Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 90

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1916.

This free content was digitised using optical character recognition. All rights reserved.

Citation:

J. E. E. S. Sharp. E. G. Atkinson. J. J. O'Reilly. G. J. Morris, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 90', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III, (London, 1916) pp. 95-113. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp95-118 [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 90", in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III, (London, 1916) 95-113. British History Online, accessed May 20, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp95-118.

Sharp, J. E. E. S.. Atkinson, E. G.. O'Reilly, J. J.. Morris, G. J.. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 90", Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III, (London, 1916). 95-113. British History Online. Web. 20 May 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp95-118.

Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 90

107. ALESIA, COUNTESS OF LINCOLN.
Writ, 9 October, 22 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Burncestre, 3 November, 22 Edward III.
Middelyngton and Burncestre. The manors held for her life by the charter of the present king, which testifies that the king gave the said manors to Eble Lestraunge and to the said Alesia then his wife, and to the heirs of the said Eble, who is long since dead. The manor of Middelyngton is held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and the manor of Burncestre is held of Sir Edward, duke of Cornwall, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
She died on 2 October, 22 Edward III. Roger Lestraunge of Knokyn, knight, aged 30 years and more, is kinsman and heir of the said Eble.
Writ, 9 October, 22 Edward III.
OXFORD. Inq. taken at Burcestre, 1 December, 22 Edward III.
Burcestre and Mudelynton. The manors (extents given), including in Burcestre a market and in Mudelynton 7a. meadow in places called Kynges Sutton and Heyforde and a little park with deer, held for her life of the inheritance of Henry, now earl of Lancaster, aged 30 years, kinsman and heir of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster. The said manor of Burcestre is held of the duke of Cornwall as of his honour of Walyngford by service of half a knight’s fee; and the manor of Mudelynton is held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
She held no other lands &c. in the bailiwick.
She died on Thursday after the feast of St. Michael last. Heir not known, but the aforesaid manors now belong to Henry, earl of Lancaster.
Writ, 9 October, 22 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Shirebourn 19 October, 22 Edward III.
Kyngeston. King Edward I was seised by the surrender of Henry de Lacy, then earl of Lincoln, of the manor of Kyngeston, and restored the same to the said Henry and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Edmund, the king’s brother and the heirs of his body. The said Edmund had issue Thomas, his son and heir, and Henry. The said Thomas afterwards married Alesia, daughter and heir of the said Henry the earl; and after the death of the said Edmund and Henry the earl the said Thomas held the manor until the day of his death, after which King Edward II in the 15th year of his reign took the manor into his hand with other lands &c. of the said Thomas, and afterwards restored the said manor to the said Alesia the countess as her right; and she granted it to Henry, now earl of Lancaster, son and heir of Henry, son and heir of Edmund, reserving to herself 100l. yearly for her life. The said Thomas and Alesia died without heir of their bodies, and the reversion of the said manor after the death of Alesia, belongs to the aforesaid Henry, now earl of Lancaster, son and heir of Henry son of Edmund, as kinsman and heir of the said Edmund by virtue of the said charters and entail; but who is next heir of the said Alice is not known to the jurors, because she has none begotten of her or known within the bailiwick; nor do they know on what day she died, because she died without the bailiwick.
The said manor is held of the king in chief as parcel of the earldom of Leicester by service of three knights’ fees.
Writ, 9 October, 22 Edward III.
Endorsed by the escheator that the said Alesia held no lands &c. in the counties of Essex and Hertford.
MIDDLESEX. Inq. taken at Eggeswere, 21 October, 22 Edward III.
Eggeswere. The manor (extent given) which Eble Lestraunge, sometime her husband, and the said Alesia held by the king’s grant to them and the heirs of Eble. Eble died, Alesia surviving, whereby the reversion of the said manor descends from him to one Roger Lestraunge as his kinsman and heir; which Roger by fine levied in the king’s court, 12 Edward II with the king’s licence, granted for himself and his heirs that the said manor after the death of the said Alesia should remain to Nicholas de Cantilupo, knight, for his life, with reversion to the said Roger and his heirs; whereupon the said Alesia surrendered the said manor and her estate in the same to the said Nicholas, who still survives. The manor is held of the king in chief by service of 4s. yearly.
She died on Thursday after St. Michael last. Heir not known.
Writ, 9 October, 22 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Bolyngbrok, 15 October, 22 Edward III.
Ingoldmeles, Weynflet, Stepyng, Thoresby and Wathe. The manors and two parts of the manor of Sutton held of the king in chief by the petty serjeanty of finding for him three knives and six barbed arrows, price 12d., when the said king shall come to the castle of Lincoln.
Sutton. The third part of the manor held of the honour of Lancaster by service of a knight’s fee.
Wrangle. The manor held of the earl of Richemond by service of three parts of a knight’s fee.
She held the seven manors aforesaid to herself and Thomas, sometime earl of Lancaster, her husband, and the heirs of their bodies, by the grant of King Edward I, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Thomas. The said seven manors belong after her death to Henry, earl of Lancaster, who is now kinsman and heir of the said Thomas, sometime earl of Lancaster, by virtue of the aforesaid grant. The said Henry is 30 years of age. The said Thomas and Alesia died without heir of their bodies.
Bolyngbrok, Lincoln &c. She held the castle and manor of Bolyngbrok with the whole honour, the castle of Lincoln with the baily and the manors of Wadyngton, Scarthou and Saltfleteby for her life of the inheritance of Henry, earl of Lancaster, the reversion thereof belonging to the said Henry. They are held of the king in chief, viz. the castle and manor of Bolyngbrok with the honour by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; the castle of Lincoln with the baily by service of keeping the king’s gaol there; the manor of Wadyngton by service of a twentieth part of a knight’s fee; and the manor of Scarthou by petty serjeanty; and the manor of Saltfleteby of the earl of Richemund and John de Multon by service of 20s. yearly.
Date of death as last above. Heir not known.
Writ, 9 October, 22 Edward III.
LANCASTER. Inq. taken at Lancaster 18 October, 22 Edward III.
King Edward I was seised by the surrender of Henry de Lacy, then earl of Lincoln, of all the castles, lands &c. which the said earl had in the counties of Lancaster and Chester, viz.:—
Clyderhou. The castle and manor with the chaces and parks and the town of Wydnesse with the fee, and other appurtenances, as parcel of the manor of Halton, co. Chester, which manor of Halton among all the other castles, lands &c. which the said earl had in the aforesaid counties he surrendered into the hand of King Edward I, who, by his charter re-granted the same &c. as in the Dorset inquisition above. Afterwards the present king granted the said castle and manor of Clyderhou, with the chaces and parks, except the park of Ightenhull, to Isabella, queen of England, his mother, and the said manor of Halton and town of Wydnesse as parcel of the said manor of Halton to William de Clynton, but what estate he granted the jurors know not. The said Thomas and Alesia died without heir of their bodies and the reversion of the said castle, manors and town belongs to Henry, now earl of Lancaster, son and heir of the said Henry, son of Edmund, as kinsman and heir of the said Edmund, in the aforesaid entail.
Date of death not known, because she died without the county of Lancaster. Heir not known.
The said castle and manor of Clyderhou are held of the honour of Lancaster by service of six knights’ fees and 25s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Lancaster, but by what service the town of Wydnesse is held is not known to the jurors.
Writ, 9 October, 22 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at York 16 October, 22 Edward III.
King Edward I was seised by the surrender of Henry de Lacy, then earl of Lincoln, of the castle, town and honour of Pontefract, except the manor of Thoresby, co. Lincoln, with the knights’ fees, advowsons and members, together with the reversion of all lands &c. which Alesia de Lacy, mother of the said earl, now deceased, held in dower of the said honour.
And the same king was seised by the like surrender of the reversion of the manor of Slaykeburn in Bouland, with all the forest and chace, and also of the reversion of the manor of Snayth with the soke, in the said county of York, and the reversion of all other lands &c. which the said Alesia de Lacy, held in dower; and by the assignment of the said earl she attorned to the king for the same and took the oath of fealty.
Afterwards King Edward I restored and granted all the premises and reversion to the said Henry, the earl, and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Edmund brother of the said king and the heirs of his body and reversion to the king and his heirs. The said Edmund had issue Thomas his son and heir and Henry, &c. as in the Dorset inquisition. After the death of the said Thomas and the seizure (as above) of his lands into the hand of Edward II, Alesia released all her right in the premises to that king. Afterwards the present king granted the said castle, town and honour of Pontefract and the said manor of Snayth with the soke to Lady Philippa, queen of England, the king’s consort, and the said manor of Slaykebourn in Bouland with the whole chace and forest to Lady Isabella, queen of England, his mother, which queens still hold the same. The said Thomas and Alesia his wife died without heir of their bodies; and the reversion belongs to Henry, now earl of Lancaster, &c. as above.
Date of death not known, because she died without the county of York.
Heir not known.
The castle, town and honour of Pontefract, with their manors and members, are held of the king in chief by service of four knights’ fees; the manor of Snayth by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee; and the manor of Slaykebourn in Bouland with the chace &c. by service of half a knight’s fee.
Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator in co. Lincoln, the king understanding that the said Alesia held more manors, lands &c. in the bailiwick than those contained in the above inquisition. 31 October, 22 Edward III.
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Sleford, Monday after St. Martin in the Winter, 22 Edward III.
Besides the castles and manors contained above, the said Alesia held:—
Horblyng. The manor (extent given), including free tenants holding five bovates of land by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee and rendering 2s. 6d. yearly for the ward of the castle of Lincoln, and customers giving 40s. yearly for the aid called ‘le Stouth,’ held for her life only, for the king granted it to one Eble Lestraunge and the same Alesia his wife and the heirs of the said Eble for ever. Roger Lestraunge the elder, lord of Knokyn, aged 40 years and more, is kinsman and heir of the said Eble. The manor is held of the earl of Richmond by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee and gives 10s. yearly for the ward of the castle of Lincoln.
Segbrok. The manor (extent given) held for her life by virtue of a fine levied as follows:—John Sefoul and John de Wadenhowe were sometime seised of said manor to them and their heirs for ever, and by fine levied in the king’s court on the quinzaine of St. Hilary, 5 Edward III, they granted and surrendered it to the abovesaid Eble and Alesia and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said Eble. The said Eble and Alesia died without heir of their bodies, and the abovesaid Roger is heir of the said Eble. The manor is held of the earl of Suffolk as of the honour ‘del Eya,’ service not known.
She died on Thursday after St. Michael, 22 Edward III. Heir not known.
Writ of certiorari to the escheator in co. York as to whether the manor of Whytegift is or at any time has been member or parcel of the manor of Snayth with the soke, and whether the said manor of Whytegift at the time when Henry, late earl of Lincoln, surrendered the said manor of Snayth with the soke to King Edward I, came thereby to the hands of the said king as member and parcel of the said manor of Snayth, and whether Isabella, queen of England, the king’s mother, to whom he lately granted the said manor of Snayth with the soke, was thereby seised of the said manor of Whitegift or not. 6 November, 22 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at Pontefract on Saturday the eve of St. Thomas the apostle, 22 Edward III.
Whytegift. The manor was and ought of right to be a member and parcel of the manor of Snayth with the soke; and King Edward I was seised by the surrender of Henry de Lascy, then earl of Lincoln, of the reversion of the said manor of Whitegift as a member and parcel of the manor of Snayth with the soke, which were then held in dower of the inheritance of the said earl by Alesia his mother. Isabella, queen of England, the king’s mother, to whom the king granted the said manor and soke, was thus seised of the manor of Whitegift.
Mandate to the chancellor. The king being informed by charters exhibited to his council by Henry, earl of Lancaster, that the castle, town and honour of Pontefreyt, together with the town of Snayth and the soke, are his right and inheritance, and also by inquisitions taken after the death of Alesia late countess of Lincoln, the chancellor is to view the said charters and inquisitions without delay and to issue writs to the escheator of co. York to take into the king’s hand the said castle, &c. which the queen (nostre treschere compaigne) holds for her life by the king’s grant, and to cause them to be delivered to the said earl. 20 November, 22 Edward III. (French.)
Writ to the escheator in co. York reciting the above inquisition of 16 October, 22 Edward III, so far as it relates to the manor and soke of Snayth, and stating that the king has postponed receiving the homage of the present earl of Lancaster for the same, and has restored to him what has been resumed into the king’s hand and ordering the escheator, to take security for reasonable relief and to seize the said manor and soke into the king’s hand and forthwith deliver the same to the said earl. 20 November, 22 Edward III. By p.s.
Endorsed: Let it be replaced in the escheatry of the 22nd year.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (1.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. Nos. 64, 78. (1.)
108. RANDOLPH DE ALBO MONASTERIO.
Writ, 12 July, 22 Edward III.
CORNWALL. Inq. taken at Launceston 16 August, 22 Edward III.
Sully. The castle, with the islands thereto belonging, held of Sir Edward prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester, as of the honour of the castle of Launceston, by service of rendering yearly 300 puffins (poffons) or half a mark.
Strattone. The manor held of the same prince as of the honour aforesaid by knight’s service.
Seintemariewyke. The manor, with the borough and the advowson of the church of St. Mary, and other members pertaining to the said manor, viz. Swanecote, Whitelegh, Nitherexe, Croudecote, Assheburi, Haiwode and Landhulluk, held of William Chambernoun as of the manor of Tywardrath by knight’s service.
Rugog. A messuage, a corn-mill and a carucate of land held in pure socage of the prior of Launceston as of his manor there.
Dupeford. 33s. 4d. yearly rent similarly held in pure socage.
Tregameden. The manor held of the fee of Nicholas Penvoun as of the right of Joan his wife by knight’s service; which manor Guy de Albo Monasterio, son of the said Randolph, holds for his life by the demise of the said Randolph.
Trencruk. 26s. 8d. yearly rent held in pure socage of William de Botreaux, knight, as of his manor of Cracampton, service not stated.
He died on Monday the eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last. John, son of Gaudewin de Albo Monasterio, son of the said Randolph, aged 10 years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 12 July, 22 Edward III.
YORK. Inq. taken at York, Tuesday before St. Peter’s Chains, 22 Edward III.
Wighale. He was at one time seised in fee of the manor, but long before his death gave it by his charter to William de Sancto Albino, parson of the church of Almanbiry, and Richard de Barton, chaplain; who granted 20l. land and rent in the said manor to John son of Gaudewin de Albo Monasterio, and Joan his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, who are still seised thereof, with remainder to the said Randolph and his heirs for ever; and also granted 40l. land and rent in the said manor to the said Randolph for his life, with remainder to the aforesaid John and Joan and the heirs of their bodies, and further remainder to the said Randolph and his heirs for ever; and the residue of the said manor (extent given), including a pasture called ‘le Stubbyng,’ a park with deer and rent of free tenants in Esdik, they granted to the said Randolph for his life, with successive remainders to the said John son of Gaudewin and the heirs of his body, Randolph brother of the said John and the heirs of his body, and to the said Randolph the elder and his heirs for ever. The manor is held of Sir John de Moubray by knight’s service.
York. A messuage in the city held of the king in burgage by service of rendering at the exchequer by the hands of the bailiffs of the city 1d. yearly for husgable.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 22 June last. Heir as above, aged 12 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (2.)
109. JOHN DE LEYBOURN.
Writ after the death of the said John, who held by knight’s service of the heir of John de Bello Campo of Somerset, a minor in the king’s wardship, 26 October, 22 Edward III.
DEVON. Inq. taken at Exeter, 19 November, 22 Edward III.
Sylferton, Hurberton and Bryxham. The manor of Sylferton and a moiety of two parts of the manors of Hurberton and Bryxham, together with the advowson of the church of Sylferton, held to him and the heirs of his body by a fine levied between Thomas de Wynnesbury the younger, plaintiff, and John de Leybourn and Beatrice his wife, deforciants, whereby the said John and Beatrice acknowledged the premises to be the right of the said Thomas of their gift, and for this acknowledgment the said Thomas granted the said premises to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder, if the said Beatrice should die, the said John surviving, without heir of their bodies, to the heirs of John’s body, with further remainder to the right heirs of the said Beatrice.
He held the said moiety of two parts of the manors of Hurberton and Bryxham of the king in chief by barony as parcel of the barony of Vautort; and the manor of Sylferton, with the advowson, is held in socage of Hugh de Courtenay, earl of Devon. He held nothing of the heir of John de Bello Campo of Somerset, a minor in the king’s wardship.
He died on Monday before St. Denis, 22 Edward III. The said manor, moiety and advowson ought to remain to the said John de Bello Campo as kinsman and heir of the said Beatrice by virtue of the aforesaid fine, because the said Beatrice died, the said John surviving, without heir of their bodies, and likewise the said John de Leybourn died without heir of his body. The said John de Bello Campo, aged 20 years, is son and heir of one John de Bello Campo of Somerset, son and heir of one John de Bello Campo of Somerset the elder, brother and heir of the said Beatrice.
Writ of certiorari to the treasurer and chamberlains commanding them to send a transcript of the foot of the abovesaid fine into the chancery, 20 October, 22 Edward III.
Transcript of fine made a month from Michaelmas, 4 Edward III.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (3.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 66.
110. WILLIAM ATTE SOLERE, of Estgrenstede.
Writ, 2 April, 22 Edward III.
SURREY. Inq. taken at Lyngfeld, 15 September, 22 Edward III.
Wolkenestede and Tanrugge. 4l. yearly rent of free tenants, held of John de Warbelton as parcel of the manor of Lagholm, which manor is held of the said John by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. yearly.
Lyngefeld. Certain tenements called ‘Chertham’ containing 12a. land held of the abbot of Hide by service of 3s. yearly.
(Unspecified.) A certain tenement held with Alice his wife and William their son, who survives and is heir of the said William, by the grant of William le May, of Robert le Dol by service of scutage; and a piece of meadow containing 1a. held of the abbot of Battle by service of 5d. yearly.
Lyngfeld. Meadows called ‘Pynkhamesmed’ and ‘Gylemynesmed’ held of Reynold de Cobham by service of 2s. 2d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 3 December, 21 Edward III. Alice his daughter, aged two years at the feast of the Purification next, is his heir.
SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Estgrenstede, 16 September, 22 Edward III.
Estgrenstede. Certain tenements in the borough held of Philippa, queen of England, in burgage, service not known; certain other tenements held of the abbot of St. Albans, service not known; certain other tenements held of the prior of Lewes by free socage; certain other tenements held of Andrew de Sakevill by knight’s service, for what part of a fee is not known; and certain other tenements held of Roger de Leukenore by knight’s service, for what part is not known.
Flecchyngge. Certain tenements held of Roger de Dalyngrugge by knight’s service, for what part is not known.
Estgrenstede. Certain tenements held of the church of Estgrenstede by service of free socage; certain other tenements held of Richard de Walesbergh by service of 12d. yearly; certain other tenements held of Walter Crochun by knight’s service, for what part is not known; certain tenements held of William atte Welde by service of 14d. yearly; 10a. land held of Robert de Estcote in free socage; certain tenements held of the heir of William atte Felde by knight’s service, for what part is not known; and certain other tenements held of William le Fisshere by service of 6d. yearly.
He held no other lands &c. of the king in chief in the county.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (4.)
111. JOHN GIFFARD of Bures, knight.
Writ, 16 March, 22 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Bures, 24 April, 22 Edward III.
Bures. The manor with the advowson of the church, with the lands of Uphall, the marshes of Rattescote, Utwyk, Shepeshop, Horshell, Westshephop, Stepynessh with 50a. land, and la Welle containing 5a. land belonging to the said manor in the town of Bures, held of divers lords by the gift of Henry de Shorne, to him and the heirs of his body with remainder to Thomas de Sancto Nicholao and his heirs, by fine levied in the king’s court. The said John died without heir of his body. The manor with the lands of Uphall and the marshes of Rattescote and Utwyk is held of the warden and chaplains of Thele by service of 10l. yearly; the marsh of Shephop is held of the prior of Pritelwell by service of 10s. yearly, homage and fealty; the marsh of Westshephop with part of the marsh of Horshell is held of Richard de Dovere by service of 20s. yearly and whether by knight’s service or not is not known; the other part of the marsh of Horshell is held of the prioress of Clerkenewell by service of 40s. yearly and fealty; the marsh of Stepynessh with 50a. arable is held of the earl of Oxford by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d. yearly; and ‘la Welle’ containing 5a. arable is held of the abbot of Colecestre by service of 14d. yearly. The said manor and advowson with all the said lands and marshes ought after the death of the said John Giffard to remain to Thomas son and heir of the said Thomas de Sancto Nicholao, aged ten years, by virtue of the said fine.
Castelwyk. A marsh called Castelwyk held of the prior of Pritelwell by service of a rose yearly in Hadeleye at the castle.
Wykford. 3a. meadow held of Nicholas Niztheld by service of 3s. yearly.
William Bygod, son of John Bygod of Fange, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 16 March, 22 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Huntyngton, 8 April, 22 Edward III.
Huntyngton. The manor, except a certain tenement called Bentsted which is parcel of the said manor, held of the archbishop of Canterbury by service of a knight’s fee and doing suit at the archbishop’s court every three weeks; and the said parcel of Bentsted, is held of Isabella, queen of England, of her manor of Ledes by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee and doing suit at her court of the said manor every three weeks; and 40a. land held of John de Grey of Codenore as parcel of the manor of Huntyngton by service of 31s. yearly and suit at his court of Eillesford every three weeks.
He died on Friday before St. Gregory the Pope last. Stephen de Bassyngbourn, knight, aged 30 years and more, is his heir.
Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator, because the king now understands that the said John held divers other lands &c. not contained in the above inquisition, and that the said Stephen is not his heir, 14 April, 22 Edward III.
KENT. Inq. taken at Estgrenewyche, 7 May, 22 Edward III.
Huntyngton. To the same effect as above. He held no lands &c. of the king in chief in the county.
Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (5.)
112. REYNOLD SON OF HERBERT.
Writ, after the death of the said Reynold who held as of the lands late of Margery de la Beche in the king’s hand, 20 October, 22 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. taken at Stanford, 31 October, 22 Edward III.
Stanford. Two parts of the manor (extent given) held, to him and the heirs of his body, by the feoffment of Herbert son of John, of Matthew son of Herbert, by service of a rose yearly and doing the accustomed services to the lord of the manor of Bradefeld, his chief lord.
Bradefeld. A plot of pasture held of Nicholas Froggemour by service of 2s. yearly.
Burghildeburi. A messuage and a virgate of land held of the abbot of Radyng by service of 10s. yearly and suit of court every three weeks.
Sta[nford]. A third part of the manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, held jointly with Juliana his wife, now surviving, to them and the heirs of their bodies; which third part was sometime of Robert Punchardoun: it is held of the king by reason of the lands &c. late of Margery, late the wife of Nicholas de la Beche, in Bradefeld, co. Berks, now in the king’s hand, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
He died on 8 October last. His daughters, Margaret aged 3 years, and Elizabeth aged 2 years, are his heirs.
Writ, 20 October, 22 Edward III.
GLOUCESTER. Inq. taken at Gloucester, 10 November, 22 Edward III.
S[ut]ham. A messuage and a carucate of land held, as a third part of the whole manor, of Matthew son of Herbert by service of a rose yearly. He held nothing in the bailiwick as of the lands late of Margery de la Beche or of the king.
He died on Saturday after St. Michael, 22 Edward III. Heirs as above.
Writ of plenius certiorari to the escheator in co. Berks. Because the king now understands that the two parts of the manor of Stanford are held by knight’s service of him in chief, as of the manor of Bradefeld, late of Margery de la Beche now in the king’s hand and reserved to the king’s chamber, and not of the said Matthew; the escheator is commanded to make enquiry in the presence of Robert de Hadham, escheator of certain lands reserved to the king’s chamber. 11 May, 23 Edward III.
BERKS. Inq. taken at Bradefeld on Thursday after Christmas Day, 24 Edward III.
Stanford. The said Reynold held two parts of the manor in fee simple of the king in chief as of the manor of Bradefeld which was in the king’s hand at the time of the said Reynold’s death by reason of the forfeiture of John son of Robert de Dalton, at that time husband of Margery de la Beche, and not of Matthew son of Herbert. The said two parts are held of the said manor of Bradefeld by service of two parts of a knight’s fee.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (6.)
113. WARIN DE BASSYNGBOURN.
Writ, 6 June, 22 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Chaldryngton, 2 August, 22 Edward III.
Chaldryngton. A messuage and six virgates of land containing 160a., and 40s. rent and a pasture, held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died before (citra) Whitsunday last, day not known. Warin de Bassyngbourn his son, of full age, is his heir.
Writ, 6 June, 22 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Wynpol, 20 June, 22 Edward III.
Abyngton. The manor (extent given) held of the king as of the honour of Boulogne by service of a knight’s fee; 14a. arable held of the honour of Gloucester by knight’s service; and 18a. arable held of divers lords by divers services.
Wendeye. 30a. arable held of the honour of Richmond by service of 1/2d. yearly.
Mordon. 80a. arable held of Thomas Deschalers by service of half a knight’s fee.
Wynpol. The manor (extent given) held of the honour of Richmond by service of 10s. yearly.
Malketon. A messuage, 20a. land and 1a. several pasture held of Thomas de Heslarton by service of 6d. yearly.
Wykes. A messuage, 20a. land and a marsh held of Humphrey de Bassyngburn by service of a rose yearly.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Wednesday the eve of the Ascension last. Heir as above, aged 21 years and more from the feast of St. Martin to the day of the making of these presents.
Writ, 6 June, 22 Edward III.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Sandon, 15 July, 22 Edward III.
Sandon. Lands &c. called Gannok held of the demise of Rosamund de Hoo, long since deceased, for the term of her life, after whose death the said Warin held them without any title of right to the day of his death. The said Rosamund had the said lands &c. for her life, of the grant of John de Knapwell, chaplain, with remainder to Robert de Bassyngbourn, her son, who survives, and to the heirs of his body. The said lands &c. are held of the dean and chapter of St. Paul’s, London, by service of 22s. 2d. and by an appearance at the leet of the said dean and chapter at their manor of Sandon yearly.
He died on Wednesday before St. Barnabas last. Heir in blood as above, aged 21 years on the day of St. Martin last.
Commission of plenius certiorari to Thomas Deschalers, Nicholas de Bokelond, Thomas Powys, and William de Notton, because the king is now given to understand that the said Warin (the heir) was under age on the 20 June. 12 July, 22 Edward III.
Writ of venire facias to the sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon to provide a jury. 12 July, 22 Edward III.
Mandate of the said Thomas and others to the said sheriff to have the said jury before them at Wynpole on Thursday after St. Margaret. 16 July, 22 Edward III.
Jury panel.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Wynepol before the said Thomas and others. 24 July, 22 Edward III.
The said Warin was on 20 June last aged 21 years and more as from the preceding feast of St. Martin. Asked what evidence they have of this, the jury say that the king and Lady Isabella his mother came into England about Michaelmas, 20 Edward II, and the said Warin was born at Abyngton, co. Cambridge, at the feast of St. Martin then next following, and Avice, mother of the said Warin, died presently in childbirth, Warin his father being then in Wales in the retinue of the said queen, engaged in the pursuit (prosecutionem) of Hugh le Despencer.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (7.)
114. HUMPHREY DE BASSYNGBOURN.
Writ, 24 January, 22 Edward III.
CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Fordham on Tuesday after the Purification, 22 Edward III.
Wykes. The manor held for his life of the Count of Britanny by knight’s service by fine levied in the king’s court, with successive remainders to Walter son of Robert de Collevyll and Margaret daughter of Giles de Bassyngbourn and the heirs of the bodies of the said Walter and Margaret, and to the said Robert de Colevyll and his heirs.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Thursday before the Conversion of St. Paul last. The aforesaid Margaret, married to the aforesaid Walter, kinswoman of the said Humphrey, aged 14 years and more, is his heir.
Writ, 24 January, 22 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Abindon, Wednesday after the Purification, 23 Edward III.
Abyndon. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Alice his wife, for their lives, of the king in chief, by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, of the grant of Master William Bray, parson of the church of Abyndon, and John Walgor of Bytham, chaplain, by a fine levied before the king’s justices at Westminster 1 month from Michaelmas, 18 Edward III, with the king’s licence, with remainder to Alice, late the wife of Giles de Bassingburn for her life, and further successive remainders to Walter son of Robert de Colvill and Margaret daughter of the said Giles and the heirs of their bodies, and to the said Robert de Colvill and his heirs.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Thursday the feast of St. Vincent last. Heir as above. The said Walter de Colvill is 8 years of age and more.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at …. Tuesday after the Purification, 23 Edward III.
Beningfeld. The castle, a messuage, 100a. and a moiety of a virgate of land held for his life of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, of the grant of the aforesaid Master William and John Walgor, by a fine levied in the king’s court before the king’s justices on the octave of St. Hilary, 17 Edward III, with the king’s licence, with successive remainders as above to the same Walter and Margaret and Robert de Colvill, knight.
Benyngfild. The manor, which is without the site of the castle (extent given), including two mills at Cothirstok, held for his life of the abbot of Peterborough by knight’s service, of the grant of the same Master William and John, which manor they held of the gift of the said Humphrey, with remainders as above.
Date of death and heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (8.)
115. PHILIP DE WELLESLEGH.
Writ (Fragment).
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Melles, Saturday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 22 Edward III.
Peret. A serjeanty for the east of Peret held for his life of the king by service of rendering to the king and his heirs a mewed sparrow-hawk (nisum mutatorium) or the price of two bezants yearly, of the grant of Ellis de Corscombe, by fine levied in the king’s court with the king’s licence. The said serjeanty will remain to William Banastre and his heirs by Elizabeth his wife.
Radestok and Middelcote. The manor of Radestok and a messuage and a carucate of land and 20a. meadow in Middelcote held for his life, jointly with Ismania his wife now deceased, of Hugh le Despenser as of the honour of Gloucester by knight’s service, of the grant of John de Farndon and Ellis de Corscombe, by fine levied in the king’s court; which manor and tenements will remain to the abovesaid William and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies by the said fine.
Whethulle. The manor of Whethulle and a messuage and a carucate of land, 30a. meadow and 20a. wood in Welleslegh and Doulton and the bedelry of the foreign hundred of Welles, held, to him and the heirs male of his body, of the bishop of Bath by knight’s service, of the gift of the aforesaid John and Ellis, by fine levied in the king’s court, which manor, tenements and bedelry will remain to William and Elizabeth as above, because the said Philip died without heir male of his body.
Sok. A messuage and 30a. land held of Nicholas de Boneville by knight’s service.
Lanssharlegh. 26a. land held of the bishop of Bath by knight’s service.
La Blakerythe. 40a. land held of the abbot of Glastonbury by knight’s service.
Whethull. 20a. land held of James de Audele by knight’s service.
He died on Saturday after St. Leonard last. His daughters Joan, aged 24 years, and Elizabeth, aged 21 years and more, are his heirs.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (9.)
116. JOHN DE WODHULL.
Writ, 3 November, 22 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. taken at Durneford, 26 November, 22 Edward III.
Little Durneforde. A messuage and a carucate of land, held jointly with John his son, who survives, in chief of the manor of Ambresbury, which is of the earldom of Salisbury, by service of a third part of a quarter of a knight’s fee.
Great Derneford and Little Derneford. The manors and a messuage, 80a. land and 100a. wood in Tuderle held jointly with Eleanor his wife, who survives, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said John, by fine levied in the king’s court. The said manors are held of the aforesaid manor of Ambresbury by service of half a knight’s fee; and the messuage, land and wood in Tuderle are held of Hugh de Escote by service of a pound of cummin.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on 31 October, 22 Edward III. John Wodhull his son, aged 5 1/2 years, is his heir.
Writ, 3 November, 22 Edward III.
BEDFORD. Inq. taken at Wodhull, Wednesday after St. Lucy, 22 Edward III.
Wodhull and Langeford. The manors (extents given), including a park in Wodhull, held of the king in chief, jointly with Eleanor his wife, by fine levied in the king’s court three weeks after Easter day, 14 Edward III; which manors, together with the manor of Pateshulle, co. Northampton, which is parcel of the manor of Wodhulle, are held of the king in chief by service of two knights’ fees and rendering 9l. yearly for the ward of the castle of Rokyngham at Michaelmas only, and also 20s. 9d. to the king by the hands of the sheriff of Bedford for view, hidage, suit and ward, and 10s. yearly to Thomas Wake of Lydel from the manor of Wodhull.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
He died on Friday the eve of All Saints last. Heir as above.
Writ of amotus, 12 November, 22 Edward III.
NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Norhampton, Saturday after St. Edmund the king, 22 Edward III.
Pateshull. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Eleanor his wife of the king in chief as parcel of the manor of Wodhull, which is held of the king in chief by knight’s service, in accordance with the king’s charter of licence, whereby the said John granted to Robert del Hay, parson of the church of Dachet, the reversion of the said manor of Pateshull, which Isabel, late the wife of John de Wodhull, held in dower; and the said Robert re-granted the reversion to the said John and Eleanor and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said John.
He held no other lands &c. in the county.
Date of death as last above. Heir as above, aged 5 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (10.)
117. JOHN WAKE.
Writ, 6 March, 22 Edward III.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Andevere, Saturday after St. Dunstan, 22 Edward III.
Tangelygh. Thirteen free tenants (named), who render yearly 57s. 2d., held in chief of Oliver Punchardoun, lord of Faccoumbe, by service of a third part of a knight’s fee.
He died on Saturday before Ash Wednesday last. His daughters, Isabel Caynes, Margery Tyrel and John her son, and Elizabeth, are his heirs; the daughters are all of full age and John 8 years old.
Writ, 6 March, 22 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Shaftesbury, Thursday after the Annunciation, 22 Edward III.
Shaftesbury. 8s. yearly rent and the assize of bread and ale of his tenants, brewers and bakers, held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
He died on Saturday after St. Matthias, last. Heir not known.
SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Welles, Wednesday after the Annunciation, 22 Edward III.
Compton Martyn. He occupied by disseisin the manor with the advowson of the church, because Alice his mother, late the wife of Ralph Wake, who held the same of William Martyn by knight’s service, forfeited the said manor and advowson by feloniously plotting the death of the said Ralph, for which she was burned, whereby the said William Martyn, as chief lord of the said manor and advowson, seized them into his hand and entered as into his escheat and continued his seisin thereof for seven years and more, until the said John Wake ejected him, but by what title the jurors know not.
Estdeuelissh and Westdeuelissh. The manors held of the earl of Gloucester by knight’s service; but fifteen days before his death he enfeoffed thereof Isabel, late the wife of John de Keynes.
Date of death as last above. Isabel and Elizabeth, his daughters, of full age, and John son of Margery his daughter, aged 10 years, are his heirs in blood.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Shireburne, Friday the feast of St. Benedict the abbot, 22 Edward III.
Stoke Wake. The manor (extent given), including a pasture called ‘le Frith’ and a pasture on ‘la Doune,’ held for his life of the abbess and convent of Shaftesbury by service of being domestic (intrinsecus) steward of the house of Shaftesbury, to marshal (ad arraiandum) the same on the day of the installation of every abbess, by the grant of Bartholomew Tirel, Robert his brother, John Wisman, chaplain, and Walter Surreie, by fine levied in the king’s court; which manor ought by the said fine to remain to John, son and heir of Hugh Tirel and of Margery his wife.
Hulle. 40a. meadow and 80a. several pasture held for his life by the fine aforesaid, of the lord of Mapoudre, by service of 4d. yearly, with the same remainder; they are charged with rendering at Randolveston 80 geese and 3s. 9d. rent yearly to William Brun, lord of Randolveston.
Caundel. A messuage &c., 80a. arable, 10a. meadow, 6a. pasture, 3a. wood and 39s. 10d. yearly rent held for his life by the fine aforesaid of the abbot of Cirencester (Cistr’) by service of rendering to him 1d. yearly, with the same remainder.
Badecoumbe. Two parts of the manor (extent given), including a pasture called ‘le Doune’ containing 40a., with the advowson of the church, held for his life, by another fine levied in the king’s court, of William de Melebiri as of his manor of Melburibobbe by service of rendering to him 6d. yearly, of the grant of Bartholomew Tirel, Robert his brother, John Wisman, chaplain, and Walter de Surreie, with the same remainder.
Gorewelle. The manor (extent given), including 60a. of pasture upon ‘la Doune,’ held for his life by the same fine of the lady of Lutton, by knight’s service and by service of holding her court at her manor of Lutton twice a year at her charges, with the same remainder.
He had no other lands &c. in the county on the day he died, so far as the jury can ascertain; for he lately held a messuage with a garden, 60a. land, 4a. meadow, 20a. pasture, 4a. wood in Leye, of the abbot of Shirebourne in fee simple, but he enfeoffed thereof five days before his death Adam de Wotton, Thomas de Boneville and Walter de Godmanston and their heirs, and so they entered thereupon.
He died on Saturday after St. Matthias last. His daughters, Isabel aged 30 years, and Elizabeth aged 26 years, and John son of Margery his daughter late the wife of Hugh Tirel, aged 10 years, are his heirs. John is in the king’s wardship.
Writ of plenius certiorari, because the king now understands that the feoffment of the abovesaid messuage, lands &c. in Leye was done in fraud to take away from him the custody of the said lands &c., which ought to pertain to the king by reason of the minority of John, son of Hugh Tirel, kinsman and one of the heirs of the said John Wake, a minor in the king’s wardship; also that the said Adam, Thomas and Walter, without seisin delivered to them by the said John Wake at the time of his death, entered upon the said lands &c. by their own authority and still hold them, receiving the profits thereof and disposing of them at will to the manifest prejudice of the king and danger of disherison of the said heir, 12 May, 22 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Newetoncastel, Saturday the eve of Whitsunday, 22 Edward III.
Leye. The said feoffment was made in fraud of the king as the writ supposes, for the deceased died on Saturday, 1 March last, on which day the feoffment was made, and on the Monday following the said Adam, Thomas and Walter entered upon the said lands &c. without seisin delivered to them by the said John Wake, whilst he lived, but they have received no profits therefrom. Richard Michel has received them from the death of the said deceased until now to his own use and still retains them, and entered upon the said tenements; but how much of the issues the said Richard has received is unknown to the jury. The said tenements are held of the abbot of Shyrbourne as of his temporalities of Shyrbourne by service of 2s. yearly.
Transcript of mandate of the king to Nicholas de Poyntz, Andrew de Turbervill, John de Smedemor and Ralph de Baggeley, because the king is given to understand that certain persons have lately entered upon the manor of Compton Martyn, co. Somerset, and upon certain lands &c. in Hulle, co. Dorset, late of John Wake, knight, deceased, who held of the king in chief, which by reason of his death and the minority of John, son and heir of Hugh Tyrel, deceased, kinsman and one of the heirs of the said John Wake, a minor in the king’s wardship, were taken by the escheator into the king’s hand, and that they now occupy with armed force the [said] manor, lands &c. levying and receiving to their own use the profits issuing therefrom and committing waste and destruction in the parks, woods and gardens pertaining thereto, to the grave injury and dishonour of the king and manifest disherison of the said heir, the king has assigned them to resume into his hand the said manor, lands &c. and the issues received therefrom from the death of the said John Wake, and to cause the same to be delivered to John de Grey of Rutthyn, to whom the king has committed the custody thereof until the lawful age of the said heir, and to take and arrest all those whom they shall find so occupying the said manor, lands &c. with armed force, and to guard them safely until further order; and also to inquire into the destruction committed and the issues received &c. and to certify in the chancery the names of those arrested; 22 May, 22 Edward III.
By virtue whereof the commissioners ordered the sheriff to have 24 jurors of the neighbourhood of Hulle before them at Neuton Castell on Saturday before St. Barnabas, 22 Edward III; on which day an inquisition was taken there. The jurors say that William le Brun, knight, William Rabon, William Pillyng and Richard Dethz, with others unknown, with armed force on Saturday before St. Dunstan in the year aforesaid entered upon the king’s seisin in certain lands &c. in Hulle, co. Dorset, late of the said John Wake, and took 19 beasts (averia) there, to the value of 20l., and drove them as far as Randalfston, co. Dorset, against the king’s peace and there William le Brun, knight, sold a certain tenement that was in the king’s hand to William Rabon, to the prejudice of the king and disherison of the abovesaid John son of Hugh Tyrel, and for entry upon the said tenement the said William took from William Rabon 13s. 4d.
The commissioners also went to the manor of Compton Martyn, co. Somerset, and caused it to be resumed into the king’s hands. Upon the king’s seisin there the servants of Sir James Daudeley viz. Thomas Panes and others have entered with force and arms, and they levy the profits thereof to their own use, and they broke the locks of certain houses there and took and carried away the goods and chattels found therein, to the value of 30l., and committed waste and destruction in the parks, woods and gardens, to the value of 40l. The commissioners ordered the sheriff to have 24 jurors of the neighbourhood of Compton Martyn before them at Welles on Monday the feast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 22 Edward III, on which day the jurors altogether refuse[d] to tell the truth concerning those who had trespassed and as to the issues &c.; wherefore a day was given to the said jury to be before the commissioners at Creukerne on Thursday the eve of St. James next following, to render their verdict and the sheriff was ordered to have 24 freemen of Estperet and as many of Westperet before them; on which day none of them came, ……… and they also certify that no one has dared in the parts of Somerset [to testify] touching the said business of the king through fear of [danger to] life and limb from Sir James de Audeleye and his servants.
DORSET. Inq. before the aforesaid commissioners at Nyweton Castel, Saturday before St. Barnabas, 22 Edward III.
Hulle. The jurors say that on Saturday before St. Dunstan, 22 Edward III, William le Brun, knight, William Rabon, William Pyllyng and Richard Dyth with others unknown, entered with armed force upon the king’s seisin in certain lands &c. in Hulle, co. Dorset, late of the said John Wake, and took there 19 beasts, to the value of 20l., and drove them to Randalfstone, and the said William le Brun sold to William Rabon a certain tenement there that was in the king’s hand and took from him for entry thereon one mark. Who made waste or took any profit there is not known to the jury.
Writ of plenius certiorari, because the king understands that the 40a. meadow and 80a. pasture in Hulle, co. Dorset, mentioned in a previous inquisition are held of him in chief and not of the lord of Mapoudre. 10 December, 23 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at ….. 3 May, 24 Edward III.
Hulle. The said meadow and pasture are held of William le Brun, knight, by service of an eighth part of a knight’s fee and by rendering to him yearly at his manor of Randolfestone 5s. 10d. and 140 geese.
Transcript of a fine, made at York on the quinzaine of Easter, 11 Edward III, and afterwards granted and recorded on the octave of St. John the Baptist in the same year, between John Wake, knight, and Joan his wife, plaintiffs, and Bartholomew Tirel and Robert his brother, John Wisman, chaplain, and Walter de Surreye, deforciants, touching the manors of Gorewelle and Badecombe and the advowson of the church of Badecombe.
Transcript of a fine, made and recorded as above, between the said John Wake, plaintiff, and the aforesaid deforciants, touching a third part of the manor of Compton Martyn and the advowson of the church.
Transcript of a fine, made and recorded as above, between the said John Wake, plaintiff, and the abovesaid deforciants, touching the manors of Caundel, Hulle and Stoke Wake; whereby the remainder of the manor of Caundel is to the right heirs of the said John Wake, and that of the manors of Hulle and Stoke Wake is to John Wake, son of Anastasia de Pourton, and the heirs of his body and to the right heirs of the said John Wake, knight.
C. Edw. III. File 90. (11.)
PreviousTable of contentsNext