Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 25, 1437-42

JOHN ROGER OF BRYANSTON

605 Writ. ‡ 10 October 1441. [Bate]. Addressed to the escheator in Somerset and Dorset.

DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 20 October 1441. [Neuton].

Peter de Pynford ; John Pypelpen ; John Denne ; William Knaplok ; John Gunne ; John Fauntleroy ; John Verner ; John Frampton ; John Bailly ; Reynold Densham ; John Pyle ; and Thomas Dunne .

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Bryanston, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a capital messuage with other buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; a dovecot, worth 2s. yearly above repair; 60s. assize rent from various tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 124 a. of other arable, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 46 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 10 a. pasture in various closes, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 400 a. hilly pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 30 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure, its pasture worth 2s. yearly; a fishery in the Stour within the manor, worth 12d. yearly; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 3s. 4d. yearly above the steward’s stipend. Allington, the manor with advowson of the hospital of St Mary Magdalene within the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; 26s. 8d. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; 4 horseshoes and 1lb pepper, payable at the same feast, worth 16d. yearly; £8 rent from tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; a watermill, worth 30s. yearly above repair; 177 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 22 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 37 a. several pasture in various closes, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 60 a. hilly, several pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 6 a. moor, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. Sutton Waldron, the manor with advowson of the church there and advowson of the church of Maiden Newton on every other occasion, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; £10 assize rent from various tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; 169 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 18 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 5 a. pasture in various closes, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 500 a. hilly pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 60 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure, its pasture worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. moor, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 3s. 4d. above the steward’s stipend. He granted free power of presentation to John Roger , his son, senior, when the next vacancy should fall in the church of Sutton Waldron, whenever that might be. The grant was made by deed, shown to the jurors. Watercombe, 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly above repair, 32 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly. Of these messuages, land, and meadow, one messuage, 20 a. arable, and 4 a. meadow are held of John Latymer , service unknown, and the rest is held of John Stourton, knight , service unknown. Warmwell, a messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair, and 30 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, held of Henry North, service unknown. Ash, one messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair, 35 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly, 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, and an acre of moor, worth 12d. yearly, held of John Peverell and Agnes his wife, in right of Agnes, by service of one red rose at Midsummer for all services. Worth Francis, one messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair, 28 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly, and 2 a. moor, each acre worth 8d. yearly, held of John Peverell and Agnes, in right of Agnes, service unknown. Kingston Lacy, one messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair, 112 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly, called ‘Rabbys’, held of Henry, archbishop of Canterbury , Henry, bishop of Winchester , and Walter Hungerford, knight , feoffees of the manor of Kingston Lacy, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster, by service of 30s. and suit of court at the same manor for all services. Blynfield, one toft, worth nothing yearly, and 35 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly, held of the abbess of Shaftesbury , service unknown. Ibberton, one messuage with curtilage, worth nothing yearly above repair, 54 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly, 15 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, 7 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and an acre of wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure, held of Thomas, earl of Devon , by yearly service of 16d. for all services. Steepleton Iwerne, one messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair, and 20 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly, held of William Daccombe by service of 12d. and 1lb cumin for all services. Sherborne, ?2 messuages [ms faded], worth 40s. yearly, held of the bishop of Salisbury , service unknown. Lillington, one messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair, 60 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly, and 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, held of the bishop of Salisbury , service unknown. Butterwick, 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly, held of Walter Hungerford, knight, service unknown. Knighton in Durweston, 4 messuages, worth nothing yearly above repair, 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly, held of Walter Hungerford, knight , service unknown. Lydford, 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly, held of the abbot of Alcester , service unknown. Stourpaine, one messuage with curtilage, worth nothing yearly above repair, and 30 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, held of Thomas Husee , service unknown. Colhey in Loders, 8 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, held of John Roger, senior , service unknown.

He died on 4 October last. John Roger, senior , is his son and next heir, and aged ?30 and more [ms faded].

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606 [Writ: see 605.]

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Yeovil. 21 October 1441. [Neuton].

John Bysshop ; Ralph Manston ; Stephen Houper ; John Fyvyan ; John Nele ; John Brympton ; William Martyn ; William Mascall ; William Knaplok ; William Persons ; Richard Slade ; John Wodehole ; and Stephen Blaneford .

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Barwick, the manor with advowson of the church there, and the hundred of Barwick. In the manor, there is a capital messuage with other buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; 50s. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; £6 assize rent from tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; a watermill, worth 30s. yearly; a fulling-mill, worth 26s. 8d. yearly above repair; 114 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 26 a. several pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 12 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure, the pasture of the wood worth 6d. yearly; and perquisites of the hundred and manorial court there, held together, worth 13s. 4d. yearly. Stoford, the borough. There is £4 assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; and pleas and perquisites of the court there, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. The borough and hundred are parcel of the manor of Barwick; and the manor, with advowson, borough, and hundred, is held of John, earl of Somerset , service unknown. Kilve, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of John, bishop of Bath and Wells , and other feoffees of the manor of Compton Dundon, service unknown. There is a capital messuage with various buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; 69s. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; £4 assize rent from tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; 193 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 46 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 2 gardens, the herbage and fruit worth 2s. yearly; 300 a. heath on Quantock, the commodities and pasture worth 5s. yearly; a park annexed to the manor, its pasture worth 4s. yearly; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 4s. yearly. Holford, 11 messuages, 61 a. arable, 2 a. meadow, and 10 a. pasture, held of the heir of John Loterall, a minor in the king’s wardship, as 1/20 knight’s fee. Various tenants hold the messuages etc. at will, rendering 49s. yearly at the four principal terms of the year. Sparkford, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of William, Lord Zouche, as of his manor of Castle Cary, service unknown. There is a capital messuage with other buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; 18s. 2 1/2d. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; £10 assize rent from various tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; 154 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 33 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 166 a. pasture and moor, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 24 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. Upton Noble, the manor, held of the earl of Warwick by yearly service of a rose for all services. There are various buildings within the manorial site, worth nothing yearly above repair; a garden, worth 12d. yearly; a dovecot, worth 2s. yearly above repair; 8s. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; 48s. assize rent from tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; 105 a. arable, each acre worth 1 1/2d. yearly; 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 8 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 80 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 2s. yearly. North Cheriton, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of William, Lord Zouche, as of his manor of Castle Cary, service unknown. There is a capital messuage with other buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; 8s. 8d. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; 26s. 8d. assize rent from tenants- at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; 137 a. arable, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 50 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; a certain pasture in ‘Caulmore’, worth 12d. yearly; 4 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 2s. yearly. Langport Eastover, one messuage, worth 2s. yearly above repair, held of John, earl of Somerset, service unknown. Corton Denham, a close containing 4 a. land, worth 3s. 4d. yearly, and 11 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly, held of John Denham, knight , service unknown. Pyntellie by Taunton, a messuage, worth nothing yearly above repair, ?32 a. land [ms galled], each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, held of the heirs of Richard Hankeford, knight, by rent of one rose yearly for all services. He held the following for life by demise of William Touker, parson of Sparkford , George Rusteley , and Henry Baker , with successive remainders to Edward Hulle, esquire , and Margery his wife – one of the daughters and heirs of Thomas Lovell, knight , still living – and the heirs of the body of Margery; and to Thomas Wake, esquire , and Agnes his wife – the other daughter and heir of Thomas Lovell, knight – and the heirs of Agnes. The demise was made by tripartite indented charter dated on ? 1 October 1432 [ms galled], shown to the jurors, and John Roger was described as John Roger of Bryanston in Dorset, esquire. He was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement and, after his death, they remained to Edward Hulle and Margery, still living. Milton Clevedon, the manor, held of William, Lord Zouche , service unknown. There is a capital messuage with various other buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; 20s. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; £10 assize rent from tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; a watermill, worth 20s. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 40 a. pasture in various closes, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 3 a. moor, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 300 a. hilly pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 10s. yearly. Wanstrow, 1/4 manor with 1/4 advowson of the church there, held of Bartholomew Kylbeke , service unknown. There is a capital messuage with other buildings, worth nothing yearly above repair; 10s. 6d. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; 60s. assize rent from tenants-at-will, payable at the four principal terms of the year; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 4 a. pasture in various closes, each acre worth 10d. yearly; and pleas and perquisites of court, worth 6s. yearly.

Date of death and heir as 605. Heir is aged 30 and more.

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Margin: ‘of the king’ and ‘demesne’ towards the top of the margin. ‘Demesne’ is repeated several times. There are marginal notes throughout this inquisition. At each reference to ‘demesne as of fee’ in ms, ‘demesne’ is recorded in the margin. Margin: ‘demesne’, repeated five times. There may be further notes in the now-missing part of the document. There is also a marginal note towards the foot of the paragraph that is illegible. There are marginal notes throughout this inquisition. At each reference to ‘demesne as of fee’ in the ms text, ‘demesne’ is recorded in the margin, and at each reference to ‘term of life’, ‘term of life’ is recorded in the margin.