E-CIPM 26-503: WILLIAM LASSELS OF SOWERBY, ESQUIRE

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WILLIAM LASSELS OF SOWERBY, ESQUIRE

Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Tuxford. 28 October 1446. [Babyngton].

Jurors

Jurors: Roger Stedman of Tuxford; John Drayton of West Markham; William Draper of Wellow; Richard Couper of Newark-on-Trent; John Rowe of Cotham; John Cundy of Farndon; William Granby of Shelton; Robert Forster of Newark-on-Trent; Thomas Burnham of Langford; John Phelypot of Averham; John Clement of Hawton; John Smyth of Rolleston; and John Beeston of Holme.

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Tuxford, 11 ruinous messuages, each worth 18d. yearly, 8 bovates of land, each worth 3s. yearly, and 39 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; an enclosure (clausur’) called ‘le Parkfeld’, worth 12d. yearly; a wood, containing an estimated 9 a., worth nothing yearly; and 5d. free rent, issuing from certain lands and tenements of Roger Stedman , payable at Easter and Michaelmas.
Milton, 2 messuages, each worth 2s. yearly; 6½ a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; and 7s. 2d. free rent issuing from certain lands and tenements of various tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas.
East Markham, 3 waste messuages, with 4 gardens, worth 3s. yearly; 118 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; and 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly.
East or West Drayton ( Drayton ), 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly.
Clarborough, a messuage, worth 2s. yearly.
All the above are held of the king in chief as 1/3 of 1/3 knight’s fee. n270

He died on 30 July last. John Lassels is his son and next heir, aged 32 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 10 November 1446.

TNA reference

C 139/125/14 mm. 1–2

n270^: ‘As 1/3 of 1/3 knight’s fee’ interlined over erasure in C 139. E 149: ‘by fealty only’.

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Tuxford
Total: -
Milton
Total: -
East Markham
Total: -
East, West Drayton
Total: -
Clarborough
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Fryston(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

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