E-CIPM 19-285: MARGARET WIDOW OF THOMAS DE BELLO CAMPO , EARL OF WARWICK

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MARGARET WIDOW OF THOMAS DE BELLO CAMPO , EARL OF WARWICK

Inquisition Head

NORFOLK. Inquisition. Watton. 3 Feb. [Rys].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Sayem ; Richard Rysele ; John ?Duham ; William Eyr ; John Wyscard ; Simon Wace ; John Hamound ; John Mychel ; John Kelyng ; Robert Harre ; John Chaunbyrleyn ; and John ...bel [E: Rokel] .

Holdings

She held the manors of Saham Toney, Necton and Little Cressingham with the hundreds of Wayland and Grimshoe in her demesne as of fee by the grant of John Say , Richard de Puryngton and Richard de Brumlegh, clerk , by a fine of 1383 by royal licence [CP 25(1)/289/53 no.79, licence CPR 1381–5 , p.222] shown to the jurors, to Thomas de Bello Campo , Margaret and their heirs. They are held of the king in chief by knight service, amount unknown; annual values,

Saham Toney £20,
Necton £10,
Little Cressingham 10 marks,
Wayland and Grimshoe hundreds 100s.
All are part of the earldom of Warwick.

She also held the manor of Panworth in Ashill in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of Thomas Aldebury, clerk , to Thomas and Margaret and their heirs, of the earl of March of the honour of Clare , service unknown, annual value £10.

She held the advowson of the priory of Shouldham in dower of Thomas, with reversion to Richard their son, annual value 10s.

Richard de Bello Campo , now earl of Warwick , their son and heir is aged 25 years and more.

She died on 22 Jan. last .

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Inquisition Head

DEVON. Inquisition. South Tawton. 21 Feb. [Talbot].

Jurors

inq. Jurors: William Wyke ; John Milforde ; William Wonston senior; Robert Taverner ; Ivo atte Wode ; Geoffrey Northemore ; William Dounyng junior; William Athelard ; William Deyman ; William Wonston junior; Richard atte Hole ; and John Lauerans .

Holdings

She held in dower of Thomas a third part of the manor of South Tawton, with reversion to Richard their son, now earl of Warwick . All three parts are held of the king in chief by knight service, amount unknown; annual value of the third part 40s.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Chipping Campden. 16 Feb. [Gryuell].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Eode ; William Amondesham ; John Childe ; Richard Merbury ; John Bradewey ; Roger Hosyer ; John Lawe ; William Weley of Broad Campden ; Thomas Freman ; Thomas Bony ; William Massynger ; and William Burne .

Holdings

She held the manor of Childs Wickham by Evesham in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of Edmund de Brygge , Richard Bromley, clerk , and Robert Russell to Thomas earl of Warwick , Margaret herself and their heirs.

Childs Wickham, held of the earl of Gloucester , service unknown, annual value £20.

In dower of Thomas she held the manor of Lydney of the same earl, service unknown, with reversion to Richard, now earl of Warwick , their son. There are no buildings; 2 a. underwood, annual value 2s.; assize rents of free and customary tenants payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas, £4; and pleas and perquisites of courts, 6s.8d.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Stratford. 29 Jan. [Rikedon].

Jurors

Jurors: William Danyell ; John Footyng ; John Clerk ; John Sewale ; Daniel Bacon ; William Heggeman ; John Whitby junior; John atte ?Ree ; Walter Broune ; Richard Croydon ; Roger Taillour ; and John Schelleford .

Holdings

She held the manor of Walthamstow Tony in her demesne as of fee by the grant of Thomas Aldebury, clerk , to Thomas her husband, herself and their heirs, of the king of the honour of Boulogne by the service of half a knight’s fee as part of the earldom of Warwick, annual value 40 marks.

She also held the manor of Walthamstow Francis in fee tail by the grant of Nicholas Lillyng, knight , Roger Tangele, clerk , and Thomas Aldebury , to them and their heirs, of the king of the same honour as half a knight’s fee, annual value £10.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

WORCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Worcester. 7 Feb. [Beauchamp].

Jurors

Jurors: William Russell ; John [Power] ; John [Wasseb]orn’ ; Norman Grey ; William Aldebury ; John Blount ; John Acton ; William Yockeshale ; John Pebwall ; Thomas Rompney ; Thomas Holte ; and [ Richard Ketelby ].

Holdings

She held in fee tail by the grant of Hugh de Segrave and Henry de Arderne , knights, and Richard de Puryngton and John Harewode , clerks, to Thomas her husband, herself and their heirs:

Elmley castle and manor, and Wadborough, Stoulton and Kersoe manors, members of the castle and manor, of the bishop of Worcester , service unknown, annual value 100 marks.

Salwarpe manor, a member of the same, of the prior of Coventry , service unknown, annual value £20.

Droitwich, 14 saltpans and 20 marks rent, of Eleanor [recte Elizabeth] countess of Kent , service unknown, annual value 25 marks.

She held in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of Edmund Brugge , John Aleyn and Richard de Temedbury to them and their heirs

14 saltpans in Droitwich and Upwich with their vats, and saltwater pans in Droitwich situated in Upwich, of Eleanor [recte Elizabeth] countess of Kent , service unknown, annual value 4 marks.

She also held in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of William Cokesey and William Spernore , esquires, and Roger Tangeley and Richard Bromley , clerks, to them and their heirs:

Bewdley, the manor, of the abbot of Pershore , service unknown, annual value 20 marks.

Grafton Flyford, the manor, of the abbot of Westminster , service unknown, annual value 20 marks.

Earls Croome, the manor, of the bishop of Worcester , service unknown, annual value £10.

Ribbesford, the manor, with its members of Rock and Lindon, of the earl of March , service unknown, annual value 20 marks.

Worcester, 8 messuages, 12 cottages and £4 rent in the city, of the king in socage, annual value £15.

In dower with reversion to Richard, now earl of Warwick , her son, she held:

Yardley, the manor, of the abbot of Pershore , service unknown, annual value £10.

Shrawley, the manor, of the king in chief by the service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks.

Hadzor, the manor and a wood there called ‘Ovewode’, of the abbot of Westminster , service unknown, annual value 20s.

She also held in dower with reversion to Richard the following knight’s fees, extending at the amounts shown:

Crowle, 1 fee held by the preceptor of St. Wolfstan’s, Worcester, and John Froxmere, 100s.

Fairfield, 1 fee held by the heir of Thomas Botiller of Sudeley, knight , £20.

Little Kyre, 1/2 fee held by Roger le Mortymer, 40s.

Redmarley Oliver, 1 fee held by Hugh Cheyne, knight , and John Meysy, 66s.8d.

Waresley, 1/2 fee held by Robert de Clare, 40s.

Barrow, 1/2 fee held by the heir of William de Barewe, 20s.

Norchard, 1/4 fee held by John Blount, 13s.4d.

Eastham, 1 fee held by William Lyngeyn, clerk , and others, 20 marks.

Shelsley Beauchamp, 1/2 fee held by William Wysham, knight , £10.

Shrawley, the advowson, 10 marks.

All the tenants of these fees are living.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Newmarket. 8 Feb. [Wynter].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Gateward ; John Leef ; John Langham ; John Clerk [E: of Newmarket ]; John Manston ; John Frere ; John Mordon ; Thomas Maryot ; Walter Knappyng ; William Waryn ; John [E: William] Smyth of Kirtling ; and Robert [E: William] Turnour .

Holdings

She held in dower of her late husband, Thomas earl of Warwick , with reversion to Richard de Bello Campo , now earl of Warwick , son of Thomas and herself:

Kirtling, the manor, of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £30.

Long Stanton, a service rent of 10 marks, of the king in chief, payable by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas.

Brinkley, 1/2 knight’s fee held by the heirs of John and Andrew Mouhon, extending at 60s.

Whittlesford, 1/4 fee held by Edmund Thorp, knight , in right of his wife, extending at 40 marks.

Kirtling, the advowson, extending at 20 marks.

The tenants are alive and of full age.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Writ Head

284 Writ. ‡ 24 Jan. 1407 [Gaunstede].

Addressed to Richard Whityngton, mayor and escheator.

Inquisition Head

LONDON. Inquisition. London. 28 Jan. [Whityngton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Basset ; Roger Kendale ; Robert Kyrkeby ; Nicholas Mynot ; John Hilton ; Nicholas Wyght ; Robert Salesbury ; John Hyde ; Geoffrey Adam ; William Boteley ; John Kemston ; and Elias Crowle .

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee a town house in Old Dean’s Lane with 6 houses, 16 shops, 1 toft, and the rent of 16 shops in the parish of St. Sepulchre Newgate, which Stephen Sutton, formerly valet of the chamber of the earl, held for life. Hugh Segrave, knight , Richard de Pyrryngton and John Ermysthorp, clerk , granted them to Thomas and Margaret and their heirs. They are held of the king in free burgage, as all London is, annual value £12.

Date of death and heir, aged 24 years and more, as above.

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Inquisition Head

HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Southampton. 17 Feb. [Boneham].

Jurors

Jurors: William Dart ; John Dannebury ; Robert Coupere ; Thomas Sandon ; William Tangle ; Reynold Barbour ; John Dodde ; John Calabre ; Laurence Goldsmyth ; John Tanner ; John Notebeme ; and Thomas Staunford .

Holdings

She held in dower two messuages and the office of weigher in Southampton, of the king in grand serjeanty, with reversion to Richard, now earl of Warwick , her son, annual value £10.

Date of death and heir as above [no.278].

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Writ Head

286 Writ. ‡ 24 Jan. 1407 [Gaunstede].

Addressed to the escheator of Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Inquisition Head

LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Lutterworth. 10 Feb. [Palmer].

Jurors

Jurors: John Jammyll ; Alred (Alueredi) Jaco... ; ... ...; ... ..ey; Robert Smyth of Saddington ; Thomas Smyth of Kimcote ; John Parnell ; Henry Pray ; John Russell ; Robert Swan ; William Mayhew ; and Richard ..sse... .

Holdings

She held the manor of Kibworth Beauchamp, parcel of the earldom of Warwick, in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of John Say , Richard de Pyryngton, clerk , and Richard de Brumlegh by a fine of 1383 as above [no.278] made with royal licence to Thomas, Margaret and their heirs.

Kibworth Beauchamp. It is held of the king in chief by the service of napery at the coronation of the queen, annual value £40.

Date of death and heir as above [no.278].

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Writ Head

287 [Writ: see 286 .]

Inquisition Head

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition. Warwick. 7 Feb. 1407. [Palmer].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Burdet, knight ; Aluer’ Trussell, knight ; John Harewell ; John Lee ; John Astele ; Henry Sutton ; Thomas Archer ; John Fulwode ; Nicholas Saucer ; Peter Holt ; John ?Ulberugh ; and William Westynton .

Holdings

She held the manor of Ladbrooks in Tanworth in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of Thomas Aldebury, clerk , to Thomas, Margaret herself and their heirs. It is held of the king of the honour of Peverel by the service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee, annual value 100s.

She held in dower the manors of Berkswell and Lighthorne and the undernamed knight’s fees. The manors are held of the king in chief by knight service.

At Berkswell there are: the site, annual value nil; 200 a. arable, 26s.8d.; 20 a. meadow, 20s.; a park, beyond the maintenance of the game, 13s.4d., and underwood there 10s.; and assize rents, £29 payable by equal parts at Lady Day and Michaelmas.
At Lighthorne: the site, annual value nil; dovecot, 3s.4d.; 3 carucates, 60s.; 30 a. meadow, 30s.; assize rents, £20 payable similarly; and pleas and perquisites of court at Berkswell, 23s.4d.
The fees, extending at the amounts shown, are:

Amington, 1 fee held by William de Clynton, knight , £20.

Moxhull, 1/2 fee held by Helen de Arderne, 100s.

Wiggins Hill, 1/4 fee held by the heir of Ralph de Wylyngton, 40s.

Whitacre, 1/4 fee held by the heir of John Petche , £3.

Elmdon, 1/2 fee held by the same, 100s.

Whittington, 1 fee held by William lord of Astley , £40.

Sheldon, 1/2 fee held by Richard Arundell, knight , 100s.

Corley, 1/2 fee held by William de Bello Campo , knight, £10.

Barton, 1/4 fee held by William Ranys and John de Clynton, 40s.

Charlecote, 1/2 fee held by the heir of John de Mounfort, 100s.

Bedsworth, 1/4 fee held by Thomas Archer, 40s.

Wormleighton, 1 fee held by the heir of John Harecourt , £20.

Pillerton Hersey, 1 fee held by the heir of John de Thornebury, knight , £20.

Winterton, 1/2 fee held by the heir of Lord le Despenser, 100s.

Whitchurch, 1 fee held by the heir of Peter de Monte Forti , £20.

Wellesbourne, 1 fee held by the same, £20.

Hodnell Bruiz, 1/4 fee held by the prioress of Nuneaton , 60s.

Binley, 1/20 fee held by the abbot of Combe , 20s.

Astley and Milverton, 1 fee held by the heir of Nicholas de Asteley , £20.

Marston, 1/2 fee held by the same, £10.

Holme in Newton, 1/6 fee held by the abbot of Rocester , 20s.

Radford and Fulready, 1/2 fee held by the prior of Kenilworth , £10.

Lillington, 1 fee held by the same prior, £20.

Lighthorne, the advowson, £20,
and advowson of a chantry, 20 marks.

Warwick, the prebends in the collegiate church of Robert Mile , Thomas Knyght and Richard Bromley , each at the third presentation and each extending at 100s.;
and the advowson of St. Michael’s hospital, 40s.

Wedgnock, the advowson of the free chapel called Cuckow church, 40s.

All the tenants of the fees are living and of full age. The reversion of all is to Richard de Bello Campo , her son.

Date of death and heir as above [no.278].

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Inquisition Head

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Tamworth. 18 Feb. [Bagot].

Jurors

Jurors: Reynold Dethik ; Adam Seyntcler ; Robert de Sekynton ; John Gresbrok ; John de Ruggeley ; John Alcok of Coton ; Ralph Bollenhull ; John Staunford ; William Hogetus ; William Stoke ; Richard atte Bruggende ; and William Gardyner .

Holdings

She held in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of Thomas de Aldebury, clerk , by a fine [CP 25(1)/290/59, no.8] to Thomas, herself and the heirs of their bodies, the manor of Drayton Bassett with the advowson, and the advowson of a chantry of five chaplains celebrating in the church there for the souls of Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett, knight , and his heirs, and 10 marks rent in Tamworth belonging to the manor. She also held 8 tofts, 2 carucates and 40 a. wood called ‘Jonesclos’ in Drayton Bassett, formerly of John atte Lee , 1 messuage in Drayton Bassett, 1 messuage in Tamworth, formerly of Margery de Botery , and 10 cottages in Fazeley, formerly of Ralph Smyth , all parcel of the manor.

Drayton Bassett. The manor is held of the heir of Ralph Basset of Weldon of his manor of Great Weldon , service unknown, annual value 40 marks.

She held in dower a third part of the manor of Walsall, and a plot of arable, wood and enclosed pasture called Clayhanger, formerly of William Coleson , and a plot there called ‘Conynger’, with reversion to Richard their son. The whole manor is held of the king at fee farm of £4, annual value of the third part with these places 10 marks.

Also in dower she held a third part of the manors of Perry, Little Barr and Hamstead, with reversion to Robert Huggeford , to whom Richard de Bello Campo , now earl of Warwick , by his charter dated at Warwick castle on 23 March 1403 and shown to the jurors, granted these manors for life with all his other premises in Staffordshire which were not held of the king . The manors are held of the barony of Dudley, service unknown, annual value of the third parts £4.

Date of death and heir as above [no.278].

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Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Stony Stratford. 4 Feb. [Boys].

Jurors

Jurors: John Botiller ; John Huwys ; John Hardell ; William Edy senior; John Haversham ; William Syward [E: Seuward]; William Roteby ; Richard Dally ; William Derby ; John Angtill ; William Chyual ; and William Phelipp .

Holdings

She held the manor of Hanslope in dower with reversion to Richard, now earl of Warwick , of the king by the service of being one of the chamberlains of the exchequer, as part of the earldom of Warwick, annual value £40. It includes the following portions of knight’s fees in Hanslope, extending at the amounts shown: 1/2 fee held by John Bosenho in right of his wife, £10; 1 fee held by Alice de Brampton, 20 marks; 1/4 fee held by Thomas Knyght, clerk , 40s.; 1/4 fee held by the heir of Robert Mauncell , 40s.; 1/4 fee held by the heir of Richard Newenham, clerk , 26s.8d.; 1/40 fee held by the heir of John Fraunceys , 5s.; 1/40 fee held by the heir of Richard Hoese , 5s.; and 1/8 fee held by Walter Dastyn, 20s. All the tenants are alive and of full age.

She also held in dower the advowsons of chantries in Hanslope and Castle Thorpe, each extending at 40s.

Date of death and heir as above [no.278].

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Inquisition Head

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Wallingford. 11 Feb. [Chaucer].

Jurors

Jurors: William Derham ; John Bothelham ; Gregory Boshampcote ; John Kene ; John Ridale ; William North of South Moreton ; John Reve of the same; Nicholas Willy ; William atte Forde ; John Bullok ; Edmund Eyres ; and William Kene .

Holdings

She held the following knight’s fees and parts of fees in dower, extending at the amounts shown:

Aston Upthorpe and Winterbourne, 1 fee held by the heirs of Gilbert son of John de Ellesfeld , £20.

Compton Beauchamp, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of Peter de Eketon , £10.

Swallowfield and Shinfield, 1/2 fee held by the heirs of John de Sancto Johanne of Lagham, £20.

Trunkwell (Bruell) and Garston, 1/10 fee held by the heirs of John Blunt, 40s.

Ashampstead and Basildon, 1 fee held by the heir of Ralph de Knyveton , £20.

Remenham, 1 fee held by the heir of Peter de Monte Forti , £10.

The reversion is to Richard her son. All the tenants are alive and of full age.

Date of death and heir as above [no.278].

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Inquisition Head

RUTLAND. Inquisition. Uppingham. 11 Feb. [Parles].

Jurors

Jurors: William Bertvyll ; John Warde ; John Verdere ; John Coupere of Glaston ; Ralph Prounce [?Promice]; Roger Beuerege ; Richard Huntyngdon ; Robert Parker of Seaton ; John ?Cut of Ayston ; Richard Thomasson of the same; Roger Hillom ; and John Hannell .

Holdings

She held in dower of the king in chief by knight service, amount unknown, the manors of

Barrowden, annual value £20, and
Greetham, £20,
the hundred of Wrangdike, annual value £20 beyond fee of 5 marks to the steward , and
the manor of Preston and Uppingham, annual value £20
; and also the following knight’s fees and advowsons, extending at the amounts shown:

Glaston, 1 fee held by the heir of Robert de Haryngton, knight , 20 marks.

Martinsthorpe, 1/2 fee held by John Seyton, 100s.

Lyndon, 1/2 fee held by the heir of John Davys, knight , 10 marks.

Wing, 1 fee held by the abbot of Thorney , £10.

Barrow and Wenton, 1 fee held by Robert Sherard in right of his wife and by the prioress and nuns of Stamford, £10.

Manton, 1/4 fee held by John Lilford, 10 marks.

Cottesmore, 1 fee held by John Daprychecourt, knight , £12.

Pilton, 1/4 fee held by John Uffyngton, 100s.

North Luffenham, 1/40 fee held by the heir of John Basset, 2s.

Barrowden, 1/40 fee held by the heir of Robert de Nevyll, 2s.

Cottesmore, the advowson, extending at £20;
Barrowden, the advowson, extending at 20 marks;
South Luffenham, the advowson, extending at £10;
and Ridlington, the advowson, extending at 10 marks. [E, deleted: the advowson of the church of Preston, which extends at 10 marks (there is an erasure at the same point in C).]

Date of death and heir as above [no.278].

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Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Southampton
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Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Gaunstede(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Dart
  • John Dannebury
  • Robert Coupere
  • Thomas Sandon
  • William Tangle
  • Reynold Barbour
  • John Dodde
  • John Calabre
  • Laurence Goldsmyth
  • John Tanner
  • John Notebeme
  • Thomas Staunford

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