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JOAN WIDOW OF ROGER SWYLLYNGTON, CHEVALIER

Writ Head

112 Writ. ‡ 16 October 1427. [Wymbyssh].

[Dorse:] Response of John Aldestanmore, mayor and escheator of the city of York. By virtue of this writ, I took the messuage called ‘Nesfeld Place’ and 8d. rent into the king’s hands.

Inquisition Head

CITY OF YORK. Inquisition [indented]. York 30 October 1427. [Aldestanmore].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Shirwode ; Richard Lucas ; Thomas Scoreby ; Thomas Holbek ; William Stokton ; William Kendale ; John Stele ; John Hesill ; Robert Chepman ; Thomas Clyffe ; John Bolton ; and John Preston .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or service of the king in chief or any other. She held the following in dower from the inheritance of Margaret, daughter and heir of Roger Swyllyngton, knight , and now wife of John Gra, knight .
York, a messuage called ‘Nesfeldplace’, worth 21s. yearly; and 8d. free rent from a messuage, held of the king in free burgage just as everything is held in the city.

She died on 20 September last. Conan son of Roger Aske and Elizabeth his wife, deceased, who was the eldest of Joan’s daughters, Isabel wife of Robert Conyers of Sockburn, another of Joan’s daughters, and Margaret wife of William Edlyngton , and the third of Joan’s daughters, are her next heirs. Conan is aged 23 and more, Isabel is 40 and more and Margaret is 30 and more. Margaret wife of John Gra, knight , is daughter and heir of Roger Swyllyngton, knight , and aged 37 and more.

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Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Leeming 28 October 1427. [Haytefeld].

Jurors

Jurors: William Huddeswell ; John Laton ; Thomas Berwyk ; John Lasyngby ; John Clerienet ; William Gatenby ; Thomas Mallom ; Roald Draper ; Robert Forster ; Thomas Kirkby ; Robert Jakson ; and Geoffrey Sausemaker .

Holdings
She died seised of the following in demesne as of fee tail by virtue of a grant made by Henry Scrop, knight , to Stephen Scrop , and to the heirs of his body. Stephen was father of Joan.
Colburn, the manor, held of John Barnaby , service unknown. There is a hall, chambers, and other ruinous buildings on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly: 33s. 4d. yearly; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly: 24s. yearly; 6 a. wood, worth nothing yearly as no underwood; a water-mill for milling grain, worth 10s. yearly, and a water-mill for fulling, worth 5s. yearly; and 12d. rent taken from free tenants. Total annual value of the manor, 73s. 4d.
Newsham, the manor, held of Brian de Stapilton, knight , by fealty and 6s. rent. The manorial site with various buildings is worth nothing yearly. There are 80 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly: 13s. 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly: 4s. yearly; a ruinous water-mill, worth nothing yearly; and 8s. rent taken from free tenants. Total annual value of the manor, 26s. 4d.
Richmond, a waste burgage, annual value 2d., held of John, duke of Bedford , in free burgage.
Hudswell, a toft with a croft and 3 a. land, annual value 3s. 4d., held of the abbot of St Agatha , service unknown.
Terrington, 3 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly: 6s. yearly; and 6 bovates, each worth 3s. yearly: 18s. yearly, held of Edmund Darell , service unknown.
Total annual value of the manors, lands, and tenements, £6 7s. 2d. Free rents are paid at the usual terms of Pentecost and Martinmas. Roger Swyllyngton was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster.
Swillington, the manors called ‘le Oldhalle’ and ‘le Newhalle’, with advowson of the church there.
Preston, the manor.
Great Preston, Little Preston, Garforth, and Allerton Bywater, 10 messuages, 12 bovates, 20 a. meadow, 10 a. wood, and 20s. free rent.
Described as Roger Swyllyngton, knight , and by his charter dated at Blythburgh in Suffolk on 12 March 1415, shown to the jurors, he granted the above to Henry Fitzhugh, late lord of Ravensworth , Richard Norton , William Haryngton, knight , John Hevenyngham, knight , John Langton, esquire , John Nevyll of Brierley, and Thomas Hopton , all now deceased, and to Richard Danyell, clerk , and Thomas de Thornour , still living, to hold to the said Henry Fitzhugh , Richard Norton , William Haryngton , John Hevenyngham , John Langton , Richard Danyell , Thomas de Thornour , John Nevyll , and Thomas Hopton , and their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. Roger afterwards died, and William Haryngton , John Langton , and John Nevyll also died. Joan then sued a writ unde nihil habet returnable at Trinity term 6 Henry V before the justices of the Common Bench, against Henry Fitzhugh , Richard Norton , John Hevenyngham, knight , now deceased, and Richard Danyell, clerk , and Thomas de Thornour , regarding her dowry. She recovered seisin against Henry, Richard, John, Richard Danyell , and Thomas de Thornour in the above, as her dower, because Roger had been solely seised in demesne as of fee after his marriage to Joan. She then sued a writ habere facias seisinam and Robert Hylton , sheriff, assigned Joan a third of the manors, lands, and tenements, as follows. She held them in dower only, with reversion to Richard Danyell and Thomas de Thornour , and their heirs.
Swillington, 1/3 manor. The site consists of a chamber called ‘Darcy Chambre’ with a small chamber called ‘le Drawyngchambre’ over the chapel, another chamber called ‘Madenchambre’ with chambers, solars, and annexed latrines. Also assigned was a stable called ‘le Gest Stabull’; ‘le Stewardes Stabull’ with a building called ‘le Oldnoryse’; a dovecot called ‘le Estdoufcote’; easement of drawing water outside; a grange called ‘Northlathe’ abutting on the gates of the granary on the east as far as a place called ‘le Chapell’ in the grange, with all buildings from the granary as far as the building called ‘le Shepon’; a ?dungheap (fimariu[m]) before the door of the grange, as enclosed by certain walls; ½ new garden on the northern side; and ½ old garden, also on the northern side. The buildings and dungheap are worth nothing yearly, and the gardens are also worth nothing yearly above enclosure.
Also assigned were the following.
Ganthorpe, two small fishponds by Richard Cook ’s messuage with 1/3 great stank, of no annual value.
Swillington, free rent of a pair of gloves, price 2d., from Gilbert Lardener for various lands and tenements, payable at Michaelmas only.
The following free rents for various lands and tenements, payable at Martinmas and Pentecost by equal parts, were also assigned.
Garforth, 6d. from William Fulthorp .
Swillington, 18d. from Isabel Leventhorp ; 4d. from Agnes Peresson ; 8d. from William Wode ; 2s. 2d. from Beatrice Sabson ; 1d. from William Carter ; and 12d. from Thomas Brygg .
Also assigned were the following. Swillington,
a messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and a bovate of land and meadow, worth 4s. yearly, held by Richard Cook ;
a messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and a bovate of land and meadow, worth 4s. yearly, held by Alice Mellere ;
a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 3 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, held at will by John Doun ;
a messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and a bovate of land and meadow, worth 5s. yearly, held at will by John West ;
a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly, held at will by John Cook , ‘milner’;
and a messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and ½ bovate of land and meadow, worth 2s. yearly, held by William Craven .
Great Preston, a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, held at will by John Partrik ;
a cottage, worth 16d. yearly, held at will by William Cook ;
a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, held at will by Cecilia Lasyngby ;
and a messuage, worth 20d. yearly, and a bovate of land and meadow, worth 4s. yearly, held by John Dene .
Swillington, a messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 bovates of land and meadow, each worth 3s. yearly, held by Thomas Pye .
Little Preston,
a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, held at will by William Estburn ;
a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 3 a. land, each acre worth 8d. yearly, held at will by Amice West ;
a cottage, worth 18d. yearly, held at will by William Ade ;
and a messuage and 2 bovates, worth nothing yearly as decayed through lack of tenants, held at will by Thomas Cartwright .
Garforth, a messuage and bovate, of no annual value for the same reason, held by William Clogh .
Allerton Bywater, a messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 bovates of land and meadow, each bovate worth 3s. yearly, held by John Turnour ;
and a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 a. land, each acre worth 8d. yearly, held at will by John Stereacre .
Great Preston, a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, held by Richard Paget .
Garforth, a messuage, worth 12d. yearly, and 2 bovates, each worth 3s. yearly, held at will by John Peresson and Richard Hawthgille ;
and a cottage, worth 12d. yearly, and 3 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly, held by John Wykam .
Also assigned was 20d. rent called blanch-farm, taken from the above messuages, cottages, and bovates and delivered by the same tenants; 58 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow in a place called ‘le Pulles’, 1½ a. meadow at ‘Bryggrene’, 1½ a. meadow at ‘Wygstall’, and 7 a. meadow in ‘le JunereWrodes’, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 6 a. pasture in ‘le Overhallezerdes’, 6 a. and 3 roods of pasture at ‘le Karre’, and 60 a. pasture at ‘le Northbrekkys’, each acre worth 2d. yearly ; 1 a. pasture called ‘le Fleet’ by ‘le Polys’, worth 2d. yearly; 1 a. pasture called ‘le Brekellers’, worth 6d. yearly; 30 a. wood at ‘Prestonlonde’ on the western side called ‘Oxpastur’ and ‘le Hag’, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 1/3 profits from the several fishery at Preston and Swillington, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 free chase and warren there, worth nothing yearly; advowson of 1/3 Swillington church, worth nothing yearly above prayers; 1/3 perquisites of court, worth nothing yearly above the seneschal’s fee; 200 a. common pasture there, worth nothing yearly above maintaining the animals of free tenants; and 31 harvest-works taken from the said tenants, each work worth ½d. yearly.
She held the following in dower as 112.
Shelf, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of the king in chief by ½d. yearly, delivered by the sheriff. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; 30 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 2 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure.
Badsworth, a third of ½ advowson of the church, of no annual value above prayers. Of whom the advowson is held is unknown.
She held the following for life.
Cudworth, the manor, held of the king in chief as of the duchy of Lancaster as of the honour of Pontefract, service unknown. There are various buildings on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly. There are 60 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. demesne meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 10 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 40s. rent from tenants-at-will, and 50s. 4d. free rent, taken from free tenants at Pentecost and Martinmas by equal parts; and a water-mill, worth 6s. yearly.
Royds, the manor, held of the king in chief as of the duchy of Lancaster as of the honour of Pontefract, service unknown. There are buildings, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. demesne meadow, each acre worth 7d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; and 40s. 3d. rent from tenants-at-will. There is, in the said third part [sic], 22s. 5d. free rent from free tenants, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas by equal parts.
Kirkby, Hiendley, Thorpe Audlin, Akethorp , South Elmsall, North Elmsall, Tong, South Kirkby, Upton, Ackworth, Wrangbrook, Burghwallis, and Minsthorpe, £9 rent from lands and tenements held by Roger, payable at Martinmas by equal parts.
She held the manors of Cudworth and Royds with £9 rent by demise of Henry Fitzhugh, late lord of Ravensworth , and Thomas Derham and Richard Danyell, parson of Swillington , still living. By tripartite indented charter dated 15 February 1421, shown to the jurors, they granted the manors and rent, described as their manors of Cudworth and Royds, and all their lands, tenements, rents, reversions and services, woods, meadow, pasture, moor, marsh, fish- eries, turbaries, suits of court, views of frankpledge, homage, wards, marriages, reliefs, and escheats in the vills and hamlets of Cudworth, Royds, Wibsey, Berril, Oakenshaw, Shackleton, Darfield, Wombwell, Ardsley, Edderthorpe, Kirkby, Hiendley, Thorpe Audlin, Akethorp , South Elmsall, North Elmsall, Tong, South Kirkby, Upton, Ackworth, Wrangbrook, Burghwallis, and Minsthorpe, to Joan, described as Lady Joan who was wife of Roger Swyllyngton, knight , for her life, with remainder to the heirs of the body of Roger. Failing such issue, the manors and rent should remain, successively, to Thomas Hopton, esquire , and the heirs male of his body; to Thomas Routh, knight , and the heirs male of his body; and to the right heirs of Roger Swyllyngton in perpetuity. She was thus seised in demesne as of free tenement, with remainder to Lady Margaret, wife of John Gra, knight , as daughter and heir of the body of Roger Swyllyngton , and to the heirs of her body.

Date of death and heirs as 112. They are also her next heirs by the grant made by Henry to Stephen.

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Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Louth 23 October 1427. [Morlay].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert See and John Daye of Louth; William Schadworth of Great Carlton; Michael Rous , William Rous , and William Pormard of Saltfleetby; Richard Bugge of Grimoldby; John Langton and William Chepynge of North Somercotes or South Somercotes (Somercotes); William Wyot and John Countervynt of Manby; William Cadeby of North or South Reston (Ryston); Richard Baret of Saltfleetby; and Thomas Bosewell of North Cockerington or South Cockerington (Cokeryngton).

Holdings
By grant of Ellen wife of John de Pert, chevalier , and by licence of ‪ Richard II , she held the following to her and William de Pert , her former husband, and the heirs of their bodies together [CPR 1385–1389, p. 410].
Castle Carlton, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. The manorial site is worth nothing yearly. There are 16 messuages, each worth 20d. yearly; 16 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; a ruinous windmill, worth nothing yearly; 420 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 237 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 170 a. meadow, each acre worth 5d. yearly; 360 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; a crop of underwood, worth 33s. 4d. yearly; 64s. 11d. rent from free tenants, payable at the four terms of Christmas, Easter, St Botulph, and Michaelmas by equal parts; profits of the toll of fair held on the feast of the Exaltation of St Cross, commonly worth 2s. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 2s. yearly.
The annual value of the advowson is 40s. yearly.
She held the following in dower as 112.
Heydour, 1/3 wood, worth nothing yearly; and 1/3 rent of 13s. 4d. that is delivered by tenants at the manor of Heydour and payable at Martinmas and Pentecost by equal parts. The wood and rent are held as a whole of John Worthe , service unknown.

Date of death as 112. Conan son of Roger Aske and his wife Elizabeth, deceased, the eldest of Joan’s daughters, Isabel wife of Robert Conyers of Sockburn, another of Joan’s daughters, and Margaret wife of William Edlyngton , the third of Joan’s daughters, are her next heirs, and her next heirs also by virtue of the grant by Ellen to William and Joan. Age of these heirs as 112.

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Writ Head

115 Writ melius inquirendo . ‡ 20 November 1427. [Wymbyssh].

Regarding 114. Inquire after the identity of the next heir of William de Pert and Joan with regard to the manor and advowson of Castle Carlton.

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Alford 1 December 1427. [Morlay].

Jurors

Jurors: John Pomard , John Jonson , and William Hudson of Saltfleetby; Richard Knyvet and William Alesby of Skidbrooke; Thomas Goneld and William Hornsee of North or South Somercotes (Somercotes); John Darry of Yarburgh; John ... [ms torn] of North or South Cockerington (Cokeyngton); William Manby of Haugham; Richard Maltby of Burwell; and Robert Caylesthorp of Carleton .

Holdings

Conan, son of Roger Aske and Elizabeth his wife, deceased, the eldest of the daughters of William de Pert and Joan, Isabel wife of Robert Conyers , another daughter of William de Pert and Joan, and Margaret wife of William Edlyngton , the third daughter of William de Pert and Joan are their next heirs by the grant described in the writ.

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Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition [indented]. Greenwich 3 November 1427. [Cappes].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Lane ; John Boner ; Walter Sakke ; Nicholas Hendefote ; Thomas Ferour ; John Goold ; John Bocher ; Richard Cordwaner ; John Jesse ; John Cordwaner ; John Feuke ; and John Lalleford .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or any other. She held the following in dower as 112.
Greenwich, 1/3 messuage, true annual value 3s. 4d., held as a whole of the prior of Sheen , service unknown.
By a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Trinity 1421, Hamon Askham , Henry Morley , and William Kyrkby , quer., granted reversion of the above to John Gra, knight , and Margaret his wife, deforc., and to Margaret’s heirs in perpetuity [CP 25/1/113/292 no. 337]. Joan attorned to John and Margaret by payment of 1d. at Greenwich. She held the third in dower only with reversion to John Gra and Margaret, and to the heirs of Margaret.

Date of death and heirs as 112.

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Inquisition Head

LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Leicester 3 November 1427. [Bellers].

Jurors

Jurors: William Monseley ; Walter Fouler ; Richard Graunge ; John in le Hyrne; John Chapman of Foxton; John Broke ; William Jurdan ; Roger Harcourt ; John Ingold ; John Clerk ; John Cherewod ; and William Jonude .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or any other. She held the following in dower as 112.
Ibstock, 4 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly, and 4 virgates, each worth 2s. yearly, held of Reynold Grey, lord of Ruthin , service unknown.
Stoke Golding, 2 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly, and 1½ virgates, each worth 6s. yearly, held as above.
Dadlington, 3 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly, and 3 virgates, each worth 3s. yearly, held as above.
Newhall, 33s. 4d. free rent, taken from the manor of Newhall and delivered by the tenants, payable at Christmas and St John Baptist by equal parts.
Leicester Chase, 1/3 wood called ‘le Priour wode’ containing 10 a., and 1/3 wood called ‘Shelton Wode’ containing 8 a., each of no annual value above enclosure, held as whole of the king in chief as of the duchy of Lancaster as of the honour of Leicester, service unknown.
Leicester, 1/3 messuage, annual value 3s., held as a whole of the king in chief as of the duchy of Lancaster as of the honour of Leicester, service unknown.
Great Stretton and Little Stretton, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of the king in chief as of the duchy of Lancaster as of the honour of Leicester, service unknown. There is 1/3 close containing 2 a. pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly above enclosure; 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 2s. free rent, taken from free tenants and payable at the above feasts by equal parts.

Date of death and heir as 112.

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Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Nottingham 5 November 1427. [Babyngton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Scagby and Nicholas Walker of Mansfield; John Wodehous of Papplewick; William Breton and William Oalton of Annesley; William Baseford ; William Heley of Bunny; Nicholas Warde and Henry Bethom of Clifton; ?William [ms torn] Goureley of Lenton; John Andreu of Burton Joyce; and William Page .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or any other. She held the following in dower as 112.
Gonalston, 1/3 manor with 1/3 advowson of the church there, held as a whole of the king in chief as of the honour of Peverel, service unknown. There are buildings, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 wood containing 40 a., worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 30 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 3 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; 6 bovates, each worth 2s. yearly; 2 cottages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; and 2s. 3d. free rent taken from free tenants, payable at Christmas and Midsummer by equal parts.
The 1/3 advowson is of no annual value above prayers.
Widmerpool, 1/3 manor with 1/3 advowson of the church there, held as a whole of the king in chief as of the honour of Peverel, service unknown. The manorial site, with various ruinous buildings, is worth nothing yearly. There are 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; various parcels of meadow called ‘doles’, worth 4s. yearly; 2 parcels of pasture containing 3 a., each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; 4 bovates, each worth 3s. yearly; 3 cottages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; and 3s. free rent taken from free tenants and payable at Martinmas and Pentecost by equal parts.
The 1/3 advowson is of no annual value above prayers.
[1]+By a fine levied at Westminster one month from Easter 1423 [CP 25/1/291/65 no. 5], John Melton, knight , Edmund Fitzwilliam, esquire , John Haket, clerk , and John Manyngham , quer., granted reversion of the third of the manors of Gonalston and Widmerpool and the third of the advowsons to John Gra, knight , and Margaret his wife, deforc., described as John Gra, knight , of Ingleby and his wife Margaret, and to the heirs of their bodies. Failing such issue, the reversion should remain, successively, to the heirs of Margaret’s body; to Edmund Perpont, knight , for life, with remainder to Henry Perpont, knight , and the heirs of his body; and to the right heirs of John Heriez, knight , in perpetuity. Joan attorned to John Gra and Margaret by payment of 1d. at Gonalston. She held the third in dower only, with reversion to John Gra and Margaret, and to the heirs of their bodies. Part of the fine was shown to the jurors.+[1]
Stanton-on-the-Wolds and Hickling, a third of 7 messuages, 10 virgates of land, 6 a. meadow, and advowson of 1/3 church of Stanton-on-the-Wolds. In the Stanton third, of no annual value, there are 2 messuages, ruinous through lack of repair and lessees, and 2 virgates, lying fallow through exhaustion and lack of lessees, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Peverel, service unknown. In the Hickling third, there is a messuage, worth 12d. yearly; 1½ virgates, worth 3s. yearly; and 2 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly, held of John Leek , service unknown.
The advowson of the third is of no annual value above prayers.
By a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Trinity 1421 [CP 25/1/186/38 no. 14], John Smart , John Harwode , Ralph Whytlee , John Mapulthorp , and William Smyth, junior , quer., granted reversion of the third in Stanton-on-the-Wolds and Hickling to John Gra and Margaret, deforc., and to the heirs of Margaret in perpetuity. Joan attorned to John Gra and Margaret by payment of 1d. at Stanton. She held the third in dower only, with reversion to John Gra and Margaret in perpetuity. Part of the fine was shown to the jurors.
Costock, 1/3 toft containing ½ rood, worth 2d. yearly; and 3 a. of land adjacent, each acre worth 1d. yearly, held as a whole of John Leek , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 112.

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Inquisition Head

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Alfreton 6 November 1427. [Babyngton].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Werberton ; John Ulkerthorp ; Robert Frecheley ; John Fresney ; John Boterworth ; Thomas Samme ; Henry Hatfeld ; John de Hegh ; Adam del Strete ; Ralph Kyrshawe ; William Wyther ; and John Uston .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or any other. She held the following in dower.
South Wingfield (Wynfeld), 1/3 manor, held as a whole of John Pauly , service unknown. There are buildings on the manorial site, greatly in need of repair and worth nothing yearly; 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 30 a. pasture in the park there, its herbage worth 3s. 4d. yearly above maintaining game; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; 4 bovates, each truly worth 4s. yearly; 1/3 water-mill, its profits worth 20d. yearly;n31 3 cottages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; and 2s. free rent taken from free tenants, payable at Christmas and St John the Baptist by equal parts.
By a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Trinity 1421 [CP 25/1/39/43 no. 18], Edmund Fitzwilliam, esquire , and Thomas Chamberleyn , quer., granted reversion of the third of Wingfield manor to John Gra, knight , and his wife Margaret, deforc., and to the heirs of their bodies together. Failing such issue, the reversion should remain, successively, to the heirs of Margaret’s body; and to the right heirs of John Herez, knight , in perpetuity. Joan attorned to John Gra and Margaret by payment of 1d. at Wingfield. She held the third in dower only, with reversion to John Gra and Margaret, and the heirs of their bodies. Part of the fine was shown to the jurors.
Tibshelf, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of the king as of the honour of Peverel, service unknown. There are ruinous buildings on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 38 a. demesne land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 3 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; 4 bovates, each worth 3s. yearly; 4 cottages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; and 22d. free rent, payable at the above feasts by equal parts.
By a fine levied at Westminster one month from Easter 1423 [CP 25/1/291/65 no. 5], reversion of 1/3 manor of Tibshelf was granted to John Gra and Margaret on the same terms and by the same people as 118+[1]. Joan attorned to John Gra and Margaret by payment of 1d. at Wingfield and she thus held 1/3 manor in dower as 118+[1].
Crich, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of the king in chief as ¼ knight’s fee. There are ruinous buildings on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 enclosure called ‘le halle Orchard’, its herbage worth 10d. yearly; 20 a. wood and pasture in a park, its herbage worth nothing yearly above maintaining game; 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 messuages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; 4 bovates, each worth 4s. yearly; 3 cottages, each truly worth 12d. yearly; and ?2s. 10d. free rent [ms illegible] taken from free tenants, payable at Christmas and St John Baptist by equal parts.
By a fine levied at Westminster on the octave of Michaelmas 1424, Edmund Fitzwilliam, esquire , and Thomas Chamberleyn , quer., granted reversion of the third of the manor of Crich to John Gra and Margaret, deforc., and to the heirs of their bodies together. Failing such issue, the reversion should remain, successively, to Margaret and the heirs of her body; and to the right heirs of Roger Bellers in perpetuity. Joan attorned to John Gra and Margaret by payment of 1d. at Crich. She held the third in dower only, with reversion to John Gra and Margaret and to the heirs of their bodies. Part of the fine was shown to the jurors. Afterwards, by letters patent under the great seal dated at Westminster 18 February 1425 [CPR 1422–1429, p. 270], shown to the jurors, and for £40 paid into the Chancery hanaper, the king pardoned John Gra and Margaret, along with Edmund Fitzwilliam, esquire , and Thomas Chamberleyn .

Date of death and heir as 112.

TNA reference

C 139/35/52 mm.13, 15

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition [indented]. Blythburgh 25 October 1427. [Ellysewyk].

Jurors

Jurors: Roger Borhed ;n032 William Chestun ; Geoffrey Weston ; Richard Dounemowe ; William Hoo ; John Greive ; Robert Mynk ; John Wolcy, senior ; John Furbusshour ; John Oldehaugh ; Thomas Tytton ; John Sperhauk ; John Palmere ; William Randolf ; Thomas Clement ; Roger Benet ; and Thomas Ledlowe .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee of the king in chief or any other. She held the following in dower as 112.
Wissett, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 close called ‘le halleyerde’, worth 2d. yearly; 60 a. wood in a park, worth nothing yearly as the trees are old; 60 a. pasture in the park, its herbage worth 6s. 8d. yearly above maintaining game; 6s. free rent taken from free tenants, payable at St Andrew the Apostle, Lady Day, Midsummer, and Michaelmas by equal parts; rents and services, truly worth 13s. 4½d. yearly, from various bond-tenants and tenants-at-will; and perquisites of court, view of frankpledge, and the tourn of Wissett, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Roos, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of the king in chief as 1/100 knight’s fee. There is 6s. free rent taken from various free tenants and payable as above; and rents and services, truly worth 20s. yearly, from bond-tenants and tenants-at-will.
Westleton, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of William, earl of Suffolk , service unknown. There are various buildings on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 close containing an acre of pasture, worth 4d. yearly above enclosure; 4 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 10 a. heath, each acre worth ½d. yearly; 1½ a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 3s. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; rents and services, truly worth 3s. 4d. yearly, from bond-tenants and tenants-at-will; 3 a. marsh, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and perquisites of court and leet, worth 2s. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
Westhall, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of William, earl of Suffolk , service unknown. There are various buildings on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 small close called ‘le halleyerde’, worth 2d. yearly above enclosure; 13s. 4d. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; rents and services, truly worth 10s. yearly, from bond-tenants and tenants-at-will; 20 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. wood, each acre worth 8d. yearly above enclosure; 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and perquisites of court and leet, worth 12d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
Thorington, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of John Gra, knight , service unknown. There is 10s. free rent, taken from free tenants, payable as above; 16s. rent taken from bond-tenants and tenants-at-will; and perquisites of court, worth 12d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
Westleton, 1/3 tenement called ‘Lembaudes’, held as a whole of the earl of Suffolk , service unknown. There is 6s. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; 12s. rent taken from bond-tenants and tenants-at-will; 10 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 8 a. heath, each acre worth 1d. yearly.
Westleton, 1/3 tenement called ‘Claydons’, held as a whole of John Gra, knight , service unknown. There is 2s. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; 10 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 3 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly.
Westleton, 1/3 tenement called ‘Rysynges’, held as whole of John Gra, knight , service unknown. There is 18d. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; 30 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 8 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 40 a. heath, each acre worth ½d. yearly.
Wenhaston, 1/3 tenement called ‘Wangeforthes’, held as a whole of the earl of Suffolk , service unknown. There are 20 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 4 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 20 a. heath, each acre worth ½d. yearly.
She held the manor of Blythburgh for life with reversion to Margaret wife of John Gra, knight , daughter and heir of Roger Swyllyngton , and the heirs of her body, by virtue of a grant by royal licence [CPR 1413–1416, p. 55]. By their charter dated at Blythburgh 5 October 1413, shown to the jurors, William Ferebrigg, clerk , Henry Gandir , and John Quynt , chaplains, granted the manor to Roger Swyllyngton, knight , now deceased, and Joan his wife, for their lives, with remainder to John son of Roger and to the heirs male of his body. Failing such issue, the manor should remain, successively, to Robert, brother of John and son of Roger, and to the heirs male of his body; to the heirs female of John’s body; to the heirs female of Robert’s body; to Margaret wife of John Gra, knight , and the heirs of her body; to Thomas Hopton and the heirs male of his body; to Thomas Routh, knight , and the heirs male of his body; and to the right heirs of Roger Swyllyngton in perpetuity. John and Robert, sons of Roger, died without heirs of their bodies long before the death of Joan.
Blythburgh, the manor, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; 80 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 8 a. marsh, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 40 a. timber wood, old trees, and pasture, the herbage worth 12d. yearly; £4 free rent taken from free tenants, payable at St Andrew the Apostle, Easter, Midsummer, and Michaelmas by equal parts; 40s. rent taken from villeins and tenants-at-will; a windmill, truly worth 4s. yearly; 3 fairs, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, held yearly at Lady Day, the Assumption, and the Nativity of Mary; a port called Walberswick Haven, worth 12d. yearly; a warren, truly worth 40s. yearly above the warrener’s fee; a passage beyond the water of Walberswick, worth 12d. yearly; and perquisites of court and leet, worth 6s. 8d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
She held the following manors for life, with reversion to Margaret wife of John Gra, knight , daughter and heir of the body of Roger Swyllyngton, knight , and to the heirs of her body. By indented, tripartite charter dated 15 February 1421, shown to the jurors, Henry Fitzhugh, late lord of Ravensworth , and Thomas Derham and Richard Danyell parson of Swillington , both still living, granted, among other things, the following manors, described as all their lands, tenements, rents, reversions and services, woods, meadows, pastures, moors, marshes, fisheries, turbaries, suits of court, views of frankpledge, homage, wards, marriages, reliefs, and escheats in Yoxford, Stikingland, Middleton, Brent Fen , and Murrills, to Joan, described as Lady Joan who was the wife of the Lord Roger Swillington, knight, for her life, with remainder to the heirs of the body of Roger Swyllyngton . Failing such issue, the manors should remain, successively, to Thomas Hopton, esquire , and the heirs male of his body; to Thomas Routh, knight , and the heirs male of his body; and to the right heirs of Roger Swyllyngton in perpetuity.
Yoxford, the manor, held of John, duke of Norfolk , service unknown. There is a small close called ‘le halleyerd’, worth 6d. yearly above enclosure; 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 24 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 60 a. underwood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; and perquisites of court and leet, worth 12d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
Stikingland, the manor, held as above of John, duke of Norfolk , service unknown . There is a small close called ‘le halleyerd’, worth 8d. yearly; 6s. 8d. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; and 20s. rent taken from villeins and tenants-at-will.
Middleton, the manor, held of James Joce , service unknown. There is 3s. 6d. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; 6s. rent taken from villeins and tenants-at-will; and 4 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly.
Brent Fen, the manor, held as above of James Joce , service unknown . There is a close called ‘halleyerd’ containing 4 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly above enclosure; 40 a. demesne land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 2s. free rent taken from free tenants and payable as above; 6s. rent taken from bond-tenants and tenants-at-will; and perquisites of court, worth 12d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
Murrills, the manor, held of Thomas, Lord Dacre , service unknown. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; a close called ‘le halleyerde’ containing 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 3s. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above; 10s. rent taken from tenants-at-will; and perquisites of court and leet, worth 12d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.

Date of death and heirs as 112.n033

TNA reference

C 139/35/52 m.17

E 149/140/1 m.6

Inquisition Head

NORFOLK. Inquisition [indented]. Harleston 26 October 1427. [Elliswyk].

Jurors

Jurors: John Ovy ; Thomas Totyld ; Robert Scut ; Richard Sheldrake ; John Plombe ; William Corbyn ; John Bakere ; Thomas Bantyng ; Thomas Tyte ; Thomas Wryghte ; Robert Collowe ; and John Wytham .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee or service of the king in chief or any other. She held the following in dower.
Pirnhow, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of John, duke of Norfolk , service unknown. There is 1/3 close on the manorial site, called ‘le Halleyerde’, worth 6d. yearly above enclosure; 10 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 3s. 6d. free rent taken from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts; 22s. 3d. rent taken from tenants, villeins, and tenants-at-will; 8 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 12d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
Stockton, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of John Gra, knight , service unknown. There is 4s. 3d. free rent taken from free tenants, payable as above by equal parts; 6s. 5d. rent taken from bond-tenants and tenants-at-will; and perquisites of court, worth 6d. yearly above the seneschal’s fee.
Ellingham, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of John Gra, knight , service unknown. There is 2s. free rent taken from free tenants as above; and 13s. rent taken from tenants-at-will.
Meldon merssh , 1/3 pasture called Meldon merssh , held as a whole of John Gra, knight , service unknown. There are 10 a., pasture each acre worth 6d. yearly.

Date of death and heirs as 112.

TNA reference

C 139/35/52 m.16

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Jurors

  • John Pomard
  • John Jonson
  • William Hudson
  • Richard Knyvet
  • William Alesby
  • Thomas Goneld
  • William Hornsee
  • John Darry of Yarburgh
  • John ... [ms torn] of North or South Cockerington (Cokeyngton)
  • William Manby of Haugham
  • Richard Maltby of Burwell
  • Robert Caylesthorp of Carleton

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