E-CIPM 24-623: WALTER ASSHE OF BEYTON, SUFFOLK

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WALTER ASSHE OF BEYTON, SUFFOLK

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Chelmsford. 21 June 1437. [Paule].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Strangman ; Thomas Goodlad ; Henry Boure ; John Bataill of Purleigh; Thomas Gant ; William Chapman ; John Salvage ; John Kyng ; Henry Bekener ; Henry Maldon ; Robert Balsam ; and John Fanner .

Holdings
He did not hold any lands or tenements of the king in chief or of any other in demesne or in service. Walter, lately Lord Fitzwalter, knight , was formerly seised of the manors of Woodham Walter, Ulting, Burnham, Little Henham and Lexden in demesne as of fee and, by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, dated at Woodham Walter on 12 July 1425, by the name Walter, Lord Fitzwalter and of Woodham Walter, and lord of Haye-du-puits and la Roche-Tesson in Normandy, he gave these manors to Lewis John , Richard Baynard , John Tyrell , Robert Darcy , Richard Fox , William Neulond , Robert Molynton , William Faukeswell and Richard Durywall and their heirs, and by virtue of this enfeoffment they were seised in demesne as of fee. William Neulond afterwards died, and Lewis, Robert Darcy , Richard Baynard , Richard Fox , Richard Durywall and William Faukeswell , by a deed of theirs, shown to the jurors, released all their right and claim to the manor of Woodham Walter to John Tyrell and Robert Molynton and their heirs and assigns, for which the king’s licence was obtained [compare CPR 1429–36, pp. 209–11]. John Tyrell and Robert Molynton , by an indented charter of theirs dated at Woodham Walter on 12 January 1431, demised the following to Walter Asshe for life, for good service past and future to Walter Fitz Walter and Elizabeth his wife.
Woodham Walter, a field called ‘le Westfeld’, in which are 16 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a pasture called ‘le Faune’, with the profits of the second mowing of two meadows, one called ‘le Holemed’ and the other called ‘le Curleighmead’, worth 2s. yearly; and a tenement, with all lands, meadows and pastures called ‘Heywardes’, worth 40d. yearly beyond maintaining a grange on the tenement, held of the king in chief by knight service, as a parcel of the manor of Woodham Walter.

He died on 16 September last. William Asshe , his brother and next heir, is aged 40 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/80/30 mm.1–2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Woodham Walter
arable6d. (per unit)16 a. (16 x acre)8s. (=96d.)
pasture, second mowing, meadows2s.2s. (=24d.)
tenement, lands, meadows, pastures40d.a (1 x tenement lands meadows pastures)3s. 4d. (=40d.)
Total: 13s. 4d. (=160d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Richard Strangman
  • Thomas Goodlad
  • Henry Boure
  • John Bataill of Purleigh
  • Thomas Gant
  • William Chapman
  • John Salvage
  • John Kyng
  • Henry Bekener
  • Henry Maldon
  • Robert Balsam
  • John Fanner

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