‹ E-CIPM 24-469: KATHERINE LUTRELL ›

Holdings

She did not hold lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. But she held the following manor, etc., in fee tail by demise made by John Strecche, knight , to John Strecche his son and Katherine then his wife and the heirs of their bodies. Afterwards, John Strecche the son died without heirs of him and Katherine, and John Strecche, knight , who survived him, subsequently also died. The reversion of the manor, etc., after Katherine’s death descended to Elizabeth and Anne as kin and heirs of John Strecche, knight , viz., daughters of Edmund Cheyne, knight , son of Cecily, daughter of John. They are under age and in the king’s wardship.

Holdings

Katherine Lutrell , lately the wife of Hugh Lutrell, knight , held the following in dower from the inheritance of James Lutrell kin and heir of Hugh, viz., son of John, son of Hugh, a minor in the king’s wardship, by endowment of the said Hugh and by assignment made by John Gregory , lately the king’s escheator in Somerset. She held the following manor by demise lately made by William Belmondeslond and Peter Whyta , clerks, to John Strecch, knight , for his life, with successive remainders to Katherine, for life, and John Strecch ’s right heirs, as fully contained in an indented charter dated on 31 December 1375, shown to the jurors. John Strecch died while Katherine was alive and reversion of the manor descended, with other manors, lands and tenements that were of John Strecche , to Cecily, then the wife of Thomas Bonvyle and Elizabeth, then the wife of Thomas Beauchamp, knight , as daughters and heirs of John Strecch . Partition was afterwards made between Thomas Bonvyle and Cecily and Thomas Beauchamp and Elizabeth, and reversion of the manor was allotted, together with other manors, lands and tenements, to Thomas Beauchamp and Elizabeth in Elizabeth’s purparty. Katherine held the manor for life, reversion to Alice, wife of John Speke , kin and heir of Elizabeth, viz., daughter of John, son of the said Elizabeth. John Lutrell was lately seised of the following manor, with the advowson of the church, in demesne as of fee. He gave it to Maurice Russell, knight , John Poulet , son and heir of John Poulet, knight , John Venables , John Serle, clerk , and John Grove , now deceased, and William Poulet , still living, and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this enfeoffment, Maurice, John, John, John, John and William were seised in demesne as of fee. John Lutrell afterwards died and after his death Hugh Lutrell entered upon the possession of the said Maurice, etc., and unlawfully removed them. Maurice, John, John, John and John afterwards died and William survived and entered upon the possession of the said Hugh, and demised the manor to Hugh to hold of him at his will. Hugh died thus seised, without that that he claimed or had or any other estate therein after the demise. After Hugh’s death John Gregory , then escheator, by virtue of his office assigned the manor, among other things, in dower to Katherine. William Poulet entered again upon her possession and, by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, dated at East Quantoxhead on 3 July 1431, remised it to her for life, remainder wholly to Thomas Stawell and Giles Daubeney , knights, James Lutrell , son of John Lutrell, knight , John Warre, esquire , and Walter Portman , still living, and Hugh Cary , now deceased, and the heirs of James Lutrell . By virtue of this, Katherine was seised in demesne as of free tenement, and she died thus seised.