Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 67

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 67

393. ROBERT PORTER or LE PORTER of Baumburgh.
Writ, 15 February, 16 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Wednesday the morrow of St. Gregory the Pope, 16 Edward III.
Baumburgh. 66a. arable and 5a. meadow, held of the king in chief for a certain time, as all his ancestors held time out of mind, with the keepership of the gate of the castle of Baumburgh, taking for the said keeping 2d. daily of the king, by the hands of the constable of the castle for the time being; and by charter and licence of the present king, dated 2 February, 6 Edward III, which was shown, the aforesaid Robert le Porter enfeoffed Thomas de Baumburgh, clerk, of the said land, meadow and keepership, to hold to him and his heirs, of the king and his heirs for ever by the accustomed services; and the said Thomas re-enfeoffed the said Robert thereof, to hold for life with reversion to the said Thomas and his heirs; whereupon a final agreement was made, whereby, and by a writ of covenant between the said Thomas de Baumburgh and Robert le Porter before the justices of the Bench in the quinzaine of St. Michael, 6 Edward III, the said Robert acknowledged the said land &c. to be the right of the said Thomas, as those which he held of the gift of the said Robert, and the said Thomas granted them to the said Robert as above, and rendered them in the same court, to hold to the said Robert of the king and his heirs for life, with reversion to the said Thomas and his heirs. The said Robert was seised of the said land &c. for his life, and in such estate, and no other, died on the day of St. Edward the King in October, 15 Edward III. The said Thomas died without heir of his body on Easter eve, 14 Edward III, and Alexander de Baumburgh his brother, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir. The said Robert died at Baumburgh without heir of his body, but he had a brother, Thomas Porter, aged 50 years and more, to whom no right of inheritance could accrue, on account of the alienation to the aforesaid Thomas made as abovesaid. The said Robert held the said land &c. of the king by homage and fealty, and by service of finding a porter for the gate of the castle of Baumburgh, and a watchman upon ‘le Smythegate,’ and by rendering at the king’s exchequer of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 6s. 8d. yearly, and by rendering yearly to the town of Baumburgh 4s. 5d. He held no lands &c. of other lords.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (1.)
394. ROGER DE MARYNS.
Writ. (Fragment.)
SUSSEX. Inq. Thursday, the feast of St. Ambrose, 16 Edward III.
Bokstede. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Joan his wife, for their lives, by the gift of Isabel de Grosherst (rectius Grofherst), with reversion to the said Isabel and her heirs for ever, by fine levied in the king’s court, of John Waleys, knight (chivaler), by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the counties of Surrey and Sussex.
Writ, 10 March, 16 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Canterbury, 27 March, 16 Edward III.
Blakmanston. The manor (extent given), including rents of 4 curlews (corlux), 4 mallards (madlars), and 64 eels, held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, paying for the ward of the castle of Dover 10s. yearly, and doing one suit at the king’s court of Redlevet every three weeks; 20a. land in the manor held in socage which is called gavelkind, of the archbishop of Canterbury by fealty and by service of rendering 3s. yearly at his manor of Aldyntone, and by doing suit at the court of that manor every three weeks; 16a. pasture held of Nicholas de Sandwyco by fealty and by service of 2s. yearly, and by doing suit at the said Nicholas’s court of Bilsynton every three weeks; 12a. pasture held of Lavina atte Welle by fealty and service of 2s. yearly, and doing suit at the said Lavina’s court of Strete every three weeks; and 13a. pasture held of the master of the hospital of the Maison Dieu (Domus Dei), Dover, by fealty and service of 3s. yearly, and doing suit at his court of Honichilde every three weeks.
Oterpole. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, and by paying for the ward of the castle of Dover 10s. yearly, and doing one suit at the king’s court of Redlevet every three weeks; 17a. arable at Little Wylmyntone, belonging to the said manor of Oterpole, held of the king in chief by service of paying for the ward of the castle of Dover 2s. 6d. yearly; 26a. land held in socage which is called gavelkind, of the heirs of Giles de Badlesmere, by fealty and service of 22s. rent yearly at the manor of Cibetone, and by doing suit at their court there every three weeks; and there are 43s. 2d. of assised rent from tenants in the manors of Oterpole and Santone, and divers other rents from the same tenants &c.
He died on 13 March last. Henry de Haute, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. taken at Canterbury, 21 April, 16 Edward III.
Elmestede. The manor held in socage of the archbishop of Canterbury by fealty and service of 10s. yearly at his manor of Westgate, and by suit at his court there every three weeks; and a messuage and 13a. land held in socage of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, by fealty and by service of 20d. yearly.
Date of death and heir, as above.
KENT. Inq. taken at Grenewych on Monday the quinzaine of Easter, 16 Edward III.
Leuesham, Grenewych and Lee. A messuage, a water-mill, lands and rents (extent given), held jointly with Joan his wife; whereof a moiety of the said messuage, 23a. land and 3a. meadow, are held of Thomas de Bakwelle in socage by service of fealty and doing suit every three weeks at his court at the manor of Lee, and rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; and the residue is held of the abbot of Gaunt by fealty and suit every three weeks, and 40s. rent.
Heir as above, aged 40 years and more.
KENT. Inq. taken at Newentone on Thursday before St. Elphege, 16 Edward III.
Tonge and Rodmersham. A messuage called Neuburgh, and 19a. land, held in socage which is called gavelkind, jointly with Joan his wife, by the gift of John de Wyleghe and William atte Castel, of the earl of Northampton, of his manor of Tonge, by fealty and by rent of 2s. 2 hens and 50 eggs yearly, and by suit at the court of the said manor every three weeks; and he held there 100a. 1r. and three dayworks (daywercas) of land, belonging to the said messuage, of Philippa, queen of England, as of her manor of Middeltone, by fealty and by rent of 3s. 4d. yearly; also 6l. 15s. 5 1/2d. assised rent, pertaining to the said messuage and a rent of 30 hens and 100 eggs; and he held 40a. land there pertaining to the said messuage, in socage which is called gavelkind, of the said earl of Northampton, of his said manor of Tonge, to him and his heirs in fee simple, by fealty and by rent of 13s. 4d. yearly; and 8a. wood.
Uftone. A moiety of the manor, held in socage which is called gavelkind, to him and the heirs of his body, by the gift of Robert de Cheym; which (manor) is held of Philippa, queen of England, of her manor of Middelton, by fealty and by rent of 26s. 8d. yearly, and by making two appearances at the hundred (court) of Middeltone yearly.
Date of death as above. Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
Writ to the escheator in Kent, commanding him, after he has taken the oath of Joan, late the wife of the said Roger, not to marry without the king’s consent, to assign her reasonable dower from the lands &c. of her said late husband, 30 April, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that he has done accordingly.
KENT. Indenture of assignment of dower to the said Joan, 23 April (sic), 16 Edward III.
Oftone. Parts of a moiety of the manor (full extent given with field-names and names of tenants), including a moiety of a certain chamber which is called ‘Gestene chambre,’ 2 1/2a. in Callesberghe, 2 1/2a. wood in Hertele, 5 ‘daywercas’ of wood in Southgrove, 5a. wood in Warmesfelde, a fourth part of a marsh called Ilmeresmersh, and a fourth part of a water-mill in Middiltone, with the wharfage of a wharf (hwarve) and three stalls thereupon (trium seudarum desuper existent’).
KENT. Indenture of assignment of dower to the said Joan, 6 May, 16 Edward III.
Blakemanston manor. A third part of a grange, and other parts specified (full extent given with field-names and names of tenants), including part of a field called ‘Tweyakresandanhalf,’ and the third turn for presenting to the church of Blakemanston when vacant.
Oterpole manor. A solar built over the gate, and other parts specified (full extent given with field-names and names of tenants), including wood in Heddyng and in Foxwode, and a moiety of a house called ‘Thressherestenement.’
Santon. 1a. 1r. 2 dayworks and 1 perch of arable land, of free fee, and other lands, rents &c. (extent given).
Elmestede. A moiety of a messuage and of 1a. land, of gavelkind, to hold in common with the heir.
Belasisesfeld. 7a. land of gavelkind.
Rodmershame. 13a. pasture and 2 1/2a. underwood, of free fee.
Rodefeld. A third part of the presentation to the chapel, which belonged to the said Roger.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (2.)
395. EDWARD LE DESPENSER.
Writ, 28 October, 16 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 22 November, 16 Edward III.
Wynterslewe. On Friday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 16 Edward III, the said Edward held the manor to him and his heirs for ever, and thereof, on the same day, he enfeoffed William de Castelford and Nicholas, vicar of the church of Eyworth, to hold to them and their heirs for ever, and died on the morrow of St. Michael, 16 Edward III. The manor is held of the heir of Edward de Benstede, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of 20l. yearly.
Edward his son, aged 6 years, is his next heir.
Writ, 28 October, 16 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Donecastre on Thursday after the Epiphany, 16 Edward III.
Bautre. The manor, held jointly with Anne his wife, who still survives, together with certain tenements in Oysterfeld (extents given), including a ferry over the river Iddel, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by the grant of William la Lee and John de Knyghton, of Peter de Malo Lacu, as of his manor of Donecastre, by service of rendering to the said Peter and his heirs yearly 2s. or a sore sparrow-hawk. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
Edward son of the said Edward and Anne, aged 5 years, is their next heir.
Writ, 28 October, 16 Edward III.
LINCOLN and RUTLAND. Inq. taken at Reale, 18 January, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in the said counties on the day he died.
Writ, 28 October, 16 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. Thursday before St. Martin, 16 Edward III.
Eyworth or Eyword. The manor held jointly with Anne his wife, who still survives, of the abbot of Wardon and others holding the barony of Wardon, by service of half a knight’s fee.
(Unspecified.) A messuage, 95a. arable and 5a. meadow, held jointly with the said Anne, of Joan le Botiller, service unknown. He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Edward his son, aged 5 years and more, is his next heir.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. taken at Aylesbery on Friday before St. Martin, 16 Edward III.
Boklond. The manor held jointly as above, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the bishop of Lincoln by service of a knight’s fee.
Agmodesham. A toft, 77a. land, 1 1/2a. 1r. meadow and 6l. yearly rent, held jointly as above, of the earl of Hereford by service of 3s. 6d. yearly.
Synkebergh. A toft, 120a. land, 7a. meadow, 6l. 7s. yearly rent, held jointly as above, of the earl of Gloucester by service of 3s. yearly and suit at the court of Horewode twice a year. He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Heir as last above.
Writ, 28 October, 16 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Wednesday after the Epiphany, 16 Edward III.
Peverelthorp. The manor, held, on Monday the morrow of St. Michael last, on which day he died, jointly with Anne his wife and the heirs of their bodies, by the enfeoffment of William de la Lee and John de Knyghton, of Lady Phylippa, queen of England, as of the honour of Tykhull, by a certain service called Wardfee.
Heir as above, aged 5 years at the feast of the Annunciation last.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (3.)
396. PHILIP DE COLUMBARIIS.
Writ, 16 February, 16 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 5 March, 16 Edward III.
Beggeworth. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held for the lives of himself and Eleanor his wife, by the demise of James Daudeleye, of Hugh Daudeleye, earl of Gloucester, in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Heir unknown.
Writ, 16 February, 16 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. taken at Neubury, 8 March, 16 Edward III.
Schawe. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Eleanor his wife, who now survives, except the advowson of the church, by fine levied in the king’s court and by the king’s charter of licence, which he exhibited, dated at Roukesburgh, 13 December, 8 Edward III. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
Stephen de Columbariis his brother, aged 50 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 16 February, 16 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Bradeforde on Thursday after St. Gregory the Pope, 16 Edward III.
Brohgtone. A moiety of the manor held of James de Audelegh, for the lives of the said Philip and Eleanor his wife only, by service of a rose yearly, with reversion to the said James and his heirs. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
He died on 10 February, 16 Edward III.
Writ, 16 February, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed:—That the said Philip had no lands &c. in his demesne as of fee in the bailiwick that could be taken into the king’s hand; but the escheator found by the inquisition annexed that the said Philip held jointly with Eleanor his wife, who still survives, many lands &c. of the inheritance of the said Eleanor, and also certain lands &c. of the inheritance of James de Audele, for the lives of the said Philip and Eleanor only; which lands &c. he has taken into the king’s hand.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter on Wednesday before St. Gregory the Pope, 16 Edward III.
He held the following, jointly with Eleanor his wife, who still survives, of her inheritance:—
Fremyngton. The manor.
Barnestapol. The manor.
Holne. The manor.
Southmolton. The manor, with the hundred of Southmolton and the rent of Westansty and Yestansty.
Haldesworthy. The manor.
Combe Martyn. The manor.
Exeter. A messuage in the city.
He held the following, jointly with the said Eleanor, of the inheritance of James de Audele, by the gift of the said James, for the lives of the said Philip and Eleanor, by fine levied in the king’s court with the king’s licence, with remainder to the said James and his heirs:—
Westraddon. The manor.
Bovy Tracy. The manor.
Nymet Tracy. The manor.
Kilmyngton. The hamlet.
Toriton. A fifth part of the manor.
Totton. Certain tenements.
Nymet St. George. Certain tenements.
Wynkelegh. Certain tenements.
Whereof the said Philip and Eleanor held the manors of Fremyngton, Barnestapol, Holne, Combe Martyn, and the said messuage in Exeter, and the manors of Bovy Tracy, Nymet Tracy and the said fifth part of the manor of Toriton, of the king in chief, by service of a barony and a fifth part of a barony; the manor of Southmolton with the hundred of Southmolton and the rent of Westansty and Yestansty, the hamlet of Northlyw (sic), and the tenements of Nymet St. George and Wynkelegh, of Hugh le Despenser, by service of a knight’s fee and a half; the manor of Haldesworthy of Henry, earl of Lancaster, by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee; the manor of Westraddon of Robert le fitz Payn, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; the hamlet of Kilmyngton of Hugh de Courtenay, earl of Devon, by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee; and the said tenements in Totton of William la Zouche of Harryngworthy, in socage, by a yearly rent of 2d. He held no more lands &c. in the county.
Stephen de Columbar[iis], his brother, parson of the church of Shirewille, aged 50 years, is his next heir.
Writ, 16 February, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Philip held no lands &c. in the county of Dorset on the day he died.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Somertone on Monday before St. Gregory the Pope, 16 Edward III.
Netherstaweie and Puriton. The manors with the hamlet of Dounhende, held jointly by the said Philip and Eleanor his wife, who still survives, of the king in chief, to them and the heirs male of their bodies, by service of a moiety of a barony; and this by the king’s licence and by fine levied in his court, with successive remainders to James de Audele for his life, to Roger de Audele, son of the said James, and the heirs of his body, and to Nicholas de Audele, brother of the said Roger, and his heirs.
Blakedone. The manor, held of the king by the said Philip and Eleanor for their lives, of the inheritance of James de Audele, by service of an eighth part of a barony, by the king’s licence, and by fine levied in his court, with remainder to the said James and his heirs.
Westludeforde. Two parts of the manor, held jointly by the said Philip and Eleanor for their lives, of the inheritance of the said James, by service of a rose yearly, with remainder to the said James and his heirs.
Stoklonde Lovel, Crandon and Wollavyngtone. The manors held jointly by the said Philip and Eleanor, to them and the heirs male of their bodies; whereof a third part of the manor of Stoklonde Lovel is held of John Tryvet by suit of court only, a third part is held of the master of St. Mark’s, Bristol, by suit of court only, and a third part is held of the prior of Stok Urcy by service of a rose yearly; the manor of Crandone is held of John Tryvet by service of 2s. yearly; and the manor of Wollavyngtone is held of the abbot of Glastonbury by service of 1d. yearly.
Wolwardestone. Certain tenements held jointly by the said Philip and Eleanor, to them and the heirs of the said Philip, of John de Bello Campo of Somerset, by suit of court only.
Stauntone by Dunsterre. Six messuages, a carucate of land, 8a. meadow, 2a. wood and two parts of a mill, of the inheritance of the said James, held jointly by the said Philip and Eleanor for their lives, by service of a rose yearly.
Berewik and Stoforde. The manors and certain tenements in Odicumbe and Milvertone, held by the said Philip and Eleanor, as dower of the said Eleanor, of the inheritance of Laurence de Hastyngge, earl of Penbrok. He had no more lands &c. in the county.
Heir as last above.
Writ, 16 February, 16 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Rochester (Roff’) on Monday after St. Matthias, 16 Edward III.
Postlyngge. The manor held jointly with Eleanor his wife, for their lives, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, and rendering 20s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Dover in the same castle, on 2 February, and by doing suit for the said manor at the king’s court of Relevet [or Revelet] every three weeks. After the death of the said Eleanor the manor ought to remain to James de Audelegh, who is 24 years of age and more. He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Writ of certiorari to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, reciting the preceding inquisition, whereupon the king caused the said manor of Postlyngg to be retained in his hand, because the castle of Dover and the services thereto belonging are of the crown, and the said Philip and Eleanor acquired the said manor, which is so held of the crown, without the king’s licence; and whereas now, on behalf of the said Eleanor, it has been suggested to the king that the said manor is held of him in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, and not of him, as of the said castle of Dover, wherefore the said Philip and Eleanor were not bound to obtain the said licence upon obtaining the said inquisition, and the king has been petitioned to remove his hand from the said manor; the said treasurer &c. are commanded to examine the rolls and memoranda of the exchequer, and to certify the king whether the lords of the said manor held it of the lords of the said honour, before the said honour came into the king’s hands, or of the said castle of Dover, as aforesaid; 10 May, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed: Easter term; year 16; roll 34.
Return to the preceding writ. The said rolls &c. having been examined, it was found among the memoranda of the wards due to the castle of Dover that a certain count of Boulogne, who first was constituted the constable of Dover by King Henry of old, granted to the said king and his heirs ward at the said castle of his fees, which were held of the said count and afterwards of the king, rendering to the king yearly for ward 10s. of fee every month; among which fees are noted two fees in Postlynge, whereof John de Columbariis was tenant. Nothing is found [to the effect] that the said manor was held of the honour of Peverell. (Undated.)
C. Edw. III. File 67. (4.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (2.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 36.
397. ELEANOR, LATE THE WIFE OF PHILIP DE COLUMBARIIS.
Writ, 23 December, 16 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Canterbury on Monday after St. Thomas the Martyr, 16 Edward III.
Postlyng. The manor (extent given) held for her life, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, and rendering 20s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Dover, in the same castle, on 2 February, and doing suit for the said manor at the king’s court of Redlevet every three weeks. After the said Eleanor’s death the said manor ought to remain to James de Audelegh, who is 24 years of age and more.
She died on 13 December, 16 Edward III, holding no other lands &c. in the county.
Writ, 23 December, 16 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. made at Neubury, 16 January, 16 Edward III.
Shawes. The manor (extent given), except the advowson of the church there, held for her life of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
James de Audele, nephew of the said Eleanor, aged 26 years, is her next heir, but not as regards the said manor, because it was some time in the seisin of the said Philip and Eleanor, who acknowledged it, except the advowson of the church there, to be the right of Louis de Kemmeys, parson of the church of Combemartyn, and of Baldwin Aylmeyr, by fine levied in the king’s court, for which acknowledgment the said Louis and Baldwin granted the same to the said Philip and Eleanor in the same court, to hold for their lives, with remainder to Ralph Basset, the younger, and Alesia his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies; so that the said Alesia, who survives, and whom Hugh Meyngnel, knight, has now married, is the next heir of the said manor of Shawes.
Writ, 23 December, 16 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. Thursday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 16 Edward III.
Broghton. A moiety of the manor held for her life of James de Audeligh, rendering to him a rose yearly, with reversion to the said James and his heirs by virtue of a certain contract formerly made between them.
She died on Friday next before St. Nicholas, 16 Edward III.
Writ, 23 December, 16 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Saturday after St. Hilary, 16 Edward III.
Beggeworth. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held for her life by the demise of James Daudeleye, of Hugh Daudele, earl of Gloucester, in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Heir unknown.
Writ, 23 December, 16 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. Friday after the Epiphany, 16 Edward III.
Fremygton. The manor with the hundred of Fremygton.
Barnestapole. The manor.
Holne. The manor.
Combe Martyn. The manor.
Exeter. A messuage.
All held of the king in chief by barony.
Southm[olton]. The manor, with the hundred of Southmolton and the rent of Westansty and Yestansty, held of Hugh le Despenser by petty serjeanty.
Haldesworthy. The manor held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, for a fortieth part of a knight’s fee.
Seyntemariechurche. The manor held of John Dynham by service of half a knight’s fee of Mortain.
Merewode. 20s. yearly rent from lands &c. which John de Berkedon holds for his life; which lands &c. are held of [Hugh de] Courtenay, earl of Devon, for a quarter of a knight’s fee.
[Botyeston.] 6s. 8d. yearly rent from lands &c. which Richard de Combe holds for his life; which lands &c. are held of the said earl for half a knight’s fee.
The said manors of Fremygton, Barenestapol, Holne and Combe Martyn, and the said messuage in Exeter, are held of the king in chief for a whole barony. All the said manors, lands &c. are of the inheritance of the said Eleanor.
Bovytracy and Nymettracy. The manors and a fifth part of the manor of Toriton, held for her life by the demise of James de Audele, of the inheritance of the said James, by fine levied in the king’s court; which manors are held of the king in chief by barony.
Totton. Certain tenements held for her life of the inheritance of the said James, by the fine aforesaid, of William la Zouche of Haryngworthi, by service of 2d., in socage.
Wynkeleghe. Certain tenements held for her life of the inheritance of the said James, by the fine aforesaid, of Hugh le Despenser by service of a knight’s fee.
Westraddon. The manor held for her life by the demise of the said James, by the fine aforesaid, of Robert le fitz Payn by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Kylmeton. The hamlet held for her life of the inheritance of the said James, by the fine aforesaid, of Hugh de Courtenay, earl of Devon, by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee.
Merewode. 23s. . . d. yearly rent from lands &c. which John de Berkedon holds for his life, held by the demise of the said James, of his inheritance, by the fine aforesaid, of Hugh de Courtenay, earl of Devon, for a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Botyeston. 6s. 8d. yearly rent from lands &c. which Richard de Combe holds for his life, held by the demise of the said James, by the fine aforesaid, of the inheritance of the said James, of the said earl for half a knight’s fee.
The said James Daudele, aged 26 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 23 December, 16 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Wollavyngton on Tuesday the morrow of the Epiphany, 16 Edward III.
Nitherstaweie. The manor held of the king in chief, to her and the heirs male of the bodies of Philip de Columbariis and the said Eleanor.
Puritone. The manor, with the hamlet of Dounende, held [of the king in chief] by service of a quarter of a barony, and this with the king’s licence, by fine levied in his court, with remainder, in default of heirs male as above, to James de Audele for his life, to hold of the king by the accustomed services, and further remainders to Roger, son of the said James, and the heirs of his body, and to Nicholas, brother of the said Roger, and his heirs.
Stokelonde Lovel, Crandone and Wollavyngton. The manors held to herself and the heirs male of the bodies of the said Philip and Eleanor, by fine evied in the king’s court, as (above stated) touching the manors of Nitherstaweie and Puriton; whereof a third part of the manor of Stokelonde Lovel is held of John Tryvet by suit only, a third part is held of the master of St. Mark’s, Bristol, by suit only, and a third part is held of the prior of Stoke Curcy by service of a rose yearly; the manor of Crandone is held of John Tryvet by service of 2s. yearly; and the manor of Wollavyntone is held of the abbot of Glastonbury by service of 1d. yearly.
The said Eleanor died without heir male of the bodies of herself and of the said Philip.
Blakedone. The manor held for her life by the demise of James de Audele, with the king’s licence and by fine levied in his court, of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a barony, with reversion to the said James and his heirs.
Staunton by Dunsterre. Six messuages, a carucate of land, 8a. meadow, 2a. wood and two parts of a mill, held for her life, of the demise of the said James de Audele, of John de Mohon by suit at the said John’s court at Dunsterre.
James de Audele, aged 30 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 12 January, 16 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. taken at Bureford, 26 January, 17 Edward III.
Shawe. The manor, which has been taken into the king’s hand by virtue of another writ of the same nature; which writ and the inquisition made thereon have been sent into the king’s chancery. She held no lands &c. in co. Oxford.
Writ, 27 January, 17 Edward III.
CORNWALL. Inq. taken at Launceston on Saturday after the Purification, 17 Edward III.
Takkebear. Certain tenements held for her life by the demise of James Daudele, of the inheritance of the said James, by fine levied between them; which tenements are held of Randolph de Albo Monesterio for a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
The said James, aged 26 years and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (5.)
398. THOMAS DE CRAUFORD, barber.
Writ of certiorari to the escheator in cos. Essex, Hertford and Middlesex, on the petition of Ivo Pynchebek, for his good service, for the wardship of a messuage in the parish of St. Clement Danes, without the bar of the New Temple, London, which was of the said Thomas, who held of the king in chief, together with the wardship of John son of the said Thomas, a minor and in the king’s wardship, 2 March, 16 Edward III. By p.s.
Writ to the said escheator to take the above inquisition, if he has not already done so, 12 May, 16 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. taken at the broken cross (apud crucem fractam) without the bar of the New Temple, 1 June, 16 Edward III.
London. A certain tenement in the parish of St. Clement Danes, without the bar of the New Temple, held of the king in chief in free socage, by service of rendering 18d. yearly at the king’s exchequer. The wardship of John son and heir of the said Thomas, and of the said messuage, by reason of the said Thomas’s death, do not pertain to the king, because the wardship of tenements so held of the king and the wardship of the heirs of the same, ought not to belong to the king but to the next friends of the said heirs to whom the said tenements cannot come by hereditary right. Before these times there was no answer to the king from that messuage, except the rent aforesaid, because it never came into the king’s hand through the death of any tenant, so that no issues could be levied, out of which any answer could be made to the king.
John his son, aged 14 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (6.)
399. ELIZABETH DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF THOMAS LE BRUT or LE BRET.
ESSEX. Proof of age, 2 September, 16 Edward III (defective).
Roger Besiden, aged 60 years, says that the said Elizabeth was 15 years of age on the feast of St. Valentine last, for she was born at Reigham, co. Essex, and baptized in the church there on Thursday the feast of St. Valentine, 1 Edward III, and he well remembers it because he was in the church when she was baptized, and caused to be written the death of his father and the day and year.
John le Parker, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because at the Purification next before the birth of the said Elizabeth, his right leg was broken at London, when the present king was crowned at Westminster.
Nicholas Molaund, aged 48 years, says the like, and knows it because on the Sunday after the birth of the said Elizabeth, he came to the house of Thomas le Bret, her father, and bound himself in 10 marks for Richard le Deye, then keeper of the said Thomas’s cattle, and by the indentures made between them [the date of] the birth of the said Elizabeth is manifest to him.
Henry the clerk, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because at Christmas next after the birth of the said Elizabeth, he became keeper of a tenement of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in Alvethele, and by the date of the prior’s acquittance the age of the said Elizabeth is manifest to him.
Thomas Laurence, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because at the feast of St. Peter in Cathedra next after the birth of the said Elizabeth, Roger Laurence, chaplain, his kinsman, was presented to the church of Bernaston, co. Suffolk.
John atte More, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because when the said Elizabeth was born, he was in service with the said Thomas her father, and rendered an account on the Sunday after her birth, and by the date of the roll her age is evident to him.
John de Hamelton, aged 40 years, agrees, and knows it because at the feast of St. Michael next after the birth of the said Elizabeth, he took a certain farm of land of Edmund le Gode, to hold for the term of fourteen years next following, and at the feast of St. Michael last he went out from the said farm.
John de Strode, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because when the said Elizabeth was baptized, he with others was at a certain reconciliation (diem amoris) between Roger Brid and Walter Skeyn in the church of Reynham, and by the date of the indentures of covenant made between them, remaining in his possession, the age of the said Elizabeth is known to him.
Simon Goldhord, aged 60 years, agrees, and knows it because on the day when the said Elizabeth was born, he was a servant of the manor of Wokyndon, and at the feast of St. Michael next after the said birth he was removed from his office, whereby he remembers the said birth.
William Mountefort, aged 40 years, agrees, and knows it because on the day the said Elizabeth was born, died William Alban whose executor he was, and by the date of the testament the said birth is manifest to him.
William Richer and John Attehulle (ages not given) agree, knowing the said Elizabeth to be of the age of 15 years on Thursday, the feast of St. Valentine last.
The escheator warned Robert de Bolynton, who had the wardship of the lands &c. [of the said Thomas, to be present] to shew [cause why the same] should not be rendered [to the said Elizabeth]……
C. Edw. III. File 67. (7.)
400. JOAN DE BUTETOURTE or DE BOTETOURTE.
Writ of plenius certiorari because upon the king’s writ of certiorari super causa captionis, touching a third part of a messuage and 24a. land, which were of Joan de Botetourte, deceased, in Foxhale, co. Salop, the then escheator in cos. Gloucester, Salop &c. returned that he did not take any such lands &c. into the king’s hand, but that they were taken into the king’s hand by the late escheator of King Edward II, because Lucy late the wife of John de Someri, deceased, held them in dower, of the inheritance of the heir of the said John, and because the said Joan Butetourte and Margaret de Sutton, sisters and heirs of the said John, had not then prosecuted their claim thereto, and for no other cause, 16 February, 16 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. made at Claverleye, 12 March, 16 Edward III.
Foxhale. A third part of a messuage and of 24a. land, above mentioned, was taken into the hand of King Edward II by the then escheator, for the reasons above stated, and for no other, and so remains. It is held of Henry de Ferrariis, by service of 20 1/4d. yearly, and is of the inheritance of John son and heir of Margaret de Sutton, and of John son and heir of the said Joan de Butetourte.
The said John de Sutton and John Butetourte are the next heirs of that inheritance.
Writ of certiorari to the same effect as the above, 3 May, 16 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. 10 May, 16 Edward III.
Foxhale. A third part of a messuage &c. as above.
John de Sutton, aged 28 years at the feast of St. Michael last, and John de Botetourte, aged 26 years at Christmas last, are next heirs of the said inheritance.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (8.)
401. AGNES, LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH HOUEL.
Writ of certiorari to enquire whether the said Agnes was dowered with a third part of the manor of Wyverston and with the advowson of a third part of the church or not, &c. 14 June, 16 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Return by the escheator that from trustworthy testimony and inspection of the memoranda of John de Cayly, late sheriff of Suffolk, he found that the said Agnes, after the said Hugh’s death, lately recovered her dower of the manor of Wyverston, with its appurtenances in Wyverston, Westhorp, Fynyngham and Baketon, and of the advowson of the church of Wyverston, in the king’s court at York, before the justices of the Bench, on the quinzaine of St. John the Baptist, 8 Edward III, against Robert de Todenham, parson of the church of Ereswelle, Walter de Wauncy, parson of the church of Groundesburgh, and Hugh de Wauncy, parson of the church of Mulkbertone; whereupon John de Cayly, then sheriff of Suffolk, was ordered to give the said Agnes full seisin of the above, and he commanded the bailiff of the hundred of Hertesmere to execute the same; who on Sunday next after St. Peter ad Vincula, 8 Edward III, delivered to the said Agnes full seisin of the underwritten tenements in Wyverston, Westhorp, Fynyngham and Baketon, viz. of a grange, an oxhouse near the gates of a house called Pressourhous, a hen-house, court and garden &c., also 184a. 3r. land lying in divers pieces, 12a. 1r. meadow and 11a. 1r. pasture (field names given), 27 1/2a. wood, the services and customs of free tenants (named), certain bondservants (named), a third part of the advowson of the said church, a moiety of a shepherd’s house with a fold, and a third part of the mill, view of frankpledge, fair, market, fishery &c.; which tenements the said Agnes held from the aforesaid Sunday, 8 Edward III, to 10 March, 16 Edward III, on which day the king ordered the escheator to seize the same into his hand, pretending that the wardship of the same pertained to him, as executor and heir of John de Eltham, late earl of Cornwall, his brother, by reason of the minority of the heir of Robert Houel. (Undated.)
C. Edw. III. File 67. (9.)
402. JOHN HEYROUN.
Writ, 12 January, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 28 January, 17 Edward III.
Lachendon. 50a. arable, 30a. enclosed marsh and 2a. pasture, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Hagenet, by service of 2d. yearly; and they are charged with 10s. yearly rent-sec to be paid for the lord of Hagenet for the ward of the castle of Dover on the 16th of August; a messuage [and] 60a. arable, held in form aforesaid of the prior and convent of Christ[church], Canterbury, by service of 8s. yearly, a ploughshare, price 6d., and 1 boon-work (bedrep); and 7a. enclosed marsh held in form aforesaid of the abbess of Berkyng by service of 1/2d. yearly.
All the afore-written tenements were charged with a yearly rent of 4l. to be paid to Richard de Haveringe.
Danwebiri. A messuage, 40a. land, 2a. wood [and] 7s. 4d. rent, held in form aforesaid of the said prior and convent by service of … yearly; and a messuage, 20a. land, 1/2a. meadow and 27s. 1d. rent, held in form aforesaid of Reginald de Gray by service of 8s. yearly.
Wodeham Mortimer. 34a. land held in form aforesaid of John Talbot by service of 5s. 3d. yearly.
Christiana his sister, whom John Fauceloun married, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (10.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
403. GEOFFREY LE SCROP.
Writ to the escheator in co. York. Whereas it was lately found by an inquisition, made by the then escheator, that the said Geoffrey held of the king in chief the manor of Daneby on Wysk and the advowson of the church, and that Henry le Scrop his son, was his next heir and of full age; the king ordered the said escheator to deliver to the said Henry all the lands &c. of the said Geoffrey, which were in his bailiwick; and the said Henry, by reason, as well of the acquisition which the said Geoffrey had made of the said manor and advowson to himself and his heirs, as he pretended, as of the king’s said order, entered upon the said manor; but because the king understands that the said Geoffrey held the said manor for his life by the grant of John, late duke of Britanny and earl of Richmond, now deceased, and that he had no other estate therein; whereby, after the said Geoffrey’s death, it ought to remain among the other manors &c. of the said earl, to the king and his heirs, by reason of the said earldom being then in the king’s hand; the escheator is commanded if, by inquisition in the presence of certain of the king’s lieges to be sent to those parts by Philippa, queen of England, to whom the king has committed the wardship of the said earldom, it appears to him that the said Geoffrey held the said manor for his life, as is said, then to take the manor into the king’s hand until further orders, and enquire &c. 27 November, 16 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Richmond on Thursday after the Purification, 17 Edward III.
Danby on Wisk. Hugh de Nevill, knight (chivaler), held the manor of Sir Thomas de Mauneby, knight (chivaler), by knight’s service, and by service of 22s. 4d. yearly, and Sir Thomas held the same of the earl of Richmond by knight’s service, and the earl of Richmond [held it] of the king in chief. The said Hugh enfeoffed John, late earl of Richmond, thereof, to him and his heirs for ever, and the said earl died seised of the same; by whose death the manor descended by hereditary right to John, duke of Britanny, and he granted it to Geoffrey le Scrop for life, who never had any other estate therein. The advowson of the church belongs to the said manor.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (11.)
404. JOHN SON and HEIR OF THOMAS DE LYNDHIRST or DE LYNDHURST, an idiot.
Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator in co. Sussex to examine the said John personally and by inquisition, and certify whether he is an idiot or not &c. 2 January, 16 Edward III.
Memorandum by the escheator, that he went to Ikelesham, where the said John is wont to stay, and could not find him, because John de Glynde, bailiff of Ihamme, and John de Glynde, parson of the church of St. Thomas, Wynchelse, had removed him and taken him outside the bailiwick.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Robertsbridge on Wednesday after the Annunciation, 17 Edward III.
Iklesham. The said John has been an idiot from his birth, and still is. He held a messuage and 36a. arable in Iklesham, of his own inheritance, by the death of Thomas his father, and alienated the same this year to John de Glynde, parson of the church of St. Thomas, Wynchelse. The said tenements are held of the king in chief, as of the manor of Ihamme, by service of rendering to the said manor 3s. 4d. yearly.
The said John is aged 30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (12.)
405. JOHN DE GLAMORGAN.
Writ of certiorari to Nicholas de Boklond, and Roger de Liswy the king’s escheator in the Isle of Wight, concerning the lands &c. of the said John who held of King Edward II in chief, who was his heir, who occupied the lands &c. after the said John’s death, and by what title, if the heir, while under age, alienated any lands &c. of his inheritance, and who is the next heir of the said heir &c. The sheriff of Southampton has been commanded to provide a jury on such a day and at such a place as they may appoint. 6 July, 16 Edward III.
By K. and C.
ISLE OF WIGHT. Inq. taken at Caresbrok on Wednesday, 11 May, 19 Edward III.
Wolveton, Hardele, Northsanham, Suth Sandham, Langered and L(ak?)e. The said John died enfeoffed of the manor (?) jointly with Alice his wife, of the gift of Master Walter de Peueseye, for their lives, by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to John son of the said John de Glamorgan, and Eleanor daughter of Theobald Russel, knight, and the heirs of their bodies, by virtue whereof the said Eleanor now occupies the said manors, and further remainder to the right heirs of the said John de Glamorgan. He held the said manor &c. of the king, as of the honour of the castle of Caresbrok, by knight’s service, doing suit at the court of knights every three weeks.
Moterston. The manor and the advowson of the church held, jointly enfeoffed with the said Alice, to them and the heirs male of their bodies, by the gift of Peter de Hoo, clerk, with remainder to Denise daughter of the said John and Alice, and the heirs male of her body, by virtue whereof the said Denise now occupies the said manor, and further successive remainders to Anne her sister, and to Peter son of the said John, and the heirs male of their bodies respectively, and to the right heirs of the said John de Glamorgan for ever. He held the manor of the king, as of the honour of the castle of Caresbrok by knight’s service, doing suit at the court of knights every three weeks.
Staundon and la Wode. The manors held for his life by the courtesy (curialitatem) of England after the death of Amy his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Peter de Evercy. After the death of the said John the said manors descended by hereditary right to Peter son and heir of the said John and Amy, who was of full age; and afterwards the said Peter enfeoffed William de Foxton and William Emberton, clerks, of the said manors in fee, who re-enfeoffed thereof the said Peter and Amice his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, by virtue of which gift the said Amice now occupies the said manors because she outlived the said Peter, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Peter for ever. The said John de Glamorgan held the said manors of the king, as of the honour of the castle of Caresbrok, by knight’s service and suit at the court of knights every three weeks.
He held no other lands &c. in the Isle of Wight on the day he died.
Nicholas de Glamorgan, brother of the said Peter, is the said Peter’s next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (13.)
406. WILLIAM SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DE DOKESWORTH.
Writ to Richard de Monchensy, escheator in co. Essex &c. to take the proof of age of the said William, who was born at Great Leghes, co. Essex, and baptized in the church there, as is said, and says he is of full age and seeks the lands &c. of his inheritance, which are in the wardship of Reginald de Cobham by the king’s commission, 30 January, 16 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (14.)
407. REGINALD SON AND HEIR OF JOHN LE MULWARD of Sutton.
Writ to Henry de Chalfhunt, escheator in cos. Bedford and Buckingham to take the proof of age of the said Reginald, who was born at Sutton, co. Bedford, and baptized in the church there, as is said, and says he is of full age and seeks the lands &c. of his inheritance, which are in the wardship of John de Waddeworth by the king’s commission, 10 October, 16 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 67. (15.)
408. JOHN LE MELEWARD or LE MULEWARD.
(Writ missing.)
[BEDFORD.] Inq. Thursday after St. Katherine, 16 Edward III.
Sutton. Half a carucate of land and 1a. meadow held of the king in chief by service of 1/2d. for suit and ward by the hands of the sheriff, and he shall come to the king’s hundred (court) of Bykeleswade twice yearly; and a tenement and 9a. land held of William le Latymer by service of 3d. in part of the value of a pair of gilt spurs, and that tenement is now held of Robert de Offord, as of the inheritance of William son of William le Latymer.
He died about the feast of St. Nicholas, 18 Edward II. Reginald le Muleward, aged 22, is his next heir.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 37.
409. [ (fn. 1) JOHN DE MULWARD, deest.
BUCKINGHAM. Sutton.]

Footnotes

  • 1. Thus given in the Calender printed in 1808, and still missing.
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