E-CIPM 23-246: JOAN WIFE OF THOMAS POMERAY, KNIGHT

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JOAN WIFE OF THOMAS POMERAY, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

DEVON. Inquisition [indented]. Honiton 25 October 1428. [Tretherf].

Jurors

Jurors: William Maleherbe ; John Maleherbe ; William Assheforth ; Thomas Sterre ; William Sely ; John Clode ; Walter Badston ; Gilbert Attewode ; Walter Traci ; John Gascoyn ; Thomas Waltham ; and John Bucknoll .

Holdings

She held more lands and tenements than specified in CIPM XXII no. 259, an inquisition taken in 1423.

She held the following in demesne as of fee.
Berry Pomeroy, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 60 messuages, worth £3 yearly; a water-mill, worth 10s. yearly; 60 ferlings arable, demised severally to tenants-at-will, rendering £20 yearly at the four principal terms by equal parts; 20 a. meadow, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly; 100 a. timber wood, its pasture worth 10s. yearly; and £23 assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts.
Stockleigh Pomeroy, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 20 messuages with 20 ferlings of arable, demised to various tenants-at-will, worth 100s. yearly; a fulling-mill, worth nothing yearly; 20 a. wood, its pasture worth 6s. yearly; and 8 a. meadow, worth 8s. yearly.
Brixham, ½ manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is assize rent of 100s. from tenements held severally in fee simple, payable at the four terms of the year by equal parts.
Harberton, ½ manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a messuage and 40 a. arable, worth 20s. yearly.
She held no more lands or tenements in demesne or service above those lands and tenements found in the inquisition taken after her death and returned to Chancery.

She died on 8 December 1423. Joan wife of Otes Bodrugan is her kin and one of her next heirs as one of the daughters of John Seyntaubyn her son, and aged 17 and more. Margaret wife of Reynold Tretherf is her kin and other next heir as the other daughter of John Seyntaubyn , and aged 13 and more.

[1]+She was seised of the above manors and moieties before her marriage to Thomas Pomeray . They afterwards had a daughter called Isabel. Joan died seised of this estate and Thomas continued in his estate by curtesy until his own death on St Laurence’s day 4 Henry VI. Since then, Edward Pomeray, esquire , has taken the issues and profits of the manors and moieties, title unknown.+[1]

[Head:] Reynold Beyer freed to the court on the escheator’s behalf on 9 December 1428.

TNA reference

C 139/40/51 mm.1, 4

E 152/6/260 m.14v.

Inquisition Head

CORNWALL. Inquisition [indented]. Truro 3 November 1428. [Tretherf].

Jurors

Jurors: William Nevyll ; Stephen Boswydell ; John Meleder ; William Trewonwall ; Benedict Cubart; Reynold Trevronek ; Thomas Bosveysek ; Peter Nampyan ; James Ethneves ; Nicholas Hendre; John Nicol Nanskelly; and John Carleyghan .

Holdings
She was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Tregony, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a principal messuage and 40 other messuages, worth nothing yearly; 2 water-mills, worth 60s. yearly; 1 fulling-mill, worth 5s. yearly; a mill called ‘Tanmylle’, worth 5s. yearly; £15 assize rent, payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts and delivered by free tenants; 15 ferlings arable, demised to tenants-at-will, rendering 100s. yearly at the four principal terms by equal parts; 20 a. wood, its pasture worth 7s. yearly; and 10 a. alder, its pasture commonly worth 3s. 4d. yearly.
Date of death and heirs as 246.
Continues as 246+[1].

[Head:] Reynold Beyer freed to the court on the escheator’s behalf... ?9 December 1428 [ms worn and dirty]

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TNA reference

C 139/40/51 mm.2–3

E 152/6/260 m.13v.

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Berry Pomeroy
messuages£360 (60 x messuages)£3 (=720d.)
water-mill10s.a (1 x water-mill)10s. (=120d.)
arable£2060 (60 x ferling)£20 (=4800d.)
meadow26s. 8d.20 a. (20 x acre)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
pasture40s.100 a. (100 x acre)£2 (=480d.)
timber wood, pasture10s.100 a. (100 x acre)10s. (=120d.)
assize rent£23£23 (=5520d.)
Total: £50 6s. 8d. (=12080d.)
Stockleigh Pomeroy
messuages20 (20 x messuages) -
arable100s.20 (20 x arable)£5 (=1200d.)
fulling-millworth nothinga (1 x fulling-mill) -
wood, pasture6s.20 a. (20 x acre)6s. (=72d.)
meadow8s.8 a. (8 x acre)8s. (=96d.)
Total: £5 14s. (=1368d.)
Brixham
assize rent100s.£5 (=1200d.)
½ (0.5) -
Total: £5 (=1200d.)
Harberton
messuagea (1 x messuage) -
arable40 a. (40 x acre) -
½ (0.5) -
Total: £1 (=240d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Berry Pomeroy
messuages£360 (60 x messuages)£3 (=720d.)
water-mill10s.a (1 x water-mill)10s. (=120d.)
arable£2060 (60 x ferling)£20 (=4800d.)
meadow26s. 8d.20 a. (20 x acre)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
pasture40s.100 a. (100 x acre)£2 (=480d.)
timber wood, pasture10s.100 a. (100 x acre)10s. (=120d.)
assize rent£23£23 (=5520d.)
Total: £50 6s. 8d. (=12080d.)
Stockleigh Pomeroy
messuages20 (20 x messuages) -
arable100s.20 (20 x arable)£5 (=1200d.)
fulling-millworth nothinga (1 x fulling-mill) -
wood, pasture6s.20 a. (20 x acre)6s. (=72d.)
meadow8s.8 a. (8 x acre)8s. (=96d.)
Total: £5 14s. (=1368d.)
Brixham
assize rent100s.£5 (=1200d.)
Total: £5 (=1200d.)
Harberton
messuagea (1 x messuage) -
arable40 a. (40 x acre) -
Value£1 (=240d.)
Total: £1 (=240d.)

People

People

Jurors

  • William Maleherbe
  • John Maleherbe
  • William Assheforth
  • Thomas Sterre
  • William Sely
  • John Clode
  • Walter Badston
  • Gilbert Attewode
  • Walter Traci
  • John Gascoyn
  • Thomas Waltham
  • John Bucknoll

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