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MARGARET WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM ROOS OF HELMSLEY, KNIGHT Styled as ‘of Helmsley’ in 230 only.
227 Writ. ‡ 3 September 1438. [Wymbyssh].
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Stamford. 28 October 1438. [Stanlowe].
Jurors: Hugh May and Simon atte Welle of Uffington; William Ledes and John Barbour of Stamford; William Corby and John Clerk of Tallington; William Barker and William Gunlok of Greatford; Thomas Basse of Deeping; John Knolles of Casewick; Richard Lister of Barholm; and Nicholas Squier of Stowe.
She held the following manor by grant of William Rymston , John Quenton , William Feireby , and William Barford to William Roos , lately her husband, and Margaret, and the heirs of their bodies. After Margaret’s death, the manor descended to Thomas Roos , kin and heir of William and Margaret, as son of Thomas Roos, knight , son of William and Margaret. Uffington, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service as parcel of the honour of Belvoir Castle. There is the site, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 24s. assize rent, payable at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, and Michaelmas equally; 24 messuages and 24 carucates of land, each messuage with carucate worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 22 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. underwood, each acre worth 3d. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly above the fee and expenses of the steward. She held the following in dower from the inheritance of Thomas son of Thomas. Wragby, 1/3 manor, annual value 60s., held as a whole of the king in chief by knight service as a barony. Elsham, 1/3 lordship, annual value 13s. 4d. held as a whole of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster, service unknown.
She died on 3 July last. Thomas son of Thomas Roos, knight , is her kin and next heir as the son of Thomas son of Margaret. He was aged 11 years on 9 September last and is in the king’s wardship.
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228 Writ. ‡ 3 September 1438. [Wymbyssh].
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. The castle at York . 8 October 1438. [Conyers].
Jurors: Richard Frankleyn ; Thomas Leverton ; William del Crofte ; John Bell ; John Wade ; Robert Belton ; William Harlesey ; John Wilughs ; William Betson ; Nicholas Chapman ; John Fenton ; and Roger del Hay .
She held the following in dower after the death of William Roos from the inheritance of Thomas Roos son of Thomas Roos, late Lord Roos , son of William and Margaret. Howsham, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly above repair, maintenance, and enclosure; a several park, containing 100 a. land, its herbage, underwood, and fruit worth nothing yearly above the annual fees and wages of the parker, maintenance of the beasts, and repair and enclosure of walls and pales; a ruinous capital messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair; £6 assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas equally; £7 rent from various tenants-at-will and farmers, payable at the same feasts equally; 4 fulling-mills, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly above maintenance and repair to the stank and the mills; a watermill for grain, worth 20s. yearly above repair; 300 a. arable demesne, by the short hundred, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 20 a. demesne meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and a pasture called ‘le More’, containing 100 a. in common, worth nothing yearly. Carlton, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; £3 rent from various tenants-at-will and farmers, payable at the said feasts equally; 110 a. arable demesne, by the short hundred, each acre worth 2d. yearly; a ruinous messuage called ‘le Cowhous’, worth nothing yearly above maintenance; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a wood, containing 20 a., its profits worth nothing yearly above enclosure; and 300 a. moor, by the short hundred, worth 13s. 4d. yearly. Garton, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly above enclosure and maintenance; a ruinous capital messuage, worth nothing yearly above enclosure and maintenance; 2 tofts, their herbage worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 300 a. arable demesne, by the short hundred, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 33s. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at the said feasts equally; and £10 rent from various tenants-at-will and farmers, payable at the said feasts equally.
She died on 1 July last. Heir as 227, although without mention of wardship.
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229 Writ. ‡ 2 November 1438. [Wymbyssh].
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Rothwell. 6 November 1439. [Isham].
Jurors: Robert Hulcote ; John Carter ; William Pye ; Robert Page ; William Haywarde ; John Asshewell ; John Hunte ; Richard Drewe ; Richard Pekerynge ; William Bate ; William Resby ; and William Bailly .
She held the following for life by grant of Thomas, late Lord Roos , with reversion to Thomas son and heir of the same Thomas, a minor in the king’s wardship. Stoke Albany, 2 parts of the manor, except a third of the same two parts, held as a whole of the king in chief as a knight’s fee. There is the manorial site, worth 2s. yearly; 40 messuages, each worth 4d. yearly; 80 virgates of land, each worth 3s. 10d. yearly; 160 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 240 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a park, worth nothing yearly above keeping and enclosure; 20 a. timber wood, worth nothing yearly above keeping; £3 3s. 4d. assize rent, payable at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter, and Midsummer, equally; a court, worth 2s. yearly above the steward’s fee; and rent of 2 capons, payable at Christmas. Roger Wentworth and Margery his wife, who was wife of John, late Lord Roos , hold a third of the whole manor in Margery’s dower, by endowment of her former husband. Edmund, earl of Dorset , and Eleanor his wife, who was wife of Thomas, late Lord Roos , hold a third of 2 parts of the manor in Eleanor’s dower, by endowment of her former husband. Thomas, late Lord Roos , granted the offices of bailiff, parker, and keeper of the woods of the manor and lordship to William Ouerton for life, with a daily wage of 2d. taken yearly from the issues of the manor. The grant was made by his letters patent, shown to the jurors. William was thus seised of the offices and 2d. daily in demesne as of free tenement. The king afterwards granted the said offices, with 10s. for the office of bailiff and wages of 2d. daily for the other offices, taken from the issues of the manor and lordship by the hand of receivers, farmers, bailiffs, and other occupants, with all other fees, profits, and commodities belonging to the offices from antiquity, to William, to have and occupy by him, or sufficient deputy, during the minority of Thomas, son and heir of Thomas, late Lord Roos . The grant was made by royal letters patent dated on 13 November 1438 [CPR 1436–41, p. 219], also shown to the jurors.
Date of death as 227. Thomas son of Thomas is her kin and next heir, as son of Thomas, late Lord Roos , son of Margaret. He was aged 12 years and more on 9 September last. [Head:] Delivered to court on 3 December.
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230 Writ not required.]
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition virtute officii [indented]..... Monday after the feast of Saint... 17 ‪ Henry VI [1 Sept. 1438 to 31 Aug. 1439]. [...]. [Inquisition: much of left half torn away and missing.]
Jurors: Edmund Boterall ; John Bescall ; Robert Grome ; ... ...ussyngton ; John in the Lane of Carlton-on-Trent (Northcarleton); John Webster of Cromwell ; ... ...on and John Norman of Hucknall Torkard; Richard Spicer of Warsop....
She held the following in dower after the death of William Roos , with reversion to Thomas, Lord Roos , as son of Thomas son of William. He is a minor in the king’s wardship. ... 1/3 manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There are... acres of land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; an acre of meadow, worth 2s. yearly; [at least] 20 ... worth 12d. yearly; 6 ruinous messuages, worth nothing yearly; and... watermills, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Eakring, 1/3 manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There are ... messuages, worth nothing yearly; and 10 bovates, each worth 5s. yearly.
Date of death as 227. Thomas son of Thomas is her kin and next heir, as son of Thomas son of Margaret. He is aged....
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