Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 98

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 98


222.	HENRY HUSEE, knight.
	Writ, 16 July, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Gloucester, 17 August, 23 Edward III.
	Brode Rusyndone and Saperton. A moiety of the manors, except 1a. meadow in the moiety of Brode Rusyngdon, held for life of the king in chief by knight’s service, by a fine levied at Westminster in the octave of St. Martin, 21 Edward III, by the king’s licence. He held no other lands, &c. in the county. He died on 21 July last. Henry, son of Mark Husee son of the deceased, aged six years and more, is his kinsman and heir.
	Writ, 16 July, 23 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. taken at Abyndon, 10 August, 23 Edward III.
	Morton. The manor (extent given), including lands &c. now in the lord’s hand or uncultivated, which used to be held by bondmen and cottars who died in this pestilence, and 65s. rent in West Whyttenham, held for his life of the king in chief, by a fine levied as abovesaid, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
	Writ, 16 July, 23 Edward III.
BERKS.	Inq. taken at Neubury, 21 September, 23 Edward III.
	Morton. The manor (extent given), &c. as above, held as above of the gift of Joan, late the wife of Walter de Huntyngfeld, by the aforesaid fine, to the said Henry for his life, with remainder to Henry his son, and the heirs of his body. Staunden. A moiety of the manor (extent given), similarly held by a fine of the same date, with remainder to Richard his son, and the heirs of his body, of Henry earl of Lancaster, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir, as above.
	Writ, 16 July, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Winchester, 12 September, 23 Edward III.
	Frifolk. The manor and a knight’s fee, a messuage, a mill, a toft, two and a half virgates of land, and 10a. wood, in Fryfolk, Estwydehay, Puryham and Quydhampton, and the advowson of the chapel of the said manor, held for his life, by fine levied in the king’s court, between the said Henry, and Joan, late the wife of Walter de Huntyngfeld, which Joan surrendered the premises to the said Henry, to hold for his life, with successive remainders to Katherine his wife for life and to Richard his son and the heirs of his body. The premises are held of the bishop of Winchester, by service of 2s., or a sore sparrowhawk, yearly, and making two attendances at St. Giles’s Hill, Winchester, at the time of the fair there, at the court of the said bishop held in a place called the ‘Pavyloun.’ He died on 1 July last. Heir as above, aged 6 years.
	Writ, 16 July 23, Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Danhurst, 3 September, 23 Edward III.
	Hascombe. The manor and a messuage, a mill, a toft, a carucate and 85a. of land, and 30s. rent, in Bromleghe, Danhurst, Hanneden, Fanne and Godalmyng, with the advowson of the church of Hascombe, held for life, of the grant of Joan, late the wife of Walter de Huntyngfeld, with successive remainders to Katherine, late the wife of the said Henry, who survives, for her life, and to Henry, son of the said Henry, and the heirs of his body. The manor of Hascombe is held of Thomas de Brewosa and Thomas de Wyntereshulle, by service of rendering 40s. yearly. The other tenements are held of the dean and chapter of Salisbury, service not known. He held no other lands, &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as first above.
	Writ, 16 July, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. taken at Hertyng, 29 August, 23 Edward III.
	Wenham, Westholte and Houwyk. Three messuages, a toft, and two carucates and four virgates of land, and the hundred of Dempforde, with the advowson of the abbey of Dureforde, and also the manor of Hertyng, held for life, of the grant of Joan, late the wife of Walter de Huntyngfeld, with remainder to Henry, son of the said Henry, who survives, and the heirs of his body. The tenements in Wenham are held of John de Bohun by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; those in Houwyk of Elizabeth, late the wife of Thomas Saunzavoir, as of her manor of Bygenoure, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee; those in Westholte of the heirs of Robert Tatteshale, as parcel of the manor of Hertyng, which is held of the said heirs, by service of a knight’s fee and a half, of the fees which were sometime of Robert de Tatteshale, and are in the king’s hand, because the said heirs are under age. The hundred of Dempford is held of the same heirs as parcel of the manor of Hertyng by service as aforesaid. The manor of Hertyng is held as above. Pulbergh. A moiety of the manor, and the ferry of the same, with the advowsons of the churches of Pulbergh and Ruggewyk, held for life, of the grant of the abovesaid Joan, with remainder to Henry his son &c. as above. The premises are held of the heirs of Roger Somery and Nicholaa his wife, by service of half a knight’s fee, of the fees which sometime belonged to them and are now in the king’s hand, because the heirs are under age and in the king’s wardship. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ, 16 July, 23 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. taken at Canterbury, 12 October, 23 Edward III.
	Stormouth. The manor, held for his life, of the king in chief, the see of Canterbury being void, by service of half of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Dene. The manor, similarly held by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee. Childeston. The manor, similarly held, by service of a seventh part of a knight’s fee. After the death of the said Henry, the said manors of Stormouth, Dene and Childeston together with other lands, &c. in other counties, will remain to Richard his son, and the heirs of his body, by a fine levied in the king’s court. He held nothing of others in the county. Date of death and heir, as last above.
	Writ, 16 August, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Marlebergh, 26 September, 23 Edward III.
	Standen and Todeworth. A moiety of the manor of Standen (extent given) held of the earl of Lancaster by service of half a knight’s fee, and the manor of Todeworth (extent given) and the advowson of the chapel thereof, held of the earl of Suffolk, by service of half a, knight’s fee; they were held for his life, by the grant of Joan, late the wife of Walter de Huntingfeld, with remainder to Richard, his son and the heirs of his body, as appears by a fine levied in the king’s court. There is no rent of freemen or villeins in Standen, because all the tenants of that manor are in the county of Berks, nor is there any rent in the manor of Todeworth, because all the tenants are dead and their tenements are in the lord’s hand. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c., 18 August, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Extent taken at Marlebergh, 26 September, 23 Edward III.
	He held no knights’ fees in the county. Todeworth. The advowson of the chapel, held of the earl of Suffolk.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c., 18 August, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Extent made at Hertyng, 29 August, 23 Edward III.
	Chytehurst. A knight’s fee, parcel of the manor of Hertyng, held for life, whereof William le Vesceler and John de Elkham are tenants. Pulbergh. The advowson of the church. Ruggewyk. The advowson of the church. Both held for life, as parcels of a moiety of the manor of Pulbergh. Dureford. The advowson of the abbey held for life. The said fee and advowsons are parcel of the manors of Hertyng and Pulbergh aforesaid, which remain to Henry his son, and the heirs of his body, by a fine in the king’s court. He held no other knights’ fees or advowsons in the county.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c. to the escheator in Kent, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
	Endorsed by the escheator that the said Henry held no knights’ fees or advowsons of churches in his bailiwick.
	Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator in Kent to certify whether the manors of Stormouth, Dene and Childeston are held of the king as of the crown, or of the archbishopric of Canterbury, 29 October, 23 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. taken at Canterbury on Saturday after St. Edmund the king, 23 Edward III.
	Stormouth, Dene and Childeston. The manors are held of the archbishopric of Canterbury, and not of the king as of his crown, by the services before stated.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (1.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 69 (1), 73.
223.	JOHN LESTRAUNGE or LE STRAUNGE, of Whytchurche.
	Writ, 27 July, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Beggeworth, Monday after St. Bartholomew, 23 Edward III.
	Beggeworth. A moiety of the manor, held of Sir Ralph, baron of Stafford, of the inheritance of the earl of Gloucester, by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Tuesday the morrow of St. Margaret last. Fulk Lestraunge his son, aged 18 years at the feast of the Purification last, is his heir.
	Writ, 27 July, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Broughton, 30 August, 23 Edward III.
	Broghton or Broughton. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including 8a. meadow submerged this year by a great flood (flumen), and 7s. rent from the land sometime of John Arundel, a freeman, all the other tenants being dead, held of the heirs of Walter Dunstanvile, as parcel of the barony of Castelcoumbe, by knight’s service and by service of three barbed arrows. He died on 20 July last. Heir as above, aged 19 years and more.
	Writ, 27 July, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Winchester on Tuesday before St. Lawrence, 23 Edward III.
	Chalghton. The manor held for his life, by fine levied between the said John, plaintiff, and Richard Brewode and William de Bykerton, deforciants, who surrendered the manor to the said John, with successive remainders to Fulk his son and his heirs begotten of Elizabeth his wife, and to the right heirs of the said John. The manor is held of the earl of Lancaster by homage and service of 6d. yearly. He died on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last. Heir as above, aged 19 years.
	Writ, 27 July, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. made at Prees on Tuesday after St. Lawrence, 23 Edward III.
	Whitchirche. The manor (extent given with values much decreased because of the pestilence), including two stews, a park with deer, a fair at Whitsuntide, and a market, held jointly with Ankareta his wife, by the grant of Richard de Brewode, chaplain, and William de Bykerton, clerk, for the lives of John and Ankareta, by a fine levied in the king’s court, with successive remainders to Fulk, son of the said John, and his heirs begotten of Elizabeth his wife, and to the right heirs of the said John. The manor is held of the heirs of the earl of Surrey by service of taking the said earl’s venison at the earl’s charges. Dodynton. The manor (similar extent given), including a stew, held jointly as above, of the king in chief, by service of half a knight’s fee, by the king’s licence and by fine, of the grant of William Hereward, parson of the church of Weston Turville, who granted the said manor to William le Botiler for life with successive remainders to the said John and Ankareta and the heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of the said William le Botyler. Corfham. The manor (similar extent given), including a ruined fortalice, which needs 10s. a year for repair of houses besides the repair of the walls, and a chace at ‘la Clee’ held for life of the king in chief, by service of a knight’s fee, by the grant of Richard de Penynton, chaplain, and William de Bykerton, clerk, by the king’s licence, and by a fine, with successive remainders to Fulk, son of the said John, and his heirs begotten of Elizabeth his wife, and to the right heirs of the said John. Sutton. The hamlet (similar extent given), held of the king in chief, by service of 4s. yearly at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. He died on Tuesday the morrow of St. Margaret last. Heir as above, aged 18 years at the feast of the Purification last. (On another membrane.) La Yeye by Corfham. A ruinous messuage, a carucate of land which used to be worth 30s. yearly and now only 10s. with the present pestilence, and 2a. meadow, held jointly by the said John and Ankareta, by the grant of Richard de Brewode, chaplain, and William de Bykerton, clerk, for their lives, by a fine, with successive remainders to Fulk, son of the said John, and his heirs begotten of Elizabeth his wife, and to the right heirs of the said John. The premises are held of the countess of March, by service of 1lb. cummin yearly.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c., 27 July, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Broghton, 30 August, 23 Edward III.
	He had no knights’ fees or advowsons of churches in the county.
	Writ of certiorari de feodis, &c., 27 July, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. made at Prees on Tuesday after St. Lawrence, 23 Edward III.
	Bromcroft, Dudlebury, Norton, Bache or ‘La Bache,’ and Peeton. The hamlets are held of the manor of Corfham by service of a knight’s fee and a quarter. Whytchirche. The advowson of the church. Ightefeld. The advowson of the church. Culmynton. The advowson of the church.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (2.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 69 (2), 73.
224.	FULK LESTRAUNGE.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Winchester on Thursday after St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
	Chalghton. The manor, held of the earl of Lancaster by homage and service of 6d. yearly. He died on Sunday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist last, without heir of his body. John, his brother, aged 17 years and 37 weeks, is his heir.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Winchester on Thursday after St. Michael, 23 Edward III.
	Chalghton. The manor, held of the earl of Lancaster by service of 6d. yearly. Date of death and heir as above.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Broughton, 24 September, 23 Edward III.
	Broughton. A moiety of the manor (extent given as on p. 215) held of the heirs of Walter Dunstanvile, as parcel of the barony of Castelcombe, by knight’s service and by service of three barbed arrows, came into the king’s hand by reason of the said Fulk’s minority. He died a minor in the king’s wardship on 22 August, 23 Edward III. John Lestraunge, his brother, son of John Lestraunge of Whitchirch, aged 18 years, is his heir.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury on Saturday before St. Michael, 23 Edward III.
	Wrokwardyn. The manor (extent given with values much decreased by the pestilence), held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who survives, of the king in chief, by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee and 8l. payable at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Salop. He died on 6 September last. Heir as above, aged 17 years at St. Hilary last.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury on Saturday before St. Michael, 23 Edward III.
	After the death of John Lestraunge of Whitchirche there came to the hands of the king, the manor of Corfham (extent given), including a fortalice (forcelettum) and a chace at ‘La Clee’ and the hamlet of Sutton (extent given), by reason of the minority of the said Fulk. The manor of Corfham is held of the king in chief, by service of a knight’s fee; and the hamlet of Sutton is held of the king in chief, by service of 4s. yearly, payable at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Salop. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury on Saturday after St. Francis, 23 Edward III.
	Corfham and Sutton. To the same effect as above.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. taken at Shrewsbury on Sunday after St. Francis, 23 Edward III.
	Wrokwardyn. The manor (extent given), held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who survives, by the king’s charter of licence, and by a fine, of the king in chief by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee and 8l. payable at the exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Salop. La Yeye. A messuage, a carucate of arable, and 2a. meadow, held jointly as above, of the countess of March, by service of 10s. yearly. Hulton. Two parts of the manor (extent given), held jointly as above, which manor is held of the earl of Arundel by service of 6s. yearly. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ, 16 September, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Begworth, Thursday after St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
	Beggeworth. A moiety of the manor came after the death of Sir John de Straunge (sic) by reason of the minority of Fulk his son and heir, into the king’s hand, and still remains there: it is held of Sir Ralph, baron of Stafford, of the inheritance of the earl of Gloucester, by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Sunday, the morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 18 years on the feast of St. Hilary next.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (3.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 63, 69. (2.)
225.	RICHARD DE KIRKEBRIDE.
	Writ, 24 January, 23 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle, Saturday after the Annunciation [Purification in Exchequer Enrolment], 24 Edward III.
	Kirkelevyngton. Two parts of a third part of the town, held of the king in chief, together with the reversion of the third part, which Alice, late the wife of Walter de Kirkebride, holds in dower of the inheritance of the said Richard, by homage and service of 10s. 8d. yearly for cornage and 3s. yearly for food of the king’s bailiff, to be paid monthly, and suit at the county of Cumberland every month. Kirkebride. Two parts of the manor, held of Thomas de Lucy, together with the reversion of the third part held by the said Alice as above, by homage, and service of 2s. 2 1/2d. yearly for cornage, 18d. yearly for food of the said Thomas’s bailiff, and suit at the said Thomas’s court of Wiggeton every three weeks. The said Richard is bound by his writing in 40s. yearly to John de Haveryngton, for his fee for the life of the latter. Dovanby. The manor, held of the same Thomas, by homage, and service of 6s. 8d. yearly for cornage, 6s. 6d. yearly for food of the king’s bailiff and of the said Thomas’s bailiff in the ward of Allirdale, 14d. yearly for sea wake, and suit at the said Thomas’s court of Cokermouth every three weeks. The manor is demised to a free tenant for the term of twelve years, not yet expired, for 8l. yearly. Dundrawe. A third part of the town, except a fifth part of the said third part, held of the same Thomas, by homage and service of 3s. 6d. yearly for cornage, 8d. for food of the king’s bailiff, 8d. for that of the said Thomas’s bailiff, and suit at the said Thomas’s court of Wiggeton every three weeks. The premises are charged with 4l. yearly rent to Joan Bard and the heirs of her body, and are worth no more. Docwra. Two parts of the hamlet, together with the reversion of the third part held in dower by Alice as above, held of the same Thomas by homage and service of 3s. 8 1/4d. yearly for cornage. Braithwait in the forest of Inglewod. Two parts of the lawn (lande), with the covert (cooperto) of Midelscugh, together with the reversion of the third part of the said laund and covert, which Isabel, late the wife of Robert Parvyng, holds in dower of the inheritance of the said Richard, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 8 marks yearly by the hands of the keeper of the forest of Inglewod and 40s. yearly to Emma, late the wife of John de Skaleby. Unthank in Skelton. The reversion of the third part of the hamlet belongs to the said Richard and his heirs, which Thomas de Skelton holds for his life by the demise of the said Richard, rendering 20s. yearly to Adam Parvyng for the life of the aforesaid Isabel. It is held of the king in chief, by homage, and service of 13d. yearly for cornage, 18d. yearly for food of the foresters of Inglewod, and 12d. yearly for food of the king’s bailiff. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Wednesday after St. Michael last. Richard his son, aged two years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (4.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 79.
226.	JOHN LE CONESTABLE of Halsham.
	Writ, 6 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Saturday, 24 October, 23 Edward III.
	Burton Conestable. The manor (extent given), including a several pasture called Lynecroft, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of three parts of a knight’s fee; and 40 marks rent from divers bond tenants and cottars in the same manor, held by the said John jointly with Aubrey, his wife, who survives, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the heirs of Robert le Conestable by service of a clove yearly. Merton in Holdernesse. Ten tofts, two cottages, and ten bovates of land in the hands of bondmen and cottars, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a twenty-fourth part of a knight’s fee, and suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks. Tharlesthorp. Eight tofts, four bovates of land, and a windmill, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Otryngham. 13a. meadow, pasture for four fat cattle, and 36s. 11d. rent, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of an eighty-eighth part of a knight’s fee. Halsham. A house, and 10s. 1d. and 1/2lb. cummin rent, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a seventieth part of a knight’s fee. Kayngham. 6 1/2a. pasture held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by fealty and by service of 13 1/4d. yearly. Holm and Paghel. Two tofts, 26 1/2a. meadow in Holm, and four bovates of land in Paghel in the hands of tenants at will rendering 53s. 4d. yearly, held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of finding four men for the said four bovates to ferry the lord and lady of the manor of Brustwyk across the river Humber, when they cross from Paulflete to the parts of Lyndeseye, and rendering yearly for the tenements in Holm, 6 1/2d. Dodyngton. A messuage and four bovates of land, held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by knight’s service. Bening’, Tanstern, Etherdwyk, and Hildreston. Two carucates of land in Bening’, two carucates and a half of land in Tanstern, two carucates of land in Etherdwyk and two carucates of land in Hildreston held of the king in chief, as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee, and suit at the wapentake aforesaid as above; which carucates were held of the said John by the foreign service. He died on Thursday, 17 September last. John his son, aged 13 years, is his heir.
	Writ to the escheator in co. York, 18 November, 23 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at York on Tuesday before St. Hilary, 23 Edward III.
	Kirkeby under Knoll. The manor (extent given, with values greatly decreased by the mortality in those parts), held of Sir John de Moubray by knight’s service. Killum. A toft, a bovate and a half of land in the hands of tenants at will, 7s. rent of freemen, and rents of fowls, held of William de Molton by fealty and by service of 5s. yearly; and a bovate of land held of Thomas de Tweng by fealty, by service of 2s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. within the said escheator’s bailiwick. He died on 8 September last. Heir John le Conestable, as above, aged 12 years and more.
	Writ, the king understanding that the said John held the manor of Halsham not mentioned in the first inquisition, 21 November, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 15 December, 23 Edward III.
	Halsham. The said John held the manor of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, and on Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last; he enfeoffed William de Holm, John Culiour, vicar of the church of Aldburgh, and William Vescy, chaplain, of the said manor, except a certain chamber between ‘le Licorescegarth’ and the herbarium within the hall of the said manor, to hold to them and their heirs: by virtue of which feoffment the said William, John, and William were seised of the said manor, except the chamber aforesaid, and except 10s. 1d. rent, and a rent of 1lb. cummin from divers free tenants in the said manor, who did not attorn to the said feoffees; and afterwards on the same day John le Conestable died. This alienation was not made to deceive the king, but with the intention that the feoffees should enfeoff John and Aubrey his wife, and the heirs of John.
	Commission of plenius certiorari to Thomas Ughtred, Robert de Hilton and Henry de Greystok, because the king has been given to understand that John la Conestable, who died on Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last about the hour of vespers, alienated to the abovesaid William, John and William, his manor of Halsham on the same day between the ninth hour and the said hour of vespers, whilst he was labouring in extremis, by procurement of certain men of those parts, in fraud, to take away from the king the custody of the said manor after the said John’s death, 16 February, 24 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 1 April, 24 Edward III.
	Halsham. The said John le Conestable, on Thursday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last, being of good memory but afflicted with great weakness and languishing in extremis, about an hour (spacium unius leuce) before the hour of vespers, made his charter touching the said manor, except a certain chamber, to the above William, John, and William, and, on the same day, about the hour of vespers, he died. The said William, John, and William were seized, before the said John’s death, of the said manor, except the aforesaid chamber, and the attornment and services of the free tenants there, but received no issues or profits thereof; and the said alienation was not made by any one’s procurement. The said John Conestable, when he made this alienation was not sound and unimpaired (sanus et incolumis), made it in fear of imminent death that the feoffees might, after his death, enfeoff Aubrey (Abbredam) his wife for her life, with reversion to his right heirs. Immediately after his death, the said William, John, and William did so enfeoff the said Aubrey (Albredam) with remainder to the said right heirs. Afterwards John Sturmy, now husband of the said Aubrey, enfeoffed of the said manor Henry fitz Henri, knight, and John Coursy, to hold for the said Aubrey’s life, and on Thursday, 11 March last, whilst the said Henry and John Coursy so occupied the said manor, Peter de Grymesby, the escheator in Holderness, delivered, in pursuance of the king’s writ, two parts of the said manor to Thomas Ughtred, knight, to whom the king had committed the custody of the said John le Conestable’s lands until the lawful age of his heir. By virtue of which commission and livery, the said Thomas holds two parts of the said manor, and the said escheator has the custody of the third part to the king’s use. The said escheator, on the day of the said John’s death, seized the said manor into the king’s hands.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS.	Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 1 April, 24 Edward III.
	Halsham. To the same effect as above, adding that the said John afflicted with great weakness for four days preceding, at the time of the mortality then raging (vegetantis) in those parts, languishing in extremis, about that hour of the day called ‘Midovernone,’ made a charter touching the said manor to the above said William, John and William, and died on the same day about the hour of vespers. Before his death, the said William, John and William had seisin in the manor, except a certain chamber in which the said John died, and the attornment, rents and services of the free tenants, whereof they were not seized on account of the shortness of time between the hour of the feoffment and the hour of the death; and they received no issues or profits either before or after the death except that the said William de Holm had a mare and John Coillour a mare and a foal in the common of pasture of the said manor during the life of the said John le Conestable, by his licence, which used the said common of pasture a fortnight after the said John’s death. All the said John’s goods and chattels in the manor at the time of the said feoffment and seisin and for some time after his death, remained there.
YORK.	Memorandum that John Coillour of Halsham, vicar of the church of Aldeburgh, and William Vescy, chaplain, whom John le Conestable, of Halsham, enfeoffed of the manor of Halsham, which the king seized into his hand by reason of the minority of John, son and heir of the said John Conestable, have put in their place William de Houeden and John Courcy, to sue against the king for the removal of the king’s hand. Undated.
YORK.	Memorandum that Henry son of Henry, who, together with John Courcy, was seized of the manor of Halsham, which manor the king seized into his hand by reason of the minority of John, son and heir of John le Conestable of Halsham, of which manor the said John le Conestable, the elder, enfeoffed in his lifetime John Coilliour, William Vescy, and William de Holme, puts in his place William de Houeden and John Courcy, to sue against the king, for the removal of the king’s hand. Undated. Indenture made between the king of the one part and Thomas Ughtred, knight, of the other part, witnessing that whereas the king has committed to the said Thomas the custody of the lands, &c. late of John le Conestable of Halsham in the parts of Holdernesse, until the lawful age of John, the son and heir, rendering 100 marks yearly into the king’s chamber; and also has granted to him the marriage of the said heir, rendering into the said chamber 400 marks, to wit, 100 marks each Easter and Michaelmas until fully paid, the said Thomas binds himself, to pay 200 marks for each 100 marks unpaid within fifteen days after the said terms; 24 November, 23 Edward III. French. Copy of grant to the aforesaid Thomas Ughtred of the custody of the above lands, &c., as above; 22 November, 23 Edward III. By writ of secret seal. Copy of grant to the said Thomas Ughtred of the custody of a third part of the manor of Halsham, rendering yearly to the king 20 marks; 3 March, 25 Edward III. By letter of the Griffoun. Petition of Thomas Ughtred to the Council. As Henry de Greystok has granted to John Sturmy and Aubrey his wife, a third part of the manor of Halsham, parcel of the aforesaid tenements, by reason whereof the petitioner has been hindered from taking the said third part granted to him by the king at a rent of 20 marks yearly, which 20 marks and the above 100 marks he has already paid for three years, he craves allowance for these payments. French. Undated. Endorsed: Let this petition be remitted to the Chancery, and let the steward of the king’s chamber be called thereupon, and what has been done in this business be viewed and shown, and returned into the Chancery; let right be done therein, as well for the king as for the said Thomas. Petition of Henry son of Henry, of Ravensworth, and John Courcy to the king and council. John le Conestable of Halsham was seized of the manor of Halsham, and held it of the king in chief, as of the honour of Aumale, which manor, except one chamber, the said John gave to John Couliour, vicar of the church of Aldeburgh, and William Vescy, chaplains, and William de Holme: and died the same day, at the time of the pestilence in those parts: the said John, William, and William afterwards gave the said manor, with the above exceptions, to Aubrey, late the wife of the said John le Conestable, for her life, and afterwards to the right heirs of the said John; which Aubrey afterwards took to husband (a baroun) one John Stourmy. After an inquisition taken upon a writ of diem clausit extremum, Sir Thomas Ughtrid, to whom the king had committed the wardship &c., came and stated in the Chancery that the said John died seised of the entire manor of Halsham, and had a writ to the escheator ad melius inquirendum (de meultz enquere), whereupon it was found that the said John enfeoffed the aforesaid John, William and William of the said manor, who were to enfeoff the said Aubrey in form aforesaid. (Inquisition of 21 November, 23 Edward III.) Afterwards John Sturmy gave the manor to the petitioners, whereupon the said Thomas prayed for a commission ad melius inquirendum (de meltz enquer), and had the same made to himself and Sir Henry Graystok and Sir Robert de Hilton, who made two inquisitions and found that the said John le Conestable enfeoffed the said John, William and William, &c., as above. (Two inquisitions of 1 April, 24 Edward III.) In the meantime the said Sir Thomas had a writ from the Chancery to the escheator to deliver to him all the lands &c. of the said John &c.; by virtue whereof the escheator delivered to him two parts of the whole manor, and retained the third part in the king’s hand, thereby depriving the said Henry son of Henry and John Courcy of the entire manor, whereof they pray restitution, except as above excepted, and for removal of the king’s hand, for there is nothing found in the inquisitions, by which the manor ought to remain in the king’s hand. French. Undated. Endorsed: Referring the matter to the Chancery where issue has already been joined.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (5.)
227.	HENRY HILLARY.
	Writ, 18 February, 23 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Horncastre on Saturday before the Annunciation, 23 Edward III.
	Screvelby. The said Henry espoused Joan, late the wife of Thomas de Luddelowe, who was seised of the manor of her own right and inheritance, and after her death the said Henry held it for his life by the courtesy of England. The manor is held of the king by service of petty serjeanty only, viz. when any king of England is crowned, then the lord of the manor or some one in his name if the said lord shall be incapable (impotens), shall come well armed for war on a good destrier, in the presence of the king on the day of his coronation, and there shall cause to be proclaimed, that if any one shall say that the said king has not a right to his kingdom or to his crown, he will be ready and prepared to defend the right of the king and his realm and the dignity of his crown, by his own body against him and any others whomsoever. Margaret de Luddelowe, aged 23 years and more, is the heir of the said Thomas de Luddelowe and Joan, of the said manor; which Margaret was married to one John Dymmok in the lifetime of the said Joan de Luddelowe. Denton by Grantham. One Richard de Ayleston gave by his charter to the said Henry and Maud his second wife, their heirs and assigns, two carucates of land, a water-mill, and 40s. yearly rent, which are held of the earl of Northampton by fealty and suit at his court of Grantham every three weeks; and the earl holds the same of the king in chief by homage and fealty only. He was not seised of any other lands &c. in the county, so far as the jurors can at present enquire. He died on Friday before St. Valentine last. Edward Hillary, knight, aged 22 years, is his heir.
	Writ, 18 February, 23 Edward III.
WARWICK.	Inq. taken at Middelton, 28 March, 23 Edward III.
	Middelton. A third part of the manor (extent given), held jointly with Joan his wife, deceased, by the gift of Richard Hillary, parson of the church of W[ymon]deh[am] to the said Henry and Joan, and the heirs of their bodies, of the collegiate church of St. Edith the Virgin, Tamworth, by service of rendering 18d. yearly at the altar of St. Edith in that church, on the feast of the said Virgin; and a messuage and a virgate of land at ‘le Ven ….’ in Middelton, held jointly with Maud his wife, who survives, by the gift of the same Richard to them and the heirs of their bodies, of Baldwin de Frivill by service of a rose yearly. He died on 13 February last. Edward Hillary son of the said Henry and Joan, aged 26 years and more at Easter last, is their heir.
LEICESTER.	Inq. made at Melton, 26 March, 23 Edward III.
	Houby. Nine virgates of land in the hands of twelve bondmen, who render yearly 12 marks 13s., held of the heir of William de Roos, as of the castle of Belver, by service of 2s. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as last above.
	Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator in co. Lincoln, the king understanding that the said Henry held more lands &c. than are contained in the above inquisition, 1 June, 23 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Scryvelby, Monday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III.
	Humblok, Langton, Conyngesby, Wilkesby and Dalderby. One Robert de Scraythefeld was sometime seised of a messuage, 150 1/2a. land, 11a. 1r. meadow, 11a. pasture and 3s. rent, in the above, and of the advowson of the church of Wilkesby; which tenements he gave to the said Henry and Joan, sometime his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Joan, and the said Henry died so seised thereof. The said tenements are held of John Dymmok, lord of Scryvelby and Margaret, his wife, as of her right, by homage and fealty, and suit of court at his manor of Scryvelby every three weeks. The said John and Margaret hold them of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, as above (p. 223 where it is called petty serjeanty). He held no more lands &c. in the county than those contained in the inquisitions taken after his death and returned into the Chancery. He died on Friday, the feast of St. Valentine last. Edward Hillary, knight, son of the said Henry and Joan, aged 23 years and more is their heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (6.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 65. (3.)
228.	HENRY HILLARE.
	Writ (missing).
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Horncastre on Saturday after St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
	Scrivelby. To the same effect as the above inquisition. Saturday before the Annunciation, omitting the tenure and the clause touching Richard de Ayleston.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 64. (1.)
LINCOLN.	Extent of the manor of Scryvelby made on Thursday after St. Peter’s Chains, 24 Edward III.
	Scryvelby. The extent, including rents in the hamlets of Thornton, Conyngesby, Dalderby and Holtham.
	Ibid. No. 64. (4.)
229.	SIMON DE RUGGELEYE.
	Writ. Because by inquisition made after the said Simon’s death it was found that he did not hold any lands, &c. of the king in chief, whereby the custody thereof ought to belong to the king, and that Humphrey, his son, aged 14 years, was his heir, and now it is found, by inspection of the rolls of the Chancery, that the king on 9 February, 20 Edward III, granted his fishpond called ‘le Kyngespole’ by Stafford to the said Simon and his heirs, to hold by service of holding once the king’s currycomb (strigilem) on his first mounting his palfrey, every time of his coming to the town of Stafford, and rendering 2 marks yearly at the exchequer; and it is not found, by inspection of the said rolls, that the said Simon demised that fishpond or alienated it with the king’s licence; the escheator is commanded to take the said fishpond and all the said Simon’s lands &c. into the king’s hand, and make inquisition thereon; 30 November, 23 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. made at Lychefeld on Monday after St. George, 24 Edward III.
	The said Simon held the said fishpond as abovesaid, and long before his death alienated it without the king’s licence to the prior and convent of St. Thomas the Martyr by Stafford. Ruggeleye. A messuage, a carucate of land, 6a. meadow, 6a. several pasture, and 10s. rent of cottars (coterelli), held of the bishop of Chester by service of 22s. yearly. Hondesacre. A messuage, a carucate of land, 10a. meadow, 30a. several pasture and 3s. rent of cottars, held of Simon, son and heir of William de Hondesacre, knight, by service of 2 marks yearly. Longedon. A messuage and a carucate of land held of the bishop of Chester by service of 11s. yearly and suit at his court at Lychfeld every three weeks. The said tenements at Ruggeleye, Hondesacre and Longedon were demised, half a year before his death, by the said Simon to Robert Aylbright, William de Heywode and Richard de Bradeleye, chaplains.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (7.)
230.	PETER DE SANCTA CRUCE.
	Writ, 19 April, 23 Edward III.
BEDFORD.	Inq. taken at Ampthull, 15 May, 23 Edward III.
	Caynho and Clophull. A third part of the manor viz., a third part of a messuage, 80a. arable, a third part of a watermill, 10a. meadow, 80a. wood, and 3a. pasture, no rents &c. of bondmen or cottars, because they are all dead through the pestilence, and all their lands &c. came to the said Peter’s hand; from which tenements 6s. 3 1/2d. ought to be paid yearly to the king by the hands of Hugh de Mortuo Mari, lord of the hundred of Flitte. Ampthull. A quarter of the manor of Milbrok and Ampthull (extent given), held of the king in chief, as parcel of the barony of Caynho. All the bondmen and cottars are dead through the pestilence, and all their lands &c. came into the said Peter’s hand. From these tenements 7s. 7 1/2d. ought to be paid yearly to the king for hidage, suit and ward, commuted for a single payment (prestacione arentantur). The said tenements in Caynho, Clophull, Milbrok, and Ampthull are held of the king by service of half a knight’s fee and finding an armed man in the army of Scotland, whenever it shall be with the king, for forty days at his own charges. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 8 April, 23 Edward III. Robert de Sancta Cruce, aged 24 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (8.)
231.	GRACE DE NOWERS, DAUGHTER OF ROBERT FITZ NEEL, or FITZ NEL.
	Writ, 4 August, 23 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Neuport Paynel on Monday, [after] (fn. 1) the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 23 Edward III. (defective.)
	Stokgoldyngton. A third part of a capital messuage, 38a. land, 1a. meadow, 40a. wood, 40s. 4d. rent of freemen and bondmen, held as [dower of the endowment] of John de Nowers, sometime her husband, and 34a. land held to herself and her heirs and 20a. wood, all held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverell, service not known. Gothurst. The manor (extent given) held for her life, by fine levied in the king’s court, of Geoffrey [de S]ay by service of half a knight’s fee. She died on 4 August last. John, son of John de Nowers, aged 14 years, is her heir.
BEDFORD.	Inq. taken at Luyton, Tuesday, the morrow of St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
	Luyton. Robert Fitz Neel, late lord of the manor of Salden, gave a messuage &c. a carucate containing 160a. and 30a. land, 3a. meadow, 15a. wood, and a moiety of a water-mill, to one Roger de Guldesburgh, who surrendered them to the said Robert le Fitz Neel, in the king’s court at York, by fine levied 2 Edward III., to hold to the said Robert and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to Grace, daughter of the said Robert, for her life, and then to Robert her son, and the heirs male of his body, which Robert is now tenant, and of full age. The premises are held of Hugh de Mortuo Mari by service of rendering 10s. yearly. She held no other lands, &c. in the county, so far as the jurors could enquire. She died on Tuesday after St. Peter’s Chains. Heir as above.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Meresle on Wednesday after St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
	Salden. A third part of the manor (extent given) held by the said Grace for life by the fine abovesaid, of the king by service of three parts of a knight’s fee; and she held the other two parts of the manor (extent given) of Sir Edward, prince of Wales, as of the honour of Berkhamstede, service not specified. For want of tenants all the above lands remained uncultivated, except the tenement of William Brian, a bondman, who renders 7s. Bechampton. 20 marks rent, pertaining to the said manor of Salden, issuing from certain lands late of Ralph Gray, held of the king in chief, as the jurors understand, service not known. Great Kenebell [and Little Kenebell]. A messuage with a garden, two carucates of land containing 180a. arable, 6a. meadow, 123a. wood and 7l. 10s. rent, whereof a moiety cannot be levied, because the lands are in the lord’s hand and the tenants are dead, and their lands lie uncultivated, held in chief of the earl of Oxford by homage, fealty, and suit of the said earl’s court at Whitchurche every three weeks, by service of a knight’s fee. John de Bergh holds the aforesaid tenements for his life by the demise of the said Grace, and by the grant of Robert her son. Weston Turvill. A messuage, two carucates of land containing 200a., 20a. meadow, 100a. wood and 8l. 10s. rent, whereof a moiety cannot be levied as above, held for her life, as aforesaid, tenure not specified. Wendovere. 4l. rent, held of John de Molyns, knight, by fealty and rendering 2s. yearly. Wycombe. A carucate of land containing 160a., and 100a. wood, held for her life, as above, of the prioress of Merlowe by service of rendering 6s. 8d. [yearly]. Hoggeston. A messuage, two carucates of land containing 200a., and 20a. meadow, and 40s. rent whereof a moiety cannot be levied, as above, held for her life, as above, tenure not specified. Great Horwode and Little Horwode. A messuage, a carucate of land, containing 80a., and 14a. meadow, held of the abbot of St. Alban’s, service not known. She held no other lands &c. in the county, so far as the jurors can enquire. Date of death and heir as first above.
	(Writ missing.)
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Oxford … 23 Edward III.
	Yiftele. The manor (extent given), held for life of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee, by fine levied in 2 Edward III, with remainder [to John, her son] and the heirs male of his body. She held no other lands in the county. She died on 4 August last. John, son of John de Nowers, aged 14 years and more, is her heir.
	Writ of plenius certiorari as to the service, by which the tenements in Stokegoldington are held, 6 October, 23 Edward III.
[BUCKINGHAM.]	Inq. undated.
	Stokegoldyngton. She held all the premises of the king, by service of half a knight’s fee, as of the honour of Peverel. Peter de Goldyngton sometime held them by the same service, as of the same honour.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (9.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 10. (23.)
232.	MARGARET DE WYGTON.
	Writ, 6 July, 23 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle, 18 July, 23 Edward III.
	Wygton. The manor (extent given), held of Thomas de Lucy, by homage and fealty, and by service of 16s. 8d. yearly for cornage, 8s. 10d. yearly for sea wake, 28s. yearly for puture of the bailiff according to the custom of the country, and by service of finding a witness (testem) from every town belonging to the said manor, to go with the said bailiff as often as he shall come into those parts, by fine levied 10 Edward III, between John de Weston, knight, and the said Margaret, then his wife, plaintiffs, and John de Rokingham and Richard de Couland, deforciants, touching the said manor of Wigton, to hold to the said John de Weston and Margaret and the heirs of the body of the said Margaret, with remainder to Antony de Lucy and his heirs. John de Weston is dead: Antony died in the life time of Margaret: and Thomas de Lucy, his son and heir, survives, and holds the said manor of the king in chief, by knight’s service. Melmorby. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief, by homage and fealty, and by service of 13s. 4d. yearly for cornage, and 4s. yearly for puture of the king’s bailiffs, by virtue of a fine levied 11 Edward III., to hold to the said Margaret and the heirs of her body, with successive remainders to Robert Parvyng, knight, and the heirs of his body, Adam son of John Pacok, and the heirs male of his body, John, brother of the said Adam, and the heirs male of his body, Thomas, brother of the said John, and the heirs male of his body, and the right heirs of the said Robert Parvyng. Robert Parvyng died in the lifetime of the said Margaret without heir of his body, and the said Adam, son of John Pacok, still survives. North Eston. 80a. land, held for her life, of the inheritance of Eleanor daughter and heir of John de Tollesland, who is under age, a kinswoman of John de Crokedayk, and heir to a moiety of his inheritance and of the inheritance of Margaret wife of Thomas de Hale, Ellen wife of Richard de Hale, Alice late the wife of John de Hale, Christiana the wife of Michael le Taillour, and John de Eglesfeld the kinsfolk and heirs of the other moiety of the inheritance, of the said John de Crokedayk, who are under age, of Robert de Eston, by homage and fealty, and by service of 4s. yearly for cornage. The said lands are worth nothing yearly, because they lie waste, by destruction and burning by the Scots, the king’s enemies, and for lack of tenants. Graynehowe in Stubhill. 40a. land, held for her life, of the inheritance of the same Eleanor, Margaret, Ellen, Alice, Christiana and John, of Blanche Wak, by homage and fealty and by service of 6d. yearly for cornage. The land lies waste as above. Hedresford. 16 bovates of land, held for her life, of the same inheritance, of Peter de Tilioll by homage and fealty and by service of 8d. yearly for cornage. The land lies waste as above. Cringledik. Two messuages and 50a. land, held for her life, of the same inheritance, of Joan de Kirkebryde of Whynfell, by homage and fealty and by service of 8d. yearly for cornage. The said tenements are in the hands of two tenants at will who render 16s. yearly. Gaytescales in the forest of Inglewod. 1a. land held for her life, of the same inheritance, of the king in chief, as of the king’s purpresture, rendering 2s. 6d. yearly at the exchequer of Carlisle by the hands of the sheriff of Cumberland; and 20s. yearly rent of a free tenant, from a plot of land called Levenholm, held of Peter de Tilioll, by fealty only. Brounfeld. Two messuages, 73a. land and 2a. meadow, held for her life, of the same inheritance, of William de Lathes and John de Osemondrelawe, by homage and fealty and by service of 9 1/4d. yearly for cornage and 6d. yearly for free farm. Langrig. A messuage and 4a. land, in the hands of a tenant at will who renders 18d. yearly, held for her life, of the same inheritance, of Ralph Deyncourt by fealty only. Blencogowe. A messuage and a bovate of land in the hands of a tenant at will who renders 4s. yearly, held for her life, of the same inheritance, of the heirs of William de Loghmaban by fealty only. Crofton. A messuage, 18a. land, held for her life, of the same inheritance, of John de Crofton by fealty and by service of 5s. yearly. Blaykethwayt within the land (solum) of Waverton. 20a. land, held for her life, of the same inheritance, as of the purprestures arrented by the king’s justices lately in eyre in the forest of Inglewod, of the king in chief, rendering 15s. yearly at the exchequer of Carlisle by the hands of the sheriff of Cumberland. Crokedayk. The manor (extent given) held for her life, of the same inheritance, of John de Brounfeld by homage and fealty and by service of 6s. 2d. yearly for cornage. Sourby. 50a. land in the hands of tenants at will, who render for each acre 6d. yearly, held for her life, of the same inheritance, of the king in chief, as of the manor of Sourby, of the king’s ancient demesne, service not known. Langholm. 20a. land by the king’s perch (per perticas regias), held for her life, of the same inheritance, of the king in chief, by service of rendering yearly 20s. at the exchequer of Carlisle, by the hands of the sheriff of Cumberland, and they are in the hands of divers tenants at will, who render 76s. 4d. yearly beyond the aforesaid rent. Gamelesby [and Wyganby]. A messuage, 70a. land, together with the third part of a mill, held in dower of the same inheritance, of the king in chief, by homage and fealty and by service of 2s. yearly for cornage: and they are in the hands of divers tenants at will who render 52s. yearly. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on Thursday after Holy Trinity last without heir of her body. Richard, son of Walter de Kirkebryde, the younger, is her heir and of full age.
	Writ directing the escheator in Cumberland to return into chancery, to be enrolled, the partitions made of the lands held by Margaret de Wygeton for life of the inheritance of Eleanor, daughter and heir of John son of John de Tallesland, Margaret, wife of Thomas de Hale, Ellen, wife of Richard de Hale, Alice, late the wife of John de Hale, Christiana, wife of Michael le Taillour, and John de Eglesfeld, kinsfolk and heirs of John de Crokedayk, who held in chief of Edward II, 12 January, 24 Edward III.
	Partition of the said lands, whereof a moiety is divided into three parts for the underwritten parceners, kinsmen and heirs of John de Crokedaik, and the other moiety is retained in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of Eleanor, daughter and heir of John de Tolleslond, one of the kinsmen and heirs of the said John de Crokedayk. Pourparty of the above named Margaret, Ellen and Alice. Seven messuages, 45a. land in Langholm, in the hands of Henry Joperson, John, son of William Yong, John, son of Robert Milner, Eva, sometime wife of Robert Milner, Gilbert de Galwayth, and William Lambird, tenants at will, who render 66s. yearly, whereof they shall pay yearly to John de Eglesfeld, one of the aforesaid parceners of the inheritance, 23d. issuing from the tenement which Henry Jopperson holds; also, a moiety of a water-mill and of a fulling-mill there, and two plots, which are called Overgill and Nethergill by Soureby, in the hands of tenants at will, who render yearly 10s. Pourparty of Christiana, wife of Michael le Taillour. Eight messuages, 82a. land, and a third part of a water-mill in Gamelesby, in the hands of divers tenants at will. She shall pay yearly to the aforesaid John de Eglesfeld 5d. issuing from the tenement which Alexander, son of John Bird, holds. Pourparty of John de Eglesfeld. A moiety of the site of a capital messuage and 40a. land in demesne at Crokedayk, to be held in common, and 15 messuages, 70a. land and meadow at Crokedayk and Bromfeld, and 1 messuage, 8a. land in Langrig, 1 messuage, 6a. land in Wyganby, 5d. yearly rent from the tenement, which Alexander, son of John Bird, holds in Gamelesby, and 23d. yearly rent from the tenement which Henry Jopperson holds in Langholm, and a moiety of the services of John, son of Henry de Bochell, and William de Dykes. Pourparty of Eleanor, daughter and heir of John de Tollesland, retained in the king’s hand. A moiety of the site of a capital messuage and 40a. land in demesne at Crokedayk, to be held in common, and 11 messuages, 65a. 3r. land and meadow at Crakedayk and Bromfeld, 16d. yearly rent from a tenement which William del Lidyate holds in Bromfeld, 4 messuages and 22a. land by estimation at Blakethwayt, 1 messuage and 1 bovate of land at Blencogow, 1 messuage, 18a. land at Crofton, 1a. land at Gaytschales, 2 messuages, 50a. land at Cringledyk, 20s. yearly rent at Levenholme, 13 messuages, 1 cottage, with 36a. land at Langholme, a moiety of a water-mill for corn and a moiety of a fulling mill there, and 4 tenements at Soureby and Neuland, and a moiety of the services of John son of Henry de Bochell and William de Dykes. Also a moiety of 80a. land in Northeston, a moiety of 40a. land at Graynehow in Stubhill, and a moiety of 16 bovates of land in Hederesford, which he waste through want of tenants and the destruction caused in those parts by the Scots, the king’s enemies. Pourparty of the other aforesaid parceners. The other moiety of the aforesaid 80a. land in Northeston, of 40a. land at Graynehow in Stubhill, and of 16 bovates of land in Hedresford, not yet extended, is assigned to the aforesaid Margaret, Ellen, Alice, Christiana and John, according to the writ.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (10.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 67.
233.	ROGER NORMAUND.
	Writ, 1 April, 23 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Marlebergh, 16 April, 23 Edward III.
	Kemele and Morleigh. A messuage and three carucates of land (extent given) including 5a. underwood, which are of no value this year for want of buyers on account of the pestilence, held of the abbot and convent of Malmesbury by service of 5s. called Peter’s pence. Hynesete. 100s. rent, held of John de Cormaylles of Southampton by service of a pair of spurs yearly. Southlydyerd. A croft, containing 6a. land in severalty and 12a. land in the common field, held of Roger Beauchamp by knight’s service. Couelesfeldeloveras. The said Roger demised a messuage and two carucates of land (extent given), including 20a. underwood worth nothing for want of buyers as above, to Thomas Kerdyf and Ralph his brother, for a term of twenty years beginning at the feast of St. Michael, 18 Edward III by service of a rose yearly. The said messuage and land are held of the king in chief by knight’s service. Northlydyerd. The said Roger, long before his death, demised to Walter Wormbrigge, a messuage and 60a. land, including 10a. underwood worth nothing, as above, for his life, by service of a rose yearly. The said messuage and land are held of John de Clynton of Makestoke in chief by knight’s service. He died on 1 April last. Giles, son of Roger Normand son of the deceased, aged 5 years, is his heir.
	Writ, 1 April, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON.	Inq. taken at Winchester, 22 April, 23 Edward III.
	Lokerle. 18d. rent, held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, viz. keeping the king’s forest of Boukholte as forester. Westtuderle. The manor (extent given), held, with the exception of a messuage, 5a. arable and 18a. pasture, of the heirs of Oliver de Ingham, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and the messuage and 3a. of the land and 16a. of the pasture aforesaid, are held of the warden of the house of St. Nicholas, Portesmuth, by service of 11s. yearly; 2a. of the land aforesaid are held of Richard de Buttesthorn, by service of 10d. yearly; and 2a. of the pasture aforesaid are held of Giles de Escote by service of 6d. yearly. From the said manor 3s. 11 3/4d. are due to be paid yearly to the sheriff of Southampton of the king’s soc and Thethyngpeny, by the hands of the bailiff of the hundred of Thornegate. Chelwarton. The manor (extent given), with its members of Appelshawe and Fifhide, held, except the member of Fifhide, of John de Cobeham, the earl Marshal and Joan de Braiboef, viz. of John de Cobeham are held a capital messuage, dovecote, garden, mill, 150a. land, 200a. pasture, 4a. meadow, 26s. 8d. rent in Chelwarton and the whole member of Appelshawe, viz. 14a. pasture, 4a. wood, and 10s. rent, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; of the earl Marshal, a messuage and 12a. land in Chelwarton by service of 12d. yearly; and of Joan de Braiboef, a messuage, 160a. land, 25a. pasture, 1 rood meadow, and 15s. rent in Chelwarton by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee; and the whole member of Fifhide, viz., 80a. land and 4l. rent, is held of the earl of Lancaster by service of a sixteenth part of a knight’s fee. The whole manor with its members aforesaid, is charged with a yearly rent of 20 marks to Joan, late the wife of Roger, son of the said Roger Normaund, for her life. Upclatford. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill, fishery and water course, held of Roger le Mortymer by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Shirle and Hulle. The manor (extent given), held of the same Roger by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county, except tenements in the town of Suthampton and in the ancient demesne of the town of Andevere, which in the last will of the said Roger were bequeathed to divers persons according to the custom of the said towns. He died on Monday after the Annunciation last. Heir as above, aged six years.
	Writ, 2 April, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Bibery on Thursday, the morrow of St. Hilary, 23 Edward III.
	Alvryntone. A messuage with a close, 170a. land, 6a. meadow, a several pasture, a water-mill, and 4s. 6d. rent of 3 free tenants, and 25s. rent of 5 bondmen, each holding half a virgate, held of the inheritance of the earl of Gloucester by knight’s service. Date of death as above. Heir, as above, aged 5 years on the day of the said Roger’s death.
	Writ, 12 July, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Branketre, Wednesday, the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, 23 Edward III.
	Pentelawe. The manor (extent given), held of John Fitz Wauter, by service of a knight’s fee and rendering 3s. 4d. every month for the ward of Castle Baynard. He died on the morrow of the Close of Easter last; and has an heir male aged 2 years, name not known.
	C. Edw. III. File 98. (11.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 69 (1), 72, 75.