Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 155

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 155


641.	JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF THOMAS DE BEKERYNG.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Robert de Herle. 27 October, 34 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Proof of age taken at Laxton, 24 November, 34 Edward III.
	William de Hakenthorp, aged 50 years, says that the said John was 21 years of age at the feast of St. Laurence last, having been born at Laxton on that feast, 13 Edward III, and baptized in the church there on the same day, and this he knows because he was with Thomas, father of the said John, as his esquire and was sent for the abbot of Rufford to baptize him. William de Knapethorp, aged 53 years, agrees and says that he was present in the church when the said John was baptized. Robert son of Richard, aged 60 years, agrees and says that on the day the said John was born he buried Katherine his wife. John Warde and Nicholas Syccler (?), both aged 40 years, agree and say that on the day of the baptism they with others were before the coroner at Laxton on account of a mischance that had happened there. William de Hull of Laxton, John le Chapman of Laxton and John Fusel of Laxton, all 43 years of age, agree and say that they were at Laxton with a great multitude of people about the raising of the belfry (campanil’) of the church of Laxton when the said John was baptized. Henry de Suthewell, aged 45 years, agrees and says that on the day the said John was baptized he married Katherine, daughter of Robert Russel. Stephen de Walesby, William Whythed and William son of William de Tuxford, all 44 years of age, agree and say that they were at Laxton at a wedding between Robert le Whit and Emma his wife and saw the said John carried to church to be baptized. The escheator warned Robert de Herle by Richard de Pensax and Robert Warde, but he came not nor troubled to send anyone in his stead.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (1.)
642.	JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF HUGH TYREL.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Ralph de Baggelegh, executor of the will of John de Grey of Ruthyn. 6 February, 34 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. taken at Hereford, 24 February, 34 Edward III.
	The jury say that the said John was 21 years of age complete on 3 February last. John Hevyne and Hugh de Lunteleye say that he was born at Rode on 3 February, A.D. 1338, and on the morrow was baptized in the church of Presteinde, they being his godfathers. John de la Bere agrees and says that his own son William was born and baptized on the same day in the same church, and he is now of age. Moreover his mother, the wife of the said John, died at his birth. Thomas de Shelewyke agrees and says that on the day the said John was baptized his manor house of Shelewyke was by misfortune burned down and on account of his great loss that day always runs in his memory. John de Crofte agrees and says that his beloved sister Margaret died on the day the said John was born and he caused her death to be entered in the missal of the church of Crofte in these words:— Margaret de Crofte died on the third day of February in the twelfth year of the reign of King Edward the Third—which writing appears plainly to this day. William de Sarnesfeld agrees and says that on the day the said John was baptized he procured a letter from the vicar of the church of Aylmunstre to the rector of the church of Sarnesfeld certifying that he had proclaimed the banns between him and Iseult Broun, whom he afterwards married, and the date of this was 3 February in the aforesaid year. All the other jurors, viz. Thomas Hervy, John Aubrey, Walter de Brompton, Nicholas de Bergeveney, John le Smyth and William de Hamenassh, agree and say that they were at the aforesaid church at the baptism and caused the day of the birth to be written in the missal in these words:—John, son of Hugh Tyrel, was born on the third day of February, A.D. 1338, in the town of Rode. The escheator warned Ralph de Baggelegh by Ralph le Leghe and Robert Gibbe to be present, but he came not.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (2.)
643.	JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF RALPH DE FRECHEVILL.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Roger de Chesterfeld, the king’s clerk. 12 July, 34 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Proof of age taken at Nottingham, 28 August, 34 Edward III.
	Roger, son of Gervase de Wylford, aged 60 years, says that the said John was 21 years of age at the feast of St. Andrew last, having been born at Clifton, co. Nottingham, on that feast in 12 Edward III, and baptized on the same day in the church of Clyfton, and he knows this because he was with Ralph the father as his esquire at that time. Roger, son of Ralph de Wylford, aged 58 years, agrees and says that on that day he buried Joan his wife. Richard de Selleston, aged 54 years, agrees and says that he was present in the church when the said John was baptized. Richard de Hiclyng, aged 50 years, agrees and says that he married Margaret, daughter of Ellis de Brademere, on the same day. John, son of Emma de Beeston, aged 51 years, agrees and says that on the day the said John was born his eldest son Roger was drowned in a river called Trente. William Aleyn of Clifton, aged 49 years, agrees and says that he buried Katherine his wife on that day. Nicholas Styward of Clyfton, aged 47 years, agrees and says that on the day the said John was born he started on his journey to Santiago. William Maucy of Rudynton, aged 45 years, agrees and says that on the same day Roger his eldest son was born. John Huwet of Rudynton and Robert Scot, both 40 years of age, agree and say that on that day they were before the coroner, with others, at Clifton for a misadventure that happened there. John le Smyth of Clyfton and John de Edwalton, both 42 years of age, agree and say that on the day the said John was born they were at Clifton with a great multitude of people about the raising of the belfry of the church of Clifton. The escheator warned Roger de Chesterfeld by Roger Somer and Thomas le Hunte to be present, but he came not.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (3.)
644.	HUGH, SON AND HEIR OF ALAN LA ZOUCHE.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Hugh, whose lands &c. are in the custody of John de Bello Campo of Warrewyk and Nicholas Damory. 8 June, 34 Edward III.
WORCESTER.	Proof of age taken at Worcester, 20 June, 34 Edward III.
	Roger le Porter and William de Wolashull, both 50 years of age and more, say that the said Hugh, who was born at Poywyk and baptized in the church there, was 21 years of age on Michaelmas day last, and they know this because they purchased on the same day a carucate of land at Wolashull, of which they have a charter, by the date whereof they know. Walter Felde, Philip de Spechesley, John Spenser and Thomas de Clyfton, all 50 years of age and more, agree and say that on the day the said Hugh was baptized in the said church a concord was made between them and William West at Poywyk concerning a litigation, and an acquittance was made thereof, by the date of which they know that the said Hugh is of full age. Walter de Newenton, Stephen Thorkel and William Redewy, all 50 years of age and more, agree and say that on the day the said Hugh was baptized one Robert atte Birche gave them a bond for 20l., by the date of which they know that the said Hugh is of full age. John de Clyvelode, Walter Folhardy and John Sabyn, all 50 years of age and more, agree and say that on the day the said Hugh was baptized one Robert le Porter made his testament and appointed them his executors and immediately after died, and so by the date of the testament they know that the said Hugh is of full age.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (4.)
645.	JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF ADAM DE GRYMSTEDE, knight.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, whose lands are in the custody of John Turbervill. 16 April, 34 Edward III.
WILTS.	Proof of age taken at Mere, Thursday after St. John before the Latin Gate, 34 Edward III.
	John Daungeus, aged 40 years and more, says that the said John is 22 years of age and more, having been born on Ascension day, 11 Edward III, at Meere and baptized in the church, the said John Daungeus being present with Adam the father, who gave him half a buck to remember the age of his son. Robert Balle, aged 38 years and more, agrees and says that he, in the company of the said Adam with John Daungeus and others was present at the baptism on Ascension day aforesaid, and the said Adam gave him a deerskin (coreum cervinum) to remember the age of his son. John Hodel, aged 50 years, Robert Horsyngton, aged 40 years, Roger Legh, aged 38 years, Anselm de Pymperleye, aged 40 years, John Lyngyure, aged 50 years, and John Dencok, aged 60 years, agree and say that they were present at the baptism and that John de Meere, great-grandfather of the heir, on the day of the baptism, to wit Ascension day, 11 Edward III, held a great feast of his neighbours at Chadenwych, at which they were present, and the said John gave each of them a pair of deerskin gloves to remember the age of the said heir. Robert Thurstayn, aged 51 years, Richard Godfray, aged 60 years, John Janekyn, aged 40 years, and James Colman, aged 38 years, agree and say that they were executors of Thomas Thurstayn, father of the said Robert, who died on the feast of SS. Philip and James next before the birth aforesaid, and they were present at the baptism; and so from the date of the testament and their presence at the baptism the age of the heir is manifest. The escheator warned John Turbervill to shew cause, if any, why the aforesaid heir should not have livery, but he came not nor sent anyone in his name.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (5.)
646.	JOHN, SON OF ELIZABETH SYFREWAST, KINSMAN AND HEIR OF ROBERT SYFREWAST of Hok and JOAN LATE HIS WIFE.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, whose lands are in the custody of Robert de Hadham, late escheator of the lands and tenements reserved to the king’s chamber. 16 April, 34 Edward III.
DORSET.	Proof of age taken at Cerne, Saturday after St. John before the Latin Gate, 34 Edward III.
	John de Haddon, aged 53 years and more, says that the said John is 21 years of age and more, having been born at Hoke, co. Dorset, on the feast of St. Martin, 11 Edward III, and baptized in the church of Porstoke, at which baptism the said John de Haddon was present with Robert Syfrewast, grandfather of the said John, who gave him a doe in his park of Hok to remember the age of the said heir. John Gerard, aged 62 years and more, agrees and says that he, in the company of the aforesaid Robert, with John de Haddon and others, was present at the baptism; he was at that time steward of the said Robert, and on the morrow of the birth he held the said Robert’s court at Hoke and by the date of the roll thereof the age of the said heir is manifest. John Wantynch, aged 56 years, John Godewyne, aged 60 years, William Cartere, aged 40 years, Philip Goff, aged 34 years, and John Hoke, aged 37 years and more, agree and say that on Tuesday after the birth aforesaid they were at Okford Fitzpayn at a noble (nobile) feast given by Robert le Fitzpayn, then lord of that town, at which Robert Syfrewast, the grandfather, was present and told his neighbours of the birth of his kinsman and heir. Edmund atte Well, aged 32 years, and John Quyntyn, aged 38 years, agree and say that they were present at the churching of Elizabeth, the mother, together with John Maubank, on Thursday after St. Gregory after the birth at Okleye, and there they paid John Maubank 30l. which they owed him, for which he gave them letters of acquittance, by the date of which the age of the heir is manifest to them. John Giles, aged 43 years, Thomas Salle, aged 36 years, and John Walissh, aged 42 years, agree and say that on Sunday after the aforesaid birth they took to farm of the abbot of Milton 60a. land and 12a. meadow in Upsidelyng for a term of 20 years, which term elapsed more than two years ago. The escheator informed Walter Syfrewast, bailiff of Robert de Hadham, late escheator of lands &c. reserved to the king’s chamber, as to the day and place aforesaid in case he had any objection to livery being given, who came and made no objection.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (6.)
647.	JOHN DE TYCHEBOURNE, SON AND HEIR OF ROGER DE TYCHEBOURNE.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, the lands of whose inheritance are in the custody of William, bishop of Winchester. 12 June, 34 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Proof of age taken at Winchester, Monday the feast of SS. Peter and Paul, 34 Edward III, in presence of Walter de Haywode, attorney of the bishop of Winchester.
	Nicholas Thornecoumbe, aged 34 years, John Saleman, aged 40 years, John atte Wode, aged 46 years, Roger le Archer, aged 32 years, William Canop, aged 32 years, Walter Stockere, aged 36 years, John Forester, aged 60 years, Robert Bon, aged 52 years, John Bene, aged 39 years, William Holte, aged 40 years, William le Smyth, aged 48 years, and William Honde, aged 34 years, say that the said Roger de Tychebourn on the day he died held nothing of the king in chief, but he held the manors of Tychebourn and Lemerston, which are held of the bishop of Winchester, the manor of Kempeshute, which is held of the lord Cyfrewast (domino Cyfrewast), and the manor of Wynesflod, which is held of the lord of St. John (domino de Sancto Johanne). John de Tychebourn, his son and heir, was 21 years of age on the eve of the Conception of the Blessed Mary last, having been born at Tychebourn on that day in the king’s eleventh year and baptized in the church there on the same day; and moreover John Haydon, late rector of the church of Alresford, was one of his godfathers and Alice, wife of Richard de Tychebourn, was his godmother. Moreover, they know his age, because the town of Suthampton on Tuesday the feast of St. Faith then following, in the king’s twelfth year, was burned by the king’s alien enemies.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (7.)
648.	RICHARD DE ROOS, KINSMAN AND HEIR OF RICHARD DE ROOS.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of Richard de Roos, kinsman and heir of Richard de Roos, who held of the king as of the manors of Skipsee and Cleton, lately in the king’s hand. 16 March, 34 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Proof of age taken at Hedon, 1 April, 34 Edward III.
	John de Veer, aged 54 years and more, says that the said Richard de Ros was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Peter in the Chair last, having been born at Ryngburgh and baptized in the church of Aldeburgh on that feast in 12 Edward III, and he knows this because one John de Norton, then parish chaplain of Aldeburgh, caused the year and day of the birth to be entered in the missal in the church there. Thomas de Lelle, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that his mother, Margery, was godmother and often told him of the time and day of the birth. John de Sprotle, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that he was in the service of Richard de Ros, deceased, the grandfather, as esquire at the time of the birth. Hugh Gult, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that Robert Gult, his father, died on the feast of the Purification next before the birth. John de Goushull, aged 54 years and more, agrees and says that at the feast of the Annunciation next after the birth he started on his journey to Santiago. Walter de Flynton, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that he was bailiff of Richard de Ros, the grandfather, of his manor of Ryngburgh, and rendered his account thereof at Michaelmas after the said birth and the date of the acquittance shews the said heir is of full age. Thomas Wele (?), aged 44 years, Robert Fotate, aged 60 years, and Thomas Grymston, aged 50 years, agree and say that at Mid-Lent next after the birth they were together at York in an inquisition of novel disseisin before Geoffrey le Scrop and his fellows, justices, between John Constable and Scholastica de Meaux concerning a tenement in Halsham. John de Sigelestorn, aged 54 years, and John Haukyn, aged 50 years and more, agree and say that the church of Aldeburgh was defiled by the shedding of blood therein at Easter after the birth of the said heir, and afterwards within a month was reconciled by the archbishop of York. Robert de Edenhale, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says the same as the last.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (8.)
649.	ABEL HUNTE, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN HUNTE.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Abel, the lands of whose inheritance are in the custody of Thomas de Poleye. 11 March, 34 Edward III.
	(Endorsed.) Certificate that Thomas de Poleye was warned and came, but made no objection.
ESSEX.	Proof of age taken at Spryngefeld, Sunday in Mid-Lent, 34 Edward III.
	John Sawyne, aged 36 years, says that the said Abel was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Scholastica last; he was present in the church of Spryngefeld when Abel was baptized, and mention of his birth was enrolled in the missal of the said church by Sir Abel, then rector, and godfather of the said Abel, on the day of St. Scholastica, 13 Edward III. John Bryen, aged 60 years, agrees and says that Thomas Bryen, his father, died at Spryngefeld on the feast of St. Blaise when the said Abel was born on the feast of St. Scholastica following, and his death is enrolled in the same missal. William Beneyt, aged 56 years, agrees and says that he had a son born of Juliana, his wife, at Chelmersford near Spryngefeld, Geoffrey by name, on Monday in Easter week, 13 Edward III, and he then heard that the said Abel was born on the feast of St. Scholastica next before, and the said Geoffrey if he lives will be 21 years of age in Easter week next. Edmund Lyon, aged 50 years, agrees and says that on the morrow of the Purification, 13 Edward III, he married Alice, daughter of John Pese, who was then servant of John Hunte, and Abel was born on the feast of St. Scholastica next following. John Bisshop, aged 44 years, agrees and says that he started on a pilgrimage to Santiago in Easter week, 13 Edward III, and the said Abel was born about the feast of St. Scholastica following. John Twene, aged 60 years, agrees and says that he had a cow-house burned by a tanner (tenatorem) of his about the time the said Abel was born. Richard Cobbe, aged 42 years, agrees and says that at the court of Hugh de Badewe, held at Spryngefeld on Tuesday after the Purification, 13 Edward III, he proved his age and had the lands of his inheritance after the death of Thomas Cobbe, his father, and the said Abel was born at the feast of St. Scholastica following. Richard Curteys, aged 54 years, agrees and says that he knows by common report and the testimony of trustworthy people. Thomas Bekke, aged 48 years, agrees and says that at the same time as the said Abel was born he had a brother named John dead and buried at Spryngefeld. Walter Porter, aged 45 years, agrees and says that at Michaelmas next after the birth of the said Abel he came to the house of John Hunte, the father, to be his servant and remained in his service ten years until the death of the said John, and so he is sure of the age. James Reband, aged 44 years, agrees and knows by the common report of the countryside. John Bette, aged 52 years, agrees and says that he heard and saw Isabel Wendovere, a woman of good condition, godmother of the said Abel, swear on the Book that the said Abel was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Scholastica last.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (9.)
650.	JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF THOMAS WALEWAYN.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, the lands of whose inheritance are in the custody of William Maugeant. He was born at La Hay in the March of Wales and baptized in the church there. 18 June, 34 Edward III.
	(Endorsed.) Certificate that William Maugeant was warned by Robert Parteriche and Roger Smalmorel.
MARCH OF WALES BY HEREFORD.	Inq (fn. 1) taken at Le Hay, 3 July, 34 Edward III.
	The jury, viz. Roger Ragon, Hugh de Calewe, Robert de Wyllenhale, Adam Coly, William le Sompter, Gervase le Budel, John Ely, Thomas Doon, Hugh de Motlowe, Robert de Greote, Robert de Deorneforde and Roger Cryketote, say that the said John was 21 years of age on 1 May last. Roger de Ragon remembers because his eldest son, John, was buried in the churchyard of the church of Hay on the same day as the said John was baptized in that church, and the death is always in his memory and he caused it to be entered in the missal in these words:— John, son of Roger Ragon, died on 1 May, A.D. 1329. Hugh remembers because on the day the said John was baptized in the church of Hay Sibyl, his daughter, was married to Roger de Hay in the same church, and he gave the said Roger and Sibyl at the church door a messuage and a virgate of land by a charter, dated on the feast of SS. Philip and James, 3 Edward III. Robert remembers because he was godfather and caused an entry to be made in the great psalter of the church in these words:—John, firstborn son of Thomas Walewayn, was born 1 May, 1329. Adam and William remember because in the year the said John was born the sun was in eclipse in those parts on 20 May, and on that day Joan, his mother, was churched, and on account of the eclipse they caused the day to be written in the red book called the Chronicle:—A.D. 1329. There was an eclipse of the sun on 20 May. Gervase knows because on the first Sunday of May, 3 Edward III, his hall and kitchen in Clifford by Hay were burned, and on that day he came to the house of Thomas Walewayn and asked him to let him a house to live in for the time being, and there he found the wife of the said Thomas lying in bed and the said John, her son, in a cradle (presepio) by his mother. John Ely remembers because on the day the said John was born the bishop of St. David’s dedicated an altar in the church of Clifford in honour of St. Andrew, and on the same altar is written in gold letters:—On the last day of April A.D. 1329 this altar was dedicated—and this inscription is plainly visible. Thomas Doon, Hugh de Motlowe, Robert de Greote, Robert de Deorneford and Roger Cryketote say that they went together to see the aforesaid evidences as to the date of the eclipse and the dedication of the altar. William Maugant was warned and came but could make no objection.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (10.)
651.	JOHN, SON OF THOMAS DE BOTHEBY.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, kinsman and heir of Robert de Botheby and Margery his wife, both deceased, who held of the king in chief as of the manors of Skipsee and Cleton, lately in the king’s hand, the lands of whose inheritance are in the custody of John de Botheby for a yearly farm; the proof to be taken in presence of the latter and of the bailiff of Isabel, the king’s daughter, of Brustwyk, to whom the king granted the said farm. 22 February, 34 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Proof of age taken at Hedon, 10 May, 34 Edward III.
	The said Robert and Margery are here said to have held as of the honour of Aumale (Albe Marlie). Edmund le Wasteneys, aged 60 years and more, says that the said John was 21 years of age on the feast of the Purification last, having been born at Ryhull and baptized in the church of Skeklyng on that feast at the beginning of 12 Edward III; and he knows this because on the day of the birth he started on his way from the parts of Holdernesse on pilgrimage to Santiago. Thomas de Lelle, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that he has a son, William, born at Christmas before the birth of the said John. John de Sprotteleye, aged 56 years and more, agrees and says that he was godfather of the said John. John de Veer, aged 50 years and more, and Hugh Gu …., aged 58 years, agree and say that the aforesaid Robert de Botheby, grandfather of the heir, gave Thomas his son and Eustachia, his wife, certain lands and tenements in Oteryngham in the liberty of Holdernesse at Easter after the birth of the said heir, and by the date of the charter thereof they shew the truth of his being of age. Thomas de Thornton, aged 50 years and more, Walter Faucumberge of Wythornwyk, aged 60 years, and Robert Frankysh, aged 60 years, agree and say that they were witnesses named in the aforesaid charter. Thomas Dole, aged 44 years and more, and John de Cotum, aged 58 years and more, agree and say that on the morrow of the birth they were together before John de Northorpe, then coroner of Holdernesse, touching a misadventure of three men drowned in the Humber. John de Villers, aged 56 years and more, and William de Frothyngham, aged 48 years and more, agree. John de Botheby and William de Fililod, bailiff of the lady Isabel, the king’s daughter, of the manor of Brustwyk, were present and made no objection to the taking of the proof aforesaid.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (11.)
652.	THOMAS ACHARD.
	Writ, 12 July, 34 Edward III.
DEVON.	Inq. taken at Exeter, Wednesday after (fn. 2) St. Leonard, 34 Edward III.
	Ludeswell. A third part of a messuage, a third part of two water-mills, fourscore acres of arable, la. meadow, 20a. wood and 40s. yearly rent of tenants, held in socage of William de la Souche, service not stated. Yeddeford. A third part of a messuage, 40a. arable, la. meadow and 20s. rent, held of the earl of Devon by knight’s service. Bettesthorn. A third part of a messuage, a third part of a mill, fourscore acres of arable, 2a. meadow and 8s. rent held of the same earl by knight’s service. All held as of the pourparty falling to him of the lands &c. late of John de Knovill, tenant in chief, by a partition between the said Thomas, William de Luscote and Alice his wife, deceased, sister and heir of Michael son of Anne, one of the daughters and heirs of the said John, the said Michael having died a minor in the king’s wardship, and John Duyn, son and heir of Eleanor the third of the daughters and heirs of the said John de Knovill. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on the last day of June last. Joan, daughter of the aforesaid William de Luscote and Alice, aged 7 years and more, and the aforesaid John Duyn, aged 24 years and more, are his kinsmen and heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (12.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 15. (13.)
653.	WILLIAM ATTE WELLE of Sandwich (de Sandwico).
	Writ to the escheator in Kent to assign dower to Agnes, late the wife of the said William, after having received her oath not to marry without the king’s licence. 3 March, 34 Edward III.
KENT.	Assignment of dower made at Grove in Wodenesbergh, 26 March, 34 Edward III, by view and aid of John Berton of Bereham, attorney of John de Coloygne, in whose custody are two parts of the manor, and others.
	Grove. The assignment gives field names and includes fields called ‘le Mote,’ Southfrogenhole and Northfrogenhole, and rents from the tenants of the manor of Poldre, the heirs of Bernefeld, the heirs of Arney and of Margery Yok.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (13.)
654.	ADAM DE BENTON.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Adam and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 6 May, 34 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Felton, 8 April, 35 Edward III.
	Howyk. A toft, 12a. land and a fourth part of a mill held for life of the inheritance of Beatrice, late his wife, deceased, of the king in chief by reason of the lands &c. late of John Mautalent, (fn. 3) late an adherent of the Scots the king’s enemies, being in the king’s hand by forfeiture of the same John, by fealty and service of 1d. yearly at Christmas. The said Adam held no other lands &c. in the county. He died about 30 years ago, exact day not known. Joan, daughter of John de Eslyngton, now married to Robert de Eslyngton, aged 15 years and more, is heir of the said Adam and Beatrice. Beatrice and the aforesaid John de Eslyngton, deceased, son and heir of Beatrice, and the aforesaid Joan were in possession of the premises from the time of the death of the said Adam until 10 April, 32 Edward III, when the escheator took them into the king’s hand.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (14.)
655.	JOHN COLVYLLE or DE COLVILLE, Knight.
	Writ after the death of the said John, who held of the bishopric of Ely, in the king’s hand. 27 July, 34 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. indented, taken at Bishops Lynn (Lein Episcopi), Thursday after Ascension day, 35 Edward III.
	Walsokene and Walpool. The deceased held nothing at the time of his death, but before his death he demised all his lands &c. to wit the manors of Walsokene and Walpool, to Edmund Noon, Ralph de Bigeneye, Peter de Horsseye, Nicholas de Massyngham and Thomas de Welle by a charter of feoffment dated Monday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 36 Edward III. The manor of Walsokene is held of the bishop of Ely, the prior of Lewes and Hugh Louwet, knight, by parcels and the manor of Walpool of the bishop of Ely and Roger M …, services not stated. The deceased died on 10 February, 34 Edward III. John his son, aged 24 years and more, is the next heir of his blood.
	Writ wanting.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Bishop’s Lynn, 5 August, 35 Edward III.
	Walsokene and Walpol. The deceased long before his death granted these manors as above, which are held of the bishopric of Ely by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. He died on 3 February, 33 Edward III. John his son, knight, aged 26 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 28 July, 34 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Wesebech, Monday after St. Nicholas, 34 Edward III (two copies with different jurors).
	Neuton. The manor (extent given) held by socage. Tyd. The manor (extent given, including 40a. pasture, of which 20a. are worth nothing because wasted by sea water) held by knight’s service. Both held of the king as of the bishopric of Ely. The deceased, before crossing beyond the sea, conveyed all his lands &c. to Edmund Noon, Nicholas de Massingham, Thomas Welle and Peter de Horseth on condition that, if he should return from parts beyond the sea he should have them back as before, but that if he should die the feoffees should enfeoff John his son thereof. Marcheford. He also held at Marcheford a messuage, 10a. enclosed, 2a. meadow and the rent of a cottage 2s. 6d. a year. (The tenure is not stated and it is not clear whether these tenements are included in the conveyance above mentioned.) He died in parts beyond the sea about the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul last. John de Colville, knight, is his son and heir and was a minor at the time of the death of his father, viz. 20 years of age. The alienation of the premises was to the delay and withdrawal of the wardship &c., which ought to have fallen to the king. Note from the escheator explaining that whereas two inquisitions were made by him, one ex officio as escheator and the other in reply to the writ of diem clausit extremum, his clerk by negligence put the names of the jurors concerned in making the former in the inquisition post mortem; he accordingly sends another copy of the latter with the right names. French.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (15.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 125. (1.) (Norf.)
656.	ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF WALTER DE CREYK.
	Writ, 16 October, 34 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Felton, 28 February, 35 Edward III.
	Yetelyngton. The manor, which is in the hands of tenants at will rendering 100s. yearly, held for life in dower by the endowment of Alan de Claveryng, formerly her husband, of the inheritance of Robert de Claveryng, who is of full age, of the king in chief by homage and fealty and by services of a moiety of a knight’s fee and of rendering 4l. yearly at the two feasts of St. Cuthbert for guard of the castle of Newcastle on Tyne, by the hands of the sheriff of Northumberland. She held no other lands in the county or elsewhere, as the jury understand. She died on 14 May last. The said Robert de Claveryng her kinsman, aged 28 years and more, is her heir of the aforesaid manor.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (16.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 133.
657.	THOMAS DE HOLAND, earl of Kent.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
WORCESTER.	Inq. taken at Wich, 10 February, 35 Edward III.
	Wich. 100l. rent from a fee farm issuing from the town held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, who survives, of the king in chief by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 26 December this year. Thomas his son, aged 10 years, is his heir.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. taken at Donyngton, Saturday before the Purification, 35 Edward III.
	Donyngton. The manor (extent given, including a castle in place of the chief messuage) held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the king by service of a knight’s fee and a half. He died on 28 December, 34 Edward III. Heir, Thomas de Holand, his son, as above.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
RUTLAND.	Inq. made at Ryale, 22 January, 34 Edward III.
	Ryale. The manor held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the king in chief by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in parts beyond the sea, day not known.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. made at Eston, 23 January, 34 Edward III.
	Torpell, Upton and Eston. The manors held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the king in chief by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died beyond seas, day of death not known.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
HERTFORD.	Inq. taken at Bissheye, 4 February, 35 Edward III.
	Bissheye. The manor held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the earl of Hereford by knight’s service. He died in parts beyond the sea on 26 December last. Thomas his son, aged 9 years and more, is his heir.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Morle, 1 February, 35 Edward III.
	Ormesby. A yearly rent of 16l. receivable from the manor, held of the inheritance of Joan his wife. Date of death and heir as last above.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Lammerssh, 1 February, 35 Edward III.
	Lammerssh. The manor held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the king in chief, service not known. Berestaple. The hundred similarly held of the king in chief. Sudbury and Hamme. A yearly farm of 11l. 12d. for the manors from the abbot of Stratford. (Unspecified.) A yearly farm of 50l. from the abbot of Waltham Holy Cross. Date of death and heir as last above.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Kerseye, 2 February, 35 Edward III.
	Kerseye. The manor held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the king in chief by knight’s service. Leyham. The manor similarly held of the heirs of John de Insula by knight’s service. Date of death and heir as above.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Aylesbury, 10 April, 35 Edward III.
	Little Brogthton. The manor (extent given) held of Edmund le Botiler by service of half a knight’s fee. Caldecote. 131a. land and 7a. meadow held of the prebend of Aylesbury by service of 4 marks. All held for life by demise of Robert de Holond, his brother, to whom the reversion belongs. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. (fn. 4) taken at Ioxhale, 13 February, 35 Edward III.
	Ioxhale. The manor (extent given) held for life by demise of Maud de Holand, his mother, of Henry duke of Lancaster by service of 1d. yearly. The reversion belongs to Robert de Holand by virtue of the demise of Maud aforesaid, mother of Thomas and Robert. Date of death as above and heir Thomas as above, aged 10 years.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Notyngham, 6 February, 35 Edward III.
	Allerton in Schirwod. 40s. rent and a watermill held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, held of Philippa, queen of England, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee. He died 28 December last; heir as last above.
DERBY.	Inq. taken at Chestrefeld, 1 February, 35 Edward III.
	Chestrefeld. The manor (extent given), including two water-mills, a fair and a market. Ascheford. The manor (extent given), including a lead mine worth 100s. a year, a water mill and a fulling mill. The two manors are held of the inheritance of Joan his wife of the king in chief by service of three knights’ fees. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Cicestre, 28 January, 34 Edward III.
	Cicestre. A yearly farm of 36l. receivable from the citizens of the city of Cicestre, held for life of the inheritance of Joan his wife. Idenne. Two parts of 8l. from the manor to be received yearly by the hands of the tenant thereof, similarly held. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died 26 December last. Heir as above, aged 9 years and more.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Southwerk, 6 February, 35 Edward III.
	Talworthe. The manor held for life of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of Edward le Spencer by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county, as they understand. Date of death and heir as last above.
KENT.	Inq. taken at Canterbury, 4 February, 35 Edward III.
	Wykham. The manor held for life of the inheritance of Joan his wife, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. Date of death abroad and heir, aged 9 years, as above. Derteford. The deceased held the farm of the royalties and market worth 30l. a year. Wacheleston and Lutlefeld. The hundreds held of the king in chief, service not known. Kent. A yearly farm of 30l. from the profits of the county by the hands of the sheriff. He held no other lands &c. in the county.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Buttercrambe, Thursday after the Purification, 35 Edward III.
	Cotyngham and Wytheton. The manors held of the king in chief as of the crown by homage and fealty and by service of a barony and by service of finding a mounted esquire suitably armed to bear the king’s coat of mail (lorica) in the war in Wales for forty days at his own costs, if there is war in Wales. Buttercrambe. The manor held of the king in chief as of the crown by homage and fealty and by service of a knight’s fee. Kirkeby Moresheved. The manor, with lands &c. in Farndale, Gillyngmore, Brauncedale and Fademore, held of John de Moubray by homage and fealty and by service of a knight’s fee and a half. Cropton. The manor, with tenements in Middelton and Haretoft, held of the king in chief as of the crown by homage and fealty and by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. Aton. A chief messuage and 14 bovates of land in the manor held of the king in chief as of the crown by homage and fealty and by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee, and the rest of the manor held of the wife of John Darcy by knight’s service and by service of 3s. yearly for wapentake fine. Hemelyngton. The manor held of Sir Ralph de Nevill by knight’s service. All held in right of Joan his wife, who survives. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Langeton. Blanch, late the wife of Thomas Wake, holds for her life the manor, the reversion of which belongs to the same Joan. He died in Normandy beyond the sea on St. Stephen’s day last, according to rumours that have come to England. Heir as above, aged 10 years and more.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Lincoln, 9 February, 35 Edward III.
	The deceased held the following in right of Joan his wife:— Gretham. The manor (extent given), including a windmill, 2 carucates of sandy and very stony land, tallage of tenants at Michaelmas 25s., and fines and perquisites 6l. 6s. 8d. yearly, with Thorle, member thereof (extent given), including a wood, the pasture in which is common to the townships of Mintyng and Gouteby, held of the king in chief by knight’s service, for how many fees not known; 22d. yearly is due therefrom yearly to the king for sheriff’s aid. Beseby. The manor, with the soke, and appurtenances in Beseby, Hawardeby, Waldneuton, Gunnerby, Alwaldeby, Askeby, Fenby, Bryggesleye and Northcotes (extent given), held of the king in chief by knight’s service, for how many fees not known. Grymesby. A rent of 50l. from the men of Grymesby. Castre. 50l. yearly from the men and soke. These rents are held of the king in chief, by what services unknown. Brotelby. The manor (extent given), with the court of la Haye thereto belonging, held of the king in chief by service of one knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in parts beyond seas on 26 December last, according to rumours coming from those parts. Heir as above, aged 10 years and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (17.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 18. (22.) (Stafford.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 133. (York.)
658.	MABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN VAGHAN of Torre.
	Writ after the death of the said Mabel, who held in chief of the heir of the earl of Pembroke. 1 July, 34 Edward III.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (18.)
659.	PETER DE FAUELORE.
	Writ, 16 January, 34 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. made at Oxford, 28 June, 35 Edward III.
	Bygenhull. The manor (extent given) held for life by demise of William de Bohoun, late earl of Northampton, by service of a rose yearly; the reversion belongs to the earl. He held the manor of the earl as of his manor of Curtlyngton, as above, and the earl holds of the king in chief by knight’s service. He died on Thursday after Michaelmas last without heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (19.)
660.	WALTER LE LYLE of Sussex.
	Writ to the escheator. Walter le Lyle died seven years ago, holding tenements in Ixnyng of the king as of the crown, alienated without the king’s licence, the custody whereof belongs to the king by reason of the minority of the heir of the said Walter. The escheator is to enquire and to take the premises into the king’s hand and certify the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer on the morrow of St. John the Baptist. 16 April, 34 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Ixnyng, 10 June, 34 Edward III.
	Ixnyng. Walter le Lyle of Sussex, who died in 26 Edward III as they understand, held a hundred acres of land by the great hundred, l 1/2a. pasture and 20s. rent of the king in chief by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. Joan, late his wife, has been in possession of the premises since his death. His heir is nine years old and more, but the jury do not know his name, nor whether the premises have been alienated, as is supposed in the writ.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 123. (2.)
661.	JOHN, SON OF THOMAS LE SOUTERE, of Shaftesbury.
DORSET.	Inq. taken ex officio at Shaftesbury (Shaston), Wednesday before SS. Philip and James, 34 Edward III.
	Shaftesbury. A messuage held of the king in chief in burgage, which ought to come into the king’s hand as an escheat, because the deceased died without heir. He died on 6 May last.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 15. (12.)
662.	ALICE, WIFE OF JOHN JOELL, THOMAS JOELL.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands of the said Alice, held of the heir of Hugh le Despenser, deceased, a minor in the king’s wardship, her heir, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. 8 July, 34 Edward III.
SOUTH WALES [GLAMORGAN].	Inq. taken at Kerdyf, Saturday before St. Bartholomew, 34 Edward III.
	Thomas Joell held the following:— Joelston. The manor, held of the heir of Hugh le Despenser, tenant in chief, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service and by service of half a mark yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 24 May, 23 Edward III. John his son, aged 23 years on the feast of the Assumption last, is his heir. Guy Brian, knight, has been in possession of the manor since the death of the said Thomas until the taking of this inquisition, and has received the issues by the king’s grant, rendering yearly thereof at the Exchequer 100s.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (20.)
663.	HUGH WAKE, knight.
	Writ 3 September, 34 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Bukyngham, Saturday after All Saints, 34 Edward III.
	Padebury. A moiety of the manor, held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. He died on Monday after St. George last. John Wake his son, aged 24 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 155. (21.)