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Holdings

John Busshell held in chief the manor of Highweek with the hundred of Teignbridge belonging to it; a messuage, 2 mills, a carucate, 10 a. meadow and £8 rent in Highweek, Newton Bushel and Bradley. By his charter indented shown to the jurors, dated at Highweek 17 April 1379, he granted to John de Copleston , William de Ferrers and John Holebeme the manor of Highweek and its appurtenances in Highweek, Bradley and Newton Bushel. Copleston, Ferrers and Holebeme entered without the king's licence having been obtained and it was taken into the king's hands. By letters patent of 20 July 1379 [CPR 1377-81, p. 375] they were pardoned and were licensed to grant it to John son of John Busshell and his wife Joan in tail with remainder to John's right heirs. By charter dated at Highweek 8 Aug. 1379 they granted to John son of John Busshell and his wife Joan and the heirs of their bodies the manor of Highweek with the hundred of Teignbridge and all the messuages, mills and lands in Highweek, Newton Bushel and Bradley held in chief. After the death of John son of John without issue, Joan married John Isak and the manor reverted to Thomas atte Yeord as kinsman and heir of John Busshell, senior , i.e. son of [illegible], sister of John Busshell, senior. By charter dated at Churston Ferrers 25 May 1402, and without having obtained the king's licence, Thomas granted the reversion of the manor to John Isak and Joan for Joan's life, reversion of the manor of Highweek, the borough of Newton Bushel and 1/3 of the hundred of Teignbridge to his son Richard and Joan, daughter of William Ferrers , and the heirs of their bodies, reversion to William Ferrers and the heirs of his body, remainder to William's right heirs. By virtue of that grant John Isak and Joan attorned to Richard and Joan in the lands except in 1 a. arable in the manor of Highweek. By letters patent of 4 July 1402 [CPR 1401-5, p. 100] ‪ Henry IV pardoned Richard, son of Thomas Yeord , Joan, daughter of William Ferrers , and William Ferrers for acquiring in fee from Thomas Yeord the reversion of the manor of Highweek, except 1 a. arable, the borough of Newton Bushel and 1/3 hundred of Teignbridge, held in chief, which John Isak and his wife Joan hold for her life without licence, and licensed Richard and Joan to enter on the death of Joan wife of John, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies with remainder to William, the heirs of his body and his right heirs. John Isak died and Joan by her charter shown to the jurors quitclaimed to Richard, Joan and William Ferrers, lord of Churston Ferrers , the manor of Highweek, Bradley, part of the manor from time immemorial, the borough of Newton Bushel and the hundred of Teignbridge, with suit of court at the hundred, by virtue of which Richard and Joan, who survive, were seised. Joan, wife of John Isak, afterwards married John Bernehous .