Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 50

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 50', 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/pp55-68 [accessed 24 November 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 50


89.	MARGERY DOSEVILL.
	Writ, 7 March, 11 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. made at Haloughton, 12 March, 12 Edward III.
	Medbourne. 6a. land, and 1a. meadow and pasture, which were of Henry de Creton, 20s. yearly rent to be received from two free tenants (named), and a fourth part of the perquisites of court, with a certain view, held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty, viz.—by service of rendering to the king the head of a barbed arrow, as often as the king should come to his castle of Rokyngham to hunt in his forest there. She died on the morrow of St. Mark, 17 Edward II. Hugh Dosevill her son, aged 60 years on Christmas day last, is her next heir.
	Writ of certiorari super causa captionis concerning the above tenements, 12 March, 12 Edward III.
	Return by the escheator that he did not take into the king’s hand all the tenements in this writ mentioned, but William Erneys, late the king’s escheator in the counties of Warwick, Leicester, &c., delivered to him by indenture 10s. rent in Medbourn and a fourth part of the perquisites of the court there, asserting that they were in the king’s hand as wardship, through the death of Margery Dosevill, who was the fourth of the heirs of William de Kirkeby, deceased; and, because now the escheator has found by an inquisition taken before him, by virtue of the king’s writ lately directed to him and returned into the chancery, that the said Margery held of the king in chief the said tenements, together with 6a. land, 1a. meadow and pasture, which Henry de Creton sometime held, and 10s. rent in the said town, and a certain view to be held there, by service of rendering to the king the head of a barbed arrow, as often as the king should come to his castle of Rokyngham, to hunt in the forest there, which land, meadow, pasture and rent were not previously taken into the king’s hand, nor delivered by indenture to the escheator, he took [the same] into the king’s hand (undated).
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (1.)
90.	LUCY BLUET.
	Writ, 8 June, 11 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. made at Hungerford, 10 August, 11 Edward III.
	Michham. A third part of the town, held jointly with Peter Bluet sometime her husband, for her life, as of the inheritance of the said Peter, of John de Molyns, lord of the manor of Dachet, by service of 6s. 8d. yearly; which manor is held of the king in chief by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee, and 6s. 8d. for the ward of the castle of Wyndesores. She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. Thomasia, daughter of the said Peter and Lucy, aged 40 years, is their next heir, as of the inheritance of the said Peter.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (2.)
91.	ALICE DAVID or DAVY.
	Writ, 20 September, 11 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. 1 October, 11 Edward III.
	Gouteby. 12d. rent. Keythorpe. 2s. rent, two parts of a messuage, and of 60a. land. All held as of the inheritance of Roger, son and heir of Roger Belers, deceased, who held of King Edward II, in chief, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by fine levied in the said king’s court between Roger Belers, father of the said Roger, whose heir he is, and John de Tilton, by service of a rose yearly. All the aforesaid tenements together with the third part of the same, are held of John Bardolf, by service of 3s. yearly. She held no other lands &c. nor has she any heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (3.)
92.	[ (fn. 1) JOHN COLKING, deest.
KENT.	Frydewill. Esole. Nunynton.]
93.	RICHARD DE FILBY.
	Writ, 26 September, 11 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Cambridge, 6 October, 11 Edward III.
	Great Wilburgham. A messuage, land and rent &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of mewing a sore sparrow-hawk yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Henry de Filby, his brother, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (4.)
94.	WILLIAM SON OF HUGH DE GARTHORP.
	Writ, 10 June, 11 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. 22 June, 11 Edward III.
	Garthorp. A messuage and a virgate of land, held of William de Eton by service of a root (racini) of ginger yearly. His daughters, Elizabeth aged 2 1/2 years, and Emma aged 30 weeks, are his next heirs.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. 21 June, 11 Edward III (defaced).
	Wyverton, Berneston and Tytheby. A messuage, 65a. land, ……., and 14s. 7d. rent, came to the king’s hands after the death of Hugh de Garthorpe, lately deceased, because of the minority of William, his son and heir; whereof Joyce de Spaldyng had the wardship by the king’s commission, until the lawful age of the said William. They are held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, by service of a third part of a fifth part of a knight’s fee. Heirs as above, Elizabeth aged 2 1/2 years, and Emma not yet a year old.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (5.)
95.	JULIANA DE PAUNTON.
	Writ, 20 November, 11 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Dorcestre, 13 December, 11 Edward III.
	Cherbergh. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held for her life of the king in chief, by service of a curry-comb ( (fn. 2) unius pmi (?) equi) yearly. And after her death, the said manor and advowson ought to remain to Nicholas de Iwelton and his heirs, as more fully appears by a fine levied in the king’s court, and by the king’s charter of licence. Wotton Glaunvyle. A messuage and two virgates of land, held for her life of Walter Harang of Chalvedon, by service of a rose yearly.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (6.)
96.	ROGER DE WILMYNTON.
	Writ, 20 July, 11 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. 2 August, 11 Edward III.
	Sellyngg by Monekene Horton. A messuage and land (extent given), held of Reginald, son and heir of Herbert [son of Reginald], a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and rendering further by ancient custom for the ward of the castle and honour of Dover, 2s. 6d. yearly. (Unspecified.) 12a. pasture and 2a. meadow, held in gavelkind of the said Reginald son of Herbert, by service of rendering 3s. yearly at his manor of Sellyngg and suit of court. Roger his son, aged 6 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (7.)
97.	JOHN DE ERLEGH or DE ERLEYE.
	Writ, 27 February, 11 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. 18 May, 11 Edward III.
	Erlegh or Erle. He held no lands &c. of the king in chief, or of any other lord in the bailiwick, because, long before his death, viz. on Saturday next before St. Gregory the Pope, 19 Edward II, he granted, with that king’s licence, the manor of Erlegh to Humphrey de la Rokele and Maud his wife, excepting only scutage when it runs, reasonable aid for making his son a knight and marrying his daughter, and the advowson of the chapel of the manor, to hold to the said Humphrey and Maud for their lives, doing to the king the services pertaining to the said manor, viz. the service of half a knight’s fee; the said king’s licence having been obtained, which is dated at Cippenham, 11 November, 19 Edward II. John his firstborn son, aged 2 years and more, is his next heir.
	Writ to the escheator in co. Somerset &c., 27 February, 11 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. 12 December, 12 Edward III.
	Somerton. The manor held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. North Pederton. The manor with the hundred, held of the king in chief at fee farm, rendering 105s. yearly. Durston. The manor held of Robert son of Payn by knight’s service. Mighelchurche. Certain lands and tenements, held of the earl of Warenne (Garenne) by knight’s service. Bekyngton. The manor held of Robert son of Payn by knight’s service. Babecary. The manor held jointly with Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of the said John of John de Bello Campo of Somersete by knight’s service. Purye. Certain lands and tenements, held jointly with the said Elizabeth his wife of the said John de Bello Campo by knight’s service. John his son, aged 4 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (8.)
98.	REGINALD DE ROKESLE.
	Writ, 2 April, 11 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. 8 April, 11 Edward III.
	Senclyng and Okemere. The manor, held jointly with Joan his wife of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, and by rendering 16s. 4d. for the ward of the castle of Dover every twenty weeks, and at the manor of Ossprenges, which is the king’s, a pair of gilt spurs yearly and suit of court at the king’s court of Ossprenges. Sir William de la Marche, late bishop of Bath and Wells, enfeoffed the said Reginald and Joan of the said manor, but the jurors know not whether with the king’s licence or not. Richard son of William de Rokesle, nephew of the said Reginald, aged 8 years, is his next heir.
	Writ of certiorari on the complaint of Joan late the wife of the said Reginald, that the manor of Sentlynge, which William, late bishop of Bath and Wells gave to Roger de Rokesle for life, with remainder to the said Reginald and Joan, niece of the said bishop, and to the heirs of their bodies, was now taken into the king’s hand, 9 July, 11 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. 18 July, 11 Edward III.
	Senclyng. William, late bishop of Bath and Wells, gave the manor to Roger de Rokesle for life, with remainder to the said Reginald and Joan, niece of the said bishop, and to the heirs of their bodies, by charter dated Monday next after the Purification, 23 Edward I; and the said Roger continued his seisin all his life, and the said Reginald and Joan were jointly seised of the manor until the said Reginald’s death, on which account the manor is in the king’s hand and for no other reason. Augustine le Waleys, to whom the king committed the wardship of the lands &c. of the said Reginald, was present at the taking of this inquisition.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (9.)
99.	ALICE DE LONGO CAMPO.
	Writ, 14 November, 11 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. 20 December, 11 Edward III (defective).
	Burton. She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee in the county, on the day she died, because, long before her death, she alienated her manor of Burton and ………., to Roger de Pedewardyn, her son, to hold to him and his heirs for ever. [The manor is held of the] heirs of John de la Mare, knight, deceased, late heir of Petronilla de Crome, by knight’s service. Brian Pedewardyn, her son, [aged] . ., is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (10.)
100.	MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DURAUNT.
	Writ, 11 February, 11 Edward III.
BEDFORD.	Inq. 3 March, 11 Edward III.
	Ronhale. A capital messuage, 31a. land, and 1 1/2a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of a fiftieth part of a knight’s fee. She held no other lands &c. in the counties of Bedford and Buckingham. Roger de Tichibourne, her kinsman, aged 23 years and more, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (11.)
101.	THOMAS SON OF THOMAS DURAUNT.
	Writ, 12 March, 11 Edward III.
BEDFORD.	Inq. 20 March, 11 Edward III.
	Rounhale. A messuage, 31a. land and 1 1/2a. meadow, held of the king in chief, as of the barony of Bedford, by service of a fiftieth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the counties of Bedford and Buckingham on the day he died. William Durraunt, his uncle, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (12.)
102.	ADAM DE HERTEHULL.
	Writ, 11 February, 11 Edward III.
DERBY.	Inq. Wednesday next after St. Tiburcius, 11 Edward III. (defaced).
	Hertehull. The manor (extent given) held of the heir of John de Boteturt, who held of the king in chief, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of ….. part of a knight’s fee. [ (fn. 3) Midelton.] The manor held jointly with Cristiana his wife, of Henry earl of Lancaster by service of ………. Richard his son, aged 24 (?) years and more, is his next heir.
	Writ, 11 February, 11 Edward III.
WARWICK.	Inq. 4 March, 11 Edward III.
	Kyngesneuton. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held by serjeanty, viz. by finding at his own charges an armed horseman in the king’s army in the Welsh war, when it shall happen. Poleye. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Cristiana his wife, of Joan de Frivill by service of a sore sparrowhawk or 2s. yearly. He died on 18 February last. Richard his son, aged 25 years on the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (13.)
103.	JOHN FRAUNCEYS.
	Writ (missing).
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. 17 April, 11 Edward III.
	Combertone. The manor (extent given) held for his life of the inheritance of John, son and heir of John Burdeleys, deceased, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee. Cotenham. The manor (extent given), in which are many ruinous houses, held for his life of the inheritance aforesaid. Heir unspecified.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (14.)
104.	WILLIAM DE MONTE CANISO, of Edwardestone.
	Writ of certiorari on the petition of Thomas de Monte Caniso, asserting that he is the son and next heir of the said William, and of full age, and praying for the livery of the lands &c. which are of his inheritance and came to the hands of Isabella, queen of England, of whom they were held as of the honour of Eye, which was in her hand when the said William died, and which are in the wardship of Andrew de Bures, by the demise of John, late bishop of Ely, to whom the said queen committed them until the lawful age of the said Thomas, and which are now held of the king, as of the said honour; 7 February, 11 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. 20 February, 11 Edward III.
	Edwardestone. The manor held of the king, as of the honour of Eye, by service of a knight’s fee and a quarter. Andrew de Bures holds the said manor as abovesaid. Bradefeld Seintcler. The manor held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s by service of half a knight’s fee. Thomas his son, aged 21 years at the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir. The said Andrew was present at the taking of this inquisition.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (15.)
105.	ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD DE LOGES.
	Writ, 2 November, 11 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. 12 December, 11 Edward III.
	Wirlegh. 60s. 10d. yearly rent from free tenants held of the king in chief in dower of the inheritance of the said Richard, by service of giving to the king a barbed arrow, as often as he should pass by the highway into the said town of Wyrlegh, towards the parts of Wales, to hunt there. John de Loges, kinsman of the said Richard, aged 24 years, is his next heir.
WARWICK.	Inq. 4 December, 11 Edward III.
	Sowe. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief in dower of the inheritance of the said Richard by petty serjeanty, viz. giving to the king a barbed arrow, as often as he should pass by the highway into Sowe, towards the parts of Wales, to hunt there. Heir as above, aged 26 years.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (16.)
106.	JOHN DE DOKERSWORTH or DE DOKESWORTHE.
	Writ, 6 March, 11 Edward III.
HERTFORD.	Inq. Friday, the feast of St. Mark, 11 Edward III.
	Kinggeswalden. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee; whereof he was enfeoffed jointly with Petronilla his wife, who still survives, to hold to them and the heirs of the said John, by William de Lalleford, clerk, sometime tenant of the said manor, with the king’s licence, as appeared by a fine levied in the king’s court and by the king’s charter of licence shown to the jurors; a messuage, garden and dovecot, and 10a. land, held of Margaret de Kendale by service of a rose; and 4a. land held of John Passelew by service of four capons. Kemeton. 5a. land held of John Veer, by service of 2s. yearly. In all the aforesaid lands &c. the said Petronilla is enfeoffed, and still survives. William his son, aged 18 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (17.)
107.	ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS MEVEREL.
	Writ, 1 August, 11 Edward III.
DERBY.	Inq. Tuesday next after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 11 Edward III.
	Tydeswell. A third part of the manor held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the castle and honour of High Peak, which is in the hand of the said queen, by fealty, and by service of rendering to the said castle 20s. yearly. Wormehull. A third part of a water-mill held of the said queen, as of the said castle, by service of rendering 8d. yearly to the said castle; and a third part of a messuage, and 10a. land, held of the said queen, as of the said castle, by serjeanty, viz. by homage, and by service of finding a man with bow and arrows in the said queen’s forest of High Peak. She held no other lands &c. on this side Trent. Thomas Meverell, her son, aged 22 years and more, is her next heir. The said Elizabeth died on Tuesday next after the Assumption, 6 Edward III, and immediately after her death, the said queen granted to James Coterel the wardship of all the said lands &c. until the lawful age of her heir, and he is still seised thereof.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (18.)
108.	BEATRICE DE GRAVELE.
	Writ, 6 March, 11 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 30 March, 11 Edward III.
	Welcomstowe A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held for her life by the said Beatrice, late the wife of John de Blounville, by the demise of Alexander de Balyolf, with reversion to the said Alexander and his heirs; and after her death, they reverted to John de Benstede and his heirs. Edmund, son and heir of the said John de Benstede, afterwards granted that the said tenements, by virtue of the grant and attornment made to him in this behalf, should, after the death of the said Beatrice, remain to Robert de Morle and William de Playford and their heirs; and the said Robert and William afterwards granted that the said tenements should, after the death of the said Beatrice, remain to Maud, late the wife of the said Edmund, for her life, and after her death to John, son of the said Edmund, and his heirs for ever. The said John is 5 years of age and more. The said tenements are held of the king in chief, as of the barony of Valoyns, for a twelfth part of a knight’s fee. Heir of the said Beatrice unknown. Memorandum from the escheator that, by virtue of the king’s mandate of 31 March, 11 Edward III (recited), he went to Hechen and took the fealty of the said Maud, whose homage the king has respited until the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next (undated).
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (19.)
109.	WILLIAM JARPEVILL.
	Writ (missing).
ESSEX.	Inq. Monday after St. Lucy, 11 Edward III.
	Renham. A messuage and lands (extent given) held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee. He died on 15 December, 5 Edward III. Joan his daughter, aged 10 years and more, is his next heir.
WILTS.	Inq. 17 December, 11 Edward III.
	Wodebergh. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of the king by service of rendering to him yearly a pair of gilt spurs, price 6d. Date of death as above. Heir as above, aged 10 years.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (20.)
110.	JOHN DE HORSY or DE HORSI.
	Writ, 28 November, 11 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. 12 December, 11 Edward III.
	Cherlton Makerel. Two parts of a messuage, a dovecot, and lands (extent given), held of the king in chief; which two parts, with the third part which Maud, late the wife of William de Horsi, father of the said John, holds in dower, are held of the king for half a knight’s fee. Horsi. Two parts of a messuage, a dovecot and lands (extent given), including nine villeins whereof three are assigned to the dower of the said Maud, held of Henry; earl of Lancaster, by service of half a knight’s fee. Ralph de Horsi, his brother, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (21.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 24.
111.	WILLIAM DE EVEROIS, DE EVEROS, or DE EVEREYS.
	Writ, 6 March, 11 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 14 March, 11 Edward III.
	Amberden in Depeden. The manor held jointly with Margaret his wife, who still survives, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, by service of half a knight’s fee, of the grant of John de Cornowayle, to hold for the said Margaret’s life, by fine levied in the king’s court. Heir unknown.
SALOP.	Inq. 12 April, 11 Edward III.
	Neothere Heyton. The manor held of Joan, late the wife of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee. William his son, aged 22 years and more on the feast of All Saints last, is his next heir.
HEREFORD.	Inq. 2 April, 11 Edward III.
	Hommelacy and Stokelaci. The manors, and two parts of the manor of Frome Haymund, with the reversion of dower when it shall happen, and a weir in the Wye (Waya), held jointly with Margaret his wife, who survives, and the heirs of the said William, in chief of Joan, late the wife of Roger de Mortuo Mari, sometime earl of March, by service of a knight’s fee and a half. The said weir is held in chief of John de Homme by service of a rose yearly. Lauton. A messuage and two carucates of land, held of the aforesaid Joan by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee. Heir as above, aged 22 years and more.
	Writ of certiorari to the escheator, because the king is now given to understand on behalf of the abovesaid Margaret that Geoffrey de Cornubia, deceased, sometime her husband, held jointly with her on the day he died, the manor of Amberden, co. Essex, and the manors of Boreford and Stepelton, co. Salop, by the grant of Joan, late the wife of Richard de Cornubia, by fine levied in the court of King Edward II, with his licence, to hold to the said Geoffrey and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Geoffrey, of the said king and his heirs for ever; that the said Margaret continued her seisin with the said Geoffrey, until his death, and afterwards with the said William de Evereys, until his death; and that the said William had no estate in the said manors except as husband of the said Margaret, who has prayed the king to remove his hand from the said manors, which by reason of the death of the said William have been taken into the king’s hand; the escheator is to make enquiry &c. 13 May, 11 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 20 May, 11 Edward III.
	Amberden. The said Geoffrey and Margaret, who survives, held the manor as abovesaid, as is more fully contained in the king’s charter shown by the said Margaret, and she continued her seisin with the said Geoffrey, and William, as abovesaid. She and her ancestors were seised (thereof) time out of mind, and the manor is held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, by service of half a knight’s fee. Richard de Cornuaill, aged 23 years, is son of the said Geoffrey and heir of the manor aforesaid. Heir of William de Everois, unknown.
SALOP.	Inq. 19 May, 11 Edward III.
	Bereford and Stepelton. The said Geoffrey and Margaret, who survives, held the manors, and the said Margaret continued her seisin as abovesaid. She and her ancestors were seised thereof time out of mind, and they are held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. Heir as last above. Heir of the said William, unknown.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (22.)
112.	WILLIAM LA ZOUSCHE, or DE LA ZOUCHE, DE MORTUO MARI.
	Writ, 1 March, 11 Edward III.
	Writ to enquire what lands the said William held by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Alice de Tony, late countess of Warwick, sometime his wife, 1 March, 11 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 4 March, 11 Edward III.
	Welkhamstowe. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee, for his life, by the courtesy of England after the death of Alice late his wife, sister and heir of Robert de Tony, as of the right and inheritance of Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, to whom the said manor ought to revert after the death of the said William, as son and heir of the said Alice and now aged 23 years and more. Heir of the said William, unknown.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. 4 March, 11 Edward III.
	Kirtling. The manor (extent given) held for life as above, of the king by service of half a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
HERTFORD.	Inq. 4 March, 11 Edward III.
	Flamstede. The manor (extent given) held for life as above, of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
WORCESTER.	Inq. 6 March, 11 Edward III.
	Abbedeleye. The manor (extent given with names of tenants), held for life as above, of the king in chief by service of finding a man at Colwent with bow and arrows for twenty days as often as there should be war in Wales. Heir as above.
WILTS.	Inq. 7 March, 11 Edward III.
	Stratford. The manor (extent given) held for life as above, of the earl of Leicester by service of half a knight’s fee. Newton. The manor (extent given) held for life as above, of the earl of Hereford by service of half a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
HEREFORD WITH THE MARCHES OF WALES.	Inq. 8 March, 11 Edward III.
	Painscastle (Castrum Matildis) and Colwent, in the Marches of Wales. The castles (extents given), including lands at ‘la Roille,’ held for life as above, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
	Writ, 1 March, 11 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. 11 May, 11 Edward III.
	Treve. The manor (extent given) held of Henry de Percy, as of his manor of Petteworth, by service of five knights’ fees, and by doing suit at the court of Petteworth. Nuttebourn. The manor (extent given) held of Lady Isabella, queen of England, as of the honour of Mohaut, by service of a knight’s fee; and there are paid yearly from the manor twenty marks to John le Blount, knight, for his life, by the grant of the said William. Alan his son, aged 19 years and more, is his next heir of the said manors.
LEICESTER.	Inq. made at Leicester, 29 May, 11 Edward III.
	Kylwarby. Seven and a half virgates of land held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Assheby la Zousche. The manor (extent given), including a market, with a fair on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a park, and lands put to farm at Swertclyf, held of Henry de Beaumond by service of two knights’ fees. He died on 28 February last. Heir as last above.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (23.)
113.	WILLIAM DE GRATTON.
	Writ, 31 May, 11 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Kerkeby in Asshefeld on Wednesday after Holy Trinity, 11 Edward III.
	Brunnesley. A moiety of a meadow called ‘Thregermedeu’ containing 3a., held for his life, by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Isabel late his wife some time deceased, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell which is in the king’s hand, by fealty, and by service of rendering 3s. yearly to the king at his exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Nottingham and Derby. Wandesley. A capital messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held in form aforesaid, of Lady Lora de Stotevill, late the wife of John de Stotevill, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee; and lands, rent, &c. (extent given), similarly held of Nicholas de Cantilupo by knight’s service. He died on the day of St. Lawrence, 9 Edward III. William, son of the said William and Isabel, aged 30 years and more, is their next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (24.)
114.	JOHN DE BASYNGES.
	Writ, 20 March, 11 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Nywton, 26 April, 11 Edward III.
	West Chelberge. Lands and tenements held in chief of the son and heir of Sir John Moun of Dunsterre, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of half a knight’s fee. John his son, aged 17 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (25.)
115.	WILLIAM LE BLOUNT.
	Writ, 3 October, 11 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. 16 October, 11 Edward III.
	Webbeley. The castle and manor held jointly with Margery his wife, by the king’s licence, and by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to them and to the right heirs of the said Margery for ever, of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. John le Blount, his brother, aged 30 years, is his next heir.
STAFFORD.	Inq. made at Newcastle-under-Lyme, 20 November, 11 Edward III.
	Balterdeleye (extent given) held of the king in chief as of the right and inheritance of Margery his wife. Fenton. 40s. rent similarly held. Romesore. 16s. rent similarly held. Bidulf. 13s. 4d. rent similarly held. All held by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (26.)
116.	ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD DE HODELESTON or DE HUDELESTON
	Writ, 20 March, 11 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. Monday after Palm Sunday, 11 Edward III.
	Millum. The manor (extent given), including a park, another park called Ulfhou, a plot called Aunays, 12s. 4d. yearly from tenants who hold shielings at Bretby, 13s. 6d. yearly from tenants at Botil, and 11s. 9d. yearly from tenants at Satherton, held for her life of the manor of Egermund for a knight’s fee, and by service of 13s. 4d. yearly; which manor of Egermund is of the inheritance of John de Multon, lately deceased, who held of the king in chief, whose lands and tenements, because Alice late his wife is pregnant, are in the king’s hand. John, son of the said Richard, aged 32 years and more, is next heir of all the above.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (27.)
117.	MALCOLM DE CHASTILOUN, knight.
	Writ, 6 March, 11 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. 10 March, 11 Edward III.
	Thorntone. The manor, held of the honour of St. Valery, which is now. in the king’s hand through the death of Sir John de Eltham, sometime earl of Cornwall, by service of a bezant at the feast of St. Michael. Lecamstede. Two messuages and two and a half virgates of land, held of Alan de Leaume by service of 6d. at the feast of the Annunciation; and two virgates of land, held of Richard de Chastiloun by service of 1d. at the feast of St. Michael. Morton by Bukyngham. A messuage and four virgates of land, held of Richard de Bayhous and Katherine his wife by service of 7d. Caveresfeld. Two messuages and two virgates of land, held of John de Wynecote by service of 2s. He held nothing of the king in chief. John his son, aged 33 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (28.)
118.	JOHN DE MENIL.
	Writ, 26 October, 11 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Skelton in the North Riding on Wednesday the morrow of St. Martin in the Winter, 11 Edward III.
	Castellevyngton. The manor (extent given), including a close called Impgarth, and a several pasture called Leybank, held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by homage and by service of finding a man with an unbarded horse, armed with a haqueton, headpiece, gloves of mail, and a lance, in time of war, for forty days at his own costs. Taneton. Two parts of the manor (extent given) held of Bartholomew Fanacourt and Lucy his wife, and the third part of the said manor held of Thomas Wake, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Neuby. A messuage and three bovates of land, held of the said Bartholomew and Lucy by service of a thirtieth part of a knight’s fee; and the reversion of two bovates of land, held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee, which the said John lately granted to Roger de Semere, who still survives, for life, without rendering anything for the same. John, son of John son of the aforesaid John de Menill, aged 3 1/2 years at Christmas next, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (29.)
119.	AGNES GURDOUN.
	Writ, 12 September, 11 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Guldeford, 20 September, 11 Edward III.
	Padyngdoune. A messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given), held of Lawrence, son and heir of John de Hastyng, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of two pairs of gilt spurs yearly. She died on 11 August. Thomas son of Thomas de Syndelesham, aged 10 years and more, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 50. (30.)