E-CIPM 18-50: WILLIAM SHARESHULL, KNIGHT

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WILLIAM SHARESHULL, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition . Bridgnorth. 8 July. [Banastre].

Jurors

Jurors: Guy de Westwod ; William Halghton ; Roger Drayton ; William Wolruche ; Thomas Laweley ; William Kynnesley ; John de Dene ; Nicholas de Corbet ; Thomas de Crofte ; John Hadyngton ; Thomas Grenhull ; and William Wryght of Wenlock .

Holdings

Henry Power and William de Broughton by a fine of 1344 [CP 25(1) 287/41, no. 326] granted the manor of Boningale to William son of William de Shareshull, knight , [and Joan his wife, in fine] and the heirs of his body. He held it for life and left issue William and Elizabeth. William held it until he died without heirs of his body on 17 May 1400. It is held of the king in chief as an eighth part of a knight’s fee, annual value 100s.

Elizabeth had three daughters, Joan, Margaret and Katherine, and died. Of the daughters, Joan had a daughter Joan, married to William Lee ; Margaret had two daughters, Isabel and Joyce, and died; Katherine is the wife of Roger Wyllyley . Joan wife of William Lee , Isabel and Joyce, and Katherine are next heirs. Katherine and Joan wife of William are aged 21 years and more. Isabel is 3 years and more, Joyce half a year and more.

TNA reference

C 137/4/19 mm. 1-2

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Inquisition Head

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition . Trysull . 10 July 1400. [Banastre].

Jurors

Jurors: John atte Lee ; John Thomyns ; Adam Deykyn ; John Grove ; Ralph Symme ; John Cokes ; John Hamondes ; Henry Waleis ; John Heweson ; Richard Robyns ; Richard Graunger ; and Henry Stevenes .

Holdings

Henry Power and William de Broughton by a fine of 1344 [as in last] granted the manors of Patshull and Overton to William son of William de Shareshull , Joan his wife, and the heirs of his body. By another fine of 1344 [CP 25(1) 210/15, no. 26] the same Henry Power and William de Broughton , with Thomas Costey , granted the manor of Shareshill to them and the heirs of their bodies. The grantees held the manors for life and had issue William and Elizabeth, and the younger William held them for life.

William the father also held for life to himself and the heirs of his body the manors of Great Saredon and Little Saredon, and two parts of the manors of Coven and Brinsford. They descended to William the son, who held them for life.

He therefore held in his demesne as of fee the manors of Overton, annual value 40s., Great Saredon, 4 marks, Little Saredon, 4 marks, two parts of Coven and Brinsford, 30s., and the manor of Shareshill, £10, of the earl of Stafford , service unknown, except 6 a. called ‘Rudyngfeld’, 4 a. wood called ‘Rudyngfeldesmore’ and 1 a. meadow, parts of the manor of Shareshill, of the king in chief by knight service; also the manor of Patshull of the prior of Kenilworth, service unknown, annual value 10 marks.

Date of death and heirs as above.

TNA reference

C 137/4/19 mm. 1, 3

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Inquisition Head

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Chipping Norton. 25 Aug. [Gloucester].

Jurors

Jurors: Nicholas Brakenburgh ; John ?Maydegote ; John .....; Richard ?Au... ; Thomas Murye ; John Boureman ; Thomas Clerk of Ramsden ; John G... ; ?John ...; John ?Chepere of Chadlington ; John ?Cuy ; and ?John ...

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee, to himself, his heirs and assigns, by a fine of 1390 [CP 25(1) 289/56, no. 208] the manors of Rousham and Dornford, and also the manors of Patshull, Shareshill, Great Saredon and Little Saredon, and two parts of the manors of Coven and Brinsford, in Staffordshire, and the manor of Boningale in Shropshire, from Richard Fauley, clerk , to William Shareshull and Margaret his wife, with remainder, failing heirs of the body of William, to Richard Harcourt and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, and failing them to the right heirs of William. Accordingly William and Margaret Shareshull held these manors. Margaret Shareshull died. Richard and Margaret Harcourt had issue Isabel, and Margaret died. William died seised of the manors of Rousham and Dornford, leaving no heirs of his body, and they should therefore remain to Richard Harcourt .

Rousham is held of the prince [of Wales] of his honour of St. Valéry, service unknown, annual value £10; Dornford of the king of his manor of Wootton by service at the hundred court of Wootton every three weeks, annual value, apart from 5 marks which John Poyle has for life, 66s.8d.

He died on 17 May. Elizabeth his sister had three daughters; the first, Joan, had a daughter Joan, wife of William Lee , aged 21 years and more; the second, Margaret, married Richard Harcourt and their daughter Isabel is aged 4 years and more; the third, Katherine, aged 21 years and more, is married to Roger Wililey .

TNA reference

C 137/4/19 mm. 4-5

E 357/14, m.8

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XVIII has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages.

Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Scarb'(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Guy de Westwod
  • William Halghton
  • Roger Drayton
  • William Wolruche
  • Thomas Laweley
  • William Kynnesley
  • John de Dene
  • Nicholas de Corbet
  • Thomas de Crofte
  • John Hadyngton
  • Thomas Grenhull
  • William Wryght of Wenlock

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