‹ E-CIPM 21-858: HUGH STAFFORD, KNIGHT ›
HUGH STAFFORD, KNIGHT
Inquisition Head
London. Inquisition. Guildhall. 2 Dec. [Chichele].
Jurors
Jurors: Richard Mayhewe ; John Styward ; John Fareman ; Richard Wymarke ; John Castowe ; Geoffrey White ; Thomas Huk ; John Horewode ; William Swetecok ; William Termeday ; Henry Russe ; and John Hilgay .
Holdings
In right of his wife Elizabeth, who survives, he held: a town house in the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate in the suburbs formerly belonging to her father Bartholomew, Lord Bourchier , whose heir she is; a building called `le gatehous', part of the town house, which Thomas Berebowe , deceased, held for life by grant of Bartholomew, reversion to the heirs of Bartholomew; tenements and gardens next the town house which Philip Morsell , Walter Gayton , Laurence Stapilton and William Breton formerly held for life of Thomas Berebowe by grant of Bartholomew, remainder after Thomas's death to Bartholomew's right heir, i.e. Elizabeth. All are held of the king in free burgage as the entire city is held. Annual values: the town house, 26s. 8d.; `le gatehous', 40s.
He died on 25 Oct. 1420. Humphrey, earl of Stafford , is his kinsman and next heir, i.e. son of Edmund brother of Hugh named in the writ, aged 19 years and more on 15 Aug. last.
TNA reference
C 138/61/60 mm. 1-2
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Inquisition Head
Essex. Inquisition [indented]. Brentwood. 15 Oct. [Darcy].
Jurors
Jurors: John Elde ; William Kyng ; William atte Cherche ; John Duche ; William Loue ; Thomas Golman ; John Kyng ; Thomas Shelley ; John Cok ; John Bolle ; Richard Gylot ; and Alan Pepes .
Holdings
He held in his demesne as of fee: 46 a. arable, 5 a. meadow and 9 a. pasture in Stanford Rivers called [?`Pyggesland'], held of John Chamber by fealty. Annual values: the arable 15s. 4d. at 4d. an acre; the meadow 2s. 6d. at 6d. an acre; and the pasture 2s. 6d. at 3d. an acre; 40 a. arable in Stanford Rivers called `Botteles', annual value 13s. 4d. at 4d. an acre, held of the abbot of Waltham Holy Cross , service unknown; for life by grant of John de Frenyngham , a tenement, 100 a. arable, 10 a. meadow and 16 a. pasture in Stanford Rivers called Traceys, remainder to the right heirs of Edmund, earl of Stafford . All are held of the heirs of the earl of Stafford , service unknown. Annual values: the tenement nil; the arable 33s. 4d. at 4d. an acre; the meadow 5s. at 6d. an acre; and the pasture 2s. 8d. at 2d. an acre; the manor of Osea, held of the king of the honor of Boulogne for 1/2 knight's fee. There are 200 a. arable, annual value 50s. at 3d. an acre; 4 a. meadow, annual value 1s. at 6d. an acre; 40 a. marsh, annual value nil above the upkeep and repair of the sea-walls; and 40s. rent yearly at Easter and Michaelmas equally; the manor of Asheldham held of the king of the honor of Rayleigh for 1/4 knight's fee. There are a dwelling-house, annual value nil above the upkeep of the buildings; 400 a. arable, annual value 66s. 8d. at 2d. an acre; 12 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 5s. yearly; 40 a. marsh, annual value nil above the upkeep and repair of the sea- walls, ditches and sluices; the manor of Langford, of which 1/2 is held of the heirs of the earl of Hereford of the honor of Mandeville for 1/2 knight's fee, and 1/2 of the heirs of Walter, Lord Fitzwalter , for 1/2 knight's fee. There are various buildings, annual value nil; 400 a. arable, annual value 20 marks at 8d. an acre; 41 a. meadow, annual value 41s. at 12d. an acre; 50 a. pasture, annual value 25s. at 6d. an acre; 124 a. wood, the underwood and pasture of which are worth 20s.; and £10 rent yearly at the above terms equally; the manor of Stansted Mountfitchet, held of the earl of Suffolk of the honor of Eye by fealty. There are a dwelling-house with buildings, annual value nil; a dovecot, annual value 12d.; 300 a. arable, annual value 25s. at 3d. an acre; 12 a. meadow, annual value 12s. at 12d. an acre; 30 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 60s. yearly; £10 rent yearly at the above terms equally; and 140 a. mature wood outside the manor, the underwood of which is worth 20s. yearly; the manor of Little Fordham, held of the heirs of Bartholomew, Lord Bourchier , service unknown. There are a messuage with a garden adjoining, annual value nil; 400 a. arable, annual value 10 marks at 4d. an acre; 30 a. meadow, annual value 30s. at 12d. an acre; 36 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 10s.; a water-mill, annual value 13s. 4d.; and 5 marks rent at the above terms equally; 140 a. arable in St. Lawrence held of the king of the honor of Boulogne by fealty, annual value 46s. 8d. at 3d. an acre; 20 a. marsh, annual value nil above the upkeep of the sea-walls there; and 12s. rent yearly from various tenants at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 104 a. arable and marsh in Asheldham held of the king of the honor of Rayleigh , service unknown, annual value nil above the upkeep of the sea-walls and sluices; 160 a. arable in Mayland, annual value 40s. at 3d. an acre; 30 a. marsh, annual value nil above the upkeep of the sea-walls, held of the king of the honor of Peverel , service unknown; 140 a. arable in Latchingdon, annual value 35s. at 3d. an acre; 120 a. called `Stanford merssh', annual value 40s. at 4d. an acre; 2s. 8d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas equally, held of the king of the honor of Haughley , service unknown; a manor called `Abelles' in Halstead, not built upon, of the earl of March of the honor of Clare , service unknown. There are in it 30 a. arable, annual value 15s. at 6d. an acre; 6 a. meadow, annual value 6s. at 12d. an acre; 12 a. pasture, annual value 6s. at 6d. an acre; and 100s. assize rents at the above terms equally; also in Halstead, 116 a. arable, annual value 38s. 8d. at 4d. an acre; 12 a. meadow, annual value 8s. at 8d. an acre; 70 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 20s. yearly above wood for fencing; 60 a. arable called `Pantfeldfee', annual value 20s. at 40d. an acre; 20s. rent at the above terms equally held of the earl of Suffolk of the honor of Eye , service unknown; and 2 water- mills, annual value 26s. 8d.; 3 built tenements in Markshall and Stisted, annual value nil; 400 a. arable in those places, annual value 10 marks at 4d. an acre; 10 a. meadow, annual value 5s. at 6d. an acre; 40 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 6s. 8d. above wood for fencing; 40 a. alders, annual value 8s. 4d. at 2 1/2d. an acre, held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury , and Thomas Markeshale separately, services unknown; 40 a. arable in Wethersfield, annual value 20s. at 6d. an acre; 20 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 6s. 8d. yearly above wood for fencing, held of the heirs of John de Nevyll, knight , service unknown; a built tenement in Braintree, annual value nil; 100 a. arable there, annual value 33s. 4d. at 4d. an acre; 4 a. meadow, annual value 4s. at 12d. an acre; and 22s. assize rents at the above terms equally, held of the earl of March , service unknown; 20 a. arable and pasture in Gosfield called `le Hull', annual value 3s. 4d. at 2d. an acre, held of the heirs of John de Nevyll, knight , service unknown; £10 rent in Sible Hedingham at the above terms equally, held of the earl of Oxford by fealty; £10 rent called `Barantynesfee' taken yearly at the same terms from tenants in Halstead, Great Maplestead, Little Maplestead, East or West Tilbury, Peyton Hall, Pebmarsh, Bulmer, Middleton, Alphamstone, Twinstead, Little Henny, Great Henny, Sible Hedingham, Gosfield, Gestingthorpe, White Colne and Finchingfield, held of the heirs of the earl of Arundel of the honor of Castle Acre by fealty; lands and tenements called `Maudewytes' in Ulting and Hatfield Peverel, annual value nil; 211 a. arable in the same places, annual value 105s. 6d. at 6d. an acre; 12 a. meadow, annual value 12s. at 12d. an acre; 30 a. pasture, annual value 15s. at 6d. an acre; 30 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 10s. yearly above wood for fencing; 17s. 9d. rent at the above terms equally; and 4s. rent yearly at the same terms from a tenement called `Okemannes', part of `Maudewytes', which John Herde holds, held of..., service unknown; all manors, lands, tenements, meadows, pasture, wood, marshes, alders,..., rents and services in tenements called `Pyggesland', `Botteles' and Traceys in Stanford Rivers which he held jointly with his wife Elizabeth, who survives married to Lewis Robessart, knight , in tail male, by grant of William Skrene , Robert de Teye , John de Boys , Robert Rykedon , Clement Spice , Ralph Chamberlayn , Richard Waltham , Robert, parson of Sible Hedingham , William Cryket , Thomas Berebowe and Edmund Man by name of the manors of Osea, Asheldham, Langford, Stansted Mountfitchet and Little Fordham and all manors, rents and services in St. Lawrence, Tillingham, Asheldham, Mayland, Latchingdon, Halstead, Markshall, Stisted, Wethersfield, Braintree, Gosfield and Sible Hedingham, the rent called `Barentynesfee', and `Maudewytes' in Ulting and Hatfield Peverel which Thomas Cayes and John Porter of Tollesbury had by grant of Bartholomew, Lord Bourchier , to hold to Hugh and Elizabeth in tail male, successive reversions to the heirs of the bodies of Elizabeth and William de Bourghchier, knight , remainder to the right heirs of Bartholomew, as appears in a charter shown to the jurors; the manor of Little Maldon, held of the king of the honor of Peverel for 1/2 knight's fee. There are in it a built messuage, annual value nil above the upkeep of the buildings; 180 a. arable, annual value 60s. at 4d. an acre; 20 a. meadow, annual value 30s. at 18d. an acre; 100 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 20s. yearly above wood for fencing; a dovecot, annual value 2s.; and 100s. rent at the above terms equally; the manor of Great Totham, held of the king of the honor of Boulogne for 1/2 knight's fee. There are a built messuage, annual value nil; 309 a. arable, annual value £7 14s. 6d. at 6d. an acre; 56 a. pasture, annual value 18s. 4d. at 4d. an acre; 18 a. meadow, annual value 30s. at 20d. an acre; 196 a. wood, the underwood of which is worth 20s. yearly; a dovecot, annual value 12d.; and 109s. rent at the above terms equally; 60 a. called `Totham Ovesey' in Great Totham, annual value 20s. at 4d. an acre; 5 a. meadow, annual value 5s. at 12d. an acre; 10 a. pasture, annual value 5s. at 6d. an acre; and 10 a. wood, annual value 5s., held of the heirs of John de Nevyll, knight , service unknown; 300 a. arable in Ashdon, annual value £7 10s. at 6d. an acre; 12 a. meadow, annual value 12s.; and 10s. rent at the same terms, held of the heirs of Lord Fitzwalter and Nicholas Parys by fealty; 20 a. arable in Bocking, annual value 13s. 4d. at 8d. an acre; 30 a. arable and pasture in Bradfield and Mistley, annual value 15s. at 6d. an acre; 12s. rent from a tenement called `Gromes' in those places at the same terms, held of the bishop of London , service unknown; 60 a. arable in Witham, annual value 20s. at 4d. an acre, held of the prior of St. John of Jerusalem in England , service unknown; a messuage and 44 a. arable in Tolleshunt D'Arcy called `Lynnewodes', annual value 22s. at 6d. an acre, held of the king of the honor of Haughley , service unknown; 3s. rent in Great Bromley and 4s. rent in Little Bromley at the same terms equally; 32 a. arable in Great Bentley, annual value 5s. 4d. at 2d. an acre; 4s. rent at the same terms; and 1 lb. cumin from the manor of Frinton yearly, held of the bishop of London , service unknown; a tenement called `Stokhall' with appurtenances in Langford, annual value nil. There are 100 a. arable, annual value 50s. at 6d. an acre; 6 a. meadow, annual value 9s. at 18d. an acre; and 30 a. pasture, annual value 7s. 6d. at 3d. an acre, held of the heirs of John Preyers , service unknown; the advowsons of the churches of Greenstead, Little Laver, Langford, the chapels of the manors of Little Maldon and Great Totham, the abbey of Beeleigh and the hospital of St. Giles, Maldon ; all lands, tenements, rents and services in Great Totham, Osea, Ashdon, Bocking, Bradfield, Mistley, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Great Bromley, Little Bromley, Great Bentley, Frinton and Langford jointly with Elizabeth in tail male by grant of Richard Clyfford, bishop of London , John de Boys , Robert de Teye , Robert Rykedon , Robert, parson of Sible Hedingham , Richard Waltham , Thomas Rolff , Thomas Berebowe , Adam Crisselowe, clerk , and William Baille by name of the manors of Little Maldon and Wood Hall with all bondmen and advowsons which they had by grant of Bartholomew de Bourghchier, knight , except the lands, rents and services called Hepworth's, of John Fitzandrew and Thomas Fitzjohn , Sloe House, Stanley, `Brokedysshes', the advowsons of Sible Hedingham, Greenstead, Little Laver, Langford, the abbey of Beeleigh and the hospital of St. Giles, Maldon, reversions and remainder as above, as appears by a charter shown to the jurors. He was seised in right of Elizabeth of 1/2 knight's fee in Little Holland, formerly held by Nicholas Talleworth , annual value 50s., and a knight's fee in Lawford called Lawford Hall, annual value 100s. On 10 July 1415 he demised the manor of Stanford Rivers, held of the earl of Stafford , service unknown, to John Tyrell, esquire , John Bedulf and Robert Frampton on condition that if he died abroad in the king's service, they should assign the profits to Elizabeth for life, remainder to the right heirs of his brother Edmund, earl of Stafford , whom they should enfeoff if Elizabeth dies before Hugh's return. By a charter dated 15 May 1417 by the name of Hugh Stafford, Lord Bourchier , he and Elizabeth granted to William Raynforth, esquire , John Tyrell , Richard Baynard of Messing , John Bedulf , Robert Frampton , Richard Aylleward and Richard Fitznichole the manors of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Little Bentley, Tendring, Messing, Bourchiers in Messing, Greenstead and Moreton, 200 a. arable, 4 a. meadow and 10s. rent in Little Laver, 100 a. arable and 4s. rent in Great Chesterford, the manor of Manhall in Saffron Walden and Littlebury, 300 a. arable, 9 a. pasture, 4 a. wood and a water-mill called `Pacchynghalle' or Wood Hall in Broomfield, Chelmsford and Great Waltham, 400 a. arable, 10 a. meadow, a water-mill, 100s. rent called Bowsers in Rivenhall, a manor called `Hampstall' in Wicken Bonhunt, 160 a. arable, 30 a. marsh called Leggatts in the hundred of Dengie, 30 a. arable in Ashdon and Bartlow called Bowsers, by name of the manors of Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Little Bentley, Tendring, Messing and Bourchiers in Messing, all his lands, tenements and services in Greenstead, Moreton, Little Laver, Great Chesterford, Broomfield, Great Waltham, Rivenhall, Wicken Bonhunt, Leggatts in the hundred of Dengie, Manhall and Bowsers, as appears by a charter shown to the jurors. The manor of Tolleshunt D'Arcy is held of the king of the honor of Boulogne for 12d. yearly; the manor of Little Bentley and the manor of Tendring are held of the bishop of London , service unknown; the manors of Messing and Bourchiers in Messing are held of the heirs of John Preyers , service unknown; the manors of Greenstead and Moreton are held of the earl of Stafford , service unknown; the land, meadow and rents in Little Laver are held of Lord Scales , service unknown; the lands and rents in Great Chesterford and the manor of Manhall are held of the king of the honor of Boulogne and the Earl Marshal separately, service unknown; the lands, pasture and wood with the mill called `Pacchynghalle' or Wood Hall are held of the bishop of London and the heirs of Thomas Maundevyll, knight , service unknown; the land, meadow, mill and rent in Rivenhall are held of Lord Scales , service unknown; the manor called `Hampstall' is held of the bishop of London , service unknown; the land and marsh called Leggatts are held of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, London , service unknown; and the land called Bowsers is held of the heirs of the earl of Hereford and the bishop of Ely , service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 857.
TNA reference
C 138/61/60 mm. 3-4
E 149/124/8
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
- Wymbyssh, Nicholas, clerk (Writ Clerk)
- Darcy(Escheator)
Jurors
- John Elde
- William Kyng
- William atte Cherche
- John Duche
- William Loue
- Thomas Golman
- John Kyng
- Thomas Shelley
- John Cok
- John Bolle
- Richard Gylot
- Alan Pepes
