Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 185

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1938.

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M. C. B. Dawes, J. B. W. Chapman, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 185', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III( London, 1938), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp14-26 [accessed 23 November 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 185


13.	HENRY DE FILBY.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Henry, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 20 January, 39 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. (indented) taken at Newmarket, Wednesday after the Purification, 40 Edward III.
	Great Wilburgham. A messuage and 4a. meadow, held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty. He died on Thursday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 23 Edward III. Roger Loveday, his kinsman, aged 30 years and more, is his heir to the premises. The king has received all the issues &c. since his death by the escheator, by reason of the minority of his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (1.)
14.	ABEL LE HUNTE.
	Writ, 20 November, 39 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Chelmerford, Monday after the Purification, 40 Edward III.
	Sprynggefeld. A fourth part of the manor (extent given), held of the king, as of the honor of Boulogne, by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. He died on Wednesday after Michaelmas last. Joan le Hunte, his sister, aged 21 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (2.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 138. (7.)
15.	WILLIAM DE HONEWORTH.
	Writ, 4 November, 39 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Holt, 6 March, 40 Edward III.
	Bodham. Two-thirds of a messuage, 28a. arable, 1 1/2a. meadow, 1 1/2a. pasture, 6a. heath and 13s. 4d. rent, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 10s. yearly for ward of Dover castle and doing suit to the court of the honor of Haghele. He died on Tuesday after All Saints last. His sisters Margaret, aged 26 years, and Katharine, aged 23 years, are his heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (3.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 138. (3.)
	Writ to the escheator quoting the above inquisition. The king has respited the homage of Margaret and Katharine until Michaelmas next. The escheator is to receive their fealty, take security for payment of reliefs, make a partition of the premises, and deliver seisin to them. 16 May, 40 Edward III.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 25. (10).
16.	ROBERT DE LANGETHWAYT of Rillyngton.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Robert, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 10 October, 39 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Rillyngton, Sunday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Rillyngton. A messuage and 2 bovates of land, held by homage and fealty of the heir of William de Roos of Hamelak, late a minor in the king’s wardship. He held no other lands &c. in the escheator’s bailiwick, as the jurors understand. He died on 20 August, 23 Edward III, in the pestilence. Margaret his daughter, aged 17 years and more, is his heir. Since his death the escheators have received the issues of the premises and have been charged with them in their accounts at the Exchequer.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (4.)
17.	THOMAS DE LUCY, knight.
	Writ, 8 December, 39 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Melford, Thursday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 40 Edward III.
	Thurstanton. A messuage and 60a. (fn. 1) land, held of John duke of Lancaster, service not known. Thurstanton. A third part of the manor, held by the courtesy of England after the death of Margaret his wife, as of her inheritance, the reversion of which belongs to Anthony de Lucy, son and heir of the said Thomas and Margaret. The third part is held of the aforesaid duke of Lancaster by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday the eve of St. Nicholas the Bishop last. The aforesaid Anthony, son of Thomas and Margaret, aged 24 years and more, is their heir.
	Writ, 8 December, 39 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. (indented) taken at Spaldyng, Monday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III (twenty-four jurors).
	He held the following by the courtesy of England after the death of Margaret his wife, the third of the sisters and heirs of John de Multon of Egremond, of the inheritance of Anthony de Lucy, son and heir of the same Margaret:— Multon. A third part of the manor, held of the prior and convent of Spaldyng by fealty and service of 48s. 8d. yearly, except divers parcels held of other lords, to wit:— Quappelade. A parcel held of William de Thorp by fealty and service of 2 1/2d. and a third part of 1/2d. yearly; a parcel held of Robert Roos, knight, by fealty and service of 20d. yearly; and a parcel held of the abbot of Crouland by fealty and service of 4d. yearly. Weston. A parcel held of William de Huntyngfeld by fealty and service of a third part of a pair of gilt spurs worth 8d. or a third part of 8d. Mithyngesby. A fourth part of a knight’s fee and 10s. rent from tenements late of John de Multon of Frampton, deceased, held as parcel of the third part of the manor of Multon. He held the said fourth part and rent of the prior of Spaldyng by the aforesaid services, and the heirs of the said John de Multon of Frampton hold the said fourth part of him by service of the said 10s. Beausolace in Algerkyrk. A third part of the manor, held of the heirs of Stephen de Wygtoft by service of a third part of a knight’s fee and by rendering to the said heirs at the terms usual in Algerkyrk 3s. 4d. yearly, except certain parcels in the said third part which are held of other lords, to wit, a parcel held of the earl of Richmond by service of 2s. 5 1/4d. and a third part of 1/4d. yearly, and a parcel held of the heirs of John de Langholme by service of 1/2d. and a third part of 1/2d. yearly, and by rendering 16d. yearly for sheriff’s aid. Skyrbek. A third part of the manor, held of the earl of Richmond by service of a third part of a knight’s fee and by rendering to the earl 4d. yearly and 13 1/4d. and a third part of 1/4d. for sheriff’s aid, and to the prior of Kyme 16 1/2d. and a third part of 1/2d. yearly, and to the heirs of William Chaumpnes 2d. and a third part of 1/2d. yearly. Kirketon. A third part of 35s. 1/2d. yearly rent and a third part of 1lb. pepper and 1lb. cummin, held of Richard de Welby and Robert de Meres, services not known. Skirbek. The advowson of the church, held of John earl of Richmond, and a third part of the advowson of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England there, founded by the ancestors of Margaret, of 20 poor brethren and their beds (grabatis) dwelling in the same. The said advowson and third part pertain to the pourparty of the deceased of the manor of Skirbek, and are held of the earl of Richmond by the aforesaid services. Holbech. A third part of a knight’s fee, held of the earl of Hereford, but by what services the jurors know not; and Hugh Dacre holds the manor of Holbech, by the same third part together with the other two-thirds of a knight’s fee, of the deceased and his parceners, lords of the manor of Multon. Flete. A third part of the manor, held of the inheritance of the said Anthony of his purchase from Reynold his elder brother, now deceased, son and heir of the aforesaid Margaret. It is held of John duke of Lancaster by service of a third part of two-thirds of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 2s. 2d. yearly for ward of Lancaster castle. The deceased held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in London on Thursday before St. Nicholas the Bishop last, in the parish of St. Mary de Monte Alto. Heir as above.
	Writ, 8 December, 39 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Braklee, 18 January, 39 Edward III.
	Rodeston. The manor (full extent given), held of the earl of Chester by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. The extent includes two several pastures called ‘Boresleyn’ and ‘le Thoren.’ He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death as above. Heir as above, of full age.
	Writ, 8 December, 39 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. (fn. 2) (indented) taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, Friday after St. Peter in Cathedra, 40 Edward III.
	Langley. The manor and castle (extent given), held of the king in chief by homage and service of one knight’s fee, and by rendering 8s. yearly for cornage at the feasts of St. Cuthbert in March and September by the hands of the sheriff. The extent of the manor includes a park and:— Hayden. 16 husband-lands and 11 cottages. Hayden Brygge. 20 burgages on the two sides of the water. Allerwhas. 17 husband-lands and 9 cottages. Fourstannes. 16 husband-lands, 5 cottages and 2 water-mills. Wardon. 9 husband-lands and 3 cottages. Blencansopp. The town, held freely of the manor of Langley by Thomas de Blencansopp by fealty and service of 6s. 8d. yearly. Fethirstanhalgh. The manor, held freely by Alexander de Fethirstanhalgh by homage and service of 20s. 7d. yearly, and by suit to the court of Langley every three weeks. Whitwham. Held freely of the manor of Langley by Thomas son of Peter de Fethirstanhalgh by homage and service of 40d. yearly, and by suit of court every three weeks. Morelee. Tenements held freely of the same manor by John de Strevelyne by homage and service of 11s. yearly, and by suit to the said court every three weeks and multure from all the tenants at the rate of one in thirteen (ad xiij vas). Lytildennys. Held freely of the same manor by Roger de Wedryngton by fealty and service of 5s. yearly. Ulmers. Held freely of the same manor by the prior of Hextildesham by service of 3s. yearly and suit of court at the three chief courts. Chesterwode and Holnycroke. Held freely of the same manor by Nicholas de Grendon by service of 3 marks yearly and 3s. for dry multure, and by suit of court every three weeks. Sadelyngstannes. Held freely of the same manor by Hugh de Sadelyngstannys by homage and service of 7s. yearly, and by suit of court every three weeks. Wytwahs. Held freely of the same manor by Richard son of Robert by homage and service of 2s. yearly, and by suit of court and multure at the rate of one in thirteen. Threpwod. Held freely of the same manor by the prior of the Hospital of St. John, rendering yearly 4s. Taddecastel. Held freely of the same manor by [William] de Tadecastel, with one husband-land in le Dene, by homage and service of 20d. yearly, and by suit of court every three weeks. Nakadele. A plot so called, held freely of the same manor by Adam son of Roger by homage and service of rendering [2s. yearly], and by suit of court every three weeks. Allerwahs. The land late of William Flemyng, held freely of the same manor by Thomas son of John by [homage and 5s.] 11d. yearly, and by suit of court as above. Lipwode. Land held freely of the same manor by William Chepman [by homage and 15s. yearly], and by suit of court as above. [Hayden]. Agnes wife of William Chepman, deceased, holds freely 2 husband-lands [by homage and 6s. yearly], and by suit of court as above; and John son of Thomas the Clerk holds freely [1 husband-land by homage and] 20d. yearly, and by suit at the three chief courts. [Langeley. A husband-land] and a croft called Malsmalcroft, held freely of the same manor by William Parker by service of 6d., [and by suit of court as above]. The deceased held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday after St. Andrew last. [Anthony] de Lucy, his son, aged 24 years and more, is his heir.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle, Saturday after the Purification, 40 Edward III.
	Cokermouth. The castle and honor, with the manors of Papecastre, Deen and Wigton, held of the king in chief by service of one knight’s fee. Cokermouth. The extent includes a park with deer, tenants in burgage in the town, a corn-mill let with the tolls for 10l. 2s., a fulling-mill, a several fishery, and the following:— Brigham and Hothwait. A free tenant holding a moiety of these by homage and service of rendering 2s. 6d. for cornage and a pair of gilt spurs. Eglesfeld. The manor, held by John de Eglesfeld by homage and rendering 6s. 8d. yearly. Collauland in Cokermouth. Held freely by Robert de Laton by rendering 6d. yearly for cornage. Thornthwait. The hamlet, held by Gilbert de Culwenn, knight, by service of a sore sparrowhawk (nisi) yearly. Clifton and Kirkclifton. Held by Robert de Berdesay by service of 13s. 4d. for cornage. Ullayk. The hamlet, held freely by Gilbert del Garth and John de Ullayk by service of 6s. 8d. for cornage. Emelton. The hamlet, held by John de Kirkby, knight, by service of 20s. yearly and suit of court. Deen, Graysothen, Clyfton and a moiety of Brigham. 10l. 3s. rents of tenants at will, and 22s. 3d. rents of cottars. Deen. The manor (extent given). The extent includes a corn-mill and the following:— Braunthwait. Held freely by John de Bampton by service of rendering 23s. 4d. yearly for cornage. Pardishowe. The hamlet, held freely by John de Pardishowe by rendering of 2s. 8d. yearly for cornage. Whynfell. Tenants at will rendering 4l. yearly. Papecastre. The manor (extent given), held as parcel of Cokermouth. The extent includes the following tenures by free tenants:— Threpland. The hamlet, held by Henry de Malton, knight, rendering 20s. at Martinmas and Whitsunday, 4s. 6d. for cornage at the Assumption and 8d. for sea-watch at St. Peter’s Chains. (Unspecified). Held by John del Hames, rendering 2s. yearly. Castellrigg. The manor, held of the aforesaid manor by John de Derwentwater, knight, by service of rendering 23s. 4d. for cornage and 16d. for sea-watch. Ribton. The town, held by William de Berdesay in right of his wife by service of 6s. 8d. for cornage and 7d. for sea-watch. Irby Base. The manor, held by Robert de Tillioll, knight, by service of rendering 4s. 6d. for cornage and 6d. for sea-watch. Oughtrasat. Held by Bertin Colthird and Walter de Bampton by service of 2s. 6d. for cornage. Bolton. The manor, held by Robert de Moubray, knight, rendering 6s. 8d. for cornage and 14d. for sea-watch. and also the following tenants:— Papecastre. Tenants at will rendering 11l. 4s. and cottars rendering 24s. Little Broghton. Tenants at will rendering 50s. Bretby. Tenants at will rendering 4l. 2s. Crosseby. Tenants at will rendering 40s., and a corn-mill rendering 40s. yearly. Wigton. The manor (extent given), held as parcel of the manor of Papecastre. The extent includes 26s. 8d. yearly rent of new intakes (appruamenta), tenants at will at Rossuyn, Aykheved, Ulveton, Waverton and Kirkbride rendering 8l. 6s. 3d., a corn-mill and a fulling-mill at Wigton, and a mill at Waverton. Allerdale. The woodland, soil and herbage called ‘le Westward,’ held of the king by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee. Aspatrik. The manor. Braythwait. The manor, held as parcel of the manor of Aspatrik. Caldebek and Ulvedal. The reversion of the two manors, now in the hand of Eufemia, sometime wife of Reynold de Lucy, for her life. They are parcel of Aspatrik. Free tenants of the manor of Aspatrik:— Walter de Mulcastre holds the manor of Hayton, rendering 20s. yearly, and 4s. 6d. for cornage, and 12d. for sea-watch. John de Brounfeld renders 3d. yearly, and 10s. 2d. for cornage, and 5d. for sea-watch. Amand Mounceux holds by reason of his wife 2 messuages and 4 bovates of land in Waverton, rendering 6d. yearly for cornage. Robert Bruyn holds the manor of Bothlell, rendering 8s. 10d. for cornage and 2s. for sea-watch. Walter de Mulcastre holds the town of Ukmanby, rendering 16s. for cornage and 4d. for sea-watch. John de Brounfeld and Thomas de Louthre hold tenements in Langrig, rendering 6s. 8d. for cornage and 7d. for sea-watch. The heirs of Thomas de Neuton hold Ormesby by service of 2s. 10d. for cornage. The abbot of Caldre and John de Skelton hold the town of Gilcrouce, rendering 13s. 4d. for cornage and 1d. for sea-watch. The heirs of Richard de Kirkbride hold the hamlet of Dovanby by service of 6s. 8d. for cornage and 8d. for sea-watch. John de Camberton and John de Bretby hold Camberton, rendering 4s. for cornage and 7d. for sea-watch. Gilbert de Culwen, knight, holds the manor of Seton, rendering 10s. for cornage and 15d. for sea-watch. There are also in the manor of Aspatrik tenants at will rendering 7l. 13s. 6d., a corn-mill rendering 5 skeps of oatmeal and 5 skeps of malt, tenants at will at Brondholm rendering 7l. 12s., a corn-mill rendering a skep of oatmeal, and 4 fulling-mills. Loweswater. The manor, which was of the inheritance of Richard de Lucy, his ancestor, held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, as of the barony of Egremond. Egremond. A third part of the residue of the barony, held by the courtesy of England in right of Margaret his wife, one of the heirs of John de Multon, the reversion being to Anthony, son and heir of the said Thomas and Margaret. Carlisle. A messuage, held of the king in free burgage by service of rendering 2d. for housegavel (ad housegabulum). The castle of Cokermouth, with the honor and the manor of Papcastre, are held of the king in chief by service of one knight’s fee. The manors of Wigton and Deen are held of the said castle and manor in service, and all the free tenants hold of the same manors by the aforesaid services. The manor of Aspatrik is held of the king in chief by service of 7l. 16s. 8d. to be paid at the Exchequer of Carlisle for cornage, as of the fee of Alan de Multon. The manors of Braythwait, Caldebek and Ulvedal are held of the manor of Aspatrik in service. The manor of Loweswater is held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, as of the barony of Egremond. The third part of the residue of the barony of Egremond is held of the king in chief in barony by service of a third part of a knight’s fee less the twentieth part aforesaid. The deceased likewise died seised of the following:— Deen. The advowson of the church. Ulvedal. The advowson of the church. Kirkbride. The advowson of the church. St. Bees. A third part of the advowson of the cell, with the temporalities. Caldre. A third part of the advowson of the abbey, with the temporalities. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday, 4 December last. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (5.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 138. (5.) (Suffolk.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 140. (7.) (Northumberland.)
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Boston, Friday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Skyrbek. A third part of the manor (extent given), held of the duke of Lancaster, as of the honor of Richmond, by service of a ninth part of a knight’s fee, by the courtesy of England as of the right of Margaret, late his wife. The extent includes the advowson of the church and the advowson of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem there of seven poor brethren and their beds by reason of his pour-party. He died at London on Thursday before St. Nicholas in the parish of St. Mary de Monte Alto. Heir as above.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Multon, Sunday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Multon. A third part of the manor (extent given), held by the courtesy of England, of the inheritance of Margaret, late his wife, the third of the sisters and heirs of John de Multon of Egremond, of the prior of Spaldyng by service of 50s. yearly. Date and place of death and heir as above.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Boston, Friday after the Epiphany, 39 Edward III.
	Beausolace in Algerkirk. A third part of the manor (extent given), held by the courtesy of England, in right of Margaret his wife, as above, of Richard de Welby of Wygtoft and Robert de Merees, his parcener of the manor of Wygtoft, by service of a ninth part of a knight’s fee and by rendering 6s. 8d. yearly. The extent includes a sixth part of the fishery called ‘la Conyngere meere’ with Bellandbrygge, and rents at Kyrketon in Holand. Date and place of death and heir as above.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 24. (12.)
18.	GUY DE MAUNCESTRE, or MANCESTRE, knight.
	Writ, 1 February, 39 Edward III. (fn. 3)
WARWICK.	Inq. taken at Athereston, 1 April, 40 Edward III.
	Mancestre. The manor, held of the countess of Pembroke, as of the manor of Barewell, co. Leicester, by knight’s service. He died on Monday after St. Laurence last. Margaret, one of his daughters, Geoffrey de Brokushole, son of Juliana his second daughter, both of full age long before his death, and William Prylly, son of Lucy his third daughter, aged 20 years, are his heirs.
	Writ of certiorari super causa capcionis, 30 January, 40 Edward III.
	Certificate by John Bernard, escheator, that the manor of Mancestre was taken into the king’s hand by John de Wyndesore, late escheator, because William Prylly, who was a minor and tenant of a third part of the manor, holds other lands of the king in chief in Medeburne, co. Leicester, by service of a ninth part of a knight’s fee. The manor is held as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (6.)
19.	THOMAS MALLESORS, or MALLESORES.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Thomas, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 12 (?) December, 39 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Coton by Norhampton, Friday the feast of SS. Philip and James, 40 Edward III. (The deceased is here styled knight.)
	Midelton by Norhampton. He held no lands in the county on the day of his death, because during his lifetime he granted his manor of Midelton by Northampton, with the appurtenances in Midelton and Colyntrough, to Hugh Malesores, his brother, who survives, for life, with remainder to Amice, daughter and heir of the grantor, and the heirs of her body, and with remainder in default of such heirs to the right heirs of Hugh, as in a charter of feoffment given at Lubenham on Monday before Michaelmas, 35 Edward III, is more fully contained. Amice is a minor, yet unmarried. The manor is held of the heir of Bardolf, who is a minor in the king’s wardship, by priority, and by service of one knight’s fee and doing homage and fealty to the said heir. All the tenants of the manor have attorned to Hugh as their lord for his life, except Thomas de Wake, knight, who holds of the manor the advowson of the church with 4a. of glebe by homage and fealty and service of rendering 1/2d. at Michaelmas. Hugh has received the issues of the manor since the death of Thomas. The said Thomas died on Thursday after St. Denys, 35 Edward III. Amice aforesaid, aged 9 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (7.)
20.	WALTER DE RIBBESFORD.
	Writ missing.
WORCESTER.	Inq. (fragment, date missing).
	The said Walter held a manor (name missing) of the earl of March by knight’s service. He also held tenements (details missing) of the heir of Geoffrey de Cornubia. He also held tenements (details missing) at the township of Rooke.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 24. (16.)
	Writ to the escheator to assign dower to Constance late the wife of the said Walter, who held by knight’s service of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, a minor in the king’s wardship. 20 January, 39 Edward III.
WORCESTER.	Assignment of dower made on Friday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 40 Edward III.
	Ribbesford. [See Calendar of Close Rolls, 1364–1368, p. 262.]
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (8.)
21.	SIBYL DE ROKHULL.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Sibyl, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. 18 November, 39 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Lodelowe, 20 December, 39 Edward III.
	Rokhull. An acre of land and a piece of pasture, held as of the manor of Borford by knight’s service. The latter manor was held of the king in chief by Margaret de Cornubia, deceased, by service of one knight’s fee, and was then in the king’s hand by the death of Margaret and by reason of the minority of Geoffrey de Cornubia, her kinsman and heir, the heir of Sibyl being then a minor. Sibyl died on 6 July, 23 Edward III. Alice daughter of Philip de Rokhull, of full age, is her heir. John de Stoke, by the king’s commitment under his ‘Griffon’ seal, was in possession of the premises from the day of her death until the morrow of Michaelmas, 36 Edward III, when he delivered them to Philip de Lutteleye, the present escheator, by the king’s writ. Both the above accounted for the issues at the Exchequer.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (9.)
22.	PETER DE ROKHULL.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Peter, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 18 November, 39 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Lodelowe, 20 December, 39 Edward III, before the same jury as the inquisition on Sibyl de Rokhull.
	Rokhull. 1a. land, held as of the manor of Borford &c. (as in the last inquisition) by service of 3d. yearly. He died on 26 April, 23 Edward III. Alice daughter of Philip de Rokhull, of full age, is his heir. The remainder of the inquisition is the same as the last, mutatis mutandis.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (10.)
23.	ELIZABETH LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT SALMON.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Elizabeth, one of the sisters and heirs of Nicholas le Walsh, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. 30 October, 39 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. (indented) taken at Dorchestre, 24 December, 39 Edward III.
	Podyngton. An eighth part of an eighth part of a messuage and the moiety of a curtilage, 40a. land, 2a. 1r. meadow, 1 1/2r. pasture and 2s. 4d. rent, held of Nicholas Poyntz, as of the manor of Sutton Poyntz, by a twentieth part of a knight’s fee. Westchikerel. An eighth part of an eighth part of two messuages, 11a. land, 1r. meadow, 3 1/2r. pasture and 20d. rent, held of Raymond Heryng by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. She died on 10 October, 22 Edward III. John her son, aged 22 years and more, is her heir. Thomas de Cary, John de Palton, John de Sancto Laudo, Richard Turbervill, escheators for the time being, and John de Bekynton, the present escheator, have been in possession of the premises since the death of Elizabeth, and have accounted yearly at the Exchequer for the issues.
SOMERSET.	Inq. (indented) taken at Welles, 10 December, 39 Edward III.
	Athelardeston. 20d. rent, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Huwyschamflour. An eighth part of an eighth part of 113a. land and 3r. meadow, held of Thomas Neoubourgh by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee; and a fourth part of a fourth part of 56 1/2a. land and 3r. meadow, held of the same Thomas by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. She held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death, heir and possession since death, as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (11.)
24.	BEATRICE LATE THE WIFE OF JAMES DE STANES.
	Writ to Adam de Bury, mayor of London, to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Beatrice, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues, and what charges were made by her on the said lands &c. for chantries &c. 30 November, 39 Edward III.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken before the mayor, 22 December, 39 Edward III.
	She died in 8 Edward I, day not known. She held no lands &c. in the city or suburbs at the time of her death, nor has she any heirs surviving, as the jurors understand. (Attached is a copy of the same inquisition.)
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (12.)
25.	WILLIAM SON OF REYNOLD DE STOKE.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said William, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 18 November, 39 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Lodelowe, 20 December, 39 Edward III.
	Stoke. 6a. land of the demesne lands, held as of the manor of Borford by knight’s service. Greote. 18a. land called ‘Huntelond,’ held as of the same manor of Borford by knight’s service. The manor of Borford was held by Margaret de Cornubia at the time of her death of the king in chief by service of one knight’s fee, and was then in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of Geoffrey de Cornubia, her kinsman and heir, the heir of William son of Reynold being also a minor. William died on 12 July, 23 Edward III. Nicholas his son, of full age, is his heir. John de Stoke, by the king’s commitment under his ‘Griffon’ seal, was in possession of the premises from the time of the said William’s death until the morrow of Michaelmas, 36 Edward III, when he delivered them to the present escheator, Philip de Lutteleye, by the king’s writ. John and Philip have accounted at the Exchequer for the issues during the whole time.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (13.)
26.	WILLIAM SON AND HEIR OF WILLIAM DE LANCASTRE.
	Writ to the escheator to take proof of the age of the said William, the lands of whose inheritance are in the custody of Thomas de Roos by demise of William de Glendale, to whom the king committed the said custody. 27 June, 39 Edward III.
	Endorsed: Thomas de Roos, being warned by William de Lancastre and John Swaynson, made no objection to the proof of age.
LANCASTER.	Proof of age taken at Lancastre, Monday after Michaelmas, 39 Edward III.
	John de Burgh of Bolton, aged 40 years, says that the said William was born at Caton in Lonesdale on Monday before Michaelmas, 18 Edward III, and was baptized in the church of Caton, and that Nicholas de Warton, chaplain, lifted him from the sacred font, and William le Walker and William de Gruskholme were his godfathers, and that he was 21 years of age on Monday before Michaelmas, 39 Edward III. This the witness knows because in the week of the birth he had a daughter born named Ellen, and that was twenty-one years and more ago. Lambert de Wyresdale, aged 44 years, agrees and says that on the day of the baptism he took seisin of a tenement in Caton, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. Robert son of Thomas de Kerneford, aged 46 years, agrees and says that in the week of the birth he had a son born named Adam, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. William son of John Dogeson, aged 46 years, agrees and says that on the day of the baptism he was with John de Croft at a love-day (diem amoris) in Caton, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. John son of Alan de Caton, aged 42 years, agrees and says that on the day of the birth he buried William, his firstborn son, in the church of Caton, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. John le Walker of Caton, aged 45 years, agrees and says that in the week of the birth he buried Richard le Walker, his brother, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. William Hancokson of Scotford, aged 47 years, agrees and says that on the day of the birth he was married to Margaret, daughter of John de Warton, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. Ralph Banastre, aged 46 years, agrees and says that in the week of the birth he had a son named Henry born, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. William de Bygtwayt, aged 40 years, agrees and says that on the day of the birth he had a sister named Margaret married to John de Walton, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. John le Tailliourson of Burgh, aged 43 years, agrees and says that at the time he was the king’s bailiff in Lonesdale, and took a distraint in Caton on the day of the baptism, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. John Jouetson of Stoday, aged 40 years, agrees and says that in the week of the birth his son John was drowned in the river Lone, and that was twenty-one years ago and more. Roger son of Alan de Caton, aged 42 years, agrees and says that on the day of the baptism he made the obit (fecit obitum) of his brother John at Caton church, and that was twenty-one years ago and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 185. (14.)