E-CIPM 20-754: THOMAS GRENE, KNIGHT

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THOMAS GRENE, KNIGHT

Writ Head

750 Writ. ‡ 18 Dec. 1417. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.

Addressed to the escheator in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, but endorsement of execution refers to only one inquisition [sic].

Inquisition Head

BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Bedford. 8 March 1418. [Barton].

Jurors

Jurors: William Broke ; John Petfere ; Richard Tylere ; William Agas ; John Agas ; John Bocok ; Thomas Osbern ; W... Dogete ; John Morel ; John Hobbisson ; William Lammare ; and Henry Mawntil .

Holdings

He held a 3rd part of a knight’s fee from the manor of Chalton which Ralph Grene held of him.

He died on 14 Dec. last. Thomas Grene, knight , his son and heir was aged 18 years and more on 10 Feb.

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C 138/27/39 mm. 1-2

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Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Buckingham. 5 March 1418. [Barton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Hardel ; Thomas Turnour ; ‘Donet’ Beeke ; Simon Granger ; William Hunte ; William Chiche[unclear: u]e ; Richard Heuerschawe ; John Warde ; John Barker ; John Reuere ; Thomas Wodward ; and Roger ?Schofeler .

Holdings

He held 1 toft and 1 carucate in Lillingstone Dayrell called ‘Heybernefeld’ in his demesne as of fee of John Dayrell by a rent of 1 unmewed sparrowhawk, annual value 10s.

Similarly he held 1 a. called ‘Glebe’ in Wavendon with the advowson of the earl of Stafford , service unknown, annual value 1d.

He held 1 knight’s fee for the manors of Wavendon, Woughton on the Green and Emberton which Ralph Grene held of him.

Date of death and heir as above.

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C 138/27/39 mm. 3-4

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Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Aylesbury. 3 June. [Manyngham].

Jurors

Jurors: Henry Wedon ; William Wodehous ; John Wedon ; John Grouer ; John Southende ; Richard Lambourn ; William Crafte ; Thomas ?Wedon ; John Wykerugge ; Nicholas Grouer ; William Payn ; and John Smyth .

Holdings

Thomas Grene held the premises to himself and his heirs.

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Inquisition Head

HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Hitchin. 11 April 1418. [?Rokill].

Jurors

Jurors: Edward Auncell ; William Kellebef ; Robert Baron ; Thomas Bekke ; John Symmes ; Hugh Campyon ; William Tylere ; Laurence Shepherd ; William Dryell ; John Tydy ; John Brok ; John ?Fereo[unclear: ur] ; and John ...

Holdings

He held the manor and advowson of Lilley in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service and 2s. or 1 unmewed sparrowhawk rent, annual value 20 marks.

Date of death and heir as above.

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C 138/27/39 mm. 6-7

E 149/110/8 m. 2

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Writ Head

754 Writ. 18 Dec. 1417. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.

Addressed to Richard Merlawe, mayor.

Inquisition Head

LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 9 April 1418. [Merlawe].

Jurors

Jurors: Roger Giffard ; Bartholomew Prat ; Robert Knolles ; John Baldewyn ; John Carlele ; Godfrey Preest ; John Clopton ; Thomas Benton ; Thomas Forstere ; Nicholas Birchels ; John Ballard ; and Henry Drake .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in free burgage 1 house in Silver Street in St. Olave’s parish in Cripplegate ward, annual value when let 4 marks, and 1 messuage with brewhouse annexed in the same street to the east in St. Alban Wood Street parish in the same ward, annual value when let 40s. The house since his death, and the messuage since Easter last, are vacant.

Date of death and heir as above.

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C 138/27/39 mm. 8-9

E 152/9/480 #2

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Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Stamford Bridge. 27 May 1418. [Salvayn].

Jurors

Jurors: William Keld ; William Hokton of ?Hutton ; John de Wynton of Winton ; John Wodkok ; William Strykard ; Robert Persay of Helmsley ; William Wodkok ; John de Newton of Cawton ; Thomas de ?Hutton ; William de ?Hutton ; William Seignour of Malton ; Robert de Malton [E juror list ends here]; Robert de Cote ; John Wryght of Laysthorp ; Thomas Welborn of Oswaldkirk ; Robert de Thorp ; and John Trope .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Stonegrave, the manor and advowson, with 24 bovates and 100 a. of meadow and pasture in Waterholmes and 12 messuages and 26 bovates in West Ness belonging to the manor, of the heirs of Geoffrey de Lutterell, knight , service unknown, annual value £13 6s.8d.; and also a croft called ‘Roucroft’, parcel of the manor, by the bounds of Oswaldkirk and of the ditch of Holbeck, of the Earl Marshal by a rent of 2s., annual value 40s.

Nunnington, the manor called East Nunnington with the advowson, of the heirs of Geoffrey de Lutterell , service unknown, annual value £13 6s.8d.; and 12 messuages, 4 tofts, 26 bovates in West Nunnington, of the abbot of St. Mary’s, York by a rent of 10s., annual value £10.

Muscoates, 3 messuages and 8 bovates, of the heirs of James de Bulford , service unknown, annual value 20s.

Riccall, 3 tofts and 20 bovates, of Lord de Roos , service unknown, annual value 40s.

Cawton. 1 messuage and 3 bovates of John Detton , service unknown, annual value 6s.8d.

Date of death and heir as above.

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C 138/27/39 mm. 10-11

E 149/110/8 m. 1 (also indented)

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Inquisition Head

LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Loughborough. 25 July 1418. [Babthorp].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Hutte ; John Chaumburleyn ; Robert Parleben ; John Smyth ; Thomas Burbach ; John Bate ; John Bille ; John Grage junior ; John Grage senior ; William atte Persons of Thrussington ; John Wygynton ; and John Wysowe .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Long Clawson, 8 messuages, 8 tofts and 10 virgates, of the heirs of John Bosome , service unknown, annual value 5 marks.

Kegworth, the manor with a market on Tuesdays, jointly with Mary his wife who survives him, by the grant of William Neweton, rector of Tugford , William Wenlok of Shropshire, John Cok, rector of Green’s Norton and Robert Aleyn of Northamptonshire, to them and the heirs of their bodies by a charter dated at Kegworth on 23 Oct. 1398, and shown to the jurors. It is held of the king of the honor of Chester by knight service, annual value £40.

Long Whatton, a portion of meadow, of the heirs of Lord Lovel, service unknown, annual value 3s.

Date of death and heir as above.

Mary his widow married John Notyngham without licence. They entered the manor of Kegworth against the king’s right and have taken the profits since the death of Thomas. The tenants of the manor have attorned to them.

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E 149/110/8 m. 4

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Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Nottingham. 15 June 1418. [Gawsell].

Jurors

Jurors: Laurence Gadde of Sutton ; John Soket of Bonington ; William Beyvyll of Plumtree ; Robert Bailly of Willoughby on the Wolds ; John Haysan’ of Stanton on the Wolds ; John Stillard of the same; John son of William of Gotham ; Richard Slee of Bunny ; Robert Mercer of the same; Robert Smyth of Keyworth ; and Hugh Brounde of Bradmore [sic: only 11].

Holdings

By the charter mentioned above [no. 756] he held in his demesne in fee tail jointly with Mary his wife:

Kingston upon Soar, 3 a. meadow at 10s. the a. and a rent of 8s.4d.

West Leake, 6d. rent; Stanford on Soar, 17s.8d. rent; Sutton Bonington, Sutton, 3s.10d. rent; Bonington 6s. rent.

Radcliffe upon Soar, 9 boon works for ploughing by various tenants, worth 4d. each, 3s., and 9 autumn boon works at 2d., 18d., 1 boon work in Sutton, 2d; 1 in Bonington, 2d. and other unknown services there 6d. All are long time parcels of the manor of Kegworth in Leicestershire, held of the king in chief by knight service.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Alford. 22 March 1418. [Hagh].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Warde of Thurlby ; Thomas Clathorp of the same; Thomas Webster of Alford ; William Ketyll of Theddlethorpe ; Richard Pacok of the same; Robert Lymme of the same; John Hagh of Gayton le Marsh ; John North of the same; Walter Ulseby of Beesby in the Marsh ; Thomas Chaumberleyn of the same; Simon Beseby of Maltby le Marsh ; John ?Freschmer of Sutton le Marsh ; John Tempyr of Anderby ; John atte Kyrke of Maltby le Marsh ; and Thomas Lewlyn of Sutton le Marsh .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Maltby by Markby, the manor, with appurtenances in Maltby, Markby, Bilsby, Ulceby and Wainfleet with the advowson of Maltby, of John de Welles, lord Welles , by knight service, amount unknown, annual value £12.

Beesby in the Marsh, half the manor, of John, lord Welles of his manor of Withern, annual value £8.

Theddlethorpe, half the manor called ‘Arderns’ with its appurtenances there and in Strubby, Gayton, and Great Carlton, of the heirs of John Braytoft , service unknown, annual value £10.

Mablethorpe, 1 capital messuage called ‘Westhall’, of the earl of Northumberland of his manor of Saleby, service unknown, and 200 a. of meadow and pasture there, of which 24 and 10 a. of the heirs of Robert Hawley , 49 of John Byllyngay , 30 of John Thymelby , 20 of the heirs of Thomas Fitzwilliam , and 11 of the duchy of Lancaster of the manor of Greetham, total annual value £16.

Gayton by Withern, 1 capital messuage of William Cheney, knight , of his manor of Tothill, annual value 40s.

Helpringham, 1 capital messuage, of the lord of Kyme of his manor of Aswardby, service unknown, annual value 60s.

Little Hale, 1 capital messuage, of Lord Beaumont , service unknown, annual value 50s.

Date of death and heir as above.

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Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 8 March 1418. [Spriggy].

Jurors

Jurors: John Warrewyk ; John fitz John ; Thomas Ardern ; Thomas ?H..wton ; John Sutton of Bu... ; Thomas Freman of Denton ; William de Thorp ; Thomas Herfrey ; John ‘of the Botery’ ; John Lamberd ; Robert Yong ; and John ...er .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Green’s Norton, the manor and advowson with the hundred of Norton, of the king in chief of the crown by rendering 54s. blanch farm by the sheriff at Michaelmas, annual value £24.

Puckwell, a tenement of the king in chief by a rent of 2s. at Michaelmas, annual value 13s.4d.

Whittlewood, the forest, of the king in chief, rendering 33s.4d. at Michaelmas to the king by the chief steward of the forests beyond the Trent, annual value beyond that nil.

Mears Ashby, half the manor called ‘Northalffe’ of the king in chief by the service of raising his hand to him at Christmas, wherever he should be in England; and the other half called ‘Southalffe’, of Reynold lord Grey of Ruthin of the honor of Huntingdon, service unknown, annual value of each half £6 13s.4d.

Boughton, the manor and advowson, of the same lord and honor, annual value £6 13s.4d.

Pitsford, half the manor and advowson, of the heirs of Richard Waldegrave by a rent of 12d. at Michaelmas, annual value 100s.

Easton Neston, the manor with the foundation of the abbey of Sewardsley, of the king in chief of the honor of Berkhamsted by suit of court at Berkhamsted, annual value 100s.

Heathencote, the manor [estate not specified] of [ John Pavely, knight ] of his manor of Paulerspury, service unknown, annual value £6 13s.4d.

Sywell, the manor, of Lord Roos of his castle of Belvoir, ?service unknown, annual value 66s.8d.

Bradden, ... of ... Roos, of a fee called ‘Stokesfee’, service unknown, value 20s.

Cottingham and Middleton by East Carlton, 6 cottages and 132 a. of land and meadow, of the abbot of … by a rent of 2s. at Michaelmas, annual value 66s.8d.

He was seised in demesne as of fee of the service of

a knight’s fee issuing from 6 virgates of land and three cottages in ... which Ralph Grene held of him, and

2 ½ knights’ fees issuing from the manor of Drayton and from lands and tenements in Lowick, Raunds, 'Cotes', and Great Houghton, which the same Ralph held of Thomas ...

Long before his death, Thomas on the Thursday after Katherine, ..., by charter granted to Thomas Grene his son, and Philippa late the daughter of Robert de Ferrariis, lord of [Chartley], the manors .... Pytchley, Isham, Hardwick, Little Harrowden, Little Brampton, Great Doddington, and Great Houghton, together with the ?manor of ?Laughton (La...) in Leicestershire and ..., to them and the heirs of the body of Thomas the son.

Date of death and heir as above.

[Several lines illegible; cf. CIPM XVII, no. 46].

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Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 12 Feb. [Mulsho].

Jurors

Jurors: John Lauendon of Pitsford ; Roger Balhed of the same; Thomas Saward of Potcote ; John Schepperd of Higham ; Simon Swayn ; William Reue of ?Brampton ; ?William Bullok ; Laurence Tymcok ; Thomas Harrieson ; Thomas Hardewyk ; Robert Hay ; and Thomas Leuerych .

Holdings

Having seen a transcript of the inquisition before John Spregy escheator taken by royal writ after Thomas’s death, the jurors say that Thomas Grene held in his demesne as of fee 2 messuages and 2 virgates called ‘Foxesland’ and ‘Storesland’ and 3 messuages, 2 tofts and 1 carucate formerly called ‘Vyntereslond’s’ in Potcote, Grimscote and Higham as parcels of the manor of Green’s Norton, of the right heirs of Simon Daventre , now in the king’s hands, service unknown, annual value 40s.

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C 138/27/39 mm. 20-21

E 149/118/4

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Writ Head

761. Writ melius inquirendo . 3 April 1420. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Inquire as to his estate in the manor of Heathencote with ...

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 29 April. [Mulsho].

Jurors

Jurors: William Precious of Caldecote ; John Taillard of Overstone ; William Burneby of Orlingbury ; William Wattes of Sywell ; Robert Bere of Great Houghton or Little Houghton ; Robert Petyt of the same; John Turgeys of Pitsford ; William Baldewyn of Great Houghton or Little Houghton ; Thomas Sherman of the same; Thomas Wylby of Boughton ; Richard Trewyn of Great Houghton or Little Houghton ; and John Magot of Boughton .

Holdings

He held the manor of Heathencote in his demesne as of fee to himself and his heirs after the death of Thomas his father.

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Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Roger Giffard
  • Bartholomew Prat
  • Robert Knolles
  • John Baldewyn
  • John Carlele
  • Godfrey Preest
  • John Clopton
  • Thomas Benton
  • Thomas Forstere
  • Nicholas Birchels
  • John Ballard
  • Henry Drake

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