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MARGARET WHO WAS WIFE OF WILLIAM ROOS OF HELMSLEY, KNIGHT
Inquisition Head
LEICESTERSHIRE. Inquisition. Melton Mowbray. 28 September 1440. [Palmer].
[Inquisition: ms galled, worn, and illegible in places.]
Jurors
William Pateman , John Marschall , Thomas Vincente , William Chapman , Roger Bosse , and John Walker, of Bottesford; Richard Porter and Thomas Grenne, of Redmile; Thomas Brownof Bottesford; John Browe of Eaton; John Barbour of Stathern; John Fauconer of Eastwell; and John Penne , Robert Loid , and Robert Julian , of Plungar.
Holdings
She held no lands or tenements in demesne as of fee but William Rempston , John Quynton , William Furby , and William Berford granted the following, among other things, to William Roos , lately deceased, and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to William Roos and his heirs and assigns, as more fully contained in the charter, dated at Belvoir on 7 January 1398, shown to the jurors.
She died on 3 July 1438. Thomas Roos , a minor in the king’s wardship is her next heir, viz., son of Thomas son of Margaret, and aged 14 and more.n410
[Head:] Delivered to court on 27 May 1441 by Thomas Palmer .
TNA reference
C 139/104/39 m. 1
E 149/166/6 m. 4
E 149/166/6 m. 5
n401^: E 149 follows with the underlined ‘and with one carucate of land and 100s. rent in Normanton. Which advowson, patronage, carucate of land, and 100s. rent are parcel of the manor and belong to it’. E 149/166/6 m. 5 has been used as the primary reference for this note and those following relating to 502.
n402^: E 149: ‘because ruinous’ is omitted.
n403^: E 149: the extent of Bottesford manor continues to here. It is then followed by the deleted: ‘[t]here are in Normanton 4 messuages and 8 bovates, worth 40s. yearly; 3 cottages, each worth 3s. yearly; 34 bovates, each worth 10s. yearly; and 43s. 4d. free rent’. The next sentence as given in the calendar (‘[t]here is in the manor …’)is omitted.
n404^: E 149 makes it clear that both were filled by presentation of Margaret.
n405^: The reversion is not noted in E 149.
n406^: The fact of the licence is not noted in E 149, and only the reference to 1/3 park of Belvoir is described with the full complement of feoffees given in the calendar: the croft, warren, land, and meadow are described as endowed by William Babyngton , William Heton , Simon Leek , and Richard Shropshire .
n407^: The croft is not explicitly described as in Belvoir.
n408^: The entry regarding Redmile is deleted in E 149.
n409^: E 149 doesn’t record the fact of the letters patent, nor that the issues continue to be taken by William Heton and John Freman .
n410^: E 149 is clear that Thomas is next heir of Margaret and of William.
Holdings
| Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottesford | ||||
| hall, chamber | a (1 x hall chamber) | - | ||
| cookhouse | a (1 x cookhouse) | - | ||
| grange | a (1 x grange) | - | ||
| byre | a (1 x byre) | - | ||
| dovecot | a (1 x dovecot) | - | ||
| Value | worth nothing | (=0d.) | ||
| worth nothing | - | |||
| orchard | 53s. 4d. | an (1 x orchard) | £2 13s. 4d. (=640d.) | |
| arable demesne | 8d. (per unit) | 150 a. (150 x acre) | £5 (=1200d.) | |
| watermill | 20s. | a (1 x watermill) | £1 (=240d.) | |
| meadow | 2s. (per unit) | 59 a. (59 x acre) | £5 18s. (=1416d.) | |
| closes | 40s. | 2 (2 x closes) | £2 (=480d.) | |
| common oven | 11s. | a (1 x common oven) | 11s. (=132d.) | |
| closes | 20s. | 2 (2 x closes) | £1 (=240d.) | |
| messuages | worth nothing | 22 (22 x messuages) | - | |
| pasture | 20s. | 6 a. (6 x acre) | £1 (=240d.) | |
| land | 10s. | a carucate (1 x carucate) | 10s. (=120d.) | |
| rent | 100s. | £5 (=1200d.) | ||
| Total: £24 12s. 4d. (=5908d.) | ||||
| Belvoir | ||||
| croft | 20s. | a (1 x croft) | £1 (=240d.) | |
| Total: £1 5s. (=300d.) | ||||
| park | worth nothing | 1/3 (0.33 x park) | - | |
| Total: £1 5s. (=300d.) | ||||
| Belvoir | ||||
| warren | 5s. | 1/3 (0.33 x warren) | 5s. (=60d.) | |
| Total: £1 5s. (=300d.) | ||||
| Bottesford | ||||
| land | 4d. (per unit) | a third of 15 a. (5 x acre) | 1s. 8d. (=20d.) | |
| meadow | 16d. (per unit) | 1 a. (3 x acre) | 4s. (=48d.) | |
| Total: 5s. 8d. (=68d.) | ||||
| Redmile | ||||
| Value | 6s. 4d. | 6s. 4d. (=76d.) | ||
| Total: 6s. 4d. (=76d.) | ||||
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Palmer(Escheator)
Jurors
- William Pateman
- John Marschall
- Thomas Vincente
- William Chapman
- Roger Bosse
- John Walker
- Richard Porter
- Thomas Grenne
- Thomas Brownof Bottesford
- John Browe of Eaton
- John Barbour of Stathern
- John Fauconer of Eastwell
- John Penne
- Robert Loid
- Robert Julian
