E-CIPM 26-420: KATHERINE, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF WILLIAM WOLF, KNIGHT

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KATHERINE, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF WILLIAM WOLF, KNIGHT n215

Inquisition Head

MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. The church of St Mary Whitechapel. 27 May 1446. [Germayn].

Jurors

Jurors: John Chaterys ; John Gibbes ; John Chaffynch ; William Aveston ; John Dunnok ; John Theyre ; Thomas Gyppe ; Richard Chapman ; William Howden ; William Stokesley ; John Helder ; and Reynold Bocher .

Holdings
She was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Stepney, the manor called ‘Cobhammes’, true annual value 10 marks, held of the bishop of London by rent of 53s. 4d. yearly.
St Mary Whitechapel, 17 messuages in the parish, annual value 20s., held of the bishop of London and the dean and chapter of the church of St Paul, London, service unknown.

She died on 21 March last. William Pecche is her kin and heir, as the son of John Pecche, knight , the son of Joan, the sister of Katherine. He is aged 21 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 29 May 1446.

TNA reference

C 139/22/38 mm. 1–2

Writ Head

420 Writ. ‡ 7 April 1446. [Bate].

Addressed to Simon Eyre, mayor and escheator.

Inquisition Head

CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. The guildhall. 23 May 1446. [Eyre].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Upton ; Robert Notehale ; John Colman ; Richard Ferne ; William Clerk ; John Aleyn ; Richard Hervy ; John Gray ; John Lynder ; Henry Bryce ; William Osbarn ; Thomas Grenehill ; and William Bonde .

Holdings
She held no lands of the king in chief, but she was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
St Martin Vintry, a tenement in the parish, with a shop situated in front, annual value 20s.; and a shop, annual value 20s.
; and Fleet Street, in the parish of St Bride, in the ward of Faringdon Without,
a tenement called ‘le Swan with the two nekkis’, with 2 shops situated in front, annual value £4 13s. 4d.; and
a tenement called ‘le White hors’, annual value £3 6s. 8d.,
all held of the king in free burgage.

Date of death and heir as 419.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 1 June.

TNA reference

C 139/122/38 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

SUFFOLK. Inquisition. Ipswich. 19 May 1446. [Harleston].

Jurors

Jurors: Gregory Whityng ; William Buxston ; William Hakon ; Roger Godyng ; John Amys ; Thomas Ludbrook ; Thomas Amys ; Henry Skynner ; Thomas Leche ; John ?Ernewe ; John Warde of Hintlesham; William Tospyn ; John Benet ; and Richard Smyth .

Holdings

John Cokayn , Robert Walsham , Richard Odyham , and William Chichele were once seised of the following in demesne as of fee. By charter, shown to the jurors, and having obtained royal licence [CPR 1396–99, p. 8], they granted the manor and advowson to John Haddele of London for the term of his life, and to his executors for a year after his death; with remainder to William – the son of William Wyngfeld, knight – and Katherine his wife, named in the writ, and the heirs of their bodies; with successive remainder to the right heirs of John Haddele . John was seised by virtue of the grant and died seised of such estate. After his death, William and Katherine were seised of the manor and advowson in demesne as of fee tail by virtue of the remainder. William died without heir between him and Katherine. Katherine survived him and died seised of such estate without heir by William.

Hintlesham, the manor, and the advowson of the church. A moiety of the manor, and the advowson, are held of the king in chief by service of a fish-hawk or 2s. yearly. The other moiety is held of the king in chief as 1 knight’s fee. In the manor there are various buildings, worth nothing yearly; a dovecot, worth 12d. yearly; fruit and herbage of the garden of the manor, worth 12d. yearly; 300 a. land pertaining to the manor, worth 75s. yearly, each acre worth 3d., of which 50 a. lie in Hadleigh in a field called ‘le Southawe’; 87 a. pasture, worth 14s. 6d. yearly, each acre worth 2d.; 7 a. meadow, worth 14s. yearly, each acre worth 2s.; 300 a. wood, worth £4 yearly, each acre worth 3s. 4d. when it can be cut, every ninth year, which 300 a. were cut in 20 Henry VI [1441–2]; £9 2s. assize rent from various tenants, payable at Easter and Michaelmas; and view of frankpledge and perquisites of court, worth nothing yearly.
She was seised of the following in demesne as of fee.
Hintlesham and Raydon, a tenement called ‘Makels’, 140 a. land, n216 50 a. pasture, 10 a. wood, and 10s. rent, annual value 60s., held of William Morton , service unknown.
Hadleigh, a messuage, 68 a. land, 9 a. pasture, 1 a. meadow, and 10s. rent, annual value 53s. 4d., held of the prior Of Christ Church, Canterbury, of the manor of Hadleigh, by service of 30s. yearly.

Date of death as 419. As to the moiety of the manor of Hintlesham and the moiety of the advowson [sic], William Pecche is the kin and next heir of John Haddele , as the son of John Pecche, knight , the son of Joan, one of the daughters and heirs of John. As to the other moieties and the other premises, the same William is the kin and next heir of Katherine, as in 419. He is aged 21 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 28 May 1446.

TNA reference

C 139/122/38 mm. 5–6

Holdings

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No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Bate(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Thomas Upton
  • Robert Notehale
  • John Colman
  • Richard Ferne
  • William Clerk
  • John Aleyn
  • Richard Hervy
  • John Gray
  • John Lynder
  • Henry Bryce
  • William Osbarn
  • Thomas Grenehill
  • William Bonde

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