Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 31

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 15, Richard II. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1970.

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M. C. B. Dawes, A. C. Wood, D. H. Gifford, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 31', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 15, Richard II( London, 1970), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol15/pp368-386 [accessed 3 December 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 31


939.	William Basset, knight
	Writ: 19 November, 7 Richard II
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Watlyngton, 20 September, 8 Richard II.
	The under-mentioned messuages etc. in Ippesden and Stoke Basset constitute the manor of Ippesden, and were demised by the said William (except the 60 a. wood) to Walter Garston and Ellen, his wife, for the term of their lives, and to their executors for a year afterwards, at a yearly rent of 10 marks, as well as ‘housbote’ and ‘heibote’ in the said wood. William was of full age at the time of the said demise. Afterwards, long before his death, he granted the reversion of the premises, and the said rent of 10 marks, by the name of the manor of Ippesden, to Thomas Chambernon, Otto Bodrygan, John Colyn, Thomas Cotesford, clerk, and James Gervays, and their heirs, and Walter and Ellen attorned to them and paid them the said rent. So William held no lands in demesne or service except the aforesaid 60 a. wood. Ippesden. A messuage, a carucate of land, 6 a. meadow, 60 a. wood, 6 messuages, 3 virgates of land and 16s. rent, held of the king, as of the honor of Walyngford, by homage, but the jurors know not the amount of service. Stoke Basset. 3 messuages, 3 virgates of land and 5s. rent, held of Thomas Peverel, services not known. He died on Friday the morrow of SS. Simon and Jude, 7 Richard II. John his son, aged 8 years, is his heir.
940.
	Writ of plura, 8 June, 10 Richard II
OXFORD.	Inq. (indented) taken at Ippesden, Monday after SS. Simon and Jude, 11 Richard II.
	He was seised of no lands etc. in the county on the day of his death except 60 a. wood in Ippesden. He was lately seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned messuage, etc., but long before his death, to wit, in 48 Edward III, gave them to Walter atte Garston and Ellen, his wife, for their life and for one year after their death, at a yearly rent of 10 marks, with power to take great and small timber in the above 60 a. wood for the upkeep and repair of the said messuage by view of the said William or the representative of him or his heirs. Since William’s death the said Walter and Ellen have had possession of the said rent. Ippesden. A messuage, a carucate of land, 5 a. meadow, 16s. rent, with the said 60 a. wood, held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Walyngford, by knight’s service, amount not known. He died on Tuesday before All Saints, 7 Richard II. John Basset, his son, aged 10 years and more, is his heir.
941.
	Writ: 29 November, 7 Richard II
CORNWALL.	Inq. (indented) taken at Launceston, Monday after the Purification, 7 Richard II.
	On Wednesday the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 6 Richard II, he gave the under-mentioned fee of the marshall and manor of Tyhydy (except the advowsons of the churches of St. Illogan, St. Mareadocus and St. Euninus by Redruth which pertain to the manor of Tyhydy) to Thomas Chambernon, Otto Botrygan, John Colyn, Thomas Cottesford, parson of the church of St. Illogan, and James Gerves for the term of their lives, on condition that, if his daughters or any one of them should be unmarried at his death, then the said grantees should give and pay 100l. for the marriage of each daughter, and that, if his daughters or any one of them should die unmarried after him, then whatever ought to be given for the marriage of such daughters or daughter should be given in alms for the souls of himself and Margaret, his wife, and their ancestors; and the said condition was openly declared on delivery of seisin to the said grantees. On the same day he gave the under-mentioned manor of Trevalga to the same grantees for the life of Margaret, his wife, and they afterwards re-enfeoffed him and Margaret of all their estate therein, by virtue of which Margaret holds the manor. Fee of the Marshal. A lordship so called. Tyhydy. The manor. Trevalga. The manor. All held of the king, as of the duchy of Cornwall, by knight’s service, as by the service of one knight’s fee of the fees of Mortain. Date of death as above. John, his son, aged 7 years on the feast ………., is his heir.
942.
	Writ to enquire what estate the said William had in the lordship and manors mentioned in the preceding inquisition. 8 March, 22 Richard II.
CORNWALL.	Inq. taken at ………..
	The inquisition is in large part illegible but apparently agrees with the preceding.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (1)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 52 (2) (Oxford)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 249 (3) (Oxford)
943.	Orframinna, late the wife of Walter de Poynton
	Writ: 29 October, 7 Richard II
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Lincoln, Tuesday the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 7 Richard II.
	(Fourteen jurors.) She died seised in her demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned site etc. and 4 messuages etc. Canewik. The site of the manor and 2 cottages, 4 vacant plots, 140 a. land, 6 a. meadow and 10s. rent of assise, held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, except 110 a. which are held of the lady Lestraunge of Knokyn by service of 6s. 8d. Lincoln. 4 messuages, 2 gardens, a vacant plot, a shop and 22s. rent. The messuages, gardens and shop are in the hands of tenants at will, of whom John Ratheby, John de Rasen, Richard Bayouse and Agnes late the wife of John de Hawardby each hold a messuage, Richard Raulynessone holds the shop, and Richard de Plesyngton and William Smyth each hold a garden. She also died seised as of fee and freehold of a messuage in Lincoln demised by her writing for 40 years. Each of the above messuages, shop, gardens and plot is held of the king in chief by service of 1d. yearly called ‘lantolpenyes’ to be paid to the bailiffs of the city in aid of their farm. She died on Friday before All Saints last. Aubrey, son of John de Wytelbury and Maud his wife, one of her daughters, aged 11 years and more, and Elizabeth wife of Thomas de Brunham, her other daughter, aged 22 years and more, are her heirs.
944.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Lincoln, Tuesday the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 7 Richard II.
	She died seised in her demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned manor of Canewik with its appurtenances. She also died seised in her demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned messuages and tenements in Lincoln by virtue of a release thereof made to her by Robert her son, son and heir of the said Walter, and enrolled in the king’s court in the city of Lincoln in 4 Richard II. Canewik. The manor; whereof a moiety and 23 a. land are held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, and the other moiety and 117 a. land are held of the lady le Straunge of Knokyn by service of 6s. 4s. yearly. Lincoln. A messuage in the parish of St. Martin held by John Carbonell, who has an estate therein by indenture for the term of 25 years from the date of this inquisition; a shop held by Richard Raulyneson; a messuage on the bridge of Lincoln held by Agnes Hawardby; a messuage held by John de Raytheby; a messuage held by John de Rasyn; a garden held by William de Plesyngton; a messuage held by Richard Bayous; and a vacant garden by ‘le Barregate.’ All the above tenants except John Carbonell are tenants at will, and the tenements are held of the king by service of 5d. called ‘lantolfpenyes’ to be paid to the bailiffs of Lincoln in aid of their farm. Date of death as above. Heirs as above, except that Maud is described as the late wife of John de Wytelbury and Elizabeth’s age is given as 21 years and more.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (2)
945.	Elizabeth, late the wife of Thomas de Brunham
	Writ: 8 April, 7 Richard II
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Lincoln on the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 7 Richard II.
	Orframinna late the wife of Walter de Poynton died seised in her demesne as of fee of the following:— Canewyk. Premises as above (last inquisition but one). Lincoln. 4 messuages, 2 gardens etc. as above (last inquisition but one), except that the shop is said to be vacant for lack of a tenant, and the rent of 22s. is said to be payable as follows:—9s. from a tenement held in fee by William Skepper, 5s. from a tenement held in fee by Sir John Holt, knight, 8s. from a tenement on the bridge of Lincoln held in fee by the prior of St. Katharine without Lincoln, and 2s. from a tenement held in fee by Alice Salter. After the death of Orframinna the premises descended to her heirs mentioned above (last inquisition but one). Elizabeth died on Tuesday after St. Gregory last, aged 22 years and more. Elizabeth, her daughter by the said Thomas de Brunham, aged 2 years and more, is her heir. Thomas is 30 years of age and more. The said Thomas and Elizabeth were seised of all the premises from the time of the death of Orframinna until the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle last. By an inquisition taken at Lincoln on that feast by virtue of a writ of diem clausit extremum on the death of Orframinna the premises were seized into the king’s hands and are still there.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (3)
946.	John, son of John, son and heir of Thomas de Besyls, knight
	Writ of precipimus, Salisbury, 20 May, 7 Richard II
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Wellys, 1 July, 8 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned manor as in the king’s wardship by reason of his minority. Brompton Regis. The manor, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. He died on 28 November, 6 Richard II, without heir of his body. Peter Besyls, his kinsman, brother of John his father, aged 21 years and more, is his heir. The king had possession of the manor from the time of his death until it was granted by letters patent, date not known, to William Englyssh. So the king has received the issues thereof until now by the hands of Richard Otery, late escheator, and William Englyssh.
947.
	Similar writ: Salisbury, 20 May, 7 Richard II
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Bampton, 28 June, 7 Richard II.
	He held no lands etc. in the county in demesne or service on the day of his death, because he died while a minor. Two-thirds of the under-mentioned manor were in the king’s hand from the time of the death of the said Thomas de Besyls by reason of the minority of John, his son; and the same two-thirds would have descended to the deceased after the death of the last-named John if he had lived to reach full age. Rotcote. The manor, held of the king in chief by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. Date of death as above. Heir as above, aged 21 years on the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 8 Richard II. Since his death Katharine late the wife of Thomas de Besils, knight, has had possession of the said two-thirds of the manor by the king’s letters patent.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (4)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 52 (5) (Oxford)
948.	Margaret, late the wife of Henry de Bradeford the elder
	Writ of precipimus, 22 January, 7 Richard II
WORCESTER.	Inq. taken at Wych, Friday before Palm Sunday, 7 Richard II.
	She was seised in her demesne as of fee and by hereditary right of the under-mentioned messuage etc. Belnebrakton. A messuage and a virgate of land, held of Thomas le Botyler, kinsman and heir of John de Suydeley, knight, late a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. She died on 24 February, 2 Richard II. William de Bradeford, son of the said Henry and Margaret, was her heir. He was 3 years of age at the time of her death, and died on 20 May, 5 Richard II, a minor in the king’s wardship. Margaret, daughter of the said Henry and Margaret, is sister and next heir of the said William. She is 22 years of age and more, and was married 4 years ago. Since the death of Margaret wife of Henry the king has had possession of the premises and received the issues by reason of the wardship of the aforesaid Thomas, and they are let at farm by him to John de Fekenham.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (5)
949.	John de Braundeston
	Writ of Plura, 7 February, 7 Richard II
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Northampton, 20 July, 8 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned lands etc. in his demesne as of fee, in addition to those specified in the inquisitions taken after his death. Whytelwode. ‘Housbote’ and ‘heybote’ in the forest, held as parcel of the manor of Sylveston by the serjeanty of tasting the king’s wine when he chances to sojourn there. The present king has had possession of the said ‘housbote’ and ‘heybote’ since John’s time, without title. Sylveston. A cottage, held of the prior of Luffeld by service of suit to the said prior’s court of Sylveston twice a year. The cottage was waste and valueless from the time of John’s death until Michaelmas, 5 Richard II, since when John Adam of Sylveston has had possession and received the issues, title not known. Sylveston. 3 plots of pasture named ‘Leverichstokkyng,’ ‘Blodhangerstokkyng’ and ‘Berneyerd,’ held by service of suit to the king’s court at Sylveston once a year and by serjeanty as above. The abbess of Burnham has had possession of them since John’s death, title not known. Wodeblacolvesle. A third part of a messuage with a third part of two crofts adjacent thereto lately held by William Mayheu. The said third parts are held of the king in chief by service of suit to the sheriff’s tourn held at Norton twice a year. Braundeston. 26s. 8d. rent from a messuage, a carucate of land and a watermill held for life by John Aleyn by demise of the deceased. The said messuage, carucate and mill were returned by Simon Warde, late escheator. They are held of the lord de Roos by service of 3s. 1d. yearly. John Assheby has had possession of them since the death of the deceased by virtue of the king’s letters patent. John de Braundeston died on Thursday before the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 33 Edward III. Thomas Wolfencote, aged 50 years, son of Joan sister of Richard his father, John Assheby, aged 40 years, son of Margaret sister of the same Richard, Agnes de Foxle the wife of Adam Chete, aged 34 years, daughter of John son of Olive sister of the same Richard, and John Mably, aged 26 years and more, son of Agnes daughter of the above Margaret, are his heirs.
950.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire touching an allegation by John Assheby of Sewell, to whom Edward III committed the custody of the above-mentioned messuage, carucate and watermill in Braundeston for as long as they should remain in the king’s hand on account of the death of John de Braundeston and for certain other causes, that certain evildoers have intruded themselves into the said messuage etc. and committed waste and destruction there. 7 February, 7 Richard II.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Northampton, Saturday the feast of St. George the Martyr, 7 Richard II.
	Peter Malcher and Thomas, his son, are at present in possession of the said messuage etc., which are in the king’s hand by reason of the death of John de Braundeston and the minority of his heirs, by demise of Bartholomew Bray, to the disherison of the said heirs. By what title or through whom they came to the hands of the said Bartholomew the jurors know not.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (6)
951.	Cecily, late the wife of John de Bohun of Medhurst, knight
	Writ of precipimus, 20 January, 7 Richard II
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Midhurst, Tuesday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 7 Richard II.
	She held the under-mentioned manor of Coderay and the two parks in dower after her husband’s death as her entire dower of all his lands, etc. She held the other lands under-mentioned jointly with the said John, her husband, the reversion belonging to John Bohun, son and heir of her said husband. Midhurst. 5 tofts in the borough, held in free burgage. Botelereslond. 50 a. arable so called, held of Richard earl of Arundel by homage and fealty, as of his castle of Arundel. (Unspecified.) 1 a. meadow, held of William bishop of Winchester by fealty. Mullelond. 40 a. arable so called, held of Richard earl of Arundel by homage and fealty, as of his manor of Wolbedyngg; and 1 a. meadow, held of the same earl by the same services. Tayllardeslond. 40 a. arable so called, held of the same earl by the services aforesaid. Le Hurstlond. 40 a. arable so called, held of the same earl, as of his manor aforesaid, by the same services. Hetfeldlond. A toft and 20 a. arable so called, held of Robert Tauk, as of his manor of Tadeham, by a rent of 6d. yearly and suit to his court twice a year. Coderay. The manor of Midhurst so called, with two parks adjacent thereto. She died on Tuesday before the Assumption, 5 Richard II. John de Bohun, son of her said husband, aged 21 years and more at the Epiphany last, is her heir. William de Elmham had the custody of the land and heir of the said John and Cecily by the king’s commitment, and has had possession of the lands and received the issues thereof since the death of Cecily.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (7)
952.	Roger de Bello Campo, knight
	Writ of precipimus, 26 January, 7 Richard II
KENT.	Inq. (indented) taken at Derteforde, Tuesday after the Purification, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned rents. Derteforde, Yvesfelde, Sotton and Stonhelde. 44s. 5d. and a third part of a farthing rent from tenants there. Derteforde. 5s. 3d. yearly from the princess Joan in respect of amercements and other profits of the view of frankpledge held there twice yearly; a fourth part of a third part of 23s. 11d. yearly farm from divers parcels of meadow in the salt marsh there which are at times submerged by the sea; and the reversion of a fourth part of a third part of 15l. 6s. 1d. yearly rent which Margaret late the wife of Thomas Graunson, knight, holds for life in dower by endowment of the said Thomas, with reversion to Roger and his heirs. He held all the above of the king in chief by homage and fealty and service of a fourth part of a third part of 1d. yearly. He died on 3 January, 3 Richard II. Roger son of Roger his son, aged 20 years and more on 22 March last, is his heir. Reynold de Grey of Ruthyn, knight, has received the said rent by letters patent of the king granting him the custody of all the lands etc. from the time of the death of Roger until the lawful age of his heir, for a certain farm to be rendered yearly.
953.
	Similar writ: 26 January, 7 Richard II
WORCESTER.	Inq. taken at Worcester, Monday before St. Gregory the Pope, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned rents. Braunford. 61s. rent from divers tenants. Lawerne. 20s. yearly farm from the manor and lands pertaining thereto, and from the wood called ‘Lawerne Grove’ in Lawerne pertaining thereto. Lawerne. 26s. 8d. yearly farm from two meadows called ‘Hyndelep’ and ‘Prichecroft’; rents of 27s. 8d., 1 lb. pepper and 1 lb. cummin from divers tenants; and 13s. 4d. rent from a mill called ‘Newe Milne.’ All the above he held of the king in chief by homage and fealty. Date of death, heir and possession since death, as above.
954.
	Similar writ: 26 January, 7 Richard II
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Neuwent, Wednesday after St. Wolstan the Bishop, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned rents. Dymmok. 40s. 8 1/2d. yearly rent from divers tenants in the manor in respect of a fourth part of a third part of two-thirds of the manor; 2s. yearly in respect of the same fraction of divers parcels of meadow in the manor; 2s. yearly in respect of the same fraction of a mill in the manor; 2s. yearly in respect of the same fraction of a wood called ‘Tetilleswode’; 18d. yearly in respect of the same fraction of the amercements of the view of frankpledge and other courts in the manor; and the reversion of the same fraction of the third part of the manor which Margaret late the wife of Thomas de Graunson, knight, holds for life in dower, with reversion to Roger and his heirs. All the premises are held of the king in chief by homage and fealty. Date of death, heir and possession since death, as above.
955.
	Similar writ: 26 January, 7 Richard II
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Botesdale, Thursday before Easter, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned moiety. Whatfeld. A moiety of the manor, held of the abbot of Bery by knight’s service. Date of death and heir (aged 21 years and more) as above. Thomas atte Oke received the profits after his death until Monday after Corpus Christi, 4 Richard II, since when Robert atte Hethe has received them.
956.
	Similar writ: 26 January, 7 Richard II
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Blaneford, Thursday in the first week of Lent, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned manor. Asshmere. The manor, held of the earl of March by knight’s service. Date of death and heir as last above. Reynold de Grey, lord of Ruthyn, has received the issues of the manor since his death, during the minority of the heir, by the king’s letters patent.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (8)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 228 (19) (Suffolk)
957.	Roger, son of Roger, son of Roger de Beauchamp, knight
	Writ to the escheator to take proof of the age of the said Roger son of Roger son of Roger, the lands of whose inheritance are in the custody of Reynold Greye of Ruthyn by the king’s commitment. 9 March, 7 Richard II.
BEDFORD.	Proof of age taken at Bedford, Friday before St. Ambrose, 7 Richard II.
	John Heywode, aged 55 years and more, says that the said Roger is 21 years and more, having been born at Bletenesho and baptised in the church there on Sunday after St. Laurence, 36 Edward III. This he knows because on Monday after Easter week in the same year he married his wife. John Clerkesson, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that his brother died and was buried in the churchyard of the said church on Monday after St. Laurence in the same year. Robert Parentyn, aged 43 years and more, and Richard Ledere, aged 60 years and more, agree and say that John Parentyn, Robert’s father, was buried on Thursday after the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the same year, and Richard was at the burial, and the chaplain of Bletenesho told them of the birth of Roger. John Prat, aged 46 years and more, and John Wodeham, aged 50 years and more, agree and say that John Prat’s son John, who is 21 years of age and more, was born on the same day as Roger, and John Wodeham was his godfather. John Danyell, aged 51 years and more, John atte More, aged 48 years and more, John Stratton, aged 52 years and more, and John Kyng, aged … years and more, agree and say that Roger father of the said Roger asked the rector of the church to write the day and year of the birth in the missal there, which was done. William Coppelewe, aged 41 years and more, and Robert Ammory, aged 50 years and more, agree and say that Agnes, William’s wife, was buried at Bletenesho on Thursday after St. Laurence in the same year, and Robert was at the burial, and there they were told of the birth by the rector of the church and others. Reynold de Greye of Ruthyn was warned to be at the said proof of age, but neither he nor anyone on his behalf could shew cause why the lands of Roger’s inheritance should not be delivered to him.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (9)
958.	John Crophull, knight
	Writ: 16 July, 7 Richard II
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Bonyngton, Wednesday after St. Laurence, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned manor in his demesne as of fee. Bonyngton. The manor (extent given), held of Edmund de Stafford by knight’s service. The extent includes a fishery in the river Sore, a view of frankpledge twice a year, and rents of 50s. in Bonyngton, 30s. in Leke and 20s. in Thrumpton. He died on Friday after SS. Peter and Paul last. Agnes wife of Walter Deveroys, daughter of Thomas Crophill, aged 12 years, is his heir, and she was married in his lifetime.
959.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Arnale, Thursday after St. Laurence, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned tenement, land and meadow in his demesne as of fee. Arnale. A tenement and a carucate of land, held of the duke of Buckingham, as of the right and inheritance of his wife, by service of 22s. 2d. yearly and 3s. yearly to the rector of Arnale; and an assart of 30 a. called ‘Blakewong,’ held of the king in chief by rendering 2s. 6d. yearly. Sneynton. A plot of meadow called ‘Loddale’ containing 3 r. annexed to the tenement in Arnale. Date of death and heir as above.
960.
	Writ: 16 July, 7 Richard II
LEICESTER.	Inq. taken at Bosworth, 5 August, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned rent, town and manors in his demesne as of fee. Navenby. 26s. 8d. rent, held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony late of Theobald Verdon, by knight’s service, amount not known. Cotesbech. The town, held of the barony of Alnston, service not known. There is no chief messuage in the town, nor any demesne lands, meadows, pastures, feedings, woods, watermills or windmills; but there are rents of 14l. from free and bond tenants and 2 views of frankpledge. Hemyngton. The manor (extent given), held of the lord Beaumount by knight’s service. Braundeston. The manor (extent given), held of the bishop of Lincoln, service not known. He died on 3 July last. Heir as above, daughter and heir of Thomas Crophull, his son.
961.
	Writ: 16 July, 7 Richard II
HEREFORD.	Inq. taken at Hereford, Saturday the feast of St. Peter’s Chains, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned manor in fee tail to him and Margery, sometime his wife, deceased, and the heirs of their bodies, by a fine levied in the court of Edward III, with remainder to Margery’s right heirs. Webbeleye. The manor (extent given, including a park and tolls worth 60s. yearly), held of the king in chief by service of a barony. Date of death as last above. Heir as above, daughter and heir of Thomas Crophull, son and heir of the said John and Margery.
962.
	Writ: 16 July, 7 Richard II
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Est Rasyn, Tuesday the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 7 Richard II.
	Est Rasyn. A third part of the manor, a third part of the toll of the market and fair, a court every three weeks, and 14 1/2 messuages and 5 1/2 bovates of land in the town and territory of Rasyn aforesaid, held of the lord de Bello Monte and the lord of Thunnak by service of 5s. yearly. Midelrasyn. A void messuage, a built-on messuage and a bovate of land, held of John Pouger, service not known. He died on Friday after SS. Peter and Paul, 7 Richard II. Agnes wife of Walter Deveros, daughter of Thomas de Crophill, age not known, is his heir.
963.
	Writ to the escheator to assign dower to Joan late the wife of the said John in the presence of Walter Devereux, husband of the aforesaid Agnes, and Roger Crophull, to whom the king has committed the custody of certain lands etc. late of the said John until the lawful age of his heir. The king has ordered that Joan’s oath not to marry without his licence be taken by the escheator in co. Nottingham. 20 September, 7 Richard II.
LINCOLN.	Assignment of dower (indented) made at Est Rasyn, 27 September, 7 Richard II.
	Est Rasyn and Midelrasyn. The assignment gives particulars of the lands assigned, with names of fields and tenants.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (10)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 50 (17) (Nottingham)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 212 (6) (Lincoln)
	Do. Do. No. 216 (8) (Hereford)
	Do. Do. No. 231 (6) (Leicester)
	Writ of dower, as above, to the escheator in co. Leicester. 20 September, 7 Richard II.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 50 (17)
964.	Thomas Changeton
	Writ of precipimus, 10 October, 7 Richard II
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Ifeld, 14 October, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned land in his demesne as of fee. Westeford in the parish of Ifeld. 80 a. land, held of the heir of John de Moubray, knight, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of his castle of Brembre, by knight’s service. He died on Saturday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 50 Edward III. William Changeton, his brother, aged 24 years and more, is his heir. Since his death the late king and the present king have received the issues of the premises by the hands of their escheators.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (11)
965.	John Crescy, knight
	Writ: 20 September, 7 Richard II
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Blyth, Friday the feast of St. Denis, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised of the under-mentioned manor (estate not specified). Huddesake. The manor (extent given), held of John duke of Lancaster by knight’s service, as of the honor of Tykhull. The extent includes a park. He died on Wednesday after the Assumption, 7 Richard II. Hugh his son, aged 8 years and more, is his heir.
966.
	Writ: 20 September, 7 Richard II
LINCOLN.	Inq. (indented) taken at Boston, Saturday after Michaelmas, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned manor and fourth part in his demesne as of fee, and in his lifetime, to wit, on Thursday the feast of the Ascension, 6 Richard II, granted a yearly rent of 40l. therefrom to Ralph de Crumwel, knight, Master Richard de Wynwyk, canon of Lincoln, Master Peter de Dalton, rector of the church of Surflete, Ralph de Adyrle, the younger, and William Stevenson of Kyrketon, their heirs and assigns, and put them in seisin by a payment of 4d. He also demised the manor to Ralph de Crumwel, knight, Matthew Redman, knight, William de Wyum, Master Peter de Dalton, rector of Surflet, Thomas de Pynchebek and Richard de la Laund, their heirs and assigns, for 20 years from Whitsun, 6 Richard II, at a rent of a rose at Midsummer, and all the tenants of the manor attorned to the said grantees by virtue of that demise. The grantees are not to be impeached or impleaded by John or his heirs for any waste committed in the manor. He also granted a yearly rent of 60s. and a robe from the said manor to Thomas de Pynchebek for life, for his good counsel. He also granted the office of hayward and the tolls of the market place and the water of Surfletskore, parcel of the said manor, worth 100s. yearly, to John de Cressi ‘warner’ for life in 49 Edward III. Risgate. The manor, with a fourth part of the manor of Braytoft parcel thereof, held by service of paying 40s. to the king by the hands of the sheriff, as by socage and petty serjeanty. The houses of the manor are so ruinous that 10 marks yearly must be spent on them for repair, as well as 10 marks yearly for the repair of the walls, gutters, sewers and dykes of the sea and marsh, and other charges incumbent on the manor. The manor is worth 10 marks yearly in all issues (fn. 1). He died on Saturday before St. Bartholomew. Hugh, his son and next heir, is a minor aged 9 years.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (12)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 225 (2) (Lincoln)
967.	Elizabeth, late the wife of Robert Courteney
	Writ: 24 June, 7 Richard II
DEVON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Honyton, 17 July, 7 Richard II.
	Elizabeth named in the writ held no lands etc. of the king in chief in the escheator’s bailiwick; but Joan late the wife of Robert Corteney held the following in joint feoffment with the said Robert, Elizabeth’s late husband, to wit:— Southlegh. A messuage, a carucate of land and 2s. 6d. rent of assise, held of the king, as of his manor of Bradenich, which is parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, by knight’s service. Fareweye. Two thirds of a messuage and a carucate of land, with the advowson of the church there, and 4s. 6d. rent of assise, held by knight’s service of the heir of John de Wyllyngton, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of his manor of Lomene. The other third of the lands etc. in Fareweye is held in dower by Margaret late the wife of Hugh de Courteney, late earl of Devon. The said Joan held no other lands etc. in the escheator’s bailiwick. She died on 4 January last. William son of the said Robert, aged 5 years and more, is her heir.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (13)
968.	William de Clynton, knight
	Writ: 18 December, 7 Richard II
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Brakkele, 5 January, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned manor for life by grant of John Darundell, knight, deceased; the reversion belonging to Thomas bishop of Ely, Richard le Scrop, knight, William Beauchamp, knight, Lewis de Clyfford, knight, Nicholas Sharnesfeld, knight, John Phylipot, John Kyngesfold, John Chelrey, clerk, William Boul, clerk, and William Rever, and their heirs, by grant of the said John Darundell made long before his death. William de Clynton attorned to the said grantees. Aynho. The manor, held of the earl of Buckingham, as of parcel of his earldom of Essex, by knight’s service. He died on 25 October last. William his son, aged 5 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (14)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 50 (16)
	Joan, daughter of John, son of John, son of John Chamont, knight
	Writ to the escheator to enquire whether the said Joan, kinswoman and one of the heirs of John Chamont, knight, lately assumed the habit of religion while a minor in the king’s wardship, whether she is professed or not, what lands etc. are in the king’s hand by reason of her minority, and who is her next heir. 15 October, 7 Richard II.
969.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Spital on the Street, Monday after St. Valentine, 7 Richard II.
	She assumed the habit of religion in the order of Sympryngham in a priory of the order of St. Gilbert at Chykesond by Bedford, on the feast of St. Michael, 6 Richard II. but whether she is professed or not the jurors know not. The under-mentioned lands etc. are in the king’s hand by reason of her minority. Spridlyngton. A moiety of a hall with a kitchen annexed, an old dovecot, and tofts and crofts lying lengthwise and breadthwise within the site of the manor according to the division thereof on the south side; and 9 bovates of land on the lord’s demesnes lying in cultures in the north, south, east and west fields, 2 1/2 a. on the south side of the town, 2 1/2 a. in ‘le Southhenges’ on the south side, 2 a. meadow in ‘les Southenges’ on the east side, 1 a. meadow in ‘le Hyll’ in the moor on the south side, 1 a. meadow over against the manor on the south side, 14 bovates of tenants’ lands lying in the fields in the cultures aforesaid, 7 plots, 1 a. meadow called ‘Wythebusk’ and 3s. 6d. rent of assise. All the above are held of the fee ‘del Hay,’ as of the princess of Wales, by service of 2s. 8d. rent and foreign service to Walter Tailboys. She held no other lands etc. in the county. Margaret her sister, aged 18 years and more, is her heir.
970.
	Similar writ: 15 October, 7 Richard II
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, 29 October, 7 Richard II.
	She assumed the habit of religion as above. The under-mentioned lands etc. are in the king’s hand by reason of her minority. Colton. Half the site of the manor, and 8 bovates of land in demesne, whereof 1 1/2 bovates are held of the king in chief by knight’s service, and the remainder of Miles de Stapilton of Bedale, knight, by service of a fifteenth part of a knight’s fee. York. 5 tenements, held of the king in chief in burgage, as is the whole city of York. Colton. 3/4d. free rent, 1/2 lb. pepper free rent, 3 1/2 messuages with 3 1/2 crofts, 5 1/2 cottages with 3 1/2 crofts, a windmill, 9 1/2 bovates of land, 2 a. 2 r. meadow, 15 a. wood and 20 a. moor. Askham. 1/2 cottage and 7 1/2 a. land. The last-mentioned premises in Colton and Askham are held in parcels of Miles de Stapilton aforesaid and Robert Gray, knights, by knight’s service. Nonneapilton. 1/2 bovate of land and 5 a. 1 r. meadow, held of Walter Faucomberge, knight, by knight’s service. Hessay. 1/2 messuage and 1/2 carucate of land with an enclosure, held of the abbot and convent of St. Mary, York, by service of rendering 10s. yearly. No other lands etc. in the county are in the king’s hand by reason of her minority. By a writ patent of Edward III dated at Westminster, 10 June, 48 Edward III, all the premises were demised to Brian de Stapilton of Bedale, knight, until her full age, for 80 marks only, which the said Brian paid forthwith into the Exchequer. Margaret her sister, now the wife of William de Moubray, aged 18 years and more is her heir.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (15)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 50 (12) (Lincoln)
971.	Hugh de Dacre
	(Writ missing)
WESTMORELAND.	Inq. taken at Appilby, 6 February, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised of the under-mentioned manor and moiety of a manor in his demesne as of fee. He also died seised of the under-mentioned burgage tenement (estate not specified). Appilby. A waste burgage tenement, held of the king in chief at a rent of 1d. yearly. Hoffe. The manor (extent given, including a fair-sized park and lands etc. at Dribek). Overton. A moiety of the manor (extent given, including a tenement at Tebay). He held the said manor and moiety of Roger de Clifford by homage and fealty. He died on Thursday before Christmas last. William de Dacre, aged 26 years and more, is his son and heir.
972.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. (fn. 2) taken at Carlisle, 3 February, 7 Richard II.
	He died seised in his demesne as of fee of the under-mentioned manor of Laysyngby, manor and advowson of Dakre, lands etc. in Glassanby, Warnhull and Neuland, burgage tenement in Carlisle, and fishery in the river Eden. He died seised in his demesne as of fee tail of the under-mentioned manors of Irthyngton and Burgh by Sandes, manor and advowson of Kirkeoswold and castle of Naward, by a gift thereof made to Ranulf de Daker, knight, and Margaret, his wife, father and mother of the said Hugh, by Robert Parvyng and William de Burgh, parson of the church of Dakre. He also held the under-mentioned manor of Farlam (estate not specified). Irthyngton. The manor (extent given), largely waste owing to the destruction of the Scots. The extent includes the following:— Little Cambok. A place so called, worth nothing for the above cause. Brampton. 120 a. land, 36 a. meadow, lands etc. called ‘howsbandlandes,’ lands etc. worth nothing for the above cause, lands etc. which used to be in the hands of tenants at will rendering 12s. yearly, but are now worth nothing for the above cause, a fishery and a common brewhouse. Le Wodhouswra, Brakanhill, Esby, Bowetby and Norwode. Lands etc., a toll and a watermill. Ruchebourne, Askirton, and Waltonwod. Lands etc. lying waste for the above cause, and other lands etc. which used to render 15l. 5s. 6d. yearly but are now waste, as above. Le Northmore. Lands etc. worth 10s. yearly and other lands etc. which used to render 28l. 5s. 8d. yearly but are now waste, as above. Foulwod. Lands etc. which used to render 40s. and 9l. 14s. 6d. yearly but now render nothing for the above cause, and a several pasture. Brigwod. A park with deer. Kirkeoswold. The manor (extent given) and the advowson of the church. The extent includes a park with deer. Laysyngby. The manor (extent given). Burgh by Sandes. The manor (extent given). The extent includes lands etc., a watermill and a fishery worth nothing for the above cause, and 3 messuages and 60 a. land and meadow in the hands of tenants at will at Ayketon, with the advowson of the church of Ayketon. Dakre. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church. The extent includes a park, and lands etc. at Soulby, Neubyggyng and Blenkhowe. Glassanby. Lands etc., held of the king in chief by service of rendering 4s. for cornage at the Exchequer of Carlisle. Carlisle. A burgage, held of the king in chief by service of 1d. Farlam. The manor, which is entirely waste owing to the destruction of the Scots, held of the king in chief by fealty and service of 1d. Warnhull and Neuland. Lands etc. in a purpresture of the forest of Ingelwode, held by rendering 6d. therefor to the king. Eden. A fishery in the river, held of George de Warthewyk by fealty and service of a rose. Naward. The castle, which pertains to the manor of Irthyngton. The manors of Irthyngton and Burgh ‘of the Sandes’ were held by Hugh of the king in chief, as of the crown, by homage and fealty and service of a barony, and by service of rendering 61s. 8d. yearly for cornage at the Exchequer of Carlisle by the hands of the sheriff. The manor of Dacre is held of the baron of Graystok by knight’s service. Date of death and heir as above.
973.
	(Writ missing)
DUCHY OF LANCASTER.	(Date of inquisition and names of jurors missing.) The said Hugh was not seised of any lands etc. in the duchy when he died, because about the feast of St. Matthew, 7 Richard II, he enfeoffed John de Ingilby, parson of the church of Dacre, of the under-mentioned manor and advowson of Halton in fee simple, and granted to him, his heirs and assigns, the under-mentioned reversions.
	Halton. The manor, with the advowson of the church and all his other lands etc. in the county. Eccleston in Leylandshire. The reversion of the manor, held for life by Robert de Plesyngton, knight, and Agnes, his wife. Fisshwik. The reversion of the manor, held for life by Robert del Eves. Overkellet. The reversion of all the lands held of him by Hugh de Clayton and Ellen, his wife, for the life of the said Ellen. [He survived] after he made the said feoffment until Christmas following.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (16)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 232 (1 and 2)
974.	Ellis Daubeney
	Writ: Salisbury, 17 May, 7 Richard II
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Suthewyk, Thursday the feast of St. Richard the Confessor, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned manor for life, with reversion to Elizabeth Giffard and her heirs, by grant of John Brounyng with the king’s licence. The said John Brounyng and Robert Ketford, deceased, held the manor to them and their heirs. Henton Daubeney. The manor, held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. He died on Saturday after the Purification last. The aforesaid Elizabeth, now the wife of Andrew Wauton, aged 26 years and more, is his daughter and heir. Underwritten: Gilbert Giffard, knight, and the said Elizabeth acquired the reversion of the manor to them and the heirs of Elizabeth by fine.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (17)
975.	Elizabeth, late the wife of Henry Dyve
	Writ: 26 January, 7 Richard II
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Wykedyve, 10 June, 7 Richard II.
	She held the under-mentioned manor of Wykedyve in joint feoffment with Henry her late husband, because a certain John Dyve, by a fine levied in the king’s court at Westminster in the quinzaine of Trinity, 16 Edward III, granted the reversion thereof expectant on the demise of Martha late the wife of Henry Dyve, father of the said John, to Thomas Bygge, parson of the church of Hethorp, and John de Herdewyk, and the heirs of the latter, whereupon the said Thomas and John de Herdewyk, by a fine levied in the king’s court at Westminster in a month of Easter, 17 Edward III, granted the said reversion to the aforesaid John Dyve for life, with successive remainders to John de Leukenore, knight, for life, to Henry, son and heir of the said John Dyve, and Elizabeth daughter of the said John de Leukenore, and the heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of John Dyve. Henry and Elizabeth entered the manor after the death of Martha, John Dyve and John de Leukenore, and were seised thereof until Henry demised the same to Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, (whose grandson and heir Roger, son and heir of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, is a minor in the king’s wardship) and Ralph Spigurnell, knight, for their lives. After the said demise, Henry released all his right in the manor to the said Roger and Ralph and the heirs of Roger, and died without heir of his body by Elizabeth. Afterwards, to wit, after the death of Henry and Roger the late earl, Elizabeth married Edward de Twyford, knight, and they made suit touching the above alienation by writ of cui in vita in the king’s court at Westminster in Easter term, 35 Edward III, and recovered the manor against Ralph, the life tenant, and had the issues thereof. After the death of Ralph and Edward, Edmund son of Roger the late earl, being seised of the reversion, by his writing indented ratified and confirmed the estate of the said Elizabeth in the manor, to hold the same in accordance with the effect of the fine and recovery aforesaid, being intendant to him and his heirs by fealty touching the reversion of the manor. So Roger the late earl died in seisin of the manor in his demesne as of fee, and Edmund died in seisin of the reversion; and the reversion of the manor after the death of the said Elizabeth and Ralph pertains to Roger son and heir of the said Edmund, a minor in the king’s wardship. Wykedyve. The manor, held of Philip le Vache, knight, in right of his wife, as of the honor of Hokenarton, co. Oxford, by knight’s service. Elizabeth died on Sunday before the Purification last. The said Roger son of Edmund, aged 11 years and more, is her heir to the reversion of the manor.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (18)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 50 (13)
976.	John Dunnyng, or Dounnyng, of Bradewell, the younger
	Writ of precipimus, 5 March, 7 Richard II
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Maldon, Saturday before the Annunciation, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned land etc. for life by grant of John Wyhorn, who surrendered them to him for that term, together with the reversion of the tenements held in dower by Joan de Repham of the inheritance of the said John Wyhorn, by a fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to John Moriell and Joan, his wife, and their heirs. Bradewell. 20 a. land, 1 a. pasture, 6 a. marsh, 1/2 a. meadow and a third part of a messuage, held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Haule, by knight’s service. He died on Friday after Michaelmas, 1 Richard II. After his death John Gobyon and Joan, his wife, late the wife of John Moriell aforesaid, entered into the premises in right of the said Joan without receiving seisin from the king, and held them until Joan’s death on the feast of St. Barnabas, 3 Richard II. Joan also died in seisin of a plot of marsh called ’ Estlond ’ in Bradewell, held by knight’s service of the manor of Bradewell, which manor was in the king’s hand at the time of her death because of the minority of Mary, daughter and heir of John de Orreby, knight. Since Joan’s death John Gobyon has held both the above tenements by the courtesy of England. The reversion of both tenements belongs to Richard Moriell, Joan’s son and heir, who is 21 years of age and more.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (19)
977.	John, son of Thomas de Feltham, a minor
	Writ of devenerunt after the death of the said John, who held by knight’s service of the heir of Adam de Clyfton, knight, lately a minor. 20 June, 7 Richard II.
NORFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Great Massyngham, Friday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 8 Richard II.
	The under-mentioned lands etc. came to the king’s hands by the death of Thomas de Feltham and by reason of the minority of John, his son and heir, and are still in the king’s hand. Great Massyngham. A messuage and 160 a. land, with the advowson of the church of All Saints in that town, held of the heir of Adam de Clyfton, knight, tenant in chief of Edward III, by service of half a knight’s fee. He died on 29 May last. Stephen de Feltham, brother of the said Thomas, aged 29 years and more, is his kinsman and next heir.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (20)
978.	Amice, daughter of Richard Faron
	Writ: 20 July, 7 Richard II
HUNTINGDON.	Inq. taken at Huntyngdon, 24 July, 7 Richard II.
	She held the under-mentioned third part etc. in her demesne as of fee. Brampton. A third part of two-thirds of a messuage, 87 a. land, 14 a. meadow, 24s. rent of assise and 7 capons yearly, formerly belonging to Richard Faron, her father, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 6s. yearly by the hands of the sheriff. She died on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last. Isabel Faron, daughter of the said Richard Faron, and Margaret, Isabel’s sister, aged 24 years and more, are her heirs.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (21)
979.	John Fililode
	Writ of precipimus, 18 February, 7 Richard II
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Bruggenorth, 2 April, 7 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned messuages and lands etc. (estate not specified). Nordeleye. A messuage and a virgate with a nook (nocata) of land, held of Roger atte Lee of Coten by service of rendering 8s. 1 1/2d. yearly; and an assart and 5 crofts of land, held of the lord of Weoleye by service of rendering 12d. yearly. Remesley. A messuage and 3 a. land called ‘le Hasulus,’ held of the heirs of Richard de la Feston by service of rendering 6d. yearly and 2 capons at Christmas. John son of Geoffrey Cordewan and his heirs formerly held the premises of the said Geoffrey, his father, for 6d. yearly rent. He died on 29 March, 51 Edward III. John his son, who will be 11 years of age on Thursday before St. John before the Latin Gate next, is his heir. The said heir had possession of all the premises by reason of socage from the time of his father’s death until the death of Denise de Asteleye, mother of the deceased John, on 25 December, 4 Richard II. After her death, because she held the manor of Estleye of the king in chief, the king had possession of all the premises, as well as other lands, and received the profits thereof for his use by the hands of William Walshale, the escheator, until he granted the custody of them, together with the wardship and marriage of the said John son of John, to John Horewode, who has had possession and received the profits ever since.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (22)
980.	Alesia, late the wife of Matthew de Gourneye, knight
	Writ: 4 November, 7 Richard II
DEVON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Sulferton, …….
	[Sulferton. The manor and the advowson of the church, held of the castle of Plympton.] (fn. 3) She died on Tuesday the eve of ……. ….. Meryet, knight, is next ……..
981.
	Writ: 4 movember, 7 Richard II
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Mountagu, Thursday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 7 Richard II.
	She held no lands in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, or of others, in the said county. But John Beauchamp of Somerset, knight, lately her husband, was seised in demesne as of fee of the manors of Hacch Beauchamp, Stok under Hamedon and Stoklynch, a moiety of the manor of Shepton Malet, the advowsons of the churches of Shepton Beauchamp, Hacch aforesaid and Stoklynch Maudeleyn, and divers other manors, lands and advowsons in the county of Somerset and elsewhere, and after his death about Michaelmas, 35 Edward III, all his manors etc. were seized into the king’s hand because the aforesaid manors of Stoke and Hacch and the manor of Welweton were held of the king in chief. Afterwards, the under-mentioned manors etc. were assigned in Chancery to the said Alice as her dower of all the manors etc. late of the said John. Stok under Hamedon. The manor, and the advowson of the church of Shepton Beauchamp, held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Beauchamp. Stoklynch. The manor, and the advowson of the church of Stoklynch Maudeleyn, held of John de Moune, as of his castle of Donsterre, service not known. Shepton Malet. A third part of a moiety of the manor, which manor is held of the abbot of Glastonbury, service not known. Afterwards the said Alice, in her pure widowhood in the time of Edward III, granted all her estate in her said dower to William Beauchamp of Warwyk, her brother, William de Burton, knight, Henry de Dardern and John Norhamton, clerk, and while they were in seisin thereof John de Meryet, knight, kinsman and one of the heirs of the said John Beauchamp, to wit, son of Eleanor, John’s sister, released to them all his right to the reversion of a moiety thereof and bound himself and his heirs to warranty, as is contained in a writing of release shewn to the jurors and dated 26 May, 47 Edward III. Afterwards, for a fine made in the Chancery, the king pardoned the said grantees their trespass in acquiring the estate of Alice and the reversion of John de Meryet in the manor of Stoke and advowson of Shepton aforesaid, which were held of the king in chief. Afterwards, Matthew de Gourney, knight, married the said Alice, and William de Burton, Henry de Dardern and John Norhamton died. Alice died on Tuesday the eve of SS. Simon and Jude last. Thomas de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, aged 40 years and more, is her brother and heir. The lady Cecily Turbervyll, aged 50 years and more, is the other sister and heir of the aforesaid John Beauchamp. The said William Beauchamp had possession of the said dower and received the issues by himself and his parceners until the death of Alice, by virtue of the grant and release aforesaid. Since her death he has had possession of a moiety thereof and received the issues.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (23)
982.	John de Gyslyngham
	Writ of precipimus, 1 March, 7 Richard II
SUFFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Botesdale, Tuesday after the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 8 Richard II.
	He held the under-mentioned messuages etc. in his demesne as of fee. Gyslyngham and Thornham. 2 messuages, 200 a. arable, 4 a. meadow, 10 a. wood and 30s. rent, held of William de Ufford, late earl of Suffolk, as of the honor of Eye, services not known. He was a bastard and died without heir of his body on Friday after St. Peter’s Chains, 2 Richard II. The said earl had the honor of Eye by the grant thereof made by Edward III to Robert de Ufford, late earl of Suffolk, his father, in tail male; and after his death, because he died without heir male of his body, the honor reverted to the present king. The late earl never seized the premises in his time after the death of the said John, so they ought to be seized into the king’s hand as an escheat. Richard atte Chirche and Katharine, his wife, have had possession of the premises since John’s death and received the issues, except for a parcel of land, amount not known, of which John Weylond has had possession for the last two years.
	C. Ric. II. File 31 (24)