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JOHN CHAMPAYNE
161 Writ.‡ 26 November 1443. [Bate].
KENT. Inquisition. Ospringe. 10 August 1444. [Frogenhall].
Jurors: William Teryssassh ; John Hornecastell ; John Houtyng ; William Brigges ; Richard atte Lese ; John Ady ; John atte Downe ; Thomas atte Chirche ; James Tournour ; Thomas Kyng ; Richard Edmere ; and William Benet .
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or in service, but was lately seised in demesne as of fee of the following, which he granted to Geoffrey Louther and John Sandeford , esquires, and John Yole, clerk , and their heirs. Harty, 2/3 of ¼ knight’s fee, annual value 40s., held of the heirs of the lord St John , of their manor of ‘Newbery’, by knight service.
He died on 19 November last. His next heirs are his sisters: Margaret, wife of John de Sancto Nicolao, aged 27; Katherine Champayne , aged 19; and Elizabeth Champayne , aged 13 and more.
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