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  1. Inquisitions Post Mortem
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  3. Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 125

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 125

Pages 111-134

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 125

118. MAUD, DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF THOMAS DURAUNT.
Writ de etate probanda concerning the said Maud, whose lands are in the custody of John Wroth by demise of John Malewayn, to whom the king committed the said custody until the lawful age of the heir. 17 July, 27 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that John Wroth and John Malwayn were present at the taking of the proof.
MIDDLESEX. Proof of age taken at Enefeld, Saturday the feast of St. Margaret, 27 Edward III.
John Wroth the younger has married the said Maud. John Wroth and John Malwayn had nothing to say why the said lands &c. should not be delivered to her.
Hugh de Braybrok, aged 60 years, says that the said Maud was born at Enefeld and baptised in the church there on 4 March, 12 Edward III, and this he knows because on that day he met Alice de Depham, her godmother, coming from the said church, and she told him of the birth and baptism of the said Maud, whereby he well remembers that the said Maud is 15 years old and more.
John ate Bregge, aged 48 years, says that the said Maud was 15 years old on 4 March last, and this he knows because on the day and at the time of her baptism he was in the church of Enefeld at the burial of his sister Joan.
Ellis le Fevere, aged 50 years, agrees and says that on the same day he saw one John Simon go to the aforesaid church to remain there for 40 days because, he said, he had robbed Richard de Dadington in the chace of Enefeld.
Richard ate Felde, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that on the same day his son John was born and baptised in the same church.
John Maundevill, aged 38 years, agrees and says that on the same day he was in the church of Enefeld between matins and mass, at which time Hervey, then vicar of the church, wrote the day and hour of the said Maud’s birth in a psalter still remaining in the church.
John Tebaud, aged 40 years, agrees and says that at the time she was born he was at the church of Enefeld and Thomas Durant, father of the said Maud, invited him to come to his house to dinner, and when they came to the house Joan Aunsels, one of the said Thomas’s servants, came running and announced to them the birth of the said Maud.
William Pymne (sic), aged 48 years, agrees and says that at the time of the baptism he was in the church of Enefeld at the burial of Edmund Pymme, his brother.
William Saleman, aged 44 years, agrees and says that on the same day on which she was baptised John Saleman, his father, gave by charter to him and his heirs a messuage and ten acres of land in Enefeld and, as he and several others went to receive seisin thereof, they met Alice de Depham and Maud ate Merssh, godmothers of the said Maud, coming from the church from the baptism.
Walter Lorymer, aged 55 years, agrees and says that he often heard Thomas, her father, compute the years and days of her age.
John Huchon, aged 60 years, agrees and says that on the day of her birth he helped Thomas Durant, her father, to catch fish in his stews for the feast made for certain of his neighbours when he heard of her birth.
William Pykard, aged 40 years, agrees and says that he knows by the common saying of the whole country.
John Bursser, aged 54 years, agrees and says that Thomas Durant and he were sub-collectors of the fifteenth of the town of Enefeld, and they reckoned together the receipt of the said fifteenth at the said Thomas’s house on 4 March, 12 Edward III, since which time 15 years and more have elapsed.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (1.)
119. WALTER, SON AND HEIR OF ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF REYNOLD BOTEREAUX.
Writ de etate probanda concerning the said Walter, whose lands are, by the king’s commission, in the custody of Ralph Basset until his lawful age. 24 April, 27 Edward III.
WARWICK. Proof of age taken at Stratford on Avene, 10 October, 27 Edward III.
John de Hoggenorton, aged 60 (?) years and more, says that the said Walter was 21 years of age on 12 March last, because he was born at Alcestre and baptised in the church of St. Nicholas there on 12 March, 6 Edward III, and this he knows because one William Grym, then rector, caused the day and year of the said Walter’s birth to be entered in a missal in the said church.
John de Raggeleye, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that on Whitsunday after the said Walter’s birth the church of Alcestre became void by the death of the aforesaid William, then rector, whose death is entered (inbreviatur) in the calendar of a psalter in the said church.
William atte Hall, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that Roger his son, who died in the pestilence now past, was born on the said 12 March, the feast of St. Gregory, 6 Edward III.
Richard le Deakene, aged 44 years and more, and Ralph le Muleward, aged 50 years, agree and say that between them they carried water to the said church for the said Walter’s baptism on the day of his birth.
Hugh le Harpour, aged 46 years, John le Clerk, aged 53 years, and Adam le Notte, aged 46 years and more, agree and say that in Easter week following the said Walter’s birth they began their journey together to St. Thomas of Canterbury and in going thither they fell among thieves on ‘la Bleo’ and were there robbed and badly wounded.
Henry le Webbe, aged 40 years, and William Janne, aged 48 years and more, agree and say that on the morrow of St. Gregory after the said Walter’s birth they proved the will of the father of the aforesaid Hugh le Harpour, of which they were executors, and by the date of it they sufficiently show the truth of the said age.
Robert le Foulere, aged 52 years and more, agrees and says that he married Katharine de Norton on the day of the Invention of the Holy Cross following the said Walter’s birth.
William de Raggeleye, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that at the time of the said Walter’s birth he was bailiff with the aforesaid Reynold de Botereaux, the said Walter’s father, and on the quinzaine of St. Michael after the said birth he rendered his account to the said Reynold and by the date of the acquittance made to him he well remembers the said age.
Ralph Basset was present at the taking of the proof and made no objection (non contradixit in aliquo).
C. Edw. III. File 125. (2.)
120. ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF THOMAS HERYS or LE HERIZ.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of John, son of John de Drieby, her husband, that she may have livery of her lands &c. which are in the custody of John de Drieby. 18 July, 27 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the proof was taken in the presence of John de Dryeby.
NOTTINGHAM. Proof of age taken at Thurgerton, 6 September, 27 Edward III.
John de Annesleye of Morton, aged 60 years and more, says that the said Elizabeth was fifteen years old on 6 June last and that she was born at Gonaldeston and baptised in the church there on 6 June, 12 Edward III, and this he knows because he is her godfather.
Henry Rodes of Halm, aged 62 years, agrees and says that he was at Gonaldeston on the day aforesaid to collect the rent of the prior of Thurgerton from his tenants there.
John, son of Andrew de Roldeston, aged 65 years, agrees and says that he was bailiff of Thomas Herys in 11 Edward III, and on the same day was engaged in rendering his account to the said Thomas and by the date thereof he sufficiently shows the truth of the said age.
John de Kylyngton, aged 63 years, and John de Osmanthorp, aged 61 years, agree and say that on Monday after the said Elizabeth’s birth they proved the will of John de Burton, whose executors they are.
Roger de Diffeld, aged 65 years, and John, son of Richard le Smyth, aged 62 years, agree and say that a certain Robert Rosel was killed at Gonaldeston on the same day and they were on the coroner’s jury as to who killed him.
John Freman of Thurgarton, aged 64 years, agrees and says that Alexander de Gonaldeston had a great assembly (fecit magnam congregationem) on the day of the said Elizabeth’s birth and he was there.
John Clerk of Gonaldeston, aged 66 years, agrees and says that his own wife was churched on the morrow of the said Elizabeth’s birth.
Alexander de Gonaldeston, aged 68 years, agrees and says that he was at that time steward of Thomas Herys and on the same day he held a court of the said Thomas in the manor of Gonaldeston.
William, son of Simon de Gonaldeston, aged 64 years, agrees and says that he married his wife on the Thursday after the said Elizabeth’s birth.
John de Plaston of Gonaldeston, aged 65 years, agrees and says that on the same day and year his father died at Gonaldeston and was buried on the morrow of the said Elizabeth’s birth, and witness entered upon his land after his father’s death.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (3.)
121. ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF JOHN DE SEGRAVE.
Writ de etate probanda, 1 August, 27 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Proof of age of the said Elizabeth, who is the wife of John, son of John de Moubray, taken at Meelton, 4 September, 27 Edward III.
Hugh Jouwet, aged 60 years and more, says the said Elizabeth was fourteen years old on 25 October last, because she was born in the abbey of Croxton, co. Leicester, and baptised in the church of Croxton on 25 October, 12 Edward III; and this he knows because the then abbot of Croxton caused the day of the said Elizabeth’s birth, viz. the feast of SS. Crispin and Crispinian, 12 Edward III, to be entered (inbreviari) in a missal of his church there.
Thomas de Meelton, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that one John de Overton, rector of the church of Staunton, was godfather of the said Elizabeth and died on the feast of St. Andrew following her birth.
Roger Foucher, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that he was in the service of the said Sir John de Segrave and crossed in his company (comitiva) to parts beyond the seas about the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, 12 Edward III, and returned into England in his company with the king’s licence at Michaelmas following, and by that (per adventum illum) and the stay he then made at Croxton he well remembers the said age.
John othe Hull, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that William his son was born on the eve of All Saints after the said Elizabeth’s birth.
John de Brinkelowe, aged 50 years, and Walter Peyl, aged 60 years, agree and say that on the day of SS. Simon and Jude after the said Elizabeth’s birth they proved the will of John de Burton, whose executors they were, and by the date thereof they sufficiently show the truth of the said age.
Richard Ruskyn, aged 54 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of All Saints after the said Elizabeth’s birth he purchased a messuage and a virgate of land in Houby of Walter de Houby, knight, and by the date of the charter he well remembers the said age.
Roger Mariot, aged 40 years, and John de Burgh, aged 50 years, agree and say that they are and were witnesses named in the aforesaid charter.
John le Palmere, aged 45 years, and John Colle, aged 49 years, agree and say that about the day of St. Matthew before the said Elizabeth’s birth Thomas, earl marshal, died, and on account of his death John de Segrave came into England from parts beyond the seas by the king’s licence because of claim to the said earl’s lands in right of Margaret his wife.
Robert Bouer, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that he was for a year before the said Elizabeth’s birth the abbot of Leicester’s bailiff of his manor of Stokton and on the quinzaine of St. Michael before her birth he rendered his account to the abbot for the whole time he was bailiff, and by the date of his acquittance he sufficiently shows the truth of the said age.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (4.)
122. JOHN, SON OF ROBERT DE FERARIIS, kinsman and heir of Hawise, late the wife of John de Ferariis.
Writ de etate probanda, 10 October, 27 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Proof of age taken at Huntyngdon, Saturday before All Saints, 27 Edward III.
John Botiller, aged 50 years and more, says that the said John is 21 years of age and more, that he was born at Southo and baptised in the church of St. Leonard there on this side (citra) St. Lawrence, 5 Edward III, and this he knows because on Monday before St. Peter’s Chains before the birth William, his own firstborn son, was born at Southo and baptised in the church there.
Robert Waldeshef, aged 43 years, Gilbert Apelby, aged 50 years, John Waryn, aged 52 years, John Golde, aged 45 years and more, agree and say that in the year of the said heir’s birth the parishioners of the church of Southo built the chapel of St. Mary annexed to the church of that town.
Nicholas atte Chambre, aged 36 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist after the said heir’s birth he acquired forty acres of land in Southo of William Gateward.
Thomas Pope, aged 48 years, and John Colyngham, aged 50 years, agree and say that on the feast of St. Margaret before the said heir’s birth they recovered 70a. land and 6a. meadow in Southo of William Aprille by an assise of novel disseisin.
Reynold de Glatton, aged 37 years and more, says that the said heir is 21 years of age and more, and this he knows because in the year of the said heir’s birth William, his own brother, was ordained chaplain at Bokeden by the bishop (de episcopo) of Lincoln.
John Baggele, aged 40 years, and Simon Bret, aged 53 years, agree and say that on this side Christmas after the said heir’s birth William Berenger built (de novo construxit) a hall at Paxton by Southo.
John Warde, aged 49 years and more, agrees and this he knows because on Monday before SS. Simon and Jude, 5 Edward III, he married in the said church of St. Leonard Agnes, daughter of Roger Lewyn of Little Paxton.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (5.)
123. ROBERT, SON AND HEIR OF ROGER DE BOVYNGTON.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of the said Robert, whose lands &c. are by the king’s commission in the custody of Richard de Rysceby. 20 May, 27 Edward III.
YORK. Proof of age taken at Killum, Thursday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 27 Edward III, in the presence of Richard de Risceby.
Robert Westiby of Louthorp, aged 50 years and more, says that the said Robert was born at Bovyngton on Palm Sunday, 6 Edward III, and was baptised in the church of St. Andrew there, and that [Simon de] Driffeld, then parochial chaplain of the said church, lifted the said Robert from the sacred font and that Robert de Burton, then vicar of the said church, and Robert, brother of Nicholas de Bovyngton, were his godfathers, and that he was 21 years of age on Palm Sunday last; and this he knows because on the same day that Robert was born he saw him baptised.
Robert de Thirnum, aged 52 years and more, agrees and says that on the day of the baptism he was at Bovyngton with John de Thirnum, then his master (magistro), and saw the said Robert baptised.
Geoffrey Randolf of Pokethorp, aged 51 years and more, agrees and says that Simon de Driffeld lifted the said Robert from the sacred font, and this he knows because Roger de Bovyngton, father of the said Robert, had a daughter Alice born in the same week as the said Robert, by Alice, daughter of the said Geoffrey Randolf, and she is now 21 years old and more.
Nicholas de Middelton, aged 54 years and more, agrees and says that on the day the said Robert was born he was at Bovyngton with Sir George Salveyn, knight, and saw him baptised there.
Richard Randolf of Killum, aged 56 years and more, agrees and says that he married Joan, sister of the said Roger de Bovyngton, the father, and of her begat John his son, who was born at All Saints before the said Robert’s birth and was 21 years of age on All Saints last.
Robert de Thorp, aged 51 years, agrees and says that he was at Bovyngton when Margaret, mother of the said Robert de Bovyngton, was churched and she told witness that her said son was born on Palm Sunday, 6 Edward III.
John del Botelerie, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that in the same month in which the said Robert was born he espoused Agnes his wife, from which time 21 years and more have elapsed.
Robert Randolf, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that on the day the said Robert de Bovyngton was born he was at Bovyngton and drank with Robert Colus, his kinsman there, who told him that the said Robert de Bovyngton was born there on the aforesaid Sunday, 6 Edward III.
Richard Crispyng, aged 46 years and more, agrees and says that he was at Bovyngton on the day of the said Robert’s birth and Alice his sister was hired (locata) to be the said Robert’s nurse.
William Edus, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that he William Colus (sic) was servant of Roger de Bovyngton, father of the said Robert, and was at Bovyngton on the day of the said Robert’s birth.
John Horegh of Hundmanby, aged 64 years and more, agrees and says that at the time he was steward of Roger de Bovyngton, father of the said Robert, and held a court of the said Roger and saw the said Robert baptised on Palm Sunday, 6 Edward III.
William de Lund, aged 58 years and more, agrees and says that he had a son John born in the same week as the said Robert, who is now 21 years old and more.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (6.)
124. JOHN AMORY, BROTHER AND HEIR OF EDMUND AMORY.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of the said John, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Thomas Stapel. 4 June, 27 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Proof of age taken at Frollesworth, 19 June, 27 Edward III.
Robert, son of Alan, aged 60 years and more, says that the said John was 21 years of age on 6 November last because he was born at Frollesworth, co. Leicester, and baptised in the church of St. Nicholas there on 6 November, 5 Edward III; and this he knows because on the day of the Purification following the birth of the said John, John Amory, the said John’s father, started on (arripuit) his way to Santiago.
John de Craft, aged 54 years and more, agrees and says that at the request of the said John’s father he became godfather of the said John.
William de Claybrok, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that Richard, his first-born son, was born on the feast of St. Martin following the said John’s birth.
Adam Houlot, aged 46 years and more, agrees and says that he was bailiff of John Amory, father of the said John, of his manor of Frollesworth and rendered his account on the quinzaine of St. Michael, 5 Edward III, before the said John’s birth, and by the date of the acquittance he remembers the said age.
John son of Robert, aged 60 years, and Peter son of Robert, aged 54 years, agree and say that on the feast of St. Hilary following the said John’s birth John, the said John’s father, enfeoffed John de Leycester and William de Dunton, chaplains, of his manor of Frollesworth, to hold under a certain form and condition, before he started on his way to Santiago, and the said John and Peter were then named witnesses in the charter made for that purpose.
William Grys, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that on the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 5 Edward III, he married Alice de Sapecote.
Stephen Haukyn, aged 48 years, and John le Palmere, aged 50 years, agree, and say that they were executors of the will of Ralph le Palmere, who died on All Saints day, 5 Edward III, whose death they caused to be entered in the missal of the church of Craft for better memory thereof.
John Gere, aged 60 years, and William le Palmere, aged 53 years, agree and say that on the day the said John was baptised they saw him carried to the church of St. Nicholas, Frollesworth, and, when he was baptised, carried back with solemnity and the joy (cum solempnitate et jocunditate) of the neighbourhood.
John le Fleshewere, aged 50 years, agrees and says that on the day the said John was born he was in the service of John, father of the said John, and by his order took a messuage to (nunciavit) William Clement, chaplain, for love of him to come and lift the said John and be his godfather with John de Craft, which the said William did.
The escheator ordered Gilbert Chausteleyn, sheriff of Leicester, to warn Thomas Stapel to be present at the taking of this proof, to which the sheriff replied that the said Thomas had no lands &c. in his bailiwick. The said Thomas came not to the proof, nor did anyone on his behalf.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (7.)
125. JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DE CAVE of Middelton.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of the said John, whose father held by knight’s service of the heir of William de Ros of Hamelak, late a minor in the king’s wardship, for livery of his lands, which are in the custody of William de Dalton, clerk. 1 January, 27 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said William de Dalton did not care to come to the taking of the proof or to send anyone on his behalf.
YORK. Proof of age taken at York, Wednesday after St. Hilary, 27 Edward III.
Richard de London, aged 50 years, says that the said John was born at Middelton, co. York, on 20 December, 6 Edward III, and baptised in the church there, and that John de Swanlund and John Ward of Middelton lifted him from the sacred font and that he was 21 years of age on 20 December last; and this he knows because he has a son named William born in the same week as the said John, who is 21 years old and more.
John de Lyndale, aged 40 years, agrees and says that he was in the church on the day the said John was baptised and saw him baptised.
Robert de Middelton, aged 41 years, agrees and says that he heard mass in the church on the day the said John was baptised and saw him baptised.
Roger de Cave, aged 40 years, agrees and says that he has a sister named Alice born in the same week as the said John, who is 21 years old and more.
Simon de Dreuton, aged 48 years, agrees and says that he has a son named William born in the same week as the said John, who is 21 years old and more.
William Ward of Middelton, aged 46 years, agrees and says that he had a sister named Joan, who died in the same month in which the said John was born, from which time 21 years and more have elapsed.
William Moigne of Hesill, aged 40 years, agrees and says that he had a brother named Robert born in the same month in which the said John was born, and he is 21 years old and more.
John Child of Wighton, aged 41 years, agrees and says that he had a brother named Alan born in the same month as the said John, and he is 21 years old and more.
John Hardy of Wytheton, aged 42 years, agrees and says that he had a sister named Alice, who died in the same week in which the said John was born.
William de Ake of Lokyngton, aged 40 years, agrees and says that in the same month in which the said John was born he had a sister named Beatrice made a nun in the priory of Watton.
John de Youcflet, aged 52 years, agrees and says that on the same day on which the said John was born he went to the town of Middelton to a sister of his, married to William Jurdan of Middelton, and there heard mass in the church and saw the said John baptised.
John Haye, aged 40 years, agrees and says that in the month in which the said John was born he had a brother named Simon made a canon in the priory of Kirkeham.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (8.)
126. MAUGER, SON AND HEIR OF THOMAS VAVASOUR.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of the said Mauger, whose lands are in the custody of Simon de Drayton. 24 April, 27 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that he warned Simon de Drayton, who did not care to come or send anyone on his behalf.
YORK. Proof of age taken at York, Tuesday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 27 Edward III.
John Vavasour, aged 70 years and more, says that the said Mauger was born at Denton, co. York, on Saturday before St. Barnabas, 6 Edward III, and baptised in the chapel of Denton within the parish of Ottele, that Robert de Crumbewelbothum, chaplain, lifted the said Mauger from the sacred font, and Mauger Vavasour, knight, and Thomas Lascy were his godfathers and that he was 21 years of age on Saturday before St. Barnabas last; and this he knows because he was at Denton on the day the said Mauger was born and saw him baptised in the aforesaid chapel, from which time 21 years and more have elapsed.
William Fraunk, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that he was servant of the said Thomas, father of Mauger, at Denton on the day the said Mauger was born and was at Denton and saw him baptised.
Nicholas Gilsone of Harewod, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that he heard mass on the day on which the said Mauger was born in the chapel in which he was baptised.
William Gascoigne, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that he was then dwelling at Denton and had lands &c. in that town and saw the said Mauger baptised.
Edmund de Wykeley, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that on the day the said Mauger was born he went with Thomas, the said Mauger’s father, to catch hares at Denton.
John de Denton, aged 52 years and more, agrees, and says that he had a son Roger born in the same week as the said Mauger, who is 21 years old and more.
Robert del Scales, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that he came to Denton on the day the said Mauger was born and was helping Thomas, the said Mauger’s father, to catch fish in his stew there.
William Ward of Denton, aged 42 years and more, agrees and says that he had a daughter Alice, born in the same month as the said Mauger, who is 21 years old and more.
Thomas Ward of Colthorp, aged 60 years, agrees and says that he was at Denton to view land there in an assise of novel disseisin between Thomas Trumpour and William de Lyndeley on the day the said Mauger was born and saw him baptised there.
Alexander de Snauden, aged 46 years, agrees and says that he was servant and cook of Thomas, the said Mauger’s father, at the time the said Mauger was born and for a great while before the said birth, and he was dwelling at Denton at the time Mauger was born.
Thomas Potter of Adyngham, aged 42 years and more, agrees and says that on the day the said Mauger was born he was at Denton and drank there with Thomas, the said Mauger’s father, and saw Mauger baptised in the aforesaid chapel.
William de Malghum, aged 41 years and more, agrees and says that he was at Denton on the day the said Mauger was born and had cloth for a robe for Joan, the said Mauger’s mother, to colour with murrey, and saw Mauger baptised at Denton.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (9.)
127. JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF EDMUND DE BENSTEDE.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of the said John, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Walter de Mauny, 5 July, 27 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that he warned Walter de Mauny, who was present at the taking of the said proof by his attorney, Thomas Legat.
HERTFORD. Proof of age taken at St. Albans, Wednesday before St. Margaret, 27 Edward III, in the presence of Thomas Legat, who made no objection to the restoration of the said lands &c.
Henry Melksshop, aged 54 years, says that the said John was 21 years of age on 14 July last, and this he knows because the said John was born at Benyngton, co. Hertford, and baptised in the church there, and he was present in the church when the birth was enrolled in the missal there by Hugh, rector of the church of Walkern, on 14 July, 6 Edward III.
John Chiltren, aged 44 years, agrees and says that on the morrow of St. Margaret he had a son named Richard born of Alice his wife, who will be 21 years of age on the morrow of St. Margaret next, and he heard at that time how the said John was born at Benyngton on 14 July, before the said Richard’s birth.
William Gobyoun, aged 48 years, agrees and says that he was present when the said John was baptised, and Edmund de Benstede, the said John’s father, gave him a greyhound to prove the truth touching the said John’s birth.
William atte Hoo, aged 52 years, agrees and says that he knows by the common talk of the country.
Walter Haselagby, aged 50 years, agrees and says that he married one Margaret on Sunday after St. John the Baptist, 6 Edward III, and on 14 July then next following the said John was born at Benyngton, as was then commonly reported.
Adam Heron, aged 48 years, agrees and says that John Heroun, his father, died on 20 July, 6 Edward III.
Henry de Staunton, aged 50 years, agrees and says that he went on pilgrimage to Santiago on the feast of the Purification following the birth of the said John.
Walter Revel, aged 49 years, agrees and says that he was present when the said John was baptised and he saw Hugh, rector of the church of Walkerne, enrol the day of the said John’s birth in the missal of the church.
Thomas Chapman, aged 44 years, agrees and says that he heard Sir Walter de Mauny, who has the custody of all the said John’s lands &c., say the same.
Michael de Holewell, aged 56 years, agrees and says that he built a new hall at Holewell, co. Hertford, in the year in which the said John was born, viz. 6 Edward III, about Whitsunday.
Thomas de Tyringham, aged 60 years, agrees and says he knows by testimony of the country.
Sampson de Wylie, aged 56 years, agrees and says that John de Blounvyll and Hugh, rector of the church of Walkerne, who were godfathers of the said John, swore upon the book that the said John was 21 years of age on 14 July last, which swearing (juramentum) he, Sampson, saw.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (10.)
128. THOMAS, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN TOREL of Westthurrok.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of the said Thomas, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Henry Darcy. He was born at Westthurrok and baptised in the church there. 29 November, 27 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that he had warned Henry Darcy, who has no objection to the restoration of the said lands &c.
ESSEX. Proof of age taken at Alvythele, Monday after the Purification, 28 Edward III, in the presence of Henry Darcy.
John de Redyngge, aged 50 years, says that the said Thomas was of full age on the feast of All Saints last, and this he knows because he had a son named John born at Westthurrok and baptised in the church there, who was 21 years of age on the feast of All Saints last.
John Baundychoun, aged 44 years, agrees and says that John, father of the said Thomas, gave him a tenement in South Wokyndon by his charter dated there on All Saints, 6 Edward III, and he heard how the news came to the said father of the son’s birth.
John de Boliton, aged 48 years, agrees and says that he had a brother named Robert, who died and was buried at the church of Westthurrok on All Saints day, 6 Edward III, as his death was entered (intitulabatur) in the missal of the church there.
William de Odene, aged 60 years, agrees and says that he had a grange at Westthurrok burnt by accident on the feast of St. Michael, 6 Edward III, and he heard how John Torel had a son named Thomas born at Westthurrok and baptised in the church there on All Saints day then next following.
Adam Broun, aged 54 years, agrees and says that he had a brother named Robert, who began his journey to Santiago on the feast of the Purification, 7 Edward III, and he heard how the said Thomas had been born, as above.
John atte Cherche, aged 50 years, agrees and says that he heard Thomas Malegraf, a godfather of the said Thomas, swear that the said Thomas was 21 years old on All Saints day last.
Henry Bysyden, aged 44 years, agrees and says that he knows by the relation and testimony of trustworthy people.
John atte More, aged 48 years, agrees and says that he knows by the common report in the country.
William Chaumberleyn, aged 60 years, agrees and says that he was present when the said Thomas was baptised in the church of Westthurrok.
William May, aged 54 years, agrees and says that on Monday after the quinzaine of Easter, 7 Edward III, he married one Alice, kinswoman of John Torel, and the said Thomas was born on the feast of All Saints then last past.
John Dryvere, aged 45 years, agrees and says that he wrote in the missal of the church the day on which the said Thomas was born when the said Thomas was baptised.
Andrew le Taillour, aged 52 years, agrees and says that he knows by the common report of the country.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (11.)
129. THOMAS, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DE BEREWYK.
Writ de etate probanda on the petition of the said Thomas, whose lands &c. are in the custody of William Banastre of Yorton. 16 November, 27 Edward III.
SALOP. Proof of age taken at Atincham, 6 February, 28 Edward III.
Walter Cresset, aged 50 years and more, says that the said Thomas was 21 years of age on 11 November last because he was born at Atincham, co. Salop, and baptised in the church there on 11 November, viz. on the feast of St. Martin, 6 Edward III, and this he knows because on the morrow of the said Thomas’s birth John, his (Walter’s) brother, was accidentally drowned in the Severn.
John de Leghton, aged 62 years and more, agrees and says that John de Berewik, father of the said Thomas, asked witness to be a godfather and he was so.
John de Eton, aged 60 years, agrees and says that Richard his son was born within three days after the said Thomas’s birth.
John Costantyn, aged 48 years, agrees and says that on Monday after the said birth he married Alice, daughter of Richard Broun.
Richard Cresset, aged 50 years, agrees and says that Robert his father died at Christmas after the said birth.
John Waldene, aged 60 years, agrees and says that he was executor of the will of the aforesaid Robert together with the aforesaid Richard.
Walter le Spencer, aged 62 years and more, agrees and says that on the same day of St. Martin on which the said Thomas was born he purchased a messuage and 6a. land in Eton of Richard Aleyn and by the date of the charter he well remembers the said age.
William de Naginton, aged 44 years, William de Pikethorn, aged 50 years, and Roger son of Alan, aged 46 years, agree and say that they were witnesses named in the aforesaid charter, and likewise were present on the said day of St. Martin at the livery of seisin.
Reynold de Withiford, aged 60 years, agrees and says that at the feast of St. Michael before the said Thomas’s birth the church of Atincham aforesaid was desecrated (poluta) by the shedding of blood and on the feast of All Souls following was reconciled (reconsiliata).
Richard de Afton, aged 61 years, agrees with the previous jurors.
William Banastre of Yorton was warned to be present, but he came not, so the escheator took the inquisition in his absence.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (12.)
130. JOHN DE SIUDLE.
Writ of plenius certiorari to ascertain whether the said John held lands in co. Gloucester whereby the marriage of his heir, who is under age, ought to belong to the king, 4 December, 27 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Kyftesgate, Thursday before St. Valentine, 28 Edward III.
Siudle. He held the manor jointly with Eleanor his wife of the king in chief by barony, excepting the services of Thomas Blaunkfrount, knight, for his lands &c. in Siudleye and Pountlarge and the services of Richard Daftyn of Grete for his lands &c. in Grete, both of whom held by knight’s service of the said John. Of these services the said John died seised in service as sole tenant of the king by barony as of hereditary fee, and therefore the marriage of his heir, who is still within age, ought to belong to the king.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (13.)
131. ROGER CHAUNDOS.
Writ, 5 October, 27 Edward III.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inq. taken at Hereford, Saturday before SS. Simon and Jude, 27 Edward III.
Snodhull. The manor (extent given), including a castle in ruins, and 120a. underwood which are worth 10s. yearly and no more because they lie in the parts of Wales and there are no buyers there.
Fowehop. The manor (extent given). The extent includes two water-mills destroyed by the overflow of the river Weye and a park of great trees.
Fowehop. A messuage and a virgate of land held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by fealty and suit of the said prior’s court every three weeks and by service of 3s. yearly.
Welynton. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Maud his wife.
He held the manors of Snodhull and Fowehop of the king in chief to him and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Thomas his son and the heirs of his body. He held the manor of Welynton of the king in chief jointly with Maud his wife, who survives, and the heirs male of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Roger. The three manors are held of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees.
He died on 24 September, 27 Edward III. Thomas de Chaundos, knight, his son, aged 30 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (14.)
132. JOHN DE WOLVERTON.
Writ of partition to Gerard de Braybrok, escheator of Buckingham, 1 July, 27 Edward III.
BUCKS. The king has heard by divers inquisitions that the manors of Padebury and Chalfhunt are in his hands by the death of the said John, who held of him in chief, and that the said manors are held of the king in chief by homage, and that John son of Joan, one of the said John’s daughters, now dead, whom Hugh Wake married, and Constance, another of the daughters of the said John de Wolverton, and Adam son of Sarra, the third, and Theobald son of Cicely, the fourth, daughters and heirs of the said John, are his heirs, and that the said Constance is of full age and the said John son of Joan, Adam and Theobald are under age. The king orders the escheator to divide the said manors into four equal parts according to the law and custom of England, and retaining in the king’s hand the pourparties of the said Constance, Adam and Theobald, to deliver to the said Hugh, whose fealty the king has taken, the pourparty of the said John son of Hugh and Joan, to hold by the law of England.
Endorsed by the escheator that he has made the said partition and delivered his pourparty to Hugh Wake.
Return by the escheator that, by virtue of the aforesaid writ, he had delivered to the said Hugh Wake his pourparty of the manor of Chalfhunt, details given, including 2a. meadow in Blakeslade and 1a. wood in a wood called ‘Heghegrove’; and also his pourparty of the manor of Padebury, details given, including a fourth part of a hall, of a chamber, of a cowhouse and of a garden on the north. The partition of the former manor was made on 8 July and of the latter manor on 10 July, 27 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (15.)
133. ROBERT DE HUNGERFORD.
Writ, 7 June, 27 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Crofton, 12 May, 28 Edward III.
Crofton. The manor (extent given, including 24a. wood) held for his life of the king in chief, of the demise of Fulk FitzWaryn, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. Fulk FitzWaryn, son of Fulk FitzWaryn, aged 12 years, is heir of the said Fulk.
He died on 20 June, 26 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (16.)
134. RICHARD DE LA LYNDE.
Writ, 10 April, 27 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken in the castle of Hereford, Saturday before St. Lawrence, 28 Edward III.
Great Tatynton. An acre of mere held of Baldwin de Frevill by service of a clove, and by the said Baldwin of the king by knight’s service.
He held nothing of the king in chief in the county.
He died on 10 February, 27 Edward III. Joan de la Lynde his daughter, under age, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (17.)
135. PHILIP LE DESPENSER.
Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Philip, 11 December, 27 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at North Wythum, Saturday after the Purification, 28 Edward III.
Northwithom and Loppyngthorp. A toft, 120a. land, 10a. meadow, 15a. wood, 4a. several pasture and 22s. 6d. rent from free tenants held of the heir of John de Bello Monte, a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee only; the said heir holds them of the archbishop of York by the aforesaid service.
He died on Saturday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 23 Edward III. Philip his son, aged 17 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (18.)
136. ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT CORBET of Hadlee or Hadleye.
Writ, 17 January, 27 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Kyngesbromley, Saturday the eve of the Purification, 28 Edward III.
Kyngesbromleye. The manor (extent given, including pannage of a wood called ‘Bromleywode,’ in the king’s forest) held jointly with Robert, sometime her husband, of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and of 100s. yearly at the Exchequer by the hands of the sheriff of Stafford.
She died on 1 January last. Hawyse, daughter of the said Robert and Elizabeth, aged five years on the feast of St. Nicholas last, is her heir.
Writ of certiorari super causa captionis touching the manor of Kyngesbromlegh, 10 February, 28 Edward III.
Return of the escheator that he had taken the manor into the king’s hand because the said Elizabeth on the day she died held it of the king in chief jointly with the said Robert, as the escheator found by the above inquisition. The manor is held as above, as is said. Undated.
Commission of plenius certiorari to John de Swynnerton, escheator in co. Stafford, and Hugh de Aston, on the petition of Hawise, daughter and heir of the aforesaid Robert and Elizabeth, that, as the manor of Kyngesbromleye, which is of her inheritance, is held of the king in socage by service of 4l. yearly by charter of King John, and not by knight’s service, the king would be pleased to remove his hand from the same. 20 May, 28 Edward III.
Mandate from the said escheator to the sheriff of Stafford to have 18 men before him and Hugh de Aston at Kyngesbromleye on Saturday in Whitsun week. Stafford, Whitsunday, 28 Edward III.
Endorsed by John Musard the sheriff that he has so done.
Jury panel. Undated.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Kyngesbromleye. Saturday in Whitsun week, 28 Edward III.
Kyngesbromleye. The manor is held of the king in socage by service of 4l. yearly, as is contained in a charter of King John delivered in evidence to the jurors, and not by Knight’s service.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (19.)
E. Inq. P.M. File 13. (4.)
137. RICHARD DE FAIRFORD or DE FARFORD.
Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Richard, 18 December, 27 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Horncastre, 3 April, 28 Edward III.
Malthorp. Three bovates of land held of the heir of Adam de Welle, a minor in the king’s wardship, by homage and fealty only.
South Somercotes. A plot of land called ‘Lokcroft’ held of the same heir by fealty only.
Salfletby. One and a half carucates of land and a wind-mill held of the abbot of Neusom and Robert de Salfletby.
He was seised of no other lands &c. in the county because, long before his death, he gave to Richard, Thomas and John, his sons, and the heirs of Richard 60s. rent in Wynthorp, held of Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight, by homage and fealty only; which Richard, John and Thomas died in the lifetime of Richard their father, who afterwards died on Sunday before St. Michael, 23 Edward III. Amabel, daughter of the said Richard son of Richard, aged ten years and more, is kinswoman and heir of the said Richard the father.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (20.)
138. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BRAUNFELD.
Writ, 18 November, 27 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Throp by Daventre, Sunday after St. Peter in Cathedra, 28 Edward III.
Throp by Daventre. A messuage, 20a. land, 2a. meadow and 1a. pasture held of the king in chief of the fee of Chokes by service of homage and fealty, and a capital messuage with garden and dovecot, 120a. arable, 10a. meadow and 10a. pasture held of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 2s. yearly; all held for life, she having been jointly enfeoffed with John de Braunfeld, her husband.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on Monday after All Saints’ last. Thomas de Braunfeld, son of the said John and Joan, aged 14 years at the feast of St. Laurence last, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (21.)
139. PETER COSYN or COUSYN.
Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Peter, 15 December, 27 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Priterwell, Sunday before the Epiphany, 27 Edward III.
Great Sutton. The manor held of Philippa, queen of England, by knight’s service.
Estwode. Four acres of land held of Michael Picard by service of 1d. yearly.
He died about the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III.
Henry his son, aged 16 years about the Purification last, is his heir.
Writ to Adam Fraunceys, mayor of the city of London and escheator, 15 March, 28 Edward III.
LONDON. Inq. taken before the mayor, 13 September, 28 Edward III.
Six dwelling-houses and three cellars in the parish of Allhallows the Great (Omnium Sanctorum ad Fenum), worth 10l. yearly, from which should be deducted 16s. 8d. yearly quit rent payable to Ralph Spigornel, knight, and 13s. 4d. yearly quit rent payable to the abbot and convent of Charteseye, and 5s. yearly quit rent payable to the abbot and convent of Westminster, and 31s. 8d. yearly for the repair of the premises.
He had no other lands &c. within the liberty of the city.
He died on Tuesday before St. Barnabas, 23 Edward III. Henry his son, aged 18 years and not more at Michaelmas next, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (22.)
140. ROBERT DE BIKERE or DE BYKER.
Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Robert, 28 October, 27 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Newcastle on Tyne, 1 July, 28 Edward III.
Byker. Three hundred and twenty acres of land by the lesser hundred, held of the king in chief, 16a. meadow, 100a. wood and 14 cottages in the same town of Byker, 42a. land and 3r. meadow in ‘le Shelefeld,’ a several plot containing 6a. called ‘le Shelewod,’ a wind-mill and a ‘lymekilne,’ all held in demesne; also in service 1d. rent from a messuage and 50a. land, 2 1/2a. meadow and 4a. wood; 9s. rent from Adam de Espeley for a croft in ‘le Shelefeld’; 5s. 6d. rent from a croft called ‘Galewayescroft’ held by William de Acton; 22d. rent from a croft; 6d. rent from another croft held by Robert de Angerton; 22d. rent from ‘le Spitelcroft,’ and 2s. 1d. from a croft called ‘Grogemulcroft,’ held by the heir of Robert de Rypon; 6d. rent from a croft in ‘le Brorylawe del Shelefeld’ held by John, son and heir of Hugh de Hecham; 1d. rent from a grange held by the same John son of Hugh; and 1 1/2d. rent from a grange held by Robert de Haliwell. He held a moiety of the site of the manor and a moiety of the lands, tenements and rents aforesaid, to him and his heirs, in fee simple; and of a third part of this moiety Juliana, late the wife of Robert de Byker, who survives, was dowered by command of the king; and the other moiety he held for life, to him and Juliana his wife, who survives, and his heirs. He held the manor of Byker with the rents aforesaid of the king and his heirs by grand serjeanty, viz. keeping in his fold at Byker the cattle and other chattels taken by way of distraint by the sheriff of the county for the king’s debts and by rendering to the king by the hands of the sheriff 40s. yearly.
He held no more lands &c. in the county.
He died on Wednesday before St. Lawrence, 23 Edward III. John de Byker, his brother, aged 40 years and much more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (23.)
141. AUGUSTINE WALEYS.
Writ, 24 August, 27 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Augustine held no lands &c. in co. Hertford.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Latton, Sunday the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 27 Edward III.
Latton. The manor held jointly with Maud his wife, who survives, with the advowson of the priory of Latton, of the gift of Robert atte Brome, clerk, to hold to them and their heirs by the king’s charter of licence, 22 Edward III, of the king in chief as of the honour of Boulogne by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. He also held, to him and his heirs, a yearly fair for three days, on the eve, the day and the morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, and free warren in all his demesne lands of the said manor, of the gift of the king, 6 Edward III, but the jurors know not if the said fair and warren are appurtenant to the manor.
He died on the eve of St. James last. Margery and Margaret his daughters, of full age, are his heirs.
Writ, 20 September, 28 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Lavenham, 20 October, 28 Edward III.
Waldyngfeld. Tenements called Brandiston Halle (extent given) held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s by suit at the said abbot’s hundred of Thedwardstre every three weeks.
He died on 25 July, 27 Edward III. Margery, wife of John Malweyn, and Margaret, wife of William de Carleton, his daughters, of full age, are his heirs.
Writ, 20 September, 28 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Herlawe, Sunday after St. Martin, 28 Edward III.
Latton. A manor called ‘Merkhalle’ in the town of Latton, with the advowson of the priory of Latton, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Boulogne by knight’s service.
Date of death and heirs as last above.
Writ, 20 September, 28 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. taken at Woxebrigge, Thursday after St. Martin, 28 Edward III.
Woxebrigge. Four messuages held of Nicholas Caunteloue, knight, by fealty and service of 5s. yearly.
Colham. Ten acres of land held of John de Cherlton by fealty and service of 7s. yearly; 2a. land held of Nicholas Caunteloue by fealty and service of 12d. yearly.
Herefeld. A messuage and 50a. land held of Simon de Swanlond, knight, by fealty and service of 7s. yearly.
Date of death and heirs as above.
Writ, 20 September, 28 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Suthwerk, 16 November, 28 Edward III.
Walworth. A messuage and 20a. land held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of doing suit at his court of Walworth every three weeks, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly, ploughing two days in winter and Lent, mowing and carrying hay with other tenants, carrying corn two days in autumn and hoeing oats with the other tenants.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death as above. Heirs as above, Margery aged 32 years, and Margaret aged 30 years.
Writ, 20 September, 28 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Derteford, Monday after All Saints, 28 Edward III.
Redlegh. The manor held of the king in chief by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee and by suit at the king’s hundred of Akstane every three weeks. The manor is charged with a yearly rent of 100s. to the castle of Leyburn and a yearly rent of 100s. to Sybil, late the wife of John de Sepham, as part of her dower from a free tenement late of the said John.
Welle. Forty acres of land held of John de Rokesle, clerk, by fealty and suit of his court at Lollyngeston every three weeks.
Bokelers in Orpinton. Twenty acres of land held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by fealty and service of 12s. yearly.
Date of death and heirs as above.
Writ of plenius certiorari on the petition of Maud, late the wife of Augustine Waleys, that whereas she had been enfeoffed jointly with the said Augustine of tenements in Waldyngfeld, co. Suffolk, and whereas the said tenements, by pretext of an inquisition taken by Edward de Cretyng, late escheator, have been taken into the king’s hand, the king would remove his hand from the said tenements. 6 December, 28 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Bildeston, Monday after the Purification, 29 Edward III.
Augustine Waleys was seised in demesne in fee simple of the manor of Braundestonehalle in Waldyngfeld, touching which he lately made a charter to John Waleys, son of Maud Waleys, a bastard, on condition that the said John should enfeoff the said Augustine and Maud his wife of the said manor, to hold to them and the heirs of Augustine; and afterwards the said John, by the procurement and abetment of Maud, his mother, fraudulently and unjustly going contrary to the will of the said Augustine, made a charter of feoffment to the said Augustine and Maud and their heirs, to which charter the said Augustine did not consent, nor would receive any estate thereby, but lately entered upon the said manor, and, having taken seisin, continued his previous estate during his life and received the issues and profits without the said John receiving anything at any time; and so the said Augustine died seised alone of the said manor in demesne as of fee on 25 July, 27 Edward III. The tenants of the said manor did not attorn to the said John or to any other, except to the said Augustine. The said manor is held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s, the earl of Oxford, and Geoffrey le Say, knight, viz. partly of the said abbot by suit at his hundred of Babberwe and by service of 2s. 6d. rent yearly, partly of the earl of Oxford by homage and fealty and by service of 16d. rent yearly; and partly of Geoffrey le Say, knight, by service of a pair of gilt spurs yearly.
Margery, wife of John Malwayn, citizen of London, and Margaret, wife of William de Carleton, of full age, are the daughters and heirs of the said Augustine.
Writ of plenius certiorari on a similar petition of Maud, late the wife of the said Augustine, concerning the manor of Redelegh, co. Kent, 40a. land at Welle in the same county and 20a. land at Bokelers in Orpynton, taken into the king’s hand after an inquisition by William de Apulderfeld, late escheator in co. Kent. 6 December, 28 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Derteford, Sunday the eve of the Purification, 29 Edward III.
Ridelegh. Augustine Waleys was seised of Ridelegh manor, co. Kent, of which he made a charter to Robert atte Brome, clerk, and his heirs on condition that Robert should therewith enfeoff Augustine and Maud his wife and his heirs. Afterwards by collusion prearranged between Robert and Maud, against the will of Augustine, Robert made a charter to him and Maud and their heirs, to which Augustine did not consent, &c., as above; and he died seised alone of the manor. Sibyl, late the wife of John de Wadeton, who held a third part of the manor in dower at the time Augustine made the charter aforesaid to Robert, did not attorn to any but Augustine. The manor is worth 40s. beyond the above dower and no more, because from it Juliana, late the wife of William de Clynton, late earl of Huntyngdon, receives 100s. yearly. It was formerly held of the earl of the Isle (comite Insule) by service of a knight’s fee, who held it of the king, and it is now held immediately of the aforesaid Juliana by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee, as was shewn on the taking of this inquisition by a fine levied between Roger de Leibourne, sometime tenant of the manor, and Bartholomew de Wadeton, then tenant of the manor of la Gore, co. Kent, which the said Juliana now holds. The tenant of the manor of Ridelegh owes suit at the king’s hundred of Akstan in the lathe of Sutton every three weeks, and must come twice a year to the sheriff’s tourn in the same lathe and there pay the king 17d. yearly.
Welle. 40a. land held of John de Rokesle, clerk, by service of gavelkind according to the custom of Kent.
Bokelers in Orpynton. Twenty acres of land held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of gavelkind according to the custom of Kent.
Heirs as above.
Writ of plenius certiorari to Robert de Hadham, escheator in Middlesex, on the petition of the aforesaid Maud, touching four messuages in Woxebrigg, 12a. land in Colham and a messuage and 50a. land in Herefeld, co. Middlesex. 20 January, 28 Edward III.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. taken at Woxebrug, Tuesday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 29 Edward III.
Woxebrugge. Four messuages held of Nicholas Caunteloue, knight, by fealty and service of 5s. yearly.
Colham. Ten acres of land held of John de Cherleton by fealty and service of 7s. yearly; two acres of land held of Nicholas Caunteloue by fealty and service of 12d. yearly.
Herefeld. A messuage and 50a. land held of Simon de Swanlond, knight, by fealty and service of 7s. yearly.
All held in demesne as of fee.
Date of death and heirs as above.
Writ of plenius certiorari to Roger de Leukenore, escheator in Surrey, on the petition of the said Maud, touching a messuage and 20a. land in Walworth taken into the king’s hand by pretext of an inquisition taken by Simon de Cudyngton, late escheator. 3 February, 29 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Walworthe, 11 February, 29 Edward III.
Waleworthe. He was seised alone of a messuage and 20a. land in his demesne as of fee, held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of doing suit at his court of Waleworthe every three weeks, by rendering to the said prior 6s. 8d. yearly and by service of ploughing for two days twice in winter and Lent.
Date of death and heirs as above.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (24.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 99. (1.)
142. JOHN DE HETON, said to be an idiot.
Writ of plenius certiorari to William de Notton, William de Fyncheden, John de Bollyng and John de Upton to ascertain whether John de Heton is an idiot or not &c. 4 July, 27 Edward III.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of York to summon a jury, 4 July, 27 Edward III.
Jury panel, Doncaster, Monday after the Epiphany, 28 Edward III.
YORK. Examination made by William de Fyncheden and John de Upton on the idiocy of John de Heton, and inquisition of the value of his lands &c. Doncaster, Monday after the Epiphany, 28 Edward III.
John de Heton appeared and was examined and found to be an idiot and incapable of ruling himself or his lands &c. From his birth, which was on the day of the Annunciation, A.D. 1324, until the feast of St. James, 22 Edward III, viz. until he was 24 years of age, he was in good sense and quite sane; and since then till to-day he has been continuously an idiot, insensible to his surroundings (non compos mentis sue in omnibus que ad humanum sensum discerni deberet), having a fancy in his head, whereby he remains unconscious of his own personality (bone memorie sui ipsius negligens) and paying no heed to anything at all. He enjoys no lucid intervals. The jurors being asked what lands &c. of the said John de Heton have been occupied by others and of the value of his goods and chattels, say that those which he had on the aforesaid feast of St. James, viz. six oxen, price 8s. each, four horses, price 4s. each, and 40 sheep, price 40s., were used (occupata) by Margaret his wife for the support of him, herself, two sons and one daughter who are under the age of ten years, and of Margery, daughter of Adam de Hopton, married to John, eldest son of the said John, and for the support of his household, up to the feast of St. Michael, 26 Edward III; since when the said Margaret would not dwell with her husband in the company of William de Heton, his brother, and the latter would not let his brother be away from his guardianship in that of his wife. By the mediation of friends the lands &c. of the said John in Myrfeld, Hopton, Estheton and Balne, with a moiety of his goods and chattels, were assigned for the support of himself, William his son and Joan his daughter, in the guardianship of the said William his brother; and his lands &c. in Estheton and Erdeslawe, with a moiety of his goods and chattels, were assigned to Margaret for her support and that of John, her eldest son, and Margery his wife, daughter of Adam de Hopton. Margaret has remained until now in the household of the said Adam, who intervened touching the lands &c., goods and chattels assigned to her. In the winter after the assignment all the sheep died of murrain and there are no other goods or chattels except those which are appraised above. The lands &c., goods and chattels hardly suffice for the support of the said John, his wife, sons and household.
The said John has by inheritance the following lands &c.:—
Estheton. A messuage, 80a. land, 7a. meadow, 20a. pasture and 40s. yearly rent of free tenants, all held of Sir Edmund de Langele as of the soke of Wakefeld by service of 15s. 9d. yearly payable by the tenants beside their own rent.
Erdeslawe. Six marks rent payable by the free tenants, held of Robert de Nevyll by fealty only.
Myrfeld. A messuage, a water-mill, 140a. land in demesne, 5a. meadow and 37s. rent from free tenants in Myrfeld and Hopton.
All held of Sir Henry, duke of Lancaster, as of the honour of Pontefract, by homage and fealty and by suit of court every three weeks.
Westheton. A messuage, 90a. land, 4a. meadow, 12a. pasture and 25s. 6d. rent of free tenants held of John de [Burnell] by homage and fealty only.
Polyngton in Balne. Thirteen shillings and fourpence rent from free tenants held of Sir Henry, duke of Lancaster, as of the honour of Pontefract by homage and fealty only.
The goods and chattels of the said John are in the custody of William his brother and Margaret his wife. The said William, John de Malet, who married the aunt (materteram) of the said John, John de Hellay, who married the said John’s sister, are the nearest relations and friends of the said John &c. and can best have the guardianship of him.
C. Edw. III. File 125. (25.)
143. THOMAS DE CARLTON.
Writ missing.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Penreth, Monday the feast of St. John before the Latin Gate, 27 Edward III.
Penreth. A messuage and two bovates of land held of the king in chief by petty serjeanty and by service of rendering 5s. yearly at the exchequer of Carlisle; a messuage and two bovates of land of the king’s ancient demesne of the king’s manor of Penreth held of the king by rendering 6s. 8d. yearly.
He died on 20 September, 24 Edward III. John his son, aged 30 years, is his heir.
E. Inq. P.M. File 12. (19.)
144. WILLIAM CROCHEMAN.
Writ not enrolled.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Great Sampford, Thursday the eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 27 Edward III.
Great Sampford. 154a. 1r. arable, 4a. meadow, 1a. pasture, 3 1/2a. wood and 18d. rent held of Joan, daughter and heir of William de Welle, as of the manor of Great Sampford, in the king’s custody by the death of William de Welle and the minority of the said Joan, by knight’s service and by service of rendering 35s. 10d. at the said manor, which rent was reckoned in the extent of the manor made after the death of William de Welle and delivered to Guy de Bryen who has the custody of the manor, which is held of the king in chief.
William Crocheman died about Whitsunday, 25 Edward III, leaving one son and heir, a minor.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 92. (1d.)