E-CIPM : WILLIAM ROTHEWELL

Holdings

He did not hold lands or tenements of the king or any other in demesne as of fee or in service. But Ralph Oudeby and Elizabeth his wife were lately seised of the following manor, viz., Ralph in demesne as of fee and Elizabeth in demesne as of free tenement. Thus seised, by their deed, for which the king’s licence was obtained beforehand, they granted it to William and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies, rendering to Ralph and Elizabeth £10 yearly for their lifetimes, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally, reversion to Ralph and Elizabeth and the heirs of Ralph.ⁿ²⁷¹ If the annual rent falls into arrears, in whole or in part, at either payment date, Ralph and Elizabeth, or whichever of them survives, have right of re-entry into the manor, in their original estate. All this fully appears in the king’s licence and their charter, shown to the jurors. Elizabeth died without an heir of her body by William, and after her death William held the manor for life, reversion as above. Afterwards, Ralph and Elizabeth, by their charter, for which the king’s licence was similarly obtained [CPR 1429–36, p. 594], granted the remainder of the manor, except for an acre of land, to Thomas Repynghale of Rippingale, William Saxy , citizen and fishmonger of London, Robert Robynson, clerk , John Florthes, clerk , and Roger Bay and their heirs to hold of the king and his heirs by the accustomed service, rendering to Ralph and Elizabeth £10 yearly for their lifetimes as above. All this fully appears in the king’s licence and their charter, shown to the jurors. Afterwards, by virtue of this grant, William Rothewell , by a charter of his, likewise shown to the jurors, attorned to Thomas, etc., except for the above acre of land. The excepted acre of land, annual value 2d., and no more because of the flooding there from year to year, now belongs, by virtue of the grant, to Elizabeth who was the wife of Ralph Oudeby , Ralph having died on 6 January last.

Holdings

As 688, but without reference to the £10 annual rent; no extent is given; and there is no reference to the excepted acre of land. The true annual value of the manor is given, as £12 2s. 5d. John Stoughton is said to be next heir of Ralph Oudeby , viz., son of Thomas son of Maud, sister of William, father of Ralph. Katherine, Alice and Joan are said to be all aged 30 years and more, and there is no reference to their husbands.

[Dorse:] inquisition post mortem Rothwell. Found in the roll of fines and memoranda in 35 ‪ Edward I in Hilary term, fines for Lincoln (in Hill’ fines Lincoln) [1307]. It is found that Thomas de Hauvill , son and heir of Thomas de Hauvill , was burdened with relief for the manor of Haconby with the toll of Skirbeck... that is held of the king in chief by serjeanty of keeping the king’s falcon called ‘Jerfauk’ and rendering 12d. yearly to the king by the hands of the sheriff, from which it is sufficiently apparent that he held the manor with lastage or toll of the king in chief by homage and not by fealty, and the relief is owed to the king as by serjeanty &c. Item, found in the roll of memoranda among the record of the Michaelmas term 11 ‪ Edward III [1337]. It is found that John ?Walkefare is burdened with £20 relief for the lastage of Skirbeck, to which sum that lastage ext....... enrolled thus with appurtenances, is that Thomas de Hauvill , son and heir of Thomas de Hauvill , was burdened with relief for the manor of Haconby with the toll of Skirbeck that... is held of the king in chief, etc., [as above], as contained in the memoranda, Hilary term 1307, from which it is sufficiently apparent that the lastage or toll is held of the king in chief, etc. [as above].