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JOAN, LATE COUNTESS OF WESTMORLAND
Inquisition Head
SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Ipswich. 28 October 1441. [Drury].
Jurors
Simon Bleaunt ; William Barnaby ; John Frenssh, senior ; John Wright ; Edmund Capell ; John Godfrey ; William Leuesson ; William Bukston ; Thomas Kymbyll ; John June ; William Skrouton ; and Thomas Sherman .
Holdings
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne as of fee, in service, for life, or in any other way.
She died on 13 November last. Richard, earl of Salisbury , is her son and next heir, and aged 30 and more.
[Head:]
TNA reference
C 139/104/42 mm. 1–2
Inquisition Head
ESSEX. Inquisition. Saffron Walden. 6 December 1440. [Knyvet].
Jurors
Richard Bolyngton ; Thomas Warner ; Nicholas Brown ; John atte Fan ; Thomas Marchall ; William Ponde ; John Hicheman ; John Schymmyng ; William Higham; John Higham ; John Garlond ; William Norton ; William Hawkyn ; John Veyse, senior ; Roger Jakelyn ; John Davy ; and John Herward .
Holdings
She held no lands or tenements of the king, or any other, in demesne or service. James Strangweys and Robert Strangweys, esquire , were, however, formerly seised of the following manors and advowson in demesne as of fee. A fine was levied at Westminster one month from Easter 1416 [CP 25/1/291/63, no. 43], before Richard Norton and his associates, king’s justices of the Bench, between James Strangweys and Robert Strangweys, querents , and Ralph, late earl of Westmorland , and Joan, then his wife, deforciants. The late earl and Joan recognised the manors and advowson to be the right of Robert, as held by Robert and James by grant of the late earl and Joan. For that recognition, James and Robert granted the manors and advowson, among other things, with royal licence previously obtained [CPR 1413–16, p. 378], to the late earl and Joan, and the heirs male of their bodies, as apparent in a transcript of the fine and in a certain inquisition taken at Saffron Walden after the death of the late earl [CIPM XXII, no. 647], before Thomas Stokdale . The fine and inquisition were shown to the jurors. The late earl and Joan were thus seised in demesne as of fee tail. They had issue: Richard, earl of Salisbury , still living, and the late earl died seised of his estate. After his death, right in the manors and advowson accrued to Joan, and she entered and occupied them continuously until, by deed, shown to the jurors, she demised them at farm to Richard, earl of Salisbury , her son, to have for the term of 3 years. Richard was thus seised and possessed of the manors and advowson and, afterwards, within the term of 3 years, Joan, by deed sealed with her seal, shown to the jurors, quitclaimed the manors and advowson to Richard and his heirs. [Royal licence was not obtained and] the king afterwards pardoned Richard by letters patent, shown to the jurors [CPR 1436–41, p. 496]. Richard, earl of Salisbury, was thus seised in demesne as of fee of the manors and advowson, and he continued in this estate for all of Joan’s life. She thus did not die seised of the manors and advowson, nor any parcel of the same.Date of death as 513 Richard, earl of Salisbury , is her son and next heir, and aged 40 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 10 December 1440.
TNA reference
C 139/104/42 mm. 3–4
Inquisition Head
VILL OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Inquisition. Guildhall. 9 January 1441. [Chambre].
Jurors
Robert Swynburn ; Robert Langwaith ; Robert Acom ; Robert Litster ; John Dey ; John Tymmouth ; John Kempe ; John Lyntlawe ; William Ferrour ; Stephen Baron ; John Hunter ; and Robert Haweson .
Holdings
She held the following in dowern426 by endowment of Ralph, late earl of Westmorland, her former husband, from the inheritance of Ralph, present earl of Westmorland, assigned by Roger de Thornton, late mayor of the vill and king’s escheator by virtue of the king’s writ, according to an inquisition taken before him by order of Henry VI and returned to Chancery[CIPM XXII, no. 644]. Reversion belongs to Ralph, present earl, and his heirs, as kin and heir of Ralph Neville , viz., son of John son of the said Ralph, late earl.Date of death as 513. Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury is her son and next heir, and also son and heir male of the bodies of the late earl and Joan. He is aged 40 and more. Ralph, present earl of Westmorland, is aged 30 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 February 1441.
TNA reference
C 139/104/42 mm. 5–6n432
Inquisition Head
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. The castle at Newcastle upon Tyne. 9 January 1441. [Heron].
[Inquisition: ms badly galled down right-hand side.]
Jurors
William Strother ; John Heron of Chipchase; Robert Musgrave ; Walter Boynton ; John Trewyk ; David Witton ; John Fenwyk ; Alexander Mitford ; Nicholas ?Totham; Thomas ?Heryne; Nicholas Turpyn ; and Simon Weltden .
Holdings
She held the following in dower as 515, by assignment of William Strother, lately king’s escheator, by virtue of the king’s writ.Date of death as 513. Richard, earl of Salisbury, is her son and next heir, and aged 34 and more. Ralph, present earl of Westmorland , is aged 30 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 February 1441.
TNA reference
C 139/104/42 mm. 7–8
Inquisition Head
CUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Penrith. 20 December 1440. [Culwen].
Jurors
Christopher Culwen and Christopher Moresby , chevaliers; and Hugh Lowthre , John Broughton , William Laton , William Lowthre , Hugh Salkeld , Thomas Beauchamp , Richard Blencowe , Edward Culwen , John Vaux , and John Southake , esquires.
Holdings
She held the following to her and the heirs male of her body and the body of Ralph, late earl of Westmorland , her former husband, by grant, among other things, of Richard II, by letters patent dated at Windsor Castle on 7 October 1397 [CPR 1396–99, p. 267], shown to the jurors, to the said Ralph and Joan and the heirs male of their bodies.n433 They were described as his beloved and faithful kinsman, Ralph Neville, then earl of Westmorland, and Joan his wife.Date of death as 513. Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury , is her son and next heir, and also son and heir of the bodies of Ralph and Joan. He is aged 40 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to the king’s Chancery on 13 January 1441.
Inquisition Head
WESTMORLAND. Inquisition. Brougham. 21 December 1440. [Culwen].
Jurors
Christopher Moresby, chevalier ; and Hugh Lowthre , William Stapleton , Thomas Helton , Hugh Salkeld , William Whybergh , Thomas Burgham , William Laton , Thomas Wytlawe , John Moresby , Christopher Helton , John Smythson , and Nicholas Falowfelde , esquires.
Holdings
She held the following in dower from the inheritance of Ralph, present earl of Westmorland, by assignment of Hugh Lowthre, lately king’s escheator, by virtue of the king’s writ, according to an inquisition taken before him by order of Henry VI and returned to Chancery [not found in CIPM XXII].Date of death as 513. Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury , is her son and next heir, and aged 40 and more. The present earl of Westmorland is kin and next heir male of the late earl, viz., son of John son of the late earl, and he is aged 30 and more.
TNA reference
C 139/104/42 mm. 9–10
Inquisition Head
YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. The castle at York. 22 December 1440. [Vavasour].
[Inquisition: ms galled and worn in places.]
Jurors
Ralph Graystok , John Constable , John Langton , Robert Ughtred , William Gascoigne , Richard Pykeryng , and James Pykeryng , chevaliers; and John Hopton , Ralph Bygod , Conan Aske , Robert Hatefeld , Thomas de la Ryver , William Myrfelde , and John Wandysforth , esquires.
Holdings
John, late duke of Lancaster , grandfather of the present king who is his heir, was seised in demesne as of fee simple of the wapentakes of Hang, Halikeld, and Gilling. Thus seised, by his letters patent dated on 13 February 1397, shown to the jurors, in which he was described as John, son of the king of England, duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, and steward of England , he granted the wapentakes, among other things, described as his three wapentakes of Hang, Halikeld, and Gilling, that the lord John Marmyon held of the late duke in Yorkshire, to Ralph, late earl of Westmorland , and Joan, lately countess of Westmorland , then his wife, described as his well-beloved son, Lord Neville, and his well-beloved daughter Joan, his consort, who was wife of the lord Robert Ferrers , to hold to the late earl and Joan for their lives.n436 They were thus seised in demesne as of free tenement. By his letters patent, dated at his castle of Leicester on 20 January 1399, shown to the jurors, the late duke afterwards granted the wapentakes to the late earl and Joan, and the heirs male of their bodies, to hold of the late duke and his heirs, with remainder to certain persons and their heirs, as clear in the deed. The late duke was described as John son of the king of England, duke of Lancaster, earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, and steward of England . The late earl and Joan were thus seised of the wapentakes in demesne as of fee tail. The late earl died jointly seised of this estate with Joan and, by his death, right in the wapentakes accrued to Joan. She was continuously seised of them in demesne as of fee tail, and died so seised.
n425^: The dorse of the writ makes it clear that only one inquisition was returned.
n426^: Margin: ‘dower’.
n427^: Margin: ‘of the king’.
n428^: Margin: ‘of the king’.
n429^: Margin: ‘dower’.
n430^: Margin: ‘entail’.
n431^: Margin: ‘of the king’.
n432^: Margin at bottom left: ‘earl of Westmorland’, ‘earl of Salisbury’.
n433^: Margin: ‘entail’.
n434^: Margin: ‘term of life’.
n435^: There is at least one set of illegible marginal notes.
n436^: See CPR 1396–99, p. 548.
n437^: Marginal notes refer to this transaction: ‘demised at term of life’, ‘term of life’, ‘of the king as of the honour of Richmond’.
n438^: E 152: Stony Keld is marked by // in the ms text, directing readers to the margin where is written quia inferius Stanhowkeld. Lartington too is similarly marked, and quia inferius Lyrtyngton is written in the margin. There are other marginal notes to the E 152 ms.
n439^: Margin: ‘enfeoffment’.
n440^: The manors of Great and Little Crakehall, Rand Grange, and Newton le Willows, so specified later in ms, are initially recorded only as ‘the manors of Crakehall (Crakehull), Rand Grange, and Newton le Willows’.
n441^: The ms records Quixley as ‘... John de Quixley described as John Quixley...’.
n442^: There are further illegible marginal notes.
Holdings
Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
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Hang | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Halikeld | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Gilling | ||||
Total: - | ||||
Easingwold | ||||
Value | 20 marks | £13 6s. 8d. (=3200d.) | ||
Total: £13 6s. 8d. (=3200d.) | ||||
Huby | ||||
Value | £10 | £10 (=2400d.) | ||
Total: £10 (=2400d.) | ||||
rent | 310 marks | £206 13s. 4d. (=49600d.) | ||
Total: £206 13s. 4d. (=49600d.) | ||||
Aysgarth, Thornton Rust | ||||
messuages | 4 (4 x messuages) | - | ||
land | 40 a. (40 x acre) | - | ||
meadow | 4 a. (4 x acre) | - | ||
Value | 10s. | 10s. (=120d.) | ||
Total: 10s. (=120d.) | ||||
advowson | ||||
Value | 10 marks | £6 13s. 4d. (=1600d.) | ||
Total: £6 13s. 4d. (=1600d.) | ||||
Sheriff Hutton | ||||
Total: - | ||||
East Lilling, West Lilling, Cornbrough | ||||
messuages | 52 (52 x messuages) | - | ||
bovates | 64 (64 x bovate) | - | ||
meadow | 12 a. (12 x acre) | - | ||
wood | 10 a. (10 x acre) | - | ||
pasture | 200 a. (200 x acre) | - | ||
Total: - | ||||
Elvington | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Skirpenbeck | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Easthorpe | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Raskelf | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Hook | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Scoreby | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Wilberfoss | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Stamford Bridge | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Hundburton | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Knapton | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Rise | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Sutton upon Derwent | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Sherburn | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Appleton le Street | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Wetherby, Terrington, Ryton, Settrington, Tharlesthorpe, Thirsk, Hook, Elvington, Wilberfoss, Stamford Bridge, Catton, Bugthorpe, Burdale, Cornbrough, Towthorpe | ||||
messuages | 200 (200 x messuages) | - | ||
bovates | 100 (100 x bovate) | - | ||
land | 300 a. (300 x acre) | - | ||
meadow | 100 a. (100 x acre) | - | ||
wood | 100 a. (100 x acre) | - | ||
pasture | 1000 a. (1000 x acre) | - | ||
moor | 40 a. (40 x acre) | - | ||
rent | 100s. | £5 (=1200d.) | ||
Total: £5 (=1200d.) | ||||
Ouse | ||||
ferry | 1/6 (0.17 x ferry) | - | ||
weir | a (1 x weir) | - | ||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Rise | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Welton | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Walkington | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Elvington | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Appleton le Street | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Middleham, Middleham | ||||
Value | £10 | £10 (=2400d.) | ||
Total: £10 (=2400d.) | ||||
Burton Constable, Middleham | ||||
fees | 2 (2 x fees) | - | ||
Value | £10 | £10 (=2400d.) | ||
Total: £10 (=2400d.) | ||||
Danby on Ure, Middleham | ||||
knight’s fee | 1/2 (0.5 x knight’s fee) | - | ||
Value | 50s. | £2 10s. (=600d.) | ||
Total: £2 10s. (=600d.) | ||||
Low Bolton, Middleham | ||||
knight’s fee | 1/4 (0.25 x knight’s fee) | - | ||
Value | 20s. | £1 (=240d.) | ||
Total: £1 (=240d.) | ||||
Melmerby, Middleham | ||||
knight’s fee | 1/4 (0.25 x knight’s fee) | - | ||
Value | 25s. | £1 5s. (=300d.) | ||
Total: £1 5s. (=300d.) | ||||
Sutton on the Forest | ||||
Total: - | ||||
bailiwick | ||||
Total: - | ||||
East Hauxwell, South Cowton, Richmond | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Carlton | ||||
Total: (=0d.) | ||||
Great Busby, Faceby, Hinderwell, Coniston Cold, Fearby, Great Busby, Faceby, Hinderwell, Coniston Cold, Fearby, Bowes, Boldron, Stony Keld, Lartington, East Harlsey, West Harlsey | ||||
Total: (=0d.) |
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Bate(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
- Ralph Graystok
- John Constable
- John Langton
- Robert Ughtred
- William Gascoigne
- Richard Pykeryng
- James Pykeryng
- John Hopton
- Ralph Bygod
- Conan Aske
- Robert Hatefeld
- Thomas de la Ryver
- William Myrfelde
- John Wandysforth