E-CIPM 26-380: STEPHEN POPHAM, KNIGHT

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STEPHEN POPHAM, KNIGHT n193

Inquisition Head

DORSET. Inquisition. Blandford Forum or Blandford St Mary. 16 October 1445. [Leyot].

Jurors

Jurors: Walter Payn ; Nicholas Halle ; William Daccomb ; William Hornesbowe ; John Lovell ; William Brunsoppe ; Ralph Cokyr ; John Chetyll ; John Athelam ; Stephen Parterygge ; Philip Whirlygan ; and Robert Chaundeler .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king or of any other.

He died on 16 November 1444. John Popham, chevalier , is his next heir [relationship not specified], aged 50 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 23 November 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/121/18 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. ‘New’ Salisbury. 12 October 1445. [Restwold].

Jurors

Jurors: Ralph Thorp ; John atte Bergh ; John Rous ; John Sturmy ; William Botreaux ; John Gilberd ; John Estcote ; Richard Ambros ; John Pr[unclear: u]et [ms torn] ; William Pette ; Robert Cove ; and John Boteler .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king or of any other. Long before his death he feoffed John Lysle, knight , William Brocas , and others, and their heirs and assigns, among other things of the manors of Fisherton Anger, Steeple Langford, and Grimstead, with the advowsons of the churches pertaining to those manors. They were seised in demesne as of fee and continued their estate for the whole of Stephen’s life. The charter was shown to the jurors.

He died on 12 November 1444. His daughters and next heirs are Elizabeth, the wife of John Wadham , aged 18 and more; Margery, aged 10 and more; Elizabeth, junior , aged 6 and more; and Alice, aged 1½ and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 November 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/121/18 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition. Winchester. 9 October 1445. [Restwold].

Jurors

Jurors: John Fauconer ; Edward Harryes ; John Motesfont ; John Kybbell ; Henry Kesewyk ; Edmund Upham ; Robert Pokeswell ; Thomas Tremayn ; Stephen Bovyate ; John Pole ; John Tyghale ; and John Emory .

Holdings

He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king or of any other. Long before his death he feoffed John Lysle, knight , William Brokas , and others, and their heirs, among other things of the manors of Popham, Farringdon, Alvington, and Binsted; and of various other lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services in Dummer, Stockbridge, and Basingstoke. The feoffees were seised in demesne as of fee and continued their estate for the whole of Stephen’s life. Various charters were shown to the jurors.

Date of death and heirs as 378.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 4 November 1445.

TNA reference

C 139/121/18 mm. 5–6

Writ Head

380 Writ melius inquirendo . ‡ 24 February 1446. [Bate].

Regarding 378–9 above. Inquire of whom the premises were held, by what services, and their value.

Inquisition Head

WILTSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Wilton. 3 May 1446. [Rokes].

Jurors

Jurors: William Botreaux ; John Rous of Wilton; Ralph Thorp ; John Escote ; Richard Ambros ; John atte Bergh ; Robert Cove ; John Boteler ; William Pette ; John Pruet ; John Gilbert ; and John Sturmy .

Holdings

Details as follows:

Fisherton Anger, the manor, with the advowson of the church of the manor, annual value 20 marks, held of Thomas Forest, keeper of the house and church of St Cross near Winchester in Hampshire, of the manor of Winterbourne Earls in Wiltshire, by fealty and rent of 2d.
Steeple Langford, the manor, with the advowson of the church of the manor, annual value 100s., held of Margaret Popham , by fealty and rent of 6d.
Grimstead, the manor, annual value 5 marks, held of Maurice Berkeley, knight, of the manor of West Grimstead, by fealty and rent of 1 lb. cumin. [Advowson not mentioned].

TNA reference

C 139/121/18 mm. 7–8

Inquisition Head

HAMPSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Winchester. 6 May 1446. n194 [Rokes].

Jurors

Jurors: John Mottesfont ; William Tistede, senior ; William Tistede, junior ; John Baccombe ; Edmund Upham ; William Curant ; Stephen Boveyate ; Thomas Palyngton ; William Bramden ; William Frankeleyn ; Thomas Pleystowe ; and William Bounde .

Holdings

Details as follows:

Popham, the manor, annual value 10 marks, held of the abbot of the house and church of St Peter, Hyde, by fealty and rent of 12d.
Farringdon, the manor, annual value 100s., held of the above abbot, in right of his church, by fealty and rent of 5s. at Michaelmas.
Alvington, the manor, annual value £10, held of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester , by fealty and rent of 8d. at Michaelmas.
Binsted, the manor, annual value 20s., held of Henry Grey, knight , of the manor of Alton, by fealty and rent of 3s. 4d. at Michaelmas.
Dummer, Stockbridge, and Basingstoke, various lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services, annual value 40s., held of John Lysle, knight , service unknown.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 20 May.

TNA reference

C 139/121/18 mm. 7, 9

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Fisherton Anger, advowson of the church
Total: -
Steeple Langford, advowson of the church
Total: -
Grimstead
Total: -

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • William Botreaux
  • John Rous of Wilton
  • Ralph Thorp
  • John Escote
  • Richard Ambros
  • John atte Bergh
  • Robert Cove
  • John Boteler
  • William Pette
  • John Pruet
  • John Gilbert
  • John Sturmy

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