Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 34

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 34

488. ROBERT ATTE MULLE.
Writ of plenius certiorari concerning lands in Gussich All Saints, said to be held by the said Robert of the king in chief by service of feeding one of the king’s foals yearly in time of herbage for three weeks at his own charges, on account whereof the said lands, &c., were taken into the king’s hand, 14 September, 6 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. 6 October, 6 Edward III.
Gussich All Saints. The said Robert’s lands and tenements there, which were taken into the king’s hand by the late escheator, are not held of the king in chief, nor is any service due to the king from the same, but they are held of the abbess of Tarente, and the prior of God’s House (Domus Dei), Southampton, by service of 32s. yearly and suit at the court of either of them at Gussich All Saints every three weeks.
Roger his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 34. (1.)
489. WILLIAM SON OF PETER DE BRIKHULLE, deceased.
Writ of certiorari on the complaint of Cecily, late the wife of the said William, that the escheator had taken into the king’s hand the manor of Thurstanton, of which she was enfeoffed jointly with her said husband, 4 November, 6 Edward III.
CHESTER. Inq. Thursday after St. Andrew, 6 Edward III. (defective.)
Thurstanstone. The manor held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee; whereof the said Cecily was jointly enfeoffed with the said William of the grant of John de Sywenston, chaplain, by fine levied in the county of Chester by the king’s licence, and continued her seisin until her husband’s death from Tuesday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 19 Edward II; and she did not change her estate in the said manor, which is now in the king’s hand only on account of the said William’s death. The said William was not seised of any other lands, &c. in the bailiwick.
…… have no heir of the said manor.
C. Edw. III. File 34. (2.)
490. GEOFFREY LE CLERK.
Writ of certiorari, on the petition of Richard Knyvet and Joan his wife, to enquire whether the said Joan is heir of the said Geoffrey of certain lands in Haynton, which have been taken into the king’s hands, &c., 6 July, 6 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. Thursday before the Assumption, 6 Edward III.
Haynton. A bovate of land, held of John de la Ware as parcel of two parts of the manor of Haynton, which are held of the same John by service of a knight’s fee, was taken into the hand of King Edward II, by John de Aseby then sub-escheator in co. Lincoln, through the death of the said Geoffrey, of his own will and without any cause. Sewall de Worth, grandfather of the said Joan, whose heir she is, granted the said bovate to the said Geoffrey for life only, with reversion to himself and his heirs.
The said Joan, aged 14 years on the day of the said Geoffrey’s death, is his heir of the land aforesaid as heir of the said Sewall in reversion.
C. Edw. III. File 34. (3.)
491. ROBERT, SON OF HUGH, SON OF ASCELIN DE CORBRIGGE, an idiot.
Writ to the escheator to enquire whether the said Robert is an idiot, and whether he has alienated any lands, &c., 23 May, 6 Edward III.
[NORTHUMBERLAND.] Inq. 10 June, 6 Edward III.
The said Robert is an idiot, but was not so from his birth, for 17 years ago he left Corbrigg for Oxford of sound mind and memory, and when he returned 16 years ago he was an idiot, and from that time has remained so, and has not enjoyed lucid intervals, and if he alienated any lands, he did so in that state. The aforesaid Hugh son of Ascelin, father of the said Robert, gave two messuages, 30a. land, and 4s. rent in Correbrigg to the said Robert and William his brother, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to himself and his heirs, which William died ten years ago: the said tenements are held of Henry de Percy by service of 11s. 7d.
William, son of Hugh de Correbrigg, and John, son of Thomas de Wytton, are next heirs in blood to the said Robert, and of full age.
The said Robert was examined in person by the escheator in the presence of the jury.
C. Edw. III. File 34. (4.)
492. THOMAS DE CHAUNDOS.
Writ, 3 January, 6 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. 10 January, 6 Edward III. (fragment.)
Logwardyn. The manor (extent given), [held of the king in chief by service of a pair] of gilt [spurs] to be rendered at the king’s exchequer by the hands …………
………
C. Edw. III. File 34. (5.)
493. BERTRAM DE MONBURCHER or DE MONTBORCHER.
Writ of certiorari, on the complaint of Joan, late the wife of the said Bertram, that the escheator had taken into the king’s hand certain manors, &c. in Sussex, which John de Britannia, earl of Richemund, granted to the said Bertram and Joan, and the heirs of the body of the said Bertram, 13 September, 6 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. 13 December, 6 Edward III. (defaced.)
John de Brytannia, earl of Richemond, who held the barony of Hastynges of the king in chief, granted the manors of Hamerdenne and Filsham, and certain lands in Morleye and Cortesleye [or Crotesleye], all which were parcel of the said barony, to the said Bertram and Joan, to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the said Bertram, rendering a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. at Christmas, and doing foreign service, viz.—for two knights’ fees. King Edward II confirmed the grant, and the said Joan continued her seisin until the death of the said Bertram, when the said lands were taken into the king’s hand because it appeared to the escheator that they ought to be held immediately of the king, and not of another ……… . of the said barony, and for that reason only are they in the king’s hand.
Reginald his son, aged 17 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 34. (6.)
494. NICHOLAS DAUNAY or DAUNEY.
Writ, 15 September, 6 Edward III. (defaced.)
CORNWALL. Inq. taken at Salte Ayssh, 26 September, 6 Edward III.
Sh[eviok], Anton and Tregantel. The manors (extent given), held of the abbot of Tavystok by knight’s service.
Landulp. The manor (extent given), held of Peter de Uvedale, of the dower of Margaret his wife, by knight’s service.
Leygh. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of William de Botrigan by knight’s service.
Trelowia. 100s. yearly rent, held of John de Trethak by knight’s service.
John his son, aged [30?] years and more, is his next heir.
DEVON. Inq. 25 September, 6 Edward III. (defaced.)
Stancom and Alynton. Two messuages and three carucates of land (extent given), held of John de Bereford by knight’s service.
Godryngton and Norton. The manors (extent given), held of Robert son of Payn by knight’s fee.
Leygh Duraunt. The hamlet, held of Richard de Campo Arnulphi by knight’s service.
Cornwode. A messuage and a carucate of land, &c., held of Andrew de Medstede by knight’s service.
… yssh. 3s. yearly rent, held of Thomas de Stoford by knight’s service.
Wassheborn Duraunt. 3s. yearly rent, held of Henry de ……, by … . . to be received yearly.
Redeston, Baileford, Hurberneford, and Thourleyghe. 11s. yearly rent … of John de Leibourn, by knight’s service.
Knighteton. 14s. yearly rent …… by knight’s service.
[Heir as above] aged 30 years and more.
SOMERSET. Inq. 24 September, 6 Edward III. (defaced.)
Modeforde Terry. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, jointly with Joan his wife, for their lives, with remainder to Nicholas their son.
Hyneton. The manor (extent given), held of James de Audele by knight’s service.
Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 34. (7.)
495. EMMA, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD SON OF JOHN.
Writ of certiorari, 4 … ., 6 Edward III, on the petition of Robert de Clifford, brother and heir of Roger de Clifford, lately deceased, that, whereas in the partition made in the chancery of King Edward I, of the lands &c. that were of Richard [son of John who] held of the said king in chief, the manor of Shaldeford in Surrey, with certain other lands &c. which Emma, now deceased, late the wife of the said Richard, held in dower of the said inheritance, was [assigned] to Robert de Clifford, father of the said Roger, who was his heir, kinsman and one of the heirs, and to Idonia [de Leyburn, another] of the heirs of the said Richard, to hold after the death of the said Emma as their pourparty, and the said manor is now taken into the king’s hand, the king would remove his hand from the pourparty of the said manor falling to the said Robert, (defective.)
SURREY. Inq. 9 April, 6 Edward III.
Shaldeford. The manor (extent given), including a pasture on ‘la Doune,’ a wood called ‘le Park,’ a park at Aldfold, a wood called ‘le Nywemed,’ a yearly rent of assize called ‘Warda de Tonebrugg,’ and a rent of assize called ‘Romscot,’ held of William la Zouch and Eleanor his wife, as in right of the said Eleanor, by homage and service of a knight’s fee, and doing suit at the court of the said William and Eleanor at Blecchinglegh, and by service of rendering 2s. yearly for keeping up the paling (ad wardam palieii) of the park of Tunbrigge.
Robert de Monte Alto and Emma his wife who held the said manor in dower of the same Emma as of the dowry of Richard, son of John, sometime her husband, demised the same to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, for two years, in 16 Edward II, to hold by service of a grain of corn yearly; within which term John de Crombwelle and Idonia his wife, by a fine levied in the said king’s court, released all their right in the said manor to the said Hugh and his heirs; and after the said fine, the said Hugh surrendered his said term to the said Robert and Emma, who continued their estate in the manor, according to the aforesaid dower, until the death of the same Emma. Neither Robert de Clifford, father of the present Robert de Clifford, nor Roger de Clifford son of the said Robert, nor the said Robert brother and heir of the said Roger, ever quit-claimed or altered their estate in their pourparty of the said manor, to the said Hugh, or to King Edward II, or the present king, or any other. The said Emma who held certain lands, &c., which are held of the king in chief, and held the said manor in dower, died, and so it was taken into the king’s hand.
Writ to William de Coshale and William de Weston, reciting the effect of the above inquisition, and commanding them to extend the manor of Shaldeford, and cause it to be parted into two equal parts, in the presence of Robert de Clifford, 21 June, 6 Edward III.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Surrey, 21 June, 6 Edward III.
Mandate from William de Coshale to the sheriff of Surrey, to summon 16 knights and others, of the view of the said manor, who have no affinity with the said Robert, &c. Monday before St. John the Baptist, 6 Edward III.
Jury Panel.
SURREY. Extent, Sunday the eve of the SS. Peter and Paul, 6 Edward III.
Shaldeford. The manor (extent given), including lands in the fields of Boggele and Yestpark, Middelpark and Westpark, in the fields called ‘la Launde,’ Whitenersshe and Yildelonde, crofts called Yildorchurd and Kempehagh, land at ‘la Nye,’ and in Yildecroft at ‘la Nye,’ land in the field of Lollingham and in the field called Pympecombe, a croft called Chalveham, meadow in Prattesmed, Boggele and Suthmed, and at Apsle, a wood called ‘le Park,’ a grove called Boggelesgrof, pasture on ‘la Doune,’ a park at Aldfold containing 428a., and a Wood called ‘le Nywemed.’ And there are 2s. paid yearly from the issues of the manor for the keeping of the paling of the park of Tonebrugge, and 2s. at the church of Shaldeford.
SURREY. Partition. Sunday the eve of SS. Peter and Paul, 6 Edward III.
Shaldeford. Partition of the manor, with full extent of the premises assigned to the first pourparty, giving the names of the free tenants and tenants in villenage, assigned to the said pourparty.
SURREY. Partition. Sunday the eve of SS. Peter and Paul, 6 Edward III.
Shaldeford. Partition of the manor, with the full extent of the premises assigned to the second pourparty, giving the names of tenants as above.
C. Edw. III. File 34. (8.)
496. ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD DE SANCTO ANDREA.
Assignment of dower, Saturday after the Purification, 6 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Hyngeston. Assignment of dower to the said Alice out of the lands which were of the said Richard in Hyngeston, in the presence of the attorney of William la Zouche, clerk, to whom the king committed the wardship of two parts of the said Richard’s lands until the lawful age of his heir, her oath being first accepted not to marry without the king’s licence, viz.—a third part of the capital messuage, with a grange and chamber, lands, rents, services, &c. (extent given with field names and names of tenants).
C. Edw. III. File 34. (9.)
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