E-CIPM 20-371: BEATRICE

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BEATRICE WIDOW OF THOMAS DE ROOS OF Helmsley, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

YORK Inquisition ex officio York Guildhall 14 Sept. [Alne].

Jurors

Jurors: John Howyk ; Thomas del ... ; Thomas ... ; Thomas ... ; ... ...; ... Bukcy ; Robert ... ; Thomas Doncastre ; John Barbour ; Thomas Burton ; Richard Marshall ; Henry Doncastre ; and Richard ?Spenser .

Holdings

She held £100 yearly from the fee farm of the city of York, payable by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas by the bailiffs, by the grant of Hugh earl of Stafford and others , to Thomas and Beatrice and the heirs of their bodies, made with royal licence [CPR 1381–5, p.236]; service unknown.

She died on 14 April last. John son of William late Lord de Roos is her heir, aged 18 years and more [altered from 17].

[Margin:] The age was amended by order of the king.

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C 138/14/44 m. 2

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Inquisition Head

YORK Inquisition 28 Oct. [Alne].

Jurors

Jurors: William Scarburgh ; Thomas Palmer ; Thomas Roderham ; William Neweland ; John Ilkelay ; Thomas Lyuerton ; Richard Ulskelf ; John Garston ; Robert Fereby ; Robert Ebchestre ; John Man’ ; and Thomas fitz Herbert .

Holdings

She held a rent of £100 payable by the sheriffs of the city as above.

Date of death and heir as above.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 1, 3

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Inquisition Head

LEICESTERSHIRE Inquisition Market Bosworth 5 July. [Knygthley].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Walkere ; John Chaloner ; John Canley ; Richard Sewale ; Henry Ryngald ; John Cartwryght ; John Nelde ; John Brigge [E: de Brigge]; John Sturdy ; William Welle ; Richard Brachet ; and Robert Berterham .

Holdings

She held half the manors of Barkestone and Plungar of the king in chief by knight service as parcel of the honor of Belvoir, by the grant of William Sherwynde, knight , Robert de Tynton, clerk , William Rempston and William Benyngholme, clerk , to Thomas and herself and the heirs of their bodies, annual value 100s.

She died on 13 April last. John son of William, son of Thomas and Beatrice, is her heir, aged 17 years and more.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 4-5 (was 17-18)

E 149/104/1 m. 9

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Writ Head

374 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1415. [Gaunstede].

Addressed to Thomas Fauconer, mayor

Inquisition Head

LONDON. Inquisition. 24 Oct. [Fauconer].

Jurors

Jurors: Andrew Brownyng ; Laurence Harlewyn ; Richard Flete ; John Batte ; William ?[unclear: R]eede ; William Bereford ; John Dove ; John Strode ; Ralph Holt ; William Cave ; John Hille ; and John Essex .

Holdings

She held 3 shops with gardens in St. Katherine Coleman parish in Aldgate ward in her demesne in fee tail in free burgage as all London is held, annual value 66s.8d.

Date of death and heir as above [no. 371].

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C 138/12/44 mm. 6 (inq.), 7 (writ)

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Writ Head

375 Writ. 18 April 1415. [Gaunstede].

Addressed to the escheator in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The endorsement of execution does not indicate whether an inquisition was produced for Derbyshire.

Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Inquisition Warsop 29 June. [Rygmayden].

Jurors

Jurors: John ?Chap[unclear: m]an of Warsop ; Robert Ryschyndene of Nether Langwith ; William Belgh of Warsop ; Richard Turleyn of Kirton ; Thomas Suker of Warsop ; John Holme of Warsop ; John Wyles of Lound ; John Cartewryght of Warsop ; Henry Samson of Warsop ; John Piresson of Warsop ; John Fox of Warsop ; and John Dey of Warsop .

Holdings

She held of the king in chief by knight service:

Orston, the manor with its appurtenances in Scarrington, Car Colston, Screveton and Kneeton, annual value £22 15s.4d.

Warsop and Eakring, the manors and advowsons, annual value £13 3s.10d.

Date of death and heir as above [no. 373].

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C 138/14/44 mm. 8-9

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Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Inquisition [indented]. Southwell 2 March 1416 [Cressy].

Jurors

Jurors: William Cressey of Markham ; William Wadyngton of Warsop ; William Deyueyll of Egmanton ; Richard Alchin of Laxton ; William Cook of Kneesall ; Robert Blytheworth of Maplebeck ; Thomas ?Rayner of West or East Drayton ; Richard Parker of ?Hexgreave ; John Ledenham of Southwell ; Richard Taillour of Sookholme ; Nicholas Bate of Edwinstowe ; and Thomas ?... of Warsop .

Holdings

Beatrice had no estate in the manor of Warsop because she and Richard de Burleye, knight , her husband, granted it to Richard Lescrop , Simon de Burley, knight , John Deveros, knight , and John de Waltham, formerly archdeacon of Richmond , with other lands, tenements and advowsons, and they regranted them to John de Roos of Helmsley by royal licence [CPR 1385–9, p.127]. John held it and it descended to William his brother.

She had no estate in Eakring because Thomas de Roos long before his death granted the manor and advowson to Robert Morton, esquire , and Joan his wife for the term of their lives. They descended to William de Roos, knight , brother of John, and he on 1 Nov. 1398 granted them by his charter to Richard Shropshire , domesticus, who still lives, and Thomas Gower , Richard de Barton and John de Corby, clerk , deceased, as being all his holdings on that day in the vills of Warsop, Eakring and Sutton upon Trent with the advowsons of Warsop and Eakring, to hold for the term of their lives.

She held the manor of Orston with its appurtenances in Scarrington, Car Colston, Screveton and Kneeton in her demesne as of fee.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 10-11

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Inquisition Head

KENT Inquisition Chilham 10 Oct. [Clifford].

Jurors

Jurors: William Chiualer ; Henry Louecok ; John Chillendon ; John Bertelot ; John Hardyman ; William Alfy [or Alsy]; John Adam senior ; John Syre ; William Payn ; Stephen Harry ; Simon Ledmed ; and John Horapuldre .

Holdings

She held for life with reversion to John son of William her son:

Chilham, the castle and manor with the advowson at the 3rd vacancy, of the king in chief by the service of 2 knight’s fees and a rent of 52s. yearly or 20s. every 20 weeks to the castle of Dover for its safeguard, annual value beyond that £41.

Hothfield and Wilderton, the manors with the advowson of Hothfield and that of Old Romney at the 3rd vacancy. Hothfield is held of the archbishop of Canterbury as 1 knight’s fee, the service of being chamberlain at his installation, and suit of court at Canterbury every 3 weeks, annual value £14 13s.4d. Wilderton is held of the abbot of St. Augustine, Canterbury , service unknown, annual value 100s.

Date of death and heir as above [no. 371].

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C 138/14/44 mm. 12-13 (was 27-28)

E 149/104/1 m. 3

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Writ Head

378 Writ. ‡ 18 April 1415. [Gaunstede].

Addressed to the escheator in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK Inquisition Henhow 11 Oct. [Ingaldesthorp].

Jurors

Jurors: John Stacy [E: Saxcy]; John Halle ; Thomas Clerk ; Thomas Noble ; John Chetylbere ; John [E: James] Wade ; John Lepere ; William Awbre ; Thomas Godard ; William Broun ; John Maymond ; and Henry Peyton .

Holdings

She held the manor called ‘Rosismaner’ in Bradfield Combust in her demesne as of fee of William Rokewode, junior , by a yearly rent of 3s.5d., annual value beyond that 100s.

She died on 13 April last. John her heir was aged 18 years on 2 Oct. last.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 14-15

E 149/104/1 m. 6

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Inquisition Head

NORFOLK Inquisition Rougham 21 Oct. 1415 [Ingaldesthorp].

Jurors

Jurors: Vincent Bale ; John Burgeys ; Thomas Estkere ; Thomas Milierys ; Roger Austyn ; Bartholomew Jegge ; John Holtman ; Robert Lombe ; Robert Reed ; John Wolleman ; John ?Cook ; and John Warde .

Holdings

She held in fee tail by the grant of William de Stayn and others to Thomas and herself and the heirs of their bodies:

Holt and Cley, half the manors with the advowson of Cley, of the king of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, annual value £13.

Houghton on the Hill, half the manor, of the earl of Suffolk of the honor of Eye, service unknown, annual value £6 13s.4d.

Watton, the manor, of the same earl by knight service, annual value £10.

Hackford, and Whitwell, the manors with the advowson of Hackford, of John Geney, knight , services unknown, annual values £10 and £12.

Date of death and heir as above [no. 378].

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C 138/14/44 mm. 14, 16

E 149/104/1 m. 5

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Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Inquisition [indented]. Buckingham 23 April. [Derham].

Jurors

Jurors: John Warde junior ; John Warde senior ; John Turnour ; William Bocher ; John Taillour ; Richard Chonne ; John Craulton ; William Milleward ; John Abbot ; John Maior ; Robert Andrew ; and William Smyth .

Holdings

She held the manor of Preston Bissett and Cowley in her demesne as of fee [sic] by the grant of Simon Cadyngton and others to Thomas and herself, the heirs of their bodies and his right heirs. It is held of William la Zouche by knight service, annual value 10 marks.

She died on 14 April. John is heir as above, aged 18 years and more.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 17-18

E 152/9/457 m. 1 #1

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Writ Head

381 Writ. 18 April 1415. [Gaunstede].

Addressed to the escheator of Essex and Hertfordshire.

Inquisition Head

ESSEX Inquisition Hatfield Broad Oak 25 May. [Darcy].

Jurors

Jurors: John Pilton ; John Beneyt of North Weald ; William Passemer ; John ?Blok [E: Blek]; Robert Beneyt ; Thomas Daloun ; John Serle of North Weald ; John Eppyng ; William Munden ; John Smyht[E: Smyth] of Great or Little Canfield ; John Reygnold of Great Parndon ; and John Parker of Harlow .

Holdings

She held the manor of Shalford of the heir of John Mounfychet , service unknown, annual value £10.

She died on 30 March (Easter eve) last. John her heir is aged 16 years and more.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 19-20

E 149/104/1 mm. 1 (inq), 12 (copy of writ)

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Inquisition Head

HERTFORDSHIRE Inquisition Royston 26 Dec. 1415 [Darcy].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Hawys ; Richard atte Hache ; Benet West ; John Hert ; John Noke ; Maurice Bode ; Thomas Cartere ; John Page ; Thomas Smyth ; Peter Adde ; John Gateward ; and Thomas Doke .

Holdings

She held the manor of Buckland in dower of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value 5 marks.

She died on 30 March (Sat. in Easter week) last. John her heir was aged 17 on the 1st day of Kalends of Oct. last.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 19, 21

E 149/104/1 m. 2 (inq), 12 (copy of writ)

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Inquisition Head

LINCOLN CITY Inquisition 7 Sept. [Salteby].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Cok ; William Burton ; John Styrop ; John Fenne ; John Tonard ; Robert Broun ; Robert Brampton ; John Ratheby ; William Chatton ; Thomas Lecestre ; William Tamworth ; and William Presson .

Holdings

She held a yearly rent of £100 from the fee farm of the city payable by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas, by the grant of Hugh earl of Stafford and others made with royal licence [CPR 1381–5, p.236] to Thomas and herself and the heirs of their bodies.

She died on 14 April last. John her heir is aged 18 years and more [altered from 17].

[Margin:] The age was amended by order of the king.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 22-23

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Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE Inquisition, Lincoln 18 June 1415. [Tournay].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Kyme of Boston [legible in E only]; Stephen Baxter of Boston ; John Myddelton of Frieston ; Richard Cat of Boston ; William Scate of Bracebridge ; Robert Grym of Burton ; William ?Dove of Bracebridge ; William Pyght of Greetwell ; John Rawby [legible in E only] of the same; John Peresson of Brattleby ; William Adamson of Burton ; and William Fenton of the same.

Holdings

She held jointly with Thomas her late husband for her life:

Frieston and ‘Godesfeld’in Frieston, the manors, of Robert Pedwardyn, knight , of his manor of Burton Pedwardine by knight service, annual values £40 and 100s.

Bulwick. 4 messuages and 10 a., of the earl of Richmond , service unknown, annual value 40s.

Wyberton, 10 a., of John lord Welles, knight , annual value 10s.

Boston, the manor of ‘Roos Hall’ of Robert Pedwardyn , service unknown, annual value 10 marks.

She died on 13 April. John her heir is aged 17 years and more.

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C 138/14/44 m. 24

E 149/104/1 m. 4

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Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. [No place given]. 10 Dec. [Flore].

Jurors

Jurors: Stephen Kynnesman ; William Lobenham ; John Pulton ; William Thorp ; Richard Andrewe ; John Dytton ; John Turgis ; William Goddespes ; John Magot ; Thomas Carter ; John Kesteven ; and John Wryght .

Holdings

She held the manor of Braunston Bury in Braunston in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £10.

She held the manor and advowson of Stoke Albany in dower with reversion to John son of William son of Thomas, son of William and Margery, by the grant to William and Margery of Robert Flemmyng and Hugh Flemmyng by a fine of Edward III [CP 25/1/177/76, no. 244; licence CPR 1340–43, p.478]. It is held of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £20.

John the heir is aged 18 years and more.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 25-26

E 149/104/1 m. 7

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Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Inquisition [indented]. Northampton 17 Jan. 1416 [Flore].

Taken pursuant to a royal writ.

Jurors

Jurors: Stephen Kynnesman ; William Lobenham ; John Pulton ; William Thorp ; Richard Andrewe ; John Dytton ; John Turgys ; William Goddespees ; John Magot ; Thomas Carter ; John Kesteven ; and John Wryght .

Holdings

She held the manors of Branston Bury in Braunston and Stoke Albany in fee tail jointly with Thomas, her late husband, by the grant of Henry de Codyngton, parson of Bottesford , Robert de Tynton, parson of Uffington , Nicholas de Stayngreve, parson of Thornton in Craven , and Lawrence Haukbertte . Braunston Bury is held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £10; Stoke Albany, of whom held and service unknown, annual value £20.

She died on 14 April last. John her heir is aged 18 years and more.

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E 149/104/1 m. 8

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Inquisition Head

SUSSEX Inquisition Eastbourne 22 Oct. 1415 [Ryman].

Jurors

Jurors: William Ponte ; Henry Mafay ; John Webbe of Willingdon ; Thomas Payn ; William Rolf ; Stephen atte Wysshe ; Richard Alman ; Richard Page ; Stephen Broun ; John Fakham ; John Blakstok ; and Simon ?Rouberd of Wilmington .

Holdings

She held the manor of Eastbourne of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £60; and that of Eckington of the duchy of Lancaster by knight service, annual value 10 marks.

Date of death and heir as above [no. 386].

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C 138/14/44 m. 27

E 149/104/1 m. 11

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Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE Inqusition Pocklington 25 June. [Peter del Hay].

Jurors

Jurors: William de ?Fenton ; John ?Jaklyn [yn is unclear]; Richard Lelom ; Robert Gunby ; Henry Wapplyngton ; William de ?Fenton of Pocklington ; William ?Ryther ; Walter Esyngwald ; William de Gunby ; William Gerge ; William Chylde ; and William Smyth .

Holdings

She held:

Turnham Hall, the manor, part of the king in chief by knight service, part of the bishop of Durham , service unknown, annual value £20.

Roos, the manor, of the earl of Aumale by knight service, annual value £60.

Seaton Ross, the manor, of the Earl Marshal by knight service, annual value £11 3s.4d.

Storthwaite, the manor, of the same earl by knight service, annual value £20; and ‘Landrekmoyse’, a moor so-called in the same place, of the same by knight service, annual value £10.

A yearly rent of £20 from various lands and tenements in the county held by the prior of Warter .

Thornton in Craven, the manor, of the earl of Northumberland by knight service, annual value £20.

Baildon, the manor, of John Ward, knight , by knight service, annual value 60s.

York, a yearly rent of £120 from the fee farm of the city, of the king in free burgage.

Helmsley, 4 messuages, 15 cottages, 4 burgages and 12 bovates formerly of Robert Flamburgh , of the castle and lordship of Helmsley, service unknown, annual value £4.

Ravensthorpe, the manor, of the Earl Marshal , service unknown, annual value £10.

She died on 13 April last. John her son is aged 17 years and more.

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C 138/14/44 mm. 28-29

E 149/104/1 m. 10

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Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE Inquisition, Pocklington 9 Dec. [Peter de la Hay].

Jurors

Jurors: William de Thorp ; William de ?Skipwith ; Robert ?Ripley ; John Blaunchard ; Richard Blaunchard ; John Batell ; John Power ; Thomas St...thwaite ; William Smyth ; John ...mo...dson ; ?Richard ?Carlell ; and John Petirgate .

Holdings

She held the manor of Turnham Hall by the grant of John de Nevill, late lord of Raby , and others, to Thomas and herself and the heirs of their bodies; Roos by the grant of William Chetwyn, knight , and others; Seaton Ross and Storthwaite by the grant of Ralph de Hastinges, knight , and others; the tenements in Helmsley by the grant of William Chetewyn, knight , and William Benyngholme, clerk ; and the manor of Thornton in Craven by the grant of Ralph Hastinges, knight , and others.

She held the manor of Ravensthorpe by the grant of Gerard de Braybrooke, senior and junior, and William Chetwynd , knights, by a deed dated 30 Jan. 1394, describing it as the manor of Ravensthorpe with its members in Boltby, Thirlby and Bickhill, to hold for their lives and to the right heirs of Thomas with reversion to the knights and their heirs. Afterwards on 2 Feb. 1404, the elder Braybrooke being dead, the younger with Chetwynd granted the reversion to Richard de Schropshire , John de Corby, master of Bolton Hospital , and William Danby . Beatrice attorned to them by paying 1d. On 24 Aug. 1412, John Corby having died, Schropshire and Danby granted the reversion to John Roos , Thomas Gower , Geoffrey Paynell , Robert Haryngton and William Garthe , esquires, including the reversion of lands, tenements and burgages in Bickhill and elsewhere in the city of York. Beatrice attorned to them, and on 31 Aug. 1412 they conveyed the reversions to Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham , John Etton, knight , William Lasyngby , Simon de Leek , John de Fulnetby , Thomas Cliff, clerk , Nicholas Gower , William Heton and William Bereford , and Beatrice attorned to them.

TNA reference

C 138/14, no. 44

E 149/104, no. 1

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Holdings

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Extents

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People

People

  • Alne(Escheator)

Jurors

  • John Howyk
  • Thomas del ...
  • Thomas ...
  • Thomas ...
  • ... Bukcy
  • Robert ...
  • Thomas Doncastre
  • John Barbour
  • Thomas Burton
  • Richard Marshall
  • Henry Doncastre
  • Richard ?Spenser

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