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RALPH THORP, ESQUIRE
519 Writ.‡ 18 October 1446. [Mapilton]. Addressed to the escheator of Devon and Cornwall .
DEVON. Inquisition [indented]. Exeter. 6 January 1447. [Gyffard].
Jurors: John Germyn ; John Prye ; Richard Wyke ; Henry Wyke ; William Pollyslond ; John Cherlys ; John Wylle ; John Colle ; William Velecote ; John Asshe of Clyst; Baldwin Raylly ; and Robert Clerke .
He held the manor of Kingsteignton, value not known, of the king in chief by knight service.
The jurors do not know what further lands he held of the king in chief, or the date of his death. John Thorp is his son and next heir, but the jurors do not know his age. [Head:] Delivered to court on 4 February 1447.
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520 Writ melius inquirendo .† 5 May 1447. [Bate]. Regarding 519 above. Inquire as to Ralph’s estate in the manor, its value, the day of his death, and the age of John his son.
DEVON. Inquisition [indented]. Exeter. 28 May 1447. [Gyffard].
Jurors: Richard Fortescu ; Richard Strode ; Walter Burell ; Richard Wyke ; Henry Wyke ; William Elyot ; William Wyke ; John Mannyng ; John Hoy ; Otes Bysshypp ; Henry Stapelhill ; and John Pontyngdon .
He was seised of the manor, annual value £8, in demesne as of fee.
He died on 3 October 1446. John Thorp was then aged 14 and more.
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521 Writ.‡ 21 October 1446. [Bate].
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Gloucester. 4 May 1447. [Notyngham].
Jurors: John Skeye ; Robert Basset ; Richard Basset ; William Goldyng ; John Hampton ; John Feld ; John Richardes ; William Dauntesey ; Nicholas White ; Henry Lakyn ; John Castelman ; and John Luyde .
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. Joan, who was the wife of John Burdon , Ralph’s great-grandmother, was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Oldbury on the Hill and the advowson of the church of the manor [value and tenure not specified]. By charter, shown to the jurors, she granted the manor and advowson to John Luscombe and John Tyrawde, clerk , and their heirs, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee. They granted the manor and advowson to the above John Burdon and Joan his wife, and their heirs and assigns, as in a charter shown to the jurors, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee. Afterwards John died; Joan survived him and held the manor and advowson in demesne as of fee by right of survivorship. By charter, shown to the jurors, she granted the manor and advowson to Thomas de Berkeley, lord of Berkeley , Nicholas Petipas , Thomas Brigge , Richard Rioll , Thomas Mille , Edmund Daunteseye , Robert Burdon , John Monke, clerk , and William Bole, clerk , and their heirs, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee. Afterwards Thomas, Thomas, Richard, Thomas, Edmund, Robert, John, and William died. Nicholas survived and, seised by right of survivorship, granted the manor and advowson to Edmund Hungerford, knight , and Thomas Hasard , for the term of six years from 25 March 1447, as in a charter shown to the jurors.
Date of death as 520. John Thorp is his son and next heir, aged 15 and more. [Head:] Delivered to court on 25 May 1447.
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522 Writ.‡ 18 October 1446. [Mapilton]
WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Amesbury. ?2 November 1446. [Rokes].
Jurors: John ?Rows [ms torn] ; William Botreaux ; John Rows of Heytesbury; Robert Cosyn ; John Turpyn ; William Keyser ; Thomas Knyght ; William Kyng ; John Baynton ; William Pet ; John Claymond ; and Robert Cole .
He was once seised in demesne of as fee of the manors of Boscombe, Burdens Ball, and Poulshot, and of 7 messuages, 11 virgates of land, 8 a. meadow, 3s. ½d. rent, and rent of ½lb. pepper in Allington, Newton Tony, and Middle Winterslow (Wyntereslewemydelton), and the advowson of the church of the manor of Boscombe. A fine [CP 25/1/257/62/21] was raised at Westminster on the morrow of Purification, 1431, between the said Ralph Thorp and Philippa, then his wife, querents, and Robert Dyngeley, clerk, deforciant , by which Ralph and Philippa acknowledged the manors, tenements, rent, and advowson to be the right of Robert, as those which he had by their grant; for which Robert granted the manors, etc., to Ralph and Philippa and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Ralph. The fine was shown to the jurors. Ralph and Philippa had issue: John, who survives. Philippa died seised of such estate in Ralph’s lifetime. Ralph died seised of such estate. Boscombe, the manor, and the advowson of the church of the manor, held of John Thornebury , of his manor of Collingbourne ?Ducis, by service of a pair of white spurs yearly. In the manor there is a site, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a dovecot, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; a warren, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, worth 40s. yearly; 60 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 2d. yearly; a horse-mill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a close called ‘Whytford’, worth 12d. yearly; rent of 25s. 4d. and 1lb. cumin, issuing from various tenements of various free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; 600 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a court baron, held twice a year, worth 6d. yearly; and a garden annexed to the manor, worth 4d. yearly. Burdens Ball, the manor, held of the abbess of Wilton , service unknown. In the manor there is a capital messuage, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 200 a. pasture called ‘Hempesyate’, each acre worth 1d. yearly; a several water called ?‘B ourdenesballewater’, worth 12d. yearly; a court baron, held twice a year, of which the perquisites are worth nothing beyond the fee and expenses of the steward; and 4s. assize rent from various lands and tenements of various free tenants in Wilton, payable at Easter and Michaelmas. Poulshot, the manor, of whom held or by what service not known. In the manor there are 2 messuages [value not specified], and ?53½ a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly. Allington, a messuage, and 2 virgates and 2 a. arable, worth 20s. yearly; a pasture for 120 sheep (bident’), 8 cattle (averia), and 3 horses, in the common pasture of the tenants, worth 16s. 8d. yearly; and 3s. assize rent from a messuage and a virgate of land called ‘Alyngtoneslond’, payable at the four usual annual terms of Christmas, Lady Day, Midsummer, and Michaelmas. The jurors do not know of whom the above are held or by what services. Newton Tony, a messuage and a virgate of arable, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 2½ a. arable in a field called ‘Wynmere’, worth 20d. yearly; a pasture for 50 sheep, 2 horses, and 3 cattle, pasturing in the common pasture of the tenants (in communi pastur’ tenent’ exeunc’ et pasturanc’), worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and assize rent of 1lb. pepper from a tenement called ‘Wygmores’, worth 8d. yearly, held of the king, of the duchy of Lancaster, by service of 6d. yearly. A messuage, worth 3d. 4d. yearly, and 17 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly, in Newton Tony, and a virgate of arable in Allington, worth 6s. yearly, are held of Reynold West, knight , service unknown. Middle Winterslow (Wynteresley), a messuage and ½ virgate of land, worth 5s. yearly; a ?grove called ‘Iogoneslye’, lying among the lands of John Baynton, knight , in the hundred of Alderbury, of no annual value; and 27s. assize rent from various lands and tenements of various tenants at will in Middle Winterslow (Middelwyntoreslewe), payable at Michaelmas, held of the master of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England , service unknown. He held the following in demesne as of fee. Durrington, 2 messuages, each worth 20d. yearly; 120½ a. arable called ‘Hosyers’ and ‘Beshyues’, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 2 a. and 1 rood of meadow called ‘Hosyermede’, worth 20d. yearly; pasture for 100 sheep and 8 cattle in the pasture of ‘Beshyues’ and Durrington, worth 9s. yearly; a cottage called ‘Goldecote’, with a close, worth 12d. yearly; 27s. assize rent from the lands and tenements of various tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; a water called ‘Mille ponde’, worth nothing yearly; and a fishery in a common water called ?‘Aboue’, worth nothing yearly, all held of the keeper of New College, Winchester, service unknown. Hindurrington, a messuage, worth 20d. yearly; 34 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and pasture for 54 sheep, worth 5s. yearly, held of the prioress of Amesbury , service unknown; and a messuage and ½ virgate of arable called ‘Hynes’, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 15 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 1½ a. meadow called ‘Stywardesmede’ and ‘Daunsyngmede’, worth 5s. yearly; and pasture for a horse, 2 cattle, and 48 sheep in common, worth 5s. yearly, also held of the prioress of Amesbury , service unknown. ‘Hykkes’, a messuage and a virgate of land so-called, worth 5s. yearly; 1 a. meadow in ‘Hykkesmed’, worth 12d. yearly; and pasture for 8 cattle and 72 sheep in common pasture there, worth 8s. yearly, held of Maurice de Berkely , by service of 1lb. cumin. Pitton, a messuage, with a virgate of land, called ‘Notes’, worth 3s. yearly; and a croft with 3 a. land, lying between ‘Tressorlane’ and ‘Carpenteresplace’, worth nothing yearly, held of the manor of Compton ?Chamberlayne (Compton), by paying 7s. to the manor, but of whom held, or by what other services the jurors do not know. Sopworth, a messuage and a virgate of land, worth 13s. 4d. yearly [no other details specified].
Date of death as 520. John Thorp is his son and next heir, aged 14 and more.
Not styled esquire in inquisitions 520–1. ‘Monday, the feast of All Souls 25 Henry VI’, but 2 November 1446 fell on a Wednesday. Marginal note: inquire as to the tenure (qr’ de tenur’). ms: and (ac).
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