‹ E-CIPM 24-657: WILLIAM FREBODY OF THORPE MANDEVILLE ›

Holdings

He was lately seised of the following manor in demesne as of fee, from which, thus seised and while of full age, by a deed of his dated on 25 June 1425, shown to the jurors, he granted Margaret, daughter of John Whatcroft , still living, a lifetime annual rent of 16 marks, payable at Michaelmas and Lady Day equally, with clause of distraint, as fully appears in the charter. By virtue of this grant, Margaret was then seised of this rent as of free tenement. He afterwards died seised of the manor in demesne as of fee. He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee.

Holdings

He was seised of the following manor in demesne as of fee tail, except for the enclosed lands called ‘le Hayefeld’ and ‘Ducheslond’. William Freman was formerly seised of it in demesne as of fee and, by the name William Freman, lord of West Bromwich , he granted the manor, exceptions excepted, by an indented charter of his dated at West Bromwich on 14 September 1424, shown to the jurors, to Alice his daughter, lately wife of William Frebody of Dudley, and the heirs of her body to hold of the chief lords of the fees. The charter described it as his manor of West Bromwich with arable lands, meadows, pastures, woods, parks, ponds, mills, waters, stanks, river-banks, wards, marriage-portions, reliefs, escheats, rents, services, reversions, liberties and all other commodities. By virtue of this, Alice was seised in demesne as of fee tail. She had issue: William Frebody named in the writ. After her death, William was seised in demesne as of fee tail, as per the grant. Thus seised he granted two separate annual rents of 40s. from the manor to Richard Frebody his brother, by deeds shown to the jurors.

He died seised of the following in demesne as of fee. He held the following jointly with Margaret his wife, still living, to them and the heirs of their bodies by grant of William Suydeley of Dudley and William Taillour, as fully apparent in an indented charter of theirs, shown to the jurors.