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JOHN BLOUNT OF DEDDINGTON, ESQUIRE n014

Inquisition Head

WORCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Droitwich. 20 October 1443. [Littylton].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Marchall ; Peter Cassy ; William Brase ; Thomas Wode ; Edmund Creswall ; John Furnyng ; Richard Clerke ; Simon Gaye ; Roger Sharp ; John Wheler ; Thomas Bulvynche ; and Richard Baker .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king or of any other.

He died on 2 May last. Humphrey Blount is his son and next heir, aged 20 and more on 25 November last.

TNA reference

C 139/109/32 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Bobbington. 6 November 1443. [Rody].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Hatte ; Thomas Peres ; John Marteyn ; Richard Mountforte ; John Deye ; William Warmyngton ; John Audry ; Thomas Jetok ; Richard atte Yate ; John Mountforte ; John Vele ; and John Baylly .

Holdings

He was not seised of any lands or tenements in demesne as of fee, and held no lands or tenements of the king or any other in demesne or in service.

Date of death and heir as 45.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 20 November.

TNA reference

C 139/109/32 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Bloxham. 10 November 1443. [Nowers].

Jurors

Jurors: William Dandy ; William Brys ; John Helmeden ; William Palmer ; John Hykkes ; William Wircetre ; Thomas Michell ; John Latymer ; John Wysdom ; Roger Dorsete ; John Smyth ; and William Troll .

Holdings

Findings as 46.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 20 November.

TNA reference

C 139/109/32 mm. 5, 7

Inquisition Head

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Abingdon. 12 November 1443. [Nowers].

Jurors

Jurors: John Coventre ; John Weryng ; John Golde ; Richard Ferman ; Hugh Rose ; Richard Doo ; John Touresey ; John Meryweder ; William Okebourne ; John Wodestoke ; John Stafford ; and Henry Bocher .

Holdings

Findings as 46.

TNA reference

C 139/109/32 mm. 5–6

Inquisition Head

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition virtute officii [indented]. Cheadle. 6 June 1443. [Coton].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Lokwod and Ralph Thornbury of Thornbury; Ralph Orcherd of Garshall ; Robert ?Derdemore of Froghall; John Heywod of Stoney Low; Hugh Walker of Madeley; William Kyngeston of Kingston; John Lovot of Callowhill; Roger Trubshawe ; John Bailly ; William Delff of Dilhorne; John Holyns ; John Lord of Waterfall; Robert Bradhed of Bradhed ; and Thomas Richardson of Wetton.

Holdings
John Blount, knight , was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Balterley, Fenton Culvert, Ramshorn, and Biddulph, a messuage, worth 4s. yearly; two bovates of land, worth 6s. yearly; 80 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 80 a. moor, each acre worth ½d. yearly; and £9 13s. 4d. rent, held of the present ‪ king in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee.
Denstone, 9 messuages, worth 18s. yearly; 120 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly;
Waterfall, 8 messuages, worth 16s. yearly; 80 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 300 a. heath, each acre worth ½d. yearly; and
Ellastone, 6 messuages, worth 12s. yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 60 a. heath, each acre worth ½d. yearly,
held of the abbot of Rocester , service unknown. He married Juliana, and had issue by her: John. After Juliana’s death he married Isabel, and had issue by her: John Blount of Deddington. He died seised of such estate of the above, which after his death were taken into the present king’s hand, where they remained until they were delivered to John Blount of Deddington, at his suit, and by colour of an inquisition taken at his instigation at Stafford before Humphrey Lowe [CIPM, XXII, 398]. The tenor of the inquisition was shown to the jurors, and its findings were as follows. Thomas Farnecote, late parson of the church of Neuton , and William Dilwyn, clerk , were lately seised of the above in demesne as of fee. By royal licence [CPR 1381–5, pp. 388–9] they granted the messuage, etc., in Balterley, Fenton Culvert, Ramshorn, and Biddulph, which were held of ‪ Richard II in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee, to John Blount, knight , and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of John. As a result they were seised in demesne as of fee tail, and at his death John Blount, knight , held the messuage, etc., in demesne as of fee tail in the said form of the present king by the above service. Thomas and William granted the messuages, etc., in Denstone, Waterfall, and Ellastone to John and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies between them, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee tail. They had issue: John Blount of Deddington, then surviving, aged thirty and more. At his death John Blount, knight , held the messuages, etc., in demesne as of fee tail in the said form of the abbot of Rocester , service unknown. He died on 4 April 1425, and John Blount of Deddington was his next heir by virtue of the entail. In fact Thomas and William never had any estate in the above or any parcel thereof, nor did they grant the above or any parcel thereof to John and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies, as the inquisition found. John Blount of Deddington therefore died seised in demesne as of fee of all the above.

He died on 2 May last. Henry [sic] Blount is his son and next heir, aged 20 and more. John Blount , the son of John, the son of John Blount, knight and Juliana his first wife, is the kin and next heir of John Blount, knight , aged 30 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 24 June 1443

TNA reference

C 139/109/32 m. 9

Inquisition Head

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Stafford. 20 June 1443. [Coton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Bedulf ; Thomas Salt ; John Wode ; Thomas Lyot ; Thomas Cowley ; William Eboys ; Thomas Banastre ; William Coldy ; Nicholas Holy ; John Cressewall ; Roger ?W[unclear: e]temore; and Henry Alle .

Holdings
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Balterley, Fenton Culvert, Ramshorn, and Biddulph, 9 messuages and 9 carucates of arable, annual value 5 marks; and 30s. service rent received at Martinmas from various other lands and tenements, delivered by his free tenants there, held of the king in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee.
Denstone, Ellastone, Waterfall and Quixhill, 9 messuages and 9 carucates of land, annual value 40s., held of the abbot of Rocester , service unknown.
He also held the following rents in Quixhill: the service of 20 winter-ploughs for a day (redd’ arrur’ viginti carucat’ yemal’ per unum diem), 20 hens or cocks (gall’), 100 eggs, and 20 boon-works in harvest, received from various lands and tenements, delivered by his free tenants, and worth 5s. yearly.
Date of death and heir as 45.
TNA reference

C 139/109/32 mm. 8, 10

Holdings

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People

People

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Jurors

  • Thomas Marchall
  • Peter Cassy
  • William Brase
  • Thomas Wode
  • Edmund Creswall
  • John Furnyng
  • Richard Clerke
  • Simon Gaye
  • Roger Sharp
  • John Wheler
  • Thomas Bulvynche
  • Richard Baker

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