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BEATRICE, LATE COUNTESS OF ARUNDEL
370 Writ. ‡ 2 December 1439. [Bate].
HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Ware. 13 April 1440. [Stokdale].
Richard Marchall ; John Hert ; William Greteham ; Richard Strong ; Richard Attehill ; Thomas Parker ; John Canne ; Richard Hoochyn ; Richard Denom ; Thomas Hoddesdon ; John Stakeley ; and Thomas Rawlyn .
She held no lands or tenements of the king, or any other.
She died without heir on 23 October 1439.
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371 Writ. ‡ Reading. 24 January 1440. [Bate].
HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Alton. 20 June 1440. [Ticheburn].
Edward atte Rithe ; Philip Bailly ; Richard Fry ; Peter Hewe ; William Halstede ; John Fry ; Richard atte Rede ; William Mory ; William Bene ; John Padyk ; Thomas Godechild ; and Robert Hayward .
John Bohun , John Wilteshire , knights, Robert Hulle , William Cheyne , Nicholas Carewe , William Ryman , John Bartlot , and Robert Ingelere , were formerly seised of the manor of West Boarhunt in demesne as of fee. They demised it, among other things, to Beatrice, late countess of Arundel , for life, with reversion to John Bohun, John Wilteshire etc. [as above], and their heirs. Beatrice was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement. John Wilteshire and Robert Hulle afterwards died, and John Bohun, William, Nicholas, William, John Bartlot , and Robert Ingelere , by deed shown to the jurors, granted, among other things, reversion of the manor to John, earl marshal , Joan Beauchamp, Lady Bergavenny , John Bathe, clerk , Thomas Gower , and Robert Southwell , all now deceased, and Henry, earl of Northumberland , Ralph Cromewell, Lord Cromwell, knight , John Scroop, Lord Scrope, knight , Robert Darcy, esquire , Bartholomew Brokesby, esquire , Thomas Mollesley , Walter Kebell , and John Massy , all still living, and their heirs. Beatrice afterwards attorned to the earl marshal etc. [as above], by deed shown to the jurors, in which she is described as Beatrice, countess of Arundel. She afterwards died seised of the manor in demesne as of free tenement, and the manor should remain to the earl of Northumberland, Ralph, John Scroop, Robert Darcy, Bartholomew, Thomas Mollesley, Walter, and John Massy, and their heirs. West Boarhunt, the manor. It is not held of the king, but of whom and by what service is unknown. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly.
Date of death and heir as 370.
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372 Writ. ‡ Reading. 18 January 1440. [Bate].
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Gloucester. 20 June 1440. [Rokes].
Thomas Harsefeld ; John Fenne ; John Hert ; Richard Mede ; Robert Hill; John Andrewe ; Thomas Compare ; Richard Smert ; John Solers ; John Freman ; Richard Coket ; and Richard Harvynton .
Findings as 371 regarding the following, although without mention of the deed of attornment, shown to the jurors. Upton St Leonards, the manor. It is not held of the king, but of others, service unknown. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 15s. 6d. assize rent, taken from various lands and tenements in the hand of various tenants at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 12 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly.
Date of death and heir as 370. [Head:] Delivered to court on 14 July 1440.
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373 Writ. Reading. 23 January 1440. [Bate].
ESSEX. Inquisition. Chelmsford. 14 March 1440. [Stokdale].
Thomas Dod ; John Pulter of Chipping Ongar or High Ongar (Ongre); William Wighton ; John Pulter of Fyfield; John Hill; John Wormeley ; John Michell ; John Mo... [ms galled and dirty]; William Sparowe ; Richard Wy...drell [ms galled and dirty]; William Herd ; and John Fambrigge .
She held the following in dower by endowment of Thomas, late earl of Arundel , her former husband, from the inheritance of Elizabeth, late duchess of Norfolk , Joan, late Lady Bergavenny , and Margaret, late wife of Roland Lenthale, knight , sisters and heirs of the late earl. High Roding, 1/3 manor, true annual value £5. Housham Hall, 1/3 manor, true annual value 5 marks. Margaretting, 1/3 manor, true annual value £4. The thirds areheld of the king, service unknown. A fine was levied at Westminster on the morrow of Martinmas 1428 [CP 25/1/71/273, no. 79], before William Babyngton and his associates, justices of the Bench, between Robert Darcy , Bartholomew Brokesby , Walter Kebell , William Londham , Thomas Besseford , Henry Fylongley , William Neuport, clerk , and John Bultus, querents, and Joan, described as Joan Beauchamp, Lady Bergavenny, deforciant, regarding, among other things, a third of a third of the manors. Joan granted for her and her heirs that a third of the thirds, then held in dower by Beatrice, described as Beatrice, who was wife of Thomas, late earl of Arundel , from the inheritance of Joan on the day of the fine, and that should revert to Joan and her heirs after the death of Beatrice, should instead wholly remain to Robert, Bartholomew etc. [as above], and their heirs. Beatrice thus died seised of a third of the manors in demesne as of free tenement as in her dower, and the third of the thirds should remain to Robert, Bartholomew etc. [as above], and their heirs. The two parts of the thirds that are left should revert to John, duke of Norfolk , kin and heir of Elizabeth, late duchess of Norfolk, as son of John son of Elizabeth, and to Edmund Lenthale , as son and heir of Margaret, late wife of Roland Lenthale, knight. She held the following in dower by endowment of Thomas, late earl, her former husband, from the inheritance of John, duke of Norfolk, Edmund Lenthale, and Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville, Lord Bergavenny , as kin and heirs of Thomas, late earl. John, duke of Norfolk, and Edmund Lenthale are kin as described above, and Elizabeth, wife of Edward, is kin and heir as daughter of Richard, late earl of Worcester , son of Joan sister and heir of Thomas, late earl. Little Canfield, 1/3 manor, true annual value 66s. 8d. Of whom it is held and by what service is unknown.
Date of death and heir as 370. The duke of Norfolk is aged 24 and more. Elizabeth, wife of Edward, is 22 and more, and Edmund Lenthale is 20 and more. [Head:] Delivered to Chancery by the hand of the escheator on 11 April 1440.
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374 Writ. Reading. 18 January 1440. [Bate].
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Salisbury. 8 ?July 1440. [Ticheborn]. [Inquisition: ms badly galled in places.]
John Rous ; ?Robert ?Slifeld; Richard Kaynell ; Robert Floure ; John Edward ; William Bacon ; John Husyet ; John Tombe ; Richard Braybroke ; John Stamford ; Richard Ambroos ; and John Rous of Hesh....
Richard, late earl of Arundel , was formerly seised of the manors of Keevil and Knighton, and a moiety of the manor of Bulkington in his demesne as of fee. Thus seised, by a fine levied at Westminster on the octave of Trinity 1347 [CP 25/1/287/43, no. 401]. [1]+This was between Richard, late earl, querent , and John de Alresford and John Sprot, chaplain, deforciants, regarding, among other things, the manors and moiety, Richard recognised them to be the right of John Sprot as those held by John and John by grant of the earl. For that recognition, John and John granted them to Richard, late earl, for life, with remainder to the heirs male of Richard of the body of Eleanor, daughter of Henry de Lancastr, senior, late earl of Lancaster . Richard was thus seised and, after he took her as his wife, had issue with Eleanor: Joan, late countess of Hereford , Richard, Alice, late countess of Kent , John, and Thomas, late archbishop of Canterbury . Richard, late earl , afterwards died seised in demesne as of free tenement and the manors and moiety descended to Richard as son and heir male of Richard of the body of Eleanor. Richard son of Richard had issue: Thomas, late earl of Arundel , and died seised in demesne as of fee tail. The manors etc. descended to Thomas, late earl, as son and heir male of the Richard son of Richard. Thomas, late earl, died seised in demesne in fee tail in form aforesaid without heir male of his body. The manors and moiety descended to John Arundell, chevalier , as kin and heir male of Thomas, late earl, as son of John son of John son of Richard of the body of Eleanor. John son of Richard was brother of Richard son of Richard of the body of Eleanor. Richard son of Richard was the father of Thomas, late earl.+[1] Beatrice thus held the following in dower by endowment of Thomas, late earl of Arundel , her former husband, with reversion by virtue of the fine to William, present earl of Arundel , kin and heir male of Thomas, late earl, as son of John Arundell, chevalier . Keevil. Within the manor: one high chamber with two low chambers beneath and a latrine attached at the northern end, with free entrance and exit by the porch of a latrine attached at the northern end, with free entrance and exit by the porch of grange, parcel of the manor. Item: a third of... in the manor. Item: a stank at the south of the chamber of the countess with the parcel enclosing the same. Item: all the garden by the parsonage with 1/3 dovecot there. Item[s]: 6 a. wood in a wood called ‘le Park’ at the north by ‘Mayneslye’...le ?W...stewode... 14 perches in width; 1/3 wood called ‘le Westwoode’, from the middle of ‘Mayneslye’ at the western end to the southern end of ‘Goreshegge Ende’, by ‘le Cartesherde’ on the northern and western sides of the same; 1/3 wood... in ?Plasshe... to... ‘Fayroke’ to ‘le Rithe’ running to the western end of ‘Shereuemede’ on the northern and eastern sides of the wood. Item[s]: ?[a third of] 54 a. meadow: 18 a., which lie as follows: – 2 a. in ‘Denemede’ by ‘le Litelwode’, 3 a. in ‘Tonmede’ by the croft of Thomas Coterell ... of ‘Saltemede’ and ‘le Reynesgore’; a several water from the bridge called ‘Ikenelebrugge’ with both water-courses of the same to Pantry Bridge; and 1/3 common called ‘le Wigrene’ on the southern side. Item[s]: 1/3... 10 a. pasture in ‘Oxenlese’ at the eastern side by ‘Wulford’; 20 a. pasture in ‘Wykesle’ at the south by a croft lately of William Fyde ; a croft called ‘Paredise Croft’...;... ?a. ?meadow, similarly there, by ‘Totynneslonde’; 7 ?a. ?pasture in ‘le Litelwode’, from ‘Denemede’ to ‘Bulkengemecrofte’ at the south by ‘les Shireholtes’; 8 a. arable that Richard Ma... ... a. land... arable in ‘le...’ at the east by the path that leads to Steeple Ashton; 15 a. land in ‘Goderigfurlange’; 4 1/2 a. land in ‘le Wetelande’, lying together; 3 a. land in ‘le Redeland’ in...; 10 a. arable in ‘le Felde’ by the land of Richard Motyn against the south-west; 6 a. land between ‘le Southland’ and ‘le Felde’; 6 a. land in ‘Carpentersmere’ and ‘le Hantynglande’; 41/2 a. land by ‘Shitescroft’; 2 a. land... by ‘le Mere’;...; 2 1/2 a. land in the croft of ? Richard Foot at the west by the meadow called ‘Plasshet’; 6 a. land in ‘Wodeferne’ in the hand of Richard Mayn and John Husiet ; 10 a. land at the west; 10 a. land... at the west of the new ditch... ‘le Mere’ and the land of Robert C...; 10 a. land in ‘Parkefelde’ by ‘le Rithe’ at the west; 14 a. land in ‘le Furlange’ called ‘Denefurlange’ by ‘Sherpescroft’ at the west; 10 a. land in the manor... iuxta Hay... forest; 10 a. pasture in ?‘Bullongenely’; and... acres... Frankelayn. Item[s]: a knight’s fee in Acton Turville; 1/4 knight’s fee that Robert Cowfold holds; 1/6 knight’s fee that Richard Mayn holds;... knight’s fee...; and... virgates of land and all the rent from them. Item[s]: the tenement of Roger Fot with 1/2 virgate; tenement of John Coppe with 1/2 virgate; ... Wyse and 1/2 virgate; tenement... ?1/2 virgate; tenement lately of William atte Style , with 1/2 virgate; tenement lately of John Coterell, junior , with 1/2 virgate; tenement lately of John Dode ... 1/2 virgate;... of land; tenement lately of Thomas ?Semeir with 1/2 virgate; tenement of Peter Prentis called ‘Gyles’ with 1/2 virgate; tenement of William ... with 1/2 virgate;... that Peter Prentis now holds; tenement of John Kybard with 1/3 virgate; tenement of Roger Smyth with 1/3 virgate; tenement of Thomas ?Lensfold with 1/3...;... with 1/3 virgate; tenement of John Badecoke, senior , with 1/3 virgate; tenement of John Perys , lately ‘Ratkkyns’, with 1/3 virgate; ?one ?toft...; cottage of John Forester, and [individual] cottages of the following: John, vicar of Keevil , John Shiphurde , lately ‘Togardes’,..., John Sel... , William Dunnynge , Agnes Banell , Walter Fyde , lately of John Patyn , John Swyft of Keevil Wick, John ?Feet of Bulkington, and John....; 17s. 51/2d. from Richard Mayn from his free tenement; and 1/3 virgate, called ‘le Hunte’, that Richard Mayn holds. Item: all neifs, male and female,... assigned above or born... liberties and customs within the manor of Keevil and 1/2 manor of Bulkington from the lands and tenements assigned to Beatrice in her dower. Knighton, 1/3 manor, viz., within ... there, one house ?of ? Nicholas Wodderhous , ?junior,... and close within the manor there, viz., in that part where the stank and dovecot were, with the orchard and the surrounding ditch. Item[s]: 2 a. land extending over 6 a. land...; 2 a. land by ‘Landeshare’... the vill, at the west; 4 a. land in ‘Langeland’; 2 a. land at ‘Northende’ of 3 a. land in ‘le Den’; 2 a. land at ‘Lynche’; 4 a. land at the west of the king’s way; 2 a. land of ‘Balkehuslond’ in ‘le Hamme’; 2 a. meadow by the cross at the eastern side of the king’s way; ?one acre... at ‘le Dych’;... acres at the northern end of an acre in ‘Myddelhamme’; an acre of land at the mill; an acre of land at ‘Middelhull’, called ‘Kyngesacre’; an acre of land called ‘Fryday’; an acre of land called ‘Kyngesland’; an acre... ‘...sland’ by the king’s way; 1 1/2 a. land in land called ?‘Horselond’; 5 a. land in land called ‘Repersland’ at the west; an acre of land that John Carter holds; 1/3 profits of the mill; an acre of meadow called ‘Gounesmede’; an acre of meadow in ‘le Mershe’; an acre of meadow called ?‘Piperes’ and ‘Ralklyne’; pasture for 140 sheep; 1/3 house held by William Thomas and 21 a. land that he now holds by the vill; 1/3 house of the same [ William] Thomas there; and 1/3 mill of Knighton with 1/3 water-course and fishery. The manors, 1/2 manor, lands, tenements, fees, and advowsons are not held of the king by knight service. All the said buildings, chambers, and thirds of bartons within the manor of Keevil, the stank with the enclosed parcel, gardens with 1/3 dovecot, 1/3 profits of the mill, 1/3 mill of Knighton, with 1/3 water-course and fishery, neifs, liberties, and customs within the manor of Keevil and 1/2 manor of Bulkington, 1/3 garden and close in the manor of Knighton, and all the said tenements, messuages, and cottages, are worth nothing yearly. Each acre of arable is worth...... 2d. yearly; each 1/2 a. is worth 1d. yearly; 1/3 wood is worth 4d. yearly; 1/3 of ‘Saltmede’ and ‘Reynergore’ is worth 12d. yearly;... ?12d. yearly; 1/3... is worth 8d. yearly; 1/3 pannage is worth 2d. yearly; 1/3 pannage is worth 3d. yearly; 1/3 of an acre by ‘Cotynneslande’ is worth... yearly; 1/3 of one......ssherh...; the virgates and 1/2 virgates of land with rent issuing from them are [?each] worth 5s. yearly; 1/3 virgates of land are [?each] worth 20d. yearly; each acre of the acres and the two 1/2 acres of meadow are worth... yearly;... worth... yearly; the knight’s fee in Acton Turville is worth 1d. yearly when it falls; 1/4 knight’s fee that Robert Cowfold holds is worth 5s. yearly when it falls; 1/6 knight’s fee that ?...mayn... ?holds is worth 5s. yearly when it falls; 1/4 knight’s fee that Richard Kaynell holds in Yatton Keynell is worth 5s. yearly when it falls; and the croft is worth 12d. yearly.
Date of death and heir as 370 William, present earl, is aged 23 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to the king’s Chancery on 15 July 1440.
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375 Writ que plura. ‡ 14 November 1440. [Bate]. Regarding 374.
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Amesbury. 12 June 1441. [Newport].
William Bacon ; Thomas Bacon ; William Thacham ; William Pette ; Walter Bakham ; Simon Poy ; Henry Gryce ; Thomas Bayly ; Walter Frye ; William Rumsey ; Richard Wynge ; and John Edmond .
She held in demesne as of free tenement more lands and tenements than specified in the inquisition taken after her death and returned to Chancery, viz., 1/2 manor in Bulkington, called ‘Mosardis’. Continues as 371, although without mention of the deed of attornment. Bulkington, 1/2 manor called ‘Mosardis’. It is held of others than the king, service unknown. There are 200 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 40s. rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally.
Date of death and heir as 370.
Richard Mayn and John Mayn occupied and took the issues of the moiety from the day of her death until the day of the inquisition, title and manner unknown. She held no more lands and tenements except the moiety and the other lands and tenements specified in the first inquisition taken after her death.
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376 Commission. Reading. 1 February 1440. [Bate]. Addressed to John Fray . Order to take an inquisition and inquire as writ diem clausit extremum. The sheriff is to empanel a jury. [Dorse:] Enrolled in the memoranda of the Exchequer 18 ‪Henry VI [1 Sept. 1439 to 31 Aug. 1440], between the records from the Easter term, roll [gap in ms], by the remembrancer.
NORFOLK. Inquisition. Thetford. 19 February 1440. Before John Fray, commissioner .
William Gelour ; Geoffrey Kervyle ; Thomas Canon ; John Tolle ; Henry Broun ; Thomas Roo ; William Barker of Westacre; Richard Peyntour ; Adam Hovell ; Richard Skarlet ; Henry Ouden ; Thomas Curson ; John Blower ; John Hood ; and John Noreys .
Richard, late earl of Arundel , was seised of the castle, vill, and manor of Castle Acre and the manor of Mileham, among other things, in demesne as of fee. Thus seised, a fine was levied at Westminster on the octave of Trinity 1347 [CP 25/1/287/43, no. 401]. Continues as 374+[1]. Beatrice, lately wife of Thomas, late earl , thus held the following in dower by endowment of Thomas, late earl, as parcel of the castle, vill, and manors, with reversion to William, present earl of Arundel , kin and heir male of Thomas, late earl, as son of John Arundell, chevalier . The following lands, tenements, manors, knights’ fees, and advowsons are held of the king by knight service. Castle Acre. From the castle: 1/3 site of the castle within its walls, held in common with William, present earl of Arundel , for impounding animals taken in distraint and amercement by Beatrice or William by right of their lordship or other reasons, worth nothing ; a certain ditch that encircles the castle to the southern gate of the bailey of the castle, and a certain other ditch that extends from the northern gates of the bailey to the said ditch of the castle, worth nothing yearly, in allocation of her dower from all the ditches of the castle; and the eastern side of a house called ‘Tolhous’, as divided by a wall, worth 4d. yearly. [Land:] 3 pieces of land called ‘Heuedlongfurlonges’, lying in length by the king’s way called ‘Ruggeweygate’ on the northern side, and extending from a certain several pasture called ‘Erleslynge’ against the west to ‘Roughamgate’ against the east, and containing 20 a. by estimate, worth 20s. yearly; 30 a.* land of a certain piece, of which the northern head abuts on the said pieces called ‘Heuedlongfurlonges’, as divided by the boundaries, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 40 a.* land of a certain piece called ‘Ouerthornham’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 40 a.* land of a certain piece called ‘Netherthornham’, as divided by the boundaries, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; another piece of land called ‘Dowecrundell’, containing 30 a.* land, lying on the eastern side of the said ‘Roughamgate’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, in allocation of her dower from all the demesne lands that were of Thomas, late earl , in the vill of Castle Acre or that belong to the castle, except 3 a. land in Egmere, worth 12d. yearly, that are from the escheats of the castle allocated to Beatrice in dower for the 3 a. land in Egmere and a messuage in ‘Kirkegate’ in Castle Acre, formerly of Thomas Bokenham . Beatrice held the 3 a. land in dower when she died. [Meadow:] a certain meadow near Newton by Castle Acre called ‘Noteford’, worth 2s. yearly. [Pasture:] a certain several pasture called ‘Erleslynge’ lying on the northern side of the close of the manor called ‘Erlyswykyn’, as divided by boundaries, containing 20 a. pasture by estimate, allocated in dower for the pasture and the close; and a pasture called ‘le Lynkes’, extending from the way that leads from Castle Acre to Great Massingham against the west to the land of the prior of Castle Acre , called ‘Huberdesdele’, towards the east, worth 12d. . [Rent:] every third penny from agistment of animals from a pasture called ‘Bradmedowe’, worth 2s. yearly. From time out of mind, it was customary for each tenant of the lord of Castle Acre, residing in the vill, to send animals to the same pasture from Candlemas to St Peter in Chains. Payable for each cow, 4d., and for each bullock or heifer (bovetto sive juvenca), 2d. [Marsh:] 1/3 marsh called ‘Saltmersshe’ in South Lynn, as divided by boundaries, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. [Assize rents:] Belonging to the castle and manor: from William Ede for land lately of Thomas Bokenham in the fields of Castle Acre, payable at Michaelmas, Candlemas, and Pentecost [with the rents following also payable on these feasts], as contained in the rentals of the castle, 15s. 11 1/2d.; from John Willes and Christine his wife for land in the same fields [where the following lands are also held], held in right of Christine, formerly of Adam Thornken , 7s. 10 1/2d.; from the same John and Christine for land formerly of Thomas Reppys , 3s. 7d.; from Adam Catour, chaplain , for land formerly of Thomas Catour , 3s. 1d.; from John London , 22 1/2d.; from Robert Steg , 2s. 8d.; from John Soweter , 2s.; from Edmund Thaxstere , 4s. 3d.; from Roger Sunhowe , 20d.; from Robert Thomesson , 5d.; from John Aldene , 17 1/2d.; from Cecily Rymour , 8d.; from Stephen Bacon for land lately of John Styngen , 4d.; from John Bunte , 12d.; from John Soweter , 4d.; from Katherine Gannok for land lately of Hamon Gannok , 3s. 9d.; from the same Katherine for land lately of Roger Meyhewe , 8d.; from Richard Cauge , 8d.; from Simon Skynner , 5 1/2d.; from James Gefferey , 6d.; from John Gannok , 5s. 3d.; from Richard Steyk , 10d.; from Robert Baly , 2s. 9d.; from John Bartlot , 3s. 1d.; from Godfrey Inteloue , 3s. 4d.; from William Thory , 18d.; from Robert Hosteler, chaplain , for land formerly of William Thornken, senior , 2s. 3d.; from James Poynton for land lately of John Blake , 3s. 7d.; from William Grauour , 6s. 11d.; from Andrew Bulwer , 3d.; from Simon Cook , 5s.; from Simon Elm , 6d.; from Katherine Deye , 6d.; from Isabel Vnderwode , 6d.; from John Prentis , 4s. 8 1/2d.; and from Richard Smyth, 6d. Item[s]: 3340 turves annual rent taken at the feast of St Peter in Chains from the abbess of Marham and her tenants, worth 2s. ; every third penny from the perquisites of the court of the honour of Castle Acre and from view of frankpledge of the vill of Castle Acre, worth 6s. 8d. ; 1/3 profits from Castle Acre fair (nundinis) held on the feast of St James the Apostle at Upgrene, from Rachenese fair (nundinis), held on the feast of St Bartholomew, from a market held every Thursday in the vill, and from perquisites of the court of the same markets and fairs (nundinarum), the third worth 2s. yearly above the steward’s expenses; every third penny from the toll of the said fairs (nundinarum) and market, worth 4d. yearly; and the vill and lordship of Beeston next Mileham, members of the manor of Mileham, with all franchises, liberties, and quittances, worth £10 yearly. [Knights’ fees.] Leiston (Leyston), Great Canfield or Little Canfield (Canefeld), Halstead, Maldon, Rockland, Northwold, Fincham, Barwick, North Creake or South Creake (Creyk), Clipstone (Chypston), Middleton, Feltwell, Houghton St Giles (Howeton), Kelling, Salthouse, Wiveton, Blakeney, Barsham, Ickburgh, Gresham, and Aylmerton, 5 1/2 knights’ fees, worth £27 10s. yearly when they fall, each knight’s fee 100s. [as each fee following]. Wrentham and Covehithe in Suffolk, 2 knights’ fees, worth £10 yearly when they fall. Kennett, Kentford, Banham, Eriswell, Elmdon, and Binham, 4 knights’ fees, worth £20 yearly when they fall. Feltwell, one knight’s fee, worth 100s. yearly when it falls. Blo’ Norton, 1/4 knight’s fee, worth 25s. yearly when it falls. Weston Colville and Carlton, one knight’s fee, worth 100s. yearly when it falls. Felthorpe, Sparham, Guist, Themelthorpe, Thurning, and Wood Dalling, one knight’s fee, worth 100s. yearly when it falls. Birdbrook, Heydon, Helions Bumpstead or Steeple Bumpstead (Bumstede), Arkesden, and Elveden, 5 knights’ fees, worth £25 yearly when they fall. Reymerston, 1/4 knight’s fee, worth 25s. yearly when it falls. Litcham, 1/2 knight’s fee, as of the manor of Mileham, worth 50s. yearly when it falls. Roydon and Grimston, 3 parts of a parts of knight’s fee, worth 75s. yearly when they fall. Hale and Plumstead, 1 1/4 knights’ fees, worth 125s. yearly when they fall. Attleborough, one knight’s fee, worth 100s. yearly when it falls. Dersingham, one knight’s fee, worth 100s. yearly when it falls. West Harling, 1/2 knight’s fee, worth 50s. yearly when it falls. [Advowsons.] Beeston next Mileham, 1/3 advowson of the church, worth 100s. when it falls. Beeston Regis, 1/3 advowson of the church, worth 10 marks when it falls. Continues as 371, regarding the following, although with reference to heirs and assigns instead of heirs. Launditch and South Greenhoe, the hundreds, the perquisites of each worth 30s. yearly above the expenses and costs of the steward, held ofthe king in chief, service unknown.
She died on 28 October last without heir. [Head:] Memorandum that this inquisition was delivered to the king’s Chancery on 12 March by John Fray .
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377 Commission. Dogmersfield. 26 July 1440. [Bate]. Addressed to John Fray , William Yeluerton , William Dallyng , and the sheriff. Regarding 376 and the lands held in dower as a result of the fine of 1347. Order to at least two of them to inquire as writ melius inquirendo after the age of William, present earl of Arundel . The sheriff is to empanel a jury.
NORFOLK. Inquisition. Castle Acre. 11 August 1440. Before William Yeluerton , William Dallyng , and the sheriff.
Thomas Canon ; Thomas Isaak ; Nicholas Erlswell ; William Newegate ; John Tolle ; William Lumbard ; Laurence Barbour ; Richard Peyntour ; William Kerico ; Richard Priour ; John Brocher, junior ; and John Sunnowe .
William, present earl of Arundel, was 23 years of age and more on 25 November last. [Head:] Delivered to court on 14 August.
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378 Writ. ‡ 2 December 1439. [Bate]. Addressed to the escheator in Surrey and Sussex.
SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Chichester. 23 May 1440. [Penycok]. [Inquisition: ms badly galled in places.]
John Benfeld , John Bolney , Richard Cook , Robert Lee , William Eruele , and William Okehurst , esquires; John Goodman , Thomas White , John Wode , William Hovell , and William Preston [each described as] ‘gentilman’; and John Scraas of Plumpton.
Richard, late earl of Arundel , was seised in demesne as of fee of the following castle, vill, manors, hundreds, returns of the king’s writs, forests, and chases. Thus seised, by a fine levied at Westminster on the octave of Trinity 1347 [CP 25/1/287/43, no. 401], between Richard, late earl, querent, and John de Alresford and John Sprot, chaplain, deforciants, he recognised them to be the right of John Sprot as held by John and John de Alresford by grant of the then earl. For that recognition, John and John granted them to the earl for life, with successive remainders to Eleanor, daughter of Henry de Lancastr, senior, late earl of Lancaster , for life; and to the heirs male of the earl of the body of the same Eleanor. The fine was shown to the jurors. Arundel, castle, vill, manor, forests, and chases. East Dean, the manor. Singleton, the manor. Stansted, the manor. Westbourne, the manor. Pallingham, the manor. Dunhurst, the manor. Lee (Legh), the manor. East Lavington, the manor. Wonworth, the manor. Graffham, the manor. Alversham, the manor. Cocking, the manor. Lyminster, the manor. Poling, the manor. North Stoke, the manor. Wepham, the manor. Offham, the manor. Storrington, the manor. Preston, the manor. East Hampnett, the manor. Westhampnett, the manor. Woolbeding, the manor. Pinkhurst, the manor. Ford (Foer), the manor. Orfold, the manor. Westbourne, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Singleton, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Easebourne, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Box, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Stockbridge, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Avisford, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Bury, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Rotherbridge, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. West Easewrithe, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Poling, the hundred, and returns of the king’s writs. Richard, late earl of Arundel , was seised of the following in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body by Eleanor, by grant of John Haket , Maud his wife, and Thomas, son of John Haket . The grant was made by a fine levied at Westminster on the octave of Michaelmas 1357 [CP 25/1/238/65, no. 29], shown to the jurors. Up Marden, one messuage, 4 carucates of land, 50 a. pasture, 100 a. wood, 100s. rent, and rent of 8 capons, 1 lb pepper, and 1 1/2lb cumin. Richard, late earl, was thus seised by virtue of these fines of the castle, vill, manors, hundreds, returns of writs, forests, and chases described in the fine of 1347, and the lands and tenements in Up Marden, described in the fine of 1357. After he took her as wife, he and Eleanor had issue: Joan, late countess of Hereford , Richard, Alice, late countess of Kent , John, and Thomas, late archbishop of Canterbury . Richard, late earl, died, and the castle, vill, manors, hundreds, returns of writs, forests, chases, and lands and tenements, remained to Richard his son, as son and heir male of Richard of the body of Eleanor. Richard son of Richard had issue: Thomas, late earl of Arundel , and died. The castle etc. descended to Thomas, late earl, as son and heir male of Richard son of Richard and Eleanor. Thomas, late earl, died seised of his estate without heir male of his body, and the castle etc. descended to John Arundell, chevalier , kin and heir male of Thomas, late earl, as son of John son of John son of Richard, late earl, of the body of Eleanor. John son of Richard was brother of Richard son of Richard of the body of Eleanor. Richard son of Richard was the father of Thomas, late earl. Beatrice thus held in dower, by endowment of Thomas, late earl, her former husband, the following lands, tenements, and manors, parcel of the castle etc. held by Thomas, late earl, with reversion to William, present earl of Arundel , kin and heir male of Thomas, late earl, as son of John Arundell, chevalier. Arundel. Within the castle: one chamber over the chapel by the great chamber; another chamber with a ‘closete’ annexed; another chamber [?between] the said chamber and the ‘paved chaumbre’ called ‘middelchambr’; 2 small cellars under the said chambers; the ‘paved chaumbre’, with 2 annexed chambers; a chamber called ‘cage chambr’, with one great chamber beneath called ‘helle’, with one ?small ?chamber annexed; ‘le paved aley’ with a house called ‘scolehous’ with an annexed garden; 1/3 great chapel, viz., from the desks in the chancel to the eastern end of chapel; a hall called ‘percyeshall’, with houses and chambers annexed; a house called ‘plomerhous’; 1/3 cookhouse with a hearth and a... called ‘dryelarcherhous’; 1/3 bakehouse with a house called ‘bultynghous’; a granary by the gate of the castle; a house with a prison on the northern side of the castle gate; 4 chambers between the constable’s chamber and the new work; a tower called ‘beamondestour’ with 1/3 garden called ‘northbaille’ on the western side of the said garden; 1/3 easement of the well within the castle, with free entrance and exit.. and outside the ?gates of the castle; a stable outside the castle on the northern side of the gate at the first entrance against the castle; 1/3 great barn there on the northern side, with free entrance and exit; 1/3 small park, viz., from a certain marked hawthorn (‘hawethorn’) by the ditch in ‘le Launde’ to a certain marked maple (‘mappill’) straight north, leading straight to the middle mill called ‘Swaberewe Mille’ and from there along the park pales to the great barn within the park, and thus from the northern corner of the barn against the west to the northern corner at the eastern head of the castle of Arundel, and from a buttress by ‘sturmyestowr’ at the eastern head of the castle to the said hawthorn on the ditch, with the right to hunt beasts in the same third, viz., 1/3 vert, venison, and easement within the small park, with free entrance and exit. Arundel. Within the forests and chases: 1/3 bailiwick called ‘Westholt’ from a bailiwick called ‘Westholt’ from way called ‘Bebetonesway Bebetonysden’ on the eastern side to the way that leads from Singleton to Cocking; 1/3 bailiwick called ‘Alfrytholte’ on the western side of the bailiwick, from ‘Tapperesfeld’ against the east... to the high hill of ‘Heisheta’; 1/3 bailiwick called Selhurst, viz., from the gate of the park of Selhurst and the gate of the park of East Dean to ‘le Stone de le Estfeld’ of East Dean leading straight to ‘le Westererenche in le Rede’ and thus to ‘le Parkhegge’ of Selhurst; 1/3 chase within the bailiwick of Selhurst, from ‘le Wodegate’ and ‘Denesbury’ on the eastern side to the fence (cepes) of Eartham in ‘Blokedenesfote’ and from there leading straight to ‘le Berewe’ on the hill of Up Waltham; 1/3 bailiwick within the forest called Rewell from ‘le Sautre’ of the great park and the way that leads to Midhurst, until ‘Barnecroft’ on the eastern side until ‘Rudegate’, and from there by another way that leads to the great ditch; 1/3 chase within the bailiwick of Rewell, from ‘Knollegate’ of Binsted by the water flowing by ‘le Whitestubbe’ to ‘lez Rayles’ of the great park, and from there leading by the pales of the park to ‘Tortyngtonstyle’ and thus to Tortington; 1/3 ‘Stokeswode’ from the corner of ‘Bruggeham’ leading straight to ‘Bysshopis Park’ and ‘le Tryste Madame’ and from there straight by the highway at ‘Rudegate’; 1/3 chase of ‘Vylershoswode’, from ‘Polynggeshach’ straight to ‘lez Quaterberews’ and thus to ‘le Northinestberowe’; 1/3 chase of Gumber and Dawtrey’s Hooks from the wood of the [arch] bishop of Canterbury straight by the middle valley to ‘le Pounde’ of Gumber, and thus leading straight from ‘Berkehalesgate’ to ‘Crokkeresgate’, alias the 1/3 of vert and venison within the forest and chases of Arundel. Item[s]: every third penny of pannage from the said forest, chases, and bailiwicks, described as the third penny of pannage; every third penny of all fines and amercements from violation of vert and venison or other offences within the forest of Arundel. Worth nothing yearly are the said buildings, chambers, houses, cellars, towers, gardens, chapel, hall, 1/3 cookhouse with hearth, 1/3 bakehouse, granary, prison, 1/3 easement of well, stable, barn, 1/3 small park with hunting of beasts, 1/3 bailiwicks within the forest and chases of Arundel, 1/3 chases within the bailiwick of Selhurst, 1/3 chase within the bailiwick of Rewell, 1/3 chases, every third penny in pannage, fines, and amercements. Item[s]: 1/3 forest of Stansted, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. meadow in a place called ‘xx’ acres, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 26 a. meadow in ‘Denmede’, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 10 a. meadow in 2 meadows called ‘Hampshores’, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 3 a. meadow in ‘Cottemede’, each acre worth 10d. yearly; and 1/3 issues of the fishery of Arundel, alias 1/3 fishery of Arundel, worth £4 yearly. East Dean and Singleton, the manor, with advowson of the church of Singleton, the parks of East Dean and Downley, the warrens of East Dean, West Dean, and Brinscombe, and the hundred of Singleton belonging to the manor of Singleton. In the manor of East Dean and Singleton, there is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. timber wood, worth nothing yearly; £40 service rent from various tenants, payable at the four principal feasts, viz., Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter, and Midsummer, equally; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 900 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. The advowson is worth 10 marks yearly when it falls. The hundred is worth nothing yearly. Nothing in the park and warrens is worth anything yearly. Cocking, the manor with the park of Cocking. In the manor, there is the site and 100 a. timber wood, worth nothing yearly; £11 service rent from various tenants, payable as above; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 400 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. The park is worth nothing yearly. Storrington, the manor with advowson of the church there. In the manor, there is £9 service rent from various tenants, payable as above; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 15 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and the [manorial] site [with] 40 a. timber wood, worth nothing yearly. The advowson is worth 10 marks when it falls. West Easewrithe, the hundred, worth nothing . Avisford and Bury, the hundreds, worth nothing . Offham, the manor, with a wood and fishery, parcel of the same manor. In the manor, there are 40 a. timber wood and the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; £4 service rent from various tenants, payable as above; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 240 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Wepham, 20s. rent from a messuage and 9 a. land, parcel of the manor of Wepham, that John Bonore holds. Orfold. In the manor, there is a field called ‘Chalffhamme’, and a croft of land called ‘Farmecroft’ with 3 small crofts on the northern side of the croft, parcel of the manor, where there are 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly. There is a meadow called ‘Holowemede’, where there are 10 a., each acre worth 8d. yearly. There are 3 a. meadow called ‘Longepece’, each acre worth 8d. yearly. There is a meadow called ‘Huntemede’, where there are 1 1/2 a., the acre worth 8d. yearly, and the 1/2 acre worth 4d. yearly. There is a piece of meadow called ‘Holowemede’, where there is an acre, worth... d. yearly. There is free entrance and exit to and from the land and meadow. There is service and rent of 5s. 9 1/2d.a third of and 1/2lb cumin, worth 1/2d. yearly, from various tenements in the manor, viz., from William Fownere , 2s. 1d.; from Richard Hifold , 1d. and third of 1/2lb cumin; from Richard Gilmyn , 12d.; from Thomas Meryngden , 2s.; from John Dunhurst , 6d.; and from Thomas Bowyer , 1 1/2d. Up Marden, 1/3 land and tenements described above. In the third, there is 10s. service rent from various tenants; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 80 a. sheep-pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Petworth, Sutton, and Duncton, 7 knights’ fees. Midhurst, Ford, and Rustington, 1 1/3 knights’ fees. Strettington, 1/3 knight’s fee. Lordington, one knight’s fee. Each knight’s fee is worth 13s. 4d. yearly when it falls, and each 1/3 knight’s fee is worth 5s. yearly when it falls. Tortington, patronage of the priory, worth 5 marks when it falls. Beatrice also held in dower all liberties, returns of writs, and franchises within the said hundreds, manors, lands, and tenements, worth nothing yearly. All the manors, lands, tenements, and 1/3 lands and tenements in Up Marden are held of the king by knight service. John, Lord Arundel and Mautravers died seised of the following manor with its members and appurtenances in demesne as of fee, as was found by an inquisition taken by commission at Arundel on 18 February 1424 before William Halle and Robert Syreston , to whom and to John Stourton the letters patent were addressed [CPR 1422–29, p. 92; CIPM XXII, no. 347]. After his death, the manor descended to John, late earl of Arundel, son of John, Lord Arundel and Mautravers, who was then seised in demesne as of fee. He demised it to Beatrice for life, and she was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement. John, late earl, afterwards had issue: Humphrey, and died, and reversion of the manor descended to Humphrey as his son and heir. Humphrey, thus seised as of fee and by right, died without heir of his body and the reversion reverted to William, present earl of Arundel , uncle and heir of Humphrey as brother of John father of Humphrey. Beatrice afterwards died seised of the manor without heir. Bignor, the manor, with all its members and appurtenances, viz., Eartham, Racton, Rogate, Medehone, and Madehurst. In the manor, there is the manorial site and 300 a. timber wood, worth nothing yearly; £12 service rent from various tenants, payable at the four principal feasts equally; 60 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 600 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Beatrice died without heir on 23 October last. William, present earl of Arundel, is aged 23 and more. Furthermore, the prior and convent of St Pancras of Lewes are seised and possessed of the following, and have been so from time immemorial: £24 annuity by name of a tenth penny rent from the lordship of Lewes, which sum is to be deducted from the whole extent of the lordship, taken at Easter and Michaelmas equally by the hand of the receiver-general of the lordship; free pasture for 25 animals, to depasture with the animals of the lordship in the lord’s pasture at Ditchling; and 100s. annuity taken yearly at Easter and Michaelmas equally from the issues of the manor of Newhaven and the vill of Piddinghoe; 8s. annuity taken yearly at Michaelmas from issues of the manor of Newhaven for the stank of a certain watermill there, and the site of the same, formerly of the prior and convent; all manner of amercements from each and every tenant of the prior and convent amerced in the hundred and court of the lord of the lordship, held annually for the whole of the lordship; the polls of all beasts taken in the parks of Newhaven and Cuckfield; the first market of timber (lignorum) in the vill of Lewes on three days of the week; the first victualling market in the vill of Lewes and in the whole lordship after the lord; and the right to fish in all waters of the lordship, by them and theirs, on the great feasts and anniversaries of the founders of the monastery, and against the coming of great households to such a gathering. William Ryman, esquire , was seised in demesne as of fee of a toft, a carucate of land, and 2 a. wood in Up Marden by enfeoffment of Thomas, lately husband of Beatrice. They are held of John, duke of Norfolk , service unknown. William assigned a third of the toft etc. to Beatrice in dower, and she was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, with reversion to William Ryman and his heirs. Beatrice afterwards died seised of this estate, and the reversion belongs to William Ryman and his heirs. Up Marden. In the third, there are 30 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 1/2 a. wood, worth nothing yearly. John Bohun, knight , William Hankeford, knight , John Wilteshire, knight , Robert Hulle , Nicholas Carewe , William Cheyne , William Ryman , and Robert Ingelere were seised in demesne as of fee of the manors of North Wood (Northwode), Broomer in Birdham, Tortington, Bowdon, Kingston near Lewes, one messuage, 60 a. land, and 4 a. meadow in Ilsham Pecchy, and 50 a. land, and 350 a. pasture in Storrington, by enfeoffment of Thomas, late earl of Arundel , lately husband of Beatrice, and John Bohun etc. [as above] assigned a third in dower to Beatrice. She was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement. Afterwards, John Bohun etc. [as above] granted 2 parts of the manors, lands, and tenements, and a third of the manors, lands, and tenements, to Thomas Dene, master of the hospital of St Trinity, Arundel, to have to him and his successors in pure and perpetual alms. Royal licence was obtained [CPR 1422–29, pp. 114–15]. Thomas Dene was thus seised of 2 parts of the manors etc. in his demesne as of fee in right of the hospital, and Beatrice attorned to him for the third that she held in dower. Thomas Dene died, and Nicholas Warde was made master of the hospital. Beatrice then died, and reversion of the third fell to Nicholas and belongs to him. The manors, lands, and tenements are held of others than the king, but of whom and by what service is unknown. North Wood (Northwode), 1/3 manor. There is a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 30 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; and 50 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Broomer in Birdham, 1/3 manor. There are 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 24 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Tortington, 1/3 manor. There are 3 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 5 a meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Bowdon, 1/3 manor. There is a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 30 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Kingston near Lewes, 1/3 manor. There are 2 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 50 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Ilsham Pecchy, 1/3 of the lands and tenements above [one messuage, 60 a. land, and 4 a. meadow]. There are 20 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and an acre of meadow, worth 8d. yearly. Storrington, 1/3 lands and tenements above [50 a. land, and 350 a. pasture]. There are 20 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 115 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. She held the following for life by demise of John Bohun, chevalier , John Wilteshire, chevalier , Robert Hulle , Nicholas Carewe , William Cheyne , William Ryman , and Robert Ingelere . They also granted reversion of the following, by deed shown to the jurors, to John Colmorde, master of the college of Arundel, to have to him and his successors. Royal licence was obtained and shown to the jurors [CPR 1422–29, p. 116]. Houghton, 1/3 manor. In the third, there is the site of 1/3 manor, worth nothing yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 24 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Graffham, 1/3 messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and 44 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Of whom and by what service they are held is unknown. [2]+She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or service of the king, or any other. A fine was levied at Westminster one month from Easter 1366 [CP 25/1/288/48, no. 664], before Robert de Thorp , John Moubray , William Fyncheden , and William de Wichyngham, king ’s justices, and afterwards recorded and granted on the octave of Trinity 1366, before the same justices and others present, between Richard, then earl of Arundel and Surrey , and Eleanor his wife, daughter of Henry, late earl of Lancaster , querents, and John, late duke of Lancaster , the king’s most beloved son, Humphrey Bohun, late earl of Hereford , Henry de Bello Monte , Roger Lestrange , Guy de Brian , Warin de Insula, Henry de Percy , Thomas de Lodelowe , John Delues , Walter Hopton , Edward de Sancto Johanne , and John de Lodelowe , chevaliers, William Banastre , Robert de Halsham , John Botiller , Roger Dalyngrugge , John Kyngesfold , and Henry Wynnesbury, deforciants, regarding, among other things, the castle and vill of Lewes, and the manors of Cuckfield, Clayton, Ditchling, Newhaven, Patcham, Brighton, Rottingdean, Houndean, Northease, Rodmell, Keymer, Middleton, Allington, Worth, and Pyecombe, and the vills of Seaford, Iford, and Piddinghoe. Richard, late earl, recognised the castle, vills, and manors to be the right of the late duke, earl of Hereford, Henry etc. [as above] as held by grant of Richard, late earl of Arundel. For that recognition, the late duke etc. [as above] granted the castle, vills, and manors, to Richard, late earl of Arundel and Eleanor – with knights’ fees, reversions, advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, and other religious chattels, and families, fairs, markets, warrens, chases, parks, woods, ponds, stanks, houses, homages and other services of free tenants, villeins with their villeinage, marshes, fisheries, pastures, hundreds, liberties, regalities, and all other things – to hold to them for their lives, with successive remainders to Richard Arundell, junior , and Elizabeth his wife, for their lives; and to the heirs of the body of Richard Arundell, junior , as fully apparent in the one part of the fine shown to the jurors. The late earl of Arundel and Eleanor were thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, and died seised of this estate. Richard Arundell, junior, had issue: Thomas, late earl of Arundel , Elizabeth, Joan, and Margaret. Richard Arundell, junior, and Elizabeth his wife afterwards died, and Thomas, late earl , then entered the castle etc. and was thus seised in demesne as of fee tail by virtue of the fine. Thus seised, he granted the castle etc., among other things, to Thomas, Lord Camoys , John Bohun , John Wilteshire , Thomas Sakevile , knights, William Lasyngby , Robert Hille , William Cheyne , Robert Pobelowe , Thomas Harlyng , John Wyke , clerks, David Holbache , John Wele , Richard Wakehurst , William Boerley , William Ryman , Thomas Sencler , John Fitz Piers , Thomas Salman , and Richard Laken , and their heirs and assigns. Royal licence was previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, p. 336]. Thomas, Lord Camoys, John, John etc. [as above] were thus seised in demesne as of fee. Thomas, late earl of Arundel, afterwards died without heir of his body and Thomas, Lord Camoys , John, John etc. [as above] then granted the castle etc., among other things, to Beatrice for life, with remainder to the right heirs of Thomas, late earl of Arundel . Royal licence was previously obtained. Beatrice was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement and, at the time of this grant, Elizabeth, Joan, and Margaret were sisters and heirs of Thomas, late earl. Elizabeth afterwards had issue: John, late duke of Norfolk . She died, and her right of remainder as sister and one of the heirs of Thomas, late earl, descended to the late duke of Norfolk as son and heir of Elizabeth. The late duke of Norfolk afterwards died and the right of remainder descended to John, present duke of Norfolk , his son and heir. Joan had issue: Richard, late earl of Worcester , and Richard had issue: Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville, Lord Bergavenny . Richard died, then Joan died, and her right of remainder as second sister and heir of Thomas, late earl, descended to Elizabeth daughter of Richard, late earl of Worcester, kin and heir of Joan. Margaret had issue: Edmund Lenthale , and died. Her right of remainder as third sister and heir of Thomas, late earl, descended to Edmund as her son and heir. Beatrice afterwards died seised in demesne as of free tenement of the castle etc., with remainder to John, present duke of Norfolk, Elizabeth, wife of Edward, and Edmund Lenthale, as right heirs of Thomas, late earl of Arundel.+[2] They should hold the castle etc. to them and the heirs of their bodies, as kin and heirs of Richard Arundell, junior, according to the form of the fine. The castle, vills, and manors are held of the king by knight service. Lewes. In the castle there are various buildings and houses, worth nothing yearly above repair. Belonging to the castle is a chase called ‘Cleres’, worth nothing yearly above the keeping of the same; advowson or patronage of the priory of Lewes when vacant, worth 100s. when it falls; and the following knights’ fees and part-fees. Portslade, Aldrington, and Ovingdean, 10 knights’ fees lately held by William Bardolf , extending at £50 when they fall. Hamsey, Barcombe, Streat, and Newtimber, 14 knights’ fees lately held by William de Say , £70. Hurstpierpoint, Westmeston, and Wrentham, 10 knights’ fees lately held by Robert de Pound , £50. Poynings and Pyecombe, 10 knights’ fees lately held by Michael de Ponynges , £50. Balshill and Rottingdean, one knight’s fee lately held by William de la Rye , 100s. Ockley, 1/2 knight’s fee, that the heirs of Nicholas Nogoun hold (ten’), 50s. Hangleton-Benfields and Fincham, 1 1/4 knights’ fees that the heirs of John de Benfeld hold (ten’), £6 5s. Hangleton and Rougham, 1/2 knight’s fee and 1/4 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Philip Neband, 75s. Rougham, one knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Gardon de Hangelton, 100s.; and 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by John de Kyngeston, 50s. Plumpton, one knight’s fee lately held by William Bardolf, 100s. Wapsbourne, Chailey, Iford, and Worth, 7 knights’ fees lately held by the heirs of Richard Playez , £35. Perching, one knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Robert Agelon, 100s. Bevendean and Barcombe, one knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of John Gaddesden, 100s. Rougham, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of William le Boteler , 50s.; 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of John de Straunge, 50s. Rothyng, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by Richard Fillol, 50s. Bevendean, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by Andrew de Mested, 50s. Hangleton, one knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Robert de Cokefeld, 100s. Sond, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by Payn de la Mare, 50s. Standean, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Waleran de Mounceux, 50s. Smithwick, one knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Saer de Rosey, 100s. Radynden, one knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Walter de Radyngden, 100s. West Blatchington, 1/4 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of James de Wayulle, 25s. Ditchling, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of John Gaddesden, 50s. [Place not given.] One knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Hugh de Fokyngton iuxta Wilmyngton, 100s. Rodmell, 1/6 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Ralph de Stopeham, 16s. 8d. Benhams, 2 knights’ fees lately held by the heirs of Roger Bygot, lately earl of Norfolk, £10. Deopham, 1/10 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of William de Blondell, 10s. West Firle, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Robert Levet , 50s.; 1/2 knight’s fee that the dean of Chichester holds, 50s.; 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Gilbert de Firles, 50s. Maplesden (Mapuldram), one knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of William Bardolf, 100s. Fulking, 1/2 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of William Bealmond, 100s. Ovingdean, 1/5 knight’s fee lately held by the heirs of Ralph de Rademeld, 20s. Piddingworth and Ditchling, 1/3 knight’s fee lately held by Gilbert Sikelfote, 33s. 4d. Lewes. In the vill, there is £6 5d. assize rent taken yearly from various lands and tenements at Easter and Michaelmas equally; view of frankpledge held yearly on Michaelmas, a court called the court of the vill and a court called court baron held every three weeks, the perquisites worth 13s. 4d. yearly; a fair (nundine) held during Pentecost week, and a market held every Saturday, the tolls worth 19s. 7d. yearly; a fishery, called the fishery of Lewes, worth £6 13s. 4d. yearly; various hundreds, viz., Buttinghill with the half-hundred of Wyndham, and the hundreds of Streat, Barcombe, Swanborough, Holmstrow, Younsmere, Whalesborne, half-hundred of Fishersgate, and the hundred of Poynings, held on Lady Day and Michaelmas, their perquisites worth 40s. yearly; and ?8s. ?2d. [ms damaged] common fine, payable on Lady Day and Michaelmas equally. Cuckfield, the manor. There are various buildings and houses, worth nothing yearly; £15 11d. assize rent, taken yearly from various lands and tenements at Candlemas, Pentecost, and Michaelmas, viz., at Candlemas, £4, at Pentecost, 100s., and at Michaelmas, £6 11d.; a park called ‘Cokefeldperk’ containing 229 a., worth nothing yearly above sustaining the beasts; another park called the park of Bently containing 326 a., worth nothing yearly above sustaining the beasts; and a ruinous watermill, worth nothing yearly. Hanlye, the manor, is member and parcel of the manor of Cuckfield. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; and 130 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly. Clayton, the manor. There are 49s. 8d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 12s. 4d., at Pentecost, 12s. 4d., and at Michaelmas, 25s.; 83 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 120 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and 2 woods called ‘Homewode’ and ‘Hesewode’, containing 100 a., worth nothing because not cut this year. Ditchling, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £15 assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, £4 10s., at Pentecost, £4 10s., and at Michaelmas, £6; 305 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 32 1/2 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 1 1/2d. yearly; a park called the park of Ditchling containing 300 a., worth nothing yearly above sustaining the beasts; and a chase called ‘Frekebergh’ and ‘Shortfrith’ containing 500 a., worth nothing yearly above sustaining the beasts. Newhaven, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £8 13s. 1d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 53s. 4d., at Pentecost, 53s. 4d., and at Michaelmas, 66s. 5d.; 304 1/2 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 39 a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and a rabbit-warren, worth 66s. 8d. yearly. Patcham, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £8 15s. 8d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 53s. 4d., at Pentecost, 53s. 4d., and at Michaelmas, 69s.; 368 1/2 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 500 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and a dovecot, worth nothing yearly. Brighton, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £15 19s. 11d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, £4, at Pentecost, 100s., and at Michaelmas, £6 19s. 11d.; 86 a. arable, each acre worth 5d. yearly; and 250 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Rottingdean, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £4 7s. 4d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 20s., at Pentecost, 20s., and at Michaelmas, 47s. 4d.; 90 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 20 a. marsh, totally submerged by flooding, and thus worth nothing yearly; and 350 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Houndean, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £19 11s. 8d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, £4, at Pentecost, £6, and at Michaelmas, £9 11s. 8d.; 211 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 58 1/2 a. marsh, destroyed by year-long flooding, and thus worth nothing yearly; 201 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and 100 a. marsh in ‘le Horsbroke’, ‘Swymesbroke’, and ‘Elde’, worth nothing this year because submerged by flooding. Northease, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £10 6s. 3 1/2d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 66s. 8d., at Pentecost, 66s. 8d., and at Michaelmas, 72s. 11 1/2d.; 199 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 102 a. marsh, worth nothing because submerged by flooding; and 470 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly. Rodmell, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £9 10s. 3d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 60s., at Pentecost, 60s., and at Michaelmas, 70s. 3d.; 120 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and 79 a. marsh, worth nothing because submerged by flooding. Keymer, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £11 1d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 60s., at Pentecost, 60s., and at Michaelmas, 100s. 1d.; 333 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 62 a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 24 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and a wood called ‘Scoresholt’, worth nothing because uncut this year. Middleton, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; 43s. 4d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 13s. 4d., at Pentecost, 13s. 4d., and at Michaelmas, 16s. 8d.; 14 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and a park called Hailey, worth nothing yearly above sustaining the beasts. Allington, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £6 6s. 7d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 40s., at Pentecost, 42s., and at Michaelmas, 44s. 7d.; 136 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 19 1/2 a. meadow, each acre of 8 a. of which is worth 12d. yearly, and the rest lies submerged in marsh by flooding, and thus worth nothing this year; 15 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 151 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and a wood called ‘Bechewode’, worth 5s. yearly. Worth, the manor. There is only a forest in this manor, called the forest of Worth, worth nothing yearly above sustaining the beasts. Pyecombe, the manor. There is 35s. 4d. assize rent taken yearly, viz., at Candlemas, 11s., at Pentecost, 11s., and at Michaelmas, 13s. 4d.; 68 a. arable, each acre worth 5d. yearly; and 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Seaford, the vill. The assize rents, customary rents, imposts of the vill, and perquisites of the view of frankpledge and court there are worth 40s. yearly. Iford, the vill. There is 100s. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts equally. Piddinghoe, the vill. There is £4 6s. 3d. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts, viz., at Candlemas, 26s. 8d., at Pentecost, 26s. 8d., and at Michaelmas, 32s. 11d. She held the following in dower by endowment of Thomas, late earl , formerly her husband, from the inheritance of the present duke of Norfolk , Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville , and Edmund Lenthale , as kin and heirs of Thomas, late earl: 1/3 sheriff’s tourn of Sussex, called ‘Nonemanneslond’, and 1/3 rent of £11 6s., called ‘Sherevesyild’, taken yearly within the rape of Arundel, held of the king in chief, service unknown. The perquisites of 1/3 sheriff’s tourn are worth 3s. yearly. Continues as 371 regarding the following, although without mention of the deed of attornment and with reference to heirs and assigns instead of heirs. The manors, lands, pastures, and rent are not held of the king in chief, but of others by service unknown. Shopwyke and Egley, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £8 assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts equally [Candlemas, Pentecost, Michaelmas]; 260 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Compton and West Marden, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; 78s. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts equally; 124 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 120 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Littleworth, the manor. There is the site, a small park, and 100 a. wooded land, worth nothing yearly above repair of the houses and sustaining the beasts. West Dean and Boxgrove. In the tenement called ‘Bromes’, there is 40s. assize rent taken yearly at the said feasts equally, 80 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly, and 120 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. In the tenement called ‘Croftlond’ and ‘Bruggelond’, there are 200 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. Horsham. In the tenement called Coltstaple, there are 200 a. land and pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. The earl of Northumberland , Ralph Cromewell , John Scroop , Robert Darcy , Bartholomew, Thomas Mollesley , Walter, and John Massy were seised in demesne as of fee of 80 a. land and pasture in Ilsham Haket, and 45 a. land and pasture, called ‘Panters’ and ‘Archers’ in West Dean. Thus seised, they demised the land and pasture to the countess for life, with reversion to the earl of Northumberland etc. [ as above], and their heirs and assigns. The countess was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, and she died seised of this estate. The lands and pasture are not held of the king, but of others by service unknown. They should revert to the earl of Northumberland etc. [ as above], and their heirs and assigns. Ilsham Haket, 80 a. land and pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. West Dean, 45 a. land and pasture, called ‘Panters’ and ‘Archers’, each acre worth 3d. yearly.
Date of death and heir as 370. John, present duke of Norfolk , Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville , and Edmund Lenthale , are next heirs of Thomas, late earl of Arundel , in form aforesaid. They are aged, respectively, 24 and more, 22 and more, and 20 and more.
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379 [Writ: see 378.]
SURREY. Inquisition. Southwark. 18 June 1440. [Penycok]. [Inquisition: ms badly galled in places.]
Richard Herteswode ... Richard Assherst ; John Pope ; Stephen Brytte ; William Compton ; John White of Leigh; William Leangre ; Reynold Jurdan ; Stephen Balhorn ; Robert atte Hethe ; John atte ?Herke....
Begins as 378+[2] regarding the castle and vill of Reigate, the manors of Dorking and Betchworth, and 1/3 rents, tolls, and customs held by the late earl in Guildford. John, duke of Norfolk, Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville , and Edmund Lenthale , hold the castle, vill, and manors to them and the heirs of their bodies. After the death of Thomas, late earl , the 1/3 rents, tolls, and customs in Guildford was seized into the king’s hand because it was held of ‪ Henry V by knight service, and John Wyntereshull , then escheator, by virtue of the king’s writ, assigned a third of the third, described as every third penny from 1/3 rents, tolls, and customs in Guildford, to Beatrice in dower, in full allocation of all lands, tenements, knights’ fees, advowsons of churches, franchises, liberties, and all other possessions that were of Thomas, late earl . Beatrice was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement of a third of the third, and died seised of this estate. Reversion belongs to the present duke of Norfolk , Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville , and Edmund Lenthale , as kin and heirs of Thomas, late earl . The castle, vill, manors, and third of the third are held of the king in chief by knightservice. Reigate. In the vill is a liberty or franchise of ‘Infangtheef’ and ‘Outfangtheef’, worth nothing yearly. Belonging to the castle and lordship is right of patronage or advowson of the priory of Reigate, worth 40s. yearly when it falls; £23 13s. 9 1/4d. assize rent, customary rent, and other services in the vill, a third payable at Candlemas, Pentecost, and Michaelmas by the hand of various tenants there for various lands and tenements, viz., at Candlemas, £6 6s. 8d., at Pentecost, £6 6s. 8d., and at Michaelmas, £11 5 1/4d. Also belonging to the castle is a park called ‘Reygatepark’, containing 150 a., worth nothing yearly above sustaining the beasts and keeping the same; a wood called ‘Erleswode’, containing 200 a., worth nothing yearly because not cut this year; a wood called ‘Peteregge’, containing 20 a., worth nothing yearly for the same reason; 62 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 13 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; a market and fair (nundine), the tolls worth 12s. 3 1/2d. yearly; view of frankpledge and a court baron held every three weeks, the perquisites worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 25s. common fine, payable at Michaelmas. In the castle, there are various houses and buildings, worth nothing yearly because ruinous and destroyed. Belonging to the same castle are the following knights’ fees and part knights’ fees. None fell between the death of Beatrice and the day of the inquisition. Dorking, 1/2 knight’s fee that the heir of the manor of Bradley lately held, extending at 50s. when it falls. Reigate, 1/2 knight’s fee that William de Loundres lately held, 50s. [rubric as above for this entry and for those following]. Ashtead, 2 knights’ fees that Peter de Monte Forti lately held, £10. [No place given.] 1/4 knight’s fee that the prior of the hospital of St Cross of Reigate holds, 25s. Fetcham, one knight’s fee that the lord John de Aburnon lately held, 100s. [No place given.] 7 knights’ fees that the heir of the son of John Benz lately held, £35. Dorking, the manor. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; £38 5s. 10 1/2d. assize rent, payable at the said feasts for various lands and tenements in the hand of various tenants, viz., at Candlemas, £11, at Pentecost, £11, and at Michaelmas, £16 5s. 10 1/2d.; 222 1/2 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 150 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 123 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because the wood is a coppice and cut only once every 20 years; a wood called ‘Juhome’, worth nothing yearly; view of frankpledge and a court baron held every three weeks, the perquisites worth 53s. 4d. yearly; 2 watermills, worth 48s. 4d. yearly; a rabbit-warren, worth 58s. 4d. yearly; and a wood called ‘Homewode’, containing 400 a., worth nothing yearly because not cut this year. Betchworth, the manor. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 84 1/2 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 33s. 4 1/4d. assize rent, payable at the said feasts for various lands and tenements in the hand of various tenants, viz., at Candlemas, 10s., at Pentecost, 10s., and at Michaelmas, 13s. 4 1/4d.; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 150 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; a park called ‘Ywode’, containing 600 a., worth nothing yearly; a rabbit-warren, worth 20s. yearly; view of frankpledge and a court baron held every three weeks, the perquisites worth 12d. yearly; and one watermill, worth nothing yearly. Guildforda third of 1/3 rents, tolls, and customs, worth 13s. 4d. yearly. Continues as 371 regarding the following, although without mention of the deed of attornment and with reference to heirs and assigns instead of heirs. Lambeth, a messuage, worth 2s. yearly; 12 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly. They are not held of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown.
Date of death and heir as 370 John, present duke of Norfolk , is aged 24 and more, Elizabeth, wife of Edward, is aged 22 and more, and Edmund is aged 20 years and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on 12 July 1440.
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380 Writ. ‡ 2 December 1439. [Bate].
SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Ludlow. 17 May 1440. [Chetewyn].
Thomas Chorleton ; Ralph Banastre of Lacon; William de Coton ; Nicholas Hopton ; John de Esthope ; Roger Lyney ; John Borewey of Ludlow; Nicholas Sanford ; Edmund Cogdon ; William Burdon ; John de Benthale ; and Roger Pole .
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or service of the king, or any other. A fine was levied at Westminster one month from Easter 1366 [CP 25/1/288/48, no. 664], before Robert de Thorp , John Moubray , William Fencheden , and William de Wichyngham, king ’s justices, and afterwards recorded and granted on the octave of Trinity 1366, before the same justices and others present, between Richard, then earl of Arundel and Surrey , and Eleanor his wife, daughter of Henry, late earl of Lancaster , querents, and John, late duke of Lancaster , the king’s most beloved son, Humphrey Bohun, late earl of Hereford , Henry de Bello Monte , Roger Lestrange , Guy de Brian , Warin de Insula, Henry de Percy , Thomas de Lodelowe , John Delues , Walter Hopton , Edward de Sancto Johanne , and John de Lodelowe , chevaliers, William Banastre , Robert de Halsham , John Botiller , Roger Dalyngrugge , John Kyngesfold , and Henry Wynnesbury, deforciants, regarding, among other things, the castles of Dinas Bran, the castle of Holt, and the lands of Bromfield, Yale, and Wrexham in Wales. Richard, late earl, recognised the castles and lands to be the right of the late duke, earl of Hereford, Henry etc. [as above], as held by grant of Richard, late earl of Arundel. For that recognition, the late duke etc. [as above] granted the castles and lands to Richard, late earl of Arundel and Eleanor – with knights’ fees, reversions, advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, and other religious houses, homages and other services of free tenants, villeins with their villeinage, chattels, and families, fairs, markets, warrens, chases, parks, woods, ponds, stanks, marshes, fisheries, pastures, hundreds, liberties, regalities, and all other things – to hold to them for the life of Richard, late earl, with successive remainders to Richard Arundell, junior , and Elizabeth his wife, for the life of Richard Arundell, junior ; and to the heirs of the body of Richard Arundell, junior , as fully apparent in the one part of the fine shown to the jurors. The late earl of Arundel and Eleanor were thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, and died seised of this estate. Richard Arundell, junior, had issue: Thomas, late earl of Arundel , Elizabeth, late duchess of Norfolk , Joan Beauchamp, late Lady Bergavenny , and Margaret, lately wife of Roland Lenthale, knight , and Richard Arundell, junior, and Elizabeth his wife afterwards died. Thomas, late earl, then entered the castles etc. and was thus seised in demesne as of fee tail by virtue of the fine. He married Beatrice and afterwards died seised of this estate without heir of his body. Roger Corbet , then king’s escheator, assigned the following in dower to Beatrice, by virtue of ‪ Henry V’s writ. She was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement and died seised of this estate. Holt. Within the castle: 1/3 gaol, with free entrance and exit and the safe-keeping of prisoners by Beatrice’s officers, worth nothing yearly above repair and keeping the same; 1/3 house called ‘le Cheker’, with free entrance and exit, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 of all houses in the outer ward of the castle, assigned from antiquity for the receiver, worth nothing yearly; a stable for 5 horses, worth 3s. 4d. yearly, by the courthouse and next to the ditch of the castle; and 1/3 garden, with pasture called ‘le Quarrer’ by the same garden, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. Assigned were the following lordships, provostries, escheator’s office, and park: the vill of Wrexham with the court and courthouse and, belonging to the vill, all manner of franchises and liberties with all tolls, and the lordships of Bromfield and Yale with all profits and commodities; the manors of Hewlington, Pickhill, and Seswick, the office of ringild of Iscoed, the provostry of Marford, the lordship and bailiwick of Almere, the office of escheator of Yale, the provostry of Yale, the bailiwick of Bedwall, and the park of ‘Merseley’ with 1/3 mine for fuel there. They are members and parcels of the above castles and lands, and all the above [the gaol etc. and lordships etc.] are held of the king in chief as 1/3 knight’s fee. Wrexham. In the vill, there is a provostry, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; an escheatry, worth 10s. yearly; £10 assize rent from various tenements, payable by the hand of various tenants at Michaelmas and Lady Day equally; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 120 a. pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; a court held every three weeks, its perquisites worth 40s. yearly; view of frankpledge held twice yearly, viz., at Michaelmas and Easter, the profits worth 10s. yearly; a toll, worth £6 yearly, and a house called ‘Courthous’, worth nothing yearly. Hewlington, the manor. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; £6 1/4d. assize rent from various tenements in the hand of various tenants, payable at the said feasts equally; 32 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 49 a. pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly. Pickhill, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; £6 4s. 1 1/4d. assize rent from various tenements in the hand of various tenants, payable at the said feasts equally; 50 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Seswick, the manor. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; 111s. 8d. assize rent from various tenements in the hand of various tenants, payable at the said feasts equally; 24 a. land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 30 a. pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly. Iscoed. The office of ringild is worth £10 yearly. Marford. The provostry is worth £19 3s. 4 1/2d. . Almere. The lordship and bailiwick are worth 73s. 8 3/4d. . Yale. The office of the escheator is worth 60s. ; and the provostry is worth £4 2s. 10 3/4d. . Bedwall. The bailiwick is worth £14 13s. 11d. . ‘Merseley’. The park is worth 10s. yearly above keeping the same and sustaining the beasts; and the 1/3 mine is worth nothing because unoccupied this year. These lands and tenements held in dower should descend, by virtue of the fine, to John, present duke of Norfolk , Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville, Lord Bergavenny , and Edmund Lenthale , kin and heirs of Thomas, late earl, viz., to the duke as son of John, late duke of Norfolk , son of Elizabeth, one of the sisters and heirs of Thomas, late earl, to Elizabeth, wife of Edward, as daughter of Richard, late earl of Worcester , son of Joan, another sister and heir of Thomas, late earl, and to Edmund as son of Margaret, third of the sisters and heirs of Thomas, late earl. Thomas, late earl , was seised in demesne as of fee of the castle, vill, and manor of Shrawardine. Thus seised, he granted them, among other things, to Edward de Charleton of Powys, chevalier , Robert Pobelowe , and Thomas Harlyng , clerks, John Boerley , David Holbache , and John Tanke , and their heirs and assigns. Licence of ‪ Henry IV was previously obtained. Edward, Robert etc. [as above] were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and they afterwards granted the castle, vill, and manor, to Thomas, late earl , and Beatrice, then his wife, and the heirs of Thomas, late earl . Licence of ‪ Henry IV was previously obtained [CPR 1405–1408, pp. 342–3], and Thomas and Beatrice were thus seised, viz., Thomas in demesne as of fee, and Beatrice in demesne as of free tenement. Thomas afterwards died, without heir of his body, jointly seised of his estate with Beatrice and, after his death, she continued in her estate for life by virtue of the grant. She died seised of her estate, with reversion to the present duke of Norfolk, Elizabeth, wife of Edward Neville, and Edmund Lenthale, and their heirs, as kin and right heirs of Thomas, late earl [descent as above]. Shrawardine, the castle, vill, and manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. The castle, with houses and buildings in the same, is worth nothing yearly above repair. At Shrawardine, there is £16 assize rent from various lands and tenements in the hand of various tenants, payable at the said feasts equally; 300 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 13 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a rabbit-warren, worth 5s. yearly; a ferry across the Severn, worth 3s. yearly; a park, worth nothing yearly above keeping the same and sustaining the beasts there; a wood called ‘Alram’, containing 500 a., worth nothing because not cut this year; a wood called ‘Dastwode’, containing 300 a., worth nothing this year for the same reason; a wood called ‘Valyeswyke’, containing 100 a., worth nothing this year for the same reason; a court baron held every three weeks, the profits and perquisites worth 40s. yearly; and view of frankpledge held there twice yearly, viz., at Michaelmas and Easter, its perquisites worth 40s. yearly. Continues as 371 regarding the following, with reference to heirs and assigns instead of heirs. Childs Ercall, the manor. It is not held of the king in chief, but of whom and by what service is unknown. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; 30s. assize rent from various lands and tenements in the hand of various tenants, payable at Michaelmas and Lady Day equally; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. John Bohun , John Wilteshire , Robert Hulle , William Cheyne , Nicholas Carewe , William Ryman , John Bartlot , and Robert Ingelere were formerly similarly seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Felton Butler and they demised it to William Burley for life. He was thus seised of the manor in demesne as of free tenement. John, John etc. [as above] afterwards granted reversion of the manor to Beatrice for life and William Burley attorned to her for the manor by virtue of this grant. John Wilteshire and Robert Hulle afterwards died, and John Bohun , William, Nicholas, William, John Bartlot , and Robert Ingelere , by their deed shown to the jurors, granted reversion of the manor after the death of Beatrice to John, earl marshal , Joan Beauchamp, Lady Bergavenny , John Bathe, clerk , Thomas Gower , Robert Southwell , Henry, earl of Northumberland , Ralph Cromewell, Lord Cromwell, knight , John Scroop, Lord Scrope, knight , Robert Darcy, esquire , Bartholomew Brokesby, esquire , Thomas Mollesley , Walter Kebell , and John Massy , and their heirs and assigns. William Burley and the countess thus separately attorned by deed to the earl marshal etc. [as above] for the manor, and William Burley is still living. Felton Butler, the manor. Of whom it is held and by what service is unknown. Its true annual value is £4 when the reversion falls. Richard, late earl of Arundel , was seised in demesne as of fee of the castles, vills, and manors of Clun and Oswestry, and of the manors of Ruyton-XI-Towns, Bucknell, Clunbury, Dodington, Stretton, The Heath, Westhope, Lydley Hays, Cound, Acton Round, Wroxeter, Upton Magna, Dawley Magna, Alcaston, and Hints (Hynches). A fine was levied at Westminster on the octave of Trinity 1347 [CP 25/1/287/43, no. 401]. Continues as 374+[1]. Beatrice thus held in dower by endowment of Thomas, late earl , her former husband, the following lands, tenements, and manors, parcel of the castles, vills, and manors of Clun and Oswestry, and the manors of Ruyton-XI-Towns, Bucknell, Clunbury, Dodington, Stretton, The Heath, Westhope, Lydley Hays, Cound, Acton Round, Wroxeter, Upton Magna, Dawley Magna, Alcaston, and Hints (Hynches). She held them with reversion to William, present earl of Arundel , kin and heir male of Thomas, late earl, by virtue of the fine, as son of John Arundell, chevalier . Oswestry. In the castle: a new hall with an annexed upper chamber; a chamber by this chamber, with a latrine; a chamber beneath the upper chamber; a pantry with buttery at the other end of the hall; a small chamber by the pantry outside the door of the hall, between the hall and the gate of the castle; 1/3 of the upper and lower prison, with free entrance and exit for her bailiffs and ministers leading prisoners and debtors to the prison; 1/3 pit in the castle for drawing water at her will and that of her officers and ministers; 1/3 chapel there to hear mass and other divine service at her will and that of her ministers; 1/3 cookhouse with 1/3 larder, with free entrance and exit; 1/3 grange outside the castle in a suburb of the castle, viz., against the market of the vill; a stable in the upper part against the castle with a small granary there; 1/3 garden next to the same granary within the barbican; 1/3 courthouse there to hold her courts, with free entrance and exit; 1/3 exchequer there; lordship of 1/3 hundred of Oswestry, called Traean; lordship of Ruyton-XI-Towns with its members, advowson of the church of West Felton, and the provostry of Middleton and Llwyntidman, with all rents and profits. Worth nothing yearly are the buildings, houses, chambers, hall, latrine, buttery, pantry, 1/3 prison, 1/3 pit, cookhouse, larder, grange, stable, granary, garden, the court, exchequer, chapel, great chamber, gardens, forest, 1/3 pannage, profits of agistment and perquisites. The lordship of 1/3 hundred of Oswestry called Traean, is worth 5 marks yearly, viz., 33s. 4d. assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; and there are, in the lordship, 60 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 120 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. The lordship of Ruyton-XI-Towns, with its members, is worth 53s. 4d. , viz., 40s. assize rent, payable at the said feasts; 30 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 80 a. sheep-pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly. The provostry of Middleton and Llwyntidman, with rents and profits, is worth 24s. yearly, viz., 12s.assize rent , payable at the said feasts; 20 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 32 a. pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly. The advowson of the church of West Felton is worth 100s. when vacant. Clun. In the castle: all those buildings on the right side of the entrance to the castle to the lord’s chapel, except the chamber beneath the chapel, with free entrance and exit to the castle-gate for her and all her bailiffs and ministers, and all prisoners, debtors, and malefactors within the lordship, imprisoned and delivered at her will and that of her ministers; 1/3 pit for drawing water for her and hers at her will; 1/3 chapel there for hearing masses and other divine service; 1/3 great grange within the barbican of the castle, opposite the end of the small park; 1/3 another great chamber within the barbican, opposite the newly-built great house; a chamber by the castle with a stable beneath in the newly-built house; 1/3 house opposite the newly-built house by the grange; free entrance and exit, if necessary, to the stream within the small park beneath the castle, at her will and that of her ministers; 1/3 all gardens within the castle bailey; 1/3 rents and profits of the lordship of Teirtref, from free tenants and neifs; 1/3 forest of Clun with 1/3 pannage of pigs and 1/3 all profits of agistment, amercement, and other perquisites from the forest and parks there, in both hunting and taking beasts and all other things, and taking waifs and strays. Worth nothing yearly are the buildings and houses within the castle of Clun, 1/3 water-pit, 1/3 chapel, 1/3 great grange, 1/3 great chamber; the new house, the chamber with stable, 1/3 house opposite the new house by the grange with free entrance and exit to the stream within the small park, 1/3 gardens within the bailey, 1/3 forest of Clun, 1/3 pannage of pigs, 1/3 profits of agistment, amercements, and all other perquisites issuing from the forest and parks, in both hunting and taking beasts and in all other things, and taking waifs and strays. The 1/3 lordship of Teirtref is worth 18s. , viz., 12s. assize rent; 12 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 24 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Clunbury, the manor. Annual value 40s., viz., from 20s. [?assize] rent payable at the said feasts; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Clunton, the manor. Annual value 24s., viz., from 12s. assize rent payable at the said feasts; 30 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 24 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Bucknell, the lordship, with all its profits. Annual value 4 marks, viz., 33s. 4d. assize rent payable at the said feasts; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Cound, the manor with advowson of the church there. Annual value of the manor, 26s. 8d., viz., 13s. 4d. assize rent payable at the said feasts; 20 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and80 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. The advowson of the church is worth 100s. yearly when vacant. Upton Magna, the manor. Annual value 40s., viz., 20s. assize rent payable at the said feasts; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly. Dodington and Hints (Hyntes), £12 free rent from the issues of the manors. Smethcott and Hadnall, one knight’s fee, worth 20s. yearly when it falls [as all the following knights’ fees are worth yearly]. Aston Botterell, one knight’s fee. Glazeley, 1/2 knight’s fee, worth 10s. yearly when it falls [as all the following 1/2 knights’ fees are worth yearly]. Acton Burnell and Thonglands, 1 1/2 knights’ fees. Acton Reynald and Abdon, 1 1/2 knights’ fees. Leighton, 1/2 knight’s fee. Haughton, 1/2 knight’s fee. Middleton and Apley, 2 1/2 knights’ fees. [No place given.] Half a knight’s fee that William de Oldebury iuxta Bruggenorth holds. Acton Scott, 1/2 knight’s fee. Henley, 1/2 knight’s fee. Brockton, 1/2 knight’s fee. Hopton, 2 knights’ fees. Sibdon Carwood and Wistanstow, one knight’s fee. The above lands, tenements, manors, knights’ fees, and advowsons are held of the king by knight service.
Date of death and heir as 370 William, present earl of Arundel , is aged 23 and more.
The present duke of Norfolk is aged 24 and more, Elizabeth, wife of Edward, is aged 22 and more, and Edmund Lenthale is aged 20 and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on ?14 June. [Foot:] Memorandum that on ? 11 July 1440, the duke of Norfolk and his co-heirs ?[petitioned for livery] etc. [in ms].
C 139/98/28 mm. 22–23 E 149/168/4 m. 2
Margin: ‘for the earl of Arundel’ The marginal note is illegible. Each piece of land or right is individually itemised in ms. Item liiij acr’ prati xviij acr’ vnde ij iacent en Denemede … All virgates are of land. C 139: ‘not’ is an insertion. The state of the ms makes it unclear whether the ‘2d.’ refers to the arable land. The clause is repeated, recording a different value. Margin: ‘for the earl of Arundel’. The marginal note is illegible. The commission of 377 necessarily recites much of this inquisition, although summarises where possible. Here, the starred acreages (30 a., 40 a., 40 a., 30 a.) are described collectively in m. 15 as ‘70 a. land [sic] in allocation of her dower of all the demesne lands that were of Thomas, late earl’. The terms of payment are recorded in the commission of 377 as those ‘at the four usual terms of the year, viz., Michaelmas, Candlemas, Easter, and Midsummer’. The knights’ fees are recorded in the commission of 377 as ‘22 knights’ fees, 2 half knights’ fees, 1/4 knight’s fee, 3 parts of a knight’s fee, and 2 quarters of 2 knights’ fees’. This largely agrees with the inquisition of 376, where there is an additional 1/2 knight’s fee listed. The marginal note is illegible. E 149: ‘23 October last’ was deleted and replaced by ‘Wednesday before the feast of All Saints last’ (28 October last), which is what is recorded in C 139. See notes above: nos 294–6. E 149: ‘50 a. pasture’ (C 139 is illegible), but the fine of 1357 records 500 a. pasture. C 139: ‘granary’; E 149: ‘garden’. Each piece of land or right is individually itemised in the inquisition. E 149: omits Ford. E 149: Lurditon is changed to Ludriton. E 149: the sentence continues with ‘and [patronage] of the college of Arundel’. It is underlined in E 149, and omitted altogether in C 139. 379 (m. 18): to hold to the late earl of Arundel and Eleanor for the life of the late earl. Margin: ‘of the king’. The location of the knight’s fee is not given, but the detailed toponymic surname of a previous holder suggests that it may have been in Folkington by Wilmington. E 149: ‘50s.’. E 149: the 300 a. pasture were initially described as ‘in the marsh and on the hills’ but this was scored through. C 139: ‘in the marsh and on the hills’ is entirely omitted. C 139: ‘£5 1d.’; E 149: ‘100s. 1d.’. Margin: ‘transaction’, ‘entail’, ‘transaction’. The phrases ‘all still living’ and ‘all now deceased’, used in a transaction repeated across several inquisitions, are not recorded in 380. This fine, repeated across several inquisitions, is not recorded in 380 as ‘shown to the jurors’. ... prisonar[ios] debit[ores] suos et incarcerat[os]... … pro omnibus prisonis debit[oribus] et malefact[oribus] … The location of the knight’s fee is not given, but the detailed toponymic surname of a previous holder suggests that it may have been in Oldbury by Bridgnorth. The 14 knights’ fees which are listed are referred to collectively in ms as ‘15 knights’ fees’.