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THOMAS ROMESYE, KNIGHT

Writ Head

567 Writ ‡ 28 Oct. 1420. [Frank]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Addressed to the escheator in Hampshire and Wiltshire.

Inquisition Head

Hampshire. Inquisition. Fordingbridge. 18 Nov. [Persons].

Jurors

Jurors: John Louell ; William Arney ; John Poule ; Thomas Wymbelsmour ; John Machon ; John Barry ; John Thornton ; John Myst ; John Body ; John Fusse ; William Thornton ; and Robert Symond .

Holdings

He held of the king in chief in his demesne as of fee by knight service 1/2 manor of Vernham... in which there are 60 a. arable,..., 6 a. meadow worth 12d. an acre yearly, 60 a. pasture worth 3d. an acre yearly,...perquisites of court worth 12s. yearly...; 2 messuages, a carucate, 20 a. meadow... in Vernham Dean, Hyde, Romsey and Marchwood by demise of William Brocas, esquire , Gilbert Banbury , Bernard Brocas, knight , and Robert Dyneley to Thomas Romesye and his wife Joan and the heirs of their bodies by a charter shown to the jurors and dated at Basingstoke on 20 July 1415. One messuage and 20 a. arable are held of Stephen Popham, knight , service unknown, annual value 20s., the other messuage, 60 a. arable, 20 a. meadow, 10 a. wood, £8 rent, a rent of 12 qtr. salt in Hyde, Romsey and Marchwood and the rest of the lands and tenements are held of the abbess of Romsey , service unknown. Annual values: a messuage and 60 a. arable, 40s.; 20 a. meadow, 20s.; 10 a. wood nil because the underwood can be sold; 12 qtr. salt, 30s.

He died on 15 Oct. last. Joan Romesye is his daughter and next heir, aged 1/2 year and more.

TNA reference

C 138/50/89 mm. 1-2

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages.

Inquisition Head

Wiltshire. Inquisition. Fisherton Anger. 18 Nov. 1420. [Persons].

Jurors

Jurors: John Gilberd ; John Wodehay ; John Noble ; Thomas Derneford ; John Chippenham ; John Milborne ; Henry Hamme ; George Joce ; Robert Sartour ; Thomas Boton ; John Dalwode ; and Stephen Mercer .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee

of the king in chief by knight service 1/2 manor of Coombe Bissett. There are in the manor a capital messuage with certain buildings adjoining, annual value nil, 50 a. arable worth 6d. an acre yearly, 60 a. fallow and pasture worth 3d. an acre yearly, 4 a. meadow worth 12d. an acre yearly, 42s. rent from freemen and bondmen at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions and perquisites of court, annual value 10s.
He also held in his demesne as of fee
2 messuages and shops in the city of Salisbury of the bishop of Salisbury by fealty and service of 4s. 10d. rent to the bishop and his successors, annual value 6 marks.
Jointly with his wife Joan, who survives, he held in fee tail
of William Darell, esquire , service unknown, 2 messuages and 60 [also given as 40] a. arable, worth 30s. yearly, 20 a. pasture, worth 5s. yearly, 3 a. meadow, worth 3s. yearly, and 20s. rent at the two terms mentioned above in South Damerham and Martin by virtue of the charter mentioned in 567.

Date of death and heir as in 567.

TNA reference

C 138/50/89 mm. 1, 3

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages.
Writ Head

569 Writ ‡ 28 Oct. 1420. [Frank]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Addressed to the escheator in Somerset and Dorset. The endorsement of execution does not indicate whether an inquisition was produced for Dorset.

Inquisition Head

Somerset. Inquisition. Yeovil. 8 Nov. [Welyngton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Gilden ; John Warmewell ; John Brydham ; John Bryce ; John Brympton ; John Choleworth ; William Trute ; Roger Smyth ; Guy Bawdewyn ; Richard Wayte ; John Hous ; and John Mascall .

Holdings

By the charter mentioned in 567 Thomas Romesye and his wife Joan, who survives, were seised in their demesne as of fee tail of the manor of Oakley, 1/3 manor of Mudford and a carucate and 4 bovates in Chilthorne Domer.

There are in the manor of Oakley a capital messuage with a garden, annual value 2s., 80 a. arable worth 8d. an acre yearly, 22 a. meadow worth 12d. an acre yearly, 20 a. pasture worth 4d. an acre yearly, 20 a. wood worth nothing because no underwood can be sold there, and 40s. assize rents from freemen and bondmen at Easter and Michaelmas.
Annual value of the messuage and 4 bovates in Chilthorne Domer, 46s. 8d.
The manor of Oakley, carucate and 4 bovates are held of Thomas, earl of Salisbury , service unknown.
There are in the 1/3 manor of Mudford a toft and a garden worth 20d., 40 a. arable, worth 8d. an acre, 12 a. meadow, worth 12d. an acre, 16 a. pasture, worth 3d. an acre [might be 4d.] and 25s. rent from tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. The 1/3 manor is held of John Gray, knight, service unknown.
Long before his death, after he married Joan he was seised in his demesne as of fee of 2 carucates and 70 a. meadow in Saltford, held of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick , of the honor of ?Gloucester, service unknown, and demised them for life to Alexander Ca..man and his wife Margery, who survives, rendering to Thomas and his heirs 10 marks at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, annual value beyond the rent nil.
Before his marriage he was also seised of 3 carucates, 60 a. meadow and 100 a. wood in Combwich and Otterhampton, held of Thomas Ponnynges, knight , service unknown, which he demised to John Calaman and Thomas Thete, who survive, rendering to Thomas and his heirs £7 16s. 8d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, annual value beyond the rent nil.
Also before his marriage he was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of
`Pupilpenne'
and
`Romsye Clos',
held of Humphrey Stafford, knight , service unknown, which he demised to William Brag and John Semese , who survive, rendering to Thomas and his heirs 7 marks at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, annual value beyond the rent nil.

Date of death and heir as in 567.

TNA reference

C 138/50/89 mm. 4-5

E 149/123/9

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. Some previously illegible passages have been added.

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Coombe Bissett
Total: -
Salisbury
Total: -
South Damerham, Martin
Total: -

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Coombe Bissett
Total: -

People

People

  • Persons(Escheator)

Jurors

  • John Gilberd
  • John Wodehay
  • John Noble
  • Thomas Derneford
  • John Chippenham
  • John Milborne
  • Henry Hamme
  • George Joce
  • Robert Sartour
  • Thomas Boton
  • John Dalwode
  • Stephen Mercer

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