Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 25, 1437-42
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THOMAS
DE LA
HAY, SENIOR, ESQUIRE
415
Writ [not extant].
30 January 1440.
[CFR 1437–45, p. 104.]
HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.
Inquisition........
June 1440.
[
Aburhale].
[Inquisition: ms torn and missing in places, and dirty, particularly down the right-hand side.]
Hugh
Monynton
;
Robert
Bromwych
;
Thomas
Barowe
; ?Geoffrey ...
;... Thomas H......
John
Hunte
;
Roger
Huntelowe
;
John
Gyne ;
Richard ?Lovre
; and
Richard
Jenans
.
He held no lands or tenements [of the king in chief] in demesne as of fee or service. A fine was, however, levied at Westminster on the octave of Hilary 1425 [CP 25/1/83/54, no. 4] before
William
Babyngton
,
John
Cokeyn
,
John
Preston
,
John
Martyn
, and
John
Juyn
, justices, and afterwards granted and recorded on the quindene of Easter in the same year, before the same justices and others present, between
Thomas
de la
Hay,
senior, esquire, and Joan his wife, querents, and
Richard
Walshe, chaplain, deforciant, regarding a moiety of the manors of Wellington and Adzor, and of 100 a. land, and 20s. rent in Wellington that
John
Chaundos, chevalier
, held for life. The fine was shown to the jurors. Richard recognised the moiety to be the right of Thomas, and granted for him and his heirs that a moiety of the moiety of the manors, land, and rent, held for life by
John
Chaundos
from the inheritance of Richard on the day of this agreement, and that after the death of John should revert to Richard and his heirs, should, after the death of John, remain to
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
, and Joan for their lives, with successive
remainders to
Richard
de la
Hay
, son of Thomas de la Hay, senior, and the heirs male of his body; to Uriah, brother of Richard, and the heirs male of his body; to Richard, son of Thomas, junior, and the heirs male of his body; and to the right heirs of
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
.
Thomas de la Hay, senior, was thus jointly seised with Joan his wife in demesne as of free tenement of a moiety of the moiety, and he died so seised. Joan is still living, and holds and occupies the moiety of the moiety in survivorship, with remainder to Uriah, brother of Richard de la Hay, and the heirs male of his body, because Richard died without heir male of his body.
Richard
Walshe
also granted, for him and his heirs, that the other moiety of the moiety, also held by John for life from the inheritance of Richard on the day of this agreement, and that after John’s death should revert to Richard and his heirs, should instead remain to the said Thomas for life, with successive remainders to
Richard
de la
Hay
, son of
Thomas, senior
, and the heirs male of his body; to Uriah and the heirs male of his body; to Richard, son of Thomas, junior, and the heirs male of his body; and to the right heirs of Thomas.
Thomas
de la
Hay,
senior, was thus seised of the other moiety of a moiety in demesne as of free tenement, and he died so seised, with remainder to Uriah and the heirs male of his body because Richard died without heir male of his body.
Wellington, 1/2 manor. In the first moiety of 1/2 manor of Wellington are various ruinous houses on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly above repair; 20s. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 6 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure. In the second moiety of 1/2 manor of Wellington is a ruinous capital messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair; 20s. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 6 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure.
Wellington, a moiety of 100 a. land and of 20s. rent. A moiety of each acre of the 100 a. land is worth 1d. yearly. The 1/2 manor and moiety of the land and rent in Wellington are held of the king as 1/8 knight’s fee.
Adzor, 1/2 manor. A moiety of 1/2 manor, annual value 13s. 4d., is held of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, as of his manor of Dinmore, service unknown.
John
Assheby, clerk
,
Richard
Wystaston, clerk
,
Philip
Lucas, rector of Eaton Bishop
,
Thomas
Bromwyche, junior
, and
John
Brandon
, were lately seised in demesne as of fee of the castle and manor of Urishay, and the manors of Trenant and Wellbrook. Thus seised, by tripartite charter dated at Urishay on 23 June 1438, shown to the jurors, they granted the castle and manors, with all their lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, mills, rents, services, woods, moors, hays (haiciis), and reversions, to
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
, for life without impleading, harassment, or impeachment of any waste, with successive remainders to Uriah, described as
Uriah
de la
Hay
, son of Thomas de la Hay, senior, and the heirs male of his body; to
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
, and the heirs male of his body; to
Thomas
de la
Hay
of Huntelowe, son of Thomas de la Hay, senior, and the heirs male of his body; to
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior, esquire
, and the heirs of his body; and to the right heirs of
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
. Thomas de la Hay was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, and died seised of this estate with remainder to Uriah de la Hay and the heirs male of his body.
Urishay, the castle and manor, annual value 100s.
Trenant, the manor, annual value 40s. Wellbrook, the manor, annual value 40s. The castle and manors are held in socage of Henry, earl of Warwick, as of his castle of Snodhill.
Richard
de la
Mare, esquire
,
James
Vinour, chaplain
, and
Richard
Walshe, chaplain
, were seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Arkstone, with its rents, services, wards, marriages, heriots, suits of court, and all other things. Thus seised, by charter dated at Arkstone on 24 June 1421, shown to the jurors, they granted the manor to
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
, described as
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior, esquire
, for life, provided that he is not prosecuted, accused or impleaded for any waste in the manor, with successive remainders to Richard, son of
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior, and Margaret his wife, daughter of
Thomas
de la
Barre, senior, knight
, and the heirs of the body of Richard; to Anne, sister of Richard and daughter of
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
, and Margaret, and the heirs of her body; and to
Thomas
de la
Hay, senior
, and his heirs and assigns.
Thomas de la Hay was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, and died seised of this estate with remainder to Anne, sister of Richard, and the heirs of her body, because Richard died without heir of his body.
Arkstone, the manor, annual value 100s., held of
Richard
Grey,
lord of Wilton, as of his castle of Wilton, service unknown.
He died on 22 January last.
Uriah is his son and next heir, and aged 30 and more.
C 139/100/52 m. 1
The date of the charter is recorded as ‘Wednesday the Nativity of St John the Baptist 9 Henry V’, but the Nativity of St John the Baptist in that year was a Tuesday, not a Wednesday. The Wednesday in 1421 was 25 June.