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ANNE CHESILDEN

Inquisition Head

RUTLAND. Inquisition. Oakham. 23 March 1445. [Eltonhed].

Jurors

Jurors: John Spenythorn , Henry Bretan , and William Nevill of Ketton; Thomas Coke , Thomas Clerk , and John Agas of Empingham; John Lynham and Thomas Kendale of Oakham; Thomas Hanne and John Billynge of Langham; and Richard Hancok and Thomas Norman of Manton.

Holdings
She was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Leighfield, the manor, annual value 40s. [tenure and service not specified].
Rutland, the keeping of the forest, with ‘wyndfallyn wode’, ‘derefallyn wode’, cablishes, ‘wodsylver’, ‘heggyngsylver’, attachments of foresters, estreats and profits of swanimotes, chiminage, and appointing and removing all the foresters at will. The forest is held of the king in chief [service not specified], and is worth 17 marks yearly.
Braunston-in-Rutland, the manor, annual value 12 marks, held of Humphrey, duke of Buckingham , of his castle of Oakham, by knight service.

She died on 7 March 1445. John, son of John Chesilden , son of Anne, is her kin and next heir, aged 20 and more.

[Head:] Returned in Chancery 12 April 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/118/14 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 10 June 1445. [Eltonhede].

Jurors

Jurors: Philip Stenysmore ; William Snodon ; John Gregory ; John Hoggys ; John Boroyghwell ; Roger Grene ; Richard Taylour ; Richard Barker ; Laurence Palmer ; Thomas Botreux ; John Kingham ; and John Kyng .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. But she held the following in demesne as of free tenement.
Lower Benefield, a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; a croft, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; held of John Zowche, esquire , and Elizabeth his wife, service unknown.
East Carlton, a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 3 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 2 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; and 12 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly, held of the king , of the duchy of Cornwall, service unknown.
She was seised of 2s. rent issuing from various tenements in East Carlton [service and tenure not specified].
She was seised of the following in demesne as of free tenement, by grant of Simon Ward , once of Harpole, esquire, to his son Theobald, and Anne his wife – named in the writ – and the heirs and assigns of Theobald. Theobald died on 20 May 1414, and Anne then survived.
Harpole, a parcel of wood called ‘Horpoll Groue’, annual value 26s. 8d., held of Thomas Chambur, esquire , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 287, heir here aged 20 on 22 July 1444. Margery, n139 now the wife of John Dansey , is the daughter and next heir of Theobald, aged 40 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 5 July.

TNA reference

C 139/118/14 mm. 3–4

E 149/179/12 m. 1

Writ Head

289 Writ. ‡ 3 May 1445. [Bate].

Addressed to the escheator of Warwickshire and Leicestershire .

Inquisition Head

LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Market Harborough. ?30 June 1446. n140 [Hubawde].

Jurors

Jurors: John Kensham of Blaston; William Page of Illston on the Hill; William Noreys of Tilton on the Hill; Thomas Clerke of Marefield; John May of Somerby; Thomas Bufeton of Billesdon; William Bate [unclear: man] [ms torn] of Somerby; Richard Swan of Great or Little Bowden; Robert Jerveys and Robert Coke of Thorpe Langton; Walter Coley of Lubenham; and John Brett of Rotherby.

Holdings
She was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Allexton, the manor, called ‘Hakelettis maner’, held of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, service unknown. In the manor there is a site, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 2 crofts, each worth 2s. yearly; and a water-mill, worth nothing yearly.
She held the following in dower, after the death of Theobald Warde , her late husband, from the inheritance of Margery, wife of John Dansey , daughter and heir of Theobald.
Carlton Curlieu, 7 virgates of land, each worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and 4 crofts, each worth 2s. yearly, held of the king in chief, of the duchy of Lancaster, of the honour of Leicester, service unknown.
Long before her death she, Richard Baker, chaplain , and Robert Luffenham granted the following by indenture to Robert Chesilden – son of Anne and Robert Chesilden, esquire, her late husband – and the heirs male of his body. The indenture, shown to the jurors, was dated at Burrough on the Hill, ?23 March 1444. n141 Robert was seised by virtue of the grant.
Burrough on the Hill, 2 messuages, 3 cottages, a croft, 5½ virgates of land, 6 a. land and meadow [value, tenure, and service not specified], and 2s. free rent; and
Somerby, 18s. free rent; and the reversion of
4 messuages, a cottage, 4 virgates of land and meadow, and a croft [value, tenure, and service not specified], which John Dansey and Margery his wife hold for the term of Margery’s life
.
John and Margery attorned themselves to Robert in Anne’s lifetime. Long before her death, she and the above Richard Baker and Robert Luffenham granted the following among other things by indenture to John Chesilden, junior , son of Anne and Robert her late husband, and the heirs male of his body. The indenture, shown to the jurors, was dated at Thorpe Satchville, ?23 March 1444. n142 John was seised by virtue of the grant.
Thorpe Satchville, a messuage, 9 virgates of land, and a croft which the above John and Margery hold for the term of Margery’s life, and a parcel of meadow in the meadow of ‘Halyok’ [value, tenure, and service not specified].
John and Margery attorned themselves to John Chesilden, junior , in Anne’s lifetime.

Date of death and heir as 287, heir here aged 20 and more on 30 September last. Margery is aged 40 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 13 July 1446.

TNA reference

C 139/118/14 mm. 5–6

n140^: Thursday before St Thomas martyr, 24 Henry VI.

n141^: Monday after St Edward martyr, 22 Henry VI .

n142^: Monday after St Edward martyr, 22 Henry VI.

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Hakelettis maner
Total: -
Carlton Curlieu
Total: -
Burrough on the Hill
Total: -
Somerby
Total: -
Total: -
Thorpe Satchville
Total: -

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Hakelettis maner
Total: -

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

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