Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 61

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1913.

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J. E. E. S. Sharp. E. G. Atkinson. J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 61', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 8, Edward III, (London, 1913) pp. 180-188. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol8/pp180-188 [accessed 20 May 2024].

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 61


250.	JOAN, LATE [THE WIFE OF ROBERT LE HILIER].
	Writ, 10 July, 14 Edward III (defective).
BEDFORD.	Inq. taken at Bedeford 18 July, 14 Edward III.
	Turveye. A moiety of a messuage and lands (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of rendering 2 3/4d. yearly to the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. She (died) on 4 June, 14 Edward III. John le Hilier, her son, aged 36 years and more, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (1.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 32.
251.	JOHN DE LORTY.
	Writ, to the escheator in cos. Somerset &c. 20 June, 14 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. made at Somerton on Tuesday before SS. Peter and Paul, 14 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the said counties because, long before his death, he gave by charter to a certain Elizabeth Child, of Stanford, the manors of Stoke Tristre, Cokelyngton, and Boyforde, co. Somerset, to hold to her, her heirs and assigns, for ever; which Elizabeth he married after the enfeoffment, and he had nothing in the said manors but as husband of the said Elizabeth, who still survives. The manors are held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. And long before his death, he gave to Ralph de Middelnye the manors of Puttenye and Knolle, co. Somerset, to hold to him, his heirs and assigns, of the chief lords of those fees by the accustomed services for ever; whereof the manor of Putteney is held of the king in chief by service of rendering to him 20s. yearly at his exchequer by the hands of the sheriff; and the manor of Knolle is held of the abbot of Muchelnye by homage and fealty only. Sibyl his daughter, aged 22 years and more, is his next heir.
	Writ to the escheator in Southampton, Wilts &c. 21 June, 14 Edward III.
	Endorsed by the escheator that the said John de Lorty had no lands &c. in his bailiwick outside the county of Wilts.
WILTS.	Inq. taken at Devyses. 11 July, 14 Edward III.
	He held no lands &c. in the county, because, long before he died, he enfeoffed Ralph de Middehiye, knight, of the manors of Fennysutton and Asshele, to hold to him and his heirs for ever; whereof the manor of Fennysutton is held of John de Haudlo, knight, by service of half a knight’s fee; and the manor of Asshele is held of the earl of Her(e)ford by service of half a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
	Writ of plenius certiorari to John Inge and others, the king having been given to understand that the said John de Lorty died seised of the abovesaid manors of Puttenye and Knolle, and that they are held of the king in chief, whereby all the profits since the death of the said John pertain to the king, 8 August, 14 Edward III.
SOMERSET.	Inq. made at Somerton on Monday before St. Michael, 14 Edward III.
	Puttenye and Knolle. The said John did not die seised of the said manors, which were granted and held as in the aforesaid inquisition.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (2.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 30 and 31.
252.	WILLIAM BASSET.
	Writ of certiorari as to the tenure of the manor of Teydy and other lands &c. 22 June, 14 Edward III.
CORNWALL.	Inq. taken at Lesnywith, 18 July, 14 Edward III.
	Teydy. The manor and all the lands &c. which he had in Trevalga and Femarchal, were held by the said William of Phihp de Engelfelde by service of a pair of white gloves or 1d. at Easter, and for half a knight’s fee. The said Philip holds of the king in chief and was a minor and in the king’s wardship, and by reason of the minority of the said William all his lands &c. were taken into the king’s hand, as wardship within wardship, and not otherwise.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (3.)
253.	HENRY MAUNSEL.
	Writ, 27 January, 14 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. 3 February, 14 Edward III.
	Hemstede by Ingham. A moiety of the manor held jointly with Beatrice his wife, who still survives, of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee, by the grant of John Maunsel and Isabel his wife, to hold to them and the heirs of the said Henry by the accustomed services for ever, by fine levied in the court of King Edward II. John his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (4.)
254.	JOHN DE BURES.
	Writ, 15 January, 14 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Branktre, 4 April, 15 Edward III.
	Bures. A messuage and 5a. land held in socage of the priory of Stoke by Clare, which is in the king’s hand by reason of the war between him and those of France, by service of 6s. 8d. yearly; 47a. land, viz. 12a. held of Thomas de Cornerthe in socage by service of 2s. yearly, 17a. land held of Andrew de Bures by service of 4s. yearly, 10a. land held of Andrew de Sakevill in free socage by fealty only, and 8a. land held of John de Mortimer by service of 1d. yearly; and 10a. land, 8a. meadow, and 5a. pasture, held jointly with Alice his wife, who still survives, of James de Bures by service of 6s. 8d. yearly. Robert his son, aged 9 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (5.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 35.
255.	THOMAS DE WYNTERESHULL.
	Writ, 10 February, 14 Edward III.
SURREY.	Inq. taken at Guldefford on Wednesday after St. Gregory the Pope, 14 Edward III.
	Bromleye and Poteham. A moiety of the manors held of John de Haveressham, as of the manor of Coumbe, by service of a pair of white gloves or 6d. yearly. Burcgham. The manor held, jointly with Alice his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court, of Thomas le Seymor by service of scutage only. William his son, aged 8 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (6.)
256.	SIBYL, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM ARMSTRANG.
	Writ, 18 July, 14 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Carlisle on Friday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 14 Edward III.
	Ulvesby. Two tofts, 12a. land, 1r. meadow, an eighth part of a burnt water-mill, and 2s. rent, held of the king in chief by homage, and rendering yearly for cornage to the king’s exchequer of Carlisle 2s. 11d., and rendering also there 23d. yearly as ‘blauncheferme.’ She held nothing of others. She died on 14 July, 2 Edward III. John, son of Adam de Carleton and of the same Sibyl, aged 28 years and more, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (7.)
257.	WILLIAM TROMEWYN.
	Writ, 10 February, 14 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. made at Pencrich, 8 March, 14 Edward III.
	Cannokbury. A messuage and a virgate of land held of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty, viz.—keeping the king’s hay of Chistlyn; 100a. land held of the bishop of Chester by service of 10s. yearly; and a water-mill held of the said bishop. He held no other lands &c. in the county. William his son, aged 24 years and more at the feast of St. Michael last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (8.)
258.	JOHN SUYDLE or DE SUDLEY.
	Writ, 19 February, 14 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. taken at Wynchecombe, 5 March, 14 Edward III.
	Sudley. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Eleanor de Scales his wife, who still survives, of the gift of Ralph de Dersett by fine levied in the court of King Edward II, to hold to, the said John and Eleanor and the heirs of their bodies of the king and his heirs by the services accustomed; and it is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. John, son of the said John and Eleanor, aged 1 year, is his next heir.
WARWICK.	Inq. taken at Warwick, 3 March, 14 Edward III.
	Greve. The manor (extent given) held jointly with the said Eleanor his wife, of the gift of John de Sudley, his grandfather, by fine levied in the court of King Edward II, to hold as abovesaid; and it is held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
WORCESTER.	Inq. taken at Evesham, 2 March, 14 Edward III.
	Lench. A carucate of land and 30s. yearly rent, held jointly with the said Eleanor his wife, by fine [levied] in the court of King Edward II, by the gift of Ralph de Derset, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, of the earl of Warwick by service of rendering a pair of spurs yearly. John his son, aged 1 year and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (9.)
259.	JOHN DE BOYS.
	Writ, 18 March, 14 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 28 March, 14 Edward III (defaced).
	Toleshunte Tregoz. 285a. arable, meadow, pasture, and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, by service of five parts of a knight’s fee; a capital messuage, lands &c. (extent given), held of the lady of Fillol, as of her manor of Kellweden, by service of 23s. 6d. yearly; 80a. land, pasture, rent &c. (extent given), held of the abbess of Berk[yng] by service of 20d. yearly; 14a. pasture held of the abbot of Coggeshale by service of 16d. yearly; and 16a. arable held of the heir of John Gernoun by service of 1/2d. yearly. A view of frankpledge, pleas and perquisites. Wytham and [Hat]feld Peverel. Four ruinous messuages, lands, rent &c. (extent given), held jointly with Denise his wife, who still survives, by a fine levied in the king’s court, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Peverel, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee and suit at the court of the honour of Peverel. [ (fn. 1) John?] his son, aged 21 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (10.)
260.	JOHN DE BISSHOPESDON.
	Writ, 26 September, 14 Edward III.
WORCESTER.	Inq. 10 October, 14 Edward III.
	La Leckheye. The bailiwick of the forestry, which is the king’s Hay, held of the king in chief by service of grand serjeanty. He held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick. Roger his son, aged 30 years and more at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (11.)
261.	JACOMINA or JACONINA, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE MERK.
	Writ, 3 September, 14 Edward III.
ESSEX.	Inq. 7 October, 14 Edward III.
	Merk in Great Dunmowe. The manor (extent given) held, by the grant of John Gamelyn to the said Robert and Jacomina, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies, by fine levied in the court of King Edward I, of the king, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a knight’s fee. Ingelram their first-born son crossed into parts beyond the seas long before the death of the said Jacomina, but whether he is surviving or not is unknown. Robert, brother of the said Ingelram, aged 26 years and more, is their next heir apparent.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (12.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 29.
262.	JACOMINA, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE MERK.
	Writ, 3 September, 14 [Edward III].
ESSEX.	Inq. taken at Berdefeld, 6 December, 14 [Edward III].
	Lyndesell. The manor (extent given), including a custom of paying 1/2d. for each pig, held for her life of the inheritance of Giles de Badelesmere.
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 29.
263.	WILLIAM ATTE MORE.
	Writ, 22 August, 14 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. 24 September, 14 Edward III.
	Oldelond. The manor (extent given), including 100a. wood in the king’s forest of Kyngeswode, held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. Oldelond and Upton. 5a. wood, a plot of pasture and 16s. 6d. rent, held of the earl of Gloucester by fealty and by suit at his court of Oldelond yearly. He held no other lands &c. John his son, aged 3 years and more at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (13.)
	E. Inq. p.m. File 8. (16.)
264.	JOHN DE EVERE.
	Writ, 26 June, 14 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM.	Inq. taken at Newport Paynel, 13 August, 14 Edward III.
	Caldecote and Wylie. Two parts of a messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of rendering 22s. yearly at the king’s exchequer by the hands of the sheriff. Caldecote. A third part of a messuage, 40a. land and 2s. yearly rent, held of John de Butetort by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee. John his son, aged 26 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (14.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 32.
265.	JOHN SON OF ROBERT DE THORP, knight (chivaler).
	Writ, 14 November, 14 Edward III.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Hoxne, 8 December, 14 Edward III.
	Combes. Two parts of a moiety of the manor held of the king in chief by service of 7l. 18s. 10 1/2d. yearly farm and 15s. yearly scutage; and the king granted the said yearly farm and scutage to Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, to be taken yearly from the said two parts of the manor. Horham. Two parts of the manor held, jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, of the gift of Robert Broum, parson of the church of Chepeden, Roger de Hemstede, parson of the church of Secheford (sic), and Robert Sparhauk, parson of the church of St. Michael Conesford, in Norwich, to hold to the said John and Joan and the heirs of the same John, viz.—three parts of the said two parts of the [said] manor, of the earl of Suffolk, as of the honour of Eye, by service of five marks yearly, and the residue of the said two parts, of the bishop of Norwich and of divers other lords by divers services. Hoxne, Wutton, Stradebroke, Welebeye and elsewhere in the county. 20s. of land, tenements and rent, held, jointly with the said Joan, of divers other lords, by divers services. Edmund de Thorp, his brother, aged 21 years and more at the feast of St. John the Baptist last, is his next heir.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Norwich, 4 December, 14 Edward III.
	Aschewelle Thorp, Fundenale and Wrenyngham. The manors held jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, of the gift of Robert Broun, parson of the church of Schippedene, Robert Sparhauk, parson of the church of St. Michael Conesford in Norwich, and Roger de Hempstede, parson of the church of Schotford, to hold to them and the heirs of the said John; whereof the manor of Aschewelle Thorp is held of Robert de Benhale and Eva his wife by knight’s service, the manor of Fundenale is held of the heirs of Thomas, late earl of Norfolk, by knight’s service, and the manor of Wrenyngham is held of John Bardolf by knight’s service. Heir as above, aged 21 years and more.
	Writ, 16 November, 14 Edward III.
NORFOLK.	Inq. taken at Wymondham, 16 December, 14 Edward III.
	Congham [or Cotingham] (sic). A messuage, 40a. land, 6a. meadow and 4s. rent from free tenants; whereof 20a. land is held of the prior of Castelacre, in free socage, by service of 1d. yearly, and the residue of Richard de Belhous by homage and by service of 3d. yearly. Asshewellethorp, Fundenhale, Bunewelle, Wreningham, Tyveteshal, Habeton and Nelonde. 6l. 22 1/2d. yearly rent from free tenants, together with a rent of 10qr. 4 1/2bus. barley and 4bus. oats yearly, and a rent of 22 capons yearly, held of the heirs of Thomas, late earl of Norfolk, and the heirs of Sir John de Clavering and of John Bardolf by knight’s service, quantity at present unknown. And the said John held the manors of Asshewellethorp, Fundenhale and Wreningham, jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, to them and the heirs of the same John, except only the above rents in the same manors and in the townships of Bunewelle, Tyveteshale, Habeton and Nelonde, of divers other lords, by divers services. Heir as above, aged 22 years and more.
SUFFOLK.	Inq. taken at Botulvesdale, 18 December, 14 Edward III.
	Combes. Two parts of a moiety of the manor (full extent given) held of the king in chief by service of 7l. 8s. 10 3/4d. from a certain fee farm, and 15s. from a certain yearly scutage, which rent of farm and scutage the king gave for himself and his heirs to Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body, to be taken every year from the said two parts. Horham, Hoxne, Wotton, Welebeye and Fresingfeld. 4l. 3s. yearly rent from certain free tenants, held of the earl of Suffolk by knight’s service. Horham. Two parts of the manor held, jointly with Joan his wife, who still survives, to them and the heirs of the said John, of the earl of Suffolk, as of the honour of Eye, by service of five marks yearly, except only the aforesaid 4l. 3s. rent in Horham and elsewhere, which are parcel of the same manor. Hoxne, Wotton, Stradebrok, Welebeye and Fresingfeld. 20s. of land, tenements and rent, held, jointly with the said Joan his wife, of the bishop of Norwich and of divers other lords by divers services. Heir as above, aged 21 years on Sunday, the feast of St. George last.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (15.)
	E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 29.
266.	JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN NOTELYN.
	Writ, 15 November, 14 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER.	Inq. made at Gloucester, 12 December, 14 Edward III.
	Kyngesstanleye. A messuage and lands (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a fiftieth part of a knight’s fee. She held no other lands &c. of the king in chief. John Notelyn, her son, aged 35 years at the feast of St. Michael last, is her next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (16.)
267.	JOHN DE RAGHTON.
	Writ, 26 May, 14 Edward III.
CUMBERLAND.	Inq. taken at Penereth on Monday after the Ascension, 14 Edward III.
	Raghton. A messuage and 3a. land held of the king in chief by serjeanty, rendering to him, at his exchequer of Carlisle, 3s. yearly, and by service of a third part of the custody of a royal goshawk, at his own costs; a messuage held of Ivo Bertyn by service of 1d. yearly; 4a. land held of Sir Ralph de Dacre by service of 7 1/2d. yearly; 2a. land held of the abbot of Holme by service of 8d. yearly; 6a. land held of John son of Henry son of Ivo de Raghton, a minor and in the king’s wardship, by fealty and by service of 2s. 5d. yearly; and a plot of land called Milneflat held of Henry de Harcla by service of 12d. yearly. Castelsoureby. 1a. meadow held of Sir Ralph de Nevyll by service of 8d. yearly. John his son, aged 24 years and more, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (17.)
268.	JOHN DE SWYNNERTON.
	Writ, 27 February, 14 Edward III.
STAFFORD.	Inq. made at Pencrich, 8 March, 14 Edward III.
	Cannok, Frodeleye and Hopewas. The stewardship and bailiwick of keeping the king’s forest of Cannok, a half virgate of land in Frodeleye, and an assart and a meadow in Hopewas, held of the king in chief, by the courtesy of England, of the inheritance of Anne, daughter of Philip de Monte Gomeri, sometime the wife of the said John, by reason of offspring begotten between them, without rendering anything to the king, but they are held by grand serjeanty, viz. keeping the said forest. John, son of the said John and Anne, is the said Anne’s next heir of the said stewardship and land &c. Hulton. Two messuages, 10a. land, and 1/2a. meadow, held of the dean and chapter of Wlvernehampton by service of 3s. 4d. yearly; and 10s. yearly rent held of the said dean and chapter, service unspecified. Esyngton. Two virgates and a half of land held of Robert de Esyngton by service of 2s. yearly. Pylatenhale. A quarter of a virgate of land held of William de Pylatenhale by service of 6d. yearly. John, son of the said John and Anne, aged 30 years and more at the feast of All Saints last, is the said John’s next heir of the tenements in Hulton, Esyngton and Pylatenhale.
DERBY.	Inq. 10 March, 14 Edward III.
	Repingdon, Melton and Tykenhale. 4l. 14s. rent from free tenants held, by the courtesy of England, after the death of Anne his wife, daughter of Philip de Monte Gomeri, of the inheritance of the same Anne, of the king in chief, by service of a twentieth part of a moiety of a knight’s fee. Heir as above.
LINCOLN.	Inq. taken at Lincoln, 10 March, 14 Edward III.
	Wadintone. 4l. yearly rent from free tenants. Beltesford. 30s. rent from free tenants. Alkeberwe. 20s. rent from free tenants. Doningtone. 14s. yearly rent from free tenants. All held for life, by the courtesy of England, of the inheritance of the aforesaid Anne; which rents, together with other lands and tenements in co. Derby, are held of the king in chief for a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. He held no other lands &c. in the county. Heir as above.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (18.)
269.	JOHN DE LA TOUR.
	Writ, 12 May, 14 Edward III.
DORSET.	Inq. taken at Maydene Newtone, 13 June, 14 Edward III.
	Frome Voechurch. A capital messuage, lands and rent (extent given), held, jointly with Juliana his wife, for life of Robert Cyfrewast, which said Robert held the said lands &c. in fee, by a mesne, of Edmund, son and heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari [who held of the king in chief, a minor and in the king’s wardship,] by knight’s service. Berewyk, Modbergh and Sewere. A capital messuage, lands, rent &c. held jointly with Juliana his wife and the heirs of their bodies, as appears by a fine levied in the king’s court, of Sir William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, by knight’s service. Thomas his son, aged 30 years, is his next heir.
	C. Edw. III. File 61. (19.)