Holdings
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service but was lately seised of the following in his demesne as of fee.
Durland, the manor, held of
James
Tuchet, Lord Audley
, of his manor of
Nether Stowey,
service unknown. Annual value of the manors of Spaxton and Durland, 24 marks.
Postridge, the manor, annual value 8 marks, held of Avice, lately wife of
Baldwin
Malet, knight
,
service unknown.
Aley, the manor, held of
Robert, Lord Poynings
,
service unknown.
Aisholt, the manor, held of
Robert, Lord Poynings
,
service unknown.
Fursyate, lands and tenements, held of
Robert, Lord Poynings
,
service unknown.
Annual value of the two manors and the lands and tenements, £10.
Edington, the manor, annual value £16, held of
Hugh
Malet
of his manor of
Sutton Mallet,
service unknown.
He granted the manors and advowson, with all lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services in the manors and in
Fursyate, to
Edward
Cullyford
,
John
Southwode, rector of Spaxton
,
John
Passeware
, and
William
Bochell
, and to their heirs and assigns. They were thus seised in their demesne as of fee. The grant was made by indented charter dated on 10 January 1430, in which he was described as John Hill of
Spaxton, son and heir of Robert Hill and Isabel his wife. The charter was shown to the jurors.
The grant was made on condition that Edward, John, John, and William re-enfeoff John Hill and Cecily his wife, still living, with the manors and advowson, to have to them and the heirs and assigns of John. Edward, John, John, and William therefore granted the manors and advowson, with all lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services in the manors and in
Fursyate, to John Hill and Cecily his wife, and to the heirs and assigns of John, to hold of the chief lords of those fees by due service. The grant was made by indented charter dated on 24 January 1430, shown to the jurors. John was thus seised of the manors and advowson in his demesne as of fee, and Cecily was seised in her demesne as of free tenement. John died seised of this estate.
He held the following in his demesne as of fee.
Littleton, the manor, annual value 12 marks, held of
James
Tuchet, Lord Audley
, of his manor of
Nether Stowey,
service unknown.
Harnham, the manor, annual value 10 marks, held of
Eleanor
Hulle
of her manor of
Oake,
service unknown.
Yard, the manor, annual value 8 marks, held of
Thomas
Stowell, knight
, of his manor of
Cothelstone,
service unknown.
Perry Fichet, the manor, held – with the exception of 8 a. land in a close called ‘Stacyescroft’ – of Avice, lately wife of
Baldwin
Malet, knight
, of her manor of Enmore,
service unknown. Annual value of the manor, exception excepted, 10 marks.
The 8 a. land, annual value 2s., parcel of the manor, are held of
Edward
Cullyford
of his manor of
Sampford,
service unknown.
Shurton, the manor, held of James, son and heir of
John
Luterell, knight
, of the castle of
Dunster
, by
knight service. James is a minor in the king’s wardship. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a garden containing 2 a. land, its pasture worth 2s. yearly; 40 a. arable, worth 20s. yearly, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, worth 8s. yearly, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, worth 10s. yearly, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a wood, its pasture worth 12d. yearly; 5 tenements, each consisting of a messuage and 10 a. land, worth 40s. yearly, each tenement worth 8s. yearly, payable by customary tenants at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; and perquisites of court, worth 20d. yearly.
Fiddington, 4 a. land, worth 2s. yearly, each acre worth 6d. yearly,
with
advowson of the church there, worth nothing yearly,
held of
Robert
Greyndour
in
socage.
Bridgwater, 15 1/3 burgages in the borough, worth 18s. yearly, held of
Richard, duke of York
, and Lord Zouche, in free
burgage.
Cannington, a messuage, 4 a. land, and 6 a. meadow; and
in
socage by
1/2d. rent for all service. Annual value 16s.
Wembdon, 30 a. arable, worth 13s. 4d. yearly, held of
William
Powlet
in
socage.
Salty, 2 1/2 a. arable, worth 12d. yearly, held of
Leonard
Tylly
of his manor of
Salty,
service unknown.
He held the following in right of Cecily his wife, still living.
Radstock, the manor, annual value 20 marks, held of
Richard, earl of Warwick
, of his honour of
Gloucester.
Wheathill, the manor, annual value £10, held of
John
Howlond, earl of Huntingdon
, of his manor of
Blagdon in
socage.
East Lydford, the manor, annual value 4 marks, held of
John
Typtoft, chevalier
, of his manor of
Curry Mallet in
socage.
Wellesley, the manor, annual value 40s., held of
John, bishop of Bath
, of his manor of
Wells by
knight service.
Woodford, the manor, annual value 5 marks, held of
John, bishop of Bath
, of his manor of
Wells by
knight service.
Blakeryth,
Mells,
Lovington,
Foddington,
Wells,
Dulcote,
Hakedene, and
Long Sutton, 8 messuages, 40 a. land, 20 a. meadow, and 200 a. pasture. The lands and tenements in
Blakeryth and
Mells, annual value 26s. 8d., are held of
Richard, earl of Warwick
, of his honour of
Gloucester,
service unknown; in
Lovington and
Foddington, annual value 5s., held of
John
Howlond, earl of Huntingdon
, of his manor of
West Lydford in
socage; in Wells and
Dulcote, annual value 4s., held of
John, bishop of Bath
, of his borough of
Wells in
socage; in Hakedene, annual value 4s., held of the
abbot of Glastonbury
in
socage; and the lands and tenements in
Long Sutton, annual value 3s. 4d., are held of the
abbot of Athelney
in
socage.
East Parrett,
n143 serjeanty and office of the bailiff, and office of county crier, annual value 6s. 8d., held of the king
in
socage.
Wells Foreign, office of the bailiff, of no annual value, held of
John, bishop of Bath
, in
socage.
