E-CIPM 22-599: THOMAS BEKERYNG, ESQUIRE

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THOMAS BEKERYNG, ESQUIRE

Inquisition Head

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition. Coventry. 19 October 1425. [Lathebury]

Jurors

Jurors: John Ildeger ; John Mershe ; John Fouler ; John Hatton ; John Folower ; William Budde ; John Warde ; William Broun ; Clement Aleyn ; John Clerk ; Thomas Rede ; and Robert Coteler .

Holdings
He held in his demesne as of fee
1/2 manor of Farnborough called ‘Bekerynges paart’, extending into Farnborough, Avon Dassett, Northend, Wormleighton and Upper or Lower Shuckburgh. In the moiety there are 3 derelict messuages in Avon Dassett and 1/2 derelict messuage in Farnborough, worth nothing yearly; a messuage in Northend, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 6 virgates in Avon Dassett, each worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 3 parts of a virgate in Northend, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 1/2 virgate in Farnborough, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 13s. 4d. rents of service in Wormleighton and Shuckburgh at the Invention of the Cross and Martinmas in equal portions. The moiety is held of the prior of Clattercott , services unknown.

He died on 31 August last. Alice wife of Thomas de Rempston, knight , is his daughter and next heir, aged 30 years and more.

[Foot:] Memorandum that on 9 November 1425, John Purle of Leicestershire and John Sutton of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, brought this inquisition into the king’s Chancery.

TNA reference

C 139/23/25 mm.1–2

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Lincoln castle. 13 October 1425. [Tailboys]

Jurors

Jurors: John Smyth and John Blawe of Holton cum Beckering; John Haxey of Leadenham; John Cortyng of Skellingthorpe; and Thomas Fouler , Robert Ingram , Robert Cenman , John Bret , Thomas Herberd , William Gilmyn , John Smyth and John Gylmyn , all of Broughton.

Holdings
He held the manor of Beckering called Holton cum Beckering in his demesne as of fee. In the manor there are 18 derelict messuages, worth nothing yearly; 3 carucates, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 2 carucates, each worth 10s. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 5 a. several pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; and 46s. 9d. rents of service at Martinmas and the Invention of the Cross in equal portions. The manor is held of Thomas Roos of Helmsley, service unknown.
Date of death and heir as in 597.
TNA reference

C 139/23/25 mm.3–4

Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Newark. 3 October 1425. [Makkeworth]

Jurors

Jurors: Ralph de Leek ; Robert Gyllyng ; Richard Alchon ; Peter Sherwynd ; Thomas Smyth ; John Stedeman ; William Cloute ; Richard Thoroton ; John Ledenham ; Robert Crosseby ; William de Bolton ; and John Baxster .

Holdings
He held
the manor of Tuxford called ‘Bekerynges maner’ in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief by service of 1/6 knight’s fee. In the manor there are 20 derelict messuages, worth nothing yearly; 5 carucates, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 10 carucates, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 60 a. substantial timber, worth nothing yearly; 24s. rents of service at Martinmas and the Invention of the Cross in equal portions; and view of frankpledge twice yearly and another court called a court baron, held every three weeks, which are worth nothing yearly after the steward’s fee.
He held
the manor of Laxton called ‘Bekerynges maner’, and the advowsons of the chantries of St Thomas the martyr and St Mary the virgin in Laxton parish church, which belong to the manor,
in his demesne as of fee tail,
of John de Etton, knight , service unknown
. By a fine of 1337 [quin. Mart., afterwards East. quin. 1338, CP 25/1/185/29 no.189], between Thomas son of Thomas de Bekeryng, chevalier , and Isabel his wife, through John de Misterton her attorney, quer. and Simon le Rous of Somersby and John de la More, chaplain , deforc., the latter granted the manor, which they had by gift of Thomas son of Thomas, to this Thomas and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies. Thomas son of Thomas and Isabel were seised in their demesne as of fee tail. Right in the manor descended according to the form of the gift from them to John Bekeryng, knight , as their son and heir, and from him to Thomas, named in the writ, as his son and heir. Thomas died seised of the manor in his demesne as of fee tail.
In the manor of Laxton there are 12 derelict messuages, worth nothing yearly; 4 carucates, each worth 10s. yearly; 6 carucates, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 60 a. substantial timber, worth nothing yearly; and 20s. rents of service at Martinmas and the Invention of the Cross in equal portions.
Date of death and heir as in 597.
TNA reference

C 139/23/25 mm.5–6

Inquisition Head

HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition. Great Catworth. 16 September 1425. [Hore]

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Philpot ; Robert Austyn ; John Mowyn ; Henry Turvey ; Robert Bernewell ; John Faukes ; John More ; John Marchall ; Richard Aboueton ; Thomas Austyn ; John Wene ; and William In the herne .

Holdings

He held

the manor of Catworth and the advowson of Catworth church belonging to it,
in his demesne as of fee tail,
of Anne countess of Stafford , service unknown.
By the fine in 599 [quin. Mart., afterwards East. quin. 1338, CP 25/1/93/25 no.39] between Thomas son of Thomas de Bekeryng, chevalier , and Isabel his wife, through John de Misterton her attorney, quer. and Robert de Pannton, parson of Catworth , and Simon le Rous of Somersby, chaplain , deforc., the latter granted the manor, which they had by gift of Thomas son of Thomas, to Thomas son of Thomas and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies. Thomas and Isabel were seised in their demesne as of fee tail, and right descended as in 599 such that Thomas died seised in his demesne as of fee tail.
In the manor there are 6 derelict messuages, worth nothing yearly; 3 carucates, each worth 8s. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; and 4s. rents of service, rent of 2lb. pepper, each lb. worth 16d. yearly, and rent of 2lb. cumin, each lb. worth 2d. yearly, at Martinmas and the Invention of the Cross in equal portions.

Date of death and heir as in 597.
TNA reference

C 139/23/25 mm.7–8

Holdings

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Tuxford, Bekerynges maner
Total: -

People

People

Jurors

  • Ralph de Leek
  • Robert Gyllyng
  • Richard Alchon
  • Peter Sherwynd
  • Thomas Smyth
  • John Stedeman
  • William Cloute
  • Richard Thoroton
  • John Ledenham
  • Robert Crosseby
  • William de Bolton
  • John Baxster

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