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JOHN GREVYLL, ESQUIRE n143
Inquisition Head
OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Oxford. 3 November 1444. [Borde].
Jurors
Jurors: John Northe ; Thomas Whythyg ; John Walker ; John Wilmot ; Thomas Pippard ; John Clerke ; William Hayle ; Henry Philippys ; Nicholas Feyrewey ; William Musley ; John Hamont ; and John Lowe .
Holdings
Lewis Grevyll, esquire , and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following, which they granted – among other manors, lands, and tenements – by fine raised in the court of Henry V [CP 25/1/291/64/84] to John Grevyll, esquire , named in the writ, and Sibyl his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to Guy Corbet and the heirs of his body. One part of the fine was shown to the jurors. By virtue of the fine John and Sibyl were seised in demesne as of fee tail, and continued in their estate for the whole of Sibyl’s life. She died without heir of her body by John. After her death John was seised in demesne as of fee tail after n144 possibility of issue, and died seised of such estate.
He died on 30 September last. John Grevyll , his son by Joyce his second wife, is the next heir of his blood, aged 17. Guy Corbet died during the life of John Grevyll the father. Robert Corbet is Guy’s son and next heir, aged 24 and more.
[Head:] Delivered to chancery on 6 November 1444.
TNA reference
C 139/118/23 mm. 1–2
Inquisition Head
BERKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Abingdon. 2 November 1444. [Borde].
Jurors
Jurors: John Lewes ; William atte Mille ; John Hardyng ; Thomas Yong ; Thomas Bray ; Walter Sutton ; Nicholas Goolde ; Thomas Hatter ; John Mounford , ‘skynner’; John Denyse ; Robert Godryche ; William Wodelef ; and William Barbour .
Holdings
Lewis Grevyll, esquire , and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. The manor and advowson descended as in 304.
Date of death and other details as 304.
[Head:] Delivered to chancery on 6 November 1444.
TNA reference
C 139/118/23 mm. 3–4
Inquisition Head
STAFFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Lichfield. 6 November 1444. [Leueson].
Jurors
Jurors: Henry Fenton ; John Stubbes ; William Grenley ; John Awley ; Robert Starky ; Thomas Kegworthe ; John Couper ; Thomas Pope ; Richard Steve ; John Hathewey, junior ; Thomas Lynton ; John Pars ; Richard Warner ; and John Bromley .
Holdings
Lewis Grevyll and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By indented charter, dated at King’s Bromley, 10 May 1426, they granted the manor to John Greyvll of Gloucestershire, esquire , for the term of his life, without impeachment of waste, with remainder to Guy Corbet of Suffolk, esquire , and his heirs and assigns. One part of the indenture, sealed with the seals of Lewis and Richard, was shown to the jurors. By virtue of the grant John was seised in demesne as of free tenement. Afterwards Henry VI, for 2 marks paid in the hanaper, by letters patent dated at Westminster, 12 July 1426, pardoned John’s trespass in entering the manor without royal licence, and granted that the manor could by held for life with the above remainder without impediment of the king or his ministers [CPR 1422–29, pp. 350–1]. An exemplification of the letters patent under the Great Seal was shown to the jurors. John continued in his estate for his whole life. Guy died; afterwards John died seised as above.
Date of death and heir as 304. Robert Corbet is the son and next heir of Guy by virtue of the above remainder, n145 aged 24 and more. The manor ought to remain to Robert Corbet by form of the above grant.
TNA reference
C 139/118/23 mm. 5–6
Inquisition Head
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Stow-on-the-Wold. 5 November 1444. [de la Ryver].
Jurors
Jurors: Walter Eode ; William Eode ; John Ayleworth ; John Freman ; William Freman ; Richard Chamberleyn ; John Chaddewell of Little Barrington; William Warner ; John Jakes ; Robert Purser ; William Baylly of Charingworth; and John Leche .
Holdings
He held the following jointly with Joyce his wife, who survives, for the term of their lives, by grant of John Eode and John Neweman, parson of the church of Sezincote; with remainder to Guy Corbett of Suffolk, esquire , and his heirs and assigns. This is clear from an indented charter shown to the jurors.
He died on 1 October last. John Grevyll is his son and next heir, aged 16 on 12 February last, and no more. Guy Corbet died while John Grevyll the father was still alive. Robert Corbet, esquire , is Guy’s son and next heir by virtue of the remainders, aged 24 and more.
TNA reference
C 139/118/23 mm. 7–8
E 149/179/4 m. 1
Inquisition Head
SHROPSHIRE AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition [indented]. Wellington. 10 November 1444. [ Lee ].
Jurors
Jurors: William Poynour ; Richard Forester ; William Brett ; Hamon Smyth ; Roger Sandy ; John Fysher ; William Chesshyr ; Giles Sugedon ; John Benet ; Richard Clerc ; Hugh Harper ; and William Forster .
Holdings
Lewis Grevyll, esquire , and Richard Mikelton, clerk , were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee. The manors descended as in 304.
TNA reference
C 139/118/23 mm. 9–10
Holdings
| Holding Item | Value | Quantity | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebrington | ||||
| Total: - | ||||
| Farmcote | ||||
| Total: - | ||||
| Great Rissington | ||||
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| Meon | ||||
| Total: - | ||||
| Welford-on-Avon | ||||
| Total: - | ||||
| Weston-on-Avon | ||||
| Total: - | ||||
| Pillerton Hersey | ||||
| Total: - | ||||
| Longborough | ||||
| Total: - | ||||
Extents
No holding extent information available.
People
- Bate(Writ Clerk)
Jurors
- Walter Eode
- William Eode
- John Ayleworth
- John Freman
- William Freman
- Richard Chamberleyn
- John Chaddewell of Little Barrington
- William Warner
- John Jakes
- Robert Purser
- William Baylly of Charingworth
- John Leche
