E-CIPM 24-553: WILLIAM PORTER, KNIGHT

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WILLIAM PORTER, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

RUTLAND. Inquisition virtute officii [indented].n230 Uppingham. 27 April 1436. [Wyloughby].

Jurors

Jurors: William Caldecote ; John Basset ; John Baxter ; William Chapman ; Henry Thorp ; William Stoke ; Richard Parker ; Robert Symkynson ; John Warde ; John Skerhare ; Henry Breton ; and Richard Clyff .

Holdings
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Tixover and Ketton, a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a cottage, worth nothing yearly; 87 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; and 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly, held of William heir of William Porter , service unknown.
Edith Weston , a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and a virgate of land, worth 10s. yearly, held of the prior of the Carthusian house in Coventry, service unknown.
Gylthorp, a cottage, worth nothing yearly, held of William, heir of William Porter , service unknown.

He died on 8 February 1436. William Baxter of Wardley is his kin and next heir, viz., son of John, son of Alice, daughter of Roger, brother of Henry, father of Reynold, father of William Porter , and is aged 40 years and more.

[Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 21 May 1436.

TNA reference

C 139/78/37 m.1

E 149/158/8 m.1

n230^: Although not physically indented, the inquisition is described in ms as indented (‘indented inquisition taken at...’).

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Tixover, Ketton
messuageworth nothinga (1 x messuage) -
cottageworth nothinga (1 x cottage) -
land2d. (per unit)87 a. (87 x acre)14s. 6d. (=174d.)
meadow2s. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
pasture1d. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)10d. (=10d.)
Total: £1 15s. 4d. (=424d.)
Edith Weston
messuageworth nothinga (1 x messuage) -
land10s.a (1 x virgate)10s. (=120d.)
Total: 10s. (=120d.)
cottageworth nothinga (1 x cottage) -
Total: (=0d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wyloughby(Escheator)

Jurors

  • William Caldecote
  • John Basset
  • John Baxter
  • William Chapman
  • Henry Thorp
  • William Stoke
  • Richard Parker
  • Robert Symkynson
  • John Warde
  • John Skerhare
  • Henry Breton
  • Richard Clyff

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