Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 59

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J E E S Sharp. A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 59', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II, (London, 1910) pp. 68-73. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp68-73 [accessed 20 May 2024].

J E E S Sharp. A E Stamp. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 59", in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II, (London, 1910) 68-73. British History Online, accessed May 20, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp68-73.

Sharp, J E E S. Stamp, A E. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 59", Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II, (London, 1910). 68-73. British History Online. Web. 20 May 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp68-73.

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 59

103. RICHARD DE POLHAMPTON.
Writ, 21 September, 11 Edward II.
BERKS; HUNDRED OF KENTEBURY; WANETINGE. Inq. 4 December, 11 Edward II.
Balatteston. The manor, acquired by the said Richard, by the king’s charter, and held of the king in chief to himself, Margaret his wife, and Thomas their son and his heirs.
Fallele. The manor, acquired and held as above, to himself, Margaret his wife, and Richard their son and his heirs.
He died on 14 September, 11 Edward II., in the lifetime of the said Margaret, Thomas and Richard, in whom the right now resides.
WILTS. Inq. Wednesday after St. Nicholas, 11 Edward II.
Crostone. A moiety of the manor (extent given), held for the life of the said Richard and Margaret his wife, by the grant of Alan son of Waren, of William Kayngnel of Iattone Kayngnel, by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Hamme. A messuage, 50a. land, 4a. meadow, rents &c. held jointly by the said Richard and Margaret, to them and Richard son of the said Richard, and his heirs, of the earl of Norfok and Suffolk by service of 20s. and suit of court.
He died on 15 September in the year aforesaid. Richard his son, aged 6, is his next heir.
Writ to William de Harden to receive the fealty of the said Margaret, on account of her infirmity, for the manors of Balatteston and Fallele, 30 January, 11 Edward II.
C. Edw. II. File 58. (19.)
104. RALPH PAYNEL.
Writ, 14 March, 11 Edward II.
BEDFORD. Inq. 19 March, 11 Edward II.
Kerdington. The manor (extent given), held, by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Joan sometime his wife, of the king in chief, as parcel of the barony of Bedford, by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
John son of Baldwin Pygot, aged 27 and more, is kinsman and next heir of the said Joan.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (1.)
105. WILLIAM DE PEMBRUGE alias DE PENEBRUGGE.
Writ, 10 November, 11 Edward II.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. 20 November, 11 Edward II.
Dymmok manor. A capital messuage, 80a. arable, 2a meadow, 3a wood, 8l. rent &c. held, by the courtesy of England of the inheritance of Euphemia sometime his wife, of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
William his son, aged 40, is next heir of the said William and Euphemia.
HEREFORD. Extent 20 November, 11 Edward II.
Malmeshull Gamage. The manor (extent given), held, by the custom of England of the inheritance the said Euphemia, of Roger de Mortuo Mary (sic), lord of Wygemor, by service of 2 knight’s fees.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more on the feast of All Saints last.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (2.)
106. LAWRENCE DE TANY.
Writ, 25 October, 11 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Wednesday after All Saints, 11 Edward II.
Elmested. The manor, which is in the kings’ hand by reason of the minority of the said Lawrence, (extent given), held of the king in chief as of the honour of Reylegh by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, 8s. for the guard of the castle of Colecestre, 2s. to the king’s bailiff of the hundred of Tendring for the view of frankpledge of Elmested, 16d. for sheriff’s aid, and doing suit at the hundred of Tendring.
Margaret his sister, aged 16 and more, is his next heir.
ESSEX. Inq. Friday after All Saints, 11 Edward II.
Stapelford. The manor, which was in the king’s hand and in the wardship of John Douuedale (extent given), held of the king in chief as of the honour of Reylegh by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
HERTFORD. Inq. Sunday after All Saints, 11 Edward II.
Estwyk. The manor, which is in the king’s hand, (extent given), held of Thomas Wake as of the honour of Broune by service of a knight’s fee, and 1s. 8d. for sheriff’s aid.
Heir as above.
Writ of certiorari de feodis &c. 16 November, 11 Edward II.
HERTFORD. Extent, Sunday after St. Katherine, 11 Edward II.
Estwyke. The advowson of the church.
Essex. Extent, Sunday after St. Katherine, 11 Edward II.
Stapelford Tany. 1/2 knight’s fee held in dower by the countess of Gloucester, as of the inheritance of the heir of Gloucester; 1/30 fee held by John son of Benedict le Fithelere; and 1/30 fee held by Eleanor de Welles.
Little Thorndon. 1/4 knight’s fee held by John de [alias le] Breaunzoun.
Aspeden. 1 knight’s fee held by William son of Ralph.
Wolles in Bradewelle. The manor held by John de Tany as of the manor of Elmsted by 1 knight’s fee.
Boxsted. 1/2 knight’s fee held by Richard de la Ryvere.
Cokayne. 1/4 knight’s fee held by Benedict de Cokesfeld [alias de Cokefeld]; 1/8 fee held by John de Sutton; and 1/30 fee held by Robert de Pengrich.
Stapelford Tany and Elmestede. The advowsons of the churches.
Extent or summary of the above fees and advowsons, with the variations there given within square brackets.
HERTFORD. Assignment of dower to Margaret late the wife of the said Lawrence out of the abovesaid manor of Estwyke (full extent given), comprising a third part of the capital messuage &c., Sunday after St. Katherine, 11 Edward II. (defective and defaced.)
C. Edw. II. File 59. (3.)
107. PETER DE CUSANCIA.
Writ, 23 February, 11 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Saturday before St. Cuthbert, 11 Edward II.
White Rothingge. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held for the life of Mary late the wife of Stephen Huuel, and not otherwise, for the said manor and advowson were sometime granted by King Edward I. to John de Merk and the said Mary then his wife, to hold to them and the heirs of the body of the said John, with remainder to Cecily de Hastang’ and her heirs; and the said Mary surviving the said John married the said Stephen; and the said Stephen and Mary granted the same by fine levied in the king’s court to the said Peter for the life of the said Mary. The said manor is held of the king in chief by service of keeping a heron falcon at the king’s charges.
William his son, aged 14 and more, is his next heir, who can claim nothing in the said manor except for the life of the said Mary, who as yet survives.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (4.)
108. WILLIAM TRUMWYN alias TRUMNWYN, TRUNWYN.
Writ, 18 January, 11 Edward II.
STAFFORD. Inq. 8 February, 11 Edward II.
Kannocbury. A messuage and a virgate of land, with the bailiwick of Chistlyn in Kannock, held of the king in chief by service of the grand serjeanty of keeping the Hay of Chistlyn in the forest of Kanok; and a water-mill held of the bishop of Chester, service unspecified.
William his son, aged 27, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (5.)
109. JOHN DE ORREBY.
Writ, 30 August, 11 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. Tuesday after the Circumcision, 11 Edward II.
Orreby. The manor (extent given), held of Henry de Bello Monte by service of 1/3 knight’s fee.
Ingoldmeles. 119a. pasture, tenure unspecified; and 12a. pasture held of the heir of Adam de Well’, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by service of 6d. yearly.
Skegnesse. 80a. pasture held of the dean and chapter of Lincoln by service of 13s. 4d. yearly.
Burgh and Wynceby. 40s. rent in Burgh, and 20s. rent in Wynceby, held of Philip de Kyme by knight’s service.
Skendelby. 77a. wood held of Peter de Malo Lacu and Roger de Kerdeston, heirs of Gilbert de Gaunt, in free marriage without any service.
Wolingham. Certain lands &c. worth 60s. yearly, held of the heir of William de Cantelup, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by knight’s service.
And there are paid to the prior of Thornholm for tithes of the meadows of Orreby 23s. 5d. yearly, and to Walter de Botheby for lands there 22s. 2d. yearly.
Edmund de Somervill aged 40, Alfred de Sulny aged 30, and John son of Robert de Wilughby, a minor and in the king’s wardship, his kinsmen, are his next heirs.
After the death of the said John the manor of Orreby was divided between the said Edmund, Alfred and Robert then living, so that the said Edmund should have a moiety of the manor, excepting 83a. land, the said Robert should have the other moiety, excepting 100s. rent of bondmen, and the said Alfred should have the said 83a. land and 100s. rent, together with certain lands &c. in Wolingham co. Lincoln, and other lands &c. in cos. Nottingham and Derby; and the pourparty of the said Robert, together with the wood of Skendelby which at his death was held in common, is now in the king’s hand by reason of the minority of the said John son of the said Robert de Wilughby.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (6.)
110. GILES DE CHAUNCEUS alias DE CHAUNCEAUX.
Writ, 16 June, 11 Edward II.
ESSEX. Inq. Sunday after SS. Peter and Paul, 11 Edward II.
Canewedon. The manor (extent given), held of the king as of the honour of Reylegh by service of three parts of a knight’s fee. But John father of the said Giles, in 12 Edward I. by fine levied before the king’s justices, acknowledged the manor to be the right of William de Lambourne, for which the said William granted it to the said John to hold to him and Joan his wife for life, with remainder to the said Giles their son and the heirs of his body, with further remainders to John and Roger their sons and the heirs of their bodies in turn, and to the right heirs of the said John the elder; and because the said Giles died without heir of his body, the manor ought to remain to the said John (his brother) aged 30 and more, by virtue of the fine aforesaid.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (7.)
111. DREW (Drogo) DE MERLAWE.
Writ, 15 April, 11 Edward II.
NORFOLK. Inq. 27 April, 11 Edward II.
Wyhtton. The manor and the hundred of Northgreneh(o) (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee.
His daughters, Joan aged 21 and more, married to Ralph de Eou, count of Eou and Gynes, and Margaret aged 10, are his next heirs.
Writ, 15 April, 11 Edward II.
YORK. Inq. 21 May, 11 Edward II.
Laghton. A manor and 4 bovates of land (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of half of 1/4 knight’s fee.
Heirs unknown, because they are aliens.
Writ to the escheator in Ireland, 15 April, 11 Edward II.
IRELAND. Inq. Tuesday before the Ascension, 11 Edward II.
Baligar. The manor held of the king in chief for 2 1/2 carucates of land, doing suit for the same at the county (court) of Dublin for all service.
Louweth. A barony held of the king, doing suit for the same at the county (court) of Loueth for all service, but worth nothing because the whole country is laid waste by the Scots and Irish.
Le Corcaugh in Leinster (Lagenia), held of the king, doing suit for the same at the county (court) of Dublin for all service, but worth nothing because laid waste by the Irish of Leinster.
Joan de Merlawe his daughter, aged 21, is his next heir.
Writ of dedimus postestatem to Nicholas de Gayton, clerk, to receive the fealty of the said count of Eou, for the pourparty of the said Joan, 17 May, 11 Edward II.
Return from the said Nicholas, receiver of the king’s lands of Ponthieu, that he had received the fealty of Ralph de Eu for his pourparty of the fee of the said Drew. Dated Eu [Augun], Monday after 5 weeks of Easter, 1318, and 11 Edward II.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (8.)
112. ADAM ATTE BROKE OF WEST PECHAM.
Writ, 28 November, 11 Edward II.
KENT. Inq. 16 January, 11 Edward II.
Westpecham. A capital messuage &c., rents, certain fisheries rendering 31 ‘stikkes’ of eels, 37a. arable, 86 1/2a. pasture in places called Oidelpet and Park, 510a. wood and briar, &c. held of the king in chief by service of mewing a goshawk when the king shall intrust it to him, and doing 5s. yearly to Christ Church, Canterbury.
His daughters, Alice aged 9, Maud aged 8, Sarra aged 7, Beatrice aged 7, Joan aged 4, Denise aged 3, and Isabel aged 15 days, are his next heirs.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (9.)
113. GUY DE GLASLEYE.
Writ concerning the lands &c. of the said Guy, who held of the heir of John le Straunge, a minor and in the king’s wardship. 8 January, 11 Edward II.
SALOP. Inq. 28 January, 11 Edward II.
Glasley. The manor (extent given), held of the manor of Ruytone, which Edmund, earl of Arundell, acquired of Sir John Lestraunge of Knokyn, so that the manor is held of the said earl by service 1/2 knight’s fee, finding a horseman at the manor of Ruytone for twenty days whenever there shall be war between England and Wales. He held nothing in chief of the heir of Knokyn.
Alan his son, aged 25 on Christmas day last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (10.)
114. HENRY DE MORTUO MARI.
Writ, 25 October, 11 Edward II.
BEDFORD. Inq. 6 January, 11 Edward II.
Luton. A sixth part of the manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a sixth part of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Hugh his son, aged 31 at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula last, is his next heir.
SALOP. Inq. 29 November, 11 Edward II.
Cheylemerch. The manor (extent given), held of Roger de Mortuo Mari of Wygemor by service of 1/2 knight’s fee.
Aston. The hamlet (extent given), held of Peter Corbet by service of 1/6 knight’s fee.
Heir as above.
SALOP. Inq. 29 November, 11 Edward II.
La Lye halle. A capital messuage, lands &c., held jointly by the said Henry and Custance his wife, by the enfeoffment of Matthew, rector of the church of Roshale, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Henry, of Hugh de Dode-maston by free socage and service of 1d. [yearly].
Heir as above.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (11.)
115. HUGH DE CRESSY.
Writ, 7 December, 11 Edward II.
LINCOLN. Inq. Monday after the Epiphany, 11 Edward II.
Risgate. The manor (extent given), including a fishery, toll of a fair on the day of St. Lawrence, a plot of meadow called Chelbold, and a custom called ‘mawing silver,’ held of the king in chief by service of 40s. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff.
William son of Roger de Cressy, his nephew, aged 26 on Christmas day last, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 59. (12.)
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