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JOHN, DUKE OF BEDFORD

Writ Head

520 Writ. ‡ 10 October 1435. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Surrey and Sussex .

Inquisition Head

SURREY. Inquisition [?indented]. Southwark. 1 October 1436. [Basket].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Hayward ; John atte Wode ; Thomas Jose ; William atte Howe ; Richard Broun ; Robert Lanere ; Nicholas Yonge ; Richard Hamond ; Peter Webbe ; William Croft ; William atte Wode ; and Richard Boston .

Holdings
He held the following for life.
Tooting Bek, the manor, held of the earl of Stafford , service unknown. There is a manorial site with houses, worth nothing yearly; 54 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 111 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 140 a. pasture, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; 10 a. pasture for oxen, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 10 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; and £8 7s. rent from tenants-at-will, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally.

He died on 14 September 1435. The lord Henry, current king of England , is his next heir, viz., son of Henry, lately king of England , brother of John, and is aged 14 years and more.

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Writ Head

521 [Writ: see 520 .]

Inquisition Head

SUSSEX. Inquisition [?indented]. Hooe. 8 October 1436. [Basket].

Jurors

Jurors: John Mavesyn ; Thomas Brokere ; John Palmere, junior ; Richard Holier ; Richard Shirlok ; William Ingram ; Gilbert Bole ; Richard Ingram ; Henry Jane ; Thomas atte Dale ; John Philpot ; and Thomas John .

Holdings
He held the following.
Hooe, the manor, held of William Warbelton , service unknown. There is £7 8s. assize rent, payable at Pentecost and Michaelmas equally; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 150 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; and a court baron held every 3 weeks, worth 3s. 4d. yearly.
Preston, the manor, held of the prior of Lewes , service unknown. There are 210 a. arable, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 16 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 8 a. marsh, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; and hilly pasture for 300 sheep (ovibus), worth 24s. yearly.
Date of death and heir as 520.
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Inquisition Head

CORNWALL. Inquisition. Launceston. 21 April 1436. [Radeford].

Jurors

Jurors: John Mayhowe of Smallhill; John Palmer ; Robert Donne ; John Keynok ; Thomas Lawney ; John Walle ; Richard Clay ; John ?Terdedeney [ms torn] ; Walter Page ; Robert Horn ; John Pauston ; and John Kearnek .

Holdings
He died seised in demesne as of fee tail of
2,000 marks yearly at the receipt of the duchy of Cornwall, held of the king in chief, service unknown,
until recompensed with other lands, lordships or possessions of the same value, granted, amongst other things, to him and his heirs male by ‪ Henry V’s letters patent dated on 27 July 1415 [CPR 1413–16, p. 370].

He died on 14 September last. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry, lately king of England , brother of John, and is aged 14 years and more.

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Inquisition Head

VILL OF CALAIS. Inquisition. Calais. 28 May 1437. [Cliderowe].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Wastell ; William Machon ; Edmund Bene ; John Bradley ; Stephen Leycestre ; Thomas Whyte ; Thomas Ychynden ; William Cosyn ; Henry Bywell ; John Cok ; Robert Trunke ; and Roger Best .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
St Nicholas parish, a townhouse called ‘Oldcaleis’, with various cottages, cellars and gardens, in a certain quadrangle on the market-place from ancient times called ‘Cornemarket’, current annual value £4 beyond reprises for the houses, held of the king in chief by the service of one watch yearly to guard the vill.

Date of death given as 13 September 1434. The jurors state that King Henry and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , are his heirs, Henry, aged 15 years and more, as son of the late king lord ‪ Henry V his older brother, and Humphrey, aged 45 years and more, as his younger brother, but they do not know which one, his nephew or his younger brother, is the closer heir according to the laws and customs of England.

Richard Bokeland and Robert Whittingham , successive treasurers of Calais, have occupied the townhouse since his death, title and manner unknown.

[Dorse:] to the king in his English Chancery.

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Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Wing. 25 April 1436. [Rokes].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Adam of Swanbourne; William Emberton of Ledburn; Thomas Sare of Crafton; William Somerey of Burston; Robert Brynkelowe of Newton; Thomas Shirbure and Thomas Smewyn of Wing; Richard Pienge of Wingrave; Reynold Sare of Crafton; Henry Carter of Wing; and Thomas Northe and Thomas Godynge of Crafton.

Holdings
He held the following to him and the heirs of his body by grant from ‪ Henry V by his letters patent, shown to the jurors [CChR 1341–1417, pp. 483–4].
Salden, the manor and vill, with all members, parcels and appurtenances in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, annual value nil beyond reprises and charges, held of the king in chief by knight service.
On 23 October A.D. 1432 he granted, by his letters patent, shown to the jurors, to Robert Whittingham , then his general receiver in England, a lifetime annuity of 40 marks sterling from the profits of the manor and lordship, which sum is the true value of the same [referred to in CPR 1429–36, p. 604].n215 Robert had this annuity for the whole of the late duke’s life after the grant was made, and by virtue of it he has taken all the profits of the manor and vill since his death. He died seised of the following.
Bledlow, the manor, annual value £20, parcel of the alien priory of Ogbourne, held of the king in chief by knight service..
He died on 14 September last.
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Inquisition Head

BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Bedford. 30 October 1437. [Hanham].

Jurors

Jurors: Simon Stoke ; William Fitz Hugh ; John Plot ; John Chaumberleyn ; Thomas Bray ; Henry Fissher ; John Stacheden ; Thomas Smyth of Wilden; John Quarell ; John Leeche ; William Knyf ; and Richard Aldered

Holdings
He held to him and the heirs male of his body by virtue of letters patent of ‪ Henry VI , shown to the jurors,
£60 from the sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire from the revenue of those counties, payable at Michaelmas and Easter equally
[CPR 1429–36, p. 298].

Date of death as 520. Our lord king is his next heir, viz., son of King Henry, father of the said late duke, aged 15 years and more.

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Inquisition Head

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Newent. 4 April 1436. [Brounyng].

Jurors

Jurors: Henry Dene ; Richard Garon ; Walter Smart ; John Wyrehale ; Robert Toney ; John Dyke ; Thomas Hoke, senior ; Stephen Myle ; Thomas Hoke, junior ; John Myle ; Guy Dobyn ; and John Downe .

Holdings
He held the following to him and the heirs of his body by letters patent of ‪ Henry IV dated at Westminster on 16 December 1399 [CPR 1399–1401, p. 159], shown to the jurors, reversion to the king.
St Briavels and the forest of Dean, the castle, lordship and vill, with all lands, tenements, mills, rents, services, reversions, parks, chases, warrens, woods, fees, advowsons, escheats, forfeitures, fairs, markets, franchises, liberties, commodities, profits and possessions, as held by Thomas, lately duke of Gloucester , with all arrears, annual value £32, held of the king in chief.
He died on 8 September last, without an heir of his body. The current lord king is his next heir, aged 14 years and more.
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Writ Head

527 Writ. ‡ 7 February 1436.n216 [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to Henry Frowyk, mayor .

Inquisition Head

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 17 March 1436. [Frowyk].

Jurors

Jurors: William Abraham ; William Scarburgh ; John Wokkyng ; Thomas Leget ; Thomas Kyng ; Thomas Robelard ; Robert Crulle ; John Hale ; Thomas Nek ; William Ryder ; William Morys ; and Hugh Caundysh .

Holdings
He held the following for life by letters patent of ‪ Henry IV [CPR 1408–13, p. 59], shown to the jurors:
£100 by the hands of the collectors of the great custom in the city of London,
reversion to the king. He held the following for life by grant of ‪ Henry IV [CPR 1401–5, p. 466]:
52s. quit rent yearly as a parcel of the alien priory of Ogbourne from tenements in the city, viz., 35s. from Agnes Worstede ’s tenement in St Lawrence ’s churchyard in Old Jewry, payable at Martinmas and Pentecost equally; 5s. from the tenement lately of John Chayham , payable as above; and 12s. from the prior of St Mary Overy [Southwark] for a fee-farm of tenements next to Billingsgate in the parishes of St Botolph Billingsgate and St Mary at Hill, payable as above,
reversion to the king. He held the following in demesne as of fee simple.
St Martin Vintry parish, a crane, together with various other lands and tenements, formerly of Robert Turk, knight , annual value £10, held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held.

He died on 14 September last. Our lord king is his next heir, viz., son of King Henry, brother of the said late duke, aged 14 years and more.

[Foot:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on the Saturday of Easter week.

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Writ Head

528 Writ que plura. ‡ 16 May 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to Henry Frowyk, mayor . Regarding 527.

Inquisition Head

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 14 July 1436. [Frowyk].

Jurors

Jurors: John Werk ; John Frensh ; Richard Kylfole ; William Walton ; John Stalkenden ; John Bernes ; John Peryngton ; Thomas Wright ; John W...sh [ms damaged] ; John Teukesbury, junior ; John Hobard ; and John Toucetre .

Holdings
He held the following to him and his heirs by grant of ‪ Henry IV [see also CPR 1401–5, p. 466].
St Botolph parish in the ward of Aldersgate, in the suburbs of London, a town-house with 4 adjacent shops, lately of the prior of the alien priory of Ogbourne, annual value when let 6 marks, held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held.
Date of death and heir as 527.
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Writ Head

529 Writ. ‡ 9 May 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the chancellor of the palatinate of Lancaster [William Troutbek], who is ordered to order the escheator to take an inquisition according to the accompanying writ. Endorsed by William Troutbek .

[Dorse:] Thomas de Lathum, escheator , was ordered accordingly.

Writ Head

Writ. ‡ Lancaster. 9 May 1436. [Dedwode].

Addressed to the escheator of Lancashire . The inquisition to be returned to the chancery at Lancaster.

[Foot:] by writ of the chancellor of England .

Inquisition Head

LANCASHIRE. Inquisition. Lancaster. 23 June 1436. [Lathum].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard de Radclyf ; John de Berwyk ; Christopher de Radclyf ; Richard de Caterall ; John de Brokhels ; Thomas Travers ; Robert de Whassyngton ; Thomas de Syngleton, junior ; Thomas del Grene of Gressingham; John de Sotheworth ; John Banys, junior ; Oliver de Sotheworth ; and Henry Rowell .

Holdings
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee, all held by knight service and by what other service unknown.
Nether Wyresdale in Garstang, 1/2 manor and lordship, annual value £47 13s. 4d., held of the king in chief as of the crown of England.
Maureholme in Warton, the manor, annual value £20, held of the king in chief as of his duchy of Lancaster.
Scotforth, 1/4 manor, annual value 100s., held of the king in chief as of his duchy of Lancaster.
He held the following in demesne as of fee, all held by knight service and by what other service unknown.
Ashton and Carnforth, certain lands, tenements, rents and services, annual value 10 marks, held of the king in chief as of his duchy of Lancaster.
Whittington, the manor or lordship, annual value 9 marks 3s. 4d., held of the king in chief as of his duchy of Lancaster.

He died on 14 September last, without an heir of his body. The lord king is his next heir, viz., son of the most excellent prince and lord, lord Henry V brother of the said late duke, aged 14 years and more.

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Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Chelmsford. 2 November 1436. [Santon].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Galiot ; Richard Kyng ; John Smalware ; William Chapman ; Thomas Gant ; John Nunne ; John Smyth atte Copkitchen; John Smyth atte Molletts; John Salman ; Robert Watte ; John Carter, senior ; Richard Baude .

Holdings
He was seised of the following to him and the heirs of his body in demesne as of fee by virtue of letters patent of ‪ Henry IV dated at Westminster on 18 December 1403 [CPR 1401–5, p. 333], granting him all manors, lordships, lands, tenements, rents, services, fees and advowsons in Essex which belonged to Henry Percy , deceased, and which he forfeited to the crown.
Bradwell on Sea, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 400 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 244 a. marsh, each acre worth 4d. yearly; and £30 assize rent from tenants, payable at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally.
Hockley and Peldon, a tenement, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 60 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly, and 200 a. marsh, each acre worth 6d. yearly.
Dengie Hall, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 146 a. arable, each acre worth 8d. yearly, and 8 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly.
‘Dangebregge’, a tenement of that name, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 60 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly, and 106 a. marsh, each acre worth 8d. yearly.
He held the following to him and his heirs by virtue of letters patent of ‪ Henry IV dated at Pontefract castle on 6 August 1405 [CPR 1405–8, p. 41], granting him all lands, tenements, rents, services, fees and advowsons in Bradwell on Sea which belonged to Thomas, Lord Bardolf , and which he forfeited to the crown for his rebellion.
Bradwell on Sea, a court called ‘Bardolfs fee’, worth 26s. 8d. yearly beyond the steward’s expenses and fee, held as above,
and the advowson of the church, worth nothing because filled, having been presented by the late duke, but when vacant it is valued at 20s.,
held of the king in chief by knight service.

John, duke of Bedford , died on 14 September 1435. The lord Henry the current king of England is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry V, lately king of England , brother of the said late duke, aged 14 years on 6 December 1435.

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Inquisition Head

VILL OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne. 18 March 1436. [Whelpyngton].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Penreth ; John Seman ; William Tunson , ‘laster’; John Colman ; Thomas Aneslee ; John Langton ; William Skales ; William Fyssh ; John Spens ; Robert Bell ; John Alnewyk ; and Thomas de Benton .

Holdings
He held the following, among other lands and tenements, in demesne as of fee by grant of ‪ Henry IV .
A large messuage called ‘the Grill Inne of Northumbirland’, annual value nil because wasted and unoccupied and unleased for 20 years, held of the king as parcel of the vill of Newcastle in free burgage, rendering an annual rent of 20s. to John Croft, chaplain, master of the free chapel of St Thomas the Martyr on the bridge over the Tyne in the same vill, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas equally.

He died on 14 September last. Our current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of the most illustrious king Henry V , older brother of the said duke of Bedford, aged 14 years and more.

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Inquisition Head

NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne, the castle. 22 April 1438. [Wodryngton].

Jurors

Jurors: William da la Vale ; Robert Musgrave ; Nicholas Turpyn ; Adam Kyllyngworth ; Robert Horsley ; Walter Boynton ; Simon Welden ; William Benet ; Nicholas Rodome ; Robert Elryngton ; John Elison ; John Babyngton ; and Edmund Alder .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Shilbottle, the manor and vill, annual value £20.
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Rennington, the manor and vill, annual value £13.
Guyzance, the vill, annual value £6.
Beanley, an annual rent of 10 marks from the vill and lordship.
Fawdon, the manor, annual value £10.
John de Haweburgh, parson of Ewerby , John de Pykworth, parson of Ovingham , John de Repynghale and Nicholas de Sabrain by a deed of theirs, shown to the jurors, dated at Prudhoe on 16 August 1375, gave the castle of Prudhoe and the manor of Ovingham, by the name of the castle of Prudhoe and the manor of Ovingham with the knights’ fees and advowsons belonging to them, to Gilbert Umfravill, lately earl of Angus , by the name of the lord Gilbert Umframvill, earl of Angus , and Maud his wife and the heirs of Gilbert’s body, remainder to Henry Percy, lately earl of Northumberland , described as Henry, Lord Percy , and the heirs male of his body. The grantees had the castle and manor by enfeoffment of Gilbert. ‪ Edward III ’s licence was obtained, dated at Westminster on 5 July 1375 [CPR 1374–77, p. 126], which was shown to the jurors. By virtue of this, Gilbert and Maud were seised of the castle and manor, etc., in demesne, Gilbert as of fee and right and Maud as of free tenement. By form of the said grant Gilbert thence took, at the time of ‪ Richard II , the profits, as in the lease of messuages, reaping of corn, mowing of meadows, felling of wood and underwood, rents and payment of arrears, money for keeping the castle and other things issuing from the castle and manor to the value of 1/2 mark and more, holding as of fee and right by form of the said grant. And from the said Henry, lately earl , right to the castle and manor descended, and should have descended, to Henry, as son and heir of Henry, lately earl . From Henry the son the right aforesaid descended, and should have descended, to Henry, present earl of Northumberland , as son and heir of Henry the son, by form of the said grant. Gilbert died without an heir of his body and Maud, Henry, lately earl , and Henry his son are dead and the castle and manor should descend to Henry, the current earl, as kin and heir of the late earl, by form of the said grant. The manor of Ovingham specified in ‪ Edward III ’s letters patent and the manor of Ovingham specified in the charter of John de Haweburgh , etc., are one and the same, and the manor of Ovingham has been known from time out of mind as Ovyngham and Ovyngeham or Ovyncham. Henry, lately earl , was solely seised of the castle and manor to him and the heirs male of his body on 6 May 1405. Afterwards the castle and manor were taken into the hands of ‪ Henry IV because of the judgement rendered against the said late earl of Northumberland in the parliament held at Westminster in 1406 for his treason (perdicionem [sic]) against ‪ Henry IV [Rot. Parl. iii, p. 604]. By letters patent dated on 27 June 1405 [CPR 1405–8, p. 40], ‪ Henry IV granted, among other things, the castle, lordship and manor of Prudhoe with all lands, tenements, rents, services, fees, advowsons, regalities, forests, woods, chases, parks, warrens, fairs, markets, offices and all other profits and commodities belonging to it to the late duke of Bedford and the heirs male of his body to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due services. This was confirmed by letters patent dated on 17 June 1410, specifying that the castle and manor, etc., were to be held by him and his heirs from the king and his heirs, and he died thus seised.
Prudhoe and Ovingham, the castle and the manor, annual value £60, held of the king in chief as a knight’s fee.

He died on 14 September 1435. The most excellent lord Henry current king of England is his next heir, viz., son of the most illustrious late king lord ‪ Henry V, brother of the said duke, aged 16 years and more.

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Inquisition Head

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Salisbury. 8 May 1436. [Whithorn].

Jurors

Jurors: William Botreaux ; John Gilberd ; Richard Thacham ; John Judde ; William Pette ; William Thacham ; Richard Brighe ; Richard Amerous ; John Thacham ; John Seward ; Richard Preston ; and Robert Bailly .

Holdings
He held two parts of the following manors in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by virtue of letters patent dated on 8 July 1433 [CPR 1429– 36, pp. 297–8], shown to the jurors.
Amesbury, 2/3 manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is 2/3 site, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates demised to various tenants for a term of years for 40s. yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 8 a. meadow, demised as above for 40s. yearly, payable as above; 400 a. pasture, demised as above for £10 yearly, payable as above; £15 assize rent from tenants, payable as above; and 2/3 hundred, view of frankpledge and court, worth 100s. yearly.
Winterbourne Earls (Wynterbourne), 2/3 manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is 2/3 manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 2 carucates of land, demised as above for 30s. yearly, payable as above; 6 a. meadow, demised as above for 23s. 4d. yearly, payable as above; 300 a. pasture, demised as above for 106s. 8d. yearly, payable as above; £4 assize rent from tenants, payable as above; and 2/3 hundred, view of frankpledge and court, worth £4 yearly.
He held the following vill to him and the heirs male of his body by grant of ‪ Henry IV , who granted him the reversion of it [CPR 1401–5, p. 226], among other things, which should have reverted to the king, as freely and wholly as Ives Fitz Waryn then held it to him and the heirs male of his body by grant of ‪ Edward III [CPR 1334–38, p. 320; CPR 1343–45, pp. 478–9]. The grant specified the vill and all lands, tenements, rents, services, franchises, liberties, courts, appurtenances and profits belonging to it. Ives afterwards died without an heir male of his body, and the late duke was seised of it, dying thus seised without an heir male of his body. By his death it now belongs to John, the current earl of Somerset , aged 30 years and more because, by letters patent dated on 4 September 1408 [CPR 1405–8, p. 468], shown to the jurors, ‪ Henry IV granted reversion of the vill, among other things, to his brother John, lately earl of Somerset , father of the current earl, and his heirs male, reversion to the king and his heirs, in a grant of the reversion of all manors, lands, etc., that Ives Fitz Waryn held to him and heirs male of his body by grant of his predecessors. Ives died after this grant to the late earl, viz., on 7 September 1414.
Wilton by Salisbury, the vill. There is 60s. assize rent from tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally, and view of frankpledge and a court, worth 56s. yearly. By grant of ‪ Edward III , the brothers and sisters of the hospital of SS Giles and Anthony next to Wilton take 6 marks sterling service rent yearly from the issues, rents, lands and tenements of the vill by the hands of the bailiff, farmer or reeve, payable at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally, in order to maintain a chapel in the hospital for daily masses for the soul of that king and his heirs.
He held the manors or priories of Ogbourne St George and St Andrew and the hamlets belonging to them for life by grant of ‪ Henry IV [CPR 1401–5, p. 466], reversion to the king and his heirs.
Ogbourne St George, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; £8 service rent from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 40 a. arable, demised to various tenants for a term of years for 20s. yearly, payable as above; 300 a. pasture, demised as above for £6 10s. yearly, payable as above; and perquisites of court, worth 13s. 3d. yearly.
Ogbourne St Andrew, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; £7 5s. service rent from free tenants, payable as above; 80 a arable, each acre worth 4 1/2d. yearly; 18 a. meadow, each acre worth 21d. yearly; and 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly.
Brixton Deverell, the hamlet, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 4 carucates of land, each worth 30s. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 100 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; £8 assize rent from tenants, payable as above; and 4 a. wood, worth 20d. yearly.
Chisenbury, the hamlet, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 80 a. land, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 5s. yearly; 120 a. pasture, each acre worth 1 1/2d. yearly; and £10 service rent from tenants, payable as above.

He died on 14 September last. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry, lately king of England , brother of the said John, because the said duke died without an heir of his body, and is aged 14 years and more.

[Foot:] memorandum that these two inquisitions were delivered to Chancery on 18 May 1436 [i.e. 533 and 534].

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Inquisition Head

HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Andover. 10 May 1436. [Whithorn].

Jurors

Jurors: William Warburton ; William Clyve ; Nicholas Douce ; Richard Bekkele ; William Riche ; William Barell ; John Benet of St Mary Bourne; John Wardyn ; John Ive ; Richard Cook ; John Croucheman ; and Robert Underwode .

Holdings
He held the following manors, belonging to Ogbourne priory, Wiltshire, for life, by grant of ‪ Henry IV [CPR 1401–5, p. 466], reversion to the king and his heirs.
Combe, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; £7 service rent from tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 220 a. arable demised to various tenants for a term of years for 70s. yearly, payable as above; 700 a. pasture, demised as above for 40s. yearly, payable as above; 8 a. meadow, demised as above for 30s. yearly, payable as above; 20 a. wood, demised as above for 20s. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Quarley, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; £6 6s. assize rent from tenants, payable as above; 120 a. arable demised to various tenants for a term of years for 40s. yearly, payable as above; 4 a. meadow, demised as above for 3s. yearly, payable as above; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 1 1/2d. yearly; 6 a. wood, each acre worth 20d. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Monxton, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 100s. service rent from tenants, payable as above; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 2 a. meadow, each acre worth 40d. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 10s. yearly.

He died on 14 September last. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry, lately king of England , brother of the said John, aged 14 years and more.

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Inquisition Head

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition. Cambridge. 14 November 1437. [Alyngton].

Jurors

Jurors: William Knyght ; Henry Coche ; Roger Parys ; Richard Campeon ; John Martyn ; William Haukyn ; John Smyth of Fen Ditton; John Page ; John Chamberleyn ; John Lombe ; John Ryot ; and John Halton .

Holdings
He held the following, parcels of the honour of Richmond, in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant in letters patent of ‪ Henry V [CPR 1413–16, pp. 259–60], shown to the jurors. All are held of the king in chief by knight service.
Bassingbourn, the manor, annual value £46 16s. 5 1/2d.
Teversham, a toft and 5 a. land, annual value 5s., held as above.
Babraham, a cottage, annual value 5d., held as above.
He held the following courts as above, with return and execution of all writs in all manors, lands, tenements, etc., of the honour in the county, total annual value £8 16d.
Babraham, a monthly court and a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Papworth, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Caldecote, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Wendy, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Great Wilbraham, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
West Wickham, a court, held once a year;
Little Abington, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Oxcroft, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Burrough Green, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Cheveley, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Teversham, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Landwade, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Swaffham, a court of view of frankpledge, held once a year;
Papworth hundred, a court called ‘Torne’, held twice a year;
Flemdish hundred, a court called ‘Torne’, held twice a year;
Armingford hundred, a court called ‘Torne’, held twice a year;
Chilford hundred, a court called ‘Torne’, held twice a year;
Staine hundred; a court called ‘Torne’, held twice a year; and
Radfield hundred, a court called ‘Torne’, held twice a year.
He held 52 knights’ fees in the following vills as above, each whole knight’s fee worth 100s. yearly when it falls, and each part knight’s fee a proportion of this sum according to its size when it falls – Barham; Harling; Duxford; Foxton; Hatley St George ; Weston Colville ; Burrough Green; Dullingham; Stetchworth; Ditton Valence; Cheveley; Burwell; Wicken; Soham; Little Isleham; Badlingham; Fordham; Swaffham Bulbeck; Swaffham Prior; Stow; Great Wilbraham; Teversham; Fulbourn; Cherry Hinton; Wilbraham; Landwade; Great Linton; Little Linton; Babraham; Little Abington; Pampisford; Little Shelford; Oxcroft; Nosterfield; West Wickham; Horseheath; Bartlow; Papworth Everard; West Wratting; Carlton; Wimpole; Malton; Grantchester; Whaddon; and Kneesworth.
The various tenants of the lands and tenements that make up these fees owe £15 7s. 6d. annual service and assize rent called ‘castelward’ and £6 2s. 5d. annual assize and service rent called the Richmond aid in Bassingbourn; East Hatley; Hatley St George ; Eversden; Toft; Caldecote; Bourn; Long Stanton and Swavesey.

He died on 14 September 1435, without an heir of his body. The most excellent prince and lord, lord Henry current king of England is his next heir, viz., son of the late king ‪ Henry V , brother of the said late duke, and is aged 15 years and more.

Robert Whittingham , lately his general receiver, has taken all profits since his death.

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C 139/77/36 mm.30–31

E 149/156/3 m.14

Writ Head

536 Writ mandamus. ‡ 5 May 1437. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Norfolk and Suffolk. n217

Inquisition Head

NORFOLK. Inquisition. Swaffham Market. 12 October 1437. [Roppeley].

Jurors

Jurors: John atte Hirne ; Nicholas Oldeman ; Geoffrey Machon ; John Robard ; John Shorte ; John Cowles ; Nicholas Brynton ; Thomas Starlyng ; John Oldeman ; John Bladsmyth ; Henry Themyll ; and John Brystoft .

Holdings
He held the following, among other things, in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant of ‪ Henry V in letters patent [CPR 1413–16, pp. 259–60].
Swaffham, the manor, and the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is £18 assize rent from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; £8 rent of ‘Warda’ and ‘Waytefe’, payable as above; £7 rent called ‘Filson’, payable at Michaelmas only; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a wood called ‘Spyney’, worth 30s. yearly; a market with a court called ‘Market Courte’, held every Saturday, with the toll there worth 20s. yearly; a leet, held yearly on the Tuesday in the week of Pentecost, worth 20s. yearly; a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth 40s. yearly; the following courts, worth 40s. yearly beyond the steward’s costs – Narford, a court called ‘le Shirecourte’, held monthly; Mileham, 2 courts called ‘Turnes’ and a court called ‘Lete’, held yearly; Carleton Rode, a court called ‘le Turne’ and a court of view of frankpledge called ‘Lete’, held yearly; Long Stratton, a court called ‘Turne’, held yearly; Saxthorpe, 2 courts called ‘le Turnes’ and a court of view of frankpledge called ‘Lete’, held yearly; Field Dalling, 2 courts called ‘Turnes’ and a court of view of frankpledge called ‘Lete’, held yearly; Pickenham, a leet, held yearly;
and the church is worth £20, when vacant.
The following knights’ fees, each whole knight’s fee worth 100s. yearly when it falls, and each part knight’s fee a proportion of this sum according to its size when it falls, held as above –
a knight’s fee in Narford, formerly held by William Oldhall, knight ;
6 knights’ fees in Hethersett, North Pickenham, South Pickenham, Fouldon, Beechamwell, Wiggenhall, Tilney, Terrington, Islington, Middleton, Walton, Great or Little Palgrave (Pagrave) and Hales, held by George, Lord Latimer, knight ;
a knight’s fee in Saxthorpe, held by John Grey of Ruthin, knight ;
a knight’s fee in Foxley, held by the lord John Grey ;
1/2 knight’s fee in Cley next the Sea or Cockley Cley (Cley), held by the prior of Ingham;
1/2 knight’s fee in Syderstone and Westfield, held by Thomas Kerdeston, knight ;
1/4 knight’s fee in Lyng and Fincham, held by Roger Bowbrook, master of the chantry college of Mettingham ;
a knight’s fee in Mileham and Swaffham, held by Roger Shotisbrook, knight ;
a knight’s fee in Horningtoft, held by Nicholas Castell, esquire ;
a knight’s fee in Kypton, held by Thomas Lucas ;
a knight’s fee in Redenhall, held by John Clyfton, knight ;
2 knights’ fees in Thurning, held by Edmund Hungerford, knight , and John Radclyf, knight ;
a knight’s fee in Hickling and Attlebridge, held by Thomas, Lord Scales, knight ;
1/20 knight’s fee in Long Stratton, held by the heir of Robert Harlyng ;
1/2 knight’s fee in Hindringham, Field Dalling (Dallyng), Bale, and Bernham, held by John Wylbey ;
1/2 knight’s fee in Sharrington, held by William Daubeney ;
1/2 knight’s fee in Rougham, held by William Yelverton , William Fyncham and their parceners;
1/4 knight’s fee in Beechamwell, held by Robert Asshefeld, esquire ;
a knight’s fee in Whissonsett, Stanfield (Southfeld) and Tittleshall, held by Richard Bosom, esquire ;
1/3 knight’s fee in Middle Harling, held by the heir of Robert Harlyng, knight , and by Robert Bardewell ;
1/2 knight’s fee in Riddlesworth, held by Thomas Rokes, esquire ;
1/2 knight’s fee in Swannington, held by Oliver Groos, esquire ;
1/2 knight’s fee in Costessy, held by William de la Pole, earl of Suffolk ;
1/3 knight’s fee in Rockland and Bawburgh, held by the prior of Norwich ; and
1/2 knight’s fee in Besthorpe and Hethersett, held by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, knight .

He died on 14 September 1435, without an heir male of his body, so reversion is to the most excellent prince and lord, lord Henry current king of England as son and heir of Henry V, lately king of England and the late duke’s next heir, viz., son of the said late king ‪ Henry V , brother of the said late duke, and he is aged 16 years and more.

Robert Whittingham , his general receiver, has taken all the profits from the time of his death to the present, and still takes them, title unknown.

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C 139/77/36 mm.32–33

Writ Head

537 Writ. ‡ 10 October 1435. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Somerset and Dorset .

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition. Milborne Port. 26 January 1436. [Husee].

Jurors

Jurors: John Lange ; John Odam ; Nicholas Benet ; Richard Sylver ; John Dounton ; William Hanam ; Stephen Norton ; Robert Peytevyn ; John Tougoude ; Richard Tougoude ; Henry Wurdell ; and William Dussell .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant of ‪ Henry VI by letters patent dated on 8 July 1433 [CPR 1429–36, pp. 297–8], shown to the jurors.
Henstridge, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, demised to various tenants for a term of years for £4 yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; £20 4s. 1d. assize rent from tenants, payable as above; 12 a. meadow, demised as above for 24s. yearly, payable as above; and perquisites of court, worth nothing beyond the steward’s fee.
Charlton Horethorne, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, demised as above for 100s. yearly, payable as above; £8 assize rent, payable as above; 400 a. pasture, demised as above for ?£7n218 yearly, payable as above; 60 a. meadow, demised as above for £6 yearly, payable as above; and perquisites of court, worth nothing beyond the steward’s fee.

He died on 14 September last. The current lord king is his kin and heir, viz., son of Henry V, lately king of England , brother of the said late duke, aged 13 years and more.

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C 139/77/36 mm.34–35

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition [indented]. Blandford Forum. 26 January 1436. [Husee].

[Inquisition: ms damaged.]

Jurors

Jurors: John ?Coker ; John ... ; Ralph ?Bolton ; John ?Bed...ile ; Walter Dolyng ; William Brousop ; Richard Pylk ; Thomas Brousop ; Richard Fraunce ; John Okle ; Thomas Anketyll ; and Hugh ...

Holdings
He held 2/3 of the following manor, vill and hundred, and the reversion of the 1/3 of the manor, etc., in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant of ‪ Henry VI in letters patent dated on 8 July 1433 [CPR 1429–36, pp. 297–8], shown to the jurors. The 1/3 is held in dower for life by Alice, countess of Suffolk , lately the wife of Thomas, earl of Salisbury , by endowment of the said earl. By letters patent dated on 10 November 1435 [CFR 1430–37, pp. 252–3], ‪ Henry VI granted custody of the manor from the time of the late duke’s death to the end of September the following year to William Mareys and Richard Alrede . Patrick, lately earl of Salisbury , by a charter of his, granted in perpetual alms to the church of St Michael , Breamore and the prior and convent of the same, 4 ‘Wichwert’, viz., 8 quarters, of salt yearly at the feast of St Peter in Chains from his granary at Great Canford. This grant was confirmed by William his son and William Montagu, lately earl of Salisbury and lord of Man . By virtue of this grant, Thomas Hunspull , the current prior, and all his predecessors have been seised of this in right of their church, and it is charged to the manor. From time out of mind the prior and convent of the Carthusian convent of Witham, in Selwood, Somerset, have had and should have, freely and without charge, 6 quarters of salt from the manor between Midsummer and the feast of St Peter in Chains, by the hands of the farmers, reeves and other occupiers.
Canford, 2/3 manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. In the manor there is a certain site, worth nothing yearly. In the 2/3 manor there are 3 carucates arable, demised to various customary tenants for a term of years for 60s. yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; 60s. assize rent from tenants, payable as above; 40 a. meadow, demised as above for £4 yearly, payable as above; 13 messuages demised as above for 28s. yearly, payable as above; 70 a. pasture, worth nothing yearly because it lies in common; and 2/3 perquisites of court, worth 20s. yearly.
Poole St James , 2/3 vill, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is 40s. assize rent from tenants, payable as above.
Cogdean, 2/3 hundred, worth nothing beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff, held of the king in chief by knight service.
He held the priory or manor of Frampton, with its members, viz., Burton Bradstock, Winterbourne Came, Bincombe, Ernelee, Bettiscombe and Swanage, and the manor of Povington and its appurtenances, viz. with its member of Milborne Bec, parcels of Ogbourne priory, for life by grant of ‪ Henry IV [CPR 1401–5, p. 466].
Frampton, the manor, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There is a manorial site, worth nothing yearly; £33 rent from customary tenants, payable at Trinity and Michaelmas equally; 400 a. arable, worth £6 13s. 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, worth 40s. yearly; and 400 a. hill pasture, worth 40s. yearly.
Burton Bradstock, a manorial site, worth nothing yearly, £20 assize rent from tenants, payable as above, 200 a. arable, worth 40s. yearly, 20 a. meadow, worth 60s. yearly, and 20 a. hill pasture, worth 40d. yearly.
Robert Chamteery and his predecessors, rectors of the parish church, have been seised of major and minor tithes and payments belonging to the chapel of St Lawrence in Burton Bradstock from lands and tenements in the parish.
Winterbourne Came, £4 assize rent, payable as above, 80 a. arable, worth 20s. yearly, 12 a. meadow, worth 40s. yearly, and 80 a. hill pasture, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Bincombe, £4 assize rent from customary tenants, payable as above, 80 a. arable, worth 40s. yearly, 16 a. meadow, worth 26s. 8d. yearly, and 100 a. hill pasture, worth 4 marks.
Ernelee, 12 a. arable, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and 20 a. wood, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Bettiscombe, 60 a. pasture, worth 52s. yearly.
Swanage, a manorial site, worth nothing yearly, 40s. rent from customary tenants, payable as above, 200 a. arable, worth 40s. yearly, and 10 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly.
Povington, the manor, held as above. There is a manorial site, worth nothing yearly; £12 assize rent, payable as above; 200 a. arable, worth 12s. yearly; 12 a. meadow, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; and 300 a. hill pasture, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
Milborne Bec, a manorial site, worth nothing yearly, 200 a. pasture, worth 16s. yearly, 4 a. meadow, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, and 200 a. arable, worth 16s. yearly.
Turnworth, 20s. assize rent from tenants.
Wimborne St Giles , 20s. from the tithe of the church of St Giles , payable as above.

He died on 14 September last, without an heir male, or any other heir, of his body. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry V, lately king of England , brother of the said duke, and he is aged 13 years and more.

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C 139/77/36 mm.34, 38

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition. Sherborne. 17 April 1436. [Husee].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Bryce ; William Hornesbowe ; Richard Fauntleroy ; John Roudon, senior ; John Milbourne ; John Dare ; John Mavyelle ; Thomas Wyseman ; William Knaplok ; Peter Pyneford ; John Gunne ; and John Pyle .

Holdings
He died seised of the following to him and the heirs male of his body. He was granted the reversion to him and the heirs male of his body by grant in letters patent of ‪ Henry IV [CPR 1401–5, p. 226], and the previous holder, Ives Fitz Waryn, who held it to him and the heirs male of his body by grant of ‪ Edward III [CPR 1343–45, pp. 478–9], died without an heir male of his body. It now belongs to John, earl of Somerset , etc., as 533.n219
Powerstock, a fee-farm of £18 and a pair of gilt spurs from the manor, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally.

He died on 14 September last. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry, lately king of England , brother of the said late duke.

The current lord king has taken the fee-farm since the late duke’s death.

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C 139/77/36 mm.36–37

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition [indented]. Sherborne. 8 November 1437. [Hody].

Jurors

Jurors: John Druer ; John Walkelayn ; John Teneham ; William Vyncent ; William atte Nayssh ; John Parrok ; Thomas Lambrok ; Thomas Combe ; Thomas Clerk ; John Ekeford ; Geoffrey L...ybond [ms torn]; and Geoffrey Peny .

Holdings
He was seised of the following in fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant of ‪ Henry V in letters patent of 1415 [C 76/98 m. 6].n220
Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney, the islands and their castles, lordships, lands, tenements, rents, services, knights’ fees, advowsons of abbeys, priories, hospitals, churches, chapels, chantries, and of all other ecclesiastical benefices, fisheries, forests, woods, parks, chases, warrens, offices, escheats, forfeitures, chattels of fugitives and felons, meadows, pastures, moors, marshes, wrecks of the sea, deodands, alien priories, regalities, franchises, liberties, reversions and all other rights, possessions and commodities whatsoever, annual value £400, held of the king without rendering or doing anything, as fully appears in the letters patent.
He held no further lands or tenements of the king or of any other in demesne or in service, other than certain manors, lands and tenements specified in the inquisitions returned to Chancery by Thomas Husee, lately escheator .

He died on 14 September 1435. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry, king of England , illustrious brother of the said duke, and he is aged 16 years and more.

Robert Whittingham has taken all the profits since his death, title unknown.

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C 139/77/36 mm.39–40

Inquisition Head

WESTMORLAND. Inquisition. Kendal. 4 November 1437. [Lancastr].n221

Jurors

Jurors: Nicholas Layburn ; Richard Doket, junior ; John Roos ; Hugh Forster ; William Mandzergh ; Thomas Dokwra ; Thomas Cayrous ; Thomas Stirkeland ; William Dunyng ; John Brigges ; Robert Jopson ; and Robert Bakster .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Kendal, 1/2 lordship and manor, annual value £20 beyond the annuities granted from it, held of the king in chief as 1/2 barony. There is a parcel of land and pasture called Windermere or ‘le Holm’, with a fishery and Millbeck; a parcel of land or pasture called Applethwaite, with a mill for corn; a parcel of land or pasture called Bowness; a parcel of land or pasture called Crosthwaite; a fishery in the Kent; 1/2 parcel of land or pasture called Grasmere; 1/2 parcel called Loughrigg; 1/2 parcel of land called Langdale; 1/2 vill of Kendal; the forest of Troutbeck, with a parcel of land called Ambleside and 3 parks in the forest, called Troutbeck Park, Colt Park, and Calgarth; 1/2 parcel called Hutton in the Hay, with a park; 1/2 parcel called Strickland Ketel; manor of Casterton; 2 messuages in Helsington; a tenement called ‘Forsthwayt’ in Levens; £6 10s. 2d. service rent from various tenants holding land and tenements by knight service in the following places, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas equally – Heversham, Morland, Grayrigg, Beetham, Lupton, Levens, Selside, Barbon, Hutton Roof, Thrimby, and Strickland Ketel; courts held twice a year at the following places – Windermere, Crosthwaite, Grasmere, Hutton in the Hay, and Casterton; a court held every 3 weeks at Kendal;
and the advowsons of the churches of Windermere and Grasmere, each worth £20 yearly.
He granted lifetime annuities from the lordship and manor as follows – £50 yearly to Richard, earl of Salisbury , by the name Richard Neville, knight , his dear and faithful kin, by a deed of his dated at Leicester on 31 May 1426, payable at Martinmas and Pentecost equally; 20 marks English money yearly with the office of steward, to be occupied in person or by sufficient deputy, to the same grantee, by another deed of his dated at the same place and date, payable as above; £40 yearly to Sibyl Hawkeston , by letters patent of his dated at London on 29 March 1429; £10 English money yearly to Richard Leyland , by letters patent of his dated at London on 7 October 1433, payable at Michaelmas and Easter; £10 English money yearly to William Repyngton , by letters patent of his dated at London on 6 March 1422, payable as above; 26s. 8d. yearly to William Garnet , by letters patent of his dated at London on 20 March 1422, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas equally. All of the grantees were seised of these annuities in demesne as of free tenement for the whole of the late duke’s life.

He died on 14 September 1435. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry V, lately king of England , brother of the said late duke, aged 15 years and more.

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C 139/77/36 mm.41–42

Writ Head

542 Writ. 10 October 1435. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Warwickshire and Leicestershire.n222

Inquisition Head

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Warwick. 28 June 1436. [Bateman].

Jurors

Jurors: John Wodlowe ; William Dersette ; Roger Clerke ; Richard Hall ; Thomas Yardeleye ; John Clopton ; Thomas Temple ; John Kynges ; Richard Torpleye ; John Durneman ; Thomas Mayell ; Thomas Smyth of Rowington; Thomas Mason ; and Thomas Iremonger .

Holdings
He held the following jointly with John Salvayn, knight , Richard Leyote, clerk , and Thomas Harewell , still living, by grant of John Lee, esquire , now deceased, to them and Richard Redmayn, knight , now deceased, and their heirs.
Fulbrook, the manor, held of the earl of Warwick by knight service. There is in the site of the manor a hall with a chapel, various other necessary houses, and a dovecot, worth nothing yearly. There is a park, worth nothing yearly because depastured by the beasts; and within the park is a newly built house, and another house called ‘le Logge’ next to the road that leads from Warwick to Stratford upon Avon, worth nothing yearly. There is a field called ‘Northbroke’ next to the road from Warwick to Stratford, worth 20s. yearly; a meadow called ‘Closemede’, worth nothing yearly because the hay is to be used for the beasts in the park; a parcel of pasture lying between the park and the Avon, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a fishery in the Avon, worth 8s. yearly; a parcel of land called ‘Inlond’, worth 4s. yearly; 140 a. pasture outside the park, lying next to the road to Hampton Lucy , worth nothing yearly because it lies in common and not enclosed; and the prioress and convent of Pinley were seised of certain lands and tenements which were enclosed within the park, worth 18s. yearly.
He held the following jointly with William Buklond, esquire , and Thomas Cockes , still living, by grant of Alice Medweye and John Fox, bailiff of Rowington , to him and William Massy, esquire , and John Hunte , now deceased, and their heirs. It was purchased by him and the others from Alice and John Fox for £30 lawful English money, payable to Alice as follows, viz., £10 in advance, £10 on 2 February 1429, and the remaining £10 on 2 February following. John Hunte paid the £10 in advance, but, because of the lack of the remaining £20, on 20 February 1430 Alice entered into the possession of the said duke and the others, and since then and up to the present she has taken £14 13s. 4d. from the profits, together with 10 marks from the sale of wood and underwood then growing there, in part payment for this remaining sum.
Baddesley Clinton and Rowington, all lands and tenements called ‘Gilberdeslondes’, annual value 10s., but of whom they are held, unknown.
He held the following jointly with William Repyndon , Richard Toures, chaplain , Thomas Cockes and John Harop , still living, and their heirs, to his use and profit.
Stratford upon Avon, a messuage, with a dovecot and garden adjacent, in the street called ‘Retherstrete’, formerly of John Jamys of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, annual value 5s., demised to William Rokesley and Joan his wife by indenture, of whom held, unknown.
Sherbourne, 1/2 virgate of land and a parcel of meadow, annual value 12d., formerly of John Burneman of Sherbourne and Alice his wife, but of whom they are held unknown.
Beausale, reversion of a messuage and various closes, annual value 20s., formerly of Gilbert Heyne , after the death of Juliana his wife, who is still living. He held the following to him and his assigns for life by grant of ‪ Henry IV , without rendering anything to the king or his heirs [CPR 1401–5, p. 466].
Atherstone, the vill and lordship, parcel of the alien priory of Ogbourne, annual value 40 marks, but of whom they are held unknown.
John Audeley , by a charter of his, enfeoffed him and John Lee, esquire , and John Hunte , both now deceased, and Thomas Cockes of Barford, still living, to have and hold to him and his heirs and assigns, on condition that the charter is null if they, or any one of them, do not pay him or his heirs or assigns £40 lawful English money and do not permit him and his heirs to have all the profits until this sum is paid to him or his heirs or assigns. He died jointly seised with Thomas Cockes according to these conditions and in no other way. Since the £40 has not been paid, John Audeley has taken all the profits from the time of the grant to the present, according to the aforesaid conditions.
Lapworth, Studley, Henley in Arden, Beaudesert, Kingswood and Packwood, all lands and tenements formerly of John Brome of Lapworth in the vills and fields in these places, annual value 5 marks, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster.

He died on 14 September last. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry V, lately king of England , brother of the said late duke, aged 14 years and more.

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C 139/77/36 mm.43–44

Writ Head

543 Writ [not extant]. 20 December 1435.

Addressed to the escheator of Oxfordshire and Berkshire [CFR 1430–37, p. 244].

Inquisition Head

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Dorchester. 2 May 1436. [Hyde].

Jurors

Jurors: John Buldry ; John Perys ; William Wyse ; William Thaccombe ; John Jemot ; John Bassemore ; Thomas Robyns ; Henry Saundre ; John Gyles ; John Ferrour ; James Carter ; and Ralph Bocher .

Holdings
He was seised of the following, parcels of the alien priory of Ogbourne, formerly a cell of the abbey of St Mary , Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, by grant of ‪ Henry IV , to have for life during that king’s wars with France, rendering nothing for this, as fully appears in the letters patent [CPR 1401–1405, p. 466].
Cottisford, the manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 182 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; a stone dovecot, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 5 messuages and 2 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 300 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 72s. assize rent, payable yearly at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and the mill, worth 33s. 4d. yearly.
Goring, a watermill, annual value 33s. 4d., held of the king in chief, service unknown.
He did not hold any further lands or tenements of the king or of any other in demesne or in service, but he formerly held the following portions and pensions, parcels of Ogbourne priory, which he had by grant of ‪ Henry IV as above, described as the priory, with its rectories, manors, lordships, lands, tenements, rents, services, fees, advowsons, portions, pensions, jurisdictions, possessions, liberties, franchises and all other spiritual and temporal profits and commodities. By virtue of this grant he was in possession of these from 3 December 1404 to 3 December 1421. But in consideration that spiritual goods were annexed to the priory, viz., churches appropriated, portions and pensions, he granted them, by the name of all of those such belonging to the priory, to the warden and canons of the free chapel of St George in Windsor castle. The warden and canons were thus seised but, by authority of the parliament at Leicester in 1414, ‪ Henry V took these, along with all the possessions of the alien priories in England, into the hands of him and his heirs [Rot. Parl. iv, p. 22]. Then, thus seised, by letters patent dated at Westminster on 1 July 1422, shown to the jurors, Henry ratified and confirmed the warden and canons in their possession for their greater security and to perpetuate and corroborate their estate and rights in these portions and pensions, by the name of all rectories with glebes annexed from the original endowment, portions, pensions, jurisdictions, profits and spiritual commodities by whatever name, to hold to the warden and canons and their successors to help support them and ministers in the said chapel [CPR 1416–22, pp. 441–2]. By virtue of this grant, the warden and canons were seised from the time of the letters patent to the present.
Portions of the tithes of sheaves in the following places – Mapledurham, annual value 6s. 8d; Whitchurch, annual value 10s.; Goring, annual value 5s.; North Stoke, with the chapel of Ipsden and Newnham Murren, annual value 13s. 4d.; Rotherfield Peppard, annual value 5s.; Chinnor, annual value 3s. 4d.; Aston, annual value 20s.; Chalgrove, annual value 20s.; Adwell, annual value 6s. 8d.; Haseley, annual value 10s.; Gatehampton and Kyngeston, annual value 20d.; a 40s. yearly pension from the rector of Swyncombe ; and a 13s. 4d. pension from the rector of Cottisford .

He died on 14 September last. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of King Henry, brother of the said late duke.

TNA reference

C 139/77/36 m.45

Inquisition Head

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Reading. 5 May 1436. [Hyde].

[Inquisition: ms galled towards top.]

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Coterell ; John Kyrkeby ; Richard Bullok ; Thomas Folkes ; Robert Morys ; John Weyre ; Robert Swelyngton ; John Mylton ; William Pykemond ; Edward Dyer ; William Fulriche ; Thomas Pouchon ; John Fetyplace ; Thomas More ; Roger Guntere ; Thomas Dyne ; John Gorewey ; Richard Tanner ; John Mortemer ; John Clenche ; John Warnewell ; Robert Dere ; John Colyn ; and John Dyne .

Holdings
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee to him and his heirs by grant of ‪ Henry IV in letters patent [compare CPR 1399–1401, p. 456 and CPR 1401–5, p. 34], shown to the jurors.
Swallowfield, the manor, held of the king in chief by fealty only. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 300 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 50 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; a park, worth nothing yearly; a watermill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; £16 assize rent, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a court baron, held every 3 weeks, worth nothing yearly beyond the fees of the steward and bailiff.
By letters patent of his, shown to the jurors, he granted Nicholas Cleve , now deceased, and Margery his wife, still living, a lifetime annual rent of 20 marks from the profits of the manor, payable by the hands of the farmer or occupier at Martinmas and Pentecost equally, with right of distraint from the manor in case of arrears. By virtue of this grant, Nicholas and Margery were seised of this rent as of free tenement. Margery continued to be seised after Nicholas’ death and married Thomas Letterford, esquire , still living. Thomas and Margaret, by right of Margaret, are seised of this rent as of free tenement. He was seised of the following manor, parcel of the alien priory of Ogbourne, a cell of the abbey of St Mary , Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, for life by grant of ‪ Henry IV in letters patent, shown to the jurors, etc., as 543.
East Hendred, the manor called Framptons, held of the king in chief, service unknown. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. land, each acre worth 10d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 75s. 8d. assize rent, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; and a watermill, worth nothing yearly.
He formerly held the following rectories or churches, tithes, glebes, portions, pensions, advowsons and jurisdictions belonging to Ogbourne priory but granted them to the warden and canons of the free chapel of St George in Windsor castle, etc., as 543.
Wantage, the rectory or church, and all tithes of sheaves in the parish, together with one glebe attached to the same rectory or church and canonically appropriated from the first endowment of the same rectory or church. The glebe contains, and has contained from time out of mind, a site of a dwelling with curtilage and gardens adjacent; 2 carucates of land in Wantage and Charlton by Wantage, with 19 tenements on them; 25 a. meadow; and a watermill in Wantage. Also 100s. annual pension from the vicar of Wantage ’ s benefice.
Hungerford, the rectory or church, and all tithes of sheaves and hay in the parish, together with one glebe attached to the same rectory or church and canonically appropriated from the first endowment of the same rectory or church. The glebe contains, and has contained from time out of mind, a site of a dwelling with curtilage and gardens adjacent; 1 1/2 carucates of land in Hungerford and Standen by Hungerford, with 11 tenements on them; 18 a. meadow; and 16 a. wood in Hungerford.
Shalbourne, the rectory or church, and all tithes of sheaves in the parish, together with one glebe attached to the same rectory or church and canonically appropriated from the first endowment of the same rectory or church. The glebe contains a messuage, with curtilage adjacent.
He also held the advowson or collation of the vicars of the aforesaid churches, with attendant jurisdictions.
Sparsholt, a portion of the tithe of sheaves, worth 2s. yearly.
Denchworth, a portion of the tithe of sheaves, worth 5s. yearly.
Appleton, a portion of the tithe of sheaves, worth 6s. 8d. yearly.
East Hendred, a portion of the abbot of Reading’s tithe of sheaves, wool and other things, worth 100s..
Wallingford, annual pensions of 40s. and 20s. from the rectors of All Saints and St Leonards, respectively.
Tubney, an annual pension of 20s. from the rector.
Date of death and heir as 543.
TNA reference

C 139/77/36 m.46

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Boston. 2 November 1437. [Langholm].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Casterton ; John Pyke ; Henry Sherman ; John Ermyn ; Richard Hudson ; Alan Rede ; Alan Jeferay ; William Anlesawe ; Simon Broune ; Nicholas Draper ; John West ; John Barret ; Alexander Jonson ; John Sterton ; Alexander Hervy ; and John Manfeld .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by letters patent of ‪ Henry V [CPR 1413–16, p. 259–60].
Boston, the manor called ‘le Motehall’, on the eastern side of the river there, annual value 200 marks,
together with the advowson of the church of Wyberton, worth £20 yearly,
and the advowsons of the churches of Fulbeck and Washingborough,
and two sokes, called the wapentake of Kirton (Kirketon Wappentak) and the wapentake of Skirbeck (Skirbek Wappentak), parcels of the manor, the perquisites of their courts, with the court of the manor, commonly worth £20 yearly,
the latter soke incorporating the vills of Old Leake, Leverton, Benington and Skirbeck, and the former the vills of Surfleet, Gosberton, Quadring, Donington, Bicker, Swineshead, Wigtoft, Sutterton, Algarkirk, Fosdyke, Kirton in Holland, Frampton and Wyberton (Wykerton), these being parcels of the castle, county, honour and lordship of Richmond, held of the king in chief by knight service.
There is £67 7s. 10d. service and assize rent from lands and tenements in the sokes, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally, as follows: Old Leake, £10 for 10 carucates of land; Leverton, 100s. for 5 carucates of land; Benington, 40s. for 2 carucates of land; Skirbeck, 45s. 1 1/2d. for 2 carucates and 2 bovates of land, and 19s. 10d. from Ralph Rochefort for a carucate of land; Surfleet and Gosberton, 45s. 2 1/2d. for 2 carucates and 2 bovates of land; Donington and Quadring, 43s. 1/4d. for 2 carucates and 1 1/8 bovates of land; Bicker, 50s. 1 1/4d. for 2 1/2 carucates of land; Swineshead and Wigtoft, 77s. 8d. for 3 carucates and 7 bovates of land; Sutterton, 110s. 2 3/4d. for 5 1/2 carucates of land; Algarkirk and Fosdyke, £6 17s. 9d. for 7 carucates and 7 bovates of land; Kirton in Holland, £13 12s. 6d. for 13 carucates and 5 bovates of land, and 37s. 1/2d. from Robert Deyncourt for a carucate and 6 3/4 bovates of land; Frampton, Wyberton and Skirbeck, £9 11d. for 9 carucates and 1/4 bovate of land; 8s. 6 1/4d. rent called pannage of pigs, payable by the tenants of Skirbeck soke every year after the bissextile year, viz., every 4 years; 20s. 5d. rent called pannage of pigs, payable by the tenants of Kirton soke, payable as above; a court held every 3 weeks, with view of frankpledge, held once a year; £7 rent called ‘Chetrent’ from certain lands called ‘Chetland’ in the two sokes; the soke of Mumby, with a court, held every 3 weeks, and view of frankpledge, held twice a year, commonly worth 20s. yearly, incorporating the vills of Mumby, Hogsthorpe, Anderby, Cumberworth, Winthorpe and Burgh le Marsh; and the soke of Gayton le Wold, with a court, held every 3 weeks, and view of frankpledge, held twice a year, commonly worth 20s. yearly, with £26 12s. 1 1/2d. service and assize rent from land and tenements in the soke at Saltfleetby, Grimoldby, Alvingham, Manby, Grainthorpe, Yarburgh and Gayton le Wold, viz., from Salfleetby, £9 16 1/2d., Grimoldby and Alvingham, £9 16 1/2d., Manby, £4 4 1/2d., Grainthorpe and Yarburgh, £3 9s., Gayton le Wold, 20s.; and 40s. rent called ‘Chetrent’ from certain lands and tenements called ‘Chetland’. In the manor of Boston, there are 48 knights’ fees in the following vills, each worth 100s. yearly when it falls: Holbeach; Whaplode; Bicker; Grainsby; Swineshead; Stenning; Wigtoft; Sutterton; Algarkirk; Kirton; Skirbeck; Frampton; Fishtoft; Benington; Old Leake; Mumby; Hogsthorpe; Anderby; Cumberworth; Winthorpe; Burgh le Marsh; Rigsby; Welton le Wold; Fulstow; Aylesby; Swallow; East Halton; Killingholme; Grainsby; Waithe; Holton le Clay; Wold Newton; North Cadeby; Swinhope; Cadney; North Kelsey; Kirmington; Spridlington; Hemswell; Lea; Heapham; Gate Burton; Willingham; Stow; Ingoldsby; Fulbeck; Leadenham; Hykeham; Stoke; Westby; South Ferriby; Billingborough; Horbling; Coleby; Broughton; Manby; Yarburgh; Grainthorpe; Gayton le Wold; Surfleet; Gosberton; Quadring; Donington; Hiptoft; Sutterton; Coupledyke in Frampton; Leverton; Old Leake; Skidbrooke; Grainthorpe; Yarburgh; Alvingham; Somercotes; Grimoldby; Manby; Saltfleetby; Coates by Grimsby; Seuerby; Hagh; Gelston; Leadenham; Fulbeck; and Graylond. There is also in Boston manor £15 16s. 5d. rent called ‘castelward’, for ward of Richmond castle, issuing yearly from certain lands and tenements in the same vills, held by knight service., which service and rent, together with other lands and tenements, make the 48 knights’ fees. The 48 knights’ fees are made up as follows:
Thomas, Lord Dacre , holds lands and tenements in Holbeach and Whaplode as a knight’s fee and by 10s. rent yearly for the ward of Richmond castle, of the said rent of £15 16s. 5d. [entries below follow the same form]
;
William Everard holds lands etc. in Sutterton, Wigtoft, Swineshead, Algarkirk and Kirton as 2 knights’ fees and 20s. yearly
;
Thomas Holand holds lands etc. in Stenning, Bicker, Swineshead and Wyberton as 1/2 knight’s fee and 1/11 knight’s fee, and 5s. 11d. yearly
;
John, Lord Beaumont , and Brian Stapleton, knight , hold lands etc. in Bicker and Grainsby as 3/4 knight’s fee and 1/4 knight’s fee, and 5s. 10d. yearly
;
the heirs of Nicholas Hebden, knight , hold lands etc. in Surfleet, Gosberton, Quadring and Donington as 1/20 knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
Thomas Mers of Kirton holds lands etc. in Hiptoft, Algarkirk and Sutterton as 1/4 knight’s fee and he does not owe castle-ward or relief
;
tenants of the lands of Roger Copuldike hold lands etc. in Coupledyke, parcel of the vill of Frampton, as 1/8 knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the heirs of Lord Fitzwalter, Lady Harington and John Haryngton, esquire , hold lands etc. in Skirbeck and Frampton as a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly
;
Ralph Rochefort, knight , hold lands etc. in Benington and Fishtoft as 1/2 knight’s fee and 5s. yearly
;
William Derby, knight , and Thomas Garard, esquire , hold lands etc. in Benington, Leverton and Old Leake as a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly
;
Alexander de Leek holds lands etc. in Old Leake, Benington and Leverton as 1/40 knight’s fee and he does not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
Alice Skipwyth , lady of Gibthorp, Elizabeth, lately the wife of William Fosse , John Langton , Henry Vavasour , Margaret Swaby and Alice, lately the wife of William Gibthorp , hold lands etc. in Mumby, Hogsthorpe, Anderby, Cumberworth, Winthorpe and Burgh le Marsh as 3 1/2 knights’ fees and 35s. yearly
;
the heirs of William Hilton, knight , hold lands etc. in Fulstow, Aylesby, Swallow, East Halton and Killingholme as 3 1/2 knights’ fees and 35s. yearly
;
John Byron, knight , and John Barde hold lands etc. in Cadney, North Kelsey and Kirmington as 2 knights’ fees and 20s. yearly
;
John Fulnetby, esquire , holds lands etc. in Spridlington as a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly
;
Lionel de Welles, Lord Welles , holds lands etc. in Grainsby, Waithe, Holton le Clay and Wold Newton as 3/4 knight’s fee and 7s. 6d. yearly
;
Hugh de Cokesey, knight , holds lands etc. in Lea, Heapham, Willingham and Stow as 3 knights’ fees and 30s. yearly
;
William Nevyll, knight , holds lands etc. in Rigsby as a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly
;
John Roos holds lands etc. in Welton le Wold as 1/2 knight’s fee and 5s. yearly
;
John Keuermond and John Burght hold lands etc. in Swinhope as a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly
;
John Wykes holds lands etc. in Horbling as 2/3 knight’s fee and 6s. yearly
;
the lady Margery Rempston holds lands etc. in Broughton as 1 1/2 knights’ fees and a pair of spurs or 12d. yearly
;
William Sibthorp holds lands etc. in Ingoldsby, Leadenham, Westby, South Ferriby, Billingborough, Hykeham and Stoke as 3 knights’ fees and 30s. yearly
;
the heirs of Thomas Swynford, knight , hold lands etc. in Coleby as a knight’s fee and one hawk or 2s. yearly.
the heirs and tenants of the lands lately of Thomas de Parco hold lands etc. in Yarburgh as a knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the heirs and tenants of the lands lately of Thomas de Multon hold lands etc. in Somercotes, in Gayton le Wold soke, as 1/4 knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the heirs and tenants of the lands and tenements lately of Philip Breteyn hold lands etc. in Welton le Wold and Alvingham, in the same soke, as 1/2 knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the heirs and tenants of the lands and tenements lately of John, son of Richard Yykyll , with their parceners, hold lands etc. in Grainthorpe and Yarburgh as 1/4 knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the heirs and tenants of the lands and tenements lately of Alan de Coverton hold lands etc. in Grainthorpe and Yarburgh as 1/4 knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the abbot of Kirkstead holds lands etc. in Manby, Yarburgh, Grainthorpe and Gayton le Wold as 1/2 knight’s fee and he does not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the free tenants of Grimoldby and Alvingham hold lands etc. in those vills as 1/2 knight’s fee and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage and relief
;
the monks of Langworth [Barlings Abbey] hold in pure and perpetual alms lands etc. in Saltfleetby as 1/2 knight’s fee and render nothing
;
and the free tenants of Manby, Grimoldby, Alvingham, Grainthorpe, Yarburgh and Saltfleetby holds lands etc. in those vills as 1 1/2 knights’ fees and render nothing, neither scutage, nor relief.
Leadenham and Fulbeck, the manor, with a court held there every 3 weeks and 2 courts of view of frankpledge held twice a year, annual value £8, and the advowson of the church of Fulbeck, parcels of the castle, county, honour and lordship of Richmond, held of the king in chief by knight service. The following hold lands and tenements totalling 3 1/4 knights’ fees, each knight’s fee worth 100s. yearly when it falls, and they do not owe castle-ward, but scutage, relief and suit of court: the heirs and tenants of lands and tenements formerly of Brian de Hardby, 1/2 knight’s fee; the heirs and tenants of lands and tenements formerly of William Wymbissh, 1/2 knight’s fee; the heirs and tenants of lands and tenements formerly of Robert de Oxton, 1/2 knight’s fee; the heirs and tenants of lands and tenements formerly of Roger Colvile, knight , 1/2 knight’s fee and 1/4 knight’s fee; the heirs and tenants of lands and tenements formerly of Nicholas Breton, 1/2 knight’s fee; the heirs and tenants of lands and tenements formerly of Simon Fulbek, 1/2 knight’s fee.
Wykes, the manor, annual value £60,
with the advowson of the free chapel, annual value 40s.,
held of the king in chief by knight service.
Frampton, the manor, annual value £64, held of the king in chief by knight service.
Washingborough, the manor, annual value £56, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by knight service.
Return and execution of all writs and other mandates of the king, with wreck of the sea, waifs, strays, chattels of felons and fugitives in all manors, lands, tenements, members and parcels of the honour, worth nothing yearly beyond the fees of the bailiffs and other ministers, held of the king in chief by knight service.
He held the following to him and his heirs in demesne as of fee by grant of ‪ Henry IV in letters patent [CPR 1405–8, pp. 28–9].
Burwell, the manor, incorporating Muckton, Authorpe, Walmsgate, Carlton and Gayton le Wold, annual value ?£50,n223 held of the king in chief by knight service.
He held the following for life by grant of ‪ Henry V in letters patent, reversion to the king and his heirs.
North Hykeham or South Hykeham, the manor, annual value 5 marks, held of the king in chief by knight service.
He held in demesne as of fee
12 knights’ fees in North or South Elkington (Elkyngton Parva), Grimsby, Cawthorpe by Covenham St Bartholomew , Thorpe by Louth, Immingham, Wickenby, Toft Newton, Snelland, Reasby, Beckering, Carlton, Reston, Legbourne, Ludford, Welton le Marsh, Worlaby, Owmby, Fotherby, Hannah, Owersby, Saxilby, Somerby, Thornton le Moor (Thorneton), Cawthorpe, Roxton, Stainton, Thorpe le Vale, Grainthorpe, Ludney, Horkstow, Legsby, Willingham, Westlaby, Kirmond le Mire, Fanthorpe, Covenham and Worlaby; 2 marks yearly rent, payable by tenants in Ludford and Owmby at Martinmas and Pentecost equally; and a court at Ludford, held after Michaelmas and Easter each year, annual value £9, held of the king in chief by knight service.
Carlton, 10 a. meadow, annual value 3s. 4d., held of the heirs of John Shaddesworth , service unknown.
Little Cawthorpe, a wood of 7 a. called ‘Crakesneb’, worth nothing yearly, held of the heirs of John Shaddesworth , service unknown.
Saltfleet Haven, a fee called ‘Gosefee’, with services, a now ruinous windmill called ‘Erlosmylne’, the fee and mill worth 2s. yearly, and a court held every 3 weeks, worth nothing yearly, held of Henry, bishop of Winchester , and his associates, feoffees of the duchy of Lancaster, as of their manor of Belchford by knight service.

He died on 14 September 1435, without an heir of his body. The most excellent prince and lord, lord Henry current king of England is his next heir, viz., son of the late king ‪ Henry V , brother of the said late duke, aged 15 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/77/36 mm.47–48

Inquisition Head

CITY OF YORK. Inquisition. York. 9 February 1436. [Wartere].

Jurors

Jurors: William Hovyngham ; Thomas Crathorne ; William Stoketon ; Robert Holteby ; William Holbek ; William Yarom ; John Preston ; Thomas Barton ; John Bell ; John Skyrmer ; William Blawfront ; John Cateryk ; Richard Newland, senior ; Henry Beale ; and William Wallay .

Holdings

He was not seised of any lands or tenements in the city or its suburbs nor did he hold any other lands or tenements of the king in chief, either in demesne or in service, or of any other, on the day he died.

He died on 14 September last. Henry current king of England and France is his next heir, aged 14 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/77/36 mm.51–52

Writ Head

547 Writ [not extant]. 10 October 1435.

[CFR 1430–37, p. 243.]

Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. York, the castle. 29 October 1437. [Thwaytes].

[Inquisition torn, folded and stained.]

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Paulyn ; William Westhorp ; William Blanfront ; John ... ;......; ... Otyr; Robert Lyndelay ; Henry Scalwra ; Robert Cawdra ; William Topcliff ; Richard Ledy... ;.......

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail, viz., to him and the heirs male of his body, by grant of ‪ Henry V in letters patent [CPR 1413–16, pp. 259–60], shown to the jurors.
Richmond, the castle, county, honour and lordship, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a castle, worth nothing yearly; an annual free farm of £33 6s. 8d., payable by the bailiff of the vill at Easter and Michaelmas equally; a mill for corn, rendering 26s. yearly as above; a fulling-mill, rendering 10s. yearly as above; a garden called ‘le Erlorchard’, rendering 13s. 4d. yearly, payable at Michaelmas; a profit called ‘le litferme de Richemondshire’;
and the advowson of the hospital of St Michael , worth 10 marks when vacant
. He held the following in the same way, parcels of the said honour of Richmond.
Arkengarthdale, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 6 tofts, 6 a. meadow called ‘le Kirkeyng’, with a close called ‘le Neweyng’ at the boundary of the vill, demised together for 40s. yearly, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally; a watermill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a meadow called ‘Smythshawe’, rendering 20s. yearly as above; the following vaccaries: ‘Langwath’, rendering yearly a farm of 40s., payable as above; ‘Eskerlith’, rendering 26s. 8d. yearly, payable as above; ‘Whawe’, rendering yearly a farm of 26s. 8d., payable as above; ‘Flaggarthgill’, rendering yearly a farm of 30s., payable as above; ‘Sparrawkheth’, rendering yearly a farm of 20s., payable as above; ‘Litelhawe’, rendering yearly a farm of 40s.; ‘Augronu’, rendering yearly a farm of 13s. 4d.; ‘Langhous’, rendering 10s. yearly, payable as above; ‘le Bewehous’, rendering 40s. yearly, payable as above; ‘Holwath’, rendering 40s. yearly, payable as above; ‘Hallegate’, rendering yearly 40s., payable as above; ‘Keythwayt’, rendering yearly 26s. 8d., payable as above; a coal mine, which is not occupied; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 13s. 4d. yearly.
New Forest, the manor.n224
Bowes, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a castle, worth nothing yearly; 18 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 60 bovates of land, held in bondage, each worth 3s. yearly; 4 assarts, each worth 2s. yearly; assize rent, payable by the hospital [Rerecross] on the moor [Stainmore], 26s. 8d.; 1 1/2d. blanch-farm from John Pole ; 13s. 4d. assize rent from free tenants in Boldron; 6s. 1/2d. from a customary payment called ‘Shirrefgeld’ and ‘Cowegeld’; a parcel of herbage called ‘Harpbank’, worth 6d. yearly; a vaccary called ‘Sleghtholm’, rendering 30s. yearly, payable as above; 14s. assize rent from free tenants in >Stony Keld and Crossthwaite (Crosseflat); 21s. for a hen rent, payable by tenants for collecting dead wood in Kilmond; a carucate of demesne land, worth 40s. yearly; a meadow called ‘Bailly’ in front of the castle gate, worth 6d. yearly; and 2 watermills for milling corn, a common oven, the toll of Bowes, Leeming, Dishforth and Great Smeaton (Smeton) and the agistment of Bowes, demised together for £24 yearly, payable as above.
Gilling, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 14 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 19 bovates of land held in bondage, each worth 10s. yearly; 10 bovates of demesne land, each worth 10s. yearly; a watermill for corn, worth 20s. yearly; a common oven, worth 5s. yearly; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 2s. yearly.
Aldbrough the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 10 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 32 bovates of land held in bondage, each worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a common oven, worth 2s. ?6d. yearly; 2 forges, worth 18d. yearly; £10 12s. 2d. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally; a watermill for corn, worth 20s. yearly; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 2s. yearly.
Moulton, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is 10s. yearly assize rent from the abbot of Fountains in Cowton; 10s. assize rent from the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England for tenements in Moulton; 6s. ?8d. from the free farm of Bridlond; 12s. free rent from 3 bovates of land; 11 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 30 bovates of land, each worth 3s. 4d., total 100s.; a forge, worth 4d. yearly; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 3s. yearly.
Danby, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is 8 1/2d. free rent; 42 tofts, each worth 6d. yearly; 22 bovates of land, held in bondage, each worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 11 bovates of demesne land, each worth 3s. yearly; 104 a. land, by the short hundred of foreland, each acre worth 3d. yearly; a common oven, worth 5s. yearly; a manorial site, worth 12d. yearly; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 12d. yearly.
The advowson of the church is worth £20 yearly when vacant.
Catterick, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 31 messuages and 31 bovates of land, each messuage with a bovate worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 31 a. foreland, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 3 forges, worth 12d. yearly; 33 cottages, each worth 6d. yearly; free farm of a watermill, worth 20s. yearly; a common oven, worth 10s. yearly; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 2s. yearly.
Forcett, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There are 7 cottages, each worth 12d. yearly; 33 bovates of land, held in bondage, each worth 3s. yearly; 16 bovates of demesne land, each worth 3s. yearly; 10s. free rent from free tenants, payable as above; 1d. rent from a close in Eppleby; 1 a. land at the edge of the pond in Forcett, worth 2s. yearly; a forge, worth 4d. yearly; and perquisites of court, commonly worth 2s. yearly.
East Hope and West Hope, two vaccaries, annual value of each 50s., payable as above, held of the king in chief by knight service.
All other tenants in the said honour and lordship pay their farms for the above messuages, cottages, bovates, acres, land, pasture and mills, except where specified otherwise above, at Pentecost and Martinmas equally.
Richmond lordship, a profit called ‘le lotte’ of lead commonly worth 100s. yearly.
Gilling East, Gilling West, Hang East and Hallikeld, 4 bailiwicks belonging to the honour and lordship, within which are various bailiffs to act as bailiffs for the court of Richmond and collect and reckon issues of the court, castle-ward and of ‘Wayfs’ and ‘Strays’ of cattle, perquisites of court of Richmond, punishments for transgressions of the assize of bread and ale and for shedding blood, hue and cry, annual value, with profits from the tourn and chattels of felons and fugitives, commonly £30, held of the king in chief by knight service.
Richmondshire, the following lands and tenements held by various individuals by knight service, each whole knight’s fee worth 100s. yearly when it falls, and each part knight’s fee a proportion of this sum according to its size when it falls, and by annual rents called ‘castelward’, held of the king in chief by knight service: the heirs or assigns of Ralph de Nevyll, lately earl of Westmorland and lord of Middleham, 6 knights’ fees in Middleham, Carlton, Coverdale, Snape and elsewhere; John, Lord Scrope, lord of Upsall , 6 1/2 knights’ fees in Constable Burton, Barningham, Thornton Watlass, Thirn and elsewhere, rendering 6s. 8d. per fee; the heirs of Richard le Scrope of Bolton on Swale (Bolton iuxta Ellerton), 6 1/2 knights’ fees in Bolton on Swale, Ellerton on Swale, Great Fencote, Kirkby Fleetham and elsewhere, likewise rendering 43s. 4d.; Ralph, Lord Cromwell , and Brian de Stapleton , knights, 4 1/6 knights’ fees in Bedale, Aiskew, Firby, Burrill, Cowling and elsewhere, rendering 27s. 9 1/4d. and a sixth part of 1/2d. yearly; John Clarvax, knight , a knight’s fee in East Cowton, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; William Fitz Hugh , lord of Ravensworth , 5 1/2 knights’ fees in Ravensworth, Cleasby, Manfield, Clow Beck, East or West Tanfield (Tanfeld), Carthorpe, Thornbrough, Wath and elsewhere, rendering 37s. 9 1/4d. and a sixth part of 1/2d. yearly; John Wandeford , 2 1/2 knights’ fees in Kirklington and elsewhere, rendering 16s. 8d.; William Burgh and the heirs of C... Barton, a knight’s fee in North Cowton and South Cowton, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; John Charleton and Thomas Colwell, chaplain , a knight’s fee in ?A..., rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; the abbot of Jervaulx , a knight’s fee in..., rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; Ralph, Lord Cromwell , and Brian de Stapleton , knights, and the heirs of Thomas Saltmerssh , 2 1/2 knights’ fees in Killerby, Askham and Eppleby, rendering 16s. 8d.; William Fitz Hugh, knight , and John Fitz Harry, a knight’s fee in Manfield, rendering 13s. 4d. yearly; the heirs of John Markyngfeld , 3 1/2 knights’ fees in Scorton and Grinton (Grymn), rendering 23s. 4d.; Thomas Mountfort, 2 knights’ fees in Appleton and Halford, rendering 13s. 4d.; John le Scrope, lord of Upsall , a knight’s fee in Masham and elsewhere, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; James Strangways and the heirs of John Tanfeld, a knight’s fee in Warlaby, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; John Wyclyf, a knight’s fee in Wycliffe, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; John le Scrope, lord of Upsall , and ?Richard Danby, a knight’s fee in Yafforth and Ainderby Steeple, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; the heirs of Richard le Scrope of Bolton on Swale (Bolton), a knight’s fee in Brignall, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; Roger Ask , a knight’s fee in Aske and Marrick, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; the abbot of Fountains , 2/3 knight’s fee in Ainderby Steeple, Constable Burton, Sutton Howgrave (Sutton), Sinderby and elsewhere, rendering 3s. 4d. yearly; John Barnaby, a knight’s fee in Newton Morrell , rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; ?John Jerevall, 1/2 knight’s fee in Rookwick, rendering 3s. 4d. yearly; Ralph Puddesey, a knight’s fee in Barforth, rendering 6s. 8d. yearly; the abbot of St Agatha’s [Easby] and Ralph Pagot, 3/4 knight’s fee in Carlton (?[C]arleton) and Stapleton, rendering 5s.; John Laton, 3/4 knight’s fee in Carkin, rendering 5s. yearly; Ralph Puddesey, esquire , 1/4 knight’s fee in Little Hutton, rendering 20d. yearly; the abbot of Egglestone , 1/6 knight’s fee in Egglestone, rendering 13 1/4 and 1/6 part of 1/2d. yearly; John Barnaby , Conan Ask and John Edlyngton, 1/4 knight’s fee in Colburn, rendering 20d. yearly; John Langton, knight , 1/4 knight’s fee in Hutton Magna, rendering 20d. yearly; Henry Pleasanton, knight , and Maud, Lady Mauley , a knight’s fee in Reeth (Rothe), Healaugh, Swaledale and elsewhere, rendering nothing yearly; Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland , and the abbot of St Agatha’s, 1/4 knight’s fee in Milby and Easby, rendering 20d. yearly; William Tempest, knight , 1/4 knight’s fee in Hartforth, rendering 20d. yearly; the prior of Guisborough , 1/4 knight’s fee in Barningham, rendering 20d. yearly; William Scargill, 1/4 knight’s fee in Scargill, rendering 20d. yearly; the heirs of William Midelton, 1/4 knight’s fee in Middleton Tyas, rendering 20d. yearly; Christopher Boynton, 1/6 knight’ s fee in Gilling, rendering 13 1/4 and a sixth part of 1/2d. yearly; and the abbot of Egglestone , 1/8 knight’s fee in Moulton, rendering 11d. yearly.
He held the following, members of the lordship of Kendal, formerly of Philippa, duchess of Ireland , in demesne as of fee to him and his heirs, by grant of ‪ Henry IV in letters patent.
Thornton in Lonsdale, the manor, annual value £12 4s. 9 1/2d.,
with advowson of the church, worth £20 yearly, when it falls,
held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Middleton Tyas and Kneeton, the manors, next to Richmond, annual value £6 13s. 4d., held of the king in chief, service unknown.

He died on 14 September 1435, without an heir of his body. The most excellent prince and lord, lord Henry current king of England is his next heir, viz., son of the late king, ‪ Henry V, brother of the said late duke, and he is aged 15 years and more.

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Writ Head

548 Writ que plura. ‡ 28 November 1437. [Wymbyssh].

Regarding 547. Identity of those who have taken the profits since Bedford’s death is also required.

Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Richmond. 27 September 1438. [Conyers].

Jurors

Jurors: John Wyclyff ; William Huddeswell ; George Thoresby ; Simon Ellerton ; Thomas Spence ; William Swale ; Richard Marrik ; Henry Bellerby ; Adam Lightfote ; Robert Forster ; John Ulvyngton ; William Appilgarth ; John Robynson ; Thomas Kirkeby ; and Robert Laton .

Holdings
He held the following to him and his heirs by grant of ‪ Henry IV in letters patent.
Wressle, the castle and manor, annual value £16, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Healaugh by Wighill, the manor, annual value £40, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Kirklevington in Cleveland, the manor, annual value £20, held of the king in chief, service unknown.

The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of lord Henry, lately king of England , brother of the said late duke, because he died without an heir of his body, and he is aged 16 years and more.

From the time of the duke’s death until 3 February 1438, ‪ Henry VI , his heir, occupied the above castle and manors and, through William Bedford , his minister, took all the profits. From 3 February 1438 until the present, Ralph, Lord Cromwell , has occupied and taken the profits from two parts of the castle and manor of Wressle, by virtue of letters patent of that date [CPR 1436–41, p. 165], shown to the jurors, granting him this for life. The king has continued to occupy and take the profits from the remaining third part as well as from the other two manors.

[Head:] this inquisition was delivered to Chancery on 23 October 1438.

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Writ Head

549a Writ. ‡ 10 October 1435. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Kent and Middlesex .

Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition. Tonbridge. 29 October 1436. [ Selby ].

[Inquisition: ms is faded, rubbed and galled, with much of the lower half illegible.]n225

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Chaundeler ; John Sephnott ; Robert Kipsey ; Simon Bartlott ; William Derkenhole ; John Hasden ; John Newdigate ; John Sleghter of Penshurst; Thomas Funk ; Robert Alpher ; John Bocher ; and Thomas ?Esher... .

Holdings
He died seised of the following in demesne as of free tenement by demise of ?Richard Chamberleyn of ‘Cotes’, inn226 Northamptonshire, now....
Penshurst, the manor, with two gardens attached and belonging to it, held of the archbishop of Canterbury as of his manor of Otford, according to the tenure of gavelkind used in the county, by fealty, 9s. yearly, and suit of court. There is a manorial site, worth nothing yearly; a house with 3 watermills fixed in, one for wheat, another for malt, and the third for fulling woollen cloth, worth 40s. yearly; a parcel of land called ‘M...howe’, containing an acre of arable, a parcel of land called ‘Ladlee’, containing 2 a. arable and underwood in a close called ‘Sayreslandes’, worth [at least] 20d. yearly.........; a parcel of land called ‘sex acres’, a parcel of meadow called ‘Jakelinsmede’, containing an acre, and an acre of meadow lying in ‘Brokmede’, worth 8... yearly; ......... quit rent from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally ...............ke’, ‘Northparke’ and ‘Ladiparke’, worth nothing yearly beyond enclosure because overburdened with beasts and rabbits; the advowson of the chapel of St Thomas the Apostle belongs to the manor, when it falls, now occupied by Gerard Spain, chaplain ; a several fishery in the river Medway, extending wholly from the outside part of the park called ‘Asshoreparke’ to the upper part of a close called ‘Sayresland...’ lying in one part of the river, and to the upper part of another close called ‘le Long’ and ‘Netherletherhames’ at another part of the river, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. In two of the parks, viz., ‘Northlandparke’ and ‘Ladiparke’ are 3 crofts, containing 26 a. pasture, and 2 parcels of land, now and at the time of the late duke’s death enclosed in the park called.... And a parcel of pasture called ‘le Grene’, which is one of the said parcels, in a close containing 4 a. pasture, and it lies between............hallfeld. The said three crofts and the parcel of pasture called ‘le Grene’ are and have long been parcel of the glebe of the rector of the church of [Penshurst]...... and at the time of his death...... held and occupied the 3 crofts and parcel of pasture called ‘le Grene’ at the will of John Acton, lately rector of the said church. There is a fourth part......... called ‘Letherhames’, containing 24 a. arable, which is and long has been parcel of the lands of the said manor of Penshurst, which the same late rector held and occupied at the late duke’s will at the time of the latter’s death. There is 36 a. pasture and wood which is now and was at the duke’s death enclosed in the park called ‘Northlandparke’. This 36 a. pasture and wood is now and has long been parcel of the glebe of the chapel of St Thomas the Apostle within the manorial site, and at the time of his death the late duke held and occupied this pasture and wood at the will of Gerard Spain, chaplain of the said chapel.
‘Southparke’, another park belonging to the manor of Penshurst, worth nothing yearly beyond the cost of enclosure because overburdened with beasts and rabbits, held in gavelkind of John Lening and John Ferriby as of their manors of Fawkham and Horton Kirby, by fealty, 8s. yearly and suit of court.
He died seised of the following as of fee by the same demise.
Hanvendencourt, the manor, held in gavelkind of ... Cobham, knight, by fealty, 3s. 8d. yearly and suit of court. There are 20 a. arable, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and 6s. 1/2d. rent from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally.
Penshurst, the following lands in the vill:
parcels of land called ‘Borels Busshes’ and ‘Champions’, containing 86 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly, a parcel of pasture called ‘Blacheth’, containing ?20 a. pasture, worth... yearly, a parcel of land called ‘Newland’, containing 12 a. arable, worth 3s. yearly, a parcel of arable called ?‘Lokearsfelde’, containing 11 a. land, in which place is an acre of wood, worth 3s. yearly, held in gavelkind of the earl of Stafford as of his castle of Tonbridge, by fealty and 10s. yearly;
...... ‘Letherhames’ and ‘Netherletherhames’ with a garden adjoining, containing 60 a. enclosed land, and 8 a. meadow called ‘A...’,........., held in gavelkind of the prior of..............., by fealty and 7s. yearly
; two parcels of............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... lying in.............................................................. places................................................................................................. Ensfield, the manor, and 18 acres of meadow............................... closes called ‘Emot’,.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 a. pasture, worth £4 13s.... yearly............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ ......... worth 20d. yearly. The manor is held.................................................................................................................................................................................... 80 a. pasture,........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ indented charter of his, shown to the jurors............................................................................................................................................................................ fully contained in charter of demise.................................... [nine more lines follow].
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Inquisition Head

KENT. Inquisition........ [ Selby ].n227

[Inquisition: ms is torn away at top left.]

Jurors

Jurors:......; ... ...sse ; Simon Bertlot ; William Dyrkynholl ; John Hasden ; John Wodgate ; John Sleghter of Penshurst; Thomas Funk ; Robert Alpher ; John Bocherre ;..........

Holdings
He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Penshurst, the manor, with two gardens......... beyond works and reprises, held of the archbishop of Canterbury as of his manor of Otford, according to the tenure of gavelkind used in the county, by fealty, 9s. yearly, and suit of court. There is a house with 3 watermills fixed in, one for wheat, another for malt........., 40s.; a parcel of land called ‘Maloteshawe’, containing an acre of arable, and a parcel of land......... next to ‘Ladlee’ called ‘Iland’, containing 2 a. arable, and 36 a. arable and underwood in a close called ‘Sayreslandes’, worth yearly......... pence; a parcel of land called ‘sex acres’, a parcel of meadow called ‘Jakelynsmede’, containing an acre, and an acre of meadow lying in ‘Brokemede’, worth 8s. yearly; 60s. annual quit rent from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally;...... 4 parks, in the vernacular (vulgariter) named ‘Asshorepark’, ‘Northpark’, ‘Northlandpark’ and ‘Ladypark’, worth nothing yearly beyond enclosure because overburdened with beasts and rabbits; the advowson of the chapel of St Thomas the Apostle belongs to the manor, when it falls, now occupied by Gerard Spayne, chaplain ; a several fishery in the river Medway, extending wholly from the outside part of the park called ‘Asshorepark’ to the upper part of a close called ‘Sayreslandes’ lying in one part of the river, and to the upper part of another close called ‘le Longe’ and ‘Netherletherhammes’ at another part of the river, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. In two of the parks, viz., ‘Northlandpark’ and ‘Ladypark’ are 3 crofts, containing 26 a. pasture, and 2 parcels of land, now and at the time of the late duke’s death enclosed in ‘Ladypark’. One of these two parcels is a parcel of pasture called ‘le Grene’, in a close containing 4 a. pasture, which lies between the said manor and the park called ‘Ladypark’, viz., from the said 3 crofts on the east up to ‘le Halfelde’. These 3 crofts and the parcel of pasture called ‘le Grene’ are and have for a long time been parcels of the glebe of the rector of the parish church of Penshurst, and at the time of his death the late duke held and occupied the 3 crofts and parcel of pasture called ‘le Grene’ at the will of John Acton, lately rector of the said church. There is a fourth part of a parcel of land called ‘Latherhammes’, containing 24 a. arable, which is and long has been parcel of the lands of the said manor of Penshurst, which the same late rector held and occupied at the late duke’s will at the time of the latter’s death. There is 36 a. pasture and wood which is now and was at the duke’s death enclosed in the park called ‘Northlandpark’. This 36 a. pasture and wood is now and has long been parcel of the glebe of the chapel of St Thomas the Apostle within the manorial site, and at the time of his death the late duke held and occupied this pasture and wood at the will of Gerard Spain, chaplain of the said chapel.
‘Southpark’, another park belonging to the manor of Penshurst, worth nothing yearly beyond the cost of enclosure because overburdened with beasts and rabbits, held in gavelkind of John Lenyng and John Feryby as of their manors of Fawkham and Horton Kirby, by fealty, 8s. yearly and suit of court.
Havendencourt, the manor, held in gavelkind of Reynold Cobham, knight , by fealty, 3s. 8d. yearly and suit of court. There are 20 a. arable, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 40 a. pasture, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and 6s. 1/2d. rent from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally.
Penshurst, the following lands in the vill:
parcels of land called ‘Borels Busshes’ and ‘Champions’, containing 86 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly, a parcel of pasture called ‘Blachoth’, containing 20 a. pasture, worth 8s. yearly, a parcel of land called ‘Neuland’, containing 12 a. arable, worth 3s. yearly, a parcel of arable called ‘Lokears Felde’, containing 11 a. land, in which place is an acre of wood, worth 3s. yearly, held in gavelkind of the earl of Stafford as of his castle of Tonbridge, by fealty and 10s. yearly;
two parcels of arable called ‘Upperletherhammes’ and ‘Netherletherhammes’ with a garden adjoining, containing 60 a. enclosed land, and 8 a. meadow called ‘Ambermede’, worth 29s. yearly, held in gavelkind of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, by fealty and 7s. yearly;
two parcels of enclosed arable called ‘Horscroft’ and ‘Coumbes’, containing 8 a. land, worth 4s. yearly, held in gavelkind of the master of St Lawrence Pountney, London, by fealty;
13 a. meadow, and parcels of meadow lying in places called ‘Marchehope’ and ‘Salmansmede’, worth 19s. 6d. yearly, held in gavelkind of the court called ‘Rausleghcourt’, by fealty and 5s. yearly.
Ensfield the manor, and 18 acres of meadow, parcel of the lands there called ‘Tapnes’, and closes called ‘Emot’, ‘Walles’, ‘Brygge Iland’, ‘Lytylhener’ and ‘Westney’, containing 60 a. arable and 40 a. pasture, worth £4 13s. 4d. yearly. There is in the manor 24s. assize rent from free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; and a several fishery in the Medway, extending wholly from the outside part of the demesne of the manor to the close of ‘Asshoreparke’, worth 20d. yearly. The manor is held of the earl of Stafford of his castle of Tonbridge as a knight’s fee.
The remainder of the lands called ‘Tapnes’, being 80 a. pasture, of which he also died seised, is worth nothing because it lies in ‘Asshoreparke’, which park is overburdened with beasts and rabbits, held of the earl of Stafford of his castle of Tonbridge by fealty and as 1/4 knight’s fee.
By his letters patent he granted Walter Walleys lifetime custody of the manor of Penshurst and of ‘Ladyparke’, taking £6 20d. yearly at Easter and Michaelmas. By various other letters patent of his he granted John Knyght , Thomas Broke , John Reem and Robert Derkynhole and any one of them custody of ‘Asshorepark’, ‘Northlandpark’, ‘Northpark’ and ‘Southpark’, paying any one of them 60s. 10d. for their offices there yearly, during the late duke’s pleasure.
He died on 14 September 1435. According to the custom of the county, all lands held in gavelkind are, and have been from time out of mind, partibly heritable between his heirs male. According to this custom, lord Henry the current king of England , kin of the late duke, and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , brother of the late duke, are next male heirs of his lands and tenements held in gavelkind, viz., the current lord king, aged 14 years and more, as son of Henry V, lately king of England , elder brother of the late duke, and the duke of Gloucester , aged 44 years and more, as his younger brother. The current king is next heir to the manor of Ensfield and the 80 a. pasture called ‘Tapnes’, which are held by other tenure.
Robert Whittingham , lately the late duke’s general receiver, has taken all profits from the time of his death to the present, and still takes them, by virtue of letters patent of ‪ Henry VI [compare CFR 1430–37, pp. 265–6].
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Inquisition Head

MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Uxbridge. 3 November 1436. [ Selby ].

[Inquisition: ms faded.]

Jurors

Jurors: Nicholas Yarde ; Thomas Mundy ; William Roneley ; John Burford ; John Bourere ; John Moulton ; Richard ?Baker; Thomas Ravener ; John Oliver ; Robert Howe ; William Crosse ; and Thomas Trevingey .

Holdings
He died seised of the following manor as of free tenement held for life by demise of ‪ Henry V, reversion to the king and his heirs.
Ruislip, the manor, annual value in all issues as in assize rent, farms and works by tenants of all kinds of tenure, £68, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty.
He died seised of the following to him and the male heirs of his body by grant of ‪ Henry V, as fully appears in letters patent shown to the jurors [CPR 1413–16, p. 370]:
1,000 marks yearly, payable once a year at the receipt of the Exchequer in the palace of Westminster from the treasurer and chamberlains of receipt, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty.
He died seised of the following as of free tenement held for life by grant of ‪ Henry V, reversion to the king and his heirs.
2 messuages, one called ‘Paradyce’ and one called ‘Constabularye’, in the palace of Westminster, annual value 40s. when leased, held of the king in chief by homage and fealty.

He died on 14 September 1435. The current lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of lord Henry V, lately king of England , elder brother of the said late duke, aged 14 years and more.

Robert Whittingham , lately his general receiver, has taken and still takes the profits from the time of his death by virtue of letters patent of ‪ Henry VI [CFR 1430–37, pp. 265–6].
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Inquisition Head

WESTMORLAND. Inquisition virtute officii. Appleby. 31 October 1435. [Laton].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Musgrave, chevalier ; Christopher Moresby, chevalier ; Robert Crakanthorp ; Roland Daux ; Robert Warcopp ; Thomas Warcopp ; William Stapylton ; Thomas Burgham ; Gilbert Wherton ; Hugh Forster ; Thomas Petty ; Hugh Salkeld ; and William Spetell .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Ambleside, the manor, held of the king in chief.
Windermere, the manor, with its members, viz., Applethwaite, Bowness, Crosthwaite, and a fishery in the Kent.
Grasmere, the lordship.
Loughrigg, 1/2 lordship.
Kendal, 1/3 lordship.
Troutbeck, the forest, and 3 parks in it called Troutbeck Park, Colt Park, and Calgarth.
He granted lifetime annuities to Richard Nevyll as 541.n228 The annual value of these manors, etc., is 100 marks beyond the annuities granted from them.

He died on 14 September last. The lord king is his kin and next heir, viz., son of lord Henry, lately king of England , elder brother of the late duke.

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Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition virtute officii [indented].n229 Wressle. 20 June 1437. [Thwaites].

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Warde ; John Bibburgh ; Robert Bothorp ; John Gramell ; John Feryman ; John Barker ; Richard Rayner ; Edmund Fisher ; Richard Smyth ; William Milner ; John Sawcegate ; John Hegyn ; and Hugh Swaiby .

Holdings
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Wressle, the manor and castle. There is a manor and castle, with a garden around the castle, worth nothing yearly; 70 a. demesne land, worth 58s. 4d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, worth 11s. 8d. yearly; 22d. and 1lb cumin free rent from two tenants, payable at Christmas; 8 messuages and 14 bovates of land, worth 110s. yearly; 15 cottages, worth 20s. yearly; 12 wasted crofts, worth nothing yearly; a park, worth 40s. yearly; a fishery, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a windmill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; the following in Breighton, parcel of the manor and castle – 4 messuages, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 3 cottages, worth 3s. 6d. yearly; 4 wasted crofts, worth nothing yearly; and 60 a. land and meadow, worth 40s. yearly.

He died on 14 September 1435. Henry VI is his kin and next heir, viz., son of Henry, brother of the said John.

[Dorse:] this inquisition returned by John Thwaytes , by the hands of Roger Byrne , his attorney on 8 July 1437.

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