E-CIPM 23-357: WALTER SON OF WALTER ROMSEY, ESQUIRE

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WALTER SON OF WALTER ROMSEY, ESQUIRE

Inquisition Head

HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Breamore 20 November 1430. [Gaweyn].

Jurors

Jurors: John Wynterbourne ; Richard Den ; Henry Wallop ; William Den ; Thomas Tilye ; Thomas Brytgh ; John Milbury ; William Ryche ; John Parker ; William Fryston ; Thomas Hymberford ; and Hugh Bythewode .

Holdings

The following came to the king’s hands owing to the death of Walter Romsey, esquire , and the minority of Walter.

West Vernham, 5 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly and no more because they are ruinous; 1 carucate of land, worth 10s. yearly; and 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly, held of St Mary’s, New College, Winchester , service unknown.

Walter died on 28 February last. Joan daughter of Thomas Romsey brother of Walter father of Walter is his kin and next heir, and aged 13 and more.

TNA reference

C 139/44/22 mm.1–2

[The inquisition for Wiltshire, ordered in the writ, is not extant.]

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Wells 5 April 1430. [Poulet].

Jurors

Jurors: John Fulbrooke ; John Lotesham ; William Perys ; John Mayn ; John Pypelpen ; John Cutte, senior ; Richard Welyknowe ; John Alforde ; John Kynge ; Nicholas Veel ; William Clerke of Wachet; and John Stenour .

Holdings

The following came to the king’s hands and is still there for the reasons given in 357.

Orchardleigh, ½ manor with advowson of the church there, with right of presentation on every other occasion, held of the king in chief as ¼ knight’s fee. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; and one carucate of arable, 12 a. meadow, 100 a. pasture, and 20 a. wood, demised to Thomas Ferrour for a term of years for £4 yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts.
Annual value of the advowson when it falls, 40s.
Oakley, the manor, held of the earl of Salisbury , service unknown. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, demised to various tenants for terms of years for 100s. yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts; 20 a. meadow, demised to various tenants for terms of years for 40s. yearly, payable at the same terms; 102s. assize rent taken from free tenants and tenants-at-will at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts; and perquisites of court, worth nothing yearly.
Mudford-Torry, 1/3 manor, held of John Grey, knight , service unknown. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; and 150 a. arable, 20 a. meadow, and 30 a. pasture, demised to John Chepman for a term of years for £4, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts.
Adber, ½ knight’s fee pertaining to the manor of Rockbourne in Hampshire, which manor, with the ½ knight’s fee, is held of the king in chief by knight service. Annual value of the moiety when it falls, 50s.

He died on 25 January last. Joan wife of Thomas Payne is his kin and next heir as the daughter of Thomas Romsey, knight , brother of Walter Romsey father of Walter, and aged 12 and more.
TNA reference

C 139/44/22 mm.3–4

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition. Shaftesbury 6 April 1430. [Poulet].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Hat ; John Fore ; John Pylle ; Robert Serle ; John Fordyngton ; William Austyn ; William Dore ; John Baudyn ; Walter Drapere ; John Pope ; William Cole ; and Thomas Rayssheforde .

Holdings

No lands or tenements came to the king’s hands for the reasons given in 357, but the following knight’s fee did come to the king’s hands for those reasons and is still there.

Clifton Maybank, a knight’s fee pertaining to the manor of Rockbourne in Hampshire, which manor, with the knight’s fee, is held of the king in chief by knight service. Annual value of the knight’s fee when it falls, 100s..

Date of death and identity of heir as 358.
TNA reference

C 139/44/22 mm.3, 5

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
West Vernham
messuages12d. (per unit, Ruinous)5 (5 x messuages)5s. (=60d.)
land10s.1 carucate (1 x carucate)10s. (=120d.)
pasture1d. (per unit)100 a. (100 x acre)8s. 4d. (=100d.)
Total: £1 3s. 4d. (=280d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

Jurors

  • John Wynterbourne
  • Richard Den
  • Henry Wallop
  • William Den
  • Thomas Tilye
  • Thomas Brytgh
  • John Milbury
  • William Ryche
  • John Parker
  • William Fryston
  • Thomas Hymberford
  • Hugh Bythewode

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