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JOAN MICHELGROVE
173 Writ. Windsor. 10 August 1439. [Louthe].
KENT. Inquisition [indented]. Wye. 26 September 1439. [Bile].
Jurors: Thomas Richard ; William Rose ; John Blake ; John Austyn ; William Attehelde ; Thomas Jolyf ; William Bury ; William Austyn ; Robert Croster ; Richard Clerk ; Henry Knyght ; William Wyndesore ; Thomas ... [ms faded and dirty]; and John Dauers .
She held the following for life by grant of John Corby, clerk , William Cheyne , and Richard Fauconer to Joan and John Michelgrove, lately her husband, deceased, and to the heirs of John, with reversion to John Michelgrove , son and heir of Joan and John. Licence of ‪ Henry IV was obtained [CPR 1405–1408, p. 263]. Falconhurst, the manor and advowson of the church there, held of the king in chief by knight service. The manor extends to Sussex and Kent. In the parcel of the manor in Kent, there is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly; 80 a. marsh, worth 26s. yearly; 25 a. wood, the underwood worth nothing yearly; and view of frankpledge, worth nothing yearly above the cost and expenses of the steward. Annual value of the advowson of the church in Kent, 8 marks.
She died on 30 July last. John Michelgrove is her son and next heir, and aged 25 years and more.
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174 Writ. Windsor. 10 August 1439. [Louthe].
SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Chichester. 28 September 1439. [Bertelot].
Jurors: John Exton ; William Myldewe ; Nicholas Pole ; John Couper ; William Collys ; John Lydsey ; Roger Tedney ; John Ster ; Gregory Wylkoc ; Richard Holway ; Richard Marchall ; and Richard Waylond .
She held the following in demesne as of fee. Bosham, 1/2 watermill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and Broadbridge, a toft and 20 a. land, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, held of the king in chief by service of rendering a white capon to the king and his heirs whenever they ride past the mill, toft, and land, for all services and demands. Funtington and Bosham, 50 a. land, called ‘Revelles’, worth 46s. 8d. yearly, held of John, duke of Norfolk , by fealty for all service. Petworth, 30 a. land, worth 20s. yearly, held of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland , service unknown. Fittleworth, a messuage and 12 a. land, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and Stopham, a messuage and 8 a. land, worth 3s. 2d. yearly, held of Andrew Dawtre by 1lb pepper rent, payable to Andrew and his heirs at Michaelmas. She held the following as 173. Wootton (Wolton iuxta Fokyngton), a messuage, worth 3s. yearly; 2 virgates of land, worth 16s. yearly; and 100 a. pasture, worth 38s. yearly, called Wootton, parcel of the manor of Falconhurst in Kent, held of the king in chief as parcel of that manor by knight service.
Date of death and heir as 173.
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