E-CIPM 24-671: KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF THOMAS DE AYLESBURY, KNIGHT

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KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF THOMAS DE AYLESBURY, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Kettering. 3 November 1436. [Willughby].

Jurors

Jurors: Peter Fyssher ; William Clerk ; Richard Janyn ; William Presgrave ; Richard Walker ; William Aleyn ; William Hore ; John Miller ; John Pye ; John Mabeley ; Thomas Baxter ; and John Toly .

Holdings
Thomas Chaworth, knight , Edmund Hampneden, esquire , John Longevyll, esquire , Peter Hynewyke, clerk , John Megre, clerk , Robert Wandesforth, chaplain , and William Kelby were formerly seised of the following in demesne as of fee which, thus seised, by an indented deed of theirs, shown to the jurors, they demised to Katherine for life, reversion to them and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this she was seised in demesne as of free tenement and, after the deaths of Edmund, Peter, John Megre and Robert, she died thus seised. After her death the manor should revert to Thomas Chaworth , John Longevyll and William Kelby , still living, and their heirs and assigns, according to the form of the demise.
Pytchley, the manor, held of the abbot of Peterborough , service unknown. There is a manorial site, 14 messuages, 16 cottages and a bake-house, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 32s. 9d. rent, payable yearly at Midsummer and Christmas equally; and rent of a rose yearly at Midsummer.

She died on 17 July last. Lawrence Cheyne , her son and next heir, is aged 40 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/82/50 mm.1–2

Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Whaddon. 30 October 1436. [Rokes].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Brynkelowe ; John Graunt of Woolstone; Thomas Newman ; Robert Lamburne ; John Haukyn ; Thomas Hert ; John Rewes ; Richard Fraunceys ; John Hendys ; William Wymond ; William Harreys ; Alan Dalowe .

Holdings
She held the following in dower by endowment of Thomas de Aylesbury, knight , formerly her husband, reversion to Thomas’ heirs.
Milton Keynes , 1/3 manor, held of the king in chief as 1/3 knight’s fee. There are 67 a. land, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 13 a. meadow, each acre worth 3s. yearly; 67 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 7 virgates of land, each worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and 7 messuages, 3 cottages and 1/3 manorial site, worth nothing yearly.
Isabel, wife of Thomas Chaworth, knight , and Eleanor, wife of Humphrey Stafford of Grafton Manor, knight , daughters and next heirs of Thomas de Aylesbury , are both aged 30 years and more. Roger de Somery, knight , was formerly seised of the manor and mills of Newport Pagnell in demesne as of fee and, thus seised, he granted to Walter de Aylesbury and his heirs an annual rent of 10 marks from the mills and manor, payable at Lady Day and Michaelmas equally. This was done by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, which described it as
a yearly rent of 10 marks of silver from the farms of his mills of Newport Pagnell
or from other issues of the same manor if the farm of the mills does not come to 10 marks, payable by the reeve of the manor, 5 marks at Lady Day and 5 marks at Michaelmas. By virtue of this, Walter was seised of this rent in demesne as of fee and he died thus seised. After his death, the rent descended successively to Philip de Aylesbury , as his son and heir, Thomas de Aylesbury , as son and heir of Philip, and John de Aylesbury , as son and heir of Thomas. They all likewise died seised in demesne as of fee. After the death of John, Thomas de Aylesbury , son and heir of John, was likewise seised in demesne as of fee and, thus seised, by a charter of his, shown to the jurors, he granted, by the name Thomas Aylesbury, knight , this rent, among other things, to Thomas Chaworth, knight , Edmund Hampneden, esquire , John Longevyll, esquire , Peter Hynewyke, clerk , John Megre, clerk , Robert Wandesforth, chaplain , William Kelby and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this, Hugh Burnell , then tenant of the said mills and manor, attorned to them for payment of this rent. Afterwards, by an indented charter of theirs, shown to the jurors, they demised the rent, among other things, to Katherine, by the name of Katherine who was lately the wife of Thomas Aylesbury, knight , deceased, for life, reversion to them and their heirs and assigns. By virtue of this demise, Joan, Lady Abergavenny , then tenant of the mills and manor, attorned to Katherine for payment of the rent. Katherine was seised in demesne as of free tenement and, after the deaths of Edmund, Peter, John Megre and Robert, she died thus seised. After her death the manor should revert to Thomas Chaworth , John Longevyll and William Kelby , still living, and their heirs and assigns, according to form of the demise.
Date of death and heir as 671.
TNA reference

C 139/82/50 mm.3–4

Writ Head

673 Writ de partitione. 15 November 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Buckinghamshire . Regarding 672. Isabel, wife of Thomas Chaworth, knight , and Eleanor, wife of Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, knight , are the daughters and next heirs of Thomas de Aylesbury . Order to take fealty of Thomas Chaworth and Humphrey, partition 1/3 manor of Milton Keynes into two equal parts, and cause Thomas Chaworth and Isabel, and Humphrey and Eleanor to have full seisin of the purparties of Isabel and Eleanor respectively [CFR 1430–37, p. 306].

TNA reference

E 149/159/1 m.2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Pytchley
sitea (1 x site) -
messuages14 (14 x messuages) -
cottages16 (16 x cottages) -
bake-housea (1 x bake-house) -
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
worth nothing -
land4d. (per unit)200 a. (200 x acre)£3 6s. 8d. (=800d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
rent, rent32s. 9d.a (1 x rent rent)£1 12s. 9d. (=393d.)
Total: £5 19s. 5d. (=1433d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Pytchley
sitea (1 x site) -
messuages14 (14 x messuages) -
cottages16 (16 x cottages) -
bake-housea (1 x bake-house) -
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
worth nothing -
land4d. (per unit)200 a. (200 x acre)£3 6s. 8d. (=800d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
rent, rent32s. 9d.a (1 x rent rent)£1 12s. 9d. (=393d.)
Total: £5 19s. 5d. (=1433d.)

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Peter Fyssher
  • William Clerk
  • Richard Janyn
  • William Presgrave
  • Richard Walker
  • William Aleyn
  • William Hore
  • John Miller
  • John Pye
  • John Mabeley
  • Thomas Baxter
  • John Toly

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