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KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF ARNOLD SAUAGE, KNIGHT
55 Writ. ‡ 20 November 1436. [Cammell].
KENT. Inquisition. Sittingbourne. 9 November 1437. [ Selby ].
Jurors: Reynold atte Pitte ; John Bedmanton ; Geoffrey Brokenoke ; William Kenot ; William Smyth ; John Cowherd ; William Turk ; Thomas Dane ; Edmund Roger ; William Dounyng ; Thomas Quynte ; and Robert Wybarn .
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee of the king in chief, or any other, in fee simple, fee tail, or in service. Arnold Sauage, knight, senior , was lately seised of the following manors in demesne as of fee. Tracy, the manor, annual value £6 9s. 2d., held of the king in chief, as of his crown of England, as 1/4 knight’s fee. Shorne, the manor, held of the king in chief, as of his crown of England, by grand serjeanty, viz., bearing the king’s white standard whenever the king wages war against parts of Scotland with his army at the cost of the king. There is the site of the manor, worth nothing yearly as ruinous; 86 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 100 a. heath, each acre worth 1 1/4d. yearly; 7 a. underwood, profitable only when cut every 14 years and then each acre worth 6s. 8d. yearly; £8 assize rent net (de claro), taken yearly from various lands and tenements of the manorial tenants at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, and Michaelmas equally; 7 a. one rood of marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and a windmill, worth nothing yearly as greatly ruinous. He granted the manors to Arnold Sauage, knight , named in the writ, and to Katherine. The manors were wholly to revert to the right heirs of Arnold Sauage, senior , but the manor of Tracy was granted to Arnold and Katherine, and to the heirs of Katherine by Arnold son of Arnold; and the manor of Shorne was granted to them for their lives. Royal licence was obtained by letters patent dated at Windsor on 23 April 1399 [CPR 1396–99, p. 571], shown to the jurors, in which Arnold, named in the writ, is described as Arnold Sauage, esquire , his son, and Katherine is described as Katherine Scalys , as she was then single. Arnold and Katherine were thus seised of the manor of Tracy in demesne as of fee tail, and the manor of Shorne in demesne as of free tenement. Arnold and Katherine afterwards married. Arnold Sauage, senior , died and reversion of the manors descended to Arnold son of Arnold, as his son and heir. Arnold son of Arnold then granted the manors to William Bardolf, knight , Simon Felbrig, knight , Thomas Erpyngham, knight , Edmund Thorp, knight , Thomas Brounflete, knight , Edmund Oldehalle , William Cheyne of Sussex, Thomas Appuldrefeld , John and Thomas Seyntleger sons of the lord Arnold Seyntleger, knight , Alexander Cheyne , John son of Richard Cheyne of Sheppey, Henry Burton , William atte Court , and William Sprot, clerk , and their heirs and assigns. The grant was made by his charter dated on 14 September 1413, shown to the jurors. William, Simon etc. [as above] were thus seised of the manors in demesne as of fee. Arnold son of Arnold afterwards died without heir of his body by Katherine. Katherine survived him and, after his death, she brought the king’s writ of entry cui in vita against William, Simon etc. [as above], regarding the manors of Shorne and Tracy. The writ was addressed to the sheriff of Kent, and returnable on the octave of St John the Baptist 1421 before Robert Hulle and his associates, justices of the King’s Bench. The case was adjourned until the following octave of Martinmas when judgement was given by the court that, by virtue of the writ, Katherine should recover her seisin from William, Simon etc. [as above], by default of the same. Katherine then proceeded against William, Simon etc. [as above] by authority of the recovery and obtained it. She was thus seised of the manors in form as above, and died seised of this estate.
She died on 6 November 1436. Thomas, Lord Scales , is her brother and next heir as son of Richard [recte Robert], lately Lord Scales, father of Thomas and Katherine, and aged 40 years and more. William Bardolf , Thomas Erpyngham , Edmund Thorp , Thomas Brounflete , Edmund Oldehalle , John and Thomas Seyntleger, John son of Richard Cheyne , Henry Burton , William atte Court , and William Sprot were dead by the time this inquisition was taken.
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