Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 25

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 25


301.	RICHARD DE SANCTO ANDREA.
	Writ (missing).
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. Wednesday after the Purification, 4 Edward III.
	Hingston. A ruinous capital messuage, lands, rents, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief by knight’s service. He died on Monday after SS. Fabian and Sebastian last. John his son, aged 18 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (1.)
302.	DAVID DE STRABOLGI, EARL OF ATHOL, SON AND HEIR OF DAVID DE STRABOLGI, LATE EARL OF ATHOL, who held of the late King Edward in chief.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said David, 26 January, 4 Edward III.
	Endorsed that Isabel de Vescy (who had part) and Richard Talbot (who had the other part of the wardship, &c.) cared not to be present or to send any one for them.
[NORTHUMBERLAND.]	Proof of age, 2 April, 4 Edward III. (defective and defaced.)
	Robert de Milneburne, aged 50 years and more, says that the said David was born on 1 February, [2] Edward II, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and baptized in the church of St. Nicholas there, and Guyschard de Charron, the younger, and Master John de Hadington lifted him [from the sacred font], and on 1 February last he was 21 years of age; and this he knows because Thomas de Milneburne ……… . on the said 1st of February, and on the morrow he went to Newcastle to buy wax for his father’s burial, when he saw the said David ……… . in the said church …… . . baptized ……… John de Plesis (?), aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it because he has a son Richard who ……… next before the said 1st of February, and is now 21 years of age and more. ……… . kewall (?), aged 50 years and more, says that the abovesaid Robert has well proved the age of the said David; and this he knows because he had a daughter Alice born on the same 1st of February, who is now 21 years of age. Thomas de Swecopp (?), aged 60 (?) years and more, says the like, and knows it because on the same 1st of February died his sister Iseult, whose death he inserted in the calendar of the said church ……… . saw the said David baptized with great solemnity, the priest sprinkling the water plentifully. …………, aged 40 years, says the like, and knows it because the said David soon after his baptism was taken with his nurse to his father’s house in Eland, and there nursed for three years, and when he was taken there aged ………… nineteen years, whence he knows that the said David has completed his lawful age. …………, aged 50 years, says the said David is 21 years of age ……… . he has a bond of Peter de Morpath of six marks for a horse sold to him, written in the said church of St. Nicholas on the same day that the said David was baptized, now twenty-one years ago as appears by the date of the writing. ……… . ., aged 50 years, says the like, and knows it because he was executor of the testament of his father, who died on the eighth day before that day, and made his testament ……………… ., aged 46 years, says the like ………… . . a son John born on the said 1st day of February ……… . ……… . ., aged 40 years and more, says the like and knows it because …… . time he took a moiety of the manor of Suthdissington for a term of thirty years by an indenture dated ………… ……… . ., aged 40 years and more, ………… he was enfeoffed of a certain land in Heddon by the charter of Nicholas the smith (?) (fabri?) ………
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (2.)
303.	JOHN DE BODHAM, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DE HONEWORTH, who held of the late King Edward in chief.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John.
NORFOLK.	Proof of age made at Thorpmerc’, 25 September, 4 Edward III. (defective.)
	Henry son of Simon, aged 60 years and more, says that the said John was 21 years of age on Sunday after the Annunciation last, for he was born at Bodham on that day, 2 Edw. II, and baptized in the church there; and this he knows because Eustace, son of John his brother, died at the feast of St. Michael next before the birth of the said John. John le Taillour, aged 40 years and more, says the like, and knows it because John de Langele, now rector of the church of Bodham, was instituted there on Whitsunday next after the said John’s birth, and always reckoned the age of the said heir by his own institution. John Dunde, aged 43 years and more, says the like, and knows it because on Friday after the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next following the said John de Bodham’s birth, he married Cecily his wife. Thomas Bernard, aged 60 years and more, says the like, and knows it because William his son was staying at St. Edmund’s … . . the birth of the said John. John Mauclerk, aged 55 years and more, says the like, and knows it because Agnes his daughter was born on the eve of the Circumcision next before the birth of the said John de Bodham. Robert the smith (Faber), aged 59 years and more, says the like, and knows it because Beatrice his daughter was born about the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next before the said John’s birth. Geoffrey Cotel, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and knows it because Roger his own father died in Easter week next after the said John’s birth. Thomas atte Soler, aged 55 years and more, says the like, and knows it because Geoffrey his son was ordained to the priesthood on Saturday in Whitsun week before the birth of the said John. William R … ., aged 44 years and more, says the like, and knows it because Simon his brother died on the feast of the Circumcision next before the said John’s birth. William Scritel (?), aged 52 years and more, says the like, and knows it because Henry his father died on the feast of St. Giles next before the said John’s birth. Robert de Ixnigg, aged 45 years, says the like, and knows it because Robert de Aylesham, his uncle, died about the feast of SS. Simon and Jude next before the said John’s birth. John de Aldeburg, aged 42 years and more, says the like, and knows it because he lifted the said John de Bodham from the sacred font.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (3.)
304.	THOMAS LOVEL.
	Writ, 11 August, 4 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. 24 September, 4 Edward III. (defaced.)
	Tichewell. The manor (extent given), which was held by John Lovel of the king in chief by knight’s service, was given by him to the said Thomas, by the king’s licence, as the jury understand, to hold to the said Thomas and the heirs of his body of the said John and his heirs, with reversion to the said John and his heirs [whose heir is in the king’s wardship]. Gilbert, his son by his first wife, aged 25 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (4.)
305.	JAMES DE LA HIDE, of Great Waltham.
	Writ of certiorari, on the petition of Elizabeth de Hemenhale asserting that she is next heir of the said James, and seeking livery of his lands &c. as of full age, 25 May, 4 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 24 July, 4 Edward III.
	Great Waltham. A messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the earl of Hereford as of the manor of High Estre, which is of the honour of Maundeville, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee; which tenements were taken into the hand of King Edward II, after the death of the said James, by reason of the lands of Humphrey de Bohun, late earl of Hereford aud Essex, then in the same king’s hand, and for this cause only the said tenements are still in the king’s hand. His daughter Elizabeth, called de Hemenhale, aged 15 years on the 10th of December last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (5.)
306.	EDMUND DE WEYLAND or DE WEILOND.
	Writ of certiorari, on the petition of Thomas Curzoun and Joice his wife, asserting that she is daughter and heir of the said Edmund and of full age, and praying that certain lands &c. of the said Edmund in Keresey and Grotene, which came to the king’s hands by the forfeiture of Edmund, late earl of Kent, may be restored to her, 16 May, 4 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. 14 June, 4 Edward III.
	Kerseye. A messuage, 4a. pasture, and 3r. land were held by the said Edmund of the prior of Kerseye by socage, rendering 4s. yearly; and 1/2a. pasture was held of the manor of Kers[eye], now in the king’s hand, by socage, rendering 6d. yearly to the said manor. Groton. 6a. land were held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s by socage and by service of a rose yearly. All which tenements in Kerseye are in the king’s hand by reason of the forfeiture of Edmund, late earl of Kent; for Hugh le Despenser, the younger, after the death of Edmund de Weyland, entered upon them and held them by force together with the manor of Kers[eye] for his life, and by reason of his forfeiture they came into the king’s hand and were granted to the said earl of Kent. There pertains to the said messuage &c. common of pasture in the park of Lelleseye for the whole year for four cows. Joice, his daughter, is his next heir and of full age.
	Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator, to enquire by what title the said Hugh entered upon the above tenements in Kerseye, and whether the said Joice ever remitted her right therein to the said Hugh, &c., 28 August, 4 Edward III.

	C. Edw. III. File 25. (6.)
307.	JOHN DE SOMERY.
	Writ of certiorari to John Mautravers, keeper of the king’s forest on this side the Trent, 1 March, 4 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 4 Edward III.
	The forest of Kynefare. 54 1/2a. waste land lying in different plots in the said forest, viz.—Asshwode, Ashforde, Flederich, Kyngeswalleheth, Godrichesleye, and Okholte, held of the king by service of 18s. 2d. yearly. They are in the king’s hand by reason of the said John’s death, and are not enclosed. Margaret de Suttone, and Joan, late the wife of Sir Thomas Buttetourte, are his heirs and of full age, and pray that the said land may be delivered to them.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (7.)
308.	BARTHOLOMEW DE BADLESMERE.
	Writ to enquire what lands &c. the said Bartholomew held in Etton, Makeseye, and Helpeston, co. Northampton, and elsewhere, of which no mention was made in the inquisitions taken at his death, 10 August, 4 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. Thursday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 4 Edward III.
	Etton. The manor and the advowson of the church, held of the abbot of Peterborough, service unknown.
	Writ to the escheator, reciting the above writ and inquisition, whereupon the king had commanded the said manor to be delivered to Henry, bishop of Lincoln, to whom he had committed the wardship, until the lawful age of Giles son and heir of the said Bartholomew; and now Hugh de Northburgh and Hugh his son by petition in parliament have shown, that they have for a long time held the manor and advowson of Etton, that the said Bartholomew was not seised thereof on the day he died, and that the said inquisition was made by Hugh de Longedon by jurors of the hundreds of Corby and Wylebrok, maliciously suborned, and remote from Etton, without warning the said Hugh and Hugh, by virtue whereof Hugh de Longdon, as is said, verbally took the manor into the king’s hand; whereof the king commands him to make further inquisition in the presence of the said Hugh and Hugh, 13 December, 4 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. 6 January, 4 Edward III.
	The said Bartholomew was not seised of the manor and advowson of Etton at his death, or when his lands &c. were seized into the hand of King Edward II, as forfeited; and they are held of the abbot of Peterborough by knight’s service. One Peter Russel, for a long time before and after the said Bartholomew’s death, was seised of the said manor and advowson, of the gift and enfeoffment of John Russel his brother in fee, to him and his heirs; and afterwards he enfeoffed Sir Nicholas de Sancto Marco of the same to him and his heirs, in fee, and re-accepted the same of the grant of the said Sir Nicholas for life, and the said Nicholas granted the reversion thereof, by fine levied in the king’s court, to Hugh de Northburgh and Hugh his son, to whom the said Peter attorned, and afterwards released to them all his right in the premises, and they now hold the said manor and advowson.
	Writ to enquire whether the said Bartholomew held the manor of Laghton and hundred of Sheplake and other lands in Sussex, of which no mention is made in previous inquisitions, 16 December, 4 Edward III.
SUSSEX.	Inq. 24 December, 4 Edward III.
	Laghton. The manor with the hundred of Shepelake was held by John de Ulvedale for life of the late King Edward II, as of the honour of Laigle by knight’s service, and the said king granted the reversion to Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere and his heirs by charter; which John attorned to the said Sir Bartholomew and died on 10 February, 15 Edward II, after whose death the said Sir Bartholomew entered upon the premises and continued his seisin until the said king took them into his hand through the forfeiture of the said Bartholomew, because he was of the faction (querela) of Thomas then earl of Lancaster. Eghynton and Draiton. The reversion of the manors was held by the said Bartholomew.
	Writ of certiorari on the petition of Margaret late the wife of the said Bartholomew for her dower out of the castle and manor of Lenehales, co. Hereford, and the manors of Oxendon, co. Gloucester, Finmere, co. Oxford, and Preston and Cuuele, co. Buckingham, which the said Bartholomew after their marriage granted to William Tuchet and the heirs of his body, with reversion to the said Bartholomew and his heirs, and which by the death of the said William without such heirs, and the minority of the heir of the said Bartholomew were taken into the late king’s hand, 18 January, 4 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. 24 January, 4 Edward III.
	Oxindon. The said Bartholomew was seised of the manor after his marriage with the said Margaret in 5 Edward II, which manor is held of the heirs of the earl of Gloucester, as of the manor of Teokesbury, by service of a knight’s fee; and afterwards he enfeoffed William Tochet of the same, by fine levied before the justices of the bench in the same year, to hold to him and the heirs of his body, with reversion to the said Bartholomew and his heirs; which William afterwards died without such heirs, and the said manor has reverted to Giles de Badelesmere, son and heir of the said Bartholomew, who is in the king’s wardship by reason of his minority.
OXFORD.	Inq. 22 January, 4 Edward III.
	Fynemere. Bartholomew de Badlesmere, knight, was seised of the manor after his marriage as above, which is held of the heirs of the earl of Gloucester by service of half a knight’s fee, and thereof he enfeoffed William Tochet, knight, by fine levied in the king’s court in 5 Edward II, to hold to him and the heirs of his body with reversion to the said Bartholomew and his heirs; which William died without such heirs and the said manor has reverted to Giles, son and heir of the said Bartholomew, who is a minor and in the king’s wardship.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. 24 January, 4 Edward III.
	Preston and Couele. The said Bartholomew was seised of the manors, which are held of the king in chief by knight’s service, after his marriage as above, and thereof enfeoffed the said William Tochet as above: they have now reverted to the said Giles as above.
HEREFORD.	Inq. 24 January, 4 Edward III.
	Leenhales. The said Bartholomew was seised of the castle and manor, which are held of the king by knight’s service by reason of the lands which were of Roger de Mortuo Mari now in the king’s hand, after his marriage as above, and thereof enfeoffed the said William Tuchet, knight, as above, after whose death William Deveroys, knight, immediately after the present king and Lady Isabella his mother last landed in England, entered the said castle and manor by force and continued his seisin by the maintenance of the said Roger, and still continues claiming right and fee therein, but by what right the jury know not. Giles, son of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (8.)
309.	JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF CRISTINA DE BIDYK.
	Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, 7 December, 4 Edward III. (defaced.)
DORSET.	Proof of age taken at Dorcestre, 28 December, 4 Edward III, in the presence of John de Mere guardian of the lands &c. by the king’s commission (defaced).
	Richard de Maunston, knight, says that the said John was born at Salton and baptized in the church there, and was 21 years of age on Tuesday before St. Michael last, and this he knows because at that time he married Alice his wife. Robert de Maundeville, knight, says that the said John was 21 years of age on the said day, and knows it because he lifted him from the sacred font. John de Sandhull says the like, and recollects it because at that time Richard his son was born at Gilingham, who at the said feast of St. Michael was (last) of full age. John de Wik says the like, and recollects it because he was at the banquet when the said John’s mother was purified from him. John Digon and others say the like, and know it because they were at the same banquet. Benedict de Bor (?) … and others say the like, and know it because they were at a feast with the vicar of Mere on the feast of St. Michael after the birth of the said John, when the said birth was made known.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (9.)
310.	ELIAS MARTEL.
	Writ to the escheator to extend the lands &c. of the inheritance of the son and heir of the said Elias, which are held in dower or for life, 15 July, 4 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. Monday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 4 Edward III.
	Canewyk. The manor (extent given) was held by the said Elias of the king in chief on the day he died, and is of the inheritance of his heir, whereof Lucy late the wife of John Martel holds a third part in dower. There are no other lands &c. in the county of the said inheritance.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (10.)
311.	JOHN DE COSTON.
	Writ of certiorari, on the petition of William Coston, asserting that he is son and next heir of the said John and of full age, and seeking livery of his lands &c., 20 January, 4 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. 12 March, 5 Edward III.
	Coston. A messuage and 40a. land, held of Walter de Hopton by service of doing suit at his court every three weeks. The said Walter holds the same of [Edmund late] earl of Arundel as mesne, and they are in the king’s hand as wardship, by reason of the lands and tenements of the said earl which were in the hand of the late king, and for that cause only are they in the king’s hand. William his son, aged 26 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (11.)
312.	WILLIAM BURNEL.
	Writ, 20 January, 4 Edward III.
SALOP.	Inq. 12 February, 5 Edward III.
	Longeleye. The manor (extent given), held jointly with Roisia his wife, with the advowson of the chapel of the same manor, of the king in chief, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, of the gift of Stephen de Tonge, chaplain, who enfeoffed them of the same by the king’s licence and by fine levied in the king’s court, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies. Edward his son, aged 16 years at the feast of the Assumption last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (12.)
313.	JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF HUGH WAKE.
	Writ, 20 January, 4 Edward III.
WILTS.	Inq. Wednesday before the Purification, 5 Edward III.
	Wynterbornestoke. The manor (extent given), held of Maud late the wife of Robert de Holonde, as of her pourparty of the inheritance of the earl of Winchester, in socage by fealty and a rose yearly. Babeton and Fissherton by Wily. Five virgates of land, held of Hugh Poyntz, by service of making a perch of hedge round the said Hugh’s park of Stokwode Poyntz, co. Dorset. Thomas son of Hugh Wake, aged 4 years, is her next heir.
	Writ of certiorari to the treasurer and chamberlains of the exchequer, to search the book of fees called Domesday and other memoranda of the exchequer, to find out of whom the manor of Wynterbournstoke, co. Wilts, is held, and by what service, 30 January, 5 Edward III.
	Endorsed, Enrolled Hilary term in the 5th year, No. 22. Transcript from the book of Domesday sent in a schedule herewith. Transcript from the book of Domesday:—
WILTS.	Lands of Edward Sarisb[uri] in Wintreburnestock, which Walter holds of him. Aluin held them in the time of King Edward, whose wife holds there a hide [and] a half of the king. Schedule (undated). Having searched the memoranda of the time of Simon de Bereforde, late escheator of the king citra Trentam, it is ascertained that the said Simon found by inquisition taken in July, 3 Edward III, that the above-mentioned manor of Wynterbournestoke is held of the king in chief, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee, by pretext whereof the king granted the wardship of the same to John Mautravers to hold until the lawful age of the heir of Hugh Wake, by whose forfeiture it is now in the king’s hand.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (13.)
314.	JOHN SON OF THOMAS DE NEUBYGGYNG.
	Writ, 11 December, 4 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. Tuesday after St. Ambrose, 5 Edward III. (much defaced.)
	Glassanby, Merghanby, Gamelesby, Kirkebampton, Castelkairok, and Whelton. Lands and tenements (extent given), held in the form underwritten, viz.— Joan late the wife of the said Thomas, and mother of the said John, died a [year] and more ago, after whose death the said lands &c. were taken into the king’s hand because the said John held a part thereof of the king in chief, and so by reason of the minority of the said John, son and heir of the said Joan and Thomas, they remained in the king’s hand until the death of the said John, and because the said John now deceased, was the next heir of the said Joan and Thomas of the said tenements, and died under age in the king’s wardship; but although the king, by reason of the said John’s minority, had the wardship of his lands as aforesaid, yet the same John died, seised of the same as of right as [the jury] understand. The tenements in [Glassanby], Merghanby, and Gamelesby are held of the king in chief by homage, and by service of rendering …… yearly for cornage at the king’s exchequer at Carlisle. The tenements in Kirkebampton are held of Richard de Bampton by service of 10d. yearly …… . The tenements in Castelkairok are held of Ranulph de Dacre by service of doing suit every three weeks at his court of Irthyngton, and by service of rendering …… yearly for food (putura) for the king’s Serjeants in Cumberland ……… His sisters, Margaret, aged 11 years and more, Alice, aged 5 years and more, and Helen (Elena), aged 8 years and more, are his next heirs.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (14.)
315.	GILBERT DE MIDDELTON.
	Writ of amotus, 23 January, 4 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. 18 February, 5 Edward III.
	Stauntone. The manor (extent given), held for life by the demise of John de Sancto Johanne of Lageham, deceased, except a third part of the same manor which John de Ifelde and Margery his wife, sometime the wife of the said John de Sancto Johanne, recovered in the king’s court against the said Gilbert after the said demise, as the said Margery’s dower, and which they afterwards demised to the said Gilbert for his life, of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. Heir unknown. The said third part by the death of the said Gilbert has reverted to the said John de Ifelde and Margery, and the said two parts ought to revert to John de Sancto Johanne, aged 26 years, son and heir of the aforesaid John de Sancto Johanne.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (15.)
316.	MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF RICHARD DE HIWISH.
	Writ concerning the lands which the said Maud held in dower and otherwise for her life, of the inheritance of the said Richard, 8 January, 4 Edward III.
	Inq. (missing.)
	[ (fn. 1) (breve tantum) CORNWALL. Landendyon. Menely. The manor. Trenant. The hamlet. Truru Merche. St. Euwe. The hamlet. Tremethered. The manor. Lantyan. The manor.]
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (16.)
317.	RICHARD DE KIRKEBRID.
	Writ, 29 December, 4 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. 16 February, 5 Edward III.
	Kyrkelevyngton. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a park, held of the king in chief by homage and service of rendering yearly 7s. 6 1/2d. to the king for cornage at his exchequer of Carlisle, and doing suit at the county [court] of Cumberland every month. Kirkebryd. A capital messuage, land, rent &c. (extent given). Docwra or Dockwra. Land, rents, pleas of court &c. (extent given). Both held of the lord of Wygton by homage, and by service of 7s. 9d. yearly for cornage. Aynthorn. 6s. 8d. yearly rent of free men, and 27s. 10 1/2d. yearly rent of tenants at will, held of Robert de Whyterige by homage and service of 2s. yearly, and by service of 14d. yearly for cornage. Walter his son, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (17.)
318.	EDMUND DE PLECY.
	Writ of certiorari, on the petition of Maud, late the wife of the said Edmund, for dower out of certain lands in Bardesle, of which the said Edmund after he married her enfeoffed Hugh le Despencer the elder, and which by his forfeiture came to the late king’s hands, 22 January, 4 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. 18 February, 5 Edward III.
	Barndeslegh. The said Edmund, about the feast of the Purification, 16 Edward II, enfeoffed Hugh le Despenser, the elder, in fee simple, of a messuage, 2 carucates of land, 10a. meadow, and 102s. 11d. yearly rent, held of the earl of Hereford by service of half a knight’s fee, after the marriage celebrated between the said Edmund and Maud; and the said Edmund at the time of the said enfeoffment had the premises to him and his heirs, as of the inheritance of John le (sic) Plecy, his father; they are now in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of Edmund, son and heir of Edmund late earl of Kent, to whom the king had granted them. John his son, aged 14 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 25. (18.)