‹ E-CIPM 23-99: ELIZABETH WIDOW OF HENRY DE BELLO MONTE ›

Lincoln, a messuage in Old Hungate, worth 2s. yearly; 2 tofts, each worth 4d. yearly; 4 cottages in the same lane, each worth 12d. yearly; 4s. assize rent payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts; and 1/3 profits of a court called ‘Rerecounte’, worth nothing yearly above the seneschal’s fee, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee.

Alton, 1/3 messuage, worth 20s. yearly; 30 a. land, each acre worth 7d. yearly; 1 a. meadow, worth 22d. yearly; 10 a. wood, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 24s. assize rent payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts, held of the king in chief, service unknown.

Beaumanor, the manor with its members and appurtenances extending to Woodthorpe, Woodhouse, Quorndon, Barrow upon Soar, Mountsorrel, and Frisby, held of the king in chief as a knight’s fee. There are various buildings on the manorial site: a hall, 8 chambers, chapel, cook-house, 2 granges, granary, stable, and byre, worth nothing yearly above repairs and maintenance. There is a park, containing 12 a. pasture and wood, its pasture is worth nothing yearly above the parker’s fee, enclosure, and maintaining game, but the underwood is worth 2s. yearly. There is a ruinous water-mill, worth nothing yearly; 2 stanks, one called ‘le mote’ and the other called ‘Beaumanoir Pole’, worth 12d. yearly; a close called ‘Farewode’ of 6 a., worth 2s. yearly; a close called ‘Newclose’ of 2 a., worth 12d. yearly; a close called ‘Wellehangl’ of 3 a., worth 3s. yearly; a close called ‘Thorpe Launde’ of 3 a., worth 2s. yearly; 200 a. waste in Charnwood, worth nothing yearly because the tenants here as from other vills adjacent use it all year as common pasture for their animals; 80 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and view of frankpledge held yearly in the month of Easter and at Michaelmas and a court baron held every three weeks, each worth nothing yearly above the seneschal’s fee.

Woodthorpe, 17 messuages, each worth 6d. yearly; 12 bovates, each worth 3s. yearly; 32 works called ‘Benys’: 17ⁿ⁰²³ to lift and make the lord’s hay and 16 for harvesting the lord’s grain in August, each worth 1d. yearly; a common oven, worth 6d. yearly; and 10s. 4d. assize rent, payable at Michaelmas and the Invention of the Cross by equal parts.

Woodhouse, 17 ruinous messuages, worth nothing yearly because vacant; 38½ a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; a ruinous dovecot, worth 2s. yearly above repairs; and 26 works called ‘Benys’ for harvesting the lord’s grain in August, each worth 1d. yearly.

Quorndon, 12 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 3 tofts, each containing ½ acre and worth 2d. yearly; 4 virgates, each worth 6s. yearly;ⁿ⁰²⁴ 18 works called ‘Benys’ for harvesting the lord’s grain in August, each worth 1d. yearly; a ruinous water-mill, worth 10s. yearly; and 12s. 1d. assize rent, payable as above.

Barrow upon Soar, 4 messuages, worth nothing yearly above repairs; 4 virgates, each worth 4s. 3d. yearly; 4s. assize rent, payable as above; and rent of 1lb pepper, or 18d., from a messuage and virgate that John Grage holds, payable at Michaelmas.

Mountsorrel, 3 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 2 tofts, each worth 5d. yearly; 1 a. meadow, worth 12d. yearly; 1 a. arable lying on ‘Knyghtys Stokynge’, worth 6d. yearly; a water-mill, worth 36s. 8d. yearly above repair; and 12d. assize rent from a messuage that John Chaneney holds, payable at Michaelmas and the Invention of the Cross by equal parts.

by fealty and rendering a quiver with 24 arrows, or 2s., at Michaelmas to the lord of Beaumanor .

Whitwick, the manor with its members and appurtenances in Ravenstone, Swannington, Markfield, Botcheston, and Donington, held of the king in chief as parcel of the honour of Winchester, service unknown. There is an old, ruinous castle on the manorial site with no buildings, worth nothing yearly. There are 31 messuages of which 12 are ruinous and in the lord’s hand through lack of tenants, worth nothing yearly, and the other 19 messuages are worth 6d. yearly; 289 a. waste, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 2 water-mills, each worth 20s. yearly; a partly-decayed dovecot, worth nothing yearly; 2 a. meadow, worth 2s. yearly; a close called ‘Halhey’ of 4 a., worth 4s. yearly; profits from stallage and picage on the lord’s ground, worth 2s. yearly and taken at Midsummer; a park called Bardon Park containing 100 a. wood and pasture, worth 40s. yearly above the parker’s fee and enclosure; 400 a. waste, worth nothing yearly, because the tenants of Whitwick and other vills adjacent use it all year as common pasture; and by fealty and rendering 5d. yearly to the lord of the manor at Candlemas, Pentecost, and Michaelmas by equal parts. There are 29 works called ‘Benys’ for harvesting the lord’s grain in August, each worth 1d. yearly; rent of 31 hens payable at Candlemas, price of each 1d.; view of frankpledge held yearly in the month of Easter and Michaelmas and a court baron held every three weeks, together worth 15s. yearly above the seneschal’s fee; a court called ‘Swannymot’ held yearly in Charnwood at Midsummer, worth 12d. yearly; and 1/3 profits of two views of frankpledge called ‘Wynchestre Court’ held yearly in the month of Easter and Michaelmas and 1/3 court baron held every three weeks at Leicester, each third worth 6s. 8d. yearly.ⁿ⁰²⁵

Ravenstone, a toft, worth 3s. yearly; 2 messuages and 2 a. land, worth 12d. yearly; and 17s. 5d. assize rent payable at Michaelmas and Candlemas by equal parts.

She also held the advowson of Ravenstone church that pertains to the manor of Whitwick, taxed at 10 marks yearly.

Swannington, 2 ruinous messuages, worth nothing yearly through lack of tenants; 2 messuages, each worth 6d. yearly; 2 virgates lying fallow through lack of tenants; 1 virgate in the hands of a tenant, worth 4s. 3d. yearly; 3 works called ‘Benys’ for harvesting the lord’s grain in August, each worth 1d. yearly; 5s. 5d. assize rent payable at Christmas and Midsummer by equal parts; and rent of 3 hens payable at Candlemas, price of each 1d.

Markfield, 17 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly;ⁿ⁰²⁶ 13 virgates of demesne land, each worth 5s. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 12 messuages, worth nothing yearly because ruinous; a close called ‘Clyffeslade’ of 40 a., worth 30s. yearly; a close called ‘Bondemanhey’ of 20 a., worth 11s. yearly; a close called ‘Stiffemes’ of 10 a., worth 5s. yearly; a close called ‘Sponerhey’ of 6 a., worth 6s. yearly; a close next to ‘Ravenesclyfhey’ of 10 a., worth 5s. yearly; a close at ‘Gyldenhurst’ of 12 a., worth 6s. yearly; a close at ‘Clyffebuske’ of 8 a., worth 4s. yearly; a close called ‘Cowehey’ of 12 a., worth 6s. 8d. yearly;ⁿ⁰²⁷ a close called ‘Watermanhey’ of 20 a., worth 20s. yearly; 18d. assize rent from , payable at Candlemas, Pentecost, and Michaelmas by equal parts; rent of 26 hens payable at Candlemas, price of each 1d.; and 26 works called ‘Benys’ for harvesting the lord’s grain in August, each worth 1d..

Botcheston, 6 ruinous messuages, worth nothing yearly; 3 messuages, each worth 6d. yearly; 10½ virgates, each worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and 3s. 6d. assize rent payable at Candlemas, Pentecost, and Michaelmas by equal parts.

Donington, 16 ruinous messuages, worth nothing yearly; 6 messuages, each worth 6d. yearly; 10 virgates in the lord’s hand through lack of tenants, worth nothing yearly; 8 virgates, each worth 5s. yearly; 40 a. land lying fallow through lack of tenants, worth nothing yearly; 6 works called ‘Benys’ for harvesting the lord’s grain in August, each worth 1d. yearly; and 5s. assize rent from a messuage and 3 virgates that Everard Dyghby holds, payable at the Invention of the Cross and Michaelmas by equal parts.

Hugglescote, the manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There are 2 a. open ground on its site, worth 6d. yearly; 12 ruinous messuages, worth nothing yearly; 10 messuages, each worth 6d. yearly; 6 virgates in the lord’s hand through lack of tenants, worth nothing yearly; 6 virgates, each worth 4s. 4d. yearly; 46 a. land lying fallow through lack of tenants, worth nothing yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; pasture called ‘Hokelescote Breche’, worth 5s. yearly; pasture called ‘Whittill’, worth 7s. 3d. yearly; an old, ruinous water-mill, worth 10s. yearly; a stank, worth 6d. yearly; a free fishery, worth 6d. yearly; 2s. 9d. assize rent, payable at the Invention of the Cross and Michaelmas by equal parts; and view of frankpledge held yearly in the month of Easter and Michaelmas and a court baron held every three weeks, each worth nothing yearly above the seneschals’ fees.

Heckington, the manor with its members and appurtenances in Great Hale and Garwick, held of the king in chief as ½ knight’s fee. There are various buildings on the manorial site: a hall, 5 chambers, chapel, cook-house, bakehouse, haybarn, 2 barns for grain, granary, byre, 2 stables, and one malt-kiln, worth nothing yearly above repair. There is also a ruinous dovecot, worth nothing yearly; 2 separate, fenced enclosures called ‘Orsherte’, each containing 2 a. and worth 8d. yearly; 202 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 125 a. fallow, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 67 a. demesne meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 28 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 31 bovates, each worth 4s. yearly; and 14 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly.

Garwick, a messuage, worth 12d. yearly; 12 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; and 8 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly.

Great Hale, 2 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 2 bovates, each worth 4s. yearly; a several fishery, worth 2s. yearly; a pasture called ‘Hekyngton Fen’, worth 24s. yearly; 62s. 3½d. assize rent, payable at Christmas, Easter, St Botulph, and Michaelmas by equal parts; and view of frankpledge held yearly in the month of Easter and Michaelmas and a court baron held every three weeks, together worth nothing yearly above the seneschals’ fees.

Stewton, the manor with its members and appurtenances in Saltfleetby, Grimoldby, and Skidbrooke, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There are the following buildings on the manorial site: a hall, 2 chambers, cook-house, a ruinous barn, byre, stable, and a malt-kiln, worth nothing yearly above repair; 16 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; a garden worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 493 a. and one rood of arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 50 a. and 3 roods of meadow, each worth 6d. yearly; and 300 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure and the keeper’s fee.

Saltfleetby, a messuage, worth 2s. yearly; 126½ a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 36½ a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly.

Skidbrooke, 3s. 4d. assize rent, payable at Martinmas and St Botulph by equal parts.

Grimoldby, 2 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 3 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 108½ a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 17 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 53½ a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 12s. 6d. assize rent, payable at Martinmas and St Botulph; and view of frankpledge held yearly in the month of Easter and Michaelmas and a court baron held every three weeks, together worth nothing yearly above the seneschals’ fees.

Thoresway, the manor, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There are no buildings on the manorial site which is worth nothing yearly above enclosure. There are also 23 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; a cottage, worth 12d. yearly; 40 bovates held by tenants, each bovate worth 12d. yearly; and 60 bovates lying fallow, each worth 6d. yearly, for all to use as pasture.

Linwood, advowson of the church that pertains to the manor of Linwood, taxed at 20 marks.

Grimoldby, advowson of the church that pertains to the manor of Stewton, taxed at 12 marks.

Welton , 1/7 fee held by the heir of Simon Pilet .

Ulceby or Ulceby with Fordington (Ulseby), 1/10 fee held by Ralph Cromwell, chevalier .

Burgh le Marsh or Burgh on Bain (Burgh), ¼ fee held by John de Well , and ¼ fee held by the heir of Gilbert Blaunchar .

Well, Alford, and other places, 4 fees held by the said John de Well .

Barton-upon-Humber, a fee held by the abbot of Kirkstead .

Keisby, a fee held by Lord Marmion.

Irnham, ½ fee held by the heir of Philip le Dispencer .

Edenham, a fee held by the abbot of Valle Crucis , the prior of Bridlington , and John Trott .

Ingoldsby, ¼ fee held by John Bussy , and ½ fee held by Robert de Wylughby, chevalier .

Wilughby , ¼ fee held by John Bussy .

Morton , 1/8 fee held by the heirs of Thomas, late duke of Surrey .

Pointon, ½ fee held by John Hagh and John Bury .

Birthorpe, 1/8 fee held by Robert Yarondale .

Osbournby, ½ fee held by the earl of Northumberland and the prior of Sempringham , 1/5 fee held by Amandus Surdivale, and 1/6 fee held by the heir of Robert Colvyle .

Haceby, ¼ fee held by John Bussy .

Walcote , 1/6 fee held by the heir of John de Lymbery .

Beckingham and Sutton, ½ fee held by Lady Latimer, and 1/3 fee held by the prior of Sempringham .

Stragglethorpe, ½ fee held by the heir of Walter de Burgh , and a fee held by the brothers of Sempringham.

Brandon, two parts of a fee held by Richard Almet and his parceners, and ¼ fee held by the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England.

Cranwell, ½ fee held by Alan de Cranwell and the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England.

Pickworth, 1/10 fee held by John Gardyner and William Pynder .

Baston and Carlby, 1/3 of two fees held by the abbot of Crowland .

Kyrkeby , ¼ fee held by William Smyth .

Bulby and Stamford, ¼ fee held by Thomas de Sancto Lando .

Elsthorpe, ¼ fee held by John Bayous .