‹ E-CIPM 24-226: JOAN WHO WAS WIFE OF JOHN HARPEDEN, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements within the liberty of the city in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief or another. John Harpeden and Joan his wife were lately seised in their demesne as of fee in her right of

They enfeoffed John Fray , John Bamburgh , Robert Fitzrobert , who survive, and Nicholas Rykhull and Robert Colbrok , deceased, and their heirs, for her lifetime, to hold of the chief lords of the fees by the due and customary rents and services, successive remainders to the following: Thomas Brook, knight , and Joan his wife, who survive, and the heirs of their bodies; the heirs of the body of Joan, wife of Thomas; and the right heirs of Joan, wife of Thomas. The feoffees were seised in their demesne as of free tenement. Joan named in the writ died and Thomas and Joan his wife entered and are seised.

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another in demesne or service. Long before her death, by a fine levied at Westminster on the morrow of the Ascension 1428 [CP 25/1/292/66, no. 76] between John Harpeden and Joan his wife, Thomas Brook, knight , and Joan his wife, John Golafre, esquire , William Warbelton, esquire , John Fray , John Bamburgh , Robert Fitzroberd , Nicholas Rykhull , Robert Colbrook , Robert Clynton , Robert Olyuer, esquire , Nicholas Waddon and Robert Vobe, querents , and Reynold Kentewode, clerk , Thomas Chaucers, esquire , William Paston and John Chirche, deforciants and concerning the following, among other manors, lands and tenements, John and Joan, Thomas and Joan his wife, John Bamburgh and Robert Fitzrobert recognised the manors to be the right of Reynold – which he and the other deforciants had by grant of John and Joan, John Bamburgh and Robert Fitzrobert ; John Harpenden , Thomas Brook , Joan his wife and her heirs, John Bamburgh and Robert Fitzrobert quitclaimed the manors to the deforciants and the heirs of Reynold; and Thomas and Joan his wife, for themselves and her heirs, warranted them against Richard, abbot of Westminster , and his successors. The deforciants therefore granted the manors to John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Clynton , to hold for the life of John Harpeden without impeachment of waste of the chief lords of the fees by the services belonging to the manors, successive remainders as follows: to John Fray , Nicholas Rikhull , Robert Colbrook , John Bamburgh and Robert Fitzrobert for the life of Joan, wife of John; to Thomas Brook and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies; the heirs of the body of Joan, wife of Thomas; and to the right heirs of Joan, wife of Thomas. John Harpeden survives.

Holdings

She held no lands, tenements, rents or services of the king in chief or another in demesne or service. By the recognition, quitclaim, warrant and fine in 219, 2 a. land and 29 a. meadow in Rotherhithe, Worplesdon and West Greenwich, and the advowson of Worplesdon church were granted by the deforciants to John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Clynton , with remainders as in 219, as is contained more fully in one part of the fine shown to the jurors. John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Colbrook are still seised in their demesne as of free tenement, and John Harpeden survives.

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee or in service of the king in chief or another. By the recognition, quitclaim, warrant and fine in 219, the following manors were granted by the deforciants to John Fray , John Bamburgh , Robert Fitzroberd , Nicholas Rikhull and Robert Colbrook , to hold for the life of Joan, wife of John Harpeden , without impeachment of waste of the chief lords of the fees by the services belonging to the manors, successive remainders as follows, as is contained more fully in one part of the fine shown to the jurors: to Thomas Brook and Joan his wife, who survive, and the heirs of their bodies; the heirs of the body of Joan, wife of Thomas; and to the right heirs of Joan, wife of Thomas. John, John, Robert, Nicholas and Robert were seised in their demesne as of free tenement. The manors now belong of right to Thomas and Joan his wife.

The manors are held of the heirs of John de Columbar , who hold of queen Joan of her manor of Hamstead Marshall, service unknown.

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another in her demesne as of fee or in service. Long before her death, the following manors were granted to John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Clynton by the deforciants by the recognition, quitclaim, warrant and fine, with the same remainders, as in 219.

Holdings

She held no lands, tenements, rents or services of the king in chief or another in demesne or service. The following manor was granted to John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Clynton by the deforciants by the recognition, quitclaim, warrant and fine detailed in 219, with remainders as in 219, and as is contained more fully in one part of the fine shown to the jurors. John, William and Robert are still seised in their demesne as of free tenement.

Holdings

She held no lands, tenements, rents or services of the king in chief or another in demesne or service. The following manors were granted as follows by the recognition, quitclaim, warrant and fine in 219, as is contained more fully in one part of the fine shown to the jurors, with the manors remaining after the deaths of John Harpeden and Joan his lately wife to Thomas Broke and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies and successively as in 219.

The manor was granted by the deforciants to John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Clynton for the life of John Harpeden . They are still seised in their demesne as of free tenement and John Harpeden survives. The manor was granted by the deforciants to John Fray , John Bamburgh , Robert Fitzroberd , Nicholas Rykhyll and Robert Colbrok for the life of Joan, wife of John. They were seised in their demesne as of free tenement throughout her life.

Holdings

She held no lands, tenements, rents or services of the king in chief or another in demesne or service. The following manors and advowson were granted to John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Clynton by the deforciants by the recognition, quitclaim, warrant and fine detailed in 219, with remainders as in 219, and as is contained more fully in one part of the fine shown to the jurors. John, William and Robert are still seised in their demesne as of free tenement and John Harpeden survives.

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or others in demesne or service. Long before her death, the following manors and advowson were granted as follows by the recognition, quitclaim, warrant and fine in 219.ⁿ¹⁰⁸

The manor was granted by the deforciants to John Golafre , William Warbelton and Robert Clynton for the life of John Harpeden , with successive remainders as in 219. The manor and advowson were granted by the deforciants to John Harpeden , Robert Olyuer and John Bamburgh , to hold for life of John Harpeden without impeachment of waste of the deforciants and heirs of Reynold Kentewode for a rose at Midsummer for all service, customs and charges, and performing for the deforciants all other services belonging to the manor and advowson to the chief lords of the fees, reversion to the deforciants and the heirs of Reynold, holding of the chief lords of the fee by the services belonging to the manor and advowson. John Harpeden survives.

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief or another. The castle and manor of Cooling, the manors of Cobham, Bekesbourne, Bekle, Stone and Pole, the hundred of Shamwell and the advowsons of the churches of Cobham and Cooling were specified in the fine detailed in 219, and subject to the recognition, quitclaim and warrant detailed there. They were granted by the deforciants as follows. The following were granted to John Golafre , William Warbylton and Robert Clynton for life of John Harpeden as in 219, with remainder to Thomas Brook and Joan his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and then as is specified further in the fine, as is contained more fully in one part of the fine shown to the jurors. John, William and Robert are still seised in their demesne as of free tenement and John Harpeden survives.

The following were granted to John Fray , John Bamburgh , Robert Fitzrobert , Nicholas Rykhull and Robert Colbrook for life of Joan, wife of John, and with remainders, as in 221. They were seised of the castle and manors in their demesne as of free tenement and of the hundred and advowsons as of fee and right. The castle, manors, hundred and advowsons now belong of right to Thomas Brook and Joan his wife.