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

JOHN ST JOHN OF LAGHAM

714 Writ (Exchequer). † ?17 [hole in ms] July 1437. [Wymbyssh]. [Dorse:] by John Frank. Enrolled during Trinity term 1437, roll 27.

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition virtute officii [indented]. Deddington. 7 June 1437. [Somerton].

Jurors: Thomas Maggon ; John Hornecastell ; John Boureman ; Thomas Chapman ; Thomas Bloxham ; John Marche ; John Bartram ; Thomas Hawkyns ; William Spycer ; John Balegh ; John Blake ; and John Snowdon .

He was formerly seised of the following manor, which, by a fine levied in on the octave of Michaelmas 1317 [CP 25/1/189/15 no. 96], he granted to Nicholas de St John and Katherine his wife and the heirs of Nicholas’ body, reversion to John de St John and his heirs. By virtue of this fine, Nicholas and Katherine were seised, Nicholas as of fee tail and Katherine as of free tenement. They had issue, John, and died thus seised. After their deaths, by virtue of the fine, the manor descended to John as son and heir of Nicholas, and he was seised in demesne as of fee tail. Then John de St John of Lagham had issue, John, who had issue, Roger. Then these two Johns died and after their deaths, by the form of the fine, reversion of the manor in fee simple descended to Roger as kin and heir of John his grandfather. Roger afterwards truly (vero) died without an heir of his body. After his death, the right of the reversion of the manor in fee simple descended to John, son of Nicholas, as kin and heir of Roger, viz., as son of Nicholas, brother of John, father of John, father of the said Roger. John, son of Nicholas, continued in his estate of the said entail of the manor and died thus seised. Thomas de St John , deceased, son of John, son of Nicholas, was his next heir at the time of John’s death, aged 10 years. The same John died on 1 August 1362. After his death, the manor was seized into ‪ Edward III ’s hands, and it still remains in the current king’s hand because its delivery has not been prosecuted. John Lydeyerd has taken the profits for the last four years, title unknown. Glympton, the manor, annual value £11, held of the king in chief as a knight’s fee. William de Wykham, lately bishop of Winchester and others were formerly seised of the following manor in demesne as of fee, which they granted to Nicholas Loueyn, knight , and Margaret his wife and the heirs of Nicholas’ body. By virtue of this grant, Nicholas and Margaret were seised in demesne, viz., Nicholas in fee tail and Margaret as of free tenement. After their deaths, the manor descended to Margaret, daughter and heir of Nicholas, who, by the form of the grant, was seised in demesne as of fee tail. She died thus seised on 1 November 1409. Richard Chamberleyn of ‘Cotes’, esquire, is her son and next heir, and was aged 24 years and more at the time of his mother’s death. Thomas Seintcler, esquire , and John Lydeyerd have separately taken all the profits from the time of Margaret’s death, title unknown. Stanton St John, the manor, annual value £20, held of the king in chief as of the crown as 1/4 knight’s fee.

C 139/84/63 mm.1–2

See CIPM, xi, no. 462, where the date of death is given as 3 August 1362.