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JOHN SWYNERTON

Writ Head

497 Writ. 18 March 1431. [Wymbyssh].G

As confirmed by inspection of the rolls, a writ diem clausit extremum was handed to John Corbyn for delivery to the escheator. Corbyn personally swore before the king in Chancery that the same writ was lost by accident. This writ is a re-issue.

Inquisition Head

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Wolverhampton 18 June 1431. [ Lee ].

Jurors

Jurors: John Stevenson ; Thomas Whiston ; John Bethome ; John Egynton ; Nicholas Holy ; John Tramyn ; William Foxa ; John Eyton ; Thomas Dunston ; Richard Wedoson ; John Wotton ; and Henry Lond .

Holdings
By a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of St John the Baptist 1341 and a month from Michaelmas in the same year [CP 25/1/210/15 no. 1], Roger Bankwell and Adam atte Maregrous , deforc., granted
the bailiwick of the seneschalcy of Cannock Forest, annual value 40s.,
to John Swynerton, quer., and to the heirs of his body, to hold of the king and his heirs by due service in perpetuity. Failing such heirs, the bailiwick should remain successively to Thomas Swynerton and to the heirs of his body; and to the right heirs of John in perpetuity. The concord was made with the king’s licence by letters patent [CPR 1340–1343, p. 183]. The fine and letters were shown to the jurors. The bailiwick descended from John Swynerton to John Swynerton as son and heir of John Swynerton . From John son of John, it descended to John Swynerton as son and heir and, from John son of John son of John, it descended to John Swynerton , named in the writ, son and heir of John son of John son of John son of John.n076 He died seised of two parts of the bailiwick, and reversion of the third that Clemence, widow of John Swynerton, senior, then held in dower. He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Fradley, 10 a. land and 2 a. meadow, each acre worth 3d. yearly.
The bailiwick and land and meadow in Fradley are held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty, by being the seneschal and bailiff of the forest of Cannock. Roger Bakewalle and Walter de Aston of Somervile , chaplains, were seised of the following messuage, lands, and tenements in demesne as of fee. They gave them to John Swynerton son of John Swynerton, knight , and Christine his wife, and to the heirs male of the body of John son of John. They descended from John son of John to John Swynerton as son and heir of John son of John. From him, they descended to John Swynerton as son and heir of John son of John son of John, and from him they descended to John, named in the writ, as son and heir of John son of John son of John son of John.
Stretton , a messuage and 20 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly, that John Eyton holds at will; and 8s. rent from a tenement presently held by John Bridde and Isabel his wife, held of Robert Congreve by 5d. yearly.
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Great or Little Wyrley (Wirley), 30 a. land and 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2d. yearly, presently held at will by Thomas Hyde , which certain 20 a. land are held of William Payto, knight , by suit of court there once yearly.n077
Featherstone, 12d. rent from a messuage and ½ virgate, presently held by Richard Eton and John Walker ; 12d. rent from a messuage and virgate, presently held by John Batele ; and 12d. rent from a messuage and ½ virgate, presently held by William Bayly .

He died on 28 September last. Thomas Swynerton of Hilton, his kin and next heir as the brother of John father of John, is aged 30 and more.

TNA reference

C 139/49/37 mm.1–2

n076^: A generation is omitted in the manuscript inquisition and thus as calendared here.

n077^: It is unclear whether the manuscript reference to 20 a. land is here a mistake, or refers to the 20 a. in Stretton.

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Cannock Forest
bailiwick40s.£2 (=480d.)
Total: £2 (=480d.)
Fradley
land10 a. (10 x acre) -
meadow2 a. (2 x acre) -
Total: -
Great, Little Wyrley
land30 a. (30 x acre) -
meadow6 a. (6 x acre) -
Total: (=0d.)
Featherstone
rent12d.1s. (=12d.)
messuagea (1 x messuage) -
virgate ½ (0.5 x virgate) -
rent12d.1s. (=12d.)
messuage, virgatea (1 x messuage virgate) -
rent12d.1s. (=12d.)
messuagea (1 x messuage) -
virgate ½ (0.5 x virgate) -
Total: 3s. (=36d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

Jurors

  • John Stevenson
  • Thomas Whiston
  • John Bethome
  • John Egynton
  • Nicholas Holy
  • John Tramyn
  • William Foxa
  • John Eyton
  • Thomas Dunston
  • Richard Wedoson
  • John Wotton
  • Henry Lond

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