E-CIPM 22-180: JOHN BAUD, ESQUIRE

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JOHN BAUD, ESQUIRE

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Rayleigh. 19 December 1422. [Kirkeby]

[The ms is worn.]

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Lok ; Richard Geffrey ; John A... ; Richard Masonn ; Thomas Ivotte ; Edmund Bover ; John Wylls ; Gilbert Derman ; John Peytvyn ; Nicholas Moppes ; John Poleyn ; and Thomas Vannyng .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements of the king or others in his demesne as of fee. He held the following by curtesy after the death of Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of William Berland, knight , of her inheritance by reason of their offspring, reversion after his death to William Baud , their son and heir, and his heirs.

[Latton], the manor of Mark Hall, in which there are the site containing 2 a. land with 5 derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 12 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because it is not possible to cut without making waste, there being only large trees; 100s. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; and an annual fair held at the Decollation of St John the Baptist, worth 2s. yearly. The manor is held of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne by 1/4 knight’s fee.
Goldhanger, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 40 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly. The messuage and 20 a. of the 40 a. are held of the abbot of Beeleigh by service of 1d. at Easter; the other 20 a. are held of John Heuenyngham, knight , by service of 2d. at Easter.
Rawreth, the manor of Beeches, aggregated from various parcels. The following are held of John Rotour in socage, by service of 10d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – the site and... 2 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. land in the field called ‘Perynfeld’, each acre worth... yearly; 42 a. arable in the field called ‘Cweypettefeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. land in ‘Bradfeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 3 1/2 a. land in ‘le Brook’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 21 a. arable in ‘Middelfeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. land in the field against ‘le Fan’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 15 a. land in ‘Stonydowne’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow beside the church of Rawreth, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 4 a. pasture in ‘Busshelese’, worth nothing yearly because overgrown with thorns; 1 1/2 a. land in ‘le Carthous croft’, the acre worth 4d. yearly and the 1/2 acre 2d.; 80 a. seasonable wood, of which 4 a. can be cut yearly and then each acre worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 4 marks 2s. 4 1/2d. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. The following are held of the prior of Prittlewell in socage, by service of 5s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 10 a. land in a croft called ‘Stystedeland’ beside Rawreth church, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 14 a. arable in another croft called ‘Jurdanes’ in Hockley, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 8 a. land in another croft called ‘Coleslond’, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow in the vill of..., each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 6 a. wood in Hockley, worth nothing yearly because not possible to cut without waste. The following are held of John Doreward, esquire , in socage of his manor of Ra...,... paying ... at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 15 a. land in the fields called ?‘Conyngeseresgette’ and..., each acre worth 4d. yearly; a croft with attached toft, formerly Ivone Gale’s, the croft and toft containing 3a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and a messuage and 3 a. land called ‘Kebbeles’, the messuage worth nothing yearly, each acre with 2 crofts of land in the adjacent field worth 4d. yearly. The following 27 a. are held of John Ty... of his manor of North Benfleet in socage, by service of 10d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions – 20 a. land..., each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 7 a. land in ‘Brookefeld’, each acre worth 4d. yearly.
Rayleigh, a messuage called Harberts, in which there are 2 derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 5 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 12d. yearly;... a. wood, worth nothing yearly because there is no underwood; and 3s. 4d. assize rents at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. These are held of the duke of York 's heir of the honour of Rayleigh by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
Rayleigh and Rawreth, a toft called ‘Ekkemed’, in which there are 2 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and [?80] a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly. These are held of Augustine Waleys in socage, by service of a pair of gloves, worth 2d. yearly, at Easter.
South Fambridge and Ashingdon, a tenement called ‘Fosteres’ in the vills, in which there are derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and [at least] 10 a. salt-marsh, each acre worth 2d. yearly. These are held of the Master of the college of Pleshey of his manor of South Fambridge in socage by service of 5s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions.
Milton and Southchurch, a tenement called ‘Porteres’ in the vills, in which there are derelict houses, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 4 a. wood in a wood called ‘Berlondeswode’, worth nothing yearly because there are only large trees. The tenement and land are held of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, by service of 10s. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions, and the wood called ‘Berlondeswode’ is held of Robert Darcy and other feoffees of Joan, late countess of Hereford , of her manor of Leigh by service of 1d. at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions.
Prittlewell, a toft and 40 a. land called ‘Serleslond’, the toft worth nothing yearly and each acre worth 4d. yearly. They are held of the duke of York ’s heir of the honour of Rayleigh by service of 1/30 knight’s fee.

He died on 27 November last. William Baud is the son and heir of Elizabeth and the son and next heir of John, and was aged 18 years and more on 24 March last.

William was married during his father’s lifetime to Elizabeth daughter of William Rokesburgh of Stanstead Abbots in Hertfordshire.

TNA reference

C 139/6/53 mm.1–2

Writ Head

181 [Writ: see 180 .]

Inquisition Head

HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Ware. 7 January 1423. [Kirkeby]

Jurors

Jurors: William Hardewyk ; John Semer ; Gilbert Shelle ; Robert Bocher ; John Swete ; Thomas ...harfonill [ms worn] ; William Kirkeby ; William atte Mere ; Richard Crouch ; Nicholas Starlyng ; Richard Osbern ; and Robert Baronn .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements of the king or others in his demesne as of fee.

He held a tenement called Barwick in Standon by curtesy as in 180, reversion to William Baud as in 180. In the tenement there are a grange with a broken-down ‘shipcote’, worth nothing yearly; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow fit to mow, each acre worth 11d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 13 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because impossible to fell without waste as there are only large trees; and 18d. assize rents by the hands of tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. The tenement is held of Edmund earl of March of his manor of Standon by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.

Date of death, heir and heir’s marriage as in 180.

TNA reference

C 139/6/53 mm.1,3

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Mark Hall
Total: -
Goldhanger
Total: -
Beeches
Total: -
Rayleigh
Total: -
Rayleigh, Rawreth
Total: -
South Fambridge, Ashingdon
Total: -
Milton, Southchurch
Total: -
Prittlewell
Total: -

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Mark Hall
Total: -
Beeches
Total: -
Rayleigh
Total: -
South Fambridge, Ashingdon
Total: -
Milton, Southchurch
Total: -

People

People

Jurors

  • Thomas Lok
  • Richard Geffrey
  • John A...
  • Richard Masonn
  • Thomas Ivotte
  • Edmund Bover
  • John Wylls
  • Gilbert Derman
  • John Peytvyn
  • Nicholas Moppes
  • John Poleyn
  • Thomas Vannyng

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