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MAUD, LATELY COUNTESS OF ARUNDEL

Inquisition Head

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Amesbury. 5 November 1436. [Whitehorn].

Jurors

Jurors: William Thacham ; Richard Thacham ; Richard Bright ; John Purwet ; Peter Duyke ; William Gomeldon ; William Pette ; Richard Ambros ; John Judde ; William Marleborgh ; Henry Lewayn ; and Robert Bailly .

Holdings
She held the following in dower by endowment of John, lately earl of Arundel , her husband, reversion to Humphrey, son and heir of John, and his heirs.
Keevil, a third part of 2/3 manor, and
Bulkington, a third part of two parts of 1/2 manor,
annual value, £6 13s. 4d., held of Joan, queen of England , as of her castle of Devizes by knight service.

She died on 20 May last. Humphrey, her son and next heir, who is in the king’s wardship, is aged 7 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/81/39 mm.1–2

Inquisition Head

SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Shrewsbury. 18 October 1436. [Boerley].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Militis ; Thomas Banastre ; William Poynoure ; Richard Husee ; Griffin Kenaston ; Philip Otteley ; William Wullascote ; William Coton ; Richard Gery ; John Hynstok ; John Stuych ; and Nicholas Bromley .

Holdings
She held the following in dower of the inheritance of Humphrey, son and heir of John, lately earl of Arundel .
Dawley Magna, the castle and manor, and the hamlet of Harnage, annual value £8.
Treveleigh, the forest or vill, in the lordship of Duparts, with attachments of court and the profits of the same; a chamber in Duparts castle called the ‘chamber of King Richard’, with free entry and exit; the upper part of the bailiwick, lordship and hundred of Duparts, the vills of Blodwel Fawr, Blodwel Fechan, the dower assigned to Beatrice who was the wife of Thomas, lately earl of Arundel , in Blodwel Fechan excepted; the vills of Bryn, Sychtyn, Trefarclawdd, Trefonen, Weston Coton , Llanforda; the rent of Abertanat; the fields and meadows of Coed-y-go and the forest of Coed-y-gaer, the mills of Coed-y-go and Weston Coton excepted; 1/3 granary situated on the site of Duparts castle; a chamber below the chapel in Clun castle, with free entry and exit; the vill of Hudcote; two watermills in Clun and toll and prise of ale there; and the manor and lordship of Melverley in the March of Wales, annual value £50.

She died on 26 May last. Humphrey, earl of Arundel , her son and next heir, is aged 8 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/81/39 mm.3–4

Inquisition Head

SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Arundel. 3 November 1436. [Basket].

Jurors

Jurors: John Wiltschire ; William atte Welle ; Geoffrey Wepham ; William Scardevyle ; Thomas Dusse ; Richard Hayward ; Peter Malpas ; Richard Massy ; John Danver ; William Gilmyn ; Richard Skynner ; and Thomas Arteler .

Holdings
She held the following in dower.
Pallingham and Dunhurst, the manors,n249 with the park of Shillinglee. There is £20 assize rent, payable at Midsummer and Michaelmas equally; 120 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 360 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Alversham, the manor. There is 10s. assize rent, payable as above; 80 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly.
Pinkhurst, the manor. There is 106s. assize rent, payable as above; 80 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly.
‘Cleylond’ and ‘Croftlond’ [in Strettington], lands of those names, comprising 40 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly.n250
Orfold, the manor. There is 13s. 4d. assize rent; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 22 a. 3 roods meadow, each acre worth 13d. yearly.
East Lavington, the manor. There is £10 assize rent, payable as above; 223 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly.
Stopham, £3 from the manor.
Leigh, 13s. 4d. from the manor.
Rotherbridge and Easebourne, the two hundreds or hundred, with view of frankpledge, annual value 60s.
‘Alfredesholt’ [in the forest of Arundel], 2/3 of a bailiwick of that name.
n251

She died on 18 May 1436. Humphrey, son of John, lately earl of Arundel , is her next heir, aged 7 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/81/39 mm.5–6

Writ Head

644 Writ. ‡ 4 June 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Somerset and Dorset .

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Yeovil. 22 October 1436. [Husee].

Jurors

Jurors: John Gilden ; John Milborne ; Roger Ledrede ; Robert Geffray ; John Wydecomb ; John Welweton ; William Lumbard ; Ralph Manston ; John Pupelpenne ; John Virgyn ; John Neel ; and Stephen Houpere .

Holdings
By a fine levied on the octave of Candlemas 1417 [CP 25/1/291/64, no. 52], between William Frye , John Fauntelroy , John Beef , Edmund Elyet, clerk , William Taillour, clerk , Robert Curteys, clerk , John Trevarg, clerk , and John Cheuerell, querents , and Robert Lovell, esquire , and Elizabeth his wife, deforciants, Robert and Elizabeth recognised the following manors and advowson, among other manors and advowsons, to belong by right to Robert Curteys , releasing them, for Robert, Elizabeth and Elizabeth’s heirs, to William, John, John, Edmund, William, Robert Curteys , John and John, and the heirs of Robert, as fully contained in the part of the fine shown to the jurors. By virtue of this fine, William, John, John, Edmund, William, John and John were seised of the manors in demesne as of free tenement, and Robert Curteys in demesne as of fee, and of the advowson as of fee and right. Afterwards, Robert Curteys , by a deed of his, likewise shown to the jurors, dated at Kingsdon on 12 April 1417, released and quitclaimed, for him and his heirs, all claim which he had or might have in the future in the manors and advowson, among other specified manors and advowsons, to William, John, John, Edmund, William, John and John, and their heirs and assigns, so that neither he, his heirs, nor anyone in his name, could demand or lay claim to any right or claim in the manors or advowson, or any parcel of the same, being excluded from all action, right, title and claim. By virtue of this, William, John, John, Edmund, William, John and John were seised of the manors in demesne as of fee, and of the advowson as of fee and right. Afterwards, William, Edmund and William died, and John, John, John and John held the manors and advowson by right of survivorship. They allowed Maud, lately countess of Arundel , to have and occupy the manors and advowson at their will. From the time of the fine, and after the deaths of William, Edmund and William, free tenement of the manors remained with John, John, John and John. Maud had no other estate in the manors or advowson on the day she died or at any time before except only so much as at the will of John, John, John and John.
Kingsdon, the manor, together with the advowson of the church, annual value £20, held of Richard, earl of Salisbury , service unknown.
Somerton Erleigh, the manor, annual value 10 marks, held as above.
Somerton Randolph, the manor, annual value 100s., held as above.
She died on 19 May last. Heir as 642.
TNA reference

C 139/81/39 mm.7–8

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 22 October 1436. [Husee].

Jurors

Jurors: John Dene ; John Milborne ; Peter Pyneford ; Richard Fauntelroy ; William Straunge ; Thomas Wisman ; John Dunne ; John Frampton ; John Baylly ; John Kaylleway ; John Dare ; and John Mavyell .

Holdings
She held the following at will in the same way as 644.
Toller Porcorum, the manor, annual value £4, held of John Lisle, esquire , service unknown.
Puncknowle, the manor, and the advowson of the church, annual value £4 10s., held of Richard, duke of York , service unknown.
Kingcombe, the manor, annual value £4, held of Humphrey Stafford, knight , service unknown.
Date of death and heir as 644.
TNA reference

C 139/81/39 mm.7,9

Inquisition Head

NORFOLK. Inquisition virtute officii [indented]. Litcham. 12 June 1436. [ Gray ].

Jurors

Jurors: Simon Dycon ; Richard Skarlet ; Simon Soham ; John Pedder ; William Davy ; John Aleyn ; Richard Benton ; John Eyr ; William Beek ; John Buk ; Thomas Iryng ; Henry Clerk ; and Alexander Auger .

Holdings
She held the following in dower by endowment of John, lately her husband.
Castle Acre, a third part of two parts of two parts of the castle, vill and manor, annual value £4 7s. 10d, held of the king in chief by knight service.
Mileham, a third part of two parts of two parts of the manor, annual value £7 15s. 2 1/2d., held as above.
Date of death and heir as 644.
TNA reference

E 149/157/12 m.1

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Kingsdon
Value£20£20 (=4800d.)
Total: £20 (=4800d.)
Somerton Erleigh
Value10 marks£6 13s. 4d. (=1600d.)
Total: £6 13s. 4d. (=1600d.)
Somerton Randolph
Value100s.£5 (=1200d.)
Total: £5 (=1200d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John Gilden
  • John Milborne
  • Roger Ledrede
  • Robert Geffray
  • John Wydecomb
  • John Welweton
  • William Lumbard
  • Ralph Manston
  • John Pupelpenne
  • John Virgyn
  • John Neel
  • Stephen Houpere

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