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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 74

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Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913.

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 74

522. ROBERT DOGELONDERE.
Writ, 12 April, 18 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT. Inq. taken at Brerdyng on Tuesday before St. George the Martyr, 18 Edward III.
Nonnewell. A messuage and a carucate of land held, jointly enfeoffed with Alice his wife for the term of their lives, of the king in chief, as of the honour of the castle of Caresbroke, by service of doing suit at the court of knights of Neuport every three weeks. He held nothing of other lords.
He lately enfeoffed Simon de Jarum, vicar of the church of Brerding, and Robert atte Stone, of the said lands &c. to hold to them and their heirs of the king, as of the honour of the castle aforesaid, and afterwards the said Simon and Robert enfeoffed the said Robert and Alice of the said lands &c. for their lives, with successive remainders to Reginald, son of the said Robert, and Roberta his wife, daughter of Robert Urry, the elder, and to the heirs of their bodies, and to the right heirs of the said Robert for ever.
He died on Monday next after Palm Sunday, 18 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 74. (1.)
523. WALTER DE CHESTHUNTE, knight (chivaler or miles).
Writ, 16 November, 18 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. 18 December, 18 Edward III.
Reinham. The manor held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, by the grant of John Whithorn, chaplain, and of William de Belegrave, to hold for their lives, of the king in chief by the service thereto pertaining, with remainder to Menaud, son of the said Walter, and his heirs, by fine levied in the king’s court and by the king’s charter of licence. The manor is held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Dover, by service of a knight’s fee and by services to be rendered for the ward of the castle of Dover, viz. 10s. every twenty weeks.
He died on 30 September last. Menaud his son, aged 25 years and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 74. (2.)
524. EDMUND DE THWENG.
Writ, 6 November, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Saturday after the octave of St. Martin in the Winter, 18 Edward III.
Southbrun. Twelve bovates and 20a. of land held of the king in chief; and two parts of a bovate of land held for life by Robert atte Toun, rendering yearly to the said Edmund and his heirs 8s. 10 3/4d.; all held by the said Edmund of the king in chief by service of a fifth part of a knight’s fee.
Cornburgh. Two parts of a capital messuage, eighteen bovates and 6a. of arable land, and 22a. and two parts of 1a. meadow pertaining thereto; and five cottages and a yearly rent of 6s. 8d. issuing from four bovates of land which the prior of Marton holds in frank almoin of the said Edmund; all held, except the said four bovates of land, of Sir Ralph de Nevill in chief by homage and fealty and service of 6s. 8d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Friday, 15 October, 18 Edward III. John his son, aged 20 years, is his next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 74. (3.)
525. ROBERT DE TWENG or DE THWENG.
Writ, 3 May, 18 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Robert had no lands &c. in Cumberland.
LANCASTER. Inq. taken at Lancaster on Monday after the Ascension, 18 Edward III.
Scotford. A messuage, 16a. land, 1a. meadow, and a yearly rent of 4d. from certain free tenants which is held of the earl of Lancaster by knight’s service and by rendering to the said earl the said 4d. for the ward of the castle of Lancaster, held of the honour of Lancaster by knight’s service.
Stodehagh in Assheton. A fourth part of a water-mill and a fourth part of a fishery in the water of Loune, held of the said earl by the said service of 4d. for the ward of the said castle.
Garstang. A waste called Solam held of the said earl by knight’s service, viz. by homage and fealty, without any other service.
Ellale. A yearly rent of 10d. from certain free tenants, held of the said earl by knight’s service, and by service of the said 10d. for the ward of the said castle.
Warton. The advowson of the church.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Thursday next before St. Mark last. Thomas de Tweng, his brother, is his next heir and of full age.
WESTMORELAND. Inq. taken at Kirkeby in Kendale on Saturday after the Ascension, 18 Edward III.
Helsington. Two parts of the manor and of certain lands &c. in Kirkby in Kendale, Crossethwayt, Staveley, Sadgill, Respeton, Gressemere, and Langden, pertaining thereto (extent given); which two parts, together with the third part of the said manor and tenements which Katherine, late the wife of William de Thweng, who still survives, holds in dower of the said inheritance, the said Robert held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of a moiety of three parts of a knight’s fee and by doing suit at the county(court) of Westmoreland every month; including at Crossethwayt certain herbage called Wodemale and the herbage of Ayverholm, at Staveley two parts of a park, at Gresmere and Langden two parts of a fishery called ‘le Fors,’ two parts of a pasture and wood called ‘le Haye’ which is held undivided with Thomas de Ros, two parts of a pasture called Moserthwayt, two parts of a fishery in the water of Kent, and a plot of waste called Rogerholm.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
Writ, 3 May, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. 11 May, 18 Edward III (defaced).
Lund and North Cave. Two parts of certain tenements (extents given), including two parts of a capital messuage in Lund, held of Henry de Percy by knight’s service.
Lythum and Cotum. [Certain lands &c.] (extents given) held of the said Henry de Percy by knight’s service.
Kilton, Thorp, Brocton, Skynnergreve, Lofthous, Hilderwell, Mikel-moresom and Lyttelmoresom. Certain tenements (extents given), including at Kilton a little castle and two parts of a little park, held of the said Henry de Percy by knight’s service. The yearly value of the manors of Kilton and Lythum with their members is less by 7l. 7s. than it used to be, because the said Robert, long before his death, by his writing granted to Katherine, late the wife of William de Tweng, divers lands &c. in the said manors, to hold in dower, in allowance of divers knights’ fees in the said county, which ought to have belonged to her in dower; and the said Katherine, by virtue of the said gift, is still seised of the said lands &c. She also holds in dower a third part of the said manors and tenements, which third part after her death ought to pertain to the heirs of the said Robert. Edmund de Tweng holds for his life, of the grant of the said Robert, the manor of Octon, together with certain tenements in Swathorp and Twenge, which after his death ought to pertain to the heirs of the said Robert.
Tweng. The manor (extent given), including a pasture called Wipholm, held of William de Percy of Kildare by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died as above. Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 74. (4.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 47.
526. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM BARDE.
Writ, 20 April, 18 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Friday the eve of SS. Philip and James, 18 Edward III.
Northale in the parish of Edelesburgh. A messuage &c. 40a. land lying in the common field in portions of (particulariter per) 1 1/2a. 1r., 40a. white and stony land on the hills towards the Chilterns the greater part whereof always lies fallow, 6a. meadow lying in the common meadow called Dolemede, a plot of dry pasture, 3a. beech wood, rents, works &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee; 5a. land held of William la Zouche of Haryngworth, as of the manor of Eyton, co. Bedford, by service of fealty, homage and rendering scutage yearly when it [runs]; and 4a. land held of the prior of Caldewell, rendering to him 12d. yearly.
She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
Durand Barde, her son, aged 44 years and more on the feast of All Saints last, is her next heir.
C. Edw. III. File 74. (5.)
527. WILLIAM LENGLEIS or LENGLEYS.
Writ, 12 September, 18 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Cambridge on Monday before SS. Simon and Jude, 18 Edward III.
Hokyton. 16a. arable held of John de Grancete by homage and by service of 6d. yearly; and the manor (extent given) held for his life of the king, as of the honour of Huntingdon, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the king’s court in Huntingdon every month, of the gift and feoffment of Robert de Halton, parson of the church of Dufton, and William de Sandeford the younger, by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to his son, William Lengleis, knight.
The day of his death is unknown at present. William Lengleis, knight, his son, aged 30 years and more, is his next heir.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. taken at St. Neots on Wednesday the eve of SS. Simon and Jude, 18 Edward III.
Great Paxton. The manor (extent given) held for his life of William Dulay by service of a pair of gilt spurs, price 6d., and doing suit at the said William’s court there-every month; and 40a. land held of the countess of Penebroch, as of the manor of Deneye, service unknown.
Little Paxton. A messuage, 40a. land, and 1 1/2a. meadow (extent given), held for his life, of the said countess, as of the honour of Huntingdon, by service of doing suit at her court in Huntingdon every month, of the gift and feoffment of Robert de Helton, parson of the church of Dufton, and William de Sandeford, the younger, by fine levied in the king’s court, with remainder to William Lengleis, knight, his son; and a messuage and 10a. land held for his life, of the gift of the said Robert and William, by fine as aforesaid, of William Dulay by service of 4s. yearly.
Date of death and heir as above.
CAMBRIDGE. Appraisement of the goods and chattels that belonged to the said William in the granges of Hokyton, co. Cambridge, and Great Paxton and Little Paxton, co. Huntingdon, which, by reason of divers accounts to be rendered to the king of the issues and profits of the king’s manor of Brustwyk for the time when he was guardian of the manor &c. were taken into the king’s hand, made at Hokyton 26 September, 18 Edward III; which goods &c. the escheator caused to be delivered to William, the son and heir, and his coexecutors of the will of the said William, by indenture made in due form.
Writ, 12 September, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at York on Tuesday before SS. Simon and Jude, 18 Edward III.
Asmunderby by Ripon. A messuage and two carucates of land held of John de Bassyngburn, by whom they were demised to the said William for a term of fifteen years, whereof eight years have now elapsed.
He had no lands &c. as of fee in the county.
He died on Sunday next before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary last. Heir as above.
Writ, 12 September, 18 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. Saturday before St. Michael, 18 Edward III.
Carlisle. A messuage in the city held of the king in free burgage by service of 2d. yearly for housegable.
He also held the underwritten tenements in the county for his life of the king in chief by fine levied in the king’s court on the quinzaine of St. Michael, 16 Edward III, between Robert de Helton, parson of the church of Dufton, and William de Sandford, the younger, plaintiffs, and the said William Lengleys, deforciant:—
Heygheved. The manor held by service of a rose yearly.
Raghton and Gayteskales. Four messuages and two carucates of land held by service of 3s. 4d. yearly at the king’s exchequer of Carlisle.
Blencarn. Two parts of the manor held by service of 20s. yearly at the said exchequer.
Levyngeton. A third part of the manor held by service of 16s. for cornage to be paid at the said exchequer.
After the death of the said William the said manor, lands &c. except the said messuage in Carlisle, shall remain wholly to William Lengleys, knight, son of the said William, and to the heirs male of his body, to hold of the king and his heirs by the services thereto belonging for ever, with successive remainders to Juliana, daughter of the said William Lengleys, to Agnes, sister of the said Juliana, to Thomas, son of John Lengleys, and the heirs male of their bodies respectively, and to the right heirs of the said William Lengleys.
He held no lands &c. in the county of Cumberland, except of the king.
He died on 5 September, 18 Edward III. Heir as above, aged 29 years.
WESTMORELAND. Inq. made at Appelby on Monday (?) before St. Michael, 18 Edward III (defaced).
He held the underwritten manor, lands &c. and moiety of manors for his life of the chief lords of that fee by the services thereto belonging, by virtue of certain fines levied in the king’s court at Westminster on the quinzaine of St. Michael, 16 Edward III, between Robert de Helton, parson of the church of Dufton, and William de Sandford the younger, plaintiffs, and the said William Lengleys, by the name of William Lengleys, the elder, deforciant:—
Stirkeland. The manor.
Old Appelby, Kirkebergh and Hellebek. Three messuages, three mills, and three carucates and 30a. land.
Tybeye, Rommerthwayt and Helton. A moiety of the manors.
And after the death of the said William the said manor, lands &c. shall remain to William Lengleys, knight, his son and the heirs male of his body, with successive remainders as abovesaid.
The manor of Stirkeland is held of Thomas de Ros of Kendale by homage, fealty and service of 24s. 8d. yearly; the said messuages, mills, carucates and 30a. land in Old Appelby, Kirkebergh and Hellebek are held of Lady Isabel de Clifford, as of her dower, by fealty and by service of 4s. yearly for cornage; the moiety of the said manors of Tybeye and Rommerthwayt is held of Sir John de Wateby, Sir John de Morland and Sir Thomas de Warthecopp, chaplains, by fealty and by service of 2s. 6d. yearly; and the moiety of the manor of Helton is held of the said lady Isabel by fealty and by service of 6s. 8d. yearly for cornage.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as last above.
C. Edw. III. File 74. (6.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 49.
528. CLEMENCE DE VESCY.
Writ, 26 March, 18 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. Monday in Easter week, 18 Edward III.
Neusom. A certain yearly farm of 92l., held for her life of the grant of Sir John de Moubray, to be received yearly from the coffers of the said Sir John, for the manor of Neusom, which was of the said Clemence, and which the said Sir John de Moubray holds in fee. The king lately, by his writ dated 18 October last, ordered the escheator to take into the king’s hand 84l. of the said yearly farm because the said Clemence stayed continuously [at] Carlisle and York with the king’s enemies and rebels, and adhered to them and to certain other his enemies and rebels, as was said; by reason whereof, as well as of the king’s writ of diem clausit extremum attached to this inquisition, the said yearly farm of 92l. is now in the king’s hand.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on Friday next after the feast of St. Michael last. Heir unknown.
Writ, 18 October, 18 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 15 February, 19 Edward III (defaced).
Faxton. She held no lands in fee &c. in the county on the day she died, but she lately held in dower a third part of the manor, after the death of John de Vescy, sometime her husband, son of William de Vescy, second husband of a certain Isabel de Vescy; which John held the said manor to him and the heirs of his body, of the gift and feoffment of the said Isabel, his mother, to whom the said manor reverted after the death of the said John, as above, because he died without heir of his body; and the said Isabel assigned to the said Clemence a third part of the manor to hold in dower. The said Isabel was a daughter and one of the heirs of Adam de Pirinton and held the said manor in her pourparty; she was espoused to William de Welle, knight, her first husband, which William begat of the said Isabel Adam de Welle and Adam begat Robert and Adam and died in the lifetime of the said Isabel. After the death of the said Isabel, two parts of the said manor, with the reversion of the said third part, descended to Robert, son of Adam son of Isabel, and from the said Robert, who died without heir of himself, the said two parts and reversion descended to Adam, his brother and heir, to whom the said Clemence demised her estate in the said third part of the manor, he rendering to her for her life 8l. yearly. The said Clemence was an alien, and had no heir begotten of her.
She died in parts beyond the seas, on what day is unknown to the jury.
Writ, 18 October, 18 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. Thursday the feast of St. Martin, 18 Edward III.
Stourmynstre Mareschall. She held no lands in fee &c. in the county on the day she died, but she lately held 4l. 10s. 3d. yearly rent in Stourmynstre Mareschall, and the hundred of Hundresdeburgh, which is extended at 63s. yearly, of the king in chief, in free socage for her life, by the grant of William de Vescy, father of John de Vescy, late her husband; which William granted the said rent and hundred to the said John and Clemence and the heirs of the said John for ever; and the said Clemence long before her death granted her estate in the same to Henry de Lancastre, earl of Derby, who, having peaceful seisin thereof, demised the same to one Reginald de Mohun. The said Clemence had no heir begotten of her, but the reversion of the said rent and hundred pertains to John de Bohun of Midhurst, Hugh de Mortuomari of Cheylmerch, John de Mohun of Dunstarr, and Henry Filtz Roger, who are all of full age, and to John de Beauchamp of Somerset, aged 15 years, kinsmen and heirs of the said John son of William, because the said John died without heir of himself; which Henry Fitz Roger and John de Beauchamp are as one heir jointly (quasi unus heres conjunctim) of a quarter of the said rent and hundred, and the [other] three parts thereof pertain to the said John de Bohun, Hugh de Mortuomari and John de Mohun to be divided equally.
Date of death unknown, because she went away to parts beyond the seas.
Writ, 18 October, 18 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. 20 January, 18 Edward III.
Chesterton. She held no lands in fee &c. in the county on the day she died, but she held for her life, jointly enfeoffed with John de Vescy, late her husband, a messuage, 160a. arable and 3s. 3 1/2d. rent, of the earl of Gloucester, by service of 1d. yearly, by the gift and feoffment of William de Vescy, his father, to hold to the said John and Clemence and the heirs of the said John for ever.
Date of death unknown, because she died in parts beyond the seas, as is said. Heir of her blood unknown.
The reversion of the said lands &c. ought to belong of right to John de Mohun of Dunstarre, Hugh de Mortuomari of Cheilmersh, John le Boun of Middhirst, and Henry Fitz Roger, all of full age, and to John de Beauchamp of Somersete, aged 15 years and more and in the king’s wardship, as next heirs of the blood of the said John [de Vescy] son of William, because he died without heir of himself. Three parts of the said lands &c. pertain of right to the said John de Mohun, Hugh de Mortuomari and John de Boun, equally to be divided, and of the fourth part the said Henry Fitz Roger and John de Beauchamp are, as it were, one heir of the same blood.
C. Edw. III. File 74. (7.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 9. (9.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 48.
529. OLIVER DE INGHAM.
Writ, 30 January, 18 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at New Salisbury on Sunday before the Annunciation, 18 Edward III.
Westdeone and Estgrymstede. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by barony.
Stupellangeford. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by barony as parcel of the manor of Deone.
Hampteworth. The manor (extent given) held of the bishop of Winchester by service of a knight’s fee; and John Roberd held 60s. rent, parcel of the said manor, for his life by the demise of the said Oliver by service of a rose yearly, with reversion to the right heirs of the said Oliver.
He died on Thursday next before the Purification last. Heir unknown.
Writ, 30 January, 18 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Wednesday the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 18 Edward III.
Westdeone. All the lands &c. which he held of the king in chief on the day he died in his manor of Westdeone are in the county of Wilts, and not in the county of Southampton; but he held in the latter county, near the said manor, 1a. l1/2 r. meadow, pertaining to the same manor, lying in Wademed and la Whytemoure, and the hay thereof is worth 2s. 1d. yearly, and not more, because after the mowing the lord of Esttuderle for the time being and William son of William de Overtone will have the pasture by right until the feast of the Purification; and he had 22s. 11d. yearly rent and suit of court from seven free tenants and 40s. 2d. yearly rent from seven bondmen, of the same manor. The manor is held of the king in chief by parcel of a barony.
He held nothing of other lords in the county.
He died on Wednesday next before the Purification last. Joan, the wife of Roger le Straunge, lord of Knoken, aged 26 years, and Mary, daughter of John de Curson, aged 9 years, are his next heirs.
Writ, 30 January, 18 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. 9 March, 18 Edward III.
Weybrede. The manor (extent given), including 20a. land in Wythersdale parcel of the said manor, held of Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, as of the honour of Eye, by service of a knight’s fee, and 5s. in two years for the ward of the castle of Eye.
Badingham. 4a. land held of the honour of Eye by knight’s service.
He died on Thursday next before the Purification last. He had issue, Elizabeth, his eldest daughter, now deceased, and Joan, aged 24 years, who still survives, whom Roger Lestraunge married; a certain John Curszoun, now surviving, lately married the aforesaid Elizabeth, and they had issue, Mary, aged 8 years and more. The said Joan and Mary are at present next heirs of the said Oliver, as the jurors believe.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Norwich, 28 March, 18 Edward III (defaced).
Ingham. The manor (extent given), including pastures in places called Capounesgrove, Boltestoft and ‘le Spong,’ held of the heirs of Robert de Taters[hale] by service of three parts of a knight’s fee.
Waxtonesham. The manor (extent given), viz. certain tenements called ‘Gelham halle,’ held of the abbot of St. Benet, Hulme, in socage by service of 7l. yearly; another part of the manor called ‘Lofthalle,’ held of the heirs of Robert de Tateshale by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and the residue of the manor, viz. 71a. land, 10a. pasture, and 10a. rushes (juncar’), held of Robert de Malteby and Reginald de Brampton by homage and service of 20s. yearly.
Lammesse. The manor (extent given) held of the heirs of Stephen de Redham by service of a barbed arrow.
Date of death and heirs, as above.
Writ of certiorari de feodis, 13 March, 18 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Norwich 22 March, 18 Edward III.
Worthstede and Westwyk. Half a knight’s fee held by Oliver le Gros.
Ingham and Brounstede [alias Bromstede]. An eighth part of a knight’s fee held by John Roberd.
Ingham. The advowson of the church.
Lammesse. The advowson of the church.
Waxtnesham. The advowson of the churches of St. John the Baptist and St. Margaret.
SUFFOLK [and NORFOLK]. Inq. taken at Weybrede 20 March, 18 Edward III.
Passenhale. A knight’s fee held by Thomas late earl of Norfolk.
Mowedene. A fee held by the heirs of Richard de Boylound.
Ketilbergh. Half a knight’s fee held by John de Ketilbergh.
Playford and Kesegrave. Two fees held by Thomas de Holbrok, knight (chivaler).
Tudenham, Playford, Kesegrave, Waudringfeld, and Ruschemere. A quarter of a fee held by Ralph Kybus, Roger de Donewyco and Walter de Ruschemere.
Ruschemere and Asketone. A fee held by John de Benhale.
Westringfeld. A fee held by Nicholas Maugard.
Boyton, A fee held by John de Rattellesdene, knight (chivaler).
Asketone. Half a fee held by the same John.
Weybrede. A quarter of a fee held by William Houdyn.
Shottford [alias Schotford]. Half a fee held by Nicholas de Brampton.
Wythersdale. Half a fee held by Robert de Benhale.
Istede. Half a fee held by Agnes Houel.
Belhage. Half a knight’s fee held by Edmund de Pakenham.
Loudham, Kessegrave, Ruschemere, Waudringfeld and Asketone. A quarter of a knight’s fee held by John de Ludham, John Kybus, Walter Elyne, Peter de Childerhous, Robert Houwe and John de Clyf.
Badingham. The advowson of the church.
Mendham. A certain portion of the church, called Schotford.
Writ of certiorari de feodis, 13 March, 18 Edward III.
WILTS, [SOUTHAMPTON AND DORSET]. Inq. taken at New Salisbury on Sunday before the Annunciation, 18 Edward III.
Laneforde. A knight’s fee held by John de Lye without yearly rent.
Whadden. A knight’s fee held in like manner by the prior of Ivychurch (Monasterii Ederosii).
Bereforde St. Martin. A quarter of a knight’s fee held in like manner by William Gerald.
Kynete and Bottenham. A knight’s fee held in like manner by Geoffrey de Weston.
Anstye. A knight’s fee held by the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England.
Cortynton. Half a knight’s fee held by the tenants of the earl of Warenne at Cortynton; and a knight’s fee held by William Botereaux without yearly rent.
Brommoure. A third part of a knight’s fee held in like manner by the heir of Richard Sibille.
Wychforde. A tenth part of a knight’s fee held in like manner by John de Bonham [alias de Benham] and Adam atte Forde, knights.
Tyderle. A knight’s fee held in like manner by Roger Norman.
Asshele. Half a knight’s fee held in like manner by Hugh le Despenser.
Pirle. A knight’s fee held in like manner by Sir Maurice le Brun.
Wyneketon. A knight’s fee held in like manner by Robert de Gundevyle, but Lawrence de Sancto Martino, parcener of Stupellangeford, will have a moiety of the said fee of Robert de Gundevyle, when it shall fall in.
Caneford. A knight’s fee held in like manner by the heir of Geoffrey Kernet.
Wynterborne Thomaston. A knight’s fee held in like manner by Roger de Pydele.
Nyweton. A knight’s fee held in like manner by John de Lyle.
Whyteparische. An eighth part of a knight’s fee held in like manner by the prior of Motesfonte.
Carleton. A third part of a knight’s fee held in like manner by John de Grymstede.
Each of the aforesaid fees, when it shall fall in after the death of the tenant, is worth 100s.
Deone. The advowson of the church of St. Mary.
Stupellangeford. The advowson of the church; the presentation belonging alternately to the heirs of the said Oliver and to Lawrence de Sancto Martino and his heirs.
Writ of dedimus potestatem to John de Berneye to receive the oath of Elizabeth, late the wife of the said Oliver, not to marry without the king’s licence and (to receive) her attorneys for seeking her dower in the chancery; 3 April, 18 Edward III.
Mandate to the chancellor to cause, from the lands &c. which belonged to the said Oliver, reasonable pourparty to be made, in the presence of Mary countess of Norfolk, between his two heirs and Elizabeth, late his wife, for her dower, leaving each manor entire. (French. Undated.)
Writ of scire facias to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk commanding him to warn Roger Lestraunge and Joan his wife, one of the daughters and heirs of the said Oliver, and Mary countess of Norfolk, to whom the king has committed the wardship of all the lands &c. which were of the said Oliver, and which by reason of the minority of Mary, daughter of John Curzon, kinswoman and the other of the heirs of the said Oliver, are in the king’s hand, to be present in the chancery on the morrow of SS. Philip and James next, at the assignment of dower to Elizabeth, late the wife of the said Oliver; 10 April, 18 Edward III.
Endorsed by the sheriff that he has warned the parties accordingly.
Memorandum of assignment on the above mentioned day of the following manors to the said Elizabeth:—Stupellangeford and Hampteworth, co. Wilts; Waxtnesham and Laumesse, co. Norfolk; and Weybred, co. Suffolk. (French. Undated.)
Schedule of particulars of the manors of Ingham, co. Norfolk, and Westdeone and Estgrymstede, co. Wilts, and of 4a. land in Badingham, co. Suffolk. (Undated)
Memorandum of moieties of the manors of Ingham, co. Norfolk, and Westdeone and Estgrymstede, co. Wilts, and of 4a. land in Badyngham, co. Suffolk. (Undated.) And duplicate.
Endorsed that Thomas de Brewes, brother of Mary countess of Norfolk, guardian of Mary daughter of John Curzoun, kinswoman and one of the heirs of the said Oliver, a minor, and William de Dunstaple, attorney of the said countess, and Roger Lestraunge, who married Joan, daughter and the other of the heirs of the said Oliver, and William Banastre, attorney of the said Joan, with common consent delivered these two preceding schedules to Robert de Sadyngton, chancellor, seeking that partition may be made among the aforesaid heirs according to the form of the said schedules of the lands &c. which belonged to the said Oliver.
Partition of the [abovesaid] knights’ fees, which belonged to the said Oliver, with variations of spelling there given within square brackets. (Undated and defaced.)
Part assigned to Elizabeth, late his wife, for dower.
Another part assigned to Roger Lestraunge and Joan his wife, as pourparty of the said Joan.
A third part retained in the king’s hand for the pourparty of Mary, daughter of John Curzoun.
Partition among the same parties of the [abovesaid] advowsons of churches, which belonged to the said Oliver.
Endorsed, ‘In medio quadragesime.’
Extent of the [abovesaid] manors, lands &c. which belonged to the said Oliver, showing the dower assigned to Elizabeth his wife with the assent of Roger Lestraunge and Joan his wife one of the heirs, and of Mary, countess of Norfolk, guardian of Mary daughter of John Curzoun the other heir, and the two parts retained for the said heirs. (Undated.)
Writ of scire facias to the sheriff of Wilts; whereas out of the lands &c. which belonged to the said Oliver the king has assigned to the abovesaid Roger and Joan a moiety of the manor of Westdeone and Estgrymstede &c. and has ordered the escheator, after taking security from the said Roger and Joan for rendering their relief at the exchequer, to deliver to them the said moiety in the presence of Mary countess of Norfolk, to whom the king has committed the wardship of all the said Oliver’s lands &c. which, by reason of the minority of Mary, daughter of John Curzoun, kinswoman and the other of the heirs of the said Oliver, were in the king’s hand, as appears by inspection of the rolls of the chancery; and now the king has heard, on behalf of the said countess, that the said escheator, exceeding the form of the king’s mandate, has caused to be delivered to the said Roger and Joan more fertile land of the same manor, and more land than the pourparty reserved for the aforesaid Mary, daughter of John, contains, and a moiety of the hall &c. the aforesaid countess not having been warned, to the deceiving of the king, to his grave loss and that of the countess &c., and to the very grave injury of the said heir; the king, wishing to reform the errors of the escheator and not to deprive the heir of her rights, considering also that the said heir was the issue of the eldest of the daughters and heirs of the said Oliver, commands him to warn the said Roger and Joan to be in the chancery on the morrow of the Circumcision next, to show cause why, as well the aforesaid lands &c. as other lands &c. elsewhere within the kingdom, thus erroneously delivered in pourparty, excepting the lands &c. which the said Oliver had in the county of Chester, and which were assigned to themselves, should not be resumed into the king’s hand, and a reasonable partition and assignment be made anew; 18 November, 18 Edward III.
Endorsed by the sheriff, John de Roches, that he has warned the said Roger and Joan accordingly. On which day the parties came and the business was by consent adjourned to the quinzaine of St. Hilary next.
Writ of dedimus potestatem to Roger de Acton, clerk (after recital of the previous writ), to receive the attorneys of the said Joan, 15 December, 18 Edward III.
Endorsed by the said Roger that he has received the said attorneys, names given.
Writ of scire facias to the sheriff of Wilts commanding him (after the like recital) to warn the said Roger and Joan to be in the chancery on the quinzaine of St. Hilary next to show cause as above, 5 January, 18 Edward III. By p.s.
Endorsed by the sheriff that he has warned the said Roger and Joan accordingly.
Writ to the escheator in co. Wilts commanding him to seize again into the king’s hand all the lands in his bailiwick of the said Oliver &c. except those assigned in dower to Elizabeth, late the wife of the said Oliver, and to extend them anew, and all the said lands so assigned in dower, and also the manor of Codeford, co. Wilts, which was of the said Oliver, as is said, and which, if the said Oliver were seised thereof in his demesne as of fee, the king wills the escheator to take into the king’s hand, so that the king’s aunt, Mary countess of Norfolk, to whom he has committed the wardship of the lands of one of the heirs of the said Oliver, a minor and in the king’s wardship, or any one of her’s, may be present at the making of that extent, and that the said lands may, if necessary, be partitioned anew among the heirs of the said Oliver, and the errors and defects, if any were made in the first partition, may be corrected; 10 February, 19 Edward III. By p.s.
Endorsed by the escheator that he has made the extent, associating with him, by the king’s commission, Walter de Hungerford, and sends it herewith.
Commission to Robert de Hungerford, Roger de Esterford and Walter de Hungerford, associating them or any of them with the aforesaid escheator in making the abovesaid extent; 1 April, 19 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Upavene on Saturday after St. Dunstan, 19 Edward III.
Deone, Stupellangeford, Hampteworth and Codeford. The manors (extents given). Out of the manor of Hampteworth the said Oliver gave to one John Roberd for his life a yearly rent of 60s. for his service and counsel; and the said manor pays at the hundred of Dounton 2s. yearly, and to Adam de Grymstede 2d. yearly. The manors of Deone and Stupellangeford are held of the king in chief by barony; and the manor of Hampteworth is held of the bishop of Winchester by service of a knight’s fee. Katherine, late the wife of John de Ingham, had the said manor of Codeford, with the advowson of the church, of the grant of the said Oliver, by the king’s licence for her life, and thereupon in her peaceful seisin by her charter she granted the same to John, son of Robert de Thorp, knight, Robert de Marcham and John, son of Robert de Ingham, by the king’s licence, for her own life. The manor of Codeford is held of the king in chief, service unspecified.
Similar writ to the escheator in co. Norfolk to seize again into the king’s hand and extend anew all the said Oliver’s lands in his bailiwick &c. and also the manor of Stirston, co. Norfolk, which was of the said Oliver, as is said &c. as above; 10 February, 19 Edward III. By p.s.
NORFOLK. Inq. 5 March, 19 Edward III (defaced).
Ingham. The manor (extent given), including land and pasture in Westwik.
Waxtnesham. The manor (extent given).
Lamesse. The manor (extent given).
Stereston. The manor (extent given).
SUFFOLK. Extent, 5 March, 19 Edward III.
Weybred. The manor (extent given), including a farm of lands in Wythersdale.
Badyngham. 4a. land.
Writ of scire facias to the sheriff of Wilts; whereas the king lately out of the lands &c. which were of the said Oliver assigned to the abovesaid Roger Lestraunge and Joan his wife, one of the heirs, a moiety of the manor of Westdeone and Estgrymsted, to hold, with a moiety of certain other lands &c. of the said Oliver in other counties, as the pourparty of the said Joan, and commanded the said moieties to be delivered to the said Roger and Joan in the presence of Mary, countess of Norfolk, to whom the king had committed the wardship of the lands &c. which by reason of the minority of Mary daughter of John Curzon, the other heir, were in the king’s wardship, as appears by inspection of the rolls of the chancery; and now the said Roger and Joan complain that though the manor, lands &c. in co. Wilts were equally divided into two parts by the late escheator, and a moiety thereof delivered to them, nevertheless, on the suit of the said countess, who declared to the king that more than a moiety had been delivered to the said Roger and Joan, the said moiety so delivered, with the other lands &c. of the said Joan’s pourparty, were taken into the king’s hand without process against the said Roger and Joan, to their great loss and the manifest disherison of the said Joan, and against the law and custom of the realm, whereof the said Roger and Joan have prayed remedy; the king commands him to warn the said countess to be in the chancery on the octave of St. John the Baptist next, to show cause why the said lands &c. so delivered to the said Roger and Joan in pourparty, and seised into the king’s hand, together with the residue of the pourparty of the said Joan not yet delivered, should not be so delivered to them; 12 May, 19 Edward III.
Endorsed by the sheriff that he made return of this writ to Stephen de Pulton, bailiff of the liberty of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, of his hundred of Alwardebury, who has the return and execution of all the king’s writs there, outside of which liberty no execution thereof can be made in the bailiwick; who answers that he has warned the said countess accordingly. At which day the countess, being called, did not come; and because the court wished to be more fully advised on the business, a day was given to the said Roger and Joan, viz. the octave of St. Michael next.
Mandate to Robert de Sadyngton, chancellor, to execute the enclosed petition, 10 June, 19 Edward III. By p.s. (French.)
Petition of Roger Lestraunge and Joan his wife to the king, that whereas the partition (la purpartie) of the lands &c. of the said Oliver was made in the chancery between the countess Marshal, guardian as abovesaid, and themselves, taking a moiety of each manor according to the law of the land and by the assent of the said countess, and after this (et surceo) a letter under the privy seal (la targe) directed the chancellor to seize again (into the king’s hand) the said inheritance without process of law and without having the answer of the said Roger and Joan, the king may be pleased to recall the said letter and to command the chancellor that the partition before made according to the law of the land by moieties may be in force and the livery thereof be commanded. (Undated. French.)
Transcript of mandate to Robert de Sadyngton, chancellor, to cause the said Oliver’s lands, including the manors of Codeford, co. Wilts, and Stirston, co. Suffolk (sic), to be seized again into the king’s hand and a new partition to be made and all errors redressed as above; 10 February, 19 Edward III. By p.s.
Transcript of the above mandate to the said chancellor dated 10 June, 19 Edward III. By p.s.
Transcript of mandate to the said chancellor to make a reasonable partition between the two heirs of the lands &c. of the said Oliver, reserving a reasonable dower for Elizabeth, late the said Oliver’s wife, and to deliver to the king’s aunt, Mary countess of Norfolk, to whom the king has committed the wardship of one of the said heirs, the pourparty belonging to that heir. No other inquisition is to be made without the king’s special command of the aforesaid manors, lands &c. which can prejudice the king or the [said] guardian. (Undated. French.)
C. Edw. III. File 74. (8.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 45 and 48.
530. OLIVER DE INGHAM.
Writ of certiorari super vero valore to the escheator of Wilts, 17 July, 20 Edward III.
WILTS. [Extent ….]
Westdeone. The manor (extent given) held by the said Oliver on the day he died, to him and his heirs, is worth 20l. 9s. 10 1/2d. yearly.
Stupellangeford and Hampteworth. The manors, whereof he died seised were by the king’s writ to the late escheator delivered to Elizabeth, late the wife of the said Oliver, as dower.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 53.