E-CIPM 26-215: WALTER TAYLBOYS

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WALTER TAYLBOYS OF GOLTHO, ESQUIRE

Inquisition Head

YORKSHIRE. Inquisition. York, the castle. 16 June 1444. [Portyngton].

Jurors

Jurors: William Clyff ; Roger Newarke ; William Thorp ; Robert Downay ; Thomas Johnson ; Thomas Everyngham ; John Ulshowe ; John Ruffe ; John Newbald ; Thomas Shipwyth ; Robert Rypley ; and Thomas Batell .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king in chief, but he was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. n087

Hessle, the manor; and
Tranby, Kirk Ella , Anlaby, Swanland, and North Ferriby, 4 messuages, 40 a. arable, 30 a. meadow, and 60 a. pasture, with a ferry (passagium) over the water of Humber,
annual value 20 marks, held of Nicholas Stapilton , service unknown. Long before his death he was seised of the following. n088 By sealed charter shown to the jurors, dated at Newton Kyme , 19 Henry VI [1440–1], he granted the manor, excepting the advowson, without impeachment of waste, to Mary Taylboys , who survives, late the wife of his son Walter Taylboys, knight , for the term of her life, for rent of a rose at Midsummer if asked. He was therefore seised as of fee and right of the rose, the advowson, and the reversion of the manor.
Newton Kyme, the manor, annual value £10, held of Nicholas Stapilton , service unknown; and
the advowson, annual value £10
.

He died on 13 April 1444. William Taylboys, esquire , is his son and next heir, aged 28 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 13 July 1444.

TNA reference

C 139/115/30 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Lincoln, the castle. 4 August 1444. [Hawley].

Jurors

Jurors: Simon Gybthorppe of ?Thorpe on the Hill (Thorppe); John Moryell of Scremby; John Muschamp of East or West Keal; John Wynbysch of Nocton, esquire ; William othe Hyll of Linwood; John Qwyth of Horncastle; Nicholas Mason of Blankney; John Nevyll of Faldingworth ; Thomas Ratheby of Bleasby; John Chesterfelde of Market Rasen; Alan Prekes of ?Thorpe on the Hill ; John Umfray of ?Halton Holegate (Halton) ; John Blawe of Beckering ; John West of Hatton ; Roger Awbray of Panton ; William West of Faldingworth ; William Curtays of ?Holton cum Beckering (Howton); and John Russell of Panton (Paunton Fraunkeleyns).

Holdings

He was seised of the following in demesne as of fee. n089

Sotby, the manor, held of the king in chief as ½ knight’s fee. n090 In the site of the manor there is a dovecot, worth 2s. yearly. In the manor there are a hall, a chamber, a kitchen, a ?grange (grand’), a byre, and a sheepfold, which with the residue of the manorial site are worth nothing yearly; a carucate of land worth 12s. yearly; 42 a. meadow, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 20s. annual rent from free tenants; £12 10s. 3d. rent from neif tenants at Christmas, Easter, the feast of St Botulph, and Michaelmas; the ploughing services of these neif tenants at winter and Lent sowing-times, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; and their harvest labour services, worth 6s. 8d. yearly. There pertain to the manor two annual views of frankpledge after Easter and after Michaelmas, commonly worth 5s. yearly; and another court held every three weeks, of which the pleas, amercements, and perquisites are commonly worth 4s. yearly. All the above are parcel of the manor and comprise the manor.
He was seised of the following jointly with Alice his wife, who survives, as a result of the following grants. n091 [1.] The manors were granted, with other lands and tenements in the vills and territories of Goltho, Bullington, Skellingthorpe, and Faldingworth, by John Taylboys of Stallingborough, John Fulneby of Fulnetby, John Turney , Henry Moreley , and Laurence Moyne, esquire , to Walter Taylboys and Alice his wife – described as Walter Taylboys, esquire , and Alice his wife – and the heirs male of Walter by Alice; with remainder to master John Hakett , John Hawley , Edmund Gasgryke , and Patrick Skypwyght , esquires, John Langholm , John Ratheby , William Newton , Thomas Orston parson of Hurworth-on-Tees , Robert Forman , John Kygheley, parson of Panton , and John Hardynge , and their heirs and assigns. The tripartite charter, dated 20 October 1432, was shown to the jurors. [2.] The messuages, etc., in Hackthorn and Friesthorpe – described as all the lands, tenements, rents, and services in the vills and territories of Hackthorn and Friesthorpe which the grantors had by feoffment of Walter Taylboys – were granted by Henry de Newton, clerk , and John at Vicars of Bullington to Walter Taylboys, esquire , and Alice his wife, and the heirs male of Walter by Alice, with remainder as above. The tripartite charter, dated 24 October 1432, was shown to the jurors.
Goltho, the manor, annual value 100 marks;
Bullington, the manor, annual value 4 marks; and
Faldingworth, the manor, annual value £20
; severally held of the king , of the duchy of Lancaster, of the fee of Hay, service unknown.
Skellingthorpe, the manor, annual value £42, held of the king , of the duchy of Lancaster, of the fee of Hay, service unknown.
Hackthorn and Friesthorpe, 2 messuages, 2 tofts, 2 carucates of land, and 30 a. meadow in the vills and territories, annual value 4 marks, held of the abbot of Barlings , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 215.

[Head:] Delivered to the Lord Chancellor at Westminster on 27 August.

[Dorse:] Escheat(s), 22 Henry VI (Eskatr’ anno Henrici sexti xxijdo) [1443–4].

TNA reference

C 139/115/30 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the king’s castle. 19 June 1444. [Welden]

Jurors

Jurors: Richard Horsle ; William Heron ; Robert Elryngton ; John Trewyk ; Thomas Bradeford ; John Heron of Coupland; Thomas Harebotell ; John Selby of Biddlestone; John Borowdon ; William Benet ; William Selby ; Nicholas Rothum ; William Killyngworth ; and Walter Boynton .

Holdings
He held the following of the king in chief to himself and his heirs and assigns. n092
Harbottle, the castle, of no annual value; and
Otterburn, the manor, held as ¼ knight’s fee. The manorial site contains a hall, three chambers, a chapel, three stables, a kitchen, and a buttery in a tower, parcel of the castle and manor, and worth nothing yearly. In the manor there are: 200 messuages in the march of Scotland, each worth 4d. yearly; 200 tofts, worth nothing yearly because they are wasted and in the march of Scotland and cannot be demised at farm; 20 cottages, each worth 4d. yearly; 1000 a. arable in the march of Scotland, worth 6s. yearly; 300 a. wood in the same march, worth 6s. yearly; 2000 a. meadow, worth 40s. yearly; and the following pastures, all of which are near the Scots in the march of Scotland and are worth 60s. yearly: ‘Redeshedde’ containing 200 a., Lumsdon Law containing 500 a., ‘Rapeshom’ containing 500 a., Spithope containing 1000 a., Cottonshope containing 2000 a., ‘Akynsyde’ containing 300 a., Burdhope containing 2000 a., ‘Thylles’ containing 2000 a., Kellyburn containing 5000 a., Earlside containing 3000 a., Chattlehope and Bateinghope lying together containing 5000 a., Ridlees, Wilkwood, and ‘Wherlemore’ containing 6000 a., and Dudlees containing 500 a. Various free tenants hold their tenements by 119s. 8½d. service rent, and rent of 9 lb. pepper and 9 lb. cumin, payable at the feasts of St Cuthbert in Lent and Autumn; in time of war they pay no rent, except their aid to their lord in keeping the valley of Redesdale, where the castle of Harbottle and the manor are located, from wolves and robbers. All the lands and tenements within the bounds of the castle and manor are parcel of the castle and manor and are called ‘in the liberty of Redesdale’. There pertain to the manor the advowson of the church of Elsdon, worth £10 yearly in time of peace, and the advowson of the nunnery of Holystone, whose nuns can spend (expendere) £10 yearly in time of peace. The following liberties and franchises pertain to the castle and manor: cognizance of all pleas arising in the liberty of Redesdale, with the issues thereof, including pleas of the crown, to be pleaded before justices assigned by the lord of the manor, and to be claimed by the bailiffs of the lord of the liberty before any other justices; return and execution of all royal writs arising in Redesdale by the bailiffs of the lord of the liberty; the chattels of fugitives, felons, and the condemned, and year, day and waste of their lands, and their custody in and delivery from prison (prisona) at his will; the execution by the lord’s ministers of everything pertaining to the office of sheriff and coroner in the liberty of Redesdale; a market at Harbottle within the bounds of the manor every Tuesday, and a yearly fair there on the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin; a market at Elsdon every Sunday, and a yearly fair there on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin; and gallows, ‘tumbrell’, ‘pelory’, and toll in these markets and fairs, and whatever else pertains to them. No sheriff or other bailiff or minister of the king should enter the liberty of Redesdale to carry out any office. Royal justices itinerant in Northumberland should deliver the articles of the crown to the bailiff of the liberty, to be pleaded there by justices assigned by the lord of the liberty, who ought to have the profits thereof. All these liberties and franchises were allowed to the lords of the manor under ‪ Edward I and ‪ Edward III by title of prescription. There also pertain to the manor two annual views of frankpledge held after Easter and Michaelmas; another court held every three weeks; and another court held twice a year at the will of the lord called ‘Fostercourt’. The view of frankpledge, court(s), return of writs, markets and fairs, ‘wayf’, ‘stray’, n093 cognizance of all pleas, chattels and year, day and waste, and custody and delivery of prisoners are worth 5 marks yearly.

Date of death and heir as 215.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 14 July 1444.

TNA reference

C 139/115/30 mm. 5–6

n087^: Marginal note: demesne.

n088^: Marginal note: enfeoffment (feoff’).

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Hessle
Total: -
Tranby, Kirk Ella , Anlaby, Swanland, North Ferriby, Humber
Total: -
Newton Kyme
Total: -
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Clyff
  • Roger Newarke
  • William Thorp
  • Robert Downay
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Thomas Everyngham
  • John Ulshowe
  • John Ruffe
  • John Newbald
  • Thomas Shipwyth
  • Robert Rypley
  • Thomas Batell

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