E-CIPM 25-539: JOHN SPEKE, KNIGHT

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JOHN SPEKE, KNIGHT

Writ Head

538 Writ. ‡ 8 February 1442. [Bate].

Addressed to the escheator in Devon and Cornwall.n454

Inquisition Head

DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 24 November 1442. [Cornu].

Jurors

Richard Fortescu ; John Harry ; John Bury ; William Mey ; Walter Lywer ; Robert Spry ; Robert Wode ; Baldwin Vyell ; Richard Badeworthy ; Richard Denshill ; John Clyfton ; and John Eyr .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief, or any other, in demesne or service.

He died on 27 October 1441. John is his son and next heir, and aged 20 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 8 December.

TNA reference

C 139/105/3 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition [indented]. Castle Cary. 18 October 1442. [Karant].

Jurors

Richard Baylly ; William Harryes ; Thomas Broune ; Thomas Towker ; John Membury ; William Northe ; Nicholas Mey ; John Andrewe ; Nicholas Ketyll ; John Ketyll ; Stephen Clerke ; and William Smytht .

Holdings

Findings as 538.

He died on 5 October 1441. John Speke, esquire , is his son and next heir, and aged 20 and more.

TNA reference

C 139/105/3 mm. 3–4

Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Cammell(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Richard Baylly
  • William Harryes
  • Thomas Broune
  • Thomas Towker
  • John Membury
  • William Northe
  • Nicholas Mey
  • John Andrewe
  • Nicholas Ketyll
  • John Ketyll
  • Stephen Clerke
  • William Smytht

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