E-CIPM 19-414: JOHN LOVELL, KNIGHT

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JOHN LOVELL, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

RUTLAND. Inquisition [indented]. Bradcroft. 18 March. [Hunt].

Jurors

Jurors: John de Multon ; William Swafeld ; John Plumpton ; Alan Russell ; John Hunt of North or South Luffenham ; Thomas Geuy ; Robert Camp’ ; Henry Knot ; John Reynold of Hambleton ; John de Lyndon ; John Tuff ; and William Rawele .

Holdings

He held the manor of Great Hambleton for life by the grant of Edmund late earl of March with reversion to the earl and his heirs. It is held of Edward duke of York , as one knight’s fee, in accordance with the grant to him and the heirs male of his body by letters patent of Richard II, shown to the jurors, annual value 40 marks.
[Cf. CIPM, XVIII, no.629].

He died on 10 Sept. last . John Lovell, knight , is his son and next heir, aged 30 years and more.

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Inquisition Head

LONDON. Inquisition. 24 Sept. [Staundon].

Jurors

Jurors: Simon Prentoft ; Robert Swanlond ; John Russell ; John Stubbe ; Robert Fraunceis ; Robert Hykke ; William Sewale ; John Parker ; John Cretyng ; Robert Blake ; John Boner ; and John Berdeney .

Holdings

In right of the inheritance of Maud his wife he held 1 mansion and 12 shops with solars above of the king in free burgage, as all London is held, annual value £10.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Writ Head

406 Writ. ‡ 11 Sept. 1408 Bruton [Clerk].

[Dorse:] Fait a remembre que mon seignour de Louell morust le xme iour de Septembre.

Inquisition Head

NORFOLK. Inquisition. Heacham. 24 Sept. [le Strange].

Jurors

Jurors: Nicholas Batayle ; John Fayrewal ; John Warner ; Henry Blomville ; Robert Gardel ; Adam Pebel ; Simon Millere ; Walter Broun ; Richard Tayllour ; Geoffrey Skynnere ; John Halyate ; and Richard Penteneye .

Holdings

He held the manor of Southmere and Docking in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 10 marks.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Winslow. 20 Sept. [Hampden].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Simeon ; Thomas Brystowe ; Stephen Smyth of Winslow ; Thomas Stokes ; William Chitthen ; William Spencer ; John Maior ; John Monk ; John Tourssheye ; John Aberam ; John Smyth ; and John Clerk .

Holdings

He held the manor of Broughton by Aylesbury in right of Maud his wife, who survives him, of the king of the duchy of Lancaster [in E: corrected from 'the honour of Winton'], service unknown, annual value £20.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

SHROPSHIRE. Inquisition. Bridgnorth. 21 Sept. [Brugge].

Jurors

Jurors: Hugh Grene ; William Kynnesley ; Thomas Parker ; William Madeley ; William Seriaunt ; Thomas Forester ; William Boulewas ; John Mason ; William Parchey ; Thomas Betton ; John Wereman ; and John Beche .

Holdings

Long before his death he granted 1 messuage and 1 carucate in Romsley to Henry de Cornewaill for life with reversion to himself and his heirs. They are held of Andrew Dudmaston , service unknown, annual value 20s.

He died on 3 Sept. last, heir as above. [The date of death is 'Monday before the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 9 Hen. IV', ie 3 Sept. 1408: presumably an error for Monday after, ie 10 Sept.]

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Inquisition Head

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Stafford. 21 Sept. [Stanford].

Jurors

Jurors: Walter Ody ; John Scot of Yoxall ; William Burgeys ; Thomas Bissheton ; Richard Galfeld ; Henry Burrewey ; John Fraunceys ; Richard Maleyerbe ; Robert Bust ; William Frenssh ; Geoffrey Baxter of Burton upon Trent ; and William Dale .

Holdings

In right of Maud his wife, daughter and heir of Robert Holand, knight , he held the manor of Yoxall in fee tail to them and the heirs of her body, of the duchy of Lancaster as of the honour of Tutbury by knight service. Maud survives him. There are the site of the manor, annual value nil beyond the cost of repairs to the close; 1 garden, in herbage and fruit 6s.; 1 watermill 16s.8d.; 2 carucates 36s.8d.; 34 a. meadow, at 12d. an acre from Candlemas to Lammas, 34s., and for the remainder of the year nil; 1 place of several pasture called ‘le Car’ 40s.; a park, in herbage beyond the keeping of the game and repairs to the fences 5s.; underwood there 12d; a fishery in the Trent 7s.6d.; assize rents of free tenants and tenants at will payable by equal parts at Lady Day and Michaelmas 26 marks; pleas and perquisites of court 5s.

He died on 10 Sept. last , heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Navenby. 25 Sept. [Morley].

Jurors

Jurors: John de Preston ; John de Appulby ; John de Cayshoo ; Simon de Hykeham ; John Maddy ; Nicholas Michel ; William Petytt ; John Loueday ; John Poly ; John Punchard ; Robert Wynter ; Martin Andreu ; John de Dykes ; and Roger de Skynand [or -u-].

Holdings

In right of the inheritance of Maud his wife, daughter of Robert son of Robert de Holand, knight , deceased, he held the advowson of the church of St. John the Evangelist, Croxton, of the king in chief of the fee of Winchester by knight service, with 20 a. arable as glebe, annual value 20 marks. The church is held by John Croxton , the parson.

He died at Wardour on 10 Sept. last , heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Leicester. 22 Sept. [Trussell].

Jurors

Jurors: William Kendale of Shepshed ; Henry Lambert of the same; John Bradgate of the same; Thomas Ayham of the same; Robert Jouce of Long Whatton ; John Hedon of the same; John atte Vykers of Belton ; Ralph Cryspe of the same; William Walsch of Shepshed ; William Herryson of Thornton ; John Smyth of Bagworth ; and John Watte of the same.

Holdings

In right of Maud his wife, who survives him, aged 40 years and more, he held:

the manor of Bagworth, extending in Bagworth and Thornton, of Richard earl of Warwick by knight service, annual value £20;
a third part of the manor of Shepshed, of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, annual value 100s.;
and 6s.8d. rent from a messuage in Leicester.

He died on 10 Sept. last , heir as above.

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Writ Head

412 Writ. ‡ 11 Sept. 1408 Bruton [Clerk].

Addressed to the escheator of Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Inquisition Head

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Oxford. 22 Sept. [James].

Jurors

Jurors: John Threnewyth ; Geoffrey Taillour ; Vincent Toukere ; John Wyntur ‘furbour’; John Pydynton ; Richard Harrius ; Thomas Lyford ; Nicholas Fairfax ; John Shutford ; Geoffrey Elton ; John Erle ; and Thomas Bowyere .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Ducklington, the manor and advowson, of Lord Talbot by suit of court at the hundred of Bampton , annual value 100s.

Brize Norton, the manor formerly of Thomas Fretewell , of the prince [of Wales], service unknown, annual value 40s.

Minster, 1 messuage, 2 carucates and 16 1/2 a. meadow called ‘Laundelles’, of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, annual value 13s.4d.

Shorthampton, half a virgate, of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, annual value 2s.

Chadlington, 3 tenements and 3 virgates, of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, annual value 6s.8d.

Chilson, a manor there, of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, annual value 6s.8d. beyond 40s. yearly granted by deed to Thomas Bekyngham, esquire , for life for his good service.

Jointly with Maud his wife he held the manor of Minster Lovell by the grant of Thomas archbishop of Canterbury and formerly of York, and Richard Holte , who are still alive, Richard Abberbury and others, of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, annual value 20 marks;
and 5 a. of assart in the forest of Wychwood, of the king by paying 22d. yearly at the exchequer by the sheriff, annual value beyond that nil.

He died on 10 Sept., heir as above.

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Writ Head

413 [Writ: see 412 .]

Inquisition Head

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Grandpont. 22 Sept. 1408. [James].

Jurors

Jurors: Geoffrey Eltone ; John Erle ; John Cook ; Nicholas Messager ; Ralph Taillour ; John Magote ; William Horner ; Robert Crouk ; Peter Grete ; Thomas Lyford ; William Brasier ; and Robert de Bartone .

Holdings

He held jointly with Maud his wife by the grant of Reynold Sheffeld various lands, tenements, feedings, pastures, meadows, woods, rents and services in Ufton Robert, Ufton Nervet, Sulhamstead Bannister, Sulhamstead Abbots, Englefield and Padworth, of Lady Constance Paynell, lady of Ufton Robert, by a rent of 16s., annual value 40s.

Of the inheritance of Maud he held the manor of Denford of the duchy of Lancaster , service unknown, annual value 40s.

He died on 10 Sept., heir as above.

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Writ Head

414 Writ. ‡ 11 Sept. 1408 Bruton [Clerk].

Addressed to the escheator of Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Ilchester. 24 Sept. [Savage].

Jurors

Jurors: Nicholas Thurmond ; Richard Milborn ; Richard Wayte ; John Chynnok ; John Gulden ; William Ponton ; William James ; John Gylet ; Peter Stefenes ; John Wailond ; John Mulborn ; and John Stalbrigge .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

the manor and advowson of Sparkford of Richard de Sancto Mauro by knight service, annual value £10;
the manor and advowson of North Cheriton of the lord of the manor of Maperton by knight service, annual value 8 marks;
and the manor of Upton Noble of the abbot of Glastonbury by knight service, annual value 8 marks.

He died on 10 Sept., heir as above.

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Writ Head

415 [Writ: see 414 .]

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 24 Sept. 1408. [Savage].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Fauntleroy ; Robert Jolyf ; Walter Goldsmyth ; Thomas Whyte ; Robert Dolyng ; John Thurlewynd ; John Corneys ; John Muleward ; William Dounton ; Walter Barbour ; Richard Tylie ; and William Pury .

Holdings

Jointly with Maud his wife by the grant of William Hankeford and others by a charter shown to the jurors with remainder after their deaths to Robert Lovell their son and his heirs, and failing such heirs to the right heirs of John himself, he held:

the manor and advowson of Sutton Waldron with knight’s fees belonging to it of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 20 marks;
and 1 messuage and 40 a. in Brockhampton of the abbot of Sherborne in socage, annual value 20s.

He held the advowson of Maiden Newton at alternate presentations in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £20.

He died on 10 Sept., heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 21 Sept. [Swetenham].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Eyr ; Thomas Hardell ; John Hankoc ; John Caloun ; John Wattes ; John Gryme ; John Andreu ; John Aubone ; William Couelee ; William Pountfreyt ; John atte Barre ; and John Bonde .

Holdings

Jointly with Maud his wife he held one manor of Titchmarsh of the king, of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, by the grant of Thomas archbishop of Canterbury and formerly of York, and Richard Holte , who are still living, and Richard Abberbury , William Worfton and Thomas Themese , deceased, to them and their heirs, annual value 20 marks;
two parts of another manor of Titchmarsh, formerly of Henry Tycchemerssh , in his demesne as of fee, of John Holand, knight , service unknown, annual value 4 marks;
and the remaining third part of that manor for the life of Margaret, formerly wife of Henry Tycchemersh , who still lives, of John Bray and Katherine his wife, in right of Katherine, service unknown.

He held the manor of Hinton in the Hedges by Brackley jointly with William la Zouche of Haringworth, knight , John Lovell, junior, knight , Thomas Grene, knight , and others by the grant of Thomas Hinton, clerk , made in the time of Richard II to them, Giles de Malore, knight , now deceased, and their heirs and assigns.

The manor of Hinton in the Hedges is held of the king by knight service of his part of the earldom of Hereford, annual value 20 marks.

He held the manor of Edgecote in his demesne as of fee of William Thirnyng, knight , of his manor of Harrowden by knight service, annual value 24 marks.

In right of the inheritance of Maud his wife, heir of Robert de Holand, knight , he held:

1 messuage and 1 carucate in Maidford of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value 10s.;
the manors of Brackley, annual value 5 marks,
and Halse, annual value 5 marks,
of the king in chief by a yearly rent of 1 unmewed sparrowhawk;
the manor of Kings Sutton of Roger Lord le Straunge in socage by fealty alone, annual value £18 2d.;
the hundred of Kings Sutton of the king in chief at fee farm, rendering £4 16d. by the sheriff by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas, annual value beyond that nil;
and 4 a. wood in Wadenhoe, annual value nil,
with the advowson of All Saints church, Aldwinkle, annual value 10 marks,
of the manor of Braybrooke by knight service.

He died on 10 Sept., heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Calne. 22 Sept. [Baynard].

Jurors

Jurors: William Fynamour ; Robert Salman ; William Heueston ; John Justice ; Richard Chamberleyn ; John Fynamour ; Robert ?Rude ; Edward S[tokk]e ; John Aueray ; John ?Dicre [E: ?Diere]; Walter Bu[rell] ; and William Bythewode .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Poulshot, half the manor, of the lord of Wellington by the service of half a knight’s fee, annual value beyond a rent of 100s. payable at Michaelmas, and granted by John Lovell to John Bryant for life, 10 marks.

Potterne and Marston, 4 messuages and 5 virgates, of the bishop of Salisbury , service unknown, annual value 30s.

Mannington, a third part of the manor and the reversion of the other two parts which Petronilla Stokes holds for life by the grant of John Lovell , of the duke of York by knight service, annual value of the third part 26s.8d.

Bridzor, the reversion of the manor, of the abbess of Shaftesbury , service unknown, annual value 100s.

Earlscourt, the reversion of the manor, of the heir of Robert Houlond of his manor of Wanborough by the service of half a knight’s fee.

Henset and Timbridge, the reversion of 100s. rent which Richard Holte holds for life;
and Knowle, the reversion of the manor which Petronilla Stokes holds for life
; both of Lord Cobham of his manor of Chisbury, service unknown.

Huish, the manor and advowson, of the king in chief by knight service, annual value of the manor nil beyond a rent of £20 payable to Thomas Lovell and his heirs by equal parts at Lady Day and Michaelmas.

Shaw and Oare, 5 messuages and 8 virgates, of the prior of Bradenstoke , service unknown, annual value 25s.

Devizes, 6 messuages, of Queen Joan in free burgage, service unknown, annual value 26s.8d.

Chelworth, the reversion of 40s. rent held for life by Richard Colyngbourne by the grant of John Lovell .

In right of the inheritance of Maud his wife he held the manor of Wanborough, with the advowson of the chapel there, of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, amount unknown, annual value £20.

Jointly with Maud his wife he held:

Upton Lovell, Wardour and Knighton, the manors, with the advowson of Upton Lovell, of which manor of Knighton certain lands in Brockhampton in Dorset are parcel, of the abbess of Wilton by knight service, amount unknown, annual value £40; and
Knook, the manor, of the earl of Stafford , annual value 100s.
; all by the grant of Hildebrand Barre and his colleagues to John and Maud Lovell for their lives with remainder to Robert their son and the heirs of his body.

Salthrop and Westlecott, the manors, with 3 messuages, 2 carucates, 2 virgates, 20 a. meadow and 8s.10d. rent in Chilton Foliat, Sherston and Somerford, by the grant of Thomas Hyne, rector of Litton Cheney , and Richard Holte to John and Maud Lovell and the heirs of John.

Salthrop is held of Stephen Lescrope of his manor of Castle Combe , service unknown, annual value beyond a rent of 100s. granted to Thomas Calston for life by letters patent of John Lovell , payable by equal parts at Michaelmas and Lady Day, and a similar grant of 40s. for life made to Richard Fode, 4 marks;
Westlecott of Lord Talbot, service unknown, annual value 100s.;
the 3 messuages and lands in Chilton Foliat, Sherston and Somerford of Lord Cobham by a yearly rent of 6s.8d., annual value 100(?)s.

Axford and Stitchcombe, the manors, of the bishop of Salisbury , service unknown, by the grant of John Fode and his colleagues to John and Maud Lovell for their lives with remainder to Ralph Lovell and the heirs of his body, annual value beyond 10 marks from Axford granted by letters patent of John Lovell to Mabel Remmesbury (?) for life, and beyond 6s.8d. quitrent from the manor of Stitchcombe payable to William Esturmy, 100s.

Elcombe, the manor, of the earl of Salisbury , service unknown, by the grant of Thomas de Arundell , now archbishop of Canterbury , and his colleagues to them and the heirs of John, annual value £20.

Date of death [10] Sept., and heir as above.

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Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Sparkford
Total: -
North Cheriton
Total: -
Upton Noble
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Clerk(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Nicholas Thurmond
  • Richard Milborn
  • Richard Wayte
  • John Chynnok
  • John Gulden
  • William Ponton
  • William James
  • John Gylet
  • Peter Stefenes
  • John Wailond
  • John Mulborn
  • John Stalbrigge

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