STAFFORDSHIRE.
Inquisition virtute officii [indented].
Cheadle.
6 June 1443. [
Coton].
Jurors:
Thomas
Lokwod
and
Ralph
Thornbury
of Thornbury;
Ralph
Orcherd
of Garshall
;
Robert
?Derdemore of Froghall;
John
Heywod
of Stoney Low;
Hugh
Walker
of Madeley;
William
Kyngeston
of Kingston;
John
Lovot
of Callowhill;
Roger
Trubshawe
;
John
Bailly
;
William
Delff
of Dilhorne;
John
Holyns
;
John
Lord
of Waterfall;
Robert
Bradhed
of
Bradhed
; and
Thomas
Richardson
of Wetton.
John
Blount, knight
, was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Balterley, Fenton Culvert, Ramshorn, and Biddulph, a messuage, worth 4s. yearly; two bovates of land, worth 6s. yearly; 80 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 80
a. moor, each acre worth ½d. yearly; and £9 13s. 4d. rent, held of the present king in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee.
Denstone, 9 messuages, worth 18s. yearly; 120 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly;
10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly;
Waterfall, 8 messuages, worth 16s. yearly; 80 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly;
and 300 a. heath, each acre worth ½d. yearly; and Ellastone, 6 messuages, worth 12s. yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 60 a. heath, each acre worth ½d.
yearly, held of the
abbot of Rocester
, service unknown.
He married Juliana, and had issue by her: John. After Juliana’s death he married Isabel, and had issue by her:
John
Blount
of Deddington. He died seised of such estate of the
above, which after his death were taken into the present king’s hand, where they remained until they were delivered to
John
Blount
of Deddington, at his suit, and by colour of an inquisition taken at his instigation at Stafford before
Humphrey
Lowe
[CIPM, XXII, 398
Neuton
, and
William
Dilwyn, clerk
, were lately seised of the above in demesne as of fee. By royal licence [CPR 1381–5,
pp. 388–9] they granted the messuage, etc., in Balterley, Fenton Culvert, Ramshorn, and Biddulph, which were held of
Richard
II
in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee, to
John
Blount, knight
, and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to
the right heirs of John. As a result they were seised in demesne as of fee tail, and at his death
John
Blount, knight
, held the messuage, etc., in demesne as of fee tail in the said form of the present king by the above service. Thomas and William granted the messuages, etc., in Denstone, Waterfall, and Ellastone to John and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies between them, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee tail. They had issue:
John
Blount
of Deddington, then surviving, aged thirty and more. At his death
John
Blount, knight
, held the messuages, etc., in demesne as of fee tail in the said form of the
abbot of Rocester
, service unknown. He died on 4 April 1425, and
John
Blount
of Deddington was his next heir by virtue of the entail.
In fact Thomas and William never had any estate in the above or any parcel thereof, nor did they grant the above or any parcel thereof to John and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies, as the inquisition found.
John
Blount
of Deddington therefore died seised in demesne as of fee of all the above.
He died on 2 May last. Henry [sic] Blount is his son and next heir, aged 20 and more.
John
Blount
, the son of John, the son of
John
Blount, knight
and Juliana his first wife, is
the kin and next heir of
John
Blount, knight
, aged 30 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 24 June 1443