Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 61

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 61

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 61

1. RALPH DE HADDELEYE.
Writ, 8 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
[BERKS?] Inq. made at Estbur[y] 17 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
[Estbury?] He held nothing of the king in chief, but one John de Marisco, son and heir of Agnes sometime his wife, before the said Ralph’s death, entered into a fourth part of a knight’s fee worth 100s. which the said Ralph sometime held as of the inheritance of the said Agnes of the king in chief.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (1.)
2. RICHARD DE STOCPORTE.
Writ to Reginald de Grey, justice of Chester, 20 July, 20 Edw. I.
Inq. (missing).
[ (fn. 1) (breve tantum).
Stocporte. The manor.
Echelis. The manor.
Bredebury. The manor.
Wideford. Member of
Povinton.
Bekum.]
C. Edw. I. File 61. (2.)
3. WILLIAM DE MONTE CANISO of Edwardeston.
Writ of certiorari super vero valore concerning all the lands &c. which were of the said William in Foxherde, who appropriated them after the death of Eleanor late the king’s consort, 10 Dec. 20 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Inq. made at Gelham, 20 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
Foxherde. He held a messuage called Weston, 80a. arable, 2a. meadow, 6a. wood, and 32s. 10 1/2d. rent, &c. for life only. No one appropriated the same except the escheator and sub-escheator who had custody thereof before and since the death of Queen Eleanor.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (3.)
4. THOMAS DE BLAKENEYE alias DE BLAKENE.
Writ, 12 Dec. 20 Edw. I.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Sunday after St. Hilary, 20 Edw. I.
Blakene. A court with buildings, a virgate of land, a water-mill, and 6 tenants, held of the king in chief, rendering to the king 19s. yearly at the castle of St. Briavel’s, and doing suit at the king’s swanymot of the forest. He also held a virgate of land in Walford, co. Hereford, service unknown.
HEREFORD. Inq. Wednesday after St. Vincent, 20 Edw. I. (defaced.)
Walford, within the liberty of the bishop of Hereford. A messuage and a virgate of land, held of James de Walford, rendering 2s. 6d. yearly; and 6s. 1d. yearly rent, tenure unspecified.
He died…… [20 Edw. I.?]. Thomas his eldest son, then in his fifteenth year, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (4.)
5. JOHN DE BOHUN alias DE BOUN, DE BON.
Writ, 12 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Friday before St. Matthias, 20 Edw. I.
Harsefeld. The manor held in socage of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, by service of a clove gillyflower at the feast of St. Michael yearly.
Henry his son, aged 15, is his next heir.
WILTS. Inq. Tuesday after St. Scholastica, 20 Edw. I.
Wylesford. The manor held of Sir H. de Boun, earl of Hereford and Essex, by service of a pair of gilt spurs and by sokemanry.
Maningeford. The manor held of the same earl by service of a sixth part of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
DORSET. Extent, 20 Jan. 20 Edw. 1.
Gyssich St. Michael. The manor held in socage of Sir Humphrey de Bon, earl of Hereford, by service of a pair of white gloves on the feast of St. Michael.
Heir as above, his first born son.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (5.)
6. SAER DE SUTTON.
Writ, 6 Feb. 20 Edw. I.
YORK. Inq. made at Hedon on Monday after the Annunication, 20 Edw. I.
Sutton. A capital messuage, a fishery, 20 1/4 bovates of land, a windmill, and 49s. rent in Sutton, Conningeston, Gagensted, Hull and elsewhere, with the dower of Christiana late the wife of the said Saer, all held of Lady Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemarle, by knight’s service, which she holds as dower of the escheat of Albemarle; 2lb. pepper and 1lb. cummin rent; a plot of arable land and meadow called Braunceholm held of the heirs of William de Hylton, by homage and service; and a place called Ermytholm, held by homage and service, whereof a moiety is of the fee of the countess, and a moiety of the fee of the said heir of Hylton. Cristiana de Sutton his mother is dowered of a third of all the above.
John his son, aged 21 on the octave of Holy Trinity, 19 Edw. I., is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (6.)
7. WILLIAM SWET of Brachel[e].
Writ, 24 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. made at Northampton on Monday after St. Valentine, 20 Edw. I.
Wytefeld. 4a. land in the fields, held for life of the demise of Thomas Swet of Brachel[e] of the king’s fee.
Brachel[e]. A messuage, a virgate of land, and 4a. meadow in the town, held of the abbot of Leicester, rendering 23s. yearly; and 8a. land in the fields, held of Helen (Elena) la Suche, rendering 20d. yearly.
William his son, aged 7 and more from the feast of the Annunciation, 19 [Edw. I.], is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (7.)
8. RANULPH LE ROTER.
Writ to Robert de Valle Regali, escheator in co. Chester, 3 March, 20 Edw. I.
CHESTER. Inq. made at Alvandeley on Friday after St. Cuthbert.
Kyngeslay. 1/4 knight’s fee in the fee of Kyngeslay held of the king in chief.
Honston [alias Onston], held of the king, rendering 6d. yearly at the exchequer of Chester.
Chester. One ‘stal’ in the river Dee with a free boat (batello) rendering 3d. yearly at the exchequer of Chester; liberties within and without the city rendering 2d. yearly at the exchequer of Chester; a house held of Ralph son of Simon rendering 6d. yearly to Roger de Mouhaut; a house held of Ralph le Boteler, rendering to him 18d. yearly; and a house held of John Boydel, rendering to him a pair of white gloves yearly.
Thornton and Elton. The town of Thornton with the advowson of the church, and the land of Elton, held of Peter de Arderne rendering to him a pair of gilt spurs yearly or 6d.
Aston. 2 bovates of land, held of Richard de Aston, rendering to him 2 barbed arrows yearly.
Peter his son, aged 5, is his next heir.
Writ to the same, 6 March, 20 Edw. I.
CHESTER. Inq. made at Weverham on Saturday after St. Cuthbert (defaced).
To the same effect as above.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (8.)
9. RICHARD DE LA MORE.
Writ, 6 May, 20 Edw. I.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Monday the feast of St. Augustine, 20 Edw. I.
Oldelonde and Buttone. A capital messuage with other houses, gardens &c., a dovecote, a mill and half a water-mill, 100a. arable, 28a. meadow, 6a. pasture, 8 marks rent, whereof 4s. are of the fee of the earl of Gloucester, and pleas and perquisites of court, all held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee; and 27a. arable and 5a. pasture, held of Thomas le Kniht of the fee of the earl of Gloucester.
Bartholomew de la More, father of the said Richard, begat of his first wife a son named Nicholas, who had a lawful son named John now aged 30 years. The same Bartholomew begat of his second wife two sons, Bartholomew and the aforesaid Richard; and from the same Bartholomew, the brother, issued a lawful son Stephen, now aged 30, but the said Richard died without any heir of his body: which of the said John or Stephen is the next heir, the jury know not.
Writ to the escheator to take the above lands into the king’s hand until it shall be settled in the king’s court which of the said Stephen and John is the next heir, 27 June, 20 Edw. I.
Writ of scire facias to the escheator to warn the said John to be before the king on the morrow of Holy Trinity next, to shew cause why the lands &c. of the said Richard should not be delivered to the said Stephen as his next heir, 30 April, 21 Edw. I.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (9.)
10. HUGH DE STREDLEYE alias DE STREDELEY.
Writ, 23 June, 20 Edw. I.
DERBY. Inq. made at Derby on Saturday after St. Swithin, 20 Edw. I.
Athlastre. 6 bovates and a plot of land, and 2s. rent at Mulnehay; whereof he held 2 bovates of Sir Thomas Thochet by homage, service of 16d., and suit of court, 2 bovates of William son of Richard de Atlastre by homage and service of 6d., and 2 bovates of the abbot of Derley by homage and service of 18d., the plot of land of William de Burley by service of 1d. yearly, and the rent of Milnehay of Robert de Stredeley by service of 2d. yearly.
Philip his son, aged 20 at the feast of St. Michael next, is his next heir.
DERBY. Inq. made at Asselbache on Wednesday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Brough (Burgum). A water-mill held of the king in chief by service of carrying a lanner falcon at the king’s court in the season at the king’s charges so long as he remains there, saving that he shall have his own horse when he comes, and if it die it shall be made good to him by the king.
Hasselbach. A manor (extent given) including ‘loth’ of the mine (i.e. the thirteenth dish of lead), held of Sir Robert de Stredeley by homage and service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Wardelowe. 6s. from a freeholder, tenure unspecified.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (10.)
11. MARGERY DE MERLAY, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE LEXINTON.
Writ of plenius certiorari to Thomas de Normanvill escheator, on the complaint of Gilbert de Umframvill that whereas Richard de Umframvill, his grandfather, whose heir he is, granted the manor of Barwesford to Roger de Merleye in free marriage with Margery his daughter, to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the same Margery, with reversion to the said Richard or his heirs, now on the death of the said Margery without such heir the escheator has taken the said manor into the king’s hand and keeps it from the same Gilbert, 30 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Hedon on the Wall on Monday after St. Peter in Cathedra, 20 Edw. I.
Barouesford. The said Richard granted the manor as abovesaid; the said Margery died without heir of her body; and the manor ought to revert to the said Gilbert as heir of Richard de Wmfrawill.
Writ of certiorari super causa captionis concerning the lands which Margery de Merlay, lately deceased, held in dower of the inheritance of Richard de Sutton, son and heir of Robert de Sutton, deceased, who held of the king in chief, 4 February, 20 Edw. I.
[NOTTINGHAM] and DERBY. Inq. Thursday before Lent, 20 Edw. I.
Warsop. The manor (extent given), including stallage of the market and rents of 2 marks from the prior of St. Oswald for 20 bovates of land in Sulcolm’, and 5s. yearly from the abbot of Welbeck for the grange of Gledthorp, held of the king in chief, tenure unspecified.
Pleseley. The park and 2 bovates of land in Schir[ebrok], held of the lord of Pleseley by service of 1d. yearly.
Margery de Merlay was dowered of the above named manor together with the manor of Tokesforth for all the lands &c. which were of John de Lexinton her husband, ancestor of Richard de Sutton, of Cecily the wife of John de Bray, Agnes the wife of William de Sayntecroys, and John de Longevilers, a minor and in the king’s wardship, for which cause the escheator took the said manors into the king’s hand. The manors are of the inheritance of the said Richard, Cecily, Agnes and John.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Saturday before Lent, 20 Edw. I.
Tockisforth. The manor (extent given with names of free tenants), is held of the king in chief and is of the inheritance of Richard de Sutton, Cecily the wife of John le Bray, Agnes the wife of William de Seyntecrois, and John de Loungvilers, and Margery de Merlay was dowered thereof &c., as abovesaid.
Writ of scire facias on the petition of Richard de Sutton, who claims as one of the heirs of Henry de Lexinton to have his share in the manors of Tokesford and Warsop, both of which were held in dower by Margery late the wife of John de Lexinton: reciting that on the suit of John de Bray, the manor of Tokesford, which Margery late the wife of John de Lexinton, brother of the said Henry, held in dower of his inheritance on the day of her death, was ordered to be divided equally between the said John de Bray and Cecily his wife daughter and one of the heirs of Robert de Markham, kinsman and one of the heirs of Henry de Lexinton, William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife another daughter and heir of Robert de Markham, and John de Lungevilers, kinsman and third heir of the said Robert, the share of John de Lungevilers being by reason of his nonage, retained in the king’s hand; and commanding the escheator to warn the said parties to be before the king on Sunday in Mid-lent to receive their pourparties &c. and meanwhile to cause the said manors to be extended &c., 16 February, 20 Edw. I.
[NOTTINGHAM.] Extent, Thursday the morrow of St. Gregory the Pope, 20 Edw. I.
Toxford. The manor (full extent given with names of tenants), including meadows in the south park, Littil more, Eton, Lullewode and Karleton, and a little meadow called Ker, and among the free tenants, 6 bovates of land in Marcham and Milneton held by John de Riperes, 2 bovates of land in Bevercote held by William de Bevercote, and a toft in Toxford and a tenement in Marcham in Westmarcham, held by William de Sancta Cruce.
Warsop. The manor (extent given), including 26s. 8d. rendered by the prior of St. Oswald for 6 bovates of land in Solweholm, 5s. yearly by the abbot of Wellebek for the grange of Gledthorp, the park of Plessley and 2 bovates of land in Shirebrok which are held of the lord of Pleseley by service of 1d., and stallage of the forest.
[See Calendar of Close Rolls, 1288–1296, p. 223.]
C. Edw. I. File 61. (11.)
12. ROGER DE CALISTON alias DE CALESTONE, DE CALSTON.
Writ, 28 Feb., 20 Edw I.
WILTS. Inq. made at Devyses on Tuesday the feast of St. Edward the King and Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Calestone and Cameresford. A messuage and 2 carucates of land, held at fee farm by socage of the king in chief, rendering 58s. 4d. yearly; and a park and pasture, held of the treasurer of Salisbury by knight’s service rendering to him 20s. yearly.
Lyttlecote [alias Litlecote]. A knight’s fee held of Robert de London in chief by knight’s service.
Childhamton. A hide of land held of the abbess of Wylton in chief by knight’s service.
Little Derneford [alias Durnesford]. A carucate of land held of the earl of Lincoln by knight’s service.
Ebbelesburne Wake. 100s. rent held of Ingram Beneger by knight’s service.
Roger his son, aged a year and a quarter, is his next heir.
[SOUTHAMPTON.] Inq. made at Aundevere on Saturday after St. Gregory, 20 Edw. I.
Knight’s Enham. 10l. yearly rent payable by the hands of the bishop of Bath who holds the manor in fee. The town is held of the heirs of Matthew de Columbariis, who hold the same of the king in chief. The advowson of the church belongs to the heirs of the said Roger.
Heir as above.
Writ of certiorari as to whether the said lands &c. held of the king in Caleston and Camerford are held by knight’s service, whereby the wardship pertains to the king, or in socage whereby they ought to pertain to the said Roger’s heir, 24 February, 20 Edw. I.
WILTS. Inq. Tuesday the feast of St. Edward the King and Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Calston and Quemerford. A messuage and 2 carucates of land, were held at fee farm by socage of the king in chief, rendering 58s. 4d. yearly at the king’s exchequer. He held nothing else of the king in chief.
Writ of diem clausit extremum, 1 April, 20 Edw. I.
WILTS. Inq. made at Salisbury on Saturday before St. George, 20 Edw. I. (and duplicate).
Caleston and Cameresford, &c. To the same effect as above, with the variations there given within square brackets.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (12.)
13. NICHOLAS MALEMEYNS.
Writ 20 April, 20 Edw. I.
SUSSEX. Inq. Saturday the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 20 Edw. I.
Aldewyke. The manor (extent given) held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of 14s. 6d. yearly and suit of court.
Nicholas his son, aged 17 at Christmas next, is his next heir.
SOUTHAMPTON. Extent, Friday before St. Dunstan, 20 Edw. I.
Suthwargheborgh alias Suthwargheburn. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a sore sparrowhawk, or 2s. yearly.
Stampneshou within the liberty of Portem[uth], held of the king in chief.
Heir as above, aged 17.
SOUTHAMPTON. Extent, Thursday after St. John ante Portam Latinam, 20 Edw. I.
Stampneshou. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief in the liberty of Portesm[uth] by service of rendering a sore sparrowhawk yearly in the king’s exchequer. By charter of King Henry III. the bailiffs of Portesm[uth] are allowed 35s. 4d. yearly of their farm of 20l. at the exchequer for the land of Stampneshou.
Heir as above, aged 17.
[ESSEX.] Inq. 10 May, 20 Edw. I.
Reinham. A messuage, 60a. land, 1a. meadow, and 6 marks rent, held of the earl of Hereford of the honour of Maundevile by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 19.
…… Inq. …… (fragment undated).
…… manor ……
KENT. Inq. Monday after the Ascension, 20 Edw. I.
Scapeia. A house, and 60a. arable, pasture for 180 sheep, 43s. 8d. rent, a cock and two hens, held of the king in chief by service of 10s. yearly at his manor of Middilton, and suit at the view of frank pledge twice a year.
Heir as above, aged 18.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (13.)
14. WILLIAM DE ESTURS, knight, alias LESTUR.
Writ, 12 Nov., 20 Edw. I.
[SOUTHAMPTON.] Inq. Saturday the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Helesye alias Hulesye. 20a. land in the manor, held of the king in chief by service of suit of court at the castle of Porcestre, and by service of finding a man at the said castle for eight days in time of war with ‘parpoynt’, steel cap and lance, and the rent is worth 5s. 9 1/2d. yearly; 20a. land with a dovecot &c. in the manor, held of the lady of Warblinton by service of suit at the court of Middlington every three weeks, and 6s. rent; and 20a. arable held of Richard de Porteseye by service of 1lb. pepper and a rose yearly rent.
Geoffrey de Insula, his brother, is his next heir and of full age.
[SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT.] Inq. Saturday the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 21 Edw. I.
Gatecomb. The manor (extent given), including 2 mills, held of Isabel countess of Albemale in chief for four fees by service of suit of court at Neuburgh every three weeks.
Wytewell. The manor (extent given), pertaining to the manor of Gatecomb, held of Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemale by the service aforesaid.
Caulborn. The manor (extent given), pertaining to the manor of Gatecomb, including a dovecot, similarly held.
Heir as above.
Writ of plenius certiorari de feodis &c., 7 Nov., 21 Edw. I.
SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT. Inq. made at Neweport on Wednesday after St. Lucy, 22 Edw. I.
La Bregge. A carucate of land held by Sir John Attebregg for 1/4 knight’s fee.
Arefeld. 80a. land held by Odo de Cumbpton for 1/3 knight’s fee.
Wlferton and Stoureswath. A carucate of land held by John de Wlferton for 1/4 knight’s fee.
Yauford. A carucate of land held by John de Grimsted for 1/4 knight’s fee.
Le Hale. A carucate of land held by William de Godinton for 1/2 knight’s fee.
Newenham. 30a. land held by William Russel for 1/8 knight’s fee.
Honingeford. 40a. land held by William de Martr’ for 1/8 knight’s fee; and 15a. land held by Henry Botebrigg for 1/13 knight’s fee.
Westebrok. 20a. land held by Hugh Thomas for 1/8 knight’s fee.
Noteleston. 40a. land held by Sir Walter de Insula for 1/8 knight’s fee.
Alfricheston, held by Geoffrey de Insula, of the dower of Iseult his wife, for 1 knight’s fee.
Gatecumbe. The advowson of the church.
Schedule containing the above, with valuation of two parts and a third part.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (14.)
15. HUGH SON OF JOHN.
Writ 5 March, 20 Edw. I.
SALOP. Inq. Thursday the feast of SS. Philip and James, 20 Edw. I.
Esnebrugge. The town (extent given), including a rent of a pair of iron spurs, held of the king with his other lands by serjeanty of keeping the king’s forests in co. Salop; and he used to receive 42s. yearly from the lady of Boulewas.
Roger son of John, his brother, aged 26 and more, is his next heir.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken at Leominster on Wednesday before St. Mark, 20 Edw. I.
Brumfeld. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty by service of being chief forester in co. Salop.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (15.)
16. JOAN LA SECULERE, sometime the wife of NICHOLAS LE SECULER.
Writ to the escheator concerning the lands &c. held in dower by the said Joan of the inheritance of Richard Daniel, a minor and in the king’s wardship, 15 Sept., 21 Edw. I.
[HEREFORD.] Inq. made at Mawerdyn on Thursday after St. Luke, 20 Edw. I.
Amberley. A messuage, 140a. arable, 18a. meadow, 6a. pasture and 2a. wood, held in dower of the inheritance of the said Nicholas of the heirs of Peter de Stanton by service of 20s. yearly.
Deweschirche. A messuage and croft, similarly held of the prior of Culpek by service of 1/2lb. cummin.
Wormeton. A carucate of land and 6a. meadow, similarly held of Hugh de Kynardesley by service of a pair of gloves, price 1d.
Hunfreyeston. 39s. 2d. rent of assize similarly held of the king in chief by service of 5s. yearly.
Birches. 13s. 4d. rent of assize similarly held of Hugh de Kynardesley by service of a pair of gloves.
Deweswele. 3s. rent of assize similarly held of the same by the above service.
The pleas &c. of Hunfreyeston, Birches and Deweswelle are worth 2s 6d. yearly.
She held nothing except as dower.
The said Nicholas had a son and heir Nicholas who survived his father and died without heir of himself, leaving four sisters and heirs, Alice the eldest, Cecily, Christiana and Denise. Christiana and Denise, being of full age and sui juris, quitclaimed to the said Alice in the king’s court before the justices of the bench all their right in the lands &c. of Nicholas their brother, and in those which the said Joan held as dower, so that the said Alice, aged 36 years and more, the wife of Walter de Frene, and Richard Danyel, aged 19 at the feast of St. John the Baptist last, son of the said Cecily deceased, are next heirs of the said Nicholas, but whether three parts ought to remain to the said Alice and the fourth to the said Richard, the jury know not.
Petition of Walter de Frene and Alice his wife for livery of three parts of the above said lands &c., the said Alice having purchased the pourparties of her sisters Cristiana and Denise; which lands are in the king’s hand on account of the nonage of Richard Danyel. (French.)
C. Edw. I. File 61. (16.)
17. JOHN DE DRAYTON.
Writ, 28 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
HUNTINGDON; HUNDRED OF NORMANCROS. Inq. Tuesday after the octave of the Purification, 20 Edw. I.
Botilbrigge. He held nothing of the king in chief, except by the mesne of Robert Gymis, who held of the king in chief, and the said John paid him a sore sparrowhawk or 2s. yearly.
Overton and Botilbrigge. 105s. rent of assize, 80a. arable, 16a. meadow, and pasture; and he had a capital messuage and garden.
He also held the manor of Drayton, co. Northampton of the king in chief.
Simon his son, aged 10, is his next heir.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. Monday after St. Valentine, 20 Edw. I.
Drayton. The manor (extent given), including a fishpond and dovecot held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee and rendering to the king yearly 13s. 4d. in the manor of Geytinton, and doing suit of court there.
Heir as above, aged 9 and more from the feast of SS. Peter and Paul (last).
C. Edw. I. File 61. (17.)
18. MARGARET DE RIPARIIS, sometime countess of Devon, late the wife of ROBERT AGUILLON, alias AGULON, AGILLUM, AGUILLUN, AGUYLLUN, DE AGUYLON, LE AGWYLUN.
Writ, 6 June, 20 Edw. I.
[SURREY;] HUNDRED OF WALETON. Inq. taken at Croyndon on Saturday before the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Adynton. The manor (extent given), including rents of free tenants in Crawehurst and Waldyngeham. The manor pays 4s. 3d. yearly for the sheriff’s farm, 4d. at the court of Wykham, 11s. 2d. at the court of Immeworth, 5s. at the court of Farnlegh, 3s. to Robert Russel, and 6d. to the prior of Suwerk. Margaret de Ryperiis, countess of Devon, held the manor in dower by the endowment of Robert Agulon, who held the same of the king in chief by service of a dish (ferculi) called ‘maupygernon’ on the day of the king’s coronation.
Isabel, daughter of Robert Agulon, aged 30, whom Sir Hugh Bardolf married, is next heir of the said Robert.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. Sunday, the feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 20 Edw. I.
Edelmeton. 20s. rent and 10a. meadow, held as dower after the death of Robert Agillun sometime her husband, who held the same of Sir William le Say in chief by service of 10s. yearly and suit at his court, and he of the king in chief.
Heir as above, of full age.
KENT. Inq. Monday, the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I.
Ho. A messuage, 41a. arable, 12a. pasture, pasture in the marsh for 60 sheep, 18a. pasture in the place called Bynne, pasture there for 60 sheep and 7s. 7d. rent of assize, held in dower after the death of Robert Aguillon of the abbot of Redigges by service of 25s. 3 3/4d. yearly, and suit of court.
Heir as above, aged 27.
SUSSEX. Inq. made at Plumptone on Wednesday after SS. Peter and Paul 20 Edw. I.
Bissenersse. A messuage, 50a. arable and 1d. rent of freemen, held in socage for life, of the inheritance of Isabel daughter and heir of Robert Aguillon, of Thomas de Hautintot by service of 1/2d. and half a farthing yearly. She held the same for life because jointly enfeoffed of them with Robert Aguillon, to them and the heirs of the said Robert.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 27 June, 20 Edw. I.
Grutham. The manor (extent given), with the market place.
Emeleswrth. 100s. rent in the manor, with a heath, pleas, perquisites and pannage.
All held as dower, as abovesaid, of Hugh Bardulf and Isabel his wife, who (hold) of the king in chief rendering 3d. yearly to the king for the tenements in Grutham and 6d. to the lord of Warblington for the heath.
Heir as above, of full age.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 7 July, 20 Edw. I.
Bures Tany. The manor (extent given), held for life in dower, of the said Isabel daughter of Robert de Aguylon, by service of 2d. yearly rent, to whom the reversion belongs as daughter and heir of the said Robert.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Thursday after SS. Peter and Paul, 20 Edw. I.
Crofton. A messuage, containing 10a. land, a carucate of land, 5a. meadow, 4a. pasture, rents of assize and customary works, held in dower by the death of Robert le Aguylon who held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee; and she was dowered by Hugh Bardulf who married Isabel daughter and heir of the said Robert, and is 28 years of age.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (18.)
19. PETER SPILLEMAN, alias ESPILEMAN, SPYLEMAN.
Writ, 15 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
SOUTHAMPTON. Extent, The morrow of St. Cuthbert, 20 Edw. I.
Brokehurst. The town (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of finding a horseman for forty days in the king’s army with haqueton, hauberk, iron cap and sword.
Maud and Katharine his sisters, are his next heirs and of full age.
WILTS. Inq. Thursday the feast of St. Valentine, 20 Edw. I.
Coulesfeld. A hide and a half of land, held of the king in chief as member of Brokenhuste, and it is a serjeanty.
Chalke. A hide of land held of Sir Peter Skudemor.
Laneford. 1a. meadow held of John de Lye.
Wynterburne Madinton. 18s. rent held of Sir Godfrey Giffard of the manor of Boytone.
Shaghe. 1/3 knight’s fee held of Henry de Thisteldene by homage.
Maud, aged 30, the wife of John de Grimstede, and Katharine, aged 25, the wife of Richard Testewode [alias de Terstewode], are his next heirs.
The said Peter married Isabel, daughter of Ralph Skures, and lived with her forty days, but the jury know not whether she is pregnant or not.
SOUTHAMPTON. Extent, Sunday after St. Gregory, 20 Edw. I.
Eleford. The manor (extent given), pertaining with Cuuelesfeld to the manor of Brokenherst; all held of the king in chief by service of finding a horseman with hauberk (hauberjoyn), haqueton, neck-piece (colerett), iron cap, and sword, for forty days in time of war.
Heirs as above, aged 25 and more.
Mulleford. A water-mill, rents of free and customary tenants, rents of hens and salt, and works of customary tenants, held of Lady Isabel de Fortibus, countess of Albemarle, by service of suit of court every three weeks at the hundred of Cristchurche.
Heirs as above.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (19.)
20. JOHN DE GATESDEN.
Writ, 11 Dec., 20 Edw. I.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. Saturday the eve of St. Hilary, 20 Edw. I.
Cotes. The manor held of John Wake in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Joan his daughter, aged 23, is his next heir.
[HERTFORD.] Inq. Monday after the Epiphany, 20 Edw. I.
Gatesden. The manor (extent given), including a fishery in the mill-pond, held of Alan la Suche in chief, service unspecified.
Joan his daughter, aged 23 and more, is his next heir, and was married six years and more ago to Richard Camberleyn.
[BEDFORD.] Extent made at the chapel of Woubourn on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 20 Edw. I.
Stambrug. A messuage with garden, herbage, fishpond and dovecot, 170a. arable, 8a. meadow, pasture, 118s. 1 1/2d. rents of free tenants, 1lb. pepper, 1lb. cummin, pleas &c. and two parts of a windmill, held of the king in chief by serjeanty, rendering 60s. yearly at the king’s exchequer; and there are due 4l. yearly to the prior of Neuham for the king’s alms, and 7s. to Richard Grusset.
Joan his daughter, aged 23 on the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 20 Edw. I., is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (20.)
21. WILLIAM DE SOULEBY alias DE SOLEBY, DE SULEBY.
Writ, 10 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
BEDFORD. Extent, Thursday after the Purification, 20 Edw. I.
Selton alias Shelton. A messuage, 150a. arable, parcels of meadow, 16a. wood, 38s. 2d. rents of free tenants, 96s. 10d. rents of customary tenants, and works worth 38s. 6d., held of John Wake by knight’s service, in whose homage he died, and for these lands &c. Robert de Soleby his brother was in the wardship of Baldwin Wake; and 30a. arable held of Lady Eleanor de Traylli by knight’s service.
Stapelho in the parish of Eton. A third part of a messuage, 56a. arable, 1a. 1r. meadow, 3a. wood so destroyed that no profit will accrue therefrom for the next five years, and 9s. 5 1/2d., 1/2lb. cummin and 1/3lb. pepper rents of free tenants, held of Ralph de Bello Campo by knight’s service.
Joan his daughter, aged 25 weeks, is his next heir.
Writ, 20 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
WESTMORELAND. Inq. Friday the eve of the Purification, 20 Edw. I.
Kirkeby Stephan. 117a. land held of Lady Isabel de Clifford, in exchange for certain land in Appilby which he held of her, by service of a rose; and the said lady held that land before the exchange, and now holds the said land of Appilby, of the king in chief by knight’s service. The exchange was made on Sunday next before the conversion of St. Paul, 16 Edw. I., because the said lady had no land by her castle of Appilby, and that land lies for the great easement of the castle.
Crosby Gerad, held of the same Lady Isabel by service of 10s. 2d. yearly for cornage.
Little Musgrafe, held of the same by service of 11s. yearly for cornage.
Suleby. A moiety held of Thomas de Hellebek and Avice his wife by service of half a mark yearly for cornage.
Joan his daughter, aged half a year at Mid-lent next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (21.)
22. HAMO DE GATTON.
Writ, 15 July, 20 Edw. I.
[SURREY.] Inq. Saturday the eve of St. Laurence, 20 Edw. I. (defective.)
Gatton. The manor (extent given), including 20a. wood in the park, and 20a. foreign wood of the fen, and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by rendering for the guard of the castle of Dover at the Peverel Gate 52s. yearly, and (doing) suit at the king’s court of Ospringe.
Pyrybrith. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot of Certese in chief by doing [service of] a knight’s fee [and suit] at his [court] of Colesdon.
Hamo [his] son, aged 26, is his next heir.
SURREY. Inq. Thursday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 20 Edw. I.
Catteshull. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of being usher of the king’s hall, and it renders 10d. yearly to John le Jour, and owes suit at the hundred of Godalmyng every three weeks.
Yertindon. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
[KENT.] Inq. Monday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 20 Edw. I.
Bocton Malherbe. The manor (extent given), including lands &c. in ‘le Haungdane’ ‘le Estfeld,’ ’Millefeld,’ ‘le Westfeld’ ’Cumlond,’ ‘Woderesdenne’ and ‘le Sutpark,’ held of the king in chief for 1/2 knight’s fee, of the honour of Peverel, and by service of 5s. yearly for the guard of the castle of Dover, viz,—2s. 6d. every twenty-six weeks, and by suit at the court of Ospringe; and 6d. are due yearly at the court of Lenham.
Heir as above, aged 28.
KENT. Inq. Tuesday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 20 Edw. I.
Truleye. The manor (extent given) held with Scamelesford, its member, which Roger de Scamelesford held of the said Hamo for 1/2 knight’s fee, of the king in chief for 2 knights’ fees, and by service of 40s. yearly for the guard of the castle of Dover, viz,—20s. every twenty weeks (sic) and the repair of a house in the castle, which service is worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and to the abbot of Faversham 2s. 6d. yearly of ancient alms.
He died on Wednesday next before the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edw. I. Heir as above, aged 28.
KENT. Inq. Wednesday before St. Laurence, 20 Edw. I.
Wrneshille. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief for 1/2 knight’s fee and by service of 5s. yearly for the guard of the castle of Dover, viz,—2s. 6d. every 20 weeks (sic).
Heir as above, aged 28.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (22.)
23. RALPH DE ALBINIACO alias DE ALBANIACO.
Writ, 25 Jan. 20 Edw. I.
SOMERSET. Inq. Wednesday before the Purification, 20 Edw. I.
Suthperton, Baryngton and Cheleton. The manors (extents given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Sir Philip his son, aged 40 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (23.)
24. ROLAND DE OKESTED alias DE OKSTEDE, DE ACSTED.
Writ, 1 Dec., 20 Edw. I.
KENT. Inq. (undated.)
Helghte in the parish of Netlestede. The manor (extent given) held jointly by the said Roland, Cristiana his wife and Margery their daughter, of Richard de Pympe for 1/2 knight’s fee, and by service of 42d. yearly and suit of court; whereof they were enfeoffed by Henry de Apeltrefeud, the elder, by his charter and by fine levied in the king’s court, so that the said Roland’s heirs can claim nothing therein until after the death of the said Cristiana and Margery.
SURREY; HUNDRED OF TANDRIDGE. Inq. Tuesday after St. Lucy, 20 Edw. I.
Oksted. The manor (extent given), including pastures on the hill, three mills, rents of 5lb. wax and a pair of gift spurs, and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Boulogne by service of 2 1/2 knights’ fees. The manor renders 100s. yearly to the heirs of John son of Peter, owes suit at the court of Witham, and is taxed in 10s. yearly.
He died on Monday before St. Edmund the king, 19 Edw. I. His daughters, Margery aged 20, Clarice aged 18, Aline aged 17, Lucy aged 14, and Thomasine aged 12, are his next heirs.
Writ of certiorari to the escheator on the complaint of Cristiana, late the wife of Roland de Acsted, that a messuage in Suwerk, of which she was enfeoffed together with her husband, had been unjustly taken into the king’s hand, 12 December, 20 Edw. I.
[SURREY.] Inq. Tuesday after St. Lucy, 20 Edw. I.
Suthwerk. Roland de Oksted and Cristiana his wife were eight years ago enfeoffed jointly of a messuage by one Adam de Wrytele, by his charter, to hold to them and their heirs, whereof they have been in seisin from the time of the feoffment until the death of the said Roland. It is held of the prior and convent of Bermundeseye by service of 3s. 6d. yearly.
C. Edw. I. File 61. (24.)

Footnotes

  • 1. Thus given in the Calendar printed in 1806.