E-CIPM 26-491: ELIZABETH, LATE LADY DEINCOURT

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ELIZABETH, LATE LADY DEINCOURT, WHO WAS THE WIFE OF THOMAS NEVELL, KNIGHT

Inquisition Head

OXFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Deddington. 29 October 1448. [Nowers].

Jurors

Jurors: John Nethercote ; Robert Rye ; William Juddes ; William Bawley ; John Aynho ; Thomas Tymmes ; William Hogges ; Thomas Gardyner ; John Dodypoll ; John Bloxham ; John Catermayn ; and James Carter .

Holdings

She held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king or of any others.

She died on 27 July 1447. John, viscount Beaumont , knight , is her brother and next heir, aged 30 and more.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 24 November 1448.

TNA reference

C 139/125/10 mm. 1–2

Inquisition Head

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Inquisition. Northampton. 27 January 1448. [Catesby].

Jurors

Jurors: John Gregory , John Hanne , and William Rode of Harpole; John Kyng , William Hoo , and John Gardener of Kislingbury; William Molle and John Stauerton of Upton; Thomas Bayly ; William Braunfeld ; John Althelard ; and Richard Barker .

Holdings
She held the following in dower by endowment of William, lord Deincourt, knight, deceased, her late husband. The reversion pertains to William’s sisters and heirs, namely Alice, the wife of William, lord Lovell , knight , who is 36 and more, and Margaret, wife of Ralph, lord Cromwell, knight , who is 33 and more.
Duston, 1/3 manor, annual value 73s. 4d. The manor is held of the king, of the honour of Peverel, by knight service.

She died on 20 July last. Heir as 491, not here styled knight.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 13 February 1448.

TNA reference

C 139/125/10 mm. 3–4

Inquisition Head

DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition. Derby. 2 November 1447. [Sutton].

Jurors

Jurors: William Bayly of Ashford in the Water; Roger Wolley ; John Fechet ; Martin Hall ; Ralph Bradbury ; Nicholas Bradbury ; James Draghtgate ; John Verney ; John Brendwod ; John Thomlynson ; Richard Mornsall ; and Robert Sutton .

Holdings
She held the following in dower, by endowment of William Deyncourt, knight , her late husband, from the inheritance of Alice, wife of William Lovell, knight , and of Margaret, wife of Ralph Cromwell, knight , sisters and heirs of William, who died without heir of his body. The reversion pertains to Alice and Margaret and their heirs.
Elmton, 1/3 manor, with appurtenances in Elmton and Cresswell, annual value 4 marks, held of the king in chief, by knight service.
Date of death and heir as 491.
TNA reference

C 139/125/10 mm. 5, 7

Inquisition Head

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Inquisition. Newark-on-Trent. 3 November 1447. [Sutton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Keyser of Newark-on-Trent; William Marshall ; William Ripper ; William Cresy ; William Dey ; Thomas White ; William White ; John Kellom ; William Kelom ; Richard Legard ; William Hobard ; John Cresy ; and Robert Garnon .

Holdings

She held the following in dower, as in 493.

Granby, 1/3 manor, annual value 10 marks, held of the king in chief, by knight service.

Date of death and heir as 491.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 17 November 1447.

TNA reference

C 139/125/10 mm. 5–6

Inquisition Head

LINCOLNSHIRE. Inquisition. Caythorpe. 31 October 1447. [Malet].

Jurors

Jurors: John Slory of Old Sleaford; William Cranwell of Cranwell; John Spanby of Spanby; Richard Barneby of Great or Little Gonerby; Robert Baudes of Ropsley; John Hamond of Leasingham; John Margretson of Aunsby; John Claymond of Great Hale or Little Hale; Henry Wylughby and John Haket of Ingoldsby; Richard Castre of Little Ponton (Paunton); Thomas Fox of Ropsley; and William Sely of Navenby.

Holdings

She held the following in dower, as in 493.

Burton Coggles, 1/3 of 24s. rent, held, with the other 2/3, of Ralph Cromwell, knight , of his manor of Blankney [service not specified]. The manor of Blankney is held of the king in chief by knight service.

Date of death and heir as 491.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 17 November 1447.

TNA reference

C 139/125/10 mm. 8–9

Writ Head

496 Writ. ‡ 19 August 1447. [Mouter].

Addressed to the escheator of Warwickshire and Leicestershire .

Inquisition Head

WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition. Solihull. 16 October 1447. [Porter].

Jurors

Jurors: Henry Porter ; Henry Hobbes ; Nicholas Trappe ; Henry Rolles ; William Barre ; Laurence Blith ; William Smyth ; John Smyth ; John Whatecroft ; Thomas Hawe ; John Frankham ; and John Thorp .

Holdings
She held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. Alice, late lady Deincourt, Thomas Pensax , and John Alferton were lately seised of the following in demesne as of fee, by grant of Joan, late lady Deincourt, late wife of John, late lord Deincourt, knight , daughter and heir of Robert Grey of Rotherfield Greys, knight . Thus seised, they demised the manor to Elizabeth, named in the writ, for the term of her life. She died seised of such estate.
Olton, the manor, annual value £10, held of Edward Dodyngsels, knight , of his manor of Long Itchington, by service of a pair of gilt spurs at Easter.
She held the following in dower, by endowment of Richard Hastynges, knight , her late husband. The reversion pertains to Leonard Hastynges, knight , brother and heir of Richard.
Burton Hastings, the manor, annual value £9, held of Edmund, lord Grey of Ruthin , service unknown.

Date of death and heir as 492.

[Head:] Delivered to court on 11 November 1447.

TNA reference

C 139/125/10 mm. 10–11

Writ Head

497 Writ de partitione . 14 February 1448. [Clerk’s name not extant.]

To the escheator of Northamptonshire , pursuant to 492 above. Make partition of the third part of the manor of Duston into two equal parts; and give seisin of the purparties of Alice and Margaret to William, lord Lovell and Alice, and Ralph, lord Cromwell and Margaret, having taken surety for their reliefs. Alice and Margaret are the sisters and heirs of William, lord Deincourt , who died a minor in the custody of ‪ Henry V, and who was the son and heir of John Deyncourt, knight , and Joan his wife, both of whom held of ‪ Henry IV in chief. The king, on 8 February 1423, respited the homages due from Alice and Margaret for their purparties of lands held of ‪ Henry IV in chief by John and Joan, and for other lands in various counties of England, and ordered their fealty to be taken by the prior of Thurgarton[ CFR 1445–52, p. 92].

[Head:] In originalia, 26 Henry VI, rot. 47.

Inquisition Head

[Partition not extant.]
TNA reference

E 149/184/9, m. 3

Writ Head

498 Writ de partitione . [14 February 1448.] [Writ fragmentary.]

To the escheator of Derbyshire , pursuant to 493 above, directing partition, as in 497, of the third part of the manor of Elmton [CFR 1445–52, p. 93].

Inquisition Head

[Partition not extant.]
TNA reference

E 149/184/9, m. 7

Writ Head

499 Writ de partitione . 14 February 1448. [Fryston].

To the escheator of Nottinghamshire , pursuant to 494 above, directing partition, as in 497, of the third part of the manor of Granby [CFR 1445–52, p. 93].

Inquisition Head

[Partition not extant.]
TNA reference

E 149/184/9, m. 6

Holdings

Holdings

No holding information available.

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Louthe(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • John Nethercote
  • Robert Rye
  • William Juddes
  • William Bawley
  • John Aynho
  • Thomas Tymmes
  • William Hogges
  • Thomas Gardyner
  • John Dodypoll
  • John Bloxham
  • John Catermayn
  • James Carter

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