Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 134

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 134


311.	JOHN DE SUTTON, knight.
	Writ, 16 May, 30 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, 8 June, 30 Edward III.
	Sutton. The manor held jointly with Alyva late his wife, who survives, of Isabella, the king’s daughter, as of the honour of Aumale, by knight’s service and by doing suit at the wapentake of Holderness. Sottcotes. The manor held jointly as above, of the provost of St. John of Beverley by knight’s service. Sutton. A messuage, 59a. land, 105a. meadow and 232a. pasture, in which the castle of Braunceholm is situated, held jointly as above of Robert de Hilton, knight, by knight’s service. Attyngwyk. The manor held in service, being in the seisin of Thomas de Sutton, knight, and Agnes his wife in fee tail by gift of the deceased; the service of the said manor the deceased held of the heir of William de Roos of Hamelak by knight’s service. Rolleston. A messuage and six bovates of land in the seisin of John de Ebor’ in fee tail by gift of the deceased, held in service of Richard de Sancto Quintino by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. within the said liberty. He died on 5 May last. Thomas de Sutton, knight, his brother, aged 40 years and more at Easter last, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (1.)
312.	THOMAS CARY.
	Writ, Newcastle on Tyne, 4 February, 30 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Weremenstre, Saturday before the Annunciation, 30 Edward III.
	Hulledeverell. A messuage, two carucates of land, 6a. meadow and 100s. rent held of the gift of the king, having come to the king’s hands as escheat by the forfeiture of John Deverell, an enemy and rebel to the king. Before that the said tenements were held of John Mautravers, as of his manor of Sharnton, by knight’s service and by doing suit at the said John’s court of Sharneton every three weeks; and a toft and a carucate of land held by gift of Master Robert de Shirewode, clerk, of the aforesaid John Mautravers as of his manor of Lychet by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county in his demesne as of fee, but he held of the king at farm the custody of the manor of Homynton amongst other manors &c. of the abbess of St. Leger des Prés in Normandy, to hold as long as war should last between the king and his adversaries of France, rendering 55 marks to the king yearly at the Exchequer or to William Fitz Waryn, knight, to whom the king granted the said farm whilst the war should last. He died on Saturday after the Purification last. Thomas Cari his son, aged 19 years at Whit Sunday last, is his heir.
	Writ, 4 February, 30 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Somerton, Monday before the Annunciation, 30 Edward III.
	Kyngesdon. A messuage, 50a. arable, 12a. meadow and 12s. 8d. rent held of John Gogh, as of his manor of Kyngesdon, by knight’s service and by rendering 6s. Somerton. 20a. land held of the countess of Kent by knight’s service. Cherleton Makerel. 20a. land held of the heir of Ralph Horsi, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service and by rendering 1/2lb. pepper yearly, which the father of the said heir held in service of the king by knight’s service; two messuages, 80a. arable and 6a. meadow held of Robert Fitzpayn, as of his manor of Cherleton Makerel, by knight’s service; 24a. arable held of the heir of James de Perham, a minor in the wardship of the earl of March, by knight’s service and by rendering 2s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Dorcestre, Monday after the Annunciation, 30 Edward III.
	Farnham. A messuage, a curtilage, 86a. arable and 50s. rent of assise held of Elizabeth de Burgo, as of the honour of Gloucester, by knight’s service. Mulborne. A messuage, a garden, 100a. arable, 3a. meadow and 10s. rent held of John de Chidiok and Isabel his wife, as of the inheritance of the said Isabel, by knight’s service; a messuage, a curtilage, 40a. arable and 18s. rent held of Elizabeth de Burgo, as of the honour of Gloucester, by knight’s service. Blundelshishay. The manor held jointly with Alice his wife, who survives, of Margaret Pyk by service of doing fealty and rendering 1lb. cummin. Stok Waleys Whitchurch. A mill and a carucate of land held jointly with the same Alice of Eleanor Russel by knight’s service. Mersshwodeval. Two carucates six virgates land, 40a. meadow and 100a. wood held jointly with the same Alice of Lionel de Andwerp, as of his manor of Mersshwode, by knight’s service. Gussuch St. Andrew’s. A messuage, 80a. land, 10a. pasture, a moiety of 30a. wood and 2s. rent held for his life jointly as above of the abbess of Shaftesbury by knight’s service. All the aforesaid lands &c. thus jointly held ought to revert, after the death of the said Alice, to Thomas son and heir of the said Thomas and his heirs. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (2.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 110.
313.	HENRY TAILLOUR or LE TAYLLOUR of Chiltyngton.
	Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Henry and who has been in possession of his lands since his death. 18 November, 30 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Wormynghurst, Monday after the Purification, 31 Edward III.
	Chyltyngton. A messuage and 15a. arable held of the king, as of the manor of Chyltyngton, which the king had of the gift of Roger Bavent, knight, by service of 4s. yearly and suit of court every three weeks. Thakham. 26a. land held of Stephen Power by service of rendering 11d. yearly. Pulbergh. 3a. land held of Henry Husee by fealty only. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 4 March, 26 Edward III. John Chapman, son of Juliana Chapman, sister of the deceased, aged 36 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (3.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 111. (2.)
314.	EDMUND BACOUN and MARGERY HIS WIFE.
	Writ to the sheriff of Essex. Whereas, after taking the fealty of William son of John de Molyns, who married Margery daughter of the said Edmund, who was said to be his sole heir, as well for all the lands and tenements which Margery de la Beche, deceased, sometime wife of the said Edmund, held of the king in chief in dower or otherwise for her life of the inheritance of the aforesaid Margery, as for the lands &c. which the same Edmund held of the king in chief, the king ordered the said lands &c. to be delivered to the said William and Margery; nevertheless because, by an inquisition afterwards taken and returned into Chancery, it was found that John son of John de Burgherssh, deceased, tenant in chief, a minor in the king’s wardship, is another of the heirs of the said Edmund, whereby a moiety of the said lands &c. should belong by way of custody to the king until the lawful age of the said John son of John, the sheriff is to warn the said William and Margery to be in the Chancery on the morrow of the Close of Easter next to show cause why the lands &c. late of the said Edmund, so delivered to the said William and Margery, should not be resumed into the king’s hand, and divided between the said Margery and John son of John, one moiety to remain in the king’s hand until the lawful age of the said John son of John, and why the said William and Margery should not answer the king for a moiety of the issues &c. from the time those lands &c. were so delivered to them. Westminster, 30 March, 30 Edward III.
	Endorsed by the sheriff that he had warned William and Margery. Richard de Daventre, John de Newenham and William de Ford are admitted guardians of the said William and Margery to defend the suit. On which day a day was given on the octave of St. Michael. Memorandum. (Undated.) William son of John de Molyns and Margery his wife say that no lands late of Edmund Bacon delivered to them are held of the king in chief, except a parcel of the manor of Hatfeld Peverel, which is held of the king, as of the honour of Huntyngdon. The king should not have action against them to resume into his hand a moiety of the said lands &c. and to have a moiety of the issues thereof &c. (as above), because Edmund Bacon, her father, was seised of all the aforesaid lands &c. and enfeoffed thereof John de Bradewell, parson of the church of Olton, Robert de Jernemuth and William, parson of the church of Wydeford, who afterwards enfeoffed the said Edmund and Margery his wife and the heirs of their bodies. The said Edmund and Margery continued their estate all the lifetime of the said Edmund and after his death the said Margery continued the same for her life. They had issue only the said Margery wife of William, who is their sole heir by virtue of the aforesaid feoffments.
	Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of Edmund Bacoun and who has been in possession of his lands since his death. 16 November, 30 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. taken, by virtue of the above writ and two similar writs, one concerning Maud, late the wife of John de Burgherssh, kinswoman and heir of Edmund Bacoun, and the other concerning John de Burgherssh, at Watlyngton, Wednesday the feast of St. Clement, 30 Edward III.
	Ewelme. Lands &c. called ‘Spenseresfee’ (extent given, including 80a. hilly meadow and a wood called ‘Hoycroft’) and the advowson of the church held of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a barony; a toft, a carucate of land, 2a. meadow and 21s. rent and a messuage, a carucate of land at ‘La Dene’ held of Gerard del Isle by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee; a moiety of a carucate of land and 15s. rent held of the earl of Oxford by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee. La Dene. A virgate of land held of Sir Edward, prince of Wales and duke of Cornwall, by service of 3s. yearly. Tythrop. Two virgates of land and a dovecot held of William Was by service of 3d. yearly; half a virgate of land there held of John Tony, John Colyns and Gilbert Rolves by service of 2s. yearly. All the aforesaid lands &c. and advowson, together with certain lands &c. in Kyngeseye, co. Buckingham, make the manor of Ewelme, which Edmund Bacoun held to him and his heirs by Joan his wife. He died on 3 April, 10 Edward III. From that day until the 9th day of the same month the king, by William Trussel, then escheator, occupied the said manor and received the issues thereof; then William de Kerdeston, to whom the king granted the custody of the manor until the lawful age of Maud, daughter and heir of the said Edmund, and after her lawful age John de Burgherssh, who married her, and Maud had possession of the manor in her right and received the issues thereof until 20 May, 23 Edward III, when she died, and after her death the said John by the law of England held and possessed the said manor for life and received the issues thereof. He died on 30 June, 23 Edward III, and then Bartholomew de Burgherssh, by the king’s grant, occupied the said manor until the king granted it to Joan wife of John de Mohoun, who is still in possession. John son of the said John de Burgeherssh, and Maud his wife, daughter of William de Kerdeston, kinswoman and heir of the said Edmund, aged 10 years and more, is heir of the same Edmund Bacoun, Maud, and John de Burgherssh.
	Writ to the treasurer and chamberlains, directing them to send a transcript of a fine levied 5 Edward III, before William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench, between Edmund Bacoun and Joan his wife, complainants, and Adam Bacoun and John de Catfeld, deforciants, touching the manor of Ewelme. 16 November, 30 Edward III.
	Transcript of the fine, dated at Westminster on the Purification, 5 Edward II, made before William de Bereford, Lambert de Trikingham, Hervey de S[t]anton, John de Benstede and Henry le Scrop, justices. The said Edmund acknowledged the said manor to be the right of the said Adam and John, who granted it to the said Edmund and Joan and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Edmund. Endorsed: John Bacon apposes his claim &c. Henry Bacon apposes his claim &c.
	Writ to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, directing them to send a transcript of the account rendered by William Trussell, late escheator on this side Trent, of the issues of the manor of Ewelm, co. Oxford, late of Edmund Bacoun. 16 November, 30 Edward III.
	Extract from the account of William Trussell, late escheator co. Oxford, 10 Edward III. He renders account of 8s. 2d. of the issues of the manor of Ewelme, co. Oxford, which Edmund Bacon held of the king by service of a twentieth part of a barony, viz. from 3 April in the tenth year, on which day the said Edmund died, to the ninth day of the same month, when the escheator delivered that manor to William de Kerdeston by the king’s writ, in which it is contained that the king by a fine of 120l. received by the hands of H. bishop of Lincoln, treasurer, at Waltham Holy Cross, has granted the custody of the same manor to the said William until the lawful age of the said Edmund’s heir.
	Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of Margery late the wife of Edmund Bacoun and who has been in possession of her lands since her death, 26 November, 30 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Chelmersford, Tuesday before St. Peter’s Chair, 31 Edward III.
	Hatfeld Peverel. The manor (extent given, including various groves and woods containing 52 acres, and a leet held on Tuesday in Whitsun week) held for her life by gift of John de Catfeld, clerk, and Robert de Jernemuth, to Edmund her husband, now long deceased, and the said Margery and the heirs male of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Edmund. The said Edmund and Margery died without heir male of their bodies and the said manor came into the hands of King Edward I by the forfeiture of Richard de Southcherch, tenant of the manor, as they understand. Afterwards the king granted it to Alexander Quyntyn for his life, with remainder to Edmund Bacoun and his heirs. The said manor was held from the time of the said forfeiture, and still is held, of the king. Before the said forfeiture it was held of the earl of Hereford and Essex by service of a pair of gilt spurs, price 12d., of which rent the said earl has always been in possession, whether justly or unjustly the jury know not. She died on 20 March, 23 Edward III. Margery, daughter of the said Edmund and Margery, aged 20 years and more, married to William de Molyns, and John, son of John de Burgherssh and Maud his wife, daughter of William de Kerdeston, kinswoman of the said Edmund, aged 10 years, are heirs of the said Edmund. The said William de Molyns and Margery his wife have been in possession of the said manor and received the issues thereof from Thursday after Palm Sunday, 26 Edward III, until now, and the escheator in Essex and the escheator of the king’s chamber were in possession from the day of the said Margery’s death until the aforesaid Thursday.
	Similar writ, 16 November, 30 Edward III. The endorsement refers to more than one inquisition annexed.
SUFFOLK.	Inq (fn. 1) taken at Lowystoft, Friday before Christmas day, 30 Edward III.
	Olton. The manor (extent given), including a wood called ‘Baconesgrove’ and a fishery and the advowson of the church held for her life, of the king in chief by service of 12s. yearly and suit at the hundred of Ludynglond every three weeks and at the sheriff’s tourn twice a year and rendering 6d. yearly. Date of death and heirs as last above. Robert Bacoun occupied the said manor for a year and the aforesaid William de Molyns and Margery have occupied it and received the issues thereof from the feast of St. John the Baptist, 25 Edward III, until now.
	Writ to the treasurer and chamberlains, directing them to forward transcripts of the following feet of fines to the Chancery, viz. one in 20 Edward II, levied before Hervey de Staunton and his associates, then justices of the Bench, between Edmund Bacoun and Margery his wife, complainants, and Geoffrey de Corton, guardian of the said Margery, and John de Catfeld, clerk, and Robert de Jernemuth, deforciants, touching the manor of Hatfeld Peverel; another levied 8 Edward III, before William de Herle and his associates, between the said Edmund and Margery, complainants, and Thomas de Bradewell, parson of the church of Salle, and Robert de Jernemuth the younger, deforciants, touching the manor of Houton and four messuages, two mills, 200a. land, 10a. meadow, 20a. pasture, 60a. marsh and 100s. rent in Olton, Carleton, Lewystoft and Flixton, and the advowson of the church of Olton; and another levied 1 Edward III, before the said William de Herle and his associates, between the said Edmund and Margery, complainants, and John de Catford, clerk, and Robert de Jernemuth, deforciants, touching the manor of Gresham, a messuage, 36a. land, 10a. meadow, and 6s. 8d. rent in Gresham. 16 November, 30 Edward III.
	Transcripts of the said fines. The first is dated at Westminster on the octave of St. Martin, 20 Edward II; the second at York on the quinzaine of St. Michael, 8 Edward III; and the third at Westminster on the quinzaine of Easter, 1 Edward III.
	Writ to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, directing them to examine the Red Book in the Exchequer and other memoranda there touching the tenure of the manor of Hatfeld. 15 January, 30 Edward III.
	Return. It was found in the book of fees at the Exchequer touching Essex, under the title ‘Inquisitions taken concerning the lands of Normans and Britons and other strangers in co. Essex’: Hugh de Burgo, earl of Kent, holds the manor of Hatfeld Peverel of the gift of William le Blount; which manor King John gave to Geoffrey son of Peter, viz. three carucates of land, worth 30l. yearly, and the same land was of Robert son of Arnisius the Norman. It was found also in the Red Book, under the title ‘Names of knights holding of the honour of Hatfeld Peverell’: Hubert de Burgo, two fees Hatfeld Peverell and Depedale. And in the book of Domesday, in which a description was made (facta) in the time of King William of the whole land, as well forest as pasture and meadow, and also arable, by counties, hundreds (centuriatas) and hides, and noted with ordinary (communibus) words and drawn up into the same book, as namely, so that each one content with his own right shall not usurp that of another with impunity, the name of the king being set at the head of that chapter and then in order the names of other nobles (procerum) holding of the king in chief according to the dignity of their estate. It was found viz. in Essex, under the title of Ranulf Piperell, thus: ‘Hundred of Witham. R. holds Hadfeld in demesne, which Aylmer held in the time of King Edward as a manor and as 9 hides and 82a. Always five ploughs in the demesne. Then 13 ploughs of the men, now 11. Then 12 villeins, now 13. Then 12 bordars, now 38. Then 10 serfs, now 7. Wood for 700 swine. Fifty acres of meadow. Then two mills, now one. Of this manor Serlo and Ernulf and Richard hold three hides and twenty acres, worth 4l., included in the above valuation, and five knights hold of R. four hides and fifteen acres, held by 13 free men in the time of King Edward. Always 7 ploughs, 16 bordars, 2 villeins and 2 serfs, and 1 mill, worth 4l.’ This book is called Domesday, that is, day of judgment, by metaphor for, just as the sentence of that last strict and terrible examination can be escaped by no art of tergiversation, so when a dispute shall arise in the kingdom touching words which are entered there, when recourse is had (ventum fuerit) to the book, its sentence cannot be set at naught (infatuari) or declined with impunity. (fn. 2)
	C. Edward III. File 134. (4.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 109 and 112.
315.	MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF EDMUND BACOUN.
	Writ (not enrolled).
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Loystoft, Friday before Christmas, 30 Edward III.
	Oulton. The said Margery held the manor (extent given) for life of the king in chief in socage by service of 12s. yearly at the king’s castle of Norwich. She died on 20 March at Caleys, as the jury understand, 20 Edward III. Margery, daughter of the said Margery and Edmund, married to William de Molyns, and John, son of John de [Burgherssh] and Maud his wife, daughter of William de Kerdeston, kinswoman of the said Edmund, aged 20 and 10 years respectively, are the heirs of the said Edmund.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 109d.
316.	EDMUND BACOUN and MARGERY HIS WIFE.
	Writ not enrolled.
NORFOLK.	Inq. (fn. 3) taken at Gresham, 28 December, 30 Edward III.
	Gresham. Edmund Bacoun and Margery his wife held the manor (extent given) to them and the heirs of Edmund, of the heirs of John de Warenne, late earl of Surrey, as of the castle of Castelacre, by service of two knights’ fees.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 109.
317.	MATTHEW FITZ HERBERT.
	Writ, 30 December, 30 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Kyngesclere, Monday after the Purification, 31 Edward III.
	Wolfreton. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held jointly with Margaret his wife of the king in chief by knight’s service for one knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 16 December last without heir of his body. Margaret and Elizabeth, daughters and heirs of Reynold Fitz Herbert, brother of the said Matthew, are the heirs of the said Matthew. Margaret is 14 years of age and more and Elizabeth 9 years.
	Writ, 30 December, 30 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.	Inq. taken at Gloucester, Wednesday the feast of St. Peter in the Chair, 31 Edward III.
	Harsefeld. A messuage and a carucate of land held of Edward de Sancto Johanne ‘le neveu’ in fee tail by fine levied in the king’s court between the said Edward and the deceased, to the latter and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Reynold his brother for life, and reversion to the said Edward and his heirs. The said Reynold died five years ago. The said Matthew died without heir of his body on 4 December, 30 Edward III. He held the premises of the said Edward, who held them of the king in chief by knight’s service for a quarter of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
	Writ, 30 December, 30 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, Monday in the second week of Lent, 31 Edward III.
	Wighton, Wyrthorp and Lonnesburgh. The manors, and the advowson of the church of Lonnesburgh. He was sometime seised of these, but gave them to John Mascelyn, parson of the church of Ludesholme, and John de Frollebury, chaplain, who, by fine levied in 14 Edward III, gave the said manors and advowson to the said Matthew for life, with successive remainders to Edward de Sancto Johanne and Eva his wife for their lives, Edward son of the said Edward and Eva and the heirs of his body, John son of the said Edward and Eva and the heirs of his body, and the right heirs of the said Matthew. The said Edward and Eva died long before the said Matthew; their son Edward survives. The manor of Wighton (extent given) is but a moiety of a manor and is held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by homage and by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. Sir John de Tibetoft holds the other moiety of the said manor, but formerly it was called an entire manor. The manor of Lonnesburgh is held of the archbishop of York by knight’s service. The manor of Wyrthorp is held of the same archbishop by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 1 January last. Alice, daughter of Reynold son of Herbert, kinsman (consanguineus, sic) of the said Matthew, is his heir in blood, but no inheritance descends to her as yet in the said county by the said Matthew’s death. The said manors and advowson should remain to Edward, son of the aforesaid Edward and Eva, who survives, by virtue of the aforesaid fine. He is 23 years of age and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (5.)
318.	EVA, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE TATESHALE, knight.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis &c. touching fees &c. held by the said Eva for life of the king in chief, of the inheritance of Adam de Clifton and John de Orreby, kinsmen and heirs of Robert de Tateshale, and of Robert son of William de Bernak, to whom John son of William de Bernak, kinsman and the third of the heirs of the said Robert, in his lifetime granted his pourparty of the aforesaid fees and advowsons, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body. 1 April, 30 Edward III.
	Endorsed: Adam de Clifton appoints Thomas Grace his attorney and Robert son of William de Bernak appoints John de Hagh to be present at the partition of the said fees, &c., and to receive their respective pourparties. (Also) Shropham, Saturday the eve of Palm Sunday, at Bukenham Castel.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Bukenham Castel, 15 April, 30 Edward III.
	She held, as stated in the writ, the following:— Brounham. Three knights’ fees held by Thomas de Sneterton. Snetesham and Cangham. Three parts of a knight’s fee held by John de Thorp and Alice his wife. Blonorton. A moiety of a knight’s fee held by Pernell late the wife of Roger de Brom. Gatisthorp. A knight’s fee held by John de Berdewelle and his parceners. Berwyk. A fourth part of a knight’s fee held by Roger de Gatisthorp. Sandringham. A fourth part of a knight’s fee held by Peter de Snetes ham. Schelfhanger. A sixth part of a knight’s fee held by Roger de Hoo. Besthorp and Hokham. A moiety of a knight’s fee held by William Cursoun. Herlingge and Brigham. A moiety of a knight’s fee held by John Faukener. Besthorp. A knight’s fee held by [Hen]r[y] Page. Derssingham. A moiety of a knight’s fee held by Isabel de Veteri Aula. Hadisco. A sixth part of a fee held by the prior of St. Olave’s and his parceners. Massingham. A moiety of a knight’s fee held by Thomas de Feltham. Toftes and Brechham. Two parts of a knight’s fee held by Roger de Toftes. Ingham and Waxnesham. A knight’s fee held by John de Ingham. Hornigtoft [Hornyngtoft in summary] and Kyptone. A knight’s fee held by Nicholas de Castello and Hugh de Sprouxton. Hillyngtone. A moiety of a knight’s fee held by Roger son of Osbert. Denton. A fourth part of a knight’s fee held by Robert de Ocle; a fourth part of a knight’s fee held by Robert de Bosco. Brom. 2 1/4 knights’ fees held by Robert de Brom. Denton. The advowson of the church. Tasburgh. The advowson of the church.
	Summary extent of the above knights’ fees and advowsons. (Undated.)
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (6.)
319.	ROBERT DE DOOL or DE DOLE.
	Writ, 18 April, 30 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Losele in the parish of St. Nicholas in Ertyngdon by Guldeford, 21 May, 30 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the hundred of Godalmyng. Losele in the parish of St. Nicholas of Guldeforde. A solar situated on the east side of the hall of Losele held of Thomas Semor by knight’s service, for what part the jury know not, and the said Thomas Semor holds of Gilbert Clare, late earl of Gloucester. Imbehamme in the parish of Chidyngfold in the aforesaid hundred. A chief messuage, 25a. arable, 30a. wood, 9s. 7 1/2d. rent of free tenants and 12d. perquisites of court held of the aforesaid Thomas de Semor by knight’s service, for what part the jury know not. Thomas holds of the aforesaid Gilbert by knight’s service. Losele in Ertyngdon in the parish of St. Nicholas by Guldeford. Twenty marks yearly rent held for life from lands which, four years before his death, he alienated to his daughter Joan, late the wife of John de Bures, for her life at the aforesaid rent. The said tenements are held with a member of Imbehamme, as abovesaid, of Thomas de Semor by service of a knight’s fee. Imbehamme in Chidyngfold. 25a. arable on the weald (walda), 30a. wood, &c. held of the bishop of Salisbury by service of 18s. 8d. yearly and suit at the bishop’s court at Godalmyng every three weeks. He held no other lands &c. in the hundred of Godalmyng. He died on 22 March, 30 Edward III. The aforesaid Joan, aged 60 years, and John son of John de Norton, a minor in the king’s wardship, aged 16 years, are his heirs.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Batricheseye, 4 June, 30 Edward III.
	Batricheseye. Eight marks yearly rent for life from lands &c. called ‘Brugges’ demised to Joan his daughter for her life, as in the last inquisition, held of the abbot of Westminster by service of rendering 34s. yearly and doing suit at his court of Batricheseye every three weeks. He held no other lands &c. within the liberty of the abbot of Westminster in Surrey. Date of death and heirs as above.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Lyngefeld, 2 June, 30 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the hundred of Tanrugge. Lyngefeld. 7a. arable, 8a. wood and 33s. rent of free tenants who owe no suit of court, held of the abbot of Hide by service of doing suit at the said abbot’s court of Saundrestede on the feast of St. Andrew and at the king’s hundred of Tanrugge every three weeks. He held no other lands &c. in the aforesaid hundred. Date of death not stated. Heirs as above.
SUSSEX.	RAPE OF ARUNDEL. Inq. taken at Billyngeshurst, 23 May, 30 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the rape. Billyngeshurst. 60a. sterile land on the weald, 40a. wood held of Robert Polyngfold by service of rendering 6d. yearly and 4d. to Henry Tregoz, knight, for sheriff’s aid, and by doing suit at the court of the alien abbot of Fécamp at Billyngeshurst every three weeks. He held no other lands &c. in the aforesaid rape. Date of death and heirs as above.
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Borham, 30 May, 30 Edward III.
	Mankeseye, Wertlyng and Cattesfeld. 10l. yearly rent held for his life from tenements demised by him to John de Batelesford for his life, with remainders for life to Joan, late the wife of John de Bures, John de Bures, knight, son of the said Joan, and, together with the lands &c. after the death of John de Batelesford, to the right heirs of the deceased. The tenements in Mankeseye, which are within the limits of the Cinque Ports, viz. of Pevensey, are held of Philippa, queen of England, by service of 10s. yearly. There are 8s. rent from free tenants in Wertlyng and Cattesfeld, tenure not known. Date of death and heirs as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (7.)
320.	ALAN, SON OF ALAN DE CHERLETON.
	Writ of plenius certiorari. Whereas it was found by inquisition that the said Alan held the hamlet of Haskercote, co. Salop, of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, as of the crown, by service of finding a footman with bow and arrows in the Welsh war at his own costs for forty days; and also in service 20l. yearly rent issuing from the manors of Aston Aer and Withiford, co. Salop, demised by him to Alan de Cherleton his father, who survives, for life at that rent, and that John son of the said Alan the son was his heir and was then 15 years old, and the escheator was ordered to take the said 20l. yearly rent into the king’s hand and answer at the Exchequer for the same from the time of the death of the said Alan the son until the lawful age of the said heir: now the king has heard, on behalf of Richard, earl of Arundel, that the said hamlet of Haskercote was long since held of Roger de Bedlem by a certain service, which came to the king’s hands by way of escheat, so the said hamlet is held of the king as of the estate of the said Roger and not of the crown of England, and neither the king nor his progenitors ever had right of custody; wherefore the said earl has prayed the king for remedy. 18 October, 30 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Wenlok, 28 January, 31 Edward III.
	Hagercote. The hamlet is not held of the king in chief through an escheat (per viam escaete) because it was formerly held of Roger Belhem, late earl of the whole county of Salop, by service of finding a footman with bow and arrows in the Welsh war at the costs of the tenant of the said hamlet for forty days, of which services the said Roger died seised in demesne as of fee; and after his death the said services with other lands &c. descended to one Hugh, his son and heir, who died without heir; of himself and after his death the said services &c. descended to Robert, the said Hugh’s brother and heir, who also died without heir, and after his death the said services &c. came to the hands of the king’s progenitors as an escheat, but at what time they so came the jury know not. Neither the said Roger nor his heirs ever had any estate in the said hamlet save only the said services. King Edward II had the custody of the said hamlet by reason of the minority of Margery, daughter and heir of Thomas Fitz Ayer after the said Thomas’s death. At the same time Edmund, earl of Arundel, father of the present earl, had the custody of the manor of Aston Aer and of a moiety of the manor of Withiford by reason of the same minority, because the said manor and moiety were held of him by knight’s service. The said earl and all his ancestors time out of mind always had the custody of the said manor and moiety during minorities. Neither the king nor any of his progenitors ever had the custody of the manors of Aston Aer and Withiford by reason of a minority. Moreover, John Fitz Ayer was tenant of the said hamlet after the aforesaid Roger Belhem’s death and died seised thereof; after the said John’s death it descended to Hugh his son and heir. This Hugh enfeoffed William Canne of the said hamlet, who enfeoffed the said Hugh and Aline his wife, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Hugh; after their death the hamlet descended to Thomas, son and heir of the said Hugh, who died seised thereof. After his death it descended to Margery, his daughter and heir, and afterwards it came to the hands of Alan son of Alan de Cherleton, but how they know not. This Alan son of Alan died seised thereof, and after his death it descended to John, his son and heir, by reason of whose minority it is now in the king’s custody. The aforesaid Roger de Belhem died at Quatford, co. Salop, but the day is not known. The hamlet of Hagercote never was held [of the king or of] his progenitors after the said Roger’s death unless by way of escheat. Alan son of Alan de Cherlynton held in service on the day he died 20l. yearly rent issuing from the manors of Aston Aer and Withiford, co. Salop, which he had demised at that rent to Alan de Cherlynton, his father, who survives, for his life. (fn. 4) The said Alan son of Alan held the manor of Aston Aer of the earl of Arundel by knight’s service and the moiety of the manor of Withiford of the same earl by knight’s service and the other moiety of William le Boteler of Wemme by knight’s service. He died on this side the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 23 Edward III. John, son of Thomas son of Alan, aged 15 years at Easter last, is his heir. Petition of the earl of Arundel to the king and council, referred to in the preceding inquisition. (Undated.) (French.) Endorsed: Let order be forthwith given to the escheator or by commission to suitable persons to inquire on the points of this petition and that the said inquisition be returned into the Chancery; and thereupon let right be done to the king and to the party. (French.) Fragment, beginning ‘John Gaunt who follows for the king … reserving of the two manors Ast[on Aer] … Arundel, and the other moiety of … entire and not separated … rent aforesaid.’ Transcript of the inquisition post mortem [vol. ix, no. 459] and the foregoing petition, writ and inquisition, after which it is added that the said earl came before the king’s council at Westminster and prayed that the custody of the said yearly rent of 20l. be delivered to him, because it was found by the said inquisition that Alan son of Alan of Cherleton held the said rent of him by knight’s service and that he held no lands &c. of the king as of the crown, but by way of escheat, as of the estate of Roger de Bethlem, sometime earl of Salop. There was nowhere found any record expressly proving the contrary, and especially since it was found in the Red Book (fn. 5) of fees in the Exchequer, in the chapter concerning the combustion of money, that the whole county of Salop, of which the services of the aforesaid hamlet of Haskercote are parcel, was in the king’s hand, and not as of right of his crown, in which case it is not consonant with right that any title to hold should accrue to him during his seisin other than the first title, by reason whereof the said services first came to the hands of the king’s progenitors. Wherefore the said earl prays before the council that the verification he brings forward be admitted or that the custody of the said rent be delivered to him. Endorsed: Salop. Let a copy be made of the record between King Edward III and the then earl of Arundel, touching the lands which were of Alan son of Alan de Cherlton in the aforesaid county.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (8.)
321.	JOHN, SON OF EDMUND DE BEREFORD or DE BERFORD, knight.
	Writ, 10 December, 30 Edward III.
WARWICK.	Inq. taken at Southam, 16 January, 30 Edward III.
	Shoteswelle, Stonythorp, Langeleye and Wysshawe. The manors held to him and the heirs of his body by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to Baldwin his brother, who survives. The said John died without heir of his body. The aforesaid manor of Shoteswell is held of Robert Fitz Gy by knight’s service; the manor of Stonythorp of the heir of John de Oddyngseles, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service; the manors of Langel’ and Wysshawe of the earl of Warwick by knight’s service. He died in the parts of Gascony, date not known. Heir not given.
	Writ, 10 December, 30 Edward III.
DERBY.	Inq. taken at Meysham. (fn. 6)
	Meysham. The manor held of Isabella, queen of England, by service of half a knight’s fee. Sutton. The manor held of Henry, duke of Lancaster, by service of half a knight’s fee and suit of the court of Tuttebir’ every three weeks. He had no other lands &c. within the bailiwick. Date and place of death not known, because he died out of the kingdom of England. Baldwin de Berford his brother, aged 24 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 10 December, 30 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Stene, Thursday after the Purification, 31 Edward III.
	Stene. The manor (extent given), including three carucates of land, each of 80a., and a mill called ‘Clakke,’ and the advowson of the church, held of the manor of Wedon Pynkenye, which lady Isabel, the king’s daughter, holds by knight’s service. Farnyngho. A messuage and six virgates of land, each of 144a., held in chief of Robert del Isle by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. The deceased gave all the aforesaid premises to Sir Robert de …., who by fine levied in the king’s court granted them to the deceased for life, with remainder to John his son and the heirs of his body. He died on Wednesday after the feast of St. Michael, 30 Edward III. Heir, Baldwin de Bereford, knight, as above.
	Writ, 10 December, 30 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Brightwell, 14 February, 31 Edward III.
	Chalgrave. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill with ‘heytes,’ held of Sir Edward, prince of Wales and duke of Cornwall, as of his honour of Walyngford, by service of a knight’s fee. Nywenham. The manor (extent given), including two carucates of land in demesne containing 260a. arable, similarly held by service of a knight’s fee. Brightwell. The manor (extent given), viz. a chief messuage and a carucate of land, held of the heirs of Richard Park of Brightwell by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee; also another messuage and a virgate of land held of the heirs of Richard Park by service of 5s. yearly; also a third capital messuage and two virgates of land held of the prioress of Lutlemor by service of 14s. 4d. yearly; also a fourth messuage with a dovecot and a virgate of land held of the abbot of Missynden by service of 7s. yearly; also 6a. land held of Richard Salvayn by service of 2s. yearly, and 6a. wood and 10l. rent of free tenants. All held of the gift of Philip de Engelfeld, knight, and Robert de Brightwell, clerk, who enfeoffed thereof Edmund de Bereford and John his son and the heirs of the body of the said John, with remainders successively to Baldwin, brother of the said John, and the heirs of his body and the right heirs of the said Edmund de Bereford by a fine levied in the king’s court. He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the county. Date of death as above. He has no heir, because he was a bastard and died without heir of his body lawfully begotten.
BERKS.	Inq. taken at La Russhe, 15 February, 31 Edward III.
	La Russhe. The manor (extent given) held by gift of Philip de Engelfeld, knight, and Robert de Brightwell, clerk, who enfeoffed thereof the said Edmund and John his son, as in the last inquisition. The said manor is held of Sir Edward, prince of Wales and duke of Cornwall, as of his honour of Walyngford, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. There are of the same manor at West Wyttenham 10a. arable held of John Louches of Gersyndon by service of 10d. yearly. He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (9.)
322.	ELIZABETH DE SEYVANCE.
	Writ, 20 November, 30 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. taken at Canterbury, Saturday after St. Andrew, 30 Edward III.
	Meltone. The manor held for her life of the honour of Gloucester by service of a knight’s fee, a (unius) homage and suit of the court of the said honour of Tonebregg every three weeks. Littlebourn and Welles. 10l. free rent held for her life. Wyngeham. 4l. 2s. rent and rent of 40 hens held for her life. She held no more lands &c. in the county. She died on Friday the feast of SS. Simon and Jude, 30 Edward III. William, son of William de Seyvance, aged 15 years, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 134. (10.)