E-CIPM 24-232: JOAN WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM CHEYNE, KNIGHT

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JOAN WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM CHEYNE, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

SUSSEX. Inquisition. Horsham. 24 July 1434. [Fontayns].

Jurors

Jurors: John atte Wode ; John Graunt ; Nigel atte Towne ; William Boneface ; John Donstall ; John Fardyng ; Simon Lotenhurst ; John Tricche ; Richard Axsmyth ; Nigel Broke ; John Sponer ; and Thomas atte Crouche .

Holdings
By a fine levied one month from Easter 1354 [CP 25/1/238/64, no. 11], between John de Farneburgh and Elizabeth his wife, William, son of John de Percy and Mary, daughter of William Filoll, querents , and William Filoll and Henry Talbot, parson of Westmeston church , deforciants , the deforciants granted the following to John and Elizabeth for her life, successive remainders to the following, as is clear more fully in one part of the fine shown to the jurors: the heirs of Elizabeth’s body; William, son of John, and Mary and the heirs of their bodies; the heirs of the body of William, son of John; John, son of Thomas de Farneburgh for life; and to William Filoll of East Almer and his heirs. John and Elizabeth were seised in their demesne as of free tenement and Elizabeth died without heir of her body. William, son of John, and Mary entered and were seised in their demesne as of fee tail. John, son of Thomas died, and William Filoll of East Almer had issue John Filoll and died. John, son and heir of William Filoll , by his tripartite charter, one part of which is shown to the jurors, granted the remainder to the holding which William Percy and Mary then held, and to other lands and tenements, to William Filoll his son and Joan, named in the writ and then wife of William, and the heirs of William’s body. William, son of John de Percy and Mary, attorned to William, son of John Filoll and Joan, at Woodmancote. William, son of John de Percy , and subsequently Mary died without heir of their respective bodies. Joan entered and died seised of her estate for life.
Woodmancote, the manor, held of John, duke of Norfolk , service unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 30 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; £8 assize rent at the four principal annual terms; and 8 a. wood, each acre worth 1d. yearly.
Morley, the manor, held of John, duke of Norfolk , of his castle of Bramber, service unknown. In the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; a pasture called ‘le Morlepark’, containing 80 a., each worth 3d. yearly; and a wood called ‘Morlebusshes’, containing 20 a., each acre worth 1d. yearly.
Goring, 40s. rent, not held of the king but of whom is unknown.
Shelley, advowson of the church, belonging to the manor of Woodmancote, worth nothing.

She died on 1 July last. John Filoll , son of Joan and William, son of John Filoll , is the son and next heir of this William, aged 26 years and more.

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this was delivered to court on 30 July 1434.

TNA reference

C 139/65/39 mm.1–2

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition. Shaftesbury. 21 July 1434. [Champneys].

Jurors

Jurors: John Movne ; John Lynde ; William Godewyne ; John Peuerell ; Nicholas Syfrewast ; William Clavyle ; William Stamford ; Robert Tredose ; John Talbot ; John Scot ; William Morton ; and John Lovell .

Holdings
She held the following in her demesne as of fee.
Woodlands, the manor, held of Richard, duke of York , of his manor of Pimperne by knight service. In the manor there is £6 13s. 4d. assize rent; 320 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 600 a. wood, worth 20s. yearly; 20 a. enclosed pasture, each acre worth 4d. [or 3d. ms unclear]; 100 a. heath, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; a watermill, worth 33s. 4d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Knowlton, the hundred, part of the manor of Woodlands, worth 20s..
Winterborne Belet, the manor. In the manor there is a messuage and carucate of land held of the abbot of Milton , service unknown, annual value 100s.
West Stafford, 5 messuages, 3 tofts and 60 a. land, held of Robert Byngham ’s heirs of their manor of West Stafford, service unknown, annual value 26s. 8d.
Kingston Maurward, 2 tofts, 4 a. meadow, 3 a. land and 13s. rent, held of Robert Grey ’s heirs of their manor of Kingston Maurward, service unknown, annual value 4s.
Winterborne Hudyngton, 3 messuages and 40 a. land, of Alice who was the wife of Guy de Briene, knight, junior , of her manor of Sutton Poyntz by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. at Easter, annual value 33s. 4d.
Winterborne Kingston, a messuage and 30 a. land, of the same Alice, service unknown, annual value 20s.
She held the following to herself and the heirs of the bodies of herself and William Filoll , her former husband, by grant of John Fauntleroy and Joan his wife, by a fine levied on the octave of Candlemas 1398 [CP 25/1/51/52, no. 124], and shown to the jurors. They are held of the king by knight service.
Langton Wallis, the manor, in which there is £8 assize rent; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 23 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. wood, worth nothing yearly above its pasture worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 200 a. pasture in the open field, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 50 a. enclosed pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 100 heath, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 5s. yearly.
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Middlebere, 2 messuages and a toft, worth 18d. yearly.
Wilkswood, the advowson of the chantry, worth nothing.
She held the following to herself and the heirs of the body of William Filoll her former husband, by grant of John Filoll to William and Joan and the heirs of William’s body. They were described in the grant as all manors, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, rents and services in those places and the reversion or remainder to other manors, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, rents and services, as is clear more fully in the indented charter made by John, dated at Woodlands on 20 September 1390 and shown to the jurors.
Winterborne Muston, the manor, of the abbot of Milton, service unknown. In the manor there is 23s. 4d. assize rent; 10 a. enclosed pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 400 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 8 a. marsh, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 200 a. hill pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 20d. yearly.
Winterborne Zelston, the manor, of Thomas Mawreward ’s heirs, service unknown, except for a messuage with curtilage and 6 a. land held of Roger Rocheford , service unknown. In the manor there is £4 10s. assize rent; 4 a. enclosed pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 18d. yearly; 80 a. hill pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 20d. yearly.
Mapperton, the manor, of the abbess of Shaftesbury , service unknown. In the manor there is 25s. assize rent; an enclosed pasture containing 2 a. land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 16 a. wood, worth 3s. yearly; 60 a. hill pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 20d. yearly.
Southcombe, the manor, of the king in chief by knight service. In the manor there are 26s. 8d. assize rent; 4 a. enclosed pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 100 a. hill pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 100 a. heath, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 1 a. wood, the profits worth 12d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 4s. yearly.
West Morden, the manor, of John Warr , service unknown. In the manor there are 3 messuages and a toft, each worth 12d. yearly; 60 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 2s. assize rent; 2 closes containing 6 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and a watermill, worth 12s. yearly.
East Morden, the manor, of the same John Warr , service unknown. In the manor there are 2 enclosed pastures containing 6 a., each acre worth 6d. yearly; 3s. assize rent; 2 a. wood, the profits worth 12d. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 100 a. heath, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; a dovecot, worth 20d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth nothing yearly.
By a fine levied at Westminster on the quindene of Easter and afterwards on the quindene of Trinity 1354 [CP 25/1/50/42, no. 213], between William Filoll and Mary his wife, William, son of John de Percy and Mary, daughter of William Filoll, querents , and John de Farnebergh and Elizabeth his wife, deforciants, John and Elizabeth granted the manor of Wambrook and the advowson of its chapel, to William, son of John, and Mary, daughter of William, and the heirs of their bodies. The deforciants surrendered the manor and advowson to them, to hold to all the querents and the heirs of William, son of John, and Mary, daughter of William, with successive remainders after the deaths of all four querents for want of such heirs to the following: the heirs of the body of William, son of John; and the right heirs of William Filoll . William Filoll had issue John Filoll and died, and Mary died. By his indented charter shown to the jurors, John Filoll granted the remainder to the manor and advowson – described as all manors, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, rents and services which William Percy and Mary then held – to William Filoll his son and Joan his wife, named in the writ, and the heirs of William’s body. William Percy and Mary attorned to William, son of John and Joan. William Percy died without heir of his body, and William Filoll , son of John, and subsequently Mary died. Joan entered and died seised of her estate.
Wambrook, the manor and advowson, held of the bishop of Salisbury , service unknown. In the manor there is £10 assize rent; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. enclosed pasture, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 200 a. hill pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
The advowson is worth nothing yearly.
She held the manor of Bloxworth to herself and the heirs of the body of William Filoll her former husband, by grant of John Filoll to William and Joan and the heirs of William’s body.
Bloxworth, the manor, held of the abbot of Cerne , service unknown. In the manor there is 16s. assize rent; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 3 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 4 a. enclosed pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. heath, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; a watermill, worth 8s. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth 12d. yearly.
She married William Cheyne, knight , who survives, and they had issue John and Margaret.

Date of death as in 232. John Filoll is the son and heir of Joan and William Filoll of their bodies, the son and heir of William Filoll of his body and the son and next heir of Joan, aged 26 years and more.

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this was delivered to court on 30 July 1434.

TNA reference

C 139/65/39 mm.3–4

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Woodmancote
siteworth nothing -
arable4d. (per unit)60 a. (60 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
pasture2d. (per unit)30 a. (30 x acre)5s. (=60d.)
assize rent£8£8 (=1920d.)
wood1d. (per unit)8 a. (8 x acre)8d. (=8d.)
Total: £10 5s. 8d. (=2468d.)
Morley
siteworth nothing -
arable2d. (per unit)100 a. (100 x acre)16s. 8d. (=200d.)
pasture3d. (per unit)80 a. (80 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
wood1d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)1s. 8d. (=20d.)
Total: £1 18s. 4d. (=460d.)
Goring
rent40s.£2 (=480d.)
Total: £2 (=480d.)
Shelley
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
Total: (=0d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Woodmancote
siteworth nothing -
arable4d. (per unit)60 a. (60 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
pasture2d. (per unit)30 a. (30 x acre)5s. (=60d.)
assize rent£8£8 (=1920d.)
wood1d. (per unit)8 a. (8 x acre)8d. (=8d.)
Total: £10 5s. 8d. (=2468d.)
Morley
siteworth nothing -
arable2d. (per unit)100 a. (100 x acre)16s. 8d. (=200d.)
pasture3d. (per unit)80 a. (80 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
wood1d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)1s. 8d. (=20d.)
Total: £1 18s. 4d. (=460d.)

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John atte Wode
  • John Graunt
  • Nigel atte Towne
  • William Boneface
  • John Donstall
  • John Fardyng
  • Simon Lotenhurst
  • John Tricche
  • Richard Axsmyth
  • Nigel Broke
  • John Sponer
  • Thomas atte Crouche

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