E-CIPM 25-51: JOHN KENNE

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JOHN KENNE

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Daventry. 17 October 1438. [Calcrofte].

Jurors

Jurors: William Sutton and Peter Bredenhull of Aynho; Thomas Harres and John Wyght of Middleton Cheney; William Knyght and John Gelemot of Thenford; John Web and Richard Knyght of Thorpe Mandeville; Thomas Wryght of Stuchbury; Robert Collens of Wappenham; Richard Creton of Falcutt; and John Barry of Chalcombe.

Holdings
He held the following in demesne as of fee.
Grimsbury, a toft and carucate of land, worth 20s. yearly, and £4 rent, held of the king in chief.

He died on 24 January last. Robert Kenne , his kin and next heir as the son of John son of John Kenne , was then aged 10 1/4 years and more.

John Kenne was known as John Kenne and John Kenne of Somerset.
TNA reference

C 139/86/37 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition [indented]. Bridgwater. 17 April 1439. [Spencer].

Jurors

Jurors: William Mychelle ; William Stapilton ; John Pytte ; Walter Mychelle ; Gilbert Clauelsey ; David Baker ; John Mey ; William at Welle ; John Cosyn ; John Sely ; Robert Lofe ; and Robert Grene .

Holdings
He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief, or any other, in demesne or service but, long before his death, he was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Hewish, Rolstone, Wrington, Burnham, Berrow, Brean, and Brent Knoll, 6 messuages, 14 cottages, a windmill, 200 a. ?arable [hole in ms], 60 a. meadow, and 50 a. pasture, annual value £8, held of others than the king.
He granted them to Hugh Cary , William Clyue , William Dodysham , Walter Hascheford , John Taberer , and John Boryette , and to their heirs and assigns. The grant was made by charter dated at Blackmoor on 26 June 1420 in which he was described as John Kenne of Blackmoor, and the lands and tenements were described as all his lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, common rents, reversions, and services in Hewish in the parish of Yatton in the hundred of Kingsbury, in Rolstone in the parish and hundred of Banwell, in Wrington, in Burnham, Berrow, Brean, and Brent Knoll in the vill and in the lordship of Glastonbury. The charter was shown to the jurors. Hugh, William etc. [as above] were thus seised in demesne as of fee. Hugh Cary afterwards died, and William, William, Walter, John Taberer , and John Boryette continued in their estate by right of survivorship. They demised the lands and tenements to Richard Gosse and William Bodenham, rector of Kingston Seymour , both still living, and to their heirs and assigns. The grant was made by charter dated at Bridgwater on 27 January 1438, in which the lands and tenements were described as all their lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, common rents, reversions, and services in Burnham, Berrow, Brean, and Brent Knoll , in Rolstone in the parish and hundred of Banwell, in Wrington, Hewish, and in the vill and lordship of Glastonbury. Richard and William were thus seised in demesne as of fee and are yet so seised.

Date of death as 51 Robert Kenne , his kin and next heir as the son of John son of John Kenne , was then aged 10 years and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on ? 8 May 1439 [ms faded].

TNA reference

C 139/86/37 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Gloucester. 30 March 1439. [Moryn].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Staunton ; Richard Venables ; Ralph Ive ; John Burnell ; William Wyke Wyke [repeated]; John Byford ; William Bruton ; John Eton ; Thomas Hunt of Henbury; Walter Grove ; William Rycheman ; and Henry Nicols .

Holdings
He held no lands or tenements of the king in demesne or service, but held the following in demesne as of fee.
Murcott within the parish of Minsterworth, a messuage and carucate of land, annual value 46s. 8d., held of Thomas Hatheway , service unknown.
Haresfield and Hardwicke, 50 a. arable, each acre worth 5d. yearly, and 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly, annual value 32s. 10d., held of the abbot of St Peter ’s, Gloucester , and Giles Brugge , service unknown.
Hardwicke, 24 a. pasture, annual value 12s., held of Thomas Derehurst , service unknown.
He took
6s. 8d. silver
in service from
a croft, called ‘Pesecroft’, that John Trye holds in fee by the said service.

He died on 25 January 1438. Robert Kenne , his next heir as the son of John son of John Kenne , is aged 12 years and more.

[Head:] Memorandum that this inquisition was delivered to the king’s Chancery on 25 April 1439.

TNA reference

C 139/86/37 mm. 5–6

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Grimsbury
tofta (1 x toft) -
landcarucate (1 x carucate) -
Value20s.£1 (=240d.)
20s.£1 (=240d.)
rent£4£4 (=960d.)
Total: £5 (=1200d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Sutton
  • Peter Bredenhull
  • Thomas Harres
  • John Wyght
  • William Knyght
  • John Gelemot
  • John Web
  • Richard Knyght
  • Thomas Wryght of Stuchbury
  • Robert Collens of Wappenham
  • Richard Creton of Falcutt
  • John Barry of Chalcombe

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