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JOHN HARPESFELD
Inquisition Head
HERTFORDSHIRE Inquisition [indented]. Ware 6 May. [Darcy].
Jurors
Jurors: William Castell ; William Hert ; John Ferrour ; William Herdewyk ; John Marchall ; William Ferrour ; John Brantfeld ; John Walter ‘bocher’ ; John Buskyn ; Thomas Blakemere ; John Takelegh ‘bocher’ ; John Kerde ; and Thomas Bocher .
Holdings
John son and heir of John Harpesfeld was an idiot from birth with insufficient sense to administer his lands and tenements. On his father’s death there descended to him 1 messuage, 320 a. arable, 10 a. meadow, 10 a. wood, 20 a. pasture and 5s. rent in the vills of Park Street, Sandridge and Bishop’s Hatfield.
Agnes his father’s widow, now wife of Edmund Cressy of Harpenden, occupied the premises for 1 1/2 years after the death of the father on 4 Nov. 1394, then John Bestney held for the next 4 years, then Agnes and Thomas her son held for 13 years. Finally Adam atte Welle for 2 years and from Michaelmas last.
The annual value of the premises is 10 marks. One part is held of the abbot of St. Albans of his manor of Parkbury by a yearly rent of 13s.4d. and by the service of sending a packhorse to Tynemouth whenever the abbot goes there. The remainder is held of William Ashe and Elizabeth his wife, in right of Elizabeth of the manor of Symondshyde by a yearly rent of 20s.
TNA reference
C 138/17, no. 74
E 149/104, no. 5
ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XX has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. The date of the writ has also been corrected.
Holdings
No holding information available.
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Sturgion(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
- William Castell
- William Hert
- John Ferrour
- William Herdewyk
- John Marchall
- William Ferrour
- John Brantfeld
- John Walter ‘bocher’
- John Buskyn
- Thomas Blakemere
- John Takelegh ‘bocher’
- John Kerde
- Thomas Bocher
