E-CIPM 22-29: MAURICE DE BERKELEY, CHEVALIER

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MAURICE DE BERKELEY, CHEVALIER

Writ Head

29 Writ mandamus. ‡ 13 February 1423. [Wymbyssh]

Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Yeovil. 23 April 1423. [Carant]

Jurors

Jurors: William Lumbard ; Ralph Manston ; Stephen Hoper ; John Bathe ; John Broun ; John Porter ; Roger Kerver ; John Pille ; Richard Slade ; William Burton ; Thomas Jermyn ; and Robert Mershe .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king of his duchy of Lancaster

1/3 manor of Kingston Seymour by knight service, annual value 100s.

He died on 2 October 1400. [See CIPM XVIII, nos 408–9.] Maurice Berkeley, chevalier , is his son and next heir, aged 22 years and more.

By letters patent shown to the jurors and dated at Westminster, 28 November 1401 [CPR 1401–1405, pp.20 –1], ‪ Henry IV granted to Francis de Court, chevalier, custody of all lands, tenements, rents and possessions which the deceased Maurice had held of the king in chief and which had come into the king’s hands owing to his death and the minority of Maurice his son and heir, and also custody of all other lands, tenements, rents and possessions which should descend, remain or revert to the heir during his minority after the death of any other ancestor or in any other manner, to have such custody with the heir’s marriage until the heir’s majority without rendering anything to the king. Francis occupied the lands and tenements and took all issues after Maurice’s death; he died, having made Alice his wife his executor. After his death, Alice married Lewis John, esquire , and together they occupied the lands, taking all issues from Francis’s death until now.
TNA reference

C 139/1/23 mm.1–2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Kingston Seymour
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

Jurors

  • William Lumbard
  • Ralph Manston
  • Stephen Hoper
  • John Bathe
  • John Broun
  • John Porter
  • Roger Kerver
  • John Pille
  • Richard Slade
  • William Burton
  • Thomas Jermyn
  • Robert Mershe

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