‹ E-CIPM 18-59: BRIAN DE CORNEWAILLE, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee the manor of King’s Nympton with the advowson, of Richard Seymour, knight , of his manor of North Molton by knight service, annual value £20.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee various hamlets: Oatcroft, Titley, Cascob, Wapley, Combe and Rodd, with their appurtenances in Lugharness in the Welsh March, with pleas of court and rents. These hamlets are parcels of the castle and town of Stapleton, held of the king in chief of the barony of Burford, annual value £8 5s.

William atte Boure and Maud his wife hold half the manor of Rochford for life, by the grant of Brian, with remainder to his right heirs. It is held of Robert Clifford by the rent of one sparrowhawk, annual value 40s.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief:

Burford, the manor, parcel of the barony, as 2 1/2 knight’s fees, annual value £18.

Overs, the hundred, at fee farm, by a rent of 6s.8d. payable by the sheriff, annual value 20s.

Stapleton, the castle and vill, with the hamlets of Frodesley and Willey in the Welsh March, with pleas and perquisites of court, as members of the barony of Burford, annual value £12.

Roger Wiggemore has an annual rent of 100s. for life in Leintwardine, Kington, Burrington, and Adforton in Wigmoreland, by the grant of Brian, with reversion to his right heirs. William atte Boure and Maud his wife hold for life an annual rent of 40s. in Whitton, Rockhill and Stokesay, also by the grant of Brian, with reversion to his right heirs.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee half the manor of Ham, but of whom and by what service is unknown. There are 1/2 carucate, annual value 13s.4d.; 4 a. meadow, 13s.4d.; and assize rents of 20s. payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas; total 46s.8d. Similarly he held the manor of Carton, of whom and by what service is unknown, annual value 26s.8d.

William atte Boure and Maud his wife hold for life 1 messuage in Little Sutton, granted by Brian, with reversion to his right heirs. It is held of the earl of March by a rent of 1d., annual value 13s.4d.

Date of death and heir, aged 30, as above.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee 1 messuage, 1 carucate and 4 a. meadow in Thrupp by Daventry, annual value 30s.; and 1 carucate in Welton, annual value 13s.4d., of whom all are held and by what service is unknown.

On 8 Jan. 1396 by the name of Brian de Cornewaille, knight, lord of Burford and Stapleton , he granted by his charter to William Wysham, knight , Robert Lodelowe , Roger Butley , John Baddeshawe , Nicholas Baker, rector of Burford , John Sturmy , John Sondon , and Robert Gyles their heirs and assigns the manor of Norton by Daventry. It is held of Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick , by the service of a half a knight’s fee, annual value 10 marks.