‹ E-CIPM 18-640: EDMUND DUKE OF YORK ›

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Edward III granted to him and his heirs male 1,000 marks yearly payable at the exchequer by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas. This was confirmed by Richard II and Henry IV by letters patent, and he died seised of it. Richard II created him duke of York, and by letters patent, confirmed by Henry IV , granted him and his heirs male £1,000 yearly payable similarly. The letters patent of Richard II were shown to the jurors. [ CChR V, p.174; Rep. on Dignity of a Peer , v, p.54; CPR 1377–81 , pp.84–5; 1385–9 , p.62; 1399–1401 , pp.134–5].

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He held nothing in London.

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He held the manor of Wendover in his demesne in fee tail of the king in chief by knight service with wardships and marriages, reliefs, escheats, knight’s fees, advowsons of churches and chapels and other profits, liberties and benefits, with view of frankpledge, by the grant of Richard II to himself and his heirs male [ CPR 1385–9 , p.300], confirmed by the king, annual value £72.

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He held in his demesne in fee tail of the king in chief by the grant of Edward III [ CPR 1374–7 , pp.474–5] to himself, Isabel his wife and his heirs male, with remainder to the king and his heirs, 1 cottage, 53 a. arable, and 11 a. meadow, in Great Hambleton, and 42 a. arable and 2 a. meadow in Ryhall, annual value 40s. They are called ‘Penbrokelandes’ and are members and parcel of the castle of Fotheringhay.

He also held in fee tail 1 mill called ‘Bradcroftmilnes’ and 13 a. meadow parcel of the castle of the lordship of Stamford, annual value 20s.

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He held the castle and manor of Fotheringhay with their members of Nassington, Yarwell and Southwick, in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service by the grant of Edward III [ CPR 1374–7 , pp.474–5] to himself, Isabel and their heirs male, with reversion to the king and his heirs; annual values, Fotheringhay £36, the members £26 13s.4d.

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He held an annuity of £20 payable by the sheriff in his demesne as of fee to himself and his heirs by the grant of Edward III [ CPR 1377–82 , pp.84–5], service unknown; also of the king in chief by the grant of Richard II to himself and his heirs male 40s. rent in Bourn in the lordship of Cambridge as parcel of the manor of Anstey in Hertfordshire.

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He held nothing in the county.

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He held 6 tenements in Doughton and Charlton by Tetbury in his demesne in fee tail by the grant of Edward III confirmed by letters patent of the king shown to the jurors [ CPR 1374–7 , pp.74–5; 1399–1401 , pp.134–5]. They are members of the manor of Vastern in Wiltshire, held of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value 40s.

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Edward III by letters patent of 8 May 1363 [ CChR V, p.178] granted to him and his heirs male the castle manor and vill of Stamford and the manor and vill of Grantham, with remainder to the king and his heirs. They are held of the king in chief, service unknown; annual values, Stamford £20, Grantham £44.

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Same presentment concerning Stamford, but no mention of Grantham.

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He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief the castle of Castle Rising with the advowsons of Castle Rising and South Wootton, which Richard II granted to Thomas duke of Gloucester and his heirs male and which after the death of Thomas the present king granted to him with advowsons, knight’s fees etc. [ CPR 1399–1401 , p.144], services unknown; annual values, the castle 80 marks, Castle Rising church …1/2 marks, South Wootton church 100s.

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He held of the king in chief with remainder to him in default of male heirs, services unknown:

Anstey, the castle and manor, by the grant of Edward III [ CPR 1374–7, pp.474–5] to him, Isabel then his wife and his heirs male, annual value 40 marks.

Hitchin, the manor, with the reversion of all the lands which Elizabeth widow of Edward Kendale holds in dower there, by the grant of Richard II [ CPR 1385–9 , p.292] to him and his heirs male; annual values, Hitchin 80 marks, the reversion when it occurs 20 marks.

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He held of the king in chief in fee tail by the grant of Edward III , confirmed by the king by letters patent shown to the jurors [ CPR 1377–81, pp.84–5; 1399–1401 , pp.134–5], the manors of Vastern, with its members of Wootton Bassett and Winterbourne Bassett manors, annual value 100 marks; Tockenham, annual value £10; Compton Bassett, annual value £30; Somerford Keynes, annual value £24; and Chelworth with the keeping of the forest of Braydon belonging to it, annual value 20 marks; all services unknown.

Similarly by the grant of Richard II , confirmed by the king, by letters patent shown to the jurors [ CPR 1388–92, p.377], he held Sevenhampton manor with the hundreds of Highworth and Cricklade, annual value £40 beyond an annuity of 40 marks granted to John de Foderynghey for life by Richard II . The services are all likewise unknown.

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Richard II granted him on 3 Feb. 1391 the reversion of the honour, vill, fair and market of Rayleigh, with the herbage of the park of Rayleigh, and the manors of Thundersley and Eastwood all of which Aubrey de Veer, knight , held for life by the grant of the same king, to him and his heirs male, as part of his grant of £1,000 yearly made when he was created duke of York [CPR 1388–92, p.377]. The honour, vill etc. of Rayleigh are held of the king, service unknown, annual value £7; the manor of Eastwood of the king in chief, service unknown, £48 7s.3 3/4d; Thundersley of the honour of Rayleigh, service unknown, 20 marks.

He held the park of Rayleigh to himself and his heirs male by the grant of Henry IV [ CPR 1399–1401 , p.354], except that part which was reserved for Joan de Bohun, countess of Hereford , with the game both there and in the parks of Hadleigh and Thundersley by the grant of Richard II [CPR 1391–6, p.648]. The park is held of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value beyond the sustenance of the game 40s.

He also held in chief for life, service unknown, by the same grant of Henry IV the castle and lordship of Hadleigh, except the part reserved for the countess of Hereford .

He also held a certain marsh ( wagessum ) in the lordship of Hadleigh, status and service unknown, annual value 100s.

John Calston held the bailiwick of the hundred of Rochford by the grant of Henry IV [ CPR 1399–1401 , p.154], and the duke did not hold it when he died.

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He had no status in a marsh called Ray but held it and took the profits without any title from the death of Aubrey de Veer, earl of Oxford , until his own death; annual value £10 13s.4d.

He also held the manor of Rayleigh with the view of frankpledge without title from the death of Aubrey de Veer until his own death. The manor is held of the king , service unknown, annual value £8.

Aubrey de Veer had various stock in the manor of Eastwood: 10 cows and a bull, worth 10s. each; 200 ewes and 10 rams, 15d. each; 16 horses for the plough, 16s.; 2 carriage-horses, 40s.; 8 ganders, 2s.8d.; 6 hens and a cock, 14d.; one cart bound with iron and another not so bound, 6s.8d.; 2 ploughs with all their equipment, 10s.; 1 iron bushel pot bound with iron, 8d.; 1 winnowing-fan, 1 peck and 1 seed basket, 18d.; 100 a. sown with corn at 5s.; and 100 a. sown with oats at 2s.

All the stock belonged to Richard II and was held without title or royal grant.

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By the grant of Edward III [ CChR V, p.174; Rep. on Dignity of a Peer , v. p.54] he held in his demesne in fee tail to himself and his heirs male of the king in chief by the service of two knight’s fees:

Conisbrough, the castle, manor, vill and lordship and all its members, annual value beyond the wages of foresters, warreners, reeves, bailiffs and other officers and the repair of the castle and charges issuing from it £40.

Wakefield, the manor and vill with the lordship, and its members with the castle and vill of Great Sandal and the vills of Holmfirth and Sowerby, annual value beyond the fees of steward, foresters, warreners, reeves, bailiffs and other officers £100.

Hatfield, the manor, with the vills of Thorne and Fishlake with their members, parks, warrens, chases and appurtenances, annual value beyond the maintenance of the steward, parkers and bailiffs £80.

By the grant of Richard II by letters patent shown to the jurors [ CPR 1385–9 , p.62] he held in fee tail £400 from the customs of Kingston upon Hull and £100 from the issues of Yorkshire, payable by the sheriff, as part of the annuity of £1,000 granted, when he was created duke of York in 1391, with the assent of the lords and the community of the realm in parliament.

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On 27 May 1398 the duke by his charter shown to the jurors granted to Edward earl of Rutland and Cork , his son, for life the lordship of Tynedale with all the lands, rents, lordships, franchises and liberties, paying £166 13s.4d. annually by equal parts at Martinmas and Whitsun. He held it until taken into the king’s hands on the death of the duke. It is worth nothing these days beyond the rent because devastated by the Scots. It is held of the king in chief by knight service. The lord has chancellor, justices, bailiffs and other officers, holding pleas of the crown and all manner of other pleas, and has so held them from time immemorial