E-CIPM 26-24: RICHARD CORNEWAYLL, ESQUIRE

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RICHARD CORNEWAYLL, ESQUIRE n010

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 6 May 1443. [Zouche].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Malory ; William Muscote ; William Brokhole ; John Falcliff ; Thomas Clerk ; John Wodeham ; William Smyth ; Henry Anabull ; John Franceys ; William Waryn ; William Lolle ; Thomas Burgeys ; Richard Schorte ; and Richard Rawlyns .

Holdings

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

He died on 10 January last. Thomas Cornewayll is his next heir, as the son of Edmund, son of the above Richard, and is aged 13 and more.

[Head:]

Delivered to court on 3 June.

TNA reference

C 139/108/21 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

DEVON. Inquisition. Great Torrington. 7 May 1443. [Trevelyn].

Jurors

Jurors: John Polard, esquire ; Richard Polard ; William Blench ; Baldwin Viell ; Robert Spiry ; Robert Wode ; Roger Polard ; William Norlegh ; John Loriwill ; John Billehole ; Thomas Penpoll ; John Eyer ; Oliver Chamburlen ; and Richard Badworthi .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king or of any other, but long before his death he was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. He granted the manor among other things, by charter dated 6 August 1436 shown to the jurors, to Edmund Cornewayll of Burford, John Mulys , William Stokes , John Gefford , Thomas Moghale, clerk , Richard Lochard , Robert Amondesham , John Cokkes , and Thomas Benet , and their heirs and assigns, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee and still are seised.

King’s Nympton, the manor, annual value £10, with the advowson of the church there belonging to the manor, held of Thomas , son and heir of John Seymour, esquire (armigero), by knight service.

Date of death as 24. Thomas Cornewayll , son of Edmund, son of the above Richard, is his next heir, aged 14 and more.

During Richard’s life Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Roland Leyntale, knight , who survives.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 3 June 1443.

TNA reference

C 139/108/21 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

WORCESTERSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Tenbury Wells. 4 October 1443. [Littylton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Parker of ?Netherwood; Roger Holt ; William Fermour ; Geoffrey Kery ; John Terell ; Roger Drayton ; William Corveser ; William Foxe ; Roger Lane ; David Home ; Nicholas Kydde ; and Thomas Hare .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service. He was once seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By a deed shown to the jurors he feoffed therein Edmund Cornewayll of Burford, John Mules , William Stokes , John Gifford , Thomas Moghale, clerk , Richard Lochard , Robert Amondesham , John Cokkes , and Thomas Benet , and their heirs, so that they were seised in demesne as of fee.

Ham, ½ manor, annual value 6 marks. The jurors do not know of whom the manor is or was held or by what service.

He died on 13 January last. Thomas Cornewayll , son of Edmund, son of the above Richard, is his next heir, aged 14 and more.

[Head:]

Delivered to court on 29 October 1443.

TNA reference

C 139/108/21 mm. 5–6

Inquisition Head

SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Ludlow. 12 May 1443. [Haukeston].

Jurors

Jurors: Edward Hulle ; John Parys ; John Wytton ; Edmund Sugd[unclear: o]n [ms damaged]; John Alen ; John Sete ; Nicholas Hopton ; John Bowdeler of Ashford Bowdler (Asscheford); Richard Hatton ; William Robardis ; Robert Moyle ; John Bedston ; and John Dodmor .

Holdings

Long before his death he was seised in demesne as of fee of the manor of Burford and
the hundred of Overs,
held of the king in chief by knight service; and of
100s. rent from two messuages and two carucates of land in Leintwardine, held of Richard, duke of York , in chief, service unknown.
Thus seised, and having obtained royal licence [CPR 1429–36, p. 596], he granted the above, among other things, excepting 1 a. land in the manor, to Edmund Cornewayll of Burford, William Stokes , Thomas Moghale, clerk , Robert Amondesham , and John Cokkes , and the heirs of the bodies of Edmund and Elizabeth, late his wife, at the time of the grant deceased. In the charter, dated at Burford, 5 November 1436, and shown to the jurors, the premises were described as the manor of Burford, except 1 a. land therein, the hundred of Overs, and all his lands, tenements, rents, and services in Leintwardine. By virtue of the grant John Glydde and Thomas Asshull , then tenants of the messuages and carucates of land, attorned themselves to Edmund, William, Thomas, Robert, and John. By virtue of the grant and attornment Edmund was seised in demesne as of fee tail and the others, who survive, were and are seised in demesne as of free tenement.
The manor, excepting 1 a. land, is worth £10 yearly, and
the hundred is worth 20s. yearly
.
He was seised in demesne as of fee of the abovementioned 1 a. land in Burford, annual value 6d., held of the king in chief as 1/200 knight’s fee.

Date of death and heir as 24.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 July.

TNA reference

C 139/108/21 mm. 7–8

Inquisition Head

HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Leominster. 8 May 1443. [fitz Harry].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Bromwich ; John Eye ; Hugh Hakeluyt ; Walter Bradeford ; John Bradeford ; William Hakeluyt ; William Segot ; Thomas Strete ; Thomas Hugyns ; Richard Gryme ; John Wrothe ; and William Ranys .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king or any other, but long before his death he was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. Having obtained royal licence [CPR 1429–36, p. 596], he granted the vill, etc., of Stapleton, among other things, to Edmund Cornewayll of Burford, William Stokes , Thomas Moghale, clerk , Robert Amondesham , and John Cokkes , and the heirs of the bodies of Edmund and Elizabeth, late his wife, who was dead at the time of the grant. The charter, dated at Burford, 5 November 1436, was shown to the jurors. By virtue of this grant Edmund was seised in demesne as of fee tail in the said form, and William, Thomas, Robert and John, who survive, were seised and still are in demesne as of free tenement. By another charter dated 6 August 1436, shown to the jurors, he granted the ½ manor of Rochford – described as a moiety of the manors of Ham and Rochford – among other things to Edmund Cornewayll of Burford, John Mulys , William Stokes , John Gefford , Thomas Moghale, clerk , Richard Lochard , Robert Amondesham , John Cokkes , and Thomas Benet , who survive [sic], and their heirs and assigns, so that they were and still are seised in demesne as of fee.

Stapleton, in the march of Wales, the vill, castle, and lordship, annual value £10, held of the king in chief by knight service.
Rochford, ½ manor, annual value 5 marks, held of the lord Clifford in socage by service of a sparrowhawk at the feast of St Peter in Chains.

He died on 10 January last. Heir as 26.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 June.

TNA reference

C 139/108/21 mm. 9–10

Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

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No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Robert Malory
  • William Muscote
  • William Brokhole
  • John Falcliff
  • Thomas Clerk
  • John Wodeham
  • William Smyth
  • Henry Anabull
  • John Franceys
  • William Waryn
  • William Lolle
  • Thomas Burgeys
  • Richard Schorte
  • Richard Rawlyns

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