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KATHERINE WIFE OF ROBERT SHEFFELD
Inquisition Head
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Gateforth 23 April 1430. [Mauleverer].
Jurors
Jurors: Thomas Craven of Selby; John Estoft of East Toft; Thomas Richardson ; Robert de Swynflet ; Robert Haldanby of the same place [?East Toft]; William Worsop and John Byrne of Selby; William Chestre of Gateforth; John Barne of Sherburn in Elmet; John Mews of North or South Milford (Milford); William Eleson and Richard Eleson of Selby; John Shirburn of Burn; and Robert Sqwyere of Lund.
Holdings
Peter Beltoft was lately seised in demesne as of fee of He afterwards granted the manor to Margery wife of Thomas Beltoft , his son, and to the heirs of Thomas Beltoft by Margery. Thomas Beltoft was her first husband. Thomas died and Margery married Richard de Morton of Scotton. As shown by letters patent dated Westminster 15 January 1376, shown to the jurors, Edward III pardoned Richard and Margery for Margery’s acquisition of the manor and her entry into it without royal licence [CPR 1374–1377, pp. 79, 215]. The pardon was made upon payment of 100s. by Richard and Margery. Margery afterwards died and the manor descended to Katherine as daughter and heir of Thomas Beltoft by Margery. Katherine and Robert Sheffeld, her son, afterwards demised the manor, described as the manor of Azerley and all other lands and tenements, rents, and services in Azerley, to John Quyxley, junior , of Ripon, to hold from Martinmas 1428 for twenty years, rendering 6 marks yearly to Katherine and Robert Sheffeld, and their heirs and assigns, at the feasts of St Laurence the Martyr and St Vincent the Martyr by equal parts. The grant was made by indented deed dated York Castle 21 October A.D. 1428: it was shown to the jurors.Katherine died on 22 March last. Robert Sheffeld is her son and next heir, and aged 30 and more.
TNA reference
C 139/45/31 mm.1–2
Holdings
| Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azerley, Azerley | ||||
| - | ||||
| messuages | 10 (10 x messuages) | - | ||
| tofts | 12 (12 x tofts) | - | ||
| cottages | worth nothing | 6 (6 x cottages) | - | |
| gardens | 4d. (per unit) | 16 (16 x gardens) | 5s. 4d. (=64d.) | |
| bovates | 2s. (per unit) | 18 (18 x bovate) | £1 16s. (=432d.) | |
| meadow | 12d. (per unit) | 20 a. (20 x acre) | £1 (=240d.) | |
| pasture | ½d. (per unit) | 500 a. (500 x acre) | £1 10d. (=250d.) | |
| rent | 30s. | £1 10s. (=360d.) | ||
| Total: £5 12s. 2d. (=1346d.) | ||||
Extents
| Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total |
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People
- Wymbyssh, Nicholas, clerk (Writ Clerk)
- Mauleverer, Robert, escheator (Escheator)
- Beltoft, Peter (Grantor)
- Edward III, king of England (King)
- Beltoft, Margery (Grantee)
- Thomas (Named Person)
- Beltoft, Thomas (Named Person)
- Morton, Richard (Named Person)
- Beltoft, KATHERINE (Grantor)
- Sheffeld, Robert (Grantor)
- Quyxley, John, junior (Grantee)
- Sheffeld, KATHERINE (Subject of Inquisition)
- Sheffeld, Robert (Named Person)
Jurors
- Thomas Craven of Selby
- John Estoft of East Toft
- Thomas Richardson
- Robert de Swynflet
- Robert Haldanby of the same place [?East Toft]
- William Worsop
- John Byrne
- William Chestre of Gateforth
- John Barne of Sherburn in Elmet
- John Mews of North or South Milford (Milford)
- William Eleson
- Richard Eleson
- John Shirburn of Burn
- Robert Sqwyere of Lund
