E-CIPM 25-358: KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM RUKBY

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KATHERINE WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM RUKBY

Inquisition Head

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Chesterfield. 24 March 1440. [Neville].

Jurors

Roger Kesteuen ; Robert Wyng ; William Knyfsmyth ; William Bate ; John Segraue ; John Risshenden ; John Stanlowe ; Henry Merssh ; Ralph Wode ; Roger Hill; Richard Scorer ; and Robert Somerby .

Holdings
She held the following in dower by endowment of Ranulph Rye, her former husband, from the inheritance of Ranulph, his son and heir.
Whitwell, 1/3 manor, held of Ranulph Rye, son, a minor in the king’s wardship, service unknown. In the third, there are 40 a. arable demesne, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 3 1/3 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 2 1/2 ruinous messuages and 26 a. land adjacent, worth 7s. yearly; a ruinous cottage, worth nothing yearly; 7s. 7d. free rent taken from various free tenants at Lady Day and the Nativity of Mary equally; and 1/3 wood, its herbage and underwood, worth 2s. 4d. yearly above the keeper’s fee.
Barlborough, 1/3 croft and 31 a. land, worth 2s. 4d. yearly;
Cresswell, a third of 2 parts of a watermill, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and
Belph, 13d. free rent, taken from various free tenants at Lady Day and the Nativity of Mary equally
. The croft, land, mill, and rent are held of Ranulph Rye, son, a minor in the king’s wardship, service unknown.
She died on 27 April last. Ranulph Rye, son, as above, is her son and next heir and aged 17 and more.
TNA reference

C 139/98/21 mm. 1–2

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Whitwell
messuages2 1/2 (2.5 x messuages) -
land7s.26 a. (26 x acre)7s. (=84d.)
arable demesne2d. (per unit)40 a. (40 x acre)6s. 8d. (=80d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)3 1/3 a. (3.33 x acre)3s. 3.960000000000001d. (=39.96d.)
7s. -
cottageworth nothinga (1 x cottage) -
free rent7s. 7d.7s. 7d. (=91d.)
wood, herbage, underwood2s. 4d. 1/3 (0.33 x wood herbage underwood)2s. 4d. (=28d.)
Total: £1 6s. 10.960000000000036d. (=322.96000000000004d.)
Barlborough
croft 1/3 (0.33 x croft) -
land31 a. (31 x acre) -
Value2s. 4d.2s. 4d. (=28d.)
Total: 2s. 4d. (=28d.)
Cresswell
watermill3s. 4d.a third of 2 parts of a (0.22 x watermill)3s. 4d. (=40d.)
Total: (=0d.)
Belph
free rent13d.1s. 1d. (=13d.)
Total: 1s. 1d. (=13d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Whitwell
messuages2 1/2 (2.5 x messuages) -
land7s.26 a. (26 x acre)7s. (=84d.)
arable demesne2d. (per unit)40 a. (40 x acre)6s. 8d. (=80d.)
meadow12d. (per unit)3 1/3 a. (3.33 x acre)3s. 3.960000000000001d. (=39.96d.)
7s. -
cottageworth nothinga (1 x cottage) -
free rent7s. 7d.7s. 7d. (=91d.)
wood, herbage, underwood2s. 4d. 1/3 (0.33 x wood herbage underwood)2s. 4d. (=28d.)
Total: £1 6s. 10.960000000000036d. (=322.96000000000004d.)

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Roger Kesteuen
  • Robert Wyng
  • William Knyfsmyth
  • William Bate
  • John Segraue
  • John Risshenden
  • John Stanlowe
  • Henry Merssh
  • Ralph Wode
  • Richard Scorer
  • Robert Somerby

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