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JOHN BELASYS

Inquisition Head

VILL OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Inquisition. Newcastle upon Tyne. 10 September 1440. [Clerk].

Jurors

Thomas James ; John Alnewyke ; William Plummer ; John Kempe ; John Welles ; William Fournes ; Adam Hagman ; John Hilton ; John Corbrigge ; William Withewode ; Robert Chaumberleyn ; and Robert Haweson .

Holdings

He was seised of the following messuages and rent in demesne as of fee. Thus seised, by indented deed dated on 1 April 1419, the other part of which was sealed with his seal and shown to the jurors, in which he is described as John Belasys, esquire, he granted an annual rent of £9 from the messuages and rent, described as all his lands, tenements, rents, possessions, and services in the vill of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Alice, who was wife of Nicholas de Redele , still living, and her assigns for the term of Alice’s life, to be taken at Pentecost and Martinmas equally, with power to distrain on the lands and tenements until satisfaction is made if the rent should fall into arrears in part or total by 40 days after any term.

Newcastle upon Tyne, 5 messuages and £4 8s. 2d. free rent from various free tenants, payable at Pentecost and Martinmas equally. The messuages are held of the king in free burgage as all the vill is held, and the rent is held of no-one. The messuages and rent are worth nothing yearly above this burden.

He died on 26 May last. Alice Belasys , his daughter and next heir, is aged 30 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 November 1440.

TNA reference

C 139/98/26 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. The castle at Newcastle upon Tyne. 6 October 1440. [Heron].

Jurors

Robert Claueryng ; William Benet ; William Kellyngworth ; John Horseley ; Henry Creswell ; John Belencham ; Alexander Mitforth ; John Selby ; John Trewyke ; Roger Fenwyke ; William Shafthowe ; and Thomas Reed .

Holdings
He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Bellasis, 1/2 manor, held of the king in chief as 1/34 knight’s fee. There is the manorial site, containing about 6 a. land with 2 houses, worth nothing yearly above repair and enclosure; a garden belonging to and adjoining the 1/2 manorial site, worth nothing yearly above enclosure; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 30 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; and a waste, containing 10 a. land, worth 10d. yearly.
Whitelea, 8 bovates and 4 crofts, annual value 6s. 8d., in the hamlet of Whitelea in the vill of Cramlington, held of the king in chief as of his barony of Gaugy as 1/30 knight’s fee.
Tranwell, 5 messuages and 5 husband-lands, annual value 3s., held of Ralph, Lord Greystoke and of Morpeth, service unknown.
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, one messuage, worth nothing yearly because totally levelled and laid waste, held of the king in burgage as all the vill is held.
Mitford, 2 burgages, held of Henry Gray, lord of Codnor, and Margaret his wife, and William Lucy, knight, and Elizabeth his wife, in right of Margaret and Elizabeth, by service of rendering 8d. yearly for all service. Annual value of the burgages, 18d. above the rent.

Date of death and heir as 367.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 November 1440.

TNA reference

C 139/98/26 mm. 3–4

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Newcastle upon Tyne
messuages5 (5 x messuages) -
free rent£4 8s. 2d.£4 8s. 2d. (=1058d.)
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
Total: (=0d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Thomas James
  • John Alnewyke
  • William Plummer
  • John Kempe
  • John Welles
  • William Fournes
  • Adam Hagman
  • John Hilton
  • John Corbrigge
  • William Withewode
  • Robert Chaumberleyn
  • Robert Haweson

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