Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 66

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 66

348. JOHN LE MULWARD or LE MULEWARD, of Sutton.
Writ, 16 November, 16 Edward III.
[BEDFORD.] Inq. Thursday after St. Katherine the Virgin, 16 Edward III.
Sutton. 1/2a. land and 1a. meadow held of the king in chief by service of 1/2d. yearly of suit and ward, payable by the hands of the sheriff, and by coming twice yearly to the king’s hundred (court) of Bykeleswade; and a tenement and 9a. land there held of William le Latymer by service of 3d. yearly, in part value of a pair of gilt spurs; and now those tenements are held of Sir Robert de Offord, as of the inheritance of William son of William Latymer.
He died about the feast of St. Nicholas, 18 Edward II.
Reginald le Muleward, aged 22 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (1.)
349. HENRY LE VAVASOUR.
Writ, 15 December, 16 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Louth (Ludam), 12 January, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands or tenements in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, in the county.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (2.)
350. THOMAS DE STODELEYE.
Writ (missing).
BEDFORD. Inq. made at Bedeford on Thursday before Easter, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in the county on the day he died, and what lands &c. he held of others is unknown.
Thomas his son is his next heir and of full age.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (3.)
351. HERBERT DE GRESSEBY.
Writ, 15 May, 16 Edward III.
LINCOLN and RUTLAND. Inq. taken at Thwancastre, 21 September, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, in the said counties, because two years before his death he granted all his lands &c. in the said counties to Roland (Raulando) his brother, who still survives.
Herbert his son, aged 15 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (4.)
352. ROGER POWER or LE POWER.
Writ, 10 December, 16 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken at Webbeleye, 12 January, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, as the jury understand; but in Brockeswode one John le Power delivered (tradidit) to master Roger le Power, parson of the church of Almalie, a messuage, a carucate of land, 3a. wood, 2a. meadow, 4a. pasture and 16s. rent, to hold for the said master Roger’s life, who delivered the same to the said Roger le Power, now deceased, to hold for the said master Roger’s life, with reversion to the said John le Power and his heirs. The said tenements are held of Roger de Mortuo Mari, son and heir of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 10 years at the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (5.)
353. JAMES DE SULBY.
Writ, 7 October, 16 Edward III.
DERBY. Inq. Friday before St. Martin, 16 Edward III.
Eyom. Five bovates of land held of the king in chief by service of 4d. yearly.
He died on Saturday, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last.
Robert his brother, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (6.)
354. THOMAS LE PARKER.
Writ, 8 November, 16 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Wyrley, 20 January, 16 [or 17] Edward III (defaced).
Hatherdon. 6a. land of assarts [in the king’s hay of] Gaucleye there, held of the king in chief by service of 2s. yearly to be rendered at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
John le Parker, his nephew and kinsman, aged 30 years and more at the feast of St. Andrew last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (7.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 43.
355. HERBERT DE FLYNTON.
Writ, 6 June, 16 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Thwancastre, 6 July, 16 Edward III.
Laysseby. A moiety of the manor, held jointly with Cecily his wife, who still survives, as in fee tail. The manor is held of Philip de Nevill by service of 1d. yearly.
He held no lands &c. in his demesne as of fee on the day he died.
Walter his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (8.)
356. ROGER DE CALESTON or DE CALSTONE.
Writ, 26 November, 16 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Calne, on Monday the feast of St. Hilary, 16 Edward III.
Calston. A messuage and a carucate of land (extent given), including a water-mill, held of the king in chief at fee farm, paying to him 58s. 4d. yearly; and 6a. meadow and 8a. several pasture, held of Walter de Weyvylle, treasurer of St. Mary’s, Salisbury, paying 20s. yearly for all services.
John his son is his next heir and of full age.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (9.)
357. JOHN DE PIRYTON or DE PYRYTON.
Writ, 8 April, 16 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Gloucester, 16 April, 16 Edward III.
Chirchesdon. A third part of a messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the archbishopric of York [which is vacant and in the king’s hand], by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Ralph de Pyryton, his brother, aged 17 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (10.)
358. WILLIAM BRIDD of Staynthwait.
Writ, 14 August, 16 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Brunne, 7 September, 16 Edward III.
Hacumby. A messuage, 1/2a. 1r. meadow and 13a. arable, held of the king in chief, as parcel of the manor, which manor is held of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty, viz.—keeping the king’s falcons.
Hugh his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (11.)
359. WILLIAM ORLAUSTONE or DE ORLASTON, knight (chivaler).
Writ, 12 August, 16 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. Thursday before St. Bartholomew, 16 Edward III.
Orlaston. The manor, with the advowson of the church of Orlaston, held of the king for two knights’ fees, by homage and fealty, and by service of 20s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Dover, and two appearances yearly at the sheriff’s turn.
Rokyng. A moiety of a knight’s fee held of the king in chief by homage and fealty, and by service of 5s. yearly for the ward of the said castle of Dover.
Popesale. The manor held of John son of Hugh de Sancto Johanne for half a knight’s fee, by homage and fealty, and suit at the said John’s court of Eylnothynton.
Northpopeshale. A quarter of a knight’s fee held of Geoffrey de Saye by homage and fealty, and suit at the court of Patrikesbourn.
William his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (12.)
360. EVA DE PENFELD and AGNES DE PENFELD.
Writ touching the said Eva, 29 May, 16 Edward III.
Writ touching the said Agnes, 29 May, 16 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Badburgham, 15 June, 16 Edward III.
Shudicampes, Nostrefeld and Horseth. The said Eva held a messuage, 30a. arable, 1 1/2a. meadow and 1a. pasture (extent given), by the enfeoffment of Robert de Penfeld, her father, by the king’s licence, of the king in chief as in socage, and by service of 10d. yearly to the bailiff of the king’s hundred of Chilford, who (paid it) to the sheriff of Kent for the king’s use.
She died on this side of the Decollation of St. John, 9 Edward III.
John de Penfeld her son, aged 30 years and more, is her next heir.
Shudicampes, Nostrefeld and Horseth. The said Agnes held a moiety of the abovesaid messuage, land, meadow and pasture for her life, by way of dower after the death of the aforesaid Robert de Penfeld, lately her husband, as of the inheritance of the said John de Penfeld, of the king in chief, as in socage, and by service of 5d. to the aforesaid bailiff, who (paid it) to the said sheriff, as above.
She held no lands &c. in her demesne as of fee of the inheritance of John de Penfeld in the county on the day she died.
She died on Monday next before the Invention of the Holy Cross, 16 Edward III. The aforesaid John de Penfeld is her next heir in blood.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (13.)
361. JOHN DE WAUTON.
Writ, 4 March, 16 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Thursday, the feast of St. Mark, 16 Edward III.
Brotherwyk. A messuage and 80a. land, which tenements are called the manor of Brotherwyk, and a water-mill there, held of the king in chief by service of 6s. 8d. yearly, to be paid at the king’s castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 20 February, 12 Edward III. Gilbert his son, aged 27 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (14.)
362. JULIANA, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD DE TONGE.
Writ, 16 December, 16 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Tuesday after St. Hilary, 16 Edward III.
Tonge. A capital messuage, lands, a water-mill, rent &c. (extent given), held in dower of the inheritance of the heir of the said Richard, sometime her husband, of the king as of the honour of Pontefract, then in the king’s hand, by knight’s service.
She held no lands &c. of the king in chief, as of the crown, and held no other lands &c.
She died on 21 October, 16 Edward II. Richard, son of the aforesaid Richard, aged 25 1/2 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (15.)
363. OLIVER DE DYNHAM.
Writ, 16 October, 16 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. 30 October, 16 Edward III.
Saumford Peverel. The manor with the advowson of the church, and a carucate of land in Aure Peverel, held of the king in chief, to hold to him and the heirs of his body by a certain fine levied in the king’s court, by service of three-parts of a knight’s fee.
Beohill and Lynormeye (?). A carucate of land held of John de Clavyle by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and rendering 1d. yearly to the said John.
Ernescombe. 30s. yearly rent held of Gilbert de Umfrevyle in socage.
Swyndon. 3a. arable, 20a. wood, and a ferling of land, held of William Boys, by service of 2d. yearly.
Oliver his son, aged 17 years at the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir.
Writ, 16 October, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Oliver held no lands &c. in the county of Dorset.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Welewe on Monday, the feast of St. Martin, 16 Edward III.
Camelartone. The manor held, to him and Edith sometime his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies, of the bishop of Bath and Wells by homage and fealty and for a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Doultyng. Certain lands and tenements, in the hands of certain of their bondmen, held by the said Oliver and Oliver his son, who still survives, to them and the heirs of the said Oliver, deceased, for ever, of the aforesaid bishop, as parcel of the said manor of Camelartone, by the services aforesaid.
Glastone. 3s. yearly rent, to hold to him and Edith sometime his wife, and to the heirs of their bodies, held of the abbot of Glastonbury, by fealty.
He held no more lands &c. in the county.
Heir as above, aged 17 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (16.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (5.)
364. JOHN LE MOYGNE.
Writ, 10 December, 16 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Dorcestre on Monday after St. Hilary, 16 Edward III.
Oure. The manor (extent given), of which he was enfeoffed jointly with Juliana his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz.—by service of being the king’s sub-larderer.
Henry son of the said John and Juliana, aged 16 years at the feast of the Purification next, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (17.)
365. JOHN LE MOIGNE or DE MOIGNE.
Writ, 10 December, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 14 January, 16 Edward III.
Eystans atte monte (sic). The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty and by service of being his larderer.
Henry his son, aged 14 and more, is his next heir.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
366. JOHN DE OXON of London.
Writ, 13 June, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Neweport, 25 June, 16 Edward III.
Cristeshale and Elmedon. The manors and 20a. wood in Louteswendon held for his life only, by fine levied in the king’s court, by the grant of John Wythorn, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of half a knight’s fee, with remainder to John, son of the said John de Oxon, and the heirs male of his body. He held no lands in fee &c.
The said John his son, aged 8 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (18.)
367. THOMAS SPYNAY of Rolleston.
Writ, 26 August, 16 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Hedon on Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 16 Edward III.
Rolleston in the liberty of Holdernesse. A messuage, a toft, and two bovates and a half of land (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumarle, by knight’s service, whereof forty-eight carucates of land make a knight’s fee, and by service of rendering 3d. yearly to the king for the ward of the castle of Skipse, and doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks. He held nothing of other lords.
William his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (19.)
368. JOHN DE ENEFELD of Felsted.
Writ, 8 October, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Felstede, 13 October, 16 Edward III.
Felsted. A messuage, land, wood and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 2d. yearly to be paid by the hands of the sheriff of Essex; and 3a. arable held of the manor of Felstede, which is now in the king’s hand by reason of the war between him and those of France, which manor sometime was of the abbess of Caen, by service of 15d. yearly.
Robert his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (20.)
369. JOHN DE ENEFELD of Felstede.
Writ, 8 October, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Great Waltham, 20 October, 16 Edward III.
Felstede. A messuage &c. to the same effect as above.
Heir as above.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
370. JOHN DE NEWENTON.
Writ, 20 July, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Hordon, 26 July, 16 Edward III.
Staneford by Horndon. A messuage and 100a. land held of Hugh FitzSimon by free socage and by service of 4 marks yearly; 80a. land held of the countess of Penbroch by free socage and by service of 12s. yearly; 30a. land held of John Giffard of Bures in fee farm and by service of 6s. 8d. yearly; and 5a. land held of Robert Borival by free socage and by service of 15d. yearly.
Southcherch. The manor held in fee farm of the prior and convent of Canterbury (Kantuar’) by service of 20l. yearly.
Southcherch and Pritelewelle. 80a. arable, 1a. meadow, 2a. pasture and 40s. rent, held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, by service of a thirtieth part of a knight’s fee, of the honour of Reighle.
John his son, aged 18 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (21.)
371. JOHN AUBREY.
Writ, 11 June, 16 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. 28 July, 16 Edward III.
Netherbolynghop and Clehungre. 48a. land and 44s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of a fifteenth part of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Great Tadynton. A sixth part of the manor (extent given), including a messuage, held of King Edward II in chief, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee.
Hereford and its suburb. A messuage, 60a. land, and a water-mill, held of the bishop of Hereford in socage, service unspecified.
He died at Tadynton on 1 April, 20 Edward II. John his son, who was of full age on Wednesday in Easter week last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (22.)
372. WALTER WODELOK.
Writ, 6 July, 16 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. made at Enedeborne, 25 July, 16 Edward III.
Westeneborne. A messuage and two carucates of land (extent given) held of the earl Marshal by service of half a knight’s fee.
Esteneborne. A toft and a quarter of a carucate of land (extent given) held of the abbess of Romeseye by service of 55s. yearly.
Nicholas his son, aged 30 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (23.)
373. JOHN DE STANTON.
Writ, 20 April, 16 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Newenham on Tuesday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 16 Edward III.
Stanton. The said John in his lifetime gave a messuage, a carucate of land, 20a. meadow, 12a. wood, and 20s. rent, parcel of the manor of Stanton, and held of the king in chief, to Thomas Waldyng his son and Margaret his wife, with the king’s licence by reason of their marriage, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies of the king and his heirs by the accustomed services, with reversion to the said John and his heirs: and the said John in his lifetime enfeoffed of the residue of the said manor, viz.—a messuage, a windmill, 80a. land, 6a. pasture and 100s. rent, and the advowson of the church, which likewise are held of the king in chief, John Waldyng, the younger, and Roger de la Hull, chaplain, by the king’s licence, to hold to them and their heirs; who, having had full and peaceful seisin thereof, gave the same to the aforesaid John de Stanton, to hold for his life, with remainders to the aforesaid Thomas and Margaret and their said heirs, and to the right heirs of the said John de Stanton, to hold as above. All the aforesaid tenements are held of the king in chief, by service of doing fealty, and rendering two marks yearly at the castle of St. Briavell.
Stanton in the forest of Dene. The bailiwick, held of the king by service of carrying the king’s bow before him in the said bailiwick, when he shall come there to hunt, and by homage, wardship and marriage; and he shall have, for the keeping of the said bailiwick, ‘hosbote’ and haybote, and an old dike (fossatum), and sparrow-hawks, and the barks of whatsoever trees are given or delivered by the king, also the oaks broken and overthrown by the wind.
He held no lands &c. of any other lord.
Thomas his son, aged 30 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (24.)
374. RALPH LE BOTILLER of Northbury, knight (chivaler).
Writ, 26 March, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Ralph held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the county of Bedford, nor of any one in the county of Buckingham, so far as he can inquire.
BEDFORD. Inq. Tuesday after St. Ambrose, 16 Edward III.
Hegham Gobyoun with Stratele. The manor held jointly with Hawis his wife, as of her inheritance, of John Pygot of Kerdynton by knight’s service and suit of court.
Wrastmede. 5a. meadow held jointly with the said Hawis of Sir Roger de Grey by fealty and service of 2s. yearly.
Ralph son of John le Botiller, aged 16 years, is his next heir.
Writ, 26 March, 16 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. Saturday after the Ascension, 16 Edward III.
Yatesbury. Two virgates of land held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
Salterton. The manor held jointly with Hawis his wife, by fine levied concerning the same, of Hugh de Audele, earl of Gloucester, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Neton within Salterton. Two virgates of land held of the earl of Warenne, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Ralph son of John le Botiller, deceased, aged 14 years at the feast of St. Boniface last, is his next heir.
Writ, 26 March, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Ralph held no lands &c. in his bailiwick, except as appears in the annexed inquisition.
WARWICK. Inq. Saturday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 16 Edward III.
Middleton by Drayton Basset. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held jointly with Hawis his wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the dean and chapter of the church of St. Edith, Tamworth, in chief by service of a third part of 6s. 8d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Ralph, son of John son of the said Ralph, aged 15 years and 49 weeks, is his next heir.
Writ, 26 March, 16 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. 6 April, 16 Edward III.
Pulrebache. The manor (extent given), including a wood called Huggelith, held of the king in chief, by service of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Heir as last above, aged 14 years and more at the feast of St. Boniface last.
STAFFORD. Inq. 9 April, 16 Edward III.
Northbury. The manor (extent given), including a park and a fishpond, held jointly with Hawis his wife, of the gift of Henry le Notte of Solihull by fine levied in the king’s court, of Joan, countess of March, as of the barony of Staunton Lacy, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Heir as above.
Writ, 26 March, 16 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Horncastre 18 May, 16 Edward III.
Wylkesby. A several toft, 15a. arable, 2a. meadow and 3s. rent, held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Conyngesby. A third part of a small toft and of a selion of land containing about 1a., and 4 1/2a. meadow, held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Holtham. 12a. land and 1 1/2a. meadow held of the king in chief by knight’s service; and a plot of several wood, containing a third part of a rood, which cannot be cut down for seven years to come, held of the bishop of Carlisle, as of the socage of Horncastre, service unspecified.
Wodenderby. 1 1/2a. several wood, which cannot be cut down for seven years to come, held of John de Multon by service of 4 3/4d. yearly.
Ralph Le Botiller, aged 15 years, is his next heir.
Writ to the escheator in co. Salop commanding him, having taken the oath of the said Hawis not to marry without the king’s licence, to assign to her her dower, warning Guy de Briane, to whom the king has committed the wardship of two parts of the said lands &c. to be present, 28 November, 16 Edward III.
SALOP. Assignment of dower to the said Hawis, 20 December, 16 Edward III, in the presence of the attorney of the said Guy and others of the neighbourhood of the manor of Pulrebache.
Pulrebache. A third part of a carucate of land in demesne &c. lying in three common fields of the said town (named), and of a wood called Huggelith, of a certain foreign wood called Stepelwod and Werkwod, and of a piece of land called ‘le Wyldelond,’ rents &c. (extent given with field names and names of tenants), and the advowsons of the chapel of Pulrebache and of two prebends in the collegiate church of Tamworth called the prebends of Bolumhull and Syrescote.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (25.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 36.
375. EDMUND DE DURESME.
Writ, 14 June, 16 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. taken at St. Neot’s, 25 September, 16 Edward III.
Fenstanton and Hylton. He lately held a messuage, 80a. arable, 18a. meadow and 40s. rent, but alienated them to Alice de Hernestede, to hold for her life, with reversion to the heirs of the said Edmund; whereof the messuage, 60a. arable, 18a. meadow and the said rent are held of John de Segrave by service of 3d. yearly, and 20a. arable are held of Maud Oweyn by service of 6d. yearly.
He held no lands &c. in his demesne as of fee in the county on the day he died.
His three daughters, names and ages unknown, are his next heirs.
Writ to the escheator in Essex and Hertford, the late escheator having died, 8 October, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 11 November, 16 Edward III.
Donmawe. A tenement called Southhalle (full extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a pair of gilt spurs, or 6d., by the hands of the sheriff; 50a. arable [there ?], held of Stephen de Cantebregg and John Gisors by service of 16s. 8d. yearly; 9a. land there held of the prior and convent of Donmawe by service of 12d. yearly; 1/2a. pasture there held of John le Glaswrithte by service of 1lb. cummin; 1a. pasture there held of the prior of Leyhes by service of 12d. yearly; and 2a. land there held of the chaplain (capell’) of Donmawe by service of 2s. yearly.
His daughters, Ada aged 8 years and more, Elizabeth aged 6 years and more, and Maud aged 5 years and more, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (26.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
376. PETRONILLA, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BENSTEDE.
Writ, 9 April, 16 Edward III.
Memorandum by the escheator that he went to the manor of Great Stanbrugge, which was of the said Petronilla, and is within the liberty of Philippa, queen of England, in the hundred of Rocheford, to take the manor into the king’s hand, and to do what was incumbent on his office, according to the king’s writ; and Geoffrey de Cotes, deputy of John de Monte Gomery steward of the said queen, with the bailiff of the said liberty and others unknown, did not permit him to fulfil his office. He commanded the said bailiff to bring before him jurors to make the inquisition, but he refused, asserting that the king’s escheator ought not to intervene in anything within the said liberty, wherefore the escheator could do nothing further in execution of the writ. The residue of the execution appears in the annexed inquisitions. [The said Petronilla] had no lands &c. in Middlesex on the day she died.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmeresford, 26 April, 16 Edward III.
Little Perndon. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held for her life by the gift of John de la Mare, who held the same of the aforesaid Petronilla, as of the manor of Benigton, by service of a knight’s fee and a half, with remainder to Edmund, son of John de Benstede, and his heirs, to hold of the king in chief. The said services are extinguished by the aforesaid acquisition.
John son of Edmund de Banstede, son of John de Banstede, knight, aged 10 years and more, is her next heir.
HERTFORD. Inq. 24 April, 16 Edward III.
Benyngton. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, held in dower, of the inheritance of John son and heir of Edmund de Benstede, who held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of five knights’ fees.
Harpesfeld. The manor (extent given) held for her life of [the abbot] of St. Albans by service of doing fealty to the said abbot, rendering him 15s. yearly, and doing suit at his court every three weeks, of the inheritance of the said John son and heir of Edmund de Benstede.
Hatherfeld. A plot of ground not built upon and 90a. land, held for her life of the said inheritance, whereof the said plot and 50a. land are held of the bishop of Ely by service of doing homage and fealty to him, and rendering him 3s. yearly; and 40a. land are held of Hugh fuiz Simond by service of doing him homage and fealty, and rendering him 2s. yearly.
Almesho. The manor held in dower of the inheritance of Hugh fuiz Simond, who holds of John son of Walter by service of a knight’s fee.
Kymeton. A messuage and 80a. land, held for her life, with remainder to Maud late the wife of Edmund de Benstede, for her life, and further remainder to Edmund son of Edmund de Benstede, and his heirs for ever, of Peter de la Mare, of Offeleye, by service of doing him homage and fealty, and rendering him 20s. yearly and suit at his court every three weeks.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
John, son of Edmund de Benstede son of John de Benstede, aged 10 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 5 May, 16 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Newmarket, 27 May, 16 Edward III.
Chavele, Ditton Cameys and Wodeditton. Three messuages, three carucates of land, wood, rent &c. (extent given), held for her life, of the gift of Adam FitzSimon and Walter Grapenel, by fine levied in the court of King Edward II, with remainder to Guy son of John de Benstede and the heirs of his body, of John de Punteneye by homage and by service of 21s. yearly.
John son of Edmund de Benstede, aged 8 years and more, is her next heir in blood.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (27.)
377. WILLIAM DE MEAUX.
Writ, 10 December, 16 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Hedon in Holdernesse on Saturday after St. Hilary, 16 Edward III.
Outhorne. A new hall and chamber and a certain other chamber, called Wardrobe, in the manor, held of Sir William de la Pole, by knight’s service.
Outhorne and Wythornese. A moiety of the capital messuage of the aforesaid manor, towards the south, except the said hall and chambers, two messuages, ten tofts, and six bovates and 2a. land, held jointly with Katherine his wife, in fee tail, of the heirs of Sir Philip de Meaux by service of a rose yearly.
Peter his son, aged 10 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (28.)
378. PETER DE HAMME.
Writ, 8 July, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Peter held no lands &c. in co. Dorset.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Somertone on Monday after the Assumption, 16 Edward III.
Extone. Seven messuages and a carucate of land, in the hands of divers tenants in bondage, held of King Edward II, in chief by serjeanty, as a parcel for keeping the forests in co. Somerset.
Heghehamme. A messuage and a carucate of land held of John Burcy by service of 12d., two pairs of gloves, price 2d., and 1lb. cummin, price 2d.
He held no more lands &c. in the county.
He died on 29 March, 1320. Peter his son, aged 21 years on 28 May last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (29.)
379. JAMES LOVEL.
Writ, 15 October, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said James held no lands &c. in co. Dorset.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Northcadebury on Thursday after St. Luke, 16 Edward III.
Northbarwe and Southbarwe. The manors held jointly with Isabel his wife, who still survives, for their lives, of Richard Lovel and his heirs, who formerly held them of the king in chief by knight’s service, and demised them to the said James and Isabel without the king’s licence.
Blakeforde. The manor held by the said James and Isabel for their lives of the said Richard Lovel and his heirs, by service of 1d. yearly for the three manors aforesaid. The said manor of Blakeforde is held, one part of Hamo son of Richard by homage and fealty and suit of court yearly, a second part of Thomas de Courtenay by service of 6s. 11d., 1lb. pepper and 1lb. cummin yearly, and the third part of William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, by service of 4s. yearly.
He held no more lands &c. in the county.
Richard his son, aged 9 years, is his next heir.
Endorsed: Let it be done by a fine of 10l.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (30.)
380. JOHN DE STAPILTON.
Writ, 22 July, 16 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Thursday, the feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 16 Edward III.
Bikenhulle. The manor held by the said John and Cecily his wife, who still survives, of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, by the king’s licence and by fine levied in his court.
Taunton. A messuage and 8s. 4d. rent held by the said John and Cecily to them and the heirs of their bodies, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the bishop of Winchester by service of 4s. 9d. yearly, and doing suit at his court there.
Fenhampton. A messuage, 50a. land and 5a. meadow, held by the said John and Cecily, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by fine levied in the king’s court, of Walter de Meriet, by service of 20s. 1d. yearly, and doing suit at the bishop of Winchester’s hundred [court] at Taunton.
He held no more lands &c. in the county.
Robert his son, aged 6 1/2 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (31.)
381. JOHN DE BELLO MONTE or DE BEAUMOND.
Writ, 26 June, 16 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Alnewyk on Tuesday before St. Lawrence, 16 Edward III.
Dycheburn or Dycheford. The manor held of the king by knight’s service.
Cartyngton. A moiety of the manor and a carucate of land in Great Ryhill, held of the king by knight’s service, rendering 16s. 9d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Baumburgh, and 41s. 8d. for the ward of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Charleton North. The manor held of Henry de Percy, by knight’s service, rendering 5s. yearly for the ward of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Henry de Beaumond, father of the said John, enfeoffed the said John and Eleanor his wife and the heirs of their bodies, of a yearly rent of 29l. 6s. 8d. from all the aforesaid lands and tenements, into whosesoever hands they should come.
Henry his son, aged 2 years, is his next heir.
Writ, 26 June, 16 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Oxford, 20 September, 16 Edward III.
Tackele. A messuage and a carucate of land (extent given), held jointly with Eleanor his wife, who survives, of the lord of Mold (de Monte Alto), by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Wyghthulle. A carucate of land (extent given), held jointly as above, of John Giffard by fealty only.
Heir as above, aged 2 years and more.
BERKS. Inq. taken at Gramtpond, 22 August, 16 Edward III.
Seukeworth. The manor (extent given), including a little grove and a fishery, held jointly as above, of the abbot of Abyngdon by service of 16s. yearly.
Heir as last above.
Writ, 26 June, 16 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 18 July, 16 Edward III.
Lincoln. A ruinous messuage, another messuage very ruinous, with a certain chapel of St. James, and 10s. 6d. and a rose rent, held of the king in chief, as in burgage.
He held no other lands &c. in his demesne as of fee.
Edenham and Welburn. The manors held jointly with Eleanor his wife, who still survives, of the gift of Henry his father, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Heir as above, aged 2 1/2 years and more.
Writ to the escheator in Essex, Hertford, and Middlesex, the late escheator having died, 12 October, 16 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. Friday before the Conception, 16 Edward III.
Charryngg. A messuage, 36a. land and three tofts, held of the abbot of Westminster and of the hospital of St. Giles, in socage.
Totenham. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held jointly with Eleanor his wife, of Geoffrey de Say in socage.
Little Grenford. A ruinous messuage, lands, a windmill, 5a. underwood which lie in ‘heggerowes’ &c. (extent given), and the advowson of the church, held of the prioress of St. Helen’s, London, by service of 1d. yearly; and the reversion of a messuage, a carucate of land, 25s. rent, 5a. meadow and 5a. pasture, which Geoffrey de Aston and Isabel his wife hold by the demise of Lawrence de Acres for the life of the said Lawrence, and, by confirmation of the said John de Bello Monte, for the life of the said Geoffrey and Isabel and for one year further, with reversion to the heirs of the said John, held of the earl of Hereford, as of the honour of Maundevelle, by knight’s service.
Henry his son, aged 2 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (32.)
382. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH DE AUDELE, EARL OF GLOUCESTER.
Writ to the escheator of Devon to enquire what lands &c. the said Margaret held in dower after the death of Peter de Gavaston, late earl of Cornwall, her first husband, or otherwise for her life, of the king’s inheritance, 15 April, 16 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Plympton on Saturday after Holy Trinity, 16 Edward III.
Bradeneysh. The manor and the borough there, with the advowson of the church, held by the said Margaret and Hugh, for the life of the said Margaret, of the duchy of Cornwall.
Lydeford. The castle and borough, with the advowson of the church of Lydeford, and the chace of Dertemore, similarly held of the duchy aforesaid.
Southtenge. The manor, similarly held of the duchy aforesaid.
Of all which the reversion pertains to Sir Edward, duke of Cornwall, by virtue of the present king’s charter made to the said duke concerning the said duchy; and they are held of the king in chief by knight’s service, as parcel of the said duchy. The said Hugh and Margaret held no other lands &c. in the county on the day the said Margaret died.
She died on Tuesday the morrow of the Close of Easter last.
Writ to John de Oxon, mayor of the city of London and king’s escheator there, 24 April, 16 Edward III.
LONDON. Inq. Friday, the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 16 Edward III.
Parish of All Hallows the Great (ad fenum). 48s. quit-rent of her own inheritance, issuing from two tenements which John Rokel holds there; 20s. quit-rent from a tenement which Hermann le Skippere holds there; two marks quit-rent from a tenement which Thomas de Ispania holds there; and 6s. 8d. quit-rent from a tenement which John de Swanlond and Maud his wife hold there.
Parishes of St. Martin, St. Olave, and St. Lawrence Jewry. A tenement and eight shops, held by the said Hugh de Audele and Margaret his wife by the king’s grant, but under what form or condition the jury know not; which tenement with the garden is in such a ruinous condition that no one will hire it or dwell therein, nor for forty years has it been let.
Her only daughter Margaret, aged 18 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 24 April, 16 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Dorcestre on Monday before St. Barnabas, 16 Edward III.
Fordyngton. The manor (extent given) held in dower of the king’s inheritance.
The king is her next heir.
Writ, 24 April, 16 Edward III.
RUTLAND. Inq. 28 August, 16 Edward III.
Okham. The castle and manor, and the office of sheriff of the said county, held jointly with the said Hugh, her husband, who still survives, of the king’s gift by charter, of the king in chief by knight’s service, but for how much is unknown.
Margaret, daughter of the said Hugh and Margaret, aged 20 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 24 April, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 4 May, 16 Edward III.
Neweport. The manor and town (extent given) held in dower after the death of Peter de Gaveston, earl of Cornwall, sometime her husband, of the king in chief, as of the king’s ancient demesne; which manor and town the king by his charter granted, after the death of the said Margaret, to Henry de Ferrariis and the heirs male of his body. She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick in dower or for life.
Margaret the wife of Ralph de Stafford, daughter of the said Margaret, aged 18 years and more, is her next heir in blood.
Writ, 24 April, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 2 July, 16 Edward III.
Neuport. The manor held jointly with the said Hugh, of the gift of King Edward II, to hold to the said Hugh and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to the said king and his heirs, of the king in chief, as of the king’s ancient demesne. She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick as dower or for life.
Margaret the wife of Ralph de Stafford, daughter of the said Hugh and Margaret, aged 18 years and more, is next heir of the said Margaret.
Writ to the escheator to certify the names of those who have intruded themselves into the said manor of Neuport, after the said Margaret’s death, 18 May, 16 Edward III.
Return by the escheator that there are none in the said manor of Newport who have so intruded, but that he has taken the manor into the king’s hand. (Undated.)
C. Edw. III. File 66. (33.)
383. WALTER HELYON or DE HELYOUN.
Writ, 10 April, 16 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Gloucester on Monday before St. John the Baptist, 16 Edward III.
Lasshindon. Two parts of the manor (extent given) held of the archbishopric of York, which is void and in the king’s hand, by service of half a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of the archbishopric at Cherchesdon every three weeks.
Eggesworth. Two parts of the manor (extent given) held of Richard Talbot, knight, as of the said Richard’s manor of Payneswyk, by service of two parts of half a knight’s fee, and wardship and marriage of the heirs of the manor when they shall happen.
Leye. Two parts of the manor held of Aline de Sapy, Roger de Borghull, William de Gamages and Thomas de Aston, in free socage.
Munstreworth. 3a. meadow held of Sir Henry earl of Lancaster, in free socage.
Rodeleye manor. 4a. arable, 3a. meadow and 6s. 8d. rent, held of the same earl in free socage.
Westbury manor. 30s. yearly rent held of the earl of Hereford by service of half a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Rose (Roesia) the wife of John de Raleye, of full age, John, son of Maud Helyon sister of the said Rose, aged 18 years, and Eva, another sister, of full age, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (34.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (1.)
384. ROBERT DE BRICHE.
Writ, 3 April, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Colcestre, 27 April, 16 Edward III.
Brich. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held of the gift of Hamon, father of the said Robert, to hold to the said Robert and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Nicholas de Brich, brother of the said Robert, and his heirs for ever, of the king, as of the honour of Hagenet, by free socage, and by service of a rose yearly, suit at the court of Hagenet every month, and rendering yearly for the ward of the castle of Dover, 10s. on 28 August.
Nicholas de Brich, his brother, aged 34 years and more, is his next heir.
Endorsed: Let it be done by a fine of 40s.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (35.)
385. RICHARD DE ACTON of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Writ, 2 April, 16 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Newcastle on Tuesday in Whitsun week, 16 Edward III.
Whytyngton. The manor, and 220 1/2a. land in Thrasterston, held for his life by virtue of a fine levied in the king’s court and shown to the jurors, with remainder to Nicholas his son, and Alice daughter of Thomas de Karliolo, and to the heirs of their bodies; and further successive remainders to Maud daughter of Richard de Emeldon, and the heirs whom Richard son of Richard de Acton, might beget of her, and to the right heirs of the said Richard de Acton. The said Nicholas and Alice died without heir of their bodies, and the said Maud still survives. The manor aforesaid is held of the king in chief by fealty and by 14d. cornage yearly to the king at his castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and the aforesaid land of Thrasterston is held of Sir Henry de Percy by service of 11 1/2d. yearly.
Heir at present unknown.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (36.)
386. ROBERT DEL ISLE.
Writ to the escheator of co. Cambridge &c. to enquire what lands &c. the said Robert held on the day when he was professed in an order of religion &c. 23 March, 16 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Cottenham, 23 April, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in the county on the day he was professed.
John his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
Similar writ to the escheator, who is also to inquire whether the said Robert, before assuming the habit of religion, alienated any lands &c. to any one, 3 May, 16 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Hokytone, 15 May, 16 Edward III.
Ramptone, Cotenham and Westwyk. He lately held the manors, with the advowson of the church of Wynepol, but alienated them before he assumed the habit of religion to Alice, daughter of Robert de Insula, Elizabeth Peverell, Richard de Baiocis, William de Ruston, Edmund de Benhale, and Henry Ewenny, to hold to them, during their lives, of the said Robert and his heirs, doing the services thereto pertaining to the chief lords of that fee, with remainder to John his son, as appears in a fine levied in the king’s court. The said manor, of Rampton is held of John Burdeleys, as of the manor of Maddyngle, by knight’s service. The manor of Cotenham is held of the bishop of Ely, by knight’s service. The manor of Westwyk and the advowson of the church of Wynepol, with a certain manor in the town of Great Wilburgham, which the said Robert, before he assumed the habit of religion, alienated to the said John, his son and heir, are held of the earl of Britanny, by service of a sore sparrow-hawk, or half a mark, yearly. The said Robert, who held the manor of Coveneye, alienated it long before he assumed the habit of religion, to the aforesaid Alice &c. to hold to them, for their lives, of the said Robert and his heirs, with remainder to John his son, as appears by a fine levied in the king’s court. The said manor of Coveneye is held of the prior and convent of Ely, as in socage, and by service of 5s. yearly.
He held no lands &c. in the county on the day he assumed the habit of religion.
Heir as above.
Similar writ to the escheator in co. Oxford &c. 3 May, 16 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Oxford, 18 May, 16 Edward III.
Heyford Waryn. The said Robert, long before he assumed the habit of religion, alienated the manor to the said Alice &c. for their lives, by fine levied in the king’s court, at Westminster, three weeks from the day of St. Michael, 13 Edward III; and it is held of the earl of Cornwall by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee. He held no lands &c. in the bailiwick on the day he was professed.
John his son, aged 24 years, is his next heir.
Similar writ to the escheator in co. Essex &c. 3 May, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Herllawe, 17 May, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in fee in the county on the day he assumed the habit of religion or before.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Ware, 15 May, 16 Edward III.
Pysshobury. He held the manor, but long before he assumed the habit of religion he alienated the same to Alice and Elizabeth, daughters of Robert de Isle, Richard de Bayeuse, William de Russhton, Edmund de Benhale and Henry de Ewenay, to hold to them for their lives, of the chief lords of that fee, by the accustomed services, with remainder to John his son, to hold for life as above, with further successive remainders to Robert son of the said John, and the heirs of his body, to hold as above, and to John brother of the said Robert son of John, and the heirs of his body, to hold as above. The manor is held of Geoffrey de Say, knight, by service of three knights’ fees and three-quarters.
He held no lands &c. in the county on the day he assumed the habit of religion.
John his son, aged 23 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (37.)
387. JOHN DE BROKESBURN.
Writ, 28 October, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Manitre, 20 November, 16 Edward III.
Bradefeld. The manor and certain tenements in Kyrkebi and Walton held jointly with Margery his wife, who still survives, by the grant of Richard de Hastinge, clerk, John, vicar of the church of Rameseye, and Henry de Welnetham, by fine levied in the king’s court. The said manor is held of the heirs of Hubert de Ruli by service of a knight’s fee; and the tenements in Kyrkebi and Walton are held of the dean and chapter of St. Paul’s by service of 6d. yearly.
Misteleye. A messuage and 100a. land held for his life, of the grant of the said Richard, John and Henry, by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to William and Nicholas his sons, of Robert FitzJohn, by service of 8s.
Robert his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir in blood.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (38.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
388. ROGER DE ORMESBY.
Writ, 18 November, 16 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Filby, 4 December, 16 Edward III.
Ormesby. The manor (extent given), excepting two messuages, 102a. 3r. land, 36a. pasture, 20a. turf, 18a. heath, 44s. 9 1/4d. rent, 52 works of free tenants in the autumn, and a rent of 59 hens, which are parcel of the said manor, held for life, of the gift of Thomas de Hikelyng, parson of the church of Malteby, by the king’s licence, with remainder (except as above) to Thomas son of the said Roger, and the heirs of his body; and the aforesaid two messuages, lands &c. held for his life by the gift of the aforesaid Thomas de Hykeling, by the king’s licence, with remainder to Thomas son of the said Roger, and to Margaret his wife, and the heirs of the said Thomas. The whole manor is held of the king in chief, as in socage, by service of 16l. yearly.
The aforesaid Thomas his son, aged 36 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (39.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 33.
389. ROBERT CAUCE.
Writ, 26 March, 16 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Hedon, 2 May, 16 Edward III.
Dringhowe, in the liberty of Holdernesse. A messuage, two tofts, four bovates of land and a windmill, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumarle, by knight’s service, and by service of keeping two of the king’s falcons at his manor of Cleton in Holdernesse, for the time when the king should stay there, taking from the king for the said service 3s. daily.
Bonnwyk. Two tofts and two bovates of land held of the king, as of the said honour, by knight’s service.
Drynghowe. A bovate of land held of the king by fealty and service of 12d. yearly.
Beford. A toft and two bovates of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid by fealty and service of 1 1/2d. yearly; two tofts and two bovates of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid by fealty and service of 12d.; and a toft held of John de Gousil by knight’s service and by rendering 1 1/2d. yearly.
Dringhowe. Two tofts and five bovates and a half of land, held of Sir William de Craystock, knight, by fealty and service of 18d. yearly.
Skyppeseborough. A toft held of Porcus de Brideling by fealty and service of 2s. yearly; and a toft held of Robert de la Twyere by fealty and service of 40d.
Dringhowe. A toft held of the prior of Watton by fealty and service of 12d. yearly.
Edmund his son, aged 25 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (40.)
390. RICHARD DE MERTONE.
Writ, 8 September, 16 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Richard held no lands &c. in co. Dorset.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Dunsterre on Thursday after the feast of St. Michael, 16 Edward III.
Westluccumbe. The manor held by Philip de Luccumbe of the said Richard, for a knight’s fee and by suit at the said Richard’s court at Chipynggetoritone, co. Devon, every three weeks; and the said Richard held of the king in chief.
Richard his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 8 September, 16 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. 28 September, 16 Edward III.
Chepyngtoriton. The borough is held of the king in chief by a fourth part of a barony; which fourth part is divided into five parts, whereof the said Richard held two of the king in chief by knight’s service, with the advowsons of the church of St. Michael and of a certain free chapel of St. James there.
Welcomb. A messuage, two mills and a carucate of land, held of John Daroundel in socage, as of the right of Joan his wife.
Suttecomb. A messuage, two mills and a carucate of land, held jointly with Joan his wife, to them and the heirs of the said Richard, of Eleanor de Hastyng,’ as of the honour of the castle of Barnastapol, by service of a knight’s fee, with the advowson of the church of St. Andrew, Suttecomb.
Poltimor. Half a knight’s fee held by John de Bamfeld of the said Richard by knight’s service, without other service, and the aforesaid Richard [held] of Hugh de Courtenay, earl of Devon.
Northlieu. A quarter of a knight’s fee held by John de Stouford of the said Richard by knight’s service, without other service, and the aforesaid Richard [held] of Hugh le Despenser.
Perellisford. A quarter of a knight’s fee held by William de Gorhywish of the said Richard by knight’s service, without other service, and the aforesaid Richard [held] of Richard Talbot.
Sauncton. A messuage and a carucate of land held by way of wardship by reason of the minority of John Stokhaie, kinsman and heir of Robert Stokhaie, knight, who held of the aforesaid Richard by knight’s service, on account of two parts of Toriton, of which the said Richard died seised; which wardship he bequeathed in his will to Joan his wife in the name of chattels.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (41.)
391. HENRY DE GREY.
Writ, 20 December, 16 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 1 February, 17 Edward III.
Bradden. A messuage, 90a. land, 6a. meadow and 20s. rent, held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 15d. yearly.
Reginald his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 20 December, 16 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. taken at Newport Paynel, 9 January, 16 Edward III.
Eton and Waterhall. He held no lands &c. in the county on the day he died, because, with the king’s licence, 11 Edward II, he gave the manors aforesaid to Reginald his son and heir, to him and his heirs by charter for ever; and the said Reginald, with the king’s licence, demised the same to the said Henry for his life, with reversion to the said Reginald and his heirs. The said manors are held of the king in chief, viz.—the manor of Eton, by service of keeping a falcon until the time of flight (usque at volatum), and, for that keeping, when he shall have brought the falcon to the king, he shall have the king’s riding horse (equitaturam), with all the king’s equipment (apparatu) and apparel (indumentis), and shall also have the said king’s table, with its trestles and cloth, and all the vessels with which the king shall have been served that day, and a tun (doleum) of wine immediately after the king shall have tasted thereof; and the manor of Waterhall is held by service of finding (vivendi) a man on a horse without a saddle, price 40d., a bow without a string, and an arrow (flactam) without a head, in his army when the king shall order, for his service of the said manor.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Shefford, 12 January, 16 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in the county.
Writ, 20 December, 16 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmersford, 13 January, 16 Edward III.
Purle. The manor, held for his life, of the demise of Reginald his son, with reversion to the said Reginald, by the king’s charter of licence dated at the Tower of London, 10 July, 11 Edward III; which manor is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee; a park called ‘le Hyd Park,’ held in form aforesaid of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of 4s. yearly; certain tenements called ‘le Eyres’ and Southous, held in form aforesaid of the dean and chapter of St. Martin le Grand, London, by service of 4s. yearly; a tenement called Mareschaleslond, held in form aforesaid of Ralph de Ufford, as of the manor of Fambregg’, by service of 2s. 6d. yearly; and a tenement called Lalereslond, with a wood called Tryndheygrove, held in form aforesaid of the abbot and convent of Byleghe, by service of 4s. yearly.
Depeden. A messuage and two carucates of land, held in form aforesaid of Theobald de Verdoun by service of a pair of gilt spurs, price 6d.
Thunderle. 24a. land called Blauncheslond, with 4a. wood, held in form aforesaid of the heirs of Andrew de Thunderle, who are in the wardship of Andrew de Waleden, by service of 5s. yearly.
Heir as above.
HERTFORD. Inq. 10 January, 16 Edward III.
Little Munden, Great Munden, Erdeleye and Westmelne. A messuage and a carucate of land, 1a. meadow, 2a. pasture, 6a. wood and 42s. rent, held of John de Wodhull by service of 16d. yearly.
Heir as above.
Writ, 20 December, 16 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 3 January, 16 Edward III.
Kempele. The manor (extent given) held of the countess of March by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee [or a moiety of a knight’s fee].
Heir as above.
Writ, 20 December, 16 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. 12 January, 16 Edward III.
Gillyng. The manor (extent given) held in fee tail, because John de Dunmowe, parson of the church of Great Brikhull, and John de Preston, chaplain, gave the said manor to John de Grey and Emma his wife, and to Reginald de Grey and the heirs of his body; and after the said Reginald’s death the said manor descended to John his son and heir by the form of the aforesaid gift, and after his death to Henry his son and heir, and so the said Henry died seised of the manor, which he held of the earl of Oxford by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 28 years and more.
Writ, 20 December, 16 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 6 January, 16 Edward III.
Aston Grey. The manor (extent given) held for his life by the demise of Reginald his son, as parcel of the manor of Eton, co. Buckingham, with reversion to the said Reginald and his heirs, as is witnessed by the king’s charter of licence dated at the Tower of London, 10 July, 11 Edward III; which manor of Eton, with the said manor of Aston Grey, is held of the king in chief by service of mewing and keeping one of the king’s falcons until the time of flight.
Heir as last above.
Writ, 20 December, 16 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. 7 January, 16 Edward III.
Wilton on Wye. The castle and manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church of Petrestowe in the March of Wales adjacent to the said county, held for his life by the demise of Reginald his son, with reversion to the said Reginald and his heirs, as is witnessed by the king’s charter of licence aforesaid, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 66. (42.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (4.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
392. HENRY DE GREY.
Writ, 20 September, 17 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelm[eresford] on the morrow of St. Hilary, 17 Edward III.
Purle. The manor &c. held as abovesaid.
Depeden. A messuage and 2a. (sic) land held as abovesaid.
Thundurle. 24a. land called Glauncheslond (sic) &c. held as abovesaid.
Heir as abovesaid.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 38.
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