ESSEX.
Inquisition.
Chelmsford.
5 November 1443. [
Thorp].
Jurors:
Peter
Upchare
;
Walter
Symond
;
John
Carter
;
William
Byrbek
;
John
Goodwyn
;
William
Damyon, senior
;
John
Drewe
;
Roger
Hamond
;
Simon
Swetyng
;
Geoffrey
Keruer
;
William
Shether
; and
John
Sleve
.
Joan
de
Bohun, late countess of Hereford
,
William
Marny, knight
,
John
Howard,
knight
,
Robert
Neuport
,
John
Costantyn
, and
William
Hanyngfeld
were seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By charter they granted the manors to
Robert
de
Teye
– father of
John
de
Teye
– and
Joan
Wytherton
his wife for the term of their lives, saving
the reversion to themselves and their heirs, so that Robert and Joan were seised therein in demesne as of free tenement. After the death of the countess, William, Robert, John
Costantyn and William, the reversion pertained to
John
Howard
and his heirs alone.
Robert
de
Teye
died, and Joan, seised of the manors, married
Richard
Wytherton, esquire
.
Afterwards John
Howard, by charter, shown to the jurors, dated at Marks Tey, 20 March
1430, granted the manors to
John
de
Teye
,
John
Symond
,
John
Eton
,
Thomas
Godston
,
John
Basset
,
John
Wellis, rector of the church of St Runwald, Colchester
, and
William
Person
, and their heirs and assigns. In the charter the manors were described as his manors
of Ardleigh, Marks Tey, and Birch Holt, and
John
de
Teye
was described as
John
de
Teye
, son of
Robert
de
Teye, esquire
. By reason of this grant
Richard
Wytherton
and Joan attorned themselves to
John
de
Teye
and the others, and by reason of the grant and attornment the reversion pertained to John and the others. Afterwards Thomas Godston and
John
de
Teye
died. Joan died seised of such estate and no other, seised in demesne as of free tenement.
Marks Tey, the manor, annual value £20, held of the
bishop of Winchester
, cardinal
of England, and his fellow feoffees in the duchy of Lancaster, of the honour of Mandeville, service unknown.
Ardleigh Hall (Pycottes), the manor, held of the king
in socage, viz. by fealty and 2s. service rent at Easter and Michaelmas. In the manor there is a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 4 neif cottages, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth
2d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 50 a. coppice-wood, of which 5 a. can be cut seasonably each year, each acre worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 10 a. alder, of which 1 a. can be cut each year, each acre worth at the time of its sale 3s. yearly; 8s.
service rent; and a court baron held once a year at the will of the lord of the manor, worth 5s. yearly.
Birch Holt, the manor, annual value £12, held of
William
Tenderyng
by fealty only.
Mose Hall, the manor, annual value £4, held of the
prior of St Botulph’s, Colchester
, service unknown.
‘Bovylles Bradevylles’, the manor, annual value 2 marks, held of
Richard, duke of York
, service unknown.
The manors of Ardleigh Hall, Mose Hall, and ‘Bovylles Bradevylles’ are several members of the manor of Ardleigh and comprise (faciunt) that manor.
She died on 15 July last.
Henry
Norbury, knight
, is her brother and next heir, aged 30 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 24 November 1443.