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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 47
37. | MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF FULK LE FITZ WARYN. |
Writ, 28 June, 10 Edward III. | |
GLOUCESTER. | Inq. 10 July, 10 Edward III. |
Alweston. A third part of the manor (extent given) held for life of the inheritance of Walter, son and heir of Walter de Gloucestre deceased, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
Walter, son of the said Walter de Gloucestre deceased, aged 21 years and more, is his next heir. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (1.) | |
38. | JOHN DE BELLO CAMPO, of Somerset. |
Writ [4?] January, 10 Edward III.(defaced.) | |
MIDDLESEX. | Inq. 27 January, 10 Edward III. |
Scheperton. The manor (extent given), including a ferry, with the advowson of the church, held of the abbot and convent of Westminster by service of 10l. sterling yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. He died on 1 January, 10 Edward III. John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir. |
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Writ, 4 January, 10 Edward III. | |
SOMERSET. | Inq. 10 January, Edward III. |
Hacch. The manor held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Stoke Subhamedon. The manor held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. Shepton Beauchamp. The manor held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. Welewetone and Wydecombe. The hamlets and a certain part of the hamlet of Norton, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Donden. The manor held of the abbot of Glastonbury by service of eight knights’ fees. Shepton Malet. A moiety of the manor held of the abbot of Glastonbury by service of a knight’s fee Stokelynch. Certain lands &c. held of the manor of Donsterr by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Murifeld. Certain lands &c. held of the abbot of Athelyngnye, the abbot of Muchelnye, John de Molton, Franco de Scolonde, and Hugh Poyntz by service of 28s. 9d., and 1lb. of cummin yearly. |
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DEVON. |
Boltebur[y]. The manor held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
Heir as above. |
C. Edw. III. File 47. (2.) | |
39. | WILLIAM PEVEREL. |
Writ, 6 April, 10 Edward III. | |
SOUTHAMPTON. | Inq. 2 May, 10 Edward III. |
Avene. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief at fee farm by service of 4l. sterling payable at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
Henry his son, aged 25 years and more, is his next heir. |
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SOUTHAMPTON. | Inq. 3 May, 10 Edward III. |
Mannesbrugge. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief at fee farm by service of 20s. payable as above.
Aldyngton. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of William Wodelok by service of 8s. yearly. Tounhulle. 20a. land held of the abbot of Lettele by service of 5s. yearly. Cheleworthe. The manor (extent given) held of Alan de Haunvyle by service of half a knight’s fee, and paying 5s. yearly. Heir as above. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (3.) | |
40. | ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF ANDREW PEVEREL. |
Writ, 18 March, 10 Edward III. | |
SUSSEX. | Inq. 27 March, 10 Edward III. |
Sumptyng, Cokham, Iwehirst and Coufold. Two messuages, 3 carucates of land and 10l. rent, of which she was enfeoffed jointly with the said Andrew late her husband by Richard de Rademyld, parson of the church of Kyngeston, and Roger, parson of the church of Blachyngton, by fine levied in the king’s court, held for her life of Sir John de Moubray, as of the barony of Brembre, by service of two knights’ fees.
Blachyngton. Two parts of the manor, of which she was enfeoffed as above, held for her life of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the honour of Laigle, by service of rendering 4s. 5 1/2d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Pevenese. And after the death of the said Andrew and Alice, the aforesaid tenements and two parts shall remain wholly to Andrew, son of the said Andrew, and the heirs of his body. Excete, Alvericheston, Rip and Schiryngton. Three messuages and 3 carucates of land, held as dower by the assignment of Andrew, son of the said Andrew and Alice. The said Andrew their son, aged 25 years and more, is their next heir. |
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C. Edw III. File 47. (4.) | |
41. | JOHN DE WODHULLE. |
Writ, 30 April, 10 Edward III. | |
NORTHAMPTON. | Inq. 18 July, 10 Edward III. |
Pateshulle. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief as parcel of the manor of Wodhulle which is held of the king by knight’s service.
John his son, aged 16 years and more, is his next heir. |
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[WILTS.] | Inq. taken at Salisbury, 17 July, 10 Edward III. |
Tyderle. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the earl of Salisbury by service of suit at his hundred [court] of Aumbresbiry.
Great Dernefford. A messuage and 2 carucates of land were demised by the said John to Robert de Wodefford for his life and for two years beyond, with reversion to the said John and his heirs. The said Robert satisfied the said John for the whole time beforehand. The said lands &c. are held of the said earl by the service aforesaid. Little Dernefford. A messuage and 2 carucates of land were demised by the said John to Ralph Ive and Mary his wife for their lives, with reversion to the said John and his heirs. The said lands &c. are held of the said earl by the service aforesaid. Heir as above. |
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BEDFORD. | Inq. 9 July, 10 Edward III. |
Wodhull and Langeford. The manors (extents given), and the manor of Pateshull, co. Northampton, held of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees, and by rendering 9l. yearly for the ward of the castle of Rokyngham, and to the king, by the hands of the sheriff, 20s. 9d. of view, hidage and suit, and rendering 10s. to Thomas Wake of Lydel.
He held nothing of any other. Heir as above. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (5.) | |
42. | JOHN SON OF JOHN DE WESTCOTE, lately an idiot. |
Writ, 10 January, 10 Edward III. | |
SOUTHAMPTON. | Inq. 23 January, 10 Edward III. |
The following manors &c. were taken into the king’s hand by reason of the said John’s idiocy, and still remain there:—
Haliburn in Estbrouk. Two parts of the manor, held of John Dabernoun by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. Aulton and Haliburn Westbrouk. 45a. land, held of Thomas de Westcote by service of 11s. 8d. yearly; and two parts of a dovecot, a garden, and 70a. arable, held of Margaret late the wife of Edmund, late earl of Kent, as of the ancient demesne of Aulton, by service of 23s. yearly, and suit at the court of Aulton. Purye. Two parts of the manor held of Sibyl, late the wife of William de Hunstan, by service of a pair of gloves yearly, price 1d.; and two parts of a croft held of the bishop of Winchester by service of 4s. yearly. Dupenhale. Two parts of a messuage and of a carucate of land, held of the prior of St. Swithun’s, Winchester, by service of 17s. 4d. yearly, and suit at the court of Crondale. Crondale. A messuage, land and wood, called Colevileslond, held of the heir of John Giffard underegge, as of the manor of Dichull, which is in the wardship of Thomas de Bradeneston by the king’s commission until the lawful age of the said heir, by service of 6d. yearly. His sisters, Alesia, aged 30 years, whom William de Colrith married, Sibyl, aged 28 years, whom Simon Bonyng married, Alice, aged 26 years, whom Laurence de Pageham married, and Margery, aged 24 years and more, whom John de Fulquardeby married, are his next heirs. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (6.) | |
43. | HENRY LE SCROPE. |
Writ, 8 September, 10 Edward III. | |
MIDDLESEX. | Inq. 4 October, 10 Edward III. |
Hodeford. The manor held of the abbot of Westminster by service of 1d. yearly.
H[ (fn. 1) edsd]on. 50a. land held of the said abbot by service of a rose yearly; and 50a. land held of the same abbot by service of 1d. yearly. William his son, aged 16 years, is his next heir. |
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LEICESTER. | Inq. 29 September, 10 Edward III. |
Medbourne. 9s. 3d. rent and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service of 2d. yearly, payable to the king and his heirs at his exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
Heir as above. |
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HERTFORD. | Inq. 2 October, 10 Edward III. |
Bayford. A messuage and 1 carucate and 30a. land, held of the king in chief by service of 1d. yearly, as of the castle of Hertford which is in the hands of Isabella, queen of England, the king’s mother.
He held no other lands &c. in the county. Heir as above. |
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RUTLAND. | Inq. 27 September, 10 Edward III. |
Little Casterton. The manor (extent given) held of Margaret, countess of Kent, as of the manor of Eston assigned to her in dower, by knight’s service; and 27a. 1r. arable, with the advowson of the church, tenements and a water-mill and rent, held in socage.
He died on 7 September. Heir as above. |
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BEDFORD. | Inq. 7 October, 10 Edward III. |
Holm. A messuage, 80a. arable and 2a. meadow, held of Sir John de Mounbray by service of 2s. yearly; 20a. land held of the heir of William le Latimer, a minor and in the wardship of Philippa, queen of England, by the king’s grant, by service of 3s. yearly; and a curtilage and 8a. land, held of the bishop of Lincoln by service of 5s. 1 1/4d. yearly.
Langeford. Three messuages and 2 carucates of land, held for life, by the grant of Peter de Richemund by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to William, son of the said Henry, and the heirs male of his body, of John, son and heir of John de Wodhill, a minor and in the wardship of John de Molyns by the king’s commission, by knight’s service. Heir as above. |
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Writ, 8 September, 10 Edward III. | |
YORK. | Inq. taken at Doncastre on Monday next after St. Matthew, 10 Edward III. |
Waddeworth. A messuage, 24a. land and 2a. meadow, held of Sir Thomas de Cheworth by knight’s service.
Alverley. A messuage and 40a. land, held of the said Sir Thomas by knight’s service. Wermesworth. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Sir John, earl of Warenne, by knight’s service. Donecastre. Six messuages held of the said earl in free burgage. Sandall. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Alexander de Sandall by knight’s service. Knottyngleye. Ten tofts and a carucate of land, held of Lady Philippa, queen of England by knight’s service. Laxton. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the bishop of Durham by knight’s service. Kelkfeld. A messuage, a toft, and 5a. land, held of William son of Conan by knight’s service. Sledmere. A fourth part of the manor, held of Sir William de Ros of Hamelak by knight’s service. Heir as above. |
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YORK. | Inq. taken at Richemund on Tuesday after St. Matthew, 10 Edward III. |
Nappay. The manor held of Sir Henry son of Hugh by knight’s service.
Westbolton. The manor held of Sir Ralph de Neville by knight’s service. Little Bolton. The manor held of Sir Geoffrey le Scrope by knight’s service. Estbolton. The manor held of Sir Ranulph son of Ralph by knight’s service. Wendeslagh. The manor held of Sir John, earl of Richmond, by knight’s service. Herneby. The manor held of Sir Giles de Bassingburne and Sir Geoffrey le Scrope, viz.—a carucate of land held of Sir Geoffrey and the residue held of Sir Giles, by knight’s service. Fletham. The manor held of the aforesaid earl of Richmond by knight’s service. Fencotes. The manor held of the aforesaid Sir Henry son of Hugh by knight’s service. Ellerton-upon-Swale. The manor held of the aforesaid earl of Richmond by knight’s service. Bolton-upon-Swale. The manor held of Sir Geoffrey le Scrope by knight’s service. Ukkerby. The manor held of Sir John le Gray by knight’s service. Bretanby. The manor held of the aforesaid earl by knight’s service. Caldewell. The manor held of Sir Geoffrey le Scrope by knight’s service. Croft. The manor held of the said Sir Geoffrey by knight’s service. Edelyngton. The manor held of Sir Henry le Vavasour by service of a rose yearly. All held for life, by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to William his son, and the heirs male of his body, and similar successive remainders to Stephen and Richard brothers of the said William, and to the right heirs of the said Henry. He had no other estate in these manors. Heir as above. |
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YORK. | Inq. taken at Richemond on Tuesday after St. Matthew, 10 Edward III. |
Pathorn. Six tofts, a carucate of land, and a mill, held of Sir Henry de Percy by knight’s service.
York. Four messuages held in free burgage. Disford. The manor held of the said Sir Henry de Percy by knight’s service. Norton and Renyngton. Five tofts and 44a. land, held as parcel of the said manor of Disford, of the said Sir Henry by knight’s service. Neuton by Patrikbrumpton. A messuage and 5 bovates of land, held of Richard de Brynkhill by service of 1d. yearly. Layburn. A messuage, a carucate of land, and a fourth part of a water-mill, held of Sir Giles de Bassingbourn by knight’s service. Preston. A messuage, 21a. land and 3a. meadow, held of William son of Thomas de Synythwayt by knight’s service. Ridmere. Two messuages and 4 bovates and 4a. land, held of the abbot of Coverham by service of a rose yearly. Bellerby. A toft and 2 bovates of land with a sheepfold, held of Sir Geoffrey le Scrope by knight’s service, and 13s. 4d. yearly, and by service of a lamb, which is called ‘Syclyng,’ and, when the sheep of the said Henry lie (cubant) outside the fold, he shall give to Sir Geoffrey a wether. Staynton. 40s. rent issuing from the manor. Walburn. Three tofts and 3 bovates of land, held of the said Sir Giles by knight’s service. Dounum. The manor held of the said Sir Giles by knight’s service. Mersk. A toft held of the said Sir Geoffrey le Scrope by knight’s service. Richemunde. Seven messuages, 12a. land and 7l. 13s. 4d. rent, held, of the fee of the constable of the castle of Richemund, of the said earl by service of doing suit at the three courts of the said borough of Richemund yearly. Skytheby. 30a. land held of the said Sir Geoffrey by knight’s service. Staynwygges. A bovate of land held of the said Sir Geoffrey by knight’s service. Appelby. A toft and a bovate of land, held of the said Sir Geoffrey by knight’s service. Neuton Morell. A messuage and 4 bovates of land, held of Sir Thomas de Manneby by knight’s service. Manefeld. A toft and a carucate of land, held of the aforesaid earl by knight’s service. Joleby. The manor held of the said Sir Geoffrey by knight’s service. Whytewell. Two crofts and 24a. land, held of the prior of Newbrough (de Novo Burgo) by knight’s service. Jafford. A toft and 5 bovates of land, held of the said Sir Geoffrey by knight’s service. Alverton. Two messuages and 1a. meadow, held of the bishop of Durham in free burgage. Brumpton by Alverton. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the said bishop by service of a rose yearly. Thirntoft. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Sir Robert le Conestable by knight’s service. Sutton Howegrave. The manor held for life, of the gift of Sir Peter de Richemund who rendered it to him by fine in the king’s court, with remainder to William son of the said Henry and the heirs male of his body, and further similar remainders to the said William’s brothers, Stephen and Richard, and to the right heirs of the said Henry, of the said earl by knight’s service. Heir as above. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (7.) | |
44. | JOHN DE HAUSTEDE. |
Writ, 20 November, 10 Edward III. | |
NORTHAMPTON [and BUCKINGHAM]. | Inq. 17 December, 10 Edward III. |
Denesangre. The manor (extent given), including 33a. arable of assart within the forest of Whitlewode, held of the king in chief, by the grant of King Edward II, by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee, to hold to the said John and the heirs of his body, with reversion to the king and his heirs.
Densanger, Passenham, Wikedyve, Wikehamond, Stonistratford, Couesgrave, Fortho, Pokisle, Whitefeld, Heitmundecotes (?), Witlebiri and Jerdele. 74s. 10d. yearly assised rent of divers free tenants, and 4l. 3s. 4d. yearly rent of divers free tenants for lands demised to them for life. William his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir. |
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BUCKINGHAM. | Inq. 9 January, 10 Edward III. |
[Unspecified.] 17s. 2d. yearly rent, 1lb. of pepper, price 12d., 2 barbed arrows, price 2d., and 2 roses, held to himself and the heirs of his body, of the gift of King Edward II, pertaining to the manor of Deneshangre, co. Northampton; which manor and the said tenements are held of the king by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee.
Adestok. A messuage &c. land, rent, and a windmill (extent given), held jointly with Fina his wife, who still survives, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the heir of the earl of Ulster by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He held no other tenements in the counties of Bedford and Buckingham. Heir as above. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (8.) | |
45. | WILLIAM DE FERERS. |
Writ, 10 November, 10 Edward III. | |
DEVON [and CORNWALL]. | Inq. Friday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 10 Edward III. |
Pountestok. Seven fees of Mortain, and half a knight’s fee of Mortain in Thelbrigg, held of the king as of the barony of Tremyngton.
Pendrym. Half a knight’s fee held of Sir Hugh de Courtenaye, earl of Devon, as of the honour of Plympton. Norton Bauceyn. Half a knight’s fee held of John de Doune. All held by knight’s service. Wonbrok. A messuage and 40a. land, held of John de Kelly by service of 5s. and suit of court. Lyfton. A messuage held of Margaret, late the wife of Edmund earl of Kent. Nyweton Ferers and Byr. The manors, and a carucate of land in Trehanna, whereof he enfeoffed Master Henry de Tallan, parson of the church of Nyweton, by the king’s charter of licence. Penpol, Wynston Rauf, Aiston Johan, Croketon, Legh, Cornnewode, Spredeliston, Locton, Loderton, Poselynch, and Bromyston. Eleven and a quarter knights’ fees of Mortain, whereof he enfeoffed the said Master Henry by the said licence, who re-enfeoffed the said William and Maud his wife of the same, to hold for their lives. The said William held the same of the king, as of the barony of Tremyngton, by knight’s service; but the tenants of the said knights’ fees never attorned to the said Henry, nor did him homage or other services, wherefore the said William died seised of those fees as of fee. John his son, aged 20 years and 15 months and no more on the day of his father’s death, viz.—the feast of St. Luke in the year abovesaid, is his next heir. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (9.) | |
46. | JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM LE CLERK of Hundmanby. |
Writ de diem clausit extremum. 1 November, 10 Edward III. | |
Inq. (missing.) | |
C. Edw. III. File 47. (10.) | |
47. | THOMAS DE LEUKENORE. |
Writ, 22 March, 10 Edward III. (defaced.) | |
SUSSEX. | Inq. 26 March, 10 Edward III. |
Horstede. The manor, including 20a. arable in the Weald of Sussex, with its members Iteforde and Selmeston (extents given), held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the castle of Pevenese, by service of three little fees of Mortain, and rendering 20s. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Bradeherst. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Sibyl his wife, to them and the heirs of the said Thomas, of the gift of Henry de Leukenore, by fine levied in the king’s court, of John de Wakeherst by service of rendering to him 21s. 6d. yearly. Roger his son, aged 32 years and more, is his next heir. |
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MIDDLESEX. | Inq. 24 March, 10 Edward III. |
Suthmymmes. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Sibyl his wife, who still survives, of the gift of John Dabernon to them and the heirs of the said Thomas, of the earl of Hereford (Herford), by service of doing suit at his court twice a year, viz.—once at Whitechapel (ad Albam Capellam), and once at Herteford.
Heir as above. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (11.) | |
48. | SIMON LOVEGOD, of Hundmanby. |
Writ, 1 November, 10 Edward III. | |
YORK. | Inq. Wednesday after St. Lucy the Virgin, 10 Edward III. |
Hundmanby. A toft where was a messuage and a bovate of land, held for his life of the grant of Gilbert de Gaunt, sometime lord of the manor, rendering 4s. yearly to the said Gilbert and his heirs, with reversion to the said Gilbert and his heirs. And afterwards, a certain Robert de Tattersale recovered as his right, in the court of “E. late king of England, great-grandfather (proavi) of the present king,” against the said Gilbert, the said manor, to hold to the said Robert and his heirs for ever. And after the death of the said Robert, the manor descended to Thomas Cailly, Joan de Dryby, and Isabel de Orreby, his co-heirs, who entered upon the same, viz.—each one on his pourparty, by process of the king’s court. The said rent of 4s. together with the reversion of the said toft and land were assigned to the pourparty of the said Thomas Cailly, who during the whole of his life time was seised of the said rent; and after his death, that pourparty descended to Adam de Clyffton, kinsman and heir of the said Thomas, who entered thereon, and held it until the day of the death of the said Simon Lovegod. The reversion of the said toft and land, after the death of the said Simon, pertains to the said Adam, by reason of the aforesaid assignment: they are held of the king in chief, as parcel of the manor of Hundmanby, the whole of which manor is held of the king in chief by service of two and a half knights’ fees. At the time when the said Thomas held his pourparty of the said inheritance, a certain escheator of King Edward II, seized into that king’s hand the aforesaid toft, which was then a messuage, because of the trespass of the said Simon in acquiring the same for his life without the king’s licence of the said Gilbert, who held the same of the king in chief; and thus the said toft remained in the king’s hand, and in the wardship of John son of William le Clerk of Hundmanby by the king’s commission, until the said Simon’s death.
He held no other lands &c. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (12.) | |
49. | ELIAS COTEL. |
Writ, 11 March, 10 Edward III. | |
DEVON. | Inq. Saturday after St. Gregory the Pope, 10 Edward III. |
Saunford Peverel. The manor (extent given), the hundred of Halberton, a moiety of the profit of the view of frankpledge in the manor of Halberton, a messuage, a mill, lands and rent, and a moiety of a knight’s fee, in Alre Peverel, and the advowson of the cell of the priory of Montacute of Carswell, held jointly with Margery his wife who died in his lifetime, for their lives, by the grant of Walter de Saunford and Edmund his brother with the king’s charter of licence, with remainder to Oliver de Dynham and Edith his wife and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the king and his heirs by the accustomed services for ever; which Oliver and Edith still survive. The aforesaid manor, hundred, moiety, tenements and advowson, are held of the king in chief by service of serving the king with a cup, as often as he should happen to come to the said manor of Saunford.
The said Edith, aged 30 years, is his daughter and next heir. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (13.) | |
50. | JOHN DE HEREFORD. |
Writ, 8 May, 10 Edward III. | |
HEREFORD. | Inq. 26 June, 10 Edward III. |
Mordiford. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a pair of gilt spurs.
Tramayr. 10s. rent from eleven free tenants, held of the king in chief in socage by service of doing suit at the king’s hundred [court] of Wormelowe. Kyneuarstone. A messuage, 80a. arable and 6a. meadow, held jointly with Maud his wife, of Peter de Grandisino (sic) by service of doing suit at the court of Markele. He died on 30 April last. Henry his son, aged 32 years on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last, is his next heir. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (14.) | |
51. | ROBERT DE SANCTO CLARO. |
Writ, 24 September, 10 Edward III. | |
SOMERSET. | Inq. Wednesday after SS. Simon and Jude, 10 Edward III. |
Stapelton. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of the petty serjeanty of finding an armed horseman in the king’s war.
Budelegh. A capital messuage, lands and rent &c. (extent given), held of Reginald Husee by service of 2d. yearly. Somerton. A capital messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the manor of Somerton, which is in the wardship of William de Monte Acuto through the minority of the heir of the earl of Kent, by service of 20s. yearly, and doing suit at the court of Somerton twice a year. The said tenements in Somerton, together with the manor of Stapelton, are charged for the support of Rose (Roesia), late the wife of Robert de Sancto Claro, mother of the said Robert now deceased, viz.—for finding her food, clothing and other necessaries suitable to her station, to the value of 10 marks, or 10 marks to be received yearly for her life at her will; for the said Rose was seised of the said tenements at Somerton as dower, and demised them to the said Robert under that condition. Robert his son, aged 16 years and more, is his next heir. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (15.) | |
52. | ROBERT LE CONTESTABLE, of Halsham. |
Writ, 9 January, 10 Edward III. | |
YORK. | Inq. Monday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 10 Edward III. |
Halsham. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Burton Conestable in Holdernesse. The manor (extent given) with Neuton Conestable a member of the same, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of three parts of a knight’s fee. Merton in Holdernesse. Ten tofts, 10 bovates of land and 2 cottages, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of half a knight’s fee, and doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse. Tharlesthorpe. Eight tofts, 4 bovates of land and a windmill, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Otringham. 13a. meadow, pasture for 4 fat beasts, and 6s. 11d. rent, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of an eighty-eighth part of a knight’s fee. Kayngham. A several pasture, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by fealty and service of 13 1/4d. and a third part of a farthing. Pagla and Holm. Two tofts, 26 1/2a. meadow, pasture for 11 fat beasts and rent, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of 6 1/2d. yearly. Hedon. A messuage held of John de Melsa by fealty and service of 18d. yearly. John his son, aged 32 years and more, is his next heir. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (16.) | |
53. | WALTER DE KIRKEBRIDE. |
Writ, 1 July, 10 Edward III. | |
CUMBERLAND. | Inq. Monday after the Assumption, 10 Edward III. |
Kirkelevyngton. A third part of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by homage and fealty, and 7s. 5 1/2d. cornage payable at the exchequer of Carlisle yearly.
Kirkcandres. Two parts of the hamlet pertaining to the said third part of Kirkelevyngton (extent given), held of the king in chief by the said homage and fealty, and by 6s. 8d. cornage payable at the exchequer of Carlisle yearly. Kirkebride. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held of Margaret de Wyggeton in chief, by homage and fealty, and 3s. 4d. cornage yearly, and doing suit at her court of Wyggeton. There are at Wyggeton divers free tenants pertaining to the moiety of this manor. Ulveton and Aynthorne. A messuage, lands and rents (extent given), held of Robert de Wyterig by fealty and by service of 4s. yearly. Richard his son, aged 22 years, is his next heir. |
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C. Edw. III. File 47. (17.) | |
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 21. |