SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.
Inquisition [indented].
Bishop’s Castle.
30 June 1441. [
Whitcombe].
William
Cheyne
;
Edward
Leghton
of Marche;
Edmund
Plonden
;
Walter
Walcot
;
William
de
Acton Scot
;
Gruffudd
ap
Ieuan ap Rerith
;
David
ap
Griffith
;
John
ap
Griffith
;
William
Spencer
;
John
Walker
of Walleybourne;
Thomas
Seympere
;
John
Mynton
of Westbury; and
John
Betton
of Montford.
Edward
Charlton, knight
, was seised of the following manor and advowson in demesne as of fee. By charter, he granted them without royal licence to
John
Fitzpiers
, and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Joyce, daughter of
Edward
Charlton, and her heirs. John was thus seised in demesne as of fee tail.
Lydham, the manor with advowson of the church. There are various houses, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates of land, worth 40s. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 4s. yearly; 4 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; a watermill, worth 20s. yearly; an acre of curtilage, worth 2s. yearly; and a warren, worth nothing yearly above the warrener’s fee. The church is filled by Morien ap Ieuan, clerk, by grant of John Fitzpiers. The manor is held of the king in chief as 1/2 knight’s fee and suit at the king’s hundred of Purslow. He died seised of the above manor and advowson without heir of his body. The remainder belongs to Joyce who has taken
John
Tiptoft, knight
, as her husband.
The same
Edward
Charlton
was seised of the following manor in the March of Wales in demesne as of fee. By charter, he granted it without royal licence to John Fitzpiers, and the heirs of his body, with reversion to the right heirs of Edward. John was thus seised in demesne as of fee tail.
Plas-yn-Dinas, the manor, held of the king in chief as 1/40 knight’s fee. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 100 a. waste, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 6s. assize rent payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally. He died seised of the manor in demesne as of fee tail without heir of his body. Joyce, wife of
John
Tiptoft, knight
, and
Henry
Grey, knight, kin of Joyce as son of Joan the other daughter of Edward, sister of Joyce, are Edward’s next heirs. Joyce and Henry are respectively aged 34 and 21 and more.
He died on 19 April 1440.
Maurice
ap
Phelip
of Lydham and
Howell
ap
Ieuan ap Lleweleyn
of Plas-yn-Dinas, lately John’s bailiffs, took the issues of the manors from the time of his death until the day of the inquisition, title and manner unknown.
This extent uses the phrase de claro to indicate ‘all issues above reprises’. Rarely seen.