E-CIPM 24-429: WILLIAM PORTER, KNIGHT

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WILLIAM PORTER, KNIGHT

Writ Head

427 Writ. ‡ 14 March 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Northamptonshire and Rutland. n164

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Northampton. 21 November 1436. [Willoughby].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Heynes ; William Sale ; Richard Revell ; Edmund Couper ; John Saye ; Thomas Montagu ; Henry Ive ; Robert Illyng ; Lawrence Roy ; John Haukyn ; Roger Grene ; and John Maget .

Holdings

He did not hold lands or tenements in demesne or in fee of the king in chief or of any other.

He died on 9 February last. Next heir at present unknown.
TNA reference

C 139/73/12 mm.1–2

Writ Head

428 Writ. ‡ 10 July 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire .

Inquisition Head

HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Huntingdon. 8 November 1436. [Stwecley].

Jurors

Jurors: John Charwelton ; Thomas Aungewyn ; John Clerke ; William Breton ; Thomas Edons ; William Wrangill ; John Reynald ; Robert Glovere ; William Skynnere ; Thomas Crane ; John Decon ; William Freman .

Holdings

Findings as 427.

TNA reference

C 139/73/12 mm.3, 5

Inquisition Head

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Cambridge. 10 November 1436. [Stwecley].

Jurors

Jurors: James Russell ; Richard Sutton ; Henry Aleyn ; Henry Gerard ; Walter Borell ; John Gautere ; John Godyn ; William Lucas ; William Hervy ; John Baylly ; Thomas Pulter ; and Nicholas Pulter .

Holdings

Findings as 427.

TNA reference

C 139/73/12 mm.3–4

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition [indented]. Newmarket. 8 November 1436. [ Gray ].

Jurors

Jurors: Henry Tredegold ; John Gladwyn ; John Gardener ; Robert Wyot ; John Dere ; John Fabyan, senior ; Thomas Hatwrong ; John Pere ; William Bryan ; William Fisshere ; John Walssheman ; Ralph Padyll ; and John Barker .

Holdings

Findings as 427.

TNA reference

C 139/73/12 mm.6–7

Writ Head

431 Writ. ‡ 5 March 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Oxfordshire and Berkshire. n165

Inquisition Head

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Wantage. 26 April 1436. [Hyde].

Jurors

Jurors: John Fetyplace ; Peter Man ; William Newman ; Nicholas Clenche ; John Mortemer ; Roger Burymyll ; Richard Growe ; William Drynge ; Thomas Tomelyns ; John Hewet ; John Groton ; and William Stone, senior .

Holdings
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee tail to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant of ‪Henry V dated on 8 December 1415 [CPR 1413–16, p. 385], as fully appears in the letters patent shown to the jurors.
Wadley, the manor, held of the king in chief by fealty only. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 12 messuages and 2 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 300 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 200 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; £10 assize rent, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; a market (for’) held on Lady Day, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; view of frankpledge, worth 5s. beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff; and a court baron held every 3 weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff.
Wicklesham, the manor, held of the king in chief by fealty only. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; a warren, worth 30s. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 3d. yearly; a watermill with several fishery, worth 20s. yearly.
Date of death as 427. He died without an heir male of his body and his next heir is unknown.
TNA reference

C 139/73/12 mm.10–11

Inquisition Head

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Wantage. 10 November 1436. [Hyde].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Merchaunt ; William Kynge ; Thomas Grece ; Roger Byrymyll ; John Byrynall ; Thomas Bathe ; Thomas Wyot ; William Wates ; Thomas Payn ; William Pyle ; John Myne ; and Nicholas Clenche .

Holdings

He did not hold further lands or tenements of the king or of any other.

TNA reference

C 139/73/12 mm.8–9

E 149/158/8 m.6

Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Stwecley(Escheator)

Jurors

  • James Russell
  • Richard Sutton
  • Henry Aleyn
  • Henry Gerard
  • Walter Borell
  • John Gautere
  • John Godyn
  • William Lucas
  • William Hervy
  • John Baylly
  • Thomas Pulter
  • Nicholas Pulter

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