319
Writ.‡
5 March 1445. [Bate].
WARWICKSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Warwick.
6 November 1445. [
Aylesbury].
Jurors:
Thomas
Herthull
;
Geoffrey
Burell
,
Geoffrey
Savage
, and
John
Gowere
of Kenilworth;
John
Warde
of Edstone;
William
Roger
of Songar;
John
Luscombe
of Luscombe;
Geoffrey
Thorneton
of ?Leek Wootton (Wotton)
;
William
Ryngdale
of Warwick;
Simon
Deyster
of Wootton Wawen; and
John
Rotour
and
John
Alcok
of Newnham.
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or of any other, in demesne as of fee or in service. Long before his death he was seised of the following, which by charter dated at Solihull, 7 April 1444, he granted to
Thomas
Greswold
and his heirs, so that Thomas was and is seised in demesne as of fee. In the charter, shown to the jurors, the premises were described as all his lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services in Solihull, Tanworth-in-Arden, and Studley.
Solihull, a messuage, 60 a. land, 20 a. meadow, 20 a. pasture, and 6 a. wood, true annual value 20s., held of
Thomas
Nevyle, knight
, and Elizabeth his wife, in right of Elizabeth, during the life of Elizabeth, service unknown.
Tanworth-in-Arden, a messuage, 20 a. land, 6 a. meadow, and 3 a. pasture, true annual value 10s., held of
Henry, duke of Warwick
, service unknown.
Studley, a messuage, 10 a. land, 4 a. meadow, and 2 a. pasture, true annual value 3s.
4d., held of the
prior of Studley
, service unknown.
Only regarding Tanworth is ‘in demesne as of fee’ specified.
He died on 20 November 1444. Joan, wife of
Thomas
Popelard
, is his kin and next heir, as the daughter of Isabel, the daughter of Alice, the sister of William, the father of Joan, the mother of William. She is aged 60 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 30 November 1445.
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