Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 243

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 243


104.	HENRY DE COGGESHALE, knight, and JOAN HIS WIFE.
	Writ after the death of the said Joan, 30 September, 49 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Newmarket, Thursday the feast of St. Luke, 49 Edward III.
	The said Joan held:— Ixning. The manor called ‘Well Hall’ (extent given). She died on Friday before Michaelmas last. William her son, aged 18 years and more, is her heir.
	Writ after the death of the said Joan, 30 September, 49 Edward III.
	Writ after the death of the said Henry, 30 September, 49 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Fordham, 30 October, 49 Edward III.
	They held the following as of the right and inheritance of the said Joan:— Fordham. A toft of 1 1/2a., 66a. arable, 1 1/2a. meadow, 30s. rents of free and customary tenants, and works and rents of six customary tenants, all formerly belonging to William de Welles, knight, Joan’s father, and held of the king in chief by knight’s service and service of 2s. 8d. yearly for sheriff’s aid; and 6a. land, held of Thomas de Felton, knight, by knight’s service and service of 2s. 1d. yearly. Joan died on 27 September last, and Henry on 29 September. John (sic) their son, aged 18 years, is their next heir.
	Writ after the death of the said Joan, 30 September, 49 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Branketre, Wednesday after St. Denis, 49 Edward III.
	Great Sampford. The manor (extent given), held by Joan in fee simple, one moiety of the king in chief by knight’s service, and the other moiety of the heirs of John le Roos, knight, by knight’s service, fractions of fees not known. Est Tylleberri. The manor, held by Henry and Joan in fee simple, as of her right, together with the advowson of the church, of the heirs of the earl of Hereford by service of half a knight’s fee. They demised the manor, except the advowson, to William atte Wod, the elder, Joan his wife, and William atte Wod, the younger, for their lives, at a yearly rent of 50 marks, for which the lessees also have two boats to ply to and fro across the ferry (feriam) of Tylleberi aforesaid, because it belongs to the manor. Death of Joan as in the first inquisition. William de Coggeshale, her son, aged 18 years at the feast of St. Margaret last, is her heir.
	Writ after the death of the said Henry, 30 September, 49 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Reileghe in the liberty of Rochford, Monday before St. Denis, 49 Edward III.
	The said Henry held:— Pakelesham. The manor, held of John Sudberri by knight’s service, fraction of fee not known, and by service of 2 marks yearly. Hakewell. The manor, held of the king, as of the honor of Reileghe, by knight’s service, fraction of fee not known, except 6a. land which are held of the prior of Pritwell by service of 3s. 2d.; with the advowson of the church. Ruggeweerde in Great Sutton. The manor, held of William Cosyn, as of his manor of Great Sutton, by service of 1 lb. cummin yearly. Two years and more ago he enfeoffed by charter Simon, then bishop of London, William de Wauton, knight, John de Gyldesburgh, Thomas Berton, clerk, Roger Keterich and Thomas Aylmar of all the premises, and delivered unconditional seisin to them by John Clerk, his attorney. Being indebted to divers persons in 1000l. and more, and having many sons and daughters to maintain, as he lay in bed in the sickness whereof he died he begged and charged his feoffees to keep the manors in their own hands and collect the profits thereof for the payment of his debts and the help and maintenance of his children until they should have reasonably ordained for his said children’s estate; to sell, if necessary, whatever of the said manors they should think fit for the fulfilment of his will; and after the fulfilment of his will to enfeoff William his son of the residue, to hold in tail male, with successive remainders in tail male to Thomas his son and Thomas his brother, and with ultimate remainder to his own right heirs. He died on Sunday after Michaelmas last. William de Coggeshale, aged 18 years at the feast of St. Margaret last, is his son and heir.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Branketre, Wednesday after St. Denis, 49 Edward III.
	The said Henry held:— Codham. The manor, held of the lady de Neville by knight’s service, fraction of fee not known, and by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. Coggeshale. The manor, held of the abbot of Coggeshale by service of one knight’s fee. Bemflete. The manor, held of the abbot of Westminster, as of his manor of Fanton, ……….; and the advowson of the church. Sturemere. The manor, held of the heirs of Fraricus de Burnham by knight’s service, [amount not known]; and the advowson of the church. Little Badewe. The manor, held of Nicholas [Burne]l by service of a pair of gilt spurs. Scharnhalle in Schaldeforde. The manor, held of the heirs of John de Northwode, knight, by service of 10s. yearly. Badewe. The advowson of the free chapel. Scharnhall. The advowson of the free chapel. Bockyngg. 30a. land, 3a. meadow and 30a. wood, held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of 14s. yearly. Feringg. 50a. land, held of the abbot of St. John’s, Colchester, by service of 2s. yearly. Schaldeford. 6a. land, held of ………. Colcestre. 2 messuages, 6a. land and 2 1/2a. meadow. Two years and more ago he enfeoffed the above bishop and others (last inquisition) of the premises (Thomas de Berton being described as rector of Schropham), and on his death-bed begged and charged them to pay his debts and maintain his children, as above, to sell the manor of Sturemere and the tenements in Colchester, and more if necessary, for the fulfilment of his will, and after the fulfilment thereof to enfeoff William his son of the manors of Codham, Coggeshale and Scharnhall, and the tenements in Bockyngge, Feryngge and Schaldeford, in tail male, with remainders as above (last inquisition), to enfeoff Thomas his son of the manor of Bemflete in tail male, with successive remainders in tail male to William his son and Thomas his brother, and with ultimate remainder to his right heirs, and to enfeoff Thomas his brother of the said manor of Badewe in tail male, with remainder to the right heirs of the same Thomas. After this feoffment he claimed nothing in the premises, and took no profits but by will of the feoffees. Alesford. The manor, held of the king, as of the honor of Boloigne, by knight’s service, fraction of fee not known, and demised by the deceased to Geoffrey Dawe for life, with the stock then being thereon (described). The yearly value of the manor without the stock belongs to the king because the manor is held as above. Date of death and heir as last above.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (1.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 38. (4). (Cambridge.)
105.	ELIZABETH LATE THE WIFE OF REYNOLD DE COBHAM, knight.
	Writ, 15 September, 49 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Norhampton, Monday before St. Nicholas, 49 Edward III.
	Bokebrok. The manor, held for life jointly with John de Ferariis, formerly her husband, in fee tail. It was acquired by John’s ancestors from Ranulf de Chestre, earl of Chester, to hold of him and his heirs by knight’s service. Thus it is so held of the honor of Chester by knight’s service. She died on Monday after St. Laurence last. John (sic) de Ferariis, her son, aged 17 years and more, is her heir.
	Writ, 15 September, 49 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. (formerly indented) taken at Gloucester, 4 October, 49 Edward III.
	Teynton and Bykenore. The manors, held of the king in chief by knight’s service jointly with John le Fereres, formerly her husband, in fee tail. Beggesworth. A moiety of the manor, held of the earl of Gloucester by knight’s service by way of dower after the death of Fulk Lestraunge of Blakemere, formerly her husband. She died on 7 August last. Robert son of John le Fereres, aged 17 years, is next heir of the said John and Elizabeth; and Elizabeth daughter of John Lestraunge of Blakemere brother and heir of the said Fulk, aged one year on the feast of St. Nicholas last, is Fulk’s next heir.
	Writ, 15 September, 49 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. (indented) taken at Stafford, 2 November, 49 Edward III.
	Charteleye. The manor, held for life jointly with John de Ferrers, knight, her late husband, in fee tail, of the prince of Wales, as of the honor of Chester, by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. She died on 7 August last. Robert de Ferrers, aged 18 years on 31 October last, son of the said John and Elizabeth, is her next heir.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury, 27 September, 49 Edward III.
	Wrokwardyn. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of rendering 8l. yearly at the Exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. Yeye. A toft and a carucate of land, held of the countess of March, of the manor of Staunton Lacy, by service of 1 lb. pepper yearly. Hulton. A moiety of a carucate of land, held of the same countess, service not known. All held for life jointly with Fulk Lestraunge, late her husband, son and heir of John Lestraunge of Blakemere, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by gift of the said John, the reversion belonging to the latter’s right heirs because Fulk and Elizabeth died without heir of their bodies. Date of death as above. Elizabeth daughter of John Lestraunge son of the aforesaid John Lestraunge of Blakemere, aged one year on the feast of St. Nicholas last, is her heir to the premises.
	Writ, 16 September, 49 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Melkesham, 8 October, 49 Edward III.
	Broghton. A moiety of the manor, held of the king in chief by knight’s service by way of dower after the death of Fulk Lestraunge of Blakemere, her late husband. Date of death as last above. Elizabeth daughter of John Lestraunge of Blakemere, who (qui) died while a minor in the king’s wardship, is kinswoman and heir of the said Fulk, to wit, daughter of John Lestraunge son of John Lestraunge, the younger, knight, his brother. Her age is 1 3/4 years and 5 weeks and more.
	Writ, 8 December, 49 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. taken at Nywbury, 14 December, 49 Edward III.
	Hampsted Ferres and Aldeworth. The manors, held of the king in chief by knight’s service in joint feoffment with John de Ferrers, knight, deceased, her husband. Date of death as above. Robert de Ferrers, aged 18 years and more, her son by the said John, is her heir.
	Writ, 10 February, 50 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Jevelcestre, Thursday after St. Matth[ias], 50 Edward III.
	She held no lands &c. in the county. Date of death as above. Heir not known.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (2.)
	E. Inq. P.M., File 39. (6.) (Northampton, Gloucester, Salop, Stafford and Somerset.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 173. (16 and 31.) (Berks.)
	Writ of certiorari as to the value of the lands &c. held by the said Elizabeth for life and in dower of the inheritance of John Lestraunge of Blakemere, deceased. 12 July, 50 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Gloucester, Saturday after Martinmas, 50 Edward III.
	Beggeworth. A moiety of the manor, worth 11l. yearly.
	(Writ missing.)
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury, 18 January, 50 Edward III.
	Findings as in the above inquisition dated 27 September, 49 Edward III.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 39. (6.)
106.	THOMAS CHAUNDOS, knight.
	Writ, 12 October, 49 Edward III.
HEREFORD.	Inq. (indented) taken at Hereford, Saturday after St. Luke, 49 Edward III.
	Snodhull. The castle and manor (extent given, including a park). Fownehope. The manor (extent given, including a watermill with a weir, and a park). Welyngton. The manor (extent given). All the above he held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by barony. He held the following jointly with Lucy his wife, who survives, by gift and feoffment of Roger Chaundos made by charter with the king’s licence to them and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion in default of such heirs to Roger and his heirs:— Lugwardyn. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by barony. Frome and Dormyton. A toft and a moiety of a carucate of land, held of Robert de Stepelton in socage. He died on 6 October last. John his son, aged 26 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (3.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 40. (2.) (fn. 1)
107.	ELIZABETH LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH COURTENAY the younger.
	Writ, 23 September, 49 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Wavyngdon, 20 October, [49 Edward III].
	Wavyngdon. The manor, held in fee tail of the king in chief by knight’s service, by gift and feoffment of Hugh de Courtenay, earl of Devon, made with the king’s licence to her and Hugh her husband and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to the earl and his heirs. She died on Sunday before Michaelmas. She and her said husband died without heir of their bodies.
	Writ, 23 September, 49 Edward III.
DEVON.	Inq. taken at Honyton, Monday after St. Luke, 49 Edward III.
	Honyton. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief. Hugh de Courtenaye, earl of Devon, gave it (except the advowson thereof) to Hugh de Courtenay, knight, his son, and the said Elizabeth, the latter’s wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to himself. The extent includes 4l. rent of the borough. Date of death &c. as above.
	Writ, 23 September, 49 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Oxford, Monday after St. Luke, 49 Edward III.
	Crawill and Nywenham. The manors, held in all respects as the manor of Wavyngdon (Buckingham inquisition). Date of death &c. as above.
	Writ, 23 September, 49 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Everschute, Friday before All Saints, 49 Edward III.
	Ebryghton. The manor, with the advowson of its church, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. It was granted by the earl of Devon, with the advowson, in all respects as the manor of Honyton (Devon inquisition). Date of death &c. as above.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Crukern, Thursday before All Saints, 49 Edward III.
	Estcoker. The manor, except the advowson of its church. Hardyngton by Estcoker. The advowson of the church. All held of the king in chief by knight’s service, and granted by the earl of Devon, as above. Date of death &c. as above. Copy of fine levied at Westminster in the quinzaine of Michaelmas, 15 Edward III, between the said Hugh and Elizabeth, querents, and the earl, deforciant, whereby all the above manors &c. were granted to Hugh and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to the earl and his heirs; for which they paid 1000l. Note that the charter of licence was dated 3 September, 15 Edward III.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (4.)
	E. Inq. P.M., File 40. (11.) (Somerset.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 173. (7.) (Oxford.)
108.	WILLIAM DE CANTILUPO, knight, the younger.
	Writ, 12 April, 49 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Salisbury, 1 May, 49 Edward III.
	Ambresbury. The manor, held of the earl of Salisbury by knight’s service. He held it in fee tail by gift and feoffment of Thomas de Newmarche, knight, John de Bussy and Hugh Cressy, with remainder to the right heirs of Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight, his grandfather. He died on Sunday before Palm Sunday last without heir of his body. William de Cantilupo, knight, aged 40 years and more, is son and heir of the aforesaid Nicholas.
	Writ, 12 April, 49 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Ayllesbury, Wednesday after St. Dunstan, 49 Edward III.
	Midil Cleydon. The manor, held of the king, as of the honor of Peverel, by knight’s service. Eselburgh. The manor, held of Sir William la Zouche of Haryngworth by knight’s service. Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight, the deceased’s grandfather, enfeoffed Thomas de Neumarchee, knight, John Bussy and Hugh Cressy of the above manors in fee simple, and they granted them to Joan late the wife of the said Nicholas for life, with successive remainders to Nicholas son of William de Cantilupo, knight, and the heirs of his body, and to William brother of the said Nicholas son of William and the heirs of his body, and with remainder over to the right heirs of the aforesaid Nicholas the deceased’s grandfather. Nicholas son of William died without heir of his body; and after his death the said William de Cantilupo named in the writ, his brother, entered into the manors and died without heir of his body. He died on Saturday after the Annunciation, 49 Edward III. Heir as above.
	Writ, 12 April, 49 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York, in the castle, 22 June, 49 Edward III.
	Ravensthorpt. The manor, and divers lands &c. in Ferham, Stanlay, Azerlowe, Brathwayt, Rydmer and York, held of divers lords by divers services, and not of the king in chief. On 6 August, 46 Edward III, he gave these by charter to Marmaduke Constable, knight, William de Aldeburgh, knight, William de Bradeston, parson of the church of Wynfeld, and John de Felicekyrk, parson of the church of Scotton in Lyndesay, their heirs and assigns. So he held no lands &c. in the county on the day of his death. He died on 31 March last. Heir not known. The above feoffees continued their possession of the premises until after his death. Endorsed: This inquisition was exemplified under the king’s great seal in 50 Edward III.
	Writ, 12 April, 49 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. (indented) taken at Ancastre, Tuesday in Easter week, 49 Edward III.
	Lavyngton in the parts of Kesteven. The manor, held of the archbishop of York by knight’s service. Thomas de Neumarche, knight, John Bussy and Hugh de Cressy were enfeoffed thereof (with other manors in divers counties) by gift of Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight, the deceased’s grandfather, and re-enfeoffed thereof for life Joan late the wife of the said Nicholas, with successive remainders to Nicholas son of William son of the said Nicholas and the heirs of his body, and to William brother of the said Nicholas son of William and the heirs of his body. Nicholas son of William and William his brother died without heirs of their bodies, and by the form of the gift the manor (with the other manors) ought to revert to the right heirs of Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight. Date of death as above (Buckingham inquisition). William de Cantilupo, knight, father of the deceased, aged 40 years and more, is son and next heir of Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight. Endorsed: This inquisition was exemplified under the king’s great seal on 16 May, 50 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. (indented) taken at Wragby, Thursday in Easter week, 49 Edward III.
	Kynthorp and Wythcale in the parts of Lyndeseye. The manors, held of the lord de la Zouche by knight’s service. They were entailed and descended as the manor of Lavyngton (last inquisition). Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ, 12 April, 49 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Greseleie, 11 May, 49 Edward III.
	Greseleie. The castle (castellum), and a parcel of land in Kynmarley and 13d. yearly rent in Hemsul, held of the honor of Peverel by suit at the court of Peverel every three weeks. They were entailed and descended as the manor of Lavyngton (first Lincoln inquisition). Heir as last above.
[DERBY].	Inq. taken at Elkiston, 12 May, 49 Edward III.
	Elkiston. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the lord de Bello Monte by knight’s service. It was entailed and descended as the manor of Lavyngton (first Lincoln inquisition). Heir as last above.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (5.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 37. (15.) (Buckingham.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 173. (8.) (Wilts.)
109.	JOAN LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE COUPELAND.
	Writ, 24 April, 49 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Inq. (indented) taken at Lancaster, Monday the morrow of Holy Trinity, 49 Edward III.
	Moreholme. The manor, held of John duke of Lancaster by knight’s service and service of rendering 5d. yearly. Wyresdale. A moiety of the manor, held of the same duke by knight’s service and service of rendering 2s. 6d. yearly. Assheton. A moiety of the manor, held of the same duke by knight’s service and service of rendering 10d. yearly. Whityngton. A third part of the manor, held of the same duke by knight’s service and service of rendering 3s. 4d. yearly. She held the above for life by the king’s demise, the reversion belonging to Ingelram de Coucy, earl of Bedford, and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. Ulverston. A moiety of the manor, held of the abbot of Fourneys by knight’s service and service of rendering 30s. yearly. She held it for life by the king’s grant, the reversion belonging to the abbot and his successors by the king’s charter. She died on Wednesday before Easter last.
	Writ, 24 April, 49 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Inq. (indented) taken at Ulverston, Wednesday after Holy Trinity, 49 Edward III.
	Ulverston in Fourneys. A moiety of the manor, held as above. She held it for life by the king’s grant by charter to her and John her husband for the term of their lives. The said John is dead. By charter dated 29 November, 21 Edward III, the king granted the reversion of the moiety after the death of John and Joan to the abbot and convent of Fourneys and their successors. Moreholme. The manor, held as above. Wyresdale. A moiety of the manor, held as above. Assheton. A moiety of the manor, held as above. Whityngton. A third part of the manor, held as above. The last four items she held for life, with reversion as above (last inquisition). Date of death as above.
	Writ, 24 April, 49 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Burton in Lonesdale, Tuesday after Holy Trinity, 49 Edward III.
	Thorneton. The manor (extent given). Coggill. The manor (extent given, including the agistment of Kenesdale). Both held of the lord de Moubray, as of his manor of Burton, by homage and fealty and a rent of 12s. yearly. Midleton. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Richmond, as of his castle of Richmond, by homage and fealty and suit of court every three weeks. All held for life by the king’s grant, with reversion to Ingelram de Cuucy, earl of Bedford, and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. Date of death as above. Heir not known.
WESTMORELAND.	Inq. taken at Kyrkeby in Kendale, Saturday after Corpus Christi, 49 Edward III.
	Wynandermer. The manor with its members, to wit, the hamlets of Langeden, Loghrygge, Grismer, Hamelsate, Troutebek, Appilthwayt, Undermylnebek, Crosthwayt, Stirkeland Ketell and Hoton (extents given, including parks called ‘Hotonpark,’ ‘Troutebekpark’ and ‘le Calvegarth’). Castirton. The manor. Kyrkeby in Kendale. A moiety of the manor. All held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a fee of barony and by suit to the king’s county-court of Appelby. She held them for life by the king’s grant, with reversion as above. Date of death as above.
	Writ of certiorari super vero valore feodorum &c., 20 May, 49 Edward III.
LANCASTER.	Extent (indented) taken on Monday the morrow of Holy Trinity, 49 Edward III.
	Thirnum. The manor, held of her by Robert son of John de Haveryngton, knight (militis), a minor in the king’s wardship, by homage and fealty and service of 4s. 6d. yearly, as of a moiety of the manor of Assheton. Conyngeston. The manor, held of her by Richard Flemmyng, knight, by homage and fealty and service of 2 1/2d. yearly, as of the manor of Ulvereston. Ulvereston. A tenement, held of her by John Nevill by homage and fealty and service of 30s. yearly; a tenement, held of her by Nicholas Childe by homage and fealty and service of 1d. yearly; and a tenement, held of her by Thomas de Nettelslak by homage and fealty and service of 8s. yearly. Rashed. A tenement, held of her by Uwayn son of John de Asmundrelawe by homage and fealty and service of 6d. yearly; and a tenement, held of her by Adam Nicholson by homage and fealty and service of 1d. yearly. Kyrkeland. The manor, held of her by John le Botiller and Alice his wife, as of the inheritance of Alice, by homage and fealty and service of 10s. yearly, as of a moiety of the manor of Wyresdale. Berewyk. The manor, held of her by John de Berewyk, as of the manor of Moreholme, by service of rendering 13s. 4d. yearly and 5[d.?] for ward of the castle of Lancaster in lieu of all but the foreign service.
	Similar writ, 20 May, 49 Edward III.
WESTMORELAND.	Extent taken on Saturday after Corpus Christi, 49 Edward III.
	Bethome. The manor, held of her by Ralph de Bethome, knight, by homage and fealty and service of 32s. yearly. Farleton. The manor, held by Nicholas de Haveryngton of the said Ralph by homage and fealty and service of 2 marks yearly, as of his manor of Bethome, and by Ralph of the said Joan by the same service. Heversham, Morland, and Grarige. The manors, held of her by William Wyndesore by homage and fealty and service of 13s. 4d. yearly. Levens and Lupton. The manors, held of her by Matthew de Redmane by homage and fealty and service of 2 marks yearly. Middelton. Tenements held of her by Thomas Adamson by homage and fealty and service of 4s. yearly. Berburne. The manor, held of her by Ralph Lascels by homage and fealty and service of 30s. 7d. [yearly]. Hotonroof. The manor, held of her by Hugh de Morisby by homage and fealty and service of 8s. yearly; and tenements held of her by Simon de Heversham by homage and fealty and service of 3s. 4d. yearly. Kyrkeslak. Tenements held of her by Thomas de Redmane, as of the inheritance of Sturnell, by homage and fealty and service of 3s. 4d. yearly. Kyrkby. Tenements under the town, held of her by William de Bourdale by homage and fealty and service of 16d. yearly. Thyrneby. The manor, held of her by the prior of Watton and Joan de Haveryngton by homage and fealty and service of 5 marks yearly. Quynfel. A moiety of the town, with tenements in Selsat, held of her by Matthew de Redmane by homage and fealty and service of 8s. 2d. yearly. Banandesdale. Tenements held of her by Margaret late the wife of Roger de Lancastre by homage and fealty and service of 2s. yearly. Stirkeland Ketell. Tenements held of her by Robert de Belyngham by homage and fealty and service of 8s. yearly; and tenements held of her by Robert de Stirkeland by fealty and service of 8d. yearly. Kyrkeby in Kendale. Tenements held of her by Robert de Docwra by fealty and service of 2s. yearly. All the above were held of her, as of her manor of Kyrkeby in Kendale. Stirkeland Ketell. A tenement, held of her by Adam Thurstanson, as of her manor of Wynandermer, by fealty and service of 20d. yearly. Grissemer and Wynandermer. The advowsons of the chapels. Seyntmariholm. The advowson of the chapel, within the lake of Wynandermer, of no value because the land whereof it was seised in ancient times is in the king’s hand and lies within the park of ‘le Calvegarth.’ Castirton. The advowson of a chapel near Castirton called ‘Colmkylnchapel,’ with land adjoining. The reversion of the whole is to Ingelram de Coucy, earl of Bedeford, and Isabel his wife, and the heirs of their bodies.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (6.)
110.	ROBERT CORBET, knight.
	Writ, 12 December, 49 Edward III.
SALOP AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury, 9 January, 49 Edward III.
	Shawebury. The manor, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Morton Corbet. The manor, held of Richard de Peshale, as of the manor of Chetewynd, by knight’s service. Harpecote. The manor, held of Robert de Ferrers, lord of Wemme, by service of rendering 8s. yearly. Haberleye. The manor, held of Hugh, earl of Stafford, of the manor of Caus, by knight’s service. Routon and Ambaston. The manors, held of Nicholas Burnell by service of rendering 9l. yearly. Bragynton. The hamlet, in the march of Wales, held of the earl of Stafford, of the manor of Caus, by knight’s service. All the above he held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who survives, for the term of their lives, by demise of Thomas Gery, vicar of the church of Morton, and Thomas de Lee of Southbach, with successive remainders to Fulk, son of the said Robert and Elizabeth, and the heirs male of his body, to Roger, Fulk’s brother, and the heirs of his body, and to the right heirs of Robert. And since the manor of Shawebury is held of the king in chief by knight’s service, they have the king’s licence for the above estate. Watlesburgh, Heye and Bredeshulle. The manors, held of the earl of Stafford, of the manor of Caus, by knight’s service. Kynworton. 20s. rent, held of the lord of Watlesburgh by knight’s service. Hemme. The manor, held of Adam de Peshale, lord of Ideshale, by knight’s service. Stirchesleye. Rents of 20s. and 3 dwt. of gold, held of the earl of Arundel by knight’s service. The last four items he held jointly with the said Elizabeth, for the term of their lives, with successive remainders in tail to the said Fulk and Roger, and with remainder over to the right heirs of Robert. Blecheleye. The manor, held of the lord [of] Stoke upon Tirne by service of 12s. rent yearly. Laweleye. The manor, held of Peter de Eyton by service of 5s. rent yearly. Shrewsbury. 8 messuages, 20a. land and 6a. meadow, held in burgage as parcel of the town. The last three items he held jointly with the said Elizabeth, for the term of their lives, with successive remainders in tail to the said Roger and Fulk, and with remainder over to the right heirs of Robert. Besseford. The manor, and 3 messuages and 3 bovates of land in Shawebury, held of the king by knight’s service. Ballysleye. The manor, in the march of Wales, held of Fulk Fitz Waryn, lord of Whitynton, by knight’s service. He held the last two items jointly with the said Elizabeth, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to his right heirs, by demise of Master Richard de Longenolre, parson of the church of Nesse, and Thomas de Morton, parson of the church of Cardeston, with the king’s licence. He died on 3 December last. Elizabeth daughter of Thomas his son, aged 18 years and more, wife of John de Ippestones, knight, is his next heir in blood.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (7.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 40. (5.)
111.	JOHN DAGENET, DAGNEY, or DAKENY, knight.
	Writ, 1 October, 49 Edward III.
BEDFORD.	Inq. taken at Shefford, 12 October, 49 Edward III.
	Caynho. The manor (extent given), h ld of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Caynho. The extent includes 10 cottages which have newly fallen into the lord’s hands for lack of tenants owing to the pestilence. He held no other lands &c. in the county except 10 knights’ fees by estimate, the tenants of which the jurors do not at present know. He died on Thursday before Michaelmas last. Walter his son, aged 7 years by estimate, is his heir.
	Writ of plura, 28 January, 51 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Wynge, 2 April, 51 Edward III.
	Lynchelade. A messuage in ruins, 120a. sandy arable sown only in alternate years, and 8a. meadow, whereof 7a. in the marsh are worth 4d. a year only, and 1a. is worth 7d. a year, held of the lord de Moubray, the lady le Latymer, Thomas Wake, knight, the elder, and William Lovet by knight’s service. He died on Thursday before Michaelmas, 49 Edward III. Walter Dakeney, his son, aged 9 years and more, is his heir. Geoffrey Styuecle has had possession of the premises and received the issues by virtue of a king’s writ granted to him until the lawful age of the said heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (8.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 37. (18.) (Bedford.)
112.	MARGARET DAUGHTER OF RICHARD DE LA RYVERE.
	Writ of devenerunt, 20 November, 49 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Bolwyk, Monday after the Conception of the Virgin Mary, 49 Edward III.
	The said Margaret, kinswoman and heir of Thomas de la Ryvere, knight, Richard’s brother, died while a minor in the king’s wardship. The following lands &c. came to the king’s hands on the death of the said Thomas by reason of Margaret’s minority, and are still in the king’s hand, to wit:— Dodyngton. A pasture with a small grove of wood within the close called ‘Bretonesdybbyng,’ containing 200a. land and 2a. wood. The said enclosure is held of the king in chief by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. Blatherwyk. A messuage, 80a. arable, 2a. meadow with a small grove of wood, and 2 marks yearly rent, held of Ralph Basset of Weldon, knight, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee. She died on Thursday before All Saints last. Sarah wife of John Garlek, sister of Richard her father, aged 50 years and more, and Margaret wife of Robert de Swilyngton the uncle, knight, daughter of Margaret sister of the said Richard, aged 26 years and more, are her kinswomen and heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (9.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 38. (21.)
	Writ to the escheator to make a partition of the premises. 16 December, 49 Edward III. [Calendar of Fine Rolls, Vol. VIII, p. 319.]
	E. Inq. P.M. File 38. (21.)
113.	THOMAS DE LA RYVERE.
	Writ, 8 November, 49 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Lemyngton, Saturday after the Epiphany, 49 Edward III.
	Mulleford by Lemyngton. A messuage and 200a. land, held of William de Farnhull by service of 1 lb. ……. yearly. He held it by the courtesy of England after the death of Joan his wife, daughter of John de Grymstede, the younger, knight, who (que) held it to her and the heirs of her body, with remainder to the right heirs of Margery late the wife of John de Grymstede, the elder, knight, mother of the said John the younger. William son of William brother of Walter father of the said Margery, aged 40 years and more, is next heir of the said Margery. Joan died without heir of her body. Ebbeford. The manor, tenure unknown. He held it in form aforesaid after the death of the said Joan, who held it to her and the heirs of her body, with remainder to the right heirs of John de Grymstede, the elder, father of John de Grymstede, the younger, her father. John Rous, son of Richard Rous the son of Ela the sister of John Grymstede, the elder, aged 8 years and more, is next heir of the said John the elder, and is in the king’s wardship by reason of the lands in Immere, co. Wilts, which he holds of the king in chief. Lheepe and Eukesbury. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Walter Foillet by service of 1 lb. wax or 6d. He held it in all respects as the manor of Ebbeford, and John Rous aforesaid is the heir. He died on Wednesday, 17 October last. John de la Ryvere, his son, aged 1 year and more, is his heir.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Colyngbourne Kyngeston, 17 January, 49 Edward III.
	Wotton Ryvers. The manor, held of the earl of Stafford, service not known. Shaghe. A messuage and a carucate of land, held by knight’s service of the manor of Aulton Berners, which is in the hand of the bishop of Winchester by purchase. Both held jointly with Isabel his second wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to his right heirs. Date of death and heir as above.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Salisbury, Wednesday the morrow of the Circumcision, 49 Edward III.
	Grymstede. The manor, held of Laurence de Sancto Martino, knight, by knight’s service. Cherlton. 4l. rent, whether held of the bishop of Winchester or of Miles de Stapelton, and by what services, the jurors know not. Wynterslewe. 5s. rent and a croft called ‘Okrys,’ held of the prior of Ivychurch, services not known. The rent is held as of the prior’s manor of Whadden. Whitheton. A toft, 2 virgates of land, 4a. meadow and 18d. rent, held of the bishop of Winchester, services not known. All held for life by the courtesy of England after the death of Joan his wife, who had them by virtue of a gift and feoffment made by John Fitz Elys of Brokenhurst and John Seyntecolas to John de Grymstede, the younger, knight, her father, and the heirs of his body, with remainder to the said John Fitz Elys and his heirs. Joan died without heir of her body; and the premises ought to revert to John Fitz Elys of La Whiteparish, kinsman and heir of John Fitz Elys of Brokenhurst, to wit, son of William son of John son of William father of Philip father of the said John. Salisbury. 6 messuages, held for life in right of Isabel his second wife, who survives, of the bishop of Salisbury, services not known. Date of death and heir as above.
	Writ, 18 February, 50 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. (indented) taken at Ambresbury, 1 September, 50 Edward III.
	Cherlton by Dounton. 4l. rent, held of the bishop of Winchester, in right of his church, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. Wytheton by Dounton. A messuage, 30a. land, 1 1/2a. meadow, and the site of a former watermill, held of the same bishop by a rent of 16s. 6d. yearly and suit of court every three weeks at the bishop’s manor of Dounton. Shawe. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of the same bishop, as of his manor of Aulton Berners, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee. Grymstede. The manor, except a croft called ‘Southokrys,’ held of Laurence de Sancto Martino by service of one knight’s fee; the said croft, held of the prior of Yvychurche by service of 2s. yearly. All held by the courtesy of England in right of Joan his wife, daughter and heir of John de Grymstede the younger and Joan his wife, by virtue of a gift made by John Fitz Elys of Brokenhurst and John de Sancto Nicholao to the said John the younger and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with successive remainders to Thomas de Grymstede and the heirs of his body, to the heirs of the body of the said John son of John (sic), and to John Fitz Elys and his heirs. John Fitz Elys has no heir. Thomas died on 17 October, 50 Edward III (sic).
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (10.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 173. (13.) (Wilts.)
	Do. Do. No. 173. (26.) (Hants.)
114.	ROLAND DANYS, knight.
	Writ of plura, 20 February, 49 Edward III.
RUTLAND.	Inq. taken at Okham, the first Thursday in Lent, 49 Edward III.
	Lyndon. The manor, held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Tikencote. The manor, held of the honor of Huntyngdon, service not known. Horn. The manor, tenure not known. He ordained a writing of feoffment of the manors of Tikencote and Horn, but to whom the jurors know not. Nor do they know whether seisin was delivered by him to anyone by virtue of any feoffment. No attornment was made to anyone in his lifetime by any tenants of those manors, free or bond. He certainly died in seisin of part of the manor of Tikencote. He died on Thursday before All Saints, 36 Edward III. John son of Oliver Danys, aged 22 years and more, is his heir. From the time of his death until the lawful age of the said John son of Oliver the king had possession of the manor of Lyndon. Elizabeth his wife has had possession of the other two manors ever since his death, by what title the jurors know not, and has wasted the manor of Tikencote by felling trees to the value of 20l.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (11.)
115.	SIMON DRAYCOTE.
	Writ after the death of the said Simon, who held by knight’s service of the heir of Nicholas Seymour, a minor in the king’s wardship. 4 July, 49 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. (indented) taken at Welles, Thursday before St. Margaret, 49 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. on the day of his death, because on 21 March, 47 Edward III, he enfeoffed Richard Calweton, Richard Denys, William Forde, parson of the church of Baggeworth, and William Bruer, vicar of the church of Banewell, of all his lands &c. in the undermentioned places, to wit:— Ridelinch. Lands worth 100s. yearly, held of Richard son of Nicholas Seymour by knight’s service. Uphull and Cricheston. Lands worth 60s. yearly, held of Sir James Daudele by knight’s service. Oldemixon. Lands worth 23s. yearly, held of Richard Artour by knight’s service. Rolveston. Lands worth 1/2 mark yearly, held of William Coker by knight’s service. Wryngton, Bergh and Glastyngbury. Lands worth 100s. yearly, held of the abbot of Glastonbury by knight’s service. Southbrente. Lands worth 10s. yearly, held of the heirs of Richard [Seint] Barbe by knight’s service. Burnham and Bren. Lands worth 20s. yearly, held of Thomas Grauntson by knight’s service. He died on Tuesday the feast of SS. Philip and James, 49 Edward III. Eleanor his daughter, aged 19 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (12.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 40. (12.)
116.	RICHARD DAMORY, knight.
	Writ, 4 April, 49 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Thame, 28 May, 49 Edward III.
	Hedyngdon. The manor, and the hundreds of Bolynden and Northyate, held of the king by fee-farm for 81l. yearly. He held them for life and for a year after his death, with reversion to the right heirs of John Chaundos, knight. He died on Thursday after the Annunciation, 49 Edward III. Elizabeth Chaundos and Eleanor Chaundos the wife of Roger Colynge, sisters of John Chaundos aforesaid, and Isabel wife of John de Annesley, knight, daughter of Margaret third sister of the said John Chaundos, all aged 26 years and more, are next heirs of the same John.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (13.)
117.	THOMAS DE LA MOTE.
	Writ, 12 October, 49 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. taken at Abyndon, 29 October, 49 Edward III.
	Appulton. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the king by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. He held it in fee tail by grant of the king to Giles de la Mote and Alice his wife, his father and mother, and the heirs of the body of the said Giles. He died on Monday before St. Denis last without heir of his body. Margaret wife of John Fitz Waryn, daughter of the said Giles, aged 40 years and more, is Giles’s next heir. The said John and Margaret have issue between them.
	C. Edw. III. File 243. (14.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 173. (2.)