Holdings
He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king in chief. But he held the following in demesne as of fee.
n101
Abenhall, the manor, annual value 100s., with the advowson of the church of
St James
, annual value 8 marks, held of
Ralph
Boteler, lord Sudeley, knight
, and
John
Beauchamp, knight
, of the castle of
St Briavels, which is in the forest of
Dean, as
¼ knight’s fee. In the manor there is a site, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 12d.
yearly; a hall, worth nothing yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 4 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; 20 a. seasonable wood, each acre worth 3s.
4d. yearly when cut; 20s. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at
Michaelmas and Lady Day; and perquisites of court, worth nothing yearly beyond the fee and expenses of the steward. An office called ‘Wodewardshipp’ in the forest of
Dean pertains to the manor from time without mind, with a profit called ‘le thyrd
dryfte’ of all beasts (
averiis) and animals (
animalibus), and with various other profits pertaining to the office of old.
Joan
Greyndour
, late wife of Robert, ought to have reasonable dower from the above, viz. 1/3 manor, and presentation to the church
every third vacancy.
Mitcheldean, ½ manor, with the advowson of the church of
St Michael
, viz. every third presentation, held of
Ralph
Boteler, lord Sudeley, knight
, and
John
Beauchamp, knight
, of the castle of
St Briavels, as
¼ knight’s fee. The moiety is worth yearly in assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Michaelmas and Lady Day, and not in other profits, [
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n102. Perquisites of court are worth nothing yearly beyond the fee and expenses of the steward.
Joan ought to have reasonable dower from the above, viz. a third of the moiety, and presentation to the church every third vacancy.
Bledisloe in the lordship of
Awre,
n103 a messuage, a carucate of land, 3 a. meadow, and 3 a. wood, annual value 20s., held of the earl of Ormond
, by service of
a red rose at Midsummer.
St Briavels,
n104 a messuage, a virgate of land, 4 a. meadow, and 4 a. wood, called
‘Hatheweys tenement’, annual value 20s., held of
Ralph
Boteler
and
John
Beauchamp
, knights, by service of
28s. 4d. to the castle of St Briavels, and of being
chief forester in the forest of Dean. There ought to pertain to this office and has pertained from time out of mind a profit of 20d. at the end of every 6 weeks from each pit of wood-coal (
puteo carbonum boscalium).
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Lower Ley
(
Ley),
n105 a messuage and a carucate of land called ‘le Ley’, annual value
20s., held of
James
Ormond, knight
, by service of
1d. at Michaelmas.
Chepstow in the march of Wales,
n106 40 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly, held of the lord
Beaumont
, of his castle of
Chepstow, which he holds in right of his wife
(
consortis)
Katherine, duchess of Norfolk
.
By his testament
n107 shown at the inquisition, Robert bequeathed to Joan, late his wife,
10½ burgages in
Chepstow,
annual value 30s.,
for the term of her life, with remainder to Elizabeth, the daughter of Robert and Joan, and her heirs.
Thomas
Seriaunt
and
William
Grey
were previously seised of the following, in the
forest of
Dean, in demesne as of fee. They granted the same to
Robert
Greyndour
and Joan his wife, and the heirs male of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs and assigns of Robert. In the charter, dated 23 April 1419, and shown to the jurors, the
premises were described as their manors of
Clearwell and
Noxon and all the lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, woods, rents, reversions, mills, and services which they had together with
Thomas
Berkeley, late lord Berkeley
, deceased, by the grant of
Robert
Greyndour
, within the fees and parishes of
Newland,
Staunton, and
St Briavels in the forest of
Dean. Robert and Joan were seised in demesne as of fee tail. Robert died seised of such estate without male heir of his body, and Joan survives.
Noxon, the manor, annual value 40s., held of the
abbot of
Flaxley
,
service unknown. In the manor there is a barn, worth nothing yearly; a vaccary, worth 12d. yearly; a byre, worth 12d. yearly; 40 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, worth
6s. 8d. yearly; and 20 a. seasonable wood, each acre worth 3s. 4d. yearly when cut.
Clearwell, the manor, annual value £10, held of
Ralph
Boteler
and
John
Beauchamp
, knights, of the castle of
St Briavels, by
suit to the court there and service of
40s. at
Michaelmas. In the manor there is a hall, worth 12d. yearly; a chapel, worth 12d. yearly; 12 chambers, each worth 8d. yearly; a buttery, worth 6d. yearly; a brewhouse (
unum pandoxatorium), worth 6d. yearly; a cellar, worth 6d. yearly; 2 barns, each
worth 8d. yearly; a granary, worth 6d. yearly; a byre, worth 6d. yearly; a stable, worth 6d. yearly; a smithy, worth 6d. yearly; a sheepfold, worth 6d. yearly; 24 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, worth nothing yearly
n108; 100 a. wood, each acre worth 20d. yearly when cut; 10 marks assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Michaelmas; and perquisites of court, worth 12d. yearly beyond the fee and expenses of the steward.
St Briavels,
n109 a messuage, a carucate of land, 3 a. meadow, and 3 a. wood, called
‘le Herthull’, annual value 10s., held of the
prior of
Monmouth
,
service unknown.
He held the following in right of Joan, late his wife, and from her inheritance.
Hurst,
n110 a messuage and a carucate of land, annual value £4, held of the
abbot of
Flaxley
by service of
a red rose at Midsummer.
Hanham, the manor, annual value 10 marks, held of
John
Blount, esquire
, and
Thomas
Wykes
, by service of
8s. at Michaelmas. In the manor there is a hall, worth
12d. yearly; 3 chambers, each worth 6d. yearly; a kitchen, worth 12d. yearly; a barn, worth 12d. yearly; a byre, worth 12d. yearly; a dovecot, worth 12d. yearly; a garden,
worth 6d. yearly; an orchard, worth 8d. yearly; a warren, worth 20d. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 6d. yearly; a waste land in the wood of
John
Blount
and
Thomas
Wykes
in the forest of
Kingswood, pertaining to the manor from time without mind, for taking ‘housebote’, ‘byrebote’, and ‘heybote’; 40 a. wood, each acre worth 20d. yearly when cut; 20s. assize rent from various free tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; and perquisites of court worth 12d. yearly beyond the fee and expenses of the steward.
Naas, the manor, annual value £3, held of the
abbot of
Flaxley
,
service unknown. In the manor there is a hall, worth nothing yearly; a stable, worth 12d. yearly; a barn, worth 12d. yearly; a byre, worth 8d. yearly; a water-mill called ‘Newarnis mylle’, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 100 a. arable, each acre worth 1d. yearly; 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 8d. yearly; 20 a. wood, each acre worth 20d. yearly when cut; and 20s. assize rent from various free
n111 tenants, payable at Michaelmas and Easter.
Stone,
n112 a messuage, 40 a. land, 10 a. meadow, and 10 a. wood, annual value £3, held of
James, lord Berkeley
, by service of
a red rose at Midsummer. There pertain to the messuage: 40s. assize rent in
Stone,
Berkeley,
Ham,
North Nibley, and
Wanswell, payable by various free tenants at Michaelmas; perquisites of court worth nothing yearly beyond the fee and expenses of the steward; and a free chantry in the chapel of
Stone, to which Joan and her heirs have the right of presentation after the
death of a parson.
Upton Cheyney,
n113 2 messuages, 3 virgates of land, 12 a. meadow, and 2 a. wood, annual value 40s.; and 10s. assize rent, payable at Michaelmas, pertaining to the
messuages, held of
Humphrey, earl of Stafford
, by rendering
a clove of gillyflower yearly at Michaelmas at his manor of Haresfield.
Churchley, 3 messuages, 2 virgates of land, 10 a. meadow, and 4 a. wood, annual
value 4 marks; 2s. assize rent, payable by various free tenants at Michaelmas, pertaining to the messuages; and perquisities of court, worth nothing yearly beyond the fee and expenses of the steward, held of the
bishop of Bath
, of his manor of
Pucklechurch, by service of
7s. yearly.
He held the following jointly with Joan, who survives, for the term of their lives, by grant of
James
Berkeley, knight, lord of
Berkeley
.
n114 The charter was shown to the jurors.
Described as
Robert
Greyndour of
Clearwell, esquire
, and Joan his wife, he and his
wife were pardoned any grants, alienations or acquisitions of lands or tenements held of the king
or his predecessors in chief, and any alienations in mortmain, carried out without royal licence; and also all manner of intrusions into their inheritance in part or whole after
the deaths of their ancestors without it being duly sued out of the king’s hand, before 2
September 1431, together with any issues received in the mean time. This was by royal letters patent [
not found], shown to the jurors, issued at the special request of the whole
community of the realm in parliament at
Westminster, 22 April 1437, and with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal then present.
