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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 129

Pages 171-194

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 129

193. WILLIAM DE CLYNTON, LATE EARL OF HUNTINGDON.
Writ, 18 August, 28 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Wynchefeld, Thursday after St. Michael, 28 Edward III.
Wynchefeld. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held as of the right of Juliana his wife, who survives.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
(Date of death and heir not given.)
Writ, 18 August, 28 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Coggeshale, Thursday after St. Michael, 28 Edward III.
Wyggebergh. The manor held jointly with Richard Dallesle, who survives, of the lady of Burgh (de domina de Burgo) by knight’s service.
Thuriton and Southanyngfeld. The manors and the hamlet of Fange, with the advowson of the church of Thuriton held of the right of Juliana his wife, who survives, of her dower of the inheritance of the heir of Laurence de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, tenant in chief, a minor in the king’s wardship.
He died on 25 August last. John, son of John de Clynton, brother of the deceased, aged 24 years and more, is his heir.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Pyriton, Friday after the feast of St. Michael, 28 Edward III.
Pyritone. A moiety of the manor held by letters patent dated at Westminster, 15 May, 28 Edward III (recited), quoting an inquisition taken by John de Coggeshale, escheator, finding that Joan, late the wife of David de Caunton, knight, held in demesne as of fee tail a moiety of the manor of Piriton of the king in chief, of the gift of Adam Doverton, parson of the church of Ibestoke, and Henry de Sudyngton, parson of the church of Esshetesford, to the said David (now deceased) and Joan and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to William de Clynton, earl of Huntyngdon, and his heirs; that said David and Joan had a daughter born in Ireland, but whether surviving or not is not known; and that the said moiety is held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee [see No. 176 above 127 (15)], the king having committed it to the said earl, to hold from the time of the said Joan’s death as long as the said moiety should remain in the king’s hand, rendering to the Exchequer the extent thereof in the event of the issues of the said moiety pertaining to the king of right.
Juvelesbury. The manor held of the right of Juliana his wife, who survives, of her dower after the death of John de Hastynges, knight, the reversion of the said manor belonging to John de Clynton, knight. Tenure not known.
Date of death and heir, John de Clynton, as above.
Writ, 18 August, 28 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Northampton, Saturday the feast of St. Luke, 28 Edward III.
Toucestre. The manor (extent given) held of the dower of Juliana his wife after the death of John de Hastynges, her first husband, of the earl of Gloucester by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee. The extent includes rents in the hamlets of Kaldecote, Burkote, Foxcote, Apethorp and Buckeby.
Toucestre. A messuage, 4a. arable and 2a. meadow acquired of Walter le Warde, held in chief of the manor of Toucestre by fealty, a yearly rent of 40d. and suit of court every three weeks.
He died on Monday after St. Bartholomew last. John de Clynton, his brother (germanus), aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 28 August, 28 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Worfeld, Wednesday after St. Andrew, 28 Edward III.
Worfeld. The manor held of the dower of Juliana his wife, of the inheritance of the heir of Laurence Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, a minor in the king’s wardship. [Date of death as above.]
Writ, 28 August, 28 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Suthwerc, 31 October, 28 Edward III.
Southwerk. A messuage with a curtilage called ‘Beverestenement’ held of the abbot of Battle, service not known, charged with 6s. 8d. yearly to Henry Pikard for having a way thereto; a messuage called ‘Hastyngesyn’ held as of the right of Juliana his wife, who survives, of her dower after the death of John de Hastynges, of the abovesaid inheritance, of the bishop of Winchester by service of 11s. yearly.
He died on August 25 last. Heir, John de Clynton, his nephew, aged 26 years and more.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Hertefeld, 26 October, 28 Edward III.
Wythyhamme. Tenements called ‘Blakehamme’ held of the prior of Mortayn as of the manor of Wythyhamme by service of rendering 4l. yearly and by suit of court there every three weeks.
Hertefeld. Tenements called ‘Covelynghurst’ held of Reynold de Cobeham by service of 3s. 4d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death and heir as in the preceding.
Writ, 28 August, 28 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Marlebergh, Monday after St. Matthew, 28 Edward III.
Somerford Kaynes. The manor held for his life of the king, of the king’s gift, the reversion belonging to the king.
Littleton. The manor held of the right of Juliana his wife, who survives, as her dower &c. as above.
Date of death as above. His heir not known.
Writ, 28 August, 28 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inq. taken at Wynchecombe, Saturday the feast of St. Luke, 28 Edward III.
Gutyng. The manor, with the hamlets of Kynton, Berton, Thornhull, Holford and Cotesden, and services belonging to the said manor in the towns of Beryngton, Little Rysyndon, Sloughtre, Frompton Felde, Gloucester, Wynchecombe, Aldrynton, Wormynton, Condicote, Bradewell, Newynton, Nethergutyng, Salperton, Shupton, Doudeswell, Kulkerton, Weston Brut, Hampton Meisy, and in the hamlets of Hertford, Gretton, Grete, Holdebury, Pettelesworth, Temple Anneford and Foxcote; held jointly with Juliana his wife, together with the hamlets of Filkyng, Kelmescote and Halewell, and services in the towns of Bradewell and Cornwell, co. Oxford, Pulton and Sevenhampton, co. Wilts, and Berlyngham, co. Worcester, of the king in chief by knight’s service.
He died on Sunday after St. Bartholomew last. John de Clynton, aged 30 years, is his heir.
Writ, 28 August, 28 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Elham, Monday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 28 Edward III.
Folkston. 13a. land held of Master Nicholas de Sandwico, in gavelkind, of his manor of Folkston by service of 3s. 4d. yearly and suit of court at his said manor every three weeks.
Esshe. A third part of the manor of Goldstanton held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Esshe. A toft, 42a. marsh held of the same archbishop in gavelkind, by service of 23s. yearly at his manor of Wyngham and suit of court every three weeks; 10a. marsh held of the earl of Oxford in gavelkind, by service of 2s. yearly and suit of court every three weeks at his manor of Flete; and 36a. arable held of the heirs of William de Leghe by service of 13s. yearly, and a windmill there held of the same heirs.
Wyngeham. A messuage, 55a. arable and 4a. marsh held of the heir of William Sevantz, by service of 25s. 9d. and seven hens yearly and of Juliana de Leiborne, countess of Huntyngdon, by service of 15s. 4d. and four hens yearly; and 14 1/2qrs. palm barley and 3s. yearly rent held of the heir of the same William and of the said countess.
St. Nicholas in the isle of Thanet. A messuage, a dovecot and 80a. arable held of the aforesaid archbishop by service of 6s. 6d. and five hens yearly at his manor of St. Nicholas and by suit of court every three weeks and of Thomas Chicche by service of ten bushels of barley and two hens yearly.
Huntynton. The manor held of the same archbishop by homage and suit of court at the palace of Canterbury every three weeks; 80a. of land held of John le Grey of Codenore of his manor of Eillesford by service of 20s. yearly and suit of court at that manor every three weeks. The said manor and 80a. are worth nothing yearly beyond the said services because Eleanor, late the wife of John Giffard, knight, receives therefrom 40 marks yearly for her life, and the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 6l. yearly in frank almoin.
Hertlepe. 200a land and wood held of the court of Middelton and of the heirs of Roger de Leibourne as of the manor of Gore by service of 14s. 8d. yearly.
He held no more lands &c. in the county, except those which he held jointly with Julia (sic) his wife for his life, viz. the manors of Prestone, Dene, Westgate, Ripple, Hamme, Eshe, Esshetesford, Berton, Pakemanston, Colbrugge, Beaureper, Herietesham, Eslyng, Godwynston, Gore, Mere, Langele, Woteryngbery, Leibourne, Slarhull, Wedeslade, Eynesforde, Bykenore, Bromsmythe, Elmerston and Overland.
Writ, 28 August, 28 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Sutton, 9 October, 28 Edward III.
Sutton. The manor held of Mary, countess Marshal, by service of three knights’ fees by way of dower of Juliana his wife from John de Hastyngs, sometime her husband.
Wynferthyng. The manor held of the king as of the honour of Hakenet by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee by reason of the same dower.
Asshele. The manor held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee by reason of the same dower.
He died on 23 August last. John, son of John de Clynton, brother of deceased, aged 23 years and more, is his heir.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Otteleye, 13 October, 28 Edward III.
Ottelye. The manor held of the lady of Clare as of the honour of the castle of Clare by knight’s service as of right of the aforesaid Juliana’s dower.
Reydon. The manor held of the lady le Fiz Wauter by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee by reason of the same dower.
Date of death and heir as in preceding.
Writ, 28 August, 28 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Inq. taken at Boseworth, 20 September, 28 Edward III.
Snarkeston and Dadelyngton. The view of frankpledge.
Burbache. The advowson of the church of Burbache.
Ibestoke. The advowson of the church.
Shakereston. The advowson of the church.
All held of the right of Juliana his wife, who survives, of her dower of the inheritance of the heir of Laurence de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
WARWICK. Inq. taken at Shustok, 24 September, 28 Edward III.
Neothere Whitacre. A moiety of a messuage, a carucate of land, 6a. wood, 4a. meadow and 10s. rent held of Baldwin de Frivyll, knight, by knight’s service.
Amynton. A moiety of a messuage and of a carucate of land held of John de Clynton, knight, by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county in demesne as of fee.
Kynnesbury. A messuage and a carucate of land held for his life jointly with John de Clynton, knight, who survives, of John de Bracebrugge by service of 2s. yearly.
Maxstoke and Shustoke. The manors held for life by demise of the said John de Clynton for a yearly farm, with reversion to the said John and his heirs. The manor of Maxstoke is held of the heir of John de Oddyngeseles, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. The manor of Shustoke was lately held by John de Moubray of the king in chief, and by the king’s licence was enfeoffed to the said earl, who afterwards gave it to the prior and convent of Maxstoke in frank almoin; the said prior and convent gave it to John de Clynton, knight, in exchange for lands &c. in Maxstoke, and afterwards the said John demised it to the said earl for his life as above.
Allesleye, Filungleye, Burthyngbury and Fulbrok. The manors and two parts of the manor of Aston Cauntelowe, and the advowsons of the churches of Allesleye and Burthyngbury and of the chapel of Fulbrok held in right of the aforesaid Juliana’s dower of the inheritance of the heir of the aforesaid Laurence de Hastynges.
Aston Cauntelowe. A third part of the manor held by the king’s commission, rendering to the keeper of the king’s wardrobe 20l. yearly, for how long the jurors know not.
He held no other lands &c., in the county.
Date of death not known. John de Clynton, knight, his kinsman, aged 26 years and more at Easter last, is his heir.
WARWICK. Inq. taken at Shustok, 24 September, 28 Edward III.
Shustok. The manor held for life by demise of John de Clynton, with the king’s licence, of the king in chief with reversion to the said John, who survives, and his heirs. The extent includes a chief messuage, 2 carucates of land, a water-mill and a park.
Nether Whitacre. A third part of the manor, and a messuage and one carucate of land in Kynesbury, held in fee of the earl of Warwick.
Allesleye, Filungleye, Burthingbury and Fulbroke. The manors held in right of Juliana his wife as her dower, of the inheritance of the heir of the earl of Pembroke, deceased.
He held no other lands, &c., in the county.
He died the 24 August last.
Writ of certiorari, 8 February, 29 Edward III, concerning lands &c. in Kent held by the deceased, to him and the heirs male of his body, of which no mention is made in the inquisition taken after his death.
KENT. Inq. taken at Wikham Brewes, Friday after St. Valentine, 29 Edward III.
Besides the lands &c. returned in the other inquisition, he held 220l. rent yearly to himself and the heirs male of his body, as follows: From the farm and issues of the county, 160l.; from the farm of the town of Sandwich, 50l.; and from the farm and issues of the seven hundreds in the said county, 10l.; all granted to him after he married Juliana, now countess, by the king’s charter. He died without heir male of his body on Monday after St. Bartholomew last. He held no more lands &c. in the county to himself and the heirs male of his body.
Writ of certiorari, 8 February, 29 Edward III, similar to preceding, touching lands &c. in Cambridge and Huntingdon.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Cambridge, Saturday before St. Matthias, 29 Edward III.
He held 33l. 6s. 8d. rent yearly to himself and the heirs male of his body, of the king by the king’s gift, from the farm and issues of the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, to be received by the hands of the sheriff.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. taken at Huntingdon, Friday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 29 Edward III.
20l. yearly from the farm of the county, granted by the king under the king to him under the name and honour of earl of Huntingdon, to hold to himself and his heirs.
33l. 6s. 8d. rent yearly to himself and the heirs male of his body from the farm and issues of the counties of Huntingdon and Cambridge, as above.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (1.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 104 and 105. (1.)
194. ROBERT, SON AND HEIR OF ROGER BATE of Hacunby.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Robert, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Maud, late wife of the said Roger Bate. 3 May, 28 Edward III.
Endorsed that the said Maud was warned to be present.
LINCOLN. Proof of age taken at Hacunby in the parish church, Wednesday after St. Bartholomew, 28 Edward III.
Robert Bagot, aged 60 years and more, says that the said Robert was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Nicholas last, and he knows because the said Robert was born at Hacunby and baptized in the font of the church of St. Andrew there by a priest called Sir Alan de Kirkeby on the same day, and witness had a boy called William born on the same feast, who is 21 years of age, who began his journey to the Holy Land at the Purification last.
John Bagot of Hacunby, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of St. Michael preceding he took a wife called Agnes, who bore a son called William, who on the feast of Holy Trinity last took priest’s orders.
John, son of John de Steynweyth, aged 56 years, agrees and says that his father died at the Purification then next following, and he knows by the date of his will in the same year.
Robert, son of John Walgot, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that at the Epiphany then next following he began his journey to Santiago and stayed there one year, and 20 years have elapsed since his return to England.
John Smyth of Steynwayth, aged 60 years, agrees and says that John Felton was sometime lord of Hacunby, as of the right of Maud de Hauvill, his wife; and this John de Felton demised to him certain lands &c. to farm by indentures, by the dates of which he knows the said age.
John Baillif of Dounesby, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that at the Purification then next following he began his journey to Flanders with wools to be sold there, and at the same time gave all his lands &c. to certain men, and by the date of the charters the age fully appears.
John del Vaa of Hacunby, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that at the feast of St. Michael then next preceding he was attached with John de Felton, then lord of the said town, to be his chamberlain.
Hugh Bridde of Steynwayth, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that he acquired certain lands &c. at Christmas then next following and the muniments thereof ratify the date.
Thomas de Birton of Steynwayth, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that at Easter then next preceding he was of full age and received his inheritance.
William Knot of Staynweyth, aged 54 years and more, agrees and says that at the feast of St. Hilary then next following he obtained in the king’s court certain writs against Roger Bate, father of the said John (sic), touching certain lands &c. in Hacunby, the transcripts of which still remain in his possession.
William de Wywell of Dounesby, aged 50 years, agrees and says that on the same feast of St. Nicholas he had a son, called William, buried in the said church, since which 21 years have elapsed.
Thomas de Blaunkenay of Dunnesby, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that he was present at the baptism and serving in the office of clerk, and at Easter following he began a yearly pilgrimage to Canterbury (cepit quandam peregrinacionem versus Cantuarienc’ annuatim faciendam), and since then 21 years have elapsed, whence he knows it, and by other sure evidences.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (2.)
195. WILLIAM, SON AND HEIR OF HENRY DE FERARIIS.
Writ to the escheator to take proof of the age of the said William, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Philippa, queen of England, and Edward, prince of Wales. 1 March, 28 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Proof of age taken at Leicester, 10 March, 28 Edward III.
William Motoun, knight, aged 60 years and more, says that the said William was 21 years of age on 28 February last, having been born at Neubold and baptised in the church of St. Mary there on 28 February, 7 Edward III; and this he knows because, on the day of the said William’s birth, he saw the rector of the church enter in a missal there the day and year of the said William’s birth.
Richard de Shulton, knight, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that in the summer following the said William’s birth he was in the retinue (comitiva) of the said Henry de Ferariis, father of the said William, in Scotland.
John Waleys, knight, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that Oliver Waleys, his father, died at Easter after the said William’s birth.
Thomas Malesores, knight, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that he purchased a messuage and a carucate of land in Lobenham, co. Leicester, from John de Harebergh, on the feast of St. Gregory next after the said William’s birth.
William de Flaumvyll, knight, aged 45 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of St. Gregory next after the said William’s birth he married Margaret de Stoke, his wife.
John Leure, aged 53 years and more, agrees and says that he was in the service of Henry de Ferariis, the father, in the same year 7 Edward III, in Scotland.
William de Breodon, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that John, his son, was born on the feast of St. Gregory next after the said William’s birth, and he has hitherto reckoned the said John as of the same age as (choetaneum) the said William.
Richard del Temple, aged 56 years and more, agrees and says that on the feast of the Annunciation next after the said William’s birth his innocent son, William, aged two years, was burned by accident on account of which he and his wife started on the morrow on their way to Lincoln to do penance (causa penitendi).
Robert Raven, aged 48 years and more, agrees and says that at the time of the said William’s birth he was chamberlain of Henry Ferariis, the father, in Scotland, and he knows by a messenger of the said Henry coming thither with letters making mention of the said William’s birth.
John de Stapelton, aged 46 years and more, agrees and says that one John de Longe was slain at Boseworth on Palm Sunday after the said William’s birth, for whose death he was maliciously indicted, and on the next coming of the justices to those parts was faithfully and graciously delivered.
William Leuere, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that in Easter week after the said William’s birth he started on a pilgrimage to St. Thomas of Lancaster at Pontefract, and in going thither his brother Geoffrey died suddenly.
John de Sadyngton, aged 60 years and more, agrees in all things with the aforesaid William Leure.
The escheator warned Philippa, queen of England, at the manor of Groby, co. Leicester, by Richard de Foxton, the sheriff’s deputy, but she came not, nor did anyone on her behalf. As to warning Edward, prince of Wales, the sheriff returned that the said prince has no lands nor attorney in the county so far as he could ascertain.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (3.)
196. JOHN DE PAVELY, BROTHER AND HEIR OF LAURENCE DE PAVELY.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, who was born at Hoghton by Norhampton, and baptised in the church there, whose lands &c. are in the custody of William de Stury. 28 June, 28 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Proof of age taken at Houghton by Northampton, Saturday after the Nativity of the Blessed Mary, 20 (sic) Edward III.
Thomas Pavely, aged 58 years and more, says that the said John was 21 years of age on the feast of SS. Processus and Martinianus, 28 Edward III, and this he knows because Robert Pavely, father of the said John, and himself were at Norhampton at the county [court] on the same day, and a groom came from Houghton and reported to the said Robert that his wife was delivered of a son.
Roger Pavely, aged 56 years and more, agrees and says that in the year of the said John’s birth there was a great fire at Little Houghton by Houghton, and the whole town was almost burnt, and the said John, lying in a cradle, was carried into a field for fear of the fire.
John de Cogenho, aged 62 years and more, agrees and says that his mother was godmother (materna) of the said John Pavely, and he was at Houghton with his mother for the baptism of the said John Pavely.
John atte Grene, aged 66 years and more, agrees and says that he was taken by the king’s precept to answer John, son of Nicholas Pavely, in a plea of trespass and the sheriff then took him to the castle of Norhampton, and Robert Pavely stood bail for him and told the said sheriff of his son, this heir.
William de Pyrye, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that John Goddes de Pyrye was godfather of the said heir, and he was at Houghton by Norhampton with the said John when he baptised the heir.
Richard de Hardeshull, aged 62 years and more, agrees and says that John de Wydevill was the other godfather of the said heir, and he was at Houghton by Norhampton with the said John de Wydevill when he baptised the said heir, and immediately after Robert, father of the said heir, went into Scotland when the king’s army was at Halydonhull.
Richard de Caysho, aged 64 years and more, agrees and says that on the same day the wife of John de Catysden of Houghton was buried in the cemetery of Houghton and he was at the burial, and whilst in the church for that purpose the said heir was brought to the door of the church for baptism.
John atte Temple, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that a contention arose (movebatur) between John Noreys of Houghton and William atte Grene of Houghton, and he was present when John, son of Nicholas Pavely, struck John Noreys and inflicted on him a grievous wound and broke his arm, and it was said then in Houghton that Robert Pavely had his son at the church to be baptised.
John de Walcote, aged 60 years and more, agrees and says that the gable (gabla) of the south aisle (ale) of Houghton church was at that time broken down and under repair when the said heir was baptised.
Richard de Stone of Houghton, aged 56 years and more, agrees and says that the church of Little Houghton was polluted and the bishop of Lincoln came there immediately after to reconcile it and came to Houghton by Norhampton and there ate with Robert Pavely, father of the said heir, in his manor and confirmed the said heir.
John Barkere, aged 56 years and more, agrees and says that immediately after the quinzaine of the said heir’s birth the rector of the church of Houghton caused him and others of the town of Houghton to be summoned before the bishop for not enclosing the churchyard, and it was enjoined on him to go for three days round the church of Houghton with a candle in his hands, and he made fine of half a mark for his penance, and of this, on the supplication of Robert de Pavely, father of the said heir, 40d. were pardoned.
Ralph Broun of Houghton, aged 52 years and more, agrees and says that in the same year he was Robert de Pavely’s bailiff of his manor of Houghton, and on the same day rendered his full account and had acquittance, by the date of which he well remembers the said age.
The aforesaid William Stury was duly warned and came by Walter Howys, his attorney, and made no objection.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (4.)
197. ROGER DE CUYLLY, SON AND HEIR OF HUGH DE CUYLLY.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Roger, son and heir of Hugh, who held by knight’s service of Lionel, earl of Ulster, the king’s son, a minor in the king’s wardship. 6 May, 28 Edward III.
WARWICK. Proof of age taken at Cruddeworthe, 12 May, 28 Edward III.
Peter Aleyn, aged 60 years, says that the said Roger was 21 years of age on 26 September last, having been born at Cruddeworth and baptised in the church there on 26 September, 6 Edward III; and this he knows because Robert de Wavere, rector of the said church, caused the day and year of the birth to be entered in a missal there and the said Peter Aleyn saw it.
William son of Ellis, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that the said church of Cruddeworth was polluted by the effusion of blood on the feast of St. Michael next after the said Roger’s birth.
Adam Hulot, aged 50 years, and William Fox, aged 48 years, agree and say that in the week after the said feast of St. Michael after Roger’s birth they were sent, on behalf of the parishioners, to Roger, bishop of Chester, to reconcile the said church by reason of the aforesaid pollution.
Ralph Ball, aged 60 years, agrees and says that John his son was born on the feast of St. Luke after the said Roger’s birth, and until now he has accounted his son as of the same age as the said Roger.
William Aleyn, aged 44 years and more, agrees and says that on the morrow of the feast of St. Michael after the said Roger’s birth he started on pilgrimage, in the company of neighbours, to St. Thomas of Canterbury.
Thomas de Dunton, aged 54 years, agrees and says that William de Dunton, his father, died on the feast of All Saints next after the said Roger’s birth, and he knows by the date of his father’s death recorded in a book of the aforesaid church.
Matthew Curteys, aged 40 years, agrees and says that on the feast of St. Michael next after the said Roger’s birth he married Ellen, daughter of Roger Broun.
John son of Stephen, aged 50 years, agrees and says that at the time of the said Roger’s birth he was bailiff of Roger de Cuylly, knight, of his manor of Dunton, and rendered an account at the feast of St. Michael then next following, and he knows by the date of his acquittance.
William le Verite, aged 53 years, agrees and says that on the feast of SS. Simon and Jude next after the said Roger’s birth he purchased a messuage and 40a. land of Robert le Freemon in Cruddeworth, and he knows by the date of the charter then made.
William son of Ellis, aged 44 years, agrees and says that he was a witness named in the said charter and was present at the seisin.
John Skyl, aged 52 years, agrees in all things with the aforesaid John (sic).
C. Edw. III. File 129. (5.)
198. JOHN, SON AND HEIR, OF JOHN DE ERLEGH.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, whose lands &c. are in the custody of the prior of Bustlesham by the demise of William de Monte Acuto, late earl of Salisbury, to whom the king committed the custody thereof. 4 December, 28 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Proof of age taken at Durston, Thursday after St. Nicholas, 28 Edward III.
Thomas de Nyweton, aged 60 years and more, says that the said John is 21 years of age, and this he knows because on 29 November, 6 Edward III, the said John was born at Durston and baptised in the church there. He was present at the baptism, and John de Somerton, then abbot of Mochelneye, was godfather of the said John and caused the day and year of the said birth to be written in the missal of Durston.
John de Somerton, aged 58 years and more, agrees and says that he was with the said heir’s father and was present at the baptism on 29 November, 6 Edward III.
Walter atte Walle, aged 50 years, John Parson, aged 70 years, and John Ive, aged 54 years, say that the said John, son and heir, is of full age and they know because on the feast of St. Michael, 6 Edward III, next before the said birth John de Erlegh, the heir’s father, sold them 40qrs. of wheat and by the date of a bond made on that occasion the age of the said heir is well known to them.
Peter Blake, aged 50 years and more, says that on the feast of St. Matthew, 6 Edward III, he married Juliana, daughter of John atte Wode, and that the said heir was born on the following 29 November at Durston and baptised in the church there.
Robert Maunsel, aged 60 years, John Boncorps, aged 59 years, Robert Stylard, aged 49 years, and Nicholas Elveworthe, aged 56 years, agree with all the above jurors, and they know because one John Fynel laid an information against them in the King’s Bench, 6 Edward III, returnable on the quindene of St. Martin in the same year, and on Christmas day after the said birth he released all manner of actions against them.
John Wyther, aged 60 years, and John Medehey, aged 58 years, agree and say that on the feast of All Souls, 6 Edward III, viz. next before the said birth, Philip, father of the said John Wyther died, and on the same day made his will and appointed the said John and John his executors, and by the date of the will the said age is well known to them.
The prior of Bustlesham was duly warned to be present, but came not nor sent anyone on his behalf.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (6.)
199. EDWARD, SON AND HEIR OF ROGER DE STOKKE.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Edward, whose lands &c. are in the king’s custody. He was born at Rusteshale and baptised in the church there. 10 October, 28 Edward III.
WILTS. Proof of age taken at Rusteshale, Monday before St. Luke, 28 Edward III.
All the jurors say that he was born and baptised as above on the feast of the Passion of St. Thomas the Martyr, 5 Edward III, and this they know as follows:—
John de Rusteshale was in the church when the said Edward was baptised and was his godfather.
Nicholas Hoscarl in the week following the said birth married Margery, relict of John le Eyr of Rusteshale.
John atte Mersshemull was in the church when the said Edward was baptised, and Joan his wife was a godmother.
Peter atte Berne in the same year and about the same time married Maud his wife.
Michael Skillyng, because in the same year John his brother was born, and immediately afterwards died.
John de Cherlton and Peter de Cherlton, because in the same year Simon, their father, died in the same town.
Geoffrey le Blount, because in the same year he had a son born, named Richard, of his wife Margaret.
Thomas le Blount, because in the same year Richard, his father, received the order of knighthood.
Richard le Clerk was in the church when the said Edward was baptised, serving the priest who baptised him.
Ralph le Marchal in the same year had a son born, named William, who was baptised in the church about the same time.
John Cok, because in the same year John Cok his father died.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (7.)
200. WILLIAM, SON OF AUBREY (Albrici) DE WITTELBURY, BROTHER AND HEIR OF THOMAS DE WITTELBURY.
Writ of certiorari to the abbot of Peterborough, as to whether the said William assumed the religious habit in the said abbey or not, and if so, whether he was professed in the said habit or not, and if so, on what day. 8 July, 28 Edward III.
The abbot’s reply is endorsed: The said William assumed the religious habit in the said abbey on Sunday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 27 Edward III, and was professed therein in the said abbey on Sunday before Ascension day, 28 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (8.)
201. JOHN, SON OF AUBREY (Albrici) DE WITTELBURY, BROTHER AND HEIR OF THOMAS DE WITTELBURY.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John. 20 August, 28 Edward III.
RUTLAND. Proof of age taken at Wissynden, 14 September, 28 Edward III.
Walter de Wympton, aged 50 years, of free condition, says that the said John was 21 years of age on the feast of St. Margaret last, having been born at Wissynden on that feast and baptised in the church there, and he knows because Sir John de Wittelbury, knight, was slain at Wissynden on Friday before the said feast of St. Margaret, eighteen years ago, for the said day is inserted in a certain calendar in the church of Wissenden, and at that time the said John son of Aubrey was 3 years of age and more and the said Walter had a son born, whose age he well knows.
Thomas Thop of Wissynden, aged 40 years and more, of free condition, agrees and says the said John son of Aubrey was for a year after his baptism at his father’s manor at Wissynden and for two years following at the house of Roger Balle in the same to be nursed (ad nutriendum); and then on Friday before the feast of St. Margaret Sir John de Wittelbury was slain, from which day eighteen years have elapsed, because the day of his death is inserted and is sufficiently known to all of the said town, who then had discretion; and besides, the day of the said Sir John’s death and the day of the birth of the said John son of Aubrey are alike inserted in the calendar of the missal of the church of Wissynden, and the age of all the children of the said Sir John and of those of the said Aubrey de Wittelbury.
William Chaumberleyn of Wyssynden, aged 40 years and more, of free condition, agrees and says as the aforesaid Thomas, and says further that a proclamation was made there of archery on the Nativity of St. John the Baptist before the death of the said Sir John, and then, by award of good men of the country, a barbed arrow was delivered to his father as the best archer there; and then, on Friday next before St. Margaret last eighteen years had elapsed, as is shown by the writing in the missal.
John de Bryngton of Wissenden, aged 40 years, of free condition, agrees in all things with the last.
John son of William, son of Richard of Wissynden, aged 50 years and more, of free condition, agrees and says that he lifted the said John son of Aubrey from the sacred font in the parish church of the said town, and moreover acquired a parcel of land in Wissenden on the same day, and by the date of his charter he well knew the day of the birth.
John, son of Hugh le Clerk of Wissynden, aged 40 years and more, of free condition, agrees and says that his mother was midwife when the said John was born, and besides he has read in the calendar of the missal, in which is inserted the day of birth of the said John son of Aubrey and of all his brothers and sisters.
Henry de Braundeston of Bergh, aged 40 years and more, of free condition, agrees and says that his father died on the said feast of St. Margaret, and he has the day of his death written in a book that he may know the day of his anniversary.
Robert Roblyard of Bergh, aged 40 years and more, of free condition, agrees and says that he has a brother named John of the same age as the said John de Wittelbury, born on the same day and baptised on the same day in the parish church of Cottesmore, co. Rutland.
Richard, son of Maud de Cottesmore, aged 60 years, of free condition, agrees and says that he took of Sir William de Blount, knight, a messuage and a virgate of land in Cottesmore on the same day on which the said John son of Aubrey was born, and by the date of the writing he knows the said age.
William Halyok, aged 50 years and more, of free condition, agrees and says that he married his wife on the same feast of St. Margaret, since which 21 years have elapsed, for he has the day of his marriage in writing.
John in the Lane, of Cottesmore, aged 40 years, of free condition, agrees and says that he has a release and quitclaim from Thomas de Wympton of Wissenden of all actions real and personal, made at Wissynden on the day of the said John son of Aubrey’s birth and baptism, and by the date thereof he well knows the said age.
John Gyboun of Martynesthorp, aged 40 years, of free condition, agrees and says that Walter de Jernemuth of Cottesmore, who was at the churching of Joan, mother of the said John son of Aubrey, at a feast at Wissenden had the day of the said John’s birth written in a psalter of his.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (8a.)
202. ROGER DE CLIFFORD, BROTHER AND HEIR OF ROBERT DE CLIFFORD.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Roger, 21 July, 28 Edward III.
WESTMORELAND. Proof of age taken at Appelby, 10 August, 28 Edward III.
Thomas Lenglys, knight, aged 50 years and more, says that the said Roger was born at Burgham, co, Westmoreland, on 20 July, viz. on the feast of St. Margaret, 7 Edward III, and was baptised in the church there, and that the said Roger was 21 years of age on 20 July last, and this he knows because he was in the church and saw the said Roger baptised.
Ralph de Bethum, knight, aged 63 years and more, agrees and says that Isabel, mother of the said Roger, asked witness by her letters to be a godfather of the said Roger, and he did so and was present, and since then 21 years and more have elapsed.
Roger de Leyburn, knight, aged 53 years and more, agrees and says that Robert de Clifford, father of the said Roger de Clifford, asked him to be a godfather and he was so and was present, and named him, since when 21 years and more have elapsed.
Thomas de Blencansop, aged 60 years, agrees and says that Richard, his son, was born within three days after the birth of the said Roger de Clifford.
Thomas de Wardecopp, aged 52 years and more, agrees and says that on Monday after the said Roger’s birth he married Alice, daughter of Richard de Craven.
William de Wardecopp, aged 56 years and more, agrees and says that Henry de Wardecopp, his son, died on Wednesday before the said Roger’s birth.
Thomas de Halton, aged 58 years and more, agrees and says that on the said 20 July, 7 Edward III, he was in the household of the said Robert de Clifford, the father, and carried the said Roger in his arms from Burgham church.
William de Cracanthorp, aged 53 years and more, agrees and says that on the third day after the said Roger’s birth his manor of Crakanthorp was burned and destroyed by the Scots.
Christopher de Lancastre, aged 60 years, agrees and says that Hugh his son was drowned in the water of Eden on the same day that the said Roger was born.
Thomas de Smerdale, aged 57 years and more, agrees and says that one Richard de Sandeford on Sunday after the said Roger’s birth attacked him at Smerdale and wounded him and left him there half alive (semivivum).
Ralph de Baggeley, aged 52 years and more, agrees and says that … slew George de Baggeley, his son, at Neuton, co. Westmoreland, on the Tuesday before the said Roger’s birth.
Walter de Tyle, aged 54 years and more, agrees and says that Emma de Tyle, his mother, died on the Thursday before the said Roger’s birth.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (9.)
203. JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN LESTRAUNGE.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said John, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Richard, earl of Arundell. 20 March, 28 Edward III.
SALOP. Proof of age taken at Whitchirche, Thursday the feast of Corpus Christi, 28 Edward III, before the escheator and in presence of William de Banastre on behalf of the above earl.
Griffin de la Lee, aged 50 years, says that the said John was born at Blakemere and baptised in the church of Whitchirche about Easter, 6 Edward III, and this he knows because in that year he was steward of John Lestraunge the father.
John de Hynton, aged 52 years, agrees and says that his brother died in the same year.
Griffin de Warenne, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that he married his wife Alice in the same year.
William del Wodehous, aged 60 years, agrees and says that Richard, his son, was born in the same year.
John de Herford, aged 42 years, agrees and says that he bought a field by Whytchirche in the same year.
Roger de Foxcote, aged 50 years and more, agrees and says that John, his son, died in the same year.
Richard de Norton, aged 60 years, agrees and says that he began his journey to Santiago in the same year.
Geoffrey de Wylaston, aged 40 years, agrees and says that he was usher to John Lestrange the father in the same year.
John Pytte, aged 50 years, agrees and says that he was in the church when the said John was baptised.
William de Whitchirche, aged 40 years and more, agrees and says that he married Felicia his wife in the same year.
Philip de Blakemere, aged 60 years, agrees and says that he was in parts beyond the seas about business of the said John the father in the same year.
John de Felton, aged 50 years, agrees and says that in the same year he was wounded by robbers between Whitchirche and Shrewsbury.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (10.)
204. JOHN HANDLO.
Writ to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said John, 13 November, 28 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Wilton, Saturday the feast of St. Nicholas, 28 Edward III.
Fennisuttone. A messuage and a virgate of land in the hand of Henry Pelegrave, a free tenant, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 14 August, 20 Edward III. Nicholas Bernel, of full age, is his heir.
Writ of plenius certiorari to ascertain the estate of the deceased in the aforesaid tenements and who has been in possession since his death. 8 December, 28 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Wilton, Tuesday after St. Lucy, 28 Edward III
Fennysuttone. He held the premises as above. They are in the hand of Henry Pelegrave, parson of the said church, for his life of the gift of the said John, without rendering anything, as glebe of the church, and the said Henry has been in possession of the same from the day of his institution in the said church, long before the said John’s death, until now.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (11.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 102. (1.)
205. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE SAY, NOW THE WIFE OF MATTHEW DE FOULESHURST.
Writ of assignment of dower. Whereas the king, for a fine made by the said Matthew, pardoned him the trespass committed by himself and the said Margaret in marrying without the king’s licence; and on 10 February in the 24th year of his reign directed the escheator to assign to them the reasonable dower of the said Margaret of all the lands &c. late of the said Robert de Say, sometime her husband, and the escheator has not carried out the command; the king orders him to make the said assignment or to show cause why he has not done so. 6 November, 28 Edward III.
SALOP. Assignment of dower made by John de Shuynerton, escheator. Moorton Say, 27 January, 29 Edward III.
Moorton Say. Details of assignment, with field names and names of tenants, including the high chamber at the head of the hall by ‘Lappulhous,’ with its stairway (gradu) to the chapel; the moiety of the cellars below the said chamber, as the wall divides towards the chapel; the chapel and a chamber annexed thereto under one roof; the chamber called ‘Hugyneschaumbur’ under the gatehouse (subtus domus porte), with the stable under the said house; the third part of the cowshed towards the gate; the large grange, the old dovecot with the orchard called ‘Le Ympeorchart,’ and third parts of various fields &c.(boundaries given).
C. Edw. III. File 129. (12.)
206. WILLIAM DE HOTHOM, said to be an idiot.
Writ of plenius certiorari to John de Moubray and Thomas de Ingelby to ascertain if the said William is an idiot or not. 24 May, 28 Edward III.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of York, 24 May, 28 Edward III.
Mandate of the commissioners to the sheriff to have 18 jurors before them at York on Tuesday after Holy Trinity. York, Friday in Whitsun week, 28 Edward III.
Jury panel. (Undated.)
YORK. Inq. taken at York, Tuesday after Holy Trinity, 28 Edward III.
Copgrave. The said William has no lands &c. in the county except the manor of Copgrave, which he holds of the demise of a certain prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England for his life without paying any yearly rent. From his birth the said William was in no other state or condition than he is at present. He enjoys lucid intervals and was never an idiot. Twenty-nine years ago the then prior of the said hospital enfeoffed thereof the said William and a certain brother of the order (confratrem ipsius prioris) John de Hothom to hold for their fives, by pretext of which feoffment the said William and John jointly held the said manor for four years, and then the said William held it alone until the feast of St. Martin last after the said John’s death, when the said William demised the said manor to Master John de Barton, to hold for the said William’s life, at a rent of ten pounds of silver.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (13.)
207. ROGER POWER.
Writ after the death of the said Roger, who held by knight’s service of the heir of Margaret de Cornubia, a minor in the king’s wardship. 7 May, 28 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Bruggenorth, 20 February, 29 Edward III.
Remesleye. A messuage, 40a. land, 1a. meadow and 1a. wood held of the above heir by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 12 May, 26 Edward III. Roger Power, his son, aged 26 years and more at Christmas last, is his heir and was married to Katherine, daughter of John de Upton, who survives, in the lifetime of the deceased.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (14.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 105. (1.)
208. HENRY, SON OF ROBERT DE WYVERTON, of Cotegrave.
Writ, 20 January, 28 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM. Inq. taken at Nottingham, Monday after St. Valentine, 29 Edward III.
Wyverton. A messuage and 28a. land and meadow held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, by knight’s service, as much as pertains to a sixth part of a fifth part of a knight’s fee.
Wyverton and Colston Basset. 24a. land and meadow held of Hugh de Meynill, knight, by knight’s service.
Cotegrave. A messuage and a carucate of land held of Thomas Rosell by knight’s service.
He died on Sunday the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 28 Edward III. Margery, aged 34 years, Alice, aged 22 years, and Cicely, aged 17 years, his sisters, are his heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (15.)
209. WILLIAM DE BELLO CAMPO.
Writ, 26 September, 28 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Bristol in Templestret, Tuesday after St. Gregory, 29 Edward III.
Westcheleworthe. The manor held for his life of the king in chief, by demise of John la Warre, for a quarter of a knight’s fee, viz. by homage, fealty and, when the king’s scutage of 40s. shall happen, 5s., as parcel of the manor of Haraldes Ewyas. John la Warre, by fine levied in the king’s court, granted the reversion of the said manor, by the name of the manor of Cheleworthe, after the death of the said William and of Joan his wife, to Warin de Latymer and Katherine his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to the said John and his heirs. Afterwards the said Joan and also the said Warin died, the said William surviving; and he afterwards, on Monday the morrow of Palm Sunday, 28 Edward III, died; and by virtue of the said fine the said manor belongs of right to the said Katherine, who still survives.
He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (16.)
210. WILLIAM DE HOUTON.
Writ after the death of the said William, who held by knight’s service of the heir of William de Ros of Hamelhak, a minor in the king’s wardship. 1 December, 28 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at York, Wednesday in the third week of Lent, 29 Edward III.
Wartre. Fifteen tofts and seven bovates of land in the hands of tenants at will, who render 50s. yearly and 5s. yearly for farm of the mill, held of the aforesaid heir by homage and by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee; ten tofts and ten bovates of land held of the prior of Wartre by fealty and service of 6d. yearly.
Houton. Tenements held of Matthew son of Herbert by fealty and by service of 40s. yearly.
Wighton. Tenements held of the same Matthew by fealty and by service of 6s. 8d. yearly.
Siwardeby. Two tofts and six bovates of land held of Marmaduke le Conestable by knight’s service.
Repplyngham. Tenements held of William le Longe by fealty and by service of 6s. 8d. yearly.
Ellerker. A messuage and two bovates of land held of the prior of Malton by fealty and service of 6s. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 28 July last. William de Houton, his son, aged 15 1/2 years and more, is his heir, and is not married.
(At the top is a note that he married without the licence of William de Sandford, to whom the king committed the custody and marriage.)
C. Edw. III. File 129. (17.)
211. MARGARET, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BREWES or DE BREOUSE.
Writ, 14 January, 28 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Lincoln, Monday after the octave of St. Hilary, 29 Edward III.
Lee. John, son of Ralph de Trehampton, was seised of the manor until his death, after which the said Margaret, his sister and heir, was seised thereof, and afterwards she was married to John de Brewes, knight, who afterwards died: later the said Margaret was married to Norman de Swynford, knight, and the said Norman and Margaret gave a third part of the said manor of Lee and 63s. rent in Lee and Scothorn to Robert de Riby of Hekyngton and Walter de Poynton, who gave the said third part and the said rent to the said Norman and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Margaret. Afterwards John de Brewes, son and heir of John de Brewes, knight, released to Norman de Swynford all the right and claim which he had in the said manor of Lee, and so the said Norman now holds the said manor. It is held of John of Gaunt, earl of Richemund, by service of a knight’s fee. The said rent is held of the abbot of Barlynges by fealty only.
She died on Sunday after St. Nicholas, 28 Edward III. John de Brewes, her son, aged 26 years and more, is her heir.
Commission of plenius certiorari to William Dayncourt, Robert de Colvile and John de Houton, clerk, to ascertain whether John de Breouse is an idiot or nor, and if so, since when; whether in the time of his idiocy he has alienated any of his lands &c., whether he enjoys any lucid intervals &c. 19 January, 28 Edward III.
Mandate of the above commissioners to the sheriff of Lincoln to have a jury and the said John de Breouse before them at Lincoln on Friday after the Annunciation for the above purposes. Lincoln, 20 March, 29 Edward III.
Endorsed by Thomas de Fulnetby, the sheriff, that the said John de Breouse was not found in his bailiwick after this mandate was delivered to him, but that the panel is annexed.
Jury panel. (Undated.)
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Lincoln before the commissioners, Friday after the Annunciation, 29 Edward III.
The said John de Breouse has been an idiot from his birth, and still continues to be one.
Lee, Geytburton, Scothorn and Misyn. John de Trehampton was seised of the manors and died so seised. After his death Margaret, his sister and heir, entered upon them. She married John de Breouse, and they had issue John de Breouse, an idiot. Afterwards a fine was levied at York between the aforesaid John de Breouse and Margaret his wife and one John de Wynkefeld, whereby they recognised the said manors to be the right of the said John de Wynkefeld, who thereupon granted them to them and the heirs of their bodies. Afterwards the said John de Breouse died, and the said Margaret married Norman de Swynford, knight, and later they gave the said manors to Robert de Riby and Walter de Poynton, who by fine levied in the king’s court granted them to the said Norman and Margaret and the heirs of their bodies; by virtue of which feoffment they were seised thereof, and John de Breouse, idiot, quitclaimed to Norman all the right he had in the said manors. Afterwards the said Margaret died and the said Norman holds those manors by virtue of the quitclaim. The said Norman alienated the lands &c. which belonged to the aforesaid John de Breouse in Scothorn, viz. four messuages and four bovates of land, to Nicholas de Hynknoll and Eleanor his wife, which lands &c. Richard de Greye, knight, and the said Eleanor now hold. The manors of Lee and Geytburton are held of John of Gaunt (de Gandavo), earl of Richemond, by knight’s service; and the said tenements in Scothorn of the abbot of Barlyngs by certain services. No tenements in the county remain in the hand of the said John de Breouse, idiot. He has no goods or chattels in the county.
Commission to John de Lyseurs, knight, Thomas de Saundeby, knight, Edmund de Cornewaill, John de Ludyngton and Simon de Alyngton, clerk, to enquire as to alienations &c. of the lands of the inheritance of John de Breouse, idiot, since the death of Margaret his mother. 8 May, 29 Edward III.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Lincoln, 8 May, 29 Edward III.
Mandate of the commissioners to the sheriff to have William de Manby, knight, and others (named) and 24 jurors before them at Geynesburgh on Tuesday after the octave of Holy Trinity. Thunayk, Wednesday the eve of Corpus Christi, 29 Edward III.
Jury panel. (Undated.)
LINCOLN. Inq. taken before the commissioners at Gaynesburgh, Wednesday the feast of St. Botulph, 29 Edward III.
In the manor of la Lee is a chapel, founded time out of mind by the lords of that manor, in which were divers ecclesiastical ornaments given by the said lords to remain there for ever, viz. a chalice, price 13s. 4d.; a vestment entire (integrum) price 30s.; a cross of gold and silver, price 10l. There were also in the said chapel divers relics, a hand of St. Stephen, and a bell called ‘Mungowbelle,’ and divers other relics which John de Brewes, sometime lord of the said manor, conferred on the said chapel, which Norman de Swynford, knight, alienated and took away after the death of the aforesaid Margaret. He also sold to one John Spynk of Dunstall a plot of wood called ‘Dawboure’ in the wood of Lee, price seven marks, and the said John, after the said Margaret’s death, cut down the trees. Also the said Norman, after the said Margaret’s death, sold to Peter Hyne of Herpeswell 2a. wood in the said wood, and the said Peter cut down the trees. The said Norman, in the lifetime of the said Margaret his wife, sold to Robert Thorald and Thomas Justice of Gaynesburgh, in 27 Edward III, a plot of wood in the wood of Lee for 45l., to be cut and carried away within three years following. The said Margaret died on Sunday after St. Lucy, 28 Edward III, and after her death there were cut and carried away of those trees to the value of 17l.; and the said Norman sold to Ralph Sauvage of Gaynesburgh 2a. wood in the wood of Lee, and the said Ralph cut down those trees and carried them away. The said Norman also sold to John Spynk of Dunstall an acre of wood and other trees in the wood of Lee, which trees the said John cut down. The said Norman, after the said Margaret’s death, made waste &c. to the value of 60s. in the wood of Gaytburton, which is parcel of the manor of Lee, and expelled Helen Broune and Alice Tolman, bond tenants there, and gave them to John de Benyngworth. He also demolished a house in Lee and carried it to the manor of la Lee and there burnt the timber.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken before the said commissioners at Gaynesburgh, Wednesday the feast of St. Botulph, 29 Edward III.
(To the same effect as the preceding, but giving additional details of the spoils committed by the said Norman de Swynford, after the death of the said Margaret.)
The said Norman gave to John de Benyngworth, Denise Tolman, a bond tenant of Gaytburton, together with her goods and chattels, worth 40s., lands &c. in Torkesey, and 20s. in money. He also took away a door (ostium), a brass pot called ‘hamlyn,’ which was in the manor of Lee time out of mind, a cup (coupe) of silver with a lid, weighing 10lbs., price 10l. 10s., which Sir John de Brewes ordained to be an heirloom (de herede in heredem) in the manor, and a ring of gold with a sapphire stone, which was in the manor time out of mind. He also took away from the chapel a vestment in red velvet with all its apparel (apparatus), price 20s.; two ‘stydols’ of silk, price 6s. 8d.; a breviary, price 40s.; a ‘messal,’ price 4l.; a psalter, price 5s.; and two cruets (fiol’), price 5s. There were relics in the said chapel time out of mind, viz. a cross of gold, price 6l.; an arm with a hand of silver, in which were bones of St. Laurence, and some of the rock with which St. Stephen was stoned, value of the silver two marks; a crystal flask with a silver foot and a lid of silver, in which was milk of St. Katherine, value of gold and crystal 6s. 8d.; a bell called ‘Mungobell’ and a piece of the shirt (camisia) of St. Agatha and of the hair of the head of St. Margaret; which relics no one can appraise (summare); and a book called an Anphiner. The said Norman also took away divers utensils (enumerated) belonging to the heir in the manor of Lee, and he sold a plot of wood called Bromedaill to Robert Thorald and Thomas Justice of Gaynesburgh on Thursday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 27 Edward III, and they cut down the trees (details given). Similar sales of wood to Ralph Savage, John Spyng of Dunstall and Peter Hyne. Adam de Swynford also cut down three ash trees in Lee. The said Norman made waste in the wood of Gaytburton, which is parcel of the manor of Lee, by Richard de Ekeryng his bailiff, contrary to a prohibition of the king, of 1,000 ash trees and oaks. He also expelled Helen Broune and William Broun, bond tenants, and carried Helen to his manor of Haynton. Divers other spoils mentioned.
Commission to John de Houton, clerk [who takes the place of John de Lyseurs] and the others aforesaid, 11 July, 29 Edward III. To the same effect as the above commission of 8 May, 29 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Geynesburgh, Sunday before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 29 Edward III.
La Lee, Gaytbirton, Scothorn and Herlaston. John de Breouse, knight, died seised of the manors, and after his death Margaret his wife held the manors of la Lee, Gaytburton and Scothorn for her life by virtue of a fine levied in the king’s court at York between John de Breouse and Margaret his wife, complainants, and John de Wynkefeld and John de Malton, deforciants, whereby the latter granted the manors aforesaid to the former and the heirs of their bodies. Afterwards the said Margaret married Norman de Swynford, knight, who wasted, sold and expelled in the said manors. He gave a messuage and 30a. land in Scothorn to Nicholas de Henkenoll and Eleanor his wife and their heirs for ever; he gave them also three messuages and 1 1/2 bovates of land. The abbot of Barlings held certain tenements in Scothorn by service of 2s., a cock and two hens yearly. The said Norman, who had no right to the tenements aforesaid except for the lifetime of his wife, remitted to the said abbot and his successors for ever the said rent six years ago, to the disherison of the said John de Breouse, idiot. He committed waste &c. in houses in the manor, viz. in a hall, a grange and four other messuages in the town to the extent of 20l. Richard de Grey, knight, and Eleanor his wife committed like waste to the value of 40l. The said Norman further committed waste in the manor of Lee and Gaytburton worth 100 marks, demolishing and selling eight houses in la Lee and two cottages there, also divers houses in a perpetual chantry pertaining to the said manor. Further destruction of houses, gates, trees &c. by the said Norman to the value of 1,000 marks and more. John de Breouse purchased a plot in la Lee, called ‘le North Launay,’ whereof he died seised, and the said Norman held it for fourteen years after the said John’s death, which of right ought to have been in the king’s hand by reason of the idiocy of the said John, heir of the said John de Breouse. The said Norman for fourteen years charged the towns of Lee and Gaytburton with 18s. yearly, which the lords of the said manors paid to the king’s fifteenth.
John de Breouse died seised of the manor of Herlaston, which he held of the king in chief, and after his death John de Warrenne, earl of Surrey, seized the manor into his hand and gave it to the said Norman for his fee during the said earl’s life; after whose death the said Norman cut down and sold the said wood there and sold the manor to Edmund de Swynford, to hold to him and his heirs; and the said Edmund in his time demolished and sold a certain chamber, stable and grange in the said manor at the price of 40l. The said Norman occupied the said manor for eight years, the said Edmund for four years, and the said earl for two years.
Mandate from the commissioners to the sheriff of Lincoln to have the jury before them at Lee on Wednesday after Holy Trinity. Saundeby, the eve of Holy Trinity, 29 Edward III.
Jury panel. Headed, Geynesburgh. (Undated.)
Jury panel. Headed, Geynesburgh. (Undated.)
Jury panel. (Undated.)
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Grantham before the said commissioners on Saturday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 29 Edward III.
Herlaston. Edmund de Swynford was seised of the manor [which belonged to] John de Breouse, knight, and gave it to Roger de Cotes, parson of the church of Great Cotes, and Nicholas de Wadyngton, parson of the church of Werington, to hold to them and their heirs, whereby they were seised thereof and still are. The said Edmund, with the licence and consent of the said Roger and Nicholas, occupied the said manor after the death of the said Margaret and received the fruits and profits thereof and still receives them. No waste &c. was committed in the said manor after the said Margaret’s death. After the death of John de Breouse, John de Warrenne, earl of Surrey, entered upon the said manor and held it for two years, and afterwards granted it to Norman de Swynford, how to be held the jury know not. He held it for eight years and granted it to Edmund de Swynford, who held it for two years.
C. Edw. III. File 129. (18.)
212. JOHN DE HOLEFORD.
Writ (missing).
WORCESTER. Inq. made at Rydmareleye Dabytot, 20 June, 28 Edward III.
Rydmarley Dabytot. A messuage, 20a. land and 1a. meadow held of John de Sapy by service of 12d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in demesne as of fee in the county.
He died on 10 May last. Heir not known.
E. Inq. P.M. File 13. (5.)
213. ALAN GILLE.
Writ to Thomas Leggy, mayor of London and escheator, to enquire as to the land and heir of Alan Gille. 10 November, 28 Edward III.
Return. The execution of this writ, so far as taking an inquisition is concerned, appears in the annexed schedule. As for the writ to Adam Fraunceys, then mayor and escheator, to deliver the tenements late of Alan Gille to Thomas de Petrefeld, the said Alan disposed of (legavit) all his tenements in his last testament enrolled in the hustings of London, as appears by a schedule annexed to this writ and inquisition.
LONDON. Inq., 29 November, 28 Edward III.
Parish of St. Mary atte Hulle. Two tenements, one worth 8 marks yearly less 25s. 4d. to the abbot of Waltham Holy Cross and 20s. for repairs, and the other worth 4 marks less 1d. quitrent to the heirs of Neal de Hakeneye and 13s. 4d. for repairs, held of the king in chief as is the whole city.
He died on the morrow of the Nativity of the Virgin, 27 Edward III.
He had no heirs, so far as the jury can discover.
Writ to the same Thomas Leggy to take the aforesaid two tenements into the king’s hand as an escheat. 16 December, 28 Edward III.
[Return.] The said tenements were taken into the king’s hand on Monday after St. Thomas the Apostle, 28 Edward III.
Writ to the same Thomas Leggy. Whereas the king on 28 January last gave to Thomas de Petrefeld, his yeoman, the tenements in the parish of St. Mary atte Hulle by Billynggesgate, late of Alan Gille, who died intestate and without heir, Thomas Leggy is to deliver the same. 20 January, 28 Edward III. (See Calendar of Close Rolls, p. 44.)
[Return.] The tenements in question Adam Gille, in his testament proved and enrolled in the hustings of London, according to the custom of the city, left to Beatrice his wife for life, with permission to sell the reversion and spend the proceeds in masses for the souls of the deceased and certain others; and if she should die without so selling them her executors were to do so and use the proceeds in the same way. Therefore the escheator could not deliver the premises to Thomas de Petrefeld. (The will is calendared in Sharpe, Calendar of Wills proved in the Hustings of London, I, p. 673.)
Another copy of the above writ, dated 15 January, 28 Edward III. (Cf. Calendar of Close Rolls, p. 44.)
Writ of scire facias to the sheriffs of London, on the complaint of John de Dyngele and Beatrice his wife, late the wife of Alan Gylle, to warn Thomas de Petrefeld to appear on Wednesday in the first week of Lent next in Chancery to show cause why the premises should not be delivered to the said John and Beatrice. 8 February, 29 Edward III.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 108 (1, 2.)