PEMBROKESHIRE.
Inquisition [indented].
Pembroke.
22 August 1447. [
Dun.]
Jurors:
John
Eliet
of Earwear;
Richard
Cradock
;
Robert
Nasshe
of Nash;
James
Brigge
of Pembroke;
David
Paterchirche
of Paterchurch;
Philip
Whit
of Carswell;
Richard
Moyle
of Lydstep;
Peter
Lange
of Pembroke;
Nicholas
Dawe
of Angle;
William
Greffuth
of Trewent;
David
Dayneston
of
Dayneston
; and
William
Sever
of
Parchecornyston
.
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee, which he granted by indented charter to
Henry
Hopkyn, chaplain
, and
John
Eliet
of Pembroke, for the term of the life of Joan, wife of Nicholas, to hold of Nicholas and his heirs by a red rose at Midsummer. In the charter, dated 14 June 1439 and shown to the jurors, the premises were described as his manors of Carew and Angle, with the advowsons of churches, homages, services, rents, reversions, suits of court (sect’ cur’), lands, and tenements pertaining to the castle, and also 5½ burgages in Tenby, 3 burgages in Pembroke, a messuage in ‘le Grene’ by Pembroke, a messuage and a bovate of land in Snailston, 10 messuages and 5 carucates of land in Romans Castle, and the other lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, homages, rents, and services which he had in the said manors and vills and elsewhere in the county; excepting the homages, services, and rents which
John, earl of Huntingdon
, lord
of Manorbier, ought to do to Nicholas for 3 knights’ fees and 3 carucates of land in Loveston, Begelly, and Carew, which Nicholas retained and reserved to himself and his heirs. By virtue of the grant Henry and John were seised in demesne as of free tenement.
Afterwards, by charter dated 6 December 1440, shown to the jurors, Henry and John granted all their estate in the above to Nicholas and Joan his wife, for the term of the life of Joan. By virtue of the grant Nicholas and Joan were jointly seised, Nicholas in demesne as of fee, and Joan in demesne as of free tenement. They continued in that estate for the whole of Nicholas’s life. At his death Nicholas thus held the following in chief jointly with Joan.
Carew, the castle and manor, with the advowson of the church, annual value £60, held of the
lord of Pembroke
, that is of
William, marquess of Suffolk and earl
of Pembroke (marchione com’ Suff’ et Pembr’), of the earldom (com’) of Pembroke, as
15 knights’ fees, and by paying 28s. at Michaelmas for the ward of a tower to the
north and east of Pembroke, commonly (vulgariter) called ‘Carrewestowre’, and by suit to the court (com’) of Pembroke every month.
Pembroke, 8s. annual rent issuing from 8 burgages situated together (seriatim) to the north of the vill, payable at Michaelmas [tenure not specified]; 2 2/3 messuages, and a messuage in ‘le Grene’ by Pembroke, annual value 5s., held of the above
lord of Pembroke
, of the earldom (com’) of Pembroke, in burgage.
Angle, 14 carucuates, 5 bovates, and 5 a. land, annual value £20, held of
Edmund
Shirbourne
by knight service, by paying 11s. at Michaelmas, and by suit to Edmund’s court (curia) at Angle every two weeks. 9 carucates and 5 a. were held by Nicholas in demesne, and 5 carucates and 5 bovates in service.
Snailston, ¼ messuage and a bovate of land, annual value 6s. 8d., held of the heirs of
Henry
Robbyn
, late of Cosheston, by knight service.
Tenby, 7 messuages, annual value 60s., held of the
lord of Pembroke
, of the earldom
(com’) of Pembroke, in burgage.
Romans Castle, 10 messuages and 5 carucates of land, of no annual value, held of the
lord of Walwyn’s Castle
, that is of
James
Ormond, knight
, and Avice his wife, in right of Avice, by knight service, by paying 2s. at Michaelmas, and by suit to the court (curia) of that lord every two weeks.
East Williamston, a messuage and 40 a. land, annual value 6s. 8d., held of Joan, who was the wife of
Thomas
Lagharne
, and
Thomas
Wiriet
, by knight service.
Loveston, Begelly, and Carew, 3 knights’ fees and three carucates of land [value not specified], held in service of
William, marquess of Suffolk and earl
of Pembroke
[service not specified].
John, earl of Huntingdon
, as above, held these of Nicholas in chief by knight service, by rent of 6s. at Michaelmas, and by suit to Nicholas’s court
(curia) every two weeks.
Date of death and heir as [579](#CIPM-DOC-26-579), heir here aged 21 and more at his father’s death.
Not styled knight in inquisitions 579–80.