Holdings
She was seised in demesne as of fee of
a brewhouse with 2 shops adjoining in
Fleet Street, in the suburb of
London without Ludgate, in the parish of St Martin Ludgate; and of another shop, annexed thereto, in the bailey in the said suburb, with solars built above, held of us in burgage true annual value 7 marks, held of
Henry
IV
in free
burgage, service unknown.
She died without heir on 3 May 1405.
On 1 June 1405, the above were seised into the king’s hands. On 28 July, by letters patent, the king granted them to
John
Ascowe
and
Philip
Gyldere
for the term of their lives [
CPR 1405–8, p. 34]. They entered the above and received the issues from 28 July until 15 November 1408, when – by collusion (
covinam)
between them, and
John
Marchaunt
and
Richard
Welham
‘coteler’ –
John
Marchaunt
entered on their possession. He pretended to be the kin and heir of Agnes – as the son of Peter, the son of Peter, the brother of
Geoffrey
Boner
, her father – but was not, defrauding and disinheriting the king. Geoffrey had no such brother.
John Ascowe died; Philip survived him and died on 21 December 1424. Immediately after the entry by John Marchaunt, Richard Welham occupied the above and received the issues, until 29 September 1427, by what title the jurors do not know. Then John Gardener, alias
John
Lane
, late citizen and ‘iremonger’ of London, entered and occupied the above and received the issues until his death, by what title the jurors do not know. After his death
Richard
Gardener
, alias
Richard
Lane
of
London, ‘iremonger’, entered and occupied the above and received the issues, until 20 April 1441, by what title the jurors do not know. On that 20 April, the above were seised into the king’s hand by virtue of a writ directed to the sheriff of London after the death of John Ascowe and Philip Gyldere. On 16 May 1441, by letters patent shown to the jurors, the king granted the above to
Henry
Langton
and
John
Croke
for the term of their lives [
CPR 1436–41, p. 508,
dated 21 April
1441]. They occupied the above and received the issues from that 16 May until 8 September 1444, when
Richard
Joynour
of
London, ‘grocer’, entered. After this date the jurors do not know who occupied the above or received the issues.
