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JOHN KIRKEBY

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Newport. 6 November 1443. [Thorp].

Jurors

Jurors: John Garland ; Nicholas Broun ; John Paunfelon ; John Yonge ; John Wode ; Thomas Priour ; John Colwell ; Thomas Punte ; William Norton ; William Brodgore ; William Totynham ; and John Scargill .

Holdings

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

He died on 18 October last. Alice Kirkeby is his daughter and next heir, aged 4 and more.

[Foot:] Examined.

TNA reference

C 139/115/26 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Much Hadham. 7 November 1443. [Thorp].

[Inquisition: head of ms faded.]

Jurors

Jurors: William Freman ; John Harpoll ; John ... ; Thomas Lure ; John Gullyng ; John Grubbe ; John Forster ; John atte Hethe ; John ?[unclear: Co]lte ; John Lorde ; John Harry ; John Ingers ; John Quye ; Richard Grene ; John ?[unclear: Jo]luston ; Thomas Thresshr ; Thomas Rote ; and John ?[unclear: Gr]enyng.

Holdings

Long before his death, Roland Barlee , Henry Barlee and Thomas Waltere were seised in demesne as of fee of

a messuage, 4 tofts, 140 a. land, 8 a. meadow, 2 a. pasture, and 50s. rent in Ashwell and Hinxworth
. They demised the same – described as all their lands and tenements in the vills and fields of Ashwell and Hinxworth – to Philip Thornbury, knight , John Fray , Elizabeth Walden , John Barlee , Henry Langle , John Kirkeby , named in the writ, and his late wife Joan, and the heirs and assigns of John Kirkeby . They were seised according to the force and effect of the charter. The charter, dated 19 June 1435, was shown to the jurors. Walter Kyng, junior , and Adam Clement , both of ‘East’ Hatfield, were seised in demesne as of fee of
a tenement, 1 a. land, and a croft adjoining called ‘Chalgrauecrofft’, once Edmund Rodelond’s, in Ashwell.
They granted the above, by charter dated at Ashwell, 4 January 1438, shown to the jurors, to John Barlee , Henry Langle , John Kirkeby , Joan his wife, and the heirs and assigns of John Kirkeby , so that they were seised according to the force and effect of the charter. Long before John’s death Adam Blecche was seised in demesne as of fee of
a parcel of land in Ashwell called ‘Quarrepette’ containing an estimated 6 perches and 12 feet in length and 2 perches and 12 feet in breadth.
He granted the same to to John Barlee , Henry Langle , John Kirkeby , and Joan his wife, and the heirs and assigns of John Kirkeby , so that they were seised according to the force and effect of the charter. Long before John’s death John Broket and John Fyssher were seised in demesne as of fee of
the manor of ‘Gasselyns’
and of
all the lands and tenements once of Robert Pomesbournes in Hatfield, Little Berkhamsted, Essendon
and elsewhere in Hertfordshire. By charter shown to the jurors they granted the above to John Fray , Nicholas Dyxon , Henry Langle , John Barlee , John Kirkeby , and the heirs and assigns of John Kirkeby , so that they were seised according to the force and effect of the charter. Long before his death by a deed dated 6 January 1438 shown to the jurors he quitclaimed all the above to John Barlee and Henry Langle and their heirs and assigns. They are still in full possession. Ashwell and Hinxworth,
a messuage, 4 tofts, 140 a. land, 8 a. meadow, 2 a. pasture, and 50s. rent;
a tenement, 1 a. land, and a croft adjoining called ‘Chalgrauecrofft’; and
a parcel of land called ‘Quarrepette’
; truly worth £10 yearly and held of the abbot of St Peter , Westminster , service unknown.
‘Gasselyns’, the manor, and
the lands and tenements called ‘Pomesbournes’ in Hatfield, Little Berkhamsted, Essendon and elsewhere in Hertfordshire,
truly worth £10 yearly and held of the king during the vacancy of the see of Ely, of the manor of Hatfield which is in the king’s hand during the vacancy, service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 208.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 23 November 1443.

TNA reference

C 139/115/26 mm. 1, 3

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Ashwell, Hinxworth
Total: -
Ashwell
Total: -
Ashwell
Total: -
Gasselyns
Total: -
Hatfield, Little Berkhamsted, Essendon
Total: -
Ashwell, Hinxworth
Total: -
Gasselyns
Total: -
Hatfield, Little Berkhamsted, Essendon, Hertfordshire
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Thorp(Escheator)

Jurors

  • William Freman
  • John Harpoll
  • John ...
  • Thomas Lure
  • John Gullyng
  • John Grubbe
  • John Forster
  • John atte Hethe
  • John ?[unclear: Co]lte
  • John Lorde
  • John Harry
  • John Ingers
  • John Quye
  • Richard Grene
  • John ?[unclear: Jo]luston
  • Thomas Thresshr
  • Thomas Rote
  • John ?[unclear: Gr]enyng

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