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JOHN SOMERTON, ESQUIRE n197

Writ Head

388 Writ. ‡ 26 January 1446. [Bate].

Addressed to the escheator of Oxfordshire and Berkshire .

[Dorse:] I took into the king’s hand all the lands and tenements of which he died seised.

Inquisition Head

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Deddington. 8 February 1446. [Wyghthyll].

[Inquisition: ms much corrected.]

Jurors

Jurors: William Horncastell ; John Bolde ; William Tomelyns ; Thomas Pryket ; Henry Lammare ; John Tyso ; Robert Chedworth ; William Dandy ; John Brond ; Robert Fyfhyde ; William Brown ; and Robert Lynde .

Holdings
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Deddington,
a tenement in a street (vicus) called ‘Chepingstrete’, annual value 13s. 4d., held of the king, of the duchy of Lancaster, by knight service;
a capital messuage and 2 carucates of land, annual value £4, held in socage, of whom the jurors do not know
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The jurors do not know of whom the following are held or by what services: a messuage with a curtilage, annual value 4s.; a tenement, annual value 2s.; a close, annual value 2s.; 6d. assize rent, received from James Samwell ; 4d. assize rent, from whom received not known; 2s. assize rent, received from Henry Lammare; a messuage with a curtilage in a street (vicus) called ‘Newstrete’, once worth 8s. yearly, now worth nothing because in decay; 2s. assize rent, received from Richard Byvyle ; 2s. assize rent, received from William Fyssher ; 2s. assize rent, received from Agnes Ray ; a cottage, once worth 3s. 4d. yearly, now worth nothing because in decay; a cottage, worth 3s. yearly; an empty plot of land, once worth 20d. yearly, now worth nothing; 2 cottages and 2 tofts, annual value [ms blank].
n198 Somerton,
a water-mill, annual value 53s. 4d., held of the prior of Merton by n199 rent of 13s. 4d.
The jurors do not know of whom the following are held or by what services: a messuage, 4 a. land, and a parcel of meadow, annual value 7s.; 6d. assize rent, received from John Rycote ; n200 and 2s. 7d. assize rent, received from John Repyngale and Richard Chauntecler .
Middle Aston, a toft and 1 a. land, annual value 8d.; and
Hempton, 3 a. land, annual value 2s.; and 1lb. cumin, not known from whom received, worth 3d. yearly,
of whom held and by what service not known. n201

He died on 28 November last. Margaret is his daughter and next heir, aged ¾ and more. Her wardship and marriage pertain to the king.

[Head:] Delivered to court on ?10 February by John Brev ..... ?of the queen (regine) [ms faded]

TNA reference

C 139/121/25 mm. 1–2

n197^: Styled esquire in writ only.

n198^: Note at foot of E 149 copy: £8 19s. 6d. The value of 2 cottages and 2 tofts is missing as above.

n199^: Deleted: homage and fealty.

n200^: Deleted: 3d. assize rent in [ms blank], received yearly from [ms blank].

n201^: Deleted: He held various lands and tenements in Deddington, annual value [ms blank] of the prior of Bicester by homage, fealty, and rent of [ms blank].

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Deddington
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Total: -
Somerton
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Total: -
Middle Aston
Total: -
Hempton
Total: -
Deddington
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Horncastell
  • John Bolde
  • William Tomelyns
  • Thomas Pryket
  • Henry Lammare
  • John Tyso
  • Robert Chedworth
  • William Dandy
  • John Brond
  • Robert Fyfhyde
  • William Brown
  • Robert Lynde

Map

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