E-CIPM 24-459: JOHN EUOT

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JOHN EUOT

Writ Head

458 Writ. ‡ 25 February 1436. [Bate].

[Dorse:] I, John Selby , took into the lord king’s hand 1/3 manor specified in the attached inquisition.

[Line below:] Kent.

Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition [indented]. Maidstone. 23 March 1436. [ Selby ].

Jurors

Jurors: John Coveney ; Nicholas Dan ; Richard Couper ; William Couper ; Henry Stotfold ; Thomas Ippyngbury ; Stephen Curch ; Thomas Curch ; John Teyntener ; John Terce ; Robert Joop ; and Robert Coppyng .

Holdings
He did not hold any lands or tenements in demesne as of fee simple of the king or of any other. But John Clee , Richard Amory , Robert Luton and Richard Orgare were seised of the following in demesne as of fee, which, among other things, by licence of the king by letters patent [CPR 1405–8, p. 18] shown to the jurors, and by their quadripartite charter dated at West Barming on 12 March 1405, also shown to the jurors, they demised to Thomas, son of William Euot , lately citizen and clothier of London, and the heirs of his body to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due services. The charter specified successive remainders to the following: Robert, son of William Euot , and the heirs of his body; William, son of William Euot , and the heirs of his body; Margaret, daughter of William Euot , and the heirs of her body; Alice, daughter of William Euot and the heirs of her body; Margaret, lately wife of William Euot [father] and her assigns, for life, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due services; John Euot , named in the writ, by the name of John, bastard son of William Euot [father], and the heirs of his body, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due services; William, son of John Holden of the parish of Hunton, Kent, and the heirs of his body, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due services; Lawrence, Thomas and Roger, sons of Bartholomew atte Wode , deceased, and their heirs and assigns. Thomas, Robert and William, sons of William Euot [father], and Margaret and Alice his daughters are dead, without heirs of their bodies, and Margaret his wife is also dead. After her death, John Euot was seised in fee tail, by virtue of the remainder, and died seised in no other way but this.
West Barming, 1/3 manor, also called ‘Pympe’, held of the king in chief as 1/3 knight’s fee, true annual value 4 marks.

He died on 24 February last. William, son of John Holden of Hunton, died before him, without an heir of his body. Lawrence, son of Bartholomew atte Wode , died before him, without an heir of himself (de se). Thomas, Bartholomew’s other son, still living, is aged 50 years and more. Roger, third son of Bartholomew, died before John Euot , but had issue, John, still living, aged 24 years and more. John Euot does not have an heir because he was a bastard.

[Foot:] memorandum that this inquisition was handed over in Chancery on 18 April.

TNA reference

C 139/74/24 mm.1–2

Writ Head

459 Writ. ‡ 25 February 1436. [Bate].

Addressed to Henry Frowyk, mayor .

Inquisition Head

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 15 May 1436. [Frowyk].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Byflete ; Walter Warde ; William Wykwan ; Thomas Baker ; John Stone ; Gilbert More ; Simon Tove ; William Herde ; Thomas Joly ; Robert Selby ; William Serle ; Thomas Inglond .

Holdings
He did not hold any land or tenements in demesne as of fee simple of the king or of any other. But Thomas Lincoln , Robert Luton , clothier, and Richard Osbarn , citizens of London, were seised of the following in demesne as of fee, once belonging to Simon de Wynchecombe , lately citizen and armourer of London . This, with William Euot , lately clothier of London, they had by grant and enfeoffment of John Seymour , John Clee , clothier, William Herston , Matthew Rede and Richard Person , citizens of London. They demised it to Thomas, son of William Euot , lately citizen and clothier of London, and the heirs of his body to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due services. This was done by an indented charter of theirs dated at London on 20 January 1408, shown to the jurors. It specified successive remainders wholly to the following: William, son of William Euot the father, and the heirs of his body; John Euot , by the name John, bastard son of William Euot the father, and the heirs of his body, to hold from the chief lords of the fee by due services; William, son of John Holden of the parish of Hunton, Kent, and the heirs of his body; and to Lawrence, Thomas and Roger, sons of Bartholomew atte Wode , deceased, and their heirs and assigns, to hold from the chief lords of the fee by due services. Thomas and William, sons of William Euot the father, died without heirs of their bodies and after their deaths John Euot was seised in fee tail, by virtue of the remainder, and he died thus, but in no other way, seised.
All Hallows the Less parish, a tenement with an adjacent quay in Thames Street, London, in a lane called ‘Bretaxlane’, between the tenement formerly of Gregory de Rokesle on the east and that formerly of Henry Darci on the west, the King’s Street to the north and the Thames to the south, true annual value £5, held of the king in free burgage.
Date of death and other details as 458.
TNA reference

C 139/74/24 mm.3–4

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
All Hallows the Less parish, Thames Street, London, the King’s Street, Thames
tenementa (1 x tenement) -
quayan (1 x quay) -
Value£5£5 (=1200d.)
Total: £5 (=1200d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Thomas Byflete
  • Walter Warde
  • William Wykwan
  • Thomas Baker
  • John Stone
  • Gilbert More
  • Simon Tove
  • William Herde
  • Thomas Joly
  • Robert Selby
  • William Serle
  • Thomas Inglond

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