E-CIPM 25-168: MARGARET WHO WAS WIFE OF JOHN LUTRELL, CHEVALIER

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MARGARET WHO WAS WIFE OF JOHN LUTRELL, CHEVALIER

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Newmarket. 2 November 1439. [Chappe].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas West ; Thomas Skynner ; Nicholas Coterell ; Thomas Smyth ; John Cobbe ; John Pepir ; John Leght... [hole in ms]; Ralph Hankoc ; John Fabian ; John Barkere ; John Dere ; and William Bryan .

Holdings
She held the following in dower by endowment of John, lately her husband, from the inheritance of James, John’s son and heir, a minor in the wardship of the king.
Moulton, 1/3 manor of Stonehall, true annual value 50s., held of Richard, duke of York , service unknown.
Little Waldingfield, 1/3 manor of Woodhall, true annual value 40s., held of the earl of Oxford , service unknown.

She died on 1 June last. James is her son and heir, and aged 12 years and more.

[Head:] Memorandum that this inquisition was delivered to the king’s Chancery on 10 November 1439.

TNA reference

C 139/90/14 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition [indented]. Bridgwater. 15 October 1439. [Spencer].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Bratton ; Thomas Copleston ; Robert Steuyng ; Richard Popham ; John Dodyngton ; Robert Ryuers ; John Pytte ; Robert Cammell ; John Courtenay ; Thomas Popham ; William Note ; and Richard Aller .

Holdings

[1]+ John Stafford, clerk , lately keeper of the king’s privy seal, Robert Hull , John Marchaunt , Peter Pole , Hugh Cary , and William Lee of Aston, were lately seised of the manor of Kilton in demesne as of fee. They granted it to John Lutrell , now deceased, and Margaret then his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Hugh Lutrell, knight , John’s father. John Lutrell and Margaret were thus seised in demesne as of fee tail, and John died seised of this estate. Margaret held the manor after his death, and too died seised of this estate. John and Margaret had issue: James, a minor now in the king’s wardship.+[1]

Kilton, the manor, annual value 20 marks, held of the king in chief as a barony along with the castle and borough of Dunster, the manor and hundred of Carhampton, and the manor of Minehead.
She held the following in dower as 167.
Dunster, 1/3 castle and borough; and Carhampton, 1/3 manor and hundred. They are held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony above. Annual value 40 marks.

Date of death as 167. James is son and heir of Margaret as well as of John and Margaret, and aged 12 years and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 3 November 1439.

TNA reference

C 139/90/14 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 3 October 1439. [Wyse].

[Inquisition: ms in poor condition at top left.]

Jurors

Jurors: Walter Whyttelegh ; John Hacche ; Richard Vincent ; Henry Persoun ; John Gyrnoun ; John Gylkyn ; Philip Devowe ; John Bodyer ; Henry Whytyng ; Henry Botour ; William Ayssh ; and Robert Wode .

Holdings
Findings as 168+[1], regarding the following. John Stafford was described as lately the keeper of ‪ Henry V’s privy seal.
Chilton, the manor, held of the king in chief as 1/6 knight’s fee. There is a capital messuage and 4 cottages, worth nothing yearly; 7 ferlings of land, each worth 5s. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 24 a. wood, its pasture worth 6d. yearly; 40 a. furze and heath, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; and 1lb cumin assize rent from free tenants, payable at Michaelmas.
Blannicombe, a messuage, worth nothing yearly; 60 a. land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 12 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and 30 a. furze and heath, each acre worth 1d. yearly, held of Philip Courtenay, knight , as of his manor of Honiton, service unknown.

Date of death as 167 James Lutrell is son and heir of the bodies of John and Margaret, as well as son and heir of Margaret only, and aged 12 years and more.

[Head: there is a possible delivery memorandum. Only the regnal year is visible as ‘xviii’.]

TNA reference

C 139/90/14 mm. 5–6

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Kilton
Value20 marks£13 6s. 8d. (=3200d.)
Total: £13 6s. 8d. (=3200d.)
Carhampton
Value40 marks£26 13s. 4d. (=6400d.)
Total: £26 13s. 4d. (=6400d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Thomas Bratton
  • Thomas Copleston
  • Robert Steuyng
  • Richard Popham
  • John Dodyngton
  • Robert Ryuers
  • John Pytte
  • Robert Cammell
  • John Courtenay
  • Thomas Popham
  • William Note
  • Richard Aller

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