Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 76

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 76', 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/pp404-421 [accessed 8 November 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 76


547.	[ (fn. 1) HENRY HUSE (deest).
GLOUCESTER.	Saperton. The manor. Rushendon. The manor.]
548.	WILLIAM DAGON, of Wartre.
	Writ, 26 January, 19 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Pokelyngton on Saturday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 19 Edward III.
	Wartre. A moiety of a bovate of land held of the heir of William de Ros of Hamelak, who held of the king in chief, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a three-hundredth part of a knight’s fee and by homage and fealty. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 25 May, 17 Edward III. William his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (1.)
549.	RICHARD DE GLATTON.
	Writ, 12 May, 19 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON.	Inq. 9 [or 19 (sic)] August, 19 Edward III.
	Glatton. Two messuages, 52a. arable and 1a. meadow, held for his life of the king, as of the manor of Glatton, by fealty and by service of 2s. yearly at the king’s exchequer, and after the said Richard’s death the said tenements pay to the king and his heirs at the said exchequer, by the heirs of the said Richard, 5s. yearly by the hands of the bailiff of the said manor; and 1 1/2a. land held of the same manor by service of 18d. yearly, of the right of Mariota his wife, who still survives. He died on 11 October, 18 Edward III. William his son, aged 21 1/2 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (2.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 49,
550.	JOHN SON OF JOHN DE BOXHULLE.
	Writ, 5 August, 19 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. made at Robertsbridge on Thursday the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 19 Edward III.
	Echyngham. A messuage, 30a. land and 1a. wood, held of Robert de Passele by service of 18d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Saturday after All Saints, 2 Edward III. Alan son of Alan de Boxhull, knight, aged 23 years and more, is his kinsman and next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (3.)
551.	ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT LE WHYTE.
	Writ, 4 February, 19 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Morton by Canounnes Assheby, 6 May, 19 Edward III.
	Morton. A messuage and a virgate of land (extent given) held of the king in chief as of the manor of Morton, which belonged to John de Molyns and by reason of his forfeiture is still in the king’s hand, by service of a yearly rent of 12d., 1/2lb. pepper and 1lb. cummin and suit of court every three weeks. (Unspecified.) 17a. arable held of John Surry by service of 3s. yearly rent. She died on Friday before St. Martin, 18 Edward III. Richard Colles, aged 33 years, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (4.)
552.	OTTO BUTETOURT, BUTTETOURT or BUTTORT.
	Writ, 26 December, 19 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. made at Brokfordbrigge on Saturday, the morrow of St. Hilary, 19 Edward III.
	Mendelisham. The manor held jointly with Sibyl his wife, of Sir Roger de Leukenore, by service of 1d. yearly. He died on Saturday after St. Martin the Bishop last. John his son, aged 13 years, is his next heir.
	Writ, 26 December, 19 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON.	Inq. made at Huntingdon, 4 February, 20 Edward III.
	Hamerton. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Sibyl his wife, who still survives, of William de Morle, son and heir of Hawis de Morle, as of the fee of the marshal of Ireland, by service of rendering to him yearly a sore sparrowhawk. Date of death as above. Heir as above, aged 13 years and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (5.)
553.	JOHN LE ROUS.
	Writ, 16 December, 19 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. dated in the castle of Hereford on Saturday the feast of St. Agnes, 19 Edward III. (defective and defaced).
	Treget. A messuage … arable … and 100s. rent … held jointly with Mabel his wife, who survives, by free socage, according to the custom of the manor of Wormelowe … suit at the court of Wormelowe every fortnight, and he ought to be a ‘domesman.’.… Allensmore (Mora Alani). The manor and one carucate of land at ‘la Grene’ and one carucate of land at ‘la Hethe’ held jointly with Mabel his wife, who survives, of the bishop of Hereford in chief by knight’s service. He died on Friday after the Conception of the Blessed Mary last. Thomas his son, aged 15 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (6.)
554.	GEOFFREY DOGET.
	Writ, 12 May, 19 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT.	Inq. Monday, 23 May, 19 Edward III.
	Bulenore. A messuage, 60a. arable, 13a. pasture and 24s. 6d. rent, held of the king, as of the honour of the castle of Carsbrok, for a quarter of a knight’s fee. He died on Friday, 28 January last. Margaret his daughter, aged 2 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (7.)
555.	ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN ATTE SEE, of Ravenesrode or Ravenserod.
	Writ, 6 May, 19 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. Thursday after Whitsunday, 19 Edward III.
	Holaym in Holdernesse. A messuage, four bovates of land, 50a. meadow and 50a. pasture (extent given), held for her life by the gift &c. of John, son of Peter atte See, the younger, and of John Wytte of Ravenserod, with remainder after the death of the said Alice and of John, son of Peter atte See, the elder, lately deceased, to John, son of John son of Peter the elder, and Margery his wife and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumarle, by homage and fealty and by service of a forty-eighth part of a knight’s fee; and 14a. land held for her life of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by the aforesaid gift &c. by service of rendering to the king 10 1/2d. yearly at the manor of Brustwyk. Wythornse. 4 1/2a. land held for her life, by the aforesaid gift &c. of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a one thousandth part of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 4d. yearly to the fabric of the church of St. Mary there. Colswaynthorp. 15a. meadow held, by the aforesaid gift &c. of the archbishop of York by fealty and by service of 18d. yearly. She died on 22 April last. John, son of John son of Peter atte See and of the said Alice, aged 40 years and more, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (8.)
556.	RICHARD ATTE SEE, of Dymbelton.
	Writ, 10 March, 19 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Esyngton on Saturday after the octave of Easter, 19 Edward III.
	Dimbelton. Two parts of a messuage and of a bovate of land, with the reversion of the third part of the same after the death of Maud, late the wife of Walter atte See father of the said Richard, who holds the said third part for her life in dower of the inheritance of the said Richard, held by fealty and by service of rendering 6s. yearly to the king at the manor of Brustwyk. He held no lands &c. of any other lords. He died on 28 June, 18 Edward III. Walter his son, aged 20 years at the feast of the Assumption next, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (9.)
557.	RALPH LE BOTILLER, of Northbury.
	Writ of certiorari super vero valore to the escheator commanding him to make extent of the said Ralph’s lands &c. and have the same at Westminster on the quinzaine of Easter, the king greatly wondering that he has not executed several writs directed to him in this matter nor taken care to return them at the exchequer at several days past, and finally on the morrow of St. Hilary last, as ordered, 26 February, 19 Edward III.
	By Originalia of 16 Edward III, by extract in Gloucester, in which it is contained that Guy Brian remains chargeable with the value of the said lands &c. and by Roll of Memoranda of 19 Edward III. Writs returnable at Michaelmas.
SALOP.	Extent made at Shrewsbury, 18 March, 19 Edward III.
	Pulverbache. The hamlet (extent given) held of the king in chief as of fee by service of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the counties of Salop and Stafford on the day he died.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (10.)
558.	JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE WYLYNTON.
	Writ, 7 July, 19 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. Saturday before St. James the Apostle, 19 Edward III.
	Fromtonecotel. The manor, which the said John acquired of William de Lucy, to hold to the said John and Joan and the heirs of the said John, held for her life of the king in chief by knight’s service. She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. She died on Tuesday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 19 Edward III. Ralph, son of the said John, aged 30 years, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (11.)
	E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (16.)
559.	OSBERT DE BOYTON.
	Writ, 27 January, 19 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. made at Palgrave, 6 March, 19 Edward III.
	Neuton. A moiety of the manor held of the countess of Norfolk, as of her castle of Framelyngham, by service of half a quarter of a knight’s fee. John his son, aged 11 years and more, is his next heir.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. made at Ipswich, 8 March, 19 Edward III.
	Boyton. A toft [and] 30a. land held of the king, as of the honour of Hagenet, in free socage by service of 12d. yearly and suit at the court of the honour monthly. Neuton. 12a. land in demesne and divers lands &c. in service held of Edmund de Scovil by homage and service of half a knight’s fee; and divers lands &c. in the same manor held of the earl of Suffolk, as in socage, by 28s. 8d. yearly and suit at the earl’s court of Hagle. Boytonhall in Combes. A certain manor held of the said earl in free socage by service of 3s. yearly. Heir as above, aged 9 years and more.
NORFOLK.	Inq. made at Disse, 5 March, 19 Edward III.
	Totyngtone. 5s. rent from certain tenants, held of the heir of Thomas de Nerford, a minor and in the wardship of Mary, countess of Norfolk, by homage, as parcel of the manor of Totyngtone which sometime belonged to the said Osbert; which whole manor is held of the said heir by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He also held divers other lands &c. of divers other lords by divers services. Heir as last above.
NORFOLK.	Inq. made at Theford, 10 February, 19 Edward III.
	Langeford. The manor (extent given) held of John de Havenyngham, knight, by homage and by service of 6s. 8d. yearly viz.—wardefee. He died on Tuesday next after the Epiphany last. Heir as above, aged 9 years.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (12.)
560.	ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF PHILIP PAYNEL.
	Writ, 1 June, 19 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. made at Theversshut, 16 June, 19 Edward III.
	Ramesham. The manor held in dower, as of the inheritance of Elizabeth and Margery, daughters and heirs of John son and heir of the said Philip, whom Richard Grascrich and John Poucher married, of John Giffard of Beefs, as of his manor of Coges, co. Oxford, by service of rendering to the said John of Beofs 10s. yearly. She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. She died on 16 November last. The said Elizabeth, aged 25 years, and Margery, aged 24 years, are her next heirs of her own blood.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (13.)
561.	WILLIAM BURDET.
	Writ, 10 June, 19 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. Wednesday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 19 Edward III.
	Husom. A messuage and three bovates of land (extent given) held for his life, by the grant of Sewal of Fishergate (?) (de Fissherg …), York, with remainder to Beatrice Burdet whom Thomas de Barton married, and her heirs for ever, of the heir of William de Roos of Hamelak, who held of the king in chief, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a fifty-fourth part of a knight’s fee and by homage. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on the day of the Epiphany last. The said Beatrice, his daughter, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (14.)
562.	RICHARD DE RIHILL.
	Writ, 10 November, 19 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. made at Whityngeham, 6 January, 19 Edward III.
	Little Rihill. Two parts of a capital messuage and 52a. land, 8a. meadow and five tenements called ‘husbandlandes,’ held of the king by service of two parts of 20s. yearly to be rendered to the king by the hands of the sheriff, as of the farm of the body of the county of Northumberland after the lands given (post terr’ dat’), at the feasts of St. Cuthbert in March and September, and by service of two parts of 14 1/2d. to be rendered to the king by the hands of the said sheriff yearly on Sunday before St. Cuthbert in September only, for cornage. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 7 July, 19 Edward III. His daughters, Elizabeth aged 13 years, Margery aged 9 years, Christiana aged 7 1/2 years, Joan aged 4 1/2 years, and Helen aged 2 1/2 years, are his next heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (15.)
563.	[ (fn. 2) HAWIS, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE CLAVERING.
ESSEX.	Clavering. The manor and hundred.]
564.	HAWIS, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE CLAVERING.
	Writ (missing).
ESSEX.	Inq. 16 April, 19 Edward III.
	Clavering. The manor (extent given) held by the grant of Stephen de Strafford to the said John and Hawis and the heirs male of their bodies, with successive remainders to Edmund de Clavering, now deceased, for life, and to Ralph de Nevyle, who survives, and his heirs, by fine levied in the king’s court in 5 Edward II, with the said king’s charter of licence: the manor and liberty is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee; and the said John died without heir male of his body. She died on 18 February last. Eva daughter of the said John and Hawis, aged 30 (?) and more, is her next heir in blood.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 50.
565.	THOMAS DE MOUNCEAUX.
	Writ, 6 December, 19 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Cleton on Monday, 2 January, 19 Edward III.
	Berneston. The manor (extent given), with its members of Wynketon and Hertburn, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumarle, now in the king’s hand, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee, doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks, and rendering to the king 4s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Skipse. Righton, Carethorp and Bovyngton. Five carucates of land in Righton, four carucates of land in Carethorp and four and a half carucates of land in Bovyngton, held in service, as pertaining to his manor of Berneston, of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by knight’s service, whereof forty-eight carucates make a knight’s fee, and by the services aforesaid. Divers free tenants held the said thirteen and a half carucates of him by foreign service only. LINCOLN; LYNDESAY. Killyngholm. Forty bovates of land held in service, as pertaining to the said manor of Berneston, of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a forty-eighth part of a knight’s fee and by the services aforesaid; which (land) divers freemen held of him by foreign service and by service of rendering to him 18s. 6d. yearly. Cotum and Keleby. Two carucates and three bovates of land. Thorgamby in Lyndesay. Three carucates of land. All held in service, as pertaining to the said manor of Berneston, of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a twenty-sixth part of a knight’s fee; and they were held of the said Thomas by foreign service. He held no lands &c. of any other lords within the said liberty. He died on 27 November, 19 Edward III. John his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (16.)
566.	JOHN DE WALKEFARE.
	Writ, 26 September, 19 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. Saturday before SS. Simon and Jude, 19 Edward III.
	Iselham. Two parts of a manor, with the reversion of the third part (extent given), including a several fishery, held to him and the heirs of his body, being enfeoffed jointly with Eufemia his wife, who still survives, of the bishop of Rochester by service of 11s. yearly; 20a. arable similarly held of the abbot of Shrewsbury by service of 4s. yearly; and 40a. land held of John Orby by service of 10s. yearly; which 60a. lie in common when not sown. He died on Thursday the morrow of St. Lawrence, 19 Edward III. John his son, aged 10 years and more, is his next heir.
	Writ, 26 September, 19 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Henhowe on Saturday after St. Luke, 19 Edward III.
	Fakenham Aspes. A moiety of the manor held, as of the right of Eufemia his wife, who still survives, in form underwritten, viz.—that William de la Beche and the said Eufemia acquired the said moiety by the king’s licence, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies; and it is held of the king in chief by service of paying 9d. every twentieth week for the ward of the castle of Norwich. He died on Friday after St. Lawrence last. Heir as above.
	Writ, 26 September, 19 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. Tuesday the eve of St. Thomas the Apostle, 19 Edward III.
	Balidon. Two parts of the manor with the reversion of dower when it happens, and two parts of a tenement called Walkefares with the reversion of dower when it happens, in the town of Farnham, held jointly with Eufemia his wife, who still survives, of the grant of John Waryn, sometime parson of the church of Sauecope, and of Thomas de Berdewell, chaplain, to them and the heirs of their bodies by a fine levied in the king’s court. Raureth. A certain tenement called ‘la Beche’ held jointly with Eufemia his wife as of her right; which tenement the said John Waryn by his charter granted to the said Eufemia for her life, with remainder to William de la Beche her son and son of William de la Beche, sometime her husband. The said manor of Balydon is held of the said Eufemia and Mary her sister, as daughters and heirs of Edmund de Comyn, as of the manor of Fakenham Aspes, by [service of] half a knight’s fee; the said tenement in Farnham is held of the earl of Hereford by homage and fealty; and the said tenement in Raureth is held of Richard de Chaumberleyn by service of 7d. yearly. He died in parts beyond the seas on this side the feast of St. Lawrence last. John, son of the said John and Eufemia, aged 8 years and more, is his next heir.
HERTFORD.	Inq. 20 October, 19 Edward III.
	Seucampe. A moiety of the manor held jointly with Eufemia his wife, who still survives, as of her right, by the grant of Geoffrey de Wauney [rectius Wauncy] and John de Cavenham, chaplain, to hold to William de la Beche and the said Eufemia, sometime his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, of the king and his heirs by the services accustomed, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Eufemia, by fine levied in the king’s court, 4 Edward III, and by the king’s charter of licence in the same year. The said moiety is held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (17.)
567.	JOHN DE VENUZ or DE VENUTZ.
	Writ, 20 May, 19 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Aulton on Thursday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 19 Edward III.
	Estworldham. The manor, except a carucate of land there, held of the king in chief by service of a serjeanty of 100s. to be paid yearly to the sheriff for the king’s use. Wolvemere and Alciesholt. The bailiwick held of the king in chief by service of rendering to him a mark yearly. [Estworldham.] A carucate of land, as above noted, held of the manor of Aulton by service of 50s. 6d. yearly and by suit of court every three weeks; which manor the countess of Kent now holds. He died on Thursday after St. Katherine, 20 Edward II, commencing. Thomas his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (18.)
568.	ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF ALEXANDER DE SANCTO JOHANNE.
	Writ, 3 September, 19 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. made at Dunster, 14 September, 19 Edward III.
	Estlokcombe. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church and with the advowson of the church of Seleworthi, held for her life, by fine levied in the king’s court with the king’s licence, with remainder to Oliver de Sancto Johanne and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies, of the king, as of the honour of Pynkeneye which is in the king’s hand, by service of two knights’ fees and a half. She died on Wednesday the feast of St. Bartholomew last. Oliver de Sancto Johanne is her next heir by the fine aforesaid, and of full age.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (19.)
569.	CECILY, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DAUBENEY.
	Writ, 6 October, 19 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. Monday before St. Luke, 19 Edward III.
	La Kyngeshome. The manor (extent given) held for her life, by the gift and feoffment of Elias de Godeleye who had the manor by the gift of John Daubeneye with the king’s licence as appears by his charter, of the king by service of keeping the door of the pantry on the day of the king’s coronation. She held of no other lord. She died on Monday after the feast of St. Michael. Elias Daubeney, son and heir of the said John, aged 30 years, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (20.)
570.	GEOFFREY DE BROUNESLEYE or DE BRUNNESLEY.
	Writ, 6 April, 19 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Nottingham on Saturday after SS. Tiburcius and Valerian, 19 Edward III.
	Brunnesley. The manor (extent given), including a pasture called Brunnesleywod, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, by service of finding for the king a horse, price 5s., with a sack and skewer (broca), at the charges of the said Geoffrey, in the king’s war in Wales for forty days. Trowell. A moiety of the advowson of the church held of the king in chief by the aforesaid service; 30a. land and 6a. meadow held by the same service; a third part of a water-mill, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 6s. 5d. at the exchequer yearly by the hands of the sheriff; and 16s. rent of tenants at will. He died on Monday after the feast of Easter, 19 Edward III. Robert his son, aged 23 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (21.)
571.	JOHN DE LA HOKE, of Great Berdefeld.
	Writ, 12 February, 19 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Stebbinge, 24 February, 19 Edward III.
	Wetheresfeld. A moiety of a virgate of land held jointly with Margery his wife, who still survives, by the grant of John son of Hugh de Nevile, knight, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to the said John son of Hugh and his heirs, with the king’s charter of licence, as parcel of the said manor of Wetheresfeld, which manor is held of the king in chief by service of 10d. yearly to the king by the hands of the bailiff of the hundred of Hengford. Great Berdefeld. A messuage [and] 20a. land held of Lady Elizabeth de Burgh, lady of Clare, by service of 5s. yearly. Stebbinge. 3a. land held of Lady Isabel de Ferers by service of 8d. yearly. He died on 30 December last. John his son, aged 5 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (22.)
572.	ROBERT STURMY.
	Writ, 1 April, 19 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 14 April, 19 Edward III.
	Thundirle. Two parts of the manor (extent given), with the reversion of the third part after the death of Maud, late the wife of John Sturmy, knight, which third part she holds by way of dower after the said John’s death. The present king by his charter granted the manor to John Sturmy, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body of the king and his heirs by the accustomed services for ever, with reversion to the king and his heirs. The said Robert, the eldest son of the said John, died without heir of his body, and Donald (Douenaldus), his brother, is a son of the said John, and now his next heir. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He died on 13 November last. Donald his brother, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (23.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 50.
573.	ELEANOR, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN PARLES.
	Writ, 13 December, 19 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. 18 December, 19 Edward III.
	Watford. A fourth part of the manor (extent given) held for her life by fine levied in the king’s court, by the king’s charter of licence granted to the said John to enfeoff John Squier of a messuage, 11 1/2 virgates of land [and] 5a. meadow, which are held of the king in chief, to hold to him and his heirs of the king and his heirs by the services accustomed for ever, and to the same John Squier to enfeoff the said John Parles and Eleanor his wife of the same, to hold to them and the heirs of the said John of the king and his heirs for ever; and that land &c. contains a fourth part of the said manor, which fourth part is held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Aldryngton. 5 1/2a. meadow, 5a. pasture and 21s. yearly rent, held of Adam de Cortenhale by service of fealty and suit at his court leet of Aldryngton twice a year, and by service of 4s. yearly rent. She died on Tuesday the feast of St. Nicholas, 19 Edward III. Walter, son of the said John and Eleanor, aged 36 years, is their next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (24.)
574.	NICHOLAS DE LA BECHE.
	Writ, 1 March, 19 Edward III.
WILTS [now Berks].	Inq. taken at Wokyngham on Monday before the Annunciation, 19 Edward III.
	Sheprigge, Farlegh and Dydenham. A messuage, 200a. arable, 60a. wood, and 16l. 10s. 5d. rent, held jointly with Margery his wife of the earl of Salisbury by knight’s service, by fine levied in the king’s court. He died on Thursday the feast of St. Blaise the Bishop, 19 Edward III. Heir unknown.
	Writ, 1 March, 19 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. made at Croumersch, 7 April, 19 Edward III.
	Watlynton. The manor held, whether in his demesne as of fee or for life or term of years the jurors know not, of the duke of Cornwall, as of his honour of Walyngford, by service of a knight’s fee. Whitchurch. The manor similarly held by service of a knight’s fee. Date of death unknown. Joan, Isabel and Alice, daughters of John de la Beche his brother, are his next heirs and of full age.
BERKS.	Inq. 11 March, 19 Edward III.
	Bradefeld. The manor held jointly with Margery his wife, now surviving, by the king’s licence, whose charter is dated at Shottele, 22 June, 14 Edward III, of the honour of Duddele which is in the hand of John de Sutton, by service of a knight’s fee. Bastilden and Asshampsted. Twelve messuages, two carucates of land, 12a. wood, 200a. heath, and 66s. 8d. rent, held jointly as above of the earl of Warrewyk by service of 1d. yearly. Assheden. A messuage and a carucate of land held jointly as above, of the honour of Tutteburi, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Benefeld. A messuage and a carucate of land, held jointly as above, of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the king’s ancient demesne of Cokham by rendering to her 51s. yearly. Harewelle. A messuage and two carucates of land held by the said Nicholas, whether in his demesne as of fee or for term of his life or of years the jurors know not, of the duke of Cornwall, as of his honour of St. Valery, by knight’s service. Lechamstede. The manor held jointly as above of the abbot of Abendone by service of 20s. yearly. Yatyngdene. The manor held jointly as above of the manor of Bradefeld by service of half a knight’s fee. Botenhampsted. A messuage and a carucate of land held jointly as above of the manor of Pesemer by service of 1lb. of cummin yearly. Aldeworth. A messuage and a carucate of land in a place called ‘le Beche’ (extent given), held to him and the heirs male of his body, of the abbot of Dorchester by service of 10s. yearly. Date of death unknown. Heirs as above.
	Writ, 1 March, 19 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Lynethele on Saturday the feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 19 Edward III.
	Chytyngeleye. The manor held jointly as above to them and the heirs male of their bodies, with remainder to Andrew de Sakevill, knight (chivaler), and Joan his wife and their heirs male for ever, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by the accustomed services; with further remainder to others, as appears more fully in the fine levied in the king’s court. Three parts of the manor are held of the heir of John de Seyntclere, as of the manor of Gevyngton, by service of rendering to him 15s. 9d. yearly at the manor of Gevyngton for the ward of the castle of Peveneseye and for sheriff’s aid; and the fourth part is held of Philippa, queen of England, as of her manor of Wylyngdon, by her grant to the said Nicholas and Margery and the heirs of their bodies, with the king’s licence, as the jurors understand, by service of rendering 19s. 11 1/2d. yearly at the manor of Wylyngdon, which is in the said queen’s hand. He died in parts beyond the seas on the morrow of the Purification last. Idenne. The manor held jointly as above by the king’s grant to them and the heirs of their bodies, by fine levied in the king’s court with the king’s licence, of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, as the jurors understand. Oldecourt. The manor within the liberty of the Cinque Ports of Peveneseye, held jointly as above by the grant of Michael de Ponynges, knight, and others contained in the said fine to the said Nicholas and Margery and the heirs of their bodies, of John de Shellingford (?) by service of 2s. yearly. Robert his brother, failing issue of those who are named in the aforesaid fine, is his next heir and of full age.
	Writ (ad melius inquirendum) to the escheator in cos. Oxford and Berks, no mention being made in the previous inquisition to whom the messuage and carucate of land in Aldeworth called ‘le Beche’ ought to remain or revert, the said Nicholas having died without heir male of his body; 28 April, 19 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. 3 May, 19 Edward III.
	Aldeworth. The reversion of the said messuage and carucate of land belongs to Edmund de la Beche, brother of the said Nicholas, and to the heirs male of his body, and ought by right to remain [to them] because a certain John de la Beche and Edmund de Ildesle were seised of the said tenements and gave them, by fine levied in the king’s court, to the said Nicholas and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to Edmund de la Beche, his brother, and the heirs male of his body, which Nicholas died without heir of his body. Endorsed, Let it be replaced in the escheats of 19 Edward III.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (25.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 53.
575.	RICHARD DE LA BERE.
	Writ, 26 January, 19 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. Saturday after St. Valentine, 19 Edward III.
	Haselbere. A moiety of the manor held jointly with Clarice his wife, who still survives, for life, of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, by the grant of Edmund Everard, parson of the church of Colstreworth, by fine levied in the king’s court with the king’s licence, with successive remainders to Richard their son, and to John, Edmund, and Thomas his brothers, and the respective heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of the said Richard de la Bere, to hold as above. He died on Wednesday before St. Hilary last. Thomas his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (26.)
576.	WIMARCA, LATE THE WIFE OF BONAVENTURA BENYNTENDE, of Florence.
	Writ, 25 November, 19 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX.	Inq. 1 December, 19 Edward III.
	Westminster. Five shops held, by the grant of John le Clerk, of Northall, to the said Bonaventura and Wimarca and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to himself and his heirs, by his charter and by the king’s charter of licence, 10 Edward III, of the king in chief by service of 2d. yearly. She died on 27 August last. John, son of the said Bonaventura and Wimarca, aged 8 years and more, is their next heir.
	Writ, to the sheriff of Middlesex commanding him because the verdict of an inquisition returned into the chancery differs in some points from the above, to warn the jurors to be in the chancery on Monday after the Epiphany next, to acknowledge whether the above or the other verdict in the inquisition returned into the chancery is theirs: he is also to be there in person; 4 January, 19 Edward III.
	Endorsed by the sheriff that he has warned the jurors accordingly. The business is continued in its present state until the quinzaine of St. Hilary next.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (27.)
577.	HENRY GERNET.
	Writ, 1 June, 19 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 8 January, 19 Edward III.
	Wenyngton. The manor held jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, of the abbot of Westminster by service of 100s. yearly, by the grant of Joan, late the wife of Nicholas of Bishop’s Wokyndene, and William Gernet by fine levied in the king’s court. Alvythele. A messuage, 120a. land, 15a. pasture and 6s. 8d. rent, held jointly as above of the prior of Pritelwell by service of 30s. yearly by the fine aforesaid; and 60a. land, 8a. meadow and 15a. pasture, held of Thomas de Bradeston by homage and scutage when it runs and by service of 6d. yearly. Alvythele and Reynham. 20a. land [and] 6s. 8d. rent, held jointly as above of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 10s. yearly. High Estre and. Bernston. A messuage, 140a. land and 3a. wood in High Estre, and 30a. land, 4a. meadow and 6a. pasture in Bernston, held jointly as above of the earl of Hereford by service of a knight’s fee. Asshindon. A messuage, 140a. land and 4a. meadow, held jointly as above of the earl of Oxford and William Chaumberleyn by service of 50s. yearly. He died on 28 April last. His daughters, Maud aged 14 years, Margery aged 13 years, and Margaret aged 4 years, are his next heirs.
HERTFORD.	Inq. 6 December, 19 Edward III.
	Hyngsteworth. The manor held jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, by homage and scutage when it runs, and by suit at the said earl’s court at Blauncheapelton twice yearly; and certain lands and tenements there held in form aforesaid of Philip Peltot by homage and by service of 1/2d. for scutage when it runs. Asshwell. Certain lands and tenements held in form aforesaid of William Fitz Rauf of Bradefeld by homage and scutage when it runs, of the gift of John de Marton, clerk, and William Gernet, by fine levied in the king’s court. Date of death and heirs, as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (28.)
578.	PETER DOYNEL, knight (chivaler).
	Writ, 4 February, 19 [or 20] Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Upavene on Friday after St. Agatha, 19 [or 20] Edward III.
	Hiwish. The said Peter gave the manor, which is held of the king in chief by service of 13s. 4d. yearly, long before his death to Sir Patrick, parson of the church of Yatesbury, John de la Roche and Sir John de Whetlaye, vicar of the church of Yatesbury, who were for a great time seised of the said manor, and afterwards gave the same to the said Peter and Agnes his wife, to hold for their lives by the accustomed services, with successive remainders to Thomas, son of Thomas le Blount, and Margaret, daughter of the said John de la Roche, and the heirs of their bodies, to Peter, brother of the said Thomas son of Thomas, and the heirs of his body, to Nicholas de Cottelegh and the heirs male of his body, and to the right heirs of the said Peter Doynel, to hold as above; and thus the said Peter and Agnes were seised of the manor on the day he died by the form of the said gift. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Tuesday before the Purification, 19 [or 20] Edward III. Silvester his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (29.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 53.
579.	WILLIAM DE PAUMES.
	Writ, 4 February, 19 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. 2 March, 19 Edward III (faded).
	Naburn. The manor (extent given) held in form underwritten, of the heir of William de Ros of Hamelak, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Certain tenements in Northdalton, co. York, were at one time parcel of the said manor and were long ago alienated by the ancestors of the said William de Paumes to divers men in fee, to hold of the chief lords of the fee for ever; and the said tenements, together with the manor, were at that time held of the ancestors of the said William de Ros by service of a knight’s fee; but the said tenements in Northdalton were apportioned to the residue of the aforesaid fee, so that the said manor remaining in the possession of the said William de Paumes was apportioned at a quarter of the aforesaid fee. The said William de Paumes was sometime seised in his demesne as of fee of the said manor, which he granted to Gerard Salveyn [now] deceased, to hold to him and his heirs for ever; who afterwards granted the same to the aforesaid William de Paumes and Agnes his wife, sometime deceased, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 14 October last. William, son of Nicholas de Paumes, lately deceased, son of the said William and Agnes, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (30.)
580.	PHILIP DE BAGGESOUERE.
	Writ, 17 December, 19 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. made at Bruggenorth, 10 January, 19 Edward III.
	Bardeleye. 40s. rent held of the king in chief by service of 6s. yearly, to be paid at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Salop, not of the crown, but by the escheat of Robert de Bellem, formerly earl of Shrewsbury. Sirlet. The bailiwick of forester held of the king in chief, as of the escheat of the said Robert, without doing any service for the same; which bailiwick John de Boulewas, steward of the king’s forests in the county, took into the king’s hand and levied the issues thereof. Baggessouere. A messuage [and] a carucate of land held of the prior of Wenlok by service of 30s. yearly; and a carucate of land, 4a. wood, 4a. meadow [and] a water-mill (extent given), held of John Talbot, lord of Richard’s Castle, by service of 10s. yearly. Acliton. 60s. rent held of the earl of Huntindone, lord of Werfeld, by service of 30s. yearly. North Clebury. A messuage, a carucate of land and a moiety of a water-mill (extent given), held of the lord of Hopton Wafre by service of 33s. 4d. yearly. He held nothing in service on the day he died. He died on St. Andrew’s day last. William his son, aged 23 years at the feast of St. Peter in Cathedra last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (31.)
581.	WILLIAM, SON OF JOHN DE CUMBERWORTH.
	Writ, 14 October, 19 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. 26 October, 19 Edward III.
	Comberworth. 1/2a. arable held of John son and heir of Adam de Welle, knight, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a two-hundredth part of a knight’s fee and by rendering to him 1/2d. at the feast of St. Botulph; a messuage, 5a. arable, 6a. pasture and 3a. meadow, held of the said John son of Adam, as in socage, by service of 5s. yearly and making one appearance at the said John’s court next held there after the feast of St. Michael every year; 2a. land held of William son of Peter de Comberworth, as in socage, by service of a peppercorn yearly; and 1/2a. land held of Alice de Aggethorp by service of 3d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. He died on 3 August last. Beatrice his daughter, aged 10 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (32.)
582.	KATHERINE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE MEYNILL or DE MENILL.
	Writ, 18 May, 19 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. Thursday after the octave of Holy Trinity, 19 Edward III (defective).
	Castellevyngton. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a plot called Castelhill and 13 1/4d. yearly for fines of the wapentake of Langbergh, held for her life as dower; which whole manor is held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of finding a man with an unbarded horse, armed with a haqueton, head-piece (paletto), gauntlets and lance in time of war, at the charges of the said John and his heirs, for forty days. Tampton. A third part of the manor and of certain tenements in Neuby, held for her life as dower; which whole manor with Neuby is held of Bartholomew Fanacourt and Thomas Wake by knight’s service. Kildale. 26s. 8d. rent yearly from a water-mill, held jointly with John sometime her husband, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of John de Percy of Kildale by knight’s service. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 11 May last. John de Meynill, [son of John son] of [the said John] and Katherine, aged …, is their next heir. See No. 118.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (33.)
583.	GEOFFREY DE LA LYNDE.
	Writ, 10 June, 19 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Dorchester on Wednesday the feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 19 Edward III.
	Hynepudele. A messuage &c. 40a. arable, and pasture for as many horses as belong to one hide of land, 300 sheep, 10 beasts and 100 lambs, held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, of the priory of Morteyn, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the war between him and his adversaries of France, in free socage, by service of rendering to the said priory 16s. yearly. Fordyngton. A little capital messuage, a garden, 70a. arable, a several pasture, 30s. 6d. rent from five free tenants and 30s. 8d. (?) from eight villeins, pleas &c. held of the earl of Cornwall, as of the said earl’s manor of Fordyngton, in free socage, by service of rendering to the said earl 30s. yearly; but the heirs of the said Geoffrey ought to receive yearly reasonable ‘housbote’ and ‘heybote’ in the demesne wood belonging to the said manor of Fordyngton at Lyndeholte in Blakemoure, and a trunk at Christmas, and they shall have their swine in the same wood quit of pannage and herbage. Moryate. A capital messuage, 30a. arable, 2a. meadow and 5s. 6d. yearly rent, held of the abbot of Shyrbourne in free socage by service of rendering to him 5s. yearly. He died on 12 April last. William his son, who will be one year old on the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula next, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (34.)
584.	RICHARD DE GODSTEDE.
	Writ, 3 June, 19 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. . . June 19 Edward III (much defaced).
	Godstede. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a sore sparrow-hawk or 2s. ….. Shepeye. 62a. arable (?) … in the manor … Stokebery and Hertlepe. … arable, 30a. pasture … held of the queen of England, of the manor of Middelton (?) … Newentone. A messuage held in gavelkind … of the manor of Middelton. Newentone and Renham. 10a. arable held of William de Leybourn by service of 12d. at the manor of La Gare and rendering 10s. to the prioress of the nuns of Sheppeye.… [ (fn. 3) Westgate,] Canterbury. … burgages … yearly rent from a mill in Newentone … Philippa queen of England of the said manor of Middelton … Hertlepe … Middelton …
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (35.)
585.	THOMAS DE LOVAYNE.
	Writ, 12 April, 19 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. 3 May, 19 Edward III.
	Bildistone. The manor (extent given), together with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. Felsham. A certain manor (extent given) held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s in free socage by service of one suit at the hundred (court) of Thedwardistre every three weeks, and 4d. yearly. Hoptone. The manor (extent given) held of the said abbot in socage by service of one suit at the said abbot’s hundred (court) of Blakeburne every three weeks. He died on Saturday after St. Ambrose last. John his son, aged 27 years and more, is his next heir.
	Writ, 12 April, 19 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 20 April, 19 Edward III.
	Eystans ad Turrim. The manor (extent given), together with the advowson of the church, held in his demesne as of fee. Little Chestreford. The manor held in service, which William Bret held of him by service of two knights’ fees. Wykes. The manor held in service, which the earl of Northampton held of him by service of a knight’s fee. Little Brumlee. The manor held in service, together with other lands &c. in cos. Dorset and Gloucester, which John de Godmerston held by service of four knights’ fees. All (?) held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Wyndelesore, by service of a knight’s fee and by rendering ——— yearly for the ward of the castle of Wyndelesore. Eystans ad Turrim. 60a. land held of John Gesors by service of 6s. 8d. yearly. He died on 9 April last. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 76. (36.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 50.