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Titre | Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Thomas de Weston |
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177. THOMAS DE WESTON. Writ, 20 July, 28 Edward III [1354]. ESSEX. Inq. taken at Donemowe, Monday after St. Peter’s Chains, 28 Edward III. Aytrop Rothynge. The manor (extent given, including 20a. wood and five ploughshares rent at Michaelmas), with the advowson of the church, held of the gift of Richard de Tiwerisle, parson of the said church, to the said Thomas, Margery, then his wife, and the heirs male of the body of the said Thomas, with remainder to Margaret, daughter of the said Thomas, and the heirs of her body. Thomas died without heir male of his body; Margaret had issue two daughters, one, by John de Lovayne, a minor in the king’s wardship, the other, by William de Wauton, a minor, as appears below; she died in the lifetime of the said Thomas. The manor and advowson are held of the earl of Oxford by knight’s service and by suit of the earl’s court of Gelham every three weeks, because one Robert de Rothynge held the manor and advowson of Robert de Veer, then earl of Oxford, ancestor of the present earl, by the aforesaid services, and gave the said manor and advowson to King Edward I and Eleanor his consort, who by their letters patent gave the said manor and advowson to Guy de Forri and his heirs. Afterwards Edward I granted to Robert de Veer, then earl of Oxford, son of the aforesaid Robert de Veer, that the said manor and advowson might be held of him and his heirs for ever, as they were formerly held, notwithstanding that the said manor and advowson were in the king’s hand as above. Elmested. The manor held for his life of Philippa, queen of England, as of the honour of Reylegh, by knight’s service, of the inheritance of Thomas Throkenesford, who is of full age. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on Saturday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last [12 July 1354]. Eleanor, a daughter and heir of the aforesaid Margaret, daughter of the deceased, aged 9 years and more, and in the king’s wardship because John de Lovayne, her father, [held] lands &c. of the king in chief, and Elizabeth, the other daughter and heir of the said Margaret, aged 5 years, are the said Margaret’s heirs of the manor aforesaid. Writ, 8 September, 28 Edward III. ISLE OF WIGHT. Inq. taken at Neuport, Monday the morrow of St. Clement, 28 Edward III. La Clyve. A messuage and a carucate of land held of the king in chief as of the honour of the castle of Caresbrok, by service of a thirteenth part of a knight’s fee and by doing suit at the court of knights of Neuport every three weeks. Midelton and Auecheston. A messuage and a carucate of land held of Lady Elizabeth del Isle, lady of Appelderford, by service of half a knight’s fee. He died on 27 July, 28 Edward III [1354]. He had three daughters, his co-heirs; Eleanor, who survives, aged 26 years and more, married to John de Rattlesden, knight; Margaret, who is dead and has two daughters still surviving, one named Eleanor, aged 10 years, the other Isabel, aged 7 years; the third daughter, Isabel, is dead and has a son named Roger, aged 7 years. C. Edw. III. File 127. (16.) E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 92. (2.) 178. THOMAS DE WESTON. Writ to the escheator to divide the manor of Aytrop Rothyng into two equal parts and to retain the pourparty of the aforesaid Eleanor in the king’s hand and not to intermeddle further with the pourparty of Elizabeth. 8 August, 28 Edward III. E. Inq. P.M. File 13. (29.) |