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HUMPHREY STAFFORD, KNIGHT

Writ Head

547 Writ. ‡ 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Gloucester. 19 October 1442. [Lysle].

Jurors

John Walton ; John Escourt ; John Burnell ; John Morvan ; John Phelpes ; Robert Eylowe ; John Fenne ; Thomas Colwell ; Robert Framton ; Robert Rome ; John Doppyng ; and Thomas Bokelond .

Holdings

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

He died on 27 May last. Avice, wife of James de Ormond, knight , is his kin and next heir, viz., daughter of Richard Stafford, knight , son of Humphrey. She is aged 17 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 9 November 1442.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 1–2

Writ Head

548 Writ. ‡ 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

SHROPSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Bridgnorth. 11 October 1442. [Lyngen].

Jurors

John Lee of Coton; Thomas Wodhows ; William Rovlowe ; John Hannys ; Edmund Clerk ; William Feldishows ; William Rys ; Robert Webbe ; John Barker ; Thomas Thomkys ; William Fowler ; and Hugh Hadyngton .

Holdings

Findings as 547

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 3–4

Writ Head

549 Writ. ‡ 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Winchester. 24 October 1442. [Trenchard].

Jurors

Ralph Dyngle ; Robert Pokeswell ; John Bocher ; John Freland ; John Vyryng ; John Baret ; John Norton ; William Moryng ; Richard Hasell ; Edward Heryng ; John Clement ; and William Barell .

Holdings

Findings as 547, although Avice is aged 16 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 7 November 1442.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 5–6

Writ Head

550 Writ. ‡ 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Salisbury. 20 October 1442. [Trenchard].

Jurors

John Rous of Baynton; William Pakyn ; John Estbury ; Richard Payn ; William Russell ; John Mone ; Simon Poy ; Ralph Pakker ; John Hampton ; John Perant ; William Child; and William Pette .

Holdings

Findings as 547.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 7 November 1442.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 7–8

Writ Head

551 Writ. ‡ 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

WORCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Kidderminster. 10 November 1442. [Gyfford].

Jurors

John Bultes of Inkberrow; John Penne of Hagley; John Yerdeley ; Thomas Russell ; William Opynshawe ; Richard Hunt ; Simon Clare ; John Clerk ; John Reynold ; Richard Payn ; John Corf ; and Roger Taillour .

Holdings

Findings as 547, although Avice is aged 19 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 28 November 1442.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 9–10

Writ Head

552 Writ. ‡ 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

CORNWALL. Inquisition. Liskeard. 16 August 1442. [Cornu].

Jurors

Richard Trelauny, esquire ; Edward Coryton, esquire ; Nicholas Stephen ; Thomas Ronell of Camelford; Thomas Wasek ; Hugh Tallan ; Robert Mey ; William Symon of Liskeard; Richard Vaga ; John Crabba ; John Phylpp ; and Richard atte More .

Holdings

Findings as 547, although Avice was aged 17 years on the day of his death.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 11–12

Writ Head

553 Writ. 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Addressed to the escheator in Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Inquisition Head

BERKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Wallingford. 27 September 1442. [Bekyngham].

Jurors

Richard Kene ; William Halle ; William Mayhewe ; John Havile ; Thomas Blake ; William Moyne ; Thomas Blyke ; Roger Blake ; Thomas Baile ; William Broune ; Richard Walrond ; and John Hewet .

Holdings

Findings as 547

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 13–14

Writ Head

554 [Writ: see 553.]

Inquisition Head

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Crowmarsh Gifford. 27 September 1442. [Bekyngham].

Jurors

John Huntercombe ; John Crips ; Robert Poughley ; Robert atte Water ; William Northe ; John Walkeleyn ; Thomas Haley ; John Andrewe ; John Faireher ; John Doner ; Robert Weye ; and William Shaldeston .

Holdings

Findings as 547.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 15 October 1442.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 13, 15

Writ Head

555 Writ. ‡ 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Kenilworth. 13 November 1442. [Cotys].

Jurors

Geoffrey Burell ; Richard Marchalle ; Thomas Lynde ; Robert Abell ; Henry Cheryour ; Thomas Napton ; John Gunware ; Richard Colvyle ; Nicholas Adnet ; John Harpour ; Richard Felyce ; and John Cokker .

Holdings

Findings as 547, although Avice is aged 19 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 28 November 1442.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 16–17

Writ Head

556 Writ. 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Addressed to the escheator in Somerset and Dorset.

Inquisition Head

SOMERSET. Inquisition [indented]. Ilchester. 17 September 1442. [Karant].

Jurors

Thomas Lyte ; Robert Cammell ; Robert Golde ; John Wydecombe ; John Welweton ; John Welde ; John Gylberd ; John Oxle ; Richard Crukern ; John Vyrgyn ; Richard Slade ; and Thomas Symmesson .

Holdings

He held the following for life by grant of ‪ Henry IV or ‪ Henry V: which king made the grant is unknown.

Seavington Dennis, the manor, held of the king in chief. There is the site, a capital messuage, and 120 a. arable, worth £6 yearly; 6 a. meadow, worth 20s. yearly; a close containing 30 a. heath and pasture, worth 20s. yearly; 5 tenements, their assize rent worth 20s. yearly; and 2 cottages, worth 4s. yearly. The assize rent is payable equally at the four principal terms of the year, viz., Michaelmas, hristmas, Easter, and Midsummer.

Date of death and heir as 547.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 11 October 1442.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 18, 20

Writ Head

557 [Writ: see 556.]

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition [indented]. Sherborne. 18 September 1442. [Karant].

Jurors

William Strange ; Peter Pynford ; John Kayleway ; William Ryder ; Richard Fowell ; William Knaplok ; John Draper ; William Haukyns ; Thomas Wyseman ; John Towker ; Adam Hosyer ; and John Splotard .

Holdings

Findings as 547.

TNA reference

C 139/105/9 mm. 18–19

Writ Head

558 Writ. 1 June 1442. [Louthe].

Inquisition Head

STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Stafford. 15 October 1442. [Whytegreve].

Jurors

Thomas More of Penkridge; Ralph Bussheton of Bishton; Humphrey Clerkson of Colton; William Wolrich of Worston; Richard Banastr of Gnosall; William Fowke of Brewood; Philip Fitzjohn of Aqualate; John Stamford of Stafford; Richard Dunne of Dunston; William Warde of Great or Little Bridgeford (Bruchford); John Barker of Acton Trussell; and John Bethom of Penkridge.