‹ E-CIPM 26-69: MARGARET, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF WILLIAM CHEYNE, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

She held the following in dower, by endowment of John Seymour , her late husband, and from the inheritance of Thomas Seymour , kin and heir of John, who is a minor in royal custody. She held the following for the term of her life, from the inheritance of the above Thomas.

Holdings

She was seised of the following for the term of her life, from the inheritance of Thomas Seymour – kin and heir of John Seymour , her late husband – who is a minor in royal custody.

Holdings

She held the following in demesne as of fee.

In her pure widowhood, by charter shown to the jurors, she granted to Thomas Lovell of Wincanton for the term of his life an annual rent of 5 marks to be received from the above at Michaelmas. Morgan Gouz, John Barnard , Nicholas Samburn, junior , and Philip Spor , were once seised in demesne as of fee of the manors of Beckington, Babcary, Perry, and Durston, the advowson of a free chapel in the manor of Durston, presenting on alternate occasions, and the advowsons of the churches of Babcary and Beckington. They granted the manors and advowsons, by charter shown to the jurors, to John de Erlegh and Isabel his wife and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of John de Erlegh . They were seised in demesne as of fee tail and had issue: Margaret, named in the writ. John and then Isabel died seised of such estate. Afterwards Margaret entered as daughter and heir, continued in such estate and died seised in demesne as of fee tail; except for (preterquam de) the manor and advowson of Beckington. The manor and advowson were granted by Richard Bye and Thomas Neuport to William Cheyne, knight , and Margaret his wife, named in the writ, and the heirs of Margaret, as appears by a fine [CP 25/1/202/37/50] raised in the king’s court at Westminster in the octave of Michaelmas 1438, and afterwards recorded in the octave of Hilary following, and shown to the jurors. William survived Margaret and died on 15 April 1443, seised in demesne as of free tenement. She held the following jointly with her late husband John Seymour , the son of Richard Seymour, late lord of Castle Cary , knight , to themselves and the heirs of their bodies, by grant of this Richard, paying to him and his heirs a rose at Midsummer. This appears by a fine [CP 25/1/201/34/15] in the court of ‪ Henry IV , in the octave of the Purification 1408, shown to the jurors, in which Margaret was described as Margaret, the wife of John Seymour , and the daughter of John Erlegh . Margaret survived her husband and continued in possession and died seised in demesne as of fee tail.