Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 35

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 35

497. PHILIP SON OF WILLIAM [MAUBAN]K.
[DORSET.] [Proof of age] of Philip son of William [Mauban]k, kinsman and heir of Philip Maubank, deceased, who held of the heir of John Byset, lately deceased, ……… . . held of King (Edward II), in chief, lately a minor and in the said king’s wardship, 20 March, [7 (fn. 1) ] Edward III. (defective.)
Walter de Wynterheie, aged 60 years, says that the said Philip son of William was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Gregory the Pope last, for he was born at Ramesham and baptized in the church there on the morrow of that feast by Sir John late rector in 5 Edward II; and this he recollects because he was then beyond the sea at Montpellier (in Monte Pusillano), and a fortnight afterwards he returned to his own country at Maidene Niweton near Ramesham.
William de Kyvele, aged 60 years and more, says the like, and recollects it because on the same day a marriage was arranged (prelocutum) for Alice his daughter, who was married to John de Shirburn within a month after Easter following.
Walter de Lyllington, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and recollects it because on the same day Edmund de Lillington his father died, and he entered upon his tenements and was expelled by John Paveli, but in the same year he recovered by writ of novel disseisin against the said John.
William le Dean, aged 60 years and more, says the like, and recollects it because he had a wife Felicia who bore a son John, who was baptized in the said church on the morrow of the same feast of St. Gregory in the same year.
John Daberon, of 60 years and more, says the like, and recollects it because he had a son William ordained to the order of subdeacon at Dorchester on Saturday after St. Gregory in the said year, 5 Edward II.
Walter Foulke, of 50 years and more, agrees with the said John Daberon, and knows it because at that time he served John, rector of Ramesham.
William le Irish aged 60 years, David Lombard of the same age and more, Thomas Kulneie aged 60 years and more, Thomas de Hidene aged 60 years and more, John de Bromhulle aged 60 years and more, and John Huchon aged 60 years and more, say the like and recollect it because on the morrow of the Epiphany in the same year, 5 [Edward II], divers robbers came to the house of the prior of Fromp[ton] at Ernelegh and robbed him of three horses, and they followed and captured them, and took them to the prison of Dorc[hester], which year of spoliation is written in the missal of the town of Ernelegh.
John Biset came but had nothing to say why the king ought not to restore his inheritance to the said John, as of full age.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (1.)
498. JOHN DE LA RYVERE or DE RIVERE.
Writ of certiorari on the petition of John his son and heir, for his inheritance in Wormehale, 10 February, 7 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 9 March, 7 Edward III.
Wrmenhale. A manor with a carucate of land, held of the earl of Gloucester by service of half a knight’s fee; and the honour of Gloucester on the day of the death of the said John de Rivere was in the king’s hand by reason of the death of Gilbert de Clare, then earl of Gloucester, and so the said tenements remain in the king’s hand on that account only.
John his son, aged 22 years and more, viz.—from the day of the Conversion of St. Paul last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (2.)
499. WILLIAM DE COLEWYK.
Writ (missing).
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Saturday after the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 7 Edward III.
Colewyk. Certain lands and tenements (unspecified), held of the king in chief, by service of rendering twelve barbed arrows yearly to the king at his castle of Nottingham.
No heir mentioned.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (3.)
500. Missing.
(fn. 2) [JOHN DE SKELTON.
SUFFOLK. Illeye Combustum. The manor, extent.]
501. Missing.
(fn. 2) [WILLIAM DE BERBDINDEN.
KENT. Betrickesden.
Revelet—suit of court.]
502. JOHN CARBONEL.
Writ, 28 May, 7 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 30 August, 7 Edward III.
Great Waldingfeld. The manor, held of the earl of Oxford by service of a knight’s fee.
Chilton. The manor, held of Roger de Huntingfeld by service of a knight’s fee.
Neuton by Suthberi. The manor, held of Eleanor, late the wife of Guy Ferre, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Waldingfeld and Aketon. Certain tenements called Grenecroft, Poppesmede and Gorelond, held of Andrew de Bures as of the manor of Aketon by service of 20s. yearly.
Great Welwetham and Stanefeld. A messuage and 60a. land, held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s and John de Whelwetham by service of 2s. and a quarter of oats.
Alice his daughter, aged 10 years and more, is his next heir, and is in the wardship of the earl of Oxford.
Writ, 4 August, 7 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 26 September, 7 Edward III.
Wykes. A messuage and a carucate of land called ‘le Parkhalle,’ held of the earl of Norfolk, as (of) the manor of Wykes, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Misteleigh. 7s. rent from a tenement sometime of John Bisouth, held of John de Sutton, knight, by service of 1d. yearly.
He held no tenements, &c. of the king in chief in the county.
Heir as above, aged 10 years and more.
Petition to the king and council from John de Veer, earl of Oxford, showing that John Carbonel held of him certain lands and tenements, and died in his homage, after whose death the said John de Veer was seised of the wardship of the body of the heir of the said John Carbonel and of the lands which were held of himself; upon which a suggestion was made in chancery that the said John Carbonel held in chief of the king, and a writ issued to the escheator to seize and to enquire, and by the inquisition now taken and returned into chancery it is found that nothing is held of the king; wherefore the said John de Veer prays for a writ of ouster la mayn to the escheator, &c. (French, undated.)
Writ of Privy Seal to John, archbishop of Canterbury, the chancellor, sending him the above petition from John de Veer, earl of Oxford, and commanding him to do right to the said earl, 23 June, 8 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (4.)
503. ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM LENGLIS or LE ENGLIS.
Writ, 10 April, 7 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 1 July, 7 Edward III.
Wrastlingworth. A third part of a messuage, and 46 1/2a. and a third part of 1/2a. land, held as dower of the inheritance of John son of Robert de Hereford co-heir of Adam de Crokedayk, (a minor and in the king’s wardship,) of John Boteler, as of his manor of Hattele, in chief, by service of 1d. yearly, and foreign service. She held no other lands, &c.
The said John son of Robert de Hereford, aged 19 years, is next heir of the said Adam, and concerning the other co-heirs of the said Adam the jury are ignorant.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (5.)
504. RICHARD LE RAGGEDE of Chisseworth.
Writ, 6 March, 7 Edward III.
DERBY. Inq. taken at Baukewelle on Saturday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 7 Edward III.
Chisworth. A messuage and 40a. land, held of the king in chief, by service of keeping the king’s forest in Londendale in person (per corpus suum), and rendering yearly at the castle of High Peak 4s. for rent of cows and 7 1/2d. for a palfrey. He had no other lands, &c.
Thomas his son, aged 26 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (6.)
505. ROBERT DE CHUBBEWORTHI.
Writ, 8 July, 7 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Saturday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 7 Edward III.
Chubbeworthi. Divers tenements, viz.—houses, land and rents, held of John de Mohun, kinsman and heir of John de Mohun of Donsterr, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of half a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of fees of the castle of Donesterr every three weeks.
Philip his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (7.)
506. THOMAS SON OF RICHARD DE POLHAMPTON.
Writ, 13 September, 7 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. taken at Grauntpound by Oxford, on Wednesday the feast of St. Edward the King, 7 Edward III.
Balladeston. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee.
Souhtfalle. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Edmund de Polhampton his brother, aged 22 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (8.)
507. JOHN ILLARY.
Writ of amotus, 20 June, 7 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Taunton on Wednesday after St. Margaret the Virgin, 7 Edward III.
Badialton. Two parts of a third part of the manor (extent given), held of John de Mohun, kinsman and heir of John de Mohun of Dunsterre, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of two parts of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Joan his daughter, aged 15 years and more, who is espoused to Henry Chapman of Taunton, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (9.)
508. ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE DAGGEWORTH.
Writ, 20 May, 7 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 8 July, 7 Edward III.
Bernwelle. 10 marks yearly rent, held of the earl of Lancaster by knight’s service.
Nicholas de Dageworthe her son, aged 24 and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 20 May, 7 Edw. III.
ESSEX. Inq. 24 September, 7 Edward III.
She did not hold any lands, &c. of the king in chief on the day she died, because she demised her manor of Elmedon to Simon de Merk for his life.
Bradewelle. The manor, held for her life of the inheritance of the said John, her husband, of the heir of John Fillol by service of a knight’s fee, and 5s. 8d. yearly; and 9a. land held for her life of the abbot of Westminster by service of 3s. yearly, and suit at the abbot’s court at Feryngge.
Heir as above, son of the said John and Alice, and of full age.
Writ ad melius inquirendum, 8 October, 7 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Braunketre, 1 December, 7 Edward III.
Bradewell. The manor, held for her life of the inheritance of the said John, sometime her husband, of the manor of Kelleueden, which manor Margaret late the wife of John Filliol holds for her life of the grant of Richard Filliol and Richard de Bergholt by fine levied in the court of King Edward II, in the 17th year of his reign, of the inheritance of Richard son and heir of John Filliol, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a knight’s fee and 5s. 8d. yearly; and 9a. land, held for her life of the inheritance of the said John de Daggeworth, of the abbot of Westminster by service of 3s. yearly, and suit at the said abbot’s court at Feringge, and the said land, after her death, ought to revert to Nicholas son and heir of John Daggeworth.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (10.)
509. WILLIAM DE VESCY of Neusom.
Writ, 24 June, 7 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Sunday after St. Martin in the Winter, 7 Edward III.
Baumburgh. A tenement called Ingramfeld (extent given), held jointly with Isabel his wife, who still survives, of the king in chief, by serjeanty, and by service of rendering 20s. yearly at the exchequer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne by the hands of the sheriff.
William his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (11.)
510. HUGH DE KELEBY.
Writ, 22 May, 7 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 2 June, 7 Edward III.
Keleby. A third part of a messuage, and a moiety of 4l. rent, held of the king in chief by a moiety of the service of carrying a falcon, and he shall take from the king, together with his partner, 12d. daily and a robe yearly; and half a bovate of land, held of Robert de Saltfleteby, as in socage, by service of 5d. yearly.
Great Lymbergh. Two tofts and a bovate of land, held of Henry Beumeys by service of 20d. yearly, and suit of court at the said Henry’s court at Lynbergh every three weeks; and a bovate of land, held of the prioress of La Grace Dieux by service of 18d. yearly.
John his son, aged 4 years on the feast of St. Dunstan last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (12.)
511. JOHN ALREDE of Wepham.
Writ, 8 May, 7 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. 22 June, 7 Edward III.
Wepham. A messuage, 20a. land, and 1a. 1r. meadow, held for life, of the grant of John de Chavent, deceased, who held the same of the king in chief by knight’s service as parcel of his then manor of Wepham, which grant was confirmed by King Edward II, in the 17th year of his reign, with reversion to the said John Chavent and his heirs, to hold of the same king by the accustomed services.
John, son of the said John de Chavent deceased, aged 21 years and more, is next heir of the same John de Chavent.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (13.)
512. WILLIAM DE OVYLE.
Writ, 3 June, 7 Edward III.
[SOMERSET.] Inq. taken at Bristol in Templestreet, on Saturday before St. Margaret the Virgin, 7 Edward III.
Knolle by Bristol. The manor (extent given), including 100 acres of thorn lying in the king’s chace of Filwode, was held by the said William in 2 Edward III, of the king in chief, as of the honour of the castle of Bremsfeld, by service of doing fealty and suit at the court of Shernton, co. Wilts, which is a member of the same castle, every three weeks; and in the said year the same William alienated the said manor to Thomas de Gournai of Inglescumbe in fee, who after having seisin of the same, demised it to the said William for his life.
Writ, 8 June, 7 Edward III.
[SOMERSET.] Inq. taken at Bath, on Friday after St. Mary Magdalene, 7 Edward III.
Knolle. The manor (extent given), including 100 acres of thorn lying in the king’s chace, held of the king in chief, for life, as of the honour of the castle of Brumsfeld, by service of doing fealty and suit at the court of the manor of Schernton, which is a member of the said castle, every three weeks, of the demise of Thomas de Gournay of Inglescombe.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (14.)
513. KATHERINE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN AVENEL.
Writ, 24 August, 7 Edward III. (defaced.)
WILTS. Inq. 17 September, 7 Edward III.
Comptone Chaumberlayn. A moiety of the manor (extent given), which was of Robert le Chaumberlayn, except 33s. 4d. yearly rent there, held of the king in chief by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
John de Boklonde, her son, aged 4 years at the feast of St. Nicholas next, is her heir.
BEDFORD. Inq. 7 September, 7 Edward III.
Dunton by Bikeleswade. A capital messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
John, son of Ralph de Bukelond and the said Katherine, aged 4 years, is her next heir.
Writ of certiorari to enquire whether any child was begotten of the said Katherine by the said John Avenel, who has petitioned for the abovesaid moiety and lands, &c. to be delivered to him to hold by the courtesy of England, 8 October, 7 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 27 October, 7 Edward III.
John Avenel married Katherine his wife, late the wife of Ralph de Boklonde, after the said Ralph’s death, viz.—on Friday before St. Michael, 6 Edward III, in the church of St. Laurence, Dountone by New Salisbury, and had by her, after their marriage, a daughter named Mary, born on Sunday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 7 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (15.)
514. WALTER DE ROMESIGHE or DE ROMESYE.
Writ, 12 October, 7 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 25 November, 7 Edward III.
Fyrnham. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 12 October, 7 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Friday the morrow of the Epiphany, 7 Edward III.
Wynesford. A moiety of the manor, held in fee of Hugh de Courtenay, the elder, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the said Hugh’s court of Plompton; which moiety is in the hands of divers men who hold the same in demesne for life of the said Walter and his heirs, rendering 100s. yearly.
Oclee. The manor, held jointly with Katherine his wife, to themselves and the heirs of the said Walter, in socage, of Richard de la Bere by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly.
Modeford Terry. A third part of the manor, held jointly as above, of the said Richard by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, and doing suit at the said Richard’s court of Haselbere every three weeks.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (16.)
515. WILLIAM DE MAUNDEVILL or MAUNDEVYLE.
Writ, 24 August, 7 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 12 September, 7 Edward III.
Bratton. A messuage, land and rent, held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the castle of Dyvyses by service of 20s. yearly, to be rendered at the said castle, and guarding a tower in the same castle in time of war if it should happen in England, which God forbid (quod absit), for forty days at his own charges; and when he shall happen to execute the said guard he shall then be quit from his said rent.
Estrop by Heyworth. A messuage with a carucate of land, held jointly with Felicia his wife, and after her death, to the heirs of the said William, as parcel of the said tenements in Bratton, of the said queen by the services aforesaid.
John de Maundevyle, his brother, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (17.)
516. SIMON DE YARWELL or DE JAREWELL.
Writ, 19 August, 7 Edward III.
[NORTHAMPTON.] Inq. 20 September, 7 Edward III.
Jarewell. A messuage, &c. and a virgate of land, containing 29a. arable and 3a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of being one of the king’s foresters in the woods of Suleye, Kyngeshay and other small woods within the forest of Clyve, and rendering 5s. yearly at the king’s exchequer, at the feast of St. Michael by the hands of the sheriff; an assart called Dryngehawe containing 49a. pasture, held as aforesaid, rendering 17s. yearly at the king’s exchequer; and 3a. of a small assart similarly held, rendering 18d. yearly at the king’s exchequer.
Thomas his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (18.)
517. JULIANA, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN PAYNEL.
Writ, 14 August, 7 Edward III.
[YORK.] Inq. Saturday before St. Bartholomew, 7 Edward III.
Drax. 21a. arable, and a third part of two windmills, of a ferry at Langrake across the water of Use, and of a fishery at Roceholm, held in dower, as of the inheritance of the heirs of the said John, who are minors and in the king’s wardship; and 8l. 16s. yearly rent similarly held, and perquisites of court.
All held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 7s. yearly for the fines of the county of York.
Elizabeth and Margaret, daughters of the said John, ages unknown, are heirs of the said inheritance.
C. Edw. II. File 35. (19.)
518. AGNES, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE LA HAYE of Foxcote.
Writ, 7 June, 7 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 26 June, 7 Edward III.
Foxcote. The manor (extent given), including 4a. of thorn wood by the forest of Wiclewode, the soil of which is common, held of the heirs of John Geronde, deceased, who are minors and in the king’s wardship, as of the manor of Dodington, by service of half a knight’s fee, except 20a. land which he held of the king of a certain assart, by service of paying 2s. 3d. at Michaelmas by the hands of the sheriff.
She held nothing of any other.
Thomas de la Haye her son, aged 30 years and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (20.)
519. RICHARD DURAUNT of Enefeld.
Writ, 8 October, 7 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. 10 November, 7 Edward III.
Nyweton Plecy and Exton. A capital messuage, lands, rents &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Northtperton. Certain lands and a watercourse for a water-mill, held of John de Erleygh by service of 8d. at the feast of St. Michael, and of a gallon (lageni) of wine, price 4d., at the feast of St. Martin.
Thomas his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 8 October, 7 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. 22 October, 7 Edward III.
Enefeld. A moiety of the manor which was of Richard de Plessi (extent given), held of John de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee and rendering 3s. 4d. yearly; and a moiety of a water-mill and of a fulling-mill, held of the abbot of Waleden by service of 15s. yearly.
Edelmeton. 8a. arable, 6a. meadow, 6a. wood, and 2s. yearly rent, held of Geoffrey de Say by service of a rose at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (21.)
520. LUCY, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN MARTEL deceased.
Writ of amotus, 6 May, 7 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 24 June, 7 Edward III.
Canewyk. A third part of a capital messuage called Ladicroft, and 16s. 8d. yearly rent from free tenants, held in dower of the inheritance of Guy, son and heir of Elias Martel, a minor and in the king’s wardship; which lands, &c., together with others, are called and are the manor of Canewyk, which whole manor is held of the king in chief, by service of finding for the king in his war an armed horseman for forty days at the expense of the lords of the same manor for the time being, and after the forty days at the king’s expense during the same war. The said manor was at one time in the seisin of Arnald Pelryn as of his own right, and he and his ancestors held the same of the bishop of Bayeux by certain services; and the same Arnald in the time of King John made insurrection against the king with other rebels, and by his forfeiture the said manor came to the king’s hands, as his escheat, who afterwards gave it to William Martel, progenitor of the said Guy who is his heir, to hold of the king and his heirs by the service aforesaid; and the said William and his heirs have held the said manor hitherto without any interruption.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (22.)
521. JOHN LE BLOUNT of Bikeleswade.
Writ, 6 November, 7 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 14 December, 7 Edward III.
Wardon. A messuage, land, &c. held of the king in chief by service of an eighteenth part of a knight’s fee.
Bikesleswade, Schortmade and Holm. 50a. arable, held of the bishop of Lincoln by service of 12d. yearly.
Stratton. 21a. land held of Roger de Goyz by service of 6d. yearly.
Schortmade. 1a. meadow held of the bishop of Lincoln by service of 6d. yearly.
Wrastlingworth. A messuage and 13a. land, held, as of the right of Joan his wife who still survives, of William Lenglys by service of 4d. yearly.
His daughters, Maud aged 30 years, Alice aged 26 years, whom John de Maldone married, and they have issue, and Margaret aged 22 years, whom Richard de Exmuthe married, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (23.)
522. SIMON DE FALUWESLE.
Writ, 2 March, 7 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 13 May, 7 Edward III.
Bradenham. A capital messuage, lands and rent, held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, of the lord of Daventre, by service of a pair of gloves, price 1 1/2d., at Easter.
Thomas his son, aged 15 years, is his next heir.
Writ, 2 March, 7 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 20 March, 7 Edward III.
Falewesle. The manor (extent given), including meadows called Sewellemede, and ‘le milnemede’ with Haliwelle moor and two holms, and two little woods with ‘le Holeweye’ and Hale, held of the king in chief at fee farm, rendering 15l. yearly at the king’s exchequer, which manor is of the king’s ancient demesne.
Heir as above, aged 13 years at the feast of St. George last.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (24.)
523. NICHOLAS DE GONEVILL.
Writ, 17 April, 7 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 12 May, 7 Edward III.
Lerlyng. The manor (extent given), including 20a. land held of the heir of Robert de Tatishall by service of 5s., held of the heir of Thomas Bardulf, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of half a knight’s fee, with lands and tenements in Risworth and Neuton; which tenements in Neuton, Leticia, late the wife of Thomas son of Adam, holds for life, by the demise of the said Nicholas.
Risworth. 102a. land, and 5s. 8d. yearly assised rent, held of the said heir of Thomas Bardulf; and 60a. arable held of the lady of Claire and of the prior of the monks of Tefford.
Fouldon. Certain tenements held of Edmund de Ingaldisthorp and of the prioress of Tefford.
He died 11 April. John his son, aged 27 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (25.)
524. JOHN LE WALISSHE or LE WALSCHE of Podington.
Writ, 22 October, 7 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. 12 January, 7 Edw. III.
Podynton. A capital messuage, lands, and rent, held of Roger Chaundos, knight, and Maud his wife, as of her dower of the inheritance of Hugh Poyns, knight, by service of three parts of a knight’s fee.
Westchikerel. 40a. arable, 2a. meadow, a pasture, and 2s. rent, held of Walter Harang, knight, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Nicholas his son, aged 25 years and more, is his next heir.
SOMERSET. Inq. 22 December, 7 Edward III.
Adelarston. 53s. 8d. yearly rent from a free tenant, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, by reason of a certain feoffment of Henry de Novo Burgo which he made to Lady Eleanor sometime queen of England in fee.
Hiwissch Caumpflour and Holeford St. Mary’s. A capital messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given), held of Robert de Novo Burgo by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (26.)
525. JOHN DE MATHAM.
Writ, 10 September, 7 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. 20 September, 7 Edward III.
Moleseye. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of finding in the king’s army a mounted crossbowman for forty days at the said John’s charges, and after the forty days at the king’s charges, and rendering 8s. yearly at the feast of St. Michael at the king’s exchequer, by the hands of the men of Kyngeston, and 3s. to the said men.
Walter his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (27.)
526. HUGH DE MEIGNILL, the elder.
Writ, 12 August, 7 Edward III.
WARWICK, LEICESTER, and DERBY. Inq. 26 August, 7 Edward III.
WARWICK. Kyngeswode. A carucate of land.
Kyngesneuton. A moiety of the manor and the advowson of the church. Both held for life by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
LEICESTER. Melton Moubray. 22s. 6d. yearly rent, held for life of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the king in chief by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
DERBY. Longeleymeignill. The manor, held for life by fine levied in the king’s court, of Ranulph de Ry in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
Newehalle. A third part of the manor, held of the inheritance of the said Joan his wife, of the heir of Theobald de Verdon in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
LEICESTER. Upton. A third part of the manor, similarly held in chief of Henry de Ferrar[iis] by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Burton Overey. A third part of the manor, similarly held of Henry de Ferrar[iis] by service of a quarter of two parts of a knight’s fee.
He had no heir of his blood, but after his decease the said lands, &c. in Kyngeswode and Kyngesneuton shall remain to Hugh son of the aforesaid Hugh by virtue of a certain fine, &c. in that behalf, levied in the king’s court; which Hugh is 31 years of age and more.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (28.)
527. RALPH DE PRATELLIS.
Writ, 5 October, 7 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. 11 November, 7 Edward III.
Great Tuwe. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Arundell by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
William his son, aged 16 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (29.)
528. JOHN BYGOT.
Writ 14 October, 7 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 20 October, 7 Edward III.
Seteryngton. The manor (extent given), including a wood callled ‘le Poke,’ held in tail, to him and the lawful heirs of his body, with remainder to Roger Bygot his brother, who still survives, and the heirs of his body, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Roger Bygot his brother, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir of the said manor, by virtue of the form of the aforesaid grant, because the same John died without heir of his body.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (30.)
529. EDMUND BATAILLE or BATAYLE.
Writ, 1 February, 7 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Maldon, 20 February, 7 Edward III. (defaced.)
Bradewelle. A capital messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king, as of the honour of Hawele, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of Hawele every month.
Purle. A capital messuage and 30a. land held of the bishop of Norwich by service of 15 3/4 d. to be paid every thirty weeks for castle ward; 20a. land and 3a. wood held of the heirs of …… . by service of 42s. (?) yearly; 24a. land held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of 24s. yearly; and 26a. land held of Walter de Tyllingham by service of 7d. yearly.
Dodyngherst. A capital messuage, 20a. land, a grove containing 1 1/2a., and 6d. yearly rent of assize; whereof 6a. land are held of John de Brianson by service of 1lb. of cummin, and all the residue is held of John Tyrel by service of 6s. yearly.
Dykeleye. A capital messuage, 20a. arable, 1a. meadow, 3a. wood, …… rent of assise, works of two customary tenants, &c. ……………… 10s. for scutage when it runs.
Margaret his sister, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (31.)
530. WALTER GASCELYN or GASSELYNE.
Writ, 11 April, 7 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 16 May, 7 Edward III.
Norrigge. The manor (extent given); whereof the hall, chambers, chapel and kitchen, lands and rent, &c., are held of Peter de Eskydemour by service of half a knight’s fee, and by service of 13s. 4d. yearly; and a grange, oxhouse, lands and rent, &c., are held of the earl of Salisbury by service of half a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of Schyreveton every three weeks.
William his son, aged 11 years and more, is his next heir
Writ, 11 April, 7 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 6 May, 7 Edward III.
Fromton Cotel. A messuage, lands and rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and by suit at all the county (courts) held at Gloucester from Easter to Michaelmas.
Wynterbourn. A plot of waste, 3 water-mills, a cottage, and two free tenants rendering 3s. yearly rent each, held in chief of Margery le Moun, Henry de Haddon, John de Brokenbarewe and Philip de Cerne, by service of 9s.
Stoke Gyffard. A messuage and lands, held in chief of Margery Gyffard, by service of suit at her court of Stoke Gyffard, twice a year.
Westerleye. 18a. heath, which can only be cut in the sixth year, held of the bishop of Bath and Wells by service of 2s.
Heir as above, aged 11 years on the third day after the Epiphany last.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (32.)
531. MARY, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN PEYVRE or PEYVERE deceased.
Writ, 11 April, 7 Edward III.
HERTFORD. Inq. Friday the feast of St. George, 7 Edward III.
Linleye. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held as dower [of the inheritance of Nicholas son and heir of Paulinus, son and heir of the said John Peyvre]; which manor, and the manor of Wylie which Margaret late the wife of John son of John Peyvere holds for life, are held of the king in chief, rendering a sparrowhawk or 2s. yearly at the king’s exchequer; and the manor renders 6d. yearly to the lord of Hich(en), and 4d. to Elizabeth de Penle.
Nicholas, son of Paulinus son and heir of John Peyvere, aged 14 1/2 years, is next heir of the said Paulinus.
Writ, 11 April, 7 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 10 May, 7 Edward III.
Grendon. The manor (extent given), including 200a. of thorn-wood by the forest of Bernewode, and a tallage called ‘Cristemesseyelde’ at Christmas, held as dower, of the inheritance of Amaury (Almarici) de Sancto Amando, a minor and in the king’s wardship, [heir of Amaury de Sancto Amando, who afterwards married the said Mary], of the earl of Cornwall, as of the honour of Walingford, by service of a bow which is called ‘Aubournebowe’ and of a barbed arrow, or 12d. yearly.
Wavindon. A messuage and two carucates of land, &c. (extent given), held for life of the inheritance of Nicholas son and heir of Paulinus Peyvre, aged 13 years; whereof the capital messuage and one carucate of land are held of the manor of Langeleye Chenduyt, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and the other carucate of land, with the advowson of the church, is held of the heir of William Passelew of Holcote by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Toternho. 40s. yearly rent, from a carucate of land which William de Jarpenvyle sometime held, held for life of the same inheritance.
Croule. 34s. yearly rent, from 80a. land held by divers tenants, held for life.
Both held of the earl of Oxford by service of a clove gillyflower at Christmas.
She held no other lands in the county, but as aforesaid of the said inheritances.
BEDFORD. Inq. 13 May, 7 Edward III.
Todyndon. The manor and the hamlet of Chalton (extent given), including a park of 120a., held for life of the inheritance of Nicholas son and heir of Paulinus Peyvere, aged 13 years, of the king in chief, by service of going at the king’s command in his army whenever summoned, until he shall have spent (quousque miserit in expensis suis) 2s., and afterwards at the king’s charges, and rendering 100s. yearly to the earl Marshal.
Cotes. The manor (extent given), including an aid called ‘Londsyght’ given by four molmen (molmannii) and four customary tenants at Christmas, held as dower after the death of Amaury de Sancto Amando, late her husband, of the inheritance of Amaury, son and heir of John de Sancto Amando, aged 18 years, of the king in chief, as of a pourparty of the barony of Caynhoo, by service of a knight’s fee.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (33.)
532. WILLIAM DE LA BECHE.
Writ, 3 June, 7 Edward III.
HERTFORD. Inq. 2 July, 7 Edward III.
Sauecompe. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held, jointly with Eufemia his wife who still survives, of the king in chief, by knight’s service, of the grant of Geoffrey de Wauncy and John de Cavenham, chaplain, by fine levied in the king’s court in 5 Edward III, to hold to them and the heirs begotten between them, with remainder to the heirs of the said Eufemia for ever; and a third part of the manor, held jointly with the said Eufemia, of the king’s grant; which third part Mary late the wife of Edmund Comyn forfeited to the king.
Staundon. A messuage and 50a. land, held jointly with the said Eufemia, by charters in fee simple to them and the heirs of the said William; whereof the said messuage and 30a. land are held of Lady Elizabeth de Burgo, lady of Clare, by service of 1d. yearly; 10a. land are held of Alice de Boteler by service of 21 3/4d. yearly; 8a. are held of Margaret Dunfrevill by service of 17d.; and 2a. land are held of John Marescal by service of 3d.
The advowson of the church of Sauecompe pertains to the said two parts of the manor of Sauecompe when their turn shall happen.
John son of the said William, aged 10 years, is their (sic) next heir of the moiety of the said manor.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 10 July, 7 Edward III.
Fakenham Aspis. Two parts of the manor (extent given), including a water-mill with a fishery, held jointly with Eufemia his wife who survives, viz.—one part of the gift of John de Cavenham, chaplain, and Geoffrey le (sic) Wauncy, by fine levied in the king’s court in 5 Edward III; and another third part of the same manor, held jointly as above, of the grant of King Edward II, which [part] Mary, late the wife of Edmund Comyn, held in dower and which she forfeited to the king, to hold to the said William and Eufemia for their lives, with knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and the said William together with the said Eufemia, died seised of their pourparty of the advowson of the church of Fakenham Aspis when it happens.
John son of the said William, aged 10 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (34.)
533. JOHN DE SANCTO PHILBERTO.
Writ, 22 February, 7 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 24 March, 7 Edward III.
Rakheyth. The manor, held of the tenants of the manor of Runham, and of the prioress of Carhowe, by service of 18s. 10d. yearly, as in socage.
John his son, aged 6 years, is his next heir.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 20 March, 7 Edward III.
Chellesworth. The manor, held, jointly with Ada his wife who still survives, of the abbot of St. Edmund’s, as in socage, by service of 103s. yearly, and 110qr. of grain, viz.—24 1/2qr. corn, 2qr. white peas, 19 1/2qr barley, and 64qr. oats, a goose and five hens.
Heir as above.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 22 March, 7 Edward III.
Lacforde. The manor, held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s by homage and fealty, and by service of 14l. 9d. yearly, viz.—5s. 4 1/2d. each week, and 22 1/2 d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Norwich by the hands of the same abbot.
Flemton. The manor held of John de Shardelowe by homage and fealty, and by service of 3s. yearly, and doing common suit at the hundred (court) of the abbot of St. Edmund’s of Thynghowe.
Both held jointly with Ada his wife, who still survives, of the grant of Robert de Ereswell, clerk, and Ralph, parson of the church of Chikenhale, by fine levied in the king’s court in 18 Edward II, to hold to them, and the heirs of the said John for ever.
Heir as above.
ESSEX. Inq. 22 March, 7 Edward III.
Little Leigh. The manor (extent given), held of William de Mareny by service of a knight’s fee and scutage when it runs.
Little Reynes. 6l. 6s. 8d. rent from lands &c. which Thomas de Eldehall and Agnes his wife hold for their lives of the demise of the said John de Sancto Philberto, with reversion to the right heirs of the said John, held of Thomas Baynard, knight, by service of 10d. and 1lb. of cummin, yearly.
Chigenhale Trenchefoille. The manor, held, jointly with Ada his wife who still survives, of the king in chief, by service of half a knight’s fee, of the grant of John de Botitourte and Maud his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court in 16 Edward II, to hold to them and the heirs of the said John, of the king in chief, by service of half a knight’s fee and scutage when it runs; a windmill and 10a. land held jointly as above, of the prior of Leigh by service of 4s. yearly, of the grant of the said John and Maud, by the fine aforesaid; and 1 1/2a. land held jointly as above, of the said grant, by virtue of the aforesaid fine, of John de Cornewaylle by service of 6d. yearly.
Heir as above.
Writ, 22 February, 7 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 8 April, 7 Edward III.
Thormerton. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church.
Southrep. The manor (extent given).
Both held of the king in chief, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Thormerton. A messuage and a carucate of land called Muttonescourt, and 32s. yearly rent, held jointly by the said John and Ada, which they jointly acquired from John Pachet, to hold to them and to the heirs of the said John; which John Pachet formerly held the same of the said John by homage and fealty, and suit of court, and scutage when it happens according to the quantity of the said tenement.
Heir as above, aged 6 years at the feast of the Epiphany last.
Writ, 22 February, 7 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 21 March, 7 Edward III.
Solham and La Hyde. The manors (extents given), held for life, jointly with Ada his wife and Thomas their son, of the grant of Henry, parson of the church of Solham, and of Richard Thurstayn, by fine levied between them in the king’s court, to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the said Thomas, with reversion to the right heirs of the said John, of the earl of Cornwall, as of the honour of Walyngford, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee and suit at the court of the said honour every four weeks.
Heir as above, aged 6 years and more.
BERKS. Inq. 26 March, 7 Edward III.
Eton Hastyng’. The manor (extent given), including a several fishery in the Thames and another fishery in quadam ripa juxta the Thames, held of the king in chief, by knight’s service, but for what part is unknown.
Esthanneye. The manor (extent given), held of Joan de Vyvon in chief, by homage and fealty, and service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and the rector of the free chapel of Esthanney receives yearly 10s. from the said manor, and 3 quarters and 3 bushels of corn, and Giles de Farlynton receives from the same manor 6l. 13s. 4d. yearly rent, of the grant of the said John de Sancto Philberto, to him and his heirs for ever.
Heir as above.
Extent or summary of lands, &c. above mentioned in cos. Gloucester, Norfolk, Essex and Berks, which were of John de Sancto Philberto, with the following addition.
OXFORD. Adewell. A messuage and two carucates of land.
Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c., 24 April, 7 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 15 June, 7 Edward III.
Thormarton. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the said John by John de Fyffyde by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee; and three messuages and a carucate of land, held jointly by Thomas le Botiler, Henry le Botiler, and Richard le Eyr, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Soutthorp. A messuage and a carucate of land, held by John de Grey of Retherfeld, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Thormarton. The advowson of the chapel.
Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c., 23 April, 7 Edward III.
BERKS. Extent, 14 June, 7 Edward III.
Burghfeld. A messuage and two carucates of land held of the said John by Bartholomew de Burghfeld by service of a knight’s fee.
Carswell. A messuage and a carucate of land, held by Hugh de Sancto Philberto by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Eton. A messuage and a carucate of land within the manor, held by John Thurstayn by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee.
Eton. The advowson of the church.
Esthanneye. The advowson of a free chapel.
OXFORD. Inq. 5 June, 7 Edward III.
Alwaldesbury. A messuage and two carucates of land, held of the said John by Adam de la Penne by service of a knight’s fee.
Aleford by Bampton. A messuage and a carucate of land held by Roland de Hastinges by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Little Munstre. A messuage and a carucate of land, held by Richard de Stanlake by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Adewelle. The advowson of the church.
Extent or summary of the above knights’ fees and advowsons.
Writ of dedimus potestatem for receiving the oath of Ada, late the wife of the said John, not to marry without the king’s licence, and (for receiving) her attorneys for receiving her dower, 23 February, 7 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (35.)
534. MARGARET LATE THE WIFE OF RALPH DE FRESCHEVILLE.
Writ, 20 October, 7 Edward III.
DERBY. Inq. 23 November, 7 Edward III.
Cruche. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a third part of a stone quarry and of a lead mine, held in dower of the inheritance of Roger son and heir of Roger Beler [, a minor in the king’s wardship], of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. 18 November, 7 Edward III.
Boneye. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a third part of a plot of meadow called ‘Hermite medwe,’ held in dower of the aforesaid inheritance, of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (36.)
535. ADAM DE BUKESGATE.
Writ, 10 April, 7 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. Tuesday in Whitsun week, 7 Edward III.
Petrichesham. 30s. yearly rent, held of the king in chief, by service of 4s. 5d. to be paid yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
His daughters, Joan, Helen and Katherine, are his next heirs, and of full age.
Writ, 10 April, 7 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 20 May, 7 Edward III.
Westuderle. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, viz.—of finding a horseman with an unbarded horse, and armed with a haqueton, hauberk, basinet, lance, sword, and long knife, in the king’s war in Wales and Scotland, at his own charges for forty days; an assart called Leye, held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 5s. at Michaelmas at the king’s exchequer, by the hands of the sheriff; and certain pourprestures, held of the prior of God’s house (Domus Dei), Portsmouth, as of his manor of Frensshemoure, by service of 14s. 8d. yearly.
Asshele by Ryngwode. The manor (extent given), held of Walter de Escote by service of 13s. 4d. yearly, and suit at the said Walter’s court every three weeks.
His daughters, Joan aged 30 years, whom Thomas de Bynedone married, Helen aged 26 years, whom Richard de Bittestorn married, and Katherine aged 21 years on the feast of the Purification last, whom Giles de Escote married, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (37.)
536. RICHARD DE EMELDON.
Writ, 12 October, 7 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Saturday after St. Martin in the Winter, 7 Edward III. (defective and defaced.)
Jesemuth. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, and rendering 6s. 8d. yearly to the king for the ward of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Goseford South. A messuage, 50a. land, and 2a. meadow, held of John de Faudon, by service of a rose yearly at Midsummer.
Elstwyk. 37a. land and a dovecot, held of the prior of Tynemuth by service of 2lbs. of pepper and 8s. yearly.
Heton Jesemuth. A messuage and 18a. land, held of Robert de Rihill by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee.
Whitlawe. A toft and 30a. land, held of Robert de Clifford by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee.
Shotton. 9a. meadow in a place called Holford, held of Roger de Somerville by knight’s service.
Throkkelawe. A toft and 30a. land, &c., held of Thomas de [Throk]ylawe by service of 1lb. of pepper at Christmas.
Myndrom within the manor of Werk on Twede. A capital messuage, 100a. land part of which lies waste, 3a. 1r. meadow, 13 1/2 bondages, each containing a toft and 24a. land, &c. held of Sir William de Monte Acuto as of the castle of Werk on Twede, by service of a moiety of a sore sparrowhawk yearly, or 6d. (?) at Midsummer.
Wollore. A burgage, held of Nicholas de Menill by service of 12d. yearly.
Caldmerton. The site of a capital messuage, burnt by the Scots, and lands, &c., held of John …… . . lord of Folbiry, by service of a rose yearly at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and 2s. to be paid yearly on Monday after the quinzaine of the Nativity of St. … . .
Newe[ton on the Moor]. Two tofts and 58a. land, held of William de Felton by service of 13d. yearly.
Abberwyke. A capital messuage, 80a. land, 5a. meadow. ……… . . held of Henry de Percy by service of 5s. yearly; and a toft, and 12a. land, now wholly lying waste for want of tenants, held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem ……… [by service] of 6s. 8d. yearly.
Neuton on the Moor. A toft, 16a. land now worth nothing, three bondages now wholly waste, and 2a. meadow, held of Henry earl of Lancaster, as of …… . by service of 1lb. of pepper yearly, and 2s 6d.
Wuldon. Six bondages, each containing a messuage and … . ., held of Henry de Percy by [service of] … . .; and [… . . bondages (?)] each containing a toft and 24d. land, held by Alice, late the wife of William Martyn (?), for life in dower, of the inheritance [of] ………… of the said Henry Percy by the service aforesaid.
Alnemuth. A burgage, now waste and unbuilt, held of Isabel de Vescy by service of 7d. yearly; and 16a. land held of the same Isabel by service of 16d. yearly.
Tyndeleye by Elyngeham. A capital messuage, a toft, 150a. land, part of which is waste, and 2a. meadow, held of Robert de Clifford by service of a pair of gilt spurs yearly or 6d.
Elyngeham. A messuage, 24a. land, 3a. meadow called Holmede, a water-mill, and the site of a water-mill burnt by the Scots, held of Robert de Clifford by service of 1d. yearly.
Alnewyk. A messuage, 37a. land, 3a. meadow, and 3a. pasture called Morevileshalgh, held of Henry de Percy by service of 4s. 6 1/2 d. yearly.
Brokesfeld. A cottage, 40a. land and 10a. meadow, which cannot be let for want of tenants and the poverty of the country, held of Alexander de Hilton by service of 1lb. of pepper yearly.
Emeldon. A messuage and 24a. land, held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, as of the lordship of Staunford, by homage and fealty, and suit of court at Staunford every three weeks, and by service of 1d. yearly for cornage at the feast of St. Cuthbert; and a wasted toft, 60a. land, and 3r. meadow called ‘Cressewell medu,’ held of Robert de Togale as of the lordship of Rok by service of a fifteenth part of a knight’s fee.
Dunstan. A messuage and 8a. land, held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, as of the lordship of Staumford, by service of 1/2d. yearly.
Ruggele. The manor (extent given), now lying waste by the devastation of the Scots, and want of tenants, held of Henry de Percy by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and 1d. yearly.
Jesemuth. The advowson of the chapel, held by the said Richard.
The said tenements in Wuldon and Myndrom, and other tenements in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, are charged with a yearly payment of 40s. to Thomas de Baumburgh, clerk, for his life, by the grant of the said Richard, and the said tenements in Wuldon are charged with a yearly payment of 40s. to Walter de Craik, now knight, for his life, by the grant of the said Richard.
His daughters, Agnes aged 27 years, whom Adam Graper married, Maud aged 23 years, whom Richard de Acton married, and Jacoba aged 9 years, are his next heirs.
Writ to John de Denton, mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and escheator there, 12 October, 7 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Thursday before St. Katherine the Virgin, 7 Edward III.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Lands, tenements, rents, &c. (extent given, with names of tenants), including twelve messuages in Horsmarketgate, seventeen houses on ‘le Denbrigg,’ a garden in Horsmarketgate, a plot by the New Gate, a void plot in ‘le Westegate,’ a plot in Daultonchere, a messuage in ‘le Bradechere,’ an empty house in Gripeschere, a plot in Senedgate, a plot in the suburb, 2a. land lying by ‘le Spenserland’ in Senedgate, 13s. yearly rent from a messuage bequeathed in the said Richard’s testament to a certain chaplain to celebrate for his soul, other rents bequeathed to the said chaplain, and a messuage which Richard de Aketon holds in ‘le Clos,’ which is bequeathed to the same Richard and Maud his wife, &c., all held in free burgage of the king, by service of 20d. yearly.
The said Richard held no lands or tenements in chief of the king in the said town nor within its liberty, because all the said town, with a meadow adjoining, is held in free burgage of the king by service of 100l. 13s. 4d. yearly.
Heirs as above.
[NORTHUMBERLAND.] Assignment of the first part of two parts, that of Adam Graper and Agnes his wife, eldest daughter and one of the heirs of the said Richard.
Rents from messuages, &c. [in Newcastle-upon-Tyne], with names of tenants; including a messuage by ‘le Frerecrosse’ a messuage in ‘le Bradechere,’ a messuage by the church of All Saints, an unroofed (discoopertum) messuage without Neweyate, four houses on ‘le Denebrigge,’ two houses in Horsmarketgate, a house in the middle of two houses by ‘le Barres,’ a third part of two parts of the great grange towards the west, and of three void plots in Cynydgate, the second part of four selions of land by the gallows (furcas), and the first part of two parts of two solers on ‘le Sandhille.’
A mill, lands, &c., in Elyngham, Abberwyk, and Mundrom, 1a. meadow in Shotton, in Holford, lands, &c. in Throcklaw, Caldmerton and Elstwyk, and a third part of two parts of the manors of Jesmuth and Ruggley.
[NORTHUMBERLAND.] Assignment of the second part of two parts, that of Richard de Acton and Maud his wife.
Rents from messuages and tenements, &c. [in Newcastle-upon-Tyne], with names of tenants; including a garden in Westgate, tenements in ‘le Bradechere,’ a tenement in Pylgrymstrete, a messuage in ‘le Bradechere’ called Herynghouse, four messuages on ‘le Denebrygge,’ three houses in Horsemarketgate, the third house of ‘les Barrers,’ the little grange, &c., a third part of two parts of three void plots in Cynydgate, a third part of four selions of land by the gallows, the second part of two parts of two solers on ‘le Sandhill,’ a void plot in Grypeschare, with a void plot by Gogowe, a void plot behind Busshouse, four bondages in Wuldon, lands, &c. in Heton Gesemuth, Mindrom, Neuton in Edelingeham, and Elstwyk, 1a. meadow in Shotton, in Holford, and a third part of two parts of the manor of Jesmuth and Ruggeley.
[NORTHUMBERLAND.] Assignment of the third part of two parts, that of Jacoba, daughter and one of the heirs of the said Richard. (fragment.)
Rents from messuages [in Newcastle-upon-Tyne] with names of tenants; including a messuage by ‘le Frerecrosse,’ a messuage in ‘le Market-gate,’ a messuage on ‘le Stathes’ …………, lands, &c., in Emuldon and Dunstane, Alnewyk, Mindrom, Holford, Gosforth Suth, and Elstwyk, rents in Caldmerton, and a third part of two parts of the manors of Jesmuth and Ruggley.
C. Edw. III. File 35. (38.)
E. Inq. p. m. File 8. (12.)

Footnotes

  • 1. See Close Roll, 7 Edw. III. pt. I. mm. 14 and 2.
  • 2. Thus given in the Calendar printed in 1806.