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ROBERT SWYLLYNGTON, KNIGHT

Writ Head

517 Writ amotus ‡ 1 Jan. 1421. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Addressed to the escheator in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. There is no endorsement and no indication whether an inquisition was produced for Derbyshire.

Inquisition Head

Nottinghamshire. Inquisition [indented]. Mansfield. 9 Jan . [Wilbram].

Jurors

Jurors: John Rote of Eaton ; William Jorce of Stoke Bardolph ; William Philipot of Epperstone ; William Hopkynson of the same; John Cleypham of the same; William Criche of Lowdham ; Thomas Haley of the same; William Cla..er of Woodborough ; Robert Taillour of Ollerton ; John Nicoll of Kirton ; Richard Turlyn of Walesby ; and Richard Burdon of Kirton .

Holdings

He

held of the king in chief of the Crown in his demesne as of fee the manor of Bunny by service of 2/3 knight's fee. There are in the manor 140 a. arable worth 3d. an acre, 24 a. meadow worth 12d. an acre, a plot of meadow called `Ermetesmedowe', annual value 2s., £12 rent of free and bond tenants and cottagers paid in equal portions at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas.

He died on 5 Oct. last. Ralph Crumwell, knight , is his kinsman and next heir, aged 30 years and more, i.e. son of Ralph son of Ralph son of Avice sister of Roger father of Margaret mother of Roger father of Robert Swyllyngton, knight .

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Writ Head

518 Writ ‡ 8 Nov. 1420. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Addressed to the escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Inquisition Head

Suffolk. Inquisition. Blythburgh. 12 Nov. [Alderford].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Munk ; Alan Danyell ; William W… ; John Furbusshour ; John Coteler ; John Oldehaugh ; Thomas Barkere ; William Merlond ; William Randolf ; Thomas Lodelowe ; John Brundyssh ; and John Gallowe .

Holdings

He held no land of the king or others in the county.

He died on 12 Oct. last. Heir unknown.

TNA reference

C 138/48/71 mm. 3-4

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Inquisition Head

Norfolk. Inquisition. Diss. 15 Nov. 1420. [Alderford].

Jurors

Jurors: John Cauell ; Walter Taillour ; John Ropere ; John Lystere ; Walter Weryng ; Roger Lyntowe ; John Godewyn ; John Reuell ; Thomas Speed ; John Dyx ; Stephen Edewyn ; and John Neve .

Holdings

John Carbonell, esquire , was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Burston by a charter shown to the jurors and dated 7 Sept. 1408, the king's licence having been obtained [7 Nov. 1407: CPR 1405-8, p. 374], by which the manor was granted to Roger Swyllyngton, knight , in tail male, remainder to his right heirs. Roger held the manor by virtue of the grant and died, after whose death the manor descended to his son and heir John Swyllyngton, knight , except 1/3 which Joan widow of Roger held and still holds in dower by assignment of Roger and John. After John's death the manor, except the 1/3, descended according to the form of the gift to Robert Swyllyngton named in the writ as brother and heir of John and Robert died seised of the manor except the 1/3 and 1/3 of 2/3 which Joan widow of John held and still holds in dower by assignment of John and Robert. With those exceptions, the manor remained after Robert's death to Margaret wife of John Graa, knight , as daughter and heir of Roger because Robert died without male issue.

Burston. Over and above the dower portions there are in the manor part of a capital messuage, annual value nil, 100 a. arable worth 2 1/2d. an acre, total 20s. 10d., 16 a. meadow worth 10d., 1/4d. and half 1/4d., total 13s. 10d., and 54s. 2 3/4d. at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas. The entire manor of is held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight's fee, annual value over and above the dower portions £4 8s. 10 3/4d.

Date of death as in 518. Margaret is aged 32 years and more.

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E 149/122/1 m. 1

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Writ Head

520 Writ ‡ 8 Nov. 1420. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Inquisition Head

Leicestershire. Inquisition. Melton Mowbray. 28 Nov. [Burgh].

Jurors

Jurors: Walter Boskyn of Melton Mowbray ; John Lathom ; John at Tales ; Roger Sharp ; John Spicer ; Henry Colston ; John Broun ; Robert Smyth ; John Webster ; John Leyke ; Robert Spicer ; and John Tabert .n520_001

Holdings

William de Leke , Thomas de Derby and Thomas de Assheby of Quenby were formerly seised in their demesne as of fee of the manor of Kirby Bellars, 18 messuages, 7 tofts, 2 shops, 25 virgates, 40 a. meadow and £10 rent in Leicester, Somerby, Goadby, Eastwell, Holwell, Ab Kettleby, Melton Mowbray, Thrussington, Grimston, Thorpe Satchville, Little Dalby and Framland hundred in Leicestershire and by a charter shown to the jurors dated 8 Sept. 1396 demised the manor and its appurtenances to John de Eyllesford and his wife Margaret and Margaret's heirs. John died and after Margaret's death Robert Swillyngton, knight , named in the writ, entered as her kinsman and heir, i.e. son of Roger de Swillyngton, knight , son of Margaret, and was seised in his demesne as of fee tail according to the form of the gift.

The manor of Kirby Bellars is held of the master of Burton Lazars by service of 7s. yearly, annual value £16 7s. There are in the manor a hall, 14 chambers, a malt-kiln, a `malthous', 3 stables, a building called `le feehous', a piggery, 3 barns, a granary, a dovecot, and 2 gardens, annual value nil. There are also 4 carucates worth 10s. each, 40 a. meadow worth 18d. an acre, 2 crofts, 3 closes of several pasture, annual value 53s. 4d., a plot with a croft adjoining called `Newegore', annual value 20s. and held of the prior of Monks Kirby , service unknown, £4 rent from free tenants, i.e. 10s. at Martinmas, 16s. at the Purification, 28s. at Easter, 8s. at Whitsun, 12s. at St. James and 6s. at Michaelmas, 74s. rent from bond tenants and cottagers, and perquisites of courtwith view of frankpledge, annual value 6s. 8d.: annual total of the foregoing £16 14s.
There are in Leicester a messuage and 2 shops, held of the king of the honor of Leicester, service unknown, annual value 30s.
There are in Somerby a site and 2 cottages, annual value nil, and 6 virgates each worth 10s. yearly, all held of Thomas Maureward, knight , service unknown.
There are in Goadby 20 a. arable worth yearly 2d. an acre and 4 a. meadow worth 14d. yearly an acre, also held of Thomas Maureward , service unknown.
There are in Eastwell 4 tenements which are held for life by Richard Pratte by grant of John de Eylesford , held of William de Sixtynby , service unknown, annual value 13s. 8d.
There are in Holwell 2 a. arable, annual value 4d., and a rood of meadow, annual value 4d., both held of the prior of Kirby Bellars , service unknown.
There are in Ab Kettleby a croft, held of the heirs of John Tatyssale , service unknown, annual value 4d.
There are in Melton Mowbray
a messuage, 2 tofts and 4 virgates, held of the prior of Lewes , service unknown, annual value 24s. paid at the above-mentioned terms in equal portions; there are also
14s. 6d. assize rents of free tenants at Martinmas, Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; there are also
a barn, annual value 3s., held of Lord Mowbray by fealty and suit of court at Melton Mowbray twice a year and by service of 2s. yearly
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There is a yearly rent of 10 marks from tenements formerly held by Henry Notyngham in Thrussington paid at St. Andrew , Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions and held of the heir of Walter Wappunbury , service unknown.
There are in Grimston a messuage and a carucate, annual value 10s., held of the heir of John Segrave , service unknown.
There is in Thorpe Satchville a messuage, annual value 2s., 4 virgates, annual value nil because they lie fallow, and 10s. rent from 2 bond tenants at the Purification, the Ascension and Michaelmas in equal portions, with a rent of 5 hens at Christmas, annual value of each hen 1d., total 5d., all held of the lord of Oakham , service unknown.
There are in Little Dalby a messuage, annual value nil, and 9s. assize rents from free tenants, held of the prior of Kirby [?Bellars] , service unknown.
Annual value of perquisites of the hundred of Framland 40s. There are the following rents in the hundred: £4 called `palfraysylver' at Easter and Michaelmas; £7 2s. 10 1/2d. called `shirryftothe' at the same terms; and 29s. 5d. called `palfraysilver' at Michaelmas. The hundred and rents are held of the king at fee-farm, rendering £12 18s. 5 1/2d. yearly by the sheriff of Leicestershire, annual value above the farm 33s. 4d.

Date of death as in 518. Margaret wife of John Gra of Ingleby in Lincolnshire, knight, daughter of Roger Swillyngton, knight , is his sister and next heir by form of the gift, aged 32 years and more.

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E 149/122/1 m. 3

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Holdings

Holdings

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Extents

Extents

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People

People

  • Alderford(Escheator)

Jurors

  • John Cauell
  • Walter Taillour
  • John Ropere
  • John Lystere
  • Walter Weryng
  • Roger Lyntowe
  • John Godewyn
  • John Reuell
  • Thomas Speed
  • John Dyx
  • Stephen Edewyn
  • John Neve

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