‹ E-CIPM 18-760: REYNOLD COBEHAM, SENIOR, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

He held a third part of the manor of Aynho in the dower of Eleanor his wife from her former husband John Darundell . It is held of the heirs of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Essex , by knight service, annual value £10.

Holdings

He held nothing in the county.

Holdings

He held in hs demesne as of fee of the king in chief a house in the parish of St. Nicholas on a corner beside the road to the castle, by the service of providing two watchmen for the defence of the town, annual value 4 marks.

Holdings

He held the manor of Langley Burrell of the duchy of Lancaster in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Trowbridge by knight service, annual value £20.

In right of Eleanor his wife who survives him he held:

Sherrington and Codford, the manors, and half the manors of Elston and Stapleford, of the king in chief by knight service.

Boyton, Corton, Winterbourne Stoke and Coate, the manors with the advowson of Boyton, of the earl of Salisbury by knight service, amount unknown.

Hill Deverill, the manor, of the earl of March by knight service.

Great Somerford, the manor and advowson, of the heir of Lord Tiptoft by knight service.

Holdings

He held 19s.4 1/4d. rent in Hartfield of the bishop of Winchester of his manor of Withyham called Monken Court by a rent of 12d.; and 4s. fee farm from a tenement called Plawhatch in East Grinstead.

In right of Eleanor his wife, as dower of John de Arundell, knight , her former husband he held:

Old Shoreham, a third part of the manor, of Lord Moubray of the honour of Bramber by knight service, amount and annual value unknown.

Cudlow and Chancton, a third part of the manors, of the earl of Arundel , service and annual value unknown.

Holdings

He held in right of Eleanor his wife the manors of Cucklington and Stoke Trister with the advowsons, and the office of chief forester of Selwood, of the king in chief by knight service; annual values Cucklington £10, Stoke Trister £10, office of chief forester 10s.

Also in right of the inheritance of Eleanor he held the manor of Hendford and 57s. rent in Yeovil of the heir of the earl of March , who is in the king’s ward, of the honour of Gloucester by knight service, annual value of the manor £20.

Holdings

He held by the right of inheritance of his wife Eleanor, who survives him:

Morden, the manor, of the king in chief by a rent of 8s. payable by the sheriff, annual value 10 marks.

Witchampton, the manor, of the heir of the earl of March , in the king’s ward, by knight service, annual value £10.

Lytchett Matravers, the manor, of the heir of the same earl by knight service, annual value 10 marks.

Philipston, the manor, of the abbess of Wilton by a rent of 25 quarters of salt, annual value £4.

Langton Matravers, the manor, of the heir of the earl of Salisbury , in the king’s ward, by petty serjeanty, annual value 10 marks.

Wimborne St. Giles, the manor, of the heir of the earl of March by knight service, annual value 53s.4d.

Worth Matravers, the manor, of the earl of Hereford by knight service, annual value £10.

Frome Whitfield, the manor, of the same earl by knight service, annual value 20 marks.

Loders, the manor, of the abbot of Forde by knight service, annual value 100s.

Wootton Fitzpaine in Marshwood, the manor, of the heir of Henry Lourty by knight service, annual value £10.

Eggardon, Woolcombe and West Moors, 2 carucates, 40 a. meadow, 100 a. pasture and 10 a. wood, of the abbot of Forde by knight service, annual value 5 marks.

Winterborne St. Martin, 1/2 toft, 60 a. arable and 20 a. pasture, of Roger Saymour , kinsman and heir of Bello Campo [ sic ], by knight service, annual value 10s.

Holdings

He held:

Stonehouse, the manor, in right of his wife Eleanor who survives, of the bishop of Winchester , service unknown, annual value £30.

Minchinhampton, 1 toft, 1 dovecote, 1 carucate, 12 a. meadow and 100s. rent, of Hugh Waterton, knight , and Katherine his wife of their manor of Minchinhampton by the service of 43s.3 1/2d., suit of court every three weeks and other customs, annual value nil beyond the rent.

Shurdington, 1 messuage, 1 virgate and 100s. rent, of Thomas Lord Furnivall and Ankaret his wife by a rent of 6d., annual value £4.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Aldington by Maidstone, the manor, of the king of the castle of Rochester by a rent of 14s. for the guard of the castle payable on St. Andrew’s day, annual value 60s.

Hever, a tenement so-called, in gavelkind of the archbishop of Canterbury of his manor of Bexley, the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury , of his manor of Plumstead, Elizabeth lady le Despenser and John Chaloner , service unknown, annual value 12d.

Hulberry, the manor, with the advowson of Lullingstone, of the prior of Leeds of his manor of Leeds by suit of court there at Michaelmas, annual value 40s.

East Shelve and Boardfield, the manor, part of the king of the castle of Dover by the service of 3s.4d. every 24 weeks for the guard of the castle, annual value 40s.; the rest of the abbot of Faversham , John Champeyne and others in gavelkind, for various unknown services, annual value £8.

Westwell, a tenement so-called in Westwell, of Thomas Swynbourn, knight , in gavelkind of his manor of Boughton Aluph, and of others whose names and the services are unknown, annual value 40s.

Westerham, a tenement called ‘La Serne’, in gavelkind of the abbot of Westminster of this manor, service unknown; from it the prior and convent of Tonbridge take 2s., and the heirs of Roger Leukenore 14s.; annual value beyond these rents 20s.

Austin, the manor, in gavelkind of the archbishop of Canterbury , lord la Zouche, William son of Nicholas Oryel, knight , of his castle of Eynsford, Alan Seintjoust of his castle of Lullingstone, and others whose names and the services are unknown, annual value 66s.8d.

Chiddingstone, the manor, in gavelkind of the archbishop of Canterbury , John de Frenyngham , John Chaloner , Philip Sencler, knight , and Margaret his wife in right of Margaret, as of their manor of Penshurst, and of others whose names and the services are unknown, annual value 100s.

Bowzell, the manor, in gavelkind of the archbishop of Canterbury , John de Frenyngham , George Modell , Reynold de Pekham , and others whose names and the services are unknown, annual value 40s.

Sherenden, the manor, in gavelkind of Hugh de Bures of his manor of Halstead by a rent of 2s.6d. and 4 ploughshares yearly at various terms, annual value 100s.

Brookland, the manor, in gavelkind of the abbot of Westminster of his manor of Stangrove, service unknown, annual value 53s.4d.

Newage, Boardfield, Cooling, Cliffe, Stoke, Hoo, Bromley, Frindisbury, Wouldham, High Halstow, Newhythe and Hadlow, 1 messuage, 40 a., 20 a. meadow, 40 a. marsh and 100s. rent, of Lord Grey of Codnor , Reynold Braybrok, knight , and others whose names and the services are unknown, annual value £10.

Elmley, pasture in the isle, in gavelkind of Stephen le Scrop, knight , of his manor of Northwood Sheppey, service unknown. For this pasture and the manor of Sherenden 40 marks is owed yearly to the master and brothers of Magdalen College, Cobham, annual value nil beyond this rent.

Holdings

He held in fee tail the manor of West Cliffe by Dover by a grant of Edward III dated at Reading, 7 Feb. 1347 [ CPR 1345–8 , p.250].

On 28 April 1403 John Ungerham, chaplain , as attorney of Reynold son of Reynold, as ordered by Reynold’s writ, gave seisin of the manor to Thomas Guynes , attorney of Reynold Curteys and Margaret his wife, daughter of Reynold son of Reynold, in accordance with a charter of Reynold to them. This was done by virtue of a letter of attorney of Reynold Curteys and Margaret given to Thomas Guynes for receiving seisin, both letters to be publicly shown and read on the Saturday of the grant. But they were not then and there publicly shown and read; and John Saghere , then farmer of the manor, and Richard Litelbery , Robert atte Wode , John Norman and Eustace Lyon , tenants of the manor, were present at the time of the seisin, and they, after livery of seisin, were asked by the attorneys to place themselves from that time in all respects towards Reynold Curteys and Margaret as formerly they had been to Reynold son of Reynold, this in the name of the lord without any other attornment by the delivery of any money or other things, or any payment of rent or farm from that day to this.

They do not know whether this manner of seisin is full seisin, and seek the judgment of the king’s council.

The manor is held of the king in chief as one knight’s fee. There are the site with ruinous barn and other damaged buildings, annual value nil; 120 a. at 6d., 40s. [ sic ]; 305 a. pasture at 2 1/2d., £4 [ sic ]; £8 rent from various tenants at the four terms; and perquisites of court and view of frankpledge, worth nothing beyond the costs of the bailiff.

He also held other lands and tenements of the manor of Postling in right of Eleanor his wife in dower of her former husband, John Arundel, knight , with remainder to John, son and heir of John, son of John Arundel and Eleanor.

Holdings

He held:

Oxted, the manor, of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne by knight service, annual value £20.

Starborough otherwise Prinkham, the manor with three messuages in Billeshurst, Haxted and Stonehurst, in fee tail of the abbot of Battle of his manor of Limpsfield by a rent of 63s.4d. and suit of court every three weeks. William atte Forde by a rent of 40d., John Haderesham by a rent of 2s., the heir of Ralph atte Helle by a rent of 12d., John Olyver by a rent of 10s., the abbot of Hyde by a rent of 28s.8d. and 1 lb. cumin at his manor of Felcourt, and of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England by a rent of 2d; annual value of this manor and messuages £20.

Southwark, a house, in fee tail of the prior of Southwark , service unknown, annual value 20s.

He held in right of Eleanor his wife in dower from John de Arundell, knight , her former husband, a third part of each of the following manors:

Buckland, of lord le Despenser by knight service …

West Betchworth, of the same lord by knight service, annual value 13s.4d.

Walton on the Hill, of the earl of Stafford by a rent …

Bletchingley, … annual value £7.

Colley, of the earl of Arundel by knight service, annual value 13s.1d.