Holdings
By a fine levied on the quindene of Trinity 1430 [CP 25/1/71/273, no. 86], between
John
Malton
,
William
Menston
and
William
Sauage, querents
, and
Lewis
Robessart, knight
, and Elizabeth then his wife,
Henry
Bourgchier
, son of
William
Bourgchier, knight
, and
William
Bourgchier
, brother of this
Henry, deforciants
, the querents granted the following to Lewis and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by the services which belonged, successive remainders to the following, as is clear more fully in a part of the fine shown to the jurors: the heirs of Elizabeth’s body; Henry and the heirs of his body; William his brother and the heirs of his body;
Thomas
Bourgchier
, his brother, and the heirs of his body;
John
Bourgchier
, his brother, and the heirs of his body; Eleanor his sister and the heirs of her body; and to the right heirs of
Bartholomew
Bourgchier
, father of Elizabeth. Lewis and Elizabeth were seised of the manors, tenements, market stalls, quay, crane and rents in their demesne as of fee tail, and the fair, views of frankpledge, common and advowsons were seized into the king’s hand. Elizabeth survived Lewis, prosecuted their removal from the king’s hand, and possessed them by a writ directed to the escheator. She was seised, alone, of the manors, tenements, market stalls, quay, crane and rents in her demesne as of fee tail and the fair, market, warren, views of frankpledge, common and advowsons as of right and fee tail, and died seised of this estate without heir of her body. The following remain according to the fine to
Henry
Bourgchier
, now
count of Eu
, who survives and is of age.
Asheldham, the manor, held of
Richard, duke of York
, of his honour of
Rayleigh by service of
1/4 knight’s fee, annual value 10 marks.
Little Maldon, the manor, held of the king of his honour of
Peverel by service of
1/2 knight’s fee, annual value £10.
Langford, the manor, held severally of queen Katherine and Lord
Fitzwalter’s heirs – namely half of the queen of her honour of
Mandeville by service of
1/2 knight’s fee and half of the same heir [sic],
service unknown – annual value 40 marks.
Osea, the manor, held of the king of his honour of
Boulogne by service of
1/2 knight’s fee, annual value 100s.
Great Totham, the manor, held of the
earl of Stafford
,
service unknown, annual value 20 marks.
Messing, the manor of
Bourchier’s, held of the
earl of Oxford
,
service unknown, annual value 10 marks.
Aldham, the manor of
Little Fordham now called Bourchier’s, held of the king of his honour of
Boulogne in
socage by
fealty, annual value £10.
Stansted (
Stanestede), the manor, held of the
earl of Suffolk
of his honour of
Eye by
fealty, annual value 100s.
Halstead, the manor of
Abel’s, held of the same
duke of York
of his honour of
Stambourne by fealty, annual value 10 marks.
Wood
Hall
and
Patching, the manors, held of
Henry
Glouyll
by
fealty, annual value £10.
Moreton, the manor, held of the king in chief by service of
1/4 knight’s fee, annual value £10.
Greensted, the manor, held of the
earl of Stafford
by
fealty, annual value 10 marks.
Manhale, the manor, held of the king of his honour of
Boulogne by service of
1/4 knight’s fee, annual value 100s.
Asheldham,
Tillingham,
St Lawrence
,
Mayland,
Lawling,
Stanesgate,
Latchingdon,
Maldon,
Ulting,
Hatfield Peverel,
Langford,
Great Totham,
Tollesbury,
Tolleshunt D’Arcy,
Bradwell or
Bradwell on Sea (
Bradewell),
Faulkbourne,
Great Braxted,
Little Braxted,
Wickham Bishops,
Rivenhall,
Cressing,
Witham,
Messing,
Inworth,
Feering,
Kelvedon,
Fordham,
Aldham,
Chelmsford,
Broomfield,
Great Waltham,
Writtle,
Halstead,
Sible Hedingham,
Toppesfield,
Colne Engaine,
Stisted,
Braintree (
Magna Reyne),
Markshall,
Gosfield,
Braintree (
Branketre),
Bocking,
Wethersfield,
Little Laver,
Saffron Walden,
Ashdon,
Littlebury,
Great Chesterford,
Great Maplestead,
Little Maplestead,
East or
West Tilbury,
Pebmarsh,
Bulmer,
Middleton,
Alphamstone,
Twinstead,
Great Henny,
Little Henny,
Gestingthorpe,
White Colne,
Finchingfield,
Manuden and
Peyton, 30 messuages and 14 tofts, held of the
bishop of London
,
service unknown, annual value 100s.;
8 watermills, each worth 20s. yearly, and 4 dovecots, each worth 5s. yearly, held severally of the same bishop,
William
Mounchensy
’s heirs and Lord Fitzwalter’s heir,
service unknown; 30 market stalls, each worth 4d., held of the same bishop,
service unknown; a quay and a crane, worth 6s. 8d., held of the same bishop by
fealty; 4,680 a. land, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 500 a. land, 3d., of the same bishop,
service unknown; 400 a. land, 4d., of the
earl of Stafford
by
fealty; 700 a. land, 3d., of
William
Mounchensy
’s heir,
service unknown; 400 a. land, 4d., of the
earl of Suffolk
by
fealty; 1,600 a. land, 3 1/2d., of the
countess of Stafford
,
service unknown; 800 a. land, 3 1/2d., of the same heir of Lord Fitzwalter,
service unknown; and 280 a. land, 4d., of the prior of St John
of Jerusalem in England,
service unknown;
218 a.
meadow, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 100 a. meadow, 2s., of the same bishop,
service unknown; 80 a. meadow, 2s. 6d., of the same
countess of Stafford
,
service unknown; and 38 a. meadow, 20d., of the
earl of Oxford
by
fealty;
680 a. pasture, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 200 a. pasture, 3d., of the same
countess of Stafford
,
service unknown; 220 a. pasture, 2 1/2d., of the same
earl of Stafford
by
fealty; and 260 a. pasture, 2 1/2d., severally of the
bishop of London
and Lord Fitzwalter’s heir,
service unknown;
200 a. wood, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 100 a. wood,nothing above enclosure, of the prior of St John
of Jerusalem in England by
fealty; and 100 a. wood, nothing above enclosure, of the
bishop of London
,
service unknown;
540 a. marsh, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows –
240 a. marsh, 2 1/2d., of the same bishop by
fealty; and 300 a. marsh, 2 1/2d., of the same heir of Lord Fitzwalter by
fealty;
£54 rents, not held of the king or another, worth nothing above this; and rents of 60 geese, worth 10s. yearly, 100 capons, worth 18s. yearly, 100 hens, worth 12s. yearly, 100 eggs, worth 6[d.] [ms soiled] yearly, 20 roots of ginger, worth 1/2d. yearly, 10lb. pepper, worth 10s. yearly, 12lb. cumin, worth 6d. yearly, and 20 red roses, worth 1/2d. yearly – these rents not held of the king or another.
Halstead, a fair, worth 40d. yearly, and market, worth 10s. yearly, neither held of the king or another
Free warren in all the above manors, lands, meadows, pastures, woods and marshes, not held of the king or another, annual value 20s.
Asheldham,
Little Maldon,
Langford,
Osea,
Great Totham,
Tolleshunt D’Arcy,
Bourchier’s [in Aldham],
Stansted or
Stanstead Mountfitchet and
Abel’s, views of frankpledge in these manors, which are and always were severally parts and members of these manors, annual values contained in general in the extents of these manors.
Saffron Walden,
Great Chesterford,
Littlebury,
Ashdon,
Great Totham,
Langford,
Heybridge,
Tiptree,
Messing,
Inworth,
Tolleshunt D’Arcy,
Tolleshunt Knights and
Wickham Bishops, common pasture, not held of the king or another, annual value 20s.
Beeleigh, the advowson of the abbey, not held of the king or another, annual value nil.
Maldon, the advowson of the hospital of St Giles
, not held of the king or another, annual value nil.
Greensted, the advowson, held of the
earl of Stafford
by
fealty, annual value nil.
Little Laver, the advowson, held of the same earl,
service unknown, annual value nil.
Langford, the advowson, held of the
bishop of London
,
service unknown, annual value nil.
She held an estate for life in the manor of
Little Bentley with the
advowson of its church and the advowson of a chantry in
Ashdon, the manor and advowsons held of the
bishop of London
by
fealty, annual value £20.
To whom the reversion belongs is unknown.
She held the manor of
Stanford Rivers for life by demise of
Humphrey, earl of Stafford
, reversion to the same earl and his heirs. The manor is held of ?the
bishop of London [ms
galled and worn],
service unknown, annual value £20.
