DEVON.
Inquisition.
Exeter.
4 March 1438. [
Kelly].
Jurors:
William
Sumayster
;
John
Prous
of Chagford;
Henry
Beare
;
John
Ayssh
of Clyst;
John
atte
Ford
;
Robert
Tylle
;
John
atte
Heys
;
Thomas
Moleys
;
John
Clyfton
;
John
Churchehyll
;
John
Meryfeld
; and
Thomas
Bustard
.
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. She
held the following in demesne as of fee.
Hele, the manor. Two ferlings of land, parcel
of the manor, are held of the king
as of his manor of Bradninch, part of the duchy of
Cornwall, by rendering 6d. yearly to him at Michaelmas and suit at his court of
Bradninch twice yearly, at Easter and Michaelmas, for all services. The rest of the
manor is held of
Elizabeth
Chuselden
as of her manor of Holcombe Rogus, service unknown.
In the manor, there is a capital messuage with curtilages, worth nothing yearly; 2
mills, one for grain and the other for fulling, each truly worth 20d. yearly; an
orchard, worth 6d. yearly; 6 ferlings of land, each worth 10s. yearly; 13 a. meadow,
each acre worth 10d. yearly; 10 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; 10s. 1d. assize rent from
certain tenements, held freely in fee by certain tenants, payable at Michaelmas; 43s.
assize rent from certain customary tenants, payable at Easter,
Midsummer,
Michaelmas,
and Christmas equally.
She died seised of reversion of the following as of fee and by
right. Membury, 2 parts of the manor, held of the king
as of his manor of Bradninch as
1/3 knight’s fee.
Richard
Crymplok
and Florence his wife, in right of Florence, hold the
two parts in dower from the inheritance of Alice, by endowment of
Nicholas
Hele
, former
husband of Florence, father of Alice. Alice was heir of Nicholas. The reversion is worth
nothing yearly.
She died on 31 January last.
Henry
Fraunceys
, her kin and next heir as
the son of John son of Alice, is aged 33 years and more.