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JOHN DE LEGH, ESQUIRE

Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition. Stelling. 28 November 1422. [Charryngworth]

Jurors

Jurors: John Courthope ; Robert Courthope ; John Bertram ; Robert Pollard ; John Bregge ; Henry Sherreff ; John Taillour ; John Rande ; William Swayn ; William Andrew ; Thomas Gygour ; and Thomas Keteham .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in his demesne as of fee or in service but held

the manor of Eastleigh in his demesne as of fee of John Typtoft, chevalier , of his manor of Sibton, service unknown. In the manor there are the site, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable lying fallow for pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 112 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. seasonable wood, 2 a. of which can be felled each year, then worth 6s. 8d. an acre; £4 assize rents from tenants at the four usual terms; rents from the same tenants at Christmas of 6 cocks, worth 2d. each, and 18 hens, worth 3d. each; and perquisites of the court there, worth nothing above the steward’s expense.

He died on 22 February last. Thomas de Legh is his son and next heir, aged 18 years and more on 2 February last.

TNA reference

C 139/1/7 mm.1–2

Writ Head

9 Writ [unclassified]. 1 December 1422. [Wymbyssh]

Replacement for undated writ of ‪Henry V‬ not executed before his death. Regarding lands held of ‪Henry V‬ .

Inquisition Head

SURREY. Inquisition [indented]. Kingston on Thames. 5 December 1422. [Wymeldon]

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Dogell ; Richard Breche ; John Bures, senior ; William Perkyn ; John Smyth ; John Haccheman ; Robert Teme ; William Slefeld ; Nicholas Wodeham ; John Gyldyn ; Thomas Person ; and Thomas Breggeman .

Holdings

He held the following in his demesne as of fee.

Walton-on-Thames, the manor called ‘Leghes court’, of Edmund Mortymer, earl of March, of his castle of Clare, service unknown. In the manor there are the site with houses built upon it for the husbandmen of the manor, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 20 a. wood, each acre worth 2d. yearly; £6 assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; and a court baron held there every three weeks at the lord’s will, worth nothing yearly above the steward’s fee and costs.
Horsell and Chertsey, 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly, held of the same earl, service unknown.

He died on the Sunday before the feast of St Mathias, 10 Henry V [see 10]. Thomas de Legh is his son and next heir, aged 18 1/2 years and more on the day of this inquisition.

TNA reference

C 139/1/7 mm.3–4

Writ Head

10 Writ melius inquirendo. ‡ 14 May 1424. [Wymbyssh]):

Regarding the day of his death.

Inquisition Head

SURREY. Inquisition [indented]. Kingston on Thames. 27 May 1424. [Burgh]

Jurors

Jurors: John Lorchon ; William Forde ; John Saundre ; William Dogell ; John Chynnore ; John Lake ; Edward Lustell ; John Thorp ; Thomas Brokere ; John Auncell ; Robert Skynnere ; and John Hunte .

He died on 24 February 1422 [on the feast of St Mathias apostle, 9 Henry V].

TNA reference

C 139/1/7 mm.5–6

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Jurors

  • John Lorchon
  • William Forde
  • John Saundre
  • William Dogell
  • John Chynnore
  • John Lake
  • Edward Lustell
  • John Thorp
  • Thomas Brokere
  • John Auncell
  • Robert Skynnere
  • John Hunte

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