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ELLEN WHO WAS WIFE OF PHILIP CHETEWYN, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. St Neots. 6 December 1440. [Burgh].

Jurors

Richard Wright of Eynesbury; Robert Dernewell ; John Okeham ; John Bailly of Fenstanton (Stanton); John Dalton of Midloe; Walter Smyth of Keyston; John Bruys ; Richard Crosse ; John Beveryche ; William Beverych ; John Brewster ; William Smethe ; and Robert Olyver .

Holdings
She held the following in dower from the inheritance of William Ferrers , son and heir of Edmund Ferrers, knight, lately her husband.
Keyston, the manor, except the rent from free tenants and their services, and advowson of the church there. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 32 messuages and 24 cottages, worth nothing yearly; a windmill, worth 10s. yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 35 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 14 a. wood, worth nothing yearly; £4 rent called ‘le mycheyelderent’, payable at Michaelmas and Easter equally; view of frankpledge held twice yearly, viz., after Michaelmas and after Easter, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; and a court baron held every three weeks, worth nothing yearly above the fees of steward and bailiff. The manor is held of the king in chief as a knight’s fee.

She died on 4 November last. William Ferrers is her son and next heir, and aged 28 and more.

TNA reference

C 139/103/35 mm. 1–2

E 149/170/3 m. 1

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Northampton. 10 December 1440. [Boughton].

Jurors

Nicholas Horncastell ; Ives Cheselden of Whiston; Richard Slade ; Richard Frere ; Richard Chestr of West Farndon (Farndon); Thomas Walker ; Thomas Bokeland ; Nicholas Lawe ; William Andrewe ; Richard Lucas ; John Parker ; John Childe ; and John Barbour .

Holdings
She held the following in dower as above.
Bugbrooke, the manor, held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster as 1/20 knight’s fee. There is a site, worth nothing yearly; 40 messuages and 20 cottages, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; a watermill, worth 26s. 8d. yearly; 200 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 40 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; £21 assize rent, payable at Michaelmas and Lady Day equally; a court baron held every 3 weeks, worth nothing yearly above the fees of steward and bailiff; and view of frankpledge there held twice yearly, viz., after Michaelmas and after Easter.
Date of death and heir as 496.
TNA reference

C 139/103/35 mm. 3–4

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Bugbrooke
messuages40 (40 x messuages) -
cottages20 (20 x cottages) -
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
siteworth nothinga (1 x site) -
worth nothing -
dovecot3s. 4d.a (1 x dovecot)3s. 4d. (=40d.)
watermill26s. 8d.a (1 x watermill)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
land2d. (per unit)200 a. (200 x acre)£1 13s. 4d. (=400d.)
meadow6d. (per unit)40 a. (40 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
pasture1d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)1s. 8d. (=20d.)
assize rent£21£21 (=5040d.)
court baron, feesworth nothinga (1 x court baron fees) -
frankpledge -
Total: £25 5s. (=6060d.)

Extents

Extents

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Bugbrooke
messuages40 (40 x messuages) -
cottages20 (20 x cottages) -
Valueworth nothing (=0d.)
siteworth nothinga (1 x site) -
worth nothing -
dovecot3s. 4d.a (1 x dovecot)3s. 4d. (=40d.)
watermill26s. 8d.a (1 x watermill)£1 6s. 8d. (=320d.)
land2d. (per unit)200 a. (200 x acre)£1 13s. 4d. (=400d.)
meadow6d. (per unit)40 a. (40 x acre)£1 (=240d.)
pasture1d. (per unit)20 a. (20 x acre)1s. 8d. (=20d.)
assize rent£21£21 (=5040d.)
court baron, feesworth nothinga (1 x court baron fees) -
frankpledge -
Total: £25 5s. (=6060d.)

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Nicholas Horncastell
  • Ives Cheselden of Whiston
  • Richard Slade
  • Richard Frere
  • Richard Chestr of West Farndon (Farndon)
  • Thomas Walker
  • Thomas Bokeland
  • Nicholas Lawe
  • William Andrewe
  • Richard Lucas
  • John Parker
  • John Childe
  • John Barbour

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