E-CIPM 24-331: JOAN, WIFE OF BARTHOLOMEW BACON, KNIGHT

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JOAN, WIFE OF BARTHOLOMEW BACON, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

CITY OF NORWICH. Inquisition. Guildhall. 15 November 1435. [Topp].

Jurors

Jurors: William Lote ; Thomas Stevenys ; Thomas Groos ; Robert Sporle ; Robert Roo ; John Bury ; John Chircheman ; Robert Hawys ; Richard Bere ; Peter Botiller ; John Spendelove ; and Thomas Baldok .

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief, or any other, in demesne or service.

She died on 6 July last. John Hevenyngham, knight , is her kin and next heir as the son of John, brother of Joan, and is aged 28 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/69/29 mm.1–2

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Ingatestone. 31 October 1435. [Iwardeby].

Jurors

Jurors: John Hyldemar ; John Stokwell ; John Wych ; Edmund Strode ; John Gaynesford ; Thomas Stace ; John Paty ; Thomas Lawrence ; John Coupere ; William Perham ; Roger Glovere ; and Simon Corne .

Holdings
She held the following in dower by endowment of Bartholomew, formerly her husband, by assignment of Richard Golle and Nicholas Chirche , still living, and Robert Maltby , John Kyrbeby , and William Walpole , now deceased, with reversion to Richard Golle and Nicholas Chirche .
Writtle and Widford, 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 18 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and 12s. rent called ‘Bures’ in the vills, held of Anne, countess of Stafford , of her manor of Writtle in socage.

Date of death as 330. John Hevenyngham, knight , is her kin and next heir as the son of John, brother of Joan, and aged 30 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/69/29 mm.3–4

Writ Head

332 Writ. ‡ 14 July 1435. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Norfolk and Suffolk .

Inquisition Head

NORFOLK. Inquisition. Great Dunham. 5 November 1435. [Brewes].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Holley ; William Grene ; Bartholomew Bokenham ; William Wotton ; Richard Carleton ; James Hachet ; John Lord ; Henry Large ; John Blake ; Robert Berkwode ; Thomas Wase ; Adam Houell ; Henry Alman ; and William Wyscard .

Holdings

Findings as 330.

TNA reference

C 139/69/29 mm.5–6

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Ipswich. 6 November 1435. [Brewes].

[Inquisition: ms worn and galled.]

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Brygges ; Thomas Gyffard ; John Cuckoc ; Geoffrey atte Goore ; John Stegarn ; Simon Draper ; John Clubbe ; Richard Marler ; Adam Caston ; William Muryell ; John Payn ; William Bakeler ; John Palmer ; and Richard Hotard .

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of king in chief, or any other, in her demesne as of fee or in service. Philip Hevenyngham , William Corby, parson of Erwarton , and John Gerveys, chaplain , were lately seised of the manor and advowson of Erwarton in their demesne as of fee. During the reign of ‪ Richard II , they granted them to Bartholomew and Joan then his wife, and to the heirs of Bartholomew, to hold of the king and his heirs by due service. Royal licence was obtained by royal letters patent, shown to the jurors [CPR 1388–92, p. 243].

Erwarton, the manor and advowson of the church there, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There is the site with buildings, worth nothing yearly; 40 a. arable, each acre truly worth 4d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20s. assize rent, payable at Midsummer and Candlemas equally; and a court baron held every three weeks, worth 12d. yearly above the steward’s fee.
John Hevenyngham, chevalier , was lately seised of the manor and advowson of Brome (Broomdavillers) in his demesne as of fee. During the reign of ‪ Richard II , he granted them to Bartholomew and Joan then his wife, and to the heirs of Bartholomew. Royal licence was not obtained.
Brome, the manor and advowson of the church there, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There is the site, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 30s. assize rent, payable at Midsummer and Candlemas equally; and a court baron held every three weeks, worth 12d. yearly above the steward’s fee. The manor is known as Beauchamp as well as Brome.
Bartholomew died so seised without heir of his body. After the death of Joan, right of reversion descended to Isabel who was the wife of Oliver Calthorp, knight , as sister and heir of Bartholomew. ‪ Richard II pardoned the offence relating to the manor and advowson of Brome by letters patent [CPR 1388–92, p. 502], and further granted the manor and advowson to Joan for life without impediment by the king or his heirs, provided that the manor, etc., remain to the right heirs of Bartholomew. The grant is fully apparent in the letters patent, shown to the jurors. The king then directed a writ to his escheator in Norfolk, reciting that since Bartholomew Bacon, knight , deceased, and Joan his wife had purchased from John Hevenyngham, chevalier , for them and the heirs of Bartholomew, the manor of Brome together with the advowson of the church of the same vill, held of the late king in chief, and since they had entered possession without the king’s licence, for which offence the late king had pardoned Joan by his letters patent after the death of Bartholomew, the escheator is ordered to deliver the manor and advowson, taken into the king’s hand by the death of Bartholomew and, for that reason and because of the offence, yet in the king’s hand, to Joan without delay, in form aforesaid. The escheator delivered the manor and advowson of Brome to Joan. The king then directed another writ to the escheator of Norfolk and Suffolk , reciting that since Bartholomew Bacon, knight , had held the manor of Erwarton on the day he died, among other things, together with advowson of the church of the same vill, held of the late king in chief, jointly enfeoffed with Joan then his wife by enfeoffment of Philip Hevenyngham , William Corby, parson of Erwarton , and John Gerveys, chaplain , to Bartholomew and Joan, and to the heirs of Bartholomew, royal licence obtained, the escheator, having taken fealty of Joan, is ordered to remove the king’s hand without delay from the manor and advowson, and to deliver to Joan the issues of the manor dating from the time of Bartholomew’s death. The escheator took Joan’s fealty and delivered the manor to her. Joan entered the manor by virtue of the writ and held it in form aforesaid. Isabel afterwards, by her deed dated at Burnham Thorpe on 1 July 1411 and shown to the jurors, granted, among other things, the reversion of the manor of Brome, described as the manor of Beauchamp in the vills of Oakley, Stuston (Thuston), Thrandeston, and Brome (Broom),n138 reversion of advowson of the church of Brome, reversion of the manor of Erwarton, and reversion of advowson of the church there to Simon Felbrygge , Brian Stapulton, knight , William Paston of Paston, and Richard Golle , still living, Miles Stapulton, knight , Robert Maltby, esquire , William Walpole , and Nicholas Chirche , now deceased, and to their heirs and assigns. Royal licence was not obtained. Joan, holding the manors, etc., for life, thus attorned to Simon, Brian, William, Richard, Miles, Robert, William, and Nicholas. She died so seised, and reversion belongs to Simon Felbrygge , Brian, William Paston , and Richard Golle , and to their heirs.

Date of death and heir as 330.
TNA reference

C 139/69/29 mm.5, 7

E 149/158/4 m.1

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Writtle, Widford
meadow8d. (per unit)8 a. (8 x acre)5s. 4d. (=64d.)
pasture4d. (per unit)18 a. (18 x acre)6s. (=72d.)
rent called ‘Bures’12s.12s. (=144d.)
Total: £1 3s. 4d. (=280d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John Hyldemar
  • John Stokwell
  • John Wych
  • Edmund Strode
  • John Gaynesford
  • Thomas Stace
  • John Paty
  • Thomas Lawrence
  • John Coupere
  • William Perham
  • Roger Glovere
  • Simon Corne

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