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ISABEL WIDOW OF WILLIAM COGAN, KNIGHT
Inquisition Head
Somerset. Inquisition. Taunton. 16 Nov. [Welyngton].
Jurors
Jurors: Thomas Chippelegh ; Richard Marchaunt ; John Begh ; Nicholas Walrond ; John Richers ; Thomas Symmes ; John Persons ; William Hayward ; Simon Penvou ; Robert Crosse ; William Derby ; and Thomas Cachebeare .n609_001
Holdings
She held for life the manor of Huntspill and the advowson of the church of that township of the inheritance of Fulk Fitzwaryn son of Fulk Fitzwaryn, knight, kinsman and heir of William Cogan , i.e. son of Elizabeth, daughter of William Cogan , by grant of William Luscote , John Radyngton , John Waskham and John, formerly vicar of Meare ,to William Cogan and his then wife Isabel, heir of William. The manor of Huntspill is held of the king in chief for 1/2 knight's fee. There are in the manor a capital messuage, annual value nil, a dovecot, annual value 2s., 3 a. gardens worth 12d. an acre, 309 a. arable worth 7d. an acre, 200 a. meadow worth 8d. an acre, 129 a. pasture worth 7d. an acre, 6 a. reeds, the crop of which is worth 12d. an acre yearly, 47 tenements, in each of which are a messuage and 16 a. arable, each worth 14s. paid yearly by customary tenants at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions, 6 cottages, each worth 5s. yearly paid at the above terms, a fishery, annual value 60s. paid yearly by customary tenants at the above terms, 21s. 6d. assize rents from various free tenants at the above terms and perquisites of court, annual value 10s. She held in dower after the death of her husband William Cogan of the inheritance of Fulk son of Fulk Fitzwaryn, knight, 1/3 manor of Wigborough, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are in the 1/3 manor a capital messuage, annual value nil, 1/3 garden of 1/2 a., annual value 4d., 40 a. arable worth 6d. an acre, 20 a. meadow worth 8d. an acre, 10 a. pasture worth 6d. an acre, 26s. 8d. assize rents paid yearly at the above terms in equal portions, and 6 tenements, annual value 4s. each at the same terms.
She died on 21 Aug. 1400. Elizabeth wife of Richard Hankeford is her kinswoman and next heir, i.e. daughter of Fulk son of Elizabeth daughter of Isabel, and also daughter and next heir of Fulk son of Fulk, aged 17 years and more.
By virtue of letters patent of Henry IV [8 Nov. 1400: CPR 1399-1401, p. 380] John, earl of Somerset , deceased, occupied the manor of Huntspill and the 1/3 manor of Wigborough and took the profits. He demised them to Thomas Brook, knight , deceased, and his wife Joan, who survives, and she occupied them until 21 Sept. before the taking of this inquisition.
TNA reference
C 138/52/102 mm. 1-2
E 149/123/12
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
Devon. Inquisition. Exeter. 12 Nov. [Jaybyn].
Jurors
Jurors: John Crokker ; Robert Lytelton ; William Gillard ; Nicholas Speccote ; Thomas Pyllond ; William Werthe ; William Blynche ; John Spenser ; Richard Whitelock ; Robert atte Wode ; Henry Person ; and Roger Thorne .
Holdings
She held of Henry IV in chief for 1/20 knight's fee in dower after the death of her husband William Cogan, knight , of the inheritance of Fulk Fitzwaryn , son and heir of Fulk Fitzwaryn, knight, the manor of Uffculme except for 4 marks rent from it. There are in the manor a capital messuage, annual value nil, 176 a. arable, annual value 52s., 44 a. meadow, annual value 38s., a park, 71 a., annual value of the pasture 27s., 44 a. hill land, annual value of the pasture 7s., 3 fulling-mills, annual value 6s., a water-mill, annual value 10s., 21 messuages and 60 a. arable pertaining to them and leased to various tenants at will paying 6s. yearly at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions, 20 cottages leased to various tenants at will paying 42s. yearly at the same terms, £7 4s. assize rents of free tenants paid at the above terms in equal portions and perquisites of court, annual value 10s.
Date of death, heir, and other findings as in 609.
TNA reference
C 138/52/102 mm. 3-4
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.
Holdings
No holding information available.
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Smyth(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
- John Crokker
- Robert Lytelton
- William Gillard
- Nicholas Speccote
- Thomas Pyllond
- William Werthe
- William Blynche
- John Spenser
- Richard Whitelock
- Robert atte Wode
- Henry Person
- Roger Thorne
