‹ E-CIPM 25-23: JOAN WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM DE BELLO CAMPO, KNIGHT ›

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23 Writ melius inquirendo. ‡ 20 October 1437. [Wymbyssh].

Regarding CIPM XXIV, no. 518, an inquisition taken in 1436. It was found that Joan, who was wife of William de Bello Campo, knight , held the following of Richard, earl of Warwick : Mancetter manor, held as 1/2 knight’s fee, held of Joan by Guy, heir of John de Mancetre , as of the inheritance of John Hastynges, lately earl of Pembroke ; Corley manor, held as 1/2 knight’s fee, held of Joan by the heirs [sic] of John de Mancetre as above; Baxterley manor, held as 1/6 knight’s fee, held of Joan by the heir of John de Mancetre as above; ?Weston-under-Wetherley^n023_001 manor and Barcheston manor, held as 1/2 knight’s fee, held of Joan by the heir as above; ?Upper Shuckburgh manor, lately of John Dyve and John Shukburgh , held as 2 parts of a knight’s fee, held of Joan by the heir as above; a carucate of land in Holme, lately of master Henry Bray , held as 1/6 knight’s fee, held of Joan by the heir as above; Bedworth manor and Willey manor, held as a knight’s fee, held of Joan by the heirs of William Charnell and of Robert Turvyle as of the inheritance above; Coundon manor, held as 1/6 knight’s fee, held of Joan by the heir of John de Mancetre as above; certain parcels of land in Hatton and Beausale, held as 1/16 knight’s fee, lately held of Joan by Richard Bowbrooke as of the inheritance above; and certain parcels of land in Studley and Padonger, held as 1/4 and 1/42 of one knight’s fee as of the said inheritance. Inquire by what right she held these lands and tenements, and her estate in the same.