Holdings
She held the following in demesne as of fee tail after the possibility of issue had expired.
Weston by Welland, the manor, except the advowson of
Launde Priory and services from all the lands and tenements that
Thomas
Aylesbury, knight
, had or others had to his use. These exceptions are held of the manor or some part of the same. Exceptions excepted, there is the manorial site, worth only 40d. yearly because there are no buildings; 17 messuages, 2 ruinous cottages, and 12 tofts, worth nothing yearly; 2 crofts, each worth 4d. yearly; 36 virgates, each worth 10s. yearly; 35½ a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. 4d. yearly but this year’s crop was carried off while Margaret was still alive; 49 [
a.] pasture, each [
acre] worth
3d. yearly; and view of frankpledge twice yearly and a small court held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly above the seneschal’s fee. The manor is held as a whole of
the king in chief as
¼ knight’s fee.
Thomas
Brake, clerk
,
John
Walssh
of
Lynford
, and
William
Peere, clerk
, were lately seised in demesne as of fee of the whole manor. By their charter, they demised it, described as their manor of Weston by Welland with all its lands, tenements, rents, reversions, services, rights, commodities, and appurtenances to
Thomas
Aylesbury
,
John
Megre, clerk
, and
John
Comyn, senior
, and to the heirs and assigns of
Thomas
Aylesbury
. Royal licence was obtained from
Henry
IV
by letters patent dated
Westminster 15 July 1411
[CPR 1408–1413, p. 301], shown to the jurors.
[1]+By one indented charter dealing with, among other things,
the manor, exceptions excepted, and by another indented charter dealing with
the rents, among other things,
Thomas,
John, and
John demised them to
John son of
Thomas
Aylesbury
and
Margaret his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies, described as John son of
Thomas
Aylesbury
and Margaret his wife, daughter of
Hugh
Mortymer, esquire
, with licence of
Henry
IV
obtained by letters patent [
as above]. John and Margaret were thus seised of the manor and the rents in demesne as of fee tail, exceptions excepted, with reversion to
Thomas
Aylesbury
and his heirs.+[1]
She held the following in demesne as of fee tail after the possibility of issue had expired.
Ashley, the manor, except services from lands and tenements that
Thomas
Aylesbury,
knight
, had or others had to his use. The exceptions are held of the manor or some part of the same. Exceptions excepted, there is the manorial site, worth only 40d. yearly because there are no buildings; 46 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 7 ruinous messuages and 1 toft, worth nothing yearly; 5 virgates, each worth 12s. yearly; 14 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly but this year’s crop was carried off while Margaret was still alive; 28 a. pasture, each [
acre] worth 3d. yearly; and 10 a. wood, worth nothing yearly. The manor as a whole is held of
Lord Latimer
,
service unknown.
Ashley, 27s. 9d. rent and rent of 10 capons, price of each 2d., payable at Martinmas and
Invention of St Cross by equal parts, part of the manor of
Ashley .
William
la
Souche, lord of Totnes
,
Thomas, Lord La Warre
,
Thomas
Brake, clerk
,
Peter
Henwyk, clerk
,
John
Wysebech, clerk
,
Robert
Elyngham
, and
Peter
Purlee
were seised in demesne as of fee of the above manor of
Ashley. By their charter, they demised it, among other things, to
Thomas
Aylesbury
,
John
Megre
, and
John
Comyn
, and to the heirs and assigns of
Thomas Aylesbury. It was described as the manor of
Ashley with all lands, tenements, rents, services, rights, commodities, and appurtenances that were formerly of
Ralph
Basset
of
Great
or Little Weldon (
Weldon), knight, with all reversions whenever they might fall.
Continues as +[1]+ above.
