ESSEX.
Inquisition.
Colchester.
28 July 1439.
[
Morley
].
Jurors:
Robert
Weston
;
William
Whitere
;
Peter
Vpchare
;
John
Peuerell
;
Robert
atte
Holte
;
William
Gernon
;
Richard
Boleyne
;
John
Porter
;
Walter
Rampton
;
Robert
Podeney
;
Thomas
Vpchare
; and
Thomas
Paycok
.
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or service of the king in
chief, or any other.
Thomas
Priour
,
John
Danyell
of Isleham,
Robert
Neuport
,
Nicholas
Morys
,
John
Burgoyne
,
John
Stanford, clerk
, and
Thomas
atte
Ponde, clerk
, were seised of
the following manor, advowson, and hundred in demesne as of fee.
Easthorpe, the manor
and advowson of the church, held of the king
by knight service as of the king’s honour
of Boulogne. There is a site with various houses, worth nothing yearly; a garden, worth
12d. yearly; 300 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 80 a. pasture, each acre worth
4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 140 a. wood, worth nothing
because newly cut; 104s. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas and Easter
equally; and perquisites of court with view of frankpledge held yearly on Tuesday in
Easter week, worth 6s. 8d. yearly above the steward’s expenses. The church is worth 4d.
yearly.
Lexden, the hundred, held of the king
by fee-farm, viz., 4 marks yearly at
Michaelmas and Easter equally, payable to the king and his heirs.
They granted them for
life to Margaret who was wife of
John
de
Peyton, knight
, with remainder to John son of
John
de
Peyton, esquire
, and Grace his wife, and the heirs of the body of John son of
John. Royal licence was obtained from
Henry
IV
[CPR 1405–1408, p. 344]. Margaret was
thus seised as of free tenement, and afterwards died seised of this estate. With due
prosecution previously made in
Henry
IV
’s Chancery, John son of John and Grace his wife
had livery of the manor, hundred, and advowson according to the form of the grant and
licence. They were jointly seised, and John son of John afterwards died seised of this
estate. Grace continued in her estate and possession for all her life from the time of
the death of John son of John.
She held the following manors for life by demise of
Robert
Warner
of London and
Roger
Rye
of Kent, with remainder to
John
Martyn
of Kent,
lately one of the king’s justices of the Common Bench,
William
Coggeshale, knight
,
John
Tyrell
,
William
Rockwode
of Acton,
John
Burgoyne
of Dry Drayton,
Walter
Gawtron
, lately
of London,
Thomas
Martell, esquire
,
Richard
Wakkefeld, esquire
,
Robert
Wrytele
,
Richard
Fitz Nicholl
of Halstead,
Roger
Racheham, esquire
, and
John
Marlere
, all now deceased,
and
Maurice
Bruyn, knight
,
Lewis
Johan
,
Robert
Darcy
of Maldon,
Thomas
Campes
,
John
Bederenden
of London,
John
Symond
of Toppesfield,
John
Beche
of Colchester,
John
Ewell,
esquire
, and
Henry
Stampe, junior
, all still living, and their heirs and assigns.
Messing, the manor, held of the king
as of the honour of Rayne as a knight’s fee. There
is the site with various houses, worth nothing yearly; a garden, worth 6d. yearly; 180
a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 32 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 12 a.
meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 80 a. wood, worth nothing because newly cut; 52s.
assize rent from free tenants, payable at Easter,
Midsummer,
Michaelmas, and Christmas,
equally; and perquisites of court with view of frankpledge held yearly, worth 2s. yearly
above the steward’s expenses.
Birch Hall and Birch Castle, the manors, annual value 10
marks, held of the heir of
John
Gernon, chevalier
, by service of one gilly-flower,
payable at Christmas for all services.
She died on 6 May last.
Thomas
de
Peyton
is her
son and next heir and also son and next heir of John son of
John
de
Peyton, esquire. He
was aged 22 years and more when Grace died.
[Dorse:] Memorandum that this inquisition
was delivered to the king’s Chancery on 11 August 1439.