‹ E-CIPM 25-506: ANNE, LATE COUNTESS OF DEVON ›

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king, or any other, in demesne as of fee, but she held the following in dower by endowment of Hugh Courtenay, late earl of Devon , her husband, from the inheritance of Thomas Courtenay, earl of Devon , son and heir of the late earl, with reversion to Thomas and his heirs. when it falls. The knights’ fees are held of the earl of Devon as of his manor of Waddesdon, which manor is held of the king by knight service.

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king, or any other, in demesne as of fee, but she held the following in dower as 503

Holdings

She held the following in dower as 503.

Holdings

She held the following in dower as 503 The fees and part-fees are held of Thomas, earl of Devon, as of his honour of Plympton. The honour is held of the king by knight service. She held the following in dower as 503. ⁿ⁴¹¹ All the fees and part-fees are held of Thomas, earl, as of his honours of Plympton and Okehampton. The honours are held of the king in chief by knight service. The fees, part-fees, and advowsons are worth nothing yearly. ⁿ⁴¹² [1]+ Hugh Courtenay, lately earl of Devon , by his deed, sealed with his arms, dated on 4 June 1421, shown to the jurors, granted to Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe, knight, his uncle, Hugh Luterell, knight , his kin, John Fortescu, esquire , then his steward, Thomas Hendeman , Richard Aldryngton, clerks, John Selman , William Dawny , Richard Bampfyle , and Henry Fortescu , among other manors contained in the same deed, all his lands and tenements in the county – his manor of Crewkerne – to hold to them from the Midsummer then next following for the term of 40 years, [on condition] that they – from the issues of the manor, and of other manors contained in the deed, and by them or any of them taken yearly, just as they had and took – well and faithfully pay, or one of them pays, the debts of his venerable father, Edward, lately earl of Devon, as well as his debts, by sufficient quittance that the receivers attest to the payment, and under other conditions contained in the charter. Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] were thus seised of the manors and hundred.ⁿ⁴¹³ The wording of the deed follows. ‘To all Christ’s faithful who come to the present indented letters, Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon and lord of Okehampton, greets you in the everlasting lord. Know that we grant and by the present letters demise to our beloved and faithful Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe, knight, our uncle, Hugh Luterell, knight, our kin, John Fortescu, esquire,ⁿ⁴¹⁴ our steward, Thomas Hendeman, Richard Aldryngton, clerks, John Selman, William Dawny, Bampfyle Richard, and Henry Fortescu, our whole manor of Crewkerne in Somerset, and the manors of Colcombe, Colyton, and Whitford, and the hundred of Colyton in Devon, to have and hold all the said manors and hundred to Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] from Midsummer next following until the end of and for the term of 40 years, on condition that Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] well and faithfully pay, or one of them pays the debts of our venerable father Edward, late earl of Devon, and our debts from the issues of the manors and hundred taken yearly by them or any one of them, just as they had and took, by sufficient quittance that the receivers attest to the payment, or that they do according to our deed or as we will declare to them verbally at entry, to have at our return (readventu) from across the sea or in any other way, provided always that if we die, Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] find for our boys, then surviving, from the issues of the said lands and tenements in their hand, beyond the full payment of debts. And if there is any left over, they should distribute it for the souls of our venerable father and mother,ⁿ⁴¹⁵ our soul, and the souls of all faithful dead, always deducting reasonable costs and expenses. In witness of which thing, we, the earl, and Hugh, Hugh, John, Thomas, Richard, John, William, Richard, and Henry have alternately placed our seals to the present indented letters. Dated on Wednesday 4 June 1421.’ Afterwards, on 30 June 1421, by his deed, sealed with his arms, shown to the jurors, the late earl quitclaimed to Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] and their heirs and assigns all right and claim that he had in the manors and hundred under conditions contained in the deed of quitclaim. The wording of the deed follows. ‘To all Christ’s faithful who come to the present indented letters, Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon and lord of Okehampton, greets you in the everlasting lord. Know that we remit, release, and entirely from and for us and our heirs in perpetuity quitclaim to Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe, knight, our uncle, Hugh Luterell, knight, our kin, John Fortescu, esquire, our steward, Thomas Hendeman, Richard Aldryngton, clerks, John Selman, William Dawny, Richard Bampfyle, and Henry Fortescu, all our right and claim that we have in the manors of [Sheviock, Anthony, Tregantle, Trelowia] [ms galled here and belowⁿ⁴¹⁶], Portlooe, Trelugan, Landulph, Leigh Durant, Northill, and Landreyne, and a moiety of the manors of Treverbyn and Tregamere, the boroughs of ‘Portbyan’ and Crafthole, and advowsons of the churches of Sheviock, St John, Northill, and Landulph, and in the chantry of the free chapel of [Lammana], and advowson or the free chapel [as ms] of [Lammana], and in all our messuages, lands, tenements, toll tin, rents, reversions, and services in St Austell and other places in Cornwall, and also the whole manor of Crewkerne in Somerset, and the manors of Colcombe, Colyton, and Whitford, and the hundred of Colyton in Devon, which, each and every one, we surrender to Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] for the term of 40 years, to have and hold [line missed out in ms: to them and their heirs and assigns in perpetuity on condition that if they] do not do with the lands and tenements as we will declare by our deed or verbally, then the quitclaim will be null, and if on the contrary, it will remain in force. And we, the earl and our heirs will guarantee to Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above], and their heirs and assigns, all the manors, moieties of manors, and the hundred of Colyton, the boroughs, advowsons, chantry, messuages, lands, tenements, toll tin, rents, reversions, and services against all people in form aforesaid in perpetuity. In witness of which thing, the earl and Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] have alternately placed our seals to the present indented letters. Dated on the last day of June 1421.’+[1] The late earl verbally declared to the feoffees when he started his sea-voyage, that they should act according to the force and effect of the conditions, as contained in the charter of the grant at the term of years, and not otherwise. By virtue of this grant, and by virtue of the quitclaim, the feoffees were seised in demesne as of fee. Afterwards, the king, by letters patent dated at Westminster on 22 June 1423, shown to the jurors [CPR 1422–29, p. 108], by the advice of his council and for 500 marks paid into his hanaper, pardoned the transgressions. Furthermore, he granted for him and his heirs as much to Hugh, Hugh etc. [as above] as they had to them and their heirs and assigns in the manors and hundred under certain conditions contained in the said charter and deed, to hold of the king and his heirs, as more fully contained in the letters. Hugh, late earl , afterwards died, and the feoffees assigned the following in dower to the late countess.

Crewkerne, the manor, annual value £122, held of the king in chief by knight service. There is £100 assize rent, payable to the countess by the hand of various free tenants at the four terms of the year equally, viz., Christmas, Easter, Midsummer, and Michaelmas. The true annual value of the rest of the manor is £22. There is an old capital messuage, a dovecot, and a barn with curtilage and garden adjacent, worth nothing yearly; 3 mills for grain: ‘Taylmyll’, worth 20s. yearly, ‘Berymyll’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly, and ‘Cloptonmyll’, worth 10s. yearly; 400 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 80 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 1000 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 80 a. wood, each acre worth 1/2d. yearly; and perquisites of court, worth 20s. yearly.

The hundred [of ?Crewkerne or ?Colyton] is worth 40s. yearly.

Afterwards, Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe, knight, Hugh Luterell, knight John Fortescu, Thomas Hendeman, Richard Aldryngton, clerks, John Selman, William Dawny, and Richard Bampfyle died, and reversion of the manor belongs to Henry Fortescu and his heirs only.

Holdings

She held the following in dower as 503.

. ⁿ⁴¹⁷ She held the following knights’ fees and part-fees in dower as above. They are held of the present earl as of his honours of Plympton and Okehampton, which honours are held of the king by knight service. ⁿ⁴¹⁸ She held the following in dower as above. The manor, borough, and hundred of Tiverton, advowsons of the 2nd and 4th portions of the church there, the manor and hundred of Exminster, the manor of Topsham, the hundred of Hayridge, the free fishery in the Exe, advowson of the church of Stoke Damerel, advowson of the abbey of Buckland, advowson of the church of Milton Damerel, and £8 rent in Holbeton are held of the king in chief by knight service as parcel of the honour of Plympton. The advowson of the chantry of St Mary of Sticklepath, the manor of Cherubeer, advowson of the church of Chulmleigh, advowson of the 5 prebends there, the manor of Chawleigh and the borough there, the manor of Newnham, advowson of the church of Kenn, 58s. 5d. assize rent from Kennford, the manor of Musbury, the messuage and carucate of land in Bruckland, Trill and Smallicombe, and advowson of the priory of Cowick, are held of the king in chief by knight service as parcel of the honour of Okehampton. The moiety of the fair (nundinarum) of Crolditch [now Southernhay] is held of the king in chief by knight service, quantity unknown. The £18 6s. 8d. rent taken by the hand of the sheriff is held of the king in chief by knight service, quantity unknown.

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief, or any other, in demesne as of fee. Continues as 506+[1] regarding all of Hugh Courtenay ’s lands and tenements in Cornwall: the manors of Sheviock, Anthony, Tregantle, Trelowia, Portlooe, Trelugan, Landulph, Leigh Durant, Northill, and Landreyne, and a moiety of the manors of Treverbyn and Tregamere, the borough of ‘Portbyan’, the borough of Crafthole, advowsons of the churches of Sheviock, St John, Northill, Landulph, and the chantry of the free chapel of Lammana, advowson of the chantry or free chapel of Lammana [as ms], and all messuages, lands, tenements, toll tin, rents, reversions, and services in St Austell and other places in Cornwall.ⁿ⁴¹⁹ Hugh, late earl, afterwards died, and the feoffees assigned the following in dower to the late countess.

Service is unknown for each manor. After the assignment of dower, Hugh Courtenay of Haccombe, knight , Hugh Luterell, knight , John Fortescu , Thomas Hendeman , Richard Aldryngton , clerks, John Selman , William Dawny , and Richard Bampfyle , died. Reversion of the manors assigned in dower now belongs to Henry Fortescu only.