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

JOHN GREVYLL, ESQUIRE Not styled esquire in inquisition 307.

304 Writ.‡ 10 October 1444. [Bate].

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Oxford. 3 November 1444. [Borde].

Jurors: John Northe ; Thomas Whythyg ; John Walker ; John Wilmot ; Thomas Pippard ; John Clerke ; William Hayle ; Henry Philippys ; Nicholas Feyrewey ; William Musley ; John Hamont ; and John Lowe .

Lewis Grevyll, esquire , and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following, which they granted – among other manors, lands, and tenements – by fine raised in the court of ‪ Henry V [CP 25/1/291/64/84] to John Grevyll, esquire , named in the writ, and Sibyl his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to Guy Corbet and the heirs of his body. One part of the fine was shown to the jurors. By virtue of the fine John and Sibyl were seised in demesne as of fee tail, and continued in their estate for the whole of Sibyl’s life. She died without heir of her body by John. After her death John was seised in demesne as of fee tail after possibility of issue, and died seised of such estate. ms: per, error for post. Standlake, the manor, annual value £4, held of the duchy of Lancaster, service unknown.

He died on 30 September last. John Grevyll , his son by Joyce his second wife, is the next heir of his blood, aged 17. Guy Corbet died during the life of John Grevyll the father. Robert Corbet is Guy’s son and next heir, aged 24 and more. [Head:] Delivered to chancery on 6 November 1444.

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305 Writ.‡ 10 October 1444. [Bate].

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Abingdon. 2 November 1444. [Borde].

Jurors: John Lewes ; William atte Mille ; John Hardyng ; Thomas Yong ; Thomas Bray ; Walter Sutton ; Nicholas Goolde ; Thomas Hatter ; John Mounford , ‘skynner’; John Denyse ; Robert Godryche ; William Wodelef ; and William Barbour .

Lewis Grevyll, esquire , and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. The manor and advowson descended as in 304. Tubney, the manor, annual value 10 marks, and the advowson of the church of the manor, held of William, abbot of Abingdon , by knight service.

Date of death and other details as 304. [Head:] Delivered to chancery on 6 November 1444.

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306 Writ.‡ 21 October 1444. [Bate].

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Lichfield. 6 November 1444. [Leueson].

Jurors: Henry Fenton ; John Stubbes ; William Grenley ; John Awley ; Robert Starky ; Thomas Kegworthe ; John Couper ; Thomas Pope ; Richard Steve ; John Hathewey, junior ; Thomas Lynton ; John Pars ; Richard Warner ; and John Bromley .

Lewis Grevyll and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By indented charter, dated at King’s Bromley, 10 May 1426, they granted the manor to John Greyvll of Gloucestershire, esquire , for the term of his life, without impeachment of waste, with remainder to Guy Corbet of Suffolk, esquire , and his heirs and assigns. One part of the indenture, sealed with the seals of Lewis and Richard, was shown to the jurors. By virtue of the grant John was seised in demesne as of free tenement. Afterwards Henry VI, for 2 marks paid in the hanaper, by letters patent dated at Westminster, 12 July 1426, pardoned John’s trespass in entering the manor without royal licence, and granted that the manor could by held for life with the above remainder without impediment of the king or his ministers [CPR 1422–29, pp. 350–1]. An exemplification of the letters patent under the Great Seal was shown to the jurors. John continued in his estate for his whole life. Guy died; afterwards John died seised as above. King’s Bromley, the manor, annual value 10 marks, held of the king in chief in socage, by service of £4 yearly to the Exchequer, delivered by the sheriff.

Date of death and heir as 304. Robert Corbet is the son and next heir of Guy by virtue of the above remainder, aged 24 and more. The manor ought to remain to Robert Corbet by form of the above grant. ‘by virtue of the above remainder’ not in E 149 and interlined in C 139.

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307 Writ.‡ 10 October 1444. [Bate].

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Stow-on-the-Wold. 5 November 1444. [de la Ryver].

Jurors: Walter Eode ; William Eode ; John Ayleworth ; John Freman ; William Freman ; Richard Chamberleyn ; John Chaddewell of Little Barrington; William Warner ; John Jakes ; Robert Purser ; William Baylly of Charingworth; and John Leche .

He held the following jointly with Joyce his wife, who survives, for the term of their lives, by grant of John Eode and John Neweman, parson of the church of Sezincote; with remainder to Guy Corbett of Suffolk, esquire , and his heirs and assigns. This is clear from an indented charter shown to the jurors. Ebrington, the manor, true annual value 20 marks, held of the king, of the duchy of Lancaster, by knight service. Lewis Grevyll, esquire , and Richard Mikulton, clerk , were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. The manor descended as in 304 [adding that the fine was made in 7 Henry V (i.e 1419–20).] Marginal note in E 149: for the year (pro anno). Farmcote, the manor, true annual value 20 marks, held of the king, of the duchy of Lancaster, as ¼ knight’s fee. He held the following jointly with John Shyngey , who survives, by grant of Henry Huse, knight , and Constance his wife, to them and the heirs of John Grevyll . Marginal note: jointly (con’). Great Rissington, the manor, true annual value 20 marks, held of the king in chief by knight service. He held the following to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant of Leonard Stepulton and Mary his wife. Marginal note: entail (tall’). Meon, the manor, annual value £10, held of the king , of the duchy of Lancaster, by knight service. Welford-on-Avon, the manor, annual value £8, held of the prior of Deerhurst by knight service. Weston-on-Avon, the manor, annual value £8, held of the abbot of Evesham by knight service. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Marginal note: demesne. Pillerton Hersey, 6 virgates of land called ‘Ruelsthyng’, annual value 40s., held in socage of Henry, earl of Warwick , a minor in royal custody. Marginal note: of the earl of Warwick. Longborough, 3 messuages and 6 virgates of land, annual value 50s., held of the abbot of Hayles in socage.

He died on 1 October last. John Grevyll is his son and next heir, aged 16 on 12 February last, and no more. Guy Corbet died while John Grevyll the father was still alive. Robert Corbet, esquire , is Guy’s son and next heir by virtue of the remainders, aged 24 and more.

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308 Writ.‡ 21 October 1444. [Bate].

SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Wellington. 10 November 1444. [ Lee ].

Jurors: William Poynour ; Richard Forester ; William Brett ; Hamon Smyth ; Roger Sandy ; John Fysher ; William Chesshyr ; Giles Sugedon ; John Benet ; Richard Clerc ; Hugh Harper ; and William Forster .

Lewis Grevyll, esquire , and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. The manors descended as in 304. Hadley and High Hatton, the manors, annual value 10 marks, held of William, earl of Arundel , of his manor of Wroxeter, by service of a sparrowhawk yearly.

Date of death and other details as 304, adding that Robert is Guy’s heir by virtue of the remainder.

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