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Source: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Eleanor Duchess of Gloucester

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Titre	Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Eleanor Duchess of Gloucester

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ELEANOR de Bohun (Fitzalan)
ANNE of Gloucester HP01 KN01 WC01

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J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 103-152', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 18, Henry IV (London, 1987), pp. 35-49. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol18/pp35-49 [accessed 13 December 2019].

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126 ELEANOR DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER Writ 3 Oct. 1399. LINCOLN. Inquisition. Grantham. 26 Jan. 1400. She held in her demesne as of fee the manor of Long Bennington of the honour of Richmond, service unknown. There are several buildings, annual value nil; a dovecot, 40d.; 5 carucates with meadow and pasture, £20; £50 annual rent of free tenants and villeins, payable at the four terms, Michaelmas £30, Christmas £7, Easter £7 and Midsummer £6; customary works of villeins, nil beyond the payment which the lord makes to them according to the custom of the manor; perquisites of court held every 3 weeks, beyondexpenses of the steward 60s.; and 2 watermills, £4. She died on 3 Oct. last. Her daughters and heirs are Anne wife of Edmund earl of Stafford, of full age, 17 years and more; Joan, also of full age, 15 years and more; and Isabel, aged 13 on 23 April last. 127 Writ 3 Oct. 1399. ESSEX. Inquisition. Braintree. 20 Dec. She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown: Pleshey, the castle and manor with the advowson of the chapel in the castle, annual value 100s. Great Waltham, the manor, annual value £50. High Easter, the manor with 30s. assize rent from the manors of Hellesdon and Oxnead in Norfolk, annual value, including the 30s., £50; and the court of the honour, annual value £4. Shenfield, the manor, annual value £20. Chishall, view of frankpledge, annual value 3s.4d. She held in her demesne as of fee of William Bourgcher, knight, service unknown, the manor of Wix, annual value £26 13s.4d. She also held an annuity of £40 10s.10d. payable by the sheriff by halves at Easter and Michaelmas; the office of constable of England, as elder daughter of Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford, and her husband held it as of her right all his life; and in herdemesne as of fee, in chief, service unknown, the manor of Farnham, annual value 20 marks. Date of death and heirs as above. [Exchequer copy] Total extent, apart from fees of the constable, £169 10s. 128 HERTFORD. Inquisition. Bishop’s Stortford. 19 Feb. 1400. She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown: Nuthampstead in Barkway, a third part of the manor, annual value 73s.4d. Hoddesdon, as part of the barony of the county of Essex, view of frankpledge, and court of the honour of Hertford, annual value 17s.4d., namely frankpledge 4s., court 13s.4d. Farnham in Essex, 40 a. in Hertfordshire as part of the manor. Date of death and heirs as above. 129 Writ. 3 Oct. 1399. CAMBRIDGE. Inquisition. Cambridge. 26 Jan. 1400. She held in her demesne as of fee, of the king in chief, view of frankpledge in Sawston, which should be held once yearly on the morrow of St. Barnabas, annual value 5s. Date of death and heirs as above. 130 Writ. 3 Oct. 1399. OXFORD. Inquisition. Oxford. 17 Feb. 1400. She held in fee tail by a grant of Edward III to William de Bohun and the heirs of his body: Kirtlington, the manor, of the king in chief as a third part of a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks. Deddington, the manor, of the king in chief as a third part of 2 fees, annual value 20 marks. Great Haseley, the manor and advowson, of the honour of Wallingford by knight service, annual value 40 marks. Pyrton, the manor, similarly held, annual value £16 13s.4d. By a grant of Richard II [CChR V, p.291, 1384] she held in her demesne as of fee view of frankpledge in Haseley and Pyrton, annual value 40s. Date of death and heirs as above, except that Anne’s age is given as 18, not 17. 131 BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Abingdon. 23 Feb. 1400. She held two parts of the manor of Woodspean of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £6. Date of death and heirs as above, Anne aged 18. 132 Writ 3 Oct. 1399. HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Weobley. 25 Feb. 1400. She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown, the castle and lordship of Huntington in the Welsh march, annual value 43 marks. Date of death as above. Anne, Isabel and Joan are her daughters and heirs, ages unknown. 133 Writ of privy seal to John Mauns, escheator. The earl of Stafford and Anne his wife have complained that certain escheators, including the escheator for Herefordshire, have failed to do their office in response to writs of diem clausit extremum, because, as they say, they have been told by the council not to perform it without special order. Order to proceed as the law and custom of the realm requires, 7 March 1400. HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Hereford. 26 April. Findings exactly as last, with different jurors. 134 Writ 3 Oct. 1399. GLOUCESTER AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Chipping Sodbury. 16 Feb. 1400. She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief: Wheatenhurst, the manor, service unknown, annual value £21 7s. Caldicot castle and Shirenewton, by baron service, annual value 40 marks. Date of death as above. Her heirs are Anne countess of Stafford, Joan and Isabel, aged 18 years and more, 15 years and more, and, on 23 April last, 13. 135 Writ 3 Oct. 1399. NOTTINGHAM. Inquisition. Kneesall. 5 March 1400. She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief the manor of Kneesall, service unknown, comprising several ruinous buildings, annual value nil; 180 a. arable with meadow and pasture, £4 13s.4d.; an enclosed park, with herbage, 13s.4d.; a windmill, 6s.8d.; 21s.7 1/2d. assize rents payable equally at Martinmas and Whitsuntide, and £13 19s. payable at the four principal terms; 1 lb. cumin at Martinmas; and 1 lb. pepper at Whitsun. Date of death and heirs as in last.

126 ELEANOR DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER
Writ 3 Oct. 1399.
LINCOLN. Inquisition. Grantham. 26 Jan. 1400.
She held in her demesne as of fee the manor of Long Bennington of the honour of Richmond, service unknown. There are several buildings, annual value nil; a dovecot, 40d.; 5 carucates with meadow and pasture, £20; £50 annual rent of free tenants and villeins, payable at the four terms, Michaelmas £30, Christmas £7, Easter £7 and Midsummer £6; customary works of villeins, nil beyond the payment which the lord makes to them according to the custom of the manor; perquisites of court held every 3 weeks, beyondexpenses of the steward 60s.; and 2 watermills, £4.
She died on 3 Oct. last. Her daughters and heirs are Anne wife of Edmund earl of Stafford, of full age, 17 years and more; Joan, also of full age, 15 years and more; and Isabel, aged 13 on 23 April last.

127
Writ 3 Oct. 1399.
ESSEX. Inquisition. Braintree. 20 Dec.
She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown:
Pleshey, the castle and manor with the advowson of the chapel in the castle, annual value 100s.
Great Waltham, the manor, annual value £50.
High Easter, the manor with 30s. assize rent from the manors of Hellesdon and Oxnead in Norfolk, annual value, including the 30s., £50; and the court of the honour, annual value £4.
Shenfield, the manor, annual value £20.
Chishall, view of frankpledge, annual value 3s.4d.
She held in her demesne as of fee of William Bourgcher, knight, service unknown, the manor of Wix, annual value £26 13s.4d.
She also held an annuity of £40 10s.10d. payable by the sheriff by halves at Easter and Michaelmas; the office of constable of England, as elder daughter of Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford, and her husband held it as of her right all his life; and in herdemesne as of fee, in chief, service unknown, the manor of Farnham, annual value 20 marks.
Date of death and heirs as above.
[Exchequer copy] Total extent, apart from fees of the constable, £169 10s.

128
HERTFORD. Inquisition. Bishop’s Stortford. 19 Feb. 1400.
She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown:
Nuthampstead in Barkway, a third part of the manor, annual value 73s.4d.
Hoddesdon, as part of the barony of the county of Essex, view of frankpledge, and court of the honour of Hertford, annual value 17s.4d., namely frankpledge 4s., court 13s.4d.
Farnham in Essex, 40 a. in Hertfordshire as part of the manor.
Date of death and heirs as above.

129
Writ. 3 Oct. 1399.
CAMBRIDGE. Inquisition. Cambridge. 26 Jan. 1400.
She held in her demesne as of fee, of the king in chief, view of frankpledge in Sawston, which should be held once yearly on the morrow of St. Barnabas, annual value 5s.
Date of death and heirs as above.

130
Writ. 3 Oct. 1399.
OXFORD. Inquisition. Oxford. 17 Feb. 1400.
She held in fee tail by a grant of Edward III to William de Bohun and the heirs of his body:
Kirtlington, the manor, of the king in chief as a third part of a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks.
Deddington, the manor, of the king in chief as a third part of 2 fees, annual value 20 marks.
Great Haseley, the manor and advowson, of the honour of Wallingford by knight service, annual value 40 marks.
Pyrton, the manor, similarly held, annual value £16 13s.4d.
By a grant of Richard II [CChR V, p.291, 1384] she held in her demesne as of fee view of frankpledge in Haseley and Pyrton, annual value 40s.
Date of death and heirs as above, except that Anne’s age is given as 18, not 17.

131
BERKSHIRE. Inquisition. Abingdon. 23 Feb. 1400.
She held two parts of the manor of Woodspean of the king in chief, service unknown, annual value £6.
Date of death and heirs as above, Anne aged 18.

132
Writ 3 Oct. 1399.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Weobley. 25 Feb. 1400.
She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief, service unknown, the castle and lordship of Huntington in the Welsh march, annual value 43 marks.
Date of death as above. Anne, Isabel and Joan are her daughters and heirs, ages unknown.

133
Writ of privy seal to John Mauns, escheator. The earl of Stafford and Anne his wife have complained that certain escheators, including the escheator for Herefordshire, have failed to do their office in response to writs of diem clausit extremum, because, as they say, they have been told by the council not to perform it without special order. Order to proceed as the law and custom of the realm requires, 7 March 1400.
HEREFORD AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Hereford. 26 April.
Findings exactly as last, with different jurors.

134
Writ 3 Oct. 1399.
GLOUCESTER AND THE ADJACENT MARCH OF WALES. Inquisition. Chipping Sodbury. 16 Feb. 1400.
She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief:
Wheatenhurst, the manor, service unknown, annual value £21 7s.
Caldicot castle and Shirenewton, by baron service, annual value 40 marks.
Date of death as above. Her heirs are Anne countess of Stafford, Joan and Isabel, aged 18 years and more, 15 years and more, and, on 23 April last, 13.

135
Writ 3 Oct. 1399.
NOTTINGHAM. Inquisition. Kneesall. 5 March 1400.
She held in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief the manor of Kneesall, service unknown, comprising several ruinous buildings, annual value nil; 180 a. arable with meadow and pasture, £4 13s.4d.; an enclosed park, with herbage, 13s.4d.; a windmill, 6s.8d.; 21s.7 1/2d. assize rents payable equally at Martinmas and Whitsuntide, and £13 19s. payable at the four principal terms; 1 lb. cumin at Martinmas; and 1 lb. pepper at Whitsun.
Date of death and heirs as in last.