Holdings
She held for her life in demesne and in socage of the king
as of his soke of
Chelmondiston 2 mills and 120 a. arable and
pasture in
Chelmondiston and
Woolverstone by the grant of
Gilbert
Debenham
,
Richard
Wethermerssh
,
Ralph
Chamberlayn
and
Clement
Spicer
, with remainder to
Thomas
Wolverston
and the heirs male of his body, by 20s. rent and suit of court at the king's soke.
She held in socage for life in
Woolverstone a tenement called `Lophames' with appurtenances in
Woolverstone,
Freston,
Holbrook,
Harkstead,
Erwarton and
Kirton with the advowson of the church of
Woolverstone belonging to the tenement by grant of the same Gilbert, Richard, Ralph and Clement with remainder as above, one parcel thereof held of the manor of
Holbrook for 29s. 2d. yearly rent, another parcel of the manor of
Freston for 1 lb. 'cumin' and a pair of gilded spurs yearly, another parcel of
Lord de Wylughby
for 4d. yearly rent, and another parcel of the
prior of
Leighs
for 11s. 2d. yearly rent.
She held in socage for her life a tenement called ‘Cabeton’ in
Woolverstone,
Chelmondiston and
Holbrook, remainder as above, a parcel thereof held of the manor of `
Harkstead for 7s. yearly rent, and another parcel of the
prior of
Leighs
, for 3s. yearly rent.
She held the manor of
Holbrook of
Thomas, earl Marshal
, by service of 1 knight’s fee.
She held a manor in
East Bergholt called `
Spencers' of
Thomas
Erpyngham
and the
Master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England
by ?13s. yearly rent.
She held a tenement called ?‘Boytons’ in
East Bergholt and ?
Bentley of John [? Brayhan.., ?Nicholas ?Talmage and ??Ann ?Groue/Grette] by fealty and 10s. yearly rent.
As to how the vills of
Chelmondiston and
Woolverstone with the king’s soke are held of the king in chief and by what service: they are not held of the king in chief but there are in these vills divers tenures, of which certain tenements are held of the king in socage, certain of
Lord de Wylyghby
, certain of the manor of
Woolverstone, certain of the tenement called ‘Lophames’, certain of the tenement called ‘Cabeton’, certain of the manor of
Holbrook, certain of the manor of
Tattingstone, certain of the manor of
Erwarton, certain of the manor of
Harkstead, certain of the
prior of
Leighs
, certain of the
prior of
Holy Trinity, Ipswich
, certain of
Augustine
de
Stratton
, certain of the
prior of
St Peter, Ipswich
, certain of the manor of
Freston and certain of the manor of ‘
Shotlehall’ in Kirkton, but the jurors know nothing of how and by what service they are held, except those held of the king in chief and those which Elizabeth held. And as for the soke, they say that the king has a certain lordship in
Chelmondiston which is called ‘
la Sokne de Chelmyngton’ by reason of which lordship the king’s tenants yearly render to him 100s. 10d. and do suit of court.
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