Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 192

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 192


115.	THOMAS ATTE BROKE.
	Writ, 18 June, 41 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Chelmerford, Monday the eve of St. Laurence, 41 Edward III.
	White Rothyngge. The manor, held of the king by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. In 15 Edward III, by a fine levied in the king’s court, John de Bradiston granted the manor to John de Broke and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and they were seised thereof in fee tail all their lives. After their deaths Thomas their son and heir held it until he made a recognizance of statute merchant to Bartholomew de Frystlyng, citizen of London, in 160l. payable at a certain day; and on his failure to pay on that day the sheriff delivered that manor to the said Bartholomew until the debt should be levied, and Thomas afterwards released all his right therein to Bartholomew without the king’s licence by a fine levied in the king’s court. Thomas died about the feast of St. Gregory last. Thomas his son, aged 12 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (1).
116.	JOHN ATTE YATE OF ERLYNGHAM.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said John, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 8 October, 41 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Westbury, Thursday after St. Andrew, 41 Edward III.
	Abbenhale. A parcel of meadow in Walmore of the king’s soil within the bailiwick of Abbenhale, which bailiwick is held of the king in chief, service not known. Rodleye. 7a. meadow called [? T]oyesmede and 3a. meadow at Luttelemoer within the manor, held of the duke of Lancaster as parcel of Staynteweye manor by fealty and suit to the duke’s court. Erlyngham. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the lord of Berkeleye by knight’s service. Dursleye. A carucate of land, held of Nicholas Berkeleye by service of 20s. yearly. Hatherley. Lands &c. worth 40d. yearly, held of Sir John Beauchamp. He died on Monday after Michaelmas, 36 Edward III. John his son, aged 16 years, is his heir. After his death Thomas de Berkeleye, lord of Berkeleye, seized the premises by reason of the heir’s minority, and was in possession and received the issues all his life. After his death Robert de Couele, his executor, sold the custody of the lands with the marriage of the heir to Richard de Brompton.
	Writ to the escheator,—on information that the said bailiwick of Abbenhale is held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, so that the custody of the land and heir of the said John ought to belong to the king,—to enquire whether the said meadow is parcel of the bailiwick or not, and if so, by what service the meadow or bailiwick are held. If it should appear that the meadow is parcel of the bailiwick, and that the meadow or bailiwick are held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty or by knight’s service, he is to do therein what belongs to his office. 7 January, 41 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. (indented) taken at Gloucestre, Thursday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 42 Edward III.
	The parcel of meadow in Walmore which the said John held as of the king’s soil is not parcel of the bailiwick, or of the manor of Abbenhale; but one Ralph de Abbenhale in 14 Edward II took the said parcel as by purpresture of the king’s soil from the common pasture in Walmore in the forest of Dene, and enclosed and occupied it without any title. Neither the late king nor the present king, nor any other person, ever had any service therefrom.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (2.)
117.	WENTILIANA, or WELTHIANA, LATE THE WIFE OF HENRY BERTELOT, or BERTLOT.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Wentiliana, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. 15 June, 41 Edward III.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.	Inq. taken at Pembroke, 24 July, 41 Edward III.
	[PEMBROKE] West Williamiston. A messuage, a garden and 5 bovates of land, held jointly with her said husband of the heir of John Careu, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. The said John held the premises of the heir of the earl of Pembroke, likewise a minor in the king’s wardship. She died on Monday after Midsummer day, 36 Edward III. The escheator has been in possession of the premises since her death by reason of the minority of John Bertlot, son and heir of the said Henry and Welthiana, who is now 21 years of age and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (3.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 27. (4.)
118.	JOHN DE BREOUSE, knight.
	Writ, 24 April, 41 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York castle, Friday before St. Peter’s Chains, 41 Edward III.
	Wyverthorp. The manor, held to him and the heirs of his body by grant of Thomas de Breouse and Beatrice his wife, with reversion to the said Thomas, lately deceased, and Beatrice, who survives. The manor is held of Sir Thomas de Roos of Hamelak by fealty. The said John held no other lands &c. in the escheator’s bailiwick. He died on 3 February last without heir of his body.
	Writ, 24 April, 41 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Tettebury, 16 May, 41 Edward III.
	Tettebury. The manor, held of the king in chief in fee tail by knight’s service, by grant of Thomas de Breouse, knight, and Beatrice his wife, who survives, to the said John and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs male of their bodies, with reversion to the said Thomas and Beatrice and their heirs, as appears by the king’s charter of licence. The manor ought to revert to Beatrice, as Thomas de Breouse is dead and John and Elizabeth died without heir male of their bodies. The said John held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 3 February last. Thomas de Breouse, his brother, aged 15 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (4.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 27. (2.)
119.	JOHN DE BELLO CAMPO of Somerset.
	Writ of certiorari super vero valore feodorum &c. (Fragment only.)
DEVON.	Inq. taken at Totton’, Monday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 41 Edward III.
	Portelmouth, Yedelton, Sourele, Alveston and Rake. Three knights’ fees. Tavy St. Mary. A fourth part of a knight’s fee. Thurleston. One fee. Weston. One fee. Whytelegh and Thorne. Half a fee. Southbrok. Half a fee. Helbozoun. An eighth part of a fee. Leghham. A fourth part of a fee. Thorslegh. A sixth part of a fee. Burgh Pomeray. A sixteenth part of a fee. Botherford. A sixteenth part of a fee. Coleton Pral. A fourth part of a fee. Stancomb and Wolston. One fee. Alyngton Crispyn. One fee. Meuewey. One fee. Schauwe and Halghwille. One fee. Godmeuwaie Pomeray. Half a fee. Fernhull. One fee. Brestynworth. A tenth part of a fee. Waisbourne. An eighth part of a fee. Clyston Maunssel. A twentieth part of a fee. Crokedon. A fourth part of a fee. Sopcomb. A thirtieth part of a fee. Brugge. A thirtieth part of a fee. La More. A twentieth part [of a fee]. Helpayn. A fortieth part of a fee. Crokedon. A twentieth part of a fee. Hurberneford. Half a fee. Sylverton. The advowson of the church. He held no other knights’ fees or advowsons in the escheator’s bailiwick.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (5.)
120.	CHRISTINA BALDET.
	Writ, 28 January, 41 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Rodebrugg, 3 April, 41 Edward III.
	Rombrigg. 24s. yearly rent from free tenants, held in fee tail of the king in chief by service of 8s. 4d. yearly for eight barbed arrows by the name of petty serjeanty. She held the same by reason of a gift which Philip Baldet made thereof to Stephen Baldet and Ursula his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to Philip and his heirs. The rent descended to her as daughter and heir of Stephen and Ursula, and as she died without heir of her body it ought to revert to John Baldet, who survives, as son and heir of Robert Baldet brother and heir of Philip. She died on 1 September last. The said John Baldet, aged 30 years and more, is heir of Philip according to the form of the above gift.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (6.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 142. (1.)
121.	GREGORY BURDON.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Gregory, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 4 November, 41 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York castle, Tuesday the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 41 Edward III.
	Clifford. A fourth part of the manor, held of Sir Thomas de Wake, as of his manor of Buttercrambe, by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county of York or elsewhere within the escheator’s bailiwick. He died on Monday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III, in the pestilence. John son of Robert de Kirketon, son of Ellen his sister, aged 24 years and more, is his heir, and has been in possession of the premises since his death and received the issues as by hereditary right.
	C. Inq. File 192. (7.)
122.	JOAN LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS BALON.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Joan, and who has been in possession of the said lands since her death and received the issues. 3 February, 41 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. (indented) taken at Dorchestre, 18 February, 41 Edward III.
	Watercomb. A messuage, 40a. land, 4a. pasture and 1d. rent, held of the heir of Robert Latimer, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 16 March, 35 Edward III. Joan, aged 21 years and more, and Isabel, aged 16 years and more, are her daughters and heirs. Joan is married to Robert Sherard, but they have no offspring. Isabel is unmarried. The escheator, by virtue of an inquisition taken ex officio on the death of the said Joan, and by reason of the minority of the second heir, who is now of full age, took possession of the premises and is still in possession and receives the profits for the king’s use.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (8.)
DORSET.	Inq. taken ex officio at Bere, Thursday after St. Gregory, 39 Edward III.
	Watercomb. Premises as above. She died at Michaelmas, 35 Edward III. Joan her daughter, aged 18 years and more, and Isabel her second daughter, aged 8 years and more, are her heirs.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 25. (1.)
123.	THOMAS LE BOTILLER.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Thomas, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 14 March, 41 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Great Badmynton, Monday after the Annunciation, 41 Edward III.
	Badmynton. The manor, held of William le Botiller, baron of Wem, by service of 1d. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Alan le Botiller his son, aged 24 years, is his heir, and has been in possession of the manor since his father’s death and received the issues as son and heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (9.)
124.	ADAM DE CHEPSTEDE.
	Writ, 8 May, 41 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. (indented) taken at Dortteford, 11 October, 41 Edward III. (Fourteen jurors.)
	Kyngesdoune and Frenyngham. The said Adam and Elizabeth his wife, who predeceased him, held certain tenements in Kyngesdoune and Frenyngham by grant of Henry de Grofhurst, clerk, to them and the heirs of their bodies, after the death of Laurence de Chymbeham, (who held them for life by gift of the said Henry), with remainder to the right heirs of Adam, as appears by a fine levied in the king’s court. Of the premises contained in the fine, to wit, a messuage, a carucate of land, 30a. pasture, 40a. wood and 14s. 4d. rent, the messuage, 80a. arable, 20a. pasture, 30a. wood, and 4s. 6d. rent are in Kyngesdoune, and the residue in Frenyngham. A fourth part of the premises in Kyngesdoune is held of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of rendering 13 1/2d. yearly to a fourth part of Kyngesdoune manor and a capon at Christmas, and by doing suit twice a year to the king’s lathe (lastum) of Sutton; and three-fourths are held of the earl of Oxford, the lord de Roos, and the lord de Tybetot by the like service to each of them. Of the premises in Kyngesdoune 15a. arable and 5a. wood are held in ‘gavilkyndes,’ service not known. The premises in Frenyngham are held of John Hamound of Frenyngham, William Porter and Thomas Ladde by service of doing them homage and rendering to Richard Mabank 10 1/2d. yearly. The said Adam held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 20 August, 40 Edward III. John de Chepstede, his son, aged 20 years and more, is his heir, as the jurors understand.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (10.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 141. (1.)
125.	RALPH BULMER, DE BULMER, or BOLMER.
	Writ, Gravesende, 8 April, 41 Edward III.
YORK.	LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon in Holdernesse, Thursday before SS. Philip and James, 41 Edward III.
	Attyngwik. 10 messuages and 18 bovates of land, held of Sir Thomas de Roos by knight’s service, as of his manor of Rosse. He held no other lands &c. within the liberty. He died on Monday the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 40 Edward III. Ralph his son, aged a year and three weeks, is his heir.
	Writ, Gravesende, 8 April, 41 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Harluston, Tuesday after St. George, 41 Edward III.
	Upton. 6d. yearly rent, late parcel of the manor of Upton, which is held of the king in chief by service of rendering 40s. yearly at the Exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. Harleston, Heyford, Brynghton and Colyntrough. 6 virgates of arable, held of the heir of John de Kaynes, knight, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. The premises are let at farm to tenants at will for 5l. yearly. Heyford. The third presentation to the church after Robert Lumley, who presented last. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Thursday, Christmas eve, 40 Edward III. Ralph his son, aged one year at Easter last, is his heir. (Endorsed.) Memorandum that the manor of Upton and all its parcels are held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, to wit, by service of finding in the king’s army a man with a habergeon (halbergello) for 40 days, as appears by a writ of mandamus after the death of Ralph Bulmer remaining on the file of the escheatry for 31 Edward III, and by the certificate of the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer attached thereto.
	Writ, Gravesende, 8 April, 41 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, Saturday after the Ascension, 41 Edward III.
	Wilton in Cliveland. The manor (extent given, including rents called ‘turvelad,’ ‘multircorn’ and ‘brennyngmale,’ and a rent of 9s. 10 1/4d. from the fines of the wapentake of Langbergh). Lakkenby. A rent of 2s. 2d. from 2 messuages and 1 1/2 bovates 6a. land held freely; and 3 messuages and 2 1/2 bovates 6a. land in the hands of tenants at will and bondmen rendering 57s. 3d. yearly. Wescotun. Rents of 14s. 1d., 1lb. cummin, a pair of gilt spurs, price 8d., and an arrow, price 1d., from 4 messuages and 6 1/2 bovates of land held freely; 13 messuages and 9 bovates of land in the hands of tenants at will and bondmen rendering 19l. 8s. 8 1/2d. yearly; 7 cottages rendering 40s. yearly; a rent of 16 quarters . . bushels of salt; rents called ‘turflad’ and ‘brennyngmall’; rents of 2 quarters 2 bushels of wheat, 40 hens and 180 eggs; a windmill in ruins; and a messuage, 13a. land and 2 1/2a. meadow in the hands of tenants at will in Pynchonthorp. Thorp by Kylton. 4s. 8d. free rent from 4 messuages and 16 bovates of land held freely; and a messuage and 4 bovates of land in the hands of tenants at will rendering 10s. yearly. All the tenements aforesaid are held of Ralph de Nevill by knight’s service and by rendering 6s. 8d. for the tenements in Pynchonthorp. The tenements in Wylton pay 6s. 8d. yearly for fines of the wapentake of Langbergh, and Henry de Percy and his heirs have from Wilton manor a dry rent of 10l. yearly. Laysyngby. A free rent of 18d. from 2 messuages and 4 bovates of land; 8 messuages, a cottage and 14 1/2 bovates of land in the hands of tenants at will rendering 14l. 18d. yearly; and a rent of 2 quarters 1 bushel of wheat. A messuage and 8 bovates of the premises are held of Walter Malbys by knight’s service, and 7 messuages, the cottage and 6 bovates are held of the prior and convent of Gysburn by knight’s service. Estcoton. A messuage in the hand of a tenant at will rendering 4s. yearly, held of Thomas de Thwenges by knight’s service. Upsale Parva. A messuage and 2 bovates of land, held of Robert Conyers by knight’s service. Bulmere. The manor (extent given), and the advowson of the church, held of Peter de Malo Lacu by knight’s service. The extent includes a close called ‘le Nethir Appilgarth,’ a common oven, and rents &c. in Welburn. Boythorp. The manor (extent given), held of Thomas de Fauconberge by knight’s service. Thornton under Risebergh. The manor (extent given), held of Ralph de Nevill by knight’s service. And it renders 8s. 8d. yearly to the prince, 9s. yearly to William Latymer, knight, 1lb. pepper yearly to Hugh de Upsale, and 3s. to the king’s bailiff for fines of the wapentake. Kirkeby Misperton. 4a. meadow from which 12d. yearly is rendered to John de Dalton, knight, held of the abbot of St. Mary, York, by knight’s service. Parva Bergh. A yearly rent of 2s. from 2 bovates of land held by Richard de Garton. He held no other lands &c. in the escheator’s bailiwick. He died on 22 December, 40 Edward III. Ralph his son, aged a year and six weeks, is his heir.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Ralph, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 12 May, 42 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Gisburn in Clyveland, Monday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 42 Edward III.
	Wylton in Clyveland. The manor with its members, and certain tenements in Laysyngby, Estcotom and Upsall Parva. Bulmere, Boythorp, and Thornton under Risbergh. The manors, with the members of Bulmere and Thornton. Kirkby Misperton. 4a. meadow. Parva Bergh. A yearly rent of 2s. Two years before his death he gave the premises, with the knights’ fees and advowsons belonging to the manors, by charter to Master Roger de Eston, parson of a mediety of the church of Thweng, Thomas de Spaunton and William de Coveryngham, chaplains, who continued in seisin thereof and presented Sir John de Bulmere, chaplain, to the church of Bulmere. The said Roger, Thomas and William were in seisin until the escheator by virtue of the king’s writ of diem clausit extremum and the inquisition taken thereon removed them from possession, and afterwards by another writ delivered the premises with the issues since Ralph’s death to Philippa, queen of England, who is still in possession. Date of death as above.
	Writ to Thomas, bishop of Durham, 10 July, 41 Edward III.
DURHAM.	Inq. taken before William de Menevill, escheator in the bishopric of Durham, at Thorpbulmere, Monday after the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 41 Edward III.
	Nesbyt. 3 messuages and 6 bovates of land, held of the lord de Clifford by homage and fealty. Thorpbulmer. The manor (extent given), held of the same by homage and fealty. Preston and Symoundset. A messuage and 40a. land, held of the prior of Durham by homage and fealty. He held nothing more within the bishopric. Ralph his son, aged one year at Easter last, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (11.)
126.	NICHOLAS DE BURNEBY.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Nicholas, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 5 February, 41 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Welleford, 14 April, 41 Edward III.
	Watford. The manor (extent given), held by knight’s service. The extent includes:— Sillesworth. Free and bond tenants whose rents and services are worth 20l. 6s. 10d. yearly. Cretone. 9s. rent of free tenants. Staverton. 51s. rent of free tenants. Westhaddone. 4s. rent of free tenants. Weltone. 15s. rent of free tenants. Watford and Sillesworth. A custom of 72 geese called ‘heichges’. Watford. A third part of the manor is charged with 20l. yearly at the Exchequer by the lands of the sheriff; and with 16s. yearly to the prior of St. Andrew’s, Northampton, for a tenement in Sillesworth. Nicholas held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on the feast of St. Laurence, 35 Edward III. Agnes daughter and heir of Eustace his son and heir, aged 11 years and more, is his heir. Since his death Isabel the king’s daughter, whom Ingelram de Coucy, earl of Bedford, has married, has received the profits of the manor by the king’s grant by letters patent. Nicholas also held a messuage with a moiety of a messuage and l 1/4 virgates of land in Watford, which are parcels of the manor, on which Thomas Tywe entered after his death and is still in possession, by what title or right the jurors know not.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (12.)
127.	JOHN DE BOHUN, or BOUN, of Midhurst, knight. (fn. 1)
	Writ, 28 December, 41 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Gloucester, 1 May, 42 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county.
	Writ, 28 December, 41 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Bruweton, 26 April, 42 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county. Date of death not known, as he did not die in the county. Heir not known, as he had no heir begotten or known in the county.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Stormynstre Marchal, 4 May, 42 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county. As to the date of death and heir the jurors say as above.
	Writ, 28 December, 41 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) made at Clere, 17 January, 41 Edward III.
	Weston Corbet. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held in fee tail of the king in chief by knight’s service, by reason of an alienation thereof made by him without the king’s licence to John Whyteweye, rector of the church of Craule, and John de Farnebergh, who subsequently without the king’s licence re-enfeoffed him and Cecily his wife, who survives, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder in default of such heirs to the chapel of St. Denis, Midhurst, for the celebration of divine service there for the souls of the feoffors and their ancestors. Aumbresham. 2a. meadow, held jointly with Cecily, his wife, of John Wyntreshulle by a rent of 6d. yearly. After the death of Cecily the premises ought to remain to the heirs of the bodies of John and Cecily, and in default of such heirs to the right heirs of John. The said John died on 5 December last. John son of the said John and Cecily, aged 5 years at the Epiphany last, is his heir.
	Writ of certiorari to the escheator, with reference to the above inquisition, to enquire whether John Whitweye and John de Farnebergh were seised of the manor and advowson of Weston Corbet by reason of the said alienation, whether there is a chantry in the said chapel or no, and if so, who is the warden and who celebrates there, by whom the chapel was founded, and when and in what manner, and what lands &c. belong to it whereby the chapel and chantries ought to be supported, &c. 6 September, 42 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) made at Basyngestoke 29 September, 42 Edward III.
	Weston Corbet. John de Bohun of Midhurst entered on a moiety of the manor after the death of his ancestor without the king’s livery or licence. The manor is held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Afterwards the said John acquired the other moiety to himself and his heirs from John Moumbray without the king’s licence. Subsequently he alienated the whole manor, with the advowson of the church, to John Whyteweye, parson of the church of Craule, and John Farnebergh, and their heirs, without the king’s licence; and they re-enfeoffed him and Cecily his wife, as stated in the former inquisition. During the whole period of the said alienation and re-enfeoffment John Persones and Nicholas Joye, bondmen, tenants and farmers of the manor, paid the farm thereof to John de Bohun, notwithstanding the alienation. As to the said chapel, the jurors know not whether there is any chantry therein, or who is warden thereof, or who celebrates there, or by whom it was founded, or what lands pertain thereto. There are five bond-tenants only of the said manor, each holding a messuage and 1/2 virgate of land and paying 6s. 1d. yearly. John Whyteweye and John Farnebergh never took farm, rent, or any profit from the manor by virtue of the alienation.
	Writ, 28 December, 41 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. (indented) taken at Neuporte Paynel, Wednesday before St. Hilary, 41 Edward III.
	Craule Magna. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held jointly with Cecily his wife in fee tail, by a fine levied in the king’s court, by grant of Richard Laxman, Richard Graunt and Griffin de Sutton. The manor with the advowson is held of the earl of Oxford by homage and fealty and suit to the earl’s court of Whitchurche every three weeks. He died on Sunday the eve of St. Nicholas, 41 Edward III. John his son by the said Cecily, aged 5 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ, 23 January, 41 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	RAPE OF LEWES. Inq. (indented) taken at Stenyng, 14 February, 42 Edward III.
	Nytymbre. The manor (extent given), held in fee tail by grant of Henry Tregoz, the elder, and Ralph de Perchyng to him and Isabel formerly his wife, deceased, for their lives, with successive remainders thereof (and of other manors in Sussex) to Edward his son and the heirs male of his body, and to the heirs male of his own body, as appears by a fine levied in the king’s court. The said Edward is dead without heir of his body. The manor is held of the lord de Saye, as of his manor of Hammes, by homage [and fealty]. The said John held no other lands &c. in the said rape. He died on 5 December, 41 Edward III. John his son, aged 5 years at the Epiphany last, is his heir.
SUSSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Midhurst, 12 February, 4[2] Edward III. (Badly defaced and moslty illegible.)
	Midhurst, Forde and Clympyng. The manors (extents given), with a carucate of land in Esebourne and Wullaviton, held by grant of ……… and Ralph de Perchyng to him and Isabel, his late wife, for their lives, with successive remainders to Edward his son and the heirs male of his body, and the heirs male of his own body. Edward died without heir of his body. The extent of Midhurst includes a chapel in a place called Courtgrene, a borough, a rent paid by the men of the town for ‘stretegavel,’ a park with deer, ….., ……. in Midhurst called ‘le Stues,’ with small parcels of meadow containing 4a. there, …….. and lands and burgages formerly belonging to John de Alresford. [The rest entirely illegible.]
	Writ, 28 December, 41 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Chelmerford, Tuesday after St. Hilary, 41 Edward III.
	Badewe Parva. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held jointly with Cecily his wife, who survives, by grant of Richard Laxman, Richard le Graunt and Griffin de Sutton to them and the heirs of their bodies, with successive remainders to the heirs of Cecily’s body, to William son of John de Sutton and the heirs male of his body, and to Richard brother of the said William and the heirs male of his body, by a fine levied in the king’s court. The premises are held of Walter son of John FitzWauter by service of rendering 9s. 2d. at the end of every 24 weeks. He died on Sunday before St. Nicholas last. John, his son by the said Cecily, aged 5 years and more, is their heir.
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Estirford, Monday after St. Hilary, 41 Edward III.
	Kellevedon. The manor, held jointly with Cecily his wife, who survives, by grant of the above grantees, with remainders as above. It is held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Dover, by service of 30s. yearly for ward of the castle of Dover, except 20a. land held of the abbot of Westminster by service of 6s. 4d. yearly, and 3a. meadow held of the abbess of Elmistowe by service of 18d. yearly. Bergholte, Bures atte Munte, Fordham, Magna Horkesleye and Parva Horkesleye. 100s. rent of the inheritance of the said Cecily, held of Andrew Sakevyll, the younger, service not known. Date of death and heir as above.
	Writ, 28 December, 41 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Castre, Wednesday after St. Vincent, 41 Edward III.
	Waltham. A manor and 1 1/4 bovates of land. Waltham, Belesby, Hatclif, Fenby, and Wathe. 30l. rent, of free tenants. At one time he held all the above of the king in chief by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. All the tenants of the manor owe suit to his court in Waltham every three weeks. By his charter he gave to John [Gogh], clerk and John Seys the said manor and land and 28l. of the rent, whether with the king’s licence or not the jurors know not, retaining 40s. of the rent and the service of William de Belesby, knight, who held of him a messuage, 9 tofts, the site of a mill and 2 bovates of land in Belesby, as of the manor of Waltham, by fealty and suit to his court in Waltham every three weeks, and by a rent of 8s. yearly, and also the service of Robert Maundevill, who held of him a messuage and 2 carucates of land and meadow in Belesby, as of the same manor of Waltham, by fealty and suit of court as above, and by a rent of 60s. yearly. The said Robert died before John Gogh and John Seys had been enfeoffed of the said manor and 28l. rent. John de Bohun held the services of the said William and Robert of the king in chief by knight’s service, and neither of them attorned or did fealty or suit of court to the said John Gogh and John Seys. The said Robert on the day of his death had a daughter Alice, then within age, who was in the maintenance (nutritura) and wardship of the said William de Belesby as her next friend on her mother’s side to whom the inheritance on her father’s side ought not to descend; and neither Alice nor the said William on her behalf ever did fealty or any service or attorned to John Gogh and John Seys for the aforesaid tenements held of John de Bohun. So John de Bohun was seised when he died of the 40s. rent and the services aforesaid held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Date of death as above. John his son, aged 5 years and more, is his heir.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the same John, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 1 July, 42 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. (indented) taken at Castre, Sunday after St. Laurence, 42 Edward III.
	Waltham, &c. Premises as above, held by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. All the tenants of the manor, except Robert son of John de Hatclyf and the abbot of Welhowe, owe suit to the court of Waltham every three weeks. By his charter he gave the manor and land and 28l. of the rent to John Gogh and John Seys, clerks. John son and heir of William de Skyrbek was a minor 8 years of age at the time of the said grant, and was in the wardship of Walter de Wele by reason of the tenements which he held of Walter de Hamby by the foreign service. He held of John de Bohun, as of the manor of Waltham, 40a. land in Wathe by fealty and suit to the court of Waltham every three weeks, and by service of 22 1/2d. rent yearly. Neither John son of William nor Walter de Wele on his behalf ever did fealty or suit of court to John Gogh and John Seys, or paid any rent or other service to them in all their time. Also Henry Gonnyldson held of John de Bohun, as of the manor of Waltham, 1 1/2a. land in Wathe by fealty, suit of court every three weeks, and service of 2 1/2d. rent yearly. He never did fealty or suit of court or paid rent to the said John Gogh and John Seys, or attorned to them. Robert son of John de Hatclyf held of John de Bohun, as of the manor of Waltham, 3r. land in Belesby by fealty and one appearance yearly at the next court after Michaelmas, and by service of 1 3/4d. rent yearly. He never did fealty or suit or any other service to John Gogh and John Seys, or attorned to them. The prior of Sixhill held of John de Bohun, as of the manor of Waltham, 30a. land in Belesby by fealty, suit of court every three weeks, and service of 15s. rent yearly. He never did fealty or suit of court to John Gogh and John Seys, or paid any rent or attorned to them, but John de Belesby, vicar of the church of Gedeneye, holds the premises of him for a term of years, and paid John Gogh and John Seys the yearly rent aforesaid and made a fine for the suit. William de Belesby, who held premises in Belesby as in the above inquisition, never did fealty or suit of court to John Gogh and John Seys, but paid them the yearly rent of 8s. all his time. Robert son of Robert de Maundevill held of John de Bohun, as of the said manor, a messuage and 2 carucates of land and meadow in Belesby by fealty, suit of court every three weeks, and a yearly rent of 60s. He died before the feoffment of John Gogh and John Seys. On the day of his death he had a daughter Alice, a minor aged 7 years, who was in the wardship of William de Belesby, knight, as in the above inquisition. Neither Alice nor the said William on her behalf ever did fealty, suit of court or other service to John Gogh and John Seys, or attorned to them, but William paid them yearly the said rent of 60s. all his time. The abbot of Welhowe held of John de Bohun, as of the said manor, 1a. land in Waltham lying in four selions, by fealty and one appearance at the court next after Michaelmas, and by service of 3 3/4d. rent yearly. He never did fealty or suit to John Gogh and John Seys all his time; but one John son of Alan, who holds of him the acre aforesaid for a term of years, paid to them yearly on his behalf the said rent of 3 3/4d. So John de Bohun died seised of 40s. of the aforesaid rent of 30l., and of the above-mentioned services, which he held of the king in chief, as belonging to the said manor, by knight’s service. Date of death and heir as above. The issues of the said manor and land, and of the 30l. rent, remain in the hands of the tenants of the manor from the time of John de Bohun’s death until now.
	C. Edw. III. File 192. (13.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 26. (7.) (Hants, Essex and Lincoln.)