‹ E-CIPM 23-397: RICHARD DE MONTE ACUTO ›

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, but was seised of the following in demesne as of fee long before his death. By deed dated 14 September 1407, he granted the third to Richard Ruyhale and to his heirs in perpetuity. The deed was shown to the jurors. Richard Ruyhale was thereby seised in demesne as of fee, and John Merbury, esquire , now has Richard Ruyhale’s estate in the said third.

Holdings

He held the following in demesne as of fee tail male. These manors and the manor of Canford Magna in Dorset, the castle and manor of Trowbridge, the manor of Aldbourne, and the manors of Henstridge and Charlton Horethorne in Somerset are held of the king as a knight’s fee. [1]+ Edward III gave the above, among other things, by letters patent to William de Monte Acuto and his heirs when he was made earl of Salisbury [CPR 1334–1338, pp. 426–7]. John de Warenna, lately earl of Surrey , and Joan his wife then held the two manors for their lives, with reversion to the king and his heirs. After the grant to William de Monte Acuto, the manors were held by John and Joan, with remainder to William and the heirs male of his body in perpetuity. John and Joan died, and William de Monte Acuto, late earl of Salisbury , son and heir of William de Monte Acuto, entered the manors in his remainder and was seised in demesne as of fee tail. He died without heir male of his body. The manors descended to Thomas, late earl of Salisbury, as the son of John son of John brother of William son of William. Thomas entered the manors by virtue of the grant and was seised in his demesne as of fee tail male.+[1] Thomas died without heir male of his body, and the manors descended to Richard de Monte Acuto, kin and heir male of Thomas as the brother of John father of Thomas the late earl.

Holdings

He held the following in demesne as of fee tail male. As 396+[1]. Afterwards, by a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Trinity 1418, Thomas and Alice his wife, deforc., granted the manors to the bishop of Winchester , Richard Hertecumbe , and John Bailly , quer., to hold to them and their heirs by due service of the king and his heirs in perpetuity. Thomas afterwards died without heir male of his body and the manors descended to Richard, kin and heir male of Thomas as brother of John father of Thomas.ⁿ⁰⁶⁸ He entered them by virtue of the grant and was seised in demesne as of fee tail. He died seised of this estate.

Holdings

He held the following in demesne as of fee tail male. As 396+[1]. Thomas died without heir male of his body, and the manors descended to Richard de Monte Acuto , kin and heir male of Thomas as the brother of John father of Thomas the late earl. He held the following in demesne as of fee tail male. Each knight’s fee is worth 100s. yearly when it falls, and each moiety is worth 50s. yearly when it falls. They are parcels of the manor of Canford Magna, held of the king in chief by knight service. Further, from time immemorial, the prior and convent of Witham of the Carthusian order in Selwood in Somerset have customarily had 6 quarters of salt delivered each year between Midsummer and St Peter in Chains by the farmers, provosts, and other occupants of the manor of Canford Magna, without rendering anything.

Holdings

Edward I granted the following, among other things, by letters patent, to William de Graunson and Sibyl his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. From them, right in the rent descended to Otes their son and heir and, from Otes, right descended to Thomas his son and heir. Thomas died seised in demesne as of fee tail of the rent without heir of his body. The rent, with other manors, lands, and tenements, descended to the following as kin and heirs of the said Thomas. Roger Beauchamp son of Roger son of Sibyl eldest daughter of Mabel, one of the sisters of Otes father of Thomas; Thomas Faconberge son of Maud, another daughter of Mabel; Alice wife of Thomas Wakes , and Katherine who was wife of Robert Tadenham, knight , third and fourth daughters of Mabel; John de Northwode of Kent, knight , son of Roger son of Agnes, another sister of Otes; and William de Monte Acuto , lately earl of Salisbury , son of Katherine, third sister of Otes. They were seised of the rent in demesne as of fee tail. It was subsequently partitioned, along with other things, and 22 marks 4s. 9¼d. rent from the £44 14s. 3¾d., payable yearly at the four terms of the year was allocated to William. Described as William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury and lord of Man, he granted, among other things, the rent, described as all his lands and tenements, rents, reversions, and services in Dartford, to Richard and the heirs of his body, with reversion to the late earl and his heirs. The grant was made by charter shown to the jurors. William died without heir of his body, and Richard died seised of the rent also without an heir of his body on 11 June last. Right in the said rent, according to the gift made by ‪ Edward I, descended to Alice wife of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury , kin and heir of William as the daughter of Thomas son of John son of John brother of William. There are two water-mills in the vill of Dartford that alone are burdened with 5 marks rent as parcel of the said 22 marks 4s. 9¼d. rent, and 10 messuages alone are also burdened with 5 marks rent, parcel of the same. Long before the death of Richard de Monte Acuto, the water-mills and messuages were, and are yet, totally waste. No penny of the said rent could nor can be raised from them, nor from parcels of the same.