E-CIPM 18-417: PHILIP LE DESPENSER, KNIGHT

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PHILIP LE DESPENSER, KNIGHT

Writ Head

416 Writ. ‡ 8 Aug. 1401. [Mapilton].

Addressed to William Skipwith, escheator.

Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Hessle. 3 Sept. [Skipwith].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Whyte of Parlington ; William Parys of the same; Henry ?Hilhum of the same; Robert Marchal of ?Great Cowden ; Thomas son of Philip of the same; Robert Sere of ?Dunnington ; John Sere of the same; Stephen son of Ralph of ?PaullHolme ; John de ?Leuene of Swinefleet ; Roger Pogge of the same; Thomas Smyth of the same; and William Beverlay of the same.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Cowden in Holderness, 7 messuages, 10 tofts, 24 bovates, and 1 toft in which a windmill was formerly built, of Thomas de Lancastre, knight, steward of England , of the honour of Aumale by knight service, annual value £8.

Great Cowden, 2 tofts, 1 bovate and 12d. rent, of the archbishop of York by foreign service, annual value 10s.

Paull, 3 tofts, 4 bovates and 4s.6d. assize rent.

Paull Holme, 1 messuage and 1 bovate.

Keyingham, 12 a. pasture called ‘Petilandes’.

Keyingham and Ottringham in Holderness, 1 piece of 10 a. called ‘Aldercroft’ and 1 toft and 12 a., all held of the same Thomas of the honour of Aumale by knight service, annual value 8 marks.

Hedon, 16d. assize rent, of the same.

Dringhoe, 4 tofts, 9 bovates and 2d. rent; and Dunnington, 6 tofts, 24 bovates and a court held once yearly at Michaelmas; of the master of St. John of Jerusalem in England by a rent of 5s., annual value £7 6s.8d.

Swinefleet, 3 tofts, with 1/2 a. in Reedness with appurtenances in Swinefleet, of Thomas Reednesse, knight , by a rent of 2d., annual value 26s.8d.

Parlington, the manor, of the king as of the crown by the service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, annual value £12.

He died on 4 Aug. last . Philip his son and heir is aged 36 years and more.

TNA reference

C 137/23/44 mm. 1-2

E 149/75/8 m. 2

E 152/8/366 #2 [copy of writ]

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.

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Toppesfield. 10 Sept. [Gyldrych].

Jurors

Jurors: John Symond junior ; John Thurston ; John Symond senior ; Roger ?Gage ; John Sheldrake ; Thomas Huchon ; Henry Potewyle ; John Housey ; John ?Wassh ; John Berde ; John Cracherode ; and John Payn .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Camoys in Toppesfield of the earl of March of the honour of Clare, the earl being under age in the king’s ward, service unknown, annual value £10.

Date of death and heir as above.

TNA reference

C 137/23/44 mm. 3-4

C 137/23/44 mm. 3-4

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.

Writ Head

418 Writ. ‡ 8 Aug. 1401 . [Mapilton].

Addressed to John Meres, escheator.

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Boston. 27 Aug. [Meres].

Jurors

Jurors: William Halden of Gedney ; John Hunt of the same; Robert Cokson of Alkborough ; Richard Campion of Goxhill ; Robert Ayryk of Great Limber ; John Smyth of ?East Halton ; Benet Talyser of Immingham ; Thomas Scysse of Market Stainton ; William Anore of ?Bassingham ; Richard Mayson of ?Roxholm ; John Bergham of Pointon ; William Baxter of the same; and Adam Erle of Graby .

Holdings

Henry de Beamys, knight , once held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Great Limber, and, except for 12s. rent and the services due from the tenement of Nicholas de Lymbergh, clerk , granted it by licence of Richard II [ CPR 1381–5 , p.562] to Philip le Despenser, senior , Philip le Despenser his son, and James de Roos , knights, by his charter dated at Limber on 3 June 1383. The royal licence and his charter were shown to the jurors. It was ancient demesne held of the king , service unknown, annual value 100s.

He died at Goxhill on 4 Aug., heir as above.

TNA reference

C 137/23/44 mm. 5-6

E 149/75/8 m. 4

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

  • Mapilton(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John Symond junior
  • John Thurston
  • John Symond senior
  • Roger ?Gage
  • John Sheldrake
  • Thomas Huchon
  • Henry Potewyle
  • John Housey
  • John ?Wassh
  • John Berde
  • John Cracherode
  • John Payn

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