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Holdings

Long before Thomas’ death, John Cotes of Hunningham in Warwickshire, esquire, and Joan his wife, lately wife of William Baldyngdon , held the following, among other things, in dower of Joan by endowment of William from the inheritance of Thomas, son and heir of William. The lands and tenements apart from the manor are not held of the king, but of whom is unknown. The manor, lands, and tenements are worth nothing yearly beyond the rent. ⁿ⁴⁵⁵ By indented charter, dated on 6 February 1429, John and Joan demised them, among other things, to Thomas and his heirs and assigns for the term of Joan’s life, rendering £20 13s. 4d. in legal money at Banbury to John and Joan equally at the four terms of the year, viz., Lady Day, Midsummer, Michaelmas, and Christmas, with clause of distraint if the rent, or any part thereof, should fall into arrears in part or total by 1/2 year after any of the feasts, in which case it is allowable for John and Joan to re-enter the manor etc. and hold them again in Joan’s dower, as more fully contained in the indenture. The manor etc. were described in the charter as the manor of Albury and various other lands and tenements in Denton, Little Baldon, Great Milton, Chilworth, and Little Rycote, and as all the lands and tenements held by John and Joan for Joan’s life.