‹ E-CIPM 20-105: NICHOLAS RUGGELEY OF LITTLE SAREDON ›

Holdings

Nicholas Ruggeley of Little Saredon once held in his demesne as of fee 1 messuage, 1 mill, 1 1/2 carucates, 12 a. meadow, 16 a. wood and 7s. rent in Bentley except for 4 a., in ‘Borewardestrete’ and enfeoffed John Ayssheby and Richard Love by royal licence [CPR 1405–8, p.456]. John regranted them to Nicholas and Eleanor his wife and the heirs of their bodies with successive remainders to John Jus , brother of Nicholas, the heirs of his body and the right heirs of William de Benteley , to hold of the king. Richard Love by deed dated at Bentley on 24 Oct. 1412 confirmed this grant. So Nicholas and Eleanor held by the service of keeping the hay called Bentley Hay in Cannock forest, annual value 4 marks [in the Exchequer copy the value was originally 27s., corrected to 4 marks].

Also jointly with Eleanor he held 1 messuage, 2 carucates, 12 a. meadow, 20 a. wood and 4d. rent in Great Saredon, Little Saredon, Shareshill, Hatherton and Otherton by the grant of Roger Wasteneys and John Sawyer, chaplain , to them and the heirs of their bodies with remainder to John Jus , brother of Nicholas and his heirs and assigns [in the Exchequer copy the annual value is 5 marks (corrected from 30s.)].

Similarly he held for life 1 virgate, 16 a. arable, 4 a. meadow and 2 a. moor in Cannock, Whitgreave, Salt, Little Wyrley, Great Wyrley, Norton under Cannock and ‘Fernyhalgewe’ (?Horninglow), by the grant of John Jus to Nicholas for life with remainder to John Salwey and his heirs and assigns. They are not held of the king but of whom is unknown, annual value 12 marks [in the Exchequer copy the value was originally 20s., corrected to 12 marks].