OXFORDSHIRE.
Inquisition.
Woodstock.
8 November 1445. [
Wellesburn].
Jurors:
John
Eburton
;
William
Frere
;
John
Austyn
;
Stephen
Hampton
;
Andrew
Cokke
;
William
Harman
;
Thomas
Maynard
;
William
Ryle
;
Robert
Austyn
;
John
Bocher
;
William
Taylour
; and
William
Broun
.
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne, reversion, or in service. She held the following in demesne as of fee tail to her and the heirs of her body.
Chastleton, the manor, true annual value £10, held of
William
de la
Pole, marquess of Suffolk
, by knight service.
Salford, the manor, true annual value £10, with the advowson of the church of the vill, of no annual value; North Leigh, a messuage and a carucate of land, true annual value 40s.; and Wilcote, a messuage and ½ virgate of land, true annual value 6s. 8d.. The jurors do not know of whom the above are held or by what services.
She held the following for the term of her life, reversion to the right heirs of
William
Willecotez
.
Chastleton and ?Brookend (Foukenende), a messuage, a carucate and 20 a. land, and 20 a. meadow, true annual value 40s., held of the above
marquess of Suffolk
, by knight service.
Salford, a messuage, 7 virgates and a carucate of land, 20 a. meadow, and 40s. rent, true annual value 5 marks; and a messuage and 30 a. land, true annual value 13s. 4d.;
Tackley, the manor, with the advowson of the church of the vill, true annual value
10 marks;
Cornwell, a messuage, a carucate of land, and 33s. 6d. rent, true annual value 40s.; North Leigh, a messuage and a carucate of land, and ‘Tilgaresley’ and Eynsham, a carucate of land, true annual value 40s.; and Woodperry, the manor, true annual value £10. The jurors do not know of whom the above are held or by what services.
She died on 20 October last. The next heirs of
William
Willecotez
and Elizabeth are
[1.]
William
Wykeham
, son and heir of Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heirs of William and Elizabeth; [2.] Elizabeth, wife of
Thomas
Palmer
, one of the daughters and heirs of Philippa, daughter and one of the heirs of William and Elizabeth; [3.] Philippa,
wife of
William
Catesby
, another daughter and heir of the above Philippa; [4.]
Richard
Beaufo
, son and heir of Margaret, daughter and one of the heirs of William and Elizabeth; [5.]
Isabel
Barton
, daughter and one of the heirs of William and Elizabeth; and [6.]
Thomas
Conyers
, son and heir of Anne, daughter and one of the heirs of William and Elizabeth. He is aged 17 and more. The others were aged 24 and more on 29 September last.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 29 November 1445.