‹ E-CIPM 25-390: REYNOLD PYMPE ›
REYNOLD PYMPE SON OF JOHN PYMPE, ESQUIRE
Inquisition Head
KENT. Inquisition. Yalding. 9 October 1438.n327 [Byle].
Jurors
John Rewe ; John Coveney ; Robert Cayser ; John Messenger ; John Ropkyn ; John Hert ; Richard Baker ; William Godyng ; John Orgar ; Reynold Colt ; John Godyng ; John Ippyngby ; Gilbert Reynkyn ; and Richard Reynkyn .
Holdings
Inquisition begins as 388+[1], regarding the manors and advowsons of West Barming and Otham, and the manors of East Barming, Read, and Loose. [2]+ John Pympe, esquire , had issue: Reynold, named in the writ, and John, and he died seised of the manors and advowsons on 30 August 1421. They descended to Reynold son of John as his son and heir, and Henry V, by letters patent dated at Westminster on 16 December 1421 [CFR 1413–22, p. 413], shown to the jurors, by mainprise of William Cheyne, esquire , and Alexander Cheyne, esquire , both of Kent, committed custody of the manors and advowsons, described as all the lands and tenements that were of John Pympe, who held of Henry V in chief by knight service, and that came to the hand of Henry V owing to the death of John Pympe and the minority of Reynold, to John Wilcotes, esquire , and Isabel, who was wife of John Pympe , to have from John Pympe’s death until the majority of the heir, and so from heir to heir until one of them reach majority, and to have marriage of the heir, as more fully contained in the letters patent.+[2] Furthermore, owing to the death of John Pympe, esquire, and the minority of Reynold, the above manors and advowsons, and no other manors, advowsons, lands, or tenements, came to the hand of Henry V nor are still in the king’s hand. These manors and advowsons are specified in the inquisition taken by John Selby, escheator , after the death of Reynold and returned to Chancery [see 99].
He died on 18 September 1436. John Pympe , son of John Pympe, is his brother and next heir, and aged 21 and more.
TNA reference
C 139/99/33 mm. 3–4
Inquisition Head
KENT. Inquisition. Yalding. 9 October 1438.n328 [Byle].
Jurors
John Reve ; John Coveney ; Robert Cayser ; John Messenger ; John Ropkyn ; John Hert ; Richard Bakere ; William Godyng ; John Orgar ; Reynold Colt ; John Godyng ; John Ippyngby ; Gilbert Reynkyn ; and Richard Reynkyn .
Holdings
Inquisition begins as 388+[1],n329 and continues as 389+[2], regarding the manors and advowsons of West Barming and Otham, and the manors of East Barming, Read, and Loose. He also held the following in demesne as of fee. n330
Date of death as 389. He was seised, according to the grant, of the manors and advowsons of West Barming and Otham, and the manors of East Barming, Read, and Loose. After his death, they descended to John Pympe , brother of Reynold son of John Pympe, as brother and heir of Reynold. John Pympe, brother of Reynold son of John Pympe, is Reynold’s next heir, and aged 21 and more.
The king has occupied all the manors, lands, rents, and tenements since Reynold’s death, and still occupies them. He has taken, and yet takes, the issues.
TNA reference
C 139/99/33 mm. 5–6
n327^: See note 325 regarding the date of the inquisition of 388. In 389, Byle is once again the escheator. The date of the writ is ‘24 July 17 Henry VI’ (1439) and that of the inquisition is ‘Thursday after the feast of St Fides the Virgin 17 Henry VI’ (9 October 1438).
n328^: See notes 325 and 327 regarding the dates of the inquisitions of 388 and 389. The dates of the writ and inquisition for 390 are the same as those for 389.
n329^: Margin: ‘entail’.
n330^: Margin: ‘demesne’.
Holdings
Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nettlestead | ||||
assize rent | 22s. | £1 2s. (=264d.) | ||
hens | 18d. | 6 (6 x hens) | 1s. 6d. (=18d.) | |
dovecote | 3s. 4d. | a (1 x dovecote) | 3s. 4d. (=40d.) | |
arable | 4d. (per unit) | 386 a. (386 x acre) | £6 8s. 8d. (=1544d.) | |
wood | 6s. 8d. (per unit, Cut) | 22 a. (22 x acre), one acre (1 x acre) | - | |
meadow | 16d. (per unit) | 31 a. (31 x acre) | £2 1s. 4d. (=496d.) | |
pasture | 4d. (per unit) | 10 a. (10 x acre) | 3s. 4d. (=40d.) | |
park | worth nothing | a (1 x park) | - | |
fishery | 10s. | a (1 x fishery) | 10s. (=120d.) | |
Total: £18 3s. 6d. (=4362d.) | ||||
Pimp | ||||
arable | 4d. (per unit) | 60 a. (60 x acre) | £1 (=240d.) | |
meadow | 16d. (per unit) | 12 a. (12 x acre) | 16s. (=192d.) | |
house | worth nothing | an (1 x house) | - | |
stalls | 20d. | 2 (2 x stalls) | 1s. 8d. (=20d.) | |
land | worth nothing | - | ||
arable | 6d. | an acre (1 x acre) | 6d. (=6d.) | |
site | worth nothing | - | ||
courts baron | worth nothing | 2 (2 x courts baron) | - | |
Total: £1 18s. 2d. (=458d.) | ||||
Brenchley | ||||
messuage | worth nothing | 1/2 (0.5 x messuage) | - | |
arable | 3d. (per unit) | 25 a. (25 x acre) | 6s. 3d. (=75d.) | |
wood | 6s. 8d. (per unit, Cut) | 26 a. (26 x acre), one (1 x acre) | - | |
assize rent | 6s. 7 1/4d. | 6s. 7.25d. (=79.25d.) | ||
Total: £9 12s. 10.25d. (=2314.25d.) | ||||
Brenchley | ||||
messuage | worth nothing | a (1 x messuage) | - | |
Total: £9 12s. 10.25d. (=2314.25d.) | ||||
Brenchley, Horsmonden, Lamberhurst | ||||
arable | 4d. (per unit) | 51 1/2 a. (51.5 x acre) | 17s. 2d. (=206d.) | |
wood | 6s. 8d. (per unit, Cut) | 10 a. (10 x acre) | £3 6s. 8d. (=800d.) | |
Total: £4 3s. 10d. (=1006d.) | ||||
Yalding | ||||
pasture | 4d. (per unit) | 54 1/2 a. (54.5 x acre), a (1 x pasture) | - | |
Total: (=0d.) |
Extents
Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nettlestead | ||||
assize rent | 22s. | £1 2s. (=264d.) | ||
hens | 18d. | 6 (6 x hens) | 1s. 6d. (=18d.) | |
dovecote | 3s. 4d. | a (1 x dovecote) | 3s. 4d. (=40d.) | |
arable | 4d. (per unit) | 386 a. (386 x acre) | £6 8s. 8d. (=1544d.) | |
wood | 6s. 8d. (per unit, Cut) | 22 a. (22 x acre), one acre (1 x acre) | - | |
meadow | 16d. (per unit) | 31 a. (31 x acre) | £2 1s. 4d. (=496d.) | |
pasture | 4d. (per unit) | 10 a. (10 x acre) | 3s. 4d. (=40d.) | |
park | worth nothing | a (1 x park) | - | |
fishery | 10s. | a (1 x fishery) | 10s. (=120d.) | |
Total: £18 3s. 6d. (=4362d.) | ||||
Pimp | ||||
arable | 4d. (per unit) | 60 a. (60 x acre) | £1 (=240d.) | |
meadow | 16d. (per unit) | 12 a. (12 x acre) | 16s. (=192d.) | |
house | worth nothing | an (1 x house) | - | |
stalls | 20d. | 2 (2 x stalls) | 1s. 8d. (=20d.) | |
land | worth nothing | - | ||
arable | 6d. | an acre (1 x acre) | 6d. (=6d.) | |
site | worth nothing | - | ||
courts baron | worth nothing | 2 (2 x courts baron) | - | |
Total: £1 18s. 2d. (=458d.) |
People
- Bate(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
- John Reve
- John Coveney
- Robert Cayser
- John Messenger
- John Ropkyn
- John Hert
- Richard Bakere
- William Godyng
- John Orgar
- Reynold Colt
- John Godyng
- John Ippyngby
- Gilbert Reynkyn
- Richard Reynkyn