E-CIPM 24-324: JOHN WYLUGHBY

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JOHN WYLUGHBY , SON OF HUGH WYLUGHBY

Writ Head

324 Writ devenerunt. ‡ 13 July 1435. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire .

Inquisition Head

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Sawley. 16 August 1435. [Cokfeld].

Jurors

Jurors: William Bate of Sawley; William Ward ; John Gefferay of the same place; John Trowell ; John Jeletson of Long Eaton; Henry Co...n [ms torn] ; William Gynner ; Thomas Tebalt of Draycott; John Russell ; Thomas Tayllour ; John Ameson ; and Thomas Warner of Wilne.

Holdings

Hugh, father of John, held the following.

Risley, the manor, held of ‪ Henry V in chief as 1/10 knight’s fee. Extent as 323.
Hugh Wylughby, clerk , was seised of the following lands in his demesne as of fee. He granted them by charter to Hugh, father of John, and to the heirs of his body. He was thus seised in his demesne as of fee tail. The charter was shown to the jurors.
Brackenfield, 40 a. arable, worth 20s. 8d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 10s. yearly; and 60 a. pasture, worth 26s. yearly, held of Ralph, Lord Cromwell , and Margaret his wife in her right by service of 4d., payable yearly at Christmas, and fealty only for all service.
He afterwards married Joan Dabrigcourt , and they had issue: John and Hugh. He afterwards died, and the manor, etc., descended to John Wylughby as son and heir of Hugh. Owing to the minority of John, they came to the hands of ‪ Henry V. Henry V granted custody of the manor, etc., to Thomas Staunton, esquire , by his letters patent [recited in the inquisition: CPR 1413–16, pp. 388–9]. Thomas was thus seised of all the lands and tenements that are now in the king’s hand.

He died on 3 September 1422, an unmarried minor. Hugh, his brother and next heir, is aged 21 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/69/26 mm.4, 6

Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Sutton. 17 August 1435. [Cokfeld].

Jurors

Jurors: John Styf ; John Canner ; John Bolt of Sutton; Robert Clyf ; John Wryght ; William Magson of Bonington; Robert atte Lane ; Henry Boney ; William Tylburne of Stanford on Soar; Thomas Hyns of Ratcliffe on Soar; John atte Mylne of Leake; and William Drapour of Cotham.

Holdings

No lands or tenements came to the hands of ‪ Henry V, or are yet in the king’s hand, owing to the death of Hugh and the minority of John.

TNA reference

C 139/69/26 mm.4–5

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Risley
Total: -
Brackenfield
arable20s. 8d.40 a. (40 x acre)£1 8d. (=248d.)
meadow10s.6 a. (6 x acre)10s. (=120d.)
pasture26s.60 a. (60 x acre)£1 6s. (=312d.)
Total: £2 16s. 8d. (=680d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Bate of Sawley
  • William Ward
  • John Gefferay of the same place
  • John Trowell
  • John Jeletson of Long Eaton
  • Henry Co...n [ms torn]
  • William Gynner
  • Thomas Tebalt of Draycott
  • John Russell
  • Thomas Tayllour
  • John Ameson
  • Thomas Warner of Wilne

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