E-CIPM 19-91: ROBERT DE PLESYNGTON

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ROBERT DE PLESYNGTON

Inquisition Head

RUTLAND. Inquisition. Oakham. 19 May. [Cope].

Jurors

Jurors: William Swafeli [E: Swafeld ]; Thomas Pochoun ; Robert Sussex ; Robert Dawesson ; John Wenton ; Henry Knot ; John Ferrour of Exton ; Robert Rendowe ; Henry Boys ; John Caylaway junior ; John Reynold of Langham ; and John Tuff .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by the service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee:

Burley, the manor, comprising a house in the site, annual value nil; 3 carucates and 20 a. meadow in demesne, £7; 29 virgates in the hands of tenants at will, each 12s.; 25 cottages, each 20d.; 1 windmill, 30s.; 1 enclosed park, 40s.; pleas and perquisites of court beyond 12s.4d. payable to the king by the sheriff, and the fee of the steward, 2s.; and [not comprised in manor] 1 cottage and 4 a., 6s.

Alsthorpe, 1 virgate, annual value 8s.

He died on 2 May last . Robert his son and next heir is aged 11 years and more.

[E 149/86/3, only]

: Carucates and meadow not specified as demesne; total extent £31 6s. [apparently including 12s.4d. but not 2s.]; total share for 9 days, 15s. 3 1/4d.; share for third part for 1/2 year from 10 May to 23 Nov., 113s. 1d.
TNA reference

C 137/54/37 mm. 1-2

E 149/86/3

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Writ Head

92 Writ. ‡ 10 Nov. 1405 [Thoralby].

Addressed to John Wodecok, mayor and escheator.

Inquisition Head

LONDON. Inquisition. 17 Nov. [Wodecok].

Jurors

Jurors: John Wolf ; John Schirlok ; Hugh Clerk ; William Lewell ; William Noke ; Robert Wynkeburne ; Roger Marke ; Robert Brampton ; Nicholas Roberd ; William Lyntoke ; John Staunton ; and William Whiteby .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief in free burgage, as all London is held:

2 ruinous messuages with shops and gardens called ‘Le Aungell on the Hope’ and ‘Fleuredelice’ in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the suburbs, annual value 4 marks; and
1 garden in the same parish formerly of William atte Gate and Joan his wife, annual value 6s.8d.
In 1396–7, long before his death, he granted Richard Bank a rent of 5 marks for life from all his tenements in Holborn with a clause of distraint for non-payment, and so now they do not suffice to pay the rent by 6s.8d.

He died on 2 May last . Robert his son and heir is aged 11 1/2 years and more.

TNA reference

C 137/54/37 mm. 3-4

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Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Spilsby. 28 Oct. [Belle].

Jurors

Jurors: John Buttermouth ; Philip Hochonson of Toynton All Saints or Toynton St Peter ; John son of Richard of ?the same; John de Bouland of the same; Andrew Josson of the same; William Hikson of Toynton All Saints or Toynton St Peter ; John son of Isabel Freman of West Keal ; John Astyn of Great or Little Steeping ; John de Belynggay of Toynton All Saints or Toynton St Peter ; John Fairwedir of the same; Thomas Pygge of Keal Cotes ; Thomas Gall of Keal Cotes ; and ?Robert ‘in the Hyrne’ of West Keal .

Holdings

He held nothing in Lincolnshire.

Date of death and heir as in last.

TNA reference

C 137/54/37 mm. 7-8

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Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. Otley. 7 Aug. [Redemane].

Jurors

Jurors: ?William ... ; John ?Roudon ; Robert Caudray ; Adam Caudray ; William Kyllyngbek ; Edmund Franke ; Robert ?H....forth ; ?Robert ?Hancok ; Peter ... ; ... ...; John Horsforth ; and William de Po... .

Holdings

Long before his death he held in his demesne as of fee:

Cononley in Craven, 1 messuage, 2 tofts, 14 a. arable, 12 a. meadow, and 50 a. moor, of John son and heir of Thomas Lord Clifford by suit of court at Skipton twice yearly, annual value 20s.
; but about eight years ago Richard Beauchamp, knight, entered and occupied this holding.

Stirton and Thorlby in Craven, 4 messuages and 8 bovates, of the same John by fealty and suit of court at Skipton , annual value 21s.8d.

Otley, 1 burgage, of Richard archbishop of York by fealty and suit of court at his manor of Otley twice yearly and a rent of 4d., annual value 5s.

Broughton in Craven, 3 messuages and 6 a. meadow, of the same John son of Thomas by a rent of 1/2 lb. cumin, annual value 5s.

Ilkley in Cravendale, 3 messuages, of Agnes widow of Robert de Plesyngton, knight , annual value 10s.

By his deed he granted to William Hemingburgh , who is still alive, a rent of 40s. for life from his lands in Cononley, Stirton, Thorlby, Broughton, Otley and Ilkley, annual value beyond that 21s.8d.

Hartlington in Craven, the manor, with 1 toft in Thorpe sub Montem in Craven, of John son of Thomas Lord Clifford , service unknown; but eight years ago Henry de Hertlyngton disseised him and occupied this manor and toft, and still does so; annual value 100s.

Healaugh, the manor, with half the manor of Swaledale, the free chase of Swaledale, and £6 9s.3d. annual rent from lands which John Ellerton held of him in Healaugh and Swaledale, of the honour of Richmond, service unknown, annual value …3d. They were granted to Agnes wife of Robert de Plesyngton, knight , [his father], for life, and she regranted them to him for her life for a rent of £50 payable by equal parts at Martinmas and Whitsun, on condition that if he died she should retain them for her life. She survives.

He died on 2 May. His son and heir is aged 11 1/2 years.

TNA reference

C 137/54/37 mm. 5-6

E 152/8/406 #1b

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Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Burley
Total: -
Alsthorpe
Total: -

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Burley
Total: -

People

People

  • Thoralby(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Swafeli [E: Swafeld
  • Thomas Pochoun
  • Robert Sussex
  • Robert Dawesson
  • John Wenton
  • Henry Knot
  • John Ferrour of Exton
  • Robert Rendowe
  • Henry Boys
  • John Caylaway junior
  • John Reynold of Langham
  • John Tuff

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