Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 82

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 82

667. JOHN DE HAUDLO or DE HADLOWE.
Writ, [8] August, 20 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 22 August, 20 Edward III.
Borham. The manor (extent given) held for life of the king in chief, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a knight’s fee, of the grant of Geoffrey de Scardeburgh, parson of the church of Onybury [or Onebury], and Thomas Asselote, parson of the church of Wolstanton, to hold to the said John for his life, with remainder to Nicholas his son, who still survives, and his heirs, of the king and his heirs by the accustomed services for ever, by a fine levied in the king’s court, 14 Edward III.
Little Waltham. A messuage, lands &c. (extent given) held in form aforesaid; whereof the messuage, 160a. arable, 6a. meadow, 10a. pasture, 24a. fallow land and 4a. wood are held of the king [as parcel of the manor] of Borham aforesaid by the aforesaid service; 40a. land are held of the earl of Hereford by service of 17s. yearly; 10a. land are held of Adam de Clifton by service of 4s. 6d. (?); [and 30a. land] are held of the bishop of Norwich, service unknown.
Walkefares. The manor held in form aforesaid of the countess of Penbrok by service of 7s. yearly.
Hatfeld Peverel. A plot and 20a. land called Topyngeo held in form aforesaid of the king, as parcel of the said manor of Borham, by the service aforesaid.
Lachyndon. Lands and tenements held in form aforesaid of the prior of Caunterbury by service of 17s. yearly.
He died on 5 August last. Edmund, son of Richard de Haudlo son of the said John, aged 7 years and more, is his next heir in blood.
ESSEX. Inq. Saturday after St. Bartholomew, 20 Edward III.
Great Holand. The manor (extent given) held for life, by the grant of the abovesaid Geoffrey and Thomas to hold as above, with remainder as above, by fine levied as above and by the king’s charter of licence granted in 13 Edward III, of the king, as of the barony of Mofichet, by service of a knight’s fee.
Date of death and heir as above.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Thremhale, 11 September, 20 Edward III.
Stanstede Mounfichet. Certain lands and tenements (extent given) held for his life of the king in chief, by the grant of the abovesaid Geoffrey and Thomas to hold as above, with remainder as above, by fine and licence as above, of the king in chief, as parcel of the barony of Mofichet, by a third part of a knight’s fee.
Date of death and heir as above.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Berkway, 29 September, 20 Edward III.
Berle. A messuage and 240a. land held for his life by the grant of the abovesaid Geoffrey and Thomas to hold as above, with remainder as above, and by their charter of feoffment; whereof 100a. are held of Walter de Mauny, as of the manor of Bradefeld, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and 140a. are held of Ralph de Gravele by service of 46s. yearly.
Date of death and heir as above.
ESSEX. Inq. 1 October, 20 Edward III.
Esthamme and Westhamme. The manor (extent given), called the manor of Hamme, held for his life by the grant of the abovesaid Geoffrey and Thomas, to hold as above, with remainder as above, by fine and charter of licence as above, of the king in chief, as parcel of the barony of Mofichet, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Date of death and heir as above.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 24 September, 20 Edward III.
Billingford. The manor (extent given), including a certain custom called ‘filistene’ [yielding] 26s. 3d. at the feast of St. Andrew, and 13s. 0 1/2d. rent called ‘marling’ at the feast of the Purification, held for his life of the king in chief by service of 6s. 6d. yearly at the king’s hundred of Eynesford, by the grant of Geoffrey de Sckardeburgh, clerk, and Thomas Escelot, with remainder as above by a fine levied for the same.
Date of death unknown. Nicholas his son, age unknown, is his next heir.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 25 August, 20 Edward III.
Estwykham. The manor (extent given) held for his life by the grant of the abovesaid Geoffrey and Thomas to whom he had given the same, to hold as above, with remainder as above, by fine levied in the king’s court; whereof 14a. land called ‘frelond’ are held of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, service unknown; 40a. land are held of the archbishop of Canterbury, as in gavelkind, by service of 6s. 10 1/2d.; 3a. land are held of the manor of Eltham, as in gavelkind, by service of 6d. yearly; and the residue is held of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, in gavelkind, as of the manor of Plumstede, by service of 33s. 4 1/2d. yearly. The said manor after the said John’s death ought to remain to the said Nicholas and his heirs, according to the fine aforesaid.
Date of death as above.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 20 August, 20 Edward III.
Tremworth. The manor (extent given), including divers tenements held by John Chiche of Canterbury rendering 10l. yearly, held for his life. The said John de Haudlo, by a fine levied in the king’s court, 4 Edward III, acknowledged the said manor to be the right of Eustace de Eton, chaplain, which the said Eustace and Geoffrey de Scardburgh, chaplain, had of his gift, and for this acknowledgment the said Eustace and Geoffrey granted the said manor to the said John and surrendered it to him in the same court, to hold of the chief lords of that fee for his life, with remainder to Richard his son and Isabel his wife and the heirs of the body of the said Richard. And because the said Richard died in the life time of the said John and the said Isabel now survives, the manor ought now by virtue of the said fine to remain to her, whom Sir Robert de Hildesle has married. The manor is held of the earl of Gloucester by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, rendering to the said earl 3s. 3 1/2d. yearly and doing suit at his court every three weeks.
Haudlo and Crundale. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church of Crundale, held for his life by the aforesaid fine and gift, of Edmund, earl of Gloucester, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Vanne. The manor (extent given), held for his life, by the aforesaid fine and gift, of divers lords in gavelkind, as follows:—a toft and 20a. land held of Sir John de Insula by doing suit yearly at his court at Walbrok; 80a. held of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, by service of 8s. 10d. yearly; 40a. held of the abbot of Battle by service of 8s. 10d. and 2s. called ‘blauncherent’; and 12a. held of Thomas de Coumbe of Crundale by service of 2s. 1d.
Ore. The manor (extent given), including 1 1/2a. land in the Isle of Sheppeye belonging to the said manor, and pasture for 30 sheep, held for his life, by the aforesaid fine and gift, in gavelkind of Philippa, queen of England, as of the honour of Middelton, by service of 4s. 6d. yearly, as the jurors understand.
Assheden. The manor (extent given) held for his life, by the aforesaid fine and gift, of the abbot of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, in gavelkind, service unknown.
All the manors aforesaid ought to remain to the said Isabel after the death of the said John for her life according to the form of the fine abovesaid.
Date of death and heir, as last above.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Kingeston upon Thames, 10 October, 20 Edward III.
Hamme in the parish of Kyngeston-on-Thames. Certain lands, rent and a weir (extent given) held for his life, by the gift of the abovesaid Geoffrey and Thomas, with remainder as above, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the men of the town of Kyngeston by service of rendering to them at the king’s coronation three cloves.
Hacchesham and Rutherhuthe. A capital messuage at Hacchesham, another messuage at Rotherhuth, lands and rent (extent given) held for his life by the grant of the above Geoffrey and Thomas, with remainder as above, by fine as above. The tenements in Hacchesham are held of Geoffrey de Say by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and render 5s. at the end of every thirty-two weeks for ward of the king’s castle of Dover; and the tenements in Rutherhuthe are held of the prior of Bermundeseye by service of doing suit at the said prior’s court at Bermundeseye every three weeks.
Date of death as above. Nicholas Burnel, aged 23 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Tuesday after St. Giles the Abbot, 20 Edward III.
Knight’s Enham. The manor (extent given), including a pasture called Hulmersh and a wood called Bilegrove, held for his life, by the courtesy of England as of the right of Maud Burnel sometime his wife, by reason of offspring begotten between them, the reversion whereof pertains to John Lovel, son and heir of the said Maud, of Bartholomew de Insula, knight, by knight’s service.
He died on Saturday next after St. Peter ad Vincula, 20 Edward III. The said John Lovel, aged 32 years and more, is son and next heir of the aforesaid Maud.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Friday after the Assumption, 20 Edward III.
Acle, Brehull and Borstall. A messuage, two bovates of land, 622a, 3 1/2r. pasture and 115s. 5d. rent, and the bailiwick of the forestership of Bernewode, held for his life of the king in chief by service of the petty serjeanty of keeping the forest of Bernewode and paying 50s. yearly to the steward of the forest; and he was accustomed to render at the king’s exchequer for the said pasture and rent, by the hands of the sheriff of Buckingham, 114s. 5d. yearly, and now by the king’s grant the said monies (denarii) are assigned to Lady Philippa, queen of England, and are paid to her yearly. Of which tenements the said John long before his death enfeoffed William de Malmesbury and Geoffrey de Scardeburgh, clerks, with the king’s charter of licence, and the said William and Geoffrey by fine levied in the king’s court granted and surrendered the said tenements and bailiwick to the said John for his life, with remainder to Edmund, son of Richard de Haudlo, and Alesia his wife, and the heirs of the said Edmund, to hold of the king and his heirs for ever.
Borstall, Adyngrave and Okle. The manors and twelve tofts, a carucate of land and 70s. rent in Astclaydon, Botteleclaydon and Middelclaydon, and the manor of Musewell, held for his life; of which manors and other tenements he enfeoffed the said William and Geoffrey, who, by fine levied in the king’s court, granted and surrendered the same to the said John for his life, with remainder to the aforesaid Edmund and Alesia and the heirs of the said Edmund, to hold of the chief lords for ever. The manors of Borstall and Okle are held of Margaret, late the wife of Robert son of Elis, by service of 1d. yearly, and the aforesaid Margaret holds them of the honour of Walyngford; the manor of Adyngrave is held of Sir Richard Talebot by service of 2s. yearly; the manor of Musewelle is held of Hugh de Plecy by fealty and no other service that the jurors know; and the said rent of Astclaydon, Bottelclaydon and Middelclaydon is held of the honour of Walyngford by service of making one appearance by the tenants of the tenements whence the rent issues at the view of frankpledge of Queynton.
Upton by Aylesbury. 100s. rent issuing from a messuage and a carucate of land there, held for his life; which rent the said John gave to the abovesaid Geoffrey de Scardeburgh, Thomas Asshelot and their heirs, who, by fine levied in the king’s court, granted and surrendered the said rent to the said John for his life, with remainder to Nicholas his son and his heirs, to hold of the chief lords by the services thereto belonging for ever; it is held of the prince of Wales, as of the honour of Walyngford, by service of making one appearance by the tenants of the tenements whence the rent issues at the view of frankpledge of Queynton.
Ludegersale. The manor, held for his life by the demise of Hugh le Despenser, late earl of Winchester, the reversion being reserved to the said Hugh and his heirs; and by reason of the forfeiture of the said Hugh the reversion belonged after the said John’s death to the king and his heirs until the said king granted it to John de Molyns and his heirs for ever, to hold with the knights’ fees, advowsons of churches &c. as freely and wholly as the said Hugh held them. By reason of which grant the said John de Haudlo attorned to the said John de Molyns for the said manor, according to the form of the said king’s grant; and so the said manor after the said John de Haudlo’s death ought to remain to the said John de Molyns and his heirs by virtue of the said grant. The site of the manor (house?) of Ludegersale is held of the said John de Molyns, as of his manor of Brehull, by service of 2s. 6d. yearly, and the residue of the manor is held of the king in chief, service unspecified.
He held no other lands &c. in the county, so far as the jurors have been able to enquire.
He died on Saturday next after St. Peter ad Vincula last. Heir as last above.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Friday after the Assumption, 20 Edward III. (Duplicate of the preceding inquisition; defective.)
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Chadelynton, 4 October, 20 Edward III.
Roulandriht. The manor (extent given) held for his life, by the grant of the abovesaid Geoffrey and Thomas by fine levied in the king’s court, 14 Edward III &c. as above, with reversion as above, of the king in chief by service of a ninth part of a knight’s fee.
Date of death as above. Heir as first above, aged 7 years.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Oxford, 20 September, 20 Edward III.
Pydynton. The manor (extent given) held for his life of the inheritance of Nicholas de la Beche. By fine levied in the king’s court, the said Nicholas acknowledged the said manor to be the right of John son of John de Sutton, and granted for himself and his heirs that the said manor, which the said John de Haudlo held for life, and which ought to revert to himself and his heirs, should remain to the said John son of John and Isabel his wife and the heirs of the said John son of John, to hold of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereto pertaining for ever. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
He died on 5 August. Edmund, son of Richard son of the said John, aged 7 years, is his next heir.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Oxford, 15 August, 20 Edward III.
Chadelynton. The manor (extent given) held for his life. The said John by fine levied in the king’s court acknowledged the said manor to be the right of Eustace de Eton, chaplain, as that which the said Eustace and Geoffrey de Skardeburgh, chaplain, have of his gift, and for this acknowledgment they granted the said manor to the said John and surrendered it to him in the same court to hold of the chief lords of that fee for his life, with remainder to Richard, son of the said John, and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of the body of the said Richard; and because the said Richard has died and the said Isabel now survives, the manor ought, by virtue of the said gift, to remain to her, whom Robert de Ildesle, knight, has married. The manor is held of John de Lille by service of a knight’s fee.
Shuppenhull. The manor (extent given), including a several fishery, held for his life, by the fine and gift abovesaid, of Hugh le Despenser by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Hedyndon. Twenty messuages, two carucates of land and the bailiwick of the forestership of Shottore and Stowode, held for his life, by the fine and gift abovesaid, of the king in chief by service of keeping the said forests.
Date of death and heir as last above.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Isleph, 2 September, 20 Edward III.
Swereford. The manor held for his life by the demise of Hugh le Despenser, late earl of Winchester, who was seised of the said manor as of fee and reserved to himself and his heirs the reversion thereof after the said John’s death; and by reason of the said Hugh’s forfeiture the said reversion pertained to the king and his heirs for ever; which reversion the king afterwards granted to John de Molyns and his heirs for ever, to hold of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees, advowsons of churches &c.; and thereupon the said John de Haulo, by virtue of the king’s writ of the great seal to him directed, attorned for the same to the said John de Molyns, and so the said manor ought now to remain to the said John de Molyns and his heirs by virtue of the said grant and attornment. The manor is held of the king by knight’s service.
Date of death and heir as last above.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Monday after the Assumption, 20 Edward III.
Colne St. Aldwin’s (Sancti Aylwyny). The manor held for his life of the abbot of St. Peter’s, Gloucester, by service of 13s. 6d. yearly.
Hatherop. The manor held for his life of the abbess of Lacoc by service of 2s. yearly.
Wyke. The manor held for his life of the manor of Lecchelade by service of 5d. yearly.
He died on Sunday next before St. Lawrence, 20 Edward III. All the aforesaid manors after the said John’s death remain to Richard de Haudlo his son, now deceased, and Isabel his wife, who still survives, whom Robert de Hildesle has married, and to the heirs of the body of the said Richard.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Tuesday after St. Denis, 20 Edward III.
Bristol. Eight messuages, twelve shops, fifteen solers, two gardens and 62s. rent held for his life, by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to Nicholas his son and his heirs for ever, of Lady Philippa, queen of England, in free burgage as the other tenements in the said town are held.
Date of death as above. Edmund son of Richard de Haudlo, aged 7 years and more, is his next heir in blood.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Saturday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 20 Edward III (defective).
Sparkeford. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held for his life, by the courtesy of England as of the right of Maud Burnel sometime his wife, by reason of offspring begotten between them, the reversion whereof belongs to John Lovel, son and heir of the said Maud, of Richard Lovel by knight’s service.
Chiriton. Two parts of the manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, held for his life in manner abovesaid of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Upton. The hamlet (extent given) held for his life in manner aforesaid of Hugh le Despenser by knight’s service.
[He died on Saturday after St. Peter ad Vincula last.] The said John Lovel [aged 32 and more, is next heir of the said Maud].
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
WORCESTER. Inq. taken at Worcester on Friday the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 20 Edward III.
Kydermustre. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a moiety of the toll of the town, held for his life of the king in chief by service of a third part of a ninth part of a knight’s fee.
Snodesbury. The manor (extent given) held for his life of the abbot of Westminster by service of 6l. 8d. yearly.
Wyk. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held for his life of the abbot of Westminster by service of 6l. 15s.
All the above remain after the death of the said John to Nicholas his son and his heirs for ever, by the grant of Geoffrey de Scardeburgh and Thomas Asselotte.
He died on Saturday next after St. Peter ad Vincula, 20 Edward III. Nicholas his son, age unknown, is his next heir.
Writ, 8 August, 20 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. made at Shrewsbury on Friday after St. Matthew, 20 Edward III.
Holgote. The manor (extent given) held for his life, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, as of the honour of Monte Gomery.
Clee St. Margaret (Cliam Sancte Margarete). Certain lands &c. parcel of the said manor of Holgote, held for his life by the said fine by 5s. [yearly] rent.
Longedon. The manor (extent given) held for his life of the king in chief, as of the said honour of Monte Gomery, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Prestesweston, which is a parcel of the manor of Longedon. 6s. 8d. rent from a (?) free tenant.
Welynton. The manor (extent given) held for his life of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
Ardaston. A yearly rent of 15s. held for his life.
Uppyndon, Romeshirssch and Pulyleye, which are parcels of the said manor of Welynton. A yearly rent of 20s. held for his life.
Acton Burnel. The manor (extent given), including a park with deer, held for his life of the lord of Caus by service of a knight’s fee.
Acton Pigot. 40s. yearly rent held for his life of the king in chief by service of a sixteenth part of a knight’s fee.
Cantelope. 20s. yearly rent held for his life of John de Chetewynde by service of 3s. 4d. yearly.
Russchebury. 60s. yearly rent held for his life of Roger de Mortuo Mary by service of 5s. yearly.
Roughton. 50s. yearly rent held for his life of William la Zouche by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
Little Millinghope. A messuage and a carucate of land held for his life of the prior of Wenlok by service of 20s. yearly.
Thongelond. A messuage, a carucate of land, 2a. meadow and a moor, held for his life of the earl of Arundell by homage and fealty and suit at his court of Akton Rounde.
All the above remain to Nicholas his son and his heirs by a fine levied in the king’s court at Westminster in Easter term, 14 Edward III.
He died on 5 August, 20 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. made at Stafford on Monday after St. Matthew, 20 Edward III.
Le Horewode. A capital messuage, a carucate of land, 2a. meadow, and a wood which cannot be cut down on account of the maintenance of the king’s deer in his forest of Kynfar, held of the king in chief as of the manor of Kynfar by service of 22s. yearly.
He held the said tenements for his life only, with remainder to Nicholas his son and his heirs for ever.
He died on 5 August last.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (1.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (19.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 54.
668. ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT SON OF RALPH, or OF ROBERT SON OF RALPH SON OF WILLIAM DE GRAYSTOK, or DE CRAYSTOK.
Writ, 3 January, 20 Edward III.
WESTMORELAND. Inq. taken at Appelby, 15 January, 20 Edward III.
Dufton. A third part of the manor held in dower of the inheritance of William de Craystok, son and heir of Ralph de Craystok son and heir of the said Robert, of the said William by fealty and by rendering 9s. 6d. for cornage.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on Friday next after St. Martin last. The aforesaid William is her next heir and of full age.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Penreth, 15 January, 20 Edward III.
Craystok. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty and rendering 26s. 8d. for cornage.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
Writ [3 January, 20 Edward III.] (missing.)
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. 15 January, 20 Edward III.
Morpath. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty and service of rendering 6s. 8d. for the ward of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Heppescotes. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty and by service of 6d. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Ulgham. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty only.
Stanyngton. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty and service of rendering 2d. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Angerton. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty and service of rendering 6d. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Styford. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty and service of rendering 6d. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Hedon-on-le-Wall. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the long in chief by fealty and service of rendering 3d. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Benton. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by fealty and service of rendering 4d. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Dodyngton. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the aforesaid William by fealty and service of 3d. …
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
Writ, 3 January, 20 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Thresk, 12 January, 20 Edward III.
Brunnum. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Butterwyk. The manor held in dower as above, of the said William by fealty only.
Thorpbasset. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the said William by fealty only.
Nidde. A third part of the manor held in dower as above, of the said William by fealty only.
Osmunderlay. A messuage and three bovates of land held in dower as above, of the said William by fealty only.
Morton-upon-Swale and Thirnetoft. The manors held in fee tail by the gift of Ralph son of William, who granted them to the said Robert and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies. The manor of Morton is held of the earl of Richemount by fealty and service of rendering 13s. 4d. yearly; and the manor of Thirnetoft is held of Marmaduke Conestable by fealty and service of rendering to him a rose yearly.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
All the above lands &c. which are held in dower are of the inheritance of the said William, and the manors of Morton and Thirnetoft ought by the form of the gift aforesaid to descend to him.
Date of death and heir as above.
Writ, 6 February, 22 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Killum on Monday in the second week of Lent, 22 Edward III.
Brunnum. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a certain several pasture called ‘le Bret’ and a rent of free tenants in Flixton which pertains to the said manor, held in dower of the inheritance of William, baron of Graistok; which third part, together with [the other] two parts of the said manor which the said William now holds, are held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and by homage.
Butterwik. The manor (extent given) held in dower as above, of Peter de Malo Lacu by knight’s service.
Shireburn in Harefordlith, which is of the appurtenances of the manor of Butterwik. A bovate of land, 2a. meadow, two plots of turbary and 2s. 2d. rent of freemen.
Thorpbasset. A third part of the manor (extent given) held in dower as above, of the abbot of St. Alban’s by knight’s service.
Osmonderley. A messuage and three bovates of land held in dower as above, of William de Graistok by fealty.
She held no other lands &c. in the said parts of the Estridyng, viz. within the wapentakes of Hartill, Dikeryng and Buccros.
She died on 25 October, 20 Edward III. William, baron of Graistok, aged 26 years and more, is her next heir of the said manors &c.
YORK. Inq. taken at Richemond on Saturday in the second week of Lent, 22 Edward III.
She held no lands &c. in her demesne as of fee within the liberty of Richmond.
Morton-upon-Swale. The manor (extent given), including a ferry across the Swale, together with certain tenements in Thirntoft, held in dower as above, of Henry le Scrop by knight’s service.
Thornton-in-the-Moor. 40s. rent of freemen held in dower as above, of the bishop of Durham by knight’s service.
Nidde. A third part of the manor (extent given) held in dower as above, of William de Aton by knight’s service.
She held no other lands &c. in the county except within the wapentakes of Hartill, Dikering and Buccros and in Osmonderlay.
Date of death as last above. The said William, baron of Graistok, aged 26 years and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (2.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 56.
669. JOHN ADRIAN or ADRYAN.
Writ, 14 February, 20 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Dorkyng 22 February, 20 Edward III.
Mykelham. A messuage and 45a. land held of John de Mykelham by service of rendering 2s. 7d. yearly.
Estbechesworthe. A capital messuage, lands, rent &c. called Brokham (extent given) held of John, earl of Warenne, by service of rendering 63s. 4d. yearly.
The king had the issues and profits of the said tenements in Mykelham from 12 February, 19 Edward III, and still has them by the hands of the escheator of Surrey. William Husee occupied the said tenements in Mykelham from the time of the said John Adryan’s death, viz. for six years, and John de Stratfeld for two years to the aforesaid 12th day of February, on which day the escheator took them into the king’s hand, and so they remain, for what cause the jurors know not. The said tenements in Estbechesworthe, called Brokham, were occupied by John de Stratfeld and Alice his wife, who received the profits and issues thereof for twelve years from the time of the said John Adryan’s death. Roger Husee occupied two parts of the same for three years. John, son of the said John Adryan, occupied two parts of the said tenements, called Brokham, and received the issues and profits thereof for three years, and not more because Alice late the wife of the said John Adryan held the third part as dower after the said John’s death.
He had no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 6 January, 1 Edward III. John his son, aged 19 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ of certiorari super causa capcionis, touching the messuage and 45a. land in Mykelham, 1 March, 20 Edward III.
Return by Reginald le Forester, escheator in cos. Surrey and Sussex, that he did not take the said tenements into the king’s hand, but that William de Northo, late escheator in the said cos. and in Kent and Middlesex, did so, because Gilbert de Mikylham, who held of the king in chief, as was said, committed the trespass of alienating them to John Adryan and Cecily his wife and the heirs of the said John, without the king’s licence, and for no other cause they remain in the king’s hand.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (3.)
670. JOHN DE COBEHAM, SON AND HEIR OF RALPH DE COBHAM, who held of the king in chief.
Writ (missing).
SURREY. Proof of age made at Nutfeld by virtue of the annexed writ, 26 June, 20 Edward III (fragment).
[Nichol?]as atte Redeston, aged 60 years and more, says that the said John is 21 years of age and more, and that he was born at Reygate on Wednesday next after St. Matthias, 17 Edward II, and baptised on the following Thursday in the church of the Holy Cross of the priory of the said town; and this he knows because when he was staying with the earl of Warrenne in office he was present in the said church and saw the said earl and Walter, then prior of the said priory, lift the said heir [from the sacred fon]t on the said day, and at Easter next following he was removed from the said office, whereby he remembers [about] the said [age].
John atte Holilond, aged 55 years and more, says the like, and knows it because the earl of Warrenne on Whitsunday next after the birth of the said heir crossed from the harbour of Portesmouth to Gascony (Wascon’), and by inspection of divers writings of divers events made by him for the said earl, he has sufficient knowledge of the said [age].
Stephen atte Boure, aged 60 years, says the like, and knows it because he was a servant of John de Leghe on Thursday next after the birth of the said heir, [and] presented Mary, mother of the said heir … of Reygate with four cartloads of hay in the name of the said John de Leghe, whereby he remembers the said age.
… de Lynkefeld, aged 60 (?) years and more, says the like, and remembers it well because he was … next after the birth of the said heir, a certain John de la Mare wounded him on the same day, whereby. …
John atte Redeston, aged 45 years, agrees in all things with the aforesaid jurors, and this [he knows] … after the birth of the said heir in the town of Horlee was burned, where. …
William de Combe, aged 60 years, agrees … firstborn … Reygate. …
C. Edw. III. File 82. (4.)
671. AMICE, DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF JOHN DE VENUZ, who held of the king in chief.
Writ (missing).
SURREY. Proof of age made at Farnham by virtue of the annexed writ, 25 April, 20 Edward III (fragment).
William de Bagshote, aged 76 years, says that the said Amice, who was born at Farnham in the said county and baptized in the church of St. Andrew there, was 25 years of age on Thursday next before St. Katherine, 19 Edward III, and that Peter Huwet, chaplain, Amice Redenhale and Isabel Thielere, lifted her from the sacred font; and this he knows because in the same year he acquired a tenement in Farnham from Robert Fisshere and by the date of his charter he well remembers that 25 years have elapsed.
William de Homle, aged 40 years, says the like, and knows it because at Christmas in the same year he acquired from Robert de Homle a messuage and a virgate of land in Potenham and by the date of his charter he well remembers that 25 years have elapsed.
Walter Martyn, aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because … Martyn was instituted in the church of Crenlegh … then in co. Surrey. …
C. Edw. III. File 82. (5.)
672. WILLIAM SON AND HEIR OF WILLIAM DE LA PLANKE.
(Writ missing.)
SOMERSET. Proof of age taken at Cury Malet by virtue of the annexed writ on Tuesday next after St. Nicholas, 20 Edward III (mutilated).
Henry de Lorty, knight, aged 70 years, says that the said William is of full age and more, for on Wednesday next after the feast of St. Michael, 19 Edward II, the said William was born at Curymalet and baptized in the church there, on which day witness with other men was hunting in the park of Cury Malet and their dogs seized a fat barren doe, and in returning from the park towards his house he met the said boy carried from the church, where he had been baptized, and so his age is known to him.
Richard Pyk, knight, aged 60 years, John de Acton, knight, aged 50 years, John de Membury, knight, aged 58 years, Robert de Hertecombe, aged 68 years, and Roger de la Warre, aged 69 years, agree, and they recollect because they were present with the said Henry at the taking of the said doe, at the request of Nicholas de Poyns, then lord of Cury Malet, and by his letters of the Wednesday abovesaid, and in returning they met the boy as aforesaid.
John Mapoudre, aged 50 years, agrees, and knows it because on the Wednesday abovesaid Margery his own mother died.
John Mareschal, aged 50 years, and William Strode, aged 60 years, say that the said William is of full age and more, and this they know because they were executors of the said Margery, who died on the Wednesday abovesaid and by the date of her will the age of the said William is manifest to them.
Walter Corbyn, aged 50 years, John Clyfford, aged 58 years, (and) Robert Martyn, aged 62 years, agree, and they remember because on the abovesaid Wednesday they bought of Nicholas de Poinz, lord [of Cury Malet] … great wood in his park of Curymalet, for 220l. (?) payable. …
C. Edw. III. File 82. (6.)
673. WALTER, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DE ROMESY.
Writ (missing).
SOMERSET. Proof of age taken at Croukern by virtue of the annexed writ on Saturday the eve of St. Gregory the Pope, 20 Edward III (mutilated).
[John] le Doo, aged 64 years and more, says that the said Walter is 21 years of age and more, for he was born on Sunday next before St. Agatha, … Edward II, at Okley, co. Somerset, and baptized in the church of Chylterne Dommere, at whose baptism witness was present and in returning to his house at Coker was wounded by robbers.
John Turk, aged 40 years and more, agrees, and knows it because he was present at the baptism at the request of John, father of the said Walter, who gave him a bow with three [arrows?] in memory of his son’s birth.
John Dommere, aged 38 years and more, agrees, and knows it because on Tuesday next after the said birth he [was in] Mertok at a certain grand feast (nobile festum), which one John de Fienles, lord of the said town, made there, at which feast [the father of the said] Walter was present and told the neighbours of the birth of his said son.
John Pygaz, aged 40 years, Henry de Molyns, aged 60 years, Richard Bougere, aged 38 years, and Robert … years, agree, and know it because on the day … said birth John de Molyns, father of the said Henry, died, at whose interment they were told of the birth … [and] they were executors of the will of the said John de Molyns, and so by the date [thereof the said age] is manifest to them.
… aged 39 years, John atte Forde, aged 60 years, and Nicholas atte Forde, aged 43 years, agree, and they know because they were present at the purification of Margaret, mother of the said Walter, on Sunday next before St. Matthew next after the said birth, at Okley, and there they paid to the said (sic) John Maubank … of which 20l. the said John gave them his letters of acquittance, by the date whereof the said age is known to them.
… years and more, and John Broun, aged 40 years, agree, and they remember because on Sunday next after the aforesaid purification they took to [? farm] 20a. of land in Modeford, to hold to the end of twenty years then next following, the term beginning on the said … elapsed and more, and by the date of the writing the said age is known to them.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (7.)
674. JOHN DE BRUYS.
Writ, 12 May, 20 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. 28 May, 20 Edward III.
Conyngton. The manor with the advowson of the church, held for his life, enfeoffed jointly with Margaret his wife, who still survives, by the gift by William archbishop of York and Ralph Turvill, rector of the church of Jakeslee, to hold to the said John and Margaret and the heirs of the said John and his assigns for ever. The said manor and advowson are held of the king, as of the honour of Huntingdon, by service of a third part of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He died on Wednesday next after St. John ante Portam Latinam last. His daughters, Agnes aged 8 years, Joan aged 6 years, Elizabeth aged 4 years, and Helen aged 2 years and more, are his next heirs so far, for the said Margaret is pregnant.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (8.)
675. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN BERNAK, who held of the king in chief.
Writ to the escheator in cos. Surrey and Sussex, commanding him after taking the said Joan’s oath not to marry without the king’s licence to assign her her dower out of the lands &c. of her late husband, warning Nicholas de Bokelond and Henry de Greystok, custodians of the said lands &c. to be present, 15 August, 20 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Assignment of dower to the said Joan, 24 August, 20 Edward III.
Walderton. A third part of 15s. 8d. yearly rent from three tenants, who hold in bondage, and a third part of 12d. yearly rent from two free tenants, with a third part of the services as well of the free tenants as of the bondmen there.
This assignment was made in presence of Nicholas le Nyman and others (named).
NORFOLK. Assignment of dower to the said Joan made in presence of the attorneys of Sir Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, to whom the wardship of all the lands &c. had been granted until the lawful age of the said heir.
Bestorp. The manor (extent given).
Bokenham. The manor (extent given).
The above are assigned to her in dower from all the lands which the said John had in Norfolk.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (9.)
676. ROBERT HOUEL.
Writ of certiorari to the escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk. Whereas the king lately at the suit of William de Cusance, then his treasurer, who suggested that John de Eltham, late earl of Cornwall, the king’s brother, had demised for a term of eight years the manor of Wyverston, which came to the said earl’s hands after the death of Robert Houel, who held that manor by knight’s service of the said John as of the honour of Eye, then in his hands by reason of the minority of the said Robert’s heir, to Walter de Wauncy, for a certain sum of money paid to the said earl, with reversion to the said earl, during the wardship and minority of the said heir, and that the said eight years had long elapsed and the wardship of the said manor belonged to the king as executor and heir of his said brother, because the aforesaid heir had not come to his full age, and that the said Walter had occupied the said manor and detained it unjustly from the king, wherefore the king ordered by his writ on 10 March, 17 Edward III, Edward de Cretyng, then his escheator in the said counties, to take the said manor into the king’s hand without delay, so that he might answer for its issues at the exchequer, as in the said writ is more fully contained; and now the said Walter personally has prayed the king in his chancery that whereas Hugh Houel, father of the said Robert, had by his charter granted the said manor to Robert de Tudeham, late parson of the church of Ereswell, and to the said Walter and to Hugh de Wauncy, parson of the church of Mulkeberton, and the said Robert de Tudeham, Walter and Hugh de Wauncy had thereby been seised of the said manor and had continued their seisin, as well in the lifetime of the said Hugh Houel as after his death, until they had been removed therefrom by reason of the king’s command, and [whereas] the said manor had been nevertheless in the seisin of the said Robert for some time of his life, whereby the said earl, or the king in his name, could not claim any right by reason of the wardship, that the king would order the said manor, together with the issues received therefrom, to be delivered to the said Walter and Hugh de Wauncy: the inquisition is to be made in presence of the aforesaid William or of the keeper of the said manor; 8 July, 20 Edward III.
Endorsed: The inquisition annexed to this writ was taken in the presence of Walter Facoun, keeper of the manor of Wyverston.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 16 September, 20 Edward III.
Wyverstoun. Hugh Houel on the day of St. Wynwaley, 8 Edward III, granted the manor to the abovesaid Robert de Tudenham, Walter de Wauncy and Hugh, parson of the church of Mulkberton, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, who continued their seisin until 15 August, 10 Edward III, when John de Eltham, late earl of Cornwall, seized the manor by reason of the minority of Robert, son of Robert Houel, asserting that it was held of himself, as of the honour of Eye, and so held that manor until 2 September then next following. The said Robert, Walter and Hugh nevertheless sued the said earl by reason of the said feoffment [and] the said earl wholly removed his hands from the said manor, and he had no other seisin or possession in the same; and the said earl never demised the said manor and wardship to the said Robert, Walter and Hugh or any of them for a term of years, nor in any manner; and the said Robert, Walter and Hugh continued their seisin from the said 2 September, according to the form of the said feoffment, to 15 March, 17 Edward III, on which day the said manor was taken into the king’s hand by Edward de Cretyng, late escheator in the said county, by the king’s writ; it was never in the seisin or possession of Robert Houel, deceased: it is held of Thomas de Munchenessy by service of a knight’s fee.
Robert his son, aged 21 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (10.)
677. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE NORTONE.
SOUTHAMPTON. Assignment of dower, reciting a writ dated 26 June, 20 Edward III, to the escheator of Southampton, commanding him, after taking the oath of the said Margaret not to marry without the king’s licence, to assign her her dower out of the lands &c. that belonged to her late husband, and to send the assignment to be enrolled in the chancery, Tuesday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 20 Edward III.
Norton. Certain buildings, lands and rents in the manor (full extent given, with field names and names of tenants), including free ingress and egress to a chapel and to a well for drawing water, and a third part of a water-mill and fishpond (vivarii) &c.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (11.)
678. WILLIAM DE GAMAGES or GAMAGE.
Writ, 23 December, 20 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Boreford, 9 April, 21 Edward III.
Great Rollywright. A messuage, a mill, two virgates of land containing 48a. and 2 1/2a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
Date of death unknown. Nicholas his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (12.)
679. JOHN FREYNE, knight (chivaler).
Writ, 22 January, 20 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. Tuesday after the Annunciation, 21 Edward III.
Maurdyn and Wistanston. A mill in Maurdyn and a virgate of land in Wistaneston held at fee farm by service of 5 marks 12d. silver yearly.
Mockes. A virgate of land held of John de Frene, lord of Mockes, by service of 20d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
He died on Friday next after the Epiphany last. Henry his son, aged 19 1/2 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (13.)
680. JOHN DE HAMELY or HAMELY.
Writ, 30 October, 20 Edward III.
CORNWALL. Inq. taken at Lostwythiel on Monday after St. Gregory the Pope, 21 Edward III.
Tregynnon. A third part of the manor, of which Holwyn, Trewyns and Penhal are parcels, held of William de Botriugan by knight’s service.
Tregenfren. A moiety of 1a. Cornish held of John Baynard, as of the manor of Treiual (?), by knight’s service.
Alet. A moiety of the manor held, as of the right and inheritance of Margery his wife, of the duke, as of the honour of Launceston, by knight’s service.
All the said lands &c. were seised into the king’s hand in the said John’s lifetime and are still there, as appears in the king’s exchequer.
He died on 27 May, 20 Edward III. Ralph Hamely, aged 23 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (14.)
681. JOHN DE WAUTON, knight (chivaler).
Writ, 16 January, 20 Edward III.
Endorsed that the said John held no lands &c. in co. Hertford.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Neuport on Saturday the morrow of the Purification, 21 Edward III.
Wymbyssh. The manor (extent given), except the advowson of the church, held for his life by the grant of Robert Filz Wautier, to hold of the king and his heirs by the accustomed services, with remainder to the said Robert and his heirs for ever, by the king’s charter of licence granted 1 Edward III. The manor is held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Filz Wautier, service unknown, and the reversion thereof belongs to John Filz Wautier as son and heir of the said Robert, who is of full age, and to his heirs by virtue of the aforesaid gift; and a tenement called Cymays held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who still survives, of Sir John Filz Wautier by knight’s service, by the grant of John Beauchaump of Rekelyng, Peter de Caumpes, and Thomas atte Hel of Sturmere.
Stepelbumpstede. A messuage, 100a. land, 6a. meadow, 10a. pasture, 3a. wood and a mill, held jointly with the said Elizabeth of John de Elyon by knight’s service, by the grant of Thomas atte Hel and Peter de Caumpes, chaplains.
Brydbrok. A messuage, 102a. land, 5a. meadow and 7a. pasture, held jointly with the said Elizabeth of Lady Elizabeth de Burgo by serjeanty.
He died on 31 December last. John his son, aged 14 years and more, is his next heir in blood.
Writ to the escheator of Essex and Hertford, referring to the preceding inquisition, and commanding him to inquire by what service the said manor of Wymbyssh is held, 24 February, 21 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 16 March, 21 Edward III.
Wymbyssh. The manor is held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Fitz Wautier [or Fiz Wauter] by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (15.)
682. WILLIAM DE WAUTON.
Writ, 20 January, 20 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Colcestre, 16 April, 21 Edward III.
Wyllinghale. The manor held jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, of Maurice de Brune by service of a knight’s fee.
Thurrok. The manor held of the earl of Richemond by service of a knight’s fee; which manor William de Wauton, grandfather of the said William, acquired of John Breaunsoun in the time of King Edward II.
Chaureth and Horham. The manors held by him and by his ancestors time out of mind of Lady Elizabeth de Burgo and her ancestors by service of three knights’ fees, as of the honour of Clare. He died sole seised of the said manors in his demesne as of fee.
He died on 29 November, the eve of St. Andrew last, as is said, for he died in parts beyond the seas. William his son, aged 20 1/2 years and no more on the said 29 November, is his next heir in blood.
Writ, 20 January, 20 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Henhowe, 6 April, 21 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. in the county.
Date of death as above. Heir as above, aged 21 years and more from . . July last, for he was born in the town of St. Edmunds and baptized in the church of St. Mary there.
C. Edw. III. File 82. (16.)
683. WILLIAM CARENTE.
Writ to Thomas Cary, escheator, 15 January, 20 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Blaneford on Friday, 2 March, 21 Edward III.
Marnhulle, Burtone Asshe, Todebere and Stoure Wake. A messuage, two carucates and 2a. land, 28a. meadow, 4a. pasture, 4a. wood and 30s. rent, held for his life jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, of the king, as of the manor of Fifhyde which belongs to Roger de Bavent, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, because the said Roger lately granted all his knights’ fees to the said king; by the grant of John de Carente and Walter le Hare, by fine levied in the king’s court at York on the quinzaine of Easter, 12 Edward III, and afterwards recorded on the octave of Holy Trinity next following, with remainder to the heirs of the bodies of the said William and Joan.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Mountagu on Thursday the morrow of St. Valentine, 21 Edward III.
Henton St. George. A messuage, 60a. land, 9 1/2a. meadow, 4a. pasture, 1/4a. wood and 4l. rent, held of the earl Marshal, as of the manor of Hampstude Mareschal, by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county &c. on the day he died, because [although] the said William lately held a moiety of the manor of Kyngeston and Mersshe of John Talebot, as of the honour of the said John’s castle called Richardescastel, co. Hereford, by knight’s service, a certain John le Fauconer nine days before the said William’s death entered upon that moiety and continued his seisin thereof without being ejected or removed by the said William.
He died on Thursday the feast of the Holy Innocents last. William his son, aged 2 years and more, is his next heir.
Petition of the countess Marshal to the king, showing that whereas an inquisition made by the escheator, co. Somerset, was returned into the chancery stating that William Carente held certain lands &c. of the king in Hynton Seint George in the said county, as of the king’s manor of Hampsted Maresch[al], by virtue of which inquisition the said lands &c. were taken into the king’s hand because of the minority of William, son and heir of the said William, and afterwards the king issued a writ to the said escheator to enquire further, whereupon it was found by inquisition that the said lands &c. were held of the said countess as of her manor of Struggoil and not of the king; she has sued continually in the chancery since Easter and can obtain no result because it was found that Hynton in the said county is held of the king. There are several Hyntones in Somerset, to wit, Hynton Seint George, which is held of the said countess, and Hynton Martyn and Hynton without addition; wherefore she prays the king to grant that the said inquisitions may be brought into the King’s Bench, so that they may be judged (triez) there, as law and reason demand. (French. Undatd.)
Endorsed: Let the parties be heard in the chancery, and if they put themselves in mercy there, let the inquisitions be brought into the King’s Bench that right may be done there. (French.)
Mandate to John de Offord, dean of Lincoln (Nicole), chancellor, referring to an inquisition made by Thomas Cary, escheator, co. Somerset, wherein it was found that the said William held certain lands &c. in Henton Seynt George of the king in chief, of his manor of Hampstede Marchal, which is annexed to the king’s crown and reserved in his chamber; whereupon the king’s aunt Mary, the countess Marshal, has shown by bill that the said tenements are regardant to her castle of Strogoyl and not to the king’s said manor, and has prayed him to order a commission under the great seal to the said Thomas, John Aleyn and William de Pilond to enquire further whether the said lands &c. are so held of the king in chief as of the said manor or are regardant to her said castle of Strogoyl. The chancellor is commanded to issue the said commissions and writs to the said Thomas, John and William and to call before him the ministers of the king’s chamber to execute the same in due form; 31 May, 22 Edward III. Given under the seal of the Griffon. (French.)
Commission of plenius certiorari to Thomas Cary, John Aleyn and William de Pylond in accordance with the above mandate, 31 May, 22 Edward III. By letter under the seal called Griffoun.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Crukerne by virtue of the above commission on Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 22 Edward III.
The said William held no lands &c. of the king in chief on the day he died in Henton St. George or elsewhere in the county as of the manor of Hampstede Mareschal, but he held the tenements abovesaid in Henton St. George of the countess Marshal, and of her castle of Strogoil, and not of the king as of the manor of Hampstede Mareschal. They are held in chief of the said countess as of her said castle by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee; of which tenements Walter de Thornhulle and Joan his wife, late the wife of the said William de Carente, hold a third part as dower of the said Joan. The said countess was enfeoffed jointly with Thomas de Brotherton, earl Marshal, late her husband, of the said castle of Strogoil.
Writ to the escheator, whereas the king has pardoned Walter de Thornhull the transgression he committed in marrying Joan, late the wife of William de Carente, without the king’s licence, the escheator is commanded to assign her her dower out of the lands &c. that belonged to her late husband in the presence of Henry de Greystok, deputy of the steward of the lands reserved to the king’s chamber, to which the king has reserved the said William’s lands, 13 June, 21 Edward III. Fragment. (See Calendar of Close Rolls, 1346–1349, p. 229.)
SOMERSET. Assignment of dower to the said Joan out of the said lands, being lands in Heenton St. George; and at Kyngeston and Merssh (full extent given with field-names and names of tenants), 15 August, 21 Edward III.
(Printed at length in Calendar of Close Rolls, 1346–1349, pp 399-402.)
C. Edw. III. File 82. (17.)
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