‹ E-CIPM 26-431: JOHN TRENEWITH, SENIOR, ESQUIRE ›

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CORNWALL. Inquisition. Lostwithiel. 28 January 1446. [Werthe].

[Inquisition: ms rubbed and corrected in places. Jurors: cf. 472 below.]

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CORNWALL. Traverse.

[Traverse: ms fragmentary.]

An inquisition taken at Lostwithiel on 28 January 1446 [430 above] found among other things that John Trenewyth, esquire , died seised of a moiety of the manor of Bodannan in demesne as of fee, held of the king in chief by knight service; that he died on 26 November 1444; and that John Trenewyth was his son and next heir, aged 18 years, 11 weeks, and 2 days at his father’s death. Concerning which John Colshull, knight , now comes before the king in Chancery at Westminster, by John Nayler his attorney, in the octave of Trinity, 1448. He says that the whole manor of Bodannan is held of the said John Colshull by knight service; and that John Trenewyth, esquire, held the said moiety of the manor in demesne as of fee, of the above John, of his manor of Manely, by knight service, viz. by homage, fealty, and scutage of 20s. when it runs at 40s., more when more, and less when less. John Colshull was seised of these services as of fee and right, delivered by John Trenewyth, esquire, as by his true tenant. John Colshull holds the manor of Manely of the king by knight service. John Trenewyth died on 26 November 1444 seised as above, and John Trenewyth, his son and heir, was then under age. After the death of John Trenewyth the father, John Colshull seized the body of John Trenewyth the son, and the moiety of the manor. He was seised thereof until he was unjustly expelled by force of the above inquisition, 430, and by colour of royal letters patent ⁿ²³³ to John Nanfan, esquire , granting him the custody of the moiety, during the minority of John Trenewyth, together with the marriage of John [CPR 1446–52, p. 51]. John Trenewyth the father did not hold any parcel of the manor of Bodannan of the king in chief by knight service, as stated in 430, or in any other way. Nor did he hold any other lands or tenements of the king in chief by knight service. There is no manor or moiety of a manor called the manor of Bodannan in the county, except that specified in 430. John Colshull therefore prays that the letters patent of wardship to John Nanfan be revoked and annulled, that the king’s hand be removed from the custody of the heir and of the moiety, and that he be restored to possession of the heir, his marriage, and the moiety, with the issues and profits from the death of John Trenewyth the father. [In C 44/29/18 the plea continues as follows.] The sheriff of Cornwall was ordered, by a writ close dated at Westminster, 1 July 1448, to summon John Nanfan to be before the king in Chancery, in the quindene of Michaelmas next, to show why possession should not be restored to John Colshull , and to receive the consideration of the court. John Nanfan was summoned by William Dirlyng and John Drayton . On that day John Colshull appeared by John Nayler his attorney, and John Nanfan did not come. By advisement of justices, serjeants-at-law, attorneys, and others of counsel, it was considered that the letters patent should be annulled and revoked. John Vampage , who sued for the king, said that John Trenowyth, esquire, held the moiety of the manor of the king in chief, as in 430, and sought judgement and inquiry by a jury. John Colshull sought judgement and inquiry by a jury. They were given a day before the king in the octave of Purification next. The sheriff was to summon 24 men of the neighbourhood of Bodannan who were not of the affinity of John Colshull.

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DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 1 February 1446. [Werthe].