Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 11

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 11

206. William Gurdun.
Writ to the sheriff of Lincoln, 13 March, 35 Hen III. Inq. (undated.)
William, his nephew, son of Roger Gurdun, aged 23, is his heir.
Lincoln. Aswardeby, 2 bovates land, whereof the said William was in seisin for 20 years before it came to the king's hands. Thomas le Bretun, who was a Norman, held that land in fee and not by reason of wardship.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (1.)
207. Baldwin de Preston.
Writ to the sheriff of Lancaster, 27 June. Inq. Saturday after St. Matthew, 35 Hen. III.
Henry, his son, aged 18 at Easter next, is his heir.
Lancaster. Fisvike town, about 18a. land and a moiety of a mill, held of the king, rendering 3s. 2d. yearly.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (2.)
208. Richard de Barvill alias de Barevill.
Writ to the sheriff of Lincoln, 22 Aug. 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
Robert, his son, aged 24, is his heir.
Lincoln. (Unspecified) 36 bovates land held of the king in chief by service of 1 sore sparrowhawk yearly.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (3.)
209. Richard Laundry alias Landri.
Writ to the bailiff of Kermerdin, 18 April, 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
William Landri, his brother, is his heir, and of full age.
Carmarthen. Kermerden bailiwick, 2 carucates land (unspecified) held of the king in chief by service of 5s. 6d., and if the king shall lead an army, he ought to go with horse and arms or send a sufficient serjeant in his place.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (4.)
210. Geoffrey de Rokingham.
Writ to the sheriff of Northampton, 11 July, 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
Geoffrey, his son, aged 25 and more, is his heir.
Northampton. Rokingham town, ½ virgate land held of the king in chief by service of collecting the guard (rent) of Rokingham Castle to the king's use; 1 virgate of Sir William Mauduyt, rendering 10s.; 2 virgates and 3a. and 5 cottages of Sir Richard earl of Cornwall, rendering 12s. 3d.; and a windmill held of the said earl. (See No. 246.)
C. Hen. III. File 11. (5.)
211. Gilbert de Popham.
Mandate from Henry de Wengham to the escheator in co. Southampton with transcript of writ, 4 Nov. 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated and defaced.)
Robert, his son, aged 25, is his heir.
Southampton. Bensted town, land and meadow, 4l. 5s. 4d. rent from free tenants, and villeins' rents and services, held by 4l. 6s. 9d. rent to the king, at Aulton.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (6.)
212. Richard le Botiller alias le Butiller.
Writ to Henry de Wingham, escheator, 3 May, 35 Hen. III. Extent (undated).
Robert, his son, is his heir, and of full age.
Cambridge. Waterbeche town, 110a. land, 32a. meadow, 45s. 4d. and ½lb. cummin rent, and customs of villeins, held of the king in chief by service of ½ knight.
Hertford. Mesdun manor (extent given) held of the earl of Oxford by 1 knight's fee.
Norfolk. Warham town, 100s. rent held of Sir John son of Geoffrey, service unknown.
Essex. Enefeud town, 100s. rent held of the earl of Hereford, service unknown.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (7.)
213. Richard de Prestekote alias de Prestecot.
Mandate from Henry de Wengham to the escheator in co. Oxford with transcript of writ, 3 Feb. 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
Walter de Prestecot, aged 24, is his heir.
Oxford. Blechisdon town, 1 hide land held of the king in serjeanty by service of bringing a roast of pork (assam porci) before the king when he shall hunt in Wychewude forest; and another hide held by service of ¼ knight's fee of the fee of Hervey Bagod, a little fee of Mortain. (See No. 859.)
C. Hen. III. File 11. (8.)
214. William son of Guy. (fn. 1)
Writ to the sheriff of Essex, 20 June, 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
Alexander, his son, aged 6, is his heir.
Essex. (Unspecified), 160a. land held of the king in chief by service of 37s., and 6d. to the heirs of Nicholas Duket, and 6d. to those of John son of Payn for warranty; 30a. marsh held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John by service of 25s.; 40a. land of the inheritance of his wife held to farm of the hospital of St. Bartholomew, London, for 5 loads of wheat, 5 of winterwheat, 5 of beans, 5 of barley, 8 of oats, and 4 cart loads of hay; 28s. 4d. rent of assize of the tenement held of the king; and 26s. 5d. rent of assize of the inheritance of his wife.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (9.)
215. Guy de Dunevill alias de Donevil, a Norman.
Writ to the sheriff of Hertford and Essex, 18 July, 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
He died in war against the king.
[Hertford?] Buniton, 160a. arable and 8a. wood held of Earl William de Mandevill by service of ½ knight's fee. The jury do not understand that it is escheat to the king, because the said earl is between the king and John de Burgo, who gave the land to Henry de Bathonia, who now holds it.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (10.)
216. Isabel, daughter of the elder daughter and one of the heirs of Robert le Muscampis, and sometime the wife of Adam de Wygeton.
Writ to Thomas de Stanford and his co-escheator in co. Northumberland, 4 May, 35 Hen. III. Extent (undated).
She is aged 16.
Northumberland. Wolloure, a moiety of the capital messuage and the donation of the church, 32a. land in demesne, 8a. meadow, 3 ⅓ bovates land, a third of the mill, borough and garden, 4s. 3d. rent in Hehtpol, a third of the brewhouse, meadow, forest of Chiviot and tallage.
Beleford, a third of the capital messuage, 120a. land in demesne, 8a. meadow, bondmen, cottars, a third of the herbage, brewhouse, garden, mill, &c.
She holds of the king in barony, and has a third of the service of Henry de Dichend; Lady Isabel de Muschans owes her 2 marks for the service of Bollisdon; and she has 16d. of the service of John de Hehtpol. (See No. 202.)
C. Hen. III. File 11. (11.)
217. Richard de Wrotham.
Writ to Henry de Wingham, escheator, 27 Dec. 35 Hen. III.
William de Pleisseiz, aged 30, Custance, the wife of John le Blund, aged 40, Geoffrey de Skolonde, aged 24, and Christiana, the wife of Thomas Pikot, aged 30, are his heirs.
[Somerset.] Inq. (undated.)
Mongton, Niweton, Katangre and Hamme manors (extents given) held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight's fee.
Katangre manor, ½ hide land held of William Luvel by service of 10s. rent, and 1 ferling land held of Henry de Erlegh by service of 1 sparrowhawk; and there are due to the abbot of Muchelnye yearly, 1 quarter each of wheat, barley and beans, and 2 quarters of oats.
Niweton, 2 messuages held of Stephen son of Michael by service of ½lb. cummin, and 2 virgates land held of Roger Stalble by service of 1 white wand.
Cricc town, ½ virgate held of the prior of Montacute by service of 5s.
Ceddre, a messuage and 3a. held of William de Clofford by service 0 1 pair of gloves price 1d.
Kent. Heghelande town, land worth 46s. 8d. yearly held of the Archbishop.
[...] Inq. (fragment undated.)
C. Hen. III. File 11. (12.)
218. Roger de Katton alias de Katon.
Writ to Thomas de Stanford and his co-escheator in co. Lancaster, 5 Oct. Inq.
Thursday before SS. Simon and Jude, 35 Hen. III.
John, his son, aged 2 at the feast of St. Martin next, is his heir.
Lancaster. Liteldale, a pasture held of the king by service of 6s. 8d. yearly.
Katon town, 6 bovates held of Roger de Hesam by service of 7s. 2d.; and ⅓ of a water mill and fulling mill.
Burg' town, 1 carucate land held of Matthew (de Burgo), by knight's service; and ⅓ of Burg' mill.
Lec town, ½ carucate land held of the same Matthew by knight's service; and 1 carucate held of Sir Roger Gernet of Halehton by knight's service, whereof the abbot, &c. of Croxton hold 2 bovates in frank almoin.
Of all of the above the said Roger's mother has her third part in dower; and of the residue his wife ought to be dowered of a third part.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (13.)
219. Robert de Pavilli alias de Pavelly.
Writ to Henry de Wengham, 7 Jan. 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated and defective.)
Robert, his son, aged 23, is his heir.
[Northampton.] Peria alias Piry manor and advowson, and part of the manor of Hocton (extent given), including 6 ¾d. from the township of Coluntre, held of the king in chief of the honour of Peverel by service of 1 knight. Maud de Pavilli, his mother, holds that part in Hocton in dower.
Sulebi manor and advowson (extent given) held of the abbot of Westminster by service of 100s. yearly, and [by payment] to the prior of the Hospital (of St. John) in England of 8s.
Nottingham. Dudinton and Wetleghe, a certain land worth 15l. held of ... and of Edmund de Lacy.
C. Hen III. File 11. (14.)
220. Ada alias Eda de Baylloil alias de Baillol.
Writ to Thomas de Stanford, escheator, 8 Sept. 35 Hen. III. Endorsed with return that he had done nothing upon it because it came under the seal of the sheriff of Nottingham and not under the king's seal, so that he had no warrant.
Writ to Thomas de Stanford and his co-escheator in co. York, 16 Sept. 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
York. Stokesley manor was given by Sir Hugh de Balloil in free marriage to Ada his daughter, who, after the death of her husband, enfeoffed Hugh and Robert her sons thereof in 34 Hen. III, who afterwards delivered it to their mother to farm for life for 40s. rent. The said Lady Ada died at Stokesley on Saturday after St. James the Apostle, 35 Hen. III, and the said Hugh took and held seisin of the said manor, in the name of himself and his brother, until expelled by the king's letters (about the feast of St.) Bartholomew in the same year.
Northumberland. Inq. Thursday after St. Martin, 36 Hen. III.
Neuburne manor (extent given).
Walebotl', rents.
Bottirlawe, rents.
Deuelawe, rents.
Colebrige and Linelis, 120a. land and a mill.
Walton manor (extent given).
All the above held in dower.
Linton manor (extent given) held in marriage.
Extent or summary of the above.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (15.)
221. Roger de Merlay.
Writ to Henry de Wingham, escheator in co. Southampton, 7 Nov. 35 Hen. III. Extent (undated).
Mary, his daughter, and Hugh de Turbervill, are his heirs, and of full age.
Southampton. Draytun, a moiety of the town (extent given) held of the king for life, of the king's gift of the escheat of the Normans by service of 1/8 knight's fee to the earl of Arundel; and it is the king's escheat.
Farlingtone town, 20l. land, which he long ago gave to Nicholas son of Thomas de Gyninges, in marriage with Agnes, his daughter, taking in exchange certain lands at Ebblesburne in co. Wilts and Bradelegh in co. Berks for life.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (16.)
222. Hugh brother of Geoffrey de Hoyvill alias de Hoivile.
Writ to the sheriff of Southampton, 11 June, 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
Southampton. Funtelye town, ¼ knight's fee is held by the said Hugh of the countess of Arundel, who holds that service in dower of the inheritance of the heirs of Arundel. Richard de Hoyvil held that land, after whose death it descended to Geoffrey his son; Philip, the middle brother of the said Geoffrey and Hugh, who was of the allegiance of the king of France, begat a daughter, but the jury know not whether she lives or not; and the said Philip was never in possession and died before the said Geoffrey, and no ancestor of theirs ever forfeited the said land, whereby it ought to be the king's escheat.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (17.)
223. John le Flecher.
Writ to the sheriff of Lincoln, 10 Aug. 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
Ralph, his son, aged 4 ½, is his heir.
Lincoln. Bradeleg', capital messuage, 60a. arable, 7a. meadow and 16a. wood, held of the king in chief, rendering to the Exchequer 20 arrows yearly; 11 ⅓ bovates land held of the king in chief, rendering to the men of Grimesby towards the king's farm 4 marks yearly; 8a. meadow held of Richard de Harington, rendering 2 ploughshares; and 3a. arable held of John de Nevill, rendering 6d. warnoth. Of all which Huwelina, his mother, holds one third in dower.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (18.)
224. Gilbert de Everleg' alias de Everesly.
Writ to the sheriff of Southampton, 2 Jan. 35 Hen. III. Inq. (undated.)
Walter, his son, aged 23, is his heir.
Southampton. Bromsulle, 1 hide land held of the king in chief by service of 20s. and 2 suits at the hundred (court) of Odiham.
Odiham town, 1 messuage similarly held by service of 12d.
Odiham manor, 1 virgate land similarly held by service of 6s. yearly.
Everesly, 1 hide land held of William de Wauton by service of ½ mark; 2a. meadow and 2a. land held of Peter de Mattingely by service of 6d.; and 15a. land held of Richard de la Rigge by service of 4s. yearly.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (19.)
225. John de Wokingham alias de Walkingham.
Writ to Thomas de Saunford, and his co-escheator in co. York, 12 Dec. Inq.
Thursday the morrow of St. Paul, 35 Hen. III.
John, his son, aged nearly 18, is his heir, and in the wardship of earl Richard.
York. Givildal town, 3 ½ carucates land, a small water-mill and 2 tofts, held of the king in chief by serjeanty, worth 4l. 7d. besides the lady's part.
Walkingham manor (extent given) held of earl Richard in the honour of Cnarisburg, worth 6l. 2s. 9 ½d. besides the lady's part.
C. Hen. III. File 11. (20.)

Footnotes

  • 1. The Calendar printed in 1806 describes him as of Wodham Ferrers, and calls the place Sobery Parva manor, but these names are not in the documents.