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MAUD WHO WAS WIFE OF ROBERT JAMES

Writ Head

54 Writ. ‡ Dogmersfield. 13 August 1437. [Kirkeby].

Regarding lands and tenements held in dower and others for life from the inheritance of Edmund Rede , son and heir of Edmund Rede and Christine his wife, daughter and heir of Robert James .

Inquisition Head

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Brill. 20 September 1437. [Hanham].

Jurors

Jurors: John Arches ; John Verney ; William Berewell ; William Adyngraue ; Richard Pydyngton ; William Brightwell ; Thomas Wodegrene ; John Lamborne ; John Hertwell ; Henry James ; John Aleyn ; William Yonge ; and John Shakell .

Holdings
She held lands and tenements in dower after the death of Robert her husband, from the inheritance of Edmund son and heir of Edmund Rede and Christine his wife. Her dower was allowed from 1/2 manor of Boarstall, a moiety of 20 messuages, 2 bovates, 8 carucates and 40 a. land, 50 a. meadow, 681 a. pasture, 60 a. wood, and £12 5s. 5d. rent in Oakley, Brill, Boarstall, East Claydon, Botolph Claydon, Middle Claydon, Thomley, and Ickford, and a moiety of the bailiwick of the forester of Bernwood.
Boarstall, a third of 1/2 site of the manor with the buildings there, worth nothing yearly; 4 messuages and one cottage, worth nothing yearly; 2 tofts, worth 3s. yearly; 57 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and a close called ‘Lacchemede’, containing 65 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and Boarstall, East Claydon, and Ickford, 5s. 9d. service rent, payable by various tenants there at Michaelmas and Easter equally. The close called ‘Lacchemede’ is held of the king by rendering 16s. 3d. yearly on the morrow of Michaelmas for all services. Nothing else is held of the king , but of whom and by what service is unknown.
Bernwood, a third of 1/2 bailiwick of the forester, worth nothing yearly, held of the king by keeping that part of the forest and rendering 6s. 8d. yearly to the king.
She held the following for life from the inheritance of Edmund son of Edmund by grant of Reynold Kentwode, clerk , and John Lynfeld, clerk , to Robert James for life, with successive remainders to Maud for life; and to Edmund Rede and Christine his wife, and the heirs of their bodies together. The grant was made by a fine levied at Westminster on the octave of Martinmas 1427 [CP 25/1/292/66, no. 71], shown to the jurors.
Addingrove, 1/2 manor. There are 30 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and 80 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly. It is not held of the king , but of whom and by what service, unknown.
Oakley, 1/2 manor, held of the king as of his honour of Wallingford by suit at the honorial court once yearly, viz., at the court next after Michaelmas, for all services. There are 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 10 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly.

She died on 5 August last. Edmund son of Edmund is aged 23 years and more.

[Dorse:] Before the king in Chancery.

TNA reference

C 139/86/38 mm. 1–2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Boarstall, Boarstall, East Claydon, Ickford
messuages4 (4 x messuages) -
cottageone (1 x cottage) -
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
siteworth nothinga third of 1/2 (0.165 x site) -
worth nothing -
tofts3s.2 (2 x tofts)3s. (=36d.)
arable2d. (per unit)57 a. (57 x acre)9s. 6d. (=114d.)
pasture2d. (per unit)65 a. (65 x acre)10s. 10d. (=130d.)
rent5s. 9d.5s. 9d. (=69d.)
Total: £1 9s. 1d. (=349d.)
Bernwood
bailiwick of the foresterworth nothinga third of 1/2 (0.165 x bailiwick of the forester) -
Total: (=0d.)
Addingrove
arable1d. (per unit)30 a. (30 x acre)2s. 6d. (=30d.)
pasture2d. (per unit)80 a. (80 x acre)13s. 4d. (=160d.)
Total: 15s. 10d. (=190d.)
Oakley
messuagesworth nothing2 (2 x messuages) -
arable1d. (per unit)100 a. (100 x acre)8s. 4d. (=100d.)
meadow6d. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)5s. (=60d.)
pasture2d. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)1s. 8d. (=20d.)
Total: 15s. (=180d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Addingrove
arable1d. (per unit)30 a. (30 x acre)2s. 6d. (=30d.)
pasture2d. (per unit)80 a. (80 x acre)13s. 4d. (=160d.)
Total: 15s. 10d. (=190d.)
Oakley
messuagesworth nothing2 (2 x messuages) -
arable1d. (per unit)100 a. (100 x acre)8s. 4d. (=100d.)
meadow6d. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)5s. (=60d.)
pasture2d. (per unit)10 a. (10 x acre)1s. 8d. (=20d.)
Total: 15s. (=180d.)

People

People

  • Kirkeby(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John Arches
  • John Verney
  • William Berewell
  • William Adyngraue
  • Richard Pydyngton
  • William Brightwell
  • Thomas Wodegrene
  • John Lamborne
  • John Hertwell
  • Henry James
  • John Aleyn
  • William Yonge
  • John Shakell

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