STAFFORDSHIRE.
Inquisition virtute officii [indented].
Burton upon Trent.
22 March 1446. [
Blount].
Jurors:
Humphrey
Clerkson
and
Thomas
Hampton
of Abbots Bromley
;
Thomas
Pulesdon
and
Stephen
Coke
of Salt;
Thomas
Jekes
of Burston;
Thomas
Clerk
of
Boolde
;
Thomas
Milward
of Abbots Bromley;
Robert
Olyver
of Burton upon Trent;
William
Campeden
;
William
Kynston
of Kingstone;
John
Lovet
of Callowhill;
William
Godemon
of Callingwood;
Thomas
Clerk
of Alrewas;
Thomas
Shore
of Burton upon Trent;
John
Smyth
of Rugeley;
John
Seuey
of Horninglow;
John
Willyngton
of Branston; and
John
Bartrem
of Streethay.
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Bucknall, the manor, annual value £20, held of the king
in chief by knight service.
Fenton Culvert (Fenton), 8 messuages and 4 carucates of land, annual value 12 marks, held of the king in chief by knight service.
Betley, 8 messuages and 4 carucates of land, annual value £4 3s. 4d., held of the king, of the duchy of Lancaster, of the honour of Tutbury, service unknown.
Knutton, the manor, held of the king of the above honour by fealty and by paying yearly a third of the value of the manor, annual value £9 3s. 4d. beyond the service.
Apedale, the manor, annual value £10 11s. 4d.;
Newcastle-under-Lyme, 8 messuages and 4 carucates of land, annual value £5 10s.
4d.; and Crakemarsh, the manor, annual value £18, held of the king
of the above honour, service unknown.
Hilderstone, the manor, annual value £4, not held of the king in chief, of whom held and by what service not known.
Audley, Chesterton, Rigges, and Delves, 8 messuages and 4 carucates of land, annual value £6 9s. 6d., held of
James, lord Audley
, service unknown.
He died on 29 January last without heir of his body.
John
Delves
is his brother and next heir, aged 23 and more.
[Head:] Returned to Chancery on 18 April.