E-CIPM 26-299: MARGARET, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF ADAM FRAUNCEYS, KNIGHT

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MARGARET, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF ADAM FRAUNCEYS, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Chelmsford. 1 October 1445. [Cresacre].

Jurors

Jurors: Robert Lyston ; Thomas Prentys ; Robert Chelmesford ; John Vessy ; Geoffrey Kerver ; Stephen Skynner ; John de Stowe ; John Boteler ; William Maughtell ; William Shoyle ; William Stace ; and John Smyth .

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements of the king in demesne, service, or reversion, nor did she die solely seised of any lands or tenements.

She died on 13 July last. John Holond, knight , is her brother and next heir, aged 40 and more.

[Head:] Returned on 29 October 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/118/21 mm. 1–2

Writ Head

300 Writ. ‡ 20 July 1445. [Bate].

Regarding lands and tenements held in chief in dower from the inheritance of Agnes, who was the wife of William Porter knight , and of Elizabeth, who was the wife of Thomas Charleton knight , daughters and heirs of Adam, whose ages the escheator is to determine.

Inquisition Head

ESSEX. Inquisition. Stratford. 17 July 1445 [sic]. [Cresacre].

Jurors

Jurors: William Byfeld ; Walter Burre ; Thomas Heyward ; Richard Mugge ; John Sparwe ; John Bussh ; Robert Croucheman ; William Broke ; John Litterworth ; Peter Boxher ; Richard Samson ; and John Pessok .

Holdings
She held the following in dower, by endowment of Adam, from the inheritance of Agnes and Elizabeth.
Ruckholt, 1/3 manor, true annual value £4, held of the earl of Warenne in chief, service unknown.
Chabhames’, 1/3 manor, true annual value £4, held of the lord Burnell and the abbot of Stratford Langthorne , service unknown.

Date of death as 299. Agnes is aged 60 and more, and Elizabeth 50 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 27 July 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/118/21 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Shoreditch. 27 July 1445. [Hexstall].

Jurors

Jurors: James Penyngton ; Richard Langeford ; Robert Sabern ; John Hyll ; Thomas Fuller ; Richard Edrych ; Thomas Edrych ; William Edrych ; John Lorymer ; Thomas Fox of Bowes; John Rowe ; and John Croydon .

Holdings
She held the following in dower, as in 300.
Edmonton, 1/3 manor, annual value £8, held of the king in chief, as 1/3 knight’s fee.

Date of death and other details as 300.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 29 July 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/118/21 mm. 5–6

Writ Head

302 Writ. ‡ 20 July 1445. [Bate].

Addressed to Henry Frowyk, mayor and escheator. As 300.

Inquisition Head

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. The guildhall. 28 July 1445. [Frowyk].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Basset ; Richard Feld ; Thomas Sutton ; Hugh Fylyall ; Thomas Elys ; Adam Coppyng ; Thomas Gebon ; Matthew Barbour ; Richard Pereman ; William Ocley ; John Wakefeld ; Richard Lalford ; Edmund Blunt , and Richard ?Wa[unclear: s]cote [ms torn].

Holdings
She held the following in dower, from the inheritance of Agnes and Elizabeth, by assignment of William, Agnes, Thomas, and Elizabeth.
Cornhill, a tenement on the corner, with various solars, annual value 40s.
Finch Lane,
a tenement which Alice Fylyngham lately held, annual value 3s. 8d.;
a tenement which William Waldyngfeld lately held, annual value 8s.;
2 shops with a chamber built above, which Simon Gold lately held, annual value 16s.;
a chamber which John Hake lately held, annual value 4s.;
a shop which John York lately held, annual value 5s.;
2 chambers and a shop, which John Bungey lately held, annual value 16s.;
2 shops and a chamber built above, which James Shipman lately held, annual value 16s.; and
a tenement and a shop which John Rothewel lately held, annual value 13s. 4d.
‘Debilislane’,
a chamber which John Sherman lately held, annual value 3s. 4d.;
a garden which John Bek lately held, annual value 2s.;
3 chambers on the corner, of no annual value beyond necessary repairs;
a garden there which Richard Whitman lately held, of no annual value beyond necessary repairs;
a garden there which William Trendeler lately held, of no annual value beyond the costs of necessary repairs; and
a solar there which William Martyn lately held, annual value 6s.
Westcheap, a tenement which Richard Lovelas lately held, annual value £6 10s.
Walbrook, a tenement on the corner with a chamber built above, which Thomas Reymond holds, annual value £4 2d.
Queenhithe, 21s. 5d. quit-rent issuing from various tenements which the churchwardens of Bread Street hold.
Basing Lane, 15s. quit-rent issuing from various tenements which John Beaugraunt holds.
Red Cross Street, 6s. quit-rent issuing from a tenement which George Cressy lately held.
Honey Lane, £4 quit-rent issuing from a tenement which the bridgewardens of London hold.
All the above are held of the king in free burgage.

Date of death and other details as 300.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 28 July 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/118/21 mm. 7–8

Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Robert Lyston
  • Thomas Prentys
  • Robert Chelmesford
  • John Vessy
  • Geoffrey Kerver
  • Stephen Skynner
  • John de Stowe
  • John Boteler
  • William Maughtell
  • William Shoyle
  • William Stace
  • John Smyth

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