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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 43

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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 43

673. ROBERT DE SALLOWE.
Writ, 16 April, 9 Edward III.
DERBY. Inq. 28 April, 9 Edward III.
Sandiacre. Five cottages, 59a. arable, and 3a. 1r. meadow (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of rendering 13s. 4d. yearly at his exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Derby.
Staunton. A messuage, land and rent (extent given), held of Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight, by service of a rose yearly.
Kyrkehalum. A messuage, 40a. arable and 4a. meadow, held of the abbot of Le Dale, by service of a pair of gloves at Easter.
Breideston. A messuage, 40a. arable, and 2a. meadow, held of Martin de Wermondesworth, by service of 5s. at Easter.
Riseleye. 30s. rent, held of Sir William son of William, by service of a peppercorn at Michaelmas.
Spoundon. A cottage, 27a. arable, 2a. meadow, and 20s. rent, held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, by service of 10s. 3d. yearly.
Lochawe. 14a. land, held of William de Chatesdene, knight, by service of 6s. 3d. at Michaelmas.
Robert his son, aged 23 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (1.)
674. RANULPH DUNFOUL of Gosberkirk or Goseberchirche.
Writ, 10 April, 9 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 10 May, 9 Edward III.
Goseberchirche. A messuage, 31a. land, 12a. meadow, and 12d. rent, held of the king, as of the manor of Gosberchirche, in the king’s hand after the death of John de Rye, by service of a hundredth part of a knight’s fee; and 1a. land and a windmill, held of the earl of Richmond as in socage, by service of 2d. yearly.
Quadringe. 1 1/2a. arable and 3a. 1r. meadow, held of the earl of Richmond as in socage, by service of 9 1/2d. yearly.
Doningtone. 4a. arable, 5a. meadow, and 10a. pasture, held of the earl of Richmond as in socage, by service of 6s. 4d. yearly.
Goseberchirche, Quadringe, Doningtone, Byker, and Swynesheved. 65s. 3 1/2d. rent, held of the earl of Richmond as in socage, by service of 2d. yearly.
Spaldyng. 12a. arable, a windmill, and 52s. rent, held of the prior of Spaldyng as in socage, by service of 5s. yearly.
Thomas his son, aged 17 years on feast of the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (2.)
675. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE HEDON.
Writ, 30 April, 9 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 18 May, 9 Edward III.
Danthorpe. A moiety of the manor, a moiety of a croft called Milncroft, a toft called Dundrayghtoft, five and a half bovates of land, a windmill, and 12d. rent from a toft and a bovate of land in the hand of Stephen Levenyth, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle; and 6d. yearly rent from a toft and a bovate of land in the hand of Alan Levenyth, 1d. rent from a toft in the hand of Laurence de Humbleton, and 1d. rent from a toft and a bovate of land in the hand of William in le Croft, held in form abovesaid.
All held by knight’s service, whereof 48 carucates make a knight’s fee, and by suit at the wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks.
Danthorp. Four bovates of land, held of the provost of Beverley, by service of 5s. yearly.
(Unspecified.) A moiety of a close, called Mikelcroft, held of Sir John de Melsa, by service of 5s. yearly.
Pundagh. A moiety of the manor, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, in form aforesaid; two and a half bovates of land held as above; 1 1/2d. rent from a messuage and a bovate and a half of land in the hand of Robert Freboys; 2s. rent from a toft in the hand of William de Lawe; and 15a. rent from half a toft in the hand of John Stivell.
All held by knight’s service, whereof 48 carucates make a knight’s fee, and by service at the wapentake, as above.
John her son, aged 22 years and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (3.)
676. WILLIAM DE GRANDISSONO or DE GRAUNTSON.
Writ, 1 July, 9 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 20 July, 9 Edward III.
Derteforde and Cranstede. 46l. 6s. 3d. yearly rent from divers tenants, held of the king in chief, in gavelkind, according to the custom of Kent. King Edward I, gave to William de Grandissono and Sibyl his wife and their heirs the aforesaid rent, in exchange for the manors of Idenne and Ihamme, co. Sussex, to hold of the said king and his heirs, service unknown.
Peter his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 1 July, 9 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Saturday the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, 9 Edward III.
Burnham. Two parts of the manor, held of Richard de Cogan, by service of a knight’s fee, as of his manor of Baunton. The said two parts are in the hands of divers tenants who hold them for life, rendering 10l. yearly.
Heir as above.
Writ, 1 July, 9 Edward III. Endorsed by the escheator that the said William did not hold any lands or tenements in his bailiwick, except those contained in the two annexed inquisitions.
WILTS. Inq. 15 July, 9 Edward III.
Norton Scydemor. The manor, held of the said William by Roger de Bavent, ‘chivaler,’ as of the inheritance of Sibyl sometime his wife, by service of two knights’ fees.
Fifide. The manor, held of the said William by Roger son of the aforesaid Roger, by service of a knight’s fee and a half.
Rookle. Certain lands and tenements, held of the said William by Hugh Poynz, by service of three knights’ fees, and by rendering to him 13s. 4d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Ewyas.
Upton Scydemor. The manor, held of the said William by Peter de Scydemor, by service of three and a half knights’ fees, and by rendering to him 6s. 8d. yearly for the ward of the castle aforesaid.
Teffonte Ewyas. Certain lands and tenements, held of the said William by James Husee, by service of a knight’s fee, and by rendering to him 6s. 8d. yearly for the ward of the said castle.
Lydeyerd Tregoz. The manor, held for her life of the said William by Agnes, late the wife of John de Northwode, daughter of the said William and Sibyl, of the grant of the said William and Sibyl, rendering to them and the heirs of the said Sibyl a rose yearly, which fee and the reversion of the said manor the said William held by the courtesy of England, after the death of the said Sibyl, by reason of offspring between them, of the king by barony, as of the barony of Ewyas which John Tregoz in his lifetime held of the king in chief, which barony, after the death of the said John Tregoz, descended to the said Sibyl, as his daughter and one of his heirs, and to John la Warre, his kinsman and other heir.
He held no other lands &c. in his demesne as of fee in the county.
Peter, son of the said William and Sibyl, aged 40 years and more, is their next heir.
BERKS. Inq. 20 July, 9 Edward III.
Lambourne. The manor, held for their lives of the said William by Richard le Cleet and Alice his wife, as of the inheritance of Sibyl sometime his wife, by the grant of the said William and Sibyl, rendering to them and the heirs of the said Sibyl 25l. yearly, which rent and the reversion of the said manor the said William held by the courtesy of England, after the death of the said Sibyl, by reason of offspring between them, of Fulke son of Warin, by service of 1d. yearly.
He held no lands, &c. in his demesne as of fee in the county.
Heir as above.
Writ, 1 July, 9 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 12 July, 9 Edward III.
Dymmok. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, of his ancient demesnes, by service of rendering 1d. yearly at Christmas.
Oxenhale. The manor (extent given), held of the heirs of Geoffrey de Genevyle, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 30 years at Christmas last.
HEREFORD. Inq. 13 July, 9 Edward III.
Eton. The manor (extent given), including a foreign wood called Lyndovere, held of the king in chief, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Asperton and Stretton. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Lancaster, as of his castle of Monimuwe by service of half a knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 30 years and more at Christmas last.
Mandate under the privy seal to the archbishop of Canterbury, the king’s chancellor, 10 July, 9 Edward III. Whereas, at the request of William de Mountagu, he has granted respite of homage to Peter, son and heir of the said William de Grauntson, until the king’s return from Scotland, the king commands him by letters under the great seal to cause the said Peter to have livery of his lands without delay, and without any distress on account of his homage (French).
C. Edw. III. File 43. (4.)
E. Inrolments &c. of Inq. No. 20.
677. DAVID DE STRABOLGI, LATE EARL OF ATHOL.
Commission of certiorari super vero valore by letters patent at Berwick on Tweed, 8 January, 9 Edward III.
Mandate from the commissioners to the sheriff of Northumberland to have jurymen ready at Newcastle upon Tyne, on Thursday after the Epiphany, to inquire into the value of the lands and tenements which belonged to the said earl in Merdesfen, co. Northumberland, Monday after the Epiphany, 9 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Thursday after the Epiphany, 9 Edward III.
Merdesfen. A garden, held of the said earl by Robert de la Vale, to him and his heirs, rendering 1d. yearly; another garden, held of the said earl by Nicholas son of John Scot, to him and his heirs, rendering 1d. yearly; and 24 tofts and 496a. land, held of the king in chief, service unspecified.
He had no other lands or tenements in the said town.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Monday after …………… 10 Edward III. (defective.)
Ponteland, Little Eland, Calverdoun, and [M]erdesfen. Two parts of the manor with its members (extents given), held of the king in chief by knight’s service, which the said earl, two years before [his death], granted to John de Denton for five years next following, after which term the said two parts were to revert to the said earl and his heirs; and the said John was seised of the said two parts, on the day of the earl’s death, by charter and the king’s licence; and the king by his charter granted to the said John all the said lands and tenements, until the lawful age of the earl’s heir.
Mitford. The castle with its member the hamlet of Mollisdoun (extent given), including a rent called ‘Hekemale’ and the farm of the borough of Mitford, held of the king, by the service aforesaid, and by rendering to him yearly at the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne 31s. 4d. for cornage; which castle and hamlet the said earl, two years before his death, granted to Thomas Gray, knight, for five years then next following, with reversion to himself and his heirs; and the said Thomas was seised of the said castle and hamlet by charter and the king’s licence.
David his son, aged 2 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (5.)
678. JOHN DE KAYNGHAM.
Writ, 20 June, 9 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Wednesday before St. Mary Magdalene, 9 Edward III.
Kayngham. A messuage and a bovate and a half of land, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by fealty and by service of 3s. 9d. yearly; and a bovate and a half of land and a moiety of a toft, held of John de Goushill, by fealty and by service of 3s. 9d. yearly.
Nicholas his son, aged 16 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (6.)
679. JOHN HEYRON, HERON, or HAYROUN, of Enefeld.
Writ, 26 August, 9 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. Tuesday after St. Martin, 9 Edward III.
Nyweton Plecy, Exton, and Northperton. A capital messuage, lands and rents &c. (extents given), held of the king in chief, for a third part of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
John de Garton, aged 24 years and more, son and heir of Joan de Garton, sister and one of the heirs of the said John Heyron, and Margaret Heyron, aged 40 years and more, sister and the other heir of the said John, are his next heirs.
Writ, 26 August, 9 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. 25 September, 9 Edward III.
Enefeld. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of John de Boun, earl of Her[e]ford, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee; 20a. land held of the same earl, by service of 3s. 4d. yearly; and a moiety of a water-mill held of the abbot of Walden, by service of 20s. yearly.
John de Garton, aged 26 years and more, and Margaret, sister of the said John Hayroun, aged 40 years and more, are his next heirs of the aforesaid lands and tenements.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (8.)
680. NIGEL DE COUMBES or DE COMBES.
Writ, 7 August, 9 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. 15 September, 9 Edward III.
Sutton by Seford. A messuage and half a carucate of land (extent given), held for life of the king in chief, by service of finding two parts of a light horseman (hobelarii) in the king’s war in Wales, for forty days at his own charges.
Excete by Seford. 9a. pasture, held for life of John de Seintcler, by service of a rose yearly.
The reversion of the aforesaid lands and tenements after the death of the said Nigel, pertains to Joan the wife of William Bonet, aged 26 years and more, by the grant of William Jolif.
Applesham in Coumbes. The manor (extent given), held, to him and the heirs of his body, of John de Moubray, by service of two knights’ fees; the reversion whereof belongs to Richard de Coumbes, aged 40 years and more, by a fine levied in the king’s court, because the said Nigel died without heir of his body; and 15a. arable and 11a. marsh, held for life of John de Moubray, as parcel of the said manor; the reversion whereof belongs to Joan, daughter of John atte Chaumbre, aged 11 years and more, by a fine levied in the king’s court.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (9.)
681. EBULO or EBULUS LESTRAUNGE.
Writ to the escheator in cos. Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Lancaster, 17 September, 9 Edward III. Endorsed by the escheator that he cannot find by any inquisition that the said Ebulo held on the day he died any tenements in his bailiwick, except 50l. rent in Colston, as appears by the inquisition annexed.
[NOTTINGHAM. (fn. 1) ] Inq. … . . 9 [Edward III.] (fragment.)
[Colston Bassett (breve tantum) (fn. 1) ] ………… . . 37 ………… de Drayton, by service ………………… rent ………
…… Lestraunge, is ……… .
Writ, 17 September, 9 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. Thursday after St. Luke, 9 Edward III.
Kyngeston Lacy. The manor, and the borough of Blaneford, held, of the inheritance of Alesia his wife, of the king in chief, by knight’s service.
John Lestraunge, his brother, is his next heir and of full age.
Writ to the mayor of London, the king’s escheator there, 17 September, 9 Edward III.
CITY OF LONDON. Inq. Wednesday before SS. Simon and Jude, 9 Edward III.
Holebourn in the suburb of London. A messuage, which sometime was of Henry de Laci, sometime earl of Lincoln, held of the king in chief, without any service. The king gave the said messuage to the said Ebulo and Alesia his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Ebulo for ever.
Roger Lestraunge, knight, aged 40 years, is his next heir.
Writ to the justice of South Wales, or his Deputy, 17 September, 9 Edward III.
SOUTH WALES. Inq. Tuesday before St. Luke, 9 Edward III.
[BRECKNOCK.] Buelt. He held nothing of the king in chief in South Wales, except the castle of Buelt with the cantred, which the king sometime gave to Alesia de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, late the wife of the said Ebulo, to hold of the king for her life without any service.
Writ, 17 September, 9 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. 3 November, 9 Edward III.
Eggeswere. The manor (extent given), with the hamlet of Kyngesbury, and the manor of Colham (extent given), including a fishery, two parks, and the tolls of the fair at Woxebrygge, with the hamlet of Woxebrygge, held, together with Alesia his wife who still survives, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by the king’s grant, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Ebulo. The manor of Eggeswere, with the hamlet of Kyngesbury, is held of the king in chief, as parcel of the earldom of Salisbury, by service of half a knight’s fee; and the manor of Colham, with the hamlet of Woxebrygge, is held of old time (ex antiquo) of the earl of Cornwall, as of the honour of Walyngford, by service of a knight’s fee.
Roger Lestraunge, knight, aged 40, is his next heir.
Writ, 17 September, 9 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. 22 October, 9 Edward III.
Bustleham. The manor, held with Alesia his wife, as of her free tenement, by the gift of the king, who enfeoffed her thereof to hold for her life, of the said king and his heirs, service unknown.
Avynton. A messuage and a carucate of land, together with 27s. 11d. rent from certain free tenants in Neubury, held with Alesia his wife, by the gift of John Sefoul, knight, and John de Wadenho, who enfeoffed them thereof to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king in chief, as parcel of the earldom of Salisbury, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Roger, son of John Lestraunge, aged 40 years and more, is kinsman and next heir of the said Ebulo.
WILTS. Inq. 10 November, 9 Edward III.
Great Ambresbury. A messuage, three carucates of land, rent, &c. (extent given), of which he was enfeoffed jointly with Alesia his wife, who still survives, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo for ever, by the gift of Sir John Sefoul, knight, and John de Wadenho, held of the earl of Warrenne in socage, as of the earldom of Salisbury.
Roger Lestraunge, his kinsman, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
OXFORD. Inq. 12 October, 9 Edward III.
Burcestre and Mudelynton. The manors (extents given), held by the enfeoffment of King Edward II, to the said Ebulo and Alesia his wife and the heirs of the said Ebulo; whereof the manor of Burcestre is held of the earl of Cornwall, by service of a knight’s fee, and the manor of Mudelynton is held of the earl of Cornwall in chief, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 22 October, 9 Edward III.
Holemere. A toft, lands and rent (extent given), and two water-mills in Denham, held with Alesia his wife, who still survives, of the gift of John Sefoul, knight, and John de Wadenho, who enfeoffed them thereof to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo for ever, of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Westbury and Radclive. Two messuages, lands and rent (extent given), held jointly with Alesia his wife, who still survives, of the gift of Sir John de Aula Nova, who enfeoffed them thereof.
Westbury. A messuage and lands, held jointly with the aforesaid Alesia of the gift of Ralph de Sancto Lucio, who enfeoffed them thereof to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo for ever.
All held of the earl of Cornwall, as of the honour of St. Valery, for a knight’s fee, rendering yearly to the earl for the same 8 marks.
Heir as above.
Writ, 17 September, 9 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. Tuesday before St. Denis, 9 Edward III.
Salfleteby. A capital messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given), were held by Alesia de Lacy, countess of Lincoln, at the time when Ebulo Lestraunge espoused her, for her life, of the gift of King Edward II; and afterwards, for the good service of the said Ebulo, the present king granted the same to the said Ebulo and Alesia, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and thus they held them until the death of the said Ebulo, and not otherwise. They are held of the king in chief, by knight’s service, but for how much is unknown.
And there are rents payable thereout, viz.—to the earl of Richmond, 14s. 8d.; to Sir Thomas de Multon of Frampton, 16s. 0 1/2d.; to William de Skidbrok, 4s. 6d.; to the prior of Alingham, 2s. 6d.; to the abbot of Louth Park, 12d.; and to Master Henry de Eynesham, 10l. yearly, granted by Henry de Lacy, late earl of Lincoln.
Roger Lestraunge, knight, his kinsman, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
LINCOLN. Inq. Saturday before St. Denis, 9 Edward III.
Scarthow. A lordship and 20l. yearly rent were similarly held by the said Alesia for her life, of the gift of King Edward II; and afterwards, for the good service of the said Ebulo, the present king granted the same to him and the said Alesia, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and thus they held them until the death of the said Ebulo. They are held of the king in chief by knight’s service, but for what parcel is unknown.
Heir as above.
LINCOLN. Inq. Thursday after St. Denis, 9 Edward III.
Lincoln. The custody and ward (custodian et wardam) of the castle, with the bail (ballio) there, and 20l. yearly rent for the third penny of the county of Lincoln, was held by the said Alesia as aforesaid, for her life, of the gift of King Edward II; and afterwards, for the good service of the said Ebulo, the present king gave the same to the said Ebulo and Alesia, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and thus they held them until the death of the said Ebulo. They are held of the king in chief by knight’s service, but for how much is unknown. There is a court of tenants in the bail there, together with certain profits which are called ‘aletol’ and ‘wyndowtol.’
Heir as above.
LINCOLN. Inq. Thursday after St. Denis, 9 Edward III.
Segbrok. The manor (extent given), held jointly by the said Ebulo and Alesia, to them and the heirs of their bodies with remainder to the right heirs of the said Ebulo, by a fine levied in the king’s court, 5 Edward IIl, between the said Ebulo and Alesia, plaintiffs, and John Sefoul and John de Wadenhow, deforciants. The manor is held of the earl of Cornwall, as of the honour of Eye, now in the said earl’s hands, service unknown.
Heir as above.
LINCOLN. Inq. Saturday before St. Michael, 9 Edward III.
Horbling. The manor (extent given), including rents of 2s. 6d., 10s. and 5s. for the ward of the castle of Lincoln, was held for her life by the said Alesia as abovesaid of the gift of King Edward II; and afterwards for the good service of the said Ebulo, the present king granted the same to the said Ebulo and Alesia, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and thus they held them until the death of the said Ebulo. The manor is held of the king in chief, as parcel of the earldom of Lincoln, by knight’s service, but for what parcel is unknown.
And there are due to the church of Horbling 4s. for finding two wax candles before the altar of the Blessed Mary.
Heir as above.
LINCOLN. Inq., Monday after St. Michael, 9 Edward III.
Halton. The manor, with its members, Alkebarowe, Burton, and Burtonstather (extent given), including an eighth part of the ferry of the river Trent, was held for life by Alesia de Lascy as abovesaid by the gift of King Edward II; and afterwards, for the good service of the said Ebulo, the present king granted the same to the said Ebulo and Alesia, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and thus they have held them and not otherwise. The manor and its members are held of the king in chief by knight’s service, as parcel of the earldom of Lincoln, but for how much is unknown.
Heir as above.
LINCOLN. Inq., Tuesday after St. Denis, 9 Edward III.
Bolyngbrok. The castle (extent given), including a plot of meadow by Stykford, called ‘Tittdroit’ (?), another by Revesby, another at ‘le Northdyk’ in Stykenaye, a pasture at Lynghow, and aid of bondmen called ‘le Stuth,’ a fair, and at Cibseye a messuage in the marsh and a plot of pasture called ‘le Fryth,’ was held for her life by the said Alesia, as abovesaid, of the gift of King Edward II; and afterwards, for the good service of the said Ebulo, the present king granted the said castle to the said Ebulo and Alesia, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and thus they held them until the death of the said Ebulo. The said castle is held of the king in chief by knight’s service, but for how much is unknown.
Heir as above.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 7 October, 9 Edward III.
Wadenho. The manor (extent given), including a fishery, was held for her life by the said Alesia, as abovesaid, of the gift of King Edward II; and afterwards, for the good service of the said Ebulo, the present king granted the same to the said Ebulo and Alesia, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Ebulo, of the king and his heirs, together with the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches; and thus they held them and not otherwise. The manor is held of the king in chief, as parcel of the earldom of Lincoln, by knight’s service.
Heir as above.
HUNTYNGDON. Inq. 21 October, 9 Edward III.
He held no lands or tenements in the county.
He died, in Scotland as the jury believe, on Friday the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. 20 October, 9 Edward III.
Gransete. The manor (extent given), which was sometime of Sir Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, father of the said Alesia, held jointly with her, of the gift of the present king, to hold to the said Ebulo and Alesia and the heirs of the said Ebulo, by the accustomed service for ever. The said manor, before it came into the king’s hands, in the time of the said earl of Lincoln and other tenants thereof, was held of Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wygomor and his ancestors, by service of a knight’s fee.
He died, in Scotland as is believed, on Friday the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last.
Roger le Straunge, knight, nephew of the said Ebulo, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (10.)
682. JOHN DE NEVILL or DE NEVYLE, of Horneby.
Writ, 1 December, 9 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. 5 December, 9 Edward III.
Appelby. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of grand serjeanty.
He held no other lands or tenements in the county on the day he died.
Robert, son of Robert de Nevyle uncle of the said John, aged 23 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 16 December, 9 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Friday after St. Hilary, 9 Edward III.
Brereley, Farneley, and Kirkeby on Wharf. The manors, held of Lady Philippa, queen of England, as of the honour of Pontefract, which is in the said queen’s hands, by knight’s service.
Walton. A yearly rent, held of John de Warenne, earl of Surrey, as of the castle of Sandale, service unknown.
Geirgrave and Collyng. A messuage, lands, rent, &c. (extent given), including two vaccaries, held of Robert de Clifford, by knight’s service, and by doing suit at the said Robert’s court at Skipton every three weeks. The tenements in Collyng are charged from time out of mind, in 10s. yearly to the prior of Boulton in Cravene and his successors.
Heir as above.
Writ, 16 December, 9 Edward III.
LANCASTER. Inq. Wednesday after the Purification, 10 Edward III.
Horneby. The castle and town, with the towns of ‘le Wra,’ Wennyngton, Mellyng, Tunstall, and Erghum (extents given), including a park under the castle, and another called ‘le colt parke,’ held of Henry, earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Lancaster, by knight’s service.
Cawode. A close.
All held of the said earl by homage and fealty.
Robert de Nevill, his kinsman, aged 22 years, is his next heir.
Writ to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, commanding them to examine the rolls of the exchequer and certify the true value of the lands &c. which the said John held by the king’s grant in Chelereye, co. Berks, Phillippeston, co. Dorset, and Claverleye, co. Salop; and, if the same cannot be found there, then to cause the lands &c. to be extended.
Endorsed:—Enrolled in the term of St. Hilary, in the year 10, roll 2. The rolls and memoranda of your exchequer having been examined concerning the contents of this writ, we have found that the lands &c. which were of John Mautravers in Chelreye, co. Berks, are extended at 29l. 5s. 3 1/2d. yearly, and that the manor of Claverle with three small farms, co. Salop, is extended at 23l. 7s. 0 3/4d. yearly; but concerning the lands &c. in Phelipeston, co. Dorset, there has not been found any several extent or valor in your exchequer.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (11.)
683. RICHARD DE GREY of Codenore or Codenoure.
Writ, 10 March, 9 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. 20 March, 9 Edward III.
Aylesford. The manor (extent given), including 40a. heath at Huntyngton, a wood called Kyngeswode near Mallyng, and 6l. 12s. rent, besides 24l. which John de Grey and Alice his wife receive yearly by the assignment of the said Richard, father of the said John, by the king’s licence, held of the king in chief, by service of a knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
Writ, 10 March, 9 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. 21 March, 9 Edward III.
Toueton. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, and as member of the castle of Codenore, by service of a knight’s fee, and by doing suit at the king’s court of the honour of Peverell every three weeks.
John his son, aged 28 years, is his next heir.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. 20 March, 9 Edward III.
Barton. The manor (extent given), held jointly with Joan his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Richard, of Robert, son and heir of John de Stotevill, a minor and in the wardship of Sir Thomas de Wake, by service of half a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
DERBY. Inq. 22 March, 9 Edward III.
Deneby. The manor (extent given), held, jointly enfeoffed with Joan his wife by fine levied in the king’s court of the gift of William Rose, of William Bernack, kinsman and heir of John de Dreby, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, to hold to the said Richard and Joan and the heirs of the said Richard.
Heir as above.
DERBY. Inq. 23 March, 9 Edward III.
Codenor. The manor with a certain castle (extent given), including several pastures called Kuonteshalerydyng, Countaspark, Allerker, and Ekyrhawe, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, by service of two and a half knights’ fees, with the manor of Toueton, co. Nottingham, which is a member of the said manor.
Heir as above.
LEICESTER. Inq. 18 March, 9 Edward III.
Evyngton. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Leicester, by service of a knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
Writ to the escheator in Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall and Devon, 10 March, 9 Edward III.
No Inq. or Return.
Writ, 10 March, 9 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. 28 March, 9 Edward III.
Shyringham. The manor (extent given), including a market every Thursday, held of the king in chief, as of the barony of Giffard, which is in the king’s hand, by service of eight knights’ fees, and by paying 12d. yearly to the bailiffs of the king’s hundred of Northerpingham at Alisham, which rent is called ‘Warpound’; and the manor is charged by the deed (factum) of the said Richard in 40l. yearly to Roger de Loudham and Maud his wife, for the life of the said Maud.
Heir as above, aged 24 years and more.
ESSEX. Inq. 23 March, 9 Edward III.
Thorrok Grey. The manor (extent given), including a ferry (feria) [over] the Thames, with the fishery of two weirs, held of the earl of Lancaster by service of a knight’s fee. Three parts of the said manor were, before the day of the said Richard’s death, by virtue of two recognizances for 200l. and 100l. respectively, extended and delivered to Stephen, bishop of London, to hold until the said debt should be levied; and the manor is charged to pay 6s. yearly to the church of Thorrok, and 2s. 10d. yearly to the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England.
Heir as above, aged 27 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 43. (12.)

Footnotes

  • 1. So given in the Calendar printed in 1806.