Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 26, 1442-48

THOMAS CHEDDER, ESQUIRE Not styled esquire in inquisition 115.

114 Writ.‡ 6 June 1443. [Kirkeby]. Addressed to the mayor and escheator.

VILL AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL. Inquisition. 22 June 1443. [Bagot].

Jurors: John Hoke ; Thomas Noreys ; John Spicer ; John Troyte ; John Forde ; John Cokkes , ‘brewer’; John Gosselyn ; John White , ‘barbour’; Roger Ryngston ; John Castelman ; John Ewley ; William Fowke ; and William Rogers .

He held the following in demesne as of fee. Bristol, 84 messuages, 5 gardens, a close, and rent of £14 8d. issuing from various tenements, true annual value £40, held of the king in free burgage by fealty only. Marginal note: demesne, of the king in free burgage.

He died on 3 June last. His daughters and next heirs are Isabel, the wife of John Neuton , son of Richard Neuton, knight and Chief Justice of the Bench, who was aged 14 and more on 3 June; and Joan, who was the wife of Richard Stafford, esquire , who was aged 18 and more on 3 June. [Head:] Delivered to court on 12 July 1443.

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115 Writ.‡ 6 June 1443. [Kirkeby].

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Barton Regis. 22 June 1443. [Kemmys].

Jurors: John Hall ; John Eyton ; George Polen ; John Weston of Oldland; John Hambroke ; Thomas Hunte of Henbury; Richard Driver of Aust; Richard Wheler ; William atte Hull of Stapleton ; John Dodde ; Richard Baker of Stoke; and William Undyrhyll .

He held no lands or tenements of the king, but he held the following in demesne as of fee. Marginal note: demesne. Rangeworthy, a messuage, a carucate of land, 10 a. meadow, and 20 a. wood, annual value 20s., held of the earl of Stafford , service unknown. Iron Acton, a messuage, a virgate of land, and 12 a. meadow, annual value 10s., held of Katherine Poyntz , service unknown. Barton Regis, 1 a. land and 2 a. meadow, annual value 7s., held of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , service unknown. Thomas Micheldevere , Thomas Frye , and John atte Mille were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. They granted the same to Thomas Chedder for the term of his life, with remainder to John Neuton – the son of Richard Neuton, knight, and Chief Justice of the Bench – and Isabel his wife, the daughter of Thomas Chedder , and the heirs of the body of Isabel; with successive remainder to the right heirs of Thomas Chedder . The grants were by bipartite indenture dated at Cheddar, 30 May 1440, shown to the jurors, in which the premises, among other things, were described as all the lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services which the grantors lately had by grant of Thomas Chedder in Cote, and the manor of Aust and all the lands, tenements, rents, and services in Compton Greenfield which they lately had by grant of Thomas Chedder . Thomas therefore died seised as of free tenement, the remainder pertaining to John Neuton and Isabel as above. Cote, 3 virgates of land, 20 a. meadow, and 10 a. pasture, annual value 13s. 4d., held of Katherine Poyntz , service unknown. Aust, ½ manor, annual value £10, held of the bishop of Worcester , service unknown. Marginal note: remainder. Compton Greenfield, a messuage and ½ virgate of land, annual value 8s., held of Maurice Berkeley of Beverston, knight , service unknown.

Date of death and heirs as 114. [Head:] Delivered to court on 12 July 1443.

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116 Writ.‡ 6 June 1443. [Kirkeby].

CORNWALL. Inquisition. Bodmin. 21 June 1443. [Treveleyne].

Jurors: John Kestell ; Thomas Carwen ; John Tregeryek ; John Trote of Bodmin; John Logosak ; John Braban ; Benet Hamely ; Richard Ronald ; John Braban of St Mabyn; John Harry ; Robert Dyer ; and John Totebussh .

He held the following in demesne as of fee, of the right and inheritance of Isabel his wife, who survives. Marginal note: reversion. Trevisquite, the manor, annual value £20, with a fourth part of the advowson of the church of St Mabyn, of no annual value except the presentation, held of the king , of the duchy of Cornwall, by knight service.

Date of death and heirs as 114.

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117 [Writ: see 116.]

DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 26 June 1443. [Treveleyne].

Jurors: Hugh Hugelyn ; Robert Sprye ; Walter Lywer ; Thomas Hille ; John Jacob ; John Veysy ; John Kyrton ; William Crymell ; John Seton ; William Fox ; William Weye ; and John Crosse .

He held the following jointly with Isabel his wife, who survives, to them and the heirs of Thomas, by grant of John Twyte, rector of the parish church of Iddesleigh, Thomas Frye , and Henry Mongomeray . The charter was shown to the jurors. Marginal note: jointly (con’). Iddesleigh, the manor, annual value £10, held of Richard, earl of Warwick , service unknown. Edmund Pyne , Nicholas Speccote , Henry Merwode , and Henry Fortescu, esquire , were lately seised in demesne as of fee of the following, which they granted to Thomas and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Thomas. In the charter, shown to the jurors, the premises were described as all the lands, tenements, rents, and services which they had in those places by grant of Thomas. Thus Thomas and Isabel were seised of such estate, and Thomas died so seised. Isabel survives him. Marginal note: jointly (con’). Ashreigney, the manor, held of Richard, earl of Warwick , service unknown. ?Higher or Lower Cheriton (Charleton iuxta Otery beate Marie), 2 messuages, a carucate of land, 6 a. meadow, 20 a. pasture, 10 a. wood, and 10s. rent, held of John Blwet , service unknown. The manor, messuages, land, meadow, and pasture are worth 100s. yearly. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Holcombe Burnell, 2 messuages, 2 carucates of land, 20 a. meadow, 50 a. pasture, and 20 a. wood, held of Isabel , his late wife, service unknown; and Upcott, Beam, Deep Moor, and Collingsdown, 2 messuages, a carucate of land, 10 a. meadow, 30 a. pasture, 20 a. wood, and 30s. rent, held of John, earl of Huntingdon , service unknown, total annual value 40s. He held the following in demesne as of fee, in right of Isabel his wife, who survives. Hill, in the parish of Iddesleigh, a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value 13s. 4d., held of the said Isabel, in free socage.

Date of death and heirs as 114. [Head:] Delivered to court on 13 July 1443.

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118 Writ. [6 June 1443]. [Writ fragmentary. See CFR 1437–1445, p. 233.]

DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 17 June 1443. [Bayous].

Jurors: William Straunge ; John Fauntleroy ; John Kayleway ; William Ryder ; John Roudon ; Richard Rochell ; John Wyllies ; Thomas Wyseman ; Adam Hosyer ; John Dene ; William Haukyns ; John Draper ; John Bailly ; and John Gunne .

He held no lands or tenements of the king in demesne or in service, but he held the following in demesne as of fee. Child Okeford, the manor, with the advowson of the church of the manor; and Child Okeford, Shillingstone, and Fiddleford, 4 a. meadow and 4 a. pasture, annual value £10, held of the bishop of Winchester , of his manor of Canford Magna, service unknown.

Date of death and heirs as 114.

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119 [Writ: see 118.]

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Ilchester. 17 June 1443. [Bayous]. [Inquisition: ms galled and faded in places.]

Jurors: Robert Goold ; John Born ; Richard Andrewe ; John, son of John (Johannis fitz Johannis) Melborne of Wedmore; John Gilbert ; William Tilly ; William Drewe ; William Euerard ; John Oldmyxon ; John Welyngton ; Nicholas Arthur ; and Roger Wodeward . Alternatively ‘ John Fitz ; John Melborne of Wedmore’.

He held no lands or tenements of the king in demesne or in service, but he held the following in demesne as of fee. Aldwick, the manor, annual value £4 6s. 8d., held of the abbot of the church of St Mary Graces by the Tower of London, service unknown. Blagdon, Wrington, Bourne, Rickford, Lye, Broadfield, Butcombe, and Churchill, 12 messuages, a mill, 4 carucates of land, 20 a. meadow, 116 a. pasture, and 17 a. wood, annual value 66s. 8d., held of the abbot of Glastonbury , service unknown. North Curry, Hankridge, and West Monkton, 10 messuages, 2 carucates of land, and 20 a. meadow, annual value 110s., held of the dean and chapter of the cathedral church of St Andrew, Wells, service unknown. Taunton, 12 messuages, 17 a. land, and 14 a. pasture, annual value 100s., held of the bishop of Winchester , service unknown. Chapel or Stone Allerton, Badgworth, Uphill, Christon, and Winford, 8 messuages, 2 carucates and 25 a. land, 10 a. meadow, and 24 a. wood, with the advowsons of the churches of Christon, Uphill, and Winford, annual value £8 13s. 4d., held of the lord Despencer (domino le Spencer) , by service of a rose at Midsummer. Norton, the manor, annual value 20 marks, held of Robert Corbet , service unknown. Worle, ¼ manor; and Norton, Worle, Kewstoke, Woodspring, East or West Rolstone, Bowere , Newelond , Churchill, and Neweton , 300 a. land, 60 a. meadow, 200 a. pasture, 24 a. wood, and 36s. 4d. rent, annual value £6, held of the prior of Woodspring , service unknown. Babington, the manor, annual value £10, held of Richard Hampton , service unknown. Tarnock, ½ manor, annual value £7, held of Thomas Pomerey , service unknown. Aville, the manor, held of James Lutterell , a minor in the king’s wardship, as 1/20 knight’s fee. In the manor there is a site with buildings and gardens, worth nothing yearly; 170 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 22 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth nothing beyond the cost of enclosure; and £10 assize rent from various tenants at will payable at Easter and Michaelmas. Lympsham, the manor, annual value £8, held of the abbot of Glastonbury , service unknown. Cheddar, the manor, called ‘Chedderesmaner’, annual value £10 3s. 4d., and the advowson of a chantry in the church of St Andrew , held of the bishop of Bath and Wells , service unknown. Huntspill, 20 a. land and 70 s. rent, annual value 3s. 4d., held of William Haryngton , service unknown. Axbridge and Cocklake, 15 messuages, 40 a. pasture, and 40 s. rent, annual value 100s., held of the bishop of Bath and Wells , service unknown. Clewer and Wedmore, 17 messuages, 5 carucates of land, 60 a. meadow, and 80 a. pasture, annual value 53s. 4d., held of William Paston , Robert Joce , and William Pavy , service unknown. Nye and Sandford, 15 messuages, 4 carucates of land, 40 a. meadow, and 4 a. wood, annual value £8, held of the bishop of Bath and Wells , service unknown. Maxmill, Winscombe, Barton, Woodborough, Compton Bishop, Draycott, Bourton, East or West Rolstone, and Rowberrow, 8 messuages, a mill, 2 carucates of land, 24 a. meadow, 100 a. pasture, and 103s. 4d. rent, annual value 100s., held of the bishop of Bath and Wells , service unknown. Thomas Micheldevere , Henry Mongomery , and Thomas Frye were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By charter dated 10 June 1440, shown to the jurors, they granted the manor to Thomas Chedder [and Isabel his wife], who survives, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Thomas. Thomas died seised of such estate. Thorn Falcon, the manor, with the advowson of the church, annual value £10, held of the dean ... [4 or 5 words illegible], [service] unknown. Thomas Micheldevere , Thomas Frye , and John atte Mille were [lately] seised of the following in demesne as of fee, which they granted to Thomas Chedder for the term of his life, with remainder to John Neuton – son of Richard Neuton, knight, chief justice of the Bench – and Isabel his wife – the daughter of Thomas Chedder – and the heirs of the body of Isabel; with successive remainder to the right heirs of Thomas. In the bipartite indenture, dated at Cheddar, 30 May 1440, and shown to the jurors, the premises were described as the manor of Alstone, and [?all their] lands, tenements, rents, and services in Winterhead, Lower or Upper Langford, and Christon. Thomas died seised of such estate, the remainder pertaining to John and Isabel in the above form. Alstone, the manor, annual value 100s., held of William Bourchier , service unknown; and a tenement comprising the following: Winterhead, 5 messuages, a carucate of land, 6 a. meadow, and 4 a. wood, annual value 26s. 8d., held of the bishop of Bath and Wells , service unknown; Lower or Upper Langford, 4 messuages, 21 a. land, 10 a. meadow, and 4 a. wood, annual value 30s., held of the abbot of Glastonbury , service unknown; and Christon, 4 messuages, 12 a. meadow, and 10 a. pasture, annual value 30s., held of the lord Despencer (domino le Spencer) by service of a rose yearly.

Date of death and heirs as 114. [Head:] Delivered to court on 12 July 1443.

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