Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 103

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1916.

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J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly, G. J. Morris, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 103', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III( London, 1916), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp289-309 [accessed 8 November 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 103


352.	THOMAS, SON AND HEIR OF WALTER DE PATESHULL.
	Writ after the death of the said Thomas, who held of the heir of Thomas Bardolf, a minor in the king’s wardship, 2 September, 23 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Hennowe, Thursday after St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
	Euston. The manor called Lytelhalle, viz. 100a. land, 7a. meadow and 40s. rent, which came into the king’s hand after the death of Walter de Pateshull by reason of the minority of the said Thomas, his son and heir. The said Walter held all the aforesaid tenements of the heir of Thomas Bardolf by service of a knight’s fee. He held nothing of other lords in the county. Elizabeth, aged 30 years, and Joan, aged 24 years, sisters of the said Thomas, are his heirs.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis, touching the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches late of Walter de Pateshull, deceased, in the king’s hand, as above, at the time of the death of his heir, 26 September, 23 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Henho, Tuesday the feast of St. Michael, 23 Edward III.
	Euston. The advowson of the church. He held no more advowsons in the county. Nothing is known to the jury about knights’ fees.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (1.)
353.	ANDREW BRAUNCHE.
	Writ, 12 May, 23 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Frome, 12 August, 23 Edward III.
	Frome Braunche. The manor (extent given), including 100a. wood within the forest of Selewode, a fulling mill, a fair on the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin and a weekly market on Saturday, and the hundred of Frome held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee. There are many dwellings in the manor, formerly let, standing empty because most of the tenants are dead. He died on 5 April last. Thomas his son, aged 1 year and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 1 June, 24 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Piperhargh, 2 August, 24 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county. He died on Saturday after the Annunciation, 23 Edward III. Heir not known.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (2.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 78. (2.)
354.	ISABEL, DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF EDMUND DE CAUCE.
	Writ after the death of the said Isabel, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, 22 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Skipse, Monday, 2 November, 23 Edward III.
	Drynghowe. A messuage, 2 tofts, 4 bovates of land, 14a. meadow and a windmill held of the king in chief as of the honour of Holdernesse by service of keeping two of the king’s falcons at the manor of Cleton in Holdernesse during such time as the king stays there, receiving of the king for such custody 3s. a day. Bounwyk. Two tofts and 2 bovates of land held of the king in chief as of the same honour by service of a hundred and eightieth part of a knight’s fee. Of these lands &c. two parts are in the king’s hand and the third part was delivered to Joan late the wife of the said Edmund, who survives, to hold in dower by writ of the king to Nicholas Gower, late escheator within the liberty of Holdernesse. Skipseburgh. A toft, with two parts of a bovate of land in Drynghowe, held of the king by service of rendering 12d. yearly, which were delivered to the said Joan, mother of the said Isabel, as her next friend (propinquiori), by the king’s writ to the aforesaid Nicholas, for her use in keeping the said heir. Beford. A toft held of John de Gouxhull by knight’s service; 2 tofts and 4 1/2 bovates of land held of the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 12d. yearly. Drynghowe. Two tofts, 5 1/2 bovates of land and 7a. meadow held of William de Greystok by fealty and by service of 18d. yearly. Skipseburgh. A toft held of the prior of Brydlyngton by service of 2d. yearly; a toft held of Robert de la Twyer by service of 3s. 4d. yearly. Drynghowe. A plot (placea) held of the prior of Watton by service of 1d. yearly; a moiety of a toft held of Walter de Sywardby by service of 1d. yearly. Brandesburton. A toft held of Robert Sourdevale by service of 1d. yearly. With these lands &c. held of others than the king, the king commanded the said Nicholas not to intermeddle further and to deliver the issues received to those to whom they belonged. The said Isabel died on 3 September last. John Cauce, brother of the said Edmund, kinsman of the said Isabel, aged 26 years and more. is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (3.)
355.	JOHN DE WYVETON, or DE WYVETON JUXTA PRESTON IN HOLDERNESSE, the elder.
	Writ, 8 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Monday, 26 October, 23 Edward III.
	Wyveton by Preston. A messuage, four tofts, three crofts and 13 bovates of land held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a twenty-eighth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks. Wyveton and Sutheskirlaghe. Two carucate and three bovates of land in Wyveton and 2 1/2 carucates of land in Southeskirlaghe held in service of the king in chief as of the same honour by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the same wapentake. The abbot of Thornton and the prioress of Swyne held the two carucates and three bovates in frank almoin and divers free tenants hold the 2 1/2 carucates by the foreign service. He died on 31 August last. John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (4.)
356.	WILLIAM, SON OF ELEANOR HEYRAS.
	Writ, after the death of the said William, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Salisbury, 7 October, 23 Edward III.
	Alwardebury. A third part of a messuage, 5a. land, 1 1/2a. 1r. meadow held by knight’s service for a sixtieth part of a knight’s fee. He died on 24 August, 23 Edward III. John, son of Robert Pypard (fn. 1) and Agnes his wife, kinsman of the said William, aged 12 years, and Joan, wife of William de Harnham, sister of the said Agnes, aunt of the said William, of full age, are his heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (5.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 76.
357.	MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD HEYRAS.
	Writ, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Salisbury, 6 October, 23 Edward III.
	Alwardebury. A third part of a messuage, 5a. land, 1 1/2a. 1r. meadow held of the king in chief in dower for life, of the inheritance of Richard late her husband, by knight’s service for a sixtieth part of a knight’s fee. She died on 21 August, 23 Edward III. Robert, son of John Pypard (fn. 1) and Agnes his wife, daughter and one of the heirs of the said Richard, aged 12 years, and Joan, wife of William de Harnham, sister of the said Agnes, daughter and the other heir of the said Richard, of full age, are the heirs of the said Maud.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (6.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 76.
358.	WILLIAM STELLARE of Pauleflet.
	Writ, 3 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Paulflete, Friday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 24 Edward III.
	Paulflete. A messuage and a dovecot held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale by service of rendering 2d. yearly. Paghel. 7a. land held of the abbot of Aumale (Albemarle) by service of rendering 8d. yearly. He died on 26 July, 23 Edward III. Peter, son of Thomas Steller, his kinsman, aged four years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (7.)
359.	JOHN WAKE of Holaym.
	Writ, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Friday, 16 October, 23 Edward III.
	Holaym. A plot of land containing 33a., called ‘le Avenum,’ held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by fealty and by service of rendering to the king at the manor of Brustwyk 12d. yearly. He died on Saturday, 6 August, last. William, his son, aged 26 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (8.)
360.	WILLIAM DE BAGESOVERE, DE BAGGESOVERE or DE BAGESSORE.
	Writ, 20 August, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Brugg, 2 November, 23 Edward III.
	He held nothing in the county. He died on Thursday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last. Katherine, daughter of Amabel (Amabille) his sister, aged five years at Easter last, and Eleanor his sister, married to John de Shulton, aged 22 years at St. John the Baptist last, are his heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (9.)
361.	ROBERT POWER.
	Writ, 1 December, 23 Edward III.
BEDFORD.	Inq. taken at Bedford, Thursday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 23 Edward III.
	Sutton. A cottage, 20a. land, 4a. meadow and 3a. pasture held for life, by the courtesy of England, after the death of Alice Godwyne, his wife, of the inheritance of William de Boklonde, kinsman and heir of the said Alice, of the king in chief by service of a hundredth part of a knight’s fee; a messuage with a garden, 38a. land and 2 1/2a. meadow similarly held for life of Sir William Latymer by service of a gilt spur or 3d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. He died on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 23 Edward III. The aforesaid William Bokelond, aged 30 years and more, is the heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (10.)
	E. Inq. p.m. File 10. (24.)
362.	HUGH DE WATSAND.
	Writ, 6 December, 23 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Goushill, Thursday after the Epiphany, 23 Edward III.
	Goushill, Wotton, Thornton and Brunham. 100a. land, 100a. salt meadow (both by the lesser hundred) and 14 marks yearly rent held for life of the lord of Roos by homage and fealty only. He died on Wednesday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary. Margery his sister, aged 40 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (11.)
363.	AMICE POLEYN or POLAYN.
	Writ, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
HERTFORD.	Inq. taken at Aiete Mofichet on Tuesday the feast of the Conception of the Blessed Mary, 23 Edward III.
	Aiete Mofichet. A moiety of the manor, which, with the other moiety, held by John de West Wycoumbe, is held in socage of the earl of Oxford as of the manor of Stanstede Mofichet, by service of a pair of gloves, price 6d., yearly and by doing suit at the county of Hertford every month and at the hundred of Bradewater every three weeks and by 5s. yearly for sheriff’s aid. Welewes. Three shillings rent held of the heirs of Peter de Seynt Croys, as of the manor of Caynho, by knight’s service. Mardeleye. A messuage and 100a. land held of the lady la Despencer by service of 5s. yearly. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 24 March last. John Polayn, her son, aged 30 years and more, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (12.)
364.	ROGER GYLT, of Sprotle.
	Writ, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Wednesday, 14 October, 23 Edward III.
	Sprotle. A messuage, two tofts, two waste plots, five bovates of land, a culture called Milndayle and 61a. 1r. land held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, having been let of old at fee farm at their true value, by fealty and by service of rendering to the king yearly by the hands of his bailiffs of Holdernesse 6l. 11s. 5 1/2d., which is their true value; a messuage and 9 3/4 bovates of land held of John de Charteray and John de Lenax by service of 1d. yearly; a plot called le Damme held of John le Conestable by service of repairing a certain gote (gotam) called le Kergote. Frysmersk. A bovate of land held of the archbishop of York by service of 3s. yearly and doing suit at the archbishop’s court of Patryngton every three weeks. He died on 31 July last. Hugh his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (13.)
365.	JOHN HUNTEMAN.
	Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX.	Inq. taken at Neuton, Wednesday after St. Michael, 23 Edward III.
	Hakeneye. A messuage, 60a. land and 8a. meadow held of the bishop of London by fealty and service of 12s. yearly. Totenham. 28a. land at la Hangre held of the prioress of Clerkenewell by fealty only; a cottage and 3a. land at la Stone held of Thomas ate Hethe by fealty only; a messuage at Totenhamstrete held of John le Barbour by fealty and service of 4d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Tuesday after the Purification, 19 Edward III. Henry ate Broke of Leyton, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (14.)
366.	JOHN FYN.
	Writ, 18 November, 23 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON.	Inq. taken at Huntyngdon, 29 November, 23 Edward III.
	Bouton in the parish of Dodyngton and Sutho. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held for life as of the inheritance of Margaret de Stokes, late his wife, by the courtesy of England, by reason of the birth of a son John, now dead. The whole manor is held of the king in chief as of the honour of Huntingdon by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and by doing suit every month at a court in Huntyngdon, held by the escheator, in the king’s hand by forfeiture of Robert le Bruys. He died on Friday after Whitsunday last. The jury know not who is his heir in blood, but Thomas de Wauton, son and heir of Eleanor de Stokes, sister of the aforesaid Margaret, aged 30 years and more, is heir of all the aforesaid lands &c.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (15.)
367.	THOMAS DE BARTILL or DE BARTAILL.
	Writ, 6 December, 23 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Inq. Thursday after the octave of St. Hilary, 23 Edward III.
	Great Eccliston in Amondirnesse. A third part of the town (extent given), including part of a several fishery, held of the king by knight’s service, by reason of the escheat after the death of William de Coucy, an alien; 4s. rent of a free tenant held [of the king] by knight’s service; a moiety of a bovate of land held of Richard de Kyghelay, knight, by knight’s service, rendering yearly a pair of gloves or 3d. at the term of St. Oswald. He died on Wednesday before St. Andrew last. John, son of John Dautry, his kinsman, aged six years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (16.)
368.	ROGER, SON AND HEIR OF ROGER DE BEDYNGFELD.
	Writ after the death of the said Roger, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, 3 March, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Stratford, Friday after St. Edward, 23 Edward III.
	(Unspecified.) By reason of the minority of the said Roger, John de Padbury had the custody of a meadow called Leyton Made late of Nicholas de Bedyngfeld, deceased, by the king’s grant, and demised it to William de Lavenham, by what title the jury know not. The said meadow is held of the king in chief as parcel of the lands &c. of Blemondesbury, which are held of the king by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and a sore sparrowhawk yearly. He died on 1 March last. Alice his sister, aged ten years and more, is his heir.
MIDDLESEX.	Inq. taken at Westsmethefeld, Wednesday after St. Gregory the Pope, 23 Edward III.
	Blemondesbury. John de Padbury had the custody of the lands &c. called Blemondesbury late of the aforesaid Nicholas as above, during the minority of the said Roger, and demised them to William de Lavenham as above, together with the reversion of a messuage and 2a. land after the death of William de Lavenham (sic). The said lands &c. are held of the king in chief as above, except 50a. land, 3a. pasture, 5s. rent in the town of Kentisshtoun, which are held of the heir of Henry Bedyk by service of 8s. yearly. He died as above. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (17.)
369.	JOHN DE LOGES.
	Writ, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
WARWICK.	Inq. taken at Coventre, 20 October, 23 Edward III.
	Sowe. A messuage, a carucate of land, 6a. meadow and 26s. rent held of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s forest of Cannock (de Cannoco). He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Monday before the Assumption last. Eleanor, wife of John son of William de Peyto, daughter of the said John de Loges, aged 16 years and more on Whitsunday last, is his heir.
	Writ, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. taken at Pencrich, 16 October, 23 Edward III.
	Great Wyrleye. Certain lands, tenements and rents, formerly worth 100s., but now only 60s. on account of the pestilence and the poverty of the people, held of the king in chief by service of keeping the king’s forest of Cannock. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 22 August last. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (18.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 65. (3.)
370.	REYNALD DE FOULFENNE, DE FULFENNE or DE FOLFENNE.
	Writ, 4 November, 23 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Guldeford, 11 November, 23 Edward III.
	Padyngdene. A messuage and two virgates of land held of the heirs of Thomas de Cyndlesham of Padyngdene in socage by service of rendering 14s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 22 August last. John de Folfenne, his son, aged three years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (19.)
371.	ISABEL INKEPENNE.
	Writ, 1 November, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Swathelyng, Monday next (proximo festum) St. Martin, 23 Edward III.
	Wolveston. A messuage, 100a. land, 5a. moorland pasture (pasture more), 2a. meadow, 5a. oak wood, 5s. rent held of the king in chief by service of 2d. yearly at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Southampton. She died on 8 October last. John de Inkepenne, son of Roger de Inkepenne and of the said Isabel, aged 32 years, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (20.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 75.
372.	REYNOLD AUBYN.
	Writ, 3 November, 23 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Scoultone, 16 November, 23 Edward III.
	Scoultone. A messuage and 12a. land held of the king in chief in free socage by service of 6d. yearly of white farm (de alba firma) payable at the castle of Norwich. He died on 3 October last. Alexander his son, aged 28 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (21.)
373.	REYNOLD AUBYN.
	No Writ.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Wadtone, 1 November, 23 Edward III.
	Sculton. As in the last inquisition. He died on 10 October, 23 Edward III. Alexander his son, aged 26 years and more, is his heir.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 77. (2.)
374.	GILES DE CUGENHO or DE COGENHO.
	Writ, 16 November, 23 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Cogenho, 14 (sic) November, 23 Edward III.
	Cogenho. The manor (extent given) held, one moiety of the heir of Laurence de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, a minor in the king’s wardship, and the other moiety, together with a messuage and dovecot, 40a. arable and a water mill in Great Harwedon of the heir of William de la Planke, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of the manor of Haveresham, by knight’s service. He died on St. Martin’s day last. John de Cugenho his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (22.)
375.	EDWARD DE PENBRUGGE.
	Writ, 20 July, 23 Edward III.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.	Inq. taken at Leomynstre, Monday ……………… 23 Edward III.
	Eton by Leomynstre. A messuage, 100a. arable and 12d. yearly rent. Boughred in Wales. A messuage, 100a. arable and 12d. yearly rent. All held of the king in chief by service of a pair of spurs worth 6d. He died on 20 June last. John his son, aged 21 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (23.)
376.	JOHN SPENSER or LE SPENCER, of Morton.
	Writ, 30 October, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Morton, Monday after St. Leonard, 23 Edward III.
	Morton. A messuage and 12a. arable held of the king in chief, of the gift of Richard de Skeryngton, clerk, to him and his heirs with the king’s licence, formerly worth 4s. but now only 12d. if the pasture could be sold; a messuage and 30a. land held of, and parcel of, the manor of Morton, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the death of Robert Bourgcher and John Segrave of Folkston by service of 18s. yearly. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of finding a horse, price 10s., and a leather sack [with an iron skewer (chevyly)] to attach the said sack, in the king’s army in Wales, for forty days. He died on 14 October last. John son of his brother Thomas, aged two years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (24.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 72.
377.	JOHN DE DORESFLET.
	Writ, 5 May, 23 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Inq. taken at Whytington, 6 J . ., 23 Edward III.
	Whytington. 3a. land at Kirkslak held of John de Haveryngton, knight, by fealty and by service of 6d. yearly. He held no [other] lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday in the first week of Lent last. John son of John de Hildreston, of full age, is his heir.
WESTMORELAND.	Inq. taken at Kirkby in Lonesdale, before Richard de Denton, escheator, by writ of diem clausit extremum, directed to Thomas de Lucy, late escheator, 12 August, 24 Edward III.
	Hotonroef. A fourth part of the town held jointly with Agnes his wife, who survives, as of her inheritance, of the king in chief, as of the lands late of William de Coucy in the king’s hands, by homage and service of 2s. 8d. yearly and by suit at the court of Kirkby in Kendale every three weeks; a messuage and 12a. land in a place called Kirkslak held of the said Agnes, late his wife, by homage and service of 17d. yearly; and 14a. land held in fee of William Banes by homage and service of 4s. yearly. Bethum. A messuage and 24a. land at Aykbank held to him and the heirs of his body, with reversion to the right heirs of Roger de Croft, whose heir is John de Croft, of Ralph de Bethom by fealty and service of a bunch of ginger (racemi zynziber’) yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died without heir of his body on Thursday after the Purification, 23 Edward III. Heir, John son of John de Hyldreston as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (25.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 84. (2.)
378.	THOMAS FITZ EUSTACE or FITZ USTACE, of Shenle.
	Writ, 20 October, 23 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Staunford, 10 November [9 November, in exchequer copy], 23 Edward III.
	Casewyk. A capital messuage, 40a. land, 3a. meadow and 60s. rent held of the king in chief by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. Agnes, mother of the said Thomas, holds a third part of the above for life by way of dower. He died on Saturday after St. James last. John his brother, aged ten years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 20 October, 23 Edward III.
HERTFORD.	Inq. taken at Pokerich, Thursday before St. Clement, 23 Edward III.
	Staundon. Two parts of the following:—A messuage, 291a. arable, 4a. meadow, 1a. pasture, 12a. wood and 12d. rent, held of his inheritance, the third part being held in dower by Agnes, late the wife of Thomas Fitz Ustace, his father; the whole being held of Elizabeth de Burgo as of the manor of Staundon by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee and by suit of court at the said manor every three weeks. He died on 3 August last. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (26.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 64. (2), 72.
379.	ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF HENRY DE FARARIIS, DE FERARIIS or DE FERERS.
	Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq.. taken at La Hethe, 27 September, 23 Edward III.
	Hethe. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. There used to be twenty-seven villeins, but of these twenty-one are dead and their lands are lying fallow and untilled. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on Saturday before St. Lawrence last. William son of Henry de Ferariis, aged 18 years and more, is her heir.
	Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Welynton, 6 October, 23 Edward III.
	Stoke upon Tyrne. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. Lodelowe. A moiety of the town, in which there is no messuage or demesne lands but only 6l. rent of burgesses, held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. She died on St. James’s day last. William de Ferariis, her son, aged 18 years at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is her heir.
STAFFORD.	Inq. taken at Mukleston, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
	Wotton. A park, 13s. 4d. rent and pleas &c. of court, worth only 2s. on account of the pestilence, parcel of the manor of Alveton, which manor is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. Date of death and heir as in the last.
	Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Stebyngge, Friday after the Decollation of St. John, 23 Edward III.
	Great Donemawe. Lands and tenements, sometime of Robert de Merk and Jacomina his wife, held of the king, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee, of the gift of John Brocas, rendering to the latter 10l. 5s. yearly for life. The premises were taken into the king’s hand by reason of the forfeiture of Ingram de Merk, son and heir of Robert and Jacomina, an adherent of Philip de Valesio, an enemy of the king, and granted by the king to the said John Brocas in fee simple. Stebyngge and Wodham Ferrers. The manors held for her life of the gift of Hugh de Calk and William Garyng, chaplains, to Henry, sometime her husband now long dead, and the said Isabel and the heirs of their bodies, of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Tottebery, services not known. Neuport. The said Isabel held the manor and town, by what title the jury know not. After her death they were taken into the king’s hand and their tenants attorned to the king, and being in the king’s seisin Thomas Revely and John Ravene and others unknown entered the said manor and town in the name of Edward, prince of Wales, and caused the tenants to attorn to him, and ordered the issues to be levied to his use, so that the writ attached to this inquisition cannot be executed, so far as concerns the said manor and town. She died on St. James’s day last. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (27.)
380.	ELEANOR, LATE THE WIFE OF GUY FERRE.
	Writ, 18 June, 23 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Wodbrugge, Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 23 Edward III.
	Benhale. The manor (extent given), including a hall with chapel and grange, a park, turbary, two coney warrens, 7s. rent called ward of Eye (warda de Eya), 30s. rent from foreign leets pro parte prioris Eliensis, 13s. 4d. from the market (foro) of Kelton and Benhal, and foreign rents of 1,260 herrings, capons, geese &c., purchased by the said Guy and Eleanor from John Claroun, knight, to hold to them and the heirs of Guy. They held the said manor of John de Eltham, late earl of Cornwall, as of the honour of Eye, by service of a knight’s fee. Guy was an alien born and died without heir, so that the manor, after Eleanor’s death, escheated to the earl and his heirs. The earl died without heir of his body and the honour descended to the present king as his brother and heir. The king afterwards granted the honour, including the reversion of the manor, to Sir Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, and the heirs male of his body. The said Eleanor died on the morrow of Easter last. She held nothing else in the county.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (28.)
381.	THOMAS DE STUCHE.
	Writ after the death of the said Thomas, who held of the heir of Isabel, late the wife of Henry de Ferariis, a minor in the king’s wardship, 28 August, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Drayton, Wednesday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 23 Edward III.
	Wlonkeslowe. A moiety of the hamlet (extent given) held of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz. by service of finding a man in time of war in Wales in the castle of Montgomery for twenty days at the king’s charges. Stuche. A half carucate of land held of the heir of Isabel, late the wife of Henry de Ferariis, by service of 2s. yearly. He died on 18 August last. William his son, aged 24 years at Whitsunday last, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (29.)
382.	JOHN DE GOUXHULL of Bondebrustewyk.
	Writ, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Friday, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
	Bondbrustwyk. A messuage, two tofts, and 7 bovates of land held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by fealty and by service of rendering to the king at the manor of Brustwyk 5s. 6d. yearly. Brandesburton. A toft and two bovates of land held of Robert Sourdevale by knight’s service. Esthaytfeld. Pasture for five beasts held of Robert de Haytfeld by fealty and by service of 2d. yearly. He died on Tuesday, 28 July, last. Robert his son, aged six years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (30.)
383.	JOHN SENCH or SHENCH.
	Writ to Walter Turk, mayor of London, 9 November, 23 Edward III.
LONDON.	Inq. 10 November, 23 Edward III.
	A messuage, garden &c. within the king’s close at Flete in the suburb, with the custody of all prisoners committed to the prison there, receiving for the custody of the said prison, by the hands of the sheriff of London, 6d. a day, and from every man committed to the prison there 2s. 4d. by way of fee, but of the yearly value of the said messuage the jury cannot tell; held of the king in chief, service not stated. He held also of the king yearly quit rents, viz. from the tenement sometime held by Haukyn Rouland at Ebbegate in Thamisestrete, 16s.; from the prior of Suthwerk for his tenement at Ebbegate, 12d.; from the prioress of Chesthunt, 4s. for hers in Eldeneslane; from a tenement late of Thomas de London within Lodegate, 2s.; from Roger Chaunteclyr for his by Sholane in Fletestrete, 3s. 9d.; from a tenement late of John de Thorp, canon of St. Paul’s, in Fletestrete, 3s. 9d.; from one late of Hugh Treby in Fletestrete, 10s. 6d.; from one late of John Pykenham in Fletestrete, 15s.; from one late of Thomas de London in Fletestrete, 5s.; from one late of Thomas de Wynchecombe there, 2s. 8d.; from one late of Robert le Keu there, 5s. 4d.; from one late of Ralph Burdet there, 4s.; from one late of William le Chaundeler there, 8s.; from one late of John de Egele there, 2s.; from one late of Hamo le Moneter there, 13d.; from a plot of land and garden, sometime of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, called Longespeyeshawe, in Fletestrete, 43s. 8d.; from the prior of St. John of Smethfeld for his tenement opposite the north gate of Flete in the corner (in Angulo), 6s. 8d.; and from the prior of Bermondeseye on the eve of the Purification two candles (cerei) weighing 2 1/2lbs. He died on Wednesday after the octave of St. Michael last. Margaret his daughter, aged one year and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 9 November, 23 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX.	Inq. taken at Westminster, 5 February, 24 Edward III.
	Westminster. A messuage within the close of the palace of Westminster held of the king in chief by service of keeping the said palace, receiving of the king by the hands of the sheriff of London 6d. a day and also receiving when the king was within the close of the said palace, for each day he stayed, in bread, wine, ale, kitchen dishes (fercul’ coquine) and candles, as one of the king’s servants, and on every departure of the king from the said palace the said keeper shall have whatever is left in the said palace of fuel, litter in the chambers and hay in the stables, and, when the king shall cause the houses within the close of the said palace to be repaired, the said keeper shall have the old timber, the loppings (coperones) of the new timber, the old shingles (cendulas) and the ropes (funes) collected within the said palace. Also, the said keeper shall have from every merchant holding a stall (stallum) or box (stalellum) within the hall of the said palace 8d. yearly, and from every merchant not having a stall and bringing merchandise 4d. yearly. The said messuage, with the profit of the said custody, is worth 10l. yearly. He had also four tenants without the gate of the said palace, each rendering 2s. yearly, and held his court of them every three weeks, whereof the pleas and perquisites are worth 6d. yearly. He held the said rent of the heirs of Alexander Commers, service not known. He also held a messuage there worth 12d. yearly. He died about the octave of St. Michael last. Heir as above, aged a year and a half. Endorsed:—Let them be replaced in the Escheats of 23 Edward III at the Tower.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (31.)
384.	ISABEL, DAUGHTER OF JOHN DE PRESTON IN HOLDERNESSE.
	Writ, 18 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Saturday, 10 October, 23 Edward III.
	Waxham. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a ninth part of a knight’s fee and suit at the wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks. Tunstall. Two tofts and two carucates of land, whereof 13 3/4 bovates are held by tenants by foreign service and 3s. rent and 1lb. pepper yearly, held of the king in chief as of the same honour by service of a twenty-fourth part of a knight’s fee and suit as above. Preston. A messuage, three tofts and ten bovates of land held of the king in chief as of the same honour by service of a thirty-sixth part of a knight’s fee and suit as above. Sprotle. A carucate of land held in service of the king in chief as of the same honour by service of a forty-eighth part of a knight’s fee. John de Sprotle held the said carucate of her by the foreign service and by rendering 10s. yearly. Sutton and Drypole. A toft, a moiety of a bovate of land and 8a. meadow in Sutton and pasture for 300 sheep in Drypole held of John de Sutton, knight, by fealty and service of a rose yearly. She died on 6 August last. Juliana daughter of Thomas Stedeman of Frysmersh, kinswoman of the said Isabel, aged 24 years and more, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (32.)
385.	INGRAM (Ingelramus), SON OF ROBERT INGRAM, of Preston in Holdernesse.
	Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
	Preston in Holdernesse. A toft, three bovates and six acres of land, 4a. meadow and pasture for three great beasts held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a hundred and twentieth part of a knight’s fee and suit at the wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks; a messuage and a bovate of land held of Alexander Haukyn by service of a clove (clavi gariofili) yearly; a toft held of Gerard de Lund by service of 3s. yearly; 6 1/2a. land held of the heirs of Adam de Preston, Benedict de Preston and Gilbert de Lund by service of keeping and repairing three gotes (gotas) in Preston; a toft held of Hugh de Sprotle by service of 2d. yearly. Wyveton by Preston. A toft and 5 1/2 bovates of land held of John de Wyveton by service of 3d. yearly. Paulflete. Three tofts and pasture for 5 1/2 cows held of the king in chief, as of the aforesaid honour, by service of 5s. 4d. yearly. Paulflete and Paghel. A toft in Paulflete and a moiety of a bovate of land in Paghel held of the prioress of Cotom by service of 5s. 4d. yearly. He died on 4 August last. Robert his son, aged 22 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (33.)
386.	JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN PACOK.
	Writ, 12 October, 23 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle, Saturday, 10 February, (fn. 2) 24 Edward III.
	Skelton. A moiety of the advowson of the church held of the king in chief. Carlisle. Two parts of 33a. of land and pasture in the suburb together with the reversion of the third part, which Isabel, late the wife of Robert Parvyng, holds in dower of the inheritance of the said Joan, held of the king in chief (service not stated). Melmorby. Two parts of a messuage, two parts of a moiety of a messuage and two parts of 21a. land, with the reversion of the third part as above, held of the king in chief by service of 2d. yearly for cornage. Ullesby. Two parts of a moiety of an eighth part of a moiety of the town and two parts of a messuage and of 33a. land there, with the reversion of the third parts as above, held of the king in chief by service of 6d. yearly for cornage. Etardby. Two parts of a moiety of a third part of a messuage and 4a. land, together with the reversion of the third part as above, held of Robert de Tilioll, by service of 10d. yearly for cornage. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 10 October last. Adam Parvyng, of full age, is her heir.
	Writ, 1 April, 24 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. 18 April, 24 Edward III.
	To the same effect as the preceding inquisition, with the following difference:— Carlisle. The tenements render nothing to the king. Joan is stated to have died on 1 October last and Adam Parvyng to be her son.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (34.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 79.
387.	RICHARD DE PIKERYNG.
	Writ after the death of the said Richard, who held by knight’s service of the heir of William de Roos, a minor in the king’s wardship, 4 November, 23 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, Saturday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 23 Edward III.
	Oswaldkirk. Two parts of a messuage, 2 bovates of land, 5s. 4d. rent and 2 parts of 4 tofts lying waste held, by the law of England, of the inheritance of Joan his wife, the said Richard and Joan having had a son named Thomas, who died in the lifetime of his father. The said Thomas was seised of a third part of a messuage, a bovate of land, 2s. 8d. rent and a third part of 4 tofts, which he granted to the said Richard for his life, with reversion to himself and his heirs; Margaret his wife survives. Ampelford. A toft and 3 bovates of land held by the law of England, of the inheritance of the same Joan. All held of the heir of William de Roos of Hamelak, tenant in chief, a minor in the king’s wardship, by homage and by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Friday before St. Michael last. Richard de Pikeryng, son of the aforesaid Thomas, who will be 21 years of age on the feast of St. Luke next, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (35.)
388.	JOHN NOIOUN or NUIOM, knight.
	Writ, 3 November, 23 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Beckles, 13 November, 23 Edward III.
	Wathe. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief in free socage by service of 4s. yearly to be paid at the castle of Norwich for blanch farm (ad albam firmam). He died on 2 July last. John his son, aged four years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (36.)
389.	BEATRICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE NOIOUN, NOINGOUN or NUINGGOUN, knight.
	Writ, 3 November, 23 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Heydone, 15 November, 23 Edward III.
	Salle. The manor (extent given), held of the inheritance of John Nuinggoun, her son, of Michael de Ponyngges, by service of 20s. every seven months for ward of the castle of Dover, for the share of the said Michael’s manor of Folkeston. Dalling. 60a. land, pasture and heath and 13s. 4d. rent held as above of the manor of Fokestoun. Bathle. A messuage and 50a. land similarly held of Isabella, queen of England, by service of 10s. yearly.
[SUFFOLK.]	Somerletoun. A moiety of the manor, similarly held of the countess of Pembroke in free socage by service of 10s. yearly. She died on 12 July last. John, son of the deceased John Noioun, aged 4 years, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (37.)
390.	JOHN WYARD.
	Writ, 22 September, 23 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Oxford, 7 November, 23 Edward III.
	Staunton Harecourt. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Seven out of thirteen villeins died through the pestilence. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 25 July last. Robert his son, aged 26 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (38.)
391.	ROBERT GRYM.
	Writ after the death of the said Robert, who held by knight’s service of the abbey of Ramsey, lately vacant and in the king’s hand, 8 September, 23 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON.	Inq. taken at Huntyngdon, Monday after St. Michael, 23 Edward III.
	Sybthorp. A messuage &c., a windmill, 160a. arable, 16a. wood, 4a. meadow, 6a. pasture and 30s. rent held of the aforesaid abbey by rendering 10s. yearly. Alkemondebury. 30a. meadow held of the earl of Hertford in free socage by service of 1lb. pepper and 2s. yearly. Upton. A sixth part of a knight’s fee held of the countess of Pembroke by scutage when it runs. In 12 Edward III the said Robert enfeoffed John, parson of the church of Denton, of all the aforesaid lands &c., who re-enfeoffed the said Robert and Katherine his wife and the heirs of their bodies. He died on Sunday after St. James last. Robert son of the said Robert and Katherine, aged 15 years and more from the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is heir in fee tail.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (39.)
392.	ROBERT BAROUN.
	Writ, 25 July, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Purele [Purle], Sunday the morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III.
	Bradewelle. A messuage &c., 52a. arable, 1a. meadow, 1 1/2a. dry pasture, 60a. marsh daily inundated by the dovecot and 3s. 6d. rent held of the king in chief as of the honour of Haule by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and suit of court monthly. Purle. Three parts of a messuage &c. with 100a. arable, 2a. meadow, 5a. pasture, held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, of the gift of Sir Richard de Prys, rector of the church of Purle, and Sir William Beneyt, chaplain, to the said Robert and Joan and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Robert, of the bishop of Norwich by service of 3s. 6d. Dykeleye. A messuage, 60a. land, 3a. pasture, 4a. wood held of the earl of Oxford by fealty by the said Robert, and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Joan his sister and her heirs. He died on Monday after St. Barnabas last. John, son of Emma Wyburne, his sister, aged 22 years and more, Alice, daughter of Thomas atte Hoo, son of his sister Rose (Roes’) atte Hoo, aged 2 years, and Joan le Smythes, his sister, aged 30 years, are his heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (40.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 72.
	Writ of dower for Joan, late the wife of Robert Baroun, 23 September, 23 Edward III.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 10. (26.)
393.	JOHN LOVEL.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis &c. 6 February, 23 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Thrapston, Tuesday before St. Gregory, 23 Edward III.
	Tychemersch. A quarter of a knight’s fee held by Richard son of Guy (Wydonis) and Joan his wife; a quarter of a knight’s fee, held by William de Claybrok and Elizabeth his wife; a quarter of a knight’s fee held by Isabel Draytone; an eighth part of a knight’s fee, of the tenements late of Simon de Mullesworth, held by Henry Leydetere and Agnes his wife, John de ….., John Freman and Isabel his wife; an eighth part of a knight’s fee held by John de Sancto Mauro and Robert Wyghte; a fifteenth part of a knight’s fee held by Thomas de Reynes and Geoffrey de Tychemersch; a thirtieth part of a knight’s fee held by Geoffrey Mayheu and Thomas Mayheu; a thirtieth part of a knight’s fee held by John Warde, John Luffewyk, William Leyr, Richard le Reve and Thomas Warde; a twentieth part of a knight’s fee held by Henry Leydetere, Ralph ….. and Robert ….. Tichemersch. The advowson of the church. There is in the manor of Tychemersch a perpetual chantry with one chaplain, to which the said John and his heirs present the chaplain.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c. 6 February, 23 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Extent taken at Sparkeford, Thursday after St. Matthias, 23 Edward III.
	Baggeworth. A moiety of a knight’s fee held by Walter le Iryssh. Sparkeford. The advowson of the church. He held the said moiety and advowson of Richard Lovel, knight, by knight’s service. He held no other fees or advowsons in the county.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (41.)
394.	THOMAS DE SIDLESHAM.
	Writ, 18 June, 23 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Padyngden, 28 September, 23 Edward III.
	Padyngden in the parish of Abyngeworth. A messuage, 100a. arable, 2a. marsh meadow, which can only be mown in dry weather, 2a. wood, 4l. rent of free tenants and 2s. pleas &c. of court, held of the heirs of Laurence de Hastynges in free socage by service of rendering a pair of gilt spurs yearly at Michaelmas or 12d. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 4 May, 23 Edward III. Thomas his son, aged two years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (42.)
395.	THOMAS DE VERDON.
	Writ after the death of the said Thomas, who held by knight’s service of the heir of Margaret, late the wife of John Tiptot, a minor in the king’s wardship, 20 September, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Rocheford, Thursday after [St. Martin], 23 Edward III.
	Little Stanbrugge. The manor, excepting the advowson of the church, held for his life, by the demise of Giles de Badelesmere, with reversion to the said Giles and his heirs. The said Giles is dead and the manor has been assigned as the pourparty of Margaret, late the wife of John Tiptot, one of the sisters and heirs of the said Giles. She has a son and heir, a minor in the king’s wardship. All the lands &c. (extent given) of the said manor in the town of Stanbrugge are held of John filz Wauter by knight’s service; those (extent given) in Canedon are held of Philippa, queen of England, as of the honour of Reghleye, by knight’s service; 30a. arable in Assyndon upon Assyndonhell are held of the heirs of Ralph Perot, service not known; 6a. wood in Rocheford, of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 12d. yearly; and 1 1/2a. wood in the same of Robert Doket by service of 21d. yearly; the residue of the said manor, viz. 46a. arable and 4a. wood, are in Assyndon and are not held of the king or of queen Philippa, but of whom and by what services the jury know not. He died on 29 July last. Heir not known.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (43.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 72.
396.	ROBERT BURDET, knight.
	Writ after the death of the said Robert, who held of the heir of Maud de Holand, 6 December, 23 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. taken at Huncote, 12 January, 23 Edward III.
	Huncote. The manor (extent given), including a wood within the chace of the earl of Lancaster, in which the lord shall not fell any trees except by livery of the said earl’s bailiffs, and six messuages with 5 cottages without tenants through the late pestilence, held by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee of the heir of Maud de Holand, tenant in chief, whose lands were in the king’s hand at the time of the said Robert’s death by reason of her death. Ibestoke. A messuage, a carucate of land and ten marks rent held of the earl of Huntingdon by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Le Muythe. A messuage, a carucate of land and 40s. rent held of Joan, late the wife of William de Harecourt, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 28 June last. Robert Burdet, his son, aged five years and more at Christmas last, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (44.)
397.	CHRISTINA, SISTER AND HEIR OF INGRAM, SON OF JOHN BERENGER, a minor in the king’s wardship.
	Writ, 28 November, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Eblesbourn Wake, 18 January, 23 Edward III.
	Eblesbourn Wake. 26s. 8d. rent held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 12 September, 23 Edward III. Nicholas Berenger, son of Nicholas son of Ingram Berenger, knight, kinsman of the said Christina, of full age, is her heir.
	Writ, 28 November, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Swathelyng, Thursday before St. Gregory, 24 Edward III.
	Swathelyng and Shirle. 20a. arable, 100a. heath, 4 1/2a. meadow, and 29s. rent held of the king in chief by service of 20s. yearly at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. She held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (45.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 75, 76.
398.	MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE LENHAM, knight.
	Writ, 8 July, 23 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. taken at Grauntpount by Oxford, 17 July, 23 Edward III.
	Bokelond. The manor (extent given), in which the villeins and cottars are all dead of the pestilence, with the advowson of the church, held for life, of the inheritance of Eleanor, late the daughter of the said John and sometime wife of John Giffard of Bures, knight, of the king in chief by fine levied at Westminster before William de Bereford and other justices in Trinity term, 11 Edward II, with the king’s licence, by service of a knight’s fee. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 28 June last. The aforesaid Eleanor, aged 29 years and more, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 103. (46.)