‹ E-CIPM 20-829: THOMAS BROOK, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

He held nothing in Wiltshire.

Holdings

Thomas Lond and John Adam held the following in their demesne as of fee by the grant of Thomas Brook , and by their charter dated at Holditch on 19 Feb. 1416 granted then to Thomas, Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and his right heirs.

Holcombe Burnell, the manor, of Lord le Despenser, service unknown, annual value £6.

Bornacott, 1 messuage, 80 a. arable, 30 a. meadow, 100 a. pasture, of William Palton, knight , service unknown, annual value 13s.4d.

Exeter, a tenement called ‘Gervesplace’ of the king at fee farm, annual value 20s.

Holditch, the manor, of Philip son and heir of John Courtenay, a minor in the king’s ward, by knight service, annual value £20.

He held for life 8 messuages, 4 carucates, 40 a. meadow, 100 a. pasture, 100 a. wood and 50s. rent in Holcombe Burnell, ‘Uppecotesnellard’, Beam, Morchard Bishop, Collingsdown, Cheriton by Ottery St. Mary and the manors of Iddesleigh and Ashreigney, granted to him for his life by Richard Cheddre son and heir of Robert Cheddre by a deed, dated on 20 June 1407, stating that Thomas and Joan his wife, mother of Richard held the premises for her life with reversion to him. In ‘Uppecotesnellard’ 1 messuage, 60 a. arable, 20 a. meadow and 80 a. pasture are held of John Arundell, esquire , service unknown, annual value 20s. The other premises in ‘Uppecotesnellard’, Beam, Morchard Bishop, Collingsdown and Cheriton are held of Robert Chalouners, knight , service unknown, annual value £6 13s.4d.; the manors of Iddesleigh and Ashreigney of Lord le Despenser, service unknown, annual values 100s. and £12.

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By the grant of Thomas Londe and John Adam by their charter dated at Holditch on 19 Feb. 1416, he held jointly with Joan his wife, to them, the heirs of their bodies and his right heirs, 17 messuages, 21 shops, 4 cellars, 1 ‘tentor’, with the land adjoining, the reversion of a tenement held for life by John Preston and 10s.10d. rent from the tenements formerly of Thomas Lyouns and Master Simon Uphull , namely that of Lyouns 7s.6d. and that of Master Simon 3s.4d., and 120 tenements and the advowson of St. Lawrence Bristol, described as all the lands etc. of William Somerwell in Bristol, held by Thomas and John by the grant of Thomas Brook . They are held of the king in chief in free burgage, except the reversion from John Preston , held of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England , annual values, messuages 6s.8d. each, shops 3s.4d., cellars 3s.4d., tentor 3s.4d.

He also held for life 160 tenements which were held by Roger Sewarde and William Draper , who gave them to Robert Cheddre and Joan then his wife. They held in fee tail and had issue Richard. Robert died and Joan married Thomas Brook . Then Richard Cheddre by his deed dated 14 Jan. 1401 granted them with warranty to Sir Thomas for life with reversion to himself. The advowson and 120 of the 160 tenements are held of the king in free burgage, the remaining tenements of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England.

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Jointly with Joan his wife and her heirs by Robert Cheddre , formerly her husband, he held the manor of Down Hatherley by the grant of Edmund Pyne , Edward Swyft and Walter Sander by their charter dated 6 May 1388. It is held of the heirs of Lord Despenser, service unknown, annual value £10.

Similarly he held half the manor of Aust and 2 messuages, 2 carucates, 1 virgate, 46 a. meadow, 20 a. wood and 20 a. pasture in Cote, Elberton, Rangeworthy and Iron Acton, by the grant of Ralph Persevall and Edmund Pyne by their charter dated 31 May 1389. The half manor of Aust is held of the bishop of Worcester , service unknown, annual value £20; 1 messuage, 1 carucate, 1 virgate, 36 a. meadow and 10 a. wood in Rangeworthy of the lord of Thornbury , service unknown, annual value 60s.; 1 messuage, 1 carucate, 1 virgate, 36 a. meadow, 10 a. wood and 20 a. pasture in Cote, Elberton and Iron Acton of Robert Poyns , service unknown, annual value £4.

In right of Joan he held 1 messuage, 60 a. arable, 12 a. meadow and 20 a. pasture in Compton Greenfield of John Berkeley, knight , service unknown, annual value 8s.

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Jointly with Joan his wife he held 16s. rent from lands and tenements in Loscombe held in fee by William Kyngeston , and the manors of Cotley and Woonton which Thomas Lond and John Adam granted by their charter as above [no. 827] to Thomas and Joan and heirs of their bodies.

Cotley manor is held of the bishop of Salisbury of his manor of Sherborne, service unknown, annual value £10. Woonton manor of the same bishop of his manor of Chardstock, service unknown, annual value £6. The rent is of no value beyond the 16s. and is not held of anyone.

He held for life the manor and advowson of Child Okeford; 1 tenement, 12 a. arable, 6 a. meadow in Shillingstone; and 1 toft and 6 a. in Fiddleford, by the grant of Richard son and heir of Robert Cheddre by his deed dated 5 May 1490, with successive remainders to Thomas brother of Richard Cheddre , his heirs male and the right heirs of Richard. They are held of Thomas earl of Salisbury , services unknown, annual values Child Okeford £16, Shillingstone 60s., Fiddleford 20s.

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Jointly with Joan his wife to them and the heirs of their bodies he held the manors of St. Michael Church, Stowell, Fydoak, Brook Montacute, West Bagborough and Sewardswick, 28 messuages, 5 tofts, 1 carucate, 380 a. arable, 111 a. meadow and 208 a. pasture in Chard, Crymelford and Taunton by the grant of Thomas Lond and John Adam as above [no. 828]. St. Michael Church is held of the king of the honor of Trowbridge of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service; Stowell of Robert Hill of Spaxton, service unknown, annual value £10; Brook Montacute of John Bamfeld , service unknown, annual value £4; West Bagborough of Hugh Luttrell, knight , service unknown, annual value £20; Sewardswick of the abbot of Glastonbury , service unknown, annual value £10; 27 messuages, 4 tofts, 1 carucate, 80 a. arable, 45 a. meadow and 8 a. pasture in Chard of the bishop of Bath and Wells of his manor of Chard, service unknown, annual value £10; 1 toft, 300 a. arable, 60 a. meadow and 200 a. pasture in Chard of John Speke , service unknown, annual value 100s.; 1 messuage in Taunton of the bishop of Winchester of his manor of Taunton, service unknown, annual value 20s.; and 6 a. meadow in Crymelford of John Deneland , service unknown, annual value 10s.

Also jointly with Joan, by the grant of John Chidiok , he held the manor of Kingston by Yeovil of William Carent service unknown, annual value £20 10s.3d.

They also held to them and the heirs of Joan by Robert Cheddre , her late husband: the manors of Avill, Alston Sutton, Lympsham, Cheddar and Aldwick, and 106 messuages, 2 mills, 20 carucates, 46 a. arable, 180 a. meadow, 40 a. pasture, 46 a. wood and £10 13s.4d. rent in Blagdon, Wrington, Bourne, Rickford, Westbury Leigh, Bradford, Butcombe, Langford, Churchill, Huntspill, Axbridge, Cocklake, Clewer, Wedmore, Nyland, Sandford, Maxmill, Winscombe, Winterhead, Barton, Woodborough, Compton Bishop, Draycott, Bruton, Rolston, Rowborough, North Curry, Taunton, Hawkridge, Monkton, Chapel Allerton, Alston Sutton, Badgworth, Compton Dando, Christon, Uphill and Winford, and the advowson of St. Mary’s chantry in St. Andrew’s church, Cheddar. Of these Edmund Pyne , Edward Swyft and Walter Sander formerly held the manors of Avill, Alston Sutton, Lympsham and Cheddar, and other lands, shops and tenements in Huntspill, Axbridge, Cocklake, Clewer, Wedmore, Nyland, Sandford, Maxmill, Winscombe, Winterhead, Barton, Woodborough, Compton Bishop, Draycott, Bruton, Rolston, Rowborough, and the advowson of the chantry in their demesne as of fee, and also the manor of Avill by Dunster, 31 messuages, 1 mill, 8 carucates, 160 a. meadow, 200 a. pasture, 10 a. wood and 70s. rent, and by their charter dated 26 May 1388 granted them to Thomas Brook, knight , and Joan his wife with remainder to the heirs of her body by Robert Cheddre her late husband, and Thomas held them at his death.

William Cheddre of Bristol, Roger Seward and William Drapere, clerk , held the lands in North Curry, Taunton, Hawkridge, Monkton, Chapel Allerton, Alston Sutton, Badgworth, Compton Dando, Christon, Uphill and Winford, and gave them to Robert Cheddre and Joan then his wife. She married Thomas Brook . In her right he held the manor of Norton Beauchamp and the advowsons of Christon, Uphill and Winford, and jointly with her he held the manor and advowson of Thorn Falcon, and half the manors of Winford and Tarnock by the gift of Ralph Persevall and Edmund Pyne to them and the heirs of the body of Joan by Robert Cheddre , and the manor of Kingston by Yeovil by the demise of John Chidiok for their lives. The manor of Thorn Falcon is held of the dean and chapter of Wells , annual value £20, the half manor of Tarnock of Thomas Pomeray, knight, annual value £10, and the half manor of Winford of the earl of Devon, annual value £6, services all unknown.

By a fine of 1380 [CP 25/1/200/30, no. 28] William Cheddre senior , Roger Seward and William Draper, clerk , granted to Robert Cheddre , Joan his wife and Richard their son the reversion of the manor of Ubley, which John Stoke held for life with reversion to them, the manors of Hinton Blewitt, Stone Easton, Chilcompton and Stoney Littleton, half the manor of Midsomer Norton, a 3rd part of the bailiwick of the hundred of Chewton, and 1 virgate, 12 a. meadow, in Wellow, Peglinch, Hassage, Woodborough, Shascombe and Cameley, and the advowson of Hinton Blewitt. Ubley is held of the king of the honor of Wallingford of the duchy of Cornwall by knight service, annual value £16; the manor and advowson of Hinton Blewitt, and Stone Easton manor of Lord Despenser, annual value £8; Chilcompton of the bishop of Salisbury , annual value £10; Stoney Littleton manor and the lands in Peglinch, Hassage, Woodborough, Shascombe and Cameley of Walter Hungerford, knight , annual value £6; the half manor of Midsomer Norton of the lord of Batcombe, annual value £13 6s.8d.; and the third part of the bailiwick of the hundred of Chewton of William Bonevill, knight , annual value 6s.8d., services apart from Ubley, all unknown.