Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 2

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J E E S Sharp. A E Stamp. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 2", in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II, (London, 1908) 7-15. British History Online, accessed May 20, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol5/pp7-15.

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Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 2

27. JOHN DE FURNEAUS.
Writ, 28 Oct. 1 Edw. II.
DEVON. Inq. 8 Nov. 1 Edw. II.
Fenotri. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief in socage, by service of 4l. 4s. 8d. to be paid yearly at the king’s castle of Exeter.
Richard his brother, aged 15, is his next heir.
DEVON. Assignment of dower made to Maud, late the wife of the said John, at the manor of Fenotri (full extent given), including lands in the following tillages (culture), &c., viz. Buneorchard (?), Rydecoumbe, Northwaterlete, Southwaterlete, Clifforlong, Knapdoune, Hesseicumbe, Brademede, Halsammede, and Blakedoune, 13 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (1.)
28. ROBERT DE ETON.
Writ, 27 March, 1 Edw. II.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. Saturday after St. Mark the Evangelist, 1 Edw. II.
Duston. A capital messuage, 2 virgates arable, 5a. meadow, a pasture, and 17s. rent of free tenants, held of the king in chief by serjeanty, as member of the manor of Eton, which Reginald de Grey held of the king in chief by service of keeping one of the king’s gerfalcons.
Nicholas his son, aged 2 at the feast of the Annunciation last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (2.)
29. THOMAS DE KAYNES alias KAYNES.
Writ, 2 May, 1 Edw. II.
DEVON. Inq. Wednesday after St. Barnabas, 1 Edw. II.
Thorry. A capital messuage, 3a. meadow, 8a. pasture and 40a. arable, held of the heir of Joice de Dyneham, who is in the king’s wardship, by service of 1lb. pepper, price 12d., yearly, and doing suit at the heir’s court of Hertone.
Wynkelegh. A messuage and 1 carucate land, held of the earl of Gloucester by service of 1/8 knight’s fee, and there are there 100a. arable and pasture, and 40s. rent of assize.
John his son, aged 15, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (3.)
30. HENRY DE LA SALE of Skipton in Cravene.
Writ, 21 Feb. 1 Edw. II.
YORK. Inq. Saturday before the Annunciation, 1 Edw. II.
Skypton. A messuage and a croft, and 4 bovates and 5 1/2a. land, held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by service of 1/28 knight’s fee.
Bradelay. A messuage and 1 bovate land, held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of 1 carucate, whereof 14 carucates make 1 knight’s fee; 1a. held, as of the honour of Albemarle, by the same service for so much land; and 3s. 6d. rent pertaining to the said tenements.
Broghton. 1/2 bovate land held of John de Fauuelthorp, by service of a sixteenth part of a similar carucate, and rendering 2s. 6d. yearly.
William his son, aged 5 at the feast of the Annunciation, 1 Edw. II, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (4.)
31. HUGH DE GEROUNDE.
Writ 1 May, 1 Edw. II.
[KENT?] Inq. (?) ………… (undated fragment).
(Essherst?) ………. rents, pleas, &c. of court, and three fairs worth 5s. yearly.
John his son, aged 9 and more, is his next heir.
[BUCKINGHAM?] Inq. (?) ……… (undated fragment).
(Dodynton?) ……. Two parts of one …… a customer …….. 6 cottars rendering 10s. 6d. yearly.
…….. a rent of two capons at Easter ……
Heir as above.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (5.)
32. HENRY DE EDMUNDESTROP.
Writ (missing).
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 20 Dec. …. (defective).
Edmondestrop. A messuage, grange, ox house, 32a. arable, 2a. pasture, 2a. meadow, 3a. underwood, and rents (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of grand serjeantry, [keeping the forest of Wythlinge]le, and the king’s park called Freymauntel by Kyngesclere; and there are there 32a. arable, and 1a. meadow, held of the dean and chapter of Rouen by service of 7s. 10d. yearly.
Alice and Pavya are his daughters and heirs.
Writ of certiorari 6 March, 1 Edw. II. (fragment.)
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Thursday after the Annunciation, 1 ….. (defective).
Edmundesthorp. A messuage and 1 virgate land, was held by the said Henry of the king in chief by service of keeping the forest of Wythlingele and the park of Fremantel, and after his death the escheator took the same into the king’s hand; which messuage, land and bailiwick of the forest, were held by Alice late the wife of the said Henry, by fine made with the king during the minority of his heirs, until Sir Hugh le Despenser, justice of the king’s forest on this side the Trent, two years before the age of the heirs was proved, took the said bailiwick, and delivered it of his own will to John de Shaldeforde, who now holds it.
Alice and Pavya his daughters, who were proved of full age in 33 Edw. I, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (6.)
33. PATRICK DE HASEWELL alias DE HASELWELLE.
Writ, 30 Sept. 1 Edw. II.
CHESTER. Inq. 7 Oct. 1 Edw. II.
Haselwelle. The manor held of the king in chief by homage and service of 1/3 knight’s fee, doing suit at the hundred of Caldey.
Thurstanston. The manor held for life of William de Haselwelle, service unspecified.
Chester City. A burgage held of the abbot of Cumburmer in chief, by service of 4s. yearly.
David his son, aged 50 on the day of St. Mary Magdalen last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (7.)
34. DAVID UPPEHULLE.
Writ, 26 Aug. 1 Edw. II.
DEVON. Inq. 22 Oct. 1 Edw. II.
Uppehull. A capital messuage, 33 1/2a. arable, 8a. waste, 2 1/2a. meadow and 14d. rent, held of the king in chief, by service of finding a bailiff hundredor for serving the king in the hundred of Bodd[elegh], levying the king’s pence, and making distraints, &c. for the king’s justices and the sheriff; and the community of Exeter renders there 4d. yearly for a certain ferry.
John his son, aged 14, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (8.)
35. THOMAS DE BITTON, bishop of Exeter.
Writ, 3 Oct. 1 Edw. II.
DEVON. Inq. 16 Nov. 1 Edw. II.
Knyttheton hamlet within the manor of Morcestre Episcopi. 20s. rent bought of Richard de Denrigg, to be held of the bishopric of Exeter by service of 1/8 knight’s fee.
John de Bitton his nephew, aged 21 and more, is his next heir.
CORNWALL. Inq. 2 Dec. 1 Edw. II.
Dynvegh. A piece of land held of the bishopric of Exeter, which is vacant and in the king’s hand, by service of 1/44 knight’s fee.
Bolloentretos. 4s. rent held of the said bishopric in socage by service of 2s. yearly rent.
Kellignat. A tenement held of the said bishopric by service of 1/12 knight’s fee, and rendering 6s. 8d. yearly to the bishop.
Sperven (?). 1a. Cornish, held of the said bishopric in socage, by service of 2s. yearly rent to the bishop.
Nanscorion. 1a. Cornish, held of the said bishopric in socage, by service of 2s. 6d. yearly rent.
Cele and Kelly, 1a. Cornish, held of the said bishopric in socage, by service of 4s. yearly rent.
Tregorthan. A tenement held of the said bishopric by service of 1/24 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (9.)
36. THOMAS DE IREBY.
Writ. 21 Feb. 1 Edw. II.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. Thursday in the first week of Lent, 1 Edw. II.
Embleton. The manor (full extent given with names of tenants), held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Cokermouth which was of the earl of Albemarle, by homage and service of doing suit at the king’s court of Cokermouth; and there are due to Alexander de Bastingthwayth and Agnes his wife and their heirs 26s. 8d. yearly, and to the said Alexander for life 26s. 8d. yearly.
Crombocwater. The island held of Thomas de Lucy by service of 2s. yearly.
Thomas his son, aged 26 and more, is his next heir.
Writ de melius inquirendo, 16 March, 1 Edw. II.
CUMBERLAND. Inq. Friday after the Annunciation, 1 Edw. [II] (defective).
Embelton. The manor is held as abovesaid, and by no other service, because Alice de Romeley, sometime lady of the said honour, gave the said manor out of the waste of her free chace of Derwentfelles to Orcus(?) de Ireby the said Thomas’s ancestor, to be held by that service.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (10.)
37. WILLIAM DE ERLE alias DE ERLEE.
Writ, 15 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Monday after the Purification, 1 Edw. II.
Estcosham by Wemeruge. A messuage, 25a. 1r. arable on the south side of Portesdon, and 25a. arable on the north side, common of pasture in a marsh, and rents (extent given), held of the king in chief by serjeanty, and he rendered to the king 2s. 8d. yearly, and ought to do guard in the castle of Porchestre in time of war for ten days, with a man and horse fully equipped at his own costs.
John his son, aged 10, is his next heir.
BERKS. Inq. Monday after the Purification (?) 1 Edw. II.
Erle. A messuage, &c. 126a. arable in a close, 48a. arable in the common field, 13a. meadow, 8a. pasture, 8a. wood in a close called ‘Le park’ with deer, 7a. alder-wood, a fishery in the Thames, and rents (extent given with names of tenants), held of Sir John de Erle by service of two attendances yearly at his court of Erle, and rendering 2s. for a parcel of land in the park.
Witele. 7a. land, 10a. meadow, rents, &c. (extent given with names of tenants), held of the king, with other lands in Cosham, by service of a fourth part of a serjeanty at the castle of Porchestre in co. Southampton.
OXFORD. Niwenham. 6a. land and pasture for 51 sheep, &c. held of the king in chief, as of the earldom of Albemarle, by service of 1lb. cummin.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (11.)
38. RICHARD BEKK alias BECK.
Writ, 7 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Monday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 1 Edw. II.
Wodecote. A hall, chamber, grange, ox-house, 80a. arable, 6a. pasture, 2a. meadow, rents, &c., held of the king in chief by grand serjeanty by service of keeping the gaol of Winchester.
A tenement and 20a. land near Winchester, held of the prior of St. Swythun’s, rendering 49s. 8 1/4d. yearly.
Kylham. 30a. arable held of Roger de Mortuo Mari, rendering 20s. yearly.
Valentine Beck his brother, aged 24 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw II. File 2. (12.)
39. HUGH LE QUOEYNTE alias LE QUOYNTE.
Writ, 12 March, 1 Edw. II.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Saturday in Easter week, 1 Edw. II. (a fragment).
Ockelee by Motesfonte. A messuage, grange, ox house, lands, &c. (extent given), held of the king in chief …………….. knight’s service rendering …. 1lb. pepper, and he had (?) in the meadow of the lord (?) of Tuderlee in Ockel …… in the wood of Boch ………………; and ……… in the said town of Ockeley ………. s. 4d. for all service. …………………… Hugh and Margery ….
C. Edw. II. File 2. (13.)
40. REGINALD DE ARGENTEM.
Writ (missing).
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. 10 March, 1 Edw. [II.]
Meldebourn. The manor (extent given), held of the heir of William de (sic) Latimer by service of 2 knights’ fees.
John his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
WILTS. Inq. 22 March, 1 Edw. [II.]
Cheldryngton. 10s. rent from land held by Warin de Bassingeborn, held of Aymer de Valence by homage only.
Heir, as above.
NORFOLK. Inq. 16 March, 1 Edw. [II.]
Keteringham. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Oxford by service of 1 knight’s fee, and 2d. yearly.
John de Argentein, knight, his son, aged 27 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (4.)
41. ROGER DE FRAXINIS.
Writ, 9 Nov. 1 Edw. II.
NORFOLK. Inq. 3 Dec. 1 Edw. II.
Bathele. A capital messuage, 24a. arable, 1 1/2a. meadow, 1/2a. pasture, a moiety of a wind-mill, 100s. rent from free tenants, &c. held of the king, as member of the manor of Fakenham, which is of the king’s ancient demesne, by service of 100s. yearly at the said manor, and by suit of court there, and 15 1/4d. ‘letefe,’ at the said manor.
Lucy his daughter, aged 2, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (15.)
42. WILLIAM DE CURZUN alias DE CURSZOUN.
Writ, 20 June, 1 Edw. II.
HEREFORD. Inq. Monday after SS. Peter and Paul, 1 Edw. II.
Puddelisdone. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held of the heirs of Hugh de Mortuo Mari, who are in the king’s wardship; in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee; and 9a. meadow held of John de Bradefeld by service of 4s. yearly.
Richard de Curzon his son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
NORFOLK. Inq. 2 July, 1 Edw. II.
Wymondham. A capital messuage, 144a. arable by the perch of 16 1/2 feet, 12a. meadow and pasture, pastures called ‘Brentelond’ and ‘Le Brom,’ a wood called ‘Grubbesheg,’ 24a. wood from Le Steyk to the common of Keteringham, a wind-mill, rents, &c., held of Richard de la Rokele, by service of 1/5 knight’s fee.
Keteringham. A cottage with a little wood of 2a., 117a. arable, a wood called ‘Mannesheg’ of 3a., 2 alder-woods of 5a. in common, rents, &c., held of Petronilla de Vallibus by service of 1/8 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (16.)
43. WALTER JEROUNDE.
Writ, 27 March, 1 Edw. II.
ESSEX. Inq. 6 April, 1 Edw. II.
Perndon. A third part of the manor (extent given), held by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Agnes his wife, deceased, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of 1/3 knight’s fee; and 10a. arable held (as above) of the abbot of Byleye by service of 16d. yearly.
Stamburn. 40a. arable and 5d. rent, held (as above) of the earl of Hereford by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
John his son, aged 24, is next heir of the said Walter and Agnes.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (17.)
44. GILBERT SON OF THOMAS DE CLARE.
Writ, 16 Nov. 1 Edw. II.
ESSEX. Inq. 2 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
The office of steward of the whole of the king’s forest in Essex, held of the king in chief by service of keeping the said forest.
Richard de Clare his brother, aged 22 and more, is his next heir.
HERTFORD. Inq. Friday the morrow of St. Thomas the Apostle, 1 Edw. II.
Staundon. A capital messuage, 40a. arable, 7 1/2a. meadow, 10a. pasture, 20a. oak wood, and 79s. 4 1/2d. rent of assize, &c. held of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, and rendering 20s. 6d. yearly at his manor of Staundon.
Heir as above.
DORSET. Inq. 8 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
Sturministre Marescall. A seventh part of the manor (extent given), including a hundred worth 40s. yearly, held of the king in chief in free socage by service of homage only.
Tarente Russeauston. The manor (extent given), held of Gilbert son of Gilbert de Clare, sometime earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee; 18a. arable and 3a. meadow, held of Robert de Caynes by service of 6d. yearly; and 42a. arable and a plot of pasture, held of Nicholas de Antioch by service of 2s. yearly.
Heir as above, aged 24 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (18.)
45. HUGH POYNTZ alias POYNZ.
Writ, 6 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
SOMERSET. Inq. 29 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
Cory Malet. The manor (extent given), including a park, held of the king in chief for a moiety of the barony of Cory Malet, by service of 1 knight’s fee.
Nicholas his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. Saturday the Octave of St. Hilary, 1 Edw. II.
Hoo St. Wereburge by Rochester (Roffam). A moiety of the manor (extent given), including a marsh, and a moiety of the hundred of Hoo, held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Nicholas Poinz, knight, his son, aged 28 and more, is his next heir.
KENT. Inq. Monday the feast of St. Vincent, 1 Edw. II.
Lullyngeston Castel. The manor (extent given), held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of 1 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 28 and more.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. 28 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
Dolingham. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot of St. Wandrille, Normandy, without any service.
Heir as above, aged 28 and more.
DORSET. Inq. 18 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
Sutton. The manor with the hundred of Culvardestre (extent given), held of Gilbert son of Gilbert de Clare, sometime earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by service of 2 knights’ fees.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 25 Jan. 1 Edw. II.
Tockinton. The manor (extent given), including a park, held of the earl of Gloucester by service of 1 knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 28 and more.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (19.)
46. ROBERT DE BROMLEGH.
Writ, 2 Dec. 1 Edw. II.
STAFFORD. Inq. Friday the morrow of St. Thomas the Apostle, 1 Edw. II.
Asscheleye. A third part of the manor (extent given with names of tenants), held of the king in chief by service of 1/6 knight’s fee, and finding an armed man and barded horse in the king’s army for 8 days whenever there may be war in Wales, and paying half a mark to Sir Fulk son of Warin.
Weninton. The hamlet (extent given with names of tenants), held of Robert de Keiettele by service of 11s. yearly.
Bromleye. The hamlet (extent given with names of tenants), held of the bishop of Chester by socage and by service of 10s. yearly and suit of court at Hecleshale, and finding four men thrice a year, for three days each time, for chasing in the bishop’s park at Hecishale.
John his son, aged 27 at the feast of Ascension last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (20.)
47. GILBERT DE UMFRAMVILL alias DUNFRANVYL, EARL OF ANEGOS alias DANEGUS.
Writ, 13 Oct. 1 Edw II.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. Tuesday before SS. Simon and Jude, 1 Edw. II.
Prodhow. The castle (extent given), including a park a league in circuit.
Hirlaw. The manor (extent given), pertaining to the said castle.
Birteley. The manor (extent given), including a park a league in circuit.
All held of the king in chief by service of 2 1/2 knights’ fees and doing suit at the county (court) of Newcastle on Tyne.
Redesdale (Vallem de Rede) with the liberty, in which is the castle of Hirbotell (extent given), including a borough called Hirbotell, a capital messuage at Oterburn, a park nearly a league in circuit, and free tenants in Ellesden, all held freely (in libertate) of the king in chief by service of defending the same from wolf and robber.
Alwenton. 200a. arable and 10a. meadow, the lordship of the ten towns of Alwenton, Clonhill, Bydellesden, Angreham, Faudon, Ryhill, Scharberton, Nodirton, Boroudon, and Thirnum, which rendered nothing to the earl but knight’s service and suit at his court of Hirbotell, and two water-mills, all held of the heirs of Vesci in chief of the barony of Alnewyck by service of 2 knights’ fees, and doing suit at the court of Alnewyck.
Robert his son, aged 30 and more, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 2. (21.)
48. EDMUND GASCELYN.
Writ (missing).
WILTS. Inq. 9 Oct. 1 Edw. [II.] (defaced).
Sholdon and Chippeham. The manor and town (extent given with names of tenants), with the hundreds of Chypp[eham], Bissopeston, and Dunelewe, pertaining thereto, and a wood in the forest of Pewsham, held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, and by homage and fealty.
Budeston. The township held of Maud Burnel by a fee farm rent of 20 marks yearly.
Lolledon. A tenement (extent given with names of tenants), held of Aymer de Valencia by service of a pair of gilt spurs.
Edmund his son, aged 26, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File I. 2. (22.)
49. ADAM DE STUBHOUS.
Writ of plenius certiorari, 24 May, 1 Edw. II.
YORK. Inq. Monday after St. Bartholomew, 2 Edw. II.
Stubhous. A messuage, 30a. land, and 2a. meadow, held of Robert son and heir of Warin de Insula, who is in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service, and by a fourth part of 1 carucate land, where 14 carucates make one knight’s fee, were in the hand of the late King Edward by reason of the minority of Richard, son and heir of the said Adam.
The said Richard, aged 21 on the eve of All Saints, 1 Edw. II, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 3. (1.)
50. JOHN DE BOLTESHAM.
Writ, 16 Oct. 1 Edw. II.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 19 Oct. 1 Edw. II.
Wedone Pinkeny. A capital messuage and 56a. land, held of the king in chief by service of 1/20 knight’s fee; 19s. 4d. rent held jointly by the said John and Gundreda his wife, of the enfeoffment of Henry de Pynkenye, by the same service; and a water-mill held of the abbot of St. Lucian de Beuveys, by service of 10s.
Plumpton. Two messuages, 86a. 1r. land, 1a. meadow, 2a. pasture, and 2s. rent, held of William de Sancto Johanne by knight’s service.
Medeford. 6s. rent held of Robert Kynne, service unknown.
Staverton. 48s. rent (extent given with names of tenants), held of John de Daventre, service unknown.
Thomas his son, aged 5 at the feast of All Saints last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 3. (2.)
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