ESSEX.
Inquisition [indented].
Hatfield Broad Oak.
2 August 1443. [
Thorp].
Jurors:
William
Bet
;
John
Lyndesel
;
John
Clement
;
John
Turnour
;
William
Sparowe
;
John
Kyng
of ?Ongars (Ongre);
Thomas
Oumfrey
;
John
Hulk
;
John
Elkyn
;
Thomas
Rede
;
John
Broun
; and
William
Colyn
.
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Little Thurrock, a manor called ‘Torell’, held of the king
in chief by serjeanty of
being the king’s naperer on the day of his coronation. In the manor there is a site, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 40 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; £4 14s. 10d. assize rent
from various tenants, received at Easter and Michaelmas; and a court baron held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fee of the steward. The manor is therefore worth £7 18d. yearly.
Berners Roding, the manor, held of the king
, of his castle of Pleshey – which is of the honour of Mandeville, parcel of the earldom or county (com’) of Essex – by knight service. In the manor there is a site, worth nothing yearly; 555 1/3 a. land, each
acre worth 3d. yearly; 18 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; a park containing
100 a., of which the herbage is worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 13s. 4d. assize rent from various tenants, received at Easter and Michaelmas; rent of 2 capons, each worth 2d., and of
1 lb. cumin, worth ½d., payable at Christmas; 25 harvest services of tenants, each worth 2d. yearly; and a court baron held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fee of the steward.
Thomas, late archbishop of York
, primate of England
,
Robert, late bishop of London
,
Richard, late earl of Arundel
,
Thomas, late earl of Warwick
,
Thomas
de
Feriby, clerk
,
John
de
Massyngham, clerk
, and
Nicholas
Miles, clerk
were once seised of the manor in demesne as of fee, and by their writing
dated at Gloucester, 30 September 1389, shown to the jurors, they granted to
Thomas
Hevenyngham
for life an annual rent of £10 to be received from the manor
– described as their manor of Berners Roding –
at Easter and Michaelmas, with
power of distraint. Thomas was seised of the rent in demesne as of free tenement. At
Easter last he levied 100s. from the manor as distraint for that term, and later died on
9 May following. The manor is therefore worth [113s.] [ms rubbed] this year, and in
following years it will be worth £10 13s. yearly.
Aveley, 5½ a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly, held of
Edmund
Ingesthorp
, service unknown.
He died on 11 March last.
John
Torell
is his son and next heir, aged 19 on 15 October last and no more.
[Head:] Returned on 20 August 1443.