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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 39

Pages 406-417

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 39

595. JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF HUGH DE LUCCOUMBE, a minor and in the king’s wardship.
Writ, 16 May, 8 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Exeford on Thursday after St. Barnabas, 8 Edward III.
Loccombe. Two parts of the manor (extent given), and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Pynkeneye, for two parts of three knights’ fees.
His sister, Elizabeth the wife of Oliver de Sancto Johanne, aged 13 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (1.)
596. MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE TILTON.
Writ, 28 November, 8 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Inq. 23 April, 9 Edward III.
Keythorp. A third part of two carucates of land and 8s. rent, held in dower of the inheritance of Roger son and heir of Roger Beler, of the archbishop of York by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
She died on Monday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 6 Edward III.
Petition to the king and council by William de Tilton and Elizabeth his wife. Whereas Roger son of Roger Beler is suing a scire facias against the said William and Elizabeth before the justices of the bench, to show cause why the third part of two carucates of land and 40s. rent in Keythorp, which the said Margery held in dower, and which after her death ought to revert to John son of John de Tilton and his heirs, ought not to remain to Roger de Beler the father, and his heirs for ever, according to an agreement between the said Roger Beler the father, and the said John son of John before the justices of King Edward II, at York, in the 15th year of his reign; upon which it is pleaded that the said Margery did not hold of the said John son of John, but of one Alice David, who still survives; pending which plea it was found, by an inquisition made by persons ignorant of the truth, that the said Margery held the same tenements in dower of the inheritance of the said heir, who was in the king’s wardship, for which cause the said third part was taken into the king’s hand; they pray that pending the said plea the said William and Elizabeth may be re-seised of the said third part &c. (undated.)
Endorsed:—Let them sue out the matter before the justices, and if judgment is in favour of the petitioners, let them sue the lands out of the king’s hand.
Writ of certiorari to Adam de Stayngreve, the king’s clerk, to send into the chancery a transcript of a Note of Fine levied in 15 Edward II, between Roger Beler, plaintiff, and John son of John de Tilton, deforciant, concerning the manor of Keythorp, and a messuage, two carucates of land, and 40s; rent in Keythorp, 1 February, 9 Edward III.
Transcript of a Note of Fine levied at Westminster in 15 Edward II, as abovesaid.
Writ of certiorari to John de Stonore, to send into the chancery the tenor of the record and process of a plea before the justices of the bench by the king’s writ in 7 Edward III, between Roger, son and heir of Roger Beler, and William de Tilton of Keythorp and Elizabeth his wife, that the said William and Elizabeth should shew cause why the manor of Keythorp and a third part of two carucates of land and 40s. rent in the said town, ought not to remain to the said Roger, 12 July, 9 Edward III.
Transcript of pleas at Westminster before the justices of the bench, Trinity, 7 Edward III, Roll 109. Being the above-mentioned plea (defaced).
C. Edw. III. File 39. (2.)
597. ALEXANDER DE COBELDIKE or DE CUBBELDYK.
Writ, 2 January, 8 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 16 January, 8 Edward III. (defective.)
Coleby by Hermeston. A capital messuage, lands and rent, held of the king as of the honour of Huntyngdon, as of the pourparty of Robert de Brus which is in the king’s hand by the forfeiture of the said Robert, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Harington. The manor (extent given), held of the heirs of John de Multon of Egremound, by service of a knight’s fee, and rendering 20l. yearly to John son of Richard de Harington from a certain rent charged to Richard de Harington father of the aforesaid John and to Amice wife of the same Richard, and their heirs, whose heir the same John is, by John de Harington father of the same Richard and grandfather of the aforesaid John, late lord of Harington, by fine levied in the court of King Edward II.
Neuton in Kesteven. A capital messuage, 17a. arable, and 3a. wood, held of John de Sourdevale by service of 40d. yearly; and 14a. arable and 8s. yearly rent from a bondman, held of the bishop of Durham by service of 21d. yearly.
Welton by Louth and Withcal. 30s. yearly rent, held of Ralph de Nevile, as in socage, by service of 4s. 6d. yearly.
Boston (Sancto Botolpho). Two houses, held of the earl of Richmond, as in socage, by service of 7s. yearly, and they are worth 20s. yearly in the time of the fair.
Wrangle. 5s. 10d. rent, held of Ebulo Lestraunge by knight’s service.
Forthington. The manor, held of Laurence de Hastinges by service of a knight’s fee, and not of the king, was alienated by the said Alexander three years ago, to Master John de Cubbeldyk in fee tail, to him and the heirs of his body.
Wyberton and Frampton. All his tenements, held of Roger de Huntingfeld, the earl of Richmond, and divers other lords, and not of the king, were alienated by the said Alexander long before his death to Master John de Wygetoft and Richard de Forthington, parson of the church of Wodehalle, in fee simple.
Freston. All his tenements, held of Sir William de Roos by knight’s service, and not of the king, were similarly alienated to the aforesaid Master John de Wygetoft and Richard de Forthington, and to Roger de Stikesford, chaplain, in fee simple.
Hagworthingham, Moreby, Coningesby, Wilkesby, Holtham and Dalderby. All his tenements, held of the bishop of Carlisle, Henry Hillary, John de Hardreshulle, and other lords, by divers services, and not of the king, were similarly alienated to the said Roger de Stikesforde and Richard de Forthington in fee simple.
Roger his son, aged 18 years at the feast of the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (3.)
598. ROBERT DU BOYS or DE BOYS.
Writ, 1st October, 8 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 17 October, 8 Edward III.
Brokes. The manor held of Elizabeth de Burgo, lady of Clare, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Alice du Boys, his sister, aged 28 years and more, is his next heir.
NORFOLK. Inq. 9 October, 8 Edward III.
Fersfeld. The manor, held of the earl Marshal by service of a knight’s fee.
Garboldesham. The manor, held of Mary de Sancto Paulo, countess of Pembroke, by service of a knight’s fee.
Denton. A messuage and 60a. land, held of Eva de Tatteshale by service of 2s. to be paid yearly at her manor of Topcroft.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (4.)
599. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE LENGHAM or DE LENHAM.
Writ, 3 March, 8 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 4 May, 8 Edward III.
Benstede. The manor (extent given), held jointly with John de Lenham sometime her husband, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the king in chief, as of the castle of Ledes now in the hands of Isabella, queen of England, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and by service of doing suit at the court of the said castle every three weeks; and there are due thence yearly at the manor of Eylesford belonging to Sir John de Grey, 24s. 4d. and 1lb. of pepper.
Huntyngdon. The manor (extent given), held jointly with the aforesaid John sometime her husband, by the aforesaid fine, of the archbishopric of Canterbury, then vacant and in the king’s hand by the death of Simon late archbishop, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and doing suit at the archbishop’s great court at Canterbury once a year; and there are due thence yearly to the prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury, as of rent charge, 10l. yearly.
Eleanor the wife of John Giffard, and daughter of John de Lenham, son and heir of the aforesaid John and Margaret, aged 22 years and more, is their next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (5.)
600. THOMAS DE RODBEREWE or DE RODEBERGH.
Writ, 21 April, 8 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. 3 May, 8 Edward III.
Cornecote. The manor (extent given), including pasture for eight oxen, with the oxen of the abbot of Tewkesbury, in the pasture of Ashton, held of the heirs of the late earl of Gloucester, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Hugh de Rodeberewe, his kinsman, aged 10 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 21 April, 8 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER [and MONMOUTH]. Inq. 18 May, 8 Edward III.
Magor. A messuage, lands and rents, &c. (extent given), including three free tenants holding by knight’s service, whereof William Duraunt holds a moiety of a knight’s fee in Sutbroc, William de Sancto Mauro holds a moiety of a knight’s fee in Wondi, and Robert de Gamages holds a moiety of a knight’s fee in Rodgate, held of the king in chief, by service of a quarter of a sixth part of a knight’s fee; and 24a. arable called Chaumberleyneslond, and 48s. rent from a certain fee called Avenellesfe, held of the earl Marshal, as of the castle of Strugull, service unknown.
Munchenehampton manor. A messuage, land and rent, and a certain profit worth 3s. 4d. yearly in the common wood of Muchenehampton, as for tenants abiding there, if they stay there, held of the abbess of Caen, as of the said manor, in socage, by service of rendering 19s. 7d. yearly, and three days’ ploughing yearly, and carrying the lady’s corn in the autumn for one day, and doing one ‘bedripe’ with two men for one day.
Hawnepenne. A messuage, lands and rent, held of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem as of his manor of Quenynton in socage, by service of rendering 51s. yearly.
Hugh son of Hugh de Rodberg, his kinsman, aged 13 years at the feast of All Saints last, is his next heir.
Petition to the king and Council from the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.
Whereas Thomas de Rodbergh, deceased, held part of his lands in the county of Gloucester of the said prior in socage, by service of 60s. yearly, and part of the king, and all the said lands were taken into the king’s hand at the death of the said Thomas, he prays for the king’s writ to the guardian of the said lands to pay him the said rent during the nonage of the heir.
Endorsed:—Let there be a writ to the guardian to make payment, &c.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (6.)
601. ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN PALMER or LE PALMER of Nottingham.
Writ, 16 July, 8 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. Wednesday the feast of St. Margaret, 8 Edward III.
Nottingham town. A messuage and a carucate of land, held for her life, of the demise of John de Muston, chaplain, by service of a rose yearly.
Byngham. A messuage and a carucate of land, held of Alice, lady of Byngham, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee.
Wyverton. A messuage, lands and rent, &c., held of Hugh de Stapilford, at the will of the said Hugh without any title or deed.
Maud Stoyl, aged 50 years, and Agnes whom Richard de Whatton married, aged 40 years, are daughters and heirs of the said Alice; and Margery aged 26 years, and Elizabeth aged 24 years, are daughters and heirs of Robert de Uston, son of Sabina, her third daughter and heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (7.)
602. JOHN DE DOVERE.
Writ, 10 April, 8 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 24 April, 8 Edward III.
Newehalle. A messuage, lands, rents, &c. (extent given), including a fishery of two creeks (fletarum), and 3s. 1 1/2d. from a custom called ‘Repselver’ at Michaelmas, held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 20s. yearly at the king’s exchequer, and 11s. yearly, of the king’s alms, to the master of Hornchurch; 20a. land, 5a. land in a marsh, 2a. meadow, and 18a. pasture, held of the master of Hornchurch, by service of 17s. yearly; and 14a. of boggy (morosi) meadow, held of John Bretoun, by service of 14d. yearly.
Gosaye. A messuage, 60a. arable, 4a. meadow, and 4l. 5s. 1 1/2d. yearly rent of free tenants, held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the manor of Haveryng atte Bower, by service of 37s. yearly.
Delle. 37a. arable, held of William de Dageham, by service of 8s. yearly.
Philip de Dovere, his brother, aged 60 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 10 April, 8 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 7 May, 8 Edward III.
Henlowe. A messuage, lands and rent, &c. (extent given), held of Katherine, late the wife of William Giffard, by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d.; and 6s. 8d. ought to be paid to the king at Michaelmas, by the hands of the sheriff, for having the view.
Heir as above, aged 50 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (8.)
603. ROBERT DE PEREPOUNT or PIRPOUNT.
Writ, 6 March, 8 Edward III.
DERBY. Inq. 22 May, 8 Edward III.
Essovere. Three tofts, land, rents, and a moiety of three mills, held for his life, by fine between Richard de Kirnesale and the said Robert levied in the king’s court at Westminster in 10 Edward II, of Adam de Reresby, by service of a pair of white gloves at Whitsuntide for all service.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. 20 May, 8 Edward III.
Neuwerk. 60s. rent, held for his life, by virtue of the fine abovesaid, of the bishop of Lincoln, by service of making two attendances yearly at the said bishop’s view of frankpledge at Neuwerk.
Codington. A messuage, a carucate of land, and 11s. rent, held for life, by the said fine, of Jolland de Nevile, by service of 24s. yearly, and of the prior of St. Katherine’s without Lincoln, by service of 8s. yearly.
Balderton. A messuage, a carucate of land, 5a. 1r. meadow, and 13s. 6d. rent, similarly held for life, of John de Bussy, by service of a pair of gilt spurs.
Stoke by Neuwerk. 22s. rent, similarly held of William de Thorp, by service of 6d. yearly.
Sneynton. 26l. 3s. rent, similarly held of John de Tybbetoft, by service of a pair of gloves or 1d. yearly.
Barton. Twenty bovates of land, similarly held of Gervase de Clifton, by service of a clove gillyflower at Christmas.
Carleton by Colewyk. 2a. wood, similarly held of Adam de Everingham, by service of a rose yearly.
Kyrkeby. A messuage, a carucate of land, 10a. meadow, and 20s. 9d. rent, similarly held of Joan late the wife of John de Stotevile, by service of a sixteenth part of a knight’s fee, and by service of 15s. rent.
Holbekwoudehouses. A messuage, 40a. land, 4a. meadow, a park containing 20a. wood, and 60s. rent, similarly held of Thomas de Furnival, by service of 20s. yearly.
Weston. The manor, similarly held of William le Fiz William, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
All the tenements contained in the aforesaid fine, after the death of the said Robert remained to Henry son of Henry son of Robert Pirpount, aged 12 years, by virtue of the said fine.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (9.)
604. THOMAS DE BURGO.
Writ, 2 April, 8 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. 8 May, 8 Edward III.
Skirewyth, which John de Lancastr [ia] of Holgille held of the said Thomas and his heirs by homage and service of rendering 32s. yearly for cornage, held in service of the king in chief as of the crown, by the said homage and cornage, and so the said Thomas was the king’s tenant in chief, in service and not in demesne; and the said John de Lancastr [ia] still survives and holds the said town in form aforesaid.
Thomas his son, aged 3 years and a half, is his next heir.
YORK. Inq. 2 July, 8 Edward III.
Waleton. The manor (extent given), including a rabbit warren and a little park, held of Sir John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, and rendering 7s. yearly to the said earl and his heirs, and doing suit at the said earl’s court of Wakefeld every three weeks.
Heir as above.
Writ, 2 April, 8 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. Friday the morrow of St. Augustine, 8 Edward III.
Burgh and Swofham. The manors (extents given), including a park containing 40a. of wood and heath in Burgh, held of the honour of Richmond, now in the king’s hand by the death of John de Britannia, late earl of the said honour, by service of two knights’ fees together with divers his partners, and by service of rendering 20s. yearly, for the ward of the castle of Richmond.
John (sic) his son, aged 4 years on the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (10.)
605. JOHN BYSET.
Writ, 2 August, 8 Edward III.
WORCESTER. Inq. 22 August, 8 Edward III.
Kydermunstre or Kydermurstre. A third part of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Margaret his sister, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 2 August, 8 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 20 August, 8 Edward III.
Rokebourn. The manor (extent given), including two parks with deer, and a rabbit warren, held of the king in chief, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee.
Stapelham. A messuage and 40a. arable, held of John de Fleote by service of 1lb. of pepper.
Heir as above, whom Robert Martyn took to wife.
C. Edw. III File 39. (11.)
606. BONA, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS LE FITZ BERNARD.
Writ, 24 February, 8 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 9 March, 8 Edward III.
Kyngesdoun. The manor, held for her life, by a fine levied in the court of King Edward II, between the said Thomas and Bona, plaintiffs, and John de Northwode, the elder, deforciant, by which the said John granted the said manor to the said Thomas and Bona to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the said Thomas of the king and his heirs, of the king in chief, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Tonge and Sybeton. The manors, held for her life, with reversion to Giles son and heir of Bartholomew de Badelesmere; and the said manor of Tonge is held of Hugh de Sancto Johanne by service of two knights’ fees; and the manor of Sybeton is held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
John, son of the said Thomas and Bona, aged 22 years and more, is next heir of the said Thomas.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (12.)
607. THOMAS DE NORTON of Scalleby.
Writ, 25 February, 8 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. Thursday before the Annunciation, 8 Edward III.
Atherby. 40a. arable, held of John, earl of Cornwall, as in socage, by service of 13s. 4d. yearly.
Snyterby. Half a bovate of land, held of Ralph de Nevyle of Cleteham, by service of 5d. yearly.
Scalleby. A messuage, held of Thomas de Aspehale by service of a pair of gloves, price 1d. yearly; 1 1/2a. land, held of the abbot of Barlinges, by knight’s service, and rendering 6d. yearly to the said abbot; two bovates of land, held of Richard de Amcotes and Thomas his brother, by service of 20s. yearly; two parts of two bovates of land, held of Roger de Nevyle by knight’s service; three tofts, held of the prior of Thornholm by service of 2s. 1d. yearly; 5a. land, held of the prior of Newstede (Novo Loco) on Ancolm, by service of 1lb. of wax yearly; and 2a. land, held of the prior of Newstede by service of 4d. yearly.
Richard, his son, aged 12 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (13.)
608. RICHARD SON OF JORDAN DE WHITACRE.
Writ, 1 May, 8 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 24 May, 8 Edward III.
Thropemundevile. The manor (extent given), including a thicket (spineta) called ‘la Coniger,’ the pasture of which is assigned for the oxen of the said manor, and in which the vicar of the church there shall have in each year in summertime seven beasts as in right of his church, held of the king in chief, as of the fee of Pynkenye, by service of a knight’s fee, and 20s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Wyndesore.
William his son, aged 9 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (14.)
609. JOHN SON OF ROBERT DE PRESTON.
Writ, 6 October, 8 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 8 December, 8 Edward III.
Waxham. The manor (extent given), held, to him and the heirs of his body and the body of Emma late his wife, deceased, of the gift of Maud late the wife of Ralph de Wellewyk, knight, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by knight’s service, where 48 carucates of land make a knight’s fee.
Preston in Holdernesse. Two messuages, ten like bovates of land, six tofts, 2d. rent, and a windmill, similarly held of the king in chief, by knight’s service.
Sprotle. 10s. rent from eight like bovates of land held of the said John by knight’s service, similarly held of the king in chief.
Tunstall in Holdernesse. A messuage and two like bovates of land, held of the king in chief, as of the aforesaid honour, in form aforesaid, by knight’s service; and a messuage, half a bovate of land, and 8a. meadow, held of Sir John de Sutton, knight, in form aforesaid, by knight’s service.
John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (15.)
610. ROGER LE MARESCHAL of Wotton.
Writ, 28 August, 8 Edw. III.
BEDFORD. Inq. 16 September, 8 Edward III.
Wotton. A capital messuage, lands and rent, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of a fiftieth part of a knight’s fee, by the demise of John son of Roger de Moubray, who gave the same to the said Roger and Sarra late his wife and the heirs of their bodies; and a cottage held of Thomas de Stodley by service of 2d. yearly.
Midelton Ernys. A messuage, 90a. arable, and 4a. of dry and barren meadow, held of John Ernys and John de la Legh, by service of 22d. yearly and 1lb. of pepper at Christmas.
Herdewyk by Kemeston. A messuage and 90a. arable, held jointly with Roger his son and the heirs of the said Roger, the younger, of Thomas de Herdewyke by service of 22 1/2d.
Linchelade. 10l. yearly rent from divers tenants, held for life by the demise of John de Moubray, service unspecified.
John his son, aged 22 years at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (16.)
611. HENRY LE GULDENE.
Writ, 28 August, 8 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Tuesday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 8 Edward III.
Bugheschawe. Easements of houses &c., 100a. arable, 30a. pasture and 10a. meadow, held, as jointly enfeoffed with Elizabeth his wife, of the earl of Warenne in chief, as of his manor of Cherleton in the same county, by service of 1lb. of cummin yearly.
Corston. Easements of houses &c., a water-mill and 80a. arable, similarly held of Sir John Inge in chief, by service of doing fealty for all service.
Aisshelond. Easements of houses &c., 60a. arable and 1 1/2a. meadow, similarly held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England in chief, as of the manor of Little Lopene, by service of 2s. yearly.
Meriet. 18a. arable, similarly held of John Wake in chief, by service of 1d. yearly.
Hentonescraft. 10a. arable, similarly held of Alan de Codesworth in chief, by service of 4d. yearly.
Hentonescraft and Hentone St. George. 40a. arable, similarly held of Thomas Denebaud in chief, by service of doing fealty.
Alan his son, aged 12 years and more, is his next heir.
DORSET. Inq. Monday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 8 Edward III.
Langeblaneforde. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, jointly with Elizabeth his wife, by service of paying 1d. yearly at the exchequer at Easter.
Langeton Latile. The manor (extent given), held, as of the inheritance of the said Elizabeth his wife, of Sir Robert son of Payn in chief, by service of a knight’s fee.
Radlintone. The manor (extent given), held as of the said inheritance, of Sir Robert son of Payn in chief, by service of a knight’s fee.
La Hyle by Shirbourne. 40a. land, held of the bishop of Salisbury in chief, by service of doing suit at the said bishop’s hundred of Shirbourne every three weeks.
Shirbourne. Five tenements, held of the said bishop in chief, in socage, by service of doing fealty to the said bishop.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (17.)
612. EDMUND DE HEMGRAVE.
Writ, 14 September, 8 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. Wednesday the feast of St. Matthew, 8 Edward III.
Fordham. The manor (extent given), including a certain profit from a market, held of the king in chief, by service of two parts of a knight’s fee; and a messuage with a small garden of 2a., held of the earl of Richmond, by service of 2s. yearly at Michaelmas and Easter.
Thomas his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
SUFFOLK. Inq. Tuesday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 8 Edward III.
Hemegrave. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot of Bury St. Edmund’s by service of 7l. 4s. 3d. yearly; and 5a. land, held of John de Pamplesworth, by service of 2s. yearly at the manor of Esthalle.
Heir as above.
SUFFOLK. Inq. Monday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 8 Edward III.
Mutford. The manor (extent given), including profits of the half hundred of Mutford, and wreck of sea worth 12d. yearly in common years, held of the king in chief, by service of a knight’s fee, viz.—by finding an armed esquire for the king’s war, for forty days at his own charges, and by relief when it happens; a messuage &c., 24a. land and a windmill, held of John de Whyteneye by service of 3s. 6 3/4d. yearly; 2a. meadow, held of John Dannard by service of 4d. yearly; and 2a. land, held of Edmund Salerne by service of 4d. yearly.
Resshemere by Mutford. A windmill, held of Clemencia de Biskele by service of 2d. yearly.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (18.)
613. WILLIAM SON OF ROGER DE CRESSY.
Writ, 15 November, 8 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 1 December, 8 Edward III.
Risegate in Surflet. The manor (extent given), including a market held on Saturday, a fair held on the feast of St. Lawrence, and a fishery, held of the king in chief as of the crown, by service of 40s. to be paid yearly at the king’s exchequer.
Hugh his son, aged 21 years on 20 September last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (19.)
614. WILLIAM DE CHEYNY.
Writ, 20 April, 8 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. the last day of May, 8 Edward III.
Strete in the rape of Lewes. The manor (extent given), held, jointly with Margery his wife of the gift and feoffment of Hugh de Dunham and Thomas Daggenham by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to the said William and Margery and the heirs of the said William, of Geoffrey de Say by service of 1d. at Michaelmas.
Robert de Cheyny his brother, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. 9 May, 8 Edward III.
Patrikesbourn. A moiety of the manor, except a rood of land and the knights’ fees which sometime belonged to the said moiety, (extent given) including 16s. yearly from a custom called ‘Graserthe’; which moiety was sometime in the hand of William de Say, deceased, who held that manor with other lands and tenements of the king in chief by barony; and the said William, sixty years ago, gave the said moiety by charter (except the said rood and knights’ fees) to Alexander de Cheyny, grandfather of the said William de Cheyny, and to Agnes his wife, to hold to them and their heirs by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. yearly, and by service of 12s. yearly at the king’s castle of Rochester; and after the death of the said Alexander and Agnes, the said William de Cheyny entered on the said moiety (except the said rood &c.), and afterwards gave it to Margaret de Sckirlond and to her heirs for ever, who gave the same to William de Cheyny, son of the said Alexander and Agnes, and to Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies; and William de Cheyny, son and heir of the said William and Margaret, died seised in form aforesaid.
Heir as above.
KENT. Inq. 6 July, 8 Edward III.
Schirlond. The manor (extent given), held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the manor of Middilton, in gavelkind, by service of 60s. to be paid yearly in the said manor of Middilton; and there are due thence to Margery, late the wife of Robert de Schyrlond, 14l. 13s. 4d. for her life as dower.
Bedemangore. The manor (extent given), whereof the capital messuage &c. 200a. land and the rents, are held of the archbishop of Canterbury as of his manor of Tenham by service of 33s. 10d. yearly, 4 1/2 hens at Christmas, 25 eggs at Easter, and doing suit at the archbishop’s court of Tenham every three weeks; 30a. land are held of Humphrey de Bohun in gavelkind, as of the manor of Osprynge which is in his hand by the king’s grant, by service of 2s. yearly, a hen at Christmas, and doing suit at the said manor every three weeks; 20a. land are held of Margery de Champayne in gavelkind, as of her manors of Norton and Newenham by service of 20s. yearly, 3 cocks and 13 hens at Christmas, and doing suit at her court in the said manors every three weeks; and 20a. land are held of the master and brethren of Maison Dieu (Domus Dei), Osprynge, in gavelkind, by service of 3s. 4 3/4d. yearly, 2 hens at Christmas, 50 eggs at Easter, and doing suit at their court of Osprynge every three weeks.
All held jointly with Margery his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court, of the gift of Hugh de Dunham, chaplain, and Thomas Pynke, to hold to them and the heirs of the said William for ever.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (20.)
615. ROBERT DE RAYMES.
Writ, 21 September, 8 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. held at Stowemarket, 4 September, 8 Edward III.
Neuton. A messuage and 20a. land, held of Robert de Houtot by service of 10s. yearly.
He died in 16 Edward II. Robert, his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (21.)
616. GILBERT DE BOURHUNTE.
Writ, 28 May, 8 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 27 June, 8 Edward III.
Bourhunte Herbelyn. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of finding a man armed with haqueton, hauberk, basinet, iron gauntlets, and lance, to guard the east gate of Porchester in time of war in England, at his own charges for fifteen days.
Thomas his son, aged 15 years on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (22.)
617. ROBERT DE SHARSTEDE.
Writ, 22 February, 8 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 6 May, 8 Edward III.
Romenhal marsh. A messuage and 100a. land, held of John de Beauchamp by service of a sixteenth part of a knight’s fee, as of the said John’s manor of Sellyng, and by doing suit at his court at the said manor every three weeks.
Robert his son, aged 5 years on the eve of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. 6 July, 8 Edward III.
Scharsted. 44a. arable and 2a. wood, held of the archbishopric of Canterbury, then vacant and in the king’s hand, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and rendering 12s. yearly to the said archbishop and doing suit at his court at Canterbury every three weeks; a messuage, 2a. land and 3a. of low wood (basci bosci), held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, of the said archbishop by the said services, as parcels of the lands and wood aforesaid pro rata porcione; and a messuage, 30a. land and 7a. of great wood (grossi bosci), held in gavelkind of the said archbishop, by service of 10s. yearly, and doing suit at the archbishop’s court at Tenham every three weeks.
Faversham hundred. 18a. arable, held in gavelkind of the heirs of Walter de Huntyngfeld, by service of 2s. yearly, a cock and six hens at Christmas, and doing suit at their court once a year.
Robert his son, aged 6 years and more, is his next heir of the said 44a. land and 2a. wood, and is also next heir of the said Robert and Alice of the said messuage, 2a. land and 3a, wood; and the said Robert, William aged 4 years and more, and John aged 15 weeks and more, sons of the aforesaid Robert and Alice, are next heirs of the said Robert of the said 30a. land and 7a. wood at Scharsted, and 18a. land in the hundred of Faversham, which are held in gavelkind.
C. Edw. III. File 39. (23.)