‹ E-CIPM 24-661: ISABEL WHO WAS WIFE OF STEPHEN HAYTFELD, ESQUIRE ›

Holdings

She held the following jointly with Stephen her husband by grant of Thomas Dru and Edmund Rede by a fine levied in the king’s court in 1425 [CP 25/1/191/27, no. 8], shown to the jurors, to have to Stephen and Isabel during Isabel’s lifetime, without impeachment for waste during that period, remainder wholly to Thomas Chaucer and his heirs.

Holdings

Maurice Russell, knight , now deceased, was seised of the following manors and advowsons in demesne as of fee and thus seised he granted them, among other manors, lands and tenements, by a charter dated on 10 May 1416, shown to the jurors, to William Hankeford, knight , Robert Hull , one of the king’s justices of the Common Bench, William Cheyny, knight , Maurice Brwne, knight , Robert Poynes , Hugh Deverell , John Iwn , Robert Stanshaw , Edmund Forde and John Boef and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this grant they were seised in demesne as of fee. Afterwards, William Hankeford , Robert Hull , William Cheyny and Hugh died, and Maurice Russell similarly died. After their deaths, John Iwn , by a deed of his, likewise shown to the jurors, remised all his right and claim to the manors and advowsons, among other things, for him and his heirs and assigns, to Maurice Brwne , Robert Poynes , Robert Stanshaw , Edmund and John and their heirs and assigns. Afterwards, by a charter of theirs dated on 24 May 1432, similarly shown to the jurors, they enfeoffed Isabel, by the name Isabel, Lady Scrope , then the wife of Stephen Haytfeld, esquire , and Margaret, wife of John Kemmes, esquire , daughters and heirs of Maurice Russell, knight , and their heirs and assigns with the manors and advowsons, among other manors, lands and tenements. By virtue of this enfeoffment Isabel and Margaret were seised of the manors and advowsons in demesne as of fee. Stephen and Isabel and John Kemmes and Margaret assigned a third part to Joan, wife of John Stradelyng, knight , who had been the wife of Maurice Russell , in dower after Maurice’s death. Subsequently, by a fine levied on the quindene of Martinmas 1436 [CP 25/1/292/68, no. 195], between John Cottesmore , Robert Rolleston, clerk , Richard Drayton , William Marmeon and John Stowe, querents , and John Kemes and Margaret his wife and Stephen Haytfeld, esquire , still living, and Isabel his wife, deforciants, John Kemes , Margaret, Stephen and Isabel recognised the manors and advowsons, among other things, to belong by right to John Cottesmore as that which he and Robert Rolleston , Richard, William Marmeon and John Stowe had from their grant. By this fine John Cottesmore , Robert Rolleston , Richard, William Marmeon and John Stowe granted to Stephen and Isabel 2/3 of the manors and advowsons for life. They also granted, for them and the heirs of John Cottesmore , that the 1/3 part then held by John Stradelyng, knight , and Joan his wife, still living, for Joan’s lifetime, of the inheritance of John Cottesmore , which should revert after her death to John Cottesmore , Robert Rolleston , Richard, William Marmeon and John Stowe and the heirs of John Cottesmore , should wholly remain to Stephen and Isabel for life, reversion of the whole to John Cottesmore , Robert Rolleston , Richard, William Marmeon and John Stowe and the heirs of John Cottesmore . By virtue of this fine Stephen and Isabel were seised of two parts of the manors and advowsons, and of the reversion of the third part, in demesne as of free tenement. Isabel died thus seised.

Holdings

She did not hold lands or tenements of the king in chief or of any other in demesne or in service.

Holdings

John Haket, senior , of the Isle of Wight, esquire, was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee, which, by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, dated at Bradpole on 29 September 1436, he demised to Stephen Haytfeld, esquire , and Isabel, named in the writ, then his wife, Lady Scrope, and her heirs and assigns, to hold of the chief lord of the fee by due services. The charter described the following as all his mill, lands, pastures and reversions in Bradpole. By virtue of this demise Stephen and Isabel were then seised, viz., Stephen in demesne as of free tenement and Isabel in demesne as of fee, and Isabel died this way jointly seised with Stephen, still living. The following now belongs to Stephen by right of survivorship.

By a fine levied on the quindene of Martinmas 1436 [CP 25/1/292/68, no. 195], between John Cottesmore , Robert Rolleston, clerk , Richard Drayton , William Marmeon and John Stowe, querents , and John Kemes, esquire , and Margaret his wife and Stephen and Isabel, deforciants , relating to Bradpole, among other specified manors, John Kemes , Margaret, Stephen and Isabel recognised that the manor, among other things, belonged by right to John Cottesmore as that which John and the other querents had by their grant, to hold to them and the heirs of John Cottesmore from the chief lords of the fee by due services. Moreover, John Kemes and Margaret and Stephen and Isabel granted for them and the heirs of Margaret and Isabel that they would warrant the manor, among other things, to John Cottesmore , the other querents and the heirs of John Cottesmore against all men. By this fine John Cottesmore and the other querents granted Stephen and Isabel 2/3 of the manor, among other things, to have and hold, from the querents and the heirs of John Cottesmore for the whole of Stephen and Isabel’s lives, without impeachment for waste during Isabel’s lifetime, for a rose yearly at Midsummer, rendering to the chief lords of the fee, for the querents and the heirs of John Cottesmore , all other services belonging to them. They also granted, for them and the heirs of John Cottesmore , to Stephen and Isabel for life remainder wholly of the other 1/3 of the manor, held at the time of the fine of the inheritance of John Cottesmore by John Stradelyng, knight , and Joan his wife for Joan’s lifetime, without impeachment for waste during Isabel’s lifetime, reversion wholly to the querents and the heirs of John Cottesmore , quit of the heirs of Stephen and Isabel, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due services. This fully appears in the one part of the fine shown to the jurors. By virtue of this fine, Stephen and Isabel were seised of the 2/3 of the manor, among other things, in demesne as of free tenement, and Isabel died thus seised jointly with Stephen. Stephen is still living and the 2/3 belongs to him by right of survivorship.