Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 205

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1938.

Citation:

M. C. B. Dawes. J. B. W. Chapman, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 205', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III, (London, 1938) pp. 265-284. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp265-284 [accessed 20 May 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 205


287.	JOHN FITZ RAUF of London.
	Writ, 2 November, 42 Edward III.
LONDON.	Inq. taken before the mayor, 26 November, 42 Edward III.
	The said John died on Wednesday the eve of St. Matthew, 42 Edward III, seised of:— Parish of St. Mary Magdalen in Oldefisshstret. A tenement called ‘le Yrenonthehop,’ worth 106s. 8d. yearly, whereof 9s. yearly rent is paid to the prioress of Haliwell and 100s. yearly rent to John Philipot, who purchased that rent from John Fitz Rauf aforesaid on 25 May, 42 Edward III. So the charges exceed the true value by 2s. 4d. The said tenement is held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. John Fitz Rauf has no heirs, and no other lands &c. in the city or suburb of London.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (1.)
288.	THOMAS DE OKHAM.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 18 July, 42 Edward III.
	The said Thomas died in 32 Edward I, day not known, seised of:— Parish of St. James, Garlekhith. A tenement held by gift and feoffment of Henry le Galeys. By his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday after St. Martin, 32 Edward I, after the publication of the statute of mortmain, he bequeathed 5 marks yearly quit-rent from the said tenement for the maintenance of a chaplain to celebrate divine service in the church of St. James aforesaid for the souls of himself, his parents, and all the faithful departed, and 10s. rent receivable from the same tenement for the maintenance of four wax candles burning in the same church, one before the image of St. James, another in like manner before the image of St. John the Evangelist, at the parish service on feast days and solemn days for ever, and two (to be renewed yearly) to burn before the body and blood of Jesus Christ at the sepulchre in the church from the ninth hour on Good Friday until the end of the Easter service; and he willed that, to whose hands soever the said tenement should come, his executors or two or three of the better or more lawful men of the parish might enter and distrain for the rents, if necessary. He died seised of the said rents; and since his death his executors and other parishioners, to wit, the wardens of the church fabric, have been seised thereof and have provided a chaplain and four candles according to his will. William de Harleston, chaplain, is now seised of the rents, and celebrates and provides the candles as above; and he himself is in possession of the tenement from which the rents issue. The tenement is held of the king in free burgage, as is all the city of London. Thomas has no heirs now surviving, so far as the jurors know at present. (Another copy of the above is attached.)
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (2.)
	Inq. P.M. File 28. (15.)
289.	MASTER THOMAS DE LYCHEFELD, rector of the church of Hertforthyngbury.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 42 Edward III.
	The said Thomas died in 29 Edward I, day not known, seised of:— Parish of St. John Zaker’. A tenement and 5 shops. Parish of St. Michael of Hoggenlane. A tenement and one shop. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday the morrow of St. Barnabas, 29 Edward I, he bequeathed the premises to Master Thomas le Brun as follows, to wit, that neither he nor anyone by his means should alienate, sell or pledge the same in whole or in part, but of part of the proceeds thereof should provide a chaplain celebrating in the church of St. John Zaker’ for the soul of the testator, and that if the said Master Thomas le Brun should be promoted to any ecclesiastical benefice or be dead, then four parishioners should straightway choose a chaplain to celebrate as above and present him to the official of the archdeacon of London, and he should have the premises for ever. Master Thomas le Brun was seised of the premises immediately after the death of the testator, and held them all his life and provided a chaplain according to the terms of the will. When he died the jurors know not. Thomas Rudde, chaplain, is now seised of the premises, and celebrates as above, and other chaplains, his predecessors, whose names are unknown, have done the same. The premises are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. Master Thomas de Lichefeld has no heirs now surviving, so far as the jurors know at present. (Another copy of the above is attached.)
	Writ of certiorari super causa capcionis, 12 October, 42 Edward III. (fn. 1)
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (3.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 28. (10.)
290.	MASTER THOMAS DE NORTHFLETE.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 14 March, 42 Edward III.
	The said Master Thomas died in 11 Edward II, day not known, seised of:— Parish of All Hallows, Berkyngcherche. A tenement, houses and buildings, which by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 11 Edward II, after the publication of the statute of mortmain, he bequeathed to Christina le Mynour for life, and after her death to the dean and chapter of St. Paul’s, London, for the commemoration of his obit yearly in the said church. Christina was in possession of the premises all her life, and since her death the dean and chapter have had seisin and received the issues. The premises are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. Thomas has no heirs now surviving, so far as the jurors know at present. (Another copy of the above is attached.)
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (4.)
291.	JAMES MOHOUN.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 28 March, 42 Edward III.
	The said James died in 16 Edward II, day not known, seised of:— Parish of St. Sepulchre without Neugate. Two tenements with houses built thereon. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday before St. Gregory the Pope, 16 Edward II, he bequeathed the premises to the prior and convent of the house of St. Bartholomew, Westsmythefeld, on condition that they should provide two chaplains to celebrate for his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, one in the church of St. Bartholomew and the other in the chapel of St. Mary in St. Sepulchre’s church. The then prior and convent and their successors have been seised of the premises, and provide the two chaplains as above. The premises are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. The said James has no heirs now surviving, so far as the jurors know at present. (Another copy of the above is attached).
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (5.)
292.	RICHARD SHARP.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 2 March, 42 Edward III.
	The said Richard died in 7 Edward II, day not known. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday after the Translation of St. Edward, 7 Edward II, he bequeathed for the support of a chaplain to celebrate in the church of St. Leonard, Estchepe, 5 marks yearly quit-rent due to him from John le Long, butcher, for the tenement which the said John had of his gift and feoffment. Andrew Pykeman is now in possession of the said tenement. He also bequeathed, to supplement the said chantry, 1 mark yearly quit-rent from the tenement in which he dwelt on the day of the making of his will. The prior and convent of Holy Trinity, London, are now in possession of that tenement. He willed that the rector of the said church of St. Leonard and four trustworthy men of the parish, elected by the rector and parishioners, should provide and maintain the chaplain for the said chantry with the aforesaid 6 marks, and should collect the rent from the tenements aforesaid. Ever since his death the rectors and four parishioners have received the 5 marks from the tenement that was John le Long’s, and have provided a chaplain as above. Geoffrey Laundes, the present rector, and Robert Boydon, Henry atte Beche, William Ivory, and Walter Peutrer, parishioners and present wardens of the said church, now receive the same and provide John Parker as chaplain. Neither the rector nor the parishioners have ever been seised of the mark to be received from the tenement which the prior of Holy Trinity now holds in the said parish; but who was in possession of the said tenement before it came into the hands of the prior the jurors know not at all. The tenements are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. Richard has no heirs now surviving, so far as the jurors know at present. (Another copy of the above is attached.)
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (6.)
293.	WILLIAM MOLLYNG.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 2 March, 42 Edward III.
	The said William died in 8 Edward II, day not known. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday before St. Edmund the King, 8 Edward II, he bequeathed his tenement in the parish of St. Leonard, Estchepe, and also 28s. quit-rent from the tenement which Boydin Fader held of him for life, to Margaret his wife for life, on condition that she should pay 6 marks yearly for the support of a chaplain to celebrate in the church of St. Leonard for his soul and the souls of his father and mother and all the faithful departed. He also bequeathed for the maintenance of a torch to be lit daily at the elevation of the body of Christ in the said church 5s. yearly rent from his tenement aforesaid in Eschepe. After the decease of Margaret his wife he willed that the said tenement and the quit-rent of 28s. should remain to Alice la Kyngges and Joan de Canefeld, her sister, on condition that they should pay yearly the said 6 marks and 5s. for the said chantry and torch as above. And he willed that the rector of the church of St. Leonard for the time being, and four trustworthy men of the parish to be elected by the rector and parishioners, should receive the said rents from the said tenements and provide the chaplain and torch, which they have done since his death. The rector and churchwardens (as in the last inquisition) are seised of the said rents and provide the chaplain, to wit, John Perker, and maintain the torch in the church. Robert Boydon is now in possession of the tenement whence the said rents issue, which is held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. William has no heirs, so far as the jurors know at present. (Another copy of the above is attached.)
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (7.)
294.	ALICE LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS JEVENAL.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 8 March, 42 Edward III.
	The said Alice died in 11 Edward II, day not known, seised of:— Parish of St. Agnes within Aldresgate. A tenement which she held of the gift of the prior and convent of St. Bartholomew of Smythfeld, a stone house over (ultra) the entry to the lane of the churchyard of the said church which she had of the gift of Walter de Semelyngton and Maud his wife, a brewhouse which she had of the gift of Andrew de Cruce Lapidea and Alice his wife, a house by the said churchyard, and a cellar under the tenement which she had of the gift of the dean and chapter of St. Martin le Grand. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by her will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on the Monday before St. Dunstan, 11 Edward II, she bequeathed, for the maintenance of a chaplain to celebrate at the altar of St. Nicholas in the church of St. Agnes aforesaid for her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, 6 marks yearly quit-rent from the premises, which were to be held by her executors for their lives in survivorship for the maintenance of the said chaplain. She also bequeathed the last-named tenement, except the cellar, to Nicholas de Leycestria, chaplain, one of her executors, for life; and after his death she willed that two chaplains should be provided by her other executor, if surviving, from the said tenement and the others bequeathed above, to celebrate for ever as above in the said church, and that, if her executors or the survivor of them should make default therein, the rector of the said church, with two parishioners, and the commonalty of the church, should enter the premises and dispose of them according to her last will. After her death the said Nicholas was in possession of all the premises, and celebrated in the church for her soul all his life. After his death, the date of which the jurors do not know, John Hyngeston, formerly one of the sheriffs of London, entered on the premises in 9 Edward III and held them for three years, and received the issues, by what title the jurors know not, but he provided no chaplain to celebrate as above. In 12 Edward III Nicholas Crane, one of the sheriffs of London, entered on the premises and received the issues, but how long and by what title he was in possession the jurors know not. Afterwards Thomas de Walden, late chamberlain of London, held them and received the issues, but by what title and in what manner the jurors know not. In 34 Edward III Robert de Gloucestre, rector of the said church, with other parishioners thereof, names unknown, entered on the premises and entirely removed the said Thomas therefrom, and provided one chaplain to celebrate as above; and since then all the rectors, with the parishioners who were wardens of the fabric of the church, have successively been in possession and provided one chaplain as above. John de Bredstrete, the present rector, and Richard de Wylton and William Smyth, parishioners and wardens, are now in possession and provide John Resoun as chaplain. The premises are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (8.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 28. (7.)
295.	JOHN CORY.
LONDON.	Inq. taken ex officio before the mayor, Monday the feast of St. Denis, 42 Edward III.
	The said John died on Sunday before Ascension day, 42 Edward III, seised of:— Parish of St. Dunstan Est. A tenement with 2 shops adjoining in Menchenlane. Immediately after his death Thomas Hessay, formerly a king’s serjeant-at-arms, and other king’s ministers whose names the jurors know not, came to the premises and seized them into the king’s hands, by what title the jurors know not; and since then the premises have stood empty and unlet, except one shop. They are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. William de Hilland, son of Hugh de Hilland brother of the said John, aged 24 years and more, is John’s heir.
LONDON.	Inq. taken on a writ of diem clausit extremum, before the mayor, 6 November, 42 Edward III.
	To the same effect as above, the name of the heir being given as Hynelond instead of Hilland.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (9.)
296.	GERARD BURDET.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Gerard, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 30 December, 42 Edward III.
WARWICK.	Inq. made at Colleshull, Wednesday after St. Hilary, 43 (sic) Edward III.
	Sekyndon. A messuage and 4 1/2 virgates of land, held of Maud late the wife of Robert de Holand, as of the honor of Winchester, by knight’s service. Maud in turn held the premises of the king of the honor aforesaid. After her death the tenements which she held, together with the services of the said Gerard, came into the hands of the present king. Sekyndon. A toft and 3 virgates of land, held of Thomas de Bello Campo, then earl of Warwick, by knight’s service. Arwe. The manor, held of Richard de Stafford, knight, by knight’s service. He died on 9 July, 23 Edward III. John Burdet, knight, his son, aged 22 years, is his heir. Robert de Sekyndon, clerk, has been in possession of the premises held of the said honor from the time of Gerard’s death until now by demise of the king. The earl was in possession of the tenements held of him from the time of Gerard’s death until the full age of the said heir. Richard de Stafford was in possession of the manor until the full age of the heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (10.)
297.	THOMAS DEYNCOURT.
	Writ, 12 November, 42 Edward III.
RUTLAND.	Inq. (indented) taken at Keten, Thursday before the Purification, 43 Edward III.
	Kylthorp. The manor, with appurtenances in Kylthorp, Keten and Weston, held to him and the heirs male of his body by grant of Robert Deyncourt, his brother, for the life of the said Robert, and by confirmation of William Deyncourt, father of the said Robert and Thomas, with remainder in default of such heirs to Robert and his heirs. The date of the confirmation is at Graneby, 6 November, 34 Edward III. The manor with the appurtenances in Kylthorp and Keten is held of Thomas de Grenham by service of rendering to him 8s. 2 1/2d. yearly and doing suit to his court at Keten every three weeks; and the lands &c. in Weston are held of John Dodyngzeles, knight, by fealty and service of rendering a rose yearly. He held no other lands &c. in the county or elsewhere, so far as the jurors know. He died on Thursday before St. Martin in the Winter last. Robert Deyncourt, his brother, is his heir by reason of the grant and confirmation aforesaid.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (11.)
298.	THOMAS DOLSELY.
	Writ, 1 December, 42 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. (indented) taken at Suthwerk, 26 January, 43 Edward III.
	Bretynghurst. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by knight’s service, to wit, by rendering 10s. for ward of Dover castle at the end of every 32 weeks, 12d. yearly to the lord de Say at his manor of Westgrenewych, and 2s. 8 1/2d. yearly at the manor of Dovedale, which Robert Lyttel holds. Pekham. The manor (extent given), held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, of Henry de Bekwelle, by grant of Simon Dolsely, John Worstede and Nicholas atte Helde to the said Thomas and Joan and the heirs of Thomas, by service of rendering 5s. 10d. yearly at Henry’s manor of Camerwelle, and 18d. yearly at the manor of Thomas Vaghan in Hacheham. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 1 August last. Edward his son, aged 3 years on the feast of the Purification next, is his heir. Copy of the above, so far as concerns the manor of Bretynghurst. Underwritten:—Let a letter patent be made of the custody of the manor of Brettynghurst only to Peter de Lacy, clerk, at a rent of 7l. yearly. (Calendar of Fine Rolls, 1369–1377, p. 2.) Endorsed: Draft of a grant of the custody of the said manor. (Much defaced.)
	C. Edw. III. File. 205. (12.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 145.
299.	GEOFFREY HERBERD.
	Writ, 23 January, 42 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. (indented) taken at Wandlesworth, 9 October, 43 Edward III.
	Wandlesworth. A messuage, 15a. land and 1a. meadow, held of the abbot of Westminster by service of fealty and suit to the abbot’s court there twice a year, to wit, after Easter and Michaelmas. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 27 December last. Isabel the wife of William West, aged 24 years and more, is his kinswoman and heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (13.)
300.	JOHN DE MULTON, knight.
	Writ, 8 November, 42 Edward III.
LINCOLN.	Inq. (indented) taken at Lincoln, Tuesday before Michaelmas, 42 Edward III. (Stained with gall.)
	Frampton. A manor, held of the heir of the lord de Haryngton, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of a third part of the manor of Multon, by knight’s service. The manor is worth 19l. 15s. yearly and no more, because 40s. yearly is paid to the prior of Watton. The manor of Multon formerly belonged to Thomas de Multon of Egremound, who held of the king in chief, and it was partitioned between his three daughters and heirs, of whom the first was married to the lord le Fitzwauter, the second to the lord de Lucy, and the third to the lord de Haryngton. The fee of the manor of Frampton was assigned to the lord de Haryngton and his wife as one of the daughters and heirs of the said Thomas, who held of the king in chief, as appears by the partition returned into Chancery. The same heir of the lord de Haryngton held the aforesaid third part of the manor of Multon of John duke of Lancaster by knight’s service, and so he is mesne (medius) between the aforesaid duke and John de Multon. John de Multon died in parts beyond seas about Michaelmas, 42 Edward III. Maud his daughter, aged 3 years and more, is his heir, and ought to be in the king’s wardship by reason of wardship within wardship for the said manor of Frampton, which John her father held of the aforesaid heir of the lord de Haryngton, a minor in the king’s wardship.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (14.)
301.	JOHN DE SANCTO ANDREA, or SEINT ANDREU.
	Writ, 30 November, 42 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE.	Inq. (indented) taken at Hyngston, Friday after St. George, 43 Edward III.
	Hyngston. A messuage, 80a. arable, 6a. meadow, 3a. pasture, 32s. yearly rent, and a sixth part of a watermill, held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Friday after All Saints, 42 Edward III. Edmund his brother, aged 17 years, is his heir.
	Writ, 12 November, 42 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Esthaddon, Friday the feast of the Conception of St. Mary, 42 Edward III.
	Bifeld. 6 marks yearly rent, held in reversion after the death of Juliana his mother, who survives. Edmund de Sancto Andrea, aged 16 years and more, is his brother and heir.
	Writ, 30 November, 42 Edward III.
	Writ to the escheator to take the inquisitions ordered by various writs of diem clausit extremum without delay, if they are not yet taken, and to send them into the Chancery by the octave of Trinity next, under penalty of 40l. 12 May, 43 Edward III.
NOTTINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Gotham, Tuesday after Holy Trinity, 43 Edward III.
	He had no lands in the county. He died on Monday after St. Luke, 42 Edward III. Edmund his son (sic), aged 17 years, is his heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (15.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 29. (5.) (Cambridge.)
302.	JOAN LATE THE WIFE OF AUBREY DE WYTTELBURY.
	Writ, 18 January, 42 Edward III.
RUTLAND.	Inq. (indented) taken at Wyssendene, Thursday the feast of St. Peter in Cathedra, 43 Edward III.
	Wyssendene. A third part of two-thirds of the manor, held in dower of the inheritance of John son and heir of Aubrey de Wyttelbury, to wit, 60a. arable, 7a. meadow and 76s. rents of assise of bondmen, customary tenants and cottars. The said third part is held of the king in chief, as of the honor of Huntyngdon, the whole manor being held by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee. Empyngham. 5 messuages and 10 bovates of land, held jointly with the said Aubrey by gift of William de Thorp to them and the heirs of their bodies. The premises are held of John Basyng, knight, by service of rendering 4d. yearly at Easter. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on Wednesday the feast of St. Lucy last. John de Wyttelbury, brother and heir of Thomas de Wyttelbury, aged 30 years and more, is son and heir of Aubrey and Joan.
NORTHAMPTON.	Inq. (indented) taken at Northampton, Friday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 43 Edward III.
	Horton. The manor (extent given), with appurtenances in Horton and Pydington, held for life jointly with Aubrey her late husband by gift of Robert de Thorp, knight, to them and the heirs of their bodies. The manor is held of the earl of Penbrok by service of doing suit to his hundred of Wymerley every three weeks. The extent includes a wood of 40a. called ‘Goddesle.’ Blacolvesle. A messuage and a carucate of land and meadow containing 80a., similarly held by gift of John de Wyttelbury, knight. The premises are held of the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of rendering 6d. yearly at Easter and doing suit twice a year to the prior’s court at Blacolvesle. Paston. 20a. land, similarly held by gift of William de Thorp, one moiety being arable and the other lying uncultivated and unlet through lack of tenants. The premises are held of William de Thorp, knight, by service of rendering 1d. yearly at Easter. She held no other lands &c. in the county. Date of death and heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (16.)
303.	ADAM SABYNE of Bekyngdon.
	Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Adam, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues. 12 November, 42 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Bath, 10 June, 44 Edward III.
	Crydelyngcote. The said Adam, who married Cecily, who survives, held a moiety of a messuage and of a carucate of land there of the heir of Nicholas de Seymour, a minor in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service. He held no other lands &c. He died on 26 November, 40 Edward III. John his son, aged 8 years and more, is his heir. John de Bekynton, late escheator, and John Caudray received all the issues of the premises by the king’s grant by writ patent, and John Caudray still receives them.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (17.)
	(Writ missing.)
SOMERSET.	Inq. taken at Norton St. Philip, 18 March, 41 Edward III.
	Cridelyngcote. Premises held as above. He died on 30 November last. Heir as above, aged 5 years and more.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 27. (6.)
304.	WALTER DE HENDON, priest.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 42 Edward III.
	The said Walter died in 26 Edward I, day not known, seised of:— Parish of St. John Zakary. A brewhouse and 5 shops with 5 solars built thereon, which Richard Madour, chaplain, now holds under a bequest of the said Walter, and celebrates in the church of St. John Zakary for the souls of Gilbert de Clare, sometime earl of Gloucester, Walter himself, his relatives and benefactors, the lady Elia de Fordham, and all the faithful departed. Since Walter’s death divers chaplains, names unknown, have been in possession of the premises and received the profits, celebrating as above. Parish of St. Sepulchre without Neugate. A brewhouse with 8 shops with solars built thereon, 2 shops without solars, a garden, and 2 vacant plots of land with a chamber. Parish of St. Andrew, Holburn. A vacant plot of land in a lane called ‘Goldelane.’ The premises in the last two parishes are held by John Budde, chaplain, who receives the issues and celebrates as above in the church of St. Andrew, Holbourne, as other chaplains his predecessors, names unknown, have done. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday after St. Luke, 27 Edward I, the said Walter bequeathed the whole of the premises for the provision and maintenance of three chaplains to celebrate as above, one in the first-named church and two in the second; but as they are not sufficient to maintain three chaplains, two have been provided, celebrating as above. The premises are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. Walter has no heirs now surviving, as far as the jurors know.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (18.)
	E. Inq. P.M. File 28. (12.)
	Writ to the sheriffs of London, quoting the above inquisition and ordering them to warn the said Richard Madour and John Budde to be before the king in the Chancery on the morrow of the Ascension next to show cause why the said tenements should not be seized into the king’s hand as forfeit, having been conveyed in mortmain contrary to the statute. 20 April, 43 Edward III.
	Return by Adam Wymondham and Robert Gurdeler, sheriffs, that they have warned the said Richard and John by John Broun and Alan Pakesden. On that day the said Richard and John submitted themselves to the king’s grace; whereupon a day was given to them on the morrow of St John the Baptist following. On that day they did not come, whereupon it was adjudged that the premises should remain in the king’s hand as forfeit.
LONDON.	Inq. taken before the mayor, Saturday the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 43 Edward III.
	Parishes of St. John Zakary, St. Sepulchre without Neugate, and St. Andrew Holbourne. Tenements as in the above inquisition, which have been in the possession of the said Richard and John and other chaplains unknown to the jurors, who have celebrated according to the said Walter’s will. Parish of St. John Zakary. A yearly rent of 13s. 4d. issuing from a tenement now held by John Chichestre. This rent was received by the said Richard Madour and other chaplains his predecessors until Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 42 Edward III, since when it has been received by John Teyser, by what title the jurors do not know. All the above were bequeathed by the deceased as above, and two chaplains celebrated in accordance with the terms of the bequest until Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 42 Edward III, when the premises were seized into the king’s hand. Copy of the above inquisition taken on Saturday after SS. Peter and Paul, 42 Edward III.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 146.
305.	JOHN DE MERLAWE.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 9 March, 42 Edward III.
	The said John died in 9 Edward II, day not known, seised of:— Parish of St. Bride the Virgin in Fletestret. A tenement worth 4 marks yearly. By his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday after the Conversion of St. Paul, 5 (sic) Edward II, he bequeathed all his tenements in London to Margaret his wife for life, and willed that after her death they should be applied to the maintenance of a chaplain celebrating in the said church of St. Bride for his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed. His executors or the survivor of them were to have power to let the premises and pay 6 marks yearly of the rent to the chaplain; and after their death two of the parishioners of the said church, to be elected by the rector, were to have the like power to maintain the chantry. The said Margaret was in possession of the said tenement all her life, but how long she lived the jurors know not. The said John’s executors died while she was alive; and after her death two parishioners, wardens of the fabric of the said church, received the issues of the tenements and provided a chaplain until Easter, 23 Edward III. Since then the wardens of the fabric of the church for the time being have received the issues, but have not provided a chaplain. Thomas Ermyn and John atte Celer, the present wardens, receive the issues but do not provide a chaplain. The tenements are held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. The said John has no heirs now surviving, so far as the jurors know at present.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (19.)
306.	WILLIAM BERNARD.
	Writ to the mayor to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said William, and who has been in possession of his lands since his death and received the issues, and what charges in mortmain were made by him on the said lands for chantries &c. 15 March, 42 Edward III.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken before the mayor, 10 July, 42 Edward III.
	The said William died in 10 Edward II, day not known. Parish of St. Peter the Little. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday before St. Martin, 10 Edward II, he bequeathed his tenement in the said parish, wherein he dwelt at the time of his death, to Isabel his wife for life; and he willed that after her death it should remain to Roger de Bernes, citizen and fishmonger of London, to hold to him, his heirs and assigns, rendering therefrom 6 1/2 marks yearly free and quit rent to a chaplain celebrating in the church of St. Peter aforesaid for the souls of the testator and all the faithful departed. John Frere, clerk, the testator’s kinsman, was to have the chantry for life, after the death of Isabel, if he would celebrate as above; and the rector of the church and four of the best parishioners were to have the presentation to the chantry for ever. The said Isabel was in possession of the tenement all her life, but how long she lived the jurors know not. Immediately after her death the said Roger was seised thereof, and paid the 6 1/2 marks yearly rent to John Frere, clerk, who was in possession of the chantry all his life. The said John Frere, and other chaplains (names unknown) presented by the rector and four parishioners, have been seised of the rent and have celebrated according to the terms of the will. Robert Kyrkeby, the present rector, and Richard Stantford and William Baldok, wardens of the fabric of the church, receive the 6 1/2 marks yearly and therewith provide William Wesseleye as a chaplain celebrating as above. John de Cauntebr’ is at present in possession of the tenement from which the rent issues. The tenement is held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. The said William has no heirs now surviving, so far as the jurors know at present. (Another copy of the above is attached.)
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (20.)
307.	HENRY BOLE.
LONDON.	Inq. (indented) taken ex officio before the mayor, 16 March, 42 Edward III.
	The said Henry died in 29 Edward I, day not known. Parish of All Hallows in the Corner. After the publication of the statute of mortmain, by his will proved, proclaimed and enrolled in the husting of London held on Monday after St. Barnabas, 29 Edward I, he bequeathed 5 marks yearly from a tenement in the said parish of All Hallows which he formerly bought from Hugh le Bole and lately gave by his charter to John de Romeneye, Alice his wife, and Alice their daughter, and their heirs, for the maintenance of a chaplain to celebrate for ever in the church of All Hallows, Grascherche, for his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed; and also gave 1/2 mark yearly to be received from the same tenement for the upkeep of two torches weighing 12lbs. of wax to be lighted in the said church at the elevation of the body of Our Lord at all masses celebrated there, the torches being renewed yearly at Christmas. All the tenants of the said tenement, names not known, have provided the chaplain and maintained the torches in accordance with the terms of the will. Master John Turk is the present tenant, and he provides William Dayvill as chaplain and maintains the two torches. The tenement is held of the king in free burgage, as is the whole city of London. The said Henry has no heirs surviving, so far as the jurors know at present.
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (21.)
308.	KATHARINE LATE THE WIFE OF DAVID DE STRABOLGI, LATE EARL OF ATHOL.
	Writ, 26 November, 42 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Morpath, Thursday the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 43 Edward III.
	Pontheland. Two-thirds of the manor (extent given, including a several pasture called ‘le Parke’), held in dower after the death of her husband of the inheritance of David the present earl, son and heir of her said husband. Little Eland, a hamlet of the said manor. 6 husband-lands in the hands of tenants at will, 3 cottages in the hands of tenants at will, and divers free tenants, held in dower as above. Calverdon Valence, parcel of the said manor. She held the same (extent given) in dower as above. All the premises are held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Mitford, which whole barony is held of the king in chief by the service of rendering 31s. 4d. yearly for cornage at the feast of St. Cuthbert in September by the hands of the sheriff. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died on the feast of St. Martin in the Winter last. David de Strabolgy, earl of Athol, her son, aged 32 years and more, is son and heir of David the late earl.
	Writ, 30 November, 42 Edward III.
KENT.	Inq. (indented) taken at Canterbury, 10 January, 42 Edward III. (fn. 2)
	Brabourne. The manor (extent given, including 4a. meadow called ‘Saltwodemede,’ 19a. meadow called ‘Parkemede,’ 20a. meadow called ‘Gavelmede,’ a pasture called ‘Garstye,’ a pasture in a place which used to be a park, 35a. land and pasture at Fondes held at farm by John Kentys for 30s. yearly, 5s. of Peter’s Pence of the Michaelmas rent, rents of wheat, barley, oats, hens, eggs, ploughshares, waggons and harrows, averages worth 6l. at All Hallows, a custom called ‘drofselver,’ a custom of ploughing, harrowing, ‘burgharde’ and ‘wodlonde’ in the month of March, and a custom of carriage of hay at St. Peter’s Chains), held in dower after the death of her husband, the reversion belonging to Nicholas Dammery, knight, and John Lenne, clerk, by grant of David de Strabolgi, son of the late earl, with the king’s licence. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of four knights’ fees. She died on 11 November last. Heir as above, aged 30 years and more.
	Writ of queen Philippa, as lady of the manor and liberty of Werk in Tyndale, to Alan de Strothe[r], bailiff of the said liberty, touching the lands &c. held by Katharine in dower or otherwise for life of the inheritance of the heir of her late husband. Tested by Richard de Ravensere, the queen’s chancellor, at Westminster, 28 January, 43 Edward III.
LIBERTY OF TYNDALE.	Inq. taken at Neuburgh in Tyndale, Tuesday after the Close of Easter, 43 Edward III.
	Hentishalgh. The manor, with the forest of Lowes, held for life, with reversion to John Scotter and Joan his wife, by grant of David de Strabolghi, earl of Athol, who granted the reversion by his writing to John de Wisbeche, vicar of the church of Sellyng by Hethe, and his heirs or assigns, and John in turn granted it to William de Strother and his heirs or assigns. The said Katharine attorned to both the said grantees. William died during Katharine’s lifetime, and the reversion descended to the aforesaid Joan as his daughter and next heir, who is 19 years of age. Katharine held the manor of the queen in chief by service of one knight. She also held the following in dower:— Thornton. The town. Neweburgh. A third part of the mill. Keldre. A moiety thereof.
	Writ to the king’s clerk, Richard de Ravenser, late receiver of the late queen Philippa, and John de Blokeley and John de Gosseburn, late the queen’s auditors, to send the above inquisition (which has been returned into the queen’s Receipt) into Chancery. 13 October, 43 Edward III.
	Commission to Alan del Strother, bailiff of the liberty of Tyndale, Richard de Horsley, William de Heppescote and Walter de Swynhow to enquire as to the lands and heir of the said Katharine, and who has been in possession of her lands since her death and received the issues. 3 November, 43 Edward III.
LIBERTY OF TYNDALE.	Inq. taken at Werk in Tyndale, Friday after St. Hilary, 43 (?) Edward III.
	Thornton. 9 messuages, 216a. land and meadow and a third part of a watermill, held in dower of the inheritance of David de Strabolgi, now earl of Athol. Keldre. A moiety of a tenement so called, also held in dower. Hentishalgh. The manor (extent given, including a park called ‘Hentishalghpark,’ tenements held freely by John de Williameston, Thomas del ……, Thomas de Hautwisill and William del Lowes, and Kyngeswode held freely by William Ker …). Lowes. The forest, which is a waste pasture worth 100s. yearly for grazing and containing 3 lakes the fishing of which is worth nothing. She held the aforesaid manor and forest for life, with reversion to Henry del Strother and his heirs. For the reversion descended to Joan daughter of William del Strother as described in the last inquisition, and after the death of Katharine (who died during Joan’s lifetime) the manor and forest were seized into the hand of queen Philippa, of whom they were held, and subsequently into the king’s hand, and Joan died without heir of herself, whereupon the reversion descended to the said Henry del Strother as her uncle and heir, to wit, brother of William del Strother, her father. The aforesaid tenements held in dower are held of the king in chief, as of his manor of Werk in Tyndall, by the eightieth part of a barony. The aforesaid manor and forest are held of the king in chief, as of the manor of Werk aforesaid, by service of one knight’s fee. Katharine died on the day of St. Martin, 42 Edward III. Elizabeth, aged 7 years, and Philippa, aged 6 years, daughters and heirs of the aforesaid David, are next heirs to the premises held in dower. Alan de Strother, bailiff of the aforesaid liberty, has by his office been in possession of all the premises since the death of Katharine.
	Commission to John de Stryvelyn, Robert de Umframvill, John de Fencotes and John de Mitford to enquire by the oath of knights and others of the county what lands the said Katharine held in fee, in fee tail, in joint feoffment with her late husband, in dower, or for life or a term of years within the liberty of Tyndale, and who has been in possession of them since her death; as the king has learned that she held the manor of Hentishalgh and forest of Lowes, as well as divers other lands within the said liberty, in joint feoffment with her husband, father of the late earl, to them and the heirs of their bodies, by gift of Isabel de Vescy, so that the late earl could not alienate the reversion thereof as was stated in the above inquisitions, and that Henry del Strother has been and still is unjustly in possession of the premises, the custody whereof pertains to the king by reason of the minority of Elizabeth and Philippa, daughters and heirs of the late earl. 4 June, 45 Edward III. [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1370–1374, p. 110.]
	Precept by the above commissioners to the sheriff of Northumberland to summon a jury of 24 knights and others to appear before them at the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr. Newcastle upon Tyne, Monday in the octave of St. John the Baptist, 45 Edward III. Panel of 24 jurors; endorsed with note of a precept to distrain them for Monday after St. Margaret, and to add 8 tales. The said precept. Newcastle upon Tyne, Monday before St. Margaret, 45 Edward III. Panel of 24 jurors and 8 tales.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. (indented) before the above commissioners at the castle of Newcastle upon Tyne, Monday after St. Margaret, 45 Edward III. (12 jurors.)
	Hensehalgh. The manor. Lowes. The forest. Le Huntland. Lands &c. there, to wit, single tenements in Thorngrafton, Haucopley and Hardhore, and tenements called ‘le Westerweles,’ ‘le Gilbridbok,’ ‘Hyndelyschele,’ ‘Mangunlamparde,’ ‘le Westercrok,’ ‘lestergreneheved,’ ‘Helholm,’ ‘Garsywode,’ ‘Lightbirkes,’ and ‘Lynschele.’ All the above she held by knight’s service of queen Philippa, then lady of Tyndale, as of the manor of Werk in Tyndale, in joint feoffment with her husband, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder in default of such heirs to the right heirs of her husband, by gift of Isabel lady de Vescy. The reversion of the premises belongs to Elizabeth and Philippa, daughters and heirs of David de Strabolgy, late earl of Athol, who was son and heir of Katharine and her husband. The said heirs are minors in the king’s wardship. Thornton. 9 messuages, 207a. land and meadow and a third part of a watermill. Keldre. A moiety of a tenement so called. These she held of queen Philippa in dower by assignment of her husband, and the reversion of them belongs to the said Elizabeth and Philippa in fee simple. She held no other lands &c. in the liberty of Tyndale. After her death Alan de Strothre, bailiff of queen Philippa, took into the queen’s hands the premises which Katharine held in joint feoffment with her husband, and was in possession of them by colour of his office until they came into the king’s hand by the queen’s death. Afterwards, in consequence of an inquisition taken by the said Alan, bailiff of Tyndale, by the king’s order, the premises were delivered to Henry del Strothre as uncle and heir of Joan daughter and heir of William de Strothre, and the said Henry and John de Strothre, knight, his son, have been in possession ever since. The same Alan, immediately after the death of Katharine, seized all the lands which she held in dower into the queen’s hands, and was in possession of them and received the issues until the king committed the custody of them to Elizabeth late the wife of David de Strabolgi the son, who has been in possession ever since.
	Writ to the sheriff, in pursuance of the above inquisition, to warn the said Henry and John del Strothre to be before the king in the Chancery in the octave of Michaelmas next severally to shew cause why the said manor of Hensehalgh and forest of Lowes, as well as the premises in Huntland, should not be resumed into the king’s hand and remain there in virtue of his wardship of Elizabeth and Philippa, daughters of David de Strabolgi, late earl of Athol. 8 August, 45 Edward III.
	Endorsed: The sheriff has warned them by Nicholas de Grendon and Simon de Rilleston; and each of them has appointed Richard Holm and Roger de Chesterfeld as his attorneys.
	Commission to Gilbert de Umframvill, earl of Anegos, Ralph Hastynges, knight, William de Claxton, knight, Richard Bernard, Thomas de Nessefeld, William Hepscotes, Thomas Sandford and Hugh de Mitford, in the same terms as the above commission to John de Stryvelyn and others. 28 August, 48 Edward III.
	Writ to the sheriff to summon a jury at the request of the commissioners. 28 August, 48 Edward III.
	Precept by William de Claxton and his fellow-commissioners to the sheriff to summon a jury of knights and others to appear before them at Morpath on Tuesday, 10 October next. Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 September, 48 Edward III. Panel of 35 jurors, 12 of whom are pricked for service.
NORTHUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Morpeth before William de Claxton, knight, and William de Heppiscotes, 10 October, 48 Edward III.
	Hensehalgh. The manor. Lowes. The forest. Le Huntelande. Tenements enumerated in the last inquisition. She held the above manor, forest and tenements in joint feoffment with her husband, as above. Thornton. Tenements as above. Keldre. The tenement so called. She held the above in dower, as stated in the last inquisition. She held no other lands in the liberty of Tyndale. The premises were occupied after the death of Katharine, as stated in the last inquisition, except that the custody of those held by Katharine in dower, together with the marriage of Elizabeth and Philippa, the heirs, was subsequently committed by the king to Henry lord de Perecy, who now receives the issues. Precept that the record and process of the plea in Chancery between the king and Henry del Strothre and John his son touching the manor of Henteshalgh and forest of Lowes, which was sent into the King’s Bench for decision, be sent into the Chancery under the seal of John de Cavendissh, chief justice. 30 October, 50 Edward III. Transcript of pleas before the king at Westminster, Easter term, 49 Edward III, ro. 20. John Knyvet, chancellor, in Hilary term, 49 Edward III, delivered here in court a record of pleas before the king in Chancery in the quinzaine of Hilary, 49 Edward III, as follows:— On 24 October, 48 Edward III, a writ issued to the sheriff of Northumberland ordering him (in terms similar to those of the above writ dated 8 August, 45 Edward III) to summon the said Henry and John to appear in Chancery in the quinzaine of Hilary next. The sheriff returned that they had been summoned by William Rankyn and William de Matfen. On the appointed day the said Henry and John appeared by Ralph de Pynyngton, clerk, their attorney, and Henry by his said attorney alleged that he was in possession of the premises only from Whitsun, 44 Edward III, until the following Martinmas, that the tenements in ‘le Hunteland’ are parcel of the above-mentioned manor and forest, that the gift of Isabel lady de Vescy was to the earl and Katharine and the heirs of the earl, that the reversion descended to him, the said Henry, as uncle and heir of Joan daughter and heir of William de Strothre, who was seised thereof, and that the manor and forest were not given to the earl and Katharine in fee tail. John says likewise and asserts that he is sole tenant. Michael Skillyng, who sues for the king, says that the manor and forest were given by the said Isabel in fee tail, and does not admit that Joan was ever seised of them. (fn. 3)
	C. Edw. III. File 205. (22.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 145. (1.) (Kent.)
309.	RICHARD BRAY.
	(Writ missing.)
OXFORD.	Inq. taken at Chepyngnorton, 7 June, 42 Edward III.
	Netherorton. 2 messuages and 3 virgates 5a. land, held of the king in chief as parcel of 7 messuages and 7 virgates which are held as a whole by petty serjeanty, to wit, by the service of carrying a pennoncel in the king’s army before the footmen of the hundred of Wotton; 1 1/2 virgates of land, held of the king in chief jointly with Maud his wife and John his son, who both survive, by purchase from Adam Spencer with the king’s licence as parcel of the aforesaid 7 messuages and 7 virgates; and a messuage and 2 virgates of land, held jointly with the said Maud of John Danyel by knight’s service and a rent of 1d. He died on 13 May last. John his son, aged 16 years, is his heir.
	E. Inq. P.M. File 27. (11.)