E-CIPM 24-690: ELIZABETH WHO WAS WIFE OF RALPH, EARL OF WESTMORLAND

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ELIZABETH WHO WAS WIFE OF RALPH, EARL OF WESTMORLAND

Writ Head

690 Writ. ‡ 27 October 1436. [Bate].

Regarding lands held in dower and for life of the inheritance of Thomas de Clifford , son and heir of John de Clifford, knight .

[Dorse:] by virtue of this writ, all lands, etc., she held of the inheritance of Thomas, etc., taken into the king’s hand.

Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. York. 7 November 1436. [Langton].

Jurors

Jurors: William Dawtry ; Robert Passelewe ; Henry Dynelay ; William Archer ; William Pannall ; Richard Darley ; Thomas Brigge ; John Lasy ; William Barton ; Peter Chaumber ; Richard Hase ; and Nicholas Croser .

Holdings
She held the following in dower of the inheritance of Thomas de Clifford , son and heir of John de Clifford, knight , by endowment of John, lately her husband, as assigned in Chancery.
Skipton in Craven, 1/3 castle, manor and honour. There is Silsden vill with Swarthoe and Brunthwaite, hamlets of the same, containing 67 bovates of land and meadow in the hands of various tenants, worth £12 yearly; 140 a. ancient demesne at farm in the hands of the said tenants, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; 8 cottages and 30 ‘gristoftes’ at farm in the hands of the said tenants, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and a chase called ‘Holden’, containing two tenements situated for vaccaries, worth 40s. yearly, held of the king in chief as 1/3 knight’s fee.

She died on 16 October last. Thomas, Lord Clifford , son and heir of John, lately Lord Clifford , is her son and heir, and is aged 22 years 12 weeks and more.

TNA reference

C 139/83/55 mm.2–3

Writ Head

691 Writ. ‡ 27 October 1436. [Bate].

Addressed to the escheator of Westmorland and Cumberland . Regarding lands held in dower and for life of the inheritance of Thomas de Clifford , son and heir of John de Clifford, knight .

Inquisition Head

WESTMORLAND. Inquisition. Appleby. 9 November 1436. [Thorneburgh].

Jurors

Jurors: Henry de Wherton ; William de Blencansopp ; John Scafe ; John Berton ; John Cotesford ; John Manchaile ; Thomas de Helton ; William de Helton ; Thomas Whitlawe ; William Bernys ; John de Hilton of Winton; Thomas Bothe ; and Thomas Smyth of Kirkby Stephen.

Holdings
She held the following in dower for life by endowment of John de Clifford, lately Lord Clifford , knight , lately her husband, reversion to Thomas de Clifford, knight , son and heir of John de Clifford and Elizabeth, and his heirs.
Appleby, the castle and manor, held of the king in chief as 1/3 knight’s fee. There are 443 a. land, worth £11 10s. 8d. yearly; 200 a. meadow, worth 100s. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 1,000 a. pasture, worth £4 3s. 4d. yearly; a watermill for corn, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; the following in Langton, parcel of the manor – 10 messuages, worth nothing yearly, 40 bovates of land, worth £6 13s. 4d. yearly, 80 a. meadow, worth 40s. yearly, a watermill for corn, worth 3s. 4d. yearly, a fulling-mill, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, and 480 a. pasture, worth 40s. yearly; the following in King’s Meaburn, parcel of the manor – 10 messuages, worth nothing yearly, 21 bovates of land, worth 70s. yearly, 40 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly, a watermill for corn, worth 20s. yearly, and 400 a. pasture, worth 33s. 4d. yearly; 1/3 of two parts of the office of sheriff of Westmorland, parcel of the manor, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and the following annual rents, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally: 10s. 2d. from lands and tenements in Little Asby, payable by Robert Sandeford , 27s. 2d. from lands and tenements in Crosby Ravensworth and Nateby, payable by Richard Hastyngis, knight , 13s. 4d. from lands and tenements in Smardale, payable by William Cracanthorp , 15s. 9d. from lands and tenements in Bampton Patrick and Knipe Patrick, payable by Christopher Curwen, chevalier , and John Clibburne , 15s. 3d. from lands and tenements in Cliburn, payable by John de Clibburne, 13s. 8d. service rent from lands and tenements in Brougham, payable by William Thorneburgh and William Crakanthorp, 14s. 4 1/2d. service rent from lands and tenements in Cliburn Taleboys and Kaber, payable by Walter Tailbose, 9s. 2d. annual rent from lands and tenements in Hawes (Hose), payable by Thomas de Dacre, knight , service rent from lands and tenements in Newbiggin, payable by William Crakanthorp, 32s. 6d. service rent from lands and tenements in Kirkby Thore, payable by Ralph Kirkeby and Joan who was the wife of Gilbert de Wherton, 6s. 10d. service rent from lands and tenements in Crackenthorpe, payable by John Manchaile, 20s. 4d. service rent in Lowther, payable by Hugh Louther , 2s. 7d. in Rookby, payable by John Scafe , 42s. in Maulds Meaburn and Walle, payable by Richard Wernon, chevalier , 13s. 4d. from lands and tenements in Burton, payable by William Hilton , 8s. 6d. from lands and tenements in Long Marton, payable by John Gray, chevalier , and Margaret his wife, 13s. 4d. service rent from lands and tenements in Hale, payable by the abbot of Holme Cultram , 1d. from lands and tenements in Warcop, payable by Robert Warcop , 6d. from lands and tenements in Soulby and Warcop, payable by William Louther , 5s. from lands and tenements in Tebay, payable by Henry de Wherton and Richard Ristwald, 1d. service rent from lands and tenements in Cliburn, payable by William Jud , and 17s. 8d. service rent in Kaber, payable by Thomas Fulthorp .

Date of death as 690. Thomas de Clifford is son and next heir of John and Elizabeth and next heir of Elizabeth, and is aged 22 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/83/55 mm.4–5

Inquisition Head

CUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Penrith. 10 November 1436. [Thorneburgh].

Jurors

Jurors: Christopher Moresby, knight ; Henry Wherton ; William Beauchampp ; Hugh Forster ; Robert Clynt ; Robert Smythson ; William Morland ; William Kechyn ; William Hall ; Thomas Carleton ; Thomas Thuresby ; John Hoton of Penrith; and William Cotysford .

Holdings
She held the following in dower for life of the inheritance of Thomas de Clifford , son and heir of John de Clifford, knight , by endowment of John, lately her husband, reversion to Thomas de Clifford, knight , and his heirs.
Skelton, 1/3 manor, annual value 56s. 6d., the whole manor held of the king in chief for cornage, rendering 6s. 6d. yearly at the exchequer in Carlisle, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally.

Date of death as 690. Thomas de Clifford, knight , her son and next heir, is aged 22 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/83/55 mm.4, 1

Writ Head

693 Writ. ‡ 27 October 1436. [Bate].

Regarding lands held in dower and for life of the inheritance of Thomas de Clifford , son and heir of John de Clifford, knight .

Inquisition Head

NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne, the castle. 10 November 1436. [Rodes].

Jurors

Jurors: John Norton ; Thomas Horslay ; Robert Unthank ; Robert Gosden ; John Gray ; William Morton ; John Bakster ; John Robynson ; William Morton, junior ; William Clarke ; William Pauston ; and William Sabraham .

Holdings
She held the following for life of the inheritance of Thomas, Lord Clifford , chevalier , son and heir of John de Clifford, knight , by grant of William Haryngton, knight , Christopher Morsby, knight , William Garthe and John Thwaytes , dated on 20 October 1414, to John de Clifford, knight , and Elizabeth, then his wife, and the heirs of John’s body, reversion to Thomas de Clifford, chevalier , according to the grant. The king’s licence was not obtained for this grant, but ‪ Henry V afterwards pardoned all grants, alienations and acquisitions by them of lands and tenements held by John de Clifford, chevalier , and Elizabeth of him or his predecessors in chief made before 8 December 1414, as fully appears in letters patent dated at Westminster on 1 November 1415 and enrolled in the Exchequer memoranda, Hilary term, 1 ‪ Richard II, rot. 9.
Hart, the manor, held of the present king in chief by knight service. There is a hall, 4 chambers, 2 granges, a chapel, a cook-house, a brew-house and 2 stables, worth nothing yearly; an orchard, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; a close containing 4 a. land, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 30 messuages, worth 60s. yearly; 10 cottages, worth 20s. yearly; a windmill, worth 20s. yearly; 400 a. arable, worth £4 yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly; 300 a. moor, worth 20s. yearly; the following in High Throston parcel of the manor – 6 messuages, worth 20s. yearly, 6 cottages, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, 300 a. arable, worth £3 yearly, and 100 a. pasture, worth 20s. yearly; the following in Nether Throston, parcel of the manor – 6 messuages, worth 20s. yearly, 6 cottages, worth 20s. yearly, 4 tofts, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, 40 a. pasture, worth 20s. yearly, and a pond, worth nothing yearly; the following in Nelson, parcel of the manor – 2 messuages, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, 4 gardens, worth nothing yearly, and 200 a. arable, worth 20s. yearly; the following in North Hart, parcel of the manor – 4 messuages, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, and 140 a. arable, worth 40s. yearly; the following in Hartlepool, parcel of the manor – 20 burgages, worth 40s. yearly, 40s. annual rent from 100 burgages, payable at Easter and Michaelmas equally, a windmill, worth 40s. yearly, a passage with a boat over a ?creek [ms damaged] in the sea, worth 20s. yearly, and perquisites of court, payable at.... [ms damaged] yearly; the following in Stranton, parcel of the manor – 14d. and 1lb pepper service rent from a messuage and 100 a. land of William de Lomley, chevalier , payable at Michaelmas; and the following at Brierton, parcel of the manor – 2s. service rent from all lands and tenements of Ralph, lord of Greystoke , payable at Michaelmas.

Date of death as 690. Thomas de Clifford , her son and next heir, is aged 22 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/83/55 mm.6–7

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Skipton in Craven, castle, honour
cottages8 (8 x cottages) -
gristoftes30 (30 x gristoftes) -
Value13s. 4d.13s. 4d. (=160d.)
land, meadow£1267 bovates (67 x bovate)£12 (=2880d.)
ancient demesne26s. 8d.140 a. (140 x acre)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
13s. 4d.13s. 4d. (=160d.)
chase40s.a (1 x chase)£2 (=480d.)
tenements, vaccariestwo (2 x tenements vaccaries) -
Total: £16 (=3840d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Skipton in Craven, castle, honour
cottages8 (8 x cottages) -
gristoftes30 (30 x gristoftes) -
Value13s. 4d.13s. 4d. (=160d.)
land, meadow£1267 bovates (67 x bovate)£12 (=2880d.)
ancient demesne26s. 8d.140 a. (140 x acre)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
13s. 4d.13s. 4d. (=160d.)
chase40s.a (1 x chase)£2 (=480d.)
tenements, vaccariestwo (2 x tenements vaccaries) -
Total: £16 (=3840d.)

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Dawtry
  • Robert Passelewe
  • Henry Dynelay
  • William Archer
  • William Pannall
  • Richard Darley
  • Thomas Brigge
  • John Lasy
  • William Barton
  • Peter Chaumber
  • Richard Hase
  • Nicholas Croser

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