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Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1921.
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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 120
| 47. | AGNES, SISTER AND HEIR OF BERNARD SON OF JOHN DE BRUYS of Conyngton. |
| Writ de etate probanda, 10 December, 26 Edward III. | |
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On the petition of Hugh son of John de Wesenham, who married the said Agnes, for the livery of the lands &c. of her inheritance, which are in the said John’s custody by the demise of Master Simon de Islep, who had them by the grant of John de Verdon ‘le fitz,’ to whom they were demised by John de Grey of Ruthyn, who had them by the king’s commission until the lawful age of the said heir.
Endorsed by the escheator that he gave warning to the said John de Wesenham, but that he came not to the taking of the proof nor sent anyone on his behalf. |
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| HUNTINGDON. | Proof of age taken at Sautre, 20 December, 26 Edward III. |
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Thomas Bevyle, aged 40 years and more, says that the said Agnes is 16 years of age and more and that she was born in the manor of Conyngton on the third day after St. Peter’s Chains, 10 Edward III, and was baptised in the church of St. Mary there. This he knows because he was present in the church and saw the chaplain baptise her.
John Engayne of Stylton, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of St. Laurence after the birth of the said heir he purchased 20a. of land in the fields of Stylton of Simon Balhorn. John Teffayn of Sautre, aged 36 years and more, agrees and says that on the second day before the birth John de Bruys, her father, sent after (post) Isabel wife of witness, who stayed with the said John de Bruys until the said heir was born and baptised. Richard Stevenes of Conyngton, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that William, his brother, was ordained to the priesthood and celebrated his first mass in the aforesaid church on Sunday after the birth of the said heir. John Stevenes, aged 46 years and more, agrees and says that Athelina, his daughter, was born on this side the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross following the birth of the said heir and the said Athelina is now 16 years of age and more. John Piers of Conyngton, aged 39 years and more, agrees and says that on this side the feast of St. Laurence after the said heir’s birth he espoused Ellen, daughter of Robert de Langeton, in the church of Conyngton. John Lully of Conyngton, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that in the same year in which the said heir was born the belfry of the church of St. Mary, Conyngton, was rebuilt by the parishioners. William Hyches of Conyngton, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that on Sunday after the birth of the said heir he lifted Robert, son of his brother Richard, from the sacred font in the church of St. Mary, Conyngton, which Robert is now aged 16 years and more. Nicholas Costard, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that Thomas, his brother, was presented to the church of St. Andrew, Sautre, by William de Moiyne, knight, on the feast of St. Laurence following the birth of the said heir. Walter de Fermerie, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that Amice his wife died on Wednesday after the birth of the said heir. John, son of Andrew de Stylton, aged 38 years and more, agrees, and says that in the year of the said heir’s birth he was impleaded in the consistory court of the archdeacon of Huntyngdon at Huntyngdon by John atte Made, sub-deacon, for laying violent hands on him. Robert de Langeton, aged 36 years and more, agrees and says that on this side of the feast of St. James the Apostle after the said heir’s birth his hall and grange in the town of Stylton were burned by fire. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (1.) | |
| 48. | JOAN, DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF CECILY, LATE THE WIFE OF BRIAN DE HYKELYNGE. |
| Writ de etate probanda for the said Joan. The lands &c. of her inheritance are in the custody of Thomas de Bradestane, by the king’s commission. 28 January, 26 Edward III. | |
| SUFFOLK. | Proof of age taken at Bekles, 20 February, 26 Edward III. |
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John Redman, aged 52 years and more, says that on 10 June last the said Joan was 15 years of age and more, and that she was born at Freton, co. Suffolk, and baptised in the church of St. Edmund there, and this he knows because he was present in the church and saw the chaplain baptise her.
William de Mundeford, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of SS. Peter and Paul after the said heir’s birth he espoused Agnes his wife. Richard de Thorndon, aged 36 years and more, agrees and says that at Easter before the said heir’s birth John, his son, was born. Richard de Hewode, aged 54 years and more, agrees and says that Maud, his daughter, died on Friday after the said heir’s birth. John le Fol, aged 52 years and more, agrees and says that at Christmas after the said heir’s birth he went to Santiago. John de Stodhagh, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that in the same year he received the manor of Gapton of the prior of Leghes at Michaelmas for five years after the said heir’s birth. Hugh Fisk, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that he sold to Robert son of William two acres of land in Burgate at the feast of All Saints after the said heir’s birth and he remembers by the date of the charter. Andrew del Hill, aged 42 years and more, agrees and says that Geoffrey, his son, was ordained a priest on Whitsunday before the said heir’s birth. Roger Dowe, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that Roger his son espoused Katherine his wife at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist after the said heir’s birth. William Watte, aged 52 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of St. Peter’s Chains after the said heir’s birth he bought the tithe of sheaves of the church of Belton. William Anneys, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that on Saturday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist after the said heir’s birth he was in the market of Bekles and there came a messenger proclaiming to him and others in public the said heir’s birth. Robert Fannere, aged 36 years and more, agrees and says that Elizabeth his daughter bore a son named John on the Friday after the said heir’s birth. Note by the escheator that he gave the usual warning to the aforesaid Thomas de Bradestane to be present at the taking of this proof, but that he came not nor sent anyone on his behalf. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (2.) | |
| 49. | EDMUND, SON AND HEIR OF EDMUND, LATE EARL OF KENT. |
| Writ to John de Weston, escheator in co. Gloucester, directing him to enquire as to the lands &c. held by Edmund, late earl of Kent, the king’s uncle, on 14 March, 4 Edward III, the day on which he was arrested at Winchester and condemned to death, which by reason of this arrest and the minority of Edmund, the said earl’s son and heir, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, came to the king’s hands. This writ is to supersede the former one touching the lands &c. coming to the king’s hands by the said earl’s death and the minority of his son. 12 July, 26 Edward III. | |
| GLOUCESTER. | Inq. taken at Gloucester, Monday after Michaelmas, 26 Edward III. |
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On the day of his arrest, as above, the said earl was seised of:—
Lecchelad. The manor. Bardeslegh. The manor. Sodynton Musard. The manor. Musarder. The manor. All held in fee tail, to him and the heirs of his body, of the king in chief by knight’s service. Gloucester. The farm of the town, similarly held of the king in chief. The king in the lifetime of the said Edmund seized into his hand the aforesaid manors and farm and afterwards gave that farm to Isabella the queen, his mother, for her life, and she afterwards granted her estate therein to Thomas de Bradeston, knight, who continued it all the life of Edmund, son of the said earl; without the said Edmund the son ever having any estate in the said farm. After the death of Edmund the father the king in parliament granted the aforesaid manors to Edmund the son, to hold by hereditary right, as if no judgment had been given against his father; and afterwards the aforesaid manors came into the king’s hands, but whether by reason of this grant or by reason of the minority of Edmund the son the jury know not. Edmund the father held no other manors &c. on the aforesaid day in the county. Edmund the son died on 5 January, 6 Edward III. John his brother, aged 21 years and more, is his heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (3.) | |
| 50. | MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF AUGUSTINE LE PARKER, of Little Hadham. |
| Writ, 18 November, 26 Edward III. | |
| HERTFORD. | Inq. taken at Much Hadham, Friday before the Purification, 27 Edward III. |
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Little Hadham. A hide of land called ‘Virlylond,’ held of the bishop of Ely by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
She held no other lands &c. on the day she died. She died on Wednesday after Easter Sunday, 23 Edward III. Thomas her son, of full age, is her heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (4.) | |
| 51. | EDITH, LATE THE WIFE OF GILBERT DE CULWEN, knight. |
| Writ, 11 October, 26 Edward III. | |
| WESTMORELAND. | Inq. taken at Appelby, 28 February, 27 Edward III. |
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Shapp. Ten messuages and twenty bovates of land.
Bampton Patrik. Two parts of a third part of the manor held for her life of the inheritance of Gilbert de Culwen, son of Gilbert de Culwen, knight, of the gift of Thomas de Preston, to the said Edith and Gilbert her husband and the heirs of the said Gilbert. She held the said messuages and lands in Shapp by homage and fealty and 10s. yearly for cornage, and the two parts of a third part of the manor of Bampton Patrick by homage and fealty and 8s. yearly for cornage of Roger de Clifford, brother and heir of Robert de Clifford, Roger’s fees being in the king’s hands by reason of his minority, and were so when the said Edith died. She died on the morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 26 Edward III. The aforesaid Gilbert, the son, aged 40 years at least, is heir of the said Edith and Gilbert, knight. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (5.) | |
| E. Inq. P.M. File 12. (8.) | |
| 52. | ALAN PLOKENET. |
| Commission of plenius certiorari to Ralph de Middelnye, Thomas Cary and Robert de Hadham. The king understanding that the said Alan held on the day of his death the manor of Haselbere of the king in chief, of the gift of King Edward I, and died without an heir, whereby that manor ought to belong to the king as his escheat, directs the commissioners to inquire into the foregoing and as to who has been in possession of the said manor since the said Alan’s death. 14 July, 26 Edward III. | |
| SOMERSET. | Inq. taken at Yevele, Sunday after the Assumption 26 Edward III, before Thomas Cary and Robert de Hadham. |
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Haselbere. The manor, which is held of the king in chief by knight’s service, of the gift of King Edward I. The said Alan was an alien and a bastard and died about fifty years ago; after his death, by restitution of the same king, Alan his son entered upon the manor as his true heir begotten of him, and continued his seisin for three years and a half. After his death, without heir of his body, King Edward II restored a moiety of the manor to Joan, his sister, as his heir; and with the other moiety the king dowered Sibyl, his wife, for her dower from this manor and from a free tenement belonging to her said husband in divers places; which moiety the said Sibyl now holds. The aforesaid Joan occupied her moiety for three years and died without heir of her body, whereby the present king, in the fifth year of his reign, took that moiety into his hand by Simon de Bereford, then escheator on this side Trent. After her death there came one Richard de Bere, asserting that he was her kinsman and heir and brought to the said escheator a writ of diem clausit extremum, whereby it was returned that the said Richard was heir and her kinsman on her father’s side, to the deception and disherison of the king; whereby the king, so deceived, restored that moiety to the said Richard as such kinsman and heir, and he died seised thereof; after whose death the king again took that moiety into his hand and restored it to Thomas, son and heir of the said Richard, who now holds and possesses it, and so the said Richard and Thomas, from the said fifth year of the king until this day, have been in possession and received and detain the profits.
Petition of Thomas de la Bere to the king and council. Richard de la Bere, his father, in 3 Edward III, with the king’s licence, gave by fine levied a moiety of the manor of Haselbere to Edmond Everard, parson of the church of Colstreworth, who re-enfeoffed the said Richard and Clarice his wife, to hold for their lives, with successive remainders to Richard their son and the heirs of his body, John brother of the said Richard, Edmund brother of the said John, Thomas brother of the said Edmund, and the heirs of their bodies respectively, and Richard de la Bere, the father, and his heirs. After the deaths of Richard the father, Clarice his wife, Richard the son and John and Edmund, his brothers, Thomas de la Bere, the petitioner, was seised of the moiety aforesaid, by virtue of the said fine, and the king confirmed his seisin thereof by charter, and he continued his estate therein until the escheator of Somerset, by an inquisition made ex officio, seized the said moiety into the king’s hand and all the chattels of the said Thomas, who prays the king and council to restore to him his land according to the new statute that no one maybe ousted from his land without process of law (sauns estre apoele) and that he may have his chattels, as law and reason demand. (Undated.) (French.) Endorsed: Let this petition be sent to the chancery and let right be done there. |
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| Writ of certiorari de causa capcionis to Thomas Cary, escheator in Somerset, 28 August, 26 Edward III. | |
| Return. The escheator took the moiety into the king’s hand after the death of the aforesaid Joan as an escheat in consequence of an inquisition taken in virtue of his office, finding as in the inquisition above, Alan and Joan, children of Alan Plokenet, a bastard, both having died without heirs. | |
| Writ to the sheriff of Somerset, referring to the above inquisitions and directing him to warn the aforesaid Thomas to be in the chancery on the quinzaine of Easter next to show cause why the said moiety should not be taken into the king’s hand and why he should not account to the king for the issues thereof as from the fifth year of the king’s reign. 22 February, 27 Edward III. | |
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Endorsed by the sheriff that he had so done.
Endorsed also: On the said day the whole business was sent before the king to be there determined. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (6.) | |
| 53. | SIBYL, LATE THE WIFE OF ALAN PLUKENET. |
| Writ, 26 February, 27 Edward III. | |
| SOMERSET. | Inq. taken at Ivelcestre, 11 March, 27 Edward III. |
| Haselbere. A moiety of the manor held by the said Sibyl in dower, of the inheritance of Thomas, son of Richard de la Bere. The said Thomas holds the entire manor of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. The said Sibyl held no other lands &c. in the county on the day of her death, 14 February last, and the right of the moiety she held ought to descend to the aforesaid Thomas, who holds the other moiety. The whole of the said manor, immediately after the death of Alan son of Alan Plukenet, descended to Joan de Bohun of Kilpek, his sister and heir, because he died without heir of his body; and because the said Joan died without heir of herself the right of the said manor fell (resortitum est) to one Richard de la Bere, knight, as brother and heir of Alan Plukenet, father of the said Alan son of Alan and Joan de Bohun. From the said Richard the right descended to Richard de la Bere, as son and heir; from him to Richard de la Bere as son and heir; and from him to the aforesaid Thomas, as son and heir, who is 30 years of age and more. | |
| C. Edw. III. File 120. (7.) | |
| 54. | MARGARET, DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF GEOFFREY DOGET. |
| Writ after the death of the said Margaret, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, 18 October, 26 Edward III. | |
| SOUTHAMPTON; ISLE OF WIGHT. | Inq. taken at Neuport, Saturday before St. George the Martyr, 27 Edward III. |
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Bolenore. Two parts of a messuage and 40a. arable, 9a. pasture, 6 2/3a. arable late in the hands of tenants and 8d. yearly rent, all held of the king, as of the honour of the castle of Caresbrok by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
She held nothing of other lords. She died on 7 April, 23 Edward III. Alice, daughter of Walter Doget, brother of the said Geoffrey, aged 16 years and more, is her heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (8.) | |
| 55. | JOHN WARRE or LE WARRE. |
| Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of John le Warre, who held by knight’s service of the heir of William Carente, a minor in the king’s wardship, 28 May, 27 Edward III. | |
| SOMERSET. | Inq. taken at Mountagu, Wednesday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 27 Edward III. |
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Henton St. George. An acre of land held of the heir of William de Carente, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service; 6a. land held of the Countess Mareschal as of the honour of the castle of Strogoyl by knight’s service; two messuages and four virgates of land held of Thomas Denebaud by knight’s service and rendering 10s. yearly.
He died on 9 May, 23 Edward III. Richard his son, aged 6 years and more, is his next heir. |
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| Writ of plenius certiorari to John de Palton, escheator in co. Somerset, on the complaint of Thomas Denebaud that, whereas John le Warre on the day of his death held two messuages and four virgates of land in Henton St. George of him by knight’s service and other lands &c. of others than the king, but none of the king in chief, the said messuages and four virgates of land, by pretext of an inquisition taken by Robert de Hadham and Walter de Thornhull [see below], had been taken into the king’s hand by way of custody by reason of the minority of the said John’s heir, praying the king to remove his hand from the aforesaid messuages and four virgates. 20 May, 28 Edward III. By C. | |
| SOMERSET. | Inq. taken at Somerton. Monday after St. Barnabas, 28 Edward III. |
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Finding the holding of the deceased as in the last inquisition.
Annexed are the commission and inquisition referred to in the last inquisition, viz.:— |
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| Commission of plenius certiorari to William Danvers, Walter de Thornhull, Robert de Burton and Robert de Hadham, to enquire as to knights’ fees and custodies of lands in the counties of Berks, Southampton, Wilts, Somerset and Dorset held of the king as of his manor of Hampstede Mareschal reserved to his chamber, and marriages of heirs of the same lands, reported to have been occupied by others, concealed, and detained from the king. 10 July, 26 Edward III. By C. | |
| SOMERSET. | Inq. taken at Southpederton before Robert de Hadham and Walter de Thornhull, Thursday after St. Luke, 26 Edward III. |
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John Warre, deceased, held at the time of his death:—
Henton St. George. Six acres of land held of the king in chief as of the manor of Hampstede Mareschal, which is of the crown of England and reserved to the king’s chamber, by knight’s service. Craft. A messuage, a cottage and a carucate of land, held of whom the jury know not. After the said John’s death Robert de Hadham, escheator of the king’s chamber, by virtue of an inquisition taken by him ex officio, seized into the king’s hand the aforesaid tenements as the king’s wardship by reason of the minority of Richard, son and heir of the said John, and Thomas Denebaud usurped the king’s possession of the said tenements and took the profits thereof from the time of the said John’s death to the day of the taking of this inquisition, knowing that the said tenements had been taken into the king’s hand for the above cause. The following are held of the king as of his manor of Hampstede Mareschal:— Nettelcombe and Roudon. The manors held by John de Ralee, knight, by service of three knights’ fees. Henton St. George. A messuage, two carucates of land and 100s. rent held by Thomas Denebaud by knight’s service; 20s. rent held by William Welde by knight’s service; 30s. rent held by John de Derneford by knight’s service; 30s. rent held by Isabel Gilde by knight’s service. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (9.) | |
| 56. | ROBERT DE ROKWODE. |
| Writ, 8 January, 26 Edward III. | |
| SUFFOLK. | Inq. taken at Ipswich, 24 February, 27 Edward III. |
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Aketone. A messuage, 160a. land, 6a. meadow, 10a. wood, 10a. pasture, a third part of a wind-mill and 40s. yearly rent held of the king in chief by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee as of the honour of Peverel.
He died on 12 December last. John his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (10.) | |
| 57. | JOHN DE ODYNGSELES, DE ODDYNGESELES, or DODDYNGSELES. |
| Writ, 24 November, 26 Edward III. | |
| STAFFORD. | Inq. taken at Stone, 10 April, 27 Edward III. |
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Berlaston. The hamlet (extent given) held jointly with Amice his wife, who survives, of the gift of Roger Corbet, father of the said Amice, of Ralph earl of Stafford by service of 10s. yearly.
He died on the morrow of St. Bartholomew last. John de Odyngseles, his son, aged 16 years at Michaelmas last, is his heir. |
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| Writ, 24 November, 26 Edward III. | |
| Endorsed that he held no lands &c. in Essex. | |
| HERTFORD. | Inq. taken at Piryton, Monday after three weeks of Easter, 27 Edward III. |
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Pyryton. A moiety of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in parts beyond the seas on Saturday after St. Bartholomew last. Heir as above, aged 16 years on the morrow of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last. |
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| Writ, 24 November, 26 Edward III. | |
| SUFFOLK. | Inq. taken at Kavendych, 18 April, 27 Edward III. |
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Kavendych. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on Wednesday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross last, as the jury understand. Heir as above, aged 16 years and more. |
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| Writ, 24 November, 26 Edward III. | |
| WARWICK. | Inq. taken at Longe Ichynton, 12 February, 27 Edward III. |
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Longe Ichynton. The manor (extent given), including a little park of 28 acres with deer, held of the king in chief as of the crown by service of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died in parts beyond the seas in Gascony on the morrow of St. Bartholomew last, as is testified by trustworthy people who were in those parts at the time of his death. Heir as last above. |
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| Writ, 24 November, 26 Edward III. | |
| OXFORD. | Inq. taken at Bradewell, 11 March, 27 Edward III. |
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Bradewell. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. The extent includes 200a. arable, of which 120a. can be sown each year, otherwise they lie in common, and 80a. lie fallow and in the common field, and 20 acres of thick wood with no underwood, the pasture therein worth nothing from the shade of the trees.
Stanlake. A fourth part of the manor (extent given) held jointly with Amice his wife, who survives, of the gift of Roger Corbet to them and their heirs, of the honour of Aumale, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, but in whose hands the said honour now is the jury know not. He died on the morrow of St. Bartholomew last. John de Odyngeseles, his son, aged 16 years on the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last, is his heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (11.) | |
| E. Inq. P.M. File 12. (15.) | |
| E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 91, 92 and 98. | |
| 58. | WILLIAM GRAMMARY, “wrongly called GRAMER,” knight. |
| Writ, 12 November, 26 Edward III. | |
| YORK. | Inq. taken at Snayth, Thursday the eve of St. Andrew, 26 Edward III. |
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William Grammary, wrongly called Gramer, held no lands in demesne as of fee of the king in chief.
Snayth. He was sometime seised in fee simple of 9l. 5s. rent, which, four years before his death, he gave in the presence of divers witnesses without charter of feoffment and without the king’s licence to Henry Grammary, knight, and his heirs, rendering 7l. yearly to the grantor for life. The said rent of 9l. 5s., formerly called a third part of the soke of Snayth, was and is still held of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz. by service of carrying the king’s bow in war wherever he might be, when the holder of the serjeanty had received warning, and by homage. Bekhagh. The manor held for life of Henry duke of Lancaster, as of the honour of Pontefract, by knight’s service. Salleye. Certain tenements held of the heir of John de Gras as of the manor of Stodley by fealty and by service of doing five autumn works yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 27 October last. William Grammary, son of John Grammary, son of the deceased, aged 19 years and more, is his heir in blood. Endorsed: Let it be put away (reponatur) in the second part of the escheatry of the 28th year. |
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| Writ to the sheriff of York, 12 May, 28 Edward III. Whereas it was found by inquisition that William Gramary was seised in fee simple of 9l. 5s. rent in Snayth, Cowyk, Goldale, Whitlay, Hethensal, Berlay and Hek, co. York, to be received by the hands of divers free tenants there, which said tenure is called a third part of the soke of Snayth, and that William son of John son of the said William Gramary was on 21 March last 20 years and 15 weeks of age, so that the said rent should belong to the king through wardship of the said heir, and whereas John de Neuton now holds the said rent, as is said; the sheriff is to warn him to be in the Chancery on the quinzaine of Holy Trinity next, to show cause why the said rent should not be seised into the king’s hand &c. | |
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Endorsed: I, Peter de Nuttle, sheriff of York, have directed a full return of this writ by William de Bradelay, bailiff of Henry duke of Lancaster’s liberty of Osgotcrosse, to whom the execution thereof remains, who replies that he has warned John de Neuton &c.
John Neuton appoints as his attorneys William de Dighton, Peter de Barton and William de Conesclif, clerks. On the above date the business was adjourned to the quinzaine of Michaelmas, and then again to the quinzaine of Easter. (Three distinct endorsements.) |
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| Commission of certiorari to Peter de Nuttle, sheriff and escheator, William de Notton and John de Dynleye. The king, understanding that William Gramary held divers lands &c. not yet taken into the king’s hand, the commissioners are to enquire into the same. 17 February, 28 Edward III. | |
| YORK. | Inq. taken at Pontefract before the commissioners, 21 March, 28 Edward III. |
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Snayth, Cowyk, Goldale, Whitlay, Hethensal, Berlay and Hek. A rent of 9l. 5s. called a third part of the soke of Snayth, held as in the first inquisition.
Bekhagh. The manor, held as in the first inquisition. Salley. Certain tenements, held as in the first inquisition. Bikerton. The manor held of William de la Pole the elder by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. in the county. The aforesaid tenements were not seised into the king’s hands after the death of the said William Gramary. He died on 27 October, 26 Edward III. William Gramary, son of John Gramary, son of the deceased, aged 20 years and 15 weeks, is his heir in blood. |
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| Commission of plenius certiorari to Thomas de Seton, William de Notton, John Moubray and William de Fyncheden, 8 May, 29 Edward III. | |
| After reciting as in the writ of 12 May, 28 Edward III, it is related that the said John de Neuton appeared in Chancery by his attorney, William de Dighton, and said that the said William Gramary was not seised of the said rent on the day he died, as is supposed by the said inquisition, but that four years before his death he granted the said rent to Henry Gramary his son, as was found by another inquisition taken after the said William’s death, and this he proposes to verify by the country. John de Gaunt, who sues on behalf of the king, says that the said William Gramary was seised of the said rent on the day he died, as was found by the said former inquisition, and prays that it be inquired of by the country. | |
| Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of York for a jury, 8 May, 29 Edward III. By C. | |
| Mandate of the commissioners to the sheriff to warn John de Neuton and a jury who have no affinity with him to be present at Pontefract on Saturday after the Nativity of the Virgin. Pontefract, 1 September, 29 Edward III. | |
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Endorsed by Miles de Stapelton of Hathelsay, the sheriff, that he has done so.
Panel of jury. (Undated.) |
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| YORK. | Inq. taken at Pontefract before William de Notton and William de Fyncheden, Saturday after the Nativity of the Virgin, 29 Edward III, in the absence of John de Neuton, who had been warned. |
| William Gramary was seised in demesne as of fee on the day he died of 9l. 5s. rent in Snayth, Cowyk, Goldale, Whitlay, Hethensale, Berlay and Hek, co. York, to be received by the hands of divers free tenants in fee simple, called a third part of the soke of Snayth, as was found by a certain inquisition taken before Peter de Nutle, William de Notton and John de Dyneley, and as John de Gaunt, who sues for the king, said, and that Henry Gramary, son of the said William Gramary, never had anything in the said rent of the gift of the said William Gramary. | |
| Writ to Miles de Stapelton, escheator in co. York, reciting the findings of the above inquisitions and directing the escheator to take into the king’s hand the said rent of 9l. 5s. and to levy the arrears thereof from the said John Gramary and others who have received the same since the death of the said William, and to answer for the same at the Exchequer on the quinzaine of St. Martin next; and to inquire how much land the said William held in the bailiwick besides the said rent and who have held the same since his death and received the issues. 10 October, 29 Edward III. | |
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Endorsed that the escheator’s reply appears below and in inquisitions annexed.
As to levying the arrears from John de Neuton, he has taken into the king’s hand, of the said John’s goods and chattels at Estrik, four horses, price 50s., and wheat and other corn in the grange, price 6l. 13s. 4d., for the sale of which goods he has not yet found buyers. He has found no more goods and chattels or lands &c. of the said John on which he can raise money, because the said John has taken away (elongavit) all his other goods and chattels, defrauding the king and delaying the payment of the said money; but the escheator was charged in his account rendered in the Exchequer with 46s. 3d. of the said rent for the term of St. Andrew, 26 Edward III, viz. immediately after the death of the said William, at which time the said rent was in the king’s hand. |
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| YORK. | Inq. taken at Aberford, Saturday after St. Martin in yeme, 29 Edward III. |
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Aberford. A plot called ‘la Gresgarth’ and a toft, held of Henry duke of Lancaster by knight’s service. William son of John Gramary has occupied the tenements aforesaid from the time of the death of the said William and received the issues thereof.
Bekhagh. The manor, together with certain lands &c. in Aberford and Cufford pertaining thereto, which the said William long before his death, by his charter dated Monday the feast of St. Denis, A.D. 1340, gave to William Gramary, his son, who survives; who gave the said manor, by his writing dated Saturday after St. Andrew, 15 Edward III, to the said William his father for life, retaining the reversion. William the father having such estate died within the said manor, and immediately after his death William the son entered thereon and still holds it as his right. It is held of Henry duke of Lancaster by knight’s service and by rendering 6s. yearly. The said William held no other lands &c. on the day he died within the wapentake of Skirayk. |
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| YORK. | Inq. taken at York, 20 November, 29 Edward III. |
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Bikerton. He was sometime seised of the manor (extent given) and enfeoffed thereof William de Ayketon, parson of the church of Berewyk in Elmete, who re-enfeoffed William Gramary and Joan his wife, to hold for their lives, with remainder to John, son of the said William Gramary, and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with further remainder to the right heirs of the said William Gramary. The said Joan, John son of William, and Elizabeth died, the said William Gramary then surviving being tenant for life. After the death of the said William Gramary, William de la Pole, knight, the elder, chief lord of that manor, seised it into his hand by reason of the minority of William, son and heir of the said John and Elizabeth, and occupied it and sold the custody thereof to Warin de Bassyngburn to hold until the lawful age of the said heir, who is now of full age. The manor is held of the said William de la Pole by homage and fealty and by service of rendering to him and his heirs 6s. yearly.
Salley. A tenement held by the law of England, of the inheritance of Sarah sometime his wife, long since deceased, of Hugh de Cliderhowe by homage and fealty and by service of a boon-work in autumn, and 40s. 9d. rent of tenants at will and cottars. The said Hugh occupied those tenements for two years after the death of the said William Gramary and received the issues thereof. William, son and heir of the said John and Elizabeth, received the same for one year then next following. He held no other lands &c. in the county on the day he died, except the manor of Bekhagh, which he held for life, and certain tenements in Aberford. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (12.) | |
| 59. | STEPHEN DE BOLTON. |
| Writ missing. | |
| NORTHUMBERLAND. | (fn. 1) Inq. taken at Whytyngeham, Thursday the feast of All Saints, 26 Edward III. |
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Laurbotill. Six score acres of land held of the king in chief by service of 40s. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on the feast of St. Martin, 14 Edward III. Robert de Bolton his son, aged 25 years, is his heir. |
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| C. Edw. III. File 120. (13.) | |
| 60. | JOHN BLAKE. |
| Writ missing. | |
| NORFOLK. | Inq. taken at Erlham, 28 July, 26 Edward III. |
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Erlham. 6a. land and 2a. marsh held of the king in chief as parcel of the serjeanty of Erlham by service of paying 2d. yearly at Norwich Castle.
He died on 10 July, 26 Edward III. Thomas his son, age not stated, is his heir. |
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| E. Inq. P.M. File 12. (5.) | |
| 61. | WILLIAM DE NORTHWODE. |
| Writ missing. | |
| HERTFORD. | Inq. taken at Watton, Monday after St. Martin, 26 Edward III. |
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Watton. A messuage and 20a. land held of the king in chief as parcel of the manor of Watton, which is held of the king in chief by service of finding (ad inveniendum) a bowman in the king’s war.
He held no other lands. He died about Whitsuntide, 25 Edward III. Samson his son, aged 19 years and more at the time of his father’s death, is his heir. |
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| E. Inq. P.M. File 12. (6.) |