E-CIPM 25-451: RALPH BUSSH, ESQUIRE

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RALPH BUSSH, ESQUIRE

Writ Head

450 Writ. ‡ Dogmersfield. 4 August 1441. [Louthe].

Addressed to the escheator in Somerset and Dorset. Endorsed by William Neuton, escheator.

Inquisition Head

[Inquisitions not extant.]
TNA reference

C 139/102/1 m. 1

Writ Head

451 Writ. ‡ Dogmersfield. 4 August 1441. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Royston. 6 November 1441. [Burgh].

Jurors

John Derby ; John Gosson ; Robert Turpyn ; William Hynton ; John Tadlowe ; John Molt ; Thomas Skynner ; John Coors ; William Canon ; Robert Wenneham ; William Saundyr ; and William Skynner .

Holdings
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne, fee, or service, but he died seised of the following by curtesy from the inheritance of Eleanor, lately his wife, by reason of issue between them, with reversion to John Chidiok, knight, son and heir of Eleanor and John Chidiok, knight, her first husband.
Clopton, a third of 1/3 manor called Clopton Bury, but of whom and by what service it is held is unknown. There is the site of a third of 1/3 manor, worth 6d. yearly; 32 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; one acre and a rood of meadow, worth 2s. 6d. yearly; 6d. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; and 3s. 8d. assize rent from various tenants-at-will, payable at the same feasts.

He died on 11 July last. Robert Westbury is his next heir, viz., son of Elizabeth daughter of Ralph, and aged 24 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 20 November 1441.

TNA reference

C 139/102/9 mm. 1–2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Clopton Bury
site6d.6d. (=6d.)
arable4d. (per unit)32 a. (32 x acre)10s. 8d. (=128d.)
meadow2s. 6d.one acre and a rood (1.25 x acre)2s. 6d. (=30d.)
assize rent from various free tenants6d.6d. (=6d.)
assize rent from various tenants-at-will3s. 8d.3s. 8d. (=44d.)
Total: 17s. 10d. (=214d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Clopton Bury
site6d.6d. (=6d.)
arable4d. (per unit)32 a. (32 x acre)10s. 8d. (=128d.)
meadow2s. 6d.one acre and a rood (1.25 x acre)2s. 6d. (=30d.)
assize rent from various free tenants6d.6d. (=6d.)
assize rent from various tenants-at-will3s. 8d.3s. 8d. (=44d.)
Total: 17s. 10d. (=214d.)

People

People

  • Louthe(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John Derby
  • John Gosson
  • Robert Turpyn
  • William Hynton
  • John Tadlowe
  • John Molt
  • Thomas Skynner
  • John Coors
  • William Canon
  • Robert Wenneham
  • William Saundyr
  • William Skynner

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