‹ E-CIPM 20-454: MICHAEL DE LA POLE ›

Holdings

He held the advowson of Norton sub Hamdon , which the earl of Suffolk had held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 20 marks. It was taken into the king’s hands owing to his minority.

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He held a rent of £29 from the fee farm of Winchester during the lifetime of Isabel countess of Suffolk of the king in chief, service unknown. It was taken into the king’s hands owing to the minority.

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He held a rent of £47 13s.4d. from the fee farm of 120 marks from the castle of Rockingham and the stewardship of the forests and hundred between the bridges of Oxford and Stamford during the lifetime of Isabel countess of Suffolk , who held in her demesne as of fee by the grant of Richard II . It is held of the king in chief, service unknown. He also held the advowsons of Grafton and Bugbroke of the king in chief by knight service, annual values 20 marks and £20. All were taken into the king’s hands owing to the minority.

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He held an annuity of £123 7s.9 3/4d. from the hanaper of Chancery payable by equal parts at Easter and Michaelmas during the life of Isabel countess of Suffolk , part of a grant of £500 by Richard II [CPR 1385–9, p.24], held of the king in chief by knight service, until the manors of Haughley and Thorndon were released to him by her death. It is in the king’s hands owing to the minority.

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The manor of Blyborough was held jointly by Michael and Katharine, his father and mother, by the grant of Michael’s father to them. It is held of Lord Mowbray , service unknown, annual value 20 marks, and it is not in the king’s hands because it was released to Katharine and her heirs.

Katharine held the manor of Westwoodside by the grant of Edmund de Stafford, bishop of Exeter , and others by their charter of 8 Nov. 1411, as above [no. 448]. It is also held of Lord Mowbray , service unknown, annual value £12, and was released to Katharine to hold for her life.

As parcels of the castle, vill, manor and honor of Eye, which he held in fee tail by the grant of Richard II , as above [no. 448], he held:

Welbourn, Ingoldsby, Ancaster and Marston, 20s. rent from lands and tenements held by John Willesford , the heir of Lord Beaumont , John Thomson , Richard Braceby and others unknown.

Barrowby, West Allington, Ancaster, Wilsford, Ingoldsby and elsewhere, 2 3/4 knight’s fees, as above … [no. 448].

Sedgbrook, 1/4 knight’s fee by the heirs of Simon Leek .

He also held the profits of a court every 3 weeks and of a yearly great court, and the advowson of the abbey of Newbo. All were taken into the king’s hands owing to the minority, and apart from the manors of Blyborough and Westwoodside released to Katharine, all remain in the king’s hands.

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Michael and Katharine, his parents, held a rent of £50 from the fee farm of Kingston upon Hull. This was delivered to Katharine in jointure. Ten bovates in Myton held by Michael the father in his demesne as of fee were assigned to Katharine in dower. The manor of Rimswell, 7 bovates in Myton called ‘Atonfee’, 14 bovates, 40 a. meadow and 30s. rent in Rimswell, Bewholme, Drypool, Newland, Anlaby, Owstmarsk and Cottingham were held by Katharine because granted to her by Edmund de Stafford, bishop of Exeter , and others as above [no. 448].

One knight’s fee in Acaster Malbis and Acomb of which half was held of the earl by Richard Malbyssh and half by the heirs of Richard Bekwyth , was assigned to Katharine in dower, as was the advowson of the hospital called ‘Maisondieux’, but the advowson of Charterhouse remains in the king’s hands, annual value 20 marks.

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The manors of Cawston and Burgh in the Marsh, a rent of £20 from the manor of Bacton, parcel of the castle, vill, manor and honor of Eye, the manor of Bacton, a rent of £10 formerly belonging to the abbey of Bon Repos, and another rent of £10 from the manor of Costessey which Michael de la Pole held in tail male by the grant of Richard II by letters patent, all came into the king’s hands owing to the minority. The manor of Burgh in the Marsh held of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £26, remains in the king’s hands. The remainder with the advowsons of Broomholm priory, pertaining to the honour of Eye, of Cawston, pertaining to the manor of Cawston, and of Burgh in the Marsh, pertaining to the manor of Burgh, came into the king’s hands, but are not there at present because they were assigned to Katharine in dower, as is clear by another writ addressed to the escheator and shown to the jurors.

Holdings

The following came into the king’s hands owing to his death and the minority of the heir, all held of the king in chief, and all except Lowestoft and Wingfield by knight service.

Eye, the castle, honor, vill and manor, annual value beyond £4 4s.11 1/4d. assigned to Katharine in dower £115 8s.1/2d.

Hartismere and Stow, the hundreds, annual value £16.

Suffolk, a rent of £20 from the issues of the county.

Lowestoft, the manor with the hundred of Lothingland, of the castle of Norwich in socage by fealty and a rent of 40s., annual value £56.

Combs, a yearly farm of £23 16s.8d. from the manor.

Wingfield, 69 a. by a rent of 2 white doves, price 2d., annual value 4s.

Haughley and Thorndon, the reversion of the manors after the death of Isabel countess of Suffolk , who holds for life, annual values £30 and 100 marks.

Also 88 knight’s fees and the advowsons of Dallinghoo and Alderton and of the abbey of Leiston, as listed above [no. 451].

He, Michael the son, also held jointly with Elizabeth his wife in his demesne in tail male:

Benhall, the manor with its appurtenances in Norfolk and Suffolk, of the castle of Eye, service unknown, annual value £60.

Orford, £20 rent from the castle and vill.

Veyses, the manor with its appurtenances in Stratford with a rent of 6s.1d. from 2 plots of land called ‘Sykerslegh’ in Stratford formerly of Geoffrey Cone , and all other lands and tenements of the late earl in Stratford and Higham with a watermill, the advowson of Stratford, view of frankpledge in Stratford and Higham, of the castle of Eye by knight service, annual value £24.