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MARGARET WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM ROOS OF HELMSLEY, KNIGHT
502 Writ not extant.]
LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Melton Mowbray. 28 September 1440. [Palmer]. [Inquisition: ms galled, worn, and illegible in places.]
William Pateman , John Marschall , Thomas Vincente , William Chapman , Roger Bosse , and John Walker, of Bottesford; Richard Porter and Thomas Grenne, of Redmile; Thomas Brownof Bottesford; John Browe of Eaton; John Barbour of Stathern; John Fauconer of Eastwell; and John Penne , Robert Loid , and Robert Julian , of Plungar.
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee but William Rempston , John Quynton , William Furby , and William Berford granted the following, among other things, to William Roos , lately deceased, and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to William Roos and his heirs and assigns, as more fully contained in the charter, dated at Belvoir on 7 January 1398, shown to the jurors. Bottesford, the manor, with advowson of the church there and patronage of the chantry of St Mary in the same church. In the manor, there is a hall with annexed chamber, a cookhouse, a great grange, a byre, and a dovecot, worth nothing yearly; an orchard, worth 53s. 4d. yearly; 150 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 8d. yearly; a watermill, worth 20s. yearly; 59 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 2 closes, worth 40s. yearly; a common oven, worth 11s. yearly; 2 other closes called ‘Oxholme’ and ‘Cowholme’, worth 20s. yearly; 22 messuages, worth nothing yearly because ruinous; and 6 a. pasture, worth 20s. yearly. There is in the manor a carucate of land in Normanton, parcel of the manor, worth 10s. yearly; and 100s. rent in Normanton, parcel of the manor. The advowson is filled by John Freman, rector , and the chantry is filled by William Witham , by presentation of Margaret. The manor, advowson, and patronage are held of William Babyngton, knight , and William Heton , feoffees of William Roos, knight, deceased, as of the castle of Belvoir, service unknown. She held the following in dower by endowment of William Babyngton, knight , and William Heton, esquire , both still living, Thomas Arundell, archbishop of Canterbury , William Wyloughby, knight , Richard Shropshire, esquire , Simon Leek, esquire , and John Corby, clerk , all now deceased, feoffees of William Roos , lately husband of Margaret, with reversion to William Babyngton and William Heton . Royal licence was previously obtained [CPR 1408–13, p. 25]. Belvoir, a croft called ‘Leycroft’, worth 20s. yearly. Belvoir, 1/3 park, worth nothing yearly above keeping, enclosure and the parker’s fee. Belvoir, 1/3 warren, worth 5s. yearly. Bottesford, in the fields, a third of 15 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and of 1 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly. They are parcel of the castle of Belvoir, which is held of the king in chief, service unknown. She held the following for life by endowment of William Roos, lately her husband. Redmile, 1/3 manor, annual value 6s. 4d. yearly, held of William Babyngton and William Heton as of the castle and lordship of Belvoir.
William Heton and John Freman, clerk, have taken the issues of the manor of Bottesford and the rent of 6s. 4d. since Margaret’s death by virtue of royal letters patent [CFR 1437–45, p. 117], and yet take them.
She died on 3 July 1438. Thomas Roos , a minor in the king’s wardship is her next heir, viz., son of Thomas son of Margaret, and aged 14 and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on 27 May 1441 by Thomas Palmer .
C 139/104/39 m. 1 E 149/166/6 m. 4 E 149/166/6 m. 5
E 149 follows with the underlined ‘and with one carucate of land and 100s. rent in Normanton. Which advowson, patronage, carucate of land, and 100s. rent are parcel of the manor and belong to it’. E 149/166/6 m. 5 has been used as the primary reference for this note and those following relating to 502. E 149: ‘because ruinous’ is omitted. E 149: the extent of Bottesford manor continues to here. It is then followed by the deleted: ‘[t]here are in Normanton 4 messuages and 8 bovates, worth 40s. yearly; 3 cottages, each worth 3s. yearly; 34 bovates, each worth 10s. yearly; and 43s. 4d. free rent’. The next sentence as given in the calendar (‘[t]here is in the manor …’)is omitted. E 149 makes it clear that both were filled by presentation of Margaret. The reversion is not noted in E 149. The fact of the licence is not noted in E 149, and only the reference to 1/3 park of Belvoir is described with the full complement of feoffees given in the calendar: the croft, warren, land, and meadow are described as endowed by William Babyngton , William Heton , Simon Leek , and Richard Shropshire . The croft is not explicitly described as in Belvoir. The entry regarding Redmile is deleted in E 149. E 149 doesn’t record the fact of the letters patent, nor that the issues continue to be taken by William Heton and John Freman . E 149 is clear that Thomas is next heir of Margaret and of William.