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THOMAS STANES , LATELY OF WITHAM
4 Writ. ‡ 11 June 1437. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to the escheator in Kent and Middlesex.
MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Charterhouse. 17 September 1437. [ Selby ].
Jurors: Richard Seler ; Robert Hoo ; Thomas Skelton ; James Rawlyn ; John Bowyer ; John Chaterys ; Richard Hill; Reynold Kyrton ; John Kent ; Maurice Ingelond ; Thomas Redewyk ; and Roger Whitebarowe .
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief, or any other, in demesne as of fee or service. Described as Thomas Stanes alias Thomas Bronsham , he held the following for life, by grant of Thomas Eyr , lately citizen and draper of London, with reversion to him and his heirs. Staines, 10 marks quit-rent, taken equally at the four usual terms of the year, viz., Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter and Midsummer, by the hand of Thomas Eyr , his heirs or executors, from lands and tenements of Thomas Eyr . The rent was seized into the king’s hand and is still there because of a felony perpetrated by Thomas Stanes , after which he fled and withdrew himself, just as found before the coroner upon view of the body of John Wylby , who was killed by Thomas.
He died on 1 March last. John Bronsham , his brother and next heir, is aged 50 years and more.
The dorse of the writ makes it clear that only one inquisition was returned. ‘Monday the feast of St Lambert, Bishop and Martyr, 16 Henry VI’, but the 17 September was a Tuesday in 1437.
C 139/85/4 mm. 1–2