Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Puddington, the manor, with the
advowson of the church, pertaining to the manor,
held of the king
, of his manor of
Bradninch, as
½ knight’s fee. The advowson is worth nothing yearly. In the manor there is a waste site (
solum vastatum) where the capital messuage of the manor once was, worth nothing; a carucate of land, worth
10s. yearly; 200 a. gorse and heath, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and 9 customary tenants, each of whom renders 3s. 4d. yearly at Christmas,
Easter,
Midsummer, and Michaelmas.
Bommertown (
Bowemore), a toft and ½ ferling of land, annual value 2s., held of
Thomas
Cave
in
free socage.
Legh by Swimbridge, a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value 5s., held of
Richard, earl of Warwick
in
free socage.
Newport (
Nevport episopi), a messuage, a toft, a garden, an orchard, and 3 a. land, annual value 6d., held of the
bishop of Exeter
in
free burgage.
Bornacott, a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value 5s., held of
Thomas
Beamond, knight
,
service unknown.
Kipscombe, a toft, ½ carucate of land, and 100 a. gorse and heath, annual value 2s., held of
Christopher
Flemmyng
,
service unknown.
Mille
, a carucate of land, 4 a. meadow, 10 a. pasture, and 20 a. wood, annual value
6s. 8d., held of
John, earl of Huntingdon
,
service unknown.
Great Torrington, a messuage, annual value 4d., held of
John, earl of Huntingdon
in
free burgage.
Woodland, a messuage, ½ carucate of land, and 20 a. wood, annual value 2s., held of the
abbot of
Cleeve
,
service unknown.
Blindwell, ½ carucate of land, annual value 2s., held of
Robert
Cornewe
,
service
unknown.
Bradninch (
Bryngersh), 1/3 carucate of land, annual value 20d., held of
Robert
Cornewe
,
service unknown.
Goodleigh, a toft and 20 a. land, annual value 3s. 4d., held of the
prioress of
Cannington
,
service unknown.
Kingstree,
a messuage, ½ carucate of land, 8 a. meadow, and 40 a. gorse and heath,
annual value 3s. 4d. [tenure and service not specified];
5s. rent from various tenures of various free tenants at Michaelmas, service and of whom held unknown, but not held of the king
.
South Molton, a toft and 1 a. land, annual value 2d., held of
John, earl of
Huntingdon
in
free burgage.
Brixton ‘Englis’, a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value 5s., held of
John
Lite
in
free socage.
Exeter, 2 messuages, of no annual value, held of the
bishop of Exeter
in
free burgage.
He also held the following by curtesy after the death of Joan, late his first wife, from the inheritance of Joan’s kin and heirs, namely: William Gylbert, son and heir of Alice, one of the daughters and heirs of Joan, to whom pertains the reversion of one moiety; and
Joan
Dabernon
and
Elizabeth
Dabernon
, the daughters and heirs of Isabel, another daughter and heir of Joan, to whom pertains the reversion of the other moiety.
Brixton ‘Reyne’, the manor, annual value 100s., held of
William, lord Zouche
,
service unknown.
Holbeton, 1/3 manor, annual value 30s., held of the heirs of
Hugh
Courtenay, late earl of Devon
,
service unknown.
Whitchurch, a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value 2s.; and 24s. 11½d. rent from various tenures of various free tenants at Christmas,
Easter,
Midsummer and Michaelmas,
held of
John
Harry
,
service unknown.
Plympton ‘Earle’ (
Plympton comitis), a toft, of no annual value, held of
Thomas
Courtenay, earl of Devon
, in
free burgage.
Comehede
, a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value 5s., held of the heirs of
Richard
Walys
in
free socage.
Haske, a messuage, a carucate of land, 8 a. meadow, and 2d. rent from various tenures of free tenants at Michaelmas, annual value 10s., held of John, earl of
Huntingdon [
service not specified].
Upton Hellions, 1 a. meadow, with the advowson of the church, annual value 4d.,
service and of whom held unknown, but not held of the king.
Offwell, ½ manor, with ½
advowson of the church, viz. the right of presenting at alternate vacancies, annual value 10s., held of
Thomas, earl of Devon
,
service unknown.
Northleigh, a toft and ½ a. meadow, annual value 4d., held of
William
Bonevile, knight
,
service unknown.
Dulshayes, 6s. rent from various tenures of free tenants at Easter and Michaelmas,
service and of whom held unknown, but not held of the king.
By indenture shown to the jurors he granted to
William
Wodelond
, who survives, an annual rent of 13s. 4d., to be received from all his lands and tenements in
Woodland and
Puddington at Easter and Michaelmas, until William was promoted to an ecclesiastical benefice, with power to distrain in those lands for arrears in the event of non-payment.
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. He granted the same – described as all his messuages, lands, tenements, rents, and services in
Ernsborough,
Collacott, and
Furze –
to
John
Dabernon
,
Thomas
Perrot
, and
Roger
Reymour
, and their heirs and assigns, by virtue of which they were seised in demesne as of fee. The charter, dated 28
March 1422 at
Ernsborough, was shown here to the jurors. Thus seised, they granted the
messuages, etc. – described as all their messuages, lands, tenements, rents, and services in
Ernsborough,
Collacott, and
Furze –
to
John
Mulys
and his second wife Joan, who survives, and the heirs male of John’s body, with remainder to his right heirs. The
indented charter, dated 22 October 1422 at
Ernsborough, was shown to the jurors. By virtue of this grant John was seised in demesne as of fee tail and Joan was seised in demesne as of free tenement.
Ernsborough,
Collacott, and
Furze, 2 messuages, 4 carucates of land, 20 a. meadow, 100 a. gorse and heath, and 12s. rent [
no other details specified].
