E-CIPM 19-569: JOAN WIDOW OF WALTER FITZWAUTER, KNIGHT

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JOAN WIDOW OF WALTER FITZWAUTER, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Henhow. 1 July. [le Straunge].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Peyton ; Robert Calow ; John Bole ; Robert Schep ; Thomas Cryme ; John Grene ; Robert Hare ; John Bloy ; Henry Reue ; Robert Balyf ; John Heyward ; and Richard ?Walker.

Holdings

She held nothing in Suffolk.

She died on 10 May last . Who is her next heir is unknown.

TNA reference

C 137/73/40 mm. 1-2

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Inquisition Head

SUSSEX. Inquisition. Hailsham. 5 September. [Halle].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Peplisham ; John Aubeden ; Thomas Clerk ; Thomas Kyng ; John Delue ; Richard Henden ; Thomas Mafay ; John atte Welle ; Richard Threle ; William Thecchere ; Richard Shipman ; and William Coggere .

Holdings

She held nothing in Sussex.

She died on 11 May last . Humphrey her son and heir is aged 11 years and more.

TNA reference

C 137/73/40 mm. 3-4

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Writ Head

568 Writ. ‡ 12 May 1409 [Gaunstede].

Addressed to Drew Barantyn, mayor and escheator.

Inquisition Head

LONDON. Inquisition. 15 July. [Barantyn].

Jurors

Jurors: John Maschall ; John Gauere ; Richard Strogull ; John Berdeney ; John Rycheri ; Richard Clerc ; John Roger ; John Edmond ; Roger Graunt ; John Stanford ; Thomas Marchaunt ; and William Kyrkeby .

Holdings

On 1 June 1407 in pure widowhood by her charter she enfeoffed William Bourgchier, knight , John Whitteby, clerk , Robert Rykedon , Thomas Remys , John Eldres , John Basset of Chishall and John Aylleward, chaplain , in 1 house in the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, to them and their heirs and assigns.

She died on 11 May last . Humphrey her son and next heir was aged 10 years on 18 Oct. last .

TNA reference

C 137/73/40 mm. 5-6

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Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition. Sittingbourne. 31 July. [Kempe].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Bak ; Simon Wast ; Elias Baker ; William Dene ; Adam Mage ; Robert Kyppyng ; John Nicholas ; John Boley ; John Birchet ; William Hugyn ; John ?Relegh ; and Thomas Burston .

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee:

Murston, two parts of the manor with its appurtenances in Murston, Elmley, Luddenham, Graveney and Stone by Ospringe, with two parts of the advowson of the same and of the chapel of Swaynstree, of the king in chief of the castle of Dover , service unknown, annual value £10.

Hollingbourne, a tenement called Greenway, of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, of the manor of Hollingbourne in gavelkind, service unknown, annual value £4.

She died on [blank in ms .] May last. Humphrey her son and next heir is aged 10 years and more.

John earl of Somerset has held the premises since her death and taken the profits.

TNA reference

C 137/73/40 mm. 7-8

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Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Aylesbury. 5 June. [].

Jurors

Jurors: Nicholas ?Dagenhale ; John Skydemore ; William Cokkes ; Hugh de Temple ; William Clerk ; John Hardyng of Bierton ; William Pukstede ; William Bluet ; John Pygo.. ; John Clerk of Waldridge ; Ralph Clerk ; and William ?Nauegor .

Holdings

By her charter dated at Dunton on 12 July 1407 she granted the manor and lordship of Dunton with all its members, fees, advowsons, liberties and franchises, to Henry Beaumond, Lord Beaumont , William Bourgchier , John Haward and Gerard Braybrok , knights, John Rome, clerk , John son of William Doreward , David Holbeck , Robert Rykedon , John Whitebi, clerk , Robert Neuport , Richard Baynard , Thomas Remys , Richard Fox , John Basset of Chishall , John Dabelat , John Eldres , Hubert, parson of Diss , Simon Cisterne , John Whiteside, clerk , William Aleyn of Cambridgeshire , Peter de Boxstede of Essex and John Ailward, chaplain , and their heirs and assigns, and they still hold it.

Dunton is held of the barony of Swanscombe, annual value nil because Gilbert Talbot, knight, Lord Talbot , deceased, granted Isabel his wife £40 yearly at Michaelmas for life from it, and John Deverose, knight , deceased, granted Reynold ap Reignold 8 marks yearly from it payable by equal parts at Lady Day and Michaelmas.

She died on 11 May last . Humphrey her son and next heir is aged 11 years and more.

TNA reference

C 137/73/40 mm. 9-10

E 149/92/7

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Writ Head

571 Writ. ‡ 12 May 1409

Executed as in the attached inquisition, except for the castle of Lynhales, in which the escheator could not have entry because it was strongly (manuforti) held by certain lieges of the king whose names he does not know.

Inquisition Head

HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Hereford. 26 Aug. [Bodenham].

Jurors

Jurors: Hugh Maugne ; Philip Dombelton ; William Bourghull ; Richard Gyues ; John Edwardes ; John Shelwyk ; William Caple ; Hugh Watyes ; John Lunteley of Eyton ; Richard Lucas of Ledicot ; Philip Fourches ; and John de Leone .

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee:

Lynhales, the castle and manor, of the earl of March of his manor of Stanton Lacy by knight service, annual value £20.

Dorstone, the castle and manor, of the same Edmund earl of March of the lordship of Clifford by knight service, annual value 20 marks.

Newton in the Welsh March, the manor, of the same earl and lordship, annual value 20s.

Bishopstone, a quarter of the manor with the advowson, of the bishop of Hereford by knight service, annual value 40s.

Whitchurch Maund, the manor, of whom and by what service is unknown, annual value 40s.

For the term of 70 years she held certain lands, tenements, woods, rent and services in Whitchurch Maund and Maund Bryan by the grant of William Deveros , deceased, annual value 40s.

She died on 6 May last . Humphrey her son and heir is aged 10 years.

TNA reference

C 137/73/40 mm. 11-12

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Writ Head

572 Writ. ‡ 12 May 1409 [Gaunstede].

Addressed to the escheator of Essex and Hertfordshire

[Dorse:] executed in one inquisition

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Chelmsford. 8 June. [Bendyssh].

Jurors

Jurors: John ...; ... ...; Thomas C...erham ; William Strangman ; Richard Martell ; John atte Fen ; Thomas atte Holte ; Robert Lyndesele ; Thomas atte Lee ; John Porter ; John Marlere ; and Edmund Preston .

Holdings

She held in her demesne in fee tail the manors of

Henham, annual value £13 10s.,
Roydon, annual value £9 4s.6d.,
Dunmow, annual value £9 20d
., and
Ashdon, annual value £10,
with the knight’s fees and advowsons belonging to them, of the barony of Baynard’s Castle by knight service, by the grant to her and her heirs by Walter Fitzwalter, knight , with remainder to his right heirs, by John Cobham, knight , deceased, and John Reymes .

Similarly she held the manor of Burnham to herself and the right heirs of Walter of the king of the same barony, annual value £40.

She died on 10 May last . Humphrey her next heir is in the king’s ward and was aged 10 years on 18 Oct. last .

TNA reference

C 137/73/40 mm. 11-12

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Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Murston, advowson
Total: -
Greenway
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Clerk(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Richard Bak
  • Simon Wast
  • Elias Baker
  • William Dene
  • Adam Mage
  • Robert Kyppyng
  • John Nicholas
  • John Boley
  • John Birchet
  • William Hugyn
  • John ?Relegh
  • Thomas Burston

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