E-CIPM 22-465: MAUD WIDOW OF JOHN DE MONTE ACUTO, EARL OF SALISBURY

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MAUD WIDOW OF JOHN DE MONTE ACUTO, EARL OF SALISBURY

Inquisition Head

MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Bow. 4 November 1424. [Dreylond]

[The ms is heavily galled.]

Jurors

Jurors: John Endergate ; John Tregoos ; John Gibbes ; John Edmond ; John Carion ; William Child ; William Stokesle ; John Louelek ; John Edward ; Richard Broun, dyer ; Richard Callow ; and Thomas Swynford .

Holdings

Maud widow of John de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury , and widow of Alan de Buxhull, chevalier, senior , her second husband, held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or in service. She held in her demesne as of fee

the manor of Wyke in which there are the site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 43 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 61 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and a several fishery, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. Half of the manor is held of the bishop of London , service unknown, and the other half of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, service unknown.

She died on 30 July last. Alan de Boxhull, chevalier , son of Alan de Boxhull, chevalier,senior ,and Maud is her next heir, aged ?30 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/17/31 mm.1–2

E 149/134/4 m.1

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition [indented]. Sudbury. 4 November 1424. [Groos]

Jurors

Jurors: John Broke ; Robert Careles ; Thomas West ; Richard Dauy ; William Chamber ; John Suffeld ; William Lavsell ; Richard Andrewe ; Thomas Wasp ; Gilbert Clarbek ; John Hareward ; and Adam Sparwe .

Holdings

Maud widow of John de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury , and widow of Alan de Buxhull, chevalier, senior , her second husband, held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or in service. She held

the manor of Newton with the advowson of its church, in her demesne as of fee of the abbess of Malling , service unknown. In the manor there are the site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 71 1/2 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 124 a. underwood, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 15 1/2 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 69s. assize rents of free tenants at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions; and a fulling-mill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.

Date of death and heir, aged 30 years and more, as in 463.

[Foot:] John Morewode of Newenton delivered this inquisition into court.
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C 139/17/31 mm.3–4

Inquisition Head

SUSSEX. Inquisition [indented]. Robertsbridge. 30 October 1424. [Burgh]

[The ms is worn and soiled.]

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Buxhill ; William Harmer ; John A Legh ; Simon Thom... ; Robert Buxhull ; William Tupton ; Richard Warde ; John Stamyngden ; John Saundre ; John Dyne ; Thomas Dyne ; and Thomas Payn .

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another in demesne or service. She held in dower by endowment of Alan de Buxhull, chevalier, senior , her former husband, of the inheritance of Alan de Buxhull, chevalier, junior ,

1/3 manor of Bugsell and of other lands and tenements in Sokenersh and Bernhurst which were Alan senior’s, as follows. The following held of Thomas de Echyngham , service unknown: fields called ‘Bartelotesfeld’, containing 8 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, ‘Waltersese’ containing 82 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, ‘North Houndsterres’ containing 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly, and ‘South Houndsterres’ containing 4 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and meadows called ‘Broklond’ containing 17 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly, and ‘Landewes’ containing 2 a. of which one of the acres is worth 8d. yearly. The following held of William de Hoo, chevalier , service unknown: fields called ‘magna ?Wortersshe’, containing 17 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and ‘Middell Worterssh’, containing 12 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; crofts called ‘R...feld’ containing 12 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and ‘Covelyngdovne’, containing 30 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 60 a. wood in..., each acre worth 3d. yearly; and £6 2s. assize rents of free tenants of Sokenersh. The following held of John Dalyngrygge , service unknown: fields called ‘le Heghfeld’, containing 13 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, ‘Cokesfeld’, containing 12 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly, and ‘Brodefeld’, containing 10 a. land, each acre worth 1d. yearly.

Date of death and heir as in 464.

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C 139/17/31 mm.5–6

E 149/134/4 m.3

Inquisition Head

DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 9 November 1424. [Beaumond]

[The ms is worn and galled.]

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Litelton ; John Gylle ; John Holand ; Richard Pyperell ; John ... ; William Werthe ; William Champe ; John Rypplegh ; John Frankcheyny ; John Holecombe of Nyweton ; John Botour ; and John Ayssh .

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief or in service or of another. Thomas Monntagu, earl of Salisbury , was lately and is still seised in his demesne as of fee of the lands and tenements detailed below. By his indented deed dated at Stokenham, 20 June 1409, and shown to the jurors, Thomas granted and demised to farm all these lands and tenements – described as the manors of Stokenham and Start with the borough of Chillington and hundred of Coleridge; the manor of Yealmpton with the borough of Noss Mayo; the manors of Oakford, Pyworthy, Clyst St Mary and Wonford; and the knights’ fees, advowsons of churches, reversions, liberties, franchises, free customs, meadows, pastures, rivers, moors, marshes and ?demesne tenants both free and villein – to Maud and her assigns, described as his respectful lady and mother, Maud widow of John earl of Salisbury , his father, for the following 20 years. Maud continued in this possession until her death, and never had any other estate in these manors, hundred and borough or any part of them. Stokenham, the manor, and the following knights’ fees part of the manor, held with the following manors of Yealmpton, Start, Oakford and Pyworthy, and the following borough and hundred, of the king in chief by knight service.

Stokenham. there are the site, worth nothing yearly; an orchard (gardinum), its fruit worth 20d. yearly; 2 dovecots, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 180 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 152 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; ?16a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 252a. wood of tall trees, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 3 water-mills, each worth 20s. yearly; and £[?27] 7s. 8d. assize rents from both free and villein tenants at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and Christmas in equal portions.
Worthele, a knight’s fee.
Coleton, a knight’s fee.
Houndbeare, a knight’s fee with the annual rent of a pair of gilt spurs.
Torridge, Little Modbury, Lupridge, Little Bolberry and Winsor, 1/10 knight’s fee, 2 knights’ fees, 3 parts of a knight’s fee and 6 parts of a knight’s fee.
Cofflete, 1/4 knight’s fee.
Bowden, 1/3 knight’s fee with the annual rent of a pair of gilt spurs.
Poulston, 1/3 knight’s fee.
Loworthy, 1/3 knight’s fee.
Allen Wood and Stowford, 32 parts of a knight’s fee.
Start, the manor, in which there are 80 a. arable, each acre worth ?2d. yearly; 187 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 6 1/2 a. meadow, each acre worth ?8d. yearly; and a water-mill, worth 20s. yearly.
Chillington, the borough.
Coleridge, the hundred.
Yealmpton, the manor, with the borough of Noss Mayo. At Yealmpton there are the site, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 2s. [at least 1]d. yearly; 169 a. arable, each acre worth...d. yearly; 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 30 underwood, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 2 water-mills, each worth 20s. yearly; £10 assize rents of free tenants at the same feasts in equal portions; £14 2s. 10...d. assize rents of tenants per virgam at the same feasts in equal portions; and a several pasture, worth 2s. yearly.
At Noss Mayo there is a water-mill, worth 13s. 4d. yearly.
Oakford,the manor, worth nothing yearly. At Oakford there are ?163 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; ?42 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 200 a. wood of tall trees, worth nothing yearly; [more than] £4 assize rents of tenants per virgam...; and a water-mill, worth 13s. 4d. yearly.
Pyworthy, the manor, in which there are 160 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; ?9 a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly; and ?115s. assize rents of tenants per virgam at the same feasts.
Wonford, the manor, with the following manor, advowson and knights’ fees which are parts of this manor, held of the earl of Devon , service unknown.
At Wonford there are the site, worth 20d. yearly; a garden (gardinum), its pasture worth 8d. yearly; ?80 a. arable, each acre worth ?1d. yearly;... a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 28s. assize rents of tenants per virgam at the same feasts in equal portions.
Clyst St Mary, the manor, with the advowson of its church belonging to it. Here there are 100 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 20s. 3 1/2d. assize rents of tenants per virgam at the same feasts.
Rolstone Barton, 1/6 knight’s fee.
Brampford Pyne, a knight’s fee.
Brampford Speke, 1/4 knight’s fee.
Rocombe (Rocomp Cadiho), a knight’s fee.
Rushford Barton, 1/3 knight’s fee.
Hittisleigh, 1/2 knight’s fee.
Melhuish Barton, 1/2 knight’s fee.
Tedburn St Mary and its members, a knight’s fee and 1/4 knight’s fee.
Bagtor, a knight’s fee.
Middle Rocombe, a knight’s fee.
Shilston(e), ?1/3 knight’s fee.
?Great Huish, 1/2 knight’s fee.
?Oldridge (?Woldrign Goraunt), 1/2 knight’s fee.
Great Fairwood, 1/2 knight’s fee.
Clifford Barton and South Halstow, 1/2 knight’s fee.
Chagford and Drewsteignton (Tengton), a knight’s fee.
East or West Ogwell and Paignton (Peyntuyn), a knight’s fee.
Treable and ?Partridge (Nethir parkrugg’), 1/2 knight’s fee.

Date of death as in 463. Alan de Buxhull, chevalier , is her next heir, aged 30 years and more.

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C 139/17/31 mm.7–8

Holdings

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Jurors

  • Thomas Buxhill
  • William Harmer
  • John A Legh
  • Simon Thom...
  • Robert Buxhull
  • William Tupton
  • Richard Warde
  • John Stamyngden
  • John Saundre
  • John Dyne
  • Thomas Dyne
  • Thomas Payn

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