318
Writ.
‡ 8 [February] 1445. ?
Bate.
[Writ damaged: see CFR 1437–45, p. 300.]
DEVON.
Inquisition.
Exeter.
30 September 1445. [
Clerk].
Jurors:
John
Floyer
;
John
Hakeworthy, senior
;
William
Monke
;
John
Bobiche
;
Henry
Beare
;
John
Buggeway
;
Thomas
Hill
;
John
Forde
of Pinn;
Thomas
Sampson
;
John
Cole
;
John
Beard
; and
John
Courteys
.
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in fee or in service. He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Challonsleigh, the manor, held of
Thomas, earl of Devon
, service unknown. In the manor there is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a water-mill, worth 5s. yearly; 2 fulling mills, each worth 2s. yearly; 8 ferlings of land, each worth 10s. yearly; 9 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 10 a. moor, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 26 a. wood, worth nothing yearly beyond the crop; and 6s. 8d. assize rent payable at the four principal annual terms.
Chaddlewood, a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 2 ferlings of land, each worth 10s. yearly; and 2 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; and Wotter, 2 ferlings of land, each worth 8s. yearly, held of
Thomas, earl of Devon
, service unknown.
Buckerell, the manor, held of
Edward
Pomeray
, service unknown. In the manor
there is a capital messuage, ruinous, and worth nothing yearly; 10 ferlings of land, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 33 a. moor, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 10 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; and 26s. assize rent, payable at the four principal yearly terms.
Awliscombe, the manor, held of
Edward
Pomeray
, service unknown. In the manor there is a messuage, ruinous, and worth nothing yearly; 4 ferlings of land, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 4 a. wood, worth nothing yearly except the crop; and 9s. 5½d. assize rent payable at the above terms.
Vealeholme, a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 11 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 1 a. meadow, worth 8d. yearly, held of
Thomas, earl of Devon
, service unknown.
Lotherton, 3 messuages, worth nothing yearly; and a ferling [sic], worth 40d. yearly, held of the heirs of
John
Crokker
, service unknown.
Broadridge, the manor. The manor is held of
Thomas
Beamont, knight
, service unknown, except for the following parcels thereof: a carucate of land in Venn Channing, held of
James
Chidlegh
, service unknown; and 2 messuages and 4 ferlings of land in Welsbere and Pytte
, held of
Robert
Ackane
, service unknown. In
the manor as a whole there are 6 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates and 2 ferlings of land, each carucate worth 8s. yearly, and each ferling worth 2s. 6d. yearly; and 34s. 2d. assize rent, payable at the four principal annual terms.
Flete, the manor, held of
Thomas, earl of Devon
, service unknown. In the manor there is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a water-mill, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 7 ferlings of land, each worth 5s. yearly; 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly except the crop; and 26s. 8d. assize rent, payable at the four principal annual terms.
?Escot (Estecote), a moiety of a messuage, worth nothing yearly; a moiety of a carucate of land, worth 10s. yearly; a moiety of 8 a. meadow, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; a moiety of [acreage not specified] wood, worth nothing yearly except the crop; and a moiety of 40 a. heath and gorse, worth 10d. yearly, held of
Henry
Fraunceys
, service unknown.
Ottery St Mary, a moiety of a messuage, worth nothing yearly; a moiety of a ferling of land, worth 2s. yearly; and a moiety of 2 a. meadow, worth 12d. yearly, held of the keepers of the college of Ottery St Mary, service unknown.
?Howton, ¼ manor, held of
Thomas, earl of Devon
, service unknown. In the fourth part of the manor there are 8 cottages, each worth 6d. yearly; a fourth part of 4 ferlings of land, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 46s. 8d. assize rent, payable at four annual terms.
ms: ‘in the said county (in predicto com.)’, error for ‘of the said earl (de predicto com.)’.
He died on 6 February
last.
John
Chalons
is his kin and next heir, as the son of Henry, the son of Robert, and is aged 22 and more.
C 139/119/29 mm. 1–2
E 149/180/8