E-CIPM 21-87: JOHN KNYVET OF MENDLESHAM, ESQUIRE

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JOHN KNYVET OF MENDLESHAM, ESQUIRE

Writ Head

86 Writ ‡ 30 Dec. 1418. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.

Addressed to the escheator in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.

Inquisition Head

Cambridgeshire. Inquisition [indented]. Cambridge. 20 Jan. 1419. [Hewyssh].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Darnell ; Thomas Smyth of Eltisley ; William Beton ; Thomas Ormysby ; John Lyffyn ; John Ayleff ; John Kent ; John Amfleys senior ; John Amfleys junior ; John Gayth.. ; Robert Peuerell ; and Gilbert Darnell .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Boxworth, the manor, annual value 4 marks,
and advowson, annual value £10,
of the king in chief as 1/20 knight's fee;
Caxton, 1 a., of William Frevyle , service unknown, annual value 4d.;
Papworth St. Agnes, the advowson, of the prior of Huntingdon, annual value £10.

He died on 4 Dec. last. John Knyvet, knight , is his son and next heir, aged 25 years and more.

TNA reference

C 138/33/32 mm. 1-2

E 152/9/481/1

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages.

Writ Head

87 [Writ: see 86.]

Inquisition Head

Huntingdon. Inquisition [indented]. Huntingdon. 10 Jan. 1419. [Hewyssh].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Beton ; John Andrew ; William Bygge ; William Salysbury ; John Tayllour of Hamerton ; John Marchall ; Thomas Pertuale ; William Pesee ; Henry Holblot ; W… Skynner ; William Ive ; and Robert Martyn .

Holdings
He held in his demesne as of fee 6 tofts and 2 virgates in Winwick, part of the manor of Winwick in Northamptonshire, of the abbot of Peterborough , service unknown, annual value 6s. 8d.;
and 12 messuages and 100 a. in Chesterton in Huntingdonshire of the prior of Royston , service unknown, annual value 2 marks.
In right of his wife Joan, who survives, he held the manor of Hamerton of Thomas, Lord Morley, by a rent of a sparrowhawk, annual value £10.
Date of death and heir as in 86.
TNA reference

C 138/33/32 mm. 1, 3

E 152/9/481/2

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages.

Inquisition Head

Leicestershire. Inquisition [indented]. Market Harborough. 7 Feb. 1419. [Grevill].n88_001

Jurors

Jurors: John Chapman of Foxton ; John Turgeys of the same; John Dere of the same; John Page of the same; William Cook of Langton ; William Colman of Lubenham ; Thomas Colynson of Gumley ; William Parson of Lubenham ; Robert Mariot of Welham ; William Molet of Langton ; John Alyn of the same; and Geoffrey Clay of Cranoe .

Holdings

He held the manor of Thorpe Langton in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief as 1/40 knight's fee, annual value 6 marks.
He held in his demesne as of fee 10 1/2 a. of meadow in Welham called `le Mares' of the king in chief as 1/30 knight's fee, annual value 20s.

Date of death and heir as in 86.

[Exchequer copy, margin:] Examined by Colman. [Foot:] Apportionment of 100s. p.a. from 4 Dec. 1418 to 26 Feb. following, being 80 days: 24s. 9½d. Writ to the Exchequer to enrol the ward's ?place as dower, dated 28 Jan. 1420.

TNA reference

C 138/33/32 mm. 4-5

E 149/114/15 m. 1

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Inquisition Head

Northamptonshire. Inquisition. Boddington. 6 Feb. 1419.

Jurors

Jurors: William Lyndon of Easton on the Hill ; Henry Wryght of Great Weldon ; John Wryght of the same; John Mabely of the same; William Broune of the same; John Stoke of Southwick ; Henry Clerk of the same; Richard Grosham of the same; John Burton of the same; John Alryche of Glapthorn ; John Elyngton of Winwick ; and John Est of the same.

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee:

Great Weldon, the manor in the townships of Great Weldon, Stanion, Rockingham and Gretton, of the king in chief as 2/3 knight's fee, annual value £10;
Southwick, the manor, of the earl of Warwick , service unknown, annual value £8;
Winwick, the manor, of which 6 tofts and 2 virgates are in Huntingdonshire, of the abbot of Peterborough , service unknown, annual value £10;
Woodnewton, 3 cottages and 2 virgates, of Queen Joan by a rent of 12d., annual value...s.;
Rothwell, 5 messuages, of William Burghcher, knight , and his wife Anne, countess of Stafford , in her right, service unknown, annual value 2s.;
and 3 messuages of the abbot of Cirencester , service unknown...;
Tansor, 4 a. meadow, of William Burghcher , in right of his wife Anne as above, service unknown, annual value 2s.;
Fotheringhay, 3 tofts and 8 a. meadow, of the duke of York , service unknown, annual value 6s. 8d.;
Halefield, 1/2 manor, of Queen Joan , annual value 20s.;
Apethorpe, a close called..., of Queen Joan , service unknown, annual value 12d.;
Nassington, 2 closes called `Maysterwilyamcloses', of Queen Joan , service unknown, annual value 2s.;
Southwick, 10 closes called assart, of Queen Joan , service unknown, annual value 10s.

Date of death and heir as in 86.

TNA reference

C 138/33/32 mm. 6-7

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Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Winwick, Northamptonshire
tofts6 (6 x tofts) -
virgates2 (2 x virgate) -
Value6s. 8d.6s. 8d. (=80d.)
Total: 6s. 8d. (=80d.)
Chesterton, Huntingdonshire
messuages12 (12 x messuages) -
a.100 (100 x acre) -
Value2 marks£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
Total: £1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
Hamerton
Value£10£10 (=2400d.)
Total: £10 (=2400d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Hewyssh(Escheator)

Jurors

  • Richard Beton
  • John Andrew
  • William Bygge
  • William Salysbury
  • John Tayllour of Hamerton
  • John Marchall
  • Thomas Pertuale
  • William Pesee
  • Henry Holblot
  • W… Skynner
  • William Ive
  • Robert Martyn

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