‹ E-CIPM 23-318: JOHN WORSTON ›

Inquisition Head

318 Extent (Wiltshire). 12 June 1429.

Extent of the rents of tenements lately of John Worston, made by acknowledgement of the tenants there immediately after his death.

Medbourne All hold by manorial custom. Richard Smyth holds a cote, rendering 2s. yearly. Robert Gardyner holds a cote, rendering 12d. yearly. Andrew Wyghte holds a messuage, cottage, and virgate, rendering 13s. yearly. Thomas Wereman holds a messuage and 2 virgates, rendering 23s. 4d. yearly. John Jones holds 2 a. arable and 2 a. meadow, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly. William Wereman holds... [gap] acres of land and... [gap] acres of meadow, rendering 106s. 8d. yearly. Sum: £7 12s. 8d. Total assigned to the heir of John Worston and his guardians. Wanborough All hold by manorial custom. John Taillur holds a messuage and 3 virgates, rendering 36s. 8d. yearly. To the prior of Lewes, chief lord there, 20s. William Balle holds a messuage and 3 a. land, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly. John Edward holds 11 a. land and 1 rood, rendering 2 quarters of wheat and 4 bushels of beans yearly. John Ropere holds a cottage and an acre of land, rendering 16d. yearly. Sum: 64s. 8d. Total assigned to the dowry of Isabel widow of John. Liddington All hold by manorial custom, except William Wereman who holds ‘Webbes’ by indenture. William Wereman holds a messuage, 6 a. land, and a dovecot, rendering 20s. yearly. He holds a messuage and 5 a. land called ‘Webbes’ by indenture, rendering 10s. 1d. yearly. He holds a cottage called ‘Coves’, rendering 3s. yearly. Simon Delver holds a messuage, a virgate, and a water-mill, rendering 23s. 4d. yearly. William Wereman holds a cottage and 2 a. land called ‘Taillurs’, rendering 6s. yearly. John Webbe holds 2 a. land and 2 a. meadow, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly. Richard Fenne holds a cottage with 2 a. land, rendering 12d. yearly. Sum: 70s. 1d. Total assigned to Isabel’s dowry. Walcot John Bruggeman holds a messuage and 1½ virgates by manorial custom, rendering 14s. yearly. There are certain fixed parcels of land and meadow, lately held by John Shaphurd for 9d. , and by Thomas Forde for 6s. 8d., which Robert Forde seized in his own right and so nothing is rendered to the lord. Sum: 21s. 9d. Chiseldon John Erle holds a messuage and 5 virgates by manorial custom, rendering 53s. 4d. yearly. John Erle son of Thomas Erle holds a messuage and 3 virgates by manorial custom, rendering 23s. 4d. yearly. Item, a messuage and virgate, lately ‘Sharpes’ called ‘Whytsydes’, that customarily bring in 12s. yearly, are in the lord’s hand. Item, a messuage and 2½ virgates, called ‘Ferrours’, that customarily bring in 27s. yearly, are in the lord’s hand. Walter Combe holds a cote called ‘Wykes’ by manorial custom, rendering 12d. yearly. Robert Cosse holds a toft and virgate by manorial custom, rendering 13s. 6d. yearly. Thomas Swayne holds a messuage and ½ virgate by manorial custom, rendering 8s. yearly. Thomas atte Watere holds a water-mill by manorial custom, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly. Sum: £7 4s. 10d. Total assigned to the heir except 12s. rent from the messuage and virgate called ‘Whytsydes’ for Isabel’s dowry. Draycot Foliat Nicholas Wotton freely holds certain lands and renders 20d. yearly. Westlecott Walter Forde holds a messuage and virgate by manorial custom and renders 6s. 8d. yearly. Sum total of rents: £23 2s. 4d., 2 quarters of wheat, and 4 bushels of beans. From which: 20s. yearly is paid to the prior of Lewes; 40s. to the abbess of Shaftesbury; 43s. 6d. to the abbot of Hyde; 12d. to the hundred of Kingsbridge for suit of the hundred court; and 12d. for the sheriff’s tourn. Sum: 105s. 6d. Net value: £17 16s. 10d. From which: 118s. 11½d., 5 bushels and a peck of wheat, and a bushel and peck of beans are assigned to Isabel in dowry, and £11 17s. 10½d. is the heir’s share. [End of face.] [Dorse.] Broad Hinton Manor with members granted to Isabel for life by the wish of John her late husband. Net annual value: £53. Sum: £53. Wodehous Manor granted to Isabel by John for life. Net annual value: £27 6s. 8d. Sum: £27 6s. 8d. Bawdrip Manor granted by the wish of John to Edward and William his brothers to have during the minority of John son and heir of John. Net annual value: £26 13s. 4d. Isabel is to be endowed from this manor. Sum: £26 13s. 4d. Sum of dowry from it: £8 17s. 9¼d. West Kennett Manor to be in the hands of feoffees during the minority of the heir. Annual value: £9 13s. 4d. Isabel is to be endowed from this manor. Sum: £9 13s. 4d. Sum of dowry from it: 64s. 5d. Didmarton Manor to be in the hands of feoffees during the minority of the heir. Annual value: £6. Isabel is to be endowed from this manor. Sum: £6. Sum of dowry from it: 40s. Woodhill Manor to be in the hands of feoffees during the minority of the heir. Annual value: £19 3s. 9d. and 1lb pepper. Isabel is to be endowed from this manor. Sum: £19 3s. 9d. and 1lb pepper. Sum of dowry from it: £6 7s. 11d. and 1/3 lb pepper. Isabel is to be endowed from the following parcels which are to be in the hands of the feoffees during the minority of the heir. Rushall, one messuage and 1 carucate of land, annual value 40s. Rodbourne Cheney, certain tenements, annual value 21s. 8d. Haydon Wick and Haydon, certain tenements, annual value 18s. 3d. Swindon, certain tenements, annual value 6s. 8d. Sum: £4 6s. 7d. Sum of dowry: 28s. 10½d. Washford and Idson Manor to be in the hands of Thomas Chaucer, John Golafre, and John Hampden, with the wardship and marriage of the heir, by grant of the abbot of Cleeve, chief lord of the manor. Annual value: £9. Isabel is not to be endowed from it. Sum: £9. Beversbrook Manor of the heir’s inheritance, still in plea between the feoffees and William Spershet. Annual value: £16. Sum: £16. [The manuscript is here torn away: ?sub-heading.] There is a messuage and carucate of land occupied by... [gap in wording] Wydecombe, that is still in plea between him and the feoffees. Annual value: 40s. Sum: 40s. Sum total of rents from the manors: £191 6d. From which: Isabel’s jointure: £80 6s. 8d. Isabel’s dowry: £27 7s. 11¼d. Share of Edward and William, brothers of the said John: £26 13s. 4d. Share of the heir’s guardian: £35 2s. 5½d. Disseised: £18. Memorandum: of the share of the heir’s guardian, 66s. 8d. is in the fee of Thomas Creklade, 40s. is in the fee of Nicholas Creklade, and 26s. is in the fee of Robert Creklade. The sum, £6 13s. 4d., is to be had during the heir’s minority, and the rest, £28 9s. 1½d., is for the heir. Memorandum: by mediation of Thomas de Stonor and John Hampden, brothers of Isabel, it was agreed between the feoffees of John and Isabel that Isabel should have the following as dowry during the minority of the heir: the manor of Woodhill, annual value £19 3s. 9d. and 1lb pepper; in the vills of Wanborough and other places, as written above, 118s. 11½d.; from the vill of West Kennett 45s. 3d.; et predictam [?etc] [The rest, very little, is covered by binding.] [Head of dorse:] Worston