Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 94

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J. E. E. S. Sharp. E. G. Atkinson. J. J. O'Reilly. G. J. Morris, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 94', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III, (London, 1916) pp. 142-158. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp142-158 [accessed 20 May 2024].

J. E. E. S. Sharp. E. G. Atkinson. J. J. O'Reilly. G. J. Morris. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 94", in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III, (London, 1916) 142-158. British History Online, accessed May 20, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp142-158.

Sharp, J. E. E. S.. Atkinson, E. G.. O'Reilly, J. J.. Morris, G. J.. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 94", Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III, (London, 1916). 142-158. British History Online. Web. 20 May 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp142-158.

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 94

130. SIMON DE CRAUCOMBE.
Writ, 12 July, 23 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Somerton, Monday the feast of St. Margaret, 23 Edward III.
Craucombe. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including 5s. rent only, because the tenants of the manor are dead through the pestilence, held to him and the heirs of his body, by the grant of Hugh Randolf, with remainder to Simon de Craucombe the younger, his brother, and the heirs of his body. The said moiety is held of the king by reason of the minority of John, son and heir of John de Bello Campo, who is in the king’s wardship, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee.
He died, without heir of his body, on Thursday after SS. Peter and Paul last. The reversion of the said moiety belongs to Iseult, daughter and heir of the said Simon the younger, who died long before the death of the said Simon the elder. The said Iseult, aged 16 years and more, is his heir by the grant aforesaid.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (1.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 78. (2.)
131. JOHN DE BULSHAM.
Writ, 28 July, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Cicestre, 21 November, 23 Edward III.
Bulsham, in the parish of Yabeton. The manor (extent given), held by the grant of Richard de Bredeford to the said John and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Roger, brother of the said John, who survives, and the heirs of his body, by a fine levied in 19 Edward III. There is no rent this year because the tenants are all dead, who used to render 20s. yearly, and no one will rent their tenements or have anything to do with them. The manor is held by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, as of the fees sometime of Robert de Tatteshale, and are in the king’s hand because the heirs of the said Robert have not sued their right out of the king’s hand.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 1 July, 23 Edward III. Roger de Bulsham, his brother, aged 30 years and more, is his heir as well in blood as in tail.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (2.)
132. WILLIAM BARDE, of Osgodby.
Writ to the escheator in co. York, 18 November, 23 Edward III.
YORK. Inq.] …(Top torn away.)
[Osgodby?] Twenty bovates of land … four tofts … lie waste from the time of the said William Bard’s death … 10a. poor meadow … and l1s. 6d. rents of free tenants for fines of the wapentake there and in Lebreston, Bryniston and Cayton. The said bovates render nothing for want of tenants and because of the pestilence (mortalitatem).
Osgodby and Cayton. Six tofts and nine bovates of land, held of Henry earl of Lancaster, as of the castle and honour of Pikryng, by service of rendering 10s. yearly, as of the socage of Pikeryng. The said tofts lie waste for want of tenants and because of the pestilence aforesaid since the said William’s death. Each of the said nine bovates used to be worth yearly before the pestilence, viz. for five or six years last past 7s., but now nothing.
Westlutton. The manor (extent given), including a capital messuage in ruins, held of Ralph de Hastynges by knight service. There are twelve bovates of land, each of which used to be worth, before the pestilence, 8s., and now but three are in culture and are let for 15s. this year; and of seven cottager’s tofts there, four only are in occupation (in tenura).
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 24 August last. Robert Barde, son of Thomas Barde son of the said William, aged 13 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (3.)
133. JOHN DE ELYNGGE.
Writ, 2 May, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Elyngge, Saturday after St. Dunstan, 23 Edward III.
Elyngge. A messuage, three cottages, 51a. land, 7a. meadow lying on the sea-shore, worth only 4s. 8d. yearly because often inundated and the said John receives nothing but the first crop of grass, 7a. wood of oakling (querculos), the profit whereof cannot be estimated because the said wood is common and there are no acorns, and 16s. rent held of the king in chief by service of bringing the return of all writs delivered to him by the sheriff to the hundred-courts of Estmedenia, Westmedenia, Fresshwatere and Sweneston, in the Isle of Wight, and Cristchurch Twynham, Ryngwode, Forde, Rudbrigg and the New Forest, and of exercising the office of bailiff itinerant in the said hundreds in default of bailiffs, and of executing all writs and precepts of the king directed to him by the sheriff, except the three cottages and 4a. land, which are held of Hugh le Camoys by service of 18d. yearly.
He died on Sunday before St. Mark last. John de Elyngge his son, aged a year and a half, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (4.)
134. MARGARET de SWYNEFORD, of Great Styuecle.
Writ, 22 August, 23 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. taken at Huntyngdon on Saturday after St. Martin, 23 Edward III.
Great Styucle. A ruinous messuage, 240a. arable, four bondmen (nativi) and 4a. meadow held as of her own inheritance by the said Margaret, whom Thomas Fitz Eustace, who survives, married, of the abbey of Rameseye, lately void and in the king’s hand, by service of a mark yearly. The said tenements ought, by the courtesy of England, to remain to the said Thomas for his life by reason of the procreation of Joan, daughter of the said Thomas and Margaret.
She died on Monday before St. Peter’s Chains last, on which day Isabel and Elizabeth, daughters of William de Swyneford and Eleanor his wife, kinswoman of the said Margaret, were heirs of the said Margaret; the said Eleanor then being pregnant, afterwards bore a son named Thomas, now aged 15 days, who is kinsman and next heir of the said Margaret at present.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (5.)
135. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF THOMAS BAYNARD. JOHN BAYNARD.
Writ concerning the said Joan, 30 September, 23 Edward III.
Writ concerning the said John, 8 November, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Branketre, according to the tenor of the two writs annexed thereto, on Sunday after St. Katherine, 23 Edward III.
Messyngge. The manor (extent given) held by the said Joan for her life, as of the inheritance of John Baynard, son and heir of the said Thomas and Joan, of the king as of the honour of Reines, by service of a knight’s fee and a half. The said John after her death entered the said manor, as his inheritance, and died seised thereof.
Knepesho and Bryche. Certain tenements, called the manors of Knepesho and Bryche, held by the said John jointly with Isabel his wife, who survives, of John Gernoun, knight, service not known, by the grant of Thomas le Rowe, chaplain, and Lucy Shaldeford to the said John and Isabel and the heirs of the said John.
Burnham. A certain marsh held jointly in the same form of John filz Wauter, service not known.
St. Lawrence. The manor, which Roger Baynard and Alice his sister hold for life, held in reversion by the said John, of Sir John filz Wauter, by knight’s service. The said Roger and Margery his wife hold for life a messuage and 24a. arable by the grant of Thomas Baynard, father of the said John, and a tenement sometime of William Olyve, a bondman of the manor of Messyngge, by the grant of the said Joan and John.
Little Reynes. A messuage, 80a. arable, 3a. meadow, 7a. pasture, 20a. wood and 6s. rent held by the said John of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Joan died on 20 September last and the said John, her son, aged 40 years and more, was her heir. He died on 4 November last and Thomas, his son, aged 12 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (6.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 72.
136. MAUD, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT BAYNARD, knight.
Writ of amotus touching the said Maud who held for life of the inheritance of the heir of John de Wilughby, a minor in the king’s wardship, 8 October, 23 Edward III.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Lodone, 25 October, 23 Edward III.
Wethacre and Great Hoboys. A moiety of the manors held for life of John de Wilughby, deceased, and Joan his wife, who survives, and the heirs of the said John; and the other moiety of the said manors held for life of the same Joan, as of her inheritance. The manors are held of John le Fitz Water by service of a knight’s fee.
She died on 8 May last, as the jurors understand. Who is her next heir they know not.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (7.)
137. WILLIAM PYPARD.
Writ, 10 August, 23 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Ipswich, 7 September, 23 Edward III.
Hyntlisham. The manor (extent given) held jointly by him and Margery his wife, who survives, and the heirs male of their bodies, of the king in chief by service of a sparrowhawk (nysy) or 2s. yearly.
He died on 9 July last. Margery his daughter, aged 30 years, is his heir.
Writ, 10 August, 23 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter, Tuesday after St. Bartholomew, 23 Edward III (defaced).
Tettecote and Kary. The manor held of Sir William la Souche by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Lerkebeare. A carucate of land held of James de Cobeham by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He was seised of no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Tuesday after [St. James last. Margaret, late the wife of Robert le Fitz Eliz, aged 26 years and more, and Maud, late the wife of John de Chevereston the younger, aged 24 years and more, his daughters, are his heirs. Supplied from Exchequer Enrolment].
C. Edw. III. File 94. (8.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 66.
138. ROBERT COOK, or LE COOK, of Middle Ovent or Midlovente.
Writ, 18 December, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Cycestre, 16 March, 24 Edward III.
Midlovente. A messuage and 16a. land held of the king in chief, as parcel of a certain serjeanty sometime of Hugh le Waleys, by service of rendering to the king 4s. 5 1/4d. yearly by the hands of the sheriff of Sussex or of the bailiffs of the liberty of Richard, earl of Arundel. The said tenements are a third part of the said serjeanty, which serjeanty renders yearly 13s. 4d. and is called in the Exchequer in the Pipe (in Scaccario in Pipa) the serjeanty of Lovente.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 6 December, 23 Edward III, a bastard and without heir of his body, and so the said tenements are the king’s escheat.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (9.)
139. WILLIAM DE HARECOURT.
Writ, 15 June, 23 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Inq. taken at Boseworth, 20 August, 23 Edward III.
Boseworth. The manor, held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, of the gift of Nicholas de Harecourt, late parson of the church of Shepeye, to them and the heirs male of their bodies, of the heir of John de Bello Monte by service of a knight’s fee.
Writ, 15 June, 23 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Staunton Harecourt, 3 July, 23 Edward III.
Stauntone Harecourt. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, and the heirs male of their bodies, by fine levied on the octave of St. Martin, 4 Edward III, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. The extent includes a several fishery and lands of bondmen and cottars who used to render 30l. yearly, but they are dead through the pestilence and their lands &c. lie untilled in the lord’s hand because no one is willing to buy or hire them.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 6 June last. Richard his son, aged 21 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (10.)
140. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF ROGER DE MARYNS.
Writ, 9 October, 23 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Canterbury, 3 (sic) October, 23 Edward III.
Oterpole. A third part of the manor held in dower of the king in chief by service of rendering 40d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Dover.
Blakemannestone. A third part of the manor similarly held by the like service.
Elmestede. The manor held for life of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of paying at the said archbishop’s manor of Westgate 10s. yearly and by suit at the court there every three weeks.
Newebourgh. The manor held for life of Philippa, queen of England, in socage, of her manor of Middelton by fealty and service of 26s. 8d. yearly and suit at the court of the said manor twice a year.
Leuesham. The manor held for life of Thomas de Bacwelle, in socage, by service of rendering 6s. 8d. yearly.
The above premises ought, after her death, to remain to Henry de Haute, kinsman and heir of Roger de Maryns, sometime her husband, aged 30 years and more.
She died on Thursday before the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 23 Edward III.
Writ, 9 October, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Bocstede, 6 December, 23 Edward III.
Bocstede. The manor held for life of the gift of Roger de Mareyns, late her husband, of the inheritance of Henry de Haute, who survives, of Sir John de Waleys, knight, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and other tenements held for her life in socage of the inheritance of the said Henry of the archbishopric of Canterbury, then void and in the king’s hand by the death of John de Ufford, late archbishop elect and confirmed, by service of rendering 20s. yearly to the archbishop at his manor of Stonhamme.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death as above. The abovesaid Henry, aged 30 years and more, is her heir in tail.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (11.)
141. HENRY ROMYN.
Writ, 22 May, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Arundell, 1 May, 24 Edward III.
Northwode in the parish of Stoghton. Certain tenements held of Richard, earl of Arundel, by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
Westmerdon. Certain tenements held of the heir of Alan la Souche, a minor in the wardship of Sir John de Bello Campo, by the king’s letters patent, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
Dudeheye in the parish of Stoghton. Certain tenements held of John Aket, service not known.
Heyn in the parish of Terryngge. Certain tenements held of John de Mombray by service of three quarters of a knight’s fee.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 12 May, 23 Edward III. Edmund Romyn his son, aged eight years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 22 May, 23 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Havonte on Saturday before St. Barnabas, 23 Edward III.
La Wade. The manor (extent given), with its member of la Moure, held of divers lords as follows, viz.:—the manor, a garden, 80a. land, a mill and 14s. rent held of the earl of Arundel by service of keeping a sparrow-hawk yearly; 2a. meadow held of John le Botelyr by service of 2s. yearly; a messuage, a garden, a dovecot, 28a. land, a mill, 8a. meadow, 4a. wood and 4s. 6d. rent at la Moure held of Nicholas le Devenyssh by service of 6s. yearly and suit at his court of Empnesworth every three weeks; and 25a. land held of the lord of the manor of Warblyngton by service of 10s. 1d. yearly.
Wellesworthe. A messuage, 105a. land, a dovecot and 17s. 5d. rent held of John Romyn by service of 16s. yearly and suit of court every three weeks.
He died on Saturday before St. Dunstan last. Edmund his son, aged six years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (12.)
142. JOAN, LATE THE WIFE OF HENRY ROMEYN.
Writ, 22 September, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Lurdyngton, 26 September, 23 Edward III.
Lurdyngton. The manor held for life of the gift of Henry, parson of the church of Gatecombe, with remainder to John, son of John de Insula, who died a year ago, and his heirs. The said manor is held of John Engayne, knight, by service of a knight’s fee and a pair of gloves at Easter.
Compton. Certain tenements in the town held for life of the gift of the aforesaid Henry, with remainder to John, son of John de Insula, who died as above. The said tenements are held of the heirs of Edmund de Sancto Johanne, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, and doing suit of court at the manor of Halnenaker, which is in the hand of Michael de Ponynges, every three weeks.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on 27 August, 23 Edward III. John, son of John de Insula her son, aged 6 years at the feast of St. Leonard last, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (13.)
143. GEOFFREY DE REDEMAR, of Out Neuton.
Writ, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon before John Darcy, keeper of the manor of Brustewyk in the liberty of Holdernesse, Tuesday, 30 March, 24 Edward III.
Out Neuton. A messuage, seven bovates of land, 30a. pasture, a windmill and 29s. 2d. rent from divers free tenants for twenty-three bovates of land, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a thirteenth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks.
Skeftlyng. A messuage, three bovates and three parts of a bovate of land and 8s. 2 1/2d. rent from divers free tenants for four bovates and a quarter of land, held of the king in chief as of the honour aforesaid, by service of a forty-eighth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the wapentake as aforesaid.
He died on Saturday, 29 August last. Stephen his son, aged 21 years at the feast of the Annunciation last, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (14.)
144. ALICE, LATE THE WIFE OF WALTER ATTE SEE, of Redmar.
Writ, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Friday, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
Redmar. A messuage and six bovates of land in demesne and two bovates of land in service held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a forty-eighth part of a knight’s fee and rendering to the abbot of Meaux 2s. yearly. Divers free tenants hold the aforesaid two bovates of land in service by service of a pair of spurs or 6d. yearly.
Northorp and Esyngton. A messuage and four bovates and a half of land in Northorp, and a plot of land called Lokholm in Esyngton, held of the king in chief as of the honour aforesaid, by fealty and by service of rendering 13s. 2d. yearly at the king’s manor of Brustwyk.
She died on 6 August last. John, son of John de Redmar son of the said Alice, aged 23 years and more, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (15.)
145. JOHN, SON OF WALTER ATTE SEE, of Redmar.
Writ, 20 October, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Esington, Wednesday, 27 November, 23 Edward III.
Sunthorp. A messuage and two bovates of land held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a one hundred and ninetieth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the king’s wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks; and 7a. land held of William de Hoton by knight’s service.
Wythornse. A messuage and four bovates of land held of the heirs of Philip de Meaux by knight’s service.
Paghelflete. 6s. 8d. rent held of the king in chief as of the honour aforesaid by service of rendering 2d. yearly at the manor of Brustewyk.
He died on 15 September last. John his son, aged 23 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (16.)
146. WILLIAM DE STOK.
Writ after the death of the said William, who held of the heir of Richard de Cornewaill, a minor in the king’s wardship, 28 November, 23 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Grete on Friday after St. Mary Magdalene, 24 Edward III.
Stok. A messuage and 22a. land held of the heir of Richard de Cornubia, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of the manor of Burford, by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. on the day he died.
He died on the feast of St. James the Apostle last. Nicholas his son, aged 12 years on the feast of All Saints last, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (17.)
147. ELEANOR DE STOKES.
Writ, 6 October, 23 Edward III.
HUNTINGDON. Inq. taken at Huntyngdon, 21 October, 23 Edward III.
Bouton in the parish of Dodyngton and Southo. A moiety of the manor (extent given), which, with the other moiety, is held of the king in chief as of the honour of Huntingdon by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and doing suit every month at a court held in Huntyngdon by the escheator, which court is in the king’s hand through the forfeiture of Robert le Bruys.
She died on Monday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last. Thomas de Wauton, her son, aged 30 years and more, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (18.)
148. JOHN DE STOFORDE, called Bastard.
Writ, 1 June, 23 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. made at Oxford, 6 June, 23 Edward III.
Staunton Seynt Johan. 35a. arable held of the king in chief as parcel of that manor by service of a sixtieth part of a knight’s fee.
Stoforde. A messuage and half a hide of land held of Katherine, late the wife of John de Sancto Johanne of Lageham by service of 6s. yearly; and a grove called Bastardesgrof held of the same Katherine by service of 12d. yearly for all services except suit of the said Katherine’s court.
He died on 4 May last. Henry his son, aged 24 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (19.)
149. JOHN DE BERKELE, of Duresle or Dursele.
Writ, 28 January, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Dursele, 9 February, 23 Edward III.
Dursele, Dodynton (and) Newynton. The manors and a messuage and a carucate of land in Stanle Leonard’s held jointly with Hawis his wife and the heirs of their bodies by knight’s service; and 2a. arable and 1a. wood held of Thomas de Berkele, lord of Berkele.
He died on 3 February, 23 Edward III. Nicholas de Berkle of Dursele, his son, aged 25 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (20.)
150. HAWIS, LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN DE BERKELEYE, of Duresle.
Writ, 28 May, 23 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Duresle, Monday after St. Barnabas, 23 Edward III.
Duresleye. The manor held of the king by knight’s service.
Colde Newynton. The manor held of the king by knight’s service.
Dodynton. The manor held of the king by knight’s service.
Stanleye St. Leonards. A messuage, a carucate of land, 10a. meadow, 5a. wood and 40s. rent held of the king by knight’s service.
She held all the aforesaid manors &c. of the king as of fee tail; and of Sir Thomas de Berkeleye, lord of Berkeleye, 4a. of moor and pasture by service of 2s. 6d. as of fee tail.
She held no other lands &c.
She died on 24 May, 23 Edward III. Nicholas de Berkeleye, son of John de Berkeleye of Duresleye, aged 28 years, is her son and heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (21.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 73.
151. DENISE BACOUN.
Writ, 4 May, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Wytham on Saturday after St. John before the Latin Gate, 23 Edward III.
Blunteshale. A moiety of the manor (extent given), including 200a. land, the pasture whereof, when it is not sown, is worth 2d. per acre, but it cannot be sold this year on account of the common pestilence in the country, held for her life jointly with John de Boys, sometime her husband, long since deceased, of the grant of Robert de Barnham to them and the heirs of the said John, of the king as of the honour of Peverel by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee and by suit at the court of the said honour monthly.
She died on 27 April last. John, son of the said John de Boys, aged 31 years and more, is the said John’s heir of the said moiety.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (22.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 71.
152. ROGER DE BROMLEYE.
Writ, 1 October, 23 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Brugge, Saturday after All Saints, 23 Edward III.
Roughton within the manor of Worfeld. A ruinous messuage and half a virgate of sandy land worth no more than 2s. yearly because of the pestilence, held of the king in chief by service of keeping a moiety of the forest of Morf. John de Boulewas, steward of the said forest, has entered on the said moiety after the death of the said Roger.
He died on the day of St. Matthew last. Joan his daughter, aged 12 years at Easter last, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (23.)
153. JOHN DE BROMLEYE.
Writ, 6 September, 23 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Mukleston, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
Assheleye. A third part of the manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Bromleye. The manor (extent given) held of the bishop of Chester by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Both the above have much decreased in value through the pestilence.
Wonyngton. 10s. rent held of Robert de Knythleye by service of 5s. yearly.
He died on Monday after the Assumption last. Alice his daughter, aged half a year at the Ascension last, is his heir.
Writ of certiorari to the escheator to enquire whether Hillaria late the wife of John de Bromle held any lands jointly with her said husband and what lands held by the said John came to the king’s hands after his death by reason of the minority of his heir, 20 July 24 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Stafford, Thursday after St. Matthew, 24 Edward III.
Brokhurst. A moiety of the hamlet (extent given), held jointly by the said John and Hillaria, of Ralph, baron Stafford, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly.
Podemor. A messuage and a half virgate of land, held jointly as above of Ralph de Ferariis by service of 2s. yearly.
Asscheleye. A third part of the manor (extent given) held by the said John in fee of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Bromleye. The manor (extent given) held by the said John in fee of the bishop of Chester by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and 10s. yearly.
Wonynton. 20s. rent held by the said John in service of Robert de Knythteleye by service of 11s. yearly.
Commission to William de Shareshull and the sheriff of Stafford. The king understanding that the said John held other lands &c. in the county, viz. 20 marks of land in Blymenhull in a place called Brokhurst, 4 marks rent in Podemor, 20s. rent in a place called Gorstihull, 12s. rent in Rugge and 4s. rent in Chatculne, which were not contained in the above inquisition, but were concealed from the king, has assigned them to inquire what lands the said John held &c. and who have occupied the same and received the profits since his death, in the presence of John de Frodesham, who sues for the king in this matter; and the sheriff is to provide a jury; 3 March, 37 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Lichfield in the presence of the said John de Frodesham on Tuesday in the fourth week of Lent, 37 Edward III.
Assheleye. A third part of the manor (extent given), including a wood called Womworthyn and a park called Wilotebruggepark, held of the king in chief by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
Bromleye. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill and a fishery, held of the bishop of Chester by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Wonyngton. The town (extent given) held of Robert de Knyghtleye by service of 5s. yearly.
Blumenhul. A fourth part of the manor held of Ralph, earl of Stafford, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Podemor. A carucate of land held of Ralph de Ferrers, lord of Ellenhale, by knight’s service.
(Unspecified.) 12s. yearly rent held of William de Chetewynde by service of 4s. yearly.
Chatculne. 4s. rent held of the bishop of Chester, service not known.
After the death of the said John de Bromeleye, Humphrey de Swynnerton held and occupied all the aforesaid lands &c., by what title the jurors are wholly ignorant.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (24.)
154. MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF EDMUND BACOUN, knight.
Writ, 20 January, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmersford on Tuesday after St. Matthias, 24 Edward III.
Hatfeldbury in Hatfeld Peverel. The manor held for her life by joint acquisition with her said husband, now long deceased, of the earl of Hereford by homage and by service of a third part of a knight’s fee and a pair of gilt spurs, or 12d., yearly.
She died on 4 October last. Margery her daughter, aged 14 years and more, is her heir.
Writ, 20 January, 23 Edward III.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Olton, 5 March, 24 Edward III.
Houton. The manor (extent given) held for her life in dower after the death of her said husband. Of which manor and the advowson of the church of Olton, Robert de Askeby, parson of the church of Ingham, enfeoffed Adam Bacoun and the heirs of his body, with successive remainders to the said Edmund and the heirs male of his body and the right heirs of the said Adam; Adam died without heir of his body and Edmund died without heir male of his body. The said Margery was abducted against her will by John de Dalton, knight, and to whom afterwards she was married with her consent, whereby the said manor was seised into the king’s hand, according to the statute. The manor is held of the countess of Pembroke in free socage by service of 12s. 2d. yearly.
She died on 1 October last. Heir not known. Robert Bacoun, knight, son of Henry Bacoun, kinsman of the said Adam, aged 30 years and more, is the said Adam’s heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (25.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 77 (1) and 82.
155. MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF EDMUND BACOUN, knight.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Gresham (defaced).
Gresham. The manor (extent given) held in dower after the death of Edmund her husband of the earl of Lancaster, service not known.
Date of death and heir not stated.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 77. (2.)
156. CECILY, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT BARRE.
Writ, 22 November, 23 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. 9 January, 23 Edward III.
Great Billing. A certain manor (manerettum) (extent given), including 20s. rent for a water-mill held by the abbot of St. James’s and 5s. rent from William Barre, held for her life of the heir of Roger de Mortuo Mari, a minor in the king’s wardship, of the inheritance of William, son and heir of the said Robert Barre, by knight’s service. The pleas &c. of court are worth nothing yearly because of the pestilence.
She died about the feast of the Ascension last. William, son of the said Robert and Cecily, aged seven years and more, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (26.)
157. EDMUND DE LA BARRE.
Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
HEREFORD. Inq. taken in the castle of Hereford, Monday after St. Barnabas, 23 Edward III.
Tatynton. A messuage, 60a. land and 3a. wood.
Yarchull. A virgate of land and 13s. 4d. yearly rent.
All held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
He died on 12 August last. Thomas de la Barre, his brother, of full age, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (27.)
158. WALTER BAT, of Estbourne.
Writ, 10 September, 23 Edward III.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Estbourn, 3 November, 23 Edward III.
Estburne. A messuage and 23a. land held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee.
Medese by Bourne. 23a. land held of Elizabeth, late the wife of Hugh le Despenser, as of the manor of Estbourne, which she holds for life as dower by the death of Giles de Badlesmere, by service of rendering to the said manor 10 1/2d. yearly and to John Evenyng 6 1/2d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 4 August last. Thomas Bat, his son, of full age, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (28.)
159. ROGER BATE, of Hacounby.
Writ, 10 January, 23 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Hacunby, 20 January, 23 Edward III.
Hacounby. A messuage, 24a. 1r. land and 3a. meadow held of the king in chief by homage and fealty only.
He died on Wednesday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last. Robert his son, aged 18 years and more, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (29.)
160. ELIZABETH, LATE THE WIFE OF REYNOLD DE BOTEREUX.
Writ, 23 August, 23 Edward III.
WARWICK. Inq. taken at Alcestre, 4 September, 23 Edward III.
Alcestre. A messuage, 60a. land and 100s. rent held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee jointly with Reynold, late her husband, by the king’s licence, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies. The tenements from which the said rent issued are for the most part in the lord’s hands through the death of the tenants.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on 20 July last. Walter de Botereus, son of the said Reynold and Elizabeth, aged 17 years and more on Whitsunday last, is their heir of the said tenements.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (30.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 65. (3.)
161. ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF REYNALD DE BOTEREAUX.
SOMERSET. Extent of certain lands held for life by the said Isabel of the inheritance of the son and heir of William Botereaux, son of the said Reynald, a minor in the king’s wardship; taken by the escheator ex officio at Babynton on Wednesday the feast of St. Calixtus, 23 Edward III.
Babynton. The manor (extent given), including a court and hundred, held of the honour of Gloucester by knight’s service.
Kynemersdon. A messuage &c., 70a. arable, 8a. meadow, several from the feast of the Purification until the hay is carried, 2a. wood, 53s. 3d. rent and 40d. perquisites of a court, tenure not stated.
She died on 9 October last. Heir not known because she had no heir of her body or born in the bailiwick of the escheator.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 78. (3.)
162. ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM BOTEREUX or BOTREUX.
Writ, 6 April, 23 Edward III.
LEICESTER. Inq. made at Halugweton, 28 April, 24 Edward III.
Sadyngton. A messuage, two carucates of land, 5a. meadow and 8 marks rent held of Emery (Almarico) de Sancto Amando by knight’s service.
She held no other lands in the county.
Date of death and heir not known.
Writ, 16 August, 23 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter, Wednesday after St. Luke, 23 Edward III.
Dupeford. The manor (extent given) and the hundred of Stanburgh held together with the said William, her husband, as of her right, of the king by service of half a knight’s fee.
She died on Sunday before St Mary Magdalene last William de Botreaux, her son, aged 12 years on the eve of St. Michael last, is her heir.
Writ, 16 August, 23 Edward III.
BUCKINGHAM. Inq. taken at Wenge, Friday after St. Luke, 23 Edward III.
Wedon and Herdewyk by Aylesbury. A messuage &c., 200a. land, 8a. meadow, 60s. 10d. rents and services of free tenants, bondmen and cottars, and pleas &c. of court, held of the king in chief by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee by homage and fealty.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on Monday before St. James last. Heir as above, aged 12 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (31.)
E. Inq. p.m. File 10. (25.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 65. (3.)
163. ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM BOTEREUX.
SOMERSET. Extent of the manor of North Cadebury in the king’s hand by the death of the said Isabel, taken there by the escheator ex officio, Friday after St. Peter’s Chains, 23 Edward III.
She died on 28 July last. Heir not known.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 78. (2.)
164. WILLIAM DE BOTREUX.
Writ, 16 August, 23 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter, Tuesday after St. Lucy, 23 Edward III.
Dupeford. The manor with the hundred of Stanburgh held of the king in chief as of the right of Isabel his wife by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county as of fee, because long before he died he demised the manor of Mollond, with its woods, mills &c. and the hundred of Mollond to Robert de Forde, Thomas Goua, John Proutz, John de Skewys and John de Chageford, clerk, for their lives, to hold of him and his heirs by service of a grain of corn yearly; which manor the said William held of Sir Roger de Mortuo Mari by knight’s service: And long before he died he demised the manor of Stokkelegh Englysh, which he held of William de Chaumbernoun in socage, to Thomas de Botreux, his son, for his life by service of a grain of corn yearly, with remainder to the said Robert de Forde, Thomas Goua, John Proutz, John de Skewys and John de Chageford, clerk, for their lives by the same service.
He died on Wednesday the feast of St. Mary Magdalene last. William de Botreux, his son, aged 12 years on the eve of St. Michael last, is his heir.
Writ (missing).
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Fordyngbrigg, 1 September, 23 Edward III.
Rokford. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
He died on 16 August last. William his son, aged 8 years, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (32.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 63.
165. WILLIAM BOTEREUX.
No writ.
HERTFORD. Extent (undated, on a roll of 23 Edward III).
Berkhamstede Moeles. Extent of the manor.
He died on 8 August last.
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 72.
166. JOHN, SON AND HEIR OF JOHN DE BENTELEYE.
Writ touching the lands &c. of the said John, who died a minor in the king’s wardship, 30 April, 23 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. made at Pencrych, 10 May, 23 Edward III.
Benteleye. John de Benteleye, deceased, held of the king in chief on the day he died. After his death the manor of Benteleye (extent given) came to the king’s hands by reason of the minority of John, his son and heir; and the king by his charter granted the custody of the said manor with the marriage of the heir to William de Petlyng for a rent of two marks yearly at the exchequer; the latter granted his estate to William Chaumpion and the manor is now in his custody; it is held of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz. by service of keeping the king’s hay of Benteleye. No other lands &c. came to the king’s hands or to the hands of any others by reason of the said heir’s minority.
He died on 26 April last. William his son, aged half a year at the feast of SS. Philip and James last, is his heir.
Similar writ, 8 May, 23 Edward III.
STAFFORD. Inq. made at Pencrych on Wednesday after Holy Trinity, 23 Edward III.
Benteleye. The manor (extent given) &c. to the same effect as above, with the addition that William de Petlyng was to render ten marks at the exchequer for the marriage of the heir.
He died on Easter day last. Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (33.)
167. MARGERY, LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE BOTHEBY.
Writ, 22 September, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon in Holdernesse on Thursday, 8 October, 23 Edward III.
Cameryngton. The manor (extent given), including lands held for life by John Botheby, parson of the church of Kayngham, and Nicholas de Botheby, by service of a clove each, and a toft held by Henry Sekker for life by service of 3s. yearly, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a sixteenth part of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the wapentake of Holdernesse every three weeks.
Rihill. The manor held of Cecily, late the wife of John Paynel, knight, by knight’s service.
Otryngham and Sunthorp. Four tofts, a bovate and a half and 4a. of land, 40a. pasture and 2s. rent in Otryngham and two tofts and two bovates of land in Sunthorp, held of the king in chief as of the honour aforesaid by service of a fortieth part of a knight’s fee, all which tenements Eustachia, late the wife of Thomas de Botheby, held to her and the heirs of the bodies of the said Thomas and herself of the aforesaid Margery by fealty and by service of a rose yearly.
She died on 13 September last. John, son of Thomas de Botheby, son of the said Margery, aged 11 years at the feast of the Purification next, is her heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (34.)
168. NICHOLAS DE BOTHEBY.
Writ, 20 November, 23 Edward III.
YORK; LIBERTY OF HOLDERNESS. Inq. taken at Hedon, Thursday, 15 December, 23 Edward III.
Cameryngton. A messuage and four bovates of land held for life of the inheritance of John, son of Thomas de Botheby, kinsman and heir of Margery, late the wife of Robert de Botheby, deceased, a minor in the king’s wardship, of the king in chief as of the honour of Aumale, which is in the king’s hand, by service of a ninety-sixth part of a knight’s fee.
He died on 14 November last. The aforesaid John son of Thomas, aged 11 years at the feast of the Purification next, is his heir.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (35.)
169. AGNES, LATE THE WIFE OF ADAM DE DENE.
Writ, 24 July, 23 Edward III.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Brumpton, Thursday before St. Matthew, 23 Edward III.
Brumpton Kynges. A fourth part of the manor (extent given) held for life of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, of the grant of Robert Walle to Geoffrey de Besylles and the said Agnes and the heirs of their bodies.
She died on 16 July last. Thomas de Besylles, son of the said Geoffrey and Agnes, aged 40 years and more, is her heir by the grant aforesaid.
C. Edw. III. File 94. (36.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 78. (2.)
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