E-CIPM 22-40: MARY WIDOW OF THOMAS HOLGYLL

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MARY WIDOW OF THOMAS HOLGYLL

Writ Head

40 Writ que plura. ‡ 20 February 1423. [Smyth]

Regarding lands held of ‪ Henry IV .

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Saffron Walden. 20 March 1423. [Kyrkeby]

Jurors

Jurors: John Gale ; Richard Chapman ; John Houlot ; John Waryn ; John Hogge ; Robert Aleyn ; John Holdeleyn ; Thomas Walkelyn ; John Cote, junior ; Edmund Holdeburgh ; Simon Pepyr ; Robert Porter ; Roger Constable ; John Shymmyng ; and Robert Walkelyn .

Holdings

She held in her demesne as of fee a

wood called ‘Spayneswode’ containing 30 a. in the vill of Finchingfield,
by knight service of Richard son and heir of Aubrey de Veer, late earl of Oxford , then a minor in the wardship of ‪ Henry IV . Each year 2 a. underwood can be cut, each acre then worth 6s. 8d. This is part of those lands and tenements mentioned in the inquisition held after Mary’s death before Thomas Aspall, former escheator , by virtue of a writ of mandamus directed by ‪Henry IV to him, returned to his Chancery, and specified in the writ [CIPM XIX, no. 673]. The wood is held by knight service of John son and heir of Richard son of Aubrey, a minor in the king’s wardship.

Joan daughter and heir of William son and heir of Mary is her kinswoman and next heir to the wood, and was aged 8 years on 11 June last.

TNA reference

C 139/1/25 mm.1, 3

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Finchingfield
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

Jurors

  • John Gale
  • Richard Chapman
  • John Houlot
  • John Waryn
  • John Hogge
  • Robert Aleyn
  • John Holdeleyn
  • Thomas Walkelyn
  • John Cote, junior
  • Edmund Holdeburgh
  • Simon Pepyr
  • Robert Porter
  • Roger Constable
  • John Shymmyng
  • Robert Walkelyn

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