5 marks at Michaelmas. By virtue of this, Walter was seised of this rent in demesne as of fee and he died thus seised.
After his death, the rent descended successively to
Philip
de
Aylesbury
, as his son and heir,
Thomas
de
Aylesbury
, as son and heir of Philip, and
John
de
Aylesbury
, as son and heir of Thomas. They all likewise died seised in demesne as of fee. After the death of John,
Thomas
de
Aylesbury
, son and heir of John, was likewise seised in demesne as of fee and, thus seised, by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, he granted, by the name
Thomas
Aylesbury, knight
, this rent, among other things, to
Thomas
Chaworth, knight
,
Edmund
Hampneden, esquire
,
John
Longevyll, esquire
,
Peter
Hynewyke, clerk
,
John
Megre, clerk
,
Robert
Wandesforth, chaplain
,
William
Kelby
and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this,
Hugh
Burnell
, then tenant of the said mills and manor, attorned to them for payment of this rent.
Afterwards, by an indented charter of theirs, shown to the jurors, they demised the rent, among other things, to Katherine, by the name of Katherine who was lately the wife of
Thomas
Aylesbury, knight
, deceased, for life, reversion to them and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this demise,
Joan, Lady Abergavenny
, then tenant of the mills and manor, attorned to Katherine for payment of the rent. Katherine was seised in demesne as of free tenement and, after the deaths of Edmund, Peter,
John
Megre
and Robert, she died thus seised. After her death the manor should revert to
Thomas
Chaworth
,
John
Longevyll
and
William
Kelby
, still living, and their heirs and assigns, according to form of the demise.
Date of death and heir as [671](CIPM-DOC-24-671).