E-CIPM 23-544: THOMAS DE ROOS, KNIGHT

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THOMAS DE ROOS, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Ware. 2 November 1430. [Kirkeby].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Horne; Robert Chyld; John Burre; John Lane; John Cok; William Derlyng; William Page; Richard Willesmere; John Ponde; John Bakere; John Mabbe; Robert Wygge; John Trygge; John Parnell; William Taunt; and John Canne.

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Buckland, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is the site, its herbage worth 8s. 4d. yearly; 180 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 7d. yearly; and 20 a. underwood, worth 20s. yearly.
He died on 18 August last. Thomas de Roos, his son and next heir, was aged 3 years on 9 September last.
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Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Stratford 3 November 1430. [Kirkeby].

Jurors

Jurors: John Reynor ; John Scotte ; John Mawne ; Richard Vynour ; Nicholas Enfeld ; John Mannyng; Thomas Leycestre ; Walter Kent ; John Crowdon ; Richard Pelchere ; John Cobworth ; John Bowyere ; John de Kent ; Walter Enderby ; Thomas Hert ; [and] William Bokston .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other. Long before his death, he was seised in demesne as of fee of

the manor of Chingford with knights’ fees and advowson of the church pertaining to the manor, held of the heirs of John Monfichet , service unknown.
[1]+He granted the above to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter shown to the jurors, in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised.+[1] The charter was dated Chingford 20 October 1429.

Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Waltham Abbey 3 November 1431. [Rokesburgh].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Betrych ; John Love ; Richard Walschef ; John Pyg ; William Smyth ; John Waryn ; Thomas Brook ; Thomas Osbern ; Thomas Langrych ; Thomas Helder ; John Westbury ; and Andrew Bryght .

Holdings

He held no knights’ fees in demesne or service or in reversion of the king in chief. Continues as 531, with additional information relating to the true annual value of the advowson, 100s.

Long before his death, he was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Chingford with knights’ fees and advowson of the church pertaining to the manor, true annual value 100s. , held of the heirs of John Monfichet , service unknown.
[1]+He granted the above to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter shown to the jurors, in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised. The charter was dated Chingford 20 October 1429.

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Inquisition Head

HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Ware 5 November 1431. [Rokesburgh].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas de Ware ; William Hardwyk ; John Hert ; Walter Staundon ; John Bromley ; John Noon ; John Melleward ; Simon Tayllour ; Thomas Bridsale ; Edward Warde ; John Lytelman ; and John Walkelyn .

Holdings

He held no knights’ fees or advowsons of churches regarding which the required extent could be made.

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Inquisition Head

CITY OF YORK. Inquisition. Guildhall 8 November 1430. [ Russell ].

Jurors

Jurors: Roger Hay ; Henry Rothewell ; Robert Fereby ; Richard Neuland, senior ; Henry Forster ; John Neuland ; Robert Fenton ; Richard Crokelyn ; Richard Neuland, junior ; John Beverlay ; Thomas Forster ; and John Man , ‘Tapiter’.

Holdings
He held in demesne as of fee
40 marks rent, parcel of £100 fee-farm for the city, taken and delivered to him and his heirs in perpetuity by the sheriffs or bailiffs at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts
. [1]+ Roger Wentworth, esquire , and Margery his wife, still living, who was wife of John, Lord Ros , brother of Thomas de Roos, knight , hold the following, among other things, in dower in right of Margery by endowment of John de Roos with reversion to Thomas son and heir of Thomas de Roos .+[1]
£73 6s. 8d. rent, which is the rest of the £100 fee-farm. The entire fee-farm is held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Writ Head

535 Writ amotus . ‡ 23 November 1430. [Wymbyssh].G

Addressed to Nicholas Wotton, mayor and escheator, replacing the writ diem clausit extremum sent to his predecessor, William Estfeld .

Inquisition Head

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall 2 December 1430. [Wotton].

Jurors

Jurors: Henry Pek ; John Broke ; Simon Wayte ; John Kechell ; John Moraunt ; Thomas Coventre ; John West ; William Hamond ; William Stacy ; Richard Massyngham ; Thomas Spayne ; John Thoresby ; Thomas Lacok ; Nicholas Everard ; and John Flessh .

Holdings
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
St Katherine Coleman, 4 shops with annexed gardens in the parish of St Katherine Coleman in the ward of Aldgate, annual value 53s. 4d., held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Eastbourne 21 October 1430. [Gaynesford].

Jurors

Jurors: John Bray ; Richard Shalston ; Thomas Profote ; William Waterer ; Thomas Hethfeld ; William Poteman ; John Frankleyn ; William Sparowe ; John Reve ; Simon Fenyll ; Philip Frost ; and John Ombrays .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other. [1]+He granted the following, among other manors, to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, Nicholas Wymbyssh, clerk , Richard Hansarde , William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , Robert Wesynham , esquires, Ralph Holande , citizen and draper of London, John Bowys , William Blakeburne , and Richard Benyngton , and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The king’s licence was obtained [CPR 1429–1436, p. 62].+[1] The charter was dated Eastbourne 10 April 1430.

Eastbourne, the manor, and the hamlet of Eckington, held of the king in chief.

Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

CITY OF LINCOLN. Inquisition.... [ms illegible]. 4 November 1430. [Lyndewod].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Marum ; John Boston ; William Burton ; Robert Hundon ; John Osen ; John Stikeswold ; John Parys ; Henry Bokewell ; Robert Chapman ; William Bace ; William Blythe ; and Thomas Skremby .

Holdings
He held in demesne as of fee
£100 rent of the fee-farm of the city, taken yearly and delivered to him and his heirs by the sheriffs or bailiffs: £40 at Easter and £60 at Michaelmas. The rent is held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Daventry 3 November 1430. [Catesby].

Jurors

Jurors: Simon Horne and John Barker of Daventry; Robert Clyfton of Everdon; Henry Budde and Thomas Crosse of Staverton; John Godson , Thomas Bartelote , John Clerk , John Evenet , and Henry Smyth of Braunston; William Hunte and Thomas Beller of Stoke Albany.

Holdings
He died seised as of fee and by right of
the advowson of the church of Braunston, worth nothing above prayers
. He held no other nor more lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other. He was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Braunston, the manor, except the site called ‘Braunstonbury’, held by Roger Wentworth and Margery his wife in dower, in right of Margery, by endowment John, Lord Ros her former husband, as 534+[1]. He granted the manor, except the advowson, heriots, and site, to John Cressy, chevalier , still living, for life, for service in England for Thomas, late Lord Ros . The grant was made by charter dated Belvoir 12 November 1429, shown to the jurors. John has taken the issues since then.
Braunston. The entire manor with advowson is held of Joan, queen of England , service unknown. Its true annual value, except pre-exceptions, is £10.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Bury St Edmunds 2 November 1430. [Mylde].

Jurors

Jurors: Baldwin Coksedge ; John Stefenesson ; Edmund Seriaunt ; John Colyn ; John Bede ; Robert Thoorn ; John Tone ; William Godard ; William Bryght ; Nicholas Adam ; Thomas Couper ; and Roger Maymond .

Holdings
He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, but was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Bradfield Combust, the manor, annual value 100s., held of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds , service unknown.
He granted the above, as in 531+[1], to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised. The charter was shown to the escheator and jurors and was dated Bradfield Combust 20 October 1429.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

NORFOLK. Inquisition. Holt 4 November 1430. [Mylde].

Jurors

Jurors: Roger Boure ; Edward Boure ; John Hagon ; Henry Bartilmowe ; Simon Godfrey ; John Barbour ; Thomas Norton ; Thomas Colyns ; John Curteys ; John Cooke ; Robert Here ; and Thomas Browne .

Holdings
He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, but was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Hackford, the manor, annual value £10, held of Henry Inglose, knight , service unknown.
Whitwell, the manor, annual value £10, held of William Cawethorp , service unknown.
Watton, the manor, annual value £10, held of the duke of Norfolk , service unknown.
Holt, ½ manor.
The annual value of the moieties is 40 marks and they are held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster, service unknown.
Woodhouse, 4 parts of the manor, annual value 40s., held of the earl of Warwick as of his manor of Saham Toney, service unknown.
He granted, the above as 531+[1], to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter shown to the jurors, in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised. The grant included all knights’ fees, advowsons of churches and other types of advowson, liberties, franchises, wreck of sea, and everything pertaining to the above.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Hodnet 6 November 1430. [Hopton].

Jurors

Jurors: Nicholas Sondford ; William Poynour ; Roger Bromley ; William Coton ; John Eton ; John Bentley ; John Dunstervyll ; Thomas Moreton ; John Wode ; Thomas Cherynton ; John Wenloc ; and Hugh Dod of Cloverley.

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, but was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.

Adderley with Spoonley, the manor, annual value £28, held of the king in chief by knight service.
He granted the manor, among other manors, as in 536+[1], to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, Nicholas Wymbyssh, clerk , Richard Hansarde , William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , Robert Wesynham , esquires, Ralph Holande , citizen and draper of London, John Bowys , William Blakeburne , and Richard Benyngton , and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The charter was dated 7 April 1430 and the king’s licence was shown to the jurors. He granted 10 marks annual rent from the issues of the manor to Laurence Basset, esquire , for life for good service past and future, to be delivered by his forester, bailiffs, farmers, or collectors of the issues there at Lady Day and Michaelmas by equal parts. The grant was made by deed dated at the castle of Belvoir 1 January 1429. The deed was shown to the jurors. He granted 20 marks annual rent from the issues coming to Thomas de Roos from the manor to William Malery, chevalier , for life for good service in England, to be delivered by farmers, provosts, bailiffs, or other occupants and officials at Michaelmas and Easter by equal parts. The grant was made by deed dated 2 May 1430. The deed was shown to the jurors.

Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. York Castle 6 November 1430. [Mauleverer].

[Inquisition: ms worn, galled, and torn.]
Jurors

Jurors: John Nalton ; John Killeston ; Thomas Craven ; William [unclear: Dadyng] ; Thomas Hagthorp ; John Stillyngton ; William Olyff ; Ralph Clyfton ; William Favell ; Edmund Thweyng ; John Carnaby ; and William Bulmer .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Turnham Hall, the manor. There are various buildings, worth nothing yearly but greatly in need of repair; a garden, its fruit worth nothing yearly but its pasture worth 12s. yearly; a close called ‘le . . .’, its herbage worth £4 3s. yearly above enclosure; a close called ‘Innernewlandes’ with ‘le Brynd’, worth 30s. yearly; a field called ‘le welecrekefeld’, worth 33s. 4d. yearly above enclosure; a field called ‘Buttillerfeld’, worth 46s. 8d. yearly; fields called ‘le Normanappulgarth’ and ‘Nesselyngfeld’, worth 52s. yearly above enclosure; 2 parcels of land and meadow called ‘Northestnesshkerre’ and ‘Southestnesshkerre’, worth 33s. 4d. yearly; a several pasture called ‘Walkerclose’, worth 10s. yearly; a fishery in the Ouse, worth 40s. yearly; a court held every three weeks as is the custom of the manor, worth ?nothing yearly above the fee and expenses of the seneschal; 412½ a. arable in Cliffe, demised to various tenants who hold according to the custom of the manor, each acre worth 6d. yearly, payable at Martinmas and Pentecost by equal parts; and a free rent of one pair of gilt spurs, or 8d. yearly, taken at Christmas. These parcels are held of the king in chief by knight service. There is also a close called ‘les dales’, a close called ‘Brathwayt’, a field called ‘viternewlandes’ with a close called ‘le Syntisine’, a field called ‘le hagges’, and a parcel of land and meadow called ‘Westnesshker’ with 36 a. meadow. These parcels are held of the bishop of Durham as of his manor of Howden by ?[unclear: £8 16s.] yearly, payable to the bishop at St Andrew the Apostle, Palm Sunday, SS Peter and Paul the Apostles, and Michaelmas by equal parts. Their annual value is 11s. 4d. above enclosure and the rent paid to the bishop.
He held the following [unclear: [?in demesne as of] fee].
Harome, the manor, held of the king in chief as parcel of the castle and manor of Helmsley that is held, with members and appurtenances, of the king in chief as a barony. There are various buildings on the manorial site, worth nothing yearly but greatly in need of repair; 120 a. demesne land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 100 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 12 messuages and 24 bovates, demised to various tenants-at-will, each messuage with 2 bovates worth 12s. yearly; 11 cottages, demised to various cottagers at various prices, worth 38s. 6d. yearly; a field called ‘Bolnley’ containing 13 a. and a rood of land, each acre worth 12d. yearly; one water-mill for grain, worth 20s. yearly; one fulling-mill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a court baron held every three weeks, its perquisites worth 13s. 4d. yearly above expenses and the seneschal’s fee; and pannage for pigs in ‘le Northwod’ and ‘Haromshawes’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
He granted 40s. rent from the manor of Harome to Joan Godesohan , now wife of William Garth, esquire , for life, with distraint, to be taken yearly at Martinmas and Pentecost by equal parts. The grant was made long after his marriage to Eleanor, still living, by deed dated at his castle of Belvoir 25 April 1430 in which he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley , Trusbutt, and Belvoir. The deed was shown to the jurors. He granted 10 marks rent with distraint from the manor of Harome to William Blakburne for life, to be taken yearly at Martinmas and Pentecost by equal parts. The grant was made long after his marriage to Eleanor, still living, by charter dated at his castle of Belvoir 12 November 1429 in which he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Trusbutt , Helmsley, and Belvoir. The charter was shown to the jurors. He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Helmsley, a parcel of a parcel of messuage called ‘Lutester place’, annual value 5s., held of the king in chief as parcel of the castle and manor of Helmsley, service unknown.
He was conjointly seised of the following in demesne as of fee tail with Eleanor his wife, still living, by demise of Thomas, bishop of Durham , William Babyngton, chief justices of the Common Bench , Robert Roos, knight , William Meryng, knight , John Wodhous, esquire , Simon de Leek, esquire , William Hoton, esquire , and Nicholas Conyngston to Thomas and Eleanor and the heirs male of their bodies together. The grant was made by indented charter in which he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Belvoir and Helmsley . The charter was shown to the jurors.
Roos, the manor, annual value £45 2s. 8d., held of Anne, countess of Stafford , as of her manor of Burstwick (Br...wyk) by knight service.
Thornton-in-Craven, the manor, true annual value £23 4s. 9d., held of Henry, earl of Northumberland , as of his manor of Spofforth by knight service.
He held no other nor more lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, but was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Seaton Ross, the manor called ‘Seton Roos Hall’, true annual value 100s., held of Richard, duke of York , service unknown.
He granted the above to his servant, Robert Hoton , and to his assigns, for life, with remainder to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter dated Belvoir 1 October 1428 in which he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Trusbutt , Helmsley, and Belvoir, and the manor is described as his manor of Seaton Ross called ‘Seton Roos Hall’, with all liberties, franchises, and other things pertaining to it. The charter was shown to the escheator and jurors. Robert Hoton is still seised of the manor in his demesne as of free tenement, and has taken its issues since the grant was made. He was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Storwood cum Melbourne, the manor, annual value £16, with
a turbary called ‘Landrykmose’, annual value 100s., and
£20 rent, taken yearly from the prior of Warter and his successors,
held of Richard, duke of York , service unknown. He granted the above, as in 531+[1], to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter shown to the jurors, in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised. Granted were the above manor of Storwood cum Melbourne, turbary, and rent, and the reversion of the manor of Seaton Ross when it falls after the death of Robert Hoton . The manor, turbary etc. were described in the charter as his manor of Storwood cum Melbourne with knights’ fees, advowsons of churches and any other advowsons, all liberties, franchises, and anything else pertaining to the manor, his turbary called ‘Landrykmose’, the reversion of ‘Seton Roos Hall’ in Spaldingmoor when it falls after the death of Robert Hoton , and reversion of all annuities, lands, or tenements held by his tenants for terms of lives or years, pertaining to the manor when they fall, and £20 rent from his inheritance that he customarily took yearly from the prior of Warter , as delivered by the prior. The charter was dated Seaton Ross 20 October 1429 and described as having been shown to the escheator and the jurors. Thomas is also recorded in it as ‘of Trusbutt’. Roger Wentworth and Margery his wife held the following in dower , in right of Margery, by endowment John, Lord Ros her former husband, as 534+[1].
Helmsley, the castle and manor with members in Pockley, Beadlam, and Oswaldkirk, annual value £45 6s. 8d., held of the king in chief as a barony.
Haugh , the manor, annual value £12, held of the king as parcel of the castle and manor of Helmsley.
Linton-on-Ouse, the manor, annual value £28, held of the king in chief as parcel of the castle and manor of Helmsley.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition. Ashford 20 October 1430. [Horden].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Gotele ; Thomas Fryght ; John Bocher ; Henry Martyn ; Stephen Culverden ; John Essex ; John Gyles ; Robert Everstede ; John Brege ; John Hyrst ; Richard Wealdych ; and Stephen Clerk .

Holdings
He died seised of the following. Chilham, reversion of the castle and manor with reversion of advowson of the church there on every third occasion when it falls. The castle and manor are held of the king in chief as 2 knights’ fees and 20s. castleward at Dover every 20 weeks. Wolverton, reversion of the manor. The manor is held of the abbot of St Augustines, Canterbury , service unknown. Hothfield, reversion of 1/3 manor and reversion of advowson of the church there. The manor and advowson are held of the archbishop of Canterbury , service unknown. Old Romney, reversion of advowson of the church on every third occasion when it falls. The advowson is held of the archbishop of Canterbury , service unknown. The castle, manors, and advowsons are held by Roger Wentworth and Margery his wife in dower , in right of Margery, by endowment John, Lord Ros her former husband, as 534+[1].
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition. Ashford 4 November 1430. [Horden].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Gotele ; Thomas Fryght ; John Bocher ; Henry Martyn ; Stephen Culverden ; John Essex ; John Gyles ; Robert Everstede ; John Bregge ; John Hyrste ; Richard Wealdyche ; and Stephen Clerk .

Holdings
He died seised as of fee and by right of the advowson of the church of Old Romney on every third occasion when it falls. The advowson is worth nothing yearly above prayers and held of the archbishop of Canterbury , service unknown.
He held no other nor more lands or tenements in demesne or service of the king in chief or any other, but was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Hothfield, 2 parts of the manor and reversion of the third. The annual value of the whole manor is £10, and it is held of the archbishop of Canterbury , service unknown.
Wolverton, reversion of the manor. The annual value of the manor is £4, and it is held of the abbot of St Augustine’s, Canterbury , service unknown. Roger Wentworth and Margery his wife held the manor of Wolverton and 1/3 manor of Hothfield in dower, in right of Margery, by endowment John, Lord Ros her former husband, as 534+[1]. He granted the above, as in 531+[1], to Thomas Chaworth , William Babyngton , Robert Babthorp , knights, William Hoton , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Hoton , and Robert Wesynham , esquires, and to their heirs and assigns in perpetuity. The grant was made by charter in which he was described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley and Belvoir . Thomas, William, Robert etc. were thus seised in demesne as of fee, and are still so seised. The charter was dated Hothfield 20 October 1429 and described as having been shown to the escheator and jurors. The above manors etc. were described as his manors of Hothfield and Wolverton with knights’ fees and advowsons of churches pertaining to the same. Roger Wentworth and Margery attorned to Thomas Chaworth , William, Robert, William, Geoffrey, Robert, and Robert, by payment of 12d. at Canterbury. Roger Wentworth and Margery hold the following in dower, in right of Margery, by endowment John, Lord Ros her former husband, as 534+[1].
Chilham, the castle and manor, annual value £30, held of the king in chief by knight service and 20... [ms faded] castleward at Dover every 20 weeks.
Date of death and heir as 530.
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Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition. Chilham 29 October 1431. [Feerby].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Canteys ; John Norys ; Thomas Benyrle ; William Pirs ; Edmund Mixtede ; Thomas Wyse ; William Fysshere ; Simon Vydean ; John Willys ; John Payn ; William Bertlot ; and Thomas Barbour .

Holdings
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Old Romney, advowson of the church of Old Romney in Romney marsh on every third occasion when it falls. The advowson is worth nothing yearly above prayers and held of the archbishop of Canterbury , service unknown.
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Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Bingham 2 November 1430. [ Neville ].

Jurors

Jurors: Hugh Gloucestre ; John Muston ; Norman Knyght ; William Landford ; Richard Baynton ; Thomas Berekarre of Newton; John Parnaunt ; Roger Pogon of Saxondale; Richard Herberd ; Robert Wragby of Langar; Thomas Baunesdale ; and John Sharre of Hickling.

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Orston, the manor with soke, held of the king in socage. There are 12 bovates, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; £22 16s. 6d. rent taken from free tenants, payable at Lady Day and the Nativity of Mary by equal parts; and fines and perquisites of court, worth 100s. yearly.
He granted the offices of bailiff, warrener, and collector of estreats of the court of the manor of Orston, described as his court and lordship of Orston with soke, to his valet, Robert Wykham , for life for good service past and future, taking from the issues of the offices 2d. daily. The grant was made by deed in which he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley , Trusbutt, and Belvoir. The deed was shown to the jurors. He granted 5 marks annual rent from the manor of Orston to his servant, Thomas Noone , for life for good service past and future, to be delivered by the farmers, collectors, bailiffs, or any other officials there, at Lady Day and the Nativity of Mary by equal parts. The deed was dated at the castle of Belvoir 1 March 1429 and he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Trusbutt , Helmsley, and Belvoir in it. The deed was shown to the jurors. He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Eakring, 2 parts of the manor except 8 bovates held by Roger Wentworth and Margery his wife in dower, in right of Margery, by endowment John, Lord Ros her former husband, as 534+[1]. The 2 parts, except the 8 bovates, are held of the king in socage and there are 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 73s. 4d. rent from free tenants, bond-tenants, and cottars, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas by equal parts.
He granted, among other things, 20 marks annual rent from the manor of Eakring to John Cressy of Dodford in Northamptonshire, chevalier, for life for good service past and future in England, to be delivered by the bailiffs, collectors of rents, and farmers at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts. The grant was made by indented deed dated Belvoir 12 November 1429 in which Thomas is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Trusbutt . The deed was shown to the jurors. He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Warsop, 2 parts of the manor, annual value 5s. 4d. above £10 annual rent payable to Geoffrey Paynell, esquire , at Easter and Martinmas by equal parts. Richard Shropshire and William Danby were formerly seised of the manor in demesne as of fee and granted the rent to Geoffrey for life. The two parts are held of the king in socage.
He ratified the deed of Richard and William to Geoffrey regarding the rent of £10, thereby granting the same to Geoffrey for life. The ratification was made by deed dated London 20 November 1428 in which he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Trusbutt , Helmsley, and Belvoir. The deed was shown to the jurors.
Date of death and heir as 530.
TNA reference

C 139/50/48 mm.25, 27

Inquisition Head

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition. Derby 4 November 1430. [ Neville ].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Bradshawe of Chellaston; John Bradshawe of Osmaston; John Cruker of Twyford; John Abell of Stapenhill; William Asshwell of Ticknall; Ingram Fraunces; Henry Rolston ; John Bate of Allestree; Robert Thurmond of Linton; Alan Daweson of Repton; John Chapman of Chellaston; and Robert West of Markeaton.

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Pleasley, 2 tofts, each worth 4d. yearly; 2 bovates, each worth 2s. yearly; and a parcel of wood in the park there, worth nothing yearly, held of John de Leek, esquire , as of his manor of Pleasley, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as 530.
TNA reference

C 139/50/48 mm.25–26

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Lincoln Castle 3 November 1430. [Sothill].

[Inquisition: ms is worn and galled in places.]
Jurors

Jurors: William Bleseby of Bleasby; John Blake of Harmston; John Stretton ; Hervey Ratheby of Sotby; William Beell and John Hare of Wragby; Walter Haweley ; John Beford of Rand; William Pynchebek of Boterwyk ; Thomas Diras and John Horne of Freiston; and John Cotes of Elsham .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Wragby, 2 parts of the manor, held of the king in chief as 2 parts of a barony. There are two parts of the manorial site, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 6 bovates of demesne land, each bovate worth 4s. 6d. yearly; 9 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; ½ a. meadow, worth 6d. yearly; 9 messuages with 9 bovates, each messuage with bovate worth 8s. yearly; 10 cottages, each worth 2s. yearly; 19s. 6d. assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts; rent of 1lb pepper, payable at the feast of St Botulph; 24 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; two parts of a ruinous windmill, worth nothing yearly; two parts of perquisites of two courts: a view of frankpledge held yearly after Easter and Michaelmas, and the other court held every three weeks, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; two parts of perquisites of a fair, held yearly at Wragby at the Ascension, worth 12d. yearly; and a market held weekly on Wednesdays, worth 2s. yearly.
John, late Lord Ros and brother of Thomas, gave 60s. 8d. annual rent for life to John Hancok, valet and keeper of his warren and wood at Wragby, still living, to be taken from the manor of Wragby at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts. The grant was made by his letters patent. Thomas granted 6 marks annual rent to John Hamsterley for life for good service past and future, to be taken yearly from the two parts of the manor of Wragby and delivered by his collectors of rents and farmers there at Pentecost and Martinmas by equal parts. The grant was made after Thomas’s marriage to Eleanor, still living, and by deed dated at the castle of Belvoir 25 April 1430. He is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Helmsley , Trusbutt, and Belvoir and the deed was shown to the jurors. He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Elsham, 2 parts of the manor and lordship with its members in Wrawby and Glanford Brigg, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster as of his castle of Bolingbroke, service unknown. There are 6 bovates with 6 messuages, and 6 tofts with 6 crofts, each bovate with a messuage, toft, and croft worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 2 courts: a view of frankpledge taken yearly after Easter and Michaelmas, and a small court, held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly.
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail, conjointly enfeoffed with Eleanor his wife, still living, by demise of Thomas Gra, chevalier , William Babyngton, chief justices of the Common Bench , Robert Roos, knight , William Meryng, knight , John Wodhous, esquire , Simon de Leek, esquire , William Hoton, esquire , and Nicholas ?Danyngston, to Thomas and Eleanor and the heirs male of their bodies together. The demise was made by indented charter in which he is described as Thomas, Lord Ros of Belvoir and Helmsley .
Boston, the manor.
Freiston, the manor.
They are held of Robert Petwardyn, knight , service unknown, and their annual value is £60.
Date of death and heir as 530.
TNA reference

C 139/50/48 mm.28–29

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Old Romney
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
Total: (=0d.)
Hothfield
Value£10£10 (=2400d.)
Total: £10 (=2400d.)
Chilham, castle
Value£30£30 (=7200d.)
Total: £30 (=7200d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

Jurors

  • Thomas Gotele
  • Thomas Fryght
  • John Bocher
  • Henry Martyn
  • Stephen Culverden
  • John Essex
  • John Gyles
  • Robert Everstede
  • John Bregge
  • John Hyrste
  • Richard Wealdyche
  • Stephen Clerk

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