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WILLIAM NEUPORT, KNIGHT
Inquisition Head
STAFFORDSHIRE Inquisition [indented]. Lichfield 20 Aug. [Knyghtley].
Jurors
Jurors: Thomas Stoke ; William Forster ; Robert Hamond of Lichfield ; Robert del Hurst ; Richard Thikbrom ; John Ruggeley of Shenstone ; Roger Fordyaue ; John de Knyghtley ; Thomas Symondes ; John Ouerton of Hammerwich ; John Lewys of Elmhurst ; and William Burgeys .
Holdings
Aymer de Lychefeld alias Aymer Taverner, deceased, held 8 messuages, 15 cottages, 7 tofts, 200 a. arable, 30 a. meadow and 100 a. pasture in Lichfield, Pipehill, Edial, Curborough, Elmhurst, ‘Stychebrok’, Aldershaw, Shenstone and Whittington in his demesne as of fee and granted them to Henry earl of Derby , before he became king, William Bagot , John Cheyne , John Mannsfeld, chaplain , deceased, on condition that they regranted them to him Aymer, but they held and did not regrant before he died. On the petition of William Neuport they granted the premises to him. They are held of John bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in socage.
… is the son and heir of William Neuport , aged 24 years and more. William Lychefeld, knight is next heir of Aymer being the son of Thomas, son of William, brother of Thomas, father of Aymer, aged 28 years and more. Because the king, Bagot, Cheyne and Mannsfeld did not re-enfeoff Aymer according to the condition, Aymer entered the tenements, long before his death, and held them in demesne as of fee at his death. After his death the king, by colour of the grant to him and the others (Bagot, Cheyne and Mannsfeld still being alive) on the petition of William Neuport granted the tenements to William Neuport ?for life [damaged, partly illegible ].
TNA reference
C 138/19/27 mm. 1-2
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. His surname has also been corrected from Newport to Neuport, William Lychefeld's status as knight added, and much previously illegible text added.
Holdings
No holding information available.
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Sturgeon(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
- Thomas Stoke
- William Forster
- Robert Hamond of Lichfield
- Robert del Hurst
- Richard Thikbrom
- John Ruggeley of Shenstone
- Roger Fordyaue
- John de Knyghtley
- Thomas Symondes
- John Ouerton of Hammerwich
- John Lewys of Elmhurst
- William Burgeys
