E-CIPM 24-315: SIBYL, WIFE OF THOMAS ERDYNGTON, ESQUIRE

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SIBYL, WIFE OF THOMAS ERDYNGTON, ESQUIRE

Writ Head

315 Writ. ‡ 5 February 1435. [Bate].

Addressed to the escheator of Warwickshire and Leicestershire . Regarding lands held in dower from the inheritance of Thomas, son and heir of Thomas.

Inquisition Head

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Birmingham. 1 March 1435. [Hotoft].

Jurors

Jurors: Simon Levyng ; John atte Barre ; William Jurdon ; William Hopkyns ; Richard Otheyn ; Roger Aleyn ; William Mayhewe ; Thomas Rogers ; Roger Rogers ; Nicholas Levyng ; John Coke ; and John Dodde .

Holdings
She held the following in dower after the death of Thomas Erdyngton , lately her husband, from the inheritance of Thomas, son of Thomas.
Erdington, 1/3 manor, held as a whole of Joan Beauchamp, Lady Abergavenny , and of Maurice de Berkeley, knight , of Weoley castle, service unknown
;
Hunscote, 1/3 messuage and 1/3 virgate; and
Withybrook, 1/3 messuage and a third of 2 virgates,
held as a whole of Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, service unknown. Annual value 5 marks 2s. 10d.

She died on 3 January last. Thomas, son of Thomas is aged 31 years and more.

[Foot:] delivered to Chancery on 10 March 1435.

TNA reference

C 139/69/23 mm.1–2

Writ Head

316 [Writ: see 315 .]

Inquisition Head

LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Leicester. 2 March 1435. [Hotoft].

Jurors

Jurors: William Nicholl ; John Nicholl ; John Norland ; Richard Flekeney ; Thomas Glen ; John Smyth ; Richard Parsons ; John White ; John Northerne ; John Gladwyn ; John Bayle ; and John Neel .

Holdings
She held the following in dower as 315.
Barrow upon Soar, 1/3 manor, annual value 51s. 2 1/2d., held as a whole of the king as 1/4 knight’s fee.
Braunstone, 1/3 manor, annual value 5s., held as a whole of Robert Harecourt , service unknown.
Houghton on the Hill, 1/3 manor, annual value 27s. 9d. It is not held of the king , but of whom, and by what service, is unknown.
Knossington, 1/3 manor, annual value 25s. 6 1/2d., held as a whole of Ralph, Lord Cromwell , as 1/4 knight’s fee.
Sysonby, 1/3 messuage and a third of 2 virgates, annual value 6s. They are not held of the king , but of whom, and by what service, is unknown.

Date of death and heir as 315.

[Foot:] delivered to Chancery on 10 March 1435.

TNA reference

C 139/69/23 mm.1, 3

Writ Head

317 Writ. ‡ 5 February 1435. [Bate].

Regarding lands held in dower from the inheritance of Thomas, son and heir of Thomas.

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition. Shaftesbury. 23 February 1435. [Bythemore].

Jurors

Jurors: John Scotte ; Richard Chalcote ; Geoffrey Lowbounde ; William Cole ; William Goffe ; Simon Herte ; John Smydmore ; Nicholas Waleys ; John Frampton, senior ; John Frampton, junior ; John Chalcote ; and Robert Brydporte .

Holdings
She held the following in dower as 315.
Corfe Mullen, 1/3 manor, assigned by the escheator in various parcels, as follow: 1/3 capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 1/3 garden, containing 2 a., worth 8d. yearly; a third of 40 a. arable, worth 5s. 6d. yearly; a third of 20 a. meadow, worth 12s. 2d. yearly; 1/3 profits of a profits of watermill, worth 5s. 4d. yearly; a third of 4 a. underwood, worth 5d. yearly; a third of 300 a. heath, worth 8s. 4d. yearly; a third of 8 a. pasture, worth 10d. yearly; a third of 2s. 4d. assize rent, payable by various free tenants at the four principal terms of the year equally; and a third of 18 messuages, held by various tenants according to manorial custom, worth 32s. 6d. yearly. The 1/3 manor is held in its entirety of Thomas, earl of Devon , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 315.

[Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 26 February 1435.

TNA reference

C 139/69/23 mm.4–5

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Erdington
Total: (=0d.)
Hunscote
messuage 1/3 (0.33 x messuage) -
virgate 1/3 (0.33 x virgate) -
Total: -
Withybrook
messuage 1/3 (0.33 x messuage) -
virgatesthird of 2 (0.66 x virgate) -
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Simon Levyng
  • John atte Barre
  • William Jurdon
  • William Hopkyns
  • Richard Otheyn
  • Roger Aleyn
  • William Mayhewe
  • Thomas Rogers
  • Roger Rogers
  • Nicholas Levyng
  • John Coke
  • John Dodde

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