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WALTER COTTON
271 Writ.‡ 20 May 1445. [Bate].
SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Newmarket. 25 June 1445. [Wetherton].
Jurors: Thomas Holand ; John Gardener ; John Colyn ; Thomas Bristowe ; John George ; John Sawer ; Ralph Hancok ; Thomas Hatewrong ; Ralph Balloye ; William Dawes ; John Lydgate ; Robert Persmale ; Henry Grove ; and John Cristemesse .
He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king in chief or of any other. But William Alnewik, late bishop of Norwich , William Phelip, knight , Nicholas Wymbissh, clerk , Thomas Sutton of Milton, esquire , Richard Highwey, clerk , and William Weldon of Great Weldon were seised of the following in demesne as of fee. They demised the manor, together with 9 a. land and 2s. rent parcel thereof, to Walter for the term of his life, with remainders to Walter’s son William Cotton , and Alice his wife, for the term of their lives, and then to the heirs of the body of William. Walter was therefore seised in demesne as of free tenement and died seised of such estate. Royal licence was obtained and shown to the jurors [CPR 1436–41, p. 31]. In the charter, dated 11 December 1436, the premises were described as the manor of Exning and all the grantors’ lands and tenements in Burwell and Reach in Cambridgeshire. Exning, the manor, now called ‘Cottonis maner’, annual value 40 marks, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
He died on 13 May 1445. William Cotton is his son and next heir, aged 34 and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on 10 July.
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272 [ Writ not extant .] [20 May 1445: CFR 1437–45, p. 301.]
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition. Newmarket. 23 June 1445. [Chishull].
Jurors: John Frysby ; John Maunvile ; Robert Ingham ; John Nappe ; John Bate ; Thomas Fermer ; Laurence Duraunt ; Hugh Duraunt ; Walter Derisley ; John Horne ; John Fennale ; Edmund Clerk ; John Leyston ; Thomas Heyward ; and William Canford .
He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king in chief or of any other. But William Alnewik, late bishop of Norwich , William Phelip, knight , Nicholas Wymbissh, clerk , Thomas Sutton of Milton, esquire , Richard Highwey, clerk , and William Weldon of Great Weldon, were seised of the following in demesne as of fee, which they demised to Walter for the term of his life, with remainders as in 271, so that he was seised in demesne as of free tenement. He died seised of such estate. Royal licence was obtained and shown to the jurors [CPR 1436–41, p. 31]. In the charter the premises were described as the manor of Exning in Suffolk and all the grantors’ lands and tenements in Burwell and Reach. Burwell, 9 a. land, and 2s. rent in Reach, with view of frankpledge of the tenants, and a fishery in Reach in a water called Reach Lode, annual value 6s. 8d., held of the king in chief, service unknown. The above are parcel of and pertain to the manor of Exning in Suffolk.
Date of death and heir as 271. [Head:] Delivered to court on 13 July.
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