‹ E-CIPM 18-131: ELEANOR, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF THOMAS, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS AND HEIRS OF HUMPHREY DE BOHUN ›

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee the manor of Long Bennington of the honour of Richmond, service unknown. There are several buildings, annual value nil; a dovecot, 40d.; 5 carucates with meadow and pasture, £20; £50 annual rent of free tenants and villeins, payable at the four terms, Michaelmas £30, Christmas £7, Easter £7 and Midsummer £6; customary works of villeins, nil beyond the payment which the lord makes to them according to the custom of the manor; perquisites of court held every 3 weeks, beyond expenses of the steward 60s.; and 2 watermills, £4.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown:

Pleshey, the castle and manor with the advowson of the chapel in the castle, annual value 100s.

Great Waltham, the manor, annual value £50.

High Easter, the manor with 30s. assize rent from the manors of Hellesdon and Oxnead in Norfolk, annual value, including the 30s., £50; and the court of the honour, annual value £4.

Shenfield, the manor, annual value £20.

Chishall, view of frankpledge, annual value 3s.4d.

She held in her demesne as of fee of William Bourgcher, knight , service unknown, the manor of Wix, annual value £26 13s.4d.

She also held an annuity of £40 10s.10d. payable by the sheriff by halves at Easter and Michaelmas; the office of constable of England, as elder daughter of Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford , and her husband held it as of her right all his life; and in her demesne as of fee, in chief, service unknown, the manor of Farnham, annual value 20 marks.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown:

Nuthampstead in Barkway, a third part of the manor, annual value 73s.4d.

Hoddesdon, as part of the barony of the county of Essex, view of frankpledge, and court of the honour of Hertford, annual value 17s.4d., namely frankpledge 4s., court 13s.4d.

Farnham in Essex, 40 a. in Hertfordshire as part of the manor.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee, of the king in chief, view of frankpledge in Sawston, which should be held once yearly on the morrow of St. Barnabas, annual value 5s.

Holdings

She held in fee tail by a grant of Edward III to William de Bohun and the heirs of his body:

Kirtlington, the manor, of the king in chief as a third part of a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks.

Deddington, the manor, of the king in chief as a third part of 2 fees, annual value 20 marks.

Great Haseley, the manor and advowson, of the honour of Wallingford by knight service, annual value 40 marks.

Pyrton, the manor, similarly held, annual value £16 13s.4d.

By a grant of Richard II [CChR V, p.291, 1384] she held in her demesne as of fee view of frankpledge in Haseley and Pyrton, annual value 40s.

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She held two parts of the manor of Woodspean of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £6.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown, the castle and lordship of Huntington in the Welsh march, annual value 43 marks.

Holdings

Findings exactly as last.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief:

Wheatenhurst, the manor, service unknown, annual value £21 7s.

Caldicot castle and Shirenewton, by baron service, annual value 40 marks.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief the manor of Kneesall, service unknown, comprising several ruinous buildings, annual value nil; 180 a. arable with meadow and pasture, £4 13s.4d.; an enclosed park, with herbage, 13s.4d.; a windmill, 6s.8d.; 21s.7 1/2d. assize rents payable equally at Martinmas and Whitsuntide, and £13 19s. payable at the four principal terms; 1 lb. cumin at Martinmas; and 1 lb. pepper at Whitsun.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee the advowson of the priory of Stonely. The temporalities are valued at 10 marks yearly.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee the following knight’s fees:

Chippenham, 1/2 fee held by the abbot of Walden .

Fulbourn, 1 fee held by William Fulbourn .

Thriplow, 1/2 fee held by John Barynton .

Sawston, 3 fees held by John de Huntyngdon .

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee the advowson of the priory of Monkton Farleigh, the temporalities of which, when they occur, are worth 40 marks annually.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee the following advowsons:

Debden, annual value when it occurs £20.

Quendon, annual value when it occurs 100s.

Shenfield, £8.

Pleshey, free chapel in the castle, 100s.

Great Baddow, free chapel, 20s.

West Thurrock, £13 6s.8d.

Pleshey, college of Holy Trinity, temporalities, £10.

Wix, priory, temporalities, 20 marks.

She held no other advowsons and no knight’s fees.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee:

Farnham, [Essex], 1 fee formerly held by Walter Arderne .

North Mimms, 1 1/2 fees once held by Thomas de Swanlond and 1 1/2 fees formerly held by William de Kestevene, clerk .

Shenley, 3/4 fee formerly held by Richard Salman .

Bushey, 1 fee once held by Geoffrey Jarpevylle and 1/10 fee once held by Aubrey de Bissheye , both formerly held by Edward prince of Wales .

Hoddesdon, 1 fee once held by Thomas de Bassyngbourne .

Thorley, 1 1/5 fees once held by Thomas Chirberge, knight , and 1/4 fee once held by the prior of Merton .

Stapleford, 1 fee formerly held by Walter atte Lee .

Ayot, 1 fee formerly held by Richard de Penbrigge, knight .

Enfield, [Middlesex], and Sawbridgeworth, 1 fee formerly held by Jordan de Elsyng and 1 fee formerly held by John Wroth .

Gilston, 1/20 fee formerly held by John Davy and 1/2 fee held by John le Deyghere .

Sawbridgeworth, 1 fee formerly held by Hamelin de Martham .

Bishop’s Stortford, 1/2 fee once held by John Boys .

Bollington, [Essex], and Farnham, [Essex], 1/2 fee and 1/4 fee formerly held by Fulk de Baa .

Sawbridgeworth, 1/2 fee held by Geoffrey de la Mare .

Hyde by Sawbridgeworth, 1/2 fee held by Geoffrey Josselyn .

Hunsdon, 1/4 fee held by John Goldyngton .

Barkway, 1/2 fee held by Edmund de Lancastre .

Hinxworth and Ashwell, 1 fee formerly held by John Gildesburgh .

Bushey and Digswell, 1 fee formerly held by Alice de Perrers .

Gilston, 1/2 fee formerly held by the heirs of John de Roos , 1/2 fee held by William Armurer and 1/10 fee held by Peter de Goldyngton .

Digswell, 1/2 fee formerly held by the heirs of William Melksop .

Berden, [Essex], 1/4 fee held by the heirs of Lawrence Tany .

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee:

Holbeach in Holland, 2 1/2 fees in the manor, once held by William son of Hugh de Dacre, knight , which manor was formerly of Thomas de Multon .

Little Ponton, Great Ponton and Ganthorpe in Kesteven, 2 1/2 fees held by John de Haryngton, knight , formerly of Philip de Pauncton , £7 10s.

South Thoresby in Lindsey, 1 1/2 fees held by Thomas de Hethe, knight , in right of Alice his wife, daughter and heir of John de Caltoft, knight , once of John de Segrave .

Holdings

She held in chief 1/3 fee in the manor of Pury, held of her by John Erleigh .

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She held in her demesne as of fee the advowson of the abbey of Notley. The temporalities are worth £40 yearly when a vacancy occurs. She held no knight’s fees or other advowsons.

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She held in her demesne as of fee the advowsons of Pertenhall, value £8 yearly when it occurs, and of Tilbrook, £10.

Holdings

She held no knight’s fees but in her demesne as of fee the advowsons of:

Barnsley, on alternate occasions, which extends at 20 marks yearly.

Shirenewton in the Welsh March, 20 marks.

Caldicot, the free chapel in the castle, 20s.

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee:

Harbilton in Harrietsham, 1 fee of the honour of Mandeville, formerly held by William de Pympe and John Tistede , annual value when it occurs 75s.

Swingfield, 1 fee once held by William Swynefeld .

Otterden, 1/4 and 1/10 fee once held by William de Otrenden .

Sevington, 1/4 fee once held by John Satrendon .

Maytham in Rolvenden, 2 fees once held by William Pympe .

Rolvenden, 2 fees once held by Richard atte Lese and the heirs of Henry Aucher .

Benenden, 1 fee once held by Richard atte Lese, knight .

Dodingdale, 1 fee in the manor, 50s.

Rolvenden, 1/2 fee formerly of Hawise de Mayhamme , once held by William Pympe , and 1 fee once held by Roger de Cassyngtham .

Saynden, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of Joce de Otrenden .

Lossenham, 1/4 fee once held by Henry Fitzaucher .

Lowden in Rolvenden manor, 3 fees once held by Richard atte Lese, knight .

Knock and Ockley, 1/2 fee held by the abbot of Robertsbridge .

Staplehurst, 1/4 fee held by Robert de Marke , once held by John Somery .

Swingfield, 2 1/2 fees once held by William Aboke .

In the county, 2 fees held by the prior of Bilsington .

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee:

Greenford and Stickleton, 2 fees held by John de Bealmont and the prioress of Ankerwyke .

Enfield, 1/4 fee once held by Jordan de Elsyng and John de Rana , 20s.; and 1/4 fee once held by Jordan de Elsyng and formerly by Thomas Fescamp , 20s.

Northolt and Ickenham, 1 fee less 1/20 once held by Roger de la Doune , and formerly by Adam Fraunceys .

South Mimms, 1 fee once of Arnold Maundeville , and held by the heirs of Roger Leukenore .

Stickleton, Islington and Hatton by Hounslow, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Robert de Norhthampton , and once held by Richard de Norhthampton .

Stickleton, 1 fee once of Hugh de Messinden , and now held by the nuns of Ankerwyke.

Islington, 1 fee held by the heirs of John de Berners .

Holdings

She held:

Kingham, 1/2 fee held by the lady of Langley, and 1/2 fee held by the heirs of John Beaufo .

Wendlebury, 1 fee held by Amery de Sancto Amando .

Stonor, 1 fee formerly held by Edmund de Stonhore .

Latchford, 1/2 fee held by William Pippard .

Great Haseley, the advowson, £40.

Holdings

She held:

Wigsell, 1 fee once held by Thomas Colepeper .

Ore, 1 fee held by Robert de Ore .

Holdings

She held:

Clapham, Carshalton and Wanborough, 4 fees of the honour of Mandeville, once of Sybil de Boleyn , held by Ralph de Morton and John de Bures .

Horsley manor, 1 fee held by the heirs of John Berners .

Holdings

She held:

Northampton, 2 fees, once held by the heirs of Robert de Norhthampton .

Hinton, 2 fees held by Henry de Hynton .

Aynho, 1 1/2 fees held by Ralph Neville .

Aston le Walls, 1 fee once held by Ralph Morton and John Bures .

Culworth, Croughton, and Leckhampstead, 2 fees once held by Hugh de Messynden .

‘Compton’, 1 fee once held by the heirs of the Earl Marshal.

Hinton in the Hedges, 2 fees once held by William de Hynton , £12.

Aston le Walls, 1 fee once held by John de Sutton .

Hinton by Woodford, 1 fee once held by John de Hinton .

Holdings

BUCKINGHAM: Newton Longville priory and Notley abbey, advowsons.

BEDFORD: Pertenhall and Tilbrook churches, advowsons.

HAMPSHIRE: Fordingbridge church, advowson.

NORTHAMPTON: Hinton, Aynho, Aston le Walls, Culworth, Croughton and Leckhampstead, ‘Compton’, Hinton in the Hedges and Hinton by Woodford, knight’s fees [as above, no. 151].

OXFORD: Kingham, Wendlebury, Stonor and Latchford, knight’s fees, and Great Haseley, advowson [as above, no. 148].

STAFFORD: Spittal Pool, advowson of the chapel.

GLOUCESTER AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES:

Rendcombe and Hardwicke, 2 1/2 fees held by Thomas de la Mare and Robert de la Mare .

Doynton, 2 fees held by William Tracy .

Charfield, 1 fee held by Robert de Veel .

Eastleach Turville, 1 fee held by the heirs of William Lecch .

Tytherington, 1 fee held by William de Clynton .

Badgeworth and Little Shurdington, 1 fee formerly held by Richard Talbot and 1 fee held by Lord Daudeley.

Eldersfield, [Worcs], 1 fee held by Thomas Berkeley of Coberley.

Chaddesley Corbett, [Worcs], 1 fee once held by William Corbet .

Oxenton and Aston on Carrant, 1/2 fee once held by Lord Tiptoft.

Kemerton, Aston on Carrant and Boddington, 1 fee once held by William de Bello Campo .

Mangotsfield, 1/2 fee formerly held by Edmund Blount .

‘Bykynton’, 1 1/2 fees held by Matthew Gournay .

Kemerton, 1 fee once held by John de Bures .

Dixton and Alderton, 1 fee once held by John de Akelyston .

Little Shurdington, 1/5 fee held by William Cropet .

Dodington, 1 fee held by the heirs of Maud Cantelo .

Shenington, [Oxon], 1/5 fee formerly held by John Pecche , 1/5 fee held by Ralph de Stafford and 1/5 fee once held by Lambert de la More .

Bentham, 1/2 fee once held by Henry de Harletre .

Lydney, 1/5 fee once held by Robert de Lydon .

Sutton, 1/5 fee once held by Richard de Sutton .

Walcot, [Oxon], 1/2 fee once held by the heirs of Seman Walcote .

Walton Cardiff, 1 fee once held by Edward de Kerdyff and 1 fee held by the abbot of Tewkesbury .

Reddington, 1 fee once held by Simon Basset .

Crowell, [Oxon], 1 1/3 fees once held by Alan de Crawell .

Hethe, [Oxon], 1/2 fee once held by the heirs of Baldwin de Insula and 1/8 fee once held by Thomas Tey .

Enborne, [Berks.], 1/15 fee once held by Andrew de la Roche .