Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 69

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913.

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J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 69', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III( London, 1913), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol8/pp287-308 [accessed 22 December 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 69


434.	THOMAS DE GOURNAY or DE GURNAY of Harptre.
	Writ, 3 August, 17 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Somertone on Thursday before St. Lawrence, 17 Edward III.
	He held nothing of the king in chief &c. but rendered 6s. 8d. yearly to the king for licence to crenellate (karnellandi) the castle of Estharptre. Estharptre. The manor with its members, held jointly with Joan his wife, of Hugh le Despencer by knight’s service. Asshwik. 20s. rent held jointly as above, of Nicholas Burdon by knight’s service. Nitherwere. The borough held jointly as above, of Richard Cogan by knight’s service. Streccholt. A messuage and a carucate of land held jointly as above, of Stephen Mareis by knight’s service. He died on Tuesday, the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, 17 Edward III. John his son, aged 10 years and more, is his next heir.
	Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator and William Randolf, the king having understood that the said Thomas held divers lands &c. of him in chief in the counties of Somerset and Dorset, 12 August, 17 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Somertone on Monday, the morrow of St. Bartholomew, 17 Edward III.
	Estharptre &c. To the same effect as above, excepting the payment of 6s. 8d. yearly to the king. He held no other lands &c. in the county and none in co. Dorset.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (1.)
435.	AGNES, LATE THE WIFE OF HENRY MALET.
	Writ, 24 August, 17 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. Friday next after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 17 Edward III.
	Cotegrave. A capital messuage, six bovates of land and 48s. 3 1/2d. rents, held of the king in chief by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee, as of the priory of Lenton, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the war between him and his adversaries of France. James her son, aged 16 years and more, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (2.)
436.	WILLIAM EVERARD.
	Writ, 15 July, 17 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Ashulle, 25 July, 17 Edward III.
	Styuelegh. A messuage, lands, rent &c. (extent given), held of John de Moleton and William Mony in socage, by service of 1lb. cummin yearly. He died on 11 July, 17 Edward III. Edmund his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Dorchestre, 20 July, 17 Edward III.
	Frome Everard. A messuage, lands, a water-mill, rent &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Adysham. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of William de Poulsele in socage by service of rendering a rose yearly. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (3.)
	E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (8.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 44.
437.	JOHN LE LATYMER.
	Writ, 6 April, 17 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Rothewell on Saturday after St. Mark, 17 Edward III.
	Great Weldon. Three virgates of land and a moiety of a windmill held of Ralph Basset of Weldon by fealty and service of 3d. yearly; which lands &c. the said John, long before his death, granted to John de Cotyngham of Desburgh and his assigns, for the life of the said John de Cotyngham, to hold of the said John le Latymer and his heirs, rendering 45s. 1d. yearly, and the said lands &c. are charged with and render 8d. yearly to the hospital of Dyngele. Little Boudon. 27s. 9d. yearly rent held of the abbot of Pipwell and his successors by knight’s service. Date of his death unknown, because he died, as is believed, in parts beyond the seas. Nicholas his son, aged 6 years about Mid Lent last, is his next heir.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Rothewell on Monday before the Ascension, 17 Edward III.
	Desborgh. Four messuages and six virgates of land held of John Basset and his heirs by homage and scutage and service of 12d. yearly; and two messuages and two virgates of land held of Stephen Burdoun by homage and fealty and 1/2lb. pepper and 1/2lb. cummin yearly. He gave, long before his death, all the lands &c. aforesaid to Alexander Bayous and Richard Burdoun, chaplains, their heirs and assigns, by virtue whereof they were peacefully seised thereof, and granted the same to the said John le Latymer and Eleanor his wife and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by the services thereto pertaining. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ, 6 April, 17 Edward III. Endorsed by the escheator that the said John held no lands &c. in co. Warwick.
LEICESTER.	Inq. made at Hauerbergh on Tuesday after St. Dunstan, 17 Edward III.
	Langeton. 12l. 16d. yearly rent and a moiety of a windmill, which mill he held jointly with Warin le Latymer, held of Thomas de Asteleye, knight, by homage and service of a knight’s fee. Smetheton and Westerby. 100s. 9d. yearly rent held of Hugh Turnevill by homage and service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Foxton. 60s. yearly rent held of William son and heir of Thomas de Middelton, a minor and in the wardship of Mary de Sancto Paulo, countess of Pembroke, by homage and service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He held no more lands &c. in cos. Warwick and Leicester. He died on 4 February, 17 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 6 years at the feast of the Purification last.
	Writ of plenius certiorari, touching the tenure of the abovesaid lands &c. in Great Weldon, because Ralph son and heir of the said Ralph Basset is a minor and in the king’s wardship, 10 January, 17 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Rothewell, 17 February, 18 Edward III.
	Great Weldon. The said John, deceased, held three virgates of land and a moiety of a windmill, of Ralph Basset of Weldon by fealty and service of 3d., and not by knight’s service; and, long before his death, he granted, by deed dated Saturday next after St. Guthlac, 16 Edward III, the said lands &c. to John de Cotynham of Deseburgh, for the life of the said John de Cotynham, rendering to the said John le Latymer and his heirs four marks yearly; by virtue whereof the said John de Cotyngham was seised of the said lands &c. and has peacefully continued his seisin thereof until now. And the said John le Latymer granted the said rent of four marks, with the reversion of the said lands &c. after the death of the said John de Cotyngham, to Alexander Baiouse, parson of the church of Covyngton, and to Richard Burdoun of Deseburgh, chaplain, to them and their heirs for ever; and the said John de Cotynham attorned for the said rent to the said Alexander and Richard, who … afterwards granted the said rent and reversion to the said John le Latymer and Eleanor his wife, and the said John de Cotyngham attorned to the said John and Eleanor for the same. He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the county on the day he died. Deseburgh. The said John and Eleanor, being jointly enfeoffed, held eight messuages, eight virgates of land, a water-mill and 30s. yearly rent, of …. and John Bagot of Ryshton by knight’s service. Heir as above, aged …
LEICESTER.	Transcript of the above inquisition of Tuesday after St. Dunstan 17 Edward III; also
LEICESTER.	Transcript of an Inq. made at Hauerbergh, 18 December, 21 Edward III.
	Langeton. Ten messuages, ten virgates of land in the hands of bondmen who render 9l. 9 1/4d., with the profit of a moiety of a windmill, 64s. from certain free tenants, four cottages and pleas &c. of court, held of William son and heir of William Latymer, deceased, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by [service] of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He held nothing of the king &c. in the county. He died in parts beyond the seas, 4 February, 17 Edward III. Nicholas his son, aged 9 years and more at the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir. Endorsed: Petitions (?) of the parliaments of 21 and 22 Edward III, whereof the writs made do not exist. Petition of Thomas de Asteleye to the king and council, shewing that he had certain tenements in Langeton, co. Leicester, as wardship by reason of the nonage of the abovesaid Nicholas, as was openly proved by inquisition taken by the escheator in 17 [Edward III], and was in peaceful possession until the escheator in the same county by another writ took a suborned inquisition at Christmas in the 21st year, without warning the said Thomas, by which it was found that the said John held the said tenements of William son and heir of William Latymer, who is in the king’s wardship, and seized the said tenements into the king’s hand, and the king has given them to Queen Philippa; he prays restitution of the said wardship. (French. Undated.) Endorsed: Let this petition be sent into the chancery, and the queen’s counsel called there, and their reasons being heard, let right be done.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (4.)
438.	THOMAS DE LA BARRE of Hereford.
	Writ, 15 September, 17 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. Wednesday before St. Michael, 17 Edward III.
	Great Tatinton. A messuage, two carucates of land, 10a. meadow, 3a. pasture, 120a. wood, and 6 marks rent, held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee; which tenements the said Thomas, long before his death, granted by the king’s licence to John de la Barre and Thomas Vigerous, to hold to them and their heirs, of the king and his heirs, by the said services for ever; which John and Thomas afterwards granted the same to the said Thomas de la Barre, to hold for his life, with remainder to Edmund son of the said Thomas de la Barre, and his heirs male, to hold of the king by the said services for ever; and the said Edmund still survives. The said Thomas died on Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last. Isabel daughter of Walter his son, aged 5 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (5.)
439.	JOHN SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DE BAREWE, a minor and in the king’s wardship.
	Writ, 12 May, 17 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. Thursday before St. Peter ad Vincula, 17 Edward III.
	No lands or tenements came into the king’s hand by reason of the minority of the said John, nor are [there] now; but John de Barewe his father, and Maud his wife, held a messuage, 96a. land, 3a. meadow and 100s. rent in Nethere Bollynghope (and) Clehungre, [co.] Hereford, of the king in chief, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by service of a knight’s fee, by the feoffment of Roger Broun of Nortone, chaplain; which lands &c. the said Maud now holds by the form of the said gift, and, after her death, they ought to have descended to the said John son of John, if he had survived. Bikerton. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given) held of Joan de Mortuo Mari, countess of March, in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. Gannowe in Homme Lacy. A messuage, 60a. land and 10a. wood, held of the dean and chapter of Hereford in chief by service of 12d. yearly. Shutintone. A messuage, 100a. land and 13s. rent held of Roger Pychard in chief, by service of a chaplet (serti) of roses. Stephen his brother, aged 21 years on the feast of St. Stephen, 16 Edward III, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (6.)
440.	NICHOLAS ATTE HOLMHOUS of Frismarais, or DE HOLMHOUS of Firmareis.
	Writ to the escheator within the Liberty of Holdernesse, 10 February, 17 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Hedon on Thursday after Palm Sunday, 17 Edward III.
	Halsham. A messuage and half a bovate of land, whereof eight carucates make a knight’s fee, held of the king, as of the honour of Aumale, by knight’s service; half a bovate of land, held jointly with Alice his wife, of the king, as of the honour aforesaid, by knight’s service; and half a bovate of land, held jointly with the said Alice, of William de Brigham, by knight’s service. Maud de Wyueton, his sister, aged 60 years and more, and William del Gildhous, son of Alice another sister, aged 30 years and more, are his next heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (7.)
441.	RICHARD DE HAUDLO, knight (chivaler).
	Writ, 4 April, 17 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. taken at Canterbury, 6 April, 17 Edward III.
	Thremworth. The manor (extent given), with lands … at Crondale, held by the demise of John de Haudlo, his father, for the life of the said Richard, of the earl of Gloucester, by homage and fealty, and socage (sic) (rectius scutage) when it shall happen, by service of two knights’ fees and three quarters; whereof a knight’s fee and a half in Tremworth, Dodyndale, Bokherst, Frithindenne and Cranebrok, [are held] by doing suit at the court of the honour of Gloucester; a knight’s fee in Crondale, Beatrisdenne, Hathewoldenne and Cranebrok, by service of rendering yearly to the said earl 14 1/2d. of assised rent and doing suit at the court of the said honour every three weeks; and a quarter of a knight’s fee in Holford, by service of rendering yearly to the said earl 2s. 1d. and doing suit at the court of the said honour as aforesaid. The advowson of the church of Crondale pertains to that manor. Vannes. 25 1/2a. land, 50a. pasture [and] 24 1/2a. wood, held for his life as above, of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, by service of rendering yearly to the said abbot 10s. and to Thomas de Coumbe 28d.; and 29a. arable, 61 1/2a. pasture, 20a. wood and 13 1/2a. meadow, held for his life, of the abbot of Battle, by service of rendering yearly to the said abbot 7s. 6d. There pertain to that tenement (sic) 43s. 6 1/2d. of assised rent from tenants there. He died on Saturday next after St. Lucy, 16 Edward III.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (8.)
442.	ANDREW HAUKYN.
	Writ, 4 February, 17 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Hedon [in Holderness] on Sunday before the Annunciation, 17 Edward III.
	Preston. A messuage and a moiety of 1a. 1r. land; and a toft, 6a. land, 2a. 1r. meadow, and pasture for one great ox in ‘le Netmersk’ of Preston, held jointly with Stephen Haukyn, chaplain, his brother, who still survives, and the heirs of the said Andrew. All held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumarle, by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. of other lords. He died on 7 June, 14 Edward III. Margaret his daughter, the wife of Robert de Wasingdon, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (9.)
443.	MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE TILLIOL.
	Writ, 10 September, 17 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Hedon, 25 September, 17 Edward III.
	Westhattfeld in Holdirnesse. A messuage, two tofts, nine bovates of land and a windmill, held for her life only, of the inheritance of Peter son and heir of Robert de Tilliol, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumarle, by knight’s service, and rendering 12d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Skipsee, and 8 1/2d. yearly and, for aid of the sheriff of York, and doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdirnesse every three weeks. Swyn in Holdirnesse. The manor held for her life, of the inheritance of Robert son and heir of William de Hilton her first husband, of the archbishop of York by knight’s service. She died on 10 August last. The said Peter son of Robert de Tilliol, aged 36 years and more, is next heir of the said Robert; and the said Robert son of William de Hilton, aged 46 years and more, is next heir of the said William.
	Writ of certiorari, commanding the escheator to inquire whether the lands &c. in Westhattfeld were held by [service of] a whole knight’s fee or part of one, 20 October, 17 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Hedon on Sunday after St. Lucy, 17 Edward III.
	Westhattfeld in Holdirnesse. The said Maud held the above lands &c. by a forty-eighth part, and an eighth part of a forty-seventh part of the residue of a knight’s fee, only.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (10.)
444.	MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF HUMPHREY DE STAUNTON.
	Writ, 24 July, 17 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Colcestre on the morrow of the Assumption, 17 Edward III.
	Wylegh. Four messuages, 240a. land &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 12d., called ‘wardpanis,’ to be paid yearly by the hands of the bailiff of the hundred of Tendringe, by the gift of William le Gros, parson of the church of Benteleghe, by fine levied in the king’s court, and by King Edward II’s charter of licence, dated 6 June, in the 6th year of his reign, to Humphrey (Aunfrido) de Staunton and Margery his wife and the heirs of their bodies, to be held of the king by the services thereto pertaining for ever, with successive remainders to Philip de Staunton, to Mabel daughter of John de Staunton, and the heirs of her body, and to the right heirs of the said Humphrey, to hold as above. The said Humphrey and Margery died without heir of their bodies, the said Philip died long ago in the time of his father, and the said Mabel still survives, and Roger de Stonham married her. Alesford [or Aleford]. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held, of the gift of Walter le Gros, parson of the church of Little Benteleghe, and Stephen de Berle, parson of the church of Alesford, by fine levied in the king’s court, to the said Humphrey de Staunton and Margery and the heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereto appertaining, with successive remainders to John de Kogeshale, knight, and Margaret his wife, who still survive, and the heirs of their bodies, to John son of the same John, knight, and the heirs of his body, to Henry brother of the said John son of John and the heirs of his body, and to the right heirs of the said John de Kogessale, knight; whereof a messuage, lands and rent (extent given) are held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of Boulogne every month; and another capital messuage, lands and rent (extent given) and the advowson of the church, are held of the bishop of London, by knight’s service. She died on 18 July in the year aforesaid. Hugh le Gros, her kinsman, aged 26 [or 16] years and more, is her next heir in blood.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (11.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
445.	BALDWIN DE FREVILL, DE FRYVYLL, or FRYVYLL.
	Writ, 4 November, 17 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. 1 December, 17 Edward III.
	Wygynton. 1a. land, parcel of the castle of Tamworthe, which castle is situated in co. Warwick and is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. Drayton by Tamworthe. A water-mill held of the heir of Ralph Basset, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of 10s. yearly. Tamworthe. 5s. 1d. rent yearly held of the earl of Pembroke by service of 2s. 6d. yearly. He died in parts beyond the sea, on Friday next after St. Jerome last. Baldwin his son, aged 26 years at the feast of the Assumption last, is his next heir.
	Writ, 10 November, 17 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. 22 November, 17 Edward III.
	Great Tatyndon. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. La Feerne. The manor (extent given) held of the lord of the manor of Kylpek by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee. He died in parts beyond the sea, on 3 October last, as the jurors understand. Heir as above.
	Writ, 10 November, 17 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Yatesbury on Saturday, the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 17 Edward III.
	[Yatesbury?] A toft with an ox-house, two virgates of arable land, 4a. meadow and 23s. 4d. rent, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. He died on Friday next before St. Luke last. Baldwin de Frevill, knight (chivaler), is his next heir and of full age.
	Writ, 10 November, 17 Edward III.
WORCESTER.	Inq. taken at Worcester, 22 November, 17 Edward III.
	Crowenest. The hamlet (extent given) held of the prioress of the White Nuns of Worcester by service of 1d. yearly, and there are at Bedewardyn 15s. assised rent of free tenants yearly. Le Rughalle. A messuage, half a carucate of land and 2a. wood, held of the bishop of Worcester by service of rendering 5s. yearly only. Date of death and heir, as first above.
	Writ, 10 November, 17 Edward III.
WARWICK.	Inq. Monday next before St. Katherine, 17 Edward III.
	Tampworth. A castle, lands, three water-mills and rent (extent given), including a fishery in the water called Anker, held of the king in chief by homage and service of a knight’s fee. Middelton. A capital messuage, 10l. rent yearly and 3a. waste, held of the dean and chapter of the church of St. Edith, Tampworth, by fealty and service of 2s. 2 1/2d. yearly. He held no more lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir, as first above.
	Writ, 20 November, 17 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Lucham, 13 December, 17 Edward III.
	Welyngham. A certain manor (extent given) held of Hugh de Hastyngges by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. Date of death, as above. Heir as first above, aged 26 years and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (12.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 43 and 45.
446.	BALDWIN FRYVYLL.
HEREFORD.	Inq. Saturday before St. Leonard, 17 Edward III.
	Great Tadynton. A messuage, land and rent (extent given) held of the king in chief and his heirs by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in co. Hereford. He died on Thursday before All Saints last. Baldwin his son, aged 28, is his next heir.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 42.
447.	JOHN STURMY[, STORMY or STORMYN].
	Writ, 17 March, 17 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Chelmersford, 4 April, 17 Edward III.
	Thundresll[e] [or Thonderle]. The manor (extent given), including 100s. yearly rendered by Edward de Wodeham for two marshes, 10s. yearly by John le Botteller for 15a. land which are held in socage in Wakeringg, and meadow charged with yearly rents of 9d. to John Giffard of Bures and 1/2d. to Simon Humfrey for a certain way to Sopperswode, held of the king, as of the king’s gift to him and his heirs male, by service of half a quarter of a knight’s fee. Waltham Holy Cross. A messuage in the parish called Pyesnest, 140a. arable, 10a. meadow and 12a. underwood with common in the forest, held jointly with Maud his wife and Edmund their son and the heirs of the body of the said Edmund, of the abbot of Waltham Holy Cross by service of 41s. yearly. He died on 13 March. Robert his son, aged 23 [or 24] years and more, is his next heir.
	Writ, 4 April, 17 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. 22 April, 17 Edward III.
	Strattone. A certain manor (extent given) held jointly with Maud his wife, who still survives, of the bishop of Norwich by service of 6s. yearly. Fretone. A messuage and 30a. land held jointly as above of the prior of the monks of Tefford by service of 30s. yearly. Pulham. A messuage and 40a. land held jointly as above of the bishop of Ely by service of 5d. yearly. Hemphale. 20a. land held of John le fiz Wauter by service of 12d. yearly. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (13.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
448.	JOHN STURMI.
	Writ, 28 March, 17 [Edward III].
NORFOLK.	Inq. 6 April, 17 [Edward III].
	Stratton. A manor. Freton. A messuage and 30a. land. Pullam. A messuage and 40a. land. [He?]mynhale. 20a. land. John (sic) his son, aged 23 and more, is his next heir.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 33.
449.	MARGARET ATTE DOUNE.
	Writ, 30 [or 20] March, 17 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Chelmeresford, 8 April, 17 Edward III.
	Bradewelle. A messuage, lands, rent &c. (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of rendering 12d. yearly to the king by the hands of the bailiff of the hundred of Dans[ey], and also rendering a lance to the king in his war of Wales; 40a. arable, a foreign marsh and 2s. yearly rent, held of the heirs of John de la Mare by service of 20s. 2d. yearly; and 30a. land held in form aforesaid of Thomas Baynard by service of 7s. yearly. Maylo[nd]. A messuage and 80a. arable held in form aforesaid of William de Tilleburi by service of 2s. yearly. Bradewelle. A third part of a messuage and of 43a. land and of 10a. marsh, held in dower after the death of Edmund Bataille, sometime her husband, of the inheritance of Robert Baroun, kinsman and heir of the said Edmund. She died on 18 [or 22] March last. Joan her daughter, whom John le Cok married, aged 27 years and more, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (14.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
450.	LUCY WALE.
	Writ, 1 July, 17 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. 31 July, 17 Edward III.
	Wedon Pinkeneye. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief, as of the fee of Pinkeneye, by service of a knight’s fee; and the said Lucy, long before her death, enfeoffed Thomas Wale, knight, her son, of the said manor, to hold to the said Thomas and his heirs, of the king, by the services thereto pertaining, whereof the said Thomas has the king’s charter of licence, as the jury believe. The tenants of the said manor render 20s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Wyndesore. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on Thursday the feast of Ascension last. Thomas Wale, knight, son of Thomas Wale, knight, aged 40 years and more at the feast of the Annunciation last, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (15.)
451.	HUGH TYRELL.
	Writ, 20 March, 17 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. made in the castle of Hereford, 15 June, 17 Edward III.
	Marschton. 9s. 6d. assised rent yearly, parcel of a tenement some time of Petronilla le Wafre, which tenement is held of the king in chief, by service of grand serjeanty. Okes and Bredwardyn. Tenements held for life of the king’s grant, which were of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, and came to the king’s hand by the forfeiture of the said Roger, viz.:— Okes. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the abbot of Radyng, rendering 3s. 4d. yearly. Bredwardyn. A toft, lands and rent (extent given), parcel of the manor of Bredwardyn, which is held of the earl of Hereford by service of a knight’s fee, to be done at his castle of Brecon. Solersdylewe. 1/2a. land held of Walter le Freynsch rendering 1/2d. yearly; and a meadow (?), called ‘le Rokmedue,’ and 3s. rent yearly of free tenants; which tenements are parcel of the manor of Dylewe, which is held of the earl of Lancaster by service of a knight’s fee, to be done at his castle of Monemuth. Homme by Dylewe. 4a. land held of [Robert] Broun by service of 1d. yearly. He died in parts beyond the seas, viz. in B[rittany], as the jurors understand, on 28 January last. John his son, aged 3 years at the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir.
	Writ, 20 March, 17 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Cleobury Mortimer, 14 June, 17 Edward III.
	Little Sutton. 3a. meadow and 10s. [or 40s.] rent, parcels of the manor of Little Sutton, which is held of the king in chief by service of a thirtieth part of a knight’s fee [and 4s. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff]. Le Bernes by Cleobury. A messuage, lands, two water-mills and rent (extent given), held for his life by the king’s grant; which tenements are parcels of the manor of Cleobury Mortimer, which is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee; and the said tenements came to the king’s hands by the forfeiture of Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March. Bromcroft. The hamlet (extent given) held jointly with Margery his wife, of [Sir] John Lestrange, of Whitchurch (de Albo Monasterio), by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee. Joan [Tirel], mother of the said Hugh, holds a third part of the mill in dower.
	Writ to the escheator in cos. Salop and Stafford, and to Richard de la Bere. Whereas it was found by an inquisition made by the escheator that the said Hugh did not hold any lands &c. of the king in chief in the counties aforesaid on the day he died, but held divers lands of divers other lords; and the king now understands that divers lands &c. which the said Hugh held of the king in chief in the said counties are concealed, to the taking away of the king’s wardship thereof; they are commanded to make enquiry &c., 30 April, 17 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. Monday … 17 Edward III (much defaced).
	Bromcroft (?) The said Hugh, who held certain lands and tenements called …. [of the] gift of the present king, to hold to him and his heirs for ever, ….. by his writing dated Monday next after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, in the year ….. Margery his wife jointly held, on the day the said Hugh died, the hamlet of Bromscroft (?) (extent given) ….. of Whitchurch, by service of the sixth part of a knight’s fee. Date of death unknown. ….. aged 4 years on the feast of St. ….. is his next heir.
	Writ, 15 June, 17 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Dorchestre, 5 September, 17 Edward III.
	Stormenstre Mareschal. 7a. land, 6s. 8d. yearly rent from two free tenants, and a fourth part of the hundred of Lousebergh, held jointly with Margery his wife and the heirs of the said Hugh, of the king in chief by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick on the day he died. It is not known (non constat) on what day the said Hugh died, but he did not die within the realm of England. John his son, aged 4 (?) years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (16.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 43.
452.	HUGH TYREL.
HEREFORD.	Inq. taken at Hereford on Saturday after St. Barnabas, 17 Edward III.
	Marsshton. 9s. 6d. yearly rent held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty. Solers Dilewe. A meadow called Rokkesmedewe held of the earl of Lancaster by a parcel of knight’s service (per unam parcellam militarem). Homme by Webbeleye. 4a. land held of Robert Broun by service of 1d. Solers Dilewe. 1/2a. land held of Walter le Freynsh by service of 1/2d. Okes. A messuage and a carucate of land, held for life by the king’s grant of the king, rendering 3s. yearly to the abbot of Redyngg; and a plot of pasture. Bredwardyn. A toft, 20a. land, a parcel of pasture, 14s. rent, and 4a. wood, held for life by the king’s grant. He died in Brytanny, 28 January, 17 Edward III. John his son, aged 3 years on the said day, is his next heir.
	Writ, 15 June, 17 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Stormynstre Mareschal, 6 July, 17 Edward III.
	Stormynstre Mareschal. 7a. land, 5s. 7d. yearly rent and a fourth part of the hundred of Lusebergh, held of the king in chief in socage. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. Date of death unknown, because he did not die within the realm of England. John his son, aged 4 years and more, is his next heir.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 42 and 44.
453.	WILLIAM CREKETOT.
	Writ, 28 January, 17 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. 22 February, 17 Edward III.
	Asschefelde. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, and of finding an armed man in the king’s war. Little Asschefelde. 100a. arable and 6a. meadow held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s by service of half a knight’s fee, and 10d. at the end of every 20 weeks [for castle ward]. Ixeworthe. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee [or a knight’s fee]. Bury St. Edmund’s (villa de sancto Edmundo). A messuage held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s in socage by service of 1/2d. yearly. Leveneye. A certain manor (extent given) held of the earl of Oxford by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. William his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir. Endorsed with a summary of the third part assigned to Isabel, late his wife, in dower, viz., the manor of Ixworth, the manor of Leveneye, a messuage in Bury St. Edmunds and 24s. 10 3/4d. rent from the tenants of the manor of Asshefelde. William, the heir, was warned to be present at the assignment of dower, but he came not.
	Writ of dedimus potestatem to Hugh de Saxham to take the oath of the said Isabel not to marry without the king’s licence, and to receive her attorneys for seeking her dower in the chancery, 28 February, 17 Edward III.
	Endorsed that he has done accordingly.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (17.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 33.
454.	NICHOLAS DE STAPELTON.
	Writ, 10 June, 17 Edward III.
WESTMORELAND.	Inq. taken at Kirkeby in Kendale on Saturday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 17 Edward III.
	Kentemer. The vale held of the king in chief by part of a barony. He held nothing of others. Miles de Stapelton is his next heir and of full age.
	Writ, 10 June, 17 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. Thursday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 17 Edward III.
	Carleton in Balne. The manor (extent given), including 100a. meadow, which are often inundated by the waters of the Ayre, small closes called ‘le Oldpark’ and ‘le Neupark,’ and a ferry over the river Ayre, held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of a knight’s fee. Dalton Michel, Stapelton on Tese, Fletham, Wath in Ridale, and Kirkeby Fletham. The manors, and a fourth part of the manor of Austewyk, and thirteen messuages, twenty-three and a half bovates of land, 18a. meadow and 3s. rent, in Great Langton on Swale, Muscotes, Slyngesby, Wygthorp, Thorp Darche, and Tyveryngton (extents given), held for his life, of the grant of William de Brunne, clerk, and William de Farnham, chaplain, by fine levied in the king’s court, 12 Edward III, with successive remainders, as to the manor of Dalton Michel, to Miles son of the said Nicholas, and Isabel his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of the said Nicholas, which said Miles and Isabel still survive; as to the manors of Stapelton, Fletham, Wath, Kirkeby Fletham and the said fourth part of the manor of Austewyk, to the said Miles and Isabel, and the heirs of the body of the said Miles, and to the right heirs of the said Nicholas; and as to the said messuages, land, meadow, and rent, to the said Miles and the heirs of his body, and to the right heirs of the said Nicholas; to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereto belonging for ever. The manor of Dalton is held of John de Gray by knight’s service; the manor of Stapelton is held of Henry le Scrop by fealty and by service of 7d. yearly; the manor of Fletham with Kerkeby Fletham, is held of Sir John de Gaunt, earl of Richemond, by knight’s service; the manor of Wath is held of John de Moubray by fealty and by service of 6d. yearly; the said fourth part of the manor of Austewyk is held of John de Moubray by fealty and by service of a pair of gilt spurs yearly; the said tenements in Langton are held of John de Gray by knight’s service; the said tenements in Muscotes are held of Gilbert de Aton by knight’s service; the said tenements in Slyngesby are held of the baron of Graistok by knight’s service; the said tenements in Wygthorp and Tyveryngton are held of Andrew Lutterell by knight’s service; and the said tenements in Thorp Darche are held of John de Moubray by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Miles his son, aged 25 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (18.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 47.
455.	ROGER SALEMAN or SALAMAN.
	Writ, 16 September, 17 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Lewes, 27 October, 17 Edward III.
	Pycombe. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, of John, earl of Warenne, by service of a rose yearly. Mechyng, Iford, Ovynggeden, Peccham and Dychenyngg. 9l. yearly rent held jointly as above, of the earl of Warenne by service of rendering 22s. yearly. He held no other lands in the county. He died on Sunday after the Epiphany last. Roger his son, aged 17 years and more, is his next heir.
SURREY.	Inq. 31 October, 17 Edward III.
	Imeworth by Kyngeston. The manor (extent given), held jointly as above, by the grant of Roger de London, of the men of the town of Kyngeston, fee farmers of the king, by service of rendering to them for their fee farm 78s. 3 1/2d. yearly, and by suit of court every three weeks. He held no lands &c. as of fee in the hundreds of Kyngeston and Emelebrugge. Date of death as above. Heir as above, aged 18 years at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Blecchingelegh, 20 October, 17 Edward III.
	Burstowe. A capital messuage and 120a. arable called ‘la Logge’ (extent given), held jointly as above by fine levied in the king’s court, of John de Burstowe by service of 36s. yearly and doing suit at the said John’s court every three weeks; and 6a. land, held jointly as above, of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of 12d. yearly. Horlee. A moiety of a messuage and 80a. arable, held jointly as above, of the prior of Mertune by service of 12s. yearly and suit at the said prior’s court of Ewell every three weeks. Nutfeld. 100a. arable, held jointly as above, of John de Cobeham by service of 17s. 1 1/2d. yearly and suit at the said John’s court of Nutfeld every three weeks. Gatton. 30a. arable and 3a. meadow, held jointly as above, of Robert de Northwod by service of 19s. 6d. yearly and suit at the said Robert’s court of Gatton every three weeks. Colesdon. 100a. arable, held jointly as above, of the abbot of Cherteseye by service of 2s. 6d. yearly and suit at the said abbot’s court of Colesdon every three weeks. Caterham. A messuage and 28a. land, held jointly as above, of Robert Colville … by service of 3s. 7d. yearly and suit at his court there every three weeks; and 60a. arable, held jointly as above, of John Dabernoun by service of 1/2d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the hundreds of Tanrugge and Reigate. Date of death and heir as last above.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (19.)
456.	WILLIAM CHAUNCY.
	Writ, 30 January, 17 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Staynfordbrigge on Monday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 17 Edward III.
	Skirpenbek. The manor, together with certain tenements in the hamlets of Buggethorp and Thoraldeby pertaining to the same (extents given), held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of a knight’s fee. Hoton Wandesley. The manor held for his life of Robert de Wilesthorp by knight’s service, with remainder to John Chauncy, son of the said William, and the heirs of his body, which said John still survives. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Thomas his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (20.)
457.	EUSTACE DE BURNEBY.
	Writ, 7 April, 17 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Northampton, 10 April, 17 Edward III.
	Watford. Three parts of the manor (extent given), held, by the grant of John, parson of the church of Creek, and Ralph, parson of the church of Buckeby, by a fine levied in the king’s court, 14 Edward III, for his life of the king and his heirs, by the services thereto belonging, with successive remainders to Nicholas de Burneby and Alice his wife, and the heirs of the body of the said Nicholas, and to the right heirs of the said Nicholas for ever, the king’s licence having been obtained. A third part of the said manor is held of the king in chief at fee farm, rendering at the king’s exchequer 16s. (?) yearly, and two parts of the manor are held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Friday next [before?] Palm Sunday last. Nicholas his son, aged 26 years at the feast of Easter last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (21.)
458.	ROBERT PARVYNG.
	Writ, 26 August, 17 Edward III.
	Endorsed that the said Robert had no lands &c. in the bailiwick, but those contained in the two inquisitions annexed.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle on Wednesday after St. Michael, 17 Edward III.
	Blakhale. The manor held, to him and the heirs of his body by the gift of Robert Parvyng, the elder, by fine levied in the king’s court 11 Edward III, with successive remainders to Adam, son of John Pacok, and the heirs male of his body, to John, brother of the said Adam, and the heirs male of his body, to Thomas, brother of the said John, and the heirs male of his body, and to the right heirs of the same Robert Parvyng. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of 4s. 6 1/2d. yearly, to be paid at the exchequer of Carlisle for cornage, and by doing suit at the county(court) of Cumberland every month, and by service of 16s. 1d. yearly at the said exchequer of Carlisle for purprestures, 31s. yearly for food of the king’s foresters of Inglewod, and 4s. 4d. yearly for food of the king’s bailiffs of the ward of Cumberland, and by rendering 40 marks yearly to Margaret, late the wife of John Gernoun, for her life, as is contained in a fine levied in the king’s court in 8 Edward III. Staynton. The manor, held in tail as above, by the fine abovesaid; which manor is held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 8s. yearly at the exchequer of Carlisle for cornage, and by service of 2s. 8d. yearly for food of the king’s bailiffs, and rendering 10l. yearly to the said Margaret for her life. Skelton. The advowson of the church, and two parts of a third part of the manor, except a messuage and two bovates of land in the same two parts, held in tail as above, by the fine abovesaid; which two parts of a third part are held of the king in chief by service of 8s. 8d. yearly for cornage, 12s. 1/2d. yearly for food of the king’s foresters of Inglewod, and 18d. yearly for food of the king’s bailiffs. Melmorby. The manor and the advowson of the church, held by a certain fine levied in the king’s court in 8 Edward III; and afterwards the said Robert Parvyng gave the said manor and advowson to one Robert Parvyng, the elder, to hold to him and his heirs for ever, who by the fine abovesaid, levied in 11 Edward III, rendered the same to the said Robert Parvyng, to hold for his life, with successive remainders to Margaret the wife of John de Weston, and the heirs of her body, to the heirs of the body of the said Robert, to the aforesaid Adam son of John Pacok, John and Thomas, his brothers, and their heirs male respectively, and to the right heirs of the said Robert, in form abovesaid; which manor is held of the king in chief by service of 13s. 4d. yearly for cornage and 4s. 4d. yearly for food of the bailiffs. Bochardby. The manor, held jointly with Isabel his wife, to them and the heirs of the body of the said Robert, with successive remainders to the aforesaid Adam, John and Thomas and their heirs male, as abovesaid, and to the right heirs of the said Robert, according to the form of a fine levied in 11 Edward III; which said manor is held of the king in chief by service of 6s. 2d. yearly for cornage. Carlisle suburb and Caldecotes. A mill, a messuage and 10a. land, held jointly with the said Isabel his wife, to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the said Robert, and to the aforesaid Adam, John and Thomas, and to the right heirs of the said Robert, in form abovesaid; which said mill is held of the prior of St. Mary’s, Carlisle, by service of 20d. yearly; and the said messuage and land are held of the bishop of Carlisle by service of 20d. yearly. Warthewik. 16a. land held of John de Warthewik by service of [5s. yearly]. Inglewod. [Three] closes in the forest held of the king in chief by service of 7l. 4s. 4d. yearly, payable at the exchequer of Carlisle. Carlisle. A messuage held jointly with Isabel his wife, to them and the heirs of the said Robert, of the king in chief by ‘husgabel.’ Inglewode. A messuage in the forest held of the king in chief by ‘husgabel.’ Cumquintyn. A messuage and 5a. land, and a moiety of the wood of the same, held of Robert de Whiterig and Adam de Crofton by service of 3d. yearly. Melmorby. Three messuages and 42a. land held of the king in chief by service of 1d. yearly for cornage. Ulvesby. An eighth part of a moiety of the town, and three messuages and 100a. land and meadow, held of the king in chief by service of 20d. yearly for cornage, and by service [of 2s. yearly to be paid to the keeper of] the king’s demesne lands of Carlisle. Glassanby. A moiety of the manor held of the king in chief by service of 10s. yearly for cornage and suit at the county(court) of Cumberland every month. Etardby. A third part of a messuage and 4a. land held of Peter de Tilioll by service of 20d. yearly and by suit at the court of Scaleby every three weeks. He died on Tuesday next after the octave of the Assumption last. Joan, the wife of John Pacok, and Emma, late the wife of John de Scaleby, his sisters, are his next heirs and of full age.
	Writ, 26 August, 17 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Corbrigg on Saturday before St. Michael, 17 Edward III.
	Great Babyngton. Anora, late the wife of John de Lancastre, gave the manor to Robert Parvyng and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of the body of the said Robert, with successive remainders to Adam, son of John Pacok, and to John and Thomas, brothers of the said Adam, and the heirs male of their bodies, and to the right heirs of the said Robert for ever; and thus the said Robert died seised of the said manor. It is held of the earl of Angus (Dangos), by service of 10 3/4d. yearly for cornage. Styford. Ten messuages and 130a. land in the manor, held by the said Robert and Isabel his wife, by the gift of John de Lancastre, lord of Stiford, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Robert, of the king in chief by a fortieth part of a knight’s fee, and it renders 4d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 4d. for cornage. He held no other tenements in the bailiwick. Date of death as above. Heirs as above, aged 40 years and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (22.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 47.
459.	ROBERT PARVYNG.
WESTMORELAND.	Inq. taken at Appilby on Monday after St. Michael, 17 Edward III.
	Wateby. A moiety of the manor, held to him and the heirs of his body, [with successive remainders] to the abovesaid Adam, John and Thomas, and the heirs male of their bodies &c. as above, of Robert de Clifford by service of 7s. 4d. yearly for cornage; and a messuage and two bovates of land, held in fee simple of Henry de Warthecopp by service of 1/4d. yearly for cornage. Barton. Three messuages, 5a. land, 5a. meadow, 500a. pasture and 500a. moor, held to him and the heirs of his body, with remainders as above, and to the right heirs of the said Robert. Heirs as above.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 47.
460.	THOMAS MALEGREFF.
	Writ, 3 December, 17 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Hordon, 15 December, 17 Edward III.
	Horndon. The manor (extent given), including a moiety of the toll of the market, and 80a. land, 7a. meadow, 24a. pasture and 34s. rent, in Horseth and Langedon, held by the grant of Adam de Hadleye, parson of the church of Langedon, and Ralph de Anste, vicar of the church of Horndon, by fine levied in the king’s court, to the said Thomas and Alice his wife, for their lives, to hold of the chief lords, by the services thereto belonging, with successive remainders to Hugh, son of the said Thomas and Alice, and the heirs male of his body, to Thomas, son of the said Thomas Malegreff, and the heirs male of his body, and to the right heirs of the said Thomas Malegreff, for ever. The manor is held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a knight’s fee and suit at the court of Boulogne every month; 80a. land called Bardeslond contained in the same fine, are held of Thomas de Gravesende, nephew and heir of Stephen de Gravesende, late bishop of London, by service of 13s. 4d.; and pertaining to the said manor are 50a. land held of the prioress of Heghham by service of 11s., and 10a. land held of Robert de Wauton by service of 4s. 8d. Alice, the wife of the said Thomas, is dead, and Hugh, son of the said Thomas and Alice, still survives. Caneveye. A marsh held of John Giffard by service of 5s. yearly. Burstede. 4s. 6d. rent in the hamlet of Billerica held of the earl of Her[e]ford, as of the manor of Fobbinge, by service of 4s. and suit at the court of Fobbinge. Wokyndon Setfountaynes, Wok[yndon] Bishopp and Warle Abesses. Two messuages and 160a. land held by the grant of John de Malegreff in fee tail to the said Thomas and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Walter atte Grove, held of Crawehehalle, and of John Baudechoun and Francis de Scoland, by service of 4s. He died on 10 November last. Thomas his son, aged 22 years and more, is heir of the bodies of the said Thomas and Joan.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (23.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 46.
461.	RICHARD SON OF GEOFFREY DE CORNUBIA.
	Writ, 24 October, 17 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Daventre, 30 October, 17 Edward III.
	Throp. The manor (extent given), held as of the fee of Chokes by service of two parts of a moiety of a knight’s fee, and five messuages and five virgates of land in Norton (extent given), which contain a moiety of the manor of Norton, held jointly with Sibyl his wife, by the grant of Geoffrey de Cornewaylle and Margaret his wife, ……, by virtue of a certain fine levied in the king’s court at York in 2 Edward III, to hold the said manor and its appurtenances to the said Richard and Sibyl and the heirs of their bodies, of the said Geoffrey and Margaret, and the heirs of the said Geoffrey, for ever, rendering yearly to the said Geoffrey and Margaret, for the lifetime of the said Geoffrey, 40l. sterling, and to the heirs of the said Geoffrey a rose yearly, for all services &c. with reversion of the said manor, and the messuages and land in Norton, in default of issue of the said Richard and Sibyl, to the said Geoffrey and Margaret and the heirs of the said Geoffrey, quit of other heirs of the said Richard and Sibyl, to be held of the chief lords of that fee, by the services thereto belonging, for ever. Norton. The other moiety of the manor (extent given), held, by the grant of Joan, late the wife of Richard de Cornubia, to the said Richard and the heirs of his body, of the said Joan and her heirs by service of a rose yearly, by virtue of a fine levied in the king’s court at Westminster in 10 Edward II. He held no other lands &c. He died on Monday next before St. Denis last. Geoffrey his son, aged … years at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (24.)
462.	WILLIAM DE COUCY.
	Writ, 24 February, 17 Edward III.
WESTMORELAND.	Inq. Tuesday the feast of the Annunciation, 17 Edward III.
	Kyrkeby in Kendale. A moiety of the manor, except five marks of land and rent yearly in Castreton which Robert son of Ingelram de Gynes holds for his life, held of the king in chief by barony. Wynandremere, Gressemere and Seyntemarieholm. The advowsons of the chapels belonging to the said moiety of the manor. He held no lands &c. of others in the county. Ingelram de Coucy his brother, is his next heir and of full age.
LANCASTER.	Inq. 1 April [or 1 March], 17 Edward III.
	Ulvereston. A moiety of the town held of the abbot and convent of Fourneys by homage and fealty and by service of 30s. yearly, and suit at the court of the said abbot &c. at Dalton whenever the king’s writ shall be pending in the said court or any robber be there to be adjudged, or there be judgment to be rendered there, and also by service of 5d. yearly to be paid at the exchequer of Lancaster. Heir as above.
LANCASTER.	Inq. taken at Lancaster on Tuesday after St. Mark, 17 Edward III.
	Mourholm [or Maurholm]. The manor (extent given), including lands in Kerneford and Lyndeheved pertaining to the manor, held of Sir Henry, earl of Lancaster, by knight’s service. Wirisdale. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including a court held in common with Robert de Cullewen, held of the said earl of Lancaster by knight’s service. And he had by the King’s grant the wardship of the manor of Whityngton, of a moiety of the manor of Essheton and of a third part of the manor of Scotford, which were of Robert de Gynes, and are held of the said earl by knight’s service. Heir as above.
	Writ, 24 February, 17 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Richemond on Saturday in the third week of Lent, 17 Edward III.
	Midelton by Multon. A yearly rent of 10l. 13s. 4d. from the manor, held in form underwritten, viz.—Robert de Gynes de Coucy, (fn. 1) who held the said manor for his life of the inheritance of the said William de Coucy, whilst the said Robert was in the fealty of the king of England, by his writing granted and demised the said manor to William de Middelton to hold for the life of the said Robert, who still survives, rendering yearly to the said Robert 16 marks for his life; so that after the said Robert’s death the said rent would be extinct, and then the said manor would remain to the said William de Coucy, now deceased, and to his heirs for ever. The present king granted to the said William de Coucy the said rent, to hold for the life of the said Robert, by reason of the adhesion of the said Robert to the power and dominion of France; which William de Coucy was seised of the same by the hands of the said William de Middelton, and continued his seisin thereof until he died, and he had no other lands &c. within the liberties of Richemund. The manor is held of John de Gaunte, son of the king of England, as of the honour of Richemund, by homage and fealty and by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee; and although called the manor of Middelton it is, nevertheless, only a third part of the said manor. Heir unknown.
YORK.	Inq. Wednesday after the Annunciation, 17 Edward III.
	Thornton in Lonesdale. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held of John de Moubray by homage, fealty and doing suit at the court of Burton in Lonesdale every three weeks, and by service of 3s. yearly, 4s. for food of the king’s bailiffs twice a year and 4s. yearly to the king’s bailiffs for a ‘wittenesman,’ and one suit yearly after the feast of St. Michael at the wapentake of Yuecr[oss] (?); which manor and advowson the said William held of the king’s grant by his charter (recited) dated at Westminster, 22 August, 11 Edward III, granting to him the wardship of all the lands and tenements of Robert de Coucy of Gynes, uncle of the said William, who is of the power and dominion of France, which lands were for that reason taken into the king’s hand, to hold, with the knight’s fees and advowsons of churches pertaining thereto, as long as the said wardship should for that cause remain in the king’s hand, without rendering anything to the king. He held nothing of the king in chief in the West Riding. Heir as above, aged 26 years, and he is of the power and dominion of France.
	Writ, 20 October, 18 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Inq. taken at Lancaster on Monday after St. Edmund the King, 18 Edward III.
	Maureholme. The manor (extent given) &c. as above, held as abovesaid. Wyresdale. A moiety of the manor (extent given) &c. as above, held as abovesaid. Ulverston in Fourneys. A moiety of the town held as abovesaid, and by knight’s service. He died without heir on Wednesday next after the Purification, 16 Edward III. Petition to the king by Henry earl of Lancaster, that, whereas William de Coucy held, on the day he died, certain lands &c. of the king in chief, and certain lands &c. of the said earl, in the county of Lancaster, and died without heir, whereby all his lands &c. were taken into the king’s hand and still remain there until the wardship thereof be granted to the countess of Pembroke, it would please the king to command his chancellor and others of his council to enquire fully into the truth of this business, that right and reason may be done, according to the law and usage of the realm. (French. Undated.) Endorsed: This bill was delivered by the king to the chancellor on 19 August and the chancellor was commanded to enquire and do right to the earl.
	Writ of scire facias to the sheriff of Lancaster. Whereas by an inquisition made by the king’s escheator in the said county (see above) it was found that the said William was seised of the manor of Maureholm and of a moiety of the manor of Wyresdale, co. Lancaster, that the said manor and moiety are held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, by knight’s service, and that the said William died without an heir, whereupon the said earl has prayed the king to cause the said manor and moiety to be delivered to him as his escheat; the sheriff is to warn Mary de Sancto Paulo, countess of Pembroke, who holds the said manor and moiety by the king’s grant, for a term not yet past, and also Aymer Darcy, to whom the moiety of the said manor of Wyresdale ought to remain, after the lapse of the said term, by a grant made by the king to him for his life, to be in the chancery on Saturday after the Purification next with the said grants and other evidences, if they have any, to show why the said manor, and moiety should not be resumed into the king’s hand, and delivered to the aforesaid earl to hold of his escheat. 14 January 18 Edward III.
	Endorsed by the sheriff that he has done accordingly. At which day the said countess and Aymer came by their attorneys and the said countess showed certain letters of protection, containing that the king wills that the said countess, because he is about to depart to parts beyond the seas, shall be quit of all pleas and plaints, except pleas of dower, whereof she has nothing, and [pleas of] quare impedit and assizes of novel disseisin and last presentation &c.; whereupon the said countess and Aymer were told to depart sine die.
	C. Edw. III. File 69. (25.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 47.