‹ E-CIPM 20-759: THOMAS GRENE, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

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

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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.

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Thomas Grene held the premises to himself and his heirs.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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