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Holdings

She held 80 a. and a house called ‘le Fysshehous’ with an adjacent croft in Stow cum Quy of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value 7 marks.

Holdings

By the death of William Huggeford and owing to the minority of Margery the 80 a., ‘le Fysshehous’ and the croft came into the hands of Henry IV and remain in the hands of the present king. She held them in her demesne as of fee to herself and her heirs of the king in chief as a 12th part of a knight’s fee.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee:

Wilden, the manor and advowson, of the king in chief of the honor of Peverel by knight service, annual value £16 13s.4d.

Carlton, 1 toft, 100 a. arable, 10 a. meadow and 20 a. wood called Pavenhams, of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 66s.8d.

Wootton Hoo in Wootton, 2 parts of the manor, of the heirs of Robert Todenham as part of the barony of Bedford, service unknown, annual value nil because John Trailly, knight, formerly lord of the manor, granted John Herteshorn , who still lives, and Alice his wife, now deceased, an annuity of £6 from it for their lives by his charter dated at Northill on 30 Sept. 1392.

Ravensden, 2 parts of the manor, formerly ‘Trailles’, of the Earl Marshal, service unknown, annual value 13s.4d. and no more because Reynold Trailly granted John Herteshorn, esquire , 5 marks yearly for life from it by his charter dated at Northill on 7 Aug. 1401.

Holdings

Owing to her minority the following came into the hands of Henry IV and remain in the present king’s hands:

Little Stockton, manor, held of the king in chief by a rent of 4s. payable to the sheriff by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas, annual value 60s.

Middleton Higford, the manor, of Thomas earl of Arundel by knight service, annual value £20.

She also held the reversion of 20 marks rent in the manors of Higford and Apley and in the vills of Norton and Stockton which Philippa widow of William Huggeford holds for life by the grant of Thomas Wrotteslegh , William de Wyken , Roger Garet and William de Newton , clerks; and the reversion of a 3rd part of the manors of Higford and Apley and of lands and tenements in Norton and Stockton which are part of the manor of Apley and which Philippa holds for life in dower of William her late husband, annual value of the 3rd parts 20 marks.

The remainder of these manors and of the lands and tenements came into the king’s hands owing to the death of William and the minority of Margery. All are held of Thomas earl of Arundel by knight service, annual value of the remainder 20 marks.

Holdings

The following which she held in her demesne as of fee came into the king’s hands owing to the death of her father and her minority:

Little Stockton, the manor, of the king in chief by a rent of 4s., annual value 5 marks.

Middleton Higford, the manor, of the earl of Arundel by knight service, annual value £20.

Apley, the manor with the advowson of Little Stockton, of the same earl, service unknown, annual value £20.

Astley Abbots, 1 messuage, of the abbot of Shrewsbury , service unknown, annual value 6s.8d.

Bridgnorth, 2 cottages, of the king in free burgage, as all the borough is held, annual value 8d.