‹ E-CIPM 18-842: EDMUND EARL OF STAFFORD ›

Holdings

He held the manor of Woodford near Byfield by inheritance from Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett , as kinsman and heir, being the son of Hugh, son of Ralph, son of Margaret, sister of Ralph, father of Ralph, father of Ralph, father of Ralph Basset. It is held of John Lovell, knight , service unknown, annual value 100s.

Holdings

He held in the right and inheritance of Anne his wife the castle and lordship of Huntington in the March of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £28 13s.4d.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Wexcombe, the manor, with the hundred of Kinwardstone; the manor of Orcheston St. Mary with view [of frankpledge]; the manor of Knook with view of frankpledge; and the borough of Great Bedwyn; all in chief at fee farm, rendering £31 10s. yearly at the exchequer by the sheriff, and worth yearly beyond this and beyond another rent of 100s. granted to Geoffrey Blake for life from the manor of Orcheston by letters patent of the earl, 100s.

Stanton St. Quintin, Smallbrook and Littleton Drew, the leets, annual values, 3s.4d., 12d. and 12d.

Lopshill, 6s.8d. rent; and Hyde by Damerham, 33s.4d. rent.

He also held of the king in chief in the dower of Anne his wife the manor of Burbage, assigned to her from all the lands in various counties, in Ireland and in Calais of Thomas late earl of Stafford , her former husband, service unknown, annual value 100s.

Holdings

He held in the dower of his wife from all the lands of Thomas late earl of Stafford , her former husband:

Petersfield, the town, with a market every Saturday and two fairs each year at the feasts of St. Peter and St. Andrew, annual value £6 10s.; and 4 hamlets belonging to the town, namely Mapledurham, Weston, Nursted and Sheet, annual value with pleas and perquisites of court at Petersfield £7 3s.4d.; all of the king in chief of the honour of Gloucester by knight service.

Corhampton, the manor, of Lord St. John by knight service, annual value 106s.8d.

Fordingbridge, a rent of 16d. from tenements in the glebe of the church.

Holdings

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

Bletchingley, the manor, lordship and town, of the honour of Clare by knight service and a rent of 5s. called ‘parkselver’ payable by the sheriff; annual value, beyond the profits of the park to the south which is worth 100s., and also beyond a rent of 10 marks granted to Nicholas Bradshawe for life by letters patent of the earl after his marriage to Anne, £9.

Titsey, 68 a. arable and 72 a. pasture, of the honour of Clare by knight service, annual value 18s.9d.

Camberwell, certain lands, tenements and rents, service unknown, annual value, beyond a rent of 5 marks granted to William Carleton for life by letters patent of the earl after his marriage, 20s.

Ockham, the manor, service unknown, annual value £6.

He also held a tenement in Southwark of the abbot of Bermondsey , service unknown, annual value 46s.8d.

Holdings

He held nothing of the king in chief or of anyone else in his demesne as of fee or in service.

Holdings

He held in the dower of his wife from the lands of Thomas earl of Stafford , her late husband:

Tysoe, the manor, of the king in chief, service unknown, comprising site of the manor, annual value nil; demesne lands, meadow and pasture 100s.; assize rents from both free and customary tenants, payable equally at the four principal terms, £21 13s.4d. and pleas and perquisites of court 3s.4d.

Wootton Wawen, £4 rent from the manor which after his marriage he granted by his letters patent to Roger Bradshawe and Elizabeth his wife for their lives. Of whom it is held is unknown.

He also held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Whatcote, annual value, beyond a rent of £10 granted to Ralph de Stafford for life by Hugh earl of Stafford , father of Edmund, 66s.8d. of whom it is held is unknown.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee 2 parts of the manor of Calliland of the castle of Trematon by knight service, annual value £10.

Holdings

He held of the king in chief in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife the manor of Kneesall, service unknown. There are several quite ruinous buildings, annual value nil; 180 a. arable with meadow and pasture £4 13s.4d.; 1 enclosed park, of which the herbage is worth 13s.4d.; 1 windmill, 6s.8d.; assize rents payable at Martinmas and Whitsun, 21s.7d.; rents of another kind payable at Martinmas, Easter, Whitsun and Michaelmas, £3 19s.; 1 lb. cumin at Martinmas and 1 lb. pepper at Whitsun.

Holdings

He held in the dower of his wife of the inheritance of Thomas late earl of Stafford , of the king in chief, services unknown:

Wells, the manor, comprising 1 capital messuage, annual value nil, herbage there 12d., 160 a. arable by the short hundred at 6d., 70s., 5 a. meadow at 20d., 8s.4d., farm of lands in the hands of the lord by escheat, 6s.8d., assize rents, £7 13s.1d. payable by equal parts at St. Andrew, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas, 10 hens at Christmas, 10d., 60 winter and summer works at 1/2d., 2s.6d., 40 autumn works at 1d., 40d. and pleas and perquisites of court with a leet once yearly, 40s.

Wiveton, 20 a. arable at 6d., 10s., 40 a. pasture at 2d., 6s.8d., farm of escheated lands, 21d., 1 a. meadow, 20d., assize rents by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas, 15s., 5 hens at Christmas at 1d., 5d., 10 winter and summer works at 1/2d., 5d., 15 autumn works at 1d., 15d., and pleas and perquisites of court with half a leet once yearly, 13s.4d.

Long before he died he granted the manor of Sheringham by a charter, date unknown, to Edmund bishop of Exeter , Thomas Stanley , Nicholas Bubbewyth and others, and all the tenants attorned to them. It is held of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £40.

Holdings

He held in the dower of Anne his wife, assigned to her in the chancery of Richard II from the inheritance of Thomas late earl of Stafford , her former husband:

Desning, the manor, of the king in chief of the honour of Gloucester, service unknown. There are 1 capital messuage, annual value nil, herbage there, 2s., 200 a. arable by the short hundred at 6d., 100s., 186 a. pasture at 2d., 31s., 7 a. mowable meadow at 20d., 11s.8d., 2 parks, agistment nil beyond the sustenance of the game and enclosure for pigs; 1 windmill, 13s.4d.; 1 fulling mill in Cavenham, 20s.; 1 rabbit warren, 60s.; 1 pond called ‘Cavenham ponde’ with bed of rushes, 40s.; £6 in assize rents by equal parts at Michaelmas and Easter; farm of escheated lands, 13s.4d. at the same terms; various services and customs, 6s.8d.; and pleas and perquisites of court with a leet once a year, 100s.

Gazeley, 14 a. arable, of John atte Lane , service unknown, annual value at 4d., 4s.8d.

Haverhill, the manor called Castle Hall, of the king in chief of the honour of Gloucester. There are the site, annual value nil; herbage there, 8d.; 50 a. arable at 6d., 25s.; 50 a. pasture at 2d., 8s.4d.; 5 a. mowable meadow at 20d., 8s.4d.; 10 a. pasture at 4d., 40d.; assize rents, 40s.; escheated lands, 4s.; a wood of 5 roods, with underwood every tenth year worth 5s.; and pleas and perquisites of court, 13s.4d.

Holdings

In the dower of Anne his wife from the lands of Thomas late earl of Stafford , her former husband, he held of the king of the honour of Gloucester, services unknown:

Thornbury, the manor and borough, with its members, Oldbury, Kington, Morton, Falfield and Marsh, annual value £98 19s.5d.

Oldland, view of frankpledge held twice yearly at Easter and Michaelmas, 13s.4d.

Gloucester, a rent of 10s. with a court every 3 weeks, perquisites 6s.8d.

Rendcomb, the manor, with lands and tenements in North Cerney, 104s.8d.

In right of the inheritance of Anne he held the manor of Wheatenhurst of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £21 7s.

In the same right he held the castle of Caldicot and Shirenewton in the March of Wales of the king by baron service, annual value £26 13s.4d.

In his demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown, he held the castle and vill of Newport and the lordship of the county of Wenllwch, with its members in Stow, Rhymney, Dowlais, Pencarn, Dyffryn and Ebbw, with the manor, lordship and forest of Machen annexed to the lordship of Wenllwch, which were worth yearly before the insurrection of Owen de Glyndourdy £215 17s., but now nothing because all burnt, destroyed, wasted and made nought by Owen and the other rebels in his company.

Holdings

He held in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife of the king in chief:

Pleshey, the castle and manor, service unknown, annual value 100s.

Great Waltham, the manor, annual value £50.

High Easter, the manor, with 30s. rent from the manors of Hellesdon and Oxnead in Norfolk, annual value with the rents £50.

Shenfield, the manor, service unknown, annual value £20.

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

High Easter, court of the honour, annual value £4.

An annuity of £40 10s.10d. by the sheriff by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas; and the office of constable of England.

Farnham, the manor, service unknown, annual value £13 6s.8d.

Also of her inheritance, of William Bourgcher, knight , the manor of Wix, service unknown, annual value £26 13s.4d.

And in the dower of Anne:

Chipping Ongar, the manor, of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne by knight service, annual value £6 13s.4d.

Horseham, the manor, with its appurtenances in Haverhill, of the earl of March by knight service, annual value £4 17s.

In his demesne as of fee he held the hundred of Ongar, pleas and perquisites of the court of which are worth 53s.4d. yearly.

Holdings

He held of the king in chief in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife, service unknown:

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

Hoddesdon, view of frankpledge, and Hertford, the court of the honour, parcel of the barony of Essex, annual values 4s. and 13s.4d., together 17s.4d.

Hoddesdon, a rent of 12 capons at Christmas.

Farnham in Essex, 40 a. parcel of that manor, annual value 13s.4d.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Greetwell of the honour of Tickhill, service unknown, annual value 20 marks.

In right of the inheritance of Anne his wife he held the manor of Long Bennington of the honour of Richmond, service unknown. There are several buildings [as in no. 126 above].

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king of the honour of Gloucester the leet of Stilton, Wood Walton, Folksworth, Winwick and Sawtry, held yearly at Easter at Sawtry, annual value 17s.4d.

Holdings

He held of the king in chief in right of Anne his wife a view of frankpledge in Sawston, held on 12 June [morrow of St. Barnabas], annual value 5s.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Biddenham, a court held every 3 weeks, with view of frankpledge of Biddenham, Turvey, Holcot, and Roxhill, held twice yearly at Biddenham at Easter and Michaelmas, annual value 13s.6d.; the leet of Roxton, held twice yearly at the same terms, 2s.; and the leet of Pavenham and Battlesden held twice yearly in those vills, 4s.6d.

Yelden, a rent of 13s.4d. from the lands of John Trailly, knight , payable at Hockday, and 1d. rent from the same knight’s lands in Chellington.

Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett, knight, held in his demesne as of fee 20 a. in Turvey in the park of Newton Blossomville, of John Trailly, knight , annual value 6s.8d.; 5 a. in the same park of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 20d.; and 50 a. in Turvey, parcel of the manor of Newton Blossomville, of Gerard Braybrok, knight , annual value 8s.4d. These he granted to Elizabeth Beauchamp for life. He died and she granted her rights in them to Nicholas Bradeshawe . Edmund earl of Stafford , cousin and heir of Ralph, namely son of Hugh, son of Ralph, son of Margaret, daughter of Ralph, father of Ralph, father of the Ralph de Basset lately deceased, confirmed them to Nicholas, and granted them for the life of Nicholas, with reversion to Edmund for life, and then to Humphrey his son, and the heirs of Edmund.

Holdings

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

Little Brickhill, the manor, of Dover castle by a rent of 10s. yearly, annual value £7 1s.

Horwood, a rent of 9 1/2d. and a nail of cloves from the tenants at Martinmas.

Great Horwood, a court every 3 weeks with 2 leets at Great Kimble at Easter and Michaelmas.

Great Missenden, 2 leets.

Singleborough, 2 leets.

Horwood, 1 leet at Michaelmas.

Lamport, Lenborough, Bourton and Maid’s Moreton, 2 leets at Easter and Michaelmas.

Broughton, Wavendon, Great Woolstone, North Crawley and Milton Keynes, leets twice yearly at Broughton.

Bow Brickhill, 1 leet twice yearly.

Edgcott, 1 leet at Michaelmas.

Annual value of all these courts together, 42s.6d.

He also held in the dower of Anne his wife from all the lands of Thomas late earl of Stafford , her former husband:

Easington, the manor, of the king in chief of the honour of Gloucester, annual value 73s.4d.

Ludgershall, a yearly rent of 13s.4d. payable at Martinmas.

Bletchley, a rent of 2s. from the manor at Hocktide.

Of the right of inheritance of Anne he had £20 from the issues of the county by the sheriff by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas.

Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett, knight , held the manor of Newton Blossomville of Henry Grey, lord of Shirland , annual value 100s.; and lands and tenements called Butlers and Wakes in Clifton Reynes , Butlers of the king in chief by knight service, and Wakes of Reynold Grey of Ruthin by knight service, annual value of the two together 100s. Ralph granted the lands and tenements to Elizabeth Beauchamp for life, and so they came to Nicholas Bradeshawe for life with reversion to Edmund earl of Stafford [as in no. 821 above].

John Billyng holds 50 a. arable, 8 a. meadow and 10s. rent in Sherington for life of the lands of Ralph Basset with reversion to Edmund and his heirs. These are held of John Lynford , service unknown, annual value 20s.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee the castle and vill of Tonbridge, although a third part was assigned in dower to Anne as widow of Thomas de Stafford ; and the manor of Dachurst, with 75s.3 1/2d. at various terms from the manor of Hadlow.

In the dower of Anne he also held the manor of Hadlow except for the 75s.3 1/2d. rent. This manor with Dachurst is held of the archbishop of Canterbury by homage and the service of being his steward on the day of his enthronement. Together they are worth £20 annually an no more, because the manor of Dachurst is burdened with a rent of 100 marks payable to the prior and convent of Tonbridge and 3s.10d. to the prior of Rochester .

He also held in his demesne as of fee:

Yalding, the manor, of the king of the honour of Clare as half a knight’s fee, comprising the site with various ruined buildings, annual value nil; 371 a. arable at 4d., £6 3s.8d.; 122 a. pasture at 2d., 20s.4d.; 31 a. meadow at 6d. when it can be mown, 15s.6d.; a watermill at Twyford Bridge belonging to this manor, 20s.; £18 11 1/2d. in assize rents payable at the four terms; 97 1/2 hens at 1 1/2d. at Christmas, 12s.2d.; 367 eggs at 4d. a 100 at Easter, 14 3/4d.; and customs and services, 46s.8d.

Agnes Frevyle has an annuity of 100s. granted by Edmund in writing, for her life long before his death.

Edenbridge, a tenement, of the abbot and convent of St. Peter, Westminster, by rent of a pair of gilt spurs worth 6d., annual value £8.

Brasted, the reversion of the manor, which John de Farnyngham holds for life by the grant of Hugh de Stafford by a rent of 40 marks. Thomas Stafford , after his marriage to Anne, waived the rent for the life of John de Farnyngham , who is still alive. The manor is held of the archbishop of Canterbury by homage and the service of being his butler on the day of his enthronement.

Holdings

He held:

Great Kimble, 3 fees formerly held of him by the earl of Oxford .

Whitchurch, 1 fee held by Elizabeth Loterell .

Cublington, 2 fees held by Geoffrey Lucy .

Little Marlow and Singleborough, 1/2 fee held by Joan Crumbewell , extending at 100s.

Buckingham, 2 fees held by John Frome .

Hillesden, 1/2 fee formerly held by the earl of Oxford .

Dorton, 1 fee formerly held by John Bernyngham .

Wotton Underwood, 2 fees formerly held by Roger le Warde and Richard Greneville .

Broughton, 1 fee formerly held by the earl of Oxford .

North Crawley, 1 fee held by Lord le Burnell.

Bletchley, 1/2 fee held by Reynold de Grey, 25s.

Bow Brickhill and Caldecott, 1 fee held by John Wodevyle .

Bradwell, 1/2 fee held by Thomas de Bradwelle , £10.

Great Missenden, 1/2 fee formerly held by Hugh de Pleisy and Henry Huse , £10.

Dorton, Wotton Underwood and Chilton, 1 1/2 fees held by Thomas le Peyvre , William le Souch and John de Bello Campo , £30.

Great Horwood, Oakley and Newton, 1 fee held by the prior of Newton Longville .

He also held in the dower of Anne his wife the advowson of Newton Longville priory, temporalities when they occur £10; and in the right and inheritance of Anne the advowson of Notley abbey, temporalities £40.

Holdings

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

Caus, the castle, annual value nil; and 3 parts of the lordship of Caus comprising the manor, annual value nil; a dovecot, nil because ruinous; 2 carucates of demesne, 26s.8d. pasture in the park below the castle, 10s.; and 4 a. meadow 6s.

Worthen, the free borough, assize rents of burgesses, £4 13s.5d.; and 1 watermill 23s.4d.

Minsterley, the hamlet, 1 watermill, 13s.4 a.; 3 a. meadow, 4s.6d.; assize rents of free tenants and others, £8 18s.2d.; a rent of 4 collars for greyhounds at St. Nicholas, 8d.; 2 lb. pepper, 20d.; 2 lb. cumin, 3d. at Christmas and Easter; 1 barbed arrow at St. Nicholas, 1d.; agistment in the park, 13s.4d.; and pannage when it occurs, 8s.

Forden, the hamlet in the March, 1 carucate of non-arable demesne pasture, 12s.; and 1 watermill, 17s.

Over Gorther, the hamlet, assize rents of free tenants and villeins at Lady Day and Michaelmas, 30s.1 1/2d.; and 2 quarters of great corn at Michaelmas, 6s.8d.

Nether Gorther, the hamlet, assize rents, 48s.11d.; and 3 quarters of corn at Michaelmas, 10s.

Bacheldre, the hamlet, 13s. assize rents of free tenants at Lady Day and Michaelmas.

Wallop, the hamlet, 1 carucate of demesne, 40d.; assize rents, 2s.; with 3 parts of the free chase of Hogstowe, of which the pasture £4; and 2 other pastures called Hayes and the Breiddin, 40s.

Hope, the hamlet, 60s.

Adstone, the hamlet, 27s.6d., with pleas and perquisites of court and other franchises by the law and custom of the March, 60s.

He also held 10 messuages in Bridgnorth of the king in free burgage, annual value 10s., and 30s. rent there; and 4 messuages and 10s. rent in Astley Abbotts by Bridgnorth of the abbot and convent of Shrewsbury by a rent of 28s.8d., annual value 3s.4d.

Thomas de Stafford , after his marriage to Anne, granted to Nicholas de Bradeshawe a rent of 20 marks for life from the lordship of Caus, and the office of constable of Caus castle. He still lives, but he granted the constableship to William Bromshulf , and Edmund confirmed it to him for his life. Edmund also granted a rent of 10 marks for life from the manor of Caus to John Cook for life by letters patent.

Holdings

He held the castle of Caus and three parts of the lordship as appears in another inquisition returned to the chancery. William Bromshulf , constable of the castle, has held them since the death of the earl with the pleas and perquisites of the court on the spoken order of the king, and is taking the profits for the safe keeping of the castle.

Holdings

He held in the dower of Anne his wife from the lands of Thomas late earl of Stafford , her former husband, £5 1s.4d. quitrents, comprising 26s.8d. from a tenement called ‘le Beaurepair’ in All Hallows the Less parish now held by Walter Kyng , 20s. from a tenement there held by the same, 24s. from a tenement opposite the church door held by Thomas Pygot , 6s.8d. from a tenement called ‘le Horn’ held by Margery Wotton , and 24s. from a tenement in Gowers Lane held by John Brikles . The rents are held of the king in burgage, as is all London.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Rothwell, the manor and hundred, except for a rent of £4 18s.10 3/4d. which he held in the dower of Anne his wife, formerly wife of Thomas Stafford , annual value £21 5s.4d., including this rent and beyond the following rents granted for life: 10 marks to Henry Sewell by Thomas by letters patent before he married Anne; and 100s. to John Holt , £10 to Thomas Lawrence and 10 marks to Elizabeth Beauchamp , all by Edmund after his marriage to Anne.

Aldwincle, Thrapston, Woodford, Wylwen Cotes, Lowick, Ringstead, Raunds, Mill Cotes and Denford, the leets held at Denford at Easter and Michaelmas.

Little Addington, Finedon, Burton Latimer, Cranford and Barton Seagrave, the leets, held at Barton at Easter and Michaelmas.

Southwick, Perio, Tansor, Glapthorn and Cotterstock, the leets, held at Cotterstock at Easter and Michaelmas.

Stanion, the leet, held there twice yearly.

Gloucester, the court called the court of the honour of Gloucester held every three weeks in the precinct of these vills.

Annual value of all these courts together, 52s.8d.

He also held the manor of Glapthorn in the dower of Anne, annual value £7 10s. With all the above it is held of the king in chief of the honour of Gloucester.

He also held in his demesne as of fee:

Moulton, 1 messuage, 2 virgates, 8 a. meadow and 2s. rent, of whom is unknown, annual value 20s.

Draughton, 1 messuage, 3 1/2 virgates, 20 a. meadow and 1 curtilage and 4 cottages, formerly of Henry Ysonde , annual value 56s.8d.; and rents from the lands of William Lavendon , 18d.; from those of William Abovetheton , 18d.; from a messuage once held by Walter Ram , 6d.; and from a messuage of Stephen Holand , 6 1/2d.; all payable by equal parts at Michaelmas, St. Thomas, Palm Sunday and Midsummer; of whom they are held is unknown.

After the death of John Vyncent of Rothwell, who held for life with reversion to Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett, whose heir Edmund was, he held the reversion of the manor of Thorpe Lubenham; 1 toft and 2 carucates in Arthingworth; 6 messuages and 6 virgates in Hackleton; 2 messuages, 2 virgates and 10 a. wood in Horton; and 3s. rent from Piddington. Of whom these are held is unknown; annual value together 10 marks.

After the death of Ralph Basset he also held as his next heir the manor of Woodford by Byfield, of John Lovell, knight , service unknown, annual value 100s.; and the reversion of the manor of Whiston, held for life by Nicholas Bradshawe , of whom and by what service is unknown, annual value 20 marks.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Stafford, the castle; Bradley, the manor and advowson, with its members of Billington, Tillington, Woollaston, Shredicote, Longnor, Stretton, Dunston, Coppenhall and Forebridge; and two parts of the manor of Hyde Lea; all of the king in chief by knight service, comprising:

Stafford, the castle, annual value nil; 2 carucates of demesne, 40s.; 10 a. meadow, 13s.4d.; 1 park, pasture 24s.; and pannage when it falls due, 24s.

Bradley, 1 toft, 12d.; 1 carucate in demesne, 20s.; and 2 a. meadow, 3s.

Forebridge, pasture, 10s.; a marsh called ‘le Pytelpole’, nil; pasture called ‘Thenesdych’, 6s.8d.; assize rents of free tenants and others in all these places, £39 6s.6 1/2d. and 6 barbed arrows at Lady Day and Michaelmas; and view of frankpledge twice yearly at Forebridge, and pleas and perquisites of court held every 3 weeks, 40s.

Hydes Lea, 2 parts of the manor: 2 parts of a carucate of demesne, 13s.4d., 4 a. meadow, 4s.8d.; 2 fishponds, nil; and 2 parts of a park, pasture 8s.

Madeley under Lyme, site, nil; 2 carucates, 30s.; 12 a. meadow, 19s.; 1 watermill, 20s.; 1 fulling mill, nil because totally ruinous; 2 parks, pasture of the larger 10s. and of the lesser called ‘le Deshed’, 20s.; underwood in 2 parks, 20s.; in the larger park a turbary, 13s.4d.; and several pasture called ‘Netherstede’, 30s.; in the manor of Madeley with the hamlet of Radwood assize rents from free tenants and others, £17 13s.4d. at the four terms; 4 fishponds with fisheries, 13s.4d.; and view of frankpledge twice yearly, with pleas and perquisites of court every 3 weeks, 40s.

Stafford, 1 fishpond below the town called ‘Kyngespole’ with a watermill at the head of the fishpond, of the king in chief at a fee farm of 2 marks payable at the exchequer by the sheriff, annual value beyond this 20s.; 3 messuages and 3 tofts, 6s.8d.; and the reversion of 1 messuage, held of the king in free burgage, which Elizabeth widow of Nicholas de Stafford, knight , holds for life by the grant of Hugh late earl of Stafford , 6s.8d.

Coton Hill next Stafford, 1 toft with 1 carucate, of the prior of St. Thomas by Stafford, service unknown, annual value 13s.4d.

Burton, 1 messuage, annual value 2s.

Derrington and Stallbrook, reversion of the hamlets which Giles del Hyde holds for life by the grant of Hugh, late earl , of the lord of Wem by knight service, annual value 100s.

Norton in the Moors, the manor, of the king in chief, service unknown; with the hamlet of Grotton and certain lands in Norton, of Lord Audeley of his manor of Endon, service unknown; annual value of all £16.

Stafford, the reversion of a tenement after the death of John de Clyfton and Isabel his wife, who still lives, of the king in free burgage, annual value 40s.

Rowley Regis, 1 messuage, of the castle of Stafford, service unknown, annual value 40s.

After he married Anne, Edmund granted to Nicholas Bradshaw for life an enclosed pasture called ‘le Halgh’ held of the castle of Stafford, annual value 66s.8d.; and from the castle and lordship he granted for life to Henry Swan for his good counsel 26s.8d.; to Nicholas Leveson 26s.8d.; and to Adam de Eggeley , William Smert , Nicholas Parker , John Clerkesham , and John Prees , yeomen of his chamber, 5 marks each.

He also made the following grants for life: to John Delves, esquire , 20 marks from the manor of Norton in the Moors; to Thomas de Greneway, esquire , 10 marks from the lordship of Norton; to John de Thikenes and William Howton , esquires, 100s. from the manor of Madeley; to Thomas Arblaster, esquire , 100s. from the castle of Stafford; to John Hampton, esquire , 10 marks from the lordship of Stafford; to Hugh Calclogh, esquire , 10 marks from the manor of Madeley; and to Agnes de la Chambre 20s. from the castle of Stafford.

The following lands, tenements, advowsons and reversions descended after the death of Ralph Basset to Edmund as his kinsman and heir, since Ralph held them in his demesne as of fee:

Tamworth, 6 marks rent, of the king in chief in free burgage, held for life by John de Clyfton by the grant of Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett.

Lichfield, 1 messuage, of the bishop of Chester , service unknown, annual value 6s.8d.

Pattingham, 1 messuage, annual value 3s.4d.

Walsall, 1 place(?) of land, woods and pasture of rushes ( scirpis ) called Clayhanger, which Ralph Basset, knight , bought from William Coleson , annual value 20s.(?); 1 carucate between the vill and the park called ‘les Wastes’ which Ralph bought from someone of Walsall, annual value 10s.; and a piece of land called ‘le Conyngger’, 6s.8d.

Drayton Bassett, advowson of the chantry of five chaplains in the church celebrating for the souls of Ralph Basset and his heirs, in his demesne as of fee, of whom unknown.

Walsall, 3 parcels containing 1 1/2 carucates in the park, bought of William Coleson , Thomas Hexstall and John Hogyn , in his right as of fee, of whom unknown, annual value 26s.8d.

Drayton Bassett, 8 tofts, 2 carucates and 40 a. wood called ‘Jonesclos’, bought from John atte Lee , of the manor in his right as of fee, service unknown, annual value 20s.; and 1 messuage there bought from one of his villeins, also held of the manor, service unknown, annual value 3s.

Tamworth, 1 messuage, bought from Magota de Botery, in his right as of fee of the king in free burgage, annual value 3s.4d.

Packington, reversion of the manor, held for life by Thomas de Aston, knight , by the grant of Ralph Basset , of whom unknown, annual value 10 marks.

Fazeley, 10 cottages, bought of Ralph Smyth , in his right as of fee of the manor of Drayton Bassett, service unknown, annual value 8s.

Holdings

He held 5 marks rent from a house in the parish of St. Nicholas next to the highway leading to the castle. Thomas formerly earl of Stafford held it in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by the service of providing two watchmen, and let it to farm to Henry Tamworth , his heirs and assigns for 100 years from Easter 1391 at a rent of 5 marks sterling.

Holdings

He held the following knight’s fees of the king of the honour of Gloucester, extending at the amounts shown:

Mapledurham, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of Henry Merkanne , 15s.; and 1/8 fee held by the heirs of Richard Burton, 15s.8d.

Penton Mewsey, 1 fee once held by John de Acton, 40s.

Stanbridge Earls, 1 fee once held by Thomas Daunvers and Agnes his wife, 40s.

Houghton by Stockbridge, 1 fee formerly held by John Hoghton, 40s.

Fordingbridge, the advowson, in the dower of Anne his wife, £40.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee the advowson of South Hill, annual value £20 to the profit of the rector there.

Holdings

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

Wells, the advowson, annual value £20.

Foulsham, Banham, and Wood Norton, 1 fee formerly held by Thomas de Morlee, knight , Joan widow of Thomas de Felton, knight , and William de Jerberge .

Whitwell, 1/2 fee held by William Gambon .

Kettlestone, the advowson held in right of Anne his wife, £8.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the honour of Gloucester:

Moulton, 1 fee called Stonehall formerly held by Henry earl of Derby and others ; and the advowson of Brettenham; both belonging to the manor of Desning.

Various fees belonging to the manor of Haverhill:

Denston, 1 fee formerly held by William Hore .

Waldingfield, 1/2 fee held by Thomas Pevere .

Withersfield, 1 1/4 fees held by William de Clopton and John Deverose , knights.

Aldersfield, 1/4 fee held by Mary de Clopton .

Rede, 1/2 fee held by William Hore .

Annual value of these fees with the advowson, when they occur, £17 10s.

Holdings

He held the following:

Roxhill, 1 fee formerly held by the earl of Oxford .

Biddenham and Holcot, 2 fees held by John Trailly .

Turvey, 1 fee held by John Trailly .

Yelden, 1 fee held by John Trailly , £10.

Chellington and Pavenham, 1 fee held by John Trailly .

Potsgrove, 1 fee held by Geoffrey Lucy .

Battlesden, 1 fee held by Thomas Frambaud .

He also held in right of his wife Anne the advowsons of Pertenhall, extending at £8, and Tilbrook, £10.

Holdings

He held in the dower of Anne his wife from the lands of Thomas her former husband the advowson of the abbey of St. Mary, Keynsham, of which the temporalities are worth £20 when they occur; and in right of the inheritance of Anne, a third part of a knight’s fee in Pury, held by John Erlegh .

Holdings

He held the following, extending at the amounts shown:

Havering, 1/2 fee held by John Midelton , £10.

Little Bedwyn, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of William Braybrok, £6 13s.4d.

Stokke, 1/2 fee held by Thomas Stokke , £10.

Sutton Mandeville, 1 fee held by Thomas West, knight , … 8d.

Knook, 1/2 fee held by John Lovell, knight , 100s.

Charlton by Hungerford, 1 fee held by William Hoppegras, 66s.8d.

Wootton Rivers, 1 fee held by Hugh Craan, 100s.

Middleton, 1/5 fee held by John Lillebon, 66s.8d.

Salterton, 1/2 fee held by Edward Botiller, £6 6s.8d.

Wilton by Great Bedwyn, 1 fee held by the prior of Mottisfont , £10.

Chirton, 1 fee held by the heirs of William FitzJohn, 60s.

Winterbourne Dauntsey, 1/2 fee held by John Daunteseye, knight , £10.

…, 1 fee formerly held by Maurice de Berkeley, 40s.

Orcheston St. Mary, 1 fee held by Walter de Scoteneye, 40s.

Wolf Hall, 1 fee held by William Sturmy, knight , £10.

Wootton Rivers, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of John de …, £10.

Puthall, 1/2 fee held by the prior of Easton , 100s.

Tollard Royal, 2 fees formerly held by Robert de Lucy and John de Gouyz , £20.

Woodhay, 1 fee in right of Anne his wife, held by the heirs of Amery de Sancto Amando, 100s.

Netheravon, 1/4 fee also held by the heirs of Amery de Sancto Amando, 25s.

He also held in right of his wife the advowson of the priory of Monkton Farleigh, extending at £26 13s.4d. when a vacancy occurs.

Holdings

He held the following, extending at the amounts shown:

Thrapston, Ringstead and Denford, 1/2 fee held by Richard Chamberleyn , Margaret Table and Richard Duffyn , £10.

Mill Cotes, 1/2 fee held by Richard Chamberleyn, 100s.

Denton, 1/2 fee held by Thomas Gryffyn, knight , 100s.

Wylwen Cotes, 1/16 fee held by Richard Chamberleyne , 20s.; and 1/40 fee also held by him, 6s.8d.

Barton Seagrave, 1/4 fee held by Margaret late countess of Norfolk , 50s.

Woodford, 1/2 fee held by John Cokerell and Walter Jager, 100s.

Glendon, 1/6 fee held by Andrew Neubotell, 10 marks.

Rothwell, 1 fee held by William la Zouche of Harringworth, £20; 1/4 fee held by John Gayton , £8; and 1/2 fee held by Thomas Latymer, knight , 100s.

Nether Heyford, 1/5 fee held by Richard de Flore , £4.

Pilton, 1/8 fee held by William de Pylton, 75s.

Burton Latimer and Finedon, 1/4 fee held by the abbot of Croxton , 40s.

Lowick, 1/2 fee held by Henry Grene, knight , Thomas Cotyngham and John Tyndale, 100s.

Draughton, 1/4 fee held by John Albon, 100s.

Tansor, 1 fee held by Thomas Camoys and others, £10.

Isham, 1/2 fee held by John Carnell, 20s.

Denford, 1 fee held by Richard Chamberleyn , £10.

Barton Seagrave, Raunds and Cranford, 2 fees held by Richard Cloune and the heirs of John Fossebroke , £12.

Raunds, 1/2 fee held by John Trayle, knight , 40s.

Addington, 1/20 fee held by Nicholas Pyell, 10s.

Polebrook, Thurning, and Clapton, 1 fee held by the abbot of Peterborough and Roger Mowy, 40s.

He also held in right of Anne his wife of her inheritance:

Northampton, 2 fees held by the heirs of Robert of Norhampton.

Hinton, 2 fees held by Henry de Hynton .

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

Aston, 1 fee once held by Ralph Moreton and John Bures .

Culworth, Croughton and Leckhamsted, 1 fee once held by Hugh de Myssenden , £10.

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

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

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

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

Holdings

He held the following:

Burpham, 1/2 fee held by Thomas Wyntershull .

Titsey, 2 fees held by John Ovedale and William Cressewyk .

Titsey and Camberwell, 1/2 fee formerly held by John Devereux .

Mitcham, 1/4 fee held by the prior of Merton .

Camberwell, 1/4 fee held by William Vachan .

Mitcham, 1/4 fee held by the prioress of Haliwell ; and 1/4 fee held by the prior of St. Mary Overy.

Bletchingley, 1/2 fee formerly held by William Venour .

Ockham, 1/20 fee formerly held by Walter Frelond ; and 1/20 fee now held by him.

Camberwell, 1/2 fee held by Henry Bekewell .

Also in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife:

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

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

He held the advowson of Bletchingley in his demesne as of fee, £10; and that of Ockham in the dower of Anne his wife, 66s.8d.

Holdings

He held the following:

Acton Burnell, 1 fee held by Hugh Lord Burnell.

Wattlesborough, 1 fee held by the heir of Fulk Corbet.

Westbury, 1 fee held by the heir of Richard de Lodelowe, knight .

Whitton and Vennington, 1/5 fee held by John de Witton and his parceners.

Aston Pigott and Great Wollaston, 1 fee held by John Corbet and his parceners.

Hanwood, 2/3 fee held by William de Webbeley and his parceners.

Eyton and Bretchel, 1/2 fee held by John Iton and his parceners.

Home, 1/4 fee held by John de Burton .

Horton, 1/4 fee held by William Bowelere and his parceners.

Coton, 1/4 fee held by the heir of Thomas Marchall .

Lake, 1/10 fee held by Richard de Lake and his parceners.

Hampton, 1/6 fee held by the heir of Roger Corbet .

Brockton, 1/16 fee held by Hugh Mauncell .

Worthen, 1/16 fee held by William de Worthyn .

Beachfield, 1/5 fee held by William Taillour and his parceners.

Yockleton, 1/16 fee held by John Goutheman .

He also held the advowsons of Caus, the free chapel in the castle, extending at 40s.; Worthen, £20; Wentnor, 100s.; and Shelve, 66s.8d.

The fourth presentation to the churches of Worthen, Wentnor and Shelve belongs to the heirs of Robert de Harley .

Holdings

Repeats the list of fees as in the last inquisition, adding only the annual values:

Acton Burnell, 10 marks; Wattlesborough, 10 marks; Westbury, 12 marks; Whitton and Vennington, 8 marks; Aston Pigott and Great Wollaston, 106s.8d.; Hanwood, 40s.; Eyton and Bretchel, 50s.; Home, 40s.; Horton, 46s.8d.; Coton, 40s.; Lake, 13s.4d.; Hampton, 20s.; Brockton, 10s.; Worthen, 10s.; Beachfield, 30s.; Yockleton, 13s.4d.

The advowsons are omitted, but the following is added:

Weston and Binweston, 1 fee held by the heirs of John Corbet, 100s.

Walton, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of Richard Hagre, 33s.4d.

Leigh, 1/4 fee held by Thomas Corbet, 30s.

Holdings

He held the following by right of inheritance, extending at the amounts shown:

Bracebridge and Skellingthorpe, 2 fees once held by Hugh Wake , £11.

Little Kyme, 1 fee once held by Philip de Kyme, 100s.

Tathwell, 1 1/2 fees held by William Tathewell , £6; and 1/4 fee held by Geoffrey de Appulby, 20s.

Thurlby, 1/4 fee held by William Wastneys, 20s.

Braceborough, 1/2 fee held by William Wastneys, 50s.

Carlby, 1 fee held by William Wastneys, 100s.

Bassingthorpe, 1/3 fee held by Robert Bassetwyn, 33s.4d.

Denton, 1/3 fee held by William FitzAlain, 33s.4d.

Bourne, 1/3 fee in the hundred held by William Wastneys, 33s.4d.

Haconby, 1/5 fee held by Robert Bagot, 20s.

North Rauceby, 1/2 fee held by the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 50s.

And in the right and inheritance of Anne his wife:

Holbeach in Holland, 2 1/2 fees in the manor once held by William son of Hugh Dakre, knight , the manor having once been held by Thomas Multon , £40.

Great Ponton, Little Ponton and Ganthorpe in Kesteven, 2 1/2 fees held by John de Haryngton, knight , and once by Philip de Paunton , £10.

South Thoresby by Belleau in Lindsey, 1 1/2 fees held by Thomas Chaworth, knight , and once by John de Caltoft, knight , £10.

Holdings

He held the following, extending at the amounts shown:

Barton, 1/4 fee formerly held by Edmund Wayte, 25s.

Little Wolford, 1/2 fee held by William Ingram, 50s.

Great Wolford, 1 fee held by William Ingram, 100s.

Burmington, 1/2 fee and 1/4 of 1/2 fee held by Humphrey de Stafford, 62s.

Compton Scorpion, 1 fee held by Thomas Burdet and Geoffrey Noreys, 100s.

Willington, 1/2 fee held by Robert Holeweye, 50s.

Compton Wynyates, 1/4 fee held by Edmund de Compton , Thomas Hayron and Thomas Aveton, 25s.

Temple Tysoe, 1/2 fee held by the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England, 50s.

Westcote, 1/2 fee held by the master of St. John’s, Oxford, 50s.

Bubbenhall, 1 fee held by the heirs of John Beauchamp of Holt, 100s.

Ruin Clifford, 1/2 fee held by Alice Power, 50s.

Idlicote, 1 fee held by the prior of Kenilworth , 100s.

Norton Lindsey, 1 fee held by the earl of Warwick , 100s.

Edstone, 1/2 fee held by Agnes de Aillesbury, 50s.

Morton Bagot, 1/2 fee held by Alfred Trussell , 50s.; and 1/2 fee held by the prior of Kenilworth , 50s.

Wolverton, 1/7 fee held by the heirs of John Hastyng, 16s.8d.

Coton with Churchover, 1/2 fee held by the abbot of Combe , 50s.

Ditchford Ferry, 1/3 fee held by Henry de Sutton, 20s.

Oxhill, 1 fee held by the heirs of John Keynes and the abbot of Bordesley , 100s.

Oldberrow [ ?recte Henley] in Arden, 1/4 fee held by William Beauchamp, 100s.

Oldberrow, 1 fee held by the abbot of Evesham , 100s.

Rowington, 1/4 fee held by the abbot of Reading , 15s.

Botley, 1 fee held by John Malory, 100s.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee the following, extending at the amounts shown:

Orwell and Arrington, 2 fees formerly held by the heirs of the earl of Winchester , £11.

Litlington, 1/4 fee and 1/2 fee held by William Neuton , 30s. and 50s.

Bottisham, 1 fee held by the prior of Anglesey , William Wulff , Maurice Tone , Robert Passelewe , William Magote , Geoffrey Porter , John Jennys and William Mittleweye, 100s.

Horseheath, 1 fee held by the heirs of Richard Horset, 100s.

Harlton, 1 fee formerly held by the heirs of Richard Huntyngfeld, 100s.

He also held in right of Anne his wife:

Chippenham, 1/2 fee held by the abbot of Walden , 50s.

Fulbourn, 1 fee held by William Fulbourne, 100s.

Thriplow, 1/2 fee held by John Barrington, 50s.

Sawston, 3 fees held by John de Huntyngdon , £15.

Linton, 2 fees held by Robert Busteler, knight , and Thomas Sewale, £12 10s.

Haslingfield, 1/2 fee held by the prioress of Stratford , 50s.

He also held the right to present a servant to a corrody in the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in Chippenham , with a sufficiency in victuals, clothing and lodging for his status there. The corrody is called ‘Maundesvylestool’ and is worth 100s. yearly. Eleanor, daughter of Humphrey earl of Hereford , the mother of Anne, and her predecessors from time immemorial presented when it was vacant whomsoever they wished, and the master of the house received them.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee, extending at the amounts shown:

Great Gransden, 1/2 fee formerly held by Warin Bassyngbourne and William Waleys, 60s.

Grafham, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of John Hemyngford, 60s.

Woolley, 1/2 fee held by John Styvecle, 40s.

Sawtry and Papworth [Cambs], 1 1/4 fees held by Thomas Hemyngton and Reynold Beaumys , £6.

Grafham, Offord, Hemingford and Thurning [Northants], 1/3 fee formerly held by Berengar le Moigne, 30s.

Stilton, 1/2 and 1/8 fee held by the prior of Bushmead , 60s.

Wood Walton, 2/3 fee held by Robert Bevill, 40s.

Folksworth, 1 fee held by Maud Pakenham, 60s.

Great Gidding, Luddington [Northants], Winwick, Litelhay, and Hail Weston, 1 1/50 fees held by the prior of Huntingdon , 106s.

Papworth[Cambs], 1/3 fee held by the same prior and Geoffrey Cobbe, 30s.

Clapton [Northants], 1 fee held by the abbot of Thorney , £6.

Great Gransden, 1 fee held by John Wytherfeld, 50s.

Winwick, 1 fee held by Eleanor Knyvet, 100s.

Stilton, 1/9 fee held by Richard de Hemyngton, 10s.

Wood Walton, 1/3 fee held by John Bevyll, 40s.

He also held the advowsons of:

St. Neot’s priory, temporalities worth £10 when it falls vacant; and a corrody there for one to receive as much as a monk there should or does receive, worth 100s. yearly.

Stonely priory, temporalities 10 marks.

Huntingdon, priory of St. Mary, of the honour of Gloucester in the dower of Anne his wife of the inheritance of Thomas her late husband, temporalities £10.

Holdings

He held the following in the dower of Anne his wife, extending at the amounts shown:

Rendcomb and Hardwicke, 2 1/2 fees held of him by Thomas de la Mare and Robert de la Mare , £73.

Doynton, 2 fees held by William Tracy , £60.

Charfield, 1 fee held by Robert le Veel , £20.

Eastleach Turville, 1 fee held by the heirs of William Lecche , £40.

Tytherington, 1 fee held by William de Clynton , £40.

Badgeworth and Shurdington, 1 fee lately held by Richard Talbot and 1 held by Lord Daudeley, £40.

Eldersfield [Worcs], 1 fee held by Thomas Berkeley of Coberley, £40.

Chaddesley Corbett [Worcs], 1 fee once held by William Corbet , £40.

Oxenton and Aston on Carrant, 1/2 fee once held by Lord Tiptoft, £40.

Kemerton, Aston on Carrant and Boddington, 1 fee once held by William de Bello Campo , £40.

Mangotsfield, 1 fee formerly held by Edmund Blount , £10.

‘Bykynton’, 1 1/2 fees held by Matthew Gournay , £40.

Kemerton, 1 fee held by John de Bures , £20.

Dixton and Alderton, 2 fees held by John de Akelesdon , £10.

Shurdington, 1/5 fee held by William Cropet, 100s.

Dodington, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Maud Cantelo , £34.

Shenington [Oxon], 1/5 fee held by John Pecche , 100s.; 1/5 fee held by Ralph de Stafford , 100s.; and 1/5 fee once held by Lambert de la More , 100s.

Bentham, 1 fee held by Henry de Harletre, 100s.

Lydney, 1/5 fee held by Robert de Lydon, 100s.

Sutton, 1/5 fee held by Richard de Sutton, 100s.

Walcot [Oxon], 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Senar de Walcote, 100s.

Walton Cardiff, 1 fee held by Edward de Kerdyf , £25; and 1 fee held by the abbot of Tewkesbury , £25.

Reddington, 1 fee held by Simon Basset , £10.

Crowell [Oxon], 1/3 fee held by Alan de Crawelle, 40s.

Hethe [Oxon], 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Baldwin de Lisle , 40s.; and 1/8 fee once held by the heirs of Thomas Tox, 20s.

Enborne [Berks], 1/15 of the marshall’s fee, once held by Andrew de la Beche , 20s.

Iron Acton, 1 fee held by Robert de Poyntz , £30.

Little Marshfield, 1/3 fee held by James de Berkeley , £10.

Oldland, Upton Cheyney and Beach, 1/3 fee held by John de Bitton , £10.

Didmarton, Welford on Avon and Eastleach, 1 fee called ‘Chamburleyns’, £30.

Sharcott, Norcott and Preston, 2 fees held by Thomas de Raly , £48.

Siddington, 1/2 fee called ‘Barebastes’, 100s.

Kemerton and Baunton, 2 fees held by John de Dyclysdon , £70.

Also in the dower of Anne his wife the advowsons of North Cerney, extending at £10, and Rendcomb, 100s.

He held the following knight’s fees in his demesne as of fee:

Tockington and Swell, 6 fees held by Nicholas Poyntz , £170.

Meysey Hampton with its members, 8 1/2 fees held by lord le Seymor, £200.

Milton, 1/8 fee once held by Robert Feryby , 13s.4d.

And in the March of Wales belonging to the lordship of Newport:

Ebbw, 1 fee held by the duke of Lancaster , £10.

Basaleg, 1 fee held by Lawrence Berkeroulles , £10.

Coedcernyw, 1/2 fee once held by John ap Rees , 100s.

St. Brides, 1/2 fee once held by John de la More , 100s.

St. Mellons, 1/2 fee now held by Edmund Weldeyeve and his wife, 100s.

Began, 1/4 fee held by John Kemeys, 40s.

Caerwent, 1 fee held by Geoffrey Lucy , £10.

And the advowsons of:

Michaelstone-y-Vedw, extending at 100s.

Machen, £6 13s.4d.

Bedwas, 100s.

Malpas priory, the patronage, a cell of Montacute, value unknown.

Barnsley, alternate presentations, in right of Anne his wife, £13 6s.8d.

Shirenewton, also in right of Anne, £13 6s.8d.

Holdings

He held the following:

Stambourne, 1/4 fee and 1/2 fee once held by Alice Gestnyngthorp .

Great Burstead, 1/2 fee held by the abbot of Stratford .

Bardfield, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of John Geney .

Morrell Roding, 1 fee held by Thomasia widow of William de Wauton, knight .

Chrishall, 3/4 fee held by the heir of John de la Pole .

Gestingthorpe and Gosfield, 1 fee held by the heirs of John Butteturte .

Epping, Bentfield and Thorpe le Soken, 2 fees held by the heirs of Robert le Brus .

Cottered, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of Martin le Chamberleyn .

Stanford Rivers, 1/2 fee held by the heir of John le Grace .

In right of the inheritance of Anne his wife he also held the following advowsons, extending when they occur at the amounts shown:

Chipping Ongar, 40s.; Barnston, 10 marks; South Fambridge, 100s.; Debden, £20; Quendon, 100s.; Shenfield, £8; Pleshey, free chapel in the castle, 100s.; Great Baddow, free chapel, 20s.; West Thurrock, 20 marks; Pleshey, college of Holy Trinity, temporalities £10; Wix, priory, temporalities 20 marks; Wethersfield, 20 marks.

Holdings

He held the following in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife:

Farnham, 1 fee formerly held by Walter Arderne .

North Mimms, 1 1/2 fees once held by Thomas de Swanlond ; and 1 1/2 fees 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 Byssheye , both formerly held by Edward prince of Wales .

Hoddesdon, 1 fee once held by Thomas de Bassynbourne .

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

Stapleford, 1 fee formerly held by Walter atte Lee, knight .

Ayot St. Lawrence, 1 fee formerly held by Richard de Penbregge .

Enfield and Sawbridgeworth, 1 fee formerly held by Jordan de Elsyng.

Enfield, 1 fee which John Wroth formerly held.

Gilston, 1/20 fee held by John Davy and 1/2 fee held by John Dyeghere .

Sawbridgeworth, 1/2 fee formerly held by Hamelin de Matharm.

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

Bollington and Farnham, 1/2 and 1/4 fee 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 de Goldyngton .

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

Hinxworth and Ashwell, 1 fee formerly held by John Gyldesburgh, knight .

Bushey and Digswell, 1 fee once 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 formerly held by Peter de Goldyngton .

Digswell, 1/2 fee held by William Melksop .

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

Holdings

He held the following:

Haleford, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of Hugh le Despenser , John Haille and Simon Colebrant .

Pembury, 1/4 fee held by Thomas Colpeper .

Crombury, 1/2 fee held by the heir of William Brampton .

Pimp, 1 fee held by the heirs of John de Pympe .

Henhurst, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Gilbert de Henhurst and by John son of John Gervays .

Barming, 1/2 fee held by John son of Thomas Bermyng .

Brenchley, 1/2 fee held by Richard de Knolle ; and 1/2 and 1/10 fee held by John de Pekham .

Barming, 1/2 fee held by John Colepepir, 1/6 fee held by Richard atte Berne and William Bakere of Peckham, 1/6 fee held by Richard de Bromfeld and 1/5 fee held by Thomas Fromond .

Ifield, 1 fee held by the heirs of Alice de Columbers .

Tonbridge, 1/2 fee held by the prior and convent of Tonbridge and John Berden .

Barming, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Lora Payferot .

Shipbourne, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of Roger Bavent .

Tonbridge, 1/6 fee held by Richard de Bromfeld .

Hadlow, 1/16 fee held by the heirs of Roger Swyft of the serjeanty of Tonbridge to the value of 6 fees.

Nettlestead, Pembury, Blackland and Helthe, 2 fees held by the heirs of Philip de Pympe and Thomas le Gegge .

Filston, 3/4 fee held by the heirs of John de Vieleston .

Upper Hardres, Hartanger and Barfreston, 1 fee held by the heirs of Robert de Hardres .

Clowes and Ebolestone, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of John atte Welle .

Dodingdale, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of John de Poldre .

Lackendon and Well, 1/2 fee held by Robert de Clyfford, esquire , for the life of his wife Joan, widow of Thomas de Garwynton , with reversion to the heirs of Thomas.

Chekeswell, Petts Wood and Ranscombe, 1 fee held by the heirs of William de Ore .

East Barming, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Roger le Kent .

Tonbridge, 1/2 fee held by Roger Bardon .

Hadlow, 1/8 fee held by the heirs of Hugh de Causton and William Frankeleyn .

Leigh, Bidborough and Yalding, 1 fee held by the heirs of George Chaunz .

Mereworth, Old Hay and Cliffe, 2 fees held by William Beauchamp, knight , and 1/3 fee held by the heirs of Henry de Leybourne .

Trimworth and the suburbs of the city of Canterbury, 1 1/2 fees held by the master of New College, Maidstone.

Filston, ‘Witton’, Penshurst and Chiddingstone, 1/4 fee held by the heirs of John de Sheperham .

Eltham, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Gilbert Vescy and 1/2 fee held by the heirs of John Hidle .

Milton and Filston, 1 fee held by William Septvantz, knight .

Ditton, Siffleton and Brompton, 1 1/4 fees held by the heirs of Ralph de Ditton .

Crundale, High Halden, Bethersden and Cranbrook, 1 fee held by the heirs of John de Hadelo .

Little Wigborough [Essex], 2 fees held by William Septvantz, knight .

Whitstable, 1/3 fee held by the heirs of Robert Grauntcourt , John son of John de Bellinge , John Sprynge , John Badekyn , Walter de la Haye , Richard Leger , Thomas Bollynge and John son of Richard Bollynge .

Dodingdale, 1/4 fee held by John son of William Berton of Ickham in right of his wife, daughter of Richard de Merton .

Sheldwich, 1 fee held by the earl of Oxford and the heirs of Lawrence de Huntyngfeld .

Bridge and Nackington, 1/2 and 1/4 fee held by the lord de Roos and the prior of St. Gregory’s, Canterbury.

Blean, 1/2 fee held by the master of the hospital of St. Thomas, Eastbridge, Canterbury.

He also held the advowsons of Tonbridge priory, annual value when it occurs £12 6s.8d.; Great Hardres, 66s.8d.; and Cowden, 100s.

In right of Anne his wife he held:

Harbilton in Harrietsham by Ospringe, 3/4 fee of the honour of Mandeville, formerly held by William de Pympe and John Sistede .

Swingfield, 1 fee once held by Robert de Swynfeld .

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

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

Maytham and Rolvenden, 2 fees once held by William de Pympe .

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

Dodingdale, 1/2 fee in the manor.

Rolvenden, 1/2 fee in the manor once held by Hawise de Mayhamme and once by William Pympe and 1 fee once held by Roger de Cassyngham .

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

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

Two fees in the county held by the prior and convent of Bilsington.

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

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

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

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

Holdings

He held the following in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife:

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

Enfield, 1/5 fee once held by Jordan de Elsyng and once by John de Raria and 1/5 fee once held by Jordan de Elsyng and formerly by Thomas Frescamp .

Northolt and Ickenham, 1 fee except a twentieth part, once held by Roger de la Doune and once by Adam Fraunceys .

South Mimms, 1 fee once held by Arnold Maundevile 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 by Richard de Norhampton .

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

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

Holdings

He held the following:

Blore and Grindon, 2 fees held by John Basset, knight ; and 1 fee which the earl of Lincoln sometime held, 50s.

Ellastone, 1 fee held by Nicholas de Langford .

Tean, 1 fee held by the heirs of Ralph Basset of Sapcote.

Hopton and Tean, 2 fees held by John Savage and Maud his wife.

Madeley, 1 fee held by the heirs of Ralph Basset of Madeley.

Bramshall, 1 fee held by Thomas Erdeswyke .

Dilhorne, 1 fee held by Humphrey de Stafford .

Mitton, Ingestre and Gratwich, 2 1/2 fees held by the heir of William Sheteswynde, knight .

Colton, 1 fee held by Thomas de Grosill, knight .

Bromley Bagots, 1 fee held by John Bagot, knight .

Tixall, 1 fee held by Roger Wostneys .

Salt, 1 fee held by Ivo de Salt .

Milwich, 1 fee held by the heirs of Ralph Olyvere .

Aston by Stone and Burston, 4 fees held by Robert Marschall and others.

Walton, 1 fee held by Henry de Walton .

Standon and Weston, 1/2 fee held by William de Weston .

Haughton and High Offley, 3 fees held by Humphrey de Halghton .

Tillington, 1/2 fee held by Thomas de Hopton and others.

Swynnerton, 1 fee held by the heirs of Henry de Verdoun .

Standon and Weston, 2 fees held by the heirs of Humphrey de Staundon .

Church Eaton, 1/3 fee held by the heir of Henry de Boring .

Hilderstone, 1 fee held by the heirs of Robert Bagot .

Burslem, 1/2 fee formerly held by Nicholas lord de Audeley .

Saredon, Shareshill and Pateshull, 3 fees held by William Shareshull, knight .

Stretton and Dunston, 1 1/4 fees once held by Richard de Stratton .

Dunston and Lower Drayton, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of William de Stafford .

Barton, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Hugh de Leghe .

Blymhill and Brineton, 2/3 fee held by the heirs of John Bagot .

Acton Trussell, 2/3 fee held by Fulk de Pennebruk.

Wilbrighton, 1 fee held by Henry de Wilbrighton .

Church Eaton and Orslow, 1 fee held by the heirs of John Bryngton .

Barton, 1/2 fee held by the heir of Roger Taylour .

Syerscote and Wichnor, 1 1/4 fees held by the heirs of Res ap Greff’, £6 10s.

Hamstall Ridware, part fee held by the heir of Roger Rydeware .

Oakley, 1/3 fee held by Thomas Erkyngton, 44s.

Mavesyn Ridware, 1/3 fee held by John Cameroy, 25s.

Rickerscote, 1/2 fee held by Humphrey de Stafford .

And the following advowsons:

Stafford, the free chapel, extending at 20s.

Stone, priory, £10.

Bradley, £8.

Spittal Pool, the chapel, in the dower of Anne his wife, [no value given].

Holdings

He held in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife:

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

He held the following in his demesne as of fee:

Denchworth and Padworth, 1 fee held of him by Amery Feteplace, 20s.

Hanney, 1/4 fee, held by Hugh de Sancto Mauro , 5s.

Long Wittenham, 1 fee held by the heir of Robert de Stanford, 10s.

Enborne, 1/20 fee held by John de Haveryng, 40s.

Hanney, 2 fees once held by the earl of Oxford ; £40; and 1 fee held by William de Ripariis, 20s.

Stanford in the Vale, 1/8 fee held by [blank] atte Wyke, 2s.6d.

Holdings

He held in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife:

Deddington, the manor, of the king in chief by the service of a third part of 2 knight’s fees, annual value £13 6s.8d.

Great Haseley, the manor, of the honour of Wallingford by knight service, annual value £26 13s.4d.

Pyrton, the manor, of the honour of Wallingford by knight service, annual value £16 13s.4d.

He also once held in right of Anne the manor of Kirtlington, but granted it on 1 Jan. last to Nicholas Bradeshawe for life, and he still lives.

He held the following (extending at the amounts shown):

Lower Heyford and Hampton Gay, 1 fee held by the heirs of William de Campo Arnulphi, 30s.

Shiplake, 1/2 fee held by Roger de Ingelfeld, 10s.

Swinbrook, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Geoffrey de Cruce, 66s.8d.

Hethe, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Theobald de Verdon , £10.

Finmere, 1 fee held by Robert de Fynmere, 20s.

Burford, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of William Fernacourt , 10s.

And in right of the inheritance of Anne his wife:

Kingham, 1/2 fee held by the lady of Langley and 1/2 fee held by the heirs of John Beaufo , each 50s.

Wendlebury, 1 fee formerly held by Amery de Sancto Amando, 100s.

Stonor, 1 fee once held by Edmund de Stonhore, 100s.

Latchford, 1/2 fee held by William Pyppard, 50s.

Haseley, the advowson, annual value when it occurs £40.