E-CIPM 21-942: HUGH COURTENAY, EARL OF DEVON

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HUGH COURTENAY, EARL OF DEVON

Writ Head

936 Writ ‡ 22 June 1422. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Inquisition Head

Hampshire. Inquisition. Ringwood. 26 Aug. [Wayte].

Jurors

Jurors: John Ponchardon ; Thomas Dey ; John Wyche ; Robert Pokeswelle ; John Cook of Burgate ; John Cook of ‘Forde’ ; John Fraunceys ; John Nicholl ; John Machyn of Gorley ; John Myst ; Robert Skynner ; and John Louell .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service the manor and borough of Lymington and the manor of Breamore with the advowson of the priory of Breamore belonging to the manor. Annual values: Lymington, the manor and borough £26 13s. 4 1/2d. and £20 assize rents at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist; Breamore, the manor, £10 and 106s. 8d. assize rents at the same terms, the advowson nil.

He died on 16 June last. Thomas de Courtenay , his son by his wife Anne who survives, is his next heir, aged 8 years on 3 May last.

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Writ Head

937 Writ ‡ 22 June 1422. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Inquisition Head

Berkshire. Inquisition. Abingdon. 29 Aug. [Wagett].

Jurors

Jurors: William Halle of Sutton Courtenay ; William Cook of Steventon ; John Mayhewe ; John Payn of Appleford ; Thomas Squyer ; Richard Goryng ; William More of Milton ; Walter Courteys ; Robert Elmes ; William atte Mylle of Sutton Courtenay ; John Fyssher ; and John Palmer .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service the manor and advowson of Sutton Courtenay. There are in the manor a messuage, 300 a. arable, annual value 100s., 300 a. pasture, annual value 50s., 2 corn-mills, annual value 53s. 4d., a fulling-mill, annual value 6s. 8d., a free fishery in the river Thames, annual value 50s., and £30 assize rents at Christmas, the Annunciation, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions and 6s. 8d. perquisites of court. In Sutton Wick, part of the manor of Sutton Courtenay, there are £6 assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, and in Hawkridge, also part of the manor, 40s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas and 100 a. wood, the pasture of which is worth yearly 3s. 4d. The advowson is worth nothing.

Date of death and heir as in 936.

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Writ Head

938 Writ ‡ 22 June 1422. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Addressed to the escheator in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, but endorsement of execution refers to only one inquisition.

Inquisition Head

Buckinghamshire. Inquisition. Aylesbury. 27 Aug. [Hampdene].

Jurors

Jurors: John Porter of Upper Winchendon or Lower Winchendon ; Richard Lambourne ; Robert Dalafyld ; John Thorp ; John Motte of Whitchurch ; John Golde of Aylesbury ; John Saundres ; Richard Tourssey ; William Combe ; Thomas Howman ; John Lambourne ; and John Squyrell .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service: the manor and advowson of Waddesdon, annual value above the advowson £16. There are in the manor the site and a garden there, annual value 6s. 8d., a dovecot, annual value 12d., 200 a. arable, annual value 66s. 8d., 100 a. fallow, annual value only 3s. 4d. because the ground is wet, 2 closes of pasture containing 8 a., annual value 6s. 8d., 20 a. meadow, annual value 20s., 20 a. pasture, annual value 6s. 8d., perquisites of court, annual value 3s. 4d., a windmill 6s. 8d., the profits of a park there with the beasts of the chase and animals in it, annual value nil above the parker's wage of 2d. daily above the right to take wood from the park, which is worth 20s., £10 rents at Easter and Michaelmas separately, and fishery in the ponds there, nil; the manor of Hillesden, annual value £14 3s. 4d. There are in the manor the site, annual value nil, 300 a. arable, annual value 75s., 40 a. meadow, annual value 40s., 120 a. fallow, annual value 18s. 4d., £8 rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, and perquisites of court, nil. He held the the manor of Wavendon of the earl of Oxford for 1/4 knight's fee, annual value 10 marks. There are in the manor the site, annual value 3s. 4d., a close containing 20 a. pasture, annual value 20s., 60 a. arable, annual value 20s., 10 a. meadow, annual value 10s., a pit for `fulleryscley', annual value 33s. 4d., 50s. rents at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions, and perquisites of court, nil.

Date of death and heir as in 936.

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Writ Head

939 Writ ‡ 22 June 1422. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Addressed to the escheator in Somerset and Dorset.

Inquisition Head

Somerset. Inquisition. Yeovil. 21 Aug. [Carent].

Jurors

Jurors: John Gulden ; William Ford ; Robert Blaneford ; John Burnell ; Robert Mountagu ; Richard Wayte ; Ralph Manston ; William Molton ; John Seyncler ; John Neel ; Richard Slade ; and John Broun .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service: the manor, hundred and advowson of the church of West Coker. Annual values: the manor 40s. above £10 assize rents at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist; the hundred 20s.; the advowson nil; the manor and advowson of the church of Hemington. Annual values: the manor £6 above £15 assize rents at the above terms in equal portions; the advowson nil; the reversion of the manors of Hinton St. George and Mudford, 2 messuages in Yeovil, 2 messuages in Kingstone, a messuage and 30 a. in ?Bishop's Hull and a messuage and 1 a. meadow in Chard which his father Edward, earl of Devon , who was formerly seised in his demesne as of fee, granted to his brother Hugh de Courtenay, knight , who survives, in tail male. The manor of Hinton St. George is held of the abbot of St. Mary Graces , service unknown, annual value £10. The manor of Mudford is held of Walter Romsey , service unknown, annual value £10. The messuages in Yeovil are held of the earl of March , service unknown, annual value 6s. 8d., the messuages in Kingstone of the same earl, annual value 6s. 8d., the messuage and 30 a. arable in ?Bishop's Hull of the same earl, service unknown, annual value 6s., the acre of meadow in Chard of the bishop of Bath and Wells , service unknown, annual value 2s. By a deed sealed with his seal of arms and dated 4 June 1421, shown to the jurors in evidence, he gave [with specified lands in Devon and Cornwall] the manor of Crewkerne to his uncle Hugh Courtenay, knight , of Haccombe , his kinsman Hugh Lutrell, knight , his steward John Fortescu, esquire , Thomas Hendeman , Richard Aldryngton , clerk s, John Selman , William Dawny , Richard Bamfyle and Henry Fortescu for a term of 40 years from the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next to take the profits for the payment of his father's debts and after the deduction of reasonable expenses to distribute the residue for the souls of his father and mother, his own and those of all the faithful departed. By a deed of 30 June 1421 Hugh, as earl of Devon and lord of Okehampton , quitclaimed the manor to them, and on the day on which he went overseas he declared orally to the feoffees that he had conveyed the lands only to those uses. The manor of Crewkerne is held of the king in chief by knight service. There are in it the hundred, the advowson of the church of Crewkerne, three portions in the church, i.e. for a deacon, subdeacon and the chapel of Misterton annexed to the church, the chantry of St. Mary in the church and another chantry of St. Mary in the churchyard. Annual values: the manor £18 above £100 assize rents at Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Michaelmas and Christmas in equal portions; the hundred 40s.; the advowson nil. By his letters patent, the date of which the jurors do not know because they were not shown to them, he granted a yearly rent of £4 6s. 8d. for life to Thomas Symson , who survives, to be paid from the manor of Crewkerne by the reeve at the terms mentioned above in equal portions.

Date of death and heir as in 936.

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Inquisition Head

Dorset. Inquisition. Sherborne. 22 Aug. 1422. [Carent].

Jurors

Jurors: Simon Chamberleyn ; John Milborn ; John Lyueden ; John Dare ; Robert ..lyng ; Thomas Wyseman ; William Knaplok ; Peter Pyneford ; Richard Rochell ; Robert Dare ; John Salter ; and John Kayll .n936_002

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service: the manor of Iwerne Courtney, annual value £10 above £20 assize rents at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions; the manor of Hill, annual value £8; the manor and advowson of the church of Ibberton. Annual values: the manor £6 7s. 8d. above £8 assize rents; the advowson nil; the advowson of the priory of Loders, annual value nil; the reversion of the manor and advowson of the chantry of Corton which his father Edward, earl of Devon , granted to his brother Hugh de Courtenay, knight , who survives, in tail male, remainder to Hugh named in the writ and the heirs of his body. The manor and advowson are held of the earl of March , service unknown, annual value 40 marks.

Date of death and heir as in 936.

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Writ Head

941 Writ 22 June 1422. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Addressed to the escheator in Devon and Cornwall.

Inquisition Head

Devon. Inquisition. Exeter. 6 Aug. [Copleston].

Jurors

Jurors: Roger Wyke ; John Crwys of Morchard Bishop or Cruwys Morchard ; John Denclyf ; John Coffyn ; Henry Parson ; Thomas Kyngeslond ; Geoffrey Gyffard ; Ivo Wyke ; William Southcote ; William Blynch ; Thomas Codyng ; and John Tacle .

Holdings

He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service: £18 6s. 8d. of the profits of the county from the sheriff of Devon at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; the honor of Plympton and the following, all held of it: the castle, manor, hundred and borough of Plympton. Annual value of the honor, castle, manor and hundred £12 15s. above £20 2s. 2d. assize rents from the manor. The burgesses held the borough at fee-farm for £24 2s. 2d. paid to the receiver of the borough at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions; the manor, borough and hundred of Tiverton and the advowson of 3 parts of the cure in the church of Tiverton. Annual values: the manor, except the advowson and the hundred, £11 13s. 2d. above £33 13s. 4d. assize rents at the same terms; the hundred, 40s. There are £20 8s. 5 1/2d. assize rents from burgesses at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions and perquisites of borough courts, 46s. 8d.; the hundred and manor of Exminster. Annual values: the manor, £4 6s. 6d. above £6 assize rents at the four usual terms; the hundred, 40s.; the manor of Topsham, annual value 100s. 6d. above £12 assize rents at the four usual terms; the hundreds of Wonford, annual value 40s., and Hayridge, annual value 40s., with a free fishery in the river Exe, annual value 10s.; 1 a. arable in Woodleigh, annual value 12d., and the advowson of the church which belongs to it, annual value nil; 3 a. arable in Stoke Damerel, annual value 2s. and the advowson of the church which belongs to them, annual value nil; the advowsons of the abbey of Buckland, the priory of St. James , Exeter , and the churches of Throwleigh, Milton Damerel and St. Leonard , Exeter , annual values nil; a messuage, carucate and 10 a. arable in Battisford, annual value 53s. 4d.; £8 rent yearly from demesne lands in Holbeton at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Michaelmas in equal portions; the honor of Okehampton and the following, all held of it: the castle, manor and borough of Okehampton and the advowson of the chantry of Brightley belonging to the manor: annual values: the honor, castle, and manor 72s. 2d. above £12 assize rents at Christmas, Easter, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and Michaelmas in equal portions; £7 assize rents paid at Michaelmas by the reeve from burgages in the borough of Okehampton; 26s. 8d. perquisites of court; the advowson nil; the manor of Sampford Courtenay, annual value 55s. above £10 assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions, the advowson of the church of Sampford Courtenay and the chantry of Sticklepath belonging to it, annual value nil; the manor of Cherbere, annual value 2s. above 40s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; the manor of Dolton, annual value 53s. 4d. above 60s. assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions, and the advowson of Dolton which belongs to the manor, annual value nil; the manor and borough of Chulmleigh, the advowson of the church and 6 prebends in it which belong to the manor; annual values: the manor 31s. 4d. above £7 assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions; 100s. assize rents from the borough paid at the four usual terms by the reeve; 6s. 8d. perquisites of court; the advowsons nil; the manor and borough of Chawleigh and the advowson of the church belonging to the manor; annual values: the manor 71s. 4d. above £18 assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions; 40s. assize rents from the borough paid at Michaelmas by the reeve; 2s. perquisites of court; the advowson nil; the manor of Newnham, annual value 37s. 8d. above 50s. assize rents at the four usual terms; the manor of Exe Island, annual value £8 above 100s. assize rents at the four usual terms; the manor of Kenn, annual value 45s. 4d. above £26 assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions, and the advowson of the church and chantry belonging to the manor, annual value nil; the borough of Kennford, annual value 60s. assize rents paid at the at the four usual terms by the reeve; the manor of Whimple, annual value £4 8s. 4d. above £6 8s. 4d. assize rents at the four usual terms; the manor of Aylesbeare, annual value £10 8s. 4d. above £6 8s. 4d. assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions; the hamlet of Newton Poppleford , in which are 50s. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, 10s. perquisites of court and the advowson of the chantry there belonging to the manor of Aylesbeare, annual value nil; the manor of Houndbeare, annual value 21s. 4d. above 11s. assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions; the borough of Colyford, £4 4s. assize rents from various burgages paid by the reeve at the four usual terms in equal portions, and 13s. 4d. perquisites of court; the manor of Musbury, annual value £8 5s. above £12 assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions, and the advowson of the church of the manor; a messuage and a carucate in Bruckland, Trill and Smallicombe, annual value 33s. 4d.; 7 messuages, a carucate in Ponsford, annual value 40s., and a mill there, annual value 6s. 8d.; 1 a. arable in Alfington, annual value 4d., and the advowson of the church of Alfington belonging to it, annual value nil; a messuage, 100 a. arable and 6 a. meadow in Sellake, annual value 4s.; the advowsons of the prebends of Hayes, Cutton and Kenn in the chapel of Exeter castle, annual value nil; the advowsons of the abbey of Forde and the priory of Cowick, annual value nil; a moiety of a fair at the Crolditch in Exeter, annual value 10s.; the hundred of Budleigh, annual value 40s., at fee-farm for 60s. yearly paid to the sheriff, as appears by letters patent of 26 July 11 Edward [...] [not found] to Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon , the earl's ancestor, i.e. father of Edward, father of the earl [sic, recte father of Edward, father of Edward, father of the earl]; the reversions of the following: a messuage, garden of 1 a., 100 a. arable and 30 a. meadow with a close called `Sporemede' in Stedcombe, Mill Ham and Lucy Cleave, annual value 100s., held of the honor of Okehampton, which Edward, earl of Devon , was licensed to alienate by letters patent of 10 Feb. 1388 [not found], shown to the jurors, to John Barneburgh and his wife Maud, who survive, in tail male; the manors of Goodrington, Stancombe and South Allington, which Edward, earl of Devon , granted to his brother Hugh Courtenay, knight , of Haccombe , who survives, and the heirs of his body. The manor of Goodrington is held of the earl of March , service unknown, annual value £10. The manors of Stancombe and South Allington are held of the heir of Philip Boterford , service unknown, annual value of each 100s.; the manor of Slapton which the heirs of Guy Bryan held of Hugh named in the writ of the honor of Okehampton for 1 knight's fee. Hugh held of the bishop of Exeter by service of acting as his steward at his enthronement in Exeter cathedral: annual value nil unless the tenant dies; the manor of Dittisham which Robert Hulle of Spaxton held of Hugh , who held of the bishop of Exeter of the honor of Plympton for 1 knight's fee, service unknown: annual value nil unless the tenant dies; the manor of Pool Anthony which Nicholas Rede held of Hugh of the honor of Plympton of the king in chief for 1/4 knight's fee: annual value nil unless the tenant dies. He held in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service: the manor of Whitwell of the honor of Okehampton, annual value 33s. 4d. including 13s. 4d. assize rents at the four usual terms in equal portions; the reversion of 5 messuages, 3 ferlings and a water-mill called `Habrigmille' in Coleford and Blatchworthy in the hundred of Witheridge held of the earl of March , service unknown, annual value 30s., which by his charter shown to the jurors he granted for life to Philip Spore and his wife Alice, who survive, for a red rose at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist; a life estate in the manor of Columbjohn, held of the king of the duchy of Lancaster , which John Fortescu and John Selman , who were seised in demesne as of fee, granted to the earl for life, reversion to Richard Bampfeld in tail male, remainder to the earl's right heirs. Annual value £14 6s. above 26s. 8d. assize rents; 26s. 8d. rent from a tenement in Exe Island which, as appears by a charter shown to the jurors, the earl granted for life to Walter Bole and his wife Alice, who survives, for 4 capons at Easter and suit of court at Easter and Michaelmas during Walter's life, and after his death 26s. 8d. at the four usual terms in equal portions and suit of court at Easter and Michaelmas; the reversion of the keeping of the park of Chulmleigh, which the earl granted for life to John Ralegh , who survives, for 20d. weekly from the reeve of the manor of Chulmleigh, as appears by the earl's letters patent shown to the jurors; the reversion of the keeping of the park of Ashley which by his letters patent shown to the jurors, he [?formerly] granted for life to Walter Balle , who survives, and [?afterwards] to John Ralegh for 12d. weekly from the reeve of Tiverton; the reversion of the keeping of the park of Tiverton called `Lytelpark', which he granted for life to John Ralegh for 8d. weekly from the reeve of Tiverton; the reversion of a messuage, 90 a. arable, 10 a. meadow and 3 a. wood in Padbrook, held of the king in chief by knight service, which by his charter dated 12 March 1421, shown to the jurors, he granted for life to John Gyft , who survives, for his good service and a red rose yearly at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Annual values: the messuage and wood nil; each acre of arable 4d.; each acre of meadow 6d. Hugh Lutterell, knight , John Lutterell of Carhampton , John Fortescu, esquire , Master Thomas Hendyman , John Wendover , Walter Robert , clerk s, Matthew Doune , Richard Donscombe and John Walle , clerk s, were formerly seised in their demesne as of fee of the manors of Cornwood, Norton, North Pool, Farway, `Towsington', Twigbear, and Hulham, the advowson of the church of Farway, the advowson of the church of All Hallows, Goldsmith Street, Exeter , and 1 a. arable of glebe belonging to it in Exeter, 2 inns in Exeter, one called `Londesyn', the other `Lytelbrytayn', 13s. 4d. annual rent from 3 messuages in Exeter which John Stapeldon held, 26s. 4d. yearly at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in equal portions from 2 ferlings in Leigh paid by free tenants there, 12s. annual rent from 2 ferlings in Lopthorne from free tenants at the same terms, 3 ferlings in Redstone, 4s. 8d. annual rent from a messuage and ferling in Hernaford from free tenants at the same terms, 12s. yearly rent from a messuage and 2 ferlings in Woodcourt from free tenants at the same terms, £4 13s. 4d. yearly from 2 messuages, a fulling-mill, 7 ferlings, 1 a. meadow and 2 a. wood in Washbourne from free tenants at the same terms, 4 messuages, a cottage, a water-mill and 2 ferlings in Belsford and 30s. 2d. rent from free tenants there at the same terms, 6s. rent from a messuage, 16 a. arable and 2 a. meadow in 'Burdysheale' from free tenants there at the same terms, a messuage, 30 a. arable and 3 a. meadow in Sandwell, 2 messuages and 1 1/2 ferling in Dorsley, 40s. annual rent from free tenants in Yalberton at the same terms, a messuage, 3 1/2 ferlings, 6 a. meadow and 4 a. wood in Knighton and 2s. rent from free tenants there at the same terms, 3 1/2 ferlings and 2 a. meadow in Manaton, a ferling and 2 a. meadow in Ford and 20s. annual rent from free tenants there at the same terms, 2 messuages and 2 gardens in Kingsbridge, 2 messuages, 2 gardens and a ferling in Dodbrooke, 26s. 8d. annual rent from free tenants in Cholash at the same terms, 3s. 4d. rent from free tenants in Cockhill at the same terms, a messuage and a ferling in `Bury' and 10s. annual rent from free tenants there at the same terms, 22s. rent from free tenants in Vielstone at the same terms, 8s. 3d. annual rent from a messuage and ferling in East Ackworthy which John Stapeldon held in fee, 6s. rent there at the same terms from a messuage and 1/2 ferling which John Wylle held for life, reversion to Hugh Lutterell and his co-feoffees, 6s. rent at the same terms from a messuage and 1/2 ferling in West Ackworthy which John Stapeldon held for life, reversion to Hugh Lutterell and his co-feoffees, 12s. annual rent at the same terms from a messuage and ferling in Galsworthy which John Gallissore holds in fee, 13s. 4d. annual rent at the same terms from free tenants in Silklands,19s. 8d. annual rent at the same terms from free tenants in Thorn, 13s. annual rent at the same terms from 3 messuages and 2 ferlings which John Horetoppe , William Doge and Joan Vyell held there for life, reversion to Hugh Lutterell and his co-feoffees, 10s. annual rent on the feast of St. Martin from a messuage and 1 1/2 ferling in Coldacote which Thomas Mattecote holds in fee, 20s. annual rent at the same four terms mentioned above from free tenants in Buckland, 13d. annual rent at Michaelmas from a messuage and 1/2 ferling in Loxhore which Simon Lokkyssore holds in fee, a messuage and 1/2 ferling in East or West Middleton and 10s. annual rent from free tenants at the same four terms mentioned above, 13s. 4d. annual rent at the same terms from 2 messuages and 3 ferlings which John Bale and William Webber hold for life, reversion to Hugh Lutterell and his co-feoffees, 2 messuages and 2 1/2 ferlings in Cherbere and 39s. 6d. at the same terms from free tenants there, £4 rent at the same terms from tenements in Cotford which John Kyngman and his wife Joan hold for life, reversion to Hugh Lutterell and his co-feoffees, and a messuage, 3 1/2 ferlings and 6 a. meadow in Prescott, and the hundred of Tiverton [sic]. By an indenture dated at Cornwood on 20 March 1412, shown to the jurors in evidence, the feoffees confirmed them to Hugh Courtenay named in the writ, son of Edward de Courtenay, earl of Devon , and his wife Anne, who survives, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to Edward de Courtenay, earl of Devon . Hugh and Anne were seised in demesne as of fee tail of tenements in Hulham and £4 13s. 4d. rent in Washbourne and long before his death Hugh conveyed the tenements to William Dauney, esquire , for life and the rent to Peter Plente for life by separate deeds sealed with a seal of his arms and shown to the jurors in evidence, so Hugh was seised in fee only of the reversions. Hugh and Anne had issue Thomas, their elder son, and John, who both survive. Annual values: the manor of Cornwood, held of the heir of Martin Ferrers by knight service, £10; the manor of Norton, held of the earl of March of his manor of Marshwood Vale, service unknown, £8; the manor of North Pool, held of John Warre of his manor of Burlescombe by knight service, £9; the manor of Farway of the heir of John de Welyngton of his manor of Craze Lowman, service unknown, £6 6s. 8d.; the manors of `Towsington' and Twigbear, held of the barony of Harberton by knight service, 66s. 8d. and 42s. 2d. respectively; the manor of Hulham held of the dean and chapter of Exeter , service unknown, £6 13s. 4d.; the acre of glebe, the 2 inns and 13s. 4d. rent from the messuage which John Stapeldon formerly held in Exeter of the king in free burgage, the land 4d., each inn 6s. 8d., and the rent nil above that sum; 26s. 4d. rent in Leigh, held of the barony of Harberton by knight service, annual value nil above that sum; the 12s. rent in Lopthorne and the ferling in Redstone, held of the same barony, service unknown, the rent nil above that sum, the ferling 20s.; 4s. 8d. rent in Hernaford and 12s. rent in Woodcourt, held of the earl of Huntingdon of his manor of Dartington , services unknown, nil above those sums; £4 13s. 4d. rent in Washbourne, held of William le Souche, formerly lord of Totnes , annual value nil above that sum; the messuages, cottage, mill, ferlings and 30s. 2d. rent in Belsford, all held in socage of the barony of Harberton for 6d. yearly at Michaelmas, the messuages, cottage, mill, ferlings 25s. 2d., the rent nil above that sum; 6s. rent in 'Burdysheale', held of the same barony, service unknown, nil above that sum; the messuages, lands and meadow in Sandwell and Dorsley, held of the same barony, service unknown, 24s. 2d.; 40s. rent in Yalberton, held of the heir of Robert Kyrkham , service unknown, annual value nil above that sum; the tenements in Knighton, held of John Frankcheyne , service unknown, annual value 33s. 4d.; the tenements in Manaton, held of Edward Pomeray, knight , by knight service, 40s.; the tenements in Ford, Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke, held of Richard Chambernon, knight , service unknown, Ford 26s. 8d., Kingsbridge 4d. and Dodbrooke [?5]s.; the cottage and tenements in Cholash, Cockhill and `Bury', held of the king of his duchy of Lancaster by knight service, Cholash 26s. 8d., Cockhill 3s. 4d. and `Bury' 15s. 6d.; the rent in Vielstone, East Ackworthy and West Ackworthy, held similarly, service unknown, Vielstone 32s., the rents of 8s. 3d. from East Ackworthy and of 6s. from West Ackworthy, nil above those sums; the rents of 12s. in Galsworthy, 13s. 4d. in Silklands and 19s. [8d.] and 13s. in Thorn, held similarly, nil above those sums; the rents of 10s. in Coldacote, 20s. in Buckland and 13d. in Loxhore, held of the manor of Bradninch as part of the duchy of Cornwall, service unknown, nil above those sums; the messuage, lands and rents of 10s. and 13s. 4d. in East or West Middleton, held of the heir of the earl of Huntingdon of his castle of Barnstaple, service unknown, the messuage and lands 10s., the rents nil above those sums; the messuage, lands and 39s. 6d. rent in Cherbere, held of Edward Pomeray, knight , service unknown, the messuage and lands 12s. 8d., the rent nil above that sum; £4 rent from the tenement in Cotford, held of the dean and chapter of Exeter , service unknown, nil above that sum; the tenement in Prescott, 23s. 4d.; the advowsons of the churches of Farway and of All Hallows, Goldsmith Street, Exeter , nil. He held no other lands of the king in chief in his demesne as of fee because by his deed dated 4 June 1421 [recited in 939], shown to the jurors in evidence, he gave [with specified lands in Somerset and Cornwall] the manors of Colyton and Whitford and the hundred of Colyton to the feoffees named in 939 for a term of 40 years from the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next to hold to the uses specified in 939. By a deed of 30 June 1421 Hugh, as earl of Devon and lord of Okehampton , quitclaimed those manors to them and on the day on which he went overseas he declared orally to the feoffees that he had conveyed the lands only to the uses specified.

Date of death and heir as in 936.

TNA reference

C 138/63/29B mm. 10-11

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. Blachford has also been corrected to Blatchworthy, Bottisford to Battisford, 'Bayllysford' to Belsford, Boshill to 'Burdysheale', 'Sulkelond' to Silklands, Prestecott to Prescott, 'Tentzseynton' to Towsington.

Inquisition Head

Cornwall. Inquisition. Launceston. 11 Aug. 1422. [Copleston].

Jurors

Jurors: John Trelawny ; … Bede ; Stephen Trenewyth ; Richard Brook ; Thomas Vppeton ; Richard Frankleyn ; William Ba..k ; ?Roger …wynnel ; John Talbarn ; ? John … ; Thomas Laney ; and Robert Blerek .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in the county of the king in chief or another, either in demesne or by service, because by a deed of 4 June 1421 [recited in 939] and shown to the jurors in evidence, he gave [with specified lands in Somerset and Devon] the manors of Sheviock, Antony, Tregantle, Trelowia, Portlooe, Treluggan, Landulph, Leigh, North Hill and Landren, moieties of the manors of Treverbyn, Tregamere, the boroughs of East Looe and Crafthole, the advowsons of Sheviock, St. John , North Hill and Landulph, the chantry or free chapel of `Lamana', and all lands, tenements, toll of tin, rents, reversion and services in St. Austell and elsewhere in Cornwall to the feoffees named in 939 for a term of 40 years from the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next to hold to the uses specified in 939. By a deed of 30 June 1421 [cf. 941] Hugh, as earl of Devon and lord of Okehampton , quitclaimed those manors to them and on the day on which he went overseas declared orally to the feoffees that he had conveyed the lands only to the uses specified.

Date of death as in 936. Thomas Courtenay is his son and next heir, aged 8 years and more.

TNA reference

C 138/63/29B mm. 10, 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. The date of the inquisition has also been corrected.

Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Copleston(Escheator)

Jurors

  • John Trelawny
  • … Bede
  • Stephen Trenewyth
  • Richard Brook
  • Thomas Vppeton
  • Richard Frankleyn
  • William Ba..k
  • ?Roger …wynnel
  • John Talbarn
  • ? John …
  • Thomas Laney
  • Robert Blerek

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