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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 38

Pages 397-406

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1909.

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 38

563. WALTER SON OF JOHN DE MATHAM.
Writ, 8 February, 8 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. 18 February, 8 Edward III.
Moleseye. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of finding the king in his army, a mounted crossbowman for forty days at the said Walter’s charges, and after the forty days at the king’s charges, and rendering 8s. yearly at the feast of St. Michael at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the men of Kyngeston, and 3s. to the said men.
Samson his brother, son of the said John, aged 29 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (1.)
564. JOHN GERNOUN.
Writ to the escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Lancaster, 22 February, 8 Edward III.
[DERBY?] Inq. (undated fragment.)
………… (dated at) Bauqwell.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (2.)
565. JOHN DE ADYNGGRAVE.
Writ, 27 February, 8 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 17 May, 8 Edward III.
He held no lands or tenements on the day he died of the heir of John de Argenteym, who held of King Edward II, in chief, a minor now in the king’s wardship, or of any other lord.
John his son, aged 8 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (3.)
566. GEOFFREY DE WYGHTON of Shupton.
Writ, 4 June, 8 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas, 8 Edward III.
Shupton. A messuage and two bovates of land, held of John, son and heir of Pain de Tibetoft, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by fealty and by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly to the said heir and his heirs, as of the manor of Wighton. He held no other lands, &c.
Richard his son, aged 21 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (4.)
567. JOHN DE NUTTIL or DE NUTLE.
Writ to the escheator within the liberty of Holdernesse, 23 June, 8 Edward III.
[YORK.] Inq. Friday the Kalends of July, 8 Edward III.
Nutle, Preston and Garton. Two carucates and six and a half bovates of land, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Albemarle by service of a twentieth and an eightieth part of a knight’s fee.
Stokholm. 30a. meadow and 45a. several pasture, held of the abbot of Meaux by service of 16s. 6d. and 1lb. of pepper yearly.
Peter his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (5.)
568. EDMUND SON OF JOHN DE BENSTEDE.
Writ, 1 February, 8 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 27 February, 8 Edward III.
He held no lands &c. on the day he died, in the county, for a long time before his death he alienated his manor in Wlcomestowe to Robert de Morle and William de Playford and their heirs; which manor is held of the king in chief; but whether the king’s licence for the said alienation was obtained or not, is unknown to the jury.
John his son, aged a year and a half, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (6.)
569. RALPH DE BELLO PRATO.
Writ, 10 February, 8 Edward III.
CORNWALL. Inq. 9 May, 8 Edward III.
Trewithegy. The manor, held in chief of Lady Isabella, queen of England, as of the earldom of Cornwall then in her hand, as of the castle of Lanceveton, by knight’s service.
Penhalym. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Joan late the wife of Henry de Campo Arnulphi by knight’s service.
John his son, aged 7 1/2 years, is his next year.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (7.)
570. THOMAS BOUGHELS or DE BOELES.
Writ, 2 August, 8 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. Tuesday after the Assumption, 8 Edward III.
Gomecestre. 70a. land, 6a. meadow and 1a. 1r. pasture, held of the earl of Lancaster by service of 12d. yearly.
Great Paxton. 80a. land, 6a. meadow and 2a. pasture, held of John de Lay for 20 years, by service of 6 1/2d. to be rendered to the countess of Pembroke.
John de Boeles, his kinsman, aged 40 years and more, is the next heir of his blood.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (8.)
571. PHILIP DE BEREWYK.
Writ, 28 April, 8 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. 7 September, 8 Edward III.
Ashfeld. A messuage and a virgate of land, held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 4s. yearly at the king’s exchequer, by the hands of the sheriff.
John son of John de Berwyk, his kinsman, aged 25 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (9.)
572. GEOFFREY WALKELYN
Writ, 4 July, 8 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Saturday after St. Michael, 8 Edward III.
Thurgramby. A messuage, and a bovate of land containing 8a., held of the king in chief, by fealty and by service of rendering 18d. yearly at the king’s exchequer of York by the hands of the sheriff.
John his son, aged 36 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (10.)
573. JOHN AUSTYN of Staunton St. John.
Writ, 25 August, 8 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. 9 September, 8 Edward III.
Staunton St. John. A messuage and a virgate of land, held of the king in chief, by service of a one hundred and forty fourth part of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 11 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (11.)
574. JOHN SON OF RALPH TOGOD of Sutton.
Writ, 9 October, 8 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 15 December, 8 Edward III.
Sutton. 18a. arable, 3a. meadow, and 1/2a. pasture, held of the king in chief, by service of a thirtieth part of a knight’s fee; and a messuage and 12a. land, held jointly with Cecily his wife, who still survives, for their lives and that of the said John’s heir, of William Latimer by service of 1/2d. yearly.
Robert his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw III. File 38. (12.)
575. JOHN DE LA RYVERE.
Writ, 20 September, 8 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 24 September, 8 Edward III.
Wolwych. 66s. 8d. yearly rent, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Haghenet now in the king’s hand, in free socage by fealty.
He died in 8 Edward II. John his son, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (13.)
576. ROBERT GEMYS.
Writ, 2 February, 8 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 4 March, 8 Edward III.
Stachesden. A messuage, 81a. arable, 8a. meadow and 100s. rent, held of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 21 years at the feast of St. Martin in the Winter last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (14.)
577. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF EDMUND DE MORTUO MARI.
Writ, 21 February, 8 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Saturday after St. John ante Portam Latinam, [8] Edward III.
Briggewater. The castle, and a third part of Briggewater, held for life of the inheritance of Edmund [de Mortuo Mari the younger, deceased, who held of the king in chief, and was in the king’s wardship, by fine levied in the king’s court] ………… . .
Odecombe. Two parts held for life of the king in chief, of the said inheritance, by the aforesaid fine.
Roger, son of Edmund de Mortuo Mari the younger, aged 7 years, is next heir after the death of Elizabeth late the wife of the said Edmund the younger, who holds the premises for her life by the grant of Roger de Mortuo Mari, father of the said Edmund the younger, by the king’s licence.
Writ, 21 February, 8 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 16 May, 8 Edward III.
Crendon. A third part of the manor (extent given), held for life, of the above inheritance, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king as of his marshalcy, service unknown.
Heir as above, aged 5 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (15.)
578. WILLIAM DE HAY.
Writ, 20 April, 8 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 9 May, 8 Edward III.
Beaumundeston. The manor, held of Geoffrey son of William de Say by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. And whereas it is found in the Book of Fees that Stephen de Bekewelle holds the manor of Bekewelle of Thomas del Hay, and he of the king, the jury say that the said Thomas was not an ancestor of the said William, and they say that all the ancestors of the said William del Hay were named Stephen del Hay, and that he never had any ancestor named Thomas.
His daughters, Agnes aged 24 years, and Joan aged 22 years, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (16.)
579. JOHN DE WYSHAM.
Writ, 24 April, 8 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. 25 June, 8 Edward III.
Burstowe. A messuage, 160a. land, 6a. meadow, and 22s. rent, held of John de Burstowe by service of 40s. yearly.
Horne. A park containing 200a., held of Hugh Daudele by service of a thirtieth part of a knight’s fee.
All held by the said John, together with Hawis, late his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to them and the heirs of the same John for ever.
John his son, aged 16 years, is his next heir.
SUSSEX. Inq. 24 June, 8 Edward III.
Wikham. The manor, held of John earl of Warenne, by service of half a knight’s fee, enfeoffed jointly with Hawis, late his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court between the said John de Wysham and Hawis, (and) Richard Wodelond and Anne his wife, to hold to the said John and Hawis and the heirs of the same John.
Heir as above, aged 16 years and more.
KENT. Inq. 20 June, 8 Edward III.
Mapelescampe. Two parts of a messuage, lands, and rents, held of the inheritance of Robert, son and heir of Simon de Northwode and Margaret his wife, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, as of the manor of Northcreye.
Margaret, late the wife of William de Skotho, now the wife of Giles de Hyngeston, holds a third part of the said tenements in dower, the reversion of which belongs to the said John de Wysham.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (17.)
580. ANASTASIA DE LA GRAVE.
Writ, 23 October, 8 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 12 January, 8 Edward III.
Wyke by Estbury. A toft, 25a. land, and 9s. yearly rent, held of the king in chief, by service of a sixteenth part of a knight’s fee; and a toft and 9a. land, held of John ate Oke by service of 12d. yearly. She held no other lands, &c.
John de la Grave her son, aged 25 years, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (18.)
581. SIBYL, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM ARMESTRANG.
Writ, 16 July, 8 Edward III.
[CUMBERLAND.] Inq. taken at Penreth on Monday before the feast of St. Michael, 8 Edward III.
Ulnesby. An eighth part of the town, viz.—a toft and 12a. land, held of the king in chief, by homage and by service of rendering 4s. 3d. yearly to the king for cornage at his exchequer of Carlisle.
John, son of Adam de Carleton, sometime her husband, and of the aforesaid Sibyl, aged 15 years, is her next heir of the said tenements.
Ulnesby. A messuage burned by the Scots, five wasted tofts, 95a. wasted land and 5a. meadow, held for life, jointly with the aforesaid William and his heirs, of the king in chief, by homage and by service of rendering 4s. yearly, at his exchequer of Carlisle, for cornage.
Adam Armestrang, kinsman of the aforesaid William, aged 40 years and more, is the said William’s next heir of these premises.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (19.)
582. ROBERT DE SYWARDBY.
Writ, 30 June, 8 Edward III.
[YORK.] Inq. 14 January, 8 Edward III.
Sywardeby. The manor (extent given), held of Nicholas de Menill by homage and fealty; and two tofts and five bovates of land, held of Stephen de Thorp by fealty and by service of 5d. yearly.
Brigham. Three tofts and four bovates of land, held of Stephen de Neusome by service of a rose yearly.
Carleton. 3a. meadow and 54s. yearly rent of free tenants, held of Nicholas de Stapelton by homage and fealty, and by service of 20s. yearly.
Thomas his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (20.)
583. MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM COTEL, knight.
Writ, 26 September, 8 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 26 October, 8 Edward III.
Great Cheleworth. A messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of 18s. to be paid yearly by the hands of the sheriff, issuing from the tenements of certain tenants (named) of the heirs of John Peverel.
Colecote by Cheleworth. 10a. land, 12a. meadow, and 72s. 2 1/2d. yearly rent, held of the earl of Cornwall by service of 30s. yearly.
All held as dower, as of the inheritance of the heirs of John Peverel, sometime her husband.
Denise daughter of John Peverel, Edith daughter of Margery daughter of the said John Peverel, and Joan, Eleanor, Maud, Elizabeth and Isabel, daughters of Joan, daughter of the said John Peverel, all aged 22 years and more, are the next heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (21.)
584. WILLIAM DE PAUNTON.
Writ, 28 January, 8 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 2 February, 8 Edward III.
Mumby and Hoggesthorp Four bovates of land, held of the king, as of the honour of Albemarle now in the king’s hand, by service of 1d. yearly; and the king receives yearly 26s. 8d. from the said tenements by the hands of the sheriff, from a rent charged by the ancestors of the said William to a certain earl of Albemarle to have his aid and patronage.
Askeby by Parteney. A messuage, 40a. land, 8a. meadow and 26s. 8d. rent, held of John de Wyluby by knight’s service; and 20a. land, held of Alexander de Cubbeldyk by knight’s service.
Paunton. A messuage, 60a. land, 10a. meadow and 40s. rent, held of the archbishop of York by knight’s service.
He held no other lands, &c.
William his son, aged 26 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (22.)
585. GILES DE LA MOTE.
Writ, 18 December, 8 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 9 January, 8 Edward III.
Appelton. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Richard his son, aged 26 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (23.)
586. RALPH LE PARKER.
Writ, 26 May, 8 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. Wednesday after St. James, 8 Edward III.
Thurstanfeld. Six messuages, 30a. land and 1a. meadow, held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who still survives, to themselves and the heirs of their bodies, of Robert de Bampton by fealty and by service of ‘. .’ s. yearly; and a messuage, 24a. land, and 1a. meadow, held jointly as aforesaid of William son of Robert of Burgh by Sands by fealty and by service of 20s. yearly.
Burgh on Sands. A toft and 3a. land, held jointly as aforesaid of Ranulph de Dacre by service of doing suit at the said Ranulph’s court in Burgh every three weeks.
Carlisle. Two messuages held jointly as aforesaid, of the king in burgage of the city of Carlisle, by service of rendering 2d. yearly to the king for house tax (ad husgabulum), for all service; and a messuage similarly held, of the prior of Carlisle by service of 7s. yearly.
William son of the said Ralph and Elizabeth, aged 5 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (24.)
587. ARNALD DE BUKTON.
Writ, 15 September, 8 Edward III.
[YORK.] Inq. 6 February, 9 Edward III.
Bukton. Six bovates of land, held of Thomas de Siwardby by homage and fealty.
Bukton. Four bovates of land.
Bynyngton. Twelve bovates of land.
Octon. Two bovates of land.
Flixton. Five bovates of land.
All held of Sir William de Twenge by homage and fealty.
Bukton. A bovate of land, held of Sir Walter de Benyngton by homage and fealty.
Bukton. Nine bovates of land.
Brigham. A bovate and a half of land.
Both held of William de Bukton by fealty and by service of a rose yearly.
Muston. A messuage and five bovates of land, held of William de Raygate by fealty and by service of 6d. yearly.
Fordon. Two bovates of land.
Wilardby. A bovate of land.
Both held of William de Raygate by service of a pair of spurs.
Muston. Five bovates of land, held of James de Ros by fealty and by service of a pair of spurs yearly.
Twenge. Two bovates of land, held of William de Erghum by homage and fealty.
Siwardby. Two bovates of land, held of the prior of Brydlyngton by service of 10s. yearly.
Walter his son, aged 5 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (25.)
588. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE SUDBURY.
Writ, 28 August, 8 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 10 October, 8 Edward III.
Sodbury. The manor (extent given), including an island in the water of Ousee containing half an acre, in which there is only a certain profit called ‘Reed,’ which can be mown only at the feast of the Purification, held for life of the king in chief as of the honour of Huntingdon by service of half a knight’s fee, and suit at the court of the said honour every month.
Etone. 5s. rent from a free tenant, held of Roger de Bello Campo by service of 1lb. of pepper.
William, son of the said John and Joan, aged 21 years at the feast of St. Luke last, is their next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (26.)
589. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BURDELEYS.
Writ, 28 April, 8 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 28 May, 8 Edward III.
Sculton. The manor (extent given), held for her life, of the inheritance of the heir of the son of John de Burdeleys, deceased, who held of the king in chief, a minor and in the king’s wardship, of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz.—by service of coming to the king’s coronation with a knife and axe to perform the office of larderer; and the said manor is charged in 10 marks sterling to Robert de Burdeleys yearly for his life.
Tumston. 16s. yearly rent, customs, and perquisites of court, held of the same inheritance, which rent is held of the castle of Brumesfeld, now in the king’s hand, service unknown.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (27.)
590. JOHN DE DRYBY.
Writ, 20 June, 8 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 12 July, 8 Edward III.
Denton. 20s. rent, 8a. arable, and a third part of a water-mill.
Babbingeleye. 9a. arable, 8a. of salt marsh, 4s. rent of assize, and 1a. wood.
All held of the king in chief, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, as of the barony of Tatishale.
Bokenham. 6a. arable, 3a. meadow, and 1a. pasture, held of the king in chief, by serjeanty, by service of serving as the king’s butler (de pincerna domini Regis) at the king’s coronation.
Alice, daughter of Robert de Dribi, whom William de Bernak, knight, took to wife, aged 50 years and more, is his next heir.
SUFFOLK. Inq. Sunday the feast of St. Kenelm, 8 Edward III.
Schelleye. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a third part of a messuage and market, and a great wood in Rokwode, held of the prior of Buttele by service of 17s. 4d. yearly; and 29a. arable, held of the abbot of St. John’s, Colchester, by service of 3s. 4d. yearly.
Heir as above.
Writ, 20 June, 8 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 24 August, 8 Edward III.
Baston. Two parts of a messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given); and the third part of the said tenements, which were sometime of Simon de Driby, Margery, late the wife of the said Simon, holds as dower; which two parts and third part are held of Henry de Bello Monte, as of the castle of Folkingham, by knight’s service and suit at his court at Folkyngham every three weeks.
Heir, Alice his sister, as above, aged 40 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (28.)
591. ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE SHELTON.
Writ, 1 May, 8 Edw. III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 26 August, 8 Edward III.
Shelton. A messuage, lands, and rent (extent given), held for her life of the inheritance of Ralph de Shelton, of Joan late the wife of Robert de Tateshale, the younger, by service of a knight’s fee and suit at the said Joan’s court of Bukenham every three weeks; 17a. land, similarly held of Lady le FizWauter by service of 3s. yearly; 30a. arable and 1a. meadow, held of Robert de Shelton by service of 2s. 4d. yearly; 10a. arable held of John de Hemenhale by service of 2s. yearly; 5a. arable held for life of the abovesaid inheritance, of William de Middelton, by service of 11d. yearly; and 5a. arable held of Richard de Shelton by service of 3d. yearly.
Ralph son of John de Shelton, knight, aged 18 years, is her next heir.
Underwritten. Let there be no execution concerning this inquisition because the said heir holds all the lands of the king as of the crown.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (29.)
592. THOMAS DE MILHAM.
Writ, 16 July, 8 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 9 September, 8 Edward III.
Ketleston, Little Snoryng, and Dounton. Fifteen messuages, ten tofts, a windmill, 166a. land, 5a. meadow, and 25s. yearly rent, held jointly with Beatrice his wife by fine levied in the court of King Edward II, by his licence, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Thomas; whereof fifteen messuages, ten tofts, the mill, 116a. land, 5a. meadow and 25s. yearly rent, are held of the king in chief, by service of 3s. 6d. to be paid yearly at the king’s castle of Norwich; and 50a. land in Dounton are held of the king as parcel of the manor of Dounton, which manor is held of the king by service of keeping one of the king’s falcons at the king’s charges.
Ketleston. A messuage, 24a. land, and 1a. meadow, held for life, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the enfeoffment of John de Doughton, with remainders to John son of the said Thomas, the [eld]er, and the heirs of his body, and in default of such issue to George brother of the said John and the heirs of his body with reversion to the right heirs of the said Thomas, of the king by service of 6d. to be paid yearly at the castle of Norwich.
John de Milham, the elder, his son, aged 26 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (30.)
593. WILLIAM LE BOTILLER or LE BOTELER of Wemme.
Writ, 14 September, 8 Edward III.
WARWICK. Inq. Thursday the feast of St. Matthew, 8 Edward III.
Ovresleye. The manor (extent given).
Mershton Boteler. A moiety of the manor (extent given).
Both held, together with the other moiety of the said manor of Mershton, of Henry de Lancastr[ia], earl of Leicester, by service of a knight’s fee.
William his son, aged 36 years and more, is her next heir.
Writ, 14 September, 8 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. 22 September, 8 Edward III.
Tyrleye. The manor (extent given), including a park and a certain profit called ‘Kylgh,’ held of the king in chief, as parcel of two parts of three knights’ fees, by service of a third part of three knights’ fees.
Heir as above.
SALOP. Inq. 21 September, 8 Edward III.
Wemme. The manor (extent given), including a fishpond with the fishery of the same, two small parks, and a profit called ‘Kylgh.’
Hynstoke manor (extent given), including a profit called ‘Kylgh.’
Both held of the king in chief by service of two parts of three knights’ fees, whereof Alice de Monte Gomeri sometime the wife of Gauwyn le Botiler holds a third part in dower, and John Lestraunge, lord of Whitchurch (de Albo Monasterio), and Ancareta his wife hold Dodynton, which is a member of the said manor of Wemme, by the present king’s charter.
Heir as above, aged 36 at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (31.)
594. PETER DE GIPTHORP.
Writ, 4 February, 8 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 27 May, 8 Edward III.
Burgh and Wynthorp. A messuage, 50a. arable and 30a. pasture, held of John son and heir of Philip de Orreby, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of 36s. yearly.
Wolmersty, Wrangle and Freskeneye. The manor, with certain lands, &c. pertaining to the said manor (extent given), including 20a. arable called ‘Toftlandes,’ held of the earl of Lincoln, by service of 20s. yearly, and two attendances yearly at the said earl’s court at Wrangle.
Mumby. 60a. arable, held of the honour of Richmond, by service of 6d. yearly.
Alexander his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 38. (32.)