‹ E-CIPM 24-669: JOAN, LATELY QUEEN OF ENGLAND ›

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She did not hold any lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king in chief or of any other. Henry II, king of England , duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou , by his letters patent, shown to the jurors, granted the manor of Shelford and Stoke Bardolf, among other things, to Thomas Bardolf and his heirs from the body of Rose, daughter of Ralph Hanselyn , by the name of all lands which were of the inheritance of Ralph Hanselyn grandfather of Rose, viz., those lands which escheated to the king by judgement of his court. By virtue of this grant, Thomas Bardolf was seised of the manor in demesne as of fee tail and of right and he took the profits. He married Rose and they had issue, Doun, to whom the manor descended after Thomas died seised of it. The manor then descended successively to William, son and heir of Doun, to his son and heir William, to his son and heir Hugh, to his son and heir Thomas, to William, son of Hugh, brother and heir of Thomas, who died without an heir of his body, to William’s son and heir Thomas, to his son and heir John, to his son and heir William, and to his son and heir Thomas, lately Lord Bardolf . From the latter the right descended, by form of the grant, to Anne, now wife of Reynold Cobham, knight , and Joan, now wife of William Philip, knight , daughters and heirs of Thomas. Thomas was seised of the manor in demesne as of fee tail until it was taken into ‪ Henry IV ’s hands by a judgement against him in the parliament at Westminster begun in 7 ‪ Henry IV and finished in 8 ‪ Henry IV [1406] [Rot. Parl. iii, p. 604]. By his letters patent dated on 10 August 1405 [CPR 1405–8, p. 46] ‪ Henry IV granted the manor, among other things, to Joan by the name of his dear consort, Joan, queen of England , for life, as part deduction of the 10,000 marks yearly conceded by him to her for life in dower, together with knights’ fees, advowsons and other benefices whatsoever belonging to it. Afterwards, ‪ Henry IV , being moved by conscience and in consideration of the said right and title, by his letters patent [CPR 1408–13, pp. 95–6], shown to the jurors, granted William Clifford, knight , then husband of the said Anne, and Anne, and William Philip and Joan, the remainder of the manor with knights’ fees, etc., among other things, to them and the heirs of the bodies of Anne and Joan, wholly and in the same way that Thomas held it before the judgement against him, reversion to ‪ Henry IV and his heirs. This notwithstanding the said judgement, the fact that ‪ Henry II ’s grant did not mention the manor specifically by name, and that the said grant was made before the time of legal memory and the statute of de donis and could not be tried by jury at common law or by inquisition. Afterwards, the said late queen, by her indented letters patent, shown to the jurors, recited both the grant of the manor to her and the grant to William and Anne, and William and Joan, as well as demising to them the manor with knights’ fees, etc., for the whole of her life, in return for rendering to her and her assigns £35 yearly during that period, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally, as fully apparent in the same indented letters patent. By virtue of this demise, they were seised of the manor in demesne as of fee tail, continuing in this estate for the whole of William Clifford ’s life, after which William Philip and Joan, and Anne and Reynold her current husband, continued in the same estate for the whole of the late queen’s life. The said late queen had nothing in the said manor on the day she died except the said £35 rent, none of which was in arrears at that time.

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

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