E-CIPM 24-423: ELLEN WHO WAS WIFE OF ROBERT KNYVET

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ELLEN WHO WAS WIFE OF ROBERT KNYVET

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Brentwood. 3 July 1436. [Santon].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Baret ; Richard Crampe ; John Smyth of Brentwood; William Nyghtynghale ; John Pecok ; Richard Wilde ; John Hacheman ; John Danell ; Thomas Lawrence ; John Spycer ; John Berdefeld ; and Robert Miller .

Holdings
She held the following in demesne as of fee tail by grant of William Richard , alias William, son of Richard Clerk , and Nicholas Mymmes to Robert Knyvet and Ellen then his wife and the heirs of their bodies.
Shenfield, the manor, alias ‘fitz Wautiers’ in Shenfield, held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee. There is a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 240 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; and 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 12d. yearly.

She died on 13 April last. John Knyvet is her son by Robert and her next heir, and is aged 34 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/73/8 mm.1–2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Shenfield, Shenfield
capital messuageworth nothinga (1 x capital messuage) -
arable4d. (per unit)240 a. (240 x acre)£4 (=960d.)
meadow18d. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)15s. (=180d.)
pasture12d. (per unit)12 a. (12 x acre)12s. (=144d.)
Total: £5 7s. (=1284d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Shenfield, Shenfield
capital messuageworth nothinga (1 x capital messuage) -
arable4d. (per unit)240 a. (240 x acre)£4 (=960d.)
meadow18d. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)15s. (=180d.)
pasture12d. (per unit)12 a. (12 x acre)12s. (=144d.)
Total: £5 7s. (=1284d.)

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Thomas Baret
  • Richard Crampe
  • John Smyth of Brentwood
  • William Nyghtynghale
  • John Pecok
  • Richard Wilde
  • John Hacheman
  • John Danell
  • Thomas Lawrence
  • John Spycer
  • John Berdefeld
  • Robert Miller

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