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RALPH BASSET, KNIGHT
Inquisition Head
STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition ex officio [indented]. Stafford. 10 Aug. 1401. [Hervile].
Jurors
Jurors: Richard Jurdan ; James de Moorton ; Roger de Burton ; William de Salt of ?Rickerscote ; Thomas de Bykynton ; John Parker of Salt ; William de Middleton ; John de Inggestre ; William ?Rutitri ; Richard de Eggeley ; Richard Ferrur ; and Roger Kyng .
Holdings
Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett, knight held in his demesne in fee simple of the king in chief by knight service:
Walsall, half the manor, with 1 messuage, 120 a., 20 a. meadow, 4 a. pasture and 10 a. wood which Ralph Basset, knight , his grandfather, acquired from Alice Archer ; 10 a. called ‘Godfordesland’ which his grandfather acquired from Richard Hillori, parson of Wolstanton ; 12d. rent from lands and tenements held by Adam de Wytton there and in Wyrley; 2 messuages, 1 toft and 1/2 virgate which John Petyt and Adam Tailour once held there, which he gave to William Coleson and the heirs of his body, with reversion failing such heirs to himself and his heirs; and 1 messuage and 1 garden lying in ‘Russhehalestrete’ which he granted to John Flecher of Walsall and Alice his wife and John their son for their lives for a rent of 6s.8d., which rent and reversion he held at his death. Annual value of all, apart from the reversions, £20.
He died on 5 May 1389 without heirs of his body. Edmund earl of Stafford , son of Hugh, son of Ralph, son of Margaret, sister of Ralph Basset , father of Ralph, father of Ralph, is heir, aged 23 years and more.
Thomas de Bello Campo, formerly earl of Warwick , by colour of a fine of 1339 to Ralph Basset by William Heerle, knight , and others [CP 25(1) 287/40, no. 255] intruded upon the half manor, lands and tenements over the royal possession, which pertained to the king owing to the successive minorities of Thomas and William, late earls of Stafford, and Edmund now earl of Stafford , who were all in the king’s ward, and took the issues and profits, until the death of Thomas earl of Warwick on 8 April. For the issues he is answerable to the king.
TNA reference
C 137/29/73 m. 1
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.
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
No holding information available.
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Hervile(Escheator)
Jurors
- Richard Jurdan
- James de Moorton
- Roger de Burton
- William de Salt of ?Rickerscote
- Thomas de Bykynton
- John Parker of Salt
- William de Middleton
- John de Inggestre
- William ?Rutitri
- Richard de Eggeley
- Richard Ferrur
- Roger Kyng
