Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 31

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 31

403. HENRY DE THRIPPELOWE.
Writ, 10 September, 6 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. 21 March, 7 Edward III.
Foxton. 5a. land and 3a. meadow, held of John de la Hay, knight, by knight’s service, and by service of 4s. yearly.
Thrippelowe. Two tofts held of the prior of Ely by service of 2s. yearly; and a messuage and 20a. land, held of the bishop of Ely, by service of 11s. yearly.
Barton. 5a. land, held of Matthew de la Vache, knight, by service of 1d. yearly, and suit of court.
Neuton. A cottage, held of the prior of Ely by service of 6d. yearly.
Fulmere. A messuage and 1a. land, held of Thomas Haselardtone, knight, by service of 10d. yearly; and a toft held of William Sweyn by service of 3d. yearly.
William his son, aged 5 years, is his next heir.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. 20 March, 7 Edward III.
Cambridge. Seven messuages, held of the prior of Bernewelle by service of 40s. yearly; three messuages held of the prioress of St. Radegund’s by service of 13s. 4d. yearly; and a messuage held of Robert Duinyg and Philip Cayli, rendering yearly, 8s. to the said Robert, and 6s. 8d. to the said Philip.
Heir as above.
HERTFORD. Inq. 23 March, 7 Edward III.
Sandone. A messuage and 60a. land, held of the dean and chapter of St. Paul’s, London, by service of 26s. 2d. yearly; a messuage and 1a. land, held of John Stacy of Sandone by service of 10d. yearly; 1a. land held of John son of Adam by service of 4d.; and 1a. land, held of Master Ralph Oliver by service of 2d. yearly.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (1.)
404. JOHN GRIGGE or GREGGE of Hamstede.
Writ, 13 December, 6 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken ex officio 13 December, 6 Edward III.
Bomstedehelyoun. 1a. land, held of John son and heir of Henry de Helyoun, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service and by scutage when it runs.
The marriage of Giles (Egidia) his daughter and heir, aged 9 years, belongs to the king by reason of the said acre of land and the minority of the said Giles, who is eloigned (elongata) from the king’s wardship, &c., by Margaret sometime the wife of John Grigge, and others unknown, and is married to William Crocheman, within the king’s seisin and against the prohibition of the king’s escheators, as is said.
Hamstede, Finchingfeld and Sampford. Three messuages and 700a. land, held jointly by the said John Grigge and Margaret his wife, but of whom is unknown at present.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmenesford on Wednesday before St. Gregory the Pope, 7 Edward III.
The said John Gregge held no lands or tenements in his demesne as of fee in the county, except those which he held jointly with Margaret his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (2.)
405. ALICE DE COTES of Out Neuton.
Writ, 12 February, 6 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Patrington, 3 June, 6 Edward III.
Outneuton. A messuage and 5 bovates of land, held for her life in chief of William Berchaund, an idiot and in the king’s wardship, viz.—the said messuage and 4 bovates of land held of the said William in chief, by knight’s service, and one bovate of land held of the said William in chief, by service of 5s. yearly: the reversion belongs to John, son and heir of Hugh de Cotes, aged 50 years and more, who is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (3.)
406. JOHN LE EYR of Pateneye, an idiot.
Writ of amotus, 3 September, 6 Edward II.
WILTS. Inq. 10 September, 6 Edward III.
Pateneye. A messuage with curtilage, 33a. land, and 6a. meadow, which are in the king’s hand by reason of the idiocy of the said John le Eyr, held of the prior of St. Swithun’s, Winchester, by service of 13s. 4d. and suit at the said prior’s court twice yearly.
John Miles of Haselholte, aged 27 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (4.)
407. THOMAS DE CORBRIGGE or DE CORNBRYGGE.
Writ, 5 May, 6 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 17 May, 6 Edward III.
Hatfeld Peverel. Certain tenements (unspecified), held for life by the king’s demise of the honour of Peverell in chief, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of Peverell in Hatfeld aforesaid every month.
Heir unspecified.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (5.)
408. TAYLEFER DE WYNTON.
Writ, 25 September, 6 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 5 [Octob]er, 6 Edward III. (defective.)
Great Pernedon, A messuage, lands, and rent (extent given), and a third part of the advowson of the church, held by the courtesy of England, as of the inheritance of Elizabeth late his wife, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Richard son of the said Taylefer and Elizabeth, aged 24 years and more, is the said Elizabeth’s next heir of the abovesaid tenements.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (6.)
409. THOMAS DE SAUNDERVILE, or DE SAUNDREVILE.
Writ, 8 May, 6 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. taken at Abyndon, 20 May, 6 Edward III.
Mortone and Enedeburne. A messuage, a toft, and a carucate and 2 virgates of land, held of Robert de Clifford, as of the honour of Skiptone in Cravene, by service of a knight’s fee.
He died 13 April, 6 Edward III. Thomas his son, aged 24 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (7.)
410. JOHN BADEROUN or DE BADEROUN.
Writ, 22 March, 6 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 4 April, 6 Edward III.
Aure. A messuage, 50a. land, 6a. meadow and a fishery in the water of Severn, held of the king in chief in free socage, by service of rendering 13s. 4d. yearly at the king’s exchequer.
Philip his son, aged 17 years on the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (8.)
411. JOAN DE CLEREBEK.
Writ, 14 September, 6 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. 8 October, 6 Edward III.
Childocford. Certain lands and tenements (extent given), held of William de Monte Acuto, as of the honour of the castle of Christ Church Twynham, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Walter her son, aged 25 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 14 September, 6 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 21 September, 6 Edward III.
Aketon. A messuage, lands and rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, by service of a third part of half a knight’s fee; and 30a. land, held of Andrew de Bures by service of 20d. yearly.
She died 12 September. Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (9.)
412. AMICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN WOLF.
Writ, 28 July, 6 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Inq. 6 August, 6 Edward III.
Neuton Harcourt. The manor (extent given), held for life by the grant of King Edward I, without any service.
She died on the day of St. Peter the Apostle last.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (10.)
413. THOMAS COK of Abyndon.
Writ, 2 April, 6 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 9 April, 6 Edward III.
Chepyng Farendon and Westbroke. A toft, 8 virgates of land and 12s. rent, held of the king by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, jointly with Alice his wife and Thomas their son, by fine levied in the court of King Edward II, and by his licence; and 2 virgates of land similarly held of the prior of Poghle by service of 10s. 8d. yearly.
Longcote by Shrivenham. A messuage and 4 virgates of land, similarly held of Margery late the wife of Aymer de Valencia, earl of Pembroke, by service of 14s. 6d.; and 2 virgates of land, similarly held of Ralph de Wylyngton by service of 13s. 4d.
Abyndon. A messuage similarly held of Richard Bysshop by service of 3s.
Thomas his son, aged 24 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (11.)
414. REGINALD LE MOYNE.
Writ, 15 April, 6 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. 2 May, 6 Edward III.
Eggeleigh. A messuage, 80a. arable, and 6a. pasture, held of John de Leom by service of rendering 1lb. of cummin at Easter.
John Moyne his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (12.)
415. THOMAS DE YAREWELL.
Writ, 17 March, 6 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 29 April, 2 Edward III.
Yarewell. A messuage, 30a. land and 4a. meadow, held of the king in chief, by service of keeping an enclosure (haya) called Suthlegh in the forest of Rokyngham, in the bailiwick of Clyve, and by service of 5s. yearly for the king’s use, 3s. to the sheriff at Michaelmas, and 2s. to the steward of the forest of Rokyngham at the same feast, and two attendances at the sheriff’s turn at Michaelmas and Easter.
Robert his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (13.)
416. BARTHOLOMEW PAYN.
Writ, 12 September, 6 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. 8 October, 6 Edward III.
Childeton Furneaux. A moiety of the hamlet (extent given), held, by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Maud late the wife of the said Bartholomew, of the king in chief, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee.
Richard, son of the said Bartholomew and Maud, aged 30 years and more, is their next heir.
DORSET. Inq. 6 October, 6 Edward III.
Stoure Payn. The manor (extent given), held of Thomas Gournay of Harpetree by service of 1d. yearly.
Edmondesham. Certain lands and tenements (extent given), held of the same Thomas by service of 1d. yearly.
Richard his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (14.)
417. ROBERT DE BRADELAY.
Writ of certiorari on the petition of Richard de Bradelay asserting himself to be son and next heir of the said Robert, and seeking livery of his lands, &c., 24 October, 6 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 2 November, 6 Edward III.
Bradeleye. A messuage and two bovates of land, held of the manor of Skypton by homage and fealty and doing suit at the court of the said manor every three weeks, which manor was then in the hands of King Edward II, by reason of the death of Roger de Clifford; and the said messuage and land came into the said king’s hand as wardship, by reason of the said manor, which was the said Roger’s, who held of the said king in chief, and is still in the king’s hand; and 5a. land, held of William Fauvel, rendering to him four capons (altilia) yearly at Whitsunday.
Richard de Bradeleye, aged 23 years on Sunday the feast of St. Luke, 6 Edward III, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (15.)
418. GRONOU AP TUDER or AP TUDUR.
Writ, 22 March, 6 Edward III.
SOUTH WALES. Inq. taken at Kermerdyn on Friday before St. James, 6 Edward III.
Kethlan in the king’s commote of Mabwynneon. A third part of a ‘westua’.
Redonnen in the king’s commote of Commot Perveth and Lechythlenan in the commote of Creudyn. A third part of a ‘westua.’
All held of the king in chief by Welsh law, and doing suit at the king’s court of Cardigan every month. He held no lands, &c., of any other in those parts.
Howel ap Gronou ap Tudur, Tudur ap Gronou, and Gruffuth ap Gronou ap Tudur are his next heirs, and of full age according to Welsh law, and the said lands are divisible among them according to Welsh law.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (16.)
419. WILLIAM FLORENCE of Carleton.
Writ, 10 September, 6 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Bukenham Castel, 17 December, 6 Edward III.
Carleton. A messuage, 16a. land, and 2 1/2a. pasture, held of the king, as parcel of the manor of Tybenham, by service of 2d. yearly; and 5a. land held jointly with Agnes his wife, of divers lords, service unknown.
He died 30 August, 6 Edward III. Isabel his daughter, aged 22 years and more, whom Geoffrey de Stanton married, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (17.)
420. WALTER WHYTIK of Catwyk.
Writ, 5 May, 6 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 3 June, 6 Edward III.
Catwyk. A capital messuage, lands and rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by knight’s service.
Carleton. A messuage and 12 bovates of land, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by knight’s service.
William Whytik, aged 34 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (18.)
421. PHILIP DE WELLE.
Writ, 24 March, 6 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. 13 April, 6 Edward III.
Fordham. 70a. arable, 1a. meadow, and 26s. 8d. rent, &c., held for life, by the courtesy of England after the death of Isabel his wife, of the inheritance of William, son and heir of the said Philip and Isabel, of the king in chief, by service of half a knight’s fee.
He died 19 February last. William his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
ESSEX. Inq. 6 April, 6 Edward III.
Great Sampford. Two parts of a manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, of full age.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 10 April, 6 Edward III.
Ixnigge. A capital messuage, lands and rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of half a knight’s fee.
He died 27 February in the above year. Heir as above, aged 22 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (19.)
422. WILLIAM DEL WODEHOUS.
Writ, 24 October, 6 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 2 November, 6 Edward III. (defaced.)
Wodehouse. A messuage and 6a. land, held of the manor of Skypton by homage and fealty, and doing suit at the court of the said manor every three weeks; which manor was in the hand of King Edward II, on account of the death of Roger de Clifford, and the said messuage and land then came into the said king’s hand as wardship, by reason of the said manor which was the said Roger’s, who held of the said king in chief, and they still are in the king’s hand.
Thomas de Wodehouse, his brother, who was 80 years of age at the feast of St. Nicholas,. Edward III, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (20.)
423. JOHN DE SWYNEFORD.
Writ, 13 September, 6 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. Sunday after St. Matthew, 6 Edward III.
Great Stiuekle. A messuage, lands and rent, &c. (extent given), held of the abbot of Rameseye by homage and fealty and suit at his court of Brouhtone, rendering a mark yearly; and 3a. land held of the earl of Richemund by service of 2 1/4d.
John his son, aged 4 years, is his next heir.
ESSEX. Inq. 25 September, 6 Edward III.
Little Chyshulle. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given).
Stepelbumstede. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given).
All held of the manor of Meldebonrne, which Agnes late the wife of John de Argentem holds in dower, by homage and scutage and by service of 1lb. of pepper yearly.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (21.)
424. JOHN SON OF JOHN DE LA PUYLE.
Writ, 1 October, 6 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. Thursday after St. Denis, 6 Edward III. (defective.)
Guldeford. A cottage, 3 1/2a. meadow, and ……… of two parts of two water-mills.
Guldeford and Chiddingfold. 60s. 11d. yearly rent, &c.
All held of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, and by service of rendering 11s. 2d. yearly, by the hands of the sheriff from a rent called the serjeanty of Guldeford.
Henry, his brother, aged 21 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (22.)
425. RANULPH DE PRAYERS or DE PRAERS.
Writ of certiorari de causa captionis to the escheator of co. Chester, concerning the manors of Bertomlegh, Crue by Weston, and Landeton, 18s. rent in Netherbebynton, a serjeanty called the serjeanty of the countess of Warwick, and the advowsons of the churches of Bertomlegh and Wodechirche, 22 March, 6 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that Ranulph de Praers held the said tenements on the day he died, of the king in chief, by knight’s service, and therefore he (the escheator) seized them into the king’s hand.
Writ (of certiorari) to the escheator of co. Chester on the complaint of Joan, late the wife of the said Ranulph, that the escheator had taken into the king’s hand the abovesaid manors, &c., whereof she was enfeoffed jointly with the said Ranulph, 10 April, 6 Edward III.
CHESTER. Inq. Tuesday in Easter week, 6 Edward III.
The manors of Bertumlegh, Crue by Weston, and Landecan, 18s. rent in Netherbebynton, the serjeanty of the fee of the countess of Warwick, and the advowsons of the churches of Bertumlegh and Wodechirch, were given by William de Dutton, chaplain, by licence of the king, then earl of Chester, by charter to the said Ranulph and Joan his wife and the heirs of the said Ranulph, to hold of the king in chief; and the said Joan continued her seisin of the same jointly with her said husband until his death. He held no other tenements.
Thomas de Bertumlegh his brother, aged 24 years at least, is his next heir after the death of the said Joan.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (23.)
426. RALPH DE BOKLOND or DE BOUKELONDE.
Writ, 19 May, 6 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 16 June, 6 Edward III.
Dunton. The manor (extent given), including a pasture called ‘Bradesike,’ and 5s. 3d. to be paid yearly to the king by the hands of the sheriff, called donum arentatum, held as of the right of Katherine his wife, who still survives, of the king in chief by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 3 1/2 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (24.)
427. JOHN DE STOURTON.
Writ, 30 January, 6 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 6 April, 6 Edward III.
La Hale. 100s. rent held of Adam atte Fourde by service of 1d. yearly.
Christine his daughter, aged 22 years on the feast of the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (25.)
428. HUBERT PIPARD.
Writ, 26 July, 6 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at New Salisbury, 2 August, 6 Edward III.
Oxenewode. A messuage and a virgate of land, and the bailiwick of the forestry of Huppyngescoumbe in the forest of Savernake, held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 20s. yearly at the castle of Marlebergh, and keeping the said bailiwick; and 24a. of land, held of Sir John de Cove by service of 8s. 8d. yearly.
Westforsteburi. A messuage and half a virgate of land at ‘la Grene,’ held of Roger Bacoun by service of 10s. yearly.
Peter his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (26.)
429. THOMAS GOLAFRE.
Writ, 4 May, 6 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. Saturday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 6 Edward III.
Burybluntesdon. The manor, held in free socage of Lady Philippa, queen of England.
John Golaffre, knight, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir, and demised the said manor to William his brother for life, who is now tenant.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Oxford, 30 May, 6 Edward III.
Cerchesdene. The manor (extent given), held of Robert de Lylle as of the fee of the earl of Albemarle, by service of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 30 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (27.)
430. OLIVER DE SERLEBY.
Writ, 3 February, 6 Edward III.
YORK. inq. 4 May, 6 Edward III.
Herthille. A manor (extent given). He held no lands or tenements on the day he died, of John son and heir of Thomas de Bardolf, who held of the king in chief by knight’s service, and is a minor and in the king’s wardship; but the same Thomas Bardolf held the chief manor of Herthill of Roger de Newemarche by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and the said Oliver held a manor in the said town of the said Thomas as tenant of the said chief manor; and the said Thomas on Sunday after St. Michael, 3 Edward III, gave the said chief manor to Edmund his son for life, by virtue of which gift the said Oliver for a year and a half before his death attorned to the said Edmund, and thus held his said manor of the said Edmund by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Oliver his son, aged 10 years on the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (28.)
431. JOHN DE SUNNYNGHULL.
writ, 21 March, 6 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. 14 April, 6 Edward III.
Styntesford. The manor held of John de Bello Campo of Somerset in chief, by service of a knight’s fee, and suit of court at his manor of Dounden every three weeks.
Frome Bonevilleston. The hamlet held of Robert Fitz Payn in chief, by service of a moiety of a little knight’s fee of Mortain (de parvo Mortaneo).
John his son, aged 23 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (29.)
432. WILLIAM DE NEUPORT or WILLIAM PAYN of Neuport.
Writ, 17 November, 6 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT. Inq. 31 December, 6 Edward III.
Austebourne. A messuage and a carucate of land (extent given), held of the king in chief by reason of the lordship of the castle of Caresbroke, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee, and suit at the king’s court of knights at Neuport every three weeks.
John Payn of Neuport, his kinsman, aged 23 years at the feast of St. Gregory the Pope next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (30.)
433. JOHN DE BROMLEYE.
Writ, 20 March, 6 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. 1 April, 6 Edward III.
Asscheleye. 40s. yearly assised rent of freemen.
Wylfotebrugge. A ruined messuage, a carucate of land, &c.
All held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Bromleye. The hamlet (extent given), held of the bishop of Chester by service of rendering 10s. yearly at his castle of Eccleshale.
John his son, aged 27 years at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (31.)
434. WALTER DE GOURLAY.
Writ, 7 May, 6 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Thursday before St. Margaret, 6 Edward III.
Lourbotille. A capital messuage, burned by the Scots, lands, &c. (extent given), including 6 bondages, each containing a toft and 28a. land, held of the king in chief by service of 9s. 4d., to be paid yearly at the king’s exchequer of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne for each bondage.
Matfenwest. A capital messuage, burned by the Scots, a bondage containing 24a. land, and 4 cottages each containing a toft and 1r. land, all lying waste, held of the king in chief by service of 8s. to be paid yearly at the king’s exchequer of the aforesaid castle.
John his son, aged 22 years on Thursday after St. Andrew, 5 Edward III, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (32.)
435. JOHN DE DAGGEWORTH.
Writ, 20 August, 6 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 6 September, 6 Edward III.
Daggeworthe. A messuage and 30a. land, rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of three arrows, feathered with eagles’ feathers; 8a. land held of Osbert de Boytone by service of 4d. yearly; and 9a. held of Robert Hotot by service of 8d. yearly.
He died 27 July last. Nicholas his son, aged 26 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 20 August, 6 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. 9 December, 6 Edward III.
Westminster. The serjeanty of usher of the king’s exchequer, to which pertain the offices of crier and usher in the king’s Common Bench and also the office of marshal, usher, crier, and keeper of the bar (barrerar’) in all eyres of the king’s justices in England, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty, receiving from the king 5d. a day by the hands of the chamberlains of the exchequer, as long as the said exchequer shall be open, for performing the said serjeanty, and also taking the fees due and accustomed from all those pleading and being impleaded in the aforesaid places.
The said John, by the king’s licence, demised a moiety of the said office of usher of the exchequer to Roger de Bedefeld, to hold of the said John and his heirs, by service of a rose yearly, for life, and the other moiety to John Dymmoke to hold in the same manner by like service for life; saving to the said John de Daggeworth, and his heirs, the said 5d. a day to be received as abovesaid, and retaining the said offices in the abovesaid eyres with their fees and profits, and a fourth part of the office of usher and crier in the aforesaid Bench. He also demised a moiety of the office of usher and crier in the said Bench to the said Roger for life as aforesaid, similarly by the king’s licence, and a fourth part of the same office to Thomas de Leeke for life, to hold of the said John and his heirs, service unknown at present.
Heir as above.
ESSEX. Inq. 19 September, 6 Edward III.
Bradewell. The manor with the advowson of the church, held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, of the grant of John de Combes, parson of the church of Trandestone by fine levied in the court of the late King Edward I, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to the right heirs of the said John, rendering yearly a red rose to the said John de Combes; 9a. land in the manor held of the abbot of Westminster by service of 3s. yearly, and suit of court every three weeks; 12a. land held of Walter de Stistede by service of 2s. yearly; and 6a. land and 1a. meadow held of Robert Pycot by service of 18d. yearly.
All the residue of the said manor with the said advowson is held of John Fylol by service of a knight’s fee and 5s. 8d. yearly.
Elmedone. A certain tenement, held jointly by the said John and Alice, as of the inheritance of the said Alice, of the king, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and making two attendances yearly at St. Martin’s le Grand, London.
Heir as above, son and heir of the said John and Alice.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (33.)
436. EDMUND SON OF WILLIAM DE PAKENHAM.
Writ, 7 March, 6 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. Friday the Feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 7 Edward III.
Cobeham. A messuage called Henherst, lands and rent, &c. (extent given) held of Robert de Ufford by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee.
Edmund his son, aged 30 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (34.)
437. PATRICK DE SUTHAYK.
Writ, 22 January, 6 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. Tuesday after the Annunciation, 7 Edward III.
Skelton. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a shieling (skalinga) in the wood of Skelton, and a sixth part of the advowsons of the churches of Skelton and Levyngton, held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 10s. yearly to the king for cornage.
Gilbert his son, aged 15 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (35.)
438. JOHN DE WOLDEHAM.
Writ, 24 March, 6 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. Friday the feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 7 Edward III.
Boxle. A messuage, lands and rent, held of Benedicta late the wife of John de Schelvyng and daughter and one of the heirs of Robert de Hugham, by service of rendering, with Robert de Groffherst and Robert Vyneter of Maydestan, 40s. yearly, whereof the said John ought to pay 10s. as for a fourth part of the whole tenement: the said Benedicta holds all the said tenements of the king in chief, by serjeanty of finding the king in the army of Wales, when there is war, a man with a horse price 5s., a sack and a pin (brochia), for carrying the king’s scullery (esquillariam) for forty days at his own charges.
Thomas de Crofte, his nephew, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (36.)
439. NICHOLAS DE THYMELBY.
Writ, 23 January, 6 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. Friday after St. Matthias, 7 Edward III.
Holtham. A messuage, held with Maud his wife, as of her right, of the king in chief as parcel of the manor of Skrivelby, which is held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, viz.—by finding on the day of the king’s coronation an armed knight on horseback to prove by his body, if necessary, against whomsoever that the king who is crowned on that day is the true and right heir of the kingdom.
Stikeswold. A messuage, 4a. land and 2a. meadow, held of the dean and chapter of Lincoln by service of 2s. 6d. yearly.
Thymelby. Two messuages and 40a. land, held of the bishop of Carlisle by service of 45s. 4d. yearly.
Thomas his son, aged 19 years at the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (37.)
440. ROGER DE STOKE or DE STOCK.
Writ, 23 January, 6 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 18 April, 7 Edward III.
The forest of Savernage. An assart held of the king by service of rendering 27s. 9 1/2d. yearly at the king’s exchequer, by the hands of the constable of the castle of Marlebergh.
Wolfhale. The manor (extent given), held of Hugh Daudelegh as of the inheritance of Margaret his wife, one of the heirs of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Edward his son, aged one year on the 1st of January last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 31. (38.)
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