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  1. Inquisitions Post Mortem
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  3. Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 80

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 80

Pages 274-283

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

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 80

457. EDMUND LE BOTILLER.
Writ of certiorari on the complaint of John Pipard that whereas he enfeoffed the said Edmund of a messuage, lands, &c., in Fretewelle, by a fine levied before the justices of the bench, and the said Edmund granted him the same for life, the escheator after the death of the said Edmund took the same into the king’s hand as if held of the king, 12 June, 16 Edward II.
OXFORD. Inq. Wednesday before St. Peter ad Vincula, 17 Edward II.
Fretewell. A messuage, 80a. land, 1a. meadow, and 6 marks, 2s. 2d. rent, were acknowledged by John Pypard by fine to be the right of Edmund le Botiler, who granted them to the said John for life, and he continued his estate therein until the death of the said Edmund.
The said tenements are held of John de Grey, lord of Somerton, co. Oxford, by service of a sore sparrowhawk.
C. Edw. II. File 79. (21.)
458. GERARD SALVEYN.
[YORK.] Extent, 11 June, 16 Edward II.
Fosceton. Four tofts, 3 1/2 bovates of land, and an eighth part of a water-mill.
Scourburg. Seven tofts, whereof 4 are wasted, 3 1/2 bovates of land, and 12a. meadow.
All which are in the king’s hand because the said Gerard held them of Henry de Perci then a minor and in the king’s wardship.
Besewyk. Five tofts, 3 1/2 bovates of land, and 2a. meadow, in the hand of Robert Danyell by the grant of the said Gerard.
Brunby manor. Sixteen bovates of land, and 2s. rent, in the hands of Gerard Salveyn by the grant of the said Gerard his father.
Beverley. 22d. rent from a tenement held by Adam Lulman.
[YORK.] Extent, Saturday after St. Leo the Pope, 16 Edward II.
Sixyndale. Pasture for 1100 sheep yearly, 12 bovates of land, 6s. rent, and 7 tofts now burned by the Scots; all which are in the hand of William de Roos, lord of Hamlac, by reason of the minority of the heir of the said Gerard.
Erghum. 7 1/2d. rent from an eighth part of 5a. land.
E. Inq. P.M. File 7. (26.)
459. ALAN DE CHASTILLUN.
Writ, 6 March, 17 Edward II.
SOMERSET. Inq. 28 May, 17 Edward II.
Trente. A third part of the manor, held of Robert de Seford and Maud his wife by 1d. yearly rent.
Thomas his son, aged 23 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (1.)
460. MAUD GALLE.
Writ, 16 June, 17 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. 11 Sept. [18] Edward II.
Tathewell, Malteby and Cattedale. 4 1/2a. pasture, 104a. arable, and 5a. wood, held in dower as of the right of William de Vescy of Kildare, a bastard, lately deceased without heir of himself, who held them of William Fraunceys of Tathewell by service of 1/12 knight’s fee.
Tathewell. A toft and a croft, similarly held of Philip de Miley by service of 20d. yearly.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (2.)
461. THOMAS BALDEWYNE of Bercholte alias Bergholt.
Writ, 18 March, 17 Edward II.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 6 April, 17 Edward II.
Stratford. 55a. arable, 3a. meadow, 3a. pasture, and 5s. rent held jointly by the said Thomas and Isabel his wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of Petronilla late the wife of John de Holebrok by service of 6s. (?) yearly. He held no lands &c. of the king in chief.
Walter his son, aged 10, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (3.)
462. SIMON BUSSH of Mendelesham.
Writ, 18 July, 17 Edward II.
SUFFOLK. Inq. Friday after All Saints, 17 Edward II.
Mendlesham. 60a. land, 4a. pasture, 7a. wood, and 30s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of 30s. yearly at the king’s exchequer, by the hands of the sheriff.
He died on Wednesday before the Annunciation, 16 Edward II. John, son of Martin Bussch his brother, aged 23, is his next heir.
Extract from the Fines of Serjeanties, Easter, 31 Henry [III], to Easter, 34 Henry [III].
SUFFOLK. Molesham. The serjeanty of John Coron de Boef, for which he ought to serve the king for forty days in his army with his crossbow and two horses viz.—in England and the Marches of Wales, which is alienated in part.
From the said John C(oron) de Boef, who holds the head of the serjeanty aforesaid, for (?) 122a. and 20s. 9d. rent, which divers tenants hold of him, alienated from the said serjeanty, 30s. yearly, and he shall do the service of the serjeanty as aforesaid.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (4.)
463. ROBERT SON OF RICHARD DE SHUPTON of Grouwelthorp.
Writ, 5 January, 17 Edward II.
YORK. Inq. Wednesday after the Annunciation, 17 Edward II.
Azerlagh. 16a. land held of the king in chief, as of the manor of Kirkeby Malasart, now in the king’s hand, by service of a pair of spurs or 6d. yearly.
Growelthorp. A moiety of a messuage, held of the abbot of Fountains by service of 12d. yearly; and a moiety of a messuage, 48a. land, 1a. 1r. meadow, a water-mill, and 30a. wood, held of Henry Beaufiz by service of 20s. yearly.
Richard Paytefyn, aged 45, son of Alice aunt of the said Robert, and Elizabeth, late the wife of William Gryuel, another aunt, aged 60, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. File 80. (5.)
464. WILLIAM BOUDLERS alias LE BOUDLERS.
Writ, 1 October, 17 Edward II.
SALOP. Inq. Thursday after St. Andrew, 17 Edward II.
Chirbury. A messuage and 12a. land, held of the king in chief, as of the castle of Montgomery, by service of rendering 2s. 9d. to the said castle (yearly).
Mariton. A messuage and 40a. land, held of John de Cherlet by rendering 5s. yearly.
Robert his son, aged 21 at the feast of All Saints last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. File 80. (6.)
465. MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE NEVILL of Cletham.
Writ, 10 March, 17 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. 24 March, 17 Edward II.
Snyterby. A ruinous messuage, 6 bovates of arable land, 10a. meadow, 10a. fen de Ker, 20s. rent of assize, and pleas &c. of court, with 5s. rent in Redburn yearly, and 10s. rent in Filyngham, all held of the king in chief, by service of finding in the king’s Welsh war a crossbowman with a crossbow without a cord, and five bolts, upon a hackney, price 5s., for forty days at her own costs; but the said service is now rated at 60s. which she paid to the sheriff yearly for the king’s use.
Ralph de Nevill her son, aged 30, is her next heir.
Endorsed:—The sum of the said alienation (was) 7l. 17s. 8d., and the said Thomas made fine for himself and his tenants with their consent, viz. 60s. yearly, the tenants answering to him according to the quantity of their tenements yearly; and he and the tenants shall do service of 1/2 knight’s fee in common.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (7.)
466. WILLIAM DE WYNNESBURY.
Writ, 1 October, 17 Edward II.
SALOP. Inq. Thursday after St. Andrew, 17 Edward II.
Winesbury. A messuage, 40a. land and 2a. meadow, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Montgomery, by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Weston. 20a. land held of John de Hauloo by service of 2s. yearly.
John his son, aged 24 at the feast of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (8.)
467. ROGER DE MEELES alias DE MOELES.
Writ, 28 December, 17 Edward II.
DEVON. Inq. 7 February, 17 Edward II.
Aveton. Two carucates of land.
Holbogheton. A carucate of land.
Both held of Hugh de Courteney by knight’s service, of the inheritance of Alice, late the wife of the said Roger, who survives.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (9.)
468. NICHOLAS PECCHE.
Writ, 11 July, 17 Edward II.
SOMERSET. Inq. Tuesday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 17 Edward II.
Nyweton Forester. Two parts of a messuage, with a moiety of a mill, rents &c. held of the king in chief by service of 1/8 knight’s fee.
The office of forester of the whole forest of co. Somerset, held in fee and by inheritance of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, and by service of rendering 12s. 6d. at the king’s exchequer yearly.
Pederton. 6a. land and 7a. meadow, held of John de Erlee by service of rendering 8a. yearly.
Richard his son, aged 21 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (10.)
469. HENRY DE CRESSENEYE.
Writ, 9 July, 17 Edward II.
YORK. Inq. Friday the morrow of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 17 Edward II.
Salleye by Ripon. A capital messuage, 20a. land, 20a. meadow, 20a. wood, and a water-mill, held of the archbishop of York, as of the liberty of Ripon, by service of a rose yearly.
Aldefeld. 30a. land held of William de Aldefeld by service of 2s. yearly.
Coppedehewyk. 7s. 6d. rent from a messuage and 2 bovates of land, held of the said archbishop, as above, by the said service of a rose yearly.
Eveston. A messuage, a bovate of land, and 5s. rent, held of the said archbishop by the service aforesaid.
His daughters, Alice aged 20, Agnes aged 18, and Elizabeth aged 15, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (11.)
470. JOHN DE CLARE.
Writ, 13 July, 17 Edward II.
OXFORD. Inq. Sunday after St. James, 17 Edward II.
Great Bourton. A messuage, 3 virgates of land, 3a. meadow, and 56s. rent, &c. held of the manor of Bannebury, of the bishopric of Lincoln, now in the king’s hand and in the custody of Robert de Arderne by the king’s commission, for 1/3 knight’s fee and suit at the court of the hundred of Bannebury. He held no other lands &c.
John his son, aged 14, whose body remains in the hands of Robert de Arderne keeper of the manor of Bannebury, is his next heir.
Return (by the escheator) that the said Robert de Arderne will not suffer seisin to be taken of the above lands, and immediately on the death of the said John, carried the heir to the castle of Bannebury, and there detains him. (Undated.)
Assignment of dower to Margery late the wife of the said John, Saturday before St. Nicholas, 17 Edward II.
OXFORD. Mucheleburton. A third part of a capital messuage and of a carucate of land (extent given with field names and names of tenants).
C. Edw. II. File 80. (12.)
471. CHRISTIANA DE LILLEBURNE.
Writ, 15 May, 17 Edward II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Saturday after St. Barnabas, 17 Edward II.
Westlilleburn. The manor (extent given), with a capital messuage and 40a. land, &c. in Schawden pertaining thereto, held of the king in chief, of the manor of Werck upon Tweed, by service of a knight’s fee, and rendering 40s. yearly for the guard of the said castle; all now worth nothing because destroyed by the Scots. She held no other lands &c.
John de Lilburn her kinsman, aged 33, is her next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (13.)
472. WILLIAM DE STAURE.
Writ, 15 May, 17 Edward II.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Tuesday after Holy Trinity, 17 Edward II.
St. Briavell. A messuage and 8a. land, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of being the king’s forester in the forest of Dene, and making attachments for vert and venison, and bringing the attached to the castle of St. Briavell; and 6a. land and 5s. rent, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 2s. yearly at the said castle, and suit at the king’s court there, heriot, and relief when it shall happen.
Stant (?) within the manor of Rodleye. A messuage, 36a. land and 2 1/2a. meadow, held of Sir Thomas le Blount by service of 5s. 4d. to be rendered at Rodleye, suit of court, heriot and relief.
La Boxe. 8a. arable held of John de la Boxe by service of 8d. yearly rent.
He died on 15 April, 17 Edward II. William his son, aged 14 at the feast of the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (14.)
473. JOHN CUT of Pervet.
Writ, 28 June, 17 Edward II.
CORNWALL. Inq. 8 September, 18 Edward II.
Penquyt. 7a. English of arable land, held of the king in chief, as of his manor of Liskeret pertaining to the earldom of Cornwall, by fealty.
Cut Pervet. A messuage and a ferling of land, viz.—15a. arable, held of John de Trenoda by knight’s service, and rendering 6d. yearly, and suit of court; a ferling of land, viz.—13a. arable, held of Otho de Bodrigan by knight’s service, and rendering 6d. yearly and suit of court; and 4a. wood held of John de Trenoda by service of rendering 1d. yearly.
John his son, aged 14, is his next heir.
Writ of ad melius inquirendum, 8 April, 18 Edward II.
CORNWALL. Inq. 15 May, 18 Edward II.
Penquit. The tenement above mentioned, is held as abovesaid, in free socage, and by service of rendering 3 grains of pepper yearly to the king at the manor of Liskeret.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (15.)
474. HENRY DE MALYNES.
Writ (undated fragment).
BERKS. Inq. Monday the morrow of the Annunciation, 17 Edward II.
Little Pourle. The manor (extent given), held jointly by the said Henry and Cecily his wife, to them and the heirs of the said Henry, by fine levied in the king’s court between them and William Syffrewast, with the licence of king Edward I., of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, and rendering 5s. yearly for the guard of the castle of Windsor.
Edmund his son, aged 28, is his next heir.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 24 March, 17 Edward II.
La Berewe alias la Burgh and Pyremere in Hameldene. Two messuages, 140a. land, and 2a. meadow, held jointly by the said Henry and Cecily as of the fee of the said Henry, of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, lord of the manor of Hameldene, by service of 12d. and suit at his court of Hameldene.
Heir as above, aged 28 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (16.)
475. JOHN GIFFARD of Nymdesfeld.
Writ, 6 March, 17 Edward II.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. Friday after St. Ambrose, 17 Edward II.
Nymdesfeld. A messuage and 60a. arable, held of the king in chief by service of 2lb. pepper (yearly); and 12a. arable held of John de Oulepenne by service of 2d. (yearly).
He died on Friday after St. Peter ad Vincula in the said year. John his son, aged 21 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (17.)
476. WILLIAM DE CLIFTON.
Writ, 21 October, 17 Edward II.
[LANCASTER.] Inq. Saturday before St. Andrew, 17 Edward II.
Clifton. The manor (extent given), including a fishery in the water of Ribbel and the hamlets called ‘la More’ and ‘le Skales.’
Westby. The manor (extent given), including lands &c. in Little Fildeplumpton, and the hamlet called Graunte Fildeplumpton.
All held for life of the king in chief in socage, by a certain recognizance in the king’s court, whereby Eustace de Goddesbeche gave the same to the said William and Aline his first wife for their lives, with remainder to William their son and the heirs of his body, doing fealty and suit at the (county) court of Lancaster, and the wapentake of Ammondernesse, and by service of 40s. yearly.
Gosenargh. A sheiling and 80a. waste, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, held of Richard de Hoghton by service of 1d. yearly.
William his son, aged 28, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (18.)
477. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM MAUFEE.
Writ, 4 June, 17 Edward II.
SUSSEX. Inq. Monday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 17 Edward II.
Estbourne and Erlyngton. 20s. yearly rent from John de Radmelde, held of Lady Isabella, queen of England, as of the honour of Laigle, by fee and service of 1d. for sheriff’s aid yearly.
Chytynglegh. 20a. land and 24s. 3d. yearly rent, held of Nicholas de Aldeham by service of 1/40 knight’s fee.
Claverham in Erlyngton. 15a. land and 4s. 9d. rent, held of Sir John la Ware by fee and service of 1d. yearly.
Andrew Mauffee her son, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (19.)
478. JOHN DE CARRU.
Writ, 26 June, 17 Edward II.
BERKS. Inq. 10 July, 18 Edward II.
Molesford. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 2s. rent of socage to be levied by the sheriff of Berks, and suit at the king’s hundred of Morton [alias Mourtone].
Thomas de Carru his brother, aged 33 and more, is his next heir by the death of Nicholas son and heir of the said John who died on 20 June, 17 Edward II, of full age, seised of the said manor.
BERKS. Inq. 11 July, 18 Edward II.
Molesford. The manor (extent given), held as above.
Nicholas his son is his next heir, and of full age.
Writ, 10 July, 18 Edward II.
DEVON. Inq. 1 August, 18 Edward II.
Otery, Moneketon, Galmeton and Stokeflemyng. The manors, and 9l. 77s. (sic.) 9d. rent in Marynlegh and Dertemuth, held for life of John de Mohun by service of 4 1/2 knight’s fees, by a fine levied between the said John de Carreu and Nicholas his son, and William son of Nicholas de Carreu, in 15 Edward II. with successive remainders to the said Nicholas son of John and the heirs of his body, and to John brother of the said Nicholas and the heirs of his body; and the said Nicholas died without heirs of his body.
Mammehefde. The manor held jointly [with Joan his wife] of William Speek by service of a knight’s fee.
Writ of certiorari on the complaint of Joan, lata the wife of the said John, and John their son, that the escheator had taken into the king’s hand the manor of Mammehevede by Doulesch, whereof they were seised jointly with the said John, 22 August, 18 Edward II.
DEVON. Inq. 13 September, 18 Edward II.
Mammehevede by Doulesch. The manor held of William le Speek by service of a knight’s fee, was granted by William de Leycestre, chaplain, to the said John, Joan his wife, and John their son, to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the said John son of John, with remainder to the right heirs of the said John de Carru; and the said Joan and John the son have continued their seisin without change of their estate.
Writ of certiorari to the sheriff of Berks to enquire whether violence (vim laici) has been put upon the manor of Mullesford, 7 May, 18 Edward II.
[BERKS.] Inq. Monday after the Ascension, 18 Edward II.
The violence (vis laica) which was placed on the manor of Molesforde by Master William de Carru was removed by the said William’s order on Monday the feast of St. John ante Portam Latinam in the night, and on the following day at the first hour, Sir Richard Talbot, knight, Joan late the wife of John de Carru, John his son, and many others (specified or unknown) entered upon the said manor, and still hold it by force, against the will of the king’s escheator.
Writ de diem clausit extremum to the escheator in cos. Wilts, Berks, &c., 26 June, 18 (sic) Edward II.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (20.)
479. JOHN DE CARRU.
BERKS. Enrolment of extent, 10 November, 18 Edward II.
Mulesford. The manor (extent given), held as above.
He died on 26 June in the year abovesaid.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 13.
480. NICHOLAS DE CARRU.
Writ, 26 June, 17 Edward II. and duplicate.
BERKS. Inq. 11 July, 18 Edward II.
Molesford. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 2s. rent of socage to be levied by the sheriff, and suit at the king’s hundred of Morton.
Thomas de Carru his uncle, aged 33 and more, is his next heir.
Writ, to send the inquisition ordered into the chancery on the quinzaine of Easter next, 6 March, 18 Edward II.
BERKS. Inq. 2 April, 18 Edward II.
Mollesford in the hundred of Slotesford. The manor (extent given), held as abovesaid.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (21.)
481. GERVASE DE CLIFTON.
Writ, 30 July, 17 Edward II.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. 11 August, 17 Edward II.
Clifton and Willeford. The manor (extent given), including a ferry on the river (ripa) Trente, held of Thomas de Ver and Agnes his wife by knight’s service.
Broutton. A manor (extent given), held of the king in chief as of the honour of Tutbury, by reason of the forfeiture of Thomas late earl of Lancaster, by service of a knight’s fee.
Robert his son, aged 26 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (22.)
482. GERARD DE EYLESFORD alias DE AYLLESFORD.
Writ, 12 May, 17 Edward II.
HEREFORD. Inq. Monday the morrow of Holy Trinity, 17 Edward II. (defaced.)
Kyngespewene. A messuage, 160a. arable. 8a. meadow, pasture, wood, 10l. 6d. assised rent, &c.
Houton. A messuage, 40a. arable. 3a. meadow, and 17s. 0 3/4d. assised rent.
Lanelion in the Marches of Wales. A messuage, 80a. arable, pasture and 40s. assised rent.
Monesleye and Pikesleye. Certain lands &c., worth 10l. yearly.
All held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 and 1/4 knight’s fee.
Edmund his son, aged 20 on Tuesday after St. Barnabas, 17 Edward II, is his next heir.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 3 July, 17 Edward II.
Burton. A little manor (manerettum) (extent given), held of William le Latymer, lord of Sutton, by service of an ounce of silk at Whitsunday or 12d. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 19 at the feast of St. Leonard last.
Writ, 2 July, 17 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. 3 August, 18 Edward II.
Holme Spynee. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held jointly by the said Gerard and Margery his wife, of the gift of John Becke, parson of the church of Bekeyngham, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Gerard, of William le Latymer by knight’s service.
Heir as above, aged 19 at Christmas last.
C. Edw. II. File 80. (23.)
483. RICHARD DE GLOUCESTR[IA].
Writ of certiorari, on the complaint of Richard his son, that the treasurer &c. of the exchequer had sold his wardship and marriage, though his father held nothing of the king save lands &c. in the suburb of London by service of a sore sparrowhawk, 11 March, 17 Edward II.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. held at ‘la Brokenecrouche’ in the suburb of London, on Thursday after St. Gregory the Pope, 17 Edward II.
Parish of St. Giles of the Lepers. A messuage called Bloemundesbury, 100a. land, 18a. pasture, and 27s. rent &c., held of the king by service of a sore sparrowhawk at the king’s exchequer.
Kentyshtown. 50a. land and 3a. pasture, held of Henry de Bydyk by service of 8s. yearly.
He held no other tenements in the county.
Richard his son, aged 21 on the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir.
Writ of plenius certiorari, because from the rolls of the chancery it appears that King Henry III, in his 49th and 50th years, for the good service of William Belet granted him the said lands &c. which were of Thomas Viel sometime citizen of London, the king’s enemy, doing the services accustomed, which lands &c. the said Richard acquired of him, 8 June, 17 Edward II.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. taken at Westminster, on Tuesday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 17 Edward II.
Thomas Viel sometime citizen of London, held the said lands before he forfeited them to King Henry the king’s grandfather, of the said king by service, and not by any other service which ought to confer wardship and marriage; and the said Richard held no other lands by which the wardship of his lands ought to pertain to the king.
Transcript from the rolls of memoranda (of the exchequer) of the year 17, amongst the fines of Trinity term.
By a fine of 60l. which Walter de Waldeshef made with the king, paying 30l. at the feast of St. Michael next and 30l. at Easter following, there was granted to him the wardship of all the lands &c. which were of Richard de Glouc[ester], citizen of London, in the same city, and in Blemondesbiry, Holebourn and Kentisshtoun, now in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of Richard his son and heir. Afterwards on 15 January, year 17, he paid by a tally 30l.
Transcripts of enrolments of the abovesaid grants to William Belet, of 16 October, 49 Henry [III], and 6 November, 50 Henry [III].
C. Edw. II. File 80. (24.)