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PETER DE BOXSTEDE

Writ Head

45 Writ mandamus. ‡ 24 May 1438. [Wymbyssh].

Regarding lands and tenements held of ‪ Henry V .

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Witham. 9 June 1438. [Kirkeby].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Pulter ; John Culpak ; John Ive ; Adam Aspelon ; Peter ?...lle [ms torn]; John Feryng ; Thomas Herde ; John Haukyn ; Roger Mustarder ; Robert Lane ; Robert Frost ; and Peter Peny .

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee tail by a fine levied at Westminster on the morrow of St John the Baptist 1366 [CP 25/1/67/221, no. 1474], between Peter de Boxstede , father of Peter, and Isabel his wife, querents, and Richard de Twynstede, chaplain , and Thomas Fonnel of Langham, deforciants . Richard and Thomas granted the manor to Peter and Isabel, and the heirs male of their bodies together. Royal licence was obtained. The licence and the fine were shown to the jurors.
Boxted, the manor, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is a hall with 2 chambers, 2 granges, and a stable, worth nothing yearly as ruinous; 160 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 44 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 16d. yearly; 80 a. coppice-wood, of which 8 acres can be cut seasonably each year after this year, each acre worth 3s. 4d. yearly when cut; and 10 marks assize rent, taken yearly from various tenants at Easter and Michaelmas equally.
Alphamstone, Lamarsh, Pebmarsh, and Twinstead, a messuage and a watermill, worth nothing yearly, and 120 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly. The are not held of the king , but of whom is unknown.

Peter [son of Peter and Isabel] died on 23 April 1415. Richard de Boxstede , his kin and next heir as son of Thomas his son, is aged 21 years and more.

Thomas son of Peter de Boxstede , as son of Peter son and heir male of Peter and Isabel, entered and occupied the manor, messuage, mill, and land by virtue of the fine, and took the issues from Peter’s death until 10 March 1426 when he died seised of this estate. Henry Aleyn and Margaret his wife, lately wife of Thomas de Boxstede , occupied the manor from 10 March until the day of the inquisition, and took the issues, right and title unknown. John Clare of Colchester and Margaret his wife occupied the messuage, mill, and land from 10 March until the day of the inquisition, and took the issues, right and title unknown.

TNA reference

C 139/86/33 mm. 1–2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Boxted
halla (1 x hall) -
chambers2 (2 x chambers) -
granges2 (2 x granges) -
stablea (1 x stable) -
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
worth nothing -
arable2d. (per unit)160 a. (160 x acre)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
pasture6d. (per unit)44 a. (44 x acre)£1 2s. (=264d.)
meadow16d. (per unit)24 a. (24 x acre)£1 12s. (=384d.)
coppice-wood3s. 4d. (per unit)80 a. (80 x acre), 8 acres (8 x acre) -
assize rent10 marks£6 13s. 4d. (=1600d.)
Total: £25 7s. 4d. (=6088d.)
Alphamstone, Lamarsh, Pebmarsh, Twinstead
messuagea (1 x messuage) -
watermillworth nothinga (1 x watermill) -
worth nothing -
land4d. (per unit)120 a. (120 x acre)£2 (=480d.)
Total: £2 (=480d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Boxted
halla (1 x hall) -
chambers2 (2 x chambers) -
granges2 (2 x granges) -
stablea (1 x stable) -
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
worth nothing -
arable2d. (per unit)160 a. (160 x acre)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
pasture6d. (per unit)44 a. (44 x acre)£1 2s. (=264d.)
meadow16d. (per unit)24 a. (24 x acre)£1 12s. (=384d.)
coppice-wood3s. 4d. (per unit)80 a. (80 x acre), 8 acres (8 x acre) -
assize rent10 marks£6 13s. 4d. (=1600d.)
Total: £25 7s. 4d. (=6088d.)

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Thomas Pulter
  • John Culpak
  • John Ive
  • Adam Aspelon
  • Peter ?...lle [ms torn]
  • John Feryng
  • Thomas Herde
  • John Haukyn
  • Roger Mustarder
  • Robert Lane
  • Robert Frost
  • Peter Peny

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