Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 188

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 188


70.	EDWARD SON AND HEIR OF EDWARD DE MONTE ACUTO.
	Writ after the death of the said Edward, who died a minor in the king’s wardship. 13 January, 40 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Harliston, Saturday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 40 Edward III.
	Redinhale. Two-thirds of the manor, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 40d. yearly at the king’s castle of Norwich for ward. The said two-thirds are let at farm for 10l. a year. He died about Michaelmas, 37 Edward III. Etheldreda, his sister, aged 7 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (1.)
71.	PETER DE NEVILL, of Redburn.
	Writ, 1 August, 40 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Glaunfordbrigg, Wednesday after Michaelmas, 40 Edward III.
	Redburn. A messuage in ruins, 2 carucates of land, of which 60a. can be sown yearly, 16a. meadow and 2s. rent and 3/4lb. pepper, held of the king in chief as parcel of a barony. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 4 June, 40 Edward III. Roger his son, aged 3 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (2).
72.	MARGERY LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE NORWICO.
	Writ, 21 June, 40 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Bunggey, Saturday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 40 Edward III.
	Sculthorp. A third part of the manor, held for life by way of dower, of the inheritance of John son of Walter de Norwico, by endowment of the aforesaid John de Norwico, formerly her husband. The manor is held of the king in chief, service not known. She died on Monday after St. Barnabas last. John son of Walter son of the aforesaid John and Margery, aged 14 years at the feast of St. Luke last, is heir of the same John and Margery.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Metyngham, Friday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 40 Edward III.
	Ilketleshale. The manor (extent given), held jointly with John her husband by gift of William de Bergh to them for their lives, with remainder to Walter son of the said John and the heirs male of his body, by a fine levied in the king’s court. The manor is held of William Trussel, service not known. Schepmedwe. The manor (extent given), and 3 carucates of land in Metyngham, Schepmedwe, Ilketlishale, Barsham and Bekkles, held jointly as above, by gift of Henry de Harnhull to the said John and Margery for their lives, with remainder to Walter their son and the heirs male of his body. Walter died five years ago. The manor is held of William Trussel, service not known. One carucate of the three, in Metyngham, on 30a. of which is a castle newly built, is held of John de Lynne, clerk, by service of 12d. yearly. The other two carucates are held of William Ufford, knight, by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee. Melles. The manor, held of Edmund de Thorp, knight, service not known. Brounfeld. A moiety of the manor, held of the heirs of John de Nerford together with the other moiety, service not known. She held the said manor and moiety jointly as above, to her and the said John and the heirs of their bodies. Brounfeld. The said John and Margery acquired jointly a fourth part of the manor from Henry de Harnhull, knight, to hold to them and the heirs of John, by a fine levied in the king’s court; and afterwards the said John, long before his death, enfeoffed Miles de Stapilton, Thomas …., knight, William de Bregh (sic), parson of the church of Cantele, Ellis de Bentre, parson of the church of Dalham, and Hervey de Welham, parson of the church of Dalanghoo, thereof. Senaston (sic). 40a. land, 2a. meadow and an old mill, held jointly with John her husband, to them and the heirs of John, of Thomas Ufford, knight, service not known. Ilketlishale, Metyngham, Specceshale and South Helmam. A messuage and 40a. land formerly belonging to George atte Fen, held jointly, as last above, of William Trussel, service not known. Ilketlishale. The manor, formerly belonging to Emery de Welyngton, held of William de Ufford and the abbot of St. Edmund’s, service not known. Redesham Parva. The manor, formerly belonging to Oliver Stratton, knight, held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s, service not known. The above two manors she held jointly with John her husband, and with Hervey de Welham, parson of the church of Dalanghoo, who survives, to them and the heirs of John. Ilketlishale, Metyngham, Bungeye and Schipmedwe. A messuage, 60a. land and 1a. meadow, held jointly, as last above, of William Trussel, service not known. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (3.)
	E. Enrolments of Inq. No. 138. (2 and 4.)
73.	ROBERT DE OGLE.
	Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator in Cumberland as to lands &c. held by the said Robert of the king in chief other than those returned in the inquisitions taken after his death, and also as to the manor of Thoresby, formerly belonging to him and lately held for life by Richard de Denton, deceased, by his grant, whether it ought to belong to the heir of the same Robert, or to Thomas de Ogle, who asserts that he has a right therein, and why &c. 12 July, 40 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle, Saturday before St. Laurence, 40 Edward III.
	Storthwaytrigges. Richard de Denton held for life tenements so called, with reversion after his death to Robert de Ogle and his heirs. The said Robert died seised of the same reversion. The tenements are held of the king by fealty and by service of rendering 15s. yearly at the Exchequer of Carlisle at the feast of the Assumption. Thoresby. The same Richard held for life the manor of Thoresby, with a plot called Estkirk[eth]wayt parcel thereof, by grant of the said Robert, with reversion as above. It is held of Ranulf de Dacre by service of 8s. yearly for cornage. Robert died seised of the reversion. The above reversions belong to Robert son of Robert de Ogle, a minor in the king’s wardship, and not to Thomas de Ogle; but the latter was in possession of the premises from the time of the death of Richard de Denton, who survived Robert, for a year and a half, claiming the reversions by grant of Robert, until the escheator delivered them by the king’s writ to John Phylipot and Joan his wife. Robert did not in his lifetime divest himself of the said reversions, and Richard did not attorn for the premises to Thomas in the lifetime of Robert. Robert son of Robert son of Robert de Ogle is heir of Robert.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (4.)
74.	WILLIAM DE PATESHULL.
	Writ of certiorari super vero valore feodorum &c., 6 October, 40 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Northampton, 22 October, 40 Edward III.
	Midelton and Colintrowe. The advowsons of the churches. He held no knights’ fees and no other advowsons in the county.
	Similar writ, 6 October, 40 Edward III.
BEDFORD.	Inq. taken at Bedford, 20 March.
	Stacheden. A tenth part of a knight’s fee, held by Alexander Bosoun, as of the barony of Bedford; a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, held by John Boteller in right of his wife, as of the same barony; a fortieth part of a knight’s fee, held by John Rysele, as of the same barony; and an eighth part of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee, held by John Wyte, as of the same barony. Salford. The manor, held by Peter de Salford, as of the manor of Kayschoo, by service of one knight’s fee. Colworth. A moiety of a knight’s fee, held by Gerard Braybrok, as of the manor of Kayschoo. Bromham. A fourth part of a knight’s fee, held by John de Wydevill, as of the aforesaid barony. Carlton. A fortieth part of a knight’s fee, held by Neal atte Wode, as of the same barony. Hougton Conquest. The advowson of the church every fourth turn. Bleteshoo. The advowson of the church.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (5.)
75.	WILLIAM DE LA POLE, the elder, knight.
	Writ, 29 June, 40 Edward III.
YORK.	Inq. taken at Kyngeston upon Hull, Monday the feast of St. Bartholomew, 40 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in fee simple. Myton. The manor (extent given), held jointly with Katharine, his wife, who survives, of the king in chief by fealty and service of a rose yearly; 3 messuages and 5 bovates of land, held jointly, as above, of Sir John de Moubray by fealty, and not of the king; and 2 bovates of land, held jointly, as above, of the same Sir John by fealty. Kyngeston upon Hull. Forty messuages and 2 gardens, held jointly, as above, of the king in free burgage at fee-farm, rendering 12l. 6s. yearly to the fee-farm of the town and 101s. yearly to William Graa; 28l. 18s. dry rent issuing from divers tenements held by divers tenants in fee, held jointly, as above, of the king in burgage of the town of Kyngeston; 3 messuages, held jointly, as above, of the king in burgage of the town; and 4 messuages, held in fee of the king in free burgage. The deceased by his will bequeathed the last seven messuages to Katharine, his wife, for life. Cotyngham and Newland. 15a. land and 3a. meadow, held jointly, as above, of Sir Edward the prince in right of his wife. They are held in socage by service of 5s. yearly. Hesell. 86a. land and meadow, and 4a. wood, held jointly with Katharine, his wife, and Michael, his son, of Sir John de Moubray in socage by fealty; and 5 bovates of land, held jointly with Katharine, his wife, of the same lord de Moubray by fealty. West Elvele. Six messuages, 2 tofts and 9 bovates of land, held jointly with Katharine, his wife, of the aforesaid lord de Moubray in socage and by fealty. Feriby. Two bovates of land, held in reversion jointly with the said Katharine, in socage. They are held of Sir Gerard de Usflete. Colthorp. The manor, with 12 messuages, 18 bovates of land and meadow, 20a. wood and the advowson of the church, held jointly with the said Katharine. They are held of Robert de Plumpton by knight’s service. Bikerton. Four messuages, 2 tofts, 10 bovates of land, 30a. wood and 34a. meadow, held in demesne jointly with the said Katharine of the lord de Moubray by the foreign service; and the rest of the town, held in service by the aforesaid service. Sollebergh. Eight messuages and 34 bovates of land, held jointly with the same Katharine of William de Thweng of Foston by the foreign service. South Couton. Three messuages and 60a. land and meadow, held jointly with the same Katharine of John de Couton in socage. Smithton. Two messuages, 10 tofts, 32 bovates of land and a close called ‘le Park,’ held jointly with the same Katharine of the bishop of Durham by service of 4l. yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the escheator’s bailiwick. He died on Sunday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last. Michael de la Pole, his son, aged 30 years and more, is his heir. Annexed schedule.—The said William and Michael his son also held jointly, to them and their heirs, by the king’s charter of licence, 400 marks yearly rent out of the ancient custom in the port of Kyngeston upon Hull, by the king’s gift. He also held the advowson of the church of Northcave of Edward the prince, as of the right of his wife, by fealty.
	Writ, 29 June, 40 Edward III.
YORK.	LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday after St. Bartholomew, 40 Edward III.
	Rymeswell. The manor, held jointly with Katharine his wife, to them and the heirs of their bodies, of Sir Ingelram Coucy, earl of Bedford, and Isabel his wife, in right of the said Isabel, as of her manor of Brustwyk, as of the honor of Aumale, by the foreign service. Beghom. Six messuages, 6 tofts and 14 1/2 bovates and 3a. land, held in all respects as above. Esthalsham. A messuage and 3 1/2 bovates of land in demesne, and 14 bovates and 48a. land in service, held jointly with Katharine his wife, to them and his heirs and assigns, of the same Sir Ingelram and Isabel, as of the same manor and honor, by the foreign service and suit to the wapentake of Holderness every three weeks. He held no other lands &c. within the liberty. He died on 21 June last. Heir as above.
	Writ, 29 June, 40 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. (indented) taken at Kirketon in Lyndesey, Wednesday after St. Laurence, 40 Edward III.
	Appelby. The manor, (fn. 1) held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. The land is hard and stony and lies in common and uncultivated by reason of its sterility. Thornholme. He died seised of the foundation of the priory. Westwood. 20l. rent, held jointly with Katharine, his wife, of John de Moubray by the foreign service; and John de Moubray holds it of the king in chief. Frisby by Spridelyngton. The manor, held of John duke of Lancaster by the foreign service; and the duke holds it of the king in chief. The land is poor and sandy and lies in common and uncultivated. Frisby by Spridelyngton. The advowson of the church, which belongs to the manor. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as last above.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (6.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 25. (14.) (Lincoln.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 140. (6.) (York.)
76.	WILLIAM DE LA POLE, or POOL, the younger, knight.
	Writ, 1 October, 40 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Northampton, Saturday after St. Leonard the Abbot, 40 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county, because long before his death he enfeoffed John Moubray, knight, John de Codyngton, Robert de Scharwalton, William de Byfeld, clerks, John Bataill, William de Lindesele and John Baker of his manors of Castell Assheby and Brinkton, which manors are held of the heir of Laurence de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, by knight’s service.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (7.)
77.	IDA LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE PLESCY, knight.
	Writ, 24 April, 40 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Burton, Thursday before Whitsunday, 40 Edward III.
	Burton. A third part of the manor, and 18a. arable with the rents of six bondmen, held of the king in chief by way of dower, by the endowment of John her husband, of the inheritance of Joan now the wife of John Hamely, kinswoman and heir of the said John de Plescy, to wit, daughter of Nicholas de Plescy son of Edmund de Plescy son of the same John. The deceased held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on Monday the feast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 39 Edward III, and after her death the reversion of all her dower belongs to the aforesaid John Hamely and Joan as of the right and inheritance of Joan, who is 25 years of age and more.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (8.)
78.	WILLIAM DE SPYGURNEL.
	Writ, 10 July, 40 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM AND BEDFORD.	Inq. taken at Edlesburgh, 20 October, 40 Edward III.
	(Unspecified). 80a. great wood without underwood, held of the king in chief by knight’s service; and a toft containing 4a. land and pasture in an adjacent croft, and 6a. land lying fallow and uncultivated in the common fields, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 1lb. cummin yearly at Martinmas. Yvyngho. A water-mill, held at fee-farm by service of rendering to the king 20s. yearly at Michaelmas by the hands of the sheriff. Dagnal. (fn. 2) A parcel of the manor, on which are built a capital messuage and other buildings, held of the prior of Dunstable by homage and fealty. 26a. land, held of the same prior by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly. 28a. land, held of the prioress of St. Giles by service of rendering 10s. yearly. 4a. great wood without underwood, held of the same prioress by service of rendering 40d. yearly. 18a. land, held of the prioress of Markyate by service of rendering 5s. yearly. A ruinous messuage called Brayes, and a dovecot, 30a. land and 4a. wood, held of the prior of Caldewell by service of rendering 14d. yearly to the king and 2s. 8d. yearly to the said prior. 3a. land and 1a. meadow, held of Nicholas Fitz Hugh by service of rendering 9d. yearly. 8a. land, held of Ynggoldesfee by service of rendering 12d. yearly to the said fee. Edlesburgh. (fn. 2) 5a. meadow, held of the prior of Caldewell, the prioress of St. Giles and Nicholas Fitz Hugh by the aforesaid services. Dagenhale. (fn. 2) 50a. land, held without doing any service to anyone; 6l. 3s. 15 1/4d. (sic) rent of free tenants; and 2s. yearly pleas &c. of court. Loughton co. Buckingham. The manor (extent given), held of the lady Sarah Brewes, lady of Buckingham, by service of scutage when it occurs and by suit to the court of the earl of Ormound twice a year. Dunstaple, Wypsnade and elsewhere in co. Bedford. 6s. 6d. rent of free tenants. There are no other profits in the counties which can be valued. He died on 11 March, 40 Edward III. William his son, aged 3 years and more, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (9.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 25. (8.)
79.	THOMAS DE SANCTO OMERO.
NORFOLK.	Assignment of dower to Beatrice wife of Thomas de la Ryvere, late the wife of Thomas de Sancto Omero, made at Mulkeberton, 23 May, 40 Edward III. [See Calendar of Close Rolls, 1364–1368, pp. 221, 311–3.]
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (10.)
	Writ to the escheator to make the following partition. 16 May, 40 Edward III. [Calendar of Fine Rolls, 1356–68, p. 331.]
	E. Inq. P.M. File 25. (13.)
NORFOLK.	Partition of the lands &c. of Thomas de Sancto Omero between William de Hoo and Alice, his wife, one of the daughters and heirs of the said Thomas, of full age, and Elizabeth the other daughter and heir, a minor in the king’s wardship, made in the presence of Thomas Waryn, attorney of Thomas Cheyne to whom the king has granted the custody of the lands &c. of Elizabeth’s pourparty during her minority. Mulkebertone, 25 May, 40 Edward III. Mulkebertone. The escheator delivered to William de Hoo and Alice a third part of the manor, with the reversion of a moiety of the third part thereof held in dower by Thomas de la Ryvere and Beatrice his wife, late the wife of Thomas de Sancto Omero. The premises delivered include the whole area and all the houses within the moat, a fourth part of the old grange, a fourth part of the house called ‘longenewehous,’ a fourth part of ‘le longestable,’ a moiety of all the other houses in the manor except those entailed (talleat’), a third part of the court called ‘gateyerd’ with free access through both gates of the manor, a third part of all common belonging to the manor, both in the great green (viridario) to the south of the manor and in Carleton and elsewhere, arable land at ‘Coppyngwong,’ ‘Wranglond,’ ‘Osegotishawe,’ ‘Casteleynescroft,’ ‘le Croft,’ ‘Overtothagh’ and ‘Mellesyke,’ meadow in ‘le Caus,’ ‘le Pend’ and ‘Casteleynes,’ a pasture called ‘Medwe hevedis,’ the services of Robert Gurnay, John Pigot and William Stalon, a wood called ‘le Newecroft,’ waste tenements late of William de Landgrave, Richard Wayte and John Bullok, bondmen named Nicholas Elvard, Henry Isabel, Robert Gurnay, John Dobyn, Henry Short and Walter Smyht, a third part of the leet, a third part of the liberty of the fold, and a moiety of the advowson of the church. Keteringham. A third part of the manor, with the reversion of a moiety of the third part thereof held by Thomas de la Ryvere and Beatrice his wife, as above. The premises delivered include a third part of the court called ‘le gateyerd,’ with free access through both gates of the manor, arable land at ‘Westmede,’ ‘le Redynge’ in Keteringhamfeld, ‘Bondiscroft,’ ‘Derbyescroftesende,’ ‘Apiscroftishill,’ ‘Falcroscroft,’ ‘Waterslode,’ ‘Danyelsnelond,’ ‘Croftisende,’ ‘Wallisaker,’ ‘Overhalcroft,’ ‘Bradegate’ and ‘Nethergate,’ meadows called ‘Casteleynesdam’ and ‘Deleaker,’ meadow in Estmedwe, wood, a third part of the liberty of the fold in Intewode and Keteringham, the homage and service of William de Hedersete, John Gerard, John Bysshopp, Geoffrey Bolehorn and Geoffrey Beneyt, a toft and 3 1/2a. land late of William Mumppyng, a toft and 4a. land late of Robert Carman, and a third part of the leet. Brundale. A third part of the manor, with the reversion of a moiety of the third part held by Thomas de la Ryvere and Beatrice his wife, as above. The premises delivered include a moiety of the whole area and all the houses within the moat, a moiety of all the houses in the manor outside the moat, a third part of the court called ‘le gateyerd,’ arable in ‘Chirchecroft,’ land at ‘Wellehill,’ land in ‘Kerlyngerys,’ lands in a plot called ‘Fyveacris,’ a moiety of all the pasture lying enclosed near the site of the manor on the west side of ‘le Fysshenflet’ and ‘le Cause,’ a moiety of all the pasture near ‘le Westker,’ a third part of a wood called ‘le Clynt’ with a third part of ‘le Riddele,’ a third part of the liberty of the fold, a toft and 6a. land late of Thomas atte Ker, a toft and 6a. land late of William Turbut, a toft and 6a. land late of Geoffrey Dymet, 2a. land late of John Neweman, and tenants in fee-farm named Thomas …. and Henry Batte.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (10.)
80.	RICHARD DE THISTELDEN.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Richard, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 6 February, 40 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Wodebrigge, 6 March, 40 Edward III.
	Bourgh. A messuage, 15a. land and a rood of meadow, held of the king in chief, as of the manor of Bredefelde, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee. The manor of Bredefield is held of the king in chief by service of one knight’s fee, and afterwards the king gave it, with the knights’ fees and advowsons, to John de Norwyco, knight, to hold to him and his heirs by that service. Richard died about the feast of St. George, 13 Edward III. Alice de Thistelden, wife of John Bysshop, aged 32 years and more, is his daughter and heir. The escheators have been in possession of the premises since his death, and have accounted for the issues at the Exchequer.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (11.)
81.	MAUD LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE VEER, earl of Oxford.
	Writ, 30 May, 40 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Hengham ad Castrum, Thursday before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 40 Edward III.
	Bumstede Helion. The manor, held for life jointly with John her husband, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by grant of Sir John Fermer, knight, and Richard de Stok, clerk, by a fine levied in the king’s court. It is held of the king as parcel of her barony. She died on 23 May last. Thomas de Veer, her son, aged 26 years and more, is heir of the aforesaid John and Maud.
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Great Benteleye, Tuesday after St. Barnabas, 40 Edward III.
	Great Benteleye. The manor, held jointly as above, and by grant as above, of the king, service not known. Fratyngg. 120a. land, 3a. meadow and 12s. 8d. rent, held to her and the said John de Veer, and the heirs of the latter, of the duke of Lancaster, service not known. Date of death and heir as above.
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Chelmesford, Friday before St. John the Baptist, 40 Edward III.
	Stanstede Monfichet. The manor, held of the king, as parcel of the barony of Monfichet, by service of one knight’s fee. Dodyngherst. The manor, held of the king, as parcel of the earldom of Oxford, service not known. These two manors she held for life by way of dower by endowment of John de Veer, her husband. Kanefeld. The manor (extent given, including a park with deer and a leet held about the feast of St. Peter’s Chains), held of the king, as parcel of the earldom of Oxford, service not known. Fyngre. The manor, held of the king, as of the barony of Sampford, service not known. These two manors she held for life jointly with John de Veer, her husband, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by grant of John Fermer and Richard de Stoke, parson of the church of Lavenham. (Date of death and heir not given.)
ESSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Earl’s Coln, Wednesday after St. Barnabas, 40 Edward III.
	Earl’s Coln. The manor, held for life by way of dower by endowment of John de Veer, her husband. It is held of the king in chief, as parcel of the earldom of Oxford, service not known. Date of death and heir as above.
HERTFORD.	Inq. (indented) taken at Buntyngford, Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 40 Edward III.
	Wellis. The manor, held of Edward de Kendale, knight, service not known. Hormad. The manor, held jointly with John, her husband, by grant of John Fermer, knight, and Richard de Stoke, clerk, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by a fine levied in the king’s court and with the king’s licence. It is held of the king in chief, as parcel of the barony of Mounfichet, service not known. Date of death and heir as above.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. (indented) taken at Lavynham, Monday after St. Barnabas, 40 Edward III.
	Lavynham. The manors called ‘le Hovirhall’ and ‘le Netherhall.’ Aldham. The manor. These she held jointly as above, by grant as above. They are held of the king by knight’s service. Cokefeld. The manor, held jointly as above, by grant as above. It is held of the abbot of St. Edmund’s, service not known. Hadlegh. A toft and 50a. land, held to her and the heirs of her body of the prior of Cauntirbury, service not known. Date of death and heir as above.
	Writ, 30 May, 40 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Newmarket (Novum Marc’), 25 June, 40 Edward III.
	She died on 24 May, 40 Edward III, holding:— Saxston. The manor, which she held for her life of the king in chief (service not specified), by grant of John de Sutton, knight, the elder, John de Pelham, parson of the church of Wykham, and Thomas Tuwe, with remainder to Aubrey de Veer and the heirs male of his body, and remainder over to the right heirs of John de Veer, late earl of Oxford. The manor therefore falls to the said Aubrey.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Campes, 6 July, 40 Edward III.
	She died on 24 May, 40 Edward III, holding:— Great Abiton. The manor, held in fee tail of the king in chief by knight’s service. Campes. The manor, held in fee tail of the king in chief by knight’s service. Fulborn. A moiety of a knight’s fee, held of her own inheritance after the death of Giles de Batlesmere, tenure not known. The earl lately granted the manors of Great Abiton and Campes to John Fermer, knight, and Richard de Stoke, parson of the church of Lavenham, with the king’s licence; and they re-enfeoffed and granted them by a fine levied in the king’s court to the earl and Maud his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with reversion to the right heirs of the earl, also with the king’s licence. Thomas de Veer, earl of Oxford, is their son and heir in form aforesaid. He is 24 years of age and more.
	Writ, 30 May, 40 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. taken at Leycestre, Wednesday after St. Margaret, 40 Edward III.
	Wygginston. She held 43 virgates of land in Wygginston of the king in chief by knight’s service on Whitsunday, 40 Edward III, and nothing in the county of others. Thomas de Veer, son of Maud and John, aged 27 years, is their heir.
	Writ, 30 May, 40 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Teukesbury, Saturday before St. Margaret, 40 Edward III.
	She held no lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir not known.
HEREFORD.	Inq. taken at Ludeford, 12 July, 40 Edward III.
	Lunhales. The manor (extent given), held of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, late earl of March, a minor, by service of one knight’s fee. The extent includes a castle. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 19 May last. Thomas de Veer, earl of Oxford, her son, aged 28 years and more, is her heir.
	Writ, 30 May, 40 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Stony Stratford, 4 July, 40 Edward III.
	Couelee. A messuage, 40a. land, 15a. meadow, 15a. wood and 20s. rent, held of her own inheritance, tenure not known. Calverton. The manor, held of the king in chief for her life by grant of John de Sutton, knight, the elder, John de Pelham, rector of the church of Wykham, and Thomas Tuwe, with remainder to Aubrey de Veer and the heirs male of his body, and, failing such heirs, to the right heirs of John de Veer, late earl of Oxford, to hold of the king in chief by knight’s service. The king’s licence for this grant was obtained. By virtue of this grant the manor falls to Aubrey de Veer. Date of death and heir as above in co. Cambridge.
	Writ, 30 May, 40 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. (indented) taken at Canterbury, 30 July, 40 Edward III (Eighteen jurors).
	Wythstaple. The manor, held of the king in chief, as parcel of the castle of Chilham, by service of rendering 4s. yearly at the said castle on the gule of August. Thomas de Veer, earl of Oxford, aged 28 years and more, is her son and heir. She died on 23 (fn. 3) May, 40 Edward III. Bokyngfold. The manor, held of John de Graye, knight, in socage, by service of rendering 21s. yearly. Flete. The manor, held for life by gift of Richard de Stokes and John Fermer to her and John de Veer, earl of Oxford, her husband, and the heirs of their bodies, of the archbishopric of Canterbury, now void by the death of the last archbishop, by service of doing suit to the archbishop’s palace at Canterbury every three weeks. Rydlyngwold. The manor, held of the king in chief, as of the castle of Dover, which is in the king’s hand, service not known. Cherlleton. Tenements worth 100s. yearly, held of the king in chief as parcel of the manor of Rydlyngwold, service not known. Langeport. 10l. rent, tenure not known. Kyngesdon. Tenements worth 35s. yearly and let at that rent, held of the king in chief, service not known. She held no other lands &c. in the county.
SUSSEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Lewes, 26 July, 40 Edward III.
	Lagthon. The manor, with the hundred of Schepelake, she alienated to John Soutton, the elder, knight, Robert de Naylinghurst, John de Pelham, clerks, and Thomas Tuwe, on 24 May last, and seisin was delivered to them about the hour of half prime (circa horam dimidie prime) on that day. She died on the same day at the hour of vespers. The manor and hundred are held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Laigle (de Aquila), by service of doing suit to the court of Rype every three weeks. Heir as above, aged 28 years.
MIDDLESEX.	Inq. (indented) taken at Westminster, 2 August, 40 Edward III.
	Kyngsyngton. The manor, held for life by gift of Richard Stokes and John Fermer, knight, to her and John de Veer, earl of Oxford, and the heirs of their bodies, by a fine levied in the king’s court. It is held of the king in chief by knight’s service, amount not known. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on 24 May last. Heir as last above.
	Writ, 30 May, 40 Edward III.
	Writ of certiorari super vero valore feodorum &c., 30 May, 40 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Peterborough, Friday after SS. Peter and Paul, 40 Edward III.
	Milton. The site of a ruined manor, 2 carucates of land and meadow, a dovecot and 8s. rent. Paston. A carucate of land, two crofts called ‘Bliseyerd’ and ‘Northeyerd,’ two woods with ‘le Laund,’ and 35s. 10 1/2d. rent. All held of the abbot of Peterborough by knight’s service and the service of rendering 40s. yearly, and let for 12l. a year. There are no other profits and no knight’s fees or advowsons of churches. Date of death as above. Heir as above, aged 27 years at Michaelmas last.
	Writ of certiorari super vero valore feodorum &c., 30 May, 40 Edward III.
LEICESTER.	Inq. taken at Leycestre, Thursday after St. Mary Magdalene, 40 Edward III.
	She held no knight’s fees or advowsons of churches in the county.
	Writ of certiorari super vero valore feodorum &c., 30 May, 40 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. taken at Campes, 6 July, 40 Edward III.
	She died on 24 May, 40 Edward III, holding in dower:— Hildresham. One knight’s fee, lately held by Robert le Brustlere. Wylberham. A knight’s fee and a half, held by Andrew de Bures. Orsete. A moiety of a knight’s fee, held by Philip de Lymbury. Westhoo by Campes. A fourth part of a knight’s fee, held by John de Sauston. Asschendon. A fourth part of a knight’s fee, held by Robert Palmere and his parceners. All the above are held of the king as of the earl’s patrimony. She also held in dower:— Lambeche. A knight’s fee and a half, held by Hugh de Bray, of the fees of the bishop of Ely. Wykham. Two knight’s fees, held by Roger de Bernham; and two other fees, held by Thomas del Hay. Landwath. One knight’s fee, held by John de Hastynges. The last five fees are of the honor of Brittany, but the said Maud held the four fees in Wykham by service of three knights’ fees of the said honor. Heir as above, aged 24 years and more; and the king dowered her of the aforesaid fees with the assent of the said heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (12.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 25. (7.) (Cambridge and Buckingham.)
82.	JOAN DE SWENERTON, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS DE ROKESLEGH.
KENT.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio at Frenyngham, 18 July, 40 Edward III.
	The said Joan held:— Mapeleskombe. Tenements (unspecified) worth 100s. yearly, held for life by way of dower after the death of the aforesaid Thomas, as of the castle of Dover, which is in the king’s hand, by service of rendering 22d. for ward of the same castle every 24 weeks, rendering three ploughshares yearly, worth 10d. each, to the heirs of John de Merworth at the tenements in Mapeleskombe which are in the king’s hand, doing suit to the same tenements late of John de Merworth every three weeks, rendering 7s. 8d. yearly to John Sepvauns (but whether this rent is parcel of the manor of Aldyngton, which is held of the king in chief, or not, the jurors do not know), rendering 14d. yearly to the manor of Otford, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the voidance of the archbishopric of Canterbury, rendering 5s. yearly to the manor of Faukham, and rendering 12d. yearly for aid of the sheriff of Kent. She died on 6 October last. Thomas son of Richard de Rokeslegh, aged 5 years, and Richard his brother, aged 13 years, are kinsmen and heirs of the said Thomas de Rokeslegh. Alesia late the wife of Richard de Rokeslegh has been in possession of the premises since the death of Joan, and has to answer therefor to the king.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (13.)
83.	MARGARET DE WARBELTON.
	Writ, 16 February, 40 Edward III.
OXFORD.	Inq. (indented) taken at Oxford, 20 April, 40 Edward III.
	Rofford. The manor, held for her life of the heir of Hugh Plecy, as of the fee of Oyly (Doyly), by knight’s service, with reversion to Hugh le Despencer, earl of Winchester, and his heirs. She died on 10 March, 39 Edward III. Edward le Despencer, aged 24 years and more, son and heir of Edward le Despencer, brother and heir of Hugh le Despencer, son and heir of Hugh le Despencer, son and heir of the aforesaid Hugh le Despencer, earl of Winchester, is her heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 188. (14.)