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Thomas de Pateshalle held the manor of Ruckholt in his demesne as of fee and by a fine of 1359 [CP 25/1/66/211, no. 1214] granted it to Adam Fraunceys , citizen of London, and Agnes his wife for their lives with successive remainders to Robert Fraunceys and his heirs and Adam Fraunceys and the heirs of his body. They died, Robert without heirs of his body, Adam junior entered and held in fee tail of the earldom of Warenne, service unknown, annual value £12.

Thomas de Langton and Henry de Burreforde held the manor of Chobham in their demesne as of fee and granted it to Adam Fraunceys and Agnes his wife with remainders as above. So Adam Fraunceys junior held it of Hugh lord Burnell and the abbey of Stratford, service unknown, annual value £14.

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By the courtesy of England after the death of Margaret his wife he held a garden in Southwark, between the tenement formerly of Thomas Croydone to the west, the common pond to the east, the tenement formerly of John de Kyretone to the north and the highway from St. George’s to Bermondsey to the south, of the king in burgage as all Southwark is held, annual value 5s.; also 25 a., 3 1/2 roods, 17 1/2 perches, 3 1/2 inches of land of the king in chief in free burgage, annual value 33s.5d.

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He held in his demesne as of fee tail the manor of Eyworth, and 1 messuage, 1 toft and other lands, meadows and pastures called ‘Pyrleys’ in Eyworth by the grant of William de Halden and John Usshere , late citizens of London, to him and the heirs of his body. He granted them to John Cherche , William Burgh and Robert Burnham and their heirs. They granted them to John Pyke , John Selman junior , Thomas Gyldspyn , John Bole and John Wryght , and they in turn to William Porter, knight , Thomas Charleton , Robert Neuport , John Selman senior , Roger Hunte , Thomas Fekyngham and John Churche and their heirs. Robert Neuport died and the others still hold, of the manor of Lord de Grey , service unknown, annual value £20, the other premises of John Cockayne of his manor of Hatley, service unknown.

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He held in his demesne in fee tail of the king in chief by knight service after the death of Adam Fraunceys, late citizen of London :

Edmonton, the manor with 20 cartloads of wood in the outer park, in Enfield, formerly of Humphrey Bohun, late earl of Hereford , by the grant of Robert Belknap and John Wrothe, junior , made with royal licence [CPR 1367–70, pp.312–3] to Adam Fraunceys , citizen of London, for life with remainder to Adam the son and the heirs of his body, annual value £21 9s.4d. Also 2 messuages, 236 a. arable, 63 a. meadow, 21 a. pasture and 50s. rent there by the grant of Thomas Langton and John Pyte to hold for life with remainder to Adam the son, as 1 knight’s fee, rendering 13s.4d. yearly at the exchequer, annual value 10 marks.

Edmonton, Tottenham and Enfield, 4 messuages, 4 carucates, 193 1/2 a. meadow in the common marsh, 166 a. wood and 1 rood pasture, 46 a., 3 roods of great wood, 120 a. underwood and £4 18s.1d. rent formerly of William de Causton and Roger de Depeham , by the grant of William Halden and John Osekyn , citizens of London, Thomas Beston, formerly vicar of Edmonton , Thomas Pateshull, chaplain , and John Ussher , annual value £26 14s.8d.

He also held in his demesne in fee tail after the death of Adam Fraunceys , late citizen of London, 1 messuage, 38 a., 10 a. meadow and 2 a. pasture in Edmonton by the grant of John Ussher and William de Ancroft to Adam, Adam the son and the heirs of his body. This messuage etc. were formerly held by Thomas Piphurst and Joan his wife. Before he acquired the manor he held them of William de Say of the manor. After he acquired the manor they were held of the king in chief, annual value 23s.8d.

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After the death of Margaret his wife, he held by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of his daughters, Agnes wife of William Porter, knight , and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Charleton in free burgage as all London is held: 5 messuages, 8 shops with cellars and solars in the parishes of St. Peter Westcheap and St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street, annual value £20; 2 stalls, 20 messuages, 4 shops with cellars and solars, and £7 5s.10d. rent in the parishes of St. Pancras, All Hallows London Wall, St. Michael Bassishaw, St. Swithin, St. Mildred Bread Street, St. Mary Colechurch, St. Michael Queenhithe, St Alphege within Cripplegate, St. Mary Aldermary, St. Andrew Hubbard, All Hallows Bread Street, St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street, St. Peter Westcheap, St. Martin Pomery, St. Ethelburga within Bishopsgate, St. Botolph Aldersgate, All Hallows Barking, All Hallows at the Hay, St. Michael Paternoster, of the king in chief in free burgage, annual value £40 6s.8d. Elizabeth and Agnes are the daughters and heirs of Margaret.

He held in his demesne as of fee in free burgage various tenements which William de Leyre once held, by the grant of Ralph Jorgens, knight , in St. Lawrence Jewry parish with shops in St. Lawrence Jewry lane, with appurtenances in Milk Street which Massenta widow of William de Winton , late citizen of London held for life; 2 1/2 marks rent from lands and houses which John Redyng , leatherseller of London held, by the grant of Ralph Balle and Isabel de Sancto Albano in St. Martin Pomery parish in Ironmonger Lane in which Adam Stable afterwards lived; 20s. rent from a tenement which John Horsford formerly held in All Hallows parish in Thames Street; the mansion with houses which John Chirche holds for life by the grant of Adam in All Hallows parish in Thames Street.

These tenements, rents and reversions he gave to Thomas Charleton, senior , Thomas Thorneburgh , John Hervy , William Apsly , John Shordyche senior , John Shordyche junior , now deceased, and John Selman and John Chirche , who survive, to them and their heirs to hold at the will and disposal of Adam, acting faithfully and fulfilling the conditions as appears by charter of feoffment and indentures shown to the jurors. By virtue of this and attornment John Chirche , Thomas Charleton senior , Thomas Thorneburgh , John Horvyn , William Apsley , John Shordyche, senior and junior, John Selman and John Churche held. John Selman and John Chirche held for the life of Adam, and still hold.

When he died Adam held in fee tail to himself and the heirs of his body, in free burgage, by inheritance from Adam Fraunceys late citizen of London, his father, to him and his heirs, 1 tenement, 3 mansions, 13 shops with cellars, solars and other appurtenances in the parishes of St. Michael Cornhill, annual value £9; St. Lawrence Jewry lane, 6s.9d.; St. Michael Bassishaw, £4 5s.4d.; St. Stephen Walbrook 16s.; St. Michael Queenhithe £5 3s.10d.; St. Mary Aldermary 36s.8d.; St. Mary Somerset £13 3s.4d.; Westcheap in St Mary Magdalen Milk Street £6 6s.8d.; £8 3s. rent from various tenements in St. Michael Bassishaw, St. Mary Aldermary, St. James Garlickhythe, St. Michael Queenhithe, St. Michael Cornhill, St. John Walbrook, St. Mary Somerset, St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Pancras, St. Olave ‘on the bridge’, St. Michael Paternoster, All Hallows Honey Lane, St. Mary Colechurch, St. Mildred Poultry, St. Michael le Querne and St. Giles Cripplegate parishes.