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BEATRICE, WIFE OF JOHN, EARL OF HUNTINGDON , WHO WAS WIFE OF THOMAS, EARL OF ARUNDEL
Inquisition Head
ESSEX. Assignment of dower [indented]. [Various places].n101 5 October 1437. [Paule].
[Assignment: ms faded and torn in places.]
Holdings
John Horseley , attorney of John, duke of Norfolk , Thomas Stokdale , attorney of Edward Nevyll and Elizabeth his wife, and John Fox , attorney of Roland Lentale, knight , and Edmund son of Roland, next heirs of Thomas, late earl of Arundel . The following was assigned to John, earl of Huntingdon , and Beatrice his wife, who was wife of Thomas, late earl of Arundel , in name of Beatrice’s dower.
In the presence of
John Hayward, farmer of the manor, and various tenants at the manor of Woolston, viz., a
grange called ‘Corneberne’ standing east-west in length; a messuage and 30 a. land, that ...
Martyn holds according to manorial custom; a messuage and 20 a. enclosed land and meadow,
that
Peter
Smyth
now holds; 40 a. land, that were of
John
Lambardes
and now held by
Richard
Billyngburgh
; rent of one tenement, lately of the said
John
Lambardes
... Richard holds,
called ‘Sauages’; a cottage and 7 a. land lying in ?various ?crofts, called ‘Gerveyse’, that
John ... holds; a tenement and 30 a. land lying in various crofts, lately of
John
Fulham
,
that
Margery
Fulham
holds; one... acres of land lying in various crofts, called
‘Hoghbrounyng’, lately of
John
Brounyng
, that
Richard
Parceshale
holds; 3d. assize rent for
an acre of meadow, a moiety of which lies in ‘Longemede’ and the other moiety of which lies
in common meadow, that
Richard
Baryngton
holds, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; 30 a. land
in a close called ‘Salescroft’, of which 4 a. lie enclosed in ‘Littill Salescroft’; 40 a.
land in a close called ‘Twelfacres’ [sic]; 12 a. land in a close called ‘?Baug...’... lying
near the external gates of the manor; 2 a. meadow called ‘Gangefeld’, of which 1/2 a. is
enclosed in...; 4 a. meadow in a close called ‘?Hanmede’; 3 a. meadow in a close called
‘Posternmede’; 2 a. meadow in a close called ‘Gerardmede’; and 2 1/2 a. wood of 7 a. wood in
a grove called ‘Hilgrove’.
In the presence of the farmer and tenants at the manor of Margaretting,
viz., a messuage and 20 a. land and meadow, lately of
John
Ponde
[and now held by]
John
Taboure
; a tenement and 8 a. land in 2 closes called ‘Rolfs’, lately of
Adam
Rolf
and now
held by Walter S...; ?7 a. land in a close called ‘?Sakynglande’, that
Stephen
Coke
and Emma
his wife hold; a tenement... called ‘Pacok’, lately of
William
Pacok
and now held by
Laurence
Swetyng
; a tenement and 20 a. land in... ?....etes and alt...... of Richard ...,
now held by
Nicholas
Ketell
; a tenement and 20 a. land, lately of
Walter
Swetyng
...
Frensshe...; 13s. assize rent, payable at Easter and ?Michaelmas... of Blackmore...
called ‘Scrapels; 30 a. land lying in a close called ‘...aldefeld’; 6 a.... in a ... in close
called...; 6 a. land in a close called ‘Parva Whetley’; an acre of pasture in one...;...
pasture in a close called ‘Calfehope’; 6 a. pasture in ‘Lamberneleys’; 2 a....; 5 a. wood
in a close called ‘Littilhoo’; 2 a. wood in a close called...;... manor called ‘Cowhouse’
alias the said ‘Shepyn’.
[The assignment of dower continues on the following day. The ms
text is continuous.]
Assigned at the manor of High Roding, viz., 80 a. land in a close
called...... in a close
called...... in close called ‘Parkefeld’ on the northern side of the manor; 1/3... on
the northern side of the manor, as aforesaid,... ‘le Parkefeld’ abuts; 1/2 granary (grangie
bladi)... ?[on the northern side to the end of the northern]... grange... entry and exit;
7 a. wood in the wood called ‘?Roeyngwode’... of the same wood; 7 a. ?meadow... acres of
land, lately of
Peter
Pytee
, now held by William ?Cristennia; a ?tenement and 30 a....
Aleyne, that
John
Aleyne
holds; a tenement and 30 a. land called ‘?Rol...’ ?[that
John
Rok
now holds]; a tenement and 20 a. land, lately of
Hubert
Plasshy
, now held by
John
Chopyn
;
... lately of John ..., now held by
Richard
Rande
; a tenement and 9 a. land, lately of
Richard ?Fokes...;... acres of land, lately of John ?Nek, formerly... Neke, and that the
said ?Margaret and William...;... tenement, lately of
John
Plassh
, and ?2 1/2 a. ?land,
?lately of John ?Dry..., that John...;... shillings rent...
Walter
Spy...
holds;... of
Thomas M... that...... Mark...nt and William ?Strete... that the same
William
Strete
holds;... now holds there....
Assigned at the manor of Househam, in the presence of
Nicholas M..., farmer of the manor..., viz., in a close called ‘Whitwell’... acres...
called... acres of pasture... holds there and a certain (quandam)... within the manor,
?outside the gates... and 8 a. land in a close called ‘Tenacres’....
TNA reference
C 139/89/73 mm. 1, 3
Inquisition Head
WILTSHIRE. [No information discernible regarding date, place, and escheator’s name.]
Holdings
[Inquisition: much of it in poor condition, torn and faded.]
...
?‘Carpentereslond’.... Item:... 2 a.... on the western side.... Item:....... land
of
Robert
Confolde
. Item:... 14 a. land in le...age called ‘?Doneforlange’ by... western
.... Item:.....ynglond by... croft.... Item: 10 a. pasture in ?Bulkington.......
Item: an acre of land called... Frankelayn. Item: a knight’s fee in ...vilesaicon that John
?Han...lde holds.... Item:... part of a knight’s fee that
Robert
Confolde
holds. Item:
... part of a knight’s fee that
Richard
Mayne
holds. Item: 1/4 knight’s fee that... I
assigned to the same... John ?Webbe... virgate(s) of land and all rent.... Item: the
tenement of Robert ?Foat with... virgate(s) of land... the tenement lately of
John
Swift
and 1/2 virgate of land. Item: the tenement ?Sebille... 1/2 virgate and.... Item: the
tenement lately of William atte ?Hale with... virgate of land.... Item:... virgate of
land. Item: the tenement... virgate of land. Item: the tenement lately of William ?Clot at
Bulkington.... Item: the tenement lately... land. Item: the tenement of ?Peter ?Prentys
called ‘?G...llel’ with ?1/2 virgate of land. Item: the tenement of ?William ... virgate of
land. Item:... of one messuage and 20 a. land and meadow that ?Peter ... now holds. Item:
the tenement of
John
Kybard
with 1/3 virgate of land. Item: the tenement of ?Richard ?Smyth
... with 1/3 virgate of land. Item: the tenement of Thomas ...feld, with 1/3 virgate of
land. Item: the tenement lately of
Thomas
Ismonde
, with 1/3 virgate of land. Item: the
tenement of
John
Badecok
, ?senior, with 1/3 virgate of land. Item: the tenement of ?John
..., ?lately ?of ?R... with 1/3 virgate of land. Item: a toft lately of
Peter
Russell
, with
1/3 virgate of land. Assigned to Beatrice: the cottage of
John
Forester
; the cottage of
John, vicar of Keevil
; the cottage of
John
Shephurd
, lately ‘Togardes’; the cottage of John
Born; the cottage of ?John ?Clucyng; the cottage of
John
Paulesholt
; the cottage of
William
Dunyng
; the cottage of
Agnes
Bonell
; the cottage of
Walter
Fyde
, lately of
John
Patyn
; the
cottage of John ?Wist of Keevil Wick; the cottage of
John
Foot
of Bulkington; and the
cottage of
John
Whaddon
. Assigned: 17s. 5 1/2d. from ?
Richard
Mayne
for his free tenement;
1/3 virgate of land called ‘le ?Hunte’, that
Richard
Mayne
holds; all male and female neifs
of the blood, male and female, of the above tenements, as well as their progeny; and all
liberties and free customs within the manor of Keevil and 1/2 manor of Bulkington. Beatrice
is to have all lands and tenements, knights’ fees, liberties and free customs and other
possessions whatsoever, with free entrance and exit.
Assigned: 1/3 manor of Knighton. Within
the manor, there is a house called ‘Vodderhous’; 2 ‘rowmes’ of the barn on the northern
side; 1/3 garden and close, viz., that part in which the stank and dovecot lately were, with
orchard and encircling ditch; 2 a. land extending onto 6 a. land in ‘le Southfelde’; 2 a.
beside the ‘landeshar’ of Durrington; 4 a. on ‘le hull’ beside the vill on the western side;
4 a. in ‘Langlonde’; 2 a. at ‘Northende’ of 3 a. in ‘le Den’; 2 a. at ‘le Lynche’; 4 a. on
with western side of the king’s way; 2 a. of ‘Rawelynslond’ in ‘le Hamme’; 2 a. beside the
cross on the eastern side of the king’s way; an acre at ‘le Dyche’; a ‘hedacre’ at the
northern end of an acre in ‘Myddelhamms’; an acre at ‘Mol’; an acre at ‘Myddelhull’ called
‘Kyngesacr’; an acre called ‘Frayday’; an acre called ‘Kyngeslond’; 1 1/2 a. of
‘Cuttyngeslonde’ beside the king’s way; 1 1/2 a. land called ‘Houndelond’; 5 a. of
‘?Reparolond’ on the western side; an acre that
John
Carter
holds; 1/3 profits of the mill;
an acre of meadow called ‘Gounesmede’; an acre of meadow in ‘le Merssh’; 2 1/2 a. meadow
called ‘Pipers’ and ‘Rawlyns’; pasture for 140 sheep; and 1/3 of the houses and tenements of
William
Thomas
and 21 a. land that he now holds beside the vill, and 1/3 of the houses of
the same Thomas there. Assigned: 1/3 [?manor] of Knighton, with 1/3 of the water-courses and
fishery there.
In witness of which, I, the escheator affixed my seal to the part of this indenture remaining with Beatrice, and she affixed her seal to the other part that remains with me.
TNA reference
C 139/89/73 m. 2
Inquisition Head
SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Assignment of dower. Clun. 21 October 1437. [ Lee ].
Holdings
Assignment of dower to John, earl of Huntingdon , and Beatrice his wife, who was wife of Thomas, late earl of Arundel , to separate and make boundaries between the dower lands of 1/3 lordship of Teirtref and 1/3 forest of Clun, with 1/3 parks there, and 2/3 lordship, forest, and parks. In the presence of Geoffrey Harley and other trustworthy persons.
Teirtref, 1/3 lordship, viz., in
length from Burfield to Little Pen-y-wern, from Little Pen-y-wern to the ridgeway on the
Mynd from Purlogue (Rugewey super Myndde de Porthloke) and then to the place of
Hugh
ap
Ieuan
, and then to Bucknell Wood, and from Bucknell Wood to Ryddemayne. In width to
Annerthmayre, from Annerthmayre to Huchecoyte, from Huchecoyte to Clunbury Wood, from
Clunbury Wood to Snedde, from Snedde to Pen-y-wern, from Pen-y-wern to Forth, and from Forth
to Rockhill.
Treverward, Purlogue (Porthloke), Hopebendrid, Manutton, Hobarris, Obley,
Pentre Hodre (Pyrthyrodr’), and Obealeyseyson, the vills within the boundaries and
divisions.
Clun, 1/3 forest, viz., in length from Gripesnest (Croysneste) to Nauntrerngelyn,
then to the brook (Broke) that lies between Kenbryth and Kevencalonog, then to Donne, then
to Goltorth, and then to the palisade of the parks called ‘Brokekeputh’. In width from the
palisade to the brook of Cwmffrydd, then to the brook of Tonken, and then to the ‘lidyate’
of Chadwall. Also assigned: the small park beneath Clun Castle, for a third of the parks.
TNA reference
C 139/89/74 mm. 1–2
n101^: Variously at the manors of Woolston, Margaretting, High Roding, and Househam, when lands are being assigned from them.
Holdings
| Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corneberne, Sauages, Gerveyse, Hoghbrounyng, Longemede, Salescroft, Littill Salescroft, Twelfacres, Baug..., Gangefeld, Hanmede, Posternmede, Gerardmede, Hilgrove (Assigned Holding) | ||||
| grange | a (1 x grange) | - | ||
| messuage | a (1 x messuage) | - | ||
| land | 30 a. (30 x acre) | - | ||
| messuage | a (1 x messuage) | - | ||
| land, meadow | 20 a. (20 x acre) | - | ||
| land | 40 a. (40 x acre) | - | ||
| rent | - | |||
| cottage | a (1 x cottage) | - | ||
| land | 7 a. (7 x acre) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| land, crofts | 30 a. (30 x acre) | - | ||
| land | - | |||
| assize rent, meadow | 3d. | 3d. (=3d.) | ||
| land | 30 a. (30 x acre) | - | ||
| land | 40 a. (40 x acre) | - | ||
| land | 12 a. (12 x acre) | - | ||
| meadow | 2 a. (2 x acre) | - | ||
| meadow | 4 a. (4 x acre) | - | ||
| meadow | 3 a. (3 x acre) | - | ||
| meadow | 2 a. (2 x acre) | - | ||
| wood | 2 1/2 a. (2.5 x acre) | - | ||
| Total: 3d. (=3d.) | ||||
| Rolfs, Sakynglande, Pacok, ....etes, Scrapels, ...aldefeld, Parva Whetley, Calfehope, Lamberneleys, Littilhoo, Cowhouse, Shepyn (Assigned Holding) | ||||
| messuage | a (1 x messuage) | - | ||
| land, meadow | 20 a. (20 x acre) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| land | 8 a. (8 x acre), 2 (2 x land) | - | ||
| land | 7 a. (7 x acre), a (1 x land) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| land | 20 a. (20 x acre) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| land | 20 a. (20 x acre) | - | ||
| assize rent | 13s. | 13s. (=156d.) | ||
| land | 30 a. (30 x acre), a (1 x land), 6 a.... in a (6 x acre) | - | ||
| land | 6 a. (6 x acre), a (1 x land) | - | ||
| pasture | an acre (1 x acre) | - | ||
| pasture | one (1 x pasture), a (1 x pasture) | - | ||
| pasture | 6 a. (6 x acre), 2 a. (2 x acre) | - | ||
| wood | 5 a. (5 x acre), a (1 x wood) | - | ||
| wood | 2 a. (2 x acre), a (1 x wood) | - | ||
| Total: 13s. (=156d.) | ||||
| Parkefeld, le Parkefeld, Roeyngwode, Rol... (Assigned Holding) | ||||
| land | 80 a. (80 x acre), a close called...... in a (1 x land), 1/3 (0.33 x land) | - | ||
| granary, grange | 1/2 (0.5 x granary grange) | - | ||
| wood, wood, wood | 7 a. (7 x acre) | - | ||
| meadow, land | 7 a. (7 x acre) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| land | 30 a. (30 x acre) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| land | 20 a. (20 x acre) | - | ||
| tenement | a (1 x tenement) | - | ||
| land | 9 a. (9 x acre) | - | ||
| land | 2 1/2 a. (2.5 x acre) | - | ||
| tenement, land, tenement, rent | 30 a. (30 x acre) | - | ||
| Total: (=0d.) | ||||
| Whitwell, Tenacres (Assigned Holding) | ||||
| land | 8 a. (8 x acre), a (1 x land) | - | ||
| pasture | a (1 x pasture), a (1 x pasture) | - | ||
| pasture | a (1 x pasture), a (1 x pasture) | - | ||
| Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
