E-CIPM 21-501: THOMAS HARECOURT, KNIGHT

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THOMAS HARECOURT, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

Staffordshire. Inquisition. Stafford. 6 Sept. [Lee].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert de Swynerton ; Richard Nowell of Hilcote ; William Wolrych ; John de Warde ; William Halfhyde ; John Peshale ; Thomas Wodewale ; Richard Wateresson ; Robert Bryd ; John Chaumbre ; John de Ruggeley ; and Thomas Gerveys .

Holdings

He was seised in his demesne as of fee tail in

the manor of Ellenhall, held of the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield , service unknown, annual value £11 6s. 8d.

He died on 6 July last. Robert Harecourt is his son and next heir, aged 10 years and more.

TNA reference

C 138/48/64 mm. 1-2

E 149/123/1 m. 2

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Writ Head

501 Writ melius inquirendo ‡ 11 Oct. 1420. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Recites findings of 500. Inquire how or by whose gift or grant he was seised of the manor of Ellenhall.

Inquisition Head

Staffordshire. Inquisition. Stafford. 9 Nov. [Lee].

Jurors

Jurors: John Wotton ; John Bedell ; John Halpeny ; Thomas Banastre ; Thomas Povy ; William Heuster ; Thomas Gerveys ; Richard Boteler ; William Swyneshed ; John Warde ; John Ruggeley ; and John Chaumbre .

Holdings

He was seised of the manor of Ellenhall to himself and the heirs male of his body. Nicholas Harecourt by his charter gave the manor to William Harecourt and his wife Joan and the heirs male of their bodies. They were seised in their demesne as of fee tail and had issue Thomas Harecourt, knight , and died. After their deaths Thomas entered as heir male and had issue Thomas Harecourt named in the writ. Thomas died and Thomas son of Thomas Harecourt entered as son and heir male of Thomas son of William and Joan and died seised in his demesne as of fee tail to him and the heirs male of his body by virtue of the grant and feoffment.

TNA reference

C 138/48/64 mm. 3-4

E 149/123/1 m. 3

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Writ Head

502 Writ ‡ 14 Aug. 1420. York. [Thoralby]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Inquisition Head

Oxfordshire. Inquisition. Woodstock. 5 Sept. [Brouns].

Jurors

Jurors: John Payn ; Thomas Vyncent ; Thomas Brute ; Richard Sclattere ; John Byngham ; Henry Huwet ; Robert Odeham ; Thomas Pryman ; John Gayler ; John Blakeman ; Stephen Shert ; and Thomas Stokeman .

Holdings

William Harecourt was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Stanton Harcourt. The licence of ‪ Edward III having been obtained [11 July 1330: CPR 1327-30, p. 539], a fine was levied oct. St. Martin 1330 [CP 25/1/189/ 17, no. 56] between William Harecourt and his wife Joan, quer., and Nicholas de Harecourt, parson of Sheepy Magna or Sheepy Parva , def., of the manor of Stanton Harcourt. William acknowledged the manor to be the right of Nicholas by William's gift, for which Nicholas gave the manor to William and Joan and rendered it to them to hold to them and the heirs male of their bodies for the services which pertain to it. The manor descended as in 501 to Thomas named in the writ.

Stanton Harcourt, annual value £40. He held it in chief for 1/2 knight's fee and for the services of cutting underwood for three days in the park of Woodstock to sustain the deer there when the ground is covered with snow between Michaelmas and the Annunciation, of reaping the king's meadow called `Staunton mede' there and of carrying the hay to the site of the manor at his own expense, for which he is paid 6d. yearly by the bailiff of Woodstock from the manor of Woodstock.

Date of death and heir as in 500.

TNA reference

C 138/48/64 mm. 5-6

E 149/123/1 m. 1

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Writ Head

503 Writ ‡ 14 Aug. 1420. York. [Thoralby]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Inquisition Head

Leicestershire. Inquisition [indented]. Market Bosworth. 17 Sept. [Castell].

Jurors

Jurors: John Sotherey of Osbaston ; Robert Barker of the same; John Brown of Barton in the Beans ; Robert Boteler of Carlton ; Thomas othe Huyron of the same; Richard Smyth of the same; Richard Bradborn of Sibson ; John Jakson of Upton ; John othe Hall of Shenton ; Richard Clerk of the same; John Hwet of Naneby ; and Thomas Cook of Sutton Cheney .

Holdings

He was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Market Bosworth jointly with his wife Joan, who survives, by gift and feoffment of his father Thomas Harcourt, knight , to them and their heirs male, except for 2 parks there, view of frankpledge, courts, markets, fairs, 2 mills and a common bakehouse with suit and other profits of the mills and bakehouse, rents and services in the hamlet of Osbaston and court and service from North Kilworth, Husbands Bosworth and Gilmorton.

Market Bosworth. The manor is held of John, Lord Beaumont , service unknown, annual value 40 marks.
He was also seised in demesne as of fee of:
a manor called `Harecourtesmaner' in Gilmorton held of William Ferrers of Groby , service unknown, annual value 14s.;
1/16 knight's fee in Market Bosworth held of William Ferrers , service unknown, annual value 6d.;
1d. yearly rent from 8 virgates in North Kilworth held of the abbot of Sulby , service unknown;
a messuage and 2 carucates in Little Stretton, held of William Ferrers , service unknown, annual value 20s.,
which, by name of the manor of Little Stretton, William de Harecourt, formerly lord of Market Bosworth , gave by charter to his son Thomas, to hold to him and the heirs of his body. Thomas was seised in his demesne as of fee tail and died, after whose death Thomas named in the writ entered as son and heir of Thomas son of William.

Date of death as in 500. Robert Harecourt is his son and next heir, aged 8 years and more.

TNA reference

C 138/48/64 mm. 7-8

E 149/123/1 m. 4

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Jurors

  • John Wotton
  • John Bedell
  • John Halpeny
  • Thomas Banastre
  • Thomas Povy
  • William Heuster
  • Thomas Gerveys
  • Richard Boteler
  • William Swyneshed
  • John Warde
  • John Ruggeley
  • John Chaumbre

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