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AGNES WIDOW OF OTES CHAMBERNOUN
Inquisition Head
DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter 17 April 1431. [Cokworthy].
[Inquisition: ms faded down the right-hand side.]Jurors
Jurors: John Bernhous ; William Werth ; Richard Whitelok ; John Henxtecote ; William William ; Walter Bury ; John Knyghteston ; Gilbert Bysshop ; Richard Piperell ; Ralph Bussh ; John Legh ; and Thomas Gorefenne .
Holdings
Laurence Haukyn, lately canon of Exeter Cathedral , Henry Foleford , and Thomas Reymond were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee.She died on 29 January last. Elizabeth, Margaret, and Elizabeth, daughters of William Bykebyry and minors in the king’s wardship, Otes Gilbert , and John atte Wode , are kin and next heirs of Otes Chambernoun . Elizabeth, Margaret, and Elizabeth are daughters of William son of Katherine daughter of Thomas son of Margaret, one of the sisters of Richard father of Otes Chambernoun . Elizabeth, first daughter, was aged 14 on 23 April last. Margaret was aged 7 years on the day following the feast of Saint... last. Elizabeth, third daughter, was aged 4 on ... Laurence last. Otes Gilbert is the son of Elizabeth, other sister of Richard father of Otes, and was aged ?13 on 24 March last. Owing to his minority, he is in the wardship of the abbot of Torre because William his father, of whom he is the heir, held a messuage and carucate in Blackawton of the abbot by service.... William Gilbert died three years before Agnes. John atte Wode is the son of William son of Joan, third sister of Richard father of Otes, and... aged 40 and more. Isabel... Seyntclere is kin and next heir of Agnes, as the daughter of Margaret daughter of Agnes, and aged 24 and more.
TNA reference
C 139/49/41 mm.1–2
[The inquisition for Cornwall, ordered in the writ, is not extant.]
Holdings
| Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tawton, hundred | ||||
| capital messuage | worth nothing | a (1 x capital messuage) | - | |
| land | 100s. | a carucate (1 x carucate) | £5 (=1200d.) | |
| meadow | 20s. | 10 a. (10 x acre) | £1 (=240d.) | |
| wood, pasture | 3s. 4d. | 20 a. (20 x acre) | 3s. 4d. (=40d.) | |
| corn-mill | a (1 x corn-mill) | - | ||
| assize rent | £6 | £6 (=1440d.) | ||
| hundred court | 30s. | £1 10s. (=360d.) | ||
| Total: £13 13s. 4d. (=3280d.) | ||||
Extents
| Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tawton, hundred | ||||
| capital messuage | worth nothing | a (1 x capital messuage) | - | |
| land | 100s. | a carucate (1 x carucate) | £5 (=1200d.) | |
| meadow | 20s. | 10 a. (10 x acre) | £1 (=240d.) | |
| wood, pasture | 3s. 4d. | 20 a. (20 x acre) | 3s. 4d. (=40d.) | |
| corn-mill | a (1 x corn-mill) | - | ||
| assize rent | £6 | £6 (=1440d.) | ||
| hundred court | 30s. | £1 10s. (=360d.) | ||
| Total: £13 13s. 4d. (=3280d.) | ||||
People
- Wymbyssh, Nicholas, clerk (Writ Clerk)
- Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, earl of Pembroke (Teste)
- Courtenay, Thomas, earl of Devon, knight (Named Person)
- the king (Named Person)
- Cokeworthy, John, escheator (Escheator)
- Haukyn, Laurence, canon of Exeter Cathedral (Grantor)
- Foleford, Henry (Grantor)
- Reymond, Thomas (Grantor)
- Chambernoun, Otes (Grantee)
- Chambernoun, AGNES (Grantee)
- Bykebyry, Elizabeth (Heir)
- Bykebyry, Margaret (Heir)
- Bykebyry, Elizabeth (Heir)
- Bykebyry, William (Named Person)
- Gilbert, Otes (Heir)
- Woode, John atte (Heir)
- Chambernoun, Katherine (Named Person)
- Chambernoun, Thomas (Named Person)
- Chambernoun, Margaret (Named Person)
- Chambernoun, Richard (Named Person)
- Torre, abbot of (Named Person)
- Gilbert, William (Named Person)
- Chambernoun, William (Named Person)
- Chambernoun, Joan (Named Person)
- Seintcler, Isabel (Named Person)
- Chambernoun, Margaret (Named Person)
Jurors
- John Bernhous
- William Werth
- Richard Whitelok
- John Henxtecote
- William William
- Walter Bury
- John Knyghteston
- Gilbert Bysshop
- Richard Piperell
- Ralph Bussh
- John Legh
- Thomas Gorefenne
