Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 73

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 73

486. WILLIAM SOREL, of Wodeborgh.
Writ, 1 June, 18 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Upavene on Monday after SS. Peter and Paul, 18 Edward III.
Wodeborgh. A messuage, 43a. arable and 7a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on Saturday next after St. Mark, 18 Edward III. Richard his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (1.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 45.
487. WILLIAM SON OF ROBERT, of Northgeveldale.
Writ, 26 April, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at York on Thursday the feast of S. Mary Magdalen, 18 Edward III.
Northgeveldale. A messuage and two bovates of land, held of the king in chief by fealty and by service of rendering 2s. 6d. to the king yearly at his exchequer, by the hands of the sheriff of the said county. A great part of the said land is waste and uncultivated and can never be sown.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Sunday next before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary last. John his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73 (2.)
488. CHRISTINA, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN TORELL.
Writ, 20 May, 18 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 27 [or 17 (sic)] May, 18 Edward III.
Thorrok. 80a. land, 14a. meadow, a pasture of salt marsh worth 33s. 4d. yearly or less on account of the costs of the walls of the Thames, 26s. 8d. assised rent, and 10s. yearly from three tenants, held in dower, of the inheritance of the said John sometime her husband, of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz. of being keeper of the king’s napery (naparius), and rendering 10s. yearly at the king’s exchequer, and 2s. called ‘wardpanis’ at the hundred of Berdestaple, now in the hand of the countess of Kent, at the feast of the Ascension.
She died on Whitsunday, 23 May last. Thomas, son of John Torel, aged 12 years and more, is the next heir of the said John.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (3.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 46.
489. MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH TYREL.
Writ, 16 February, 18 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Dorcestre on Monday after St. Gregory the Pope, 18 Edward III.
Storminstre. 7a. land and 5s. 4d. yearly rent, and a fourth part of the hundred of Lusburgh, held for her life of the king in chief by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee, by the grant of Richard de Acton, by fine levied in the king’s court, the king’s licence having been obtained; the reversion whereof belongs to the heir of the said Hugh by the aforesaid grant.
She died on 16 January last. John, son of the said Hugh and Margery, aged 5 years and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (4.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (10.)
490. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF ROGER TIREL or TYREL.
Writ, 3 May, 18 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Lodelowe, 18 May, 18 Edward III.
Middelhope. The hamlet (extent given) held for her life, of the inheritance of John, son and heir of Hugh Tyrel son of the said Joan, of the lady of Burnel, as of the manor of Corfton, by service of half a knight’s fee.
She held no other lands &c. and died on the feast of SS. Philip and James last. John, son of the said Hugh son of the said Joan, aged 5 years at the feast of the Purification last, is her next heir.
Writ, 3 May, 18 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken at Chirchedilewe on Tuesday after the Ascension, 18 Edward III.
Dylwesolers. A messuage, 60a. land, 5a. meadow, 2a. pasture, and 4s. 8d. yearly rent, held of Nicholas de Audeley by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; 2a. land held of the said Nicholas by service of 8d. yearly; and a messuage, 17a. land, and 1/2a. meadow, held of the earl of Lancaster by service of a sixtieth part of a knight’s fee.
La Rok hamlet. A curtilage, 60a. land, 1a. pasture, and 2s. yearly rent, held of John de Burleye by service of a rose yearly, and rendering yearly to the king 2s. 1d. by the hands of the sheriff as common fine; and a curtilage and 30a. land held of John de Sarnesfeld by service of half a mark yearly.
Hongarston. 60s. yearly rent held of the said Nicholas de Audeley by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
All held for her life of the inheritance of John, son and heir of Hugh Tyrel.
She died on Tuesday after St. Mark last. John, son of Hugh Tyrel, aged 5 years on Monday after the Purification last, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (5.)
491. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE ESTON.
Writ, 10 June, 18 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Kyngesclyve, 30 September, 18 Edward III.
Hale. A messuage, 40a. land, 1a. 3 1/2r. meadow, and 4s. yearly rent, held of the king in chief, being enfeoffed thereof jointly with the said John, sometime her husband, by the king’s charter of licence, by petty serjeanty, paying 6s. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
She held no other lands &c. and died on 15 February, 18 Edward III. Robert de Hale, her son, aged 44 years, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (6.)
492. MAUD, DAUGHTER, OF JOHN LE CARPENTER.
Writ, 22 December, 18 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Oxford, 4 January, 18 Edward III.
Stauntone Seynt Johan. Two parts of a messuage, and of a virgate of land and two cottages (extent given), held of the king in chief, together with the third part of the said virgate, which Emma late the wife of the said John now holds, by service of a one hundred and forty-fourth part of a knight’s fee.
She held no other lands &c. and died on 19 December, 18 Edward III. Thomas Symond, brother of the said John le Carpenter and uncle of the said Maud, aged 40 years and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (7.)
493. JOHN DE LA REE.
Writ, 8 March, 18 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken at Hereford on Wednesday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 18 Edward III.
Stanford. Half a virgate of land held of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz. summoning the lords of Webbeleye, Kyngeslone and Wygemore to the king’s army.
He held nothing of any other lord, and died on 20 September last. John his son, aged 27 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (8.)
494. ROBERT ATTE REYE or ATTE RYE.
Writ, 6 February, 18 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Winchester on Thursday the morrow of St. Matthias, 18 Edward III.
La Rye by Odyham. A messuage, 2a. meadow, and 120 1/2a. arable, whereof he was enfeoffed jointly with Denise his wife, then surviving held of the king, at fee farm, by service of 2s. yearly payable at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
Pollyngge and Weston by Peteresfelde. 4a. meadow, 15s. rent and pasture for eight oxen and four cows, whereof he was enfeoffed jointly with the said Denise, now deceased, held of John de Stourtone by service of a rose yearly.
The said Robert and Denise held all the above by fine levied in the king’s court three weeks from the day of St. Michael, 11 Edward II, for their lives, with reversion, in default of issue of their bodies, to the said John de Stourtone and his heirs, to hold of the chief lords of those fees by the said services for ever. He held no lands &c. in fee in the county.
He died on Wednesday next after SS. Simon and Jude, 17 Edward III, without heir begotten of the said Denise. Juliana, the wife of William Talemach, knight, aged 22 years and more, is daughter and next heir of the said John de Stourtone, who is dead.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (9.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 48.
495. WILLIAM DE MARSHTON.
Writ, 20 October, 18 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. 8 November, 18 Edward III.
Little Sutton. Two messuages, 10a. land and 1/2a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 4s. 6d. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. He held no more lands &c. in the county.
He died on Thursday next after St. Michael last. John his son, aged 22 years at the feast of the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (10.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 50.
496. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF ROGER DE BASKERVYLL.
Writ, 15 May, 18 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Munsselowe, 20 May, 18 Edward III.
Lauton. The hamlet (extent given) held for her life in dower, of the inheritance of the said Roger, by the assignment of Richard de Baskervyll, son and heir of Roger de Baskervyll, deceased, in allowance of her whole dower. The said hamlet is held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Monte Gomery, by service of giving to the king a barbed arrow whenever he shall come into those parts to hunt in the chace of Corvdon.
She died on the feast of SS. Philip and James last. Walter, son and heir of Richard de Baskervyll son of Roger de Baskervyll, aged 27 years at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is the next heir in blood of the said Roger.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (11.)
497. WILLIAM, SON OF CECILY DE STANELAYE, of North Geveldale.
Writ, 20 October, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at York on Friday the morrow of St. Hilary, 18 Edward III.
Northgeveldale and Estgeveldale. Certain tenements, viz. a ruinous messuage and six bovates of land in Northgeveldale and a bovate and a third of land in Estgeveldale, held of the king in chief by service of a ninth part of a certain serjeanty, the whole of which is held of the king in chief by service of finding a crossbowman in the king’s castle of York for forty days at his own charges, if there shall be war in the said county, and by homage. He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Monday next before the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last. Thomas his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (12.)
498. RICHARD DE HELBESTON.
Writ, 26 January, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Hedon in Holdernesse on Thursday before St. Gregory the Pope, 18 Edward III.
Conyngeston. A messuage, 3a. 3 1/2r. land, 1 1/2a. meadow, and pasture for two great oxen, held jointly with Agnes his wife, who still survives, of the gift and feoffment of John de Lascelles, to hold to them and their heirs or assigns for ever, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, by service of a one thousand, five hundred and thirty-sixth part of a knight’s fee as for a quarter of a bovate of land, and by service of doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks. He held no other lands &c. within the liberty of Holdernesse.
He died on 6 July, 9 Edward III. John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (13.)
499. GILES, SON OF RICHARD DE PLAIZ.
Writ of certiorari, on the petition of Richard, son of Richard de Plaiz, asserting that he is brother and next heir of the said Giles, son and heir of Richard de Plaiz, deceased, who held of the king in chief, which said Giles died whilst a minor and in the king’s wardship, and that he is of full age, and seeking livery of the lands &c. which are of his inheritance and are in the wardship of Gilbert Talebot by the king’s commission, 22 September, 18 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Lewes 27 (?) September, 18 Edward III.
Yford. The manor, with its members of Wannigore, Warplesbourn and Worth, held of the earl of Warenne by service of half a knight’s fee, is in the king’s hand by the death of the said Richard and the minority of the said Giles.
Gilbert Talbot was warned, but came not nor sent (anyone).
The said Giles died on 16 July, 8 Edward III, a minor and in the king’s wardship. Richard, his brother, aged 21 years on the day of St. Matthew last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (14.)
500. ROSE, LATE THE WIFE OF PETER MOIS or MOYS, of Bondbrustwyk.
Writ, 26 January, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Hedon, 20 February, 18 Edward III. (defaced).
Bondbrustwyk in Holdernesse. A third part of a messuage and a moiety of a bovate of land, held in dower for her life, of the inheritance of Peter, son and heir of Peter Moys, by service of issuing summonses and attachments at the wapentake of Holdernesse.
Esthalsham in Holdernesse. A toft and a moiety of a bovate of land, held of John de Waldeby by knight’s service, whereof ten bovates make a carucate of land, and eight carucates a knight’s fee.
She died on the last day of January last. The said Peter son of Peter, aged 40 years and more, is next heir of the said Peter.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (15.)
501. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT BUSTARD.
Writ, 10 April, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Tuesday after St. Mark, 18 Edward III.
[Bi]sshopthorp. A third part of fourteen tofts and of fifteen bovates of land, held in dower, of the inheritance of Robert, son of John Bustard son of the aforesaid Robert Bustard, of the king in chief, as a third part of a certain petty serjeanty; which third part is held of the king in chief by fealty, and by service of rendering to the king yearly at his exchequer, by the hands of the sheriff, 17s. 6 1/2d. and a third part of 1/2d.
Bustard Thorp. A third part of a messuage and of a carucate of land, held in dower, of the said inheritance, of John de Clifton and Ralph de Leek by fealty and by service of 2s. 4d. yearly.
Middelthorp. A third part of a toft and of four bovates of land, held in dower, of the said inheritance, of the abbot of Whiteby and his successors by fealty and by service of 6s. 8d. yearly.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on the day of St. Andrew last. Robert, son of John son of the said Robert Bustard, aged 30 years and more, is the next heir of the said Robert.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (16.)
502. THOMAS DE HOLEFORD.
Writ, 30 August, 18 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. Thursday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 18 Edward III.
Okes by Bromyord. A messuage, 50a. land, 2a. meadow, 1/2a. wood, and 30s. rent, held of the king in chief, by the courtesy of England, of the inheritance of Cecily sometime his wife, by service of conducting the king’s treasure twice in the year if necessary, at the king’s charges, from the castle of Hereford to London, taking 12d. daily.
He died on 22 August. John de Holeford, son of the said Cecily, aged 40 years, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (17.)
503. SIMON DE CROKHOWE or DE CROKHOU.
Writ, 15 June, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Hedon on Thursday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 18 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. on the day he died, for those which he held in his lifetime he gave to William de Crokhou, his father, for his life.
He died on Friday before Palm Sunday, 18 Edward III. John his son, aged 14 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (18.)
504. WILLIAM DE KAYNES.
Writ, 8 September, 18 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. Friday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 18 Edward III (much defaced).
Tarrentekaynes. The manor held jointly with [Margaret] his wife, who still survives, of the king in chief, of the grant of Geoffrey de Donechyrche by a fine levied in the king’s court, by service of a knight’s fee.
Combekaynes. The manor held jointly as above, of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee, of the grant of the said Geoffrey by another fine levied in the king’s court.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 3 September last. John his son, aged 23 (?) years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (19.)
505. FLORENCE, LATE THE WIFE OF NICHOLAS FRANCEYS or FRAUNCEIS.
Writ, 12 March, 18 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. 24 March, 18 Edward III.
Isleham. The manor (extent given) held of the earl of Arundel by fealty and by service of sending to the said earl a gammon of bacon on a lance and a pair of gilt spurs, price 40d., at a certain place in Isleham called Heryngesmere, if the said earl shall come there in person and there is war in England, and not otherwise.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on 11 March last. John de Orreby, her son, aged 25 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 12 March, 18 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. Tuesday before the Annunciation, 18 Edward III.
Danseye. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Hagenet, by service of rendering 5s. for the ward of the castle of Dover every twenty weeks.
Bradewelle. The manor (extent given) held of John Bardolf, knight, by service of half a knight’s fee; a tenement, called [Hokkeleye], viz. a capital messuage, 40a. land and 20a. pasture in the marsh, held of John le Cok by service of 9s. yearly; and a tenement called Pilton, viz. a sheepfold, 40a. land and 20a. marsh, held of the manor of Danseye by service of 3s.
Date of death and heir, as above.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (20.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 46.
506. JOHN SON OF WILLIAM DE PUTTON.
Writ of certiorari, on the petition of William, son of William de Putton, asserting that the said John, deceased, who held of the king in chief, died a minor and in the king’s wardship, and that he, the said William, is brother and heir of the said John, and of full age, and praying that the lands &c. of his inheritance, which are in the wardship of John de Scoteneve by the king’s commission, may be delivered to him. 10 October, 18 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Sunday before SS. Simon and Jude, 18 Edward III.
Burghton. John, son and heir of William de Putton, deceased, died whilst a minor and in the king’s wardship on the feast of St. Edmund the Bishop, 5 Edward III, and 32 1/2a. land are in the king’s hand by the death of William de Putton because of the minority of the said John. They are held of the king in chief by service of serjeanty, viz. keeping a moiety of the wood of ‘la Bokholte’ in the king’s forest of Claryndon.
Bentlegh, Burghton and Estuderlegh. A messuage and a carucate of land (extent given) are likewise in the king’s hand because of the minority of William son of the said William. They are held of John de Seynt Manyfell by service of a rose yearly.
William son of William de Putton, brother of the said John, aged 21 years on the feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (21.)
507. WALTER BEYSYN or DE BEYSIN.
Writ, 20 November, 18 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. made at Stottesdon, 18 January, 18 Edward III.
Billyngesleye. The hamlet (extent given) held for his life, by the grant of Henry de Mortuo Mari, the elder, and of Roger de Chilyngton, chaplain, with successive remainders to John son of Walter de Beysin, and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of the said Walter for ever. The hamlet is held of Edmund de Cornubia by service of 5s. yearly.
Borwardesleye. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held jointly with Alice his wife for their lives, of John de Eyton, by service of 40d. yearly, with remainder to John, son of Walter de Beysin, and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of their bodies for ever.
He died on Monday after St. Martin last. John his son, aged 18 years at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula last, is his next heir.
STAFFORD. Inq. made at Stafford, 20 January, 18 Edward III.
Assheleye. Two parts of the manor (extent given), together with the advowson of the church, held for his life of the grant of Henry de Mortuo Mari, the elder, and of Roger de Chillington, chaplain, to hold of the king and his heirs by the accustomed services, by the king’s licence, and by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to John son of Walter de Beysin, and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. The said two parts, with the other third part, are held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Eton. A water-mill, a fulling-mill and 40s. rent, held for his life, by the grant of the said Henry and Roger, with remainder to the said John and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies and further remainder to the right heirs of the said Walter, of William Chaumpioun by service of 5s. yearly.
Longenor. 40s. yearly rent held for his life, by the grant of the said Henry and Roger with remainders as abovesaid, of the baron of Stafford by service of 3s. yearly.
Date of death and heir, as above.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (22.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 50.
508. THOMAS DE NERFORD, knight (chivaler).
Writ, 16 May, 18 Edward III. By letter of secret seal.
SUSSEX. Inq. 1 June, 18 Edward III.
Sadelescoumbe. The manor (extent given), including 50a. pasture called Blakefolde, held jointly with Alesia his wife, who still survives, for their lives, of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, by service of rendering a rose yearly to the said prior and his successors. The said prior holds of the earl of Warenne, as the jurors understand, by what service they know not; and, after the death of the said Thomas and Alesia, the said manor shall revert wholly to the prior and his successors, as appears more fully in the said prior’s charter of feoffment thereof shown.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
He died on Friday the morrow of the Ascension last. John his son, age 8 years at the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
Writ, 1 June, 18 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 12 June, 18 Edward III.
Houghton. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held jointly with Alesia his wife and the heirs of their bodies, of the king in chief, by the gift of William, late vicar of the church of Chatestan, and of Thomas, late parson of the church of Saxlingham, by the king’s licence; which moiety is held of the king in chief by service of 10s. blanch farm, payable yearly at the castle of Norwich.
Holt. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held jointly in form aforesaid, as of the honour of Aumarle, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee, of the gift of the said William and Thomas.
Cleye, Blakeneye, Leringsete and Holt. 7l. 6s. 8d. yearly rent held jointly with Alesia his wife, as parcel of the moiety of the manor of Holt.
Panneworthe. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Alesia his wife in like manner, of Isabel de Burgh, lady of Clare, by service of two knights’ fees, of the gift and feoffment of the said William and Thomas, to hold to them (the said Thomas and Alesia) and the heirs of the said Thomas.
Nerford. Two parts of the manor (extent given) held jointly as abovesaid of John de Norwyco, knight (chivaler), by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, of the gift and feoffment of Alan, parson of the church of Asschele, and of William, late vicar of the church of Chatestan.
He died on Friday after the Ascension last. John, son of the said Thomas and Alesia, aged 9 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (23.)
509. JACOMINA, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT LE MERK or DE MERK, of Dunmawe.
Writ, 8 October, 18 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 2 December, 18 Edward III.
Merk, in Great Dunmawe. The manor (extent given) held, by the grant of John Gamelyn to the said Robert and Jacomina and the heirs of their bodies, by fine levied in the court of King Edward I, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a knight’s fee. The reversion of the said manor pertains by right to Robert de Merk, son and next heir apparent of the same Robert and Jacomina, because one Ingelram, their first-born son, crossed into parts beyond the seas long before the death of the said Jacomina; whether he survives or not the jurors know not, but if he should survive, the reversion of the manor would of right belong to him.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (24.)
510. JOHN AUMARY, AMMARY or AMMORY.
Writ, 15 October, 18 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said John had no lands &c. in co. Buckingham.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Bed[ford] on Monday after St. Luke, 18 Edward III.
Hoclyve. A messuage and two carucates of land held of Robert de Ufford and Elizabeth his wife, of the right of the said Elizabeth, of the barony of Bedford by homage, fealty, and scutage when it runs, and suit at the court of the said Robert and Elizabeth of (the barony of?) Bedford at Bedford every three weeks. The said John demised the said tenements to one John de Chetwode, knight, for the life of the said John de Chetwode, rendering to the said John Ammary and his heirs nine marks yearly.
He died on Saturday next after the feast of St. Michael, 14 Edward III. Edmund his son, aged 8 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (25.)
511. JOHN CANON, of Grymesby.
Writ, 28 February, 18 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 14 March, 18 Edward III.
Bradele. 12a. land and 4a. pasture held of the king in chief by service of petty serjeanty.
Grymesby. A messuage, 7a. land and 2a. salt meadow, held for his life of the king in free burgage, with remainder to William, his son, and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies.
Bradele and Little Cotes. A messuage and a bovate and a half of land and meadow held for his life of Sir Adam de Well by service of 6d., with remainder to the aforesaid William and Joan in form aforesaid.
Laysby. 2a. land held for his life of Cecily de Flynton by service of 6d., with remainder to the aforesaid William and Joan in form aforesaid.
He died on 10 February last. The said William his son, aged 17 years on the day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last, is his next heir.
Writ ad melius inquirendum concerning the above tenements in Bradele and Grymesby, 20 March, 18 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 20 April, 18 Edward III.
Bradele. The 12a. land and 4a. pasture are held of the king in chief as parcel of the petty serjeanty of Bradele, for which entire serjeanty there are paid 12s. yearly by the hands of the men of the town of Grymmesby, at the king’s exchequer, in aid of the farm of the said town, and the said 12a. land and 4a. pasture pay 6d. yearly as their proportion thereof.
Grymesby. Peter atte See and William Chernelong of Grymesby granted to the said John a messuage, 7a. land and 2a. salt meadow, to hold for his life, with remainder to the aforesaid William and Joan and the heirs of their bodies. The said messuage, land and meadow are held of the king in chief, as in free burgage, by service of 20s. to be paid yearly to the men of the said town of Grymesby, as parcel of the farm of the said town, which farm is paid yearly at the king’s exchequer by the men of Grymesby.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (26.)
512. JOHN WARISON or WARESOUN, of Sutton.
Writ, 1 April, 18 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Bykeleswade, 16 April, 18 Edward III.
Sutton. 8a. land held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty and by service of rendering 3d. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff for hidage, view, and suit and ward, and he shall do suit twice a year at the king’s hundred[court] of Bykeleswade; and a messuage and 4a. land, whereof the messuage and 3a. land are held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty, as above, and by service of rendering, as aforesaid, for suit and ward, 3d. yearly, and doing suit as above, and 1a. land is held of Robert Power by service of rendering to him 3d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c.
He died on the feast of St. Michael, 9 Edward III. William his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (27.)
513. ALEXANDER DE SOMERESHAM, of Sutton.
Writ, 26 April, 18 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Holm by Bikeleswade on Friday after St. Dunstan, 18 Edward III.
Sutton. 14a. land held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty, viz. rendering at the king’s exchequer yearly, by the hands of the sheriff, 3d. for hidage, view, and suit and ward, and by service of doing two suits yearly at the king’s hundred(court) of Bykeleswade.
He held no other lands &c. in the county, so far as the jury can inquire.
He died on 14 February, 18 Edward III. John his son, aged 5 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (28.)
514. WILLIAM DE OKES.
Writ, 14 April, 18 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said William had no lands &c. in the county of Leicester.
WARWICK. Inq. Thursday the feast of St. John ante Portam Latinam, 18 Edward III.
Whytele. A capital messuage; two virgates of land and 2a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of rendering yearly at the king’s exchequer, by the hands of the sheriff, 1/2 d., which is called Warth.
He died on Tuesday after St. Gregory the Pope, 18 Edward III. Philip his son, aged 26 years on Sunday before SS. Philip and James, 18 Edward III, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (29.)
515. JOHN LE WARDE.
Writ, 8 March, 18 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken at Hereford on Tuesday after St. John ante Portam Latinam, 18 Edward III.
Stanford. A moiety of a virgate of land held of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz. summoning the lords of Webbeleye, Kyngeslone and Wygemore to the king’s army.
He holds (sic) nothing of any other lord.
He died on 12 January last. John his son, aged 23 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (30.)
516. THOMAS WARD, of Kendale.
Writ, 3 November, 18 Edward III.
WESTMORELAND. Inq. 23 January, 18 Edward III.
He held the following, jointly with Maud his wife, who still survives, to them and the heirs of their bodies for ever, with remainder to Robert de Romondby and the heirs of his body for ever, and reversion to the right heirs of Roger de Kernetby; which lands &c. he held of the king by reason of the lands &c. which were of William de Coucy, deceased, who held of the king in chief, now in the king’s hand viz.—
Rygmayden. A messuage and garden and 100a. land and meadow, held of the king by homage and fealty and service of a barbed arrow yearly.
Kyrkby in Kendale. Three burgages held of the king by fealty and service of 18d. yearly; three burgages held of Thomas de Ros by fealty and service of 6d. and a rose yearly; and four burgages held of Thomas de Thweng by fealty and service of 12d. yearly.
Helsington. A messuage and 8a. land called Brathelagh held of Thomas de Ros by fealty and service of 1/4lb. pepper yearly.
Astthwayt and Brondrig in Stirklond Ketell. A messuage and 8a. land in Astthwayt, and two messuages and 12a. land in Brondrig in Stirk-land Ketell, held of Thomas de Ros by fealty and service of 2s. 3d. and suit of court.
Smathwait. A messuage and 15a. land and meadow held of Thomas de Thweng by fealty and service of 1d. yearly.
Midelton in Lonesdale. A messuage and 6a. land held of Gilbert de Brounolfesheved by fealty and service of 10d. yearly.
Heggholm. A messuage and 6a. land held of the master of the Hospital of St. John by fealty and service of 6d. yearly.
Brigster in Levenes. A messuage and 8a. land held by the said Thomas of Matthew de Redeman by homage and fealty and service of 2s. 6d. yearly.
He died on the feast of the Decollation of St. John last. Adam his son is his next heir and of full age.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (31.)
517. JOHN DE CERNE.
Writ, 7 February, 18 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Dorcestre on Monday after St. Gregory the Pope, 18 Edward III (defaced).
Upmelcombe. A messuage, two carucates of land, 10a. meadow, 30a. wood and 50s. rent, held jointly with Margaret his wife, who still survives, of the son and heir of Sir John de Clynton of Makestok by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and rendering 100s. yearly to the said heir, or, at present, to his guardian because the said heir is a minor and in the king’s wardship, of the grant of Henry de Cerne, clerk, and by fine levied in the king’s court.
Weseford, Folke, Wyghtoneton, Westmynton and Russhton. Five messuages and three carucates of land, held jointly with the said Margaret, of John le Plombere and the bishop of Salisbury by divers services, of the grant of Thomas Fremantel and John Brunyng, by fine levied in the king’s court. The said tenements are charged in 60s. yearly to William Percy.
Bokernes Weston. A messuage and a carucate of land held by Robert de Mandeville and Isabel his wife, for their lives, by the demise of the said John, by indenture between the parties made on Monday next after St. Gervase the Bishop, 14 Edward III, rendering four marks yearly to the said John, his heirs or assigns, for the term of ten years next ensuing, and after the completion of that term, 20l. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
He died on Monday the feast of the Purification last. John his son, aged 18 (?) years, is his next heir.
Writ, 7 February, 18 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Draycote on Saturday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 18 Edward III.
Draycote. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by serjeanty, rendering 7l. 6s. 8d. yearly.
He died on Monday the feast of the Purification last. John his son is his next heir and of full age.
Writ (of certiorari) to the escheator in co. Wilts, the king having been given to understand that the said heir is within age, whereby the wardship of his lands &c. ought to pertain to the king, 4 March, 18 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Marlebergh on Wednesday after the Annunciation, 18 Edward III.
Draycote. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by serjeanty, rendering yearly by the hands of the sheriff 7l. 6s. 8d., which moneys are contained in the great farm of the said county.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died as above. Heir as above, aged 18 years and not more.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (32.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 45.
518. JOHN DE AURE.
Writ, 8 June, 18 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Piriton, 7 July, 18 Edward III.
Aure. A messuage with garden, which sometime was of Hathulf de Aure, with the adjacent land and a water-mill, held of the king in chief by service of serving in the chamber of Walter (sic), earl of Hereford, which service now pertains to the king, as appears by a charter of the said earl.
(Unspecified.) 8a. land and meadow and a fishery in the Severn held of Sir Thomas de Berkele, lord of Berkele, by service of 6s. 4d. yearly, and there are four free tenants rendering 13s. 4d. yearly; and 4a. land and wood held of John de Blideslowe by service of 9d. yearly.
He died on Monday the feast of St. Petronilla, 18 Edward III. Thomas son of Robert de Aure, his kinsman, aged 4 years on the day of the said John’s death, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (33.)
519. JOHN DE SHARDELOWE.
Writ, 20 April, 18 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Cambridge on Monday the eve of St. Lawrence, 18 Edward III.
Fulburn. The manor held of Alan la Zouche by service of 35s. yearly; and a moiety of a knight’s fee held as of the manor of Baruwe, co. Suffolk, by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d.
Leverington. A messuage and 160a. land held of the prior of Ely by service of 13s. 4d. yearly.
Wisbech. Three shops held of the bishop of Ely by service of 8d. yearly.
He died on 5 March, 18 Edward III. John son of Edmund de Shardelowe, his kinsman, aged 21 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 20 April, 18 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Lydgate, 28 May, 16 Edward III.
Berton by Mildenhale. A messuage and 26s. 8d. rent held of Elizabeth de Burgh, lady of Clare, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
Coulyngg. A messuage and 16a. land and the advowson of the church with the chapel of St. Margaret there, held in demesne as parcel of the manor of Coulyngg, and the residue of the said manor held in service, of Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, as of the honour of Eye, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
All the lands and tenements in the same town of Berton Mildenhale, (and the lands in?) Brandon, Dounham and Cavenham, which were lately of the said John, he demised in his lifetime to John his son and to Thomas brother of the said John son of John, to Edmund de Shardelowe, parson of the church of Heryngeswell, and to John son of Edmund de Shardelowe, to hold to them and the heirs male of the body of the said John son of Edmund. Those lands &c. are held of divers other lords by divers services.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (34.)
520. ELIZABETH MOHAUT.
Writ, 26 April, 18 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. Saturday the feast of SS. Philip and James, 18 Edward III.
Sulgrave. A messuage, a water-mill, two carucates of land (extent given) and 35s. rent, held of the king in chief as of the barony of Wedon Pynkenye which is in the king’s hand, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee and rendering 10s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Wyndesore and 12d. yearly for sheriff’s turn; and 40a. arable held of William de Elyngton by service of 3d. yearly.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on Tuesday next after the Close of Easter last. Stephen de Trafford her son, aged 24 years, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (35.)
521. THOMAS BAYNARD.
Writ, 28 November, 18 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Branketre 8 December, 18 Edward III.
Little Reynes. A messuage, 60a. arable, 2a. meadow, 4a. pasture, 20a. wood and 9s. yearly rent, held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Maylonde. A toft, 80a. land, and a marsh inundated daily by the sea, held of John Gernoun by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Burnham. An enclosed marsh held of John Fitz Wauter by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee, worth 10s. yearly and not more on account of the great expense of the sea walls.
Little Reynes. 40a. land and 2a. meadow held jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, by the grant of John de Thorp, of John Baynard by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. only yearly.
Messinge. A messuage, 208a. land, 12 1/2a. meadow, 59a. pasture, 27a. wood, 100a. heath, 4l. 5s. rent, and a rent of ten hens, held jointly with the said Joan by the grant of Alice, late the wife of Richard Baynard, and of Hervey de Lanvaleye, clerk, to hold to the said Thomas and Joan and the heirs of the said Thomas, of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereto pertaining for ever, by a fine levied in the court of King Edward I, and by his charter of licence; they are held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Reynes, by service of a knight’s fee.
He died on 15 November last. John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 73. (36.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 50.
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