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THOMAS CLARELL, ESQUIRE Not styled esquire in inquisition 79.
78 Writ. 18 November 1442. [Bate].
LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Brigg. 27 April 1443. [Stanlowe].
Jurors: Henry Warner of Melton Ross; Robert Rycall and Robert Frankys of Barton-upon-Humber; John Letulton and Thomas Balage of Thornton Curtis; John Thomlynson and Thomas Kyng of Wootton; John Rose and John Berdeles of Ulceby; William Sotheby ; Richard Scot of Croxton; William Arche ; and John Clerk of Saxby All Saints.
He held the following in demesne as of fee, jointly feoffed with Maud, his wife, who survives, by grant of Thomas Breton , to them and their heirs and assigns. Ulceby, the manor, annual value £20, held of Richard, lord Roos , service unknown.
He died on 1 May 1442. Thomas Clarell is his son and next heir, aged 49 and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on 21 August 1443.
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79 Writ. 1 November 1442. [Bate].
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Church Fenton. 10 November 1442. [Langton].
Jurors: Thomas Sampole ; William Oter ; John Scargill ; Robert Wilson ; John Meuse ; John Lamson ; Hugh Blakestone ; John Barnne ; Henry Boswell ; Thomas Wodde ; John Laveroke ; John Barston ; John Wynger ; John Bothe ; Thomas Abenforth ; John Thomson ; and John Denby .
James Gresacre , Adam Cutterell, parson of the church of Thrybergh, Gilbert Attewell, parson of the church of Rawmarsh , Thomas de Harlynghoy , and William Bramley, chaplain were seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By their charter dated at Adwick upon Dearne, 19 July 1413, shown to the jurors, they granted the manor to Thomas Clarell and Maud his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. They were seised in demesne as of fee by form of the grant, and Thomas died seised jointly with Maud, who survives. Adwick upon Dearne, the manor, with all wardships, marriages, reliefs, and escheats pertaining thereto, annual value 100s., held of the castle of Tickhill, service unknown. Thomas Herlyngton and Robert Mousdere were seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By their charter dated at Aldwarke, 28 July 1383, shown to the jurors, they granted the manor to Thomas Clarell and Maud his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. As a result they were seised in demesne as of fee by form of the grant, and Thomas died seised jointly with Maud, who survives. Aldwarke, the manor, with all lands, tenements, rents, and services pertaining thereto, annual value 8 marks, held of the lord Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury , of his manor of Sheffield, service unknown. John Felton was seised of the manor of Steeton, which he granted – together with all lands, tenements, rents, services, and reversions in Fairburn, Micklefield, South Milford, ?Woodhall Carr, Barkston, and Lumby – to Thomas Clarell and the heirs of his body, so that Thomas was seised in demesne as of fee according to the form of the grant. The grant was by charter dated 17 September 1389, shown to the jurors, in which Thomas was described as Thomas Clarell , son and heir of William Clarell . Afterwards Thomas – described as Thomas Clarell of Aldwarke – granted the manor, etc., by his charter dated at Aldwarke, 27 January 1398, shown to the jurors, to John Foiliampe , James Gresacre , Thomas Herlyngton , and Thomas Breton, junior , and their heirs and assigns, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee. They, in full and peaceful seisin, granted the manor by their indented charter dated at Aldwarke, 25 August 1405, shown to the jurors, to Thomas Clarell and Maud his wife and their heirs and assigns, so they were seised in demesne as of fee. Thomas died seised jointly with Maud, who survives. Steeton. The manor, worth 10 marks yearly, is held of the lord archbishop of York by knight service.
On 1 May 1442, Thomas was going along a ?sunken wharf (ripam concavatam) on the west of the water of Don, measuring 20 feet in length and 11 feet in breadth, which collapsed so that he fell into the water, and so by misfortune he was drowned and died that day. Thomas Clarell is his son and next heir, aged 40 and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on 11 December 1442.
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