‹ E-CIPM 18-1137: ELIZABETH SEYNTOMER ›

Holdings

Long before she died she held in her demesne as of fee 4 messuages, 1 carucate and 8 a. meadow in Stanton St. Quintin, and granted them to Thomas Hobbes and Joan his wife, who are still living, for their lives, with reversion to her own right heirs. They are held of the king in chief by the service of a twelfth part of a knight’s fee, annual value 40s. The king pardoned the grant by letters patent on 4 Feb. last [ CPR 1401–5 , p.491]. She died seised of the reversion.

She held in fee tail to herself and the heirs male of her body, by the grant of Gilbert Gaveler, clerk , and Thomas Hobbes , with remainder failing heirs male to Robert More , Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and failing them the right heirs of Elizabeth, by a fine of 1405 [CP 25(1) 290/61, no. 81]:

Bramshaw and Britford, the manors, except 3 messuages, 40 a. arable, 10 a. meadow and 20s.4d. rent in Britford, of Thomas West, knight , in chief by knight service. There are assize rents of £20 payable by equal parts at the four terms; 2 messuages; 2 carucates in demesne, 2 parts being sown each year, worth £4, and the 3rd part nil because in a fallow field; 30 a. several meadow from Lady Day to Lammas, each a. as mowed 20d., then nil because common; 100 a. pasture on the hills, 16s.8d.; 40 a. of great wood nil, but pasture there 10s.; and pleas and perquisites of court 10s.

Burton, the manor, of the duke of York by knight service. There are assize rents, 100s.; 1 carucate, of which 2 parts are worth 30s. each year, the third part nil; 20 a. meadow with herbage at 20d. the a., but after mowing nil because common; and pleas and perquisites of court, 12d.

Eastrop, Cricklade, Calcutt, Ampney, Moredon, Marston, Highworth, Blunsdon St. Andrew, Stratton St. Margaret, Haydon, Haydon Wick, Widhill, Sevenhampton, Pynchet and Great Chelworth and Little Chelworth, 20 messuages, 1 mill, 3 carucates, 80 a. meadow, 100s. rent, and the advowson of St. Sampson, Cricklade, comprising:

Eastrop, 1 messuage and 20 a., of the rector of Edington , service unknown, annual value 5s.

Moredon, 4 messuages and half a carucate, of the heir of Nicholas Mordon , service unknown, annual value 10s.

Blunsdon St. Andrew, Stratton St. Margaret and Haydon Wick, 4 messuages and 20 a., of Ivo Fitzwareyn , service unknown, annual value 10s.

Haydon and Widhill, 2 messuages and 30 a., of William Walrond , service unknown, annual value 13s.4d.

Pynchet, 1 mill, of John Berkle , service unknown, annual value 12d. for the fishery and no more because the mill lies deserted and broken.

Great Chelworth, 1 messuage and 10 a., of Oliver Servyngton , service unknown, annual value 8s.

Cricklade, Calcutt, Ampney, Marston, Highworth, Sevenhampton and Little Chelworth, all the rest, with the advowson of Cricklade, of Edward duke of York , service unknown, annual value, beyond the 100s. rent, 40s.

Holdings

She held in her demesne in fee tail to herself and her heirs male, with successive remainders to Robert More and Joan his wife, the heirs of their bodies and her right heirs, by the grant of Gilbert Gaveler, clerk , and Thomas Hobbes by a fine of 3 Feb. last [as above, no. 1136]:

Thatcham, 1 messuage, 2 mills, 1 carucate, 20 a. meadow, 19 a pasture and 30s. rent, and 1 a. pasture in Newbury all in the liberty of the abbot of Reading and held of the abbot , service unknown, annual value 40s. beyond the 30s. rent.