E-CIPM 24-311: EMMELINE GREY

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EMMELINE GREY

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Gainsborough. 27 January 1435. [Seyntpaule].

Jurors

Jurors: John Noreys ; William Qwyckesley ; William Cutwolf ; William Glide ; John Bailly ; John Hamson ; John Roley ; Robert Wright ; John Smyth ; Robert Cogeyne ; John Drapur ; and Thomas Samson .

Holdings
She died seised of the following in her demesne as of fee.
Gunthorpe, a messuage, worth 40d. yearly; 5 a. arable, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; and 2d. rent from 1/2 a. land, currently held by John Dolphyn , payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally, held of Katherine, duchess of Norfolk , service unknown.
She died on 5 December last. Isabel, who was wife of Humphrey Halughton, esquire , and Alice, wife of John de Leek, esquire , are her daughters and next heirs. Isabel is aged 52 years and more, and Alice is aged 50 years and more.
TNA reference

C 139/69/21 mm.1–2

Writ Head

311 Writ. ‡ 1 January 1435. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire .

Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Newark-on-Trent. 26 January 1435. [Cokfeld].

Jurors

Jurors: William Cresy ; John Weyth ; Robert Lowe ; James Elton ; William Weyth ; John Danet ; John Clerk ; Robert Baxster ; Hugh Padley ; William Ripper ; Thomas Shawe ; and John Exham .

Holdings
She died seised of the following in her demesne as of fee.
Langford, the manor, held of Henry, Lord Grey , service unknown. There is the manorial site, 15 messuages, 5 cottages, and a toft, worth nothing yearly; 48 bovates, each worth 4s. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 15 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; an enclosed pasture, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and 18d. assize rent from various tenements in Langford, payable at Martinmas and Pentecost equally.
She held the following in dower by endowment of John Grey, esquire , with reversion to the heirs of John.
Hickling, 3 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 3 virgates, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 5s. assize rent from various lands, payable at Martinmas and Pentecost equally; and advowson of the church there, held of the king of his earldom of Lincoln by fealty for all service. John Wysow, clerk , was presented by Emmeline and instituted as parson of the church long before her death, and was still parson at the time of her death.
Date of death and heirs as 310. Isabel and Alice are also the daughters and next heirs of John.
TNA reference

C 139/69/21 mm.5–6

Inquisition Head

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition. Sandiacre. 29 January 1435. [Cokfeld].

Jurors

Jurors: John Morten ; Thomas Smyth ; John Howet ; John Saunder ; John Williamson ; Thomas Fauvell ; John Hopkyn ; Richard Husse ; Thomas Gretton ; Robert Husse ; William Tymmyng ; and Nicholas Cook .

Holdings
She held the following in dower as 311.
Sandiacre, 1/3 manor, held of the king in chief by fealty and service of 7s., payable yearly at Easter and Michaelmas equally for all service. In the third, there are 3 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 3 virgates, each worth 20s. yearly; 7 bovates of land and meadow, each worth 5s. yearly; 1/3 manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 holm called ‘Overholme’, worth 4d. yearly; 1/3 meadow called ‘Formedewe’, worth 20d. yearly; 1/3 meadow called ‘Flitholme’, worth 12d. yearly; 1/3 grove called ‘Westnepus’, worth 4d. yearly; 1/3 watermill and 1/3 holm adjacent to the same, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and a third of 2 bovates and of a holm, situated by the manorial site, worth 40d. yearly.
Sandiacre, 3 bovates of land and meadow, each worth 5s. yearly; 1/3 plot of land called ‘le Conynger’, the third worth 8d. yearly; and 1/3 pasture called ‘Doddesholme’, the third worth 4d. yearly, held of Lord Grey .
Date of death and heirs as 310. Isabel and Alice are also the daughters and next heirs of John.
TNA reference

C 139/69/21 mm.5, 7

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Langford
site -
messuages15 (15 x messuages) -
cottages5 (5 x cottages) -
tofta (1 x toft) -
bovates4s. (per unit)48 (48 x bovate)£9 12s. (=2304d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)40 a. (40 x acre)£2 (=480d.)
pasture4d. (per unit)15 a. (15 x acre)5s. (=60d.)
enclosed pasture13s. 4d.13s. 4d. (=160d.)
assize rent18d.1s. 6d. (=18d.)
Total: £12 11s. 10d. (=3022d.)
Hickling
messuagesworth nothing3 (3 x messuages) -
virgates13s. 4d. (per unit)3 (3 x virgate)£2 (=480d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)12 a. (12 x acre)12s. (=144d.)
assize rent5s.5s. (=60d.)
Total: £2 17s. (=684d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Langford
site -
messuages15 (15 x messuages) -
cottages5 (5 x cottages) -
tofta (1 x toft) -
bovates4s. (per unit)48 (48 x bovate)£9 12s. (=2304d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)40 a. (40 x acre)£2 (=480d.)
pasture4d. (per unit)15 a. (15 x acre)5s. (=60d.)
enclosed pasture13s. 4d.13s. 4d. (=160d.)
assize rent18d.1s. 6d. (=18d.)
Value (=0d.)
Total: £12 11s. 10d. (=3022d.)

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Cresy
  • John Weyth
  • Robert Lowe
  • James Elton
  • William Weyth
  • John Danet
  • John Clerk
  • Robert Baxster
  • Hugh Padley
  • William Ripper
  • Thomas Shawe
  • John Exham

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