E-CIPM 24-675: KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF JOHN ASPLION

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KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF JOHN ASPLION

Writ Head

674 Writ. ‡ 20 November 1436. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to John Michell, mayor .

Inquisition Head

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 1 December 1436. [Michell].

Jurors

Jurors: John Vycary ; William Glaseburgh ; John Clayford ; John Dene ; Robert Buntyng ; Thomas Swanne ; William Chapman ; William Wright ; William Brewester ; John Dawe ; John Warner ; and Robert ?Gregary [hole in ms].

Holdings
She held the following in demesne as of fee.
St Gregory parish in the ward of Baynard’s Castle, 2 messuages with 3 shops built underneath in a street called ‘Knyghtryderstrete’, annual value 4 marks, held of the king in free burgage as all the city is held.

She died on 26 August last. Katherine, now wife of Thomas Manyngham, esquire , is her daughter and next heir, aged 30 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/82/51 mm.1–2

Inquisition Head

HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition. Huntingdon. 17 November 1436. [Styvecle].

Jurors

Jurors: John Charwelton ; Thomas Awngewyn ; William Hare ; Simon Selby ; John Leche ; Thomas Fiz John ; John Kymne ; Edmund Fayrstede ; John Taylour of Hamerton; John Est ; John Decoun ; and John Webster of Offord.

Holdings

Roger Herford was lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee, which he granted to Robert Herford his son and the heirs of his body. By virtue of this Robert was seised in demesne as of fee tail. He had issue, John, who, after Robert’s death, was seised in the same way. John had issue, Eleanor, who, after John’s death, was likewise seised. She had issue, Oliver and Katherine, the latter named in the writ. Oliver had issue, Christopher, and then died, as afterwards did Eleanor. Christopher was then seised, but died without an heir of his body, after which Katherine was seised as his kin and heir, viz., sister of Oliver, his father. All this happened in accordance with the form of the grant.

Little Paxton, two-thirds of 1/2 manor called ‘Moynesmanere’, annual value 5 marks, payable at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally, held of the king as of his honour of Huntingdon as 1/40 knight’s fee.
She held the following in demesne as of fee.
Puttocks Hardwick, the manor, held of the king as of his honour of Huntingdon in socage by rent of 4d., payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally. There are 100 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 36s. rent from tenants-at-will, payable at the above four times of the year equally.
Keyston, 10s. annual rent from lands and tenements formerly of Robert Basyngham , payable at Michaelmas and Easter equally.

Date of death and heir as 674 [except that the regnal year is specified and Thomas Manyngham is not described as esquire].
TNA reference

C 139/82/51 mm.3–4

Inquisition Head

CUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Penrith. 5 November 1436. [Thorneburgh].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert de Warcop, esquire ; Thomas de Warcop ; Robert de Osmonderlawe ; Hugh Forster ; Robert Clynt ; William Delhall ; William Morlond ; Thomas Pety ; Robert de Botery ; Royland Derby; William Topplyng ; and Thomas Wryght .

Holdings
She held the following in demesne as of fee.
Gamelsby by Burgh by Sands, 9 messuages, 75 a. land and 1/2 watermill, annual value 40s., held of the king in chief as 1/20 knight’s fee and by rendering 7s. to the king for cornage at Martinmas and Pentecost equally.
Crofton (Crofton), a messuage and 18 a. land, annual value 12d., payable as above, held of Robert de Brysco , service unknown.
Thornby, 2 messuages and 18 a. land, annual value 2s., payable as above, held of John Raghton , service unknown.
Blencogo, a messuage and 20 a. land, annual value 3s. 4d., payable as above, held of Richard Redmayne, knight , by service of 4 1/2d. yearly.
Bromfield, 2 messuages and 30 a. land, annual value 13s. 4d., payable as above, held of Robert Crakenthorp by fealty and by service of 14d. yearly.
Crookdake, 2 messuages and 20 a. land, annual value 6s. 8d., payable as above, held of Robert Crakenthorp by fealty and by service of 1/2d. yearly.
Caldbeck, a messuage and 12 a. land, annual value 12d., payable as above, held of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland , service unknown.
Castle Sowerby, 2 messuages and 24 a. land, annual value 2s., payable as above, held of John Raghton , service unknown.
Newlands (Newland), a messuage and 20 a. land, annual value 18d., payable as above, held of the king in socage by service of rendering 9s. only at his exchequer in Carlisle yearly, payable at Martinmas.
Blaithwaite, a messuage and 30 a. land, worth nothing yearly, held of the king in socage by service of rendering 15s. only at his exchequer in Carlisle yearly, payable at Martinmas.
Langholm, 9 messuages, 58 a. land and a watermill, annual value 26s. 8d., payable as above, held of the king in socage by service of rendering 10s. at his exchequer in Carlisle yearly, payable at Martinmas.
Date of death and heir as 675, except that Thomas Manyngham is described as of Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire.
TNA reference

C 139/82/51 mm.5–6

Inquisition Head

BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Potton. 5 November 1436. [Rokes].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Bole of Eyeworth; Walter Daundeseye ; John Coke of Biggleswade; John Phelypp of Dunton; Thomas Clement , John Smyth of Potton; John Grenefeld ; John Burgeys ; Nicholas Harvy ; John Fykeys ; John Smyth of Sutton; and Richard Stebeneye .

Holdings

She did not hold any lands or tenements of the king or of any other in demesne or in service. She was lately seised of the following manor and land in demesne as of fee which, by the name Katherine Asplion , in pure widow-right, by an indented charter of hers with her seal attached, shown to the jurors, dated at Wrestlingworth on 15 February 1418, she granted to Thomas Manyngham for life. The charter described it as her manor of Wrestlingworth and all other lands, tenements, rents and services, of tenants free and neif, belonging to it in Wrestlingworth, reserving to her a chamber and a stable sufficient for her estate. It granted him the manor, etc., exceptions excepted, to him and his assigns for life, without impeachment for waste, ruin or destruction of men or things, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by due service, rendering to Katherine 10 marks sterling yearly, payable at Michaelmas and Easter equally, and six dozen squabs yearly after Easter, while they are in season. Should the rent fall into arrears, in part or in whole, for half a year then she and her assigns or attorney can re-enter the manor, etc., in her original estate, the charter notwithstanding, providing always that if she dies before Thomas the annual rent of 10 marks and six dozen squabs shall cease from that time forth. By virtue of this charter, Thomas was seised as of free tenement. Afterwards, by a deed of hers with a seal, shown to the jurors, dated on 4 November 1418, by the name Katherine Asplion , in pure widow-right, she remised to Thomas Manyngham and his heirs and assigns all her present and future right and claim to the manor, etc., by the name of all her lands, tenements, rents and services in Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cumberland. Thomas paid the rent up until the date of the release, and she had nothing in the manor, etc., after this date.

Wrestlingworth, the manor called ‘Herfordes Manere’, held of the king in socage as of his manor of Sutton as of his duchy of Lancaster, by service of 8s. yearly, payable at Martinmas,
and 140 a. land, held of William Myllereth and Beatrice his wife as of their manor of Cockayne Hatley, by service of a needle and thread payable yearly at Michaelmas.

Date of death and heir as 675.
TNA reference

C 139/82/51 mm.7–8

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Moynesmanere
Value5 marks£3 6s. 8d. (=800d.)
Total: £3 6s. 8d. (=800d.)
Puttocks Hardwick
land2d. (per unit)100 a. (100 x acre)16s. 8d. (=200d.)
rent from tenants-at-will36s.£1 16s. (=432d.)
Total: £2 12s. 8d. (=632d.)
Keyston
rent10s.10s. (=120d.)
Total: 10s. (=120d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Puttocks Hardwick
land2d. (per unit)100 a. (100 x acre)16s. 8d. (=200d.)
rent from tenants-at-will36s.£1 16s. (=432d.)
Total: £2 12s. 8d. (=632d.)

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John Charwelton
  • Thomas Awngewyn
  • William Hare
  • Simon Selby
  • John Leche
  • Thomas Fiz John
  • John Kymne
  • Edmund Fayrstede
  • John Taylour of Hamerton
  • John Est
  • John Decoun
  • John Webster of Offord

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