Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 68

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 68

288. WILLIAM SON OF ROGER DE BELTOFT.
Writ, 3 May, 15 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. 12 May, 15 Edward II.
Beltoft in the Isle of Haxiholm. Two parts of a bovate of land held of John de Moubray by service of 1/100 knight’s fee.
Agnes daughter of Henry de Beltoft, aged 45, Margaret her sister, aged 35, whom William Norreys married, and Joan another sister, aged 32, whom Richard Stutt married, are his kinswomen and next heirs.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (1.)
289. ADAM DE HODELESTON.
Writ, 12 April, 15 Edward II.
LANCASTER. Inq. Friday before Whitsunday, 15 Edward II.
Bylington. A moiety of the manor, with a tenement therein called ‘le Scho’ (?), held for a carucate of land of the king in chief, of the inheritance of Henry de Lascy sometime earl of Lincoln, by service of homage, fealty, 1/20 knight’s fee, suit at the king’s court of Cliderhou, and 3d. yearly for the guard of the king’s castle of Lancaster.
Richard son of John de Hodelston, aged 40, is his kinsman, and next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (2.)
290. ALICE DE CAUNTON.
Writ. 8 May, 15 Edward II.
HERTFORD. Inq. Monday after the octave of Holy Trinity, 15 Edward II.
Pyriton. A moiety of the manor, to which pertain a messuage and 2 carucates of land, held of the king in chief in socage by fealty and service of a pair of gilt spurs, price 6d., and 2s. 6d. yearly by the hands of the sheriff for the view of frankpledge of Altonishevyd.
David de Caunton her son, aged 22, is her next heir.
WARWICK. Inq. 21 May, 15 Edward II.
Solihull. A fourth part of a messuage and 1/2 carucate of land, held of John de Oddynggeseles by fealty only.
Heir as above.
WARWICK. Inq. 16 May, 15 Edward II.
Solihull. A fourth part of a messuage and 1/2 carucate of land, held of John de Oddyngseles by fealty only.
Heir as above.
Petition from the said David to the king, duke of Gwyene, and his council, complaining of Sir Hugh le Despenser and praying to have livery of his heritage. (French, undated, defective and defaced.)
Endorsed:– Let this bill be sent into the chancery, and there the inquisition viewed, let right be done.
Petition to the chancellor that no prejudice may be done to the true heir of Sir William de Caunteton, who died in Ireland, by the inquisition taken at the suit of David his brother, who is in England, which was passed by simple men who had no knowledge of the fact, to the disherison of the heir who is in Ireland, aged 5 years, and of the lords of the fee; and praying for another inquisition, by knights and good men who have knowledge of the said heir’s right. (French, undated.)
C. Edw. II. File 68. (3.)
291. THOMAS CORBET.
Writ, 20 May, 15 Edward II.
SURREY. Inq. Monday after St. Barnabas, 15 Edward II.
Bedingtone The manor held of the king in chief by service of a cross bow price 12d., or 12d. at the king’s exchequer; and 9a. land held of Robert le Bulleter and Joan Ambesas by service of 5s. yearly.
Crouidone. A shop held of John Child by service of 3s. yearly.
He died on Wednesday the feast of St. Denis last. Thomas his son, aged 30, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (4.)
292. PETER DE HAMME.
Writ, 12 October, 15 Edward II.
SOMERSET. Inq. 4 March, 15 Edward II.
Exton. A sixth part of the manor held of the king in chief by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Netherehamme. A messuage, 40a. arable, 2 1/2a. meadow, a windmill, and 3 cottages, held in socage of John de Burcy.
He died on 6 March, 14 Edward II. Peter his son, aged one year on 18 May next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (5.)
293. JOHN MALEWAYN of Hechelamton.
Writ, 13 May, 15 Edward II.
WILTS. Inq. Wednesday after St. Barnabas, 15 Edward II.
Echelhamton. A messuage, 105a. land, 35a. meadow, and 39s. 6d., 1/2lb. pepper and 3 1/2lb. cummin rent, held of the king in chief as of the earldom of Salisbury, now in the king’s hand by the forfeiture of Thomas late earl of Lancaster, by homage, fealty, and service of 1/2 knight’s fee, and suit at the king’s court of Schereueton.
John his son, aged 4 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (6.)
294. JOHN MARMION.
Writ, 7 May, 15 Edward II.
[YORK.] Inq. Friday after St. John the Baptist, 15 Edward II.
Tanfeld. The manor with the advowson of the church, held of Sir John de Britannia, earl of Richem[und], by service of 3 knights’ fees.
Wath, Langeton and Wirton. The manors with the advowson of the church of Wath, held of the heirs of Sir Brian son of Alan by service of a knight’s fee.
Eskelby. A knight’s fee held of Sir William de Musters by the same service.
John his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (7.)
295. JOHN DE APETON.
Writ, 13 March, 15 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. 23 March, 15 Edward II.
Canewedon. A messuage, 240a. land, 6a. underwood in Hakewell, and 22s. rent of assize, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Reyleye by service of a knight’s fee, 8d. to be rendered yearly for hidage, and suit at the court of the honour of Reyleye, and at the hundred of Rochesford.
Canefe. A marsh called Lymwerde, held of Philip de Heveningham by service of 20s. 1d. yearly.
Rochesford and Hakewell. 8s. rent of assise, tenure unknown.
He died 27 January last, John his son, aged 35, is his next heir,
ESSEX. Indenture of assignment of dower to Margaret late the wife of the said John, of all his lands, &c., 3 May [15?] Edward II. (defaced.)
[Canewedon, &c.] A third part of the above (extent given with names of cultures and of tenants, &c.).
C. Edw. II. File 68. (8.)
296. JOHN GEROUNDE alias DE GERUNDE.
Writ, 15 May, 15 Edward II.
KENT. Inq. Friday after St. Botulph, 15 Edward II.
Essherst. A messuage, 40a. marled arable, 20a. not marled, 5a. pasture called Gavelmed, pasture in the wood, rents, &c., a moiety of a water-mill, and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty by keeping one guard (wardam) in the castle of Dover.
His daughters, Maud aged 4 on the eve of St. Matthias last, Margery aged 3 on the feast of St. Martin in the Winter last, and Amice aged 9 weeks on this instant Friday, are his next heirs.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 17 July, 16 Edward II.
Dodynton. Two parts of a messuage, 90a. land, 5a. meadow, rents, &c., held of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty by keeping one guard in the castle of Dover.
Heirs as above, but Amice aged 13 weeks on Friday next before the feast of St. Margaret (last).
BUCKINGHAM. Memorandum of assignment of dower to Idonia late the wife of the said John, 10 August, 17 Edward II.
Dodynton. A third part of the above (extent given with names of pieces of land and of tenants).
C. Edw. II. File 68. (9.)
297. JOICE DE LAUNCELES.
Writ, 8 August, 15 Edward II.
DEVON. Inq. 2 March, 15 Edward II.
Staford. The hamlet (extent given), held of the bishop of Exeter, as of his manor of Towton, by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
Esthorewode. The hamlet (extent given), held of William de Hokesham, by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
Hugh his son, aged 30, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (10.)
298. ADAM ARMESTRANG of Ulvesby.
Writ, 20 January, 15 Edward II.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. made at Kyngessalkeld on Friday after St. Gregory the Pope (?), 15 Edward II. (defaced.)
Ulvesby. A messuage, 50a. land in demesne, 6a. meadow, 60a. land in the hands of tenants, rents, services, &c. (extent given with names of tenants), held of the king in chief by service of homage and fealty, and 10s. 8d. rent (?), and by service of 15s. of blanch farm yearly.
Adam his son, aged 35 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (11.)
299. ROGER DE NEVILL of Reddeburn.
Writ, 5 March, 15 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. Saturday after the Annunciation, 15 Edward II.
Redburn. A capital messuage, 42a. arable, 20a. meadow, pasture, a ruinous windmill, and 17s. 2 1/4d. rent, &c., held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Roger his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (12.)
300. JOHN GERNOUN.
Writ, 23 November, 15 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Wednesday after St. Lucy, 15 Edward II.
Tolshunte Tregotz. 120a. land in demesne, 3a. meadow, 3a. pasture, 4a. underwood, and rents and services, held of the king, as of the honour of Peverel, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, and suit at the court of Peverel; and 18a. land and 6s. rent of assise, held of John Fillol by service of 6s. 8d. yearly.
He died on Monday before all Saints last. William his son, aged 17 1/2, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (13.)
301. ROBERT LE FAUCONER alias LE FAUKENER of Scartheclif.
Writ, 10 May, 15 Edward II.
[DERBY.] Inq. Monday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 15 Edward II.
Skartheclif. A messuage and 1 1/2 bovate of land, held of the prior, &c. of Newstead (Novo Loco) in Shirewod, by service of 1/27 knight’s fee.
Robert his son, aged 21 and more at the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
YORK; WAPENSTAKE OF STRAFFORD. Inq. Monday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 16 Edward II.
Canunthorp. A capital messuage, 40a. land and 6a. meadow, held of the prior, &c. of St. Oswald’s by service of 13s. 4d. rent, and finding a chaplain to celebrate in the chapel of Caunthorp on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in each week.
Heir as above, aged 22 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (14.)
302. ROGER DE HARDYN.
Writ of certiorari, 21 November, 15 Edward II.
CORNWALL. Inq. made at Lanceston, 12 February, 15 Edward II.
(Unspecified.) 1a. Cornish held in socage of the king in chief by service of doing suit of court at the gate of the castle of Lanceston, and on the death of the tenants of this land the heirs shall give 12s. 6d. for relief.
He died at the feast of St. Luke, 8 Edward II. John his son, aged 15 on the day of the Purification last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (15.)
303. PETER DE SALSO MARISCO.
Writ, 20 March, 15 Edward II.
WORCESTER. Inq. Wednesday after Easter, 17 Edward II.
Morton Folet, Langedon and Chaddesleye, held of the abbot of Westminster by socage, viz.—12 marks and two appearances yearly.
Ekynton, held of the earl of Warreweche by service of a rose yearly, which is assigned to the countess in dower.
Ackebarewe, held of Robert de Braci, pertaining to his manor of Maderesfelde, by service of 40s. yearly and a pair of gloves.
John his son, aged 10, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (16.)
304. ROBERT, SON AND HEIR OP JOHN LE HONTE alias LE HUNTE of Kereby.
Writ, 18 May, 15 Edward II.
LEICESTER. Inq. Saturday after the Ascension, 15 Edward II.
Kerebi. A messuage and 8a. land, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, by service of suit at the court of Peverel twice yearly, which messuage &c. after the death of the said John came to the king’s hands by reason of the minority of the said Robert; and a virgate of land held of Alice le Levre by service of 3s. yearly.
Simon son of Simon Pakeman of Kerebi, aged 16, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (17.)
305. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BEEK alias DE BEK.
Writ, 10 June, 15 Edward II.
DERBY. Inq. Friday the feast of St. Swithin, 15 Edward II.
Swerkiston. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Tuttebury now in the king’s hand, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Hulton. A capital messuage, 54a. arable, 5a. meadow and 39s. 5d. rent of free tenants, held of the king, as of the honour of Tuttebury, by service of a sheaf of winter wheat.
John de Bek her son, aged 38 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (18.)
306. NICHOLAS DE MENILL.
Writ, 10 May, 15 Edward II.
YORK. Inq. 24 May, 15 Edward II.
Aldewerk. The manor, held in fee tail, by the enfeoffment of Thomas de Wherleton, parson of the church of Rudby, to the said Nicholas and the heirs male of his body, with remainders to Nicholas, son of Lucy daughter of Robert de Tweng, and the heirs male of his body, and to the right heirs of the said Nicholas de Menill, by fine levied in the king’s court; which manor together with the manors of Qwerleton, Semer, Eston, Midelton, Carleton, Pothowe, Tranholm and Boynton, is held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of being his butler on the day of his consecration. The said Nicholas de Menill was sometime seised of the manor of Boynton in the same manner as of Aldewerk, but five years before his death he enfeoffed thereof the said Nicholas son of Lucy according to the form of the fine aforesaid.
John son of Nicholas de Menill, his brother, aged 40, is his next heir.
YORK. Inq. Wednesday the eve of the Ascension, 15 Edward II.
Querleton, Semer, Eston, Midelton, Carleton, Pothowe and Tranholm. The manors and the advowson of the church of Ruddeby, held of the archbishop of Canterbury, by fine, &c. and with remainders as abovesaid.
Grenhowe. The manor with the hamlet of Hoton by Ruddeby and a mill there, held of the said archbishop by the service aforesaid for his life, by fine, &c. and with remainders as abovesaid.
John de Menill his brother, aged 40, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (19.)
307. THOMAS DE GREY, of Cornherd.
Writ, 25 June, 15 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Tuesday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 16 Edward II.
Hengham Sybyle. A message, 80a. arable, 1a. meadow, 2a. pasture, 20a. wood and 5s. yearly rent, held with Alice his wife, who survives, of her inheritance, of the earl of Oxford, as of the manor of Hengham Sybyle, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Little Henye. The manor with the advowson of the church, acquired by the said Thomas and Alice of Thomas de Heryet by fine levied in the king’s court to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, and held jointly of the heirs of Peter de Redleye by knight’s service.
Thomas his son, aged 15, is his next heir.
SUFFOLK. (undated fragment.)
Great Cornerde. Certain lands, &c. held of Richard …… in free socage, rendering … . yearly; a messuage and a carucate of land, held jointly with Alice his wife, who survives, in socage of the abbess of Mallingg by service of 10s. yearly.
Cavenedissh. The manor, held jointly as above, by two fines levied in the king’s court, of Richard de Cornerde by service of a knight’s fee.
Little Cornerde, Bures, Neuton, Waldyngfeld, Jilleygh, Preston, Thorp and Lellyseye. A messuage, a carucate and 60a. land, 1a. meadow and 60s. rent, held jointly as above, by fine levied in the king’s court, of William de Bouteveleyn by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Denardiston. A messuage and a carucate of land, held by the said Thomas and Alice, of her inheritance, of Arnulph de Mounteny by service of 1/2d. for scutage when it shall run.
Heir as above, aged 15 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (20.)
308. ROGER LE SOMENUR.
Writ, 10 November, 15 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. 25 January, 15 Edward II.
Asshewelle in Fynchinggefeld. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 mark yearly.
Fynchinggfeld. 8a. land, 4a. alderwood and 2a. meadow, held of John de Northcroft by service of 9s. yearly.
Wetherisfeld. 50a. land and 4a. meadow, held of Margaret de Neville by service of 11s. and suit of court; 1a. land held of Simon atte Hyde by service of 4d.; 1a. meadow held of Geoffrey Cornail by service of 1/2d.; and 8a. wood held of John le Ros by service of 1lb. cummin yearly.
Hengham Sibile. 10a. land and 2a. meadow, held of Walter son of Humphrey by service of 4s. yearly; and 14d. rent of assise held of Margaret de Nevile, service unknown.
He died on the day of All Saints last. John his elder son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 68. (21.)
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