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  1. Inquisitions Post Mortem
  2. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II
  3. Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 94

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 94

Pages 406-412

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1910.

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 94

638. ALICE DE CAUNTON.
Writ (missing).
WARWICK. Inq. 1 December, 18 (sic (fn. 1) ) Edward II.
Colton in Solihull. A quarter of a carucate of land held of the king in chief, service unknown.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 11.
639. GEOFFREY LE HARE of Honweton.
Writ, 16 November, 19 Edward II.
SUFFOLK; BLAKBOURNE (HUNDRED). Inq. 20 December, 19 Edward II.
Honeweton. A messuage, 18a. land, 1r. meadow and 1r. heath, held of the king in chief as of the castle of Norwich by service of 1/4d. yearly called Ward fee at the castle of Norwich.
He died on 26 October, 19 Edward II. Ralph his son, aged 36 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (1.)
640. THOMAS DE HETON.
Writ (missing).
[YORK.] Inq. Saturday after St. Matthias the Apostle, 19 Edward II.
Mirefeld. A messuage and 1 1/2 bovate of land, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Pontefract by knight’s service, whereof 14 bovates make a carucate, and 14 carucates a knight’s fee, and doing suit at the king’s court of Pontefract.
John his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (2.)
641. WILLIAM DE GERMOUTH of Wodehous.
Writ, 2 March, 19 Edward II.
[YORK.] Inq. Saturday after St. Ambrose, 19 Edward II.
Wodehous. A messuage and two parts of a messuage, and 1/2 bovate of land containing 10 1/2a., held of the king in chief as of the honour of Skipton, by homage, service of 1/172 knight’s fee, and doing suit at the king’s court of Skipton.
Robert his son, aged 24 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (3.)
642. ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE LUK.
Writ, 10 April, 19 Edward II.
DERBY. Inq. 17 May, 19 Edward II.
Duffeld. 39a. land held of the king in chief as of the honour of Tuttebury, now in the king’s hand by the forfeiture of Thomas sometime earl of Lancaster, by service of 1/30 knight’s fee, and 2s. yearly to the castle of Tuttebury.
William de Luk of Breidesale, her kinsman, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (4.)
643. JOHN BYSET.
Writ (fragment undated).
[YORK.] Inq. taken at Pontefract on Saturday after St. Matthias, 19 Edward II.
Elmessale and Thweng. A messuage and 60a. land in Elmessale, and 20a. land in Thweng, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Pontefract by homage and service of 1/4 knight’s fee, and doing suit at the king’s court of Pontefract; and 48a. land in Elmessale held as above by service of a pair of gloves of buckskin furred with fox skin, or rendering 8d. yearly at the castle of the honour aforesaid.
John his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (5.)
644. JOHN DE HOLYNDALE.
Writ, 27 November, 19 Edward II.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Ferles on Saturday after the Epiphany, 19 Edward II.
[Ferles?] 40a. land held of the king as of the manor of Eghynstone, now in the king’s hand by reason of the forfeiture of Bartholomew de Badesmere, by service of a quarter of a little knight’s fee of Mortain, and rendering 20d. for the guard of the castle of Pevense, and 10d. for sheriff’s aid, and doing suit of court at the said manor; and a messuage, 20a. land, and 3a. meadow, held of Nicholas de Alderham as of the manor of Gevyngeton, by service of 1/16 knight’s fee, and doing suit at his court of Gevyngeton.
John his son, aged 36, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (6.)
645. JULIANA DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM MOSSEL.
Writ, 14 June, 19 Edward II.
DERBY. Inq. Friday after SS. Peter and Paul, 19 Edward II.
Tharp within the wapentake of Wyrkesworth. A toft and a bovate of land, held of the king in chief in socage, by service of 2s. yearly rent, and suit at the wapentake aforesaid.
Henry her son, aged 40 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (7.)
646. WILLIAM CORIET of Coueleye.
Writ, 4 December, 19 Edward II.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Wednesday after the octave of St. Hilary, 19 Edward II.
Coueleye. A messuage &c., 40a. land, and 1a. meadow, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty as of the castle of Berkeleye, by reason of the rebellion of Maurice de Berkeleye, rendering 7s. 8d. yearly at the castle of Berkeleye, and 12s. 4d. yearly to Henry de Camme.
Walter his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw II. File 94. (8.)
647. THOMAS DE CLOPTON.
Writ, 25 June, 19 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. 20 July, 20 Edward II.
Chepyng Waledene. A capital messuage &c., and 20a. arable, held of Geoffrey de la Mare by service of 6s. 8d. yearly; 44a. arable held of the heir of Humphrey de Bohoun, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of 4d. yearly, and 12d. at the chapel of Plesseiz, and doing suit at the said heir’s court of High Estre; 28a. arable held of the abbot of Waleden by service of 1d. yearly; 20a. arable held of Philip ate Croft by service of 1/2d. yearly; and 10a. arable held of John le Roos of Waleden by service of 1d. yearly.
He died on Friday after Holy Trinity last. John his son, aged half a year, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (9.)
648. HENRY LE KEU of Branton.
Writ, 18 April, 19 Edward II.
DERBY. Inq. Thursday before Whitsunday, 19 Edward II.
Chestrefeld, Dronefeld and Leyes. 73s. 4 1/2d. rent held of the king in chief by service of 1/40 knight’s fee.
Richard son of Robert de Branton, his kinsman, aged 20 and more is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (10.)
649. HENRY LE CHAUMBERLAYN of Thornton.
Writ, 4 December, 19 Edward II.
YORK. Inq. Saturday before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 20 Edward II.
Thornton in Pykeringlith. A messuage, a toft, 1 bovate, 12a. 1r. land, and 3a. meadow, held jointly with Alice his wife who survives, by the gift of John de Eston, of the king in chief as of the honour of Albemarle by service of 1/40 knight’s fee.
Nothing at present as to the heir of the said Henry and Alice.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (11.)
650. SIMON DE ORREBY.
Writ, 29 June, 19 Edward II.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Sunday the feast of St. Margaret, 20 Edward II.
Baseford. A capital messuage, 4 bovates of land with meadow, a moiety of a water-mill, and 20s. 6d. rent, held for life of the inheritance of Alfred de Sulny, knight, of the king as of the honour of Peverel now in the king’s hand, by service of doing suit at the court of the said honour at Nottingham.
Alfred de Sulny, knight, aged 26 and more, is his next heir of the lands aforesaid.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (12.)
651. ROBERT DE BROME, of Lapworth.
Writ of certiorari to Henry de Hockele, keeper of forfeited lands &c. in co. Warwick, on the petition of Paulinus de Brome of Lapworth, for the lands &c. of the said Robert to be delivered to him as his son and next heir, and of full age, 18 April, 19 Edward II.
WARWICK. Inq. Wednesday the feast of St. George the Martyr, 19 Edward II.
Lappeworth. A messuage, 1 1/2 carucate of land, and 30s. rent, were held by the said Robert of Thomas earl of Lancaster by knight’s service, service of 4s. rent, and two attendances at the view of frank pledge of the liberty of the honour of Leicester in co. Warwick. The said lands &c. came to the lands of the said earl in wardship by reason of the minority of Paulinus son of the said Robert, and were taken into the king’s hand by the forfeiture of the said earl. Petronilla late the wife of the said Robert was dowered of a third of the said lands &c. in the time of the said earl.
Paulinus, his son, aged 24, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (13.)
652. JOHN DE COUELEYE.
Writ, 16 September, 19 Edward II.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Sunday before St. Luke, 19 Edward II.
Coueleye. A messuage &c., 80a. arable, 8a. meadow, 2a. pasture, and 10a. wood, held of the king as of the manor of Berkeleye which is in the king’s hands by reason of the rebellion of Maurice de Berkeleye, by service of 1/5 knight’s fee.
Hembury. A messuage and a virgate of land, held of the bishop of Worcester, by doing suit at his court there, and service of 1/16 knight’s fee.
Robert his son, aged 30, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (14.)
653. GILBERT DE DUNNESLEYE.
Writ, 17 April, 19 Edward II.
STAFFORD. Inq. Tuesday after St. Augustine, 19 Edward II.
Dunnesleye within the manor of Kynefar. A messuage, a virgate of land, 4a. meadow, and a water-mill, held of Robert de Throkemaston in chief by fealty and service of a rose yearly.
He had no heir because he was a bastard.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (15.)
654. JOAN CAPEROUN.
Writ, 13 July, 19 Edward II.
HEREFORD. Inq. 10 August, 19 Edward II.
Wystanton. A messuage &c., 55a. arable, and 1a. meadow, held of the king in chief by service of 12d. yearly at the castle of Hereford.
William Caperon, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (16.)
655. WILLIAM EYLEMER alias ELMERE.
Writ, 11 October, 19 Edward II.
SUSSEX. Inq. Tuesday after SS. Simon and Jude, 19 Edward II.
Elmere. A messuage and 6 virgates of land, held of Sir Thomas Tregouz by homage, fealty, two parts of a knight’s fee, and suit at his court of Bargham.
Burgham. A messuage, 200a. land, and 2a. meadow, held of William son of Richard Judewyne, a minor and in the wardship of Roger Baventre, by homage and fealty and 1/6 knight’s fee.
Bouelithe. A virgate of land, and a moiety of a messuage, held of John Haket by fee and suit at his court at Upmeredon.
William his son, aged 2, is his next heir, and in the wardship of Sir Thomas Tregoz.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (17.)
656. RALPH SON OF RALPH DE LATTHEBURY.
Writ, 22 June, 19 Edward II.
DERBY. Inq. Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 19 Edward II.
Hethouses. 20s. yearly rent held of the king as of the honour of Tuttebury, now in the king’s hand through the forfeiture of Thomas late earl of Lancaster, by service of 1lb. cummin to be paid to the castle of Tuttebury.
Eginton. A capital messuage, 30a. arable, 6a. meadow, a fourth part of a water-mill, and 5l. rent, and 20s. yearly rent in Ambaldston, held of Ralph Frechevill and his heirs by service of 1/8 knight’s fee.
Robert his brother, aged 15 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (18.)
657. HUGH DAUDELEYE alias DE AUDELEYE.
Writ of certiorari to John Loveday and others, on the petition of James Daudeleye for livery of the manor of Stretton, which Ela Daudeleye gave to Hugh Daudeleye, whose heir he is, and to the heirs of his body; which manor was taken into the king’s hand by the rebellion of the said Hugh, who has now died, 9 March, 19 Edward II.
OXFORD. Inq. Saturday after the Annunciation, 19 Edward II.
Stretton. The manor was given by Ela de Audeleie to Hugh de Audeleye her son and the heirs of his body by her charter on Monday after St. Frideswide, 1 Edward I, and the said Hugh peacefully continued his seisin thereof until through his rebellion it was taken into the king’s hand. The manor is held of Eblo le Estraunge and Alesia his wife, as of her right, by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
James de Audeleie is his son and heir.
Writ of certiorari to John Inge and others, on the petition of James de Audeleye for a fourth part of the manor of Mere, co. Stafford, which was taken into the king’s hand by the rebellion of the said Hugh his father, now deceased, 17 March, 19 Edward II.
STAFFORD. Inq. Thursday in Easter week, 19 Edward II.
Mere. William de Mere enfeoffed the said Hugh of a fourth part of the manor, and of a fourth part of a fourth part, and of 4a. land and 12a. turbary in Mere by Assheleye, in 11 Edward II, and the said Hugh in the same year granted the same back, by fine levied in the king’s court, to the said William for life with reversion to the said Hugh and his heirs; and after the death of the said William the king’s escheator seized the same into the king’s hand by reason of the rebellion of the said Hugh, who was at that time in the king’s prison at Wallyngford, and there they still remain. The lands &c., are held of Thomas de Halghton, by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
James his son, is his next heir.
Petition to the king and council from the aforesaid James for livery of the lands &c. abovesaid, which are in the king’s hand through the quarrel of the earl of Lancaster. Endorsed. Let this petition be sent to the chancery, and if it be so, let the said James be restored to his heritage with the issues &c.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (19.)
658. ROBERT DE AURE.
Writ of certiorari on the petition of John de Aure that the lands &c. of his inheritance may be surrendered to him, 13 April, 19 Edward II.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Wednesday before Whitsunday, 19 Edward II.
St. Briavell. A messuage and 12a. land, held of the king in chief by service of keeping vert and venison in the forest of Dene.
Aure. A messuage and a virgate of land, held of Margaret la Mortimer and Joan de Valencia by service of 5s. yearly.
The said Robert’s lands &c. are in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of his heir and not otherwise.
John his son, aged 21 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (20.)
659. NIGEL DE KYNGESCOTE.
Writ of certiorari on the petition of William de Kyngescote, praying livery of the lands &c. of the said Nigel, as his son and next heir and of full age, 20 April, 19 Edward II.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Monday after the Ascension, 19 Edward II.
Kyngescote. A messuage and a carucate of land, which were of the said Nigel came to the hands of Thomas de Berkeley by reason of the minority of the said William, because the said Nigel held them of the said Thomas by service of a third part of 1/2 knight’s fee; and afterwards they came to the hands of Maurice de Berkeleye executor of the said Thomas, through whose rebellion they were taken into the king’s hand and are now in the custody of Robert de Aston.
William his son, aged 21 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 94. (21.)
660. PETRONILLA, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM DE GOUYZ.
Writ, 1 August, 19 Edward II.
DORSET. Inq. 27 August, 19 Edward II.
Duntysh. The manor, and the hamlet of Tyleye and 100s. of land and rent in Deuelysh, held in dower of John le Latymer and Joan his wife, as of the inheritance of the said Joan, daughter and heir of the said William, service unspecified.
Joan her daughter, and also daughter and heir of the said William, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
Writ of certiorari to the keepers of alien’s lands in co. Dorset, who upon the petition of the abovesaid John and Joan for livery of the lands &c. abovesaid, had signified that on 10 October last they had taken the same into the king’s hand because the said Petronilla was an alien and in the power of the king of France in Normandy, and the said John having asserted that the said Petronilla has died, 14 October, 19 Edward II.
[DORSET.] Inq. 11 November, 19 Edward II.
The said Petronilla died on Monday before St. Andrew, 18 Edward II.
C. Edward II. File 94. (22.)

Footnotes

  • 1. This roll is headed, Inquisitions of the time of John de Bolyngbrok, escheator, … from 29 November, 17 Edw. II. until the feast of St. Michael next following.