E-CIPM 26-77: ALICE, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF JOHN ADAM

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ALICE, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF JOHN ADAM

Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Aylesbury. 10 January 1443. [Loughton].

Jurors

Jurors: John E[unclear: m]berton [ms torn] ; William Emberton ; William Martyn ; William Ryot ; Thomas Olkyn ; Thomas Sare ; Henry Carter ; Richard Terle ; John Goolde ; John Foyster ; Henry ‘of Dene’ ; n025 and Thomas Godynche .

Holdings
She held the following in demesne as of fee.
Edlesborough, a toft with appurtenant pasture annexed to it and enclosed, together containing 10 a., each acre worth 12d. yearly; 112 a. arable, of which 20 a. lie fallow (frisc’) and unoccupied, and are worth nothing, each of the remaining 92 acres being worth 6d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 5 a. pasture in a place called ‘Edlesburgh Grene’, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 12 a. wood which can be felled every tenth year, each acre when felled worth 6s. 8d. yearly, of which 11 a. were felled and carried off a were felled and carried off year ago when Alice was alive and will not be worth anything for the next nine years; 6a. enclosed arable at Hudnall, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 37s. 9d. assize rent from various tenants, payable at the four usual terms of Lady Day, Midsummer, Michaelmas and St Thomas the Apostle; and a toft and 1 a. annexed in Northall which Walter Cuggell of Northall once held of Alice and her ancestors, worth 20d. and 2 capons worth 4d., all held of the king in chief as ¼ knight’s fee Mortain, and by paying 3s. 5d. at Easter and 7s. at Martinmas for hidage and beaupleader.
Edlesborough,
2 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, and 2 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly, held of the prior of Caldwell by paying 12d. yearly to the prior and his successors; and
3 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, held of the heirs of Thomas Rufford by service of paying 9d. yearly
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She died on 1 January last. John Houghton is her son and next heir, aged 38 and more on 27 May last.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 22 January 1443.

TNA reference

C 139/110/41 mm. 1–2

n025^: E 149: Henry ‘of the Dene’.

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Edlesborough, Hudnall, Northall, Northall
toft, pasture12d. (per unit)a (1 x toft pasture), 10 a. (10 x acre) -
arableworth nothing, 6d. (per unit, Cultivated)112 a. (112 x acre), 20 a. (20 x acre), 92 acres (92 x acre) -
meadow12d. (per unit)12 a. (12 x acre)12s. (=144d.)
pasture6d. (per unit)5 a. (5 x acre)2s. 6d. (=30d.)
wood6s. 8d. (per unit, When Felled)12 a. (12 x acre), 11 a. were felled and carried off a (11 x acre) -
enclosed arable6d. (per unit)6a. (6 x acre)3s. (=36d.)
assize rent37s. 9d.£1 17s. 9d. (=453d.)
toft20d.a (1 x toft), 1 a. (1 x acre)1s. 8d. (=20d.)
capons4d.2 (2 x capons)4d. (=4d.)
Total: £1 19s. 9d. (=477d.)
land6d. (per unit)2 a. (2 x acre)1s. (=12d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)2 a. (2 x acre)2s. (=24d.)
Total: 4s. 6d. (=54d.)
land6d. (per unit)3 a. (3 x acre)1s. 6d. (=18d.)
Total: 4s. 6d. (=54d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Louthe(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John E[unclear: m]berton [ms torn]
  • William Emberton
  • William Martyn
  • William Ryot
  • Thomas Olkyn
  • Thomas Sare
  • Henry Carter
  • Richard Terle
  • John Goolde
  • John Foyster
  • Henry ‘of Dene’
  • Thomas Godynche

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