Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 25, 1437-42
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JOAN WHO WAS WIFE OF
THOMAS
CARMYNOWE
500
Writ.
‡
18 October 1440.
[
Bate].
Regarding lands and tenements held in dower and for life from the inheritance of
Ralph
Reskymmer
, kin and heir of
Otes
Trevarthian,
knight
.
CORNWALL.
Inquisition.
Helston.
31 October 1440. [
Bourton].
Peter
Seyntaubyn
;
Richard
Tregoos
;
John
Kylligrewe
;
John
Skewyn
;
John
Merthederwa
;
John
Polsulsek
;
Richard
Ferres
;
Geoffrey
Seyntaubyn
;
Richard
Treuthall
;
John
Treworgy
;
James
Polwheuerer
; and
Thomas
Luddre
.
She held the following in dower by endowment of
Otes
Trevarthian, knight
, formerly her husband, from the inheritance of
Ralph
Reskymmer.
Merthen, the manor, held of the king as of his castle and honour of Launceston as of his duchy of Cornwall by knight service. There is a capital messuage and 3 other small messuages, worth nothing yearly above repair; an old dovecot, worth 3s. yearly; a ruinous mill for grain, worth 4s. yearly; 7 ferlings of land, each worth 5s. yearly; 4 ferlings of land in a vill called Retallack, parcel of the manor, each ferling worth 4s. yearly; 26s. 8d. rent taken by the hand of various free tenants, payable at the four terms of the year, viz., Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter, and Midsummer, equally; 100 a. wood, worth nothing without felling, waste, and destruction because the pasture there is worth nothing yearly; and 300 a. moor, furze, and heath, worth nothing yearly because lying waste and unoccupied and they have lain thus for a long time.
Hallegan, 2 parts of the manor, held of
John
Basset
in free socage. In the two parts, there are 2 messuages and 3 tofts, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; 13s. 4d. rent, payable by the hand of various free tenants at the said four terms of the year.
Treen, 3 messuages, 100 a. land, and 40 a. heath and moor, worth 26s. 8d. yearly, held of Anora, daughter and heir of John Trevaygnon in free socage.
Sticker, one messuage, 30 a. land, 6 a. wood, and 40 a. heath and moor, worth 10s. yearly, held of
John
Pedyt
in free socage.
She held the following for life by demise of Otes from the inheritance of Ralph.
Trethevas, the manor, held of
Edward
Pomeray
as of his manor of Tregony in free socage. There are 6 messuages and 6 tofts, worth nothing yearly; a carucate of demesne land, worth 40s. yearly; 8 ferlings of land occupied by various tenants-at-will, worth 46s. 8d. yearly; 21s. rent taken yearly by the hand of various free tenants, payable at the said four terms; 20 a. small wood, worth nothing yearly except when the wood is fit for felling, and each acre, when felled, is worth 40d. yearly; and 100 a. waste furze, heath, and moor, worth nothing yearly.
Ruan Minor in ‘Morep’, advowson of the church.
She died on 7 August last. Ralph is kin and next heir of Otes Trevarthian viz., son of Idony sister of Otes, because Otes died without heir of his body. Ralph is aged 28 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 24 November.
Margin: ‘dower’.
Margin: ‘term of life’.
C 139/103/37 mm. 1–2