Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 10

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 10

105. HUGH DE GARTON.
Writ, 12 February, 2 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. Friday, the feast of St. Edward the Confessor and Abbot (sic), 3 Edward III.
Chynkforde or Chyngeforde. A messuage, 40a. land and 4a. meadow, held of the abbot of Walthham by service of 2s. yearly. He held nothing else in the county.
John, his son, aged 26 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (1.)
106. JOHN DE LA BERWE.
Writ, 16 September, 2 Edward III.
WORCESTER. Inq. Saturday after St. Luke the Evangelist, 3 Edward III.
La Berwe. The manor (extent given), held of the prior of St. Mary’s, Worcester, by homage and fealty, and by service of 43s. yearly, and also by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c.
John, his son, aged 12 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (2.)
107. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BOHUN or DE BOHOUN, of Midhurst.
Writ, 23 March, 2 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 2 Edward III.
Waltham, Belesby, Hateclive, Fenby and Wathe, in the soke of Waltham. 32l. 10s. rent from free tenants, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, out of which rents William de Ayremynne, bishop of Norwich, holds to farm 30l. rent by the demise of the said Joan, with the king’s licence, for a term of years not yet expired.
Fenby. 50s. rent from three free tenants were held in her own hand by the said Joan.
John, son of James de Bohoun of Midhirst, aged 21 years and more, is her kinsman and next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (3.)
E. Inrolments, &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 1.
108. JOHN DE LA LEGH.
Writ, 18 February, 2 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Wednesday before St. Gregory the Pope, 2 Edward III.
Spyndilstan and Bodlum. 8 bondages and 3 cottages (extent given), held of Henry de Percy, then under age, as of the barony of Alnewyk, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and by service of suit at the court of Alnewyk every three weeks; they are now worth nothing on account of the devastation of the Scots.
Robert de la Legh his brother, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (4.)
109. ELA DE PEVENESEYE, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD DE PEVENESEYE.
Writ, 8 June, 2 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. Wednesday before St. John the Baptist, 2 Edward III.
Bokhampton. A messuage, 80a. land and 10s. 7d. yearly rent, held for life of the inheritance of Richard de Pevenesey, sometime her husband, of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s harriers (hospitandi canes aericios domini Regis) whenever the king shall come through those parts; and 30a. of common wood, held of William de Grandissono by service of a rose.
Richard, son of Richard de Peveneseye, aged 22 years and more, is next heir of the said Richard.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (5.)
E. Inrolments, &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 4d.
110. JOHN SON OF RANULPH DE STRATHWAYT, STRETHAIT or DE STRETHWAYT.
Writ, 24 February, 2 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 5 March, 2 Edward III.
Scrivelby. A messuage and 6a. land, held of the king in chief, as parcel of the manor of Scrivelby, which is held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, viz.—of being armed on the day of the king’s coronation for the defence of the king’s estate; and a messuage, 2a. land and 1a. meadow, held of the bishop of Carlisle and Henry Hillar[y], as of the manors of Horncastre and Scrivelbye, by rendering 10d. yearly to the said bishop, and the like to the said Henry.
He died on 5 August, 20 Edward II.
John de Strethwayt, chaplain, his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (6.)
111. WALTER SON OF ROBERT or WALTER SON OF ROBERT DE DAVENTRE.
Writ, 3 October, 2 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 26 October, 2 Edward III.
Daventre. The manor, held for life, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the heir of Robert son of Walter de Essex or Robert FitzWautier, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of a knight’s fee; with remainder to Robert son of Walter and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies.
Robert, son of the said Walter son of Robert, to whom the manor ought to remain after the death of the said Walter, is his next heir, and aged 30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (7.)
112. JOHN AVENYNG, or SIMON EVENYNG.
Writ of amotus, concerning the lands, &c. of John Avenyng, deceased, 8 May, 2 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. 9 May, 2 Edward III.
Estbourne. A messuage and 23a. 1r. land held of the king in chief by service of a seventh part of a knight’s fee, of the fee of Mortain, and by rendering 12 1/2d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Pevenese, and 12 1/2d. for sheriff’s aid. The said Simon held nothing of other lords.
John Evenyng, his son, aged 30 years and more, is next heir of the said Simon.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (8.)
113. DAVID, LATE BISHOP OF ST. DAVID’S.
Writ, 26 April, 2 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 2 May, 2 Edward III.
Suthdenchesworth. A capital messuage, lands, and rents, &c. (extent given), including church-scot (shurshetum) at the feast of St. Martin, and the advowson of the church, held of the prior of Pogghele by service of 16d. yearly.
Cherletone. 57s. rent of free tenants, held of Henry de Boule by service of a clove-gillyflower.
Thomas de Caru, son of Avice de Caru sister and heir of the said David, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (9.)
E. Inrolments, &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 3 d.
114. WILLIAM LE SPENSER or LE SPENCER.
Writ, 9 May, 2 Edward III.
WORCESTER. Inq. 23 January, 3 Edward III.
Defford. A messuage, 4 virgates of land and 2a. meadow, held of Geoffrey Dabitot in free socage by service of 18s. rent, 2d. of St. Peter’s (pence) and 1lb. of cummin, and suit at the court of Burlingham every three weeks.
John, his son, is his next heir and of full age.
C. Edw. III File 10. (10)
115. HENRY LE GYNEE or DE GYNEYE.
Writ, 2 March, 2 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. Monday after St. Ambrose, 3 Edward III.
Shobury. A messuage and 30a. land, held of the late King Edward II. as of the honour of Reyghle, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee, and suit at the hundred of Rocheford every three weeks, and at the barony (court) of Reyhle every month.
William, son of William de Gyneye, aged 5 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (11.)
116. ALPHONSUS, AMPHONSUS or ALPONSUS, LE VEER, DE VEER or DE WEER.
Writ, 20 Dec. 2 Edw. III.
BUCKS. Inq. 2 March, 2 (sic) Edward III.
Aston Sanford. A manor (extent given), held in chief of John son of Alan de Wolvereton by service of half a knight’s fee, doing to him homage, fealty, and scutage when it runs, and 10s. yearly for the ward (custodiam) of the castle of Norhampton.
John, his son, aged 15 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 20 December, 2 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 19 February, 3 Edward III. (defective.)
Beaumond. A capital messuage, lands, &c. (extent given), held of the earl of Oxford by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
ESSEX. Inq. 15 February, 3 Edward III.
Allethorn. A capital messuage, lands and rents (extent given), held of William de Baud, as of his manor of Coringham, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee, and 13s. 7d. yearly.
Heir as above.
HERTS. Inq. 21 February, 3 Edward III.
Westwik by St. Albans. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot and convent of St. Albans, by service of two parts of a knight’s fee, and suit at the hundred and court of the said abbot every three weeks.
Heir as above.
HERTS. Inq. Tuesday after Palm Sunday, 3 Edward III.
Great Horemad. The manor, held of the king in chief by service of guarding the queen’s chamber on the night following the day of her coronation.
John le Veer, aged 15 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (12.)
117. ROBERT POER or POWER.
Writ, 4 August, 2 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 19 September, 3 Edward III.
Little Fordham, Aldham and Great Teye. A messuage, lands, &c. (extent given), held of Sir Robert de Bousser by service of 2s. yearly.
He held nothing on the day he died in the said county or elsewhere by knight’s service, of the inheritance of the heir, who is in the king’s wardship, of Simon de Arch, deceased, who held of the late King Edward II. in chief.
John, his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (13.)
118. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD DE WYNDESORE or DE WYNDLESORE, KNIGHT.
Writ, 20 February, 2 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 8 March, 2 Edward III.
Westhaburne, or Westhakeburne. The manor (extent given), held for life, of the inheritance of the said Richard, of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
She died on Thursday the morrow of SS. Fabian and Sebastian.
Richard de Wyndesore, aged 30 years and more, is son and next heir of the aforesaid Richard.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. 11 March, 2 Edward III.
Stanewell. The manor (extent given), including the advowson of the church, held for life, of the inheritance of her said husband, of the king in chief, as of the castle of Wyndlesore, for half a knight’s fee, rendering every forty days yearly for the ward of the said castle 6s. 8d., for all services.
Date of death and heir, as above.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (14.)
E. Inrolments, &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 3.
119. ROBERT DE WELHOLM.
Writ, 24 June, 2 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 20 July, 2 Edward III.
Estkarleton. A fourth part of a messuage and 8a. land, held of the king in chief by service of bringing twenty-four pasties of fresh herrings from Norwich to the king, wherever he may be in England, together with the heir of John Curzoun, who holds three parts of that serjeanty in like manner; and 49a. land, held of Sir Thomas de Brothertone, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on 28 April, 2 Edward III.
Robert, his son, aged 36 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (15.)
E. Inrolments, &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 1.
120. WILLIAM BOTELLER or LE BOTELER, of Shopelond.
Writ, 26 December, 2 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 23 January, 2 Edward III.
Pritelewelle. 60a. land, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Reyhle, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and suit at the hundred of Rocheforde every three weeks and at the barony (court) of Reyhle every month.
Shopelonde. A messuage and 150a. land, held of Sir Hugh de Nevile by socage, 24s. yearly, and suit at the court of Shopelond every three weeks.
Wakeringe. 20a. land, held of the said Sir Hugh by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
(Unspecified.) 16a. land, held of the lords of Thonderesle by service of 10s. yearly.
John his son, aged 26 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (16.)
121. ALAN DE CLAVERINGE or DE CLAVERYNG.
Writ, 13 February, 2 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Tuesday before St. Gregory the Pope, 2 Edward III.
Yetlyngton. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 47s. yearly at the king’s exchequer of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14d. for cornage, 6s. 8d. for fine of court, and 5s. for the forest; all worth nothing on account of the devastation of the Scots for want of tenants.
Calonley. The site of a messuage and water-mill, lands, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 18s. yearly at the above exchequer, 4 3/4d. for cornage, 2s. 2 1/2d. for fine of court, and 20d. for the forest; all worth nothing because of the devastation of the Scots.
William, his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (17.)
122. THOMAS HASARD.
Writ, 19 May, 2 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Monday after the Ascension, 2 Edward III.
Kynston. A third part of a messuage and of a virgate of land, held of the king in chief by service of petty serjeanty, by rendering yearly to the king 16d.
Radclive-upon-Sore. 5a. land, held of the king in chief, by rendering 2s. 3d. yearly.
He held no other lands in the bailiwick.
Philip, his son, aged 27 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (18.)
E. Inrolments &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 1.
123. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF HAMO DE MASCY.
Writ, 26 January, 2 Edward III.
DERBY. Inq. Friday after the Purification, 2 Edward III.
Elmeton. A messuage, 300a. land and 14a. meadow, held for life of the king in chief as of the crown, of the inheritance of William de Eynecourt [or de Deyncourt], by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (19.)
124. WILLIAM DE STOPPEHAM.
Writ, 14 May, 2 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 14 June, 2 Edward III.
Westwyk. The manor, held of the heir of William de Vescy, deceased, lately a minor, and in the wardship of the late king, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Toueton. The manor, held of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Pontefract, then in the said earl’s hand, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. Alice, late the wife of William de Stoppeham, grandfather of the said William de Stoppeham, holds in dower a third part of the said manor.
Weston. The manor was held by ‘the said William’ (the grandfather) for life ‘jointly with Alice late the wife of William de Stoppeham grandfather of the said William de Stoppeham’ to them and the heirs of their bodies, which Alice still survives and holds it. The manor is held of John Bygot, lord of Seteryngton, by service of rendering to him and his heirs 30s. yearly.
William, his son, aged 21 years on the eve of the Invention of the Holy Cross last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (20.)
125. JOHN DE BOYVYLL or DE BOYWILL, of Knok.
Writ, 8 May, 2 Edward III.
WESTMORELAND. Inq. Thursday, the eve of St. Mary Magdalene, 2 Edward III.
Knok. Two parts of two parts of the manor (extent given), held of Roger de Clifford by service of rendering 40d. yearly to the castle of Appelby for cornage; which two parts, after the death of the said Roger, came into the hand of the king, and are still there, by reason of the minority of the said John’s heir.
The said two parts of two parts rendered 6d. yearly to the lord of the manor of Dufton, for having a water-course to the mill of Knok, when that mill was in tenure. He held nothing of any other.
Robert, his son, aged 16 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (21.)
126. BEATRICE, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT TURP or TURPP, of Edenhale.
Writ, 21 April, 2 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. Tuesday, the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 2 Edward III.
Edenhale. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill and 30a. wood within the king’s forest of Inglewode, held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. The manor was in the seisin of one Adam Turpp, who gave it, by the king’s licence, to the said Robert and Beatrice, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies. She held nothing of any other.
Joan, aged 16 years and more, and Juliana, aged 14 years and 2 months, daughters of the said Robert and Beatrice, are her next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (22.)
127. JOHN BLAKET.
Writ, 13 January, 2 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 1 February, 3 Edward III.
Ilmere, Aston Bernard, and Adynton. The manors (extents given), held of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s goshawks at the king’s expense. He held nothing of any other.
John, his son, aged 13 years at Easter last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (23.)
128. HENRY SPIGURNEL, SPIGORNEL, SPIGERNEL or SPYGERNEL.
Writ, 8 July, 2 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 26 July, 2 Edward III.
Bobbingworth. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held of William de Bohoun by service of half a knight’s fee.
Thomas, his son, aged 40 years, is his next heir.
HERTFORD. Inq. held at Great Gatesden, 10 August, 2 Edward III.
Stodham Cherlewode (?). Lands (extent given), including twenty cartloads (carucatis) of wood in Stodham Cherlewode, to be cut in the third year, held of the barony of La Rye, which is in the hand of Robert de Morle, knight, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee; 105a. land, held of the prior of Dunstaple by service of 21s. yearly; and 6 cartloads of wood to be received every third year in Stodham Cherlewode, 3a. meadow, and a messuage, 30a. land and 1a. meadow, held of the said prior by service of 7s. 6d. yearly.
Bareworthe. 30a. land and 8 cartloads of wood, held of the barony of La Ry by the aforesaid service.
Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
LEICESTER. Inq. Tuesday before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 2 Edward III.
Schadewell. 1/2a. land held jointly by the said Henry and Sarra his wife, who still survives, of the grant of Edmund Spigurnel, knight, to them and the heirs and assigns of the said Henry, of William Fyton by service of 1d. yearly.
He held no lands alone in the county.
Heir as above, aged 34 years and more.
BEDFORD. Inq. 26 July, 2 Edward III.
Clopham. The manor was sometime parted into five parts, and the said Henry with Sarra his wife held two parts, to them and their heirs begotten between them, by fine levied in the king’s court; and on the day he died the said Henry held, with his said wife, the residue of the said manor, to them and the heirs of the said Henry, by divers fines and enfeoffments, except 4a. land and 2a. wood of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee, and except five messuages and 2 1/4 virgates of land, which William de Brom holds in the same manor in fee. All held in chief of the king, as of the honour of Wallingford, and, with the exception of the aforesaid five messuages and land, held by service of two parts of a knight’s fee, except a moiety of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and doing suit at the court of Wallingford every month.
Bromham. 2a. meadow, held with the said Sarra and the heirs of the said Henry, of William Passelewe of Bromham, by service of a rose at the feast of St. John the Baptist.
Cliftone. A messuage and 49s. 4 1/2d. rent, similarly held of the bishop of Lincoln by service of half a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 10 August, 2 Edward III.
Daggenhale [or Degehale] hamlet. A messuage, 20a. land, 40a. wood, and 50s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of 1lb. cummin yearly; two parts of a messuage with 8a. land and 4a. of grove, held of Stephen de Boueles [or de Bowales] by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. yearly; a third part of a messuage, 40a. land and 4a. wood, held of the prioress of St. Giles’s by service of 10s. yearly; a messuage, 20a. land and 1 1/2a. meadow, held of the prioress of Markyate by service of 5s. [or 6s.] yearly; a messuage, 20a. land and 1a. meadow, held of the prior of Caldewell, by service of 4s. 7 1/2d. [or 4s. 6d.] yearly; 4a. wood, held of Walter son of John, by service of 6d.; and a water-mill, called Bradenhammulle, held with Sarra his wife by joint enfeoffment to the said Henry and Sarra and the heirs of the said Henry, of the chapel of Eyton by service of 13s. 4d. yearly.
Daggenhale. 16d. rent, held in the same manner of Hugh atte Mulle.
Pyghtlesthorn [or Peytulnestharth]. A water-mill held of the king at fee farm rendering 20s. yearly at the exchequer; a cottage held of John de Erle [or Erlee] by service of 6d. yearly; and a cottage held of John Neyrnuyt by service of 6d. yearly.
Loudham [or Loutham]. A messuage, 110a. land, and 24s. rent, held with Thomas Spigurnel [his son], to them and to the heirs of the said Thomas, of John de Wolverton [or Wylmerton], by service of 4d. yearly; a messuage, 100a. land and 2a. wood, held of the said John de Wolverton, by the said service; and 4a. of grove, 3a. heath, and a cottage, held with the said Thomas, of the earl of Hereford by service of a clovegillyflower yearly.
La Rouwtwode. A messuage, three cottages and lands (extent given), held of Matthew la Vache by service of 12s. and four capons, and suit of court.
Chalfhunte St. Peter’s. 60a. land and 4a. meadow, held of the abbot of Messenden by service of 16s. yearly; 36s. rent held of the aforesaid abbot by the service aforesaid; and 4a. land held of Alexander Cheyny [or de Chenne] by service of 18d. yearly.
Great Loughton [or Louthton]. Nine messuages, 292a. land, 15a. meadow, and 21s. 6d. rent, held of John de Breousa, lord of Buckingham, by service of a knight’s fee.
Little Loughton. A messuage, 20a. land and 18s. rent, held of Thomas de Loughton by service of 2s. 4d. and two capons.
Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 20 August, 2 Edward III.
Couesgrave [or Colesgrave]. An assart, called Pokisle Stokkyng [or Polkeley Stokkyng], held of the king at fee farm, rendering yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff, 3s. 1 3/4d.
Couesgrave and Fortho. A messuage and lands (extent given), including three ‘smalidoles’ of meadow, and 4d. rent, held of Henry de Fortho by service of 12d. yearly, and by doing suit of court every three weeks at the court of the said Henry de Fortho, and suit in the same manner at the hundred of Cleilbie every three weeks.
Couesgrave and Pokisle. The site of the manor of Couesgrave, ten messuages, land, wood, and rent (extent given), held by the said Henry and Sarra his wife, jointly enfeoffed by fine levied in the king’s court, of the heir of the earl of Warwick, a minor and in the king’s wardship, as of the manor of Hampslape, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 10s. yearly at the said manor and doing suit every three weeks at the said heir’s court of the said manor of Hampslape; and six messuages, 4 virgates of land, and 10a. meadow, held by the said Henry and Sarra, by the same fine, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of Thomas de Leukenore, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 3s. 4d. yearly.
Couesgrave and Fortho. Lands (extent given), held jointly by the said Henry and Sarra by the said fine in form aforesaid, of the lord of Fortho, by service of 1d. yearly.
Couesgrave. Five messuages, 3 virgates of land, and 2a. meadow, held jointly by the said Henry and Sarra in the same manner, of John le Blount, lord of Passenham, by service of 5s. yearly; a messuage, 1/2 virgate of land, and 1a. meadow similarly held of Adam de Come Martyn, lord of Stokebruere, by service of 5s. yearly; four messuages, 1 virgate of land and 3a. meadow, similarly held of the king, as of the honour of Berkhamstede, by service of 1d. yearly; 1 virgate land and 1a. meadow similarly held, to them and to the heirs of the said Henry, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, as of fee of the Templars, by service of 40d. yearly; 40s. rent similarly held, to them and the heirs of the said Henry, of the aforesaid heir [of the earl of Warwick], as of the manor of Hampslape, by knight’s service; and 20s. rent similarly held, to them and the heirs of the said Henry, of the king, as of the honour of Berkhamstede, by the service abovesaid.
Pokislee. 50a. wood similarly held by the same fine, of Thomas de Leukenore, by service of 40d. as aforesaid.
Thomas his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir by the aforesaid fines.
Writ of certiorari de feodis &c. 12 July, 2 Edw. III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Aungre ad Castrum, 26 July, 2 Edward III.
He held no knights’ fees of the king in chief in the county.
Bobbyngworth. The advowson of the church.
BEDFORD. Extent, 26 July, 2 Edward III.
Clifton. The advowson of the church, of which he was enfeoffed jointly with Sarra his wife and his heirs.
LEICESTER. Inq. taken at Schathewelle on Tuesday before the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 2 Edward III.
He held no knights’ fees or advowsons of churches in the said county in fee simple (simpliciter).
Schadewelle or Schathewelle. The advowson of the church held jointly with Sarra his wife, who still survives, by the gift of Edmund Spigernel, knight.
BUCKINGHAM. Extent, 10 August, 2 Edward III.
Daggenhale in the parish of Edelesbourgh. The advowson of a chantry in the chapel of All Saints there, held of the king, together with a messuage, 20a. land, 40a. wood, and 50s. rent, in Daggenhale, as appears in the above inquisition by service of 1lb. cummin yearly.
Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (24.)
E. Inrolments &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 5.
129. THOMAS DE GARDINIS.
Writ, 30 March, 2 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. Tuesday after SS. Philip and James, 2 Edward III.
Leysdon in the Isle of Shepeye. Lands and rents (extent given), including free tenants in Dover rendering 2s. yearly, held of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 52s. 6d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Dover, as well for the said tenements, as for other lands and tenements in the county of Oxford, viz.—in Coges, Somerton, and Feringford. The said tenements are charged with 12d. yearly for the ferry of Tremhuth, and 6d. yearly to the heirs of Stephen Pone for two acres of the said land lying at Mergare.
OXFORD. Inq. 20 April, 2 Edward III.
Fyryngford. A capital messuage, land, and rents, &c. (extent given), including 13 1/2d. church-scot at the feast of St. Martin, and the alternate presentation to the church.
Somertone. A capital messuage, land and rents &c. (extent given), including the alternate presentation to the church.
Cogges. A capital messuage, lands and rents (extent given).
All held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, and by rendering yearly 52s. 6d. for the ward (ad custodiam) of the castle of Dover, together with certain lands and tenements in Leysdone and Dover, co. Kent.
John Giffard, the younger, of Twyford, son and heir of Alexandra, daughter of the said Thomas, aged 27 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (25.)
E. Inrolments &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 1.
130. WALTER LE ALBLASTER, of North Gevendale or North Geveldale.
Writ, 24 June, 2 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 1 July, 2 Edward III.
North Geveldale. A capital messuage and lands (extent given).
Est Geveldale. A bovate of land and a third part of a ruined water-mill.
All held of the king in chief, by service of finding a sixth part of a cross-bowman (balisterii) in the castle of York at his own charges for forty days, if there shall be war in the county of York.
Alice, late the wife of Richard le Alblaster, mother of the said Walter, holds in dower, of the inheritance of the said Walter, a toft and four bovates and 2 1/2 acres of land in North Geveldale, and a third part of a bovate of land in Est Geveldale.
Ralph his son, aged 5 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 10. (26.)
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